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Tuesday, September 20, 2005  

Toby's 18th

Despite having my ID taken from me at Amanda's 18th, with the help of Edi, I still managed to get quite drunk. My memory of the night is a bit hazy and the following day was not one of my best. It was for this reason that I decided not to drink the following week, at the celebration for the 18th of our beloved Toby.

With this in mind, I decided to allocate myself as the taxi service for the night, providing my service to John & David, Monique, Marion & Camille, Bill, Pip and Daniel. With such a commitment, I knew that I wouldn't be tempted to resort to drinking, even under the peer pressure of Tobs. As well as being Toby's 18th, the night was also significant in that many of the Merc ppl met Alice, the mysterious St Doms girl who some had thought to be a figment of my imagination. I think my credibility was reinstated in some cases, after it was confirmed that Alice did infact exist.

Daniel must be credited with the idea of getting Toby and iPod Nano. Those who contributed were; Daniel, Delliott, Nick Hus, Ryan, Ant, Mon, Pip, Molly, Charlie, Lucy and myself. In the end, I resented Toby for having the newest iPod, something that I would want myself. Unfortuantely however, it didnt arrive in time, as Dan ordered it over the net. Instead, Ant presented a box, with two bricks in it as well as a picture of what Toby would later recieve. Think he was pretty happy with it (better have been).

Although I didn't drink, the night was still pretty good. Food was good, and ppl were good. Strange for Toby to have a party without his parents having to leave the city, but that didn't matter all that much. I had planned to take lots of pictures over the course of the night, but just wasn't in the mood. Still got a couple tho.

Marion, Dan, Cam with the Birthday Boy.


Toby trying to unwrap the wine box containing his 'present'.


Opening the box to find that his 'present' was merely two bricks and a print out.


Speech.


Lucy was determined that EVERYONE at the party would feel her one inch leg hairs.


Lovers!


Lovers!


Wrong Tom!


Lucy and Toby's cousin.

That's all for now.
Tomah.

   [ posted by Tom @ 10:43 pm ]

Life's big Lie

I was listening to the radio last night, and was shocked to discover that in South Australia, almost 7% of year 12 students are likely to leave school before completing their final year of schooling. I thought this was pretty interesting, seeing as we are so close to the end, that people would feel the pressure so much, that they felt they could not cope with it.

Of course it's not only the pressure that causes people to leave, other reasons include wanting to enter a trade, through apprenticeships, or go to TAFE, and illness. With a scarily short amount of time left before my first exam (7 weeks), I too am looking forward to leaving year 12. Despite the pressure that some teachers put on us, by declaring year 12 "the biggest year of your life", it is unreasonable to expect that the results of our final year, will dictate the success of the rest of our lives.

This brings me to the topic; Life's big lies. This afternoon on Hack, they discussed life's biggest lies: ideas that are implanted at a young age, and although they could be repeated throughout our years, never eventuate, or are infact incorrect. Such an idea is that year 12 is the most important year of our lives. Hearing from old scholars now at university, it is apparently taboo to mention your high school grades, as they are considered so irrelevant to your tertiary education. Furthermore, the SACE or IB results obtained, are rarely taken into account when an employer is assessing a potential employee. It is for these reasons that I find it amazing, that our teachers and parents, and indeed ourselves, apply so much pressure, in what should be a memorable and meaningful year.

   [ posted by Tom @ 8:35 pm ]