Countdown!

Hiya everyone!

So I am currently sat in my study lesson and I don't really have much to study for because I have basically caught up with all my work (well I could do something but I would much rather be talking to you then reading an English textbook).

Anyway, as most of my friends would know, I have a countdown for almost everyone big event that is happening and I thought I would share my top countdowns for the next 5 months.

(These are all as of August 16 2013)

NUMBER 1!

The Wizard of Oz!
13 days! Oz is my school's musical production this year and it is going to be AMAZING!

NUMBER 2

My birthday!!!!!
22 days! My birthday is on a Sunday this year and it is kind of in the middle of a lot of things. Some of my friends are in another school production of Romeo & Juliet and that is on that weekend and one of those friends has a birthday two days before mine and then one of my brothers has his 30th the day after mine and yeah. Oh and I also have something due the day after....

NUMBER 3

End of term 3!
35 days! I absolutely cannot wait until my school holidays. It means sleeping in, doing whatever I want, more time to go out, more time to make YouTube videos and in the second week my chummy Sarah (@sweetas_toffee) is coming over and staying with me! YAY! I haven't seen her all year so I am super excited!

NUMBER 4

ONE DIRECTION!!!!
47 days! This is probably the biggest one so far. Sarah and I are going together and OMG I cannot wait! The days have gone by so quickly. I think I started counting down from like 200 and something days for this and now only 47? Woah.

NUMBER 5

My last one is PARAMORE!
149 days! Another massive thing for me. Paramore are one of my absolute favourite bands and Hayley Williams is one of my idols and role models. This is also another chance to see a friend I havent seen all year, this time it is Jordan, and it is going to be amazing.


So there are my top 5 countdowns at the moment. There are more things I am counting down but these are the biggest ones for me!

Talk to you soon.
Peace & Love
Rachel xoxo

Photography Experiment

Hiya everyone.

In my Studio Art class this semester, we are kind of doing a mini year 12. We have to pick a medium to work in, brainstorm a theme then explore different ideas to then create two final pieces.

I have chosen to do photography and my theme is Home.

One of my ideas is to experiment with long exposure. I'm not sure exactly how I am going to use it just yet but I will find a way.

Now, long exposure is when the shutter speed is set for a long time and it allows more light in through the lens and also captures movement. You can set the shutter speed to however long you want, depending on what you are taking a photo of.

Although I have kind of used long exposure before, it was really only for fun. Tonight I tested it out again and used 'professional' settings. First I rested my camera on something stable (as I have yet to buy a tripod) and used the torch on my phone to move around and create a pattern. I then put my phone on the ground and moved my camera around. Here are the shots I took:



Don't mind my face in this one haha.

 

 

The light isn't meant to make a specific picture or pattern in these, I was just testing out the settings.

 

 

I absolutely love using long exposure. I think you can create some amazing photos with it, so I am hoping to experiment some more and using different subject matter.

 

Let me know what you think.

 

Peace & Love

Rachel xoxo

26 Questions

Hiya everyone.

Today's post is just a Q&A to let you know a little more about me. So I went onto Tumblr and found a few questions to help me out.

1. What is your name?

Rachel Healy

2. How old are you?

16

3. First piercing

I only have one set of piercings... my ears.

4. Favorite subject

A cross between music and drama/theatre studies.

5. What is your lucky number?

9

6. Do you remember your first day of school?

Yes, quite well.

7. How tall are you?

I have no idea... something about 170cm I think.

8. Who is your favorite historical figure (been dead for at least 100 years)?

William Shakespeare.

9. Who is your favorite super-hero?

Spiderman.

10. If you could go back in time to witness a historical event in person, what event would you want to see?

Any royal corinination.

11. If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?

London.

12. If you could meet anyone in the world, who would you meet?

There are a group of girls in a very special (for me at least) facebook group that I would love to meet. We will one day.
13. If you could become famous for one thing, what would that thing be?

Singing and making videos to make all you guys happy.

14. If you could buy anything regardless of cost, what would you buy?

Anything to help with recording music and videos.

15. If you could meet any famous person who is dead, who would it be?

Either Freddie Mercury or Kurt Cobain.

16. Where have you visited that you would like to go back to?

Britain and France.

17. Where would you like to visit that you haven’t yet?

America.

18. Where is your favorite place in the world?

Australia.

19. What was the last song you listened to?

Cough Syrup by Young the Giant.

