Yeeeaaaahhhh... the spontaneous migration to blogspot happened today. Don't worry LJ, I still love you. I'm just giving you a holiday for now. :3

Wow, 313 posts. It's been a year and a half. Yep, you deserve a break LJ.

The blogspot isn't 100% finished but I'll just fix it another time. I should kind of stop procrastinating. >.> *huggles LJ* Go enjoy the beach, my bloggy. =D

I wasted a whole day. >.> I'm kind of supposed to start studying but I guess I wasn't in the mood. XD I knew this would happen anyway. Not only am I a strictly last minute study person, I have four days to study for three exams. Naturally, I'd feel cheated if I didn't procrastinate the extra day away. Studying too early is rather useless anyway.

I was writing a bit of original story last night but couldn't write a lot. I've written like five different beginnings to the same story, trying to get it started. ==; I was going to try again today but got sidetracked. Every now and then I feel that my computer is really plain. Last time I was trying to patch it for custom themes, but stuffed up and crashed my computer. I think I know how to do it properly now but I've decided only to try again when I'm desperate for a new look, which I'm not. And today I was wondering if I should customise a sidebar for my desktop, then figured that I only wanted to do it for fun. I only see my desktop when I boot up anyway, so no point wasting memory.

Then I somehow started looking at blogspot templates. I wasn't even planning to change the blog I use for writing. It's only there so that my FF readers can check how much I've written - they look at it more than I do. Why are templates so... unproportioned? They look pretty, but they're squashed to one side of the window or are very narrow. Maybe it's the different resolutions of everyone's monitors...

Wellllll... I saw several pretty-looking templates and randomly wanted to see if it was possible to resize them and everything. I eventually found one that let me play with it. All I did was make it bigger, really, and mess around with the codes to customise it a bit. I'd already spent a couple of hours on it when I finally thought, 'Wait, why am I doing this again?'

Ah well, I'm almost done fiddling with it anyway. It's such a waste to let it rot... but I've been using LJ for over a year now. It kind of simplifies things, because the template, layout and everything is done for you. Although its inflexibility is sometimes infuriating. Every time I change my theme, I'm tempted to get a paid account just so I could use the prettier ones. XD; Blogspot would be a bit more exciting to customise but... there's not really a need to migrate. =S 

But knowing me, I'm bound to randomly shuffle over there one day. I was kind of planning to migrate once I had gone through all of the cute themes LJ had to offer (there aren't a lot).

The template looks so dreamy. Seriously, I look at it and zone out. Thank god the header was text, not images. *not a big fan of sappy, romantic lamentations* The template is based off a song (quite a nice song) so there's snippets of lyrics floating around. I bet that's mainly why it's so dreamy. Since my posts aren't usually short, I'd probably zone out a dozen times before I finished reading an entry. XD

I shall start studying tomorrow then... gah, extension. D: If I can't handle this exam, then it's obvious I'll have to drop it at the end of the year. I don't mind but it ruins my plan of dropping biology... at least I have to drop photography. It's a bludge but not something I'd want to do in Year 12. It's such a... messy subject. Unorganised and stuff. I still haven't finished developing my photos and they're due soon. I plan to develop them next week after exams. I wanted to see the teacher to ask her about it but couldn't find her... hopefully I'll find her next week. Or I'm doomed.

Half-tempted to create a music playlist for the blogspot. Blogs almost always have four common features: profile, affiliates, archives and tagboard. Not all of them are necessary but things look empty if you don't fill up the space. I'd use the tagboard space for the music player. I've got nothing better to do for the rest of the night anyway. Problem is, the blog is so dreamy that only simple players will fit in with it. I liked my old ninja skin. D:

*imagines the ninja on the blog* ... Pfft! I feel like putting it on just so I could ROFL!

... Why did I decide to play with a template like that anyway?

Yessss! One of my exam titans has been conquered! I am now halfway through my exams. =D

I was a bit iffy about studying for English because it's not really a hardcore study subject. You can only remember your techniques and hope that everything comes together in the test. I did do a practice essay last night. It wasn't very good but it gave me a good gauge of how much I could write in an hour - 4 pages, 1190 words. My ideas were very unorganised because I told myself to keep writing, hardly stopping for time to think.

