The finish line is almost here...

^^^ Yellowcard - Finish Line ^^^

Well, I never thought I'd see the day, but the trials are thisclose to being history. Jigga was right: difficult did take a day (well, a day each) and impossible did take a week (or eight days, close enough). In any case, one exam left. Aptly enough, I finish with Physics, the best class (not subject...Astrophysics sucks donkey balls) I've got. Actually, I might have to re-think that, because 3unit's getting really fun now. We always get worked up around exam time, 'cause we all know we're gonna get axed, one way or another. Also, new 3unit motto: "BENEATH State Average!" Sweeeeeet.

Anywho, the pages. They're what's gotten me through Year 12, so far. Some people call them my 'disturbed' pages, and some even go as far as calling me 'suicidal.' Disturbed and suicidal? No, and no. Had a song stuck in my head, bored and procrastinating? Yes, yes, and hell yeah. Mark jokingly asked me if they were what my therapist recommended. Funnily enough, they do have some therapeutic value; sometimes if things were getting to me, I'd scribble.

I started them back in November, just when school started getting hectic. I usually wrote in them in between Religion naps, or Business naps, or Physics fights. When I was at home and procrastinating, I'd write in them as well. I usually stick to red, black and blue, my school pens. Also, I try to avoid having one area of the page being dominated too much by one colour, so I try and alternate randomly, if that makes any sense. The first page is really loose compared to the rest; all the ones after it got a lot tighter, with the words getting smaller and the quotes getting longer. Special mention: my favorite page has to be my 90% Breaking Benjamin page from the start of this year, which had quotes from all the BB songs I knew at the time. I say 90%, 'cause Di added some non-BB stuff to it. I didn't really mind.

Each of the pages took me about two weeks to a month to finish. Each started with one line, which turned into a phrase, then into a quote from a different song, and then another, and then another, until eventually I'd realise that I pretty much killed an hour writing random quotes. Then, I'd stop, until I got bored again. In which case, lather, rinse, repeat.

And so, nine months of random quotes, from random songs, splashed in red, black and blue ink across five A4 pages. Thanks to Di for adding some stuff to a couple of my pages, and to Goldy for adding a bunch of quotes on my last page. Anyways, later days!

- marty..

P.S. To TJ: BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER, MUSHROOM MUSHROOM! SNAKE! SNAKE! IT'S A SNAKE!

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