“Would you die silently please?”

Yes, it’s true! The dreaded PIG FLU has finally invaded Lornshill! Which basically means the classes are reduced (very reduced) and that we have something new to joke about in drama. Hence the quote above which was actually my drama teacher to a student with a bad cough.

The student is now off sick.

Another funny episode was when the head of the drama department came in and my teacher explained that we were watching a movie because with only five people there wasn’t much use doing anything else, the reply she got was this: “What, are they all dying now?”

Of course it’s not all fun and games with this swine flu, at least I’m pretty sure the sick students don’t think so, and today we actually got a pamphlet on it. And also the teachers have been putting up posters with coughing people on. We’re taking this seriously I’ll have you know! Although, my drama teacher’s theory is that now that so many have caught it already they won’t bother closing the school. I’m not quite sure what I think about that…

But let’s talk about something more joyous! I was at an African themed barbeque last weekend, and let me tell you, Scottish people know how to party! The majority was admittedly Peter and Alison’s age, with quite a few twenty somethings and the odd representation of other ages. But it was really the most fun I’ve had in ages, everybody had dressed up in something they deemed typical African. This of course meant there was a wide range of costumes from ‘African outfits’ to animal themed outfits to movie lookalikes. Two people who stood out in particular were maybe the man dressed as ‘The African queen’, anyone know the movie?, and the younger man who had actually turned himself brown for the occasion and was running around in a hemp skirt. It was all great fun; the Scots are all very friendly and open.

Also, I feel it is my duty to inform all of you of this one thing I was recently made aware of. You see, the Scottish schools are very informative, I’m always learning something new. The latest is this; I don’t exist. I’m sorry to disappoint everyone who thought otherwise, and let me tell you I am just as surprised as you are! Now, one would expect this kind of information was something I’d picked up in philosophy right? Well, I’ll have to disappoint you again; it was actually Mr. Taylor, my modern studies teacher, who told me this. Then again he was only the messenger; the real source was … the IT department!

Now, to all of you who didn’t understand, this is just another great example of my shitty humor. The issue was really that I still do not have a log in on the school computers and apparently am not yet admitted to the big system, hence my non existence. But what fun would it be to just put it like that!?

And here! The promised picture of my school uniform, taken on photo day as well! By me admittedly, but never mind that.

To be perfectly honest I wasn’t all that excited about the jacket, it probably doesn’t help that I’m swimming in mine, but I think it sort of looks like a cross between a brass band uniform and a sailor’s jacket.
Update on the jacket, which really is a blazer, thing! After a careful study of the other students at my school I have come to the conclusions that my blazer is the boy version (which explains why it fits me so badly) and also I have to say that it’s starting to grow on me. Why? Because it has like thousands of pockets! It’s got three pockets on the outside and two on the inside, and to be perfectly honest, that is quite handy! So yes, it has definitely grown on me through the past week and now I think it’s just brilliant! I can fit everything in my pockets; whatever shall I do without it?

And then lastly a note on the Weekly challenge segment!
Lena and I decided together that the first challenge will be; rooms! Then I decided, admittedly without consulting Lena, that it will start first next week. Lena of course thinks we should just go ahead and start RIGHT NOW! But here’s the catch, Lena has just arrived in Blackpool and took a picture of her room right away. I’ve been here for nearly three weeks, and let’s just say my room need’s a bit of tidying (especially since my mom sent me everything I had forgotten and everything I didn’t know I would miss) before it’s presentable for anything. Since it is a weekly segment I’m going to try make it so that the poll’s are open just for a week so that it is just possible to vote for that particular week’s challenge, if I just manage to do that that is. But it can’t be that hard, I’m positive I’ll manage!

Maybe I also should mention that I am dead tired of waiting for Lena to get her ass moving and actually posting something, so I took the liberty of ignoring the one-post-each rule and just post something. Also, I have decided to start a new and better life! Meaning I’m going to start taking loads of pictures, because really, pictures are fun! And now if off to Edinburgh!