God that song makes for good summer sunshine weather.. Flaming Lips, lovely. Electric Picnic anyone else? It’s going to be EPIC… Today I discovered that if you connect seven of the freakles on my right arm in a certain way that the “connect-the-dots” figure formed looks like a butterfly… actually, I don’t like butterflies, it [...]
The Leaving Cert begins soon. Real soon. Not quite sure when, but some time this month. I haven’t started studying yet. Shit. Maybe I should get on that. Soon as I finish this post. And check my email. And watch the third Mad Max, even though it’s meant to be crap. I’m told we’re being scouted [...]
A certain countdown tells me that there are three days and so many hours to the leaving cert. I know that it’s soon, but it isn’t starting in three days. It simply can’t be! Oh noes. I’m all for the last minute studying, it’s gotten me through many an exam, however I’m just not feeling [...]
Towards the end of 5th year our English teacher gave us a handout of sample A2/A1 Macbeth essays. Apparently these were actual essays written during the LC, under the same pressure and time constraints that we’ll all be under next week. I started using them as a study guide over the past few days and [...]
…But we thought it best to inform you that the exams are a week away! You’re joking? No, really.. One week, better get those skates on! God, that completely escaped me, better rearrange that hair appointment. Seriously, dear media outlets, do you actually think that the upcoming exams have so far gone unnoticed? That we, [...]
For thousands of Leaving Cert Students all across the country, school is officially finished. Forever. Copious amounts of alcohol have been consumed, shirts signed, teachers thanked, pranks eloquently executed. All that’s left now is the final hurdle- these damn Summer Exams. This is it. The Leaving Cert’s here. Well, almost. After six painful years of [...]
Emerald drops the N-word
The theme of the week seems to be the simple realisation that ultimately the leaving cert is just an exam. Of course it’s easy to see why many view the leaving cert as the be all and end all of life “It’s the most important exam/thing you will ever do in your life” cue ominous [...]
Thats right ladies and gentlemen marmalade consumption is at an all time high. We’re reaching the bottom of a jar within one week and while the other inhabitants of this house may have aided such a progression, I’m taking most of the credit for exceeding even my own expectations of how much toast one person [...]
^ Lady Gaga – Because some days you just want to look like a constipated Little Red Ridinghood with no pants on. I had always thought of myself as one of those people who did not have any irrational fears. But last last week, faced with the idea that I would be getting a [...]
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