Good thing I decided to shower in the night because I we had to be leaving at 8:15 for breakfast. I set my alarm for 7 and my other alarm for 7:30. I turned both off and woke up a third time to a siren blasting and a girl yelling through a loudspeaker "arscott in the courtyard in 15 minutes". I jumped up, got dressed and then was almost early.
So we went up to breakfast. I walked by myself most of the way which wasn't great, chatted to some girls for a little bit but not really anything to worry about. Breakfast was in shifts and Arscott house was the last one which was nice because we got the most sleep. I got my food (tiny bit of scrambled eggs, piece of toast and plum jam + juice) and sat down at a table with Shannon and a guy and a girl. They were pretty much finished when I arrived. The girl left pretty quickly, I didn't actually talk to her. I kinda did the usual "hi, where are you from? what course are you doing?" thing with the guy. But I still don't know his name. He left and walked back to Arscott. Shannon and I sat for a while but quickly got bored so she asked the nice lady (who is in charge of something but I don't know what) where we had to be next and we made our own way their instead of waiting for the group. We sat outside the building and chatted to two other girls who were by themselves until everybody else arrived and we went into the lecture theatre.
I dont remember who did the lecture but it was about Safety on campus. They gave us a map of the "safe routes to walk at night" and said that you should feel free to ask security to escort you, especially if you think you're too drunk to walk by yourself. It got fairly boring in the end but they told us all about the services on campus, the fact that we have a free doctor service and councellor and all that stuff.
After that lecture they took us back to the Cafe and fed us morning tea, I was still full from breakfast but I had a muffin and a couple of pieces of fruit coz provided food = me no cook. Shannon didn't have anything because she wasn't hungry. She had to leave about half way through the meal tho coz she had to go to work. I didn't want to sit alone so I moved and sat with the same guy from breakfast. He was by himself too. I chatted to him a bit more, long pauses but I wasn't overly uncomfortable with them. A bit later on his brother came and sat with us. His brother is a second year, first year ressie, staying somewhere else. It was weird. The younger brother was rather, well more nerdy. The older brother had his bottom lip pierces and seemed kinda cooler. But they kinda talked computers a bit so they both had roots there. All in all pleasant conversation. So then we went up the stairs and waited for the groups to form. Then they took all the kids from Arscott and UV over to a grassy area and divided us into groups through birthday months (four groups: jan-mar, april-june, july-sept, oct-dec). A fifth group arrived and they sent a couple of people from my group over there (including me). So we sat in a circle and made small talk. Then they told us that there wasn't going to be any toilet paper until tuesday so they handed out rolls and told us to each take some.
After everyone had some toilet paper they said that we each had to go around the circle and say a number of facts about ourselves, the same number of squares we took. I think I told them my name, my nickname, that I had a cat called tom, the degree i'm doing, and the fact that I had bandaids on my feet. I know I took more squares than that but meh.
So after we went around the whole circle some of the other groups were playing games like Stuck in the Mud, Fruit Salad and Duck Duck goose. Our group ended up playing Stuck in the Mud for a couple of minutes and then runacross. I didn't play, I sat on the sideline with some other people. I think it was then, as we were standing around waiting to go to the next place, that I started talking to a girl called Caitlin. Just little conversation but we walked together to our next lecture, meeting Damien along the way. So the three of us chatted and sat together in the lecture theatre. Caitlin in the middle.
The councellor talked to us in the lecture for a while, talking about feeling lost and being far away from home and all that.
NB: This post has taken me days to write, which in itself is annoying because more things keep happening and now i'm struggling to remember what happened when. I'm now writing this on Wed the 15th of Feb at 2:52PM.
That night was the "punch party". I didn't actually attend because it was $10 and I really wasn't going to drink that much.
My Photo Album
"Having lunch in a park in Zealand"
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"Glacier Climbing in NZ"
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"Jet Boating with the family in NZ"
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"Making a card tower on the ferry crossing in NZ"
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"The Soda Fountain"
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"Hole in the Rock"
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"Old Cromwell Town"
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"On top of Franz Josef Glacier"
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"Kiss for the Rock'n'Roll Gender Bender"
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"Heaven'n'Hell - Chev, Alicia and John"
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"Heaven'n'Hell - Alicia and Me"
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"Heaven'n'Hell - Marissa"
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"Heaven'n'Hell - Phillllllliiiiippp"
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"Heaven'n'Hell - Timmy"
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"Heaven'n'Hell - John John"
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"Heaven'n'Hell - Another John"
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"Ghost Drop Girls"
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"Lounging around @ SusSEX"
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"Rosie Hammocking"
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"Kath fell asleep in the sunshine"
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"Caitlin's Bday @ Moose"
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"The boys bonding"
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"Caitlin & Matthew"
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"The family @ Mitch's 21st"
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"Case & I @ Op Shop '06"
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"The boys visiting Berra"
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"Chicken & his Daddy watching the footy"
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"Drunk on Midori"
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"Boring Bar Night"
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"Caitlin and Me at the Bar"
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"Ressies Ball '06"
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"P-top common room"
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"Mitchie's Graduation!!"
