and pasta... with some parmasan

well, what can i say... my weekend in tamworth was amazing...
amazing people,
amazing chats,
amazing worship,
amazing teaching,
amazing fellowship,
an amazing god,
long, amusing car trips home

the "soul team" part was great, but also hanging out with the guys was awesome!! we had a great time...

we spent about 4 out of the 6 hour car trip in histerics... forrect gump impersinations, matts lame jokes, references to many toilet and sexual humour... very very fun!!!

it tired me out!!

well, thats the abridged version

im going to tamworth, it'll be good to get away from my busy life for a while (though i will have to admit that i will be doing my music assignment whilst i am away)

i cant wait for next year!! my life will be more in the control of my own hands, with only one sixth of my time set aside for education controled by the sacreligious institution of a school, the other 5/6ths will be my own self determinated learning, about stuff which i want to learn about...

i hope i make it to nationals next year; because then i would have the chance to qualify to go overseas to the world champs; i would love to go overseas, in the last 12.5 years i have only been to fiji for a week, and thats it... i love europe...

yesterday i was really tired, we had a sausage sizzle at school and i did most of the cooking... for 700 students!!! it was quite a mission... it ended being an over 3 hour effort! i didnt feel like going to the small group social because i have so much to do, and it was single sex again, which is hard because last weekend beth was in melbourne, and this weekend i will be in tamworth, that means i wouldnt hae seen her for ages, and that is really hard... we only have a mixed sex social once a term...

last nite none of my friends from school that i invited ended up comming... they're so lazy... its weird, they always used to be very activly social people, never used to choose to stay at home over going out... and now they would?!?

i really better get going, im leaving soon

mmm, my sister just told me if i dont get my life under control... she will enforce it on me... but frankly i would love that...

she said she would make me spend more time playing music, reading, time with beth, relaxing, having supper (tea after dinner) with dad, blogging, etc... the things i enjoy... **cept she didnt mention rowing :(**

i am in so much pain physically!!
i am so tired...

and i dont have enuf time to even blog... there are so many unanswered emails in my inbox (and deleted items)!!

but, god is good, great rather... actually amazing

i dont kno where else i wud b thou

...

in other news... my new zootsuits from simply oarsome just arrived (had it been a day earlier, it would have saved me from getting a rash from wearing my wet one this morning... on that point... i am so dead, we trained so hard this morn... felt good thou... but not afta trainin 3 times on wed... my bum is so sore)

wow, all day it has been hot, and sunny, blue skies
and just then it started pelting down with rain, and the wind picked up heaps... god is amazing... i really hope the caravan is alrite thou, its been such a stressful day for mum, dad and sal, i hope it calms down, so it can be taken where it needs to go this arvo...

its going 2 b at church this arvo, as well as many other places

mmm, i just had the last regatta of the JB sharp season... finally...

well i can say it was good... they actually gave me my trophy this time :)

i had to turn down the handicap which i was really looking forward to, becoz they wanted me to race in a quad with the masters :)
a worthy reason for turning it down...

all in all, my day has been good i have 2.5 hours to do 2 assignments, half a terms worth of history and maths, and learn the stuff that i am being tested on monday!! grrrrreat!!

ooo jamie just came in and told me that i wont have to play in the soul thing 2nite... that means i have 3.5 hours!!!

yay, so this 5 min of procrastination wont have affected me much!!!

yay

neway, i smell, so therefore i am off to shower!!!

kids club camp was fun, pity i had 2 come home early...
twas just thinking that i need new sox, all mine have holes in them, even the ones i got new a couple of months ago!!

