2:19 AM
Even though I'm about as much of an insomniac as a lion (average of 17-20 hours of sleep a day) I find myself more awake than I should be after two hours of sleep. Well, what better time to recap the past couple of days.
Two weeks ago I fought my way through my midterms. I'm pretty pleased with the results and seem to be one of the few who's actually pretty confident about graduating. The thursday thereafter me and my friends went to our christmass schoolparty (the party committee claims its a gala but it's about as classy as crocs and the amount of long elegant dresses is approximately zero). I felt bold, (yep, this is this fits my definition of being bold, haha) and attempted to put my hair up:
If you're interested in recreating this turd, watch this. It's pretty easy (even with the ridiculous heavy and uncooperative hear i've been born with).
The party was okay. I had fun and enjoyed joking around with friends but felt a little uncomfortable being the eldest and think it's about time to leave it to the juniors to feel like they own the place.
I went home the next morning and haven't left Amsterdam since. I quite enjoy being here for more than two days in a row and not having to cut out 3 hours of my day for travelling. (My parents moved to Amsterdam a couple of months ago but since I'm in my senior year I decided not to switch schools. Which means I have to drag myself to the trainstation to get on a hour-and-a-half-long ride to school every morning. Definitely no reason to complain though, Amsterdam's amazing.)
Since my parents are my only social acquiantainces within a 40 mile radius (this sounds almost as pathetic as it is) I spent most of my days with them. Last week we visited Amsterdam's museum of modern art (stedelijk museum) that currently exposes a black square as their main attraction (not a huge Malevich fan I guess). On thursday I stole my dads camera to experiment a bit and shot my current header, which I think's pretty cool (like, almost tumblr-ish cool). Unfortunately my family doesn't celebrate Christmass so the 25th came and went like any other day. Luckily a couple of friends, who I hadn't seen in months, came to visit me yesterday. We strawled about, did some shopping and finally got a chance to catch-up. To add to the joy the stores had started their new year's sale so I picked up some things from Topshop and others which I hope to post about soon.
These are my poo-head friends
And this is me being the socially awkward creature I tend to be
All in all, my days have been less than life-changing.
And, of course, New Years Eve came around.
I celebrated the start of 2014 with a bunch of people at a friend's house in the middle of nowhere (we literally cycled over an hour to get there) which was really nice.
However, since my thoughts are as random and undetermined as a goldfish in a bowl, I didn't really bother pinning down New Years resolutions. I'd like to exercise a bit more and maybe find a job but I know in a few months I'll probably dwell in self-pity due to exam-related stress.
Despite me being a lazy numskull I have so many things to look forward to this year.
- First and foremost 2014 WILL be the year I graduate (healthy confidence Is what my mom says)
- This means I'll probably loose, and hopefully gain, a couple of friends this year. (which I don't know how to feel about)
- Directly after my exams I'll jump on a plane to Australia with my parents to visit my brother, who I'll haven't seen for 10 months by that time. (Too. Excited.)
- Before all this I'm going on a little ski-trip this february with a couple of friends which, at the same time, might be our last holiday together.
- I'm turning Eightteen this year. Which scares me.
- At the end of August I'll pack my things and move to America for a year. To make a long story short I applied to a couple of American Universities and will spend a gap-year (at least, that's how I see it) on one of their campuses (I'll probably explain this a bit more another time) I guess you could say it's a pretty big deal to me (Like, really big.)
Soooo....
2014 will be interesting.
And, of course, New Years Eve came around.
I celebrated the start of 2014 with a bunch of people at a friend's house in the middle of nowhere (we literally cycled over an hour to get there) which was really nice.
However, since my thoughts are as random and undetermined as a goldfish in a bowl, I didn't really bother pinning down New Years resolutions. I'd like to exercise a bit more and maybe find a job but I know in a few months I'll probably dwell in self-pity due to exam-related stress.
Despite me being a lazy numskull I have so many things to look forward to this year.
- First and foremost 2014 WILL be the year I graduate (healthy confidence Is what my mom says)
- This means I'll probably loose, and hopefully gain, a couple of friends this year. (which I don't know how to feel about)
- Directly after my exams I'll jump on a plane to Australia with my parents to visit my brother, who I'll haven't seen for 10 months by that time. (Too. Excited.)
- Before all this I'm going on a little ski-trip this february with a couple of friends which, at the same time, might be our last holiday together.
- I'm turning Eightteen this year. Which scares me.
- At the end of August I'll pack my things and move to America for a year. To make a long story short I applied to a couple of American Universities and will spend a gap-year (at least, that's how I see it) on one of their campuses (I'll probably explain this a bit more another time) I guess you could say it's a pretty big deal to me (Like, really big.)
Soooo....
2014 will be interesting.
In other news, I'm still figuring out how I want to use this space and I've got a feeling it might take a while.
Please bare with me.
X Hester
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