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It's mildly interesting, I guess, but not when you learn it repetitively for like ten years in a row. I'd actually prefer to learn about American History. What kind of things does that cover? And yes, we're democratic, though I don't really care for politics so beyond being able to name the past three Prime Ministers, I'm not really that informed. I love being able to talk about things other people don't know much about. Or when I'm able to contribute to intellectual discussions my mother and sister are having. I feel special. And yeah, Menzies was some politican way back in the day.
I can totally picture you in scrubs, you know. In a non-creepy way. I think the medical profession suits you; I mean, you're really sweet, and you have a way of making people feel at ease, which is bound to be useful. Well, as for me, I did want to go into psychology for a while, but I think my true calling is something more animal-related. I'm hoping to do some sort of biology or zoology course next year at Uni, and get into a field like that. Ideally I'd love to be a zookeeper or a cryptozoologist. (Just kidding about that last one.)(Kind of. ).
Yes, we Down Under spell things with an 's' where you'd use a 'z'. We're just cool like that. I actually overanalyse as well, so I get what you mean there.
And I'm the opposite with writing. I always have stories running around in my head, and I love that, but when it comes to getting them down I have trouble, because it never feels like I'm doing it justice, you know?
One time I tried to read the entire dictionary. I gave up on the first page, but I do like learning new words. I sometimes use words around my friends that I have to stop and explain, because I get so caught up in talking that I forget not everyone uses/knows the same words as me.
People actually sometimes think I'm older than my sister, which is kind of cool... for now. When I get a lot older, I'll probably want to look younger again.
Another annoying habit a couple of my friends have is using 'of' where it's 'have'. Like 'would of' or 'could of'. It makes me shudder.
Hm, I've heard of Pretty Little Liars, but I've never been into it. What's it about?
I would love to see squirrels and chipmunks. They're so cute. I think I'd be scared to see a bear though. We don't have any big predators, really. The closest thing is probably a dingo, or a panther or two if you believe some of the stories people tell around here. Kangaroos can be nice, but they can also, you know, kill people. They've got a lot of strength, and they're big, so if you tick one off, they can do a lot of damage. But they're nice to look at. Emus kind of freak me out though. Well, I associate the word 'outback' with, you know, the outback, so I don't have that problem.
Well, Waltzin' Matilda's a song about a jolly swagman and a billabong. And The Man From Snowy River is a poem/novel/movie. 'There was movement at the station, for the word had got around that the colt from Old Regret had got away...' Really ringing no bells?
There are a lot of differences. I'll have a look at the list when I have more time. Chances are some of it's complete BS. I was looking at a site ages ago - woah, deja vu - which had a list of Australian slang expressions and people's interpretations of them. It was hilarious. Like, someone thought 'off your face' meant to kill someone.
And yeah, we call ourselves Aussies. It's fine. The drinking age here is 18, meaning I'm legal in about four months.
Hmm... do you have to be a gnome? Or do you have to take one?
Do you guys have SingStar over there? Or is it an Aussie thing?
P.S. Right back at you. Check out how huge our conversation is now. We're awesome.
(I used too many smileys and had to go back and delete some. Irritating.)

I'm doing alrightttt. Sup with youuu?

We only really did Australian History and Geography up until the senior years. It's mostly really boring, stuff about Federation and Captain Cook and whatever. The way our schooling system works, we're taught very little about anywhere else. In Modern now we do other places - we're starting a topic on the Cold War, and we just finished one on Israel - but before then it was all 'The First Fleet' this and 'Robert Menzies' that.
Being a physician assistant seems like a pretty cool job. I have to admit, it's not something I would be keen to do, but it sounds like you're really interested in it. And the extra two years won't matter much, as long as you really love the career; it'll be worth it. Plus, I agree that scrubs would be comfortable, so that's definitely a bonus.
I'm actually not that good at English. Not the stuff we learn, anyway. It's all about analysing and supplementary texts and visual literacy and it's really dull. But I do like writing, and reading, and learning, so I do it despite all that. I'm glad I'm not the only one who cares about grammar and spelling. I have a friend who consistently gets 'your' and 'you're' mixed up, and another one who used to say 'done' instead of 'did', like 'I done this the other day'. I soon trained her out of the habit. All my friends know to use proper spelling and grammar around me; otherwise I correct them.
Yeah, Friends has that effect. I do love Glee for that too. I can't help but smile whenever I watch it. I tend to go through phases with TV shows. Like, in the past year I've watched Buffy twice, and it only took me a little over a month to watch all eight seasons of Charmed. So, once I get into something, I get really into it, and it kind of takes over my life for a while.
Don't worry about looking like a fool. Taekwondo is one of those ones where as long as you look confident, no one will question you. Plus there's more than one right way to go about things, so it's good that way. But what if you got cornered in something other than a dark alley? Would it still work?
I try to reply to everything you say, so it doesn't get awkward or trail off or anything.
I know, thongs makes me think of underwear too, but I called the shoes thongs before I knew what the underwear was, so I guess I'm used to it. Ah, how good life would be if you named everything after what they sound like...
Er, no, we don't see kangaroos on the streets. Up in the bush, though, that's a different story. We do see them around quite a lot, and when you're out in the country you see wombats sometimes too. And foxes. But dingoes are only really in the outback; I've never even seen one in the wild. You know, speaking of differences between countries, it occurred to me that you may not have ever heard of Walztin' Matilda or The Man From Snowy River... have you?
And yeah, we were pretty horrible to the indigenous people here... kind of massacred them and all. Australia Day is basically a day when we get all patriotic and live up to the stereotypes, wearing thongs and drinking beer and having fireworks and barbecues. Well, not me, but that's what people do. There's also a gnome convention near me on Australia Day, and one year I'm going to go to it, just to see what it is.
I love that song. Now I think I'm going to go listen to it. I think I have it on SingStar, actually, so I might sing it instead.

