Lyrics to get you through the day

"When we laugh indoors the blissful tones bounce off the walls
and fall to the ground.
Peel the hardwood backs
and let them loose from decades trapped and listen so still."

Thats nice imagery methinks :)

Face Painting Fun

Today I had the pleasure of face painting at the Carey Fair.
I was not aware that face painting for 5 year old kids was such a cut throat industry. Seriously, there is a lot of expectation from parents for masterpieces created on the faces of their twitching children.

To illustrate my point more vividly:
My first customer was a child of about 6/7. First of all I must tell you that the mother came in and straight away warned the lady in charge of the stall (who was equally difficult to please) that the flowers to be painted on her little cherub's face were to be "dainty-looking" and not "chunky" like last time because she "wasnt happy with that when it happened last time." I was assigned with a full face painting of a butterfly on her other daughter's face. For the sake of my story I must make it clear that:

Full face painting= $3.50
Smaller cheek painting= $2.00

So I finally finish painting the child's face and I have to admit, I was pretty happy with the results. The mother however did not appear to be. Nor did the lady in charge of the stall.

Lady in charge: (to mother) Are you happy with that?
Mother: (I cant describe the face she made with words but if I had to it kind of looked like it said: "Not really, but I'd be happy with a discount, perhaps I could spend that few dollars on my children's tooth decay?")
Lady in charge: (to me) "Okay well lets just charge her for a cheek painting."
Me: :O

Am I over reacting or do parents sometimes really suck??

Leavers

So we've finished school! We just have TEE exams and thats it. As much as I'm going to miss the consistant support base of school, I'm really excited to move onto bigger things.

Our last day was on Wednesday and included a water fight and final assembly at school. Afterwards we went to the beach as a year group which was really nice because it was the perfect day :D
Later on we had our Valedictory dinner which also really lovely. Made me realise how much we have all grown up and how lucky I have been to grow up with such great characters. I'm really going to miss the teachers and would love to stay in touch with them, which when I think about it would sound like a really strange idea to heaps of people. So that really goes to show how great they are. Kudos to Mr Limb for his speech :D and ofcourse him and Mr Austen for their slow motion tennis game..sooo funny.

Afterwards we had a small get together at Gabs where we just sat there saying things like "I cant believe we are actually finished" over and over again. It was a really nice evening and a really nice day overall :) A great way to finish.

What really sucks though is that I'm getting really sick :( I could hardly talk last night because my throats so sore. It had to happen though, I havent been sick much this year so yeah fair enough that it finally comes right before exams.
On a better note, the school is buying my final painting :D:D This will be my first "commission" which is very exciting..

Not long til graduation!..and then LEAVERS :D:D:D:D:D

SO THERE YOU GO! another post about my life. no satire or sarcasm this time round im afraid. just facts. delivered. straight. to you.

Why people are so easy to love

Can i just say..

Theres something seriously lacking in your lives if you feel so unfulfilled and bored that you resort to painting penises and "naughty words" on the walls of your old school gym.

and by golly its difficult when youngsters arent treated with enough respect from their elders and yes i understand how this behaviour can be the best remedy for such a thing so nooooooo i wont spend too much time fantacising about your compensational vehicles bursting into flames simultaneously or your contraction of multiple diseases ....or the amount of stereotypes i can fit into one blog too much. :) My pre-TEE thoughts will steer clear of any kill bill esque motives or of what my dad would call "comeuppance" :p

So thanks for your contribution, hope you didnt feel too left out what with all the tasteful celebrations and all. I mean heck we wouldnt anyone to feel excluded now would we?..actually, just to prove theres no ill feeling about this all, why not send us the cheque for the paint you bought? I mean that would have been quite a chunk from your paychecks and to be honest, I feel rather priveledged that you spent that on us! You've been great.. the world is so lucky to have people like you in it :D

So yes, I like my school a lot.. and I'm certainly going to miss it.. I have a hell of a lot of respect for the teachers there and all theyve done for us. Take that dominoes pizza!

Big Day Out

Really looking forward to Big Day out next year!!
Arcade fire are going to be there as well as Bjork and Sarah Blasko! dam good line up :D

In Rainbows

Radiohead's new album, In Rainbows is very very good.
I found their blog: http://deadairspace/radiohead.com i enjoy it..

I have to finish my painting! I named my selected canvas Goliath and myself an idiot :) Maybe I will post a photo of it on here when I am finished. With a person standing next to it to indicate size relativity. You may not be able to see the person though. Hope everyone is enjoying their gardens in this sunny weather

xo