(Yeah, will possibly blog more on the camp later)

well, actually this is a post about my wednesday (such a random word wednesday, i never spell it right...)

so therefore i will post this as if it was wednesday nite, when i intended to post it

well, ive had what you would call a rather interesting day...

it all started with missing both alarms and waking up late, but still managing to get ready for rowing on time... including packing lots of food for the day,

next, i arrived at rowing to do the 5km time trial which we do every week, and no one but adam and i (and some random guy that was sent down to open the boat shed) were there... so we waited 15 min and the guy sent us upstairs to do a weights session... which is really anoying because i really wanted to row in the double... even if it was pouring

i had a pretty interesting day at school too, pretty bludgy periods, and my maths teacher was away, so we had maths in the art room and i played a very long game of boxes...

then it got more interesting when we went to rowing, we were running accross main roads several times, "the bus comes at this stop", "no it comes here", 'look. theres the bus!!"
so after catching three buses, doing a fair bit of walking, visiting 4 sets of shops... we arrived at rowing...

so we had to try and get the big sweep oars out the back door, which was a major mission!!
and then we put the boat out on the water... then as soon as we had done that, it started pouring... so we all stripped down to our zooty's (cept monty who is yet to get one) so that we wouldnt get hyperthermia and adam ran (like a monkey) all our dry stuff inside...
instead of doing a proper warm up, we did all four warming up...

we were warming up, as a huge manly fery came close to us and washed us off pretty badly...

***FOR ALL THE SKIM READERS WHO WANT TO KNOW THE EXCITING STUFF***
just as the fery went around the corner, we continued our warm up...
then we hear the sound of a massive engine...

tom shouts out "thats the bloddy boat who keeps comming out and washing people off, get his boat name..."

i turn around and shout to monty and adam "get his boat name"

monty: "what?"

luke (turning around): "get his... damn!!!"

tom: "that boat is comming strait for us"

luke: "he hasnt seen us"

so the boat going at least double the speed limit, driving neglagently and on the wrong side of the river heads strait for us...

at that moment, we all have thoughts running through our heads... mine being:

• i hope monty doesnt bail... coz if he does, i am dead for sure
• ive had a good life, i wouldnt mind ending it here
• i cant bail, my oars on the wrong side
• casey is gone for sure

just then it comes, just missing our heads, breaking oars, and almost killing casey (and the rest of us)

had we been 20cm close, we would be dead

***damn the bell just rang***

oh... im really really anoyed, ive been waiting all year to see the lion king with school... looking forward to it heaps... and it turns out, either they didnt get my money, or it was lost, or something of the sort, and we're going next wed, and i dont have a ticket...

its really really anoying!!!

i really want to see it...

maybe ill just try and see it with friends sometime, but that'll take forever to get a ticket!! and what if no one wants to go :(

oh well... gotta love public schools :)

Public Education... The Way to Go

geese, it takes soooooooooooo much effort to wake up at this time of the morning, every morning... no matter what people say, you really do not get used to it

my brother is watching astro boy, and i have just realised that it is actually quite a depressing show

another interesting day 2day (still not nearly as exciting as yesterday) i will tell all l8a
i have to teach now thou

all i will say is YAY im back on the waterhole

sooooooo much to blog about... i have had a very very interesting day (one of the things bing almost dying) i will blog about it later

rain is good... i do really like rain

wow, look at that, ever since i changed address, and not on the waterhole, i am second from the bottom... that means almost everyone that could blog, has, since my last post....

and what i thing to be known for... the guy whos last post was titled "i have brain on my shorts"!!!

bloggin off to attempt an early nite,
luke

well today is my last real regatta of winter and i hope its not called off... i would be more than happy to race in the windy rough water... its fun!!!

well i hope it goes well... cant wait till the summer season!!

im actually really happy today... ive had a lot of sleep and ive almost caught up on all the food i lost when i threw up... thankyou god!!

also im really pumped to row after watching the rowing in the olympics!!!

(so far my coach's crews have been going really well!!!... i knew you could do it nick!!! cant wait till your back!!)

i just realised that the last 5 posts that i posted didnt work?!? i dont know why!!

oh, my phones broken... the speaker is broken so it makes no noise, which makes it incredibly dificult to have a conversation when you dont know when they've picked up or what they're saying

hows this my last 100 visitors:

55
New South Wales
Australia

18
Western Australia
Australia

12
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8
Victoria
Australia

6
Tasmania
Australia

1
South Australia
Australia

i just got home from school... well my day has been prety good 2day, pretty uneventful but thats what makes it good... i did nothing at school... :D

i have to go now, but meh
luke

i really shouldnt be blogging, im going to make myself late...
but in other news... its beth's and my one month aniversery today!!! yay, we've made one month, and still standing strong :D... im so happy

last nite i was talking to mum and dad about uni next year, i cant wait to go, but im having trouble choosing what to major in...

my inbox is scary... i havnt checked my email in ages... im just dreading havin to read and reply to 258 emails (not including junk mail)... hopefully theyre mostly forwards so i can delete them... wish me luck :D (i seriously do not have enuf time)

oh well, i really better finish getting ready for rowing... i have anotha regatta this sunday (i hope they dont forget to give medals this time :P)

blogging off
luke

and more proof for my theory that i can share is joel and alice...

