Monday 19 August 2013

New Beginnings


So I've been nominated to make this post and I thought that renewal would make a nice topic. This blog after all is all about renewing and maintaining old friendships.

I am about to make a big change in my life. I have finished school FOREVER. Summer is almost over and I will be going off to university. I still have three more years of education but it feels weird. I'm nervous and excited and a little wistful (but mostly excited). I am about to make a whole new group of friends. Probably several groups. And I'm leaving behind all the friends that I've had the last seven years or so. Of course there will be some I'll stay in contact with.

But that brings me back to this post. Despite all the new friends I hope I will be making in the coming months, you guys are all friends that I don't want to lose contact with. And so I hope that this post will inspire a few days at least of new comments and re connection with some of the people I don't talk to regularly.

There are already one or two people who I haven't talked to in a while that I have reconnected with. It's a wonderful feeling to rekindle a friendship like that.

So I am about to embark on a new beginning. And I hope that I will be able to take the new beginnings of some old friendships when I go :)


89 comments:

Aquila Felis said...

Hey, another one starting university. :)

I'll start studying Biology this month. Because I just love Biology. It's the science of life, and life is great. ^^

What will you be studying? Will you move out?

I won't, I'm staying at home and going to university and back with MY Vespa. Cause I bought it off my dad. Yay for self-earned money! ^^

Octa said...

I'm studying History. Yeah I moved out because the uni is 2 hours from my home.

Aquila Felis said...

He. One has to study what they're interested in, no matter the dreadfull 'what kind of job will you be able to get with it' question. ^^

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Kal! ^^
Well, my family had lots of doubt about studying Biology, too. But now that it's a fact they just try to make the best of it. Whenever there's a biologist on tv they're like: Look, biologists do that too! ^^
Also, not counting you as smart wouldn't be smart. :P
And if I ever end up not bothered with the mundane I just hope someone will come around and get me back to earth. Atm I won't end up on a too high horse, I clean two hours every day to pay for the fuel to get to Uni and back - on the plus side I won't be in any debt once I finished university. ^^
I doubt I could ever stop art. It's just tooooo tempting. ... I do hope I won't doodle so much I forget to listen, though. I doubt I get away with that while being in university, too. ^^
And, I think if you want to go to college you should go to college.

Aquila Felis said...

First day in Uni: check.

nights.raven said...

We miss you too, kallie! *hugs and is noogied*
Love u too! :D
Hope ur parents have been leaving u alone *hugs*

Aquila Felis said...

Things are good, Kal. ^^ Might have to cut open a worm this week, though... oh well. :P ^^

Aquila Felis said...

Sooooo... hello again everyone. It's been a while.

Yes, I did have to cut open an earthworm. Mine was dead but still stiff, which meant the organs weren't in place after I forced to lay straight... meh. I pretty much drew with a lot of help from the book. ^^ Then the week after it was a shell - which was far worse than the worm. Basically, if you put them in a fluid that will kill them they close and stay closed for hours, so it'd take ages to kill them - so the shells we got were alive. We didn't have to cut them open ourselves, but... let me say, even after being cut in halfs most were still moving when we were done with drawing. Not the nicest thing ever... then this week we had some not-really-fish thing, long dead and so small no cutting was needed to see through it. They had them prepared and made sure they wouldn't rot and I think also coloured in ages before us. ... next week will be a proper fish. One with bones and more organs. And eyes. I think I'll be off worse once what I cut open has eyes. I asked the professor and she said that chicklet and mouse were still too come - oh joy. ^^
But cutting open animals is the only bad side to studying I have found up to now. And the shells would have been eaten otherwise - they got them right where you get the ones for eating. Oh, before the shell and earthworm we did some parasites and single celled beings. We put some paramecia on glue hoping to slow them down enough to be able to draw them - and found it didn't have much of an effect. The group that got them after us said it had slowed them by then, but still. ^^
We learn about the weirdest forms of life, and I haven't read a single book or story more creative than what nature came up with. I really love that part of studying. ^^
Christmas markets have started over here, now, and they're great. I especially like a medieval themed one in a city not far from my town. Though the one of my town was nice, too. And it's the only place and time you can get potato soup in a pot made of bread. ^^
I hope the you lot are doing well, too.
Greetings from Germany! ^^

Unknown said...