The exam question today wasn't too bad, I guess. It was something about 'people are affected by change and have responses to it' or something. I still don't really know if I answered the question properly. Oh well, at least it wasn't a super-hard question. My exam was actually really similar to my practice essay. XD I seriously don't know how well I did in it though. It's always like that with English. You either get a really bad mark or fluke and get an okay one.

I now have four days to study for English extension, physics and economics. I'm most worried about English extension... but the good thing about doing the advanced English test is that I now have a clearer idea of how to write an essay. I now know what has to go into essays like these, because all the past essays I've done have been comparison essays. Hopefully I'll be able to scrap extension together.

I'm not too worried about physics, though I suspect I'll have a panic attack the night before. I feel I'm underestimating it. XD Economics is kind of... normal. I think I'll survive as long as the test isn't sinfully hard. The teacher making it is fairly easy though... I hope.

I plan to procrastinate all of today away and start studying tomorrow. I have to let my brain rest for a while and sleep in tomorrow - I've still got random memorised bio notes in my head. I think I can still recite over half of it if I concentrate hard. ==; Stupid bio.

Now I don't know what to do. It feels like it's been ages since I've had free time and I actually don't have anything 'fun' to do because I'm too used to studying. Even though I only studied properly in the past few days - but anyway! I want to watch How To Train Your Dragon but not right now. I don't even know if it's online yet. I want to watch The Last Song too, only because I read the book and the trailer looked relatively alright. I never really minded Miley Cyrus as an actor or singer. I don't like judging people by their public image. XD And I heard a piano song in the trailer that sounded alright... wonder if I'll be able to find it.

The bio test was kinda 'normal' in that it wasn't too hard but wasn't 100% easy. I got most of the questions but stuffed up a few of the short answers. Hopefully my masterful bluffing will save me from getting 0 for each one. I think I might lose around five marks, most likely more. I don't really mind it, because for some reason biology just doesn't seem to matter as much to me. XD

I'm just very surprised by the human brain. Again. I literally memorised all my notes. I spent yesterday spinning around in my chair, walking around in circles, reciting the entire thing. There were six pages and I could visualise each page in my mind. I could recite all six pages just by remembering where each section was, and then drawing on the info I had remembered about that section. It was crazy. O.O I didn't know our brains were so... awesome.

But of course, I expected that we wouldn't need everything, and that I was screwed for questions that asked for info beyond what my notes had. I just went along with it anyway, because at that point in time the only option open to me was to 100% study what I could, then scrap the loose ends together. I did a bit of studying in the morning (with my breakfast again) and that helped a bit. But yeah, a few questions asked for things I hadn't studied and I needed to BS. XD

At least the memorising notes helped a bit. I'd be very pissed if it didn't. I don't think I'll be able to memorise my economics notes, since they're twice as long, but at least I know I can fall back on brute memory if I need to... I hope. I'm usually the 'let's flick through and hope I remember this on the day' person... >.>

Tutoring was so deserted yesterday. Only me and two other people were in the class. Usually there's around six. Three of the other girls go to my school though so I think they might've stayed home to study. I was munching on a Flake so I wouldn't fall asleep during the lesson. XD And then I barely did any work because my pacer had so little lead left that it kept contracting and I was scared to write my working out in case I needed lead for something important later. Oh well, I was a bit zoned out anyway... all those bio notes floating in my head.

*empties brain* Now to fill it up with English.

... Bawww, English. TTwTT I feel so unprepared! Everyone's like 'you can study for this' and I'm like, 'you can only remember quotes and what they do, that's it D:' and they're like 'well yeah, but you can study for it'. But to me, that's not studying at all. D: No concrete facts... I think I can vaguely string all my texts together into an essay on the day, but I might need to study a few more poems in case the question doesn't fit. I can't do anything about my novel now since it's my only related text and is rather broad - if it's not broad enough then screw, I'll make it fit.

I was going to take a quick nap today since I was so braindead yesterday... but it's already midday and sleeping for too long would be a waste of time. Getting an hour is just stupid, since I can sometimes take an hour just to fall asleep. I'll just nom some mantou when my mum gets home from her walk... yes, I got home so early that she hadn't left for her walk yet. And she made me investigate how to meditate with her. ==; She's become such an Asian hippie!

It's still so early that I can't get into the mood to study... I wish episode 3 of K-ON!! would get subbed already so I can stop procrastinating while I wait for it. The raw usually comes out on Tuesdays and the sub is up by Wednesday at the latest. Why is only the raw out at this time?!

