holidays, week 1

image by burke/smith

well, the past week has been very very very relaxing.
mum and went and stayed at the mooloolaba caravan park
its probably one of my favourite places in the world (not that iv been very far in the world)
i lay in the sun all day, read pride and prejudice, tanned, braved the cold and actually went for a few swims, jogged to alex heads (once haha), caught up with old friends, saw mum happy again...the list goes on

there are alot of things running through my head at the moment
i generally dont like to write too much here, but i feel like i need to...just to get it out a little
i dont know?
i want to finish school
i want to travel
i want to be truly happy

the last week had made me realise that i haven't really felt truly happy for an extended amount of time since...well, for a long time
lots of things have been going on at home, and with me, and with other people
its just makes it hard to stay positive when the world seems to be closing in on you...crushing, suffocation, overwhelming you...

mum went to a clairvoyant today, she told mum that i would travel alot, that i wouldnt go to uni straight after school, that i should do a bar tender or barista course so that i can work anywhere, that ill meet someone amazing around the age of 27 and thats when ill come home, and that when i settle down ill have lots of pets, and that i should never work as a nurse or in any psychiatric field...because then i would probably end up in the mad house haha i though that was funny

we're getting a kitten soon...like REALLY soon...like possibly tuesday :) i cant wait, iv wanted another cat for so long.
sabrina was my last cat, i got her when i was seven and she died from cancer this year
it was hard for me because before she died she had been throwing up alot, but i though nothing of it, didnt say anything to anyone about it...and it was a sign of the cancer :(
anyway, im really looking forward to having a little friend to talk to and keep me company while im studying my bottom off for the next half year...yay.

i was watching 'random acts of kindness' on the TV tonight (which, by the way, i think is a really nice change for reality tv shows!) and there was this one girl who they surprised called skye bortoli, she is 16 and is the youngest anti-whaling activist. she has started her own campaign and is slowly making an impact. i think that important messages are delivered alot stronger when a younger person delivers it...i want to have an impact on the world...make a difference...and seeing true stories like skyes, where she has so much passion and drive, just makes me feel lazy and insignificant and worthless, because i havent done anything, really...i havent actually achieved anything in my life. i know im only 17 but i dont want to run out of time.

the only problem is...i dont have a passion. i dont have that one thing that i absolutely love to do, or am really obsessed with or passionate about. i need to find it but i have no time with school.



well theres a little insight into my mind of late.
hope i didnt bore you too much :)

x

easter so farrr

soo from good friday till today (easter sunday) i have been away camping in...well...the middle of no-where really
i can never really remember where it is, i just know its called 'the block'
havent been there is 3 years but it really hasnt changed much haha
still have to heat up the water for a shower on the fire
still have to cook toast over the fire
still have to go to the toilet in a tin shed thingy
BUT it was quite relaxing
i did nothingmuch , because there wasnt really much TO do
not all was lost though, i did learn how to play a new card game - euka (not sure how to spell it)
its alot like 500 but more confusing
i also learnt how to do cut the deck in this awesome cool new way
which will apparantly make me look like a real cark shark ;)
i am now also a master toast cooker
and quite good at setting up tents

all in all, it was alright
better than school anyway :D

I LOVE HOLIDAYS.

thanks to rach for above image.

i know i've already posted about it but...

WOODFORD!

one of THE best times in my year
thinking of all the funny things that happened never fails to cheer me up
and this year i went with probably the best group i have ever gone with
(sophie, sophia, hannah w, hannah p, eloise)
'the fesival song' by pez reminds me so much of woodford
it pretty much descibes the whole festival experience!

lets recap:
4/6 of the coolest camp in the woorrllldddd

amphi mosh pit (notice sophia looking dazed in the bottom right corner)

NYE at the grande. everyone has a candle and lights it for the 3 mins silence at 11:30pm

some guy had a horse

THE KIN <3

if you are thinking of going this year (09/10) then i highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend it!
x

shoot me

for i have been very very bad
i have not blogged in quite a while.
BUT i have a very valid excuse (although i dont know why im making excuses to a computer)...
i want to write about what i did in my holidays, but i have to wait to get the photos from some of the events before i can post about it.
so you'll all just have to wait abit!

sorryyyyy!

x

ps. im 17 now :)

NEW ZEALAND :D

*sings* LEAVIN ON A JET PLAANNNEEEEE

yes siree, tomorrow my mother, brother, aunty and i are making a special little trip to one of my altime favourtire places in the whole world (no exaggeration!)...THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT!
taking a family holiday to new zealand for the next two weeks and im just starting to get excited! usually i dont get excited about holidays until i am either AT the airport (mainly because i absolutely go crazy and love airports, not sure why, just something/everything about them!) or getting off the aeroplane at the destination.
i think the main reasons i am looking forward to this trip are:
1. first holiday with mum since parents split in 2004 :0
2. getting away and experiencing a diff. culture
3. apparantly its b-e-a-u-tiful over there :)
4. any over sea's holiday is cause for excitement really ;)

so yeah, i will try and get to a computer at least once while over there, and possibly be able to say a quick HI on here, but if now you'll know where i am

have a save rest-of-holidays and dont miss me tooooo much (i know its hard!)

x

woooodford!

