I’m going to start this talking about the Mayday Parade/We
Are The In Crowd show because I never made a proper post about it.
Jenny and I went to the airport and saw everyone there, we didn’t have to wait
long for them but we didn’t end up getting to talk to all of them so we just
got photos with a few of them.
We then went back to jenny’s place then back to the city to line up for the
show. We were the first ones in line so after a couple more people came, I went
to MC to get food then headed back and stood in line while Jenny went to
volunteer for the Myer gift wrapping. It was bloody hot that day so I was dying
a little waiting to go inside. Jenny came back and we got inside the venue and
got to be right in the middle at the barrier. Best spot I’ve ever had at a show
before. The whole show was great. WATIC were pretty great even though Tay
sounded like she was losing her voice a little. Mayday were so great and I was
so happy they played Everything’s An Illusion.
I got pushed around pretty badly though even though i was at the
barrier. There was a guy who kept trying to come up next to me so he kept
pushing me and it was painful, damn people. It was funny but sad because Derek
shook/touched EVERYONE’s hands except mine and Jenny’s. You would think he
would have done ours because we were right in the middle but it seemed like he
got everyone but us two. After the show we hung around at the back of the venue
and after a while we got to meet all of Mayday apart from Jake which sucked
because he’s my favourite, and we only got to meet Mike from WATIC. We talked
to Mike a little then got photos with the rest of them.
Oh yeah they took a photo of the crowd and just...my face.
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Something that happened while was in India. FALL OUT BOY ARE
BACK. Yes I know it’s old news now but I didn’t mention it in my last post. I
didn’t find out about it until later because of my lack of internet but oh
lordy it was the best thing. I was so happy so I kept telling my cousin about
it and I know he couldn’t have cared less but he listened. Anyway we’ll get
back to this later.
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The day after we came back from India, we went to pick up
Scooby from my cousin’s house. He got all happy when he saw us; it was so good
seeing him after so long. I sat down on the couch and he wouldn’t get off me
for ages. When we got home, it actually took him a little while to get adjusted
to things because he seemed to be missing Buffy (my cousin’s dog).
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On the Monday, Sharline came over at night. We talked and
she told me about her Japan trip and then we put the Oscars on in the
background. I wanted to watch it live that day but my ma was making me unpack
so I missed it. They were alright this year; it was Sharline’s first time
watching them. I don’t think we ended up
watching a movie that night. Just stayed up talking till late. The next day I
can’t really remember much of what we did but we watched some Supernatural then
she left.
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My ma went back to work so I was back to being home alone
and it sort of really sucked those few days. I had gotten used to being in
India so I felt like I was losing my mind a little because of how quiet it was.
I felt a little isolated and I was missing people back in India, I just needed
a while to get used to things again.
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I went to Susan’s house then we went to pick up Celina and
drove to Mary’s house for Nug and Mary’s party. It was a ‘game characters’
themed party so I went as Pac Man. We were in Mary’s backyard and the place was
set up all nice. It was cool because everyone has dressed up and some people
had really cool costumes, unlike mine. We talked and ate, there was so much
food it was so great. We all went inside to play this game, oh lord I’ve
completely forgotten what it’s called now but it’s a sort of card game where
each person gets a card with a role and its like werewolves and villagers and
other characters and yeah it was a little complicated but interesting. I think
there were too many people there for the game to work out properly but we still
managed. After that there were speeches and cake then I got driven home by Jen.
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I missed going to Soundwave which was a bummer because there
were some bands I really wanted to see, like Paramore, All Time Low and
Sleeping With Sirens.
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Sharline came over and we started watching Supernatural,
while we were half way through the episode, Nug came over and watched it with
us even though she had no idea what was going on. We watched Silver Linings
Playbook which I thought was pretty good. We then started looking at random
stuff on the internet like always and I ended up telling Nug about Bollywood
Queen which made her really want to watch it so she tried looking for torrents
but we had no luck. After that, they
helped me make dinner which was just pork chops and salad. Then we had rock
melon for dessert. Sharline had to go home after that so Nug and looked at more
stuff on the internet then watched House at the end of the street then watched
Penelope. Nug didn’t wake up until after
midday the next day so when she woke up we had brunch and watched the Graham
Norton show then she had to leave.
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Uni started again and it’s back to same old. I can’t believe
it’s been 4 weeks already, it really doesn’t feel like it. There isn’t really
anything interesting at uni so we don’t
have to talk about that.
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Went to my family friends place for one of the kid’s
birthdays and it was good seeing everyone because I hadn’t seen a lot of them
since my birthday. One of them is married now which feels a little strange. The
dads called us into the backyard and told us we had to try darts because
everyone else had and the winner would get a prize. While we were waiting for
our turn, we were all getting a little high on sherbet sticks. It was my turn
and guess what, I ended up winning because I got the green mark just outside
the bullseye. Check out my prize
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I found out what my skin condition is. It’s called
Dermatographic urticaria and it is thought to be caused by “mast cells in the surface of the skin releasing histamines without the presence of antigens, due to the presence of a weak membrane surrounding
the mast cells. The histamines released cause the skin to swell in the affected
areas.” According to wiki
Bit of a shoddy picture but you get it
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Okay back to Fall Out Boy, so while I was in India I found
out that they were coming here for a show but I found out too late so tickets
were already sold out and I was, to put it lightly, devastated. Really upset I
couldn’t because you know; it’s fucking Fall Out Boy.