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"The 'rents were so proud"
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"Smiling Faces"
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"Kath's first visit @ the bus stop"
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"Damo's Birthday Dinner '06"
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"Yummy Yummy Yummy Pasta"
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"Caitlin Snorting"
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"John & Diane @ Moose"
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"Traffic Light Party"
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"Moustache Men"
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"Pizza Boy"
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"I tried to eat Caitlin's ear"
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"Johnny Boy"
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"P.A.D"
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"Ben & Timmy"
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Tunes to keep you busy
A Quick Wilson Quiz
"You can't stop the beat" - Hairspray
TRACY
You cant stop an avalanche
As it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl
But ya know you never will
And you can try to stop my dancin' feet
But i just cannot stand still
Cause the world keeps spinnin'
Round and round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til i heard the drums
Then i found my way
TRACY & LINK
Cause you can't stop the beat
Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that i can today
'Cause you cant stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna
But i never ask why
And if you try to hold me down
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you cant stop the beat!
PENNY
You can't stop a river
As it rushes to the sea
SEAWEED
You can try and stop the hands of time
But ya know it just can't be
PENNY
And if they try to stop us, Seaweed,
I'll call the N Double A C P
Cause the world keeps spinning
Round and 'round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til i heard the drums
Then i found my way
PENNY & SEAWEED
Cause you can't stop the beat
PENNY & SEAWEED
Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman liked to shake it
On a saturday night
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
With all my might today
'Cause you cant stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise
What I'm dreamin' of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
Cause you cant stop the beat!
EDNA
You cant stop my happiness
Cause i like the way i am
And you just can't stop my knife and fork
When i see a christmas ham
So if you don't like the way i look
Well, i |ust don't give a damn!
EDNA & ENSEMBLE
Cause the world keeps spinning
Round and 'round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til i heard the drums
Then i found my way
EDNA & COMPANY
'Cause you cant stop the beat
Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that i can today
Cause you cant stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna
But i never ask why
And if you try to hold me down
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you cant stop the beat!
MOTORMOUTH
Oh oh oh
You can't stop today
As it comes speeding down the track
Child, yesterday is hist'ry
And it's never coming back
MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE
'Cause tomorrow is a brand new day
MOTORMOUTH
And it don't know white from black
ENSEMBLE
Yeah!
MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE
'Cause the world keeps spinning
'Round and 'round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til i heard the drums
Then i found my way
'Cause you cant stop the beat
ALL
Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman liked to shake it
On a saturday night
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
With all my might today
'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
They can try to stop ths paradise
We're dreaming of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
You can't stop the beat!
Aah, aah, aah
Aah, aah, aah
Aah, aah, aah
ALL
Ever since we first saw the sun
A man and woman like to shake it when the day is done
But we're gonna shake and shimmy it
And have some fun
For today!
ALL
Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise
We're dreaming of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
'Cause you can't stop the beat!
You can't stop the beat!!
You can't stop the beat!!
You can't stop the beat!!
You can't stop the beat!!
my name is wilson
I'm one of those people who prefers to be out the back of the shoe store packing away boxes and ordering shoes rather than serving customers. I'm allergic to nothing and yet
I avoid things that i'm not used to. I fell in love once and to be loved is the most wonderful feeling in the entire world. I hold on to stereotypes of myself from years
ago not realising how much i've changed. I've taken two steps toward being independent but am nowhere near the stage most people are at my age. I crave attention but at
the same time hate getting it. I like my privacy and my space and miss having a big backyard to wander in. I want to do everything but make no effort to do anything
and then complain about it. I love to laugh and to make other people laugh at me. I can't stand being serious or when somebody else is crying and I can't do anything
to make them feel better. I want to be held when I cry. I want to be spoilt and to lie in bed forever with someone who i've given my heart to.