QUARANTINE DIARIES - THE FINAL DAY

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Well, all I can say is THANK BLOODY CHRIST, in a thick Australian accent. It's over! YAY!

It has been an interesting ride.

8.28pm on a Sunday night - I have spent the last few hours doing last minute homework (and shopping for clothes hehehe). I earlier bought a nice little black vest which will go snazzily with any outfit. :D Big smiles!

And to top this fantastic day off, my family and I cooked home-made pizza. I love mine absolutely chockers (full) with cheese, onion and capsicum! :D:D More big smiles!

Which leads me to...Smile, though your heart is aching, smile, even though it's breaking, when there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by...dadada, dededdedede, ddededahdahadah.....Sorry, I'm afraid I've broken out into song and dance.



Wait - - is that "Stuck in the middle with you" I hear on the radio? I'm off to dance! Lalalalala...

Yes, I am really 17, not 45 living with 5 cats, contrary to popular belief! It's called a combination of stress, and school, and being in love. It messes with your head, I warn you now.

TO DO: Pack bag with school items, check diary, watch Rove...which is on right now! ACK!

Good bye my lovelies, and toodles! The only hurdle I need to get through now is mid-year exams, and then RELAXATION! *sigh* in amongst holiday homework, no doubt...

xoxo

PS: SWINE FLU!!!

The Jack Sparrow Formula.

Take one:

Then add:

And mix with:

You should then have:

Simple, no?

QUARANTINE DIARIES - DAY...ERM, SATURDAY

Slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
Is a a five letter word that describes me, and you are welcome to add a few more vowels.

But then again, I ain't that slack considering I've been finishing off BUTTLOADS of homework lately.

And I went to see a play yesterday! How delightful. It was called "A stretch of the imagination", and starred John Wood (You know, the old guy from Blue Heelers?). Let me say this: If you live in Melbourne, or it is possible to make your way to the Athaneum theatre on Collins street, GO AND SEE THIS PLAY. Do it, 'cause it's not advertised very well and it SHOULD be. Not that I'm helping that situation...heh...

Please, this absurd/surreal, one-man, aussie play is an absolute gem. Granted, I did have to view it for school, but nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed it. :)

And I spent the rest of the day wondering if I would see wordboy in the city...how sad.

Currently I am re-writing an essay on Nietszsche's Beyond Good and Evil. And for some reason, NIN's Closer just came on the radio...*shudder*

The quarantine has been tough, definitely, but some good things have come of it, to be sure. :D
I recently composed a little piano piece (On my synthesizer/keyboard, mind you) and I completed it today. It's something that allows room for a little improvisation, and is quite flexible. For instance, it could be played as a quiet, sentimental piece, or a grand, sweeping, cinema-like score. :D I call it...erm...The Dreamer. Yeah. Sounds good!

If I can get round to it, I'll record myself playing it and post it somewhere on the internet. Ahh, but I must return to my 'omework, madame mouiselle`.

Toodles ;)
xoxo

ACK! One more thing! In the time between this entry and the last, I have watched Monsieur Verdoux twice! Fucking 'ilarious. Just brilliant. What a shame it could not be recognised for it's dark, comedic genius when it was first released. Love it. Limelight will be next on my list of Chaplin films :D.

QUARANTINE DIARIES - DAY TWO AND A HALF

Yes, well...

Obviously I kinda missed day two. But I'm baaack! And with a whole new report - almost 40 cases of Swine flu in Victoria! Yaaay! I practically can't go anywhere anymore, so I'm stuck here blogging, twittering and doing Theatre Studies homework. Who wants to do it for me? Any takers? :D No? ok. :(

I watched the Breakfast Club yesterday - "Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?" - and really enjoyed it (I know, shock horror, I've never seen it before). My sister had to watch it for an assignment, ahahaha. And then after that (as I was still fully bored) I watched SLUMDOG MILLIONARE! WOO! I'm not gonna say much on that, but I will say this: JAI HO!!!

Erm...yeah...

