You were born an original, don't die a copy.

There's one thing a quote does that nothing and no one else can do... it can become a part of you. You may never meet the person who said it but that person is now a companion. Quotes help you get over pain, feel love, make you smile and laugh, and helps you through those though tough days when you think that no one knows what you're going through.

''Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind..''

DOOF DOOF DOOF

Okay, so I felt like listening to techno all day, right? And this song was repeated God knows how many times. I was in the car with Mum, and she hates music these days, and this song really annoyed her, and I loved it.

I rolled the windows, like the old days with my sister, and pumped it up as loud as Mum could tolerate, which wasn't really enough for me, but good enough. It's things like this that makes me feel happy, that make me smile!

I think people should do what makes them happy. Never forget that.

One Step at a Time..

So I found a necklace my dad had given me a year or so ago. It's the most beautiful necklace I own... but I found it all tangled up into a massive ball. And it was a thin, golden chain, too. So you could imagine just how tangled it was, and how frustrated I was.

But I started untangling it slowly, after my frustrated first attempt, I realized that untangling a necklace is a metaphor for most things in life. Take it one step at a time, and you'll reach your destination. If you try and jump the queue, you're really just letting the smaller problems only become larger, and really you can't jump that far ahead. But taking it one step at a time.. being patient..

Its like all things in life. You try and work out a big problem, and if you do it too quick, without working out every detail, you just fail and give up.. because you can't be bothered fixing it up slowly, etc. Kind of thing. Okay, it's midnight, and I'm half asleep. Anyway...

Unravel things one by one, and you'll get there. Don't give up.

Twenty10..

So, since 2010 is this "big revolution" or something, I have a few things I want it to bring me. Ciao 2009! Hola, 2010.

• An ATAR mark of 90+ Please? I'll be SO ECSTATIC!
• Motivation to complete assessment tasks and homework way before it's "On time"..
• Meet Taylor Lautner / Josh Hartnett and fall in love with him, and that he falls in love with me, and we live happily ever after.
• A great, epic, FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC Eclipse - Yes the movie! I've been waiting.. since the 19th of November for the release of this movie, maybe longer.
• Love. Can you help me fall in love? I know it sounds stupid, and it probably is. But hey, a girl can dream, right?
• Be discovered as a great actress so I can be famous, make great movies, and not have to complete my HSC.
• Time. I just want this year to go slow, because I feel like the past few years have sped past me and I'm feeling a little old. Even though I'm only seventeen.
• My P's. Oh please oh please oh please let me pass my driving test!
• Something new.. something beautiful.. Surprise me.

Once upon a time...

I don't know why, and I think this is weird, but sometimes I daydream about living back in the early 20th century.. you know, the 1940s and 50s.. Things were a little tougher back then, but they were nicer. There was room to think and be free and it was fresh and it was innocent. These days we're just so consumed by technology and drugs and fads and.. I never see many people walk these days. The park is almost always empty. Sometimes I go down there and I think.. I daydream.. I wonder. But it's like, nobody cares anymore. And to be honest, the devestating wars may be over, and technology has helped save lives, too.. compared to back in the day. But what about saving our imagination? Saving our innocence? These days.. things are far worse than back then. But that's just my opinion..

I think I started thinking about this more seriously when I watched part of Pearl Harbour the other day. Men were more.. gentleman-ly.. Women's clothes were just so pretty.. Then again, I know it was really tough for them at that time as well. I'm not doubting that. i just would have liked to experience those days, that's all. I guess I can only wonder...

P.S.: Might I add that Josh Hartnett is HOT. New man-crush.

Driving...

It's something I should have done a year ago, but I was too lazy. I was scared, and I thought I wouldn't like it. So before I turned seventeen, I decided to get my Learner's license. Drove a few days after Christmas, thinking you know, I'll hate it. I loved it. So much so that I haven't stopped begging mum or dad to take me for a drive. So far, neither of them have been in the car when I've been, driving, except when i drove down the end of the street with mum today.. literally, like.. twenty metres? She's shit scared of the idea of me driving.

My uncle's been teaching me. And my brother's taken me a few times. I love love love driving! Everybody says I'm toooo confident. Gee, not my problem! I just love it! But today, I was nervous for the first time because I drove on a multi-laned main road, and that was a little freaky. Having people tail-gate you, people walking across the road, buses coming, traffic lights going red at the last moment.. and just the environment of having so many cars and things to think about. But it was fu-u-un!

That's one thing I learnt this summer. How to drive. Something I'll never forget...

Welcome to the world, Gabriella!

So last week, I became an aunty to my second niece! Gabriella! She's absolutely gorgeous, and her big sister Shadae loves her to bits! You should see the way she doesn't let anybody touch her. So protective, it's cute!

Gabriella has dark brown, almost ashy, hair, big blue eyes, big lips, and she's so gentle and fragile. When Shadae was born, she looked like a boy, and gripped your finger so hard! And she's an Aries, which explains her fiesty personality. Gabriella's a capricorn, and she's beyond placid.

Cute!

This is me, Hello 2010.

I'm the one on the left. Then it's Shelly (@Asianated). Meredith took this photo!

Okay, here's the deal. I'm Tiana, I'm seventeen, and my middle name is 'Crazy'. No actually, it's just Jessica.. plain, plain Jessica. But though I have a plain middle name, and sort of a plain life.. I try to be as crazy and whack as possible, hopefully lighting it all up.

So while everybody was, like, making resolutions and crap, and being excited cos "2010 is a fresh start! It's your big year, Tiana!" I was like, totally bored out of my brains. Seriously. I was talking, rambling, about something when it shifted from 2009 tp 2010, a few moments into the New Year I was like ... "Oh, New year already?" So it didn't start off with a bang. I mean, while everybody else was out having fun, partying, I stayed home like some hermit, and spent it with my parents, and their friends. SO MUCH FUN!

But, I had fun, sort of. I just chatted to my bro and his girlfriend all night, it was fun. Then I smack bang fell dead on the bed. I was so tired.. from just sitting around, more like lazing around, and eating a hell of a lot of junk food...

So my sister had her second child on Wednesday! It's my second niece people! Gabriella. Boy, is she gorgeous. Can't wait to upload pictures of her!

And, here I am. Looking at the rest of my holidays as doing about 500 assignments, loads of school work in other words, and preparing for my final year of highschool. This is fuh-reaky.I just want to spend this summer beaching it, and having fun! But nooo, I gotta adult up and study hard.

Okay, 2010. This is what you have in store for me.

- My HSC.. Oh let me die now.

- Turning 18

- Finishing school FOREVER..

-Hopefully getting my P's (The second level of getting a license to drive) And not still be stuck on my L's..

- What else you got, Huh?

Lets see, the above are expected. Right? So, 2010, give me some unexpected stuff. Some good stuff. Please?

K, thanks.

tianaaaa.