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It's funny how much can change in a very short time.

It's funny how when things have been changing, you might not notice for days, or months, or years.

It's funny how you might think you are happy, until you are set free and you realise you were not.

It's funny how once you notice that you are changing, that all you ever knew is crumbling around you, suddenly it becomes hard to pretend.

It's funny that even if things have been gradually changing for a long time, once you notice, everything happens so quickly.

Once you notice, you can't ignore it.

Remember to listen to yourself.  Know what you want.  Care for others, but live for you.

It's funny how when everything seems dark, there will be a bright beam of light waiting for you.

You just have to find it.

And I have.
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It is the middle of exams at the University of Auckland currently and my life is (you guessed it) study.

This may explain the extended time I have been spending on deviantart (among other things).

I've been adding photos that are actually quite old (as in a couple of years) but should have made it onto here ages ago!  However... my father may have gotten himself (so me) a brand new SLR camera which I'm rather looking forward to getting my hands on!

So after exams...
More photos...
...sooooooon.....
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Sitting in the sun makes one kinda lethargic.

But then you realise - you're not sitting in the sun, or else you would be well dead.

THE SUN IS PRETTY DAMN HOT YA'LL, I DON'T RECOMMEND YOU ACTUALLY TRY SITTING IN IT.

So I'm taking a GenEd paper on Astronomy at uni - just for shits and giggles really. It's pretty fun and interesting.  Except for the physics part at the beginning that I am being tested on tomorrow.  Which consequently also makes one feel rather lethargic.

Things have changed since the last entry, no way am I taking Law anymore, but I'm certainly sticking with the Arts.  Sociology and Psychology, that's me - and I'm looking at a potential future in forensic psychology (clinical).*

I started out in the first place wanting to change the world (doesn't everyone?) by giving a voice to people who find it hard to have one.  I found them right under my nose, in the media every day of my life, being hounded by the public for accidents or things they did when they were young and stupid and are now sorry for, being told to reintegrate back into society otherwise they're a failure on one hand, and on the other hand being told at the same time that they'll never fit in because they're sick and evil.  Sure people do terrible things, but that doesn't make them not human.  Some people are never sorry, that means they must have a twisted perception of reality - and why is that? Nobody just decides to be evil. Nobody wants to be rejected by all of society.  There are obviously problems there, whether with their mental state or with society... and I want to be able to put people on the right track, have them prove the public wrong, let them have the great life that everyone deserves.

Because nobody stops being human.

rant over :)

Love, Pip xx

*P.S. When I say clinical psychology I do NOT mean the kind of psychology which relies on the strict DSM (Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders) criteria and hands out blanket medication to everyone who fits under the label of needing it.  I mean talking therapy (not just about mental state but also about personal/societal problems) aimed at helping people who FEEL LIKE THEY NEED HELP (I am NOT going to turn a depressed person away because they didn't "experience symptoms for over two weeks." Bullshit) .  Drugs can be helpful too, but rarely by themselves.

P.P.S. I should probably get back to studying now.  Um.  Sunspots.  Gravitational Radiation.  Yes.
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i'm starting university on monday.

Ahem.  I'll try that again...

I'M STARTING UNIVERSITY ON MONDAY :D :D :D :D :D

I'm so scared...  But I'm also excited! I'm doing a BA/LLB (Law and Arts) at The University of Auckland and I'm majoring in Psychology/Sociology, and talking Political Studies and Philosophy as well.  I'm hoping to somehow, somewhere along the wibbly-wobbly line that is life, I'll be doing something to do with civil rights and equality, maybe something with the UN, just to make the world a slightly better pace goddammit.

Also (on a slightly unrelated note) I got a scholarship for English last year and an Outstanding scholarship for Drama!!  I didn't even expect a thing!

Anyway, I currently have seven textbooks sitting in my room... and need to buy another bunch (anywhere up to... five?) for next semester.  Which costs money D:
And my parents are wanting me to be more responsible and independent, which also costs money...
And I'm also landing myself in debt for the next 10 years (through a student loan)

And despite all this, I'm planning a trip to London in November-December with my other half.  Which... guess what? Costs money.  But also guess what? I DON'T CARE.

I'm just happy :)
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Well isn't that exciting.

:D
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