*whispers* Guys?... I know that this was posted a while ago, but I've been desperately trying to find something recent by you lot...

*is aware that nobody knows me by this name*
*misses everybody*
*is le sad*

I really want to talk to you guys again, so please respond. >.<

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Emily, HOW sure are you nobody knows you by this name? ;)
I think I know a Bloglandish Emily... :P

Also. *responds*
A little late, admittedly, but I'll make sure to check more often now. ^^

Unknown said...

Well Aquila, of course you'd be the most likely to know me by this name. ;)

Aquila Felis said...

Hehe. ^^
I'm usually not the best in remembering names, so I am a tiny bit proud of that. ;)

Unknown said...

Well I do use this same profile picture for everything too... so you must have recognised that. :P
Also, side note: why do you keep disappearing from dA?! D:

Aquila Felis said...

Um... not on purpose. It seems my internet was a bit dodgy?
If you talk about whole days, though.. you see, my camera broke. Not much to upload, that way. ^^ But I'll check more often. ^^

Aquila Felis said...

Merry Christmas / nice free days everybody. ^^

Unknown said...

*cough* follow my blog *cough*

Aquila Felis said...

Done. ^^

Isabella Midnight said...

Is it too late to join the party? :P Hehe, I haven't spoken to you guys in AGES!! Soo long that I have NO idea what to say :P
I will try to make it a regular thing, checking in to see the convo :P

Aquila Felis said...

Bella! Bellabellabellabella!
Nice to hear from you again! :)
You better make that a regular thing. Please. *puppy eyes* ^^

And, it's never too late to join a party. In the worst case you just end up starting a new one. ^^

And, you could start by saying how you are. ^^

Isabella Midnight said...

I am doing great!!! Recently I have been doing some online courses, my goal is that I will be able to teach children English in another country (Thailand or some place like that)so that's been going well.

How have you been? I read about you studying Biology, I don't think I could cut open any form of animal.^^ Don't worry about the job part yet, You can worry about that a tad later :P

And don't worry, I WILL be checking this regularly :P (I've put an alarm on my phone for 22:00 so remind me ^^

Aquila Felis said...

Nice to hear you're well. ^^ I've been fine, and yup, I'm studying Biology. Not atm, though. Atm I'm visiting Dragona. :P ^^
... and the weather is just charming. ^^
I didn't think I'd have it as easy cutting open animals, either. But if you ignore what you're doing and just do it... besides I have to revise with the drawings I make of them. ^^
Good thing you'll check regularly. :P ^^

Dragona Pine said...

I wanted the weather to be better, admittedly.

Aquila Felis said...

I wonder why, nearly being blown over is fun. :P ^^

Isabella Midnight said...

I'm just going to ask now, you two togethor? irl and online?

Aquila Felis said...

Yes. ^^ I'm visiting him for the third time, by now. ^^ Last winter, last summer, this winter. ^^

Unknown said...

Isabella goddam it where's my hello? :P Another person to check off my list of people I've missed.

Unknown said...

Ah, have I said my old name on here?

hehe, whoops, in case I haven't, I'm Lilith. :3

Isabella Midnight said...

I've sat here for approximately 10 minutes, trying to think of something to type that makes me sound calm and collected, as I'm not super freaking excited to hear from you. I give up!
How have you been?! Should I call you Emily or Lilith?! *hugs*

Aquila Felis said...

