Will you come see the faeries?
The gold dust illuminating the ground.
Mushrooms surrounded,
By a cacophony of sound.

Their wings beat
To the rhythm of freedom
And they dance to music
Of every colour and shape.

You can hear them whisper,
'Fly where the river flows
To wondrous sights
And the breeze carries the bird song.'

They disappear if you
Try to tie them down.
They follow the winds
And the pull of their hearts.

Freedom is a privilege,
Not a right to them.
Gliding in a swirl
Of beads and shimmer.

Will you come be a faerie?
So we can fly in the stars
No place we must be,
But anywhere we feel.

I would have to say Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley. It's such a beautiful song and I've loved it from the first time I heard it.

The other one is The World You Love by Jimmy Eat World. It has such a significant meaning to me and just brings back good memories.

EDIT: I had to add 'Imagine' by John Lennon in their. It's such a moving song and I love the message.

This weekend I went to Sydney to see the family and it was my first time driving in such a busy city. Holy crap how scary people are. Sydney drivers are insane and I'm surprised there aren't more accidents. A lot of people keep going through yellow lights, some even go through red lights. I had to follow my Dad because I didn't know the way to my grandparents place and he started driving like a maniac too.
I figured out what it is. When people are driving in the city, they only think about how fast they can get from A to B without any consideration of other drivers and some road regulations. I much prefer driving in the country and regional areas, mainly because I'm scared I'll have an accident.
I also discovered on the weekend that my car doesn't like going up hills. You have to pick up a lot of speed before you try nd make it up the hill. When your on the hill, you get to hear horrible over revving coming from the car (it's an automatic) and it's very jolting when it changes gears. That's what happens when you have a 10 year old Ford Festiva. I'm thinking of saving up and buying a new, more reliable car.

Also I just came back from Schoolies on Thursday which was amazing. We went to Pacific Palms near Foster which is a splendid area. We actually used our time there and didn't just drink and sleep. Me ad one of the girls got up in the morning and went for a walk on the beach. We encountered stingray beached on the sand so we rescued it by carrying it with a pair of thongs and screaming every time it started thrashing out of fear of getting stung. We also went snorkeling and saw 5 stingrays and an eel so we made the assumption that we did in fact save the stingray and reunited him with his wife and kids :) No, I wasn't the only girl on the trip. These were the only people that would stay up till sunrise on our last proper night while everyone else went to bed at 11pm. Apparently I'm hardcore compared to them, go me!

In music news, I'm really liking Metric at the moment, there song "Gold, Guns, Girls" is probably my favourite. Also I have Paramore's new album Brand New Eyes playing on repeat. Their music has really evolved and has more of an edge to it. "The Only Exception" and "Playing God" were originally my favourites, but after hearing it a few times "Brick By Boring Brick" and "Looking Up" are getting up there.

In book news, I'm currently reading The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I've read about a third of it and I can't get into the plot. Its to jumpy and I'm not a fan of books that title every few paragraphs to identify perspective change. Has anyone read it? Please tell me it gets better as it goes along. Also next on the reading list is Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres, which I have high expectatios as I thoroughly enjoyed his book Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

As always, comment me your recommendations/opinions/random stories.

- Sof

So far I have been free from school for over a week and all I've done is work for 2 days, spend money on useless things and watch a lot of bad soap operas. I need a project to keep me occupied and while I was brainstorming I realised I don't have any creative talents. I can draw awesome stick figures, knit a disjointed scarf and build a shoe rack that falls apart. I'm trying to make a toga for a themed night for schoolies but I'm pretty much just wrapping a sheet around myself, which is the most creative thing ever.

Can someone give me an idea as to what I could occupy myself with. I really want to design funky cheap clothes but I don't know where to begin and the only piece of clothing I've ever made was a dress for a Barbie out of an old school uniform which was probably the ugliest thing I've ever seen.

Also if anyone has any suggestions as how to spruce up a boring room. I'm preparing myself for ugly dorm furniture and I want to make my room habitable.

I would love to get a large bookcase or find more spots to put my books because at the moment they're in piles around the place or in storage.

Well that's all from me. If anyone has any book, movie or music suggestions then please let me know because I am dying of boredom and have already read all the books on my To-Read list.

- Sof

Finally, high school is over and so is the HSC! It's a relief but also I'm a little scared about how I'm going to cope away from home at university (depending on if I get in or not). It's exciting to be leaving home and experiencing the world, but the fear of failure, of not being able to find happiness in a new environment with new people is always present.

What I want to know is have any of you had this irrational fear? I call it irrational because you will always fail at something. The joy of succeeding should outshine the failure. How have others overcome this fear? If not, how did you cope?