20. Do you believe in karma?

In some ways yes. But like I believe if you do something good, good things will happen in return. But you shouldn't do good things just for that. Do things out of the goodness of your heart.

21. What is your favorite movie?

I have so many but ummm don't judge but I'm gonna say High School Musical. hehe.

22. What is your favorite book?

Once again there are quite a few.... Perks of Being a Wallflower is definitely one.

23. What is your favorite song?

Omg so many. Among a lot, Starlight by Muse is one of my all time favs.

24. What is your favorite city?

Melbourne.

25. What is your favorite sport?

To play: hockey and to watch: Australian Rules Footy.

26. Give us a quote to end on…

"We’re all a little weird. And life is weird. And when we find someone
whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into
mutual weirdness and call it love." - Dr Suess.


So there you go. I might do a Q&A video sometime soon and elaborate on the questions and maybe answer a few more if you have any. If you do, tweet them to me @rachel_healy96 or comment them on my latest video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY7hLCv2dUE


So yeah. Talk to you soon.

Peace & Love
Rachel xoxo

Open Day Fun

Hiya everyone.

So this morning, on a fine Sunday, my friend Jayde and I headed to the city for ACU (Australian Catholic University) Open Day in Melbourne.

I was really excited to be going to ACU as my mum did some study there and it was good to be going for me this time and not for her.

 

For a while ACU focused mainly on education and theological studies but a few weeks ago I found out that they have branched out and cover almost every area. So I went to check out the campus and also find out more about the creative arts courses, mostly drama, music and media, while Jayde went and looked at the business area

 

I absolutely love ACU. I found it so inviting and warming and there is a real sense of community. It isn't a huge school which for me is great and the campus is fairly central. There are also really good opportunities at ACU with a number of student associations that run a variety of events and you also have the option of studying overseas.

 

 

However, two of the major selling factors for me are the very achievable ATAR (or entry) scores (with the majority of courses being around 58-60) and the library is amazing. Now I know you are thinking "why would she care about the library?" But let me tell you that having a really good library with great seating and a lot of computers, plus being really comfortable, makes a huge difference when it comes to studying.

 

Although I am not 100% certain as to whether or not I will be going to ACU, or even university in general, going to today's open day has really given me a great insight into what it would be like going to ACU and what they offer there. So I highly suggest going to a number of open days, especially if you are in your last or second last year of school. You don't even need to know exactly what you want to do, just go. It is also good to go to a range of open days to compare different universities.

 

Both Jayde and I enjoyed going today and I am hoping to go to another open day in a couple of weeks. Oh and we also got free fairy floss (or cotton candy for any Americans).

 

Anyway, talk to you soon.

 

Peace & Love

Rachel xoxo

 

P.S. If you are interested in checking out ACU here is their website: http://www.acu.edu.au/



Songs, Songs, & More Songs

Hiya everyone.

It is a very sunny August Saturday afternoon and I am currently listening to some music. So I thought why not share with you all some of my favourite songs at the moment?

The first is the song Cough Syrup by Young The Giant. I heard this song through a friend and immediately loved it. I love the lyrics and the feel it gives. Hopefully one day I will do a cover of it for you all.

The next is Beside You by 5 Seconds Of Summer. Now I have loved these guys from the beginning and I am so proud of how far they have come in such a small amount of time. I cannot wait to see them perform this song at the One Direction concert in October.

 

 

Then we have Royals by Lorde. I love the simplicity of this song and how it is saying that they don't really care about being from a not so fancy place and that they don't really need all the expensive stuff.



 

You may think I am weird but I do remember the exact date I first heard Ellie Goulding... only because it was the day after a Short Stack concert. Anyway her new song Burn is amazing and really catchy and yeah.



 

And finally we have Best Song Ever by none other than One Direction. I saw somewhere that someone had said that the song was kind of like for the fans and saying how directioners will never forget the boys and that we all think that what ever song is playing is the best song ever and it kind of made me tear up a bit (don't laugh). But yeah I love the song and I think the video is absolutely amazing and funny.



 

So there we go, just a few of my favourite songs at the moment. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

 

Peace & Love

Rachel xoxo

It Looks Naked

Well now that I have your attention... haha.

Hiya everyone.

I know what you're thinking, "woah 2 posts in one day?" Well it is friday night and i have nothing else to do so I thought I would once again say hi.