this was my sixth woodford folk festival and it was a ripper!
i saw some great bands, met some great people and danced so much that my feet are still sore!
some of the highlights were:

melodics
the herd
the kin
doch
ash grunwald
mr percival
augie march
bob evans
endorphin
jackson jackson
josh pyke
kafka
kate miller-heidke
lior
hermitude
oka
taikoz
that 1 guy
the bird
the boat people
the gin club
THE WILLIAMS TRIO!
true live
wild marmalade

my highlights for this year would probably be melodics and the kin (whom i also saw last year) and the lead singer of the melodics and the brothers from the kin are cousins! and have the same manager, who is their uncle! except their uncle is like the same age as them.
i got to meet the kin, which was awesome! and taught their manager how to dance to yodelling haha it was very fun

there were so many hilarious moments throughout the week, as i spent it with some pretty hilarious people (sophie, sophia, eloise, hannah p, hannah w) including when we snuch drinks into the festival by holding the bottles between our legs under our dresses (well that was alarming hahaha) and when sophia snuck some in by putting vodka in a zip lock bag and hiding it in her pants, however it spilt and hahaha it was so funny!
i also learnt that eloise always takes jokes that one step too far!! which is great for making the original joke even funnier. eg:

h: 'i got so tanned, i was like aboriginal'
j: 'haha be funny if you came to school and your skin was black and you were like i got really burnt on the weekend!'
e: 'hahhahaha yea and then someone comes up to you and says hey you got a really bad fake tan, but its not even fake tan, its just black paint'

ok it may not seem that funny just reading it but it was THE funnies thing i have ever heard her say!
i love woodford! it is so amazing and i cant wait for the next one!
x

there will be more pictures to come as i get them off people!

god bless us, every one

:D
i, jessica margaret brain, am proud to admit that i love christmas.
i love spending time with my family and playing games and seeing everyone happy and together. i know that not everyone shares in my absolute adoration of this time of year, but i just hope that maybe i can rub off on them a little and spread the love!
tomorrow i will be leaving to go to esk and have christmas eve/day with my dad and his family, so i wanted to wish everyone a very merry christmas, and (if i dont get to post before then) an even better New Years!

i have some traditions that i participate in every year at christmas time. number one is seeing the christmas lights in my local area, i did that tonight with mum, martin, peter, kynnan, maddy and georgie (last 3 are peters kids, they're nice!). the cleveland uniting church was by far the winner and they even had live music (strings playing christmas carols!!)
the second tradition is that every year, at christmas time, i watch a taped-off-tv copy of 'The Muppets Christmas Carol'. It is my absolute FAVOURITE christmas movie and i still giggle at all the funny parts and sing along to all the songs!
im not sure how to add a video to this so just click HERE (please!) and listen to my favourite song from the movie :D and if you have never seen the muppets christmas carol then i highly recommend it!

merry christmas to all my friends out there, i hope you remember to tell your family you love them and have a great time over the next few days! you are all amazing people and i wouldn't be who i am without knowing you all :)

xo doodle brain

time to kick back and relax

OR I could start the four assignments I want to at least write a draft for these holidays...
haha good one jess...fat chance of that happening. I am too in demand to waste time on irrelevant past times such as 'school'...pfft, who needs it.
NOT ME.
...
maybe me.
...
ok ok so definitely me, but that doesn't mean I have to do any work before New Year's right? No didn't think so ;)

Instead I think i might indulge in a more enjoyable past time - the writing of the Annual Christmas Wishlist :D

1. Kings Of Leon album "Only By The Night"
2. GHD straightener
3. Twilight book series <3
4. underwater camera
5. Moulin Rouge on DVD
6. polaroid camera + film (if only)
7. Black Books series 1, 2, 3
8. Scrubs series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
9. Two and a Half Men series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
10. Skins series 1, 2
11. Veronica Mars series 1, 2, 3
12. Monk series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
13. wall mountable fish tank
14. sun jar
15. drum lessons (pleaseee)
16. The Body Shop's neroli jasmin body spray (I want to make it my signature scent, because its smells so edibly good!)


i love christmas. i absolutely love love love christmas. everything about it!
i can't wait...20 sleeps to go :D

xo doodlebrain

did i mention...

that i won tickets to BLOC PARTAYYYY!
i got an email yesterday informing me that my tickets are in the post
and i almost wet my pants
:D

on other news, christmas is on the way
and whilst i am aware that there are some scrouges out there (sophie!)
i still love it, and nothing could ever ruin it for me
and i have found the perfect way to celebrate the season
...
brisbane city christmas lights tour!

exciting i know!
if you are my friend and you would like to come with me
please please please let me know!
and if you are a certain friend of mine who doesn't want to come...
well, just be expecting a little surprise ambush sometime between the 16th and 21st of december!

peace out. doodle-brain.

affirmation

i love how music can have such an effect on my mood
and i love summer
i love the cool breeze on a hot night, it tells me that christmas is coming
and that makes me happy
not because of the presents or anything self-obsessed like that
no, it makes me happy because christmas brings everyone together
family, friends, even strangers
i love being with my family on christmas

we sit around and play cards, tell jokes, play cluedo, play pranks, tell stories
even if we are just eating dinner
it is all together
and with friends, christmas means the close of another year
and everyone is happy and relieved to have survived another school year
and this will be my last official christmas break
because my chrsitmas break next year will be forever, in a way
because it will be the end of high school, forever

song for the moment: 8 become 1 by norwegian recycling!
x






i love smiles.

you're not a guest...you're my bitch

littlest things by muszka

well, the holidays are almost here and boy, i can not wait till tomorrow afternoon!
here is the plan...

1. maddy, (hopefully) clare and hannah, and i will be going into the city after school
2. we will be going tog and underwear shopping!
3. go back to maddys and bake cupcakes, whilst wearing our new togs/undies and fake moustaches
4. eat cupcakes whilst watching girly movies
5. sleeepp and sleeep in!

sounds fun huh!
i bet you're all jealous
'you' probably bein just clare seeing as she is the only one i have linked to here so far
and if it is just clare, well hopefully she'll be there so she wont be jealous
haha