Photos from Oz!

Koala in a tree



Jessica, Gwen and Sarah on "the big day"



The Sydney Opera House and the ocean



Crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge



Helen's B-day dinner



A crocodile at the Taronga Zoo

In Melbourne

Well, since the last time I wrote, things having been going as great. I missed my 8am bus due to an alarm clock malfunction and couldn't get a refund so there's $200 down the drain. I spent another $75 to leave that day at 8pm with another company lucky for me because the next time I could have gotten a Greyhound bus was the next night but every hostel was booked up. The night before really sucked too so I felt like I was leaving on bad terms. It got better though, my friend Nessa (purple haired girl) and I missed our cats a lot so we went to a cat shelter and pet the kittens. No we're not crazy, just obsessed with cats. It's nice to meet someone with the same interests, hehe. So I caught my 12 hour bus ride later that day and it was pretty much aweful. I didn't get any sleep because the girl next to me didn't seem to know what personal space was and kept putting her feet on me. My throat started really hurting as well. I finally arrived at Gwen's at about 8am where I just crashed and slept until about 2:30 which was great. Except I woke up sick as a dog. So I spent Christmas feeling like crap and missing home a lot. I found out I had tonsilitis (however you spell it) and got medication. Now I'm at my friends house who's like a 1/2 hour away from Gwen. I must admit, I want to die. He had a party yesterday where everyone was drunk and being really annoying and making fun of me while I was trying to sleep, and well I felt like crap. Thank God for earplugs! I have a feeling new years isn't going to be so great this year. My plan was to be in Sydney with some friends, but instead I'm here, sick. I think maybe I'll just have a quiet night so I can rest up for when I go back to Sydney and Byron Bay. I still need to figure out where to book a hostel and what bus to catch, ick. For now I'm just going to rest up so I feel 100% next week, hopefully. Anyways, I'm sure things will look up soon! Hope everyone's doing great back in Canada. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Having the time of my life!

1. Helen's B-day

2. Sunset at Manly Beach

3. Me and Sarah at Circular Quay

Well, here I am in Sydney and I couldn't have it any better. I'm having so much fun here! I love this city so much and I don't want to leave. My hostel is great and I'm meeting so many amazing people. There is still so much I want to do so I will definately have to come back! I've been to the zoo, a carnival, the opera house, doing tours, and I went on a dolphin watching tour which was really cool and met this really nice girl who wants to go to Byron Bay with me. The nightlife here is amazing too. I've gotten like 10 hours of sleep this entire week! I'm still not having any luck finding a job though which upsets me because I'm running out of money very fast! On Saturday, I went out for my friends birthday and we had a blast... from what I remember. Every day there is something new here, it's awesome, but very exhausting. I'm living on caffiene, hehe. Yesterday I went to a ballet at the opera house which was incredible. What a great experience. I did feel a little underdressed though, but I guess thats what happens when your backpacking. The weather in Sydney could be nicer. It's been rainy and stormy but really humid. We had a couple nice days so I got a bit of a tan. Tomorrow, I'm leaving at 8am to go to Melbourne by bus which I'm not looking forward to because the trip is 12 hours, yikes. I'm excited to have Christmas in Melbourne though because I will get to spend it with my sister and close friends. If the weather stays this bad, it might just be like having Christmas at home! I'll keep you updated more when I get to Gwen's and internet is free (something I miss a lot.) Cheers!

I'm finally here!!!

So after months of working and saving up, I'm finally in Australia. My trip was long and tiring and sleeping at the Singapore airport was definately an event. I'm having lots of fun and meeting so many new people. The weather is amazing while in Canada, it's snowing. In fact it's so sunny I actually got sun stroke and a severe sun burn so I had to go to the hospital. Other than that, I'm having a great time. Right now I am in Melbourne which is a lot like Vancouver and soon I will be travelling up the east coast all the way up to Darwin, back to Melbourne, then I'm off to Asia for 2 months. In total I'm gone for 8 months, which sounds a little scary to me. I know it's going to be worth it though. Anyways, I have to get going because I will be leaving for my friends wedding reception in a bit. I will keep you all updated and I will be posting lots of photos very soon. Cheers xox

From left to right: Melissa, Aaron, Me, Kailen,
Lisa, and Taylor

I'm back...

