It is with the oddest of feelings that I start this journal entry. It's been a long time--almost a year since I've updated, and it probably wasn't such a good idea to keep the previous entry up for so long.

My jaw really hurts. Maybe I should stop eating this pretzel.

So, where am I in life? I have graduated from high school, and am in a state of limbo--somewhere between feeling like I'm on top of the world, and the tiny inkling of chilling dread that sneaks upon you before heading off to university. Come to think of it, I'm quite nervous, actually. I don't drink. I'm not very sociable. It would be most depressing if I turned out to be a hermit...

It doesn't help that almost every single one of my friends is headed to Canada while I'm going to England! D:

Eh, anyway, in other news, I haven't been taking photographs lately, hence the lack of deviations. I'm still in my lazy stage (ehheehheh...have been for a month), but I expect I'll do a proper day of shooting around the streets sometime soon. I owe myself one.

Lrn2read up on photography terminology (i.e. aperture, shutter speed, ISO, etc.) before actually spreading shit that's coming in torrents out of your ass. Did I mention I hate peanut butter and shit sandwiches? No? I am now!

kthxbai



(Also, plz to be not using the flower mode, also commonly called Macro mode, if you have a nice DSLR.)

That is all. Your ranty-headed Dawn, bowing out.

PS. Whoo, I'm 17! And just as bitchy.

This week has been extremely stressful. So will next week. My Cambridge interview is on December 7, and I have two interviewers. One of whom is a mathematician, researching "modular representation theory of finite and algebraic groups (a branch of modern algebra)" and is interested in "finite-dimensional algebras such as the Schur algebra and its quantum variants and in the combinatorics of quivers". The other is President of Pembroke College, specializes in Mammalian Physiology.

Sweet Jesus. What have I gotten myself into?

Oh, and Nottingham--conditional offer of 85% or above average on all subjects, and a pass in AP Calculus.

EEE! Just a week ago, received an email from UCAS Track telling me my application status had changed. Had the URL for Track memorised (I admit to being a dork) and with bated breath, logged in (computer too slow and laggy even though I had all my login information automatically filled out).

What did I see, you ask?

1) Royal Holloway, University of London, has offered me a conditional offer
2) This offer is subject to your obtaining Advanced Placement Examinations OBTAINING 4 FROM 5 IN CALCULUS

Ergo:
1) Squee'd
2) Thought about it for a bit, and decided 4 in AP Calculus AB was a pretty low offer from RHUL and rejoiced
3) Thought about the fact that I scored the highest mark on our AP Calculus test out of a class of 6 (66%)
4) Squeeing balloon punctured and deflated rapidly

That aside...I have an offer, I have an offer, nyaaaaah! (This is for a collective you who don't believe in Canadian students receiving offers from a high ranking English university)

Also, in other news, I have my interview with the University of Cambridge on Dec 7. Five days before my birthday. Preposterous! NO WAI! Applied for Biological Natsci. Wish me luck!

I'm not going to have much chance to take photographs or work on writing. I have APs to study for (French, Chemistry, and Calculus AB--no BC, for some reason), university applications to submit by October 15 (hello, Cambridge and UCAS), and reference letters to bribe from my teachers.

Grade 12, how I abhor thee.

In short: I'm sitting out temporarily. Also, my desktop needs upgrading because it crashes whenever I try to open Photoshop or anything that requires a lot of memory usage (ergo, no editing of the photographs anyway).

In the meantime, if you would like to hire me to annoy you or your friends, feel free to call me up. I will gladly sing the cake song for you.