... Could it be...?

Anime disapproves of me studying. :L

Wow, I came home to an empty house. I can count on one hand the number of times that's occurred. XD

Maths test today. D: It was sorta alright. It was a lot like the last maths test. I did all the questions and didn't really encounter any that I was stumped on. I think I made some mistakes in the first questions because the factorisation looked funny... and couple in a few other silly mistakes... ah well, no one's perfect. At least I wasn't escorted home with a gloomy cloud raining over my head. XD

I was in a bit of a rush this morning. Thoughts like 'Now is not the time for me to lose my pacer!' and 'OMG don't tell me I lost my wallet!' kept running through my head. Of course, I ended up finding them. XD Feeling unprepared for maths, I was eating my breakfast with my left hand and doing odd and even functions with my other hand. Wasn't very helpful. That function question could apparently be odd or even, and some are saying that it's odd. I put even. =S Whoopsies.

Aha, at the plaza today I just sat there and watched two of my buses go by. Well, potentially three. I think the route for the 466 changed so now it goes past Strathfield on the way to my home... but I wouldn't be surprised if it had always been like that. I don't notice these things. >.>

Sigh, now I need to study for biology. The notes better get in my head... I should start studying now. I have to leave for tutoring at six... that's horrible. Maths tutoring after maths test. ==; Oh well, not like trigonometry will be any use.

Still intimidated by English and extension. TTwTT

It's been a while since I heard a song and 100% fell in love with it. Also, Japanese MVs are so tear-jerking they're illegal. Well, the one I watched anyway. The other ones are kinda sappy - but this one is saaaddd. D:

With school starting the day after tomorrow, I actually studied harder today than I did for the entire holidays. Well, kinda. I had fewer breaks and procrastination. Did some English, revised most of maths, and read biology notes while eating. The bio notes didn't get in my head though. XD

I've felt like going out for the past week, since I'm always cooped up at home. I didn't even go shopping with my mum so I could have more time to procrastinate, which means more time to study. ^^ I shall have my share of fun after the exams - four day weekend!!

Also, I think I chose a rather bad term to do bike-riding, since the weather's so volatile these days it could easily be sunny one day and rainy the next. Oh well, last term of sport feels like it should be reserved for something special anyway.

I've got sheets and books and random whatnots all over my room. D: It's hell finding what I need and it's gonna be nine levels of hell clearing up after exams are over.

It's eleven o'clock. I'm too poofed to do more studying. I shall continue tomorrow... god, it doesn't feel like it's back to school already. Back to waking up at seven every morning... someone kill me. x.x

Bleeeerrrrgghhhh, I'm scared of my English tests. =( Well, not so much advanced as extension. I don't even know what to study for extension! I mostly did English today... shall work on extension tomorrow.

I'm swinging in and out of study moods, in the same way I swing between worried and optimistic. See, half an hour ago I was going bug-eyed at extension, and now I'm just like 'Let's call it a night, I have all of tomorrow to figure it out!'. Maybe my optimism gets me into trouble because I keep giving myself excuses to procrastinate and purposefully underestimate an exam... although I sometimes end up overestimating too.

Ahh, here I go again with my 'Maybe I'm thinking too hard and the extension test actually won't be that easy'. ==;

*thinking of post-exam period and starts grinning*

Oh, I had a funny incident in the shower today. I dropped the conditioner bottle and the lid snapped off (nothing new there, Mum and I take turns doing that all the time) but the funny thing was that the little nozzle thingy attached to the lid that prevents the conditioner from leaking out was missing. So I was scouring the floor, wondering if it had gone down the drain or if the lid never had one in the first place. Then I notice that the hole in the bottle looks smaller than the one in the shampoo. I squint at it and think 'Nah, can't be'. But then I give up looking for the mysterious nozzle and try to squeeze out some conditioner. Aaaaand there's the nozzle, jammed into the hole. It was one of those ridiculous, silly things that you don't think actually happens in real life. But it does. Or at least, to me. XD

Yosh! I shall make extension look less intimidating tomorrow! Although day by day I keep thinking that I should drop it. My exams would be so much easier without it. >.>

My double posts are like the before and after I study. XD I finished reading my book and am up to jotting down techniques and quotes. It actually takes a bit of time... I would have finished that tonight if I hadn't started looking for songs. >.> I finish that tomorrow and maybe do a bit of preparation. Then I really need to get into English extension.