Enough philosophical garbage, I plan on writing more in the coming months, either poetry or just random adventure I go on now that I have an excess of free time. So far I've stayed at a friends place and had a Lord of the Rings marathon. I know, my life is insane. We have planned a Star Wars marathon as well because one of my friends has never seen them. I know, what a travesty. She hadn't seen LOTR either but I made her watch them all in one sitting and now she loves Legolas and Aragorn as much as I do, but unfortunately she has a thing for Froddo even though he looks like a girl and does douche things like not throw the ring into the fires of Mordor instead of putting it on, the douche.

Anyway, enough geek talk, I'm off to bed so I can get up nice and early and do an eight hour shift at work. Oh the joy!

- Sof

Soundwave Lineup for 2010 came out this week and I must say, it is exceptionally good.

FAITH NO MORE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
JANES ADDICTION
AFI
PARAMORE
HIM
ALEXISONFIRE
TAKING BACK SUNDAY
TRIVIUM
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
THE GET UP KIDS
ANTI FLAG
REEL BIG FISH
MESHUGGAH
ALL TIME LOW
A DAY TO REMEMBER
IT DIES TODAY
ESCAPE THE FATE
CLUTCH
ISIS
GALLOWS
A WILHELM SCREAM
THE WEAKERTHANS
EMAROSA
ANVIL
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
COMEBACK KID
DANCE GAVIN DANCE
FOUR YEAR STRONG
YOU ME AT SIX
WHITECHAPEL
THE AQUABATS
ROLO TOMASSI
BARONESS
RX BANDITS
THE ALMOST
MAXIMUM THE HORMONE
THE CREEPSHOW

My love for Paramore is infinite. Sadly the concerts probably going to be packed with girls who only like Paramore because their song was on the Twilight soundtrack, sigh. Either way, I'm going to be up the front of the mosh like a true fan. Hopefully this year the organisers will plan it better so theres not a 2 hour wait to get in again.

You bring out the worst in me
One word and I'm ready to scream
And not in a good way
You cut me down
With no intention of bringing me back up
You destroy my world
And make me leave holes in the walls
You say your right
When mostly your wrong
And you know
Judging eyes always focused
Ready to strike
Just leave me alone already
Stop toying with me
My hand is bruised enough.

I've lost
my words,
can someone
help me
find them?
I think
he took them
with him.
How rude!

I can't pick just one couple.
Top ones would be: Bones & Booth, Tony & Ziva, Veronica Mars & Duncan Kane, JD & Elliot (always good for a laugh).

Where the moon sits high in the sky
And the creatures of the night
Come out to play
Where men seek a release,
And women try to survive
Masks are removed
But the darkness rolls over the light.
He runs his palm between her breasts
Shivering at the feeling
Soft cashmere between his fingers
The music in the air
Filled with moans of pleasure
Tributes to their vices
The dawn light penetrates,
Their world of darkness
He disappears into the morning mist
Covering up his face again
She weeps on the floor
Huddled away from the day
Till she sees him again
In Midnight Alley
Where the moon sits high in the sky

Everyone should check out Paramore's new one 'Ignorance'. Really good track, good beat, Haley's vocals amazing as always.
Any recommendations just leave me a comment or send a message. Love hearing new music :)

- S

Meteors collide together,
Raining sparks of passion.
Flickers of light,
Slowly start to burn
Away my flesh.
He left me
With just a feeling.
Imprints of lips and hands
Blow away in the wind
I hope he's better to you

For the past few days I've been on a Jimmy Eat World Binge. I downloaded all there albums (I already had Bleed America) and have been listening to them around the clock. Does anyone else share my passion? So far my favourites are "A Praise Chorus", "The World You Love", "Hear You Me", "Bleed America", "Authority Song", "If You Don't, Don't" and "Your House". I'm weird like that, I find a song by an artist, get hooked, then download everything they have and listen to it till I find my newest obsession. This just means I have an insane amount of music :)

Does anyone have any suggestions as to my next obsession? I'm coming up to my school holidays soon which means I'll have more of a chance to find new music. Also I need a holiday book(s) to read inbetween study for my trial HSC. I'm currently reading the Host by Stephenie Meyer. I was thinking of embracing my inner 12 year old and rereading all the Harry Potters for the upcoming movie release. Too nerdy? Probably. I don't care :P

Also I'm pimping out a fan fiction for anyone that like Twilight. "If Every Word I said Could Make You Laugh" by carmelinagunn on fanfiction[dot]com. I was giggling the whole way through, its a real mood lifter. You don't even have to like Twilight to read it, its just a really great story. After reading it I now say things like sexiverse and giggleberries and really want a maroon hoodie zip-up to "zip up my love" :)

Anywho, I'm off to do my English assignment due tomorrow, then study for an extension maths test as well :(

- Sof

One, two, three...
Balls of white fluff
Jump over a fence
Stupid, evasive sleep.

Cut down in her prime
By voices of ridicule
They are coming
Surrounding all sides
Whispers back and forth
How she wishes their words
Didn't cut her so deep
She's had enough
No more will they hurt her
The walls are up
Her heart protected
Keep on talking
She's too far gone
To give a damn