Aaaaaand... I passed the first semester, second coming up. I hope Physics will be less troubling than Mathematics for Life Sciences, so I can make for Common and Anorganic Chemistry changing to Organic Chemistry - I bet that will be more difficult than anorganic. ^^
Oh, and no more cutting animals open. I heard we'll instead go outside and try to tell what species we're looking at. Which sounds a lot more fun. :)
I've got more hours at university, though, including walks around the gardens. The university has biiiig gardens that belonged to the castle. With lots of trees... I bet it's to do with the trees.
How has everyone been? Did anyone else pass anything? Or did you... dunno. Invent a new way to cook your favourite food or something else you feel like telling? Cause I'm curious. ;)
Greetings from Germany, where spring is heating us up to nearly 20°C, on some days. :)

Octa said...

Wow I haven't checked here for months and months.

I'm really enjoying university. Hey Aquila and Dragona and Bella and Emily!

I wonder if any of you still check on here? I expect if I do get a reply I won't find out for weeks but I will try to check back.

I also passed my first semester, and the second one is nearly over.

Hope to talk to you guys soon.

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Octa!
I don't know about the others, but I do still check.
I passed my first semester too, and all exams first try. I was quite happy I didn't have to do one a second time - I tend to start revising tooooo late so they're stress. ^^
My second semester will only be done in a few months, I guess mine start at different times. And I'm TRYING not to start revising too late, again - but at two tests a week my motivation could be higher. ;)
Have a nice day, whenever you see this!
And everyone else have a nice day, too, of course. ^^

Octa said...

I think I will remember to check here semi regularly. Once a week or so.

That's good. My uni finishes early even compared to other English ones.

Well technically I guess I do finish in just over a month but once my exams are done I have really nothing at all to do.

Hope the exams go well :)

Min (Thalia) said...

OCTA!!!!!!! AQUILA!!!!!!! HEY GUYS!!!!!!!! :D

i haven't checked here in a while because i thought no one came here anymore but i was messing around and came here on a whim and HEY....there you are......it's so nice to see posts from you guys again!

i'm glad both of your uni years seem to have been going well. i hope they have been. and good luck on your exams!! my finals are in like...three weeks i think??? i heard via word of mouth that we only have 15 days left of school, excluding weekends, so. yeah. that's approaching. i'm trying not to start studying too late either.

great hear from you guys again :)

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Thalia! ^^

Finals, huh? ... I could've done more for mine. But I still was (a bit) above average, so all went well. ;) Not starting to late is a GOOD idea, though. ;)
Tbh, I revised less than half an hour for English and got away with that - probably thanks to you lot. ^^

Octa: the time after having finished exams is nice - once you know you passed. I liked it. ^^ Looking forward to next time, though now some laws changed and we get a second try even if we pass. Up to now, you only did when you failed - and with additional time to revise, most people who failed first time were better than people who passed first time, which was seen as unfair.
It also means we will probably have more multiple-choice exams, though. Cause no prof can correct 900 exams - twice! - if they have lots of written text. Hm. I'll see. ^^

I hope both of you are doing fine. :)

Octa said...

Hey Thalia! Hey Aquila!

My exams are in 11 and 13 days respectively.

Looking forward to summer a lot.

Hope your exams go well Thal :)

Good to hear from you all, hope you are doing well.

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Kallista! *hugs back* Life is busy but boring? Not the best combination, in my experience. I hope it will get less busy and more interesting for you. :)

Unknown said...

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Octa said...

Hi everyone!

Just checking in again.

@ Kal I second what Aquila said, hope you get a more interesting and relaxed summer.

Mary Contrary said...

@Kal: I'm having problems with the blog design, too, so it's not just you, at least. ^^

Also, hi! :P
Hope you all are doing well. :)

Octa said...

Yeah the blog design doesn't work for me either.

Aquila Felis said...

It looks a bit as if the picture has been removed? Not sure, though... or maybe the picture broke?

Octa said...

That is rather a shame.

Octa said...

Hey Kallie.