Okay, plan: wake at 9... 9:30 sounds more appealing. It's almost good that holidays are drawing to an end, because someone like me needs to feel pressure. Let's list all the stuff I need to do... wait, that's pointless. I need to do everything! Well, it's mostly revision and reading notes. Maths, maybe? But maths I'm fairly confident in for some reason. I still need to study, but there's not much stress on it. I made a good choice choosing 2U. 8D

I must remember to look for a song after my exams. It should be out by then. Must remember!

I'd better hop into bed and get started on trying to fall asleep before my mum starts snoring. >.>

I think I'm gonna have to start waking up earlier again. I've been setting my alarm for 10 or 9 o'clock lately, but after finishing that fanfiction chapter I've let myself sleep in until 11. One hour makes a big difference, I've discovered. Because at around 10:30 I start to fall out of a study mood that only starts properly after 6. I spend most of the morning doing tiny bits and pieces of work here and there whenever I feel like it, and then eventually I realise that I don't actually have that much time to waste and get to work. Or try to.

I never realised it was hard to study for exams beforehand. ==; The subjects that I wrote notes for are being left in the dust because reading notes is so boring and I know I'm going to forget it soon anyway. That's why I did some maths today and patched up my biology prac book. In other words, I just did regular homework. XD

I'm not looking forward to English extension. It's always lurking in the back of my mind, taunting me because I'm so intimidated by it, yet I haven't even looked at the notes the teacher gave us. I feel so bad. >.> Should I finish reading my novel today, or do extension? Hmm... maybe the former would require less work.

Me not likey DST anymore. =( The sun sets earlier and studying doesn't look as appealing at night time. I feel really alert with the sunlight streaming into the room. =D Although I did waste an hour of that alertness drawing on my tablet instead of doing maths. I went and doodled a picture on SAI. Drawing random stuff is loads easier than drawing actual people. 8D

Oooh, I think I smell brea... wait, dinner. Dinner.

I did a tad bit of studying today. I think I seriously can't study in daytime. I procrastinate too much and can't concentrate. I was lying on my bed flipping through eco notes and just couldn't get into the mood to look at it in detail. My mum plopping down for a noisy nap just convinced me that economics and I were never fated to be. It's too theoretical, in any case. I need to feel pressured to study subjects like that. XD

I did manage to do some physics. I revised the second topic that I hadn't really understood in class, and worked on some problem-solving questions. In reality, I didn't really study but at least now I'm vaguely confident. It's just ironic how physics might actually be the exam I'm least worried about, and it's supposed to be a 'hard' subject. Unfortunately, I think biology is meant to be my easiest subject. I just don't seem to care about it for some reason. I neither like nor hate it, and honestly don't mind my results as long as I get over 75%.

Stupid English exams, making me worry. I spent the past half hour looking at The Miller's Tale essays. The actual tale itself makes me go @_@. It's written by Chaucer, a dude who - gasp - is older than William Shakespeare. And his writing? Looks like a kid who can't spell, but it's apparently good writing from back in his period - many hundreds of years ago. Memorising quotes is going to be a nightmare. Seriously, the first line? Whilom ther was dwellinge at Oxenford. Right, I half get it - but I need to memorise that?! Knowing me, I'd probably walk in there without any quotes in mind. >.>

On to the regular advanced English - my novel looks ridiculous now. I've been tearing out bits of paper from a notepad and sticking them in pages that I think I can analyse. If I didn't keep taking them out, every second page would something stuck there. And now I've come up with the brilliant idea of jotting down a quick analysis on the piece of paper so I remember why I marked it when I go back to it. They'd better not fall out. D:

The holidays went by so quickly. o.o We've only got five more days until school? You can't be serious! My studies for every single subject are half-assed and I've got random bits of knowledge for everything in my head, with nothing useful. I feel so unprepared all of a sudden. TTwTT At least I posted a chapter of fanfiction, so I don't feel like I've sacrificed my entire holidays to study. And procrastination.

Arghhh, all this just for five days of exams. Goddamn it. I'll throw a party when it's over. In my head.

Aaaaand the number of times my notifier has popped up with an email from FF.net today is surprising. o.o