CONGRADULATIONS GUYS!!!!

you have my blessings, best wishes...

luke

... has the most boring theory work!!!

mmm i was just thinking... well, i have been thinking recently... i should be more honest and open and extactic about things... just speak how i feel for the goods...

here are just some...

i love god... he is awesome... but sometimes i cause our relationship to suffer... i love him, he forgives me, i cant wait to go to heaven

i love my family, they are so wonderful, they hurt me the most; because they are so close to me, they teach me how to be a good person... they contributed heaps to moulding me (but god made the clay)

i love beth... she is so wonderful, im glad god put her in my life, im so thankful for it... i enjoy spending time with her.... i wish i could see her more... i want out relationship to be a three person relationship; her, god, me... i love beth, i love her hugs too, and i love her smile, and her eyes, and i lov..............................

i love my friends, guys and girls, we go through hard times, thou they are always there for me... we have really deep relationships, really easy going relationships, we all know that we are loved by eachother, therefore we are so comfortable with eachother... we're like family... i need to hug them more, hugs are good

nitio, i need to go to bed... but to be honest... i wont be sleeping for a while

here is an old post titled Something Big Has Begun and all i can say is i am right!!!

congradulations everyone on your current special news!!! im so happy for you!!!

long story... i will expand later, but trust me on this one

A piece of mind... belongs to no one
kinda as it says above

ive been awake for 30 hours as of one min ago
now im off 2 shower

...from channel seven's website...

Rock Eisteddfod controversy
The pupils at Davidson High School decided to address the war in Iraq for their Rock Eisteddfod entry. In it they asked whether the war was "evil", whether the leaders lied to justify the war and whether too many innocent people were killed in the conflict. Some people were outraged, some thought it was excellent.

Watch the full eight minute version of the production and make your own mind up about it.

The Davidson High students are now through to the finals of the Open category. The Final will be held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on September 9th and 10th.Channel Seven will broadcast the Eisteddfod winners in a special two part program on Sunday November 14th at Midday and 21st November at 2.30pm.

in the words of jaryad (or how ever its spelt) watters in science, after we dicsected brain

It's a shock eisteddfod

Davo might not be going to the grand finals because its too political... read the artical... its a load of rubbish...

its amazing how much the blogging world is expanding, i just updated my links and realised how many more people there are...

ive had a massive day, and im glad its over

nearly fainted and threw up at training

i must be off to bed if im going to be any good in the morning :)

such a true post
go Jimmy

is it because i lied when i was seventeen?

hows that, it was raining 10 min ago, with dark skies and everything, and now its how with clear blue skies.. im going outside for lunch!!

i just had to break into my house... again

Well, im sitting on the bus on my way home from school and i dcided... what btter time to blog...

hold on, my cd finished...

well this morn i accompanied hsc trial music perfomances... it was fun...

matt hobbit and ivo were both there as accompianists too.

funny (well not at the time) thing is that ben left the backing tracks for his three other performances in his car... getting serviced...

...ooo bohemian rhapsody just came on!!

mmm, im glad ive got sports exemption, i dont think i could really cope well without it.

***...too late, my time is gone, sends shivers down my spine... ***

ooo, im the only person on the bus now... i mite go and talk to the bus driver

ciao

i didnt have training the smorning (this morning) becoz adam wasnt going and i cant get to school if he doesnt go :(...

i sware im lost the mornings which i dont have training... i dont know what to do with myself

im not looking forward to getting to school early... oh well, must be off... g2 have breakfast!

mmm, whilst lying down in the bus last nite, it gave me a very sore neck today... it hurts