I will also try and be on here more often. I know I've said this before but if I can make a routine out of it then I am more likely to stick to it.

My writing was also largely tied into blogland and it has suffered from my absence in blogland.

I would also enjoy talking to everyone again,seeing how you all are.

:D

Octa said...

Yeah random comments are fun!

*rides around on a majestic penguin*

Octa said...

*sneakily pretends to be kidnapped by Kallista*

*points out that it is actually a cardboard cut out that looks like Octa*

*the real Octa hides under a box*

Octa said...

*is hiding really well in the box*

*watches cupcakes slide under the box*

Wow a family of little cupcakes have emigrated into my box!

Octa said...

*peeks out from under the box as a whooshing sound fills the air*

*looks astonished as the TARDIS materialises around the box*

*tells the little cupcake children to stay in the box as there might be danger about*

*stalks around the TARDIS with a sonic umbrella, muttering about cybermuffins and undead potato creatures*

Octa said...

*undead potato creature sits up and yells NOT TODAY!*

*sonics the potato with the umbrella and then sends it flying as part of a kickline with Kal*

Rose Black said...

Boo

Rose Black said...

Hey Kal! *noms on muffin* I'm great thanks, how are you?

Octa said...

*tumbles into the blogosphere*

*munches thoughtfully on one of the cybermuffins*

Octa said...

Hello Kal!

Hope you are still around.

I had a very sleepy day today. I didn't really wake up until about 7pm.

But I did spent the evening eating chinese food and watching films in foreign languages.

Octa said...

I am glad you had a nice dinner :)

What desert did you have?

*tries to balance with the castle on my head*

Octa said...

I am sorry about the disconnect and I hope people will come back every now and again.

What is the response paper you have to write about?

Octa said...

I made a cake today :)

Octa said...

Chocolate and cherry cake :D

Min (Thalia) said...

hey guys!!! :D

Octa said...

@ Kallie

I like eating cakes too :)

I am glad the cake came out well.

@ Thalia

Hi Thal! Long time no see! How are you? *hugs*

Min (Thalia) said...

hi kal, hi octa!!! *hugs tight* it is good to see you

i am alright. it has been a very very rough year at school and mental and physical health wise, but i am pulling through.

how are you guys?

Octa said...

I am pretty good *hugs back*

It is good to see you too!

I'm in my second year of university now and the work is pretty tough from a stress perspective but apart from that I am good.

Sorry to hear your year hasn't been great but I'm glad you're pulling through.

Octa said...

I have that a lot. Will you know anyone in the new classes from your old ones?

Also I don't know if you heard but you can actually buy Em's book on amazon now :D

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1503097366/sr=1-1/qid=1415888855/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1415888855&sr=1-1

Min (Thalia) said...

glad you guys are doing alright :-) good luck with the rest of the semester, you're almost there!!

i'm also super proud of em, that's so awesome

Octa said...

I break up for Christmas next Friday :)

Octa said...

Also made it to 100 comments :)

Octa said...

*starts making a mountain out of mashed potato in the middle of the blog*

Octa said...

*slides down the gravy waterfall and spies a snowman*

*drops a bobble hat on its head as the boat passes above*

WEEEEEEE!

Aquila Felis said...

Sorry I forgot to keep checking in... and hello again. ^^

On the upside I can now tell you that I have genetically modified bacteria - and it's as easy as using a microwave. Which is a bit scary, admittedly. ^^

I'll try to check in more often.
Aquila

Octa said...

*swims along in the mashed potato mountain which is also a river somehow*

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Kallista. *hugs back* Not school. I haven't been to school in years, literally. I'm in university - and at least here it's a real difference. ;)

And in all honesty, I'm rather mediocre. Too much chemistry for my taste. But oh well. ^^

... so much mashed potato. How did you end up with that? 0o

Octa said...

Indeed, it is true!

But I just like mashed potatoes a lot.

