Today was eventful. I finished my Ext 2 English Major Work at 2:30 this morning, handed it in at 9:00am, then headed to the city for lunch. It was the BEST feeling, finishing my story. It's such a weight off my shoulders, and just knowing that I've written something meaningful and significant was so satisfying. My story is about a little boy named Benny. He lives with his mum, and one day meets an imaginary friend of sorts, named Peg. Peg is a nasty piece of work. He's always moody and cries all the time, and isn't very nice to Benny at all. Throughout the course of the story, it becomes evident (I hope) to the reader that Benny's mum is suffering from some form of depression. While Benny doesn't necessarily realise this, he has an acute awareness of all the negative energy that exists because of his mum's state of mind. Essentially, Peg exists as a manifestation of all this negativity, and is the means by which Benny is able to comprehend his mum's depression.
Triggered by a breakdown, Benny's mum goes to stay by the sea during the summer holidays, while Benny stays at a neighbour's. She gradually recovers, and as she does, visits from Peg become less frequent, until eventually he fades away completely. Mother and son re-unite. THE END.

After that, I went to the city for lunch with some friends. We went to Mad Mex on Crown St, and it was delicious. I'm glad I wore a baggy top, because I left the restaurant feeling about 8 months pregnant. I had a yummy quesadilla. It was yummy. Then, half of us went Paddington-bound down Oxford St, the others went the other direction and went to a tattoo parlour and, I'm assuming, lazed around in Hyde Park.

The most notable shops we went into today would have to include:
-Ariel Books, where I bought two more orange Penguin Classics; The Fabric of The Cosmos, and Love In The Time Of Cholera
-Shag, which has the most outrageous old clothes I wish I was brave enough to wear
-Cream on Crown, where I bought a nice skirt, and
-The Puf'nStuf Clearance Store, where I bought a pretty pastel top and a floaty summer dress.

The clothes I bought today were made from second-hand 80s and 90s reject clothing, I'm pretty sure, and it made me want to buy some simple patterns from Spotlight and make clothes myself. It's so simple, you just need a few staple patterns and some cool fabrics. I think, when Alex, Ange and I eventually have our market stall, we'll make clothes like that. As well as print our own t-shirts and stuff..

I know that I won't be able to even come close to fully describing how excited I am for the future, but here is the verbal version:
I'M SO EXCITED! For finishing school, for seeing my family (especially Connor, who I miss outrageously), for summer, for Woodford, for finally being able to relax and do things I've always wanted to. Like make lots of art, and clothes, and jewellery, and crafty things. I'm just so excited to make things, you know? And to read things I've always wanted to, and to build up my music collection, and to start working, and to go to Europe next year (that deserves its own post), and to come back and do a Fine Arts degree...

It's just so... exhilarating; knowing that you don't have to be confined anymore. The last few years of high school have felt like I was putting myself on hold, and I'm so excited for not having to do that anymore. I could rant about this for hours, but I won't, because there are other things I want to talk about too.

...Like my latest concoction: Sofiyah's Hokey Pokey Ice Cream.
To create this genius flavour, I combined vanilla ice cream, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, honey and broken pieces of apricot bites. I highly recommend you try this, because it is goddamn delicious.
Today I'm going to make a lemon meringue pie, and maybe tomorrow I'll try making Kara's Melting Moments. They were soooooo good.

I was just on one of my favourite websites, weheartit.com, and i found this photo, which I really love:




I've been so obsessed lately with interiors. I can't wait to have my own place, and for things to look just the way I want them. I think I'm going to start a new post now, devoted to this obsession.