I tried not to think about it too much but last week I got a message from Susan
asking what I was doing next Wednesday night and whether I wanted to go to the
FOB concert because Julia was selling her tickets. Obviously I got really
excited but I was faced with a few problems such as who i could go with and
telling my parents and all that because I did have a full day of uni the next
day and I wasn’t sure what their reaction would be like but you know I was
actually planning on lying to them and not telling them about the concert at
all. Fortunately, after a couple of days I got this all sorted out, found
someone to go with, told my parents. My mum was completely okay with it, at
east i think so. I sort of went, hey ma I’m going to the city on Wednesday to
go to a concert and she was like don’t you have uni the next day? Yeah but I’ll
come home, I won’t be late, and that was that. My dad was a little different,
ma told him about the concert the next day and he wasn’t too happy about it and
started lecturing about the usual stuff but then after a while I think he felt
bad so he was fine with it. I don’t know why I always get so worried telling my
parents about these gigs, I mean I do this every time, get really nervous but
then things end up being fine. Anyway, I’ll make a separate post about the
concert.
It was amazing so now I have a serious case of post concert
depression. It must sound so strange to people who haven’t experienced it and
for me, it had been a while since i’ve had a case this bad so it really does
suck.
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Anyway, lets skip ahead a bit to Good Friday. I got into the city and met up with Sandhya
at Flinders. We walked over to the flower clock and then met up with Jenny,
Ayanthi, Susan and Sneha. We went up the hill to where we had our Good Friday
picnic a few years ago. The weather was pretty cold but it was so much fun. We
were being our normal strange selves and ended up having a couple of Easter egg
hunts. While Ayanthi and Susan were hiding the eggs we were covered in a
blanket so we couldn’t see. It must have looked so weird to other people, oh
well. Something hilarious happened but it was a ‘you had to be there’ kind of
story for it to be funny so I won’t say it here. Ayanthi, Sneha and Sandhya left for a little
while to get water so Jenny, Susan and I stayed there and talked. The others
ended up taking longer than expected because they went to Fed square for a bit.
When they came back we packed up and went off to find a place
to have dinner. This took a while because trying to find parking was a hassle
once that happened we went to Swanston Street and ate at a place I have
forgotten the name of. It was full downstairs so we went up and were the only
ones there which was pretty cool. Our waiter guy was pretty funny; he was
really sarcastic and would say stuff about some of the dishes. I ended up
getting pho because I was craving it. It was so good having it that day because
it was so cold outside but I couldn’t finish my whole bowl.
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Easter Sunday we went to Lilydale lake for a family friend
gathering. It was pretty nice there but the weather was so cold so that put us
off a bit. We took Scooby walking around the lake and it started raining so we
all got pretty wet and Scooby got really dirty. All the dads and the guys
started playing cricket so Priya, Varsha, Aishu and I sat near the lake and
talked.
When I got home, my parents left to go to my uncle’s house so I gave
Scooby a bath. Priya, Varsha, Aishu and Akshay came over after a while and then
w e left to go to KFC. Akshay’s driving oh god, it was pretty terrifying. We
then went to Pizza Hut then back home. We didn’t realise how much food we
bought, I don’t think we finished half of it. We put on random songs on youtube
while eating then Akshay kept putting on the Pussycat Dolls which was
funny. Akshay left after a while and the
rest of us put on Les Misérables. It was probably not the best thing to put on
the movie so late so I was struggling a bit to stay awake despite the movie
being interesting. I did manage to stay awake throughout the whole thing, I
can’t say the same about the others.
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Jenny and Sneha came over and we had lunch. Sharline came
after a while and we started making macarons (we meaning 99% of the work was Jenny).
Sneha had to leave a little while after we made them, then Susan came. We
started making dinner which was a veggie pie and started talking about how we
could survive a zombie apocalypse. I don’t quite remember how this started but
I seem to have had several conversations on this matter. After dinner we took Scooby walking and it
was funny because Sharline was wearing her onesie but there was no one outside
to see her. We settled into the theater room and watched a video we recorded
almost exactly one year ago. That made us laugh a lot because dear god what
were we thinking when we made that video. We decided to take a photo exactly
like the one we took last year. After this we watched Frankenweenie which I
really liked.
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On Saturday it was Thanh’s birthday party so I took the
train to Armadale and met up with Nug then we went to a newsagents to see if
they had playing cards, they didn’t.
After getting a little lost we finally found Thanh’s brother’s
apartment. It was so cool! I really liked the place. Jenny, Susan, Bonita and
Monique were already there so we ate and talked and took photos. We had Golden
Gaytimes for dessert and Susan went ‘I’m golden for a gay time’ which made us
all laugh. We played scrabble which is probably the first time I’ve played it
properly so I wasn’t very good but Nug was my partner and she was amazing. The
game lasted a little longer than expected to we didn’t have time to play Cluedo
which I was looking forward to. After Thanh opened her presents we left. (I didn’t have my camera so all the photos are
with Thanh).
