"Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair"

(From Macbeth). Sorry for last week's extremely short reply. I hope this one will be better, even though I only just remembered.

I meant to reply to everyone's posts last week, but kind of failed.

Mel - I love pyjama days. I haven't had one for ages. I think I got out of the habit because I discovered you're kind of doomed when someone knocks on your door and you're still in pyjamas. And, if you want to, what's Black Friday? And I did read your post last... or this week and sent/send you good vibes.

Tyler - Throaty like symptoms are everywhere now. Eat Strepsils? One hundred pupils were ill on Wednesday according to my art teacher. That's like one in eight :( And I have never heard of the film Milk. Was it good? And Stake and Shake is an awesome name. How are you finding the Great Gatsby? I've heard mixed reviews.

Bengi - Oh, I bet French Revolution is better than the Industrial! Lysky - Oof, sorry about the company business. I'm glad Beauty and the Beast is going well though, even if it is like honey.

Melissa - Happy early birthday!

Challenges

1. Favourite Musical
I haven't really seen that many. I know the story line and music of Rent, so that's pretty high up. And if you count these as musicals, then 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'! Maybe B is secretly my favourite letter.

2. Musical Character
Haven't really seen many.

3. Tarot Cards
Any kind of indie shop, really. Or maybe like a Charity shop - they often have lots of weird things like that. Or any Christmas fairs that are coming up or car boot sales. It's kind of weird for a shop to sell them. They're more like gifts or hand me downs.

4. Scents
Ooh, I don't really like much. I don't know if you have it there, but overpowered Lynx annoys me. Like if you walk right behind someone wearing loads, they leave a little trail of smell behind them. But that's not really answering the question. Once upon a time I had some Dior kind of perfume that I got from one of those shops at the Airport. Like you know, those aeroplane shops. It was right before boarding, so my sister and I spent like an hour just smelling things.

5. Something I think is beautiful?
Well, I brought a postcard with this image on it and thought it was kind of pretty. It's from Paperchase. I don't remember who the photographer is. I really ought to check. I think lots of things are beautiful though, so this is just one of many.

6. Guilty Music Pleasure
Like Mel, probably the odd bit of Avril Lavigne's old stuff. I don't really have many guilty music pleasures.

7. Random Act of Kidness
I think we all do random acts of kindness without even knowing it. This week, I've paid for a stranger's bus fee, picked up someone's dropped book, written "Smile =]" on a foggy window (I found a post it note with that written on it once and it definitely made me give a grin). And I've given money to a charity and had a swift conversation with an old lady at the bus stop. There were loads of charity events going on in town yesterday, so it sucked I only had a certain amount of change. I spent a tener (tenner? Ten-er?) just to get change. I promised a lady who was collecting money for Streetchild Africa that I would come back and give back my change. So she gave me a sticker and said to me: "I just know you'll come back," in a friendly way, not like in a whole "I KNOW YOU'LL COME BACK, WON'T YOU?" threatening way, which was kind of nice.

8. Favourite colour?
Blue. That blue, infact. It's kind of dark. My room walls are just a bit brighter because my room gets no light. Damn south facing window.

Right. And now onto a proper blog. It really feels like I haven't blogged properly for ages. Maybe that's good because I hopefully haven't written a boring entry either.

My class finally managed to draw Secret Santa last week - after THREE times. I'm lucky I got my friend who likes fluffy things. I'm also doing Secret Santa with my old school friends, but we have to hand make our gifts. I don't have a camera at the moment, but I'll show you what I've done next week. I actually keep trying to make a photo blog, but I never have the time.

I also failed a Maths test yesterday. Yay. But my Maths teacher said it was really hard so he doesn't mind if we get a bad mark. Other subjects are going okay. We're in the processess of finishing off Macbeth in English. Unfortunately we have the fun essay of "Who is to Blame for Macbeth's Downfall?" At least we have no more Latin lessons because we're having a series of Greek taster lessons instead, which are going okay. It's weird learning a new alphabet though. My letters are all kind of lopsided.

Aaand, you remember that priest dude who teaches RS? He finished his teacher training! My class are upset that we'll never see his funny eyebrows and shiny shoes again. But I don't think he really liked my class. We kept mistaking the word "Heresy" for "Hear Say" as in the band.

We have report reading next week. Eek. Apparently it's quite hellish at this school - the teacher basically tells you you're not working hard enough, that you need to cut down on hobbies and focus on studying. Sounds harsh. It means I'll get to miss some of Chemistry though, yay. I'm kind of planning out my excuses for not studying hard enough on exams. I'm hoping my form tutor will believe me.

But next week still ought to be pretty good, besides the hellish report reading. We break up on Thursday. On Tuesday I'm seeing my friends afterschool at Subway, and on Thursday we have a Sixth Form and Teacher Pantomime (apparently it's great fun - last year they did The Potter Puppet Pals and got our sixty year old teacher to play Dumbledore), and then I'm meeting up with my friends to go Ice skating.

And because next week is my last week, it means I have no more Physics, PE or ICT lessons! Yay! Hope you have a spiffingly fantastic weekend :) Sorry for the painfully long blog post. It really just makes up for last week's.

Also, I keep nicking pens from my classroom. Like whenever people leave pens on my desk, I just stick them in my bag. I now have a nice collection of pens. So my question is: What weird habits do you have?