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The year started out kind of average. Same 'goals' as every year, same friends, same activities, same interests. I just wanted to do well at school, but, I made it a goal to continue being more social. About April my year got a lot more interesting. Had an okay school camp, was progressing well in school, had a decent enough mid-year report. My friends slowly started changing with all my classes changing, and i'm not entirely sure if it was for better or for worse. I mean, i've got 5 or 6 friends who I genuinly like and have a lot in common with, can hang out with, all that stuff, but, a lot of them I really don't care about overly, and, if I never saw them again from today, I wouldn't be overly dissapointed about it.
I found a girl I liked who was in my science and S&E class, and who I went to primary school with. I hadn't talked to her since primary school 2 years ago, so msn and myspace was my way of letting her know of my existence. I got drunk one weekend, and with all the parties cancelled, the usual street-walking with hoards of unknown other adolescence turned into me and my friends going to her house, and me telling her I liked her. Bam. Girlfriend.
I found a lot more cooler music. Got Pinkerton and the rest of the Weezer discography and completed my parents Radiohead collection to claim for myself. Found a lot of small little proper indie bands, found a lot of acclaimed bands like Animal Collective and the like.
I got a lot more bored though. So I started going to parties and getting drunk. I realised how much I reaaally hate my town, but at the same time, lost a huge lot of ambition in regards to uni and what I want to do.
My love for all things Arsenal hit a halt. I still stay up every 3am Sunday morning to watch the games, still go on the forums and stuff, but i've stopped spending excess amounts on kits, scarves, books and the like.. it's gone down a notch.
Played well in football/soccer this season, and went to Country Week yet again (state wide football tournament against other towns) and we came second, losing in penalties in the final.
As cliche as this sounds, I stopped trying to be like the indie kids I know off forms. I realised nobody cares if your conformist, or if your non-conformist, and pretty much also realised most people don't care about you at all. I'm totally cool with the reality of people and the world, because I share this view with most things anyway.

Overall, one of (if not, maybe the best) the best years of my life, but only since i've become a teenager have I had series of important events in a year.. so quite a few of my years don't count.

8/10.

This year started out playing a gig in Brighton (supporting Minnaars) and passing my driving test. The first 5 months was dominated by my 3rd year of college and going out to Brighton every now and then. Easter holidays where fantastic, then back to college, did really badly in my exams but almost got a B in Photography (this sounds bad but ... I've never been good at school, and i was pleased) Girl problems (aka LACK OF)

Music-wise i discovered Meet Me In St. Louis and LastFm. the combination of these two things has pleased me NO end.

Summer started well and ended horribly, then i moved to Bristol and got a bit bored.

meh/10

2009 started ok, it went well in a work / gigs / friends routine until may, where i lost my job / got dumped / had to move back to france.
since june it's crap as i dont do anything and dont know what to do with myself anymore.
i hope 2010 will get better, that i will get a job and move out of my mom's etc.

I transferred to a uni course I love and am now actually wanting to work hard to get good grades (I'm normally a cruise through bare-minimum kind of girl). Made a few friends at uni - one in particular who also loves Foals and other great bands in general. We always had big long chats about music and now I definitely have someone to go see Foals with when they finally come here. A bit of a lack of potential on the relationship front - always more drama than there should be. Had a sweet job at a costume store, AND got my awesome job back at the bookstore. Made amazing friends at the bookstore. The 2nd half of this year has definitely been better than the first.

I'd rate it 8.5 maybe 9/10.

+ exam results, starting driving, went to florida, made good friends, was in a play, got my hair sorted out, evolution festival, went to stratford, got a job, applied to uni, realised that it is possible for people to like me despite my complete and utter idiocy, parents being great at times.

- 2 ill grandmothers, fell out of touch with some other friends, the worst worst worst sunburn ever at evolution festival, my weight, complete lack of motivation, parents beings dicks at times, discovering that deep down i hate the subjects ive applied to do at university, and thus starting to do shit @ the subjects, realising how annoying i am.

overall, i dunno, 6/10. would have been higher, but the second half of the year has been shit.

+Saw the Horrors 3 times, met Faris Badwan, seeing Danananaykroyd at Offset festival, other gigs, applied for colleges, got to know my friends better, had some good times with my friends, got an A for Core Science, ate some damn good food,

- Worrying about next year, parents being really irritating, being upset for no good reason, missing Underage festival,