And so it is…
So I got my Tier 5 Youth Mobility UK Visa (working Holiday Visa)! As of July 8th 2010 I can live and work in the UK for 2 years! I never thought this day would come. When my passport arrived in the mail I was in total disbelief! And I still sort of am. So I have 22 days left in this country. I have pretty mixed feelings at the moment. Mainly I am excited that I will no longer be living this depressing shit hole of a life anymore and I can actually go exploring and hopefully find a real job!
I haven’t bought a plane ticket yet, but I think dad and me will be going to the travel agent next week to book something. Now everyone has to start saving money to come visit me (and Ellen). I am probably going to start another blog just to document all my travels and feelings, but I will probably keep this one (even though I rarely use it) just for my emotional/irrational posts! Not that anyone actually reads this.
Wow!
Stoked
Got an email today saying that my passport has been approved and I should get it either tomorrow or the day after! So excited! Had so much trouble fucking around with the application and photos, its good to have one less thing to worry about. Dad also said today that he’s going to help me out financially a little for when I go abroad. Mind you, he had already drunk a couple of glasses of wine at this point… But I’m still taking it as a legit promise!
This means I can apply for my working visa by the end of the week, so I should be working in London by late May or early June. STOKED STOKED STOKED. So excited to get out of Shitney. Hooray.
None of this would be really interesting to anyone bar me, but I still thought it was worth the update.
And maybe I’m too young to keep good love from going wrong…
So this past week has been… interesting. Being stalked/pursued by unwanted randoms kind of scared and entertained me. But its sort of died down now.. but I’m not sure for how long! Fml.
I feel like i’m working all the time, but never have any money. ‘Frugel’ is hardly a word that describes me, but I’m working towards becoming more like that. Im FINALLY able to apply for my passport this week and also hopefully my working visa and then i am ooouuutttttttttaaaa here! I hope.
Currently downloading old TV Series ‘Freaks and Geeks’. I used to love this when I was younger and the cast is pretty epic, so hoping this will occupy my time this week.
I don’t think anyone actually reads this old thing anymore, not that I blame them.. Its not particularly interesting.. Haha. I’ll try and work on that!
Peace.
Billy Idol
So I bought The Wedding Singer on dvd today as a bit of an impulse purchase. I forgot how amazing this movie truly is. There is one quote from the crazy grandma Rosie that kind of struck a chord with me.
It’s not about how she makes you feel. It’s about how she makes you feel about yourself.
I think more people need to think about this in terms of their own feelings about others.
Currently, I am creepishly obsessed with Hugh Grant also. 29 years my senior, I still plan to hunt him down in England and seduce him.
I picture your face at the back of my eyes
It feels almost like I’ve been poisoned. But an unusual type of poison, which incurs pain over an extended period time and progressively worsens. What initially felt like an unnoticable cut now feels like a gaping wound.
I don’t know if it’s because I miss YOU personally or if I miss having someone on my team. Now I just feel incurably lonely with no one as my number one confidant. Everything just seems harder.
I’m sad 😦
Don’t be a little bitch with your chit-chat!!
The end of last year blessed me with a break up. The beginning of this year has cursed me with a drinking problem. The result of this is a massive gut! Ew. But as of February (after Lisa’s 21st), no more drinking! Until May or so. Save some moola and you know.. save myself from looking pregs.
So i’ve finished working a set of 10.5 hour shifts. Things at work are beginning to calm down just a little! Which is good. Otherwise I might die.
Nothing else is new. Give me a job please. One that i can leave abruptly.
xx
Lord knows it would be the first time..
I don’t think I’ve ever felt this alone before.
Last years thoughts have caught up to the present time.
In My Eyes
So the gentleman turned out to be an asshole! Wow, definitely retarded for not seeing that one coming.
I was hoping that 2010 was going to be a drama free year (wishful thinking). But so far the past 7 days have been crazier than ALL of last year. Meh.
Still trying to figure out what I want to do. Next week is when I’m going to start the new year. I really need to get more serious about stuff otherwise I’m going to end up (even more of a) loser.
