... Delayed

Okay Okay, fine ... Yes, I am aware that July was the last time I blogged anything ... Yes I am aware that it is now November ... and yes, I am also aware that it has been about four months that you have had to go without this type of random reading material.
I'm not going to use the excuse that I've been busy, because, well, we know each other pretty well, I'll be honest with you ... I have just been really lazy lately.

Now, I think that the last time I posted anything, it was about websites and my scrapbook/journal/bucket list all in one and some other stuff. (I don't actually have that great a memory, I cheated and looked back at my posts)

ANYWAY, I thought that this one could be about where I'm at at the moment.
In regards to my bucket list/scrapbook/journal ... I've added 2 new pages, one with a picture of my hand with an arrowhead, and the other with 'hello' in 10 different languages! I'm quite proud of them, if I do say so myself.

Previously, I've also posted about my insane and passionate love of Architecture. Now, don't get me wrong, I still really adore it and appreciate it ... turns out it wasn't really the career for me though.

I know what your thinking ... 'Argh, she's changed her mind yet again' ... this, in fact, is not the case (entirely anyway) I've always had a (borderline unhealthy) obsession with film. I've been watching the special features of anything I can get my hands on since I can remember.
I used to be told, "don't worry about how its made, just watch and enjoy the movie for what it is" .. but no, I couldn't leave it alone could I.
i wanted to see HOW they made the sets of Harry Potter, HOW they made it look like real magic, HOW they created the maelstrom in Pirates of the Caribbean 3, HOW they created non existent creatures. I was completely hooked.

Anyway, moving back to my story, I really think that I've found what I want to do (don't laugh at me, or if you do I don't care either way) I want to direct films ... and you'll probably say "well yeah sure, she said she knew what she wanted to do last time" ... but this time, my guts telling me that I'm right.
And what sort of person am I if I don't make mistakes or change my mind, nobodies perfect, and I am comfortable with who I am and I know what I want to do ... and I think that its all totally achievable if I work hard and I'm committed to it.

No pictures today on account of the fact that I don't have any that would go with this post ... I could take some of the new pages in my scrapbook thingy, but I can't be bothered to at the moment. I will in the next post ... just remind me!

Website Addictions!

Don't hunt me down and kill me okay! ... I've been super busy with a lot of stuff lately (well I have meant to have been super busy with really important stuff like college study and working BUT no ... whats really been keeping me busy lately is youtube! ... Yes, I'll be the first to admit that I am just slightly obsessed with this AWESOMETASTIC website! ... It's definitely up there among my favourites! ... the others of course including the other very addictive Twitter and Facebook.

I will say that I am new to the whole tweeting, twitting, twitter, tweet, twit world ... BUT have no fear, I am learning and loving to master it by the second!
When I first got the app ob my Iphone it actually scanned my contacts to see id there was anyone else on twitter who was in my phone (if that makes sense) ... and I ended up following Kay ... who I first met through Jess (a friend from high school) and then they list contact and then we lost contact and then BAM! .. the other day I added her and she accepted ... then tweeted me saying WADDUP - (well, she didn't exactly say those words ... but something along those lines .. let's just say that!)
ANYWAY ... now we've got back in touch and it's pretty brilliant! -- So, point to my story ... twitter is awesome!

In other, less exciting news (if you bore easily I would suggest skipping this part) ... I was called reclusive the other day! ... I know! ... I thought 'whaaaat?' as well (you may not have been thinking that exactly) ... to  which I replied 'I'm not reclusive, I just don't like spending a lot of time around you anymore' .. which, in retrospect may have been a bit harsh ... but hey, I've always found that the truth is easier to deal with than a lie. Lies always get found out in the end and you would then have that added deception on top of whatever grief you had to deal with in the first place! ... That's just my thoughts anyway.

SUPER COOL PIZZA SHAPED OOMPA LOOMAS! ... now that I have your attention back ... I'll move away from that boring subject ... you could probably start reading again from about ...
... Here!

Well ... (I find this interesting anyway ... by all means, feel free to stop reading if you want again) I have been working on my scrapbook/journal/bucket list all combined ... I found some old pictures of when I went too Sydney (which I'd been looking for for a while actually!) ... and BAM! ... That's right, there they were in the top draw of my desk all this time!! I've got some piccy's as well of 2 pages in the book ... I will warn you in advance though ... I am very very young in the photo's and I have my traditional 'all of my hair pulled back out of my face look' because that was the way I rolled ... back then anyway! ... I may have been about 13 or 14. The point is the pages in the book ... pay no attention to my style which may I add was pretty funky for the time ... to me anyway!