So I'm here answering audit questions and patiently awaiting the mailman to come with the latest Quickflix DVD from my queue. :D It should be Monsieur Verdoux! OMG that rhymed. Oh so you don't know what that is? Ah, you know...another film that America hated Charlie Chaplin for. I've seen previews and it looks HILARIOUS. Screw America.

So, I have to take some medicine now 'cause I'm still sick. Joy.

Toodles everyone.

xoxo

QUARANTINE DIARIES - DAY ONE

Dear Q.D,

Well, day one of quarantine, 11:21 am, and I'm still weighing up the pros and cons of homework. I should be doing some right now, but I really can't be bothered. Not surprisingly, I'm thinking up awesomely funny ideas for swine-flu related videos...if only I had some discs for my video camera (I have a digital vid-cam, which I despise.) If only they still made them with the tapes! Look I'm sure they do, I just haven't been able to find any. Life sucks.

On my knees, help me baby, tell me what can I do? SWINE-LECTRIC FLU.
Oh the parodies are endless! The amount of times I have herd "I kissed a pig"...sigh.

Sprechen sie deutsch? Gut. Ich musste machen mein hausaufgaben. Ein "Vocab-list", und ich vergass meine dictionary! GUT GOTT!!! Eh, it'll only take me a while, so I might as well do it. CHEEZEN KRACKERS!

Considering watching a DVD today. Any ideas? I've got many that I haven't watched, so it's so hard to decide! i.e: Catch me if you can, Burn after reading, Citizen Kane...All good films, I hear, but SO different!

Hah, I'm so bored I even got out my old "Cobalt blue" GameBoy advanced SP! It had dust all over it, LAUGH OUT LOUD! (Not that loud, please.) It had a massive-sized Zelda game in it, which I think was originally made for the gameboy colour...which is also floating around my house somewhere, methinks. (It might have Pokemon Yellow in it, holy cow!) But anyway, I started playing this game (with much confusion as I appeared to be up to level 5 with no idea where to progress to...) and found myself resorting to a walkthrough. Le gasp! Nevertheless, it got boring so I threw it down anyway (slicing cave bats and collecting jewels does get rather tedious...).

Ew...I just coughed up phlegm. It's normal flu, I swear! Don't freak out on me, I've been to the doctors twice already.

Currently I am panicking because I only have certain school folders at home...the rest are at school, which is fully locked up. :( If I'm gonna be quarantined for so long, I WANT MY FREAKIN' SCHOOL WORK! My god, this is one time where I actually want to STUDY MY ASS OFF. Sigh.

Currently listening to: Electric Blue :D

Toodles...
xoxo

Mmmmmmmmmmmnew layout?

:D
I finally feel like the proper scribe that I am.
And my throat is killing me. Dear GOD where did I put those soothers? *sobs* Eh, I should be thankful it's just a virus, and not the freakin' SWINE FLU. Seriously guys, it's fully epidemic in Victoria, Australia at the moment...ARGH I HATE BEING QUARANTINED.
I'm definitely not gonna let this time go...I'll be complaining till I can't complain no more! I'm sure my twitter pals are already sick of me...twitter.com/silviamelia.
Starting up a "Quarantine Diary" to help vent my rage. :D Stay tuned invisible fairy that is the sole reader of my blog!
And later I'll be posting (Carefully edited) excerpts from my real diary. Juicy!
Currently listening to: Make me Over - Hole.

Toodles!
xoxo

<3

Why has it taken me so long to discover this genius?

Currently listening to: Naked as we came - Iron and wine.

SUMMARIZE with a zed

Most important notes:

-Performed an absurdist school play, was main character. Went really well despite 2 breakdowns.

-I'm introducing a real character known as wordboy...who I am stupidly in love with. So any reference to wordboy, you know who it is. Sort of. Not really.

-Charlie Chaplin is my new favourite actor/comedian! Is keeping me sane through year 12, thank god.

-My entire school has been quarantined due to swine flu. Effing great. :(

Guess I'll be posting a lot more this week as I am at home in "quarantine". Sigh.

Toodles anyway.

xoxo