O hai there.

It was an okay test, but we all thought we'd done better than we ended up doing. Does that make sense? I quite like History too. I wanted to take Ancient, but it clashed with something else so I ended up taking Modern, which is not quite as interesting but can still be good. My sister's actually going to be a History (and English) teacher. What made you switch back to the medical field?
I do four units of English (double the required number). I'm used to italicising or underlining when necessary. And yes, it's great. Well, some parts aren't so great (too much time travel, for one thing) but I absolutely love the characters. I'd definitely recommend it. And yes, I know what your favourite show is, and yes, I've seen all the episodes at least twice, usually more. Call yourself a profile stalker? It says on my interests that Glee is one of my favourite shows. I only got into it around the end of the first season or start of the second or something, but I do love it. It's one of those feel-good ones that you can't help but love.
I think you should still do it. From my experience, it's not all about the physical activity. I mean, we learn words in Korean, bits and pieces about the history of taekwondo, and somehow the intstructor manages to weave in lessons about being a good person in there too. Plus you learn some really cool moves.
Considering how quickly this conversation has become giant, I'm thinking we're probably safe from dull moments.
Yeah, those questions are horrible. But I also hate the ones that seem really easy; they take me the longest because I look at them and go, 'But wait, that can't be it. There must be more to it - it's a trick!'.
We call them thongs. Which, come to think of it, is probably a strange word too, but IMO it doesn't sound quite as silly.
Yep. I'm in the Southern Hemisphere, so it's opposite to you guys. Right now we're reaching the end of winter, meaning it's spring soon. You're making sense, by the way.
Maybe because we didn't have any Native Americans. The closest we have is Australia Day, commemorating the First Fleet and everything, but even that's controversial and some of the indigenous people call it 'Invasion Day' instead, so...
And now you've got that song stuck in my head.

I do need to catch up on it...my friend kind of keeps me informed. I got her into it and she's obsessed, and yet I've stopped watching! It was a good show though so I really need to make an effort. It's worth it for Mr Fitz alone. And Hannah. NOOOOOOOM. Gossip Girl is surprisingly good - I'm not even ashamed to admit how good it is. It's compelling, strangely so for such a concept of gossip, secrets, and a bunch of rich (beautiful) kids. It's worth watching. It does NOT compare to Game of Thrones though. Which just totally blew my mind. Between that and Boardwalk Empire, it's been a good year for new TV shows! They're a bit more adult though than PLL... What have you been up to with your Summer?!

I've done pretty well, I guess. Happy with most of my marks, minus History, but we'll ignore that for now. (And yes, Capricorns FTW. )
Yeah, during the exam period we only had to be at school for the actual exam, so I had more time. But I was also studying, and working my way through Charmed, so I wasn't on here much. Now it's the weekend, and I may have been staying up later than usual. Hence the weird times.
Well, between red and black is a kind of combination called cho dan, but yeah, basically. And I don't want to kick your ass. I happen to like you.
I like hearing about you too. Even when you're rambling about seasons.
I kind of like learning too. But I don't like being tested. Which is where I run into problems at school.
Flip flops. That has got to be one of the weirdest names you guys use. I just can't imagine saying it with a straight face. 'Flip flops'. I think autumn's maybe my favourite season. Or spring. I don't like extremes. And yeah, we don't have Thanksgiving. We're just an ungrateful lot that way.
I've missed our VM coversation. Let's try and keep it going, shall we?

Glad to hear it.
Well, I just survived what was possibly one of the busiest weeks of my life. Still kinda recovering from that. I also just finished two weeks of exams, so now I finally have time to actually spend on TH, which I'm thrilled about. I also had a grading in taekwondo, and I passed, meaning I moved from blue belt to red belt, which I'm kind of scared about because it means I have to go to another class, one with all the black belts. Talk about intimidating.
Enough about me though.
What have you been up to lately?

Hey sweetie.
I'm doing okay, thanks.
How are you? <3