Zilly-The-Jellyfish

I'm still using this dA account but if you're interested in my art and have tumblr I'd suggest following me on tumblr - zillythejellyfish.tumblr.com - as I post more things there. (=

So, end of school soon. Wierdest feeling, that I won't be "a schoolkid" any more. I don't really want to leave, I have too many people I love at this school, none of which (at least out of those in my year) shall be joining me at Loughborough Uni next year. I'll be taking foundation art; the offer is for two Cs in any A-level, easily done. I have the feeling I'll cry on the last day.

The concerto concert I mentioned in the last journal has gone and passed, and went very well. Gotta love the sound of a viola, hmm?

The weather here is really nice, the rain brings out these gorgeous colours of new leaves and blossom, absolutely divine.

Speaking of divine, anyone into viol [viola de gamba] music? Gorgeous stuff.

Love,
~Eireni

I haven't said anything in a while, and haven't anything important to say... just a couple of updates to daily life.

I'd first like to reccomend a song (and if you don't mind french eccentricity, the film it comes from). Les Triplettes de Belleville is a cartoon that came out in 2003, but has a very retro feel to it. I dare you to try to sit still listening to this song.
Another song I'd like to recommend is "Eyes Wide Open" by Gotye. It is strange, but in an entirely different way to the previous song. I've found it really fits the mood of this story.


This is my last year of school, meaning a few things:
I may be able to play a piece in the concerto concert with the school orchestra.
If I do, I'll play a viola concerto. (Just to clarify, concerto does not mean concert, it means "classical soloist + orchestra".)
Don't think "school orchestra, it can't be great..." cause my school has an epic music dept. Many players are well over Gr8 standard (I got my Gr8 distinction last February, finally, but I am not in the same league as certain students in my school, say for example larvitice who, amongst other instuments, plays one mean trumpet.)

I must make sure I leave my dear school Anime Club in good hands; this will be my 4th year of running it, and I must train up the Animheirs to make me proud and run the club after I leave.

I turn 18 this October!
I have decided to hold a tea party and invite about 80 people... I'm not the kind of person who really finds normal club-type parties enjoyable, and although I remain something of an unsociable sort, I get on with people spread over quite a few places, including school, Greek school, Anime Club, the bus, various orchestras... so yeah, hopefully people will turn up
As usual, my birthday coincides with a residential orchestral course, so my party shall be held the day before the course starts. That said, bringing cake to orchestra is good.
Unfortunately, again, the course also clashes with the Expo, so I must leave the Animheirs to sort out organising the Saturday... ahh well.

Aside from that...

The AS Art moderator brought down everyones' marks by a grade, so I unfortunately have a B in art... the head of Art is in the process of trying to get it all re-moderated, but all the same, it's very disheartening. Aside from that, I have an A for maths (although that's a bit of a complicated story), a B for Physics which naturally I shall be re-sitting, and a B for Philosophy and Ethics, which is the only result I'm really pleased with, as I have a terrible weakness in essay-writing. Especially if it has to be done in a short time.

Yours with love,
~Eireni

I've been inactive for a long time... and my page needed a newer journal...
a few things to say...

It's so refreshing to be taking art lessons again... I missed them during my gcses. This means I may actually upload stuff! I know, crazy, isn't it?
And, my 17th birthday is this thursday, I'm so much more excited than should be rational. Especially as I have to spend it at and orchestral course... again. The course also means I can't go to the Saturday Expo, but I shall be bringing cake etc to the Sunday Expo! I've actually put some effort into a cosplay this time =] I'm coming in this outfit of Ringo Noyamano from Air Gear.

Physics and the mechanics bit of maths is also proving to be quite fun. Not so sure about stats and the materials bit of physics, though... still, it's good enough not to put me down.

Oh, and here's a song that's I'm obsessed with right now, which is legally free: this is the remix, but the original's video is pretty cute, too... look for "settle down - kimbra", it's really nice

Fist things off, I got blocked by RedCell02 because I gave her a llama, and now I can't say sorry... darned. I only give llamas in return for favourites, I guess I should've checked if she wanted one first heh Anyways that kinda upset me =[

On the other hand, you know how hard it is to find something that isn't the graphics pen that affects the graphics tablet [yes i waste my time like that]? I was playing Pokemn on the DS and left it on the tablet to go on the computer, and i found that i can use it as a graphics pen! you can have no idea how this excites me XD but I can't seem to click with it, so =[

I'm sorry for another spam. I promise from now on to upload at least 2 not-avatar-or-sketches/scraps-deviations before uploading a journal.