Okay, yes the title does have some relevance to what I am about to say because it has come to the time for me to take down my posters and photos off of my bedroom and wardrobe doors because 3 weeks today my mum, dad and I will be moving house. Also the landlord of our current house is selling it after we move out so there were photos that needed to be taken and open for inspections will be happening soon.

 

Anyway, these were my wardrobe doors before. When we moved into this house there were old stickers and things left on the doors from previous owners so I thought "what better way to cover them than to put up posters and other stuff?"

 

Unfortunately I cannot find a picture of my bedroom door before everything was taken down but it was covered in photos of friends and family and other special things.

 

So then the other day when I got home from school, I spent the night taking all this down and cleaned up my room. So now my doors look like this...

 

 



Now I just have to wait until we move until I can put the photos back up. I don't think I will put the posters up though. I'm thinking of keeping them in a little folder so I still have them but just not on my walls. However, with all my photos, I am thinking of covering a whole wall in them and make like a photo wall... (well duh haha).

 

Anyways I'd better be off.

 

Peace & Love

Rachel xoxo

Rain Rain Go Away

Hiya everyone.

Just thought I would say hi as it is recess and it is raining. I think today is my favourite day timetable wise in my cycle. I started with Studio Art and then I have methods (don't judge, I have a good teacher haha), theatre studies then music last. 

I think in methods we will be getting our test back which I didn't do so well in only because I didn't study (I will definitely next time). 

Okay it's now lunch time. The bell went before. Anyway, in theatre we are working on our monologues for our end of year exam. I'm doing Sabina from The Skin of Our Teeth. And then in music, we have a performance day which happens every second Friday and is where we perform a song to the class and they give us back feedback and tell us what was good and what we can work on which is always good. 

So yeah, just thought I would let you know how my day has been. 

Peace & Love 

Rachel xoxo

Home, Sweet Home.

So in my life I have moved house, so far, 3 times.

The first was from Melbourne down to lil' ol' Hobart. This was when I was seven and the reason was because my mum found a new job down there. I had done two years of schooling in Melbourne and was now about to move away from my friends there and start a new life. Being very young, I was really excited to be starting a new school and making new friends.

However, the first house we moved into in Hobart, we were only renting, so then later that year, we bought a house and moved to the suburb next door. This is then the house that I lived in for the rest of my time in Hobart. I loved living in this house as it was a really quiet street and I had also made a friend who lived right opposite me. Her name is Zoe and we have become the bestest of friends. Although there were of course the few times we were sick or on holiday, and then once we got into high school, loads of homework, I can hardly remember a day without seeing her. You could (can) never tear us apart.

Then at the end of year ten (last year), it was time for mum, dad and I to pack our things again and move back to Melbourne. Mum became principal of a primary school here and that meant dad and I had to follow her. Her job started in the middle of the year, but as it would have been my last year at Mount Carmel (you would recognise this name if you read my other bestie, Sarah/Sweet as Toffee's blog as she went to that school too and yes the school finishes at year ten then you go off to another school for years 11 & 12) so I thought I would finish the year in Hobart. So in July, mum set off and dad, my dog, Jasper, and I were left to fend for ourselves for around six months. As much as I missed mum, it was good to be able to do all the year 10 leavers things and get my leavers jumper and attend the leavers dinner.

So then, on the 18th December 2012, I hoped on a plane and made the move back to my original home, Melbourne. As I was older and more mature than when making the move to Hobart, it was very emotional to leave everyone. I had made so many amazing friends and my grade was so close with each other. I was so hard to try and not cry in the airport but I knew that I would never forget those amazing people and that I would make the effort to see them when I can and they would do the same.

However, on the brighter side, I was moving back 'home' to Melbourne, and moving back closer to my two older brothers and also the friends I had made in those two years of schooling I had done before leaving for Hobart.

We are currently renting a very nice home but at the end of this month, mum, dad and I will be moving into a house that we have bought. That will be move number 4.

Why am I telling you all this you ask?

Well in Studio Art, we are working on our own theme and in an area that we choose. The theme I have chosen is Home and I am working with photography.

In telling you all this, I am also helping myself work out what home means to me and what homes i have had during my life.

So, what does home mean to you? It is where you feel comfortable, loved, or where you belong? It is while doing something you love? With people you love? Or is it just having a roof over your head or where you sleep? Just something for you to ponder on.

Love Rachel xoxo