Having said all of this, I’ve had a pretty great new year so far. Way too much drinking and shit eating. But it will all change.
Thats it!x
Two thousand and fine
Well, its Christmas and I spent the evening drinking Coronas and watching Christmas movies. Now I’m on to cleaning up my room and updating. I’m a little sad because one of my newest friends has left me for Melbourne 😦 Mr. Norris is trying to convince me to get Facebook to keep in touch, which is starting to sound like a good idea because a lot of the people I’ve been hanging out with are travellers. But I don’t think I’m ready to sell out just yet.
I found this quiz that I did this time(ish) last year, which summed up the year that has passed. So I thought I would complete it again just to stick with tradition.
1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
-Stay in a relationship longer than 3 months
-Kiss an Englishman
-Eat Yum Cha
-Go to Tafe
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Well, apparently my last years’ resolution was to kiss TWO black men, because I didn’t even kiss one before. I didn’t manage to achieve this, so I guess next year I’ll have to kiss three. Or organise an interracial gang bang.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Umm.. I don’t think so.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thank god no.
5. What countries did you visit?
Again, nowhere. I suck and am poor. Don’t judge. I hang out with foreigners, so I might as well be in another country which is good enough for me at the moment.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
-My RSA
-A proper job
-An overseas experience
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
One particular date? Hmm. Maybe Valentines Day, because that was the first time I wasn’t alone.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finally getting my fucking P’s.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Compromising my own integrity and happiness in order to please someone else.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Probably a cold, general mental health issues.. Nothing worth remembering.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My pleather jacket. So many adventures and memories from one jacket.
12. Where did most of your money go?
Drinking, food, transport, clothes, Pedros.. Every day expenses.
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Emily’s prom, Nick coming home from Peru, Ellen and the Girls returning from Overseas!
14. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus
Compared to this time last year, are you:
15. Thinner or fatter?
Thinner than I was in a relationship. Starting to lose that all now just in time for summer.
16. Richer or poorer?
Same answer as last year, I am perpetually poor. However, I do have a LITTLE bit of savings.
17. What do you wish you’d done more of?
-Tried to see the bigger picture
-Kept my room clean
-Drank more water/less coke
18. What do you wish you’d done less of?
-Sadness
19. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent it at home with the family. Went to Steph’s house for breakfast and had it with her family. Because I am a honourary Macfarlane.
20. What was your favorite TV program?
How I Met Your Mother. Hands down best show of all time.
21. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Not really. I can’t think of anyone who I REALLY hate. I can think of people who I can’t be bothered with and don’t want to be around though.
22. What was the best book you read?
Are you there, Vodka? Its me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
High Fidelity Nick Hornby
23. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Oh wow. Um. Laura Marling. She’s amazing!
24. What did you want and get?
To see Katy Perry.
25. What did you want and not get?
A car.
26. What was your favorite film of this year?
Hmm.. I’m going to say 17 Again but only because I watched it today and because the Babefron was in it.
27. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Fuck all and i got old (20).
28. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Getting a full time job and having money. Although having money is basically measurable.
29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Bum clothes. Anything casual. I didn’t party a whole lot.
30. What kept you sane?
Sexy friends and good times. And beer.
31. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Can’t limit it to one. Tyson Ritter, Emile Hirsch, Russell Brand, James Franco, Neil Patrick Harris.. babe.
32. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay marriage. Especially after watching Milk and seeing all the inequalities that having a particular sexual preference can cause.
33. Who did you miss?
I don’t physically miss anyone at the moment. I miss how some people used to be.
34. Who was the best new person you met?
PIRI NORRIS.
35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009
Try to eliminate negative or draining influences and aspects of your life. I know that it’s not entirely practical, but some things just drag you down with them.
46. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Good times for a change
See, the luck I’ve had
Can make a good man
Turn bad
So please please please
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want
This time
Haven’t had a dream in a long time
See, the life I’ve had
Can make a good man bad
So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Lord knows, it would be the first time
THESE THINGS TAKE TIME. 