Nostalgicness

today was the last day of proper lessons ever. It was sad and exciting at the same time- I nearly cried after Jap today when we had our last lesson with Ms Lawson. Maths was also sad and exciting (but more funny) cos we made Miss Vis cry and laugh all within 30 seconds. Chem was good- we played the Dr Who board game. ^.^

All this nostlagia- and I think its going to be worse tomorrow morning when we get our Yr 7 letters, and on Thursday when we graduate. I'm going to list some of my favourite (and not so favourite) high school memories, in no particular order. These are just moments that for some reason or other, I still remember clearly and sometimes fondly:

1. Falling off the balance beam and breaking my wrist in Yr 7
2. Mr Gaut and the physics and the wall in Yr 10 (LoL)
3. Miss Vis and the simultaneous text messaging scandal in Yr 12
4. Watching my first ever Dr. Who episode in Yr 9 with Ms Potaka
5. Trivia Night at Yr 10 camp
6. "bendit" in Yr 8
7. Miss Vis and the police car
8. The end of year party in Yr 9 maths with Ms Maloukis
9. Mr. Harrison's theory about cows, trees, and lightning strikes (very recent, but funny)
10.Most of the outings with 10ve

Those are the main memories I can think of at the moment. There are heaps more but maybe those are for another time

Modern Music Sucks

I am currently typing this while listening to Australian Idol. Is it just me or does most modern music suck now??? Maybe it just depends on you taste, but at the moment, I don't see any musical artists who in you know, 20 years we are still going to be able to remember their name. I think thats the true mark of a recording artist- their ability to endure and transcend through time (sounds like a King Lear question -.-).

There are only a few artists/bands from today/the twenty first centurty that I like- Powderfinger, Silverchair, Eskimo Joe and Lifehouse. I love rock music, but I find most 'rock' artists today to be generic and uniform- nothing is worth remembering unless there is something that sets them apart. My brother is reading what I am typing at the moment- he is saying I sound like and old man complaining about modern life. Which is probably true...but he is the reason why I am going on this rant anyways >.<

Last night, for four hours straight my brother played the following three songs continuously: Hey There Delilah, Shake It by Metro Station and some SImple Plan song whose name is not worth remembering. I can't stand Simple Plan at all (the singer's voice pisses the hell out of me) and I KNOW that my brother played it just to spite me. But seriously, four hours straight?? I used to like Metro Station's sound, but my brother just ruined it for me. And I discovered that one of the guitarists in Metro Station is Miley Cyrus's brother and is hence related to the Giant Walking Mullet aka Achy Breaky Heart Man. I couldn't sleep until 1.30am because of him and then I got woken up at 6am cos of the rain and couldnt go back to sleep. THus, I am cranky, sleep deprived and on a war campaign against modern music artists.

I guess that's probably why I love older music- Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen because they are different and people still remember and love them today. Modern artists also borrow from classic rock- take Rihanna for example. Heaps of her songs borrow riffs and baselines from other songs such as: SOS (riff from Tainted Love by Soft Cell), Disturbia (Garden of Eden by Guns n Roses), Don't Stop the Music (the mamasemamasamamakusa bit is from Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Starting Something)Shut up and drive (New Order's Blue Monday)

Hey, that felt really good. I'm not as cranky anymore --> maybe I ought to rant more often. Even if nobody does read this.