*adds a biscuit bush*

Hope that things work out Mary! I really hope they do :)

I would love to learn another language and been thinking about Japanese. Mostly because I watch so much anime that I am picking up random words anyway.

Octa said...

I really want to get back into writing, but it's been so long that wanting it to be perfect, is stopping me from writing at all.

So I thought I would just type for five minutes, just to have something, to just type until the time was up and see if it helps.

It was very repetitive and random but hopefully something will come out of it.

I hope so anyway.

Min (Thalia) said...

hey guys sorry for the absence, things are v v v hectic rn b/c it is the last week before winter break and teachers are trying to cram a lot in before we go. i will do a proper backread and reply this weekend

hope you all are well!! and happy hanukkah to those celebrating!!

Aquila Felis said...

As we say it here:
Frohe Weihnachten - und einen guten Rutsch!
( = Merry Christmas - and a good slide! )

Because how do you enter a new year? You slide into it, of course. ;)

Sadhbh said...

Hi Everyone:) I doubt anyone remembers me, but I'm Sadhbh and i stopped coming on here in maybe 2012 or so and started in 2010 maybe. It was great fun i have alot of great memories in blogland and looking back on some cringey comments was er interesting... I stopped going on here for a few, uninteresting reasons. It's great to see that some things have remained the same and to see all the old names when i scroll through the various blogs. I hope everyone's doing good and life is going well for you all x this is a brilliant idea and thanks very much the oppurtinity:)

Sadhbh said...

*opportunity

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Sadhbh!

I DO remember you. Mainly because you had to explain your name to me. ;)

I am doing good - as in I haven't failed university yet, and life is going well. Just that I have exams next month, so really not long to go. Oh well. ^^
How's life been treating you?

Min (Thalia) said...

hi sadhbh!! i remember you too. it is nice to see you again :-)

also!! sorry for my general absence lately.....school + mock trial have been very very hectic but i'm finally done with mt so i should have a little more time to check in more frequently. hope you all are doing okay!!

Aquila Felis said...

Time for an update, I guess?

It's summer, the weather is a bit too cold and wet for my liking, university is going well enough, I suppose... oh, and I'm no longer with Dragona. ;P

How are your lifes going?

Sadhbh said...

Hi again everyone:) sorry its taken me so long to reply! I dont really have an excuse...

I started reading Skulduggery Pleasant books again and I've been hit with a wave of nostalgia haha. I got back from football an hour ago and have been going through Derek's blog and all the comments have made me horribly sentimental.
I haven't even read the last two SP books I'm ashamed to say. By the time i saw them in bookshops i had forgotten details in the others and until now, hadn't got round to re reading them.
I thought i would of outgrown them but no six years later I still love them is that a bit sad? i dont care haha. Im saying haha an awful lot trying to make up the lack of emojis maybe? sorry *laughy* Anyone planning to read Demon Road?

@Kallista Great to see you too! Or hear from you. Whatever. It was fine i guess. Better than i had expected:)

@Aquila haha you did pretty good, considering Irish people who meet me tend to call me by second name! Good to hear from you again:)

@Min you too! :)


Not a whole lots been goin on.. Last September i started a new school (secondary school in Ireland) One other boy from my school went to it too but we've never been particulary close. It's been okay, my old friends and I have grown apart from each other and I haven't been hugely succesful establishing new ones. But it's not awful either and with the new school year aproaching - shit haha - things will change as they tend to do and the world will go on as it does ;)
I've have 5 fine horses that are my pride and joy, life's grand really.

It's amazing to see how far you've all come since i was last in contact! University wow! I've along way to go yet, but leaning towards law or journalism. I don't know, but i do want to travel. Kallista wow i dont know what the dean's list is but it sounds great!^^ you must be!
Aquila i meant to wish you luck, sorry, but i hope they went well for you, I'm sure you did great:)
What did happen to xat chat group? and when did you guys stop frequenting the blogs so often? And did anyone meet irl there had been talks of it?


