The Bouffant

It should never have gone out of style.. 

I was a little skeptical at first but my sister convinced me and now I'm pro-bouffant. 

Not Amy Whinehouse size :/ 

not at all.

This came about as I attended a friends '50s themed 18th on the weekend.

It was a fantastic night and people really got into the theme, so that was lovely. 

Next up, a paintball 18th. 

For something slightly different and quite terrifying, 

I've never gone before and I've been told it's painful...

Excited nonetheless. 

The Swimmer

The Summer heat doesn't look to be ending any time soon. 

Makes me wonder what life was like before air con.

When I was a little kid I lived right near the beach.

For some reason I seem to remember rushing home from school to hit the beach literally every afternoon with my younger sister.

Apparently that memory has been blown a little out of proportion over the years, or so I've been told.

They tend to do that, I've noticed. 

Well it goes both ways really. 

I get this from the fact that I've had an obsession with keeping journals mostly all of my life. Well the parts that I can remember anyway. 

So either something sticks in your mind as this major event and over time becomes larger than life, or you forget how strong an experience of something really was. 

It gets dampened down over time. 

I wish I knew how memories worked... neurology would be really interesting.

That mildly opinionated post stayed at the top of my blog far too long. 

I don't want you getting the wrong idea now. 

Decided I'd try out these things called titles. 

This giant chalk is nothing short of fantastic. 

And this was happening way back in 1998. And I'm only hearing about this today.
Sometimes I just can't keep up.
No, most of the time.
But how is anyone expected to these days? What with the new ipad 2 and a new iphone out every other week. I don't think that owning either of those items could really appeal to me less.
That's probably the point though. We're not expected to keep up, we're not meant to either (you can't make money standing still .... unless you're this guy) And if you're silly enough to try and keep up, then ultimately they're just winning anyway right?
hrrmm ... since when does Jessy express real opinions on the internet. (Not that it's something a billion people haven't already thought before, but originality is a whole other discussion)
Something doesn't feel quite right.
I'll look at the giant chalk again... that will make me happy.

A little while back one of my best friends chey took me out for my 18th. It was such a lovely day and I wish we didn't live in different states so we could hang out all the time as I miss her so.

 ... I also just completed my first week of proper official university. Feels pretty good so far. Finding my way around the new campus fairly easily which is always nice. This semester I have Creative Industries, Modernism, Marketing and Global Business. Sadly the abbreviation used for International Business, a term that has been used rather frequently, is 'IB'. I thought I'd done away with it at the end of 2010 and would never have to hear or use the word again. I was wrong. 

But that's just silliness. 

At the very early outset my favourite subjects, surprisingly, are Modernism and Global Business. I wouldn't have predicted that. Also we are required to read an exorbitant amount when compared to high school standards. This makes me happy. As long as I keep up with it all for the rest of the semester I think I will like uni a lot. It feels like... I'm learning more? ... I don't know. It's definitely a faster pace. I'm kind of glad though that I haven't got a new job just now, I can only adjust to so many new things at once. That is.... one, apparently. Well it's one pretty big thing ... so yeah. 

Well if anything the first week was reassuring. At this stage I'm quite happy with the decisions I made as far as courses go. Lets hope it stays that way. 

What else..... it's my sisters 16th in, what,  three days. Wow that date crept up on me. For her sake I need to hurry up and get my driving hours up. I only have a year left. That's a pretty stressful thought. One of those things that's always in the back of your mind eating away. 

I wish I had something more interesting to talk about right now but it's late and I was quite sick today :( so I'm tired... er than usual. And now my eyes are playing tricks on me and my front door has turned into a revolving door. Better lay off the drugs then... or go to sleep. Sleep it is.