Long Time No Blog.

Yes, okay, fine, I know ... I haven't posted in agessss!!!

Don't blame me .. blame the stupid busy work schedule or reality! ... It really bites sometimes!
Anyway. Guess what!? I went to see 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows part 2' last Sunday and basically the only way to describe it is OH MY GOSH!!

It was absolutely ah mazing!! ... But I can't believe it's over!!
I'm not really one of those people who are obsessed with everything HP (however I will admit that I used to be) ... I don't want to track down the actors and pounce on them like some crazy fan .... But I really really enjoyed the books and the movies!

Look at it though, it's been 10 years since the first movie and now ... everyone is finished, it's the last time all of the cast and crew were together! ... It's the end of an era!!
MIND BLOWING ... That's what it is!

I think that whats so appealing about these books and these movies to people is that fact that Jo Rowling has created this amazing world ... and really, the only thing that people seem to want, is to escape reality!

Okay so on another note .. I'm going to have to hit the sheets soon. I have to get up early in the morning because I have an interview in the city at an Architectural Firm!!

Wish me luck!
Time for me to escape my reality for at least 6 hours ... here's hoping anyway!

Dr Jekyll and ... MacBook!

For all you classic book lovers out there, I'll share with you one if my favourite ones that has always captured my intrigue ... From the first page to the very last, 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' is one of the best spine tingling thrillers even to this day ... in my opinion anyway.

I was so fascinated by this book when I first read it I wanted to delve deeper into the origins of this fantastically awesome story! I discovered that Robert Lewis Stevenson, the author, actually wrote this book in about three days. It was a reflection of his dream like state and split personality, evidentially you could say that Stevenson was Dr Jekyll, and that his darker side that roamed the streets at night was Mr Hyde (a less horrible version I'm sure).

I particularly found this book interesting because I myself think it's fascinating knowing what makes people tick, what makes them do what they do!

For those of you who haven't read the book, I won't completely spoil the ending for you, but I will say that if classic thrillers and disturbing human psychology interests you, then this is definitely a book worth your reading!!

On another note .... this is my first blog that I am writing on my new ... MacBook Pro!!! .. Feel privileged .... I love it already and that's saying something considering I've had it a total of about 3 hours now! ... This computer is just oozing out of the keys with awesome sauce and trendiness, it really is great for all my design programs as well ... TurboCAD-ing it up ... all the way!! ... It's most definitely been the highlight of my technological journey .. so far!

P.S. Happy Independence Day USA!!! 

Bucket List

I have a Bucket List.Now I know what you are probably thinking ... "sure, well there's a lot of people out there who have a Bucket List" .. But you see the difference is, my Bucket List is mine, and uniquely mine ... There is things on there that range from adventurous activities I want to do to place I want to travel to things I want to achieve in my career to family aspects. I got up to about 250 on the list, to tell you the truth I could have kept going to 1000 or more, but I had to narrow it down.
Still, I think 250 is swinging pretty far for the fence! Wouldn't you agree?

One of the items on said Bucket List, is speak Fluent French. This one I have actually been working on ... buuut - Je ne peur paler un peu de Francais! (which means 'I can only speak a little bit of French) so far ... I love this language though, it sounds so beautiful, with every syllable and word that I learn it's like honey running off my tongue (a strange simile for a language I'm sure, unique none the less!)

English is obviously my first language, and I loved English in high school (I was an English, Art and Film person, not a Math's and Science person). I just loved the idea that there could be more than one right answer to something, I loved the fact that there was a lot more creativity involved in English and the Arts and that there was no dead set right or wrong answer .... It was the process that mattered, not necessarily the final product (although if that was good it did help).

Anyway, back to my insanely weird obsession with France at the moment .... Come to think of it, it is a little strange isn't it, me want to live in the south of France for a while and now me wanting to learn the language fluently .... oh well, guess I can't help it now!

So that's one thing on the list anyway.

I was reading the other day in a travel brochure (I think it was STA travel or something) that they offer a lot of different around the world tours ... I was reading the details of them and a lot of them are absolutely amazing! ... If only I had enough money.

There is however an opportunity to teach English as a Foreign Language all around the world. The company pays for the course that you have to take to get the qualification as well, and it's only 20 hours of classroom time .... I thought, bonus! ... There is fee's involved with the tour package of course ... I'll let you know if anything pops up that allows me to travel the world for free ... while packing my bags!