My fingers hurt. Adios amigos I will check back soon:) Sadhbh x

Aquila Felis said...

The chat was abandoned after some large-ish fight. First by one side, then by the other, too. The other being fairly tiny now. ^^ I guess you could say I'm still in contact with Dragona, Ghost and Sven, mainly. I don't know what the others have been up to, but with a bit of luck they kept together better. :)
The blogs, well. I'm not even sure. Personally, I just didn't know anyone. I might go back some time, but for now I'm under a promise not to go there for a bit. ;P
The only one I met irl is Dragona (and he's frickin tall. ^^). Dunno about the others in this case, either.

I hope your fingers recovered by now. ;)
Greetings from Germany
Aquila - or Johanna, I don't care. ^^

Unknown said...

(Just gonna casually slip in here and clarify that I still exist and say sorry for not being around for ages... I never know whether to remind people that I'm Lilith or not- whoops I did it just then. God I'm so smooth. Anyways yeah I'm here. And now I'm not. Talk later.)

Aquila Felis said...

(Just gonna casually wonder what's on your cup on your picture because it looks colourful and intersting but I can't really see it. ;) )

Octa said...

Goodness I forgot about this blog!

@ Sadhbh I do remember you. Good to hear from you again. I have read Demon Road and quite liked it. Also I did indeed meet a few of the blog people irl. I ended up meeting Venice Rain and Niall, Sarthacus and Robin! Pretty sure that was everyone.

I am still in contact with Kallista on facebook, but not really anyone else. I think I stopped frequenting the blogs in early 2013? That sounds about right. I don't think there was any particular reason, just life got busy I guess. Moved on to new places and new friends when I started university but it would be great to hear from people again!

Aquila Felis said...

Replies within a day. Be stunned. Be amazed!

Also, boooo! ;)

-vanishes again-

Min (Thalia) said...

ah man yikes i really have slacked on checking this thing lmao

it's good to see that y'all are doing well though!!! everyone seems really busy with school but i'm glad you're still kicking. i'm still tight irl bros with mar/mir/lyd/etc so i can tell you that we're doing alright too. this is a really intense school year for us so 4 hrs of sleep a night is the norm but we're surviving.

happy belated bday kal! i hope it was a great one. also your hair sounds really cool!! i bleached mine last...february? so it's a very light blonde now but i'd love to do something like yours someday soon if i can.

have great day and also good luck on finals for anyone who has them coming up soon

Sadhbh said...

Hi everyone, I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas? Nearly two months late but happy birthday Kallista the hair sounds fabulous�� I'm going to do a bit of tasteless self promotion and say I've a public Instagram with a couple of people @tea.not.war (make tea not war) I guess it's soft grunge but I'm bad on the themes. I don't know does anyone even have Instagram, but if you do check it out although it might not be your thing at all and if so absolutely no hard feelings���� I hope your all doing well and that Christmas exams and whatnot went okay�� S

Aquila Felis said...

Well. Now I just need to work for, write, hand in and pass my thesis - and I'll be a bachelor of science.
... I'll never get why they use the same word as for unmarried men, but hey. Who cares? ^^

Hope you lot are doing fine, too.

Sidenote, Cyprus is a pretty cool country - just that it's warm. But still cool. Eh, you know what I mean. ;P

Mary Contrary said...

Oh gosh it's been a while. I dunno if anyone still checks here these days, but I hope you guys are all well & good & enjoying yourselves wherever you are. All the best!!

(p.s. @Sadhbh: I totally remember you & have a feeling I once accidentally nicknamed you Socks for some reason????)

Aquila Felis said...

Aaaand it's been more than a year without anyone round here.
Well.
I'll be hanging out on Derek's for a month, and then I'll be gone. If any of you actually miss talking to me at any point in time - and still know how to reach me - feel free to. I never changed that email adress.
Else, see ya on Derek's - or never see ya. ;)