To my poor neglected blog...

I offer a humble apology for my complete lack of posts since the beginning of the holidays. I haven't felt very blog-gy and also have been a bit busy. Here is a quick rundown of everything smooshed into little sections:


Ages ago from now, and soon after last post:
Liam took me sailing down at Hastings on his cute little hobie 16 (a catamaran). It began with a sleep over in which I got like no sleep cause his bed is like a rock and then bright and early the whole family plus me and Kat (Marianna's older sister) went to the yacht club. It took us around 2 hours to set up the hobie as well as their other boat (ARGHHHHH) and then we took it down the ramp into what we though was water and sand. Bron, Kat and myself ended up being stuck thigh high in this thick black mud while Liam tried to get the main sail up. We endured much yelling and panicking for 20 minutes before the sail got up and Liam and I managed to actually get through the sludge. SAILING IS SO AMAZING! I now understand why Liam raves about it so much. It well and truly is such a great hobby, speeding through the water, a lovely breeze and the thrill of having to control the speed and sails.... I thought all of that until we capsized and I got partially trapped beneath the sail. We got the hobie back up in under two minutes which was good and then decided to head back to the club... That took us about an hour because the wind decided to hate us and make life difficult. I went home with scratches and bruises all over my body.
So much fun!!


Slightly more recent:
Mum, Dad and I made the seven hour trip to Merimbula (south NSW coast) and spent the next week walking around, shopping, eating and swimming. Don't really have anything interesting to tell about it except that it was nice and relaxing. Oh and the rainbow lorrakeets there let you get really close with a camera. I found that amusing.


The past week:
I have done relatively nothing since we got back apart from seeing Liam because yesterday he departed for NSW. He'll be there for almost a month. (CRIES). We saw Beowulf in 3D at Knox which was surprisingly amazing apart from the glasses they make you wear which are not only supremely dorky they also make my eyes hurt. I believe Beowulf is fashioned from an old Viking tale and has dragons, blood, gore and for the boys naked-yet-obscured-by-gold Angelina Jolie. I also have moved into my new room which has been finished, along with Lucy's at the back of the still-not-completed extension. I love it. For Christmas I received a desk, bookshelf and bed-side table early because Lucy needed stuff too. From Liam I got a Batman doona cover and pillow. So cool. It makes my room look like it belongs to a 5 year old boy, but I don't care. I love comic superheroes because of the whole inking and colouring effect. Heaven. I got Liam a ukulele which he loves and has taken away with him.


Current thoughts:
Once again I am finding myself thinking "I wish I was like them", as in wishing I had certain aspects and attributes that I find appealing. One of the people that I admire and base this on is Marty Hicks. I can proudly say that I see him as one of my closest friends, and I throughly enjoy spending time with him talking about music, books, philosophy and the future even though the pockets of time in which we talk face to face seems to be diminishing. Nowadays I often find myself sitting for extended periods of time just thinking of all the things I'd do if I had the ability to do them. Create wonderful pieces of art, write poems that convey so much emotion that it leaves someone breathless or make a story that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. I well and truly wish I could do these things but I grow disheartened as I begin to find that I don't live up to my own expectations. This all throws me into a spiral of wasted time and a growing sense of the inescapable disappointment...

Now as the actual Christmas approaches everyone is rushing around buying gifts and making food and all that bother and it makes me wonder why people laugh at the fact stores like Coles begin putting out Christmas merchandise in October. They are really just trying to do everyone a favour. Think about it...

So now I leave you with the sincere wish that you all have a lovely Christmas, enjoy all the food and the company of friends and family, and drive safely (corny I know).

-Sarah