I shall keep you posted and give you various travel updates (when I do go away) .... there are heaps of places that have free WiFi!

Keep smiling!

South America

I just went onto the Contiki Travel Tour site, and guess what! .... They now have tours for, wait for it, that right, I'm going to give you a big build up here ... SOUTH AMERICA! ... now I know that this definitely won't interest everyone, not at all, but it definitely interested me! ... I have a friend who lives over in South America, although, she lives in Chili and the tours only travel through Peru, Argentina and Brazil ... still, I thought that this was AH MAY ZING!

Machu Pichu - Peru

Being the travel bug that I am, this is the tour that I really want to do now:
http://contiki.com.au/tours/286-the-adventurer/itinerary
(take a look at the link if you want, but I'll pretty much explain what it is in this next awesome description!)

It's 24 days of pure awesomeness and inspiration. The tour goes from Lima, through Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Puno, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Machu Pichu, Puerto Malsonado, Buenos Aires, Iguassu Falls, Buzios and finally Rio de Janeiro.
How fantastic does that sound!

Rio de Janeiro

Well, I can only dream at the moment, I have almost no money, especially not enough to go trekking around the world .. YET! ... I will though, that much I know. I won't be able to stay put for long!

I am thinking though, that I will finish all my study first, then hopefully I will have enough money saved after then (hopefully) to do at least a little traveling .. I suppose I'm just going to have to see where life takes me!

I don't really have a fantastically detailed plan for my future mapped out, but I do know what I want, and I do know that my 'gypsy blood' won't allow for much deviation from that path - at least I hope not anyway!

The last thing I want is a cookie cutter job and a cookie cutter life. I don't want to be doing other peoples taxes and going home at 5.37pm to pat my dog on the head, sit down to my meat-and-two-vegetable meal and wait for millionaire hot seat to come on (or something along those lines), a beautiful life I'm sure, however, not the life for me.

That's just my opinion though, if that's what people aspire and dream about, then by all means, don't let me hold you back. I just think you should do what feels right to you and live life the way you want to live it, aspire to your dreams, not what society finds 'custom'. Be who you want to be and not a clone tainted so much by sociological views, because it's those inner complexities, the aspects that make a person tick, that's the true beauty within humanity.

Again, this is all just my opinion, and advice ... optional to listen to, or not, of course. I shall let you in on a little cliche that I've heard so many times I swore if another person said it, my ears would bleed ... but I understand a lot of the meaning behind it now, and I can't believe I'm about to write it ... but: 'Life is a rollercoaster, so just enjoy the ride, wherever it takes you!"

Hey ... Live life. Dream Big, and let the best memories engrave themselves on your heart!

Secret Window

Is it weird that I am really in love with the lake house/cabin in the movie ‘Secret Window’? Because to be quite honest I really do absolutely love that house, yes, it is a little rough around the edges, and it could do with a little TLC, but seriously, I could see myself living there. Or at least having it as some sort of holiday cabin .... wouldn’t that be cool though, to turn around and say, ‘Yeah, I have a Lake house that I go when I have that inevitable crave for solitude sometimes.’

I don’t know about you, but I like to be alone sometimes, maybe not to the extent that Mort Rainey is in the Secret Window (apologies if you haven’t seen the movie. Watch it, I think you will be pleasantly surprised and enjoy it, if your anything like me you will anyway), but I think, deep down, we all crave that solidarity. We yearn for a place that we can think without interruption, a place that we can just go deep into our minds and not come out until we’ve figured out what it is that needs figuring out.

This particular lake house in ‘Secret Window’ is in upstate New York, out at a place called Tashmore Lake ... Now as far as I know, this isn’t a real lake, it was made up for fictional purposes by Stephen King (the author of the book that ‘Secret Window’ was based on) ... but again I could be wrong, it could very well exist.

To be completely honest with you, I think I would have to just have it as a vacation cabin up in the mountains near the lake because I’m the kind of person who, if given the opportunity, would live abroad ... a soon to be Architect I think that eventually, if I could start my own firm, I could be able to work from home more often and have a head office where everything was run. I would then be able to still have a home near my head office, but have that option of living in different countries if I wanted to, hell I could even expand my office to other parts of the world!! You never know what’s lying around the corner for you. That’s a long way into the future for me yet though.

Even though I want to be successful in my career and I want to achieve certain things and travel the world, and have all of these exciting experiences, at the end of the day, I’m just an everyday person, who has a dream to do extra ordinary things, and anyone can do that!