So, I haven't written a journal for a while and I figured maybe I should. So, I've been doing a lot of thinking over the past, like, year... and I realized that I'm a complete mess. I don't even know what I want to do when I'm older and I mean, I am older so I should figure this out soon. All I know is that I want to travel. I need to get out of this place and live. High school was fun, but in my last year I've realized what makes a good friend, and I've noticed that I don't have many of those. There's so much that we don't know about people, and once you get to know them better, you don't like them all that much. Have you noticed that? I've also noticed that I am a very complicated person. There's so much I want to do and so many things I want to try and I think I need to slow down. I like change. I like changing my hair and my style, it's fun to try different things. People don't look at it the same way though I guess. Just because my hair colour changes, doesn't mean I'm a different person or that I'm depressed? But whatever, people are stupid. I've finally come to that conclusion, especially working in customer service. Anyways, enough about that. Grad was awesome, except for a certain "problem" that won't leave me alone. I loved my dress, it was so different. The food was good, I now love roulette, and camping was really fun (except for the next morning) but seriously, it rocked! Our limo was so cool too, it was a 1939 Buick. I mean HOT. I'm so excited for December! I'm going to Australia!!! I've decided, with the help of my cousin, that I'm going to live there and work for awhile. I'm probably going to live in a hostel or something that I can afford. My Dad's paying for half my trip though which is wicked. Then afterwards, I'd like to go to Thailand for a couple weeks, hopefully with Gwen. But I'll have to talk to her about that. Oh yeah, and guess what? I'm sick... again. So I've gotten blood tests to see if there's anything wrong. I've gotten sick three times since the New Year! It's not fun! Now that I've given you a reasonable update, I must go! Tata!

Life is delicate, people can shape it or even break it... lesson learned

Man, I was just watching a movie and it made me happy. I love movies like that. There's just certain types of songs, movies, or photos, etc that just make you say wow, that made me smile. It's an amazing feeling. Natural happiness is great. The kind not brought on by drugs or alcohal as some people might think makes them happy. It can be fun, yes, don't get me wrong. But most of the time it just brings me down. I have realized the things that make me happy and I have to welcome them in. Instead of shutting them out to feel or seem a certain way. I need to do the things that make me happy, and not others. Shit, that's my job though right. Making customers happy while I wonder off and think, I wish I was somewhere else at this moment. It's so frustrating. Especially when your friends expect you to make them feel happy when it's actually hurting you. I don't need that bullshit. So anyways, before I ramble on too much, I wanted to point out some of these things and maybe they might make you happy as well. But then I thought, why? That is for me alone, I shall keep that to myself, and you can find your own when you figure it out. Not that I have completely figured it all out. But in the last little while I've been thinking about that. Who am I? What am I doing here? Questions we all ask ourselves. Just let it ride. I admire people who just dont give a shit. There isn't many. If people said they didn't care at all what anyone thought, I bet they'd be lying. Journals don't help these situations. Especially public ones. I can read between lines quite well and I see through a lot of people. Not always, but sometimes and it hurts me at times even though I may just be paranoid. Hmm, well life is complicated and people make it even more complicated I have learned. Some time away would be good for me I think... or maybe I should just work it out.

The search for the lightbulb waterfall.

Tom Petty talked to me today in my car. Not really, but it'd be cool if he did. My poor little car. It's like the car that never was. I think I can, I think I can. He wants to be a racecar, but can't. He can be a she... a pretty she. I feel like going to bed, but then I don't. So I'll just stay here and talk to you... whoever you may be. No one reads this anymore. So sad. Not really, I dont write in it much. Oh man... I have sugar on my face... gross. what to do about that. Hmm, yeah. I love driving man, cracking out tunes, driving around. Wow. So I was thinking about my room today, and then I thought... does a room actually characterize a person. Then I thought about life and how if I put a room together to represent my life... what would it look like? So I thought about it for a while.. then I thought... value willage has awesome furniture for like $10. A giant couch was like $40... shweet. It shall be mine. And then I shall name it. And put pillows I guess. Big ones. Furry ones. Wierd... that totally reminded me of my grade 4 teacher. I think my dad ripped up my mom's credit card. Hmm... theres like a little piece of visa in the trash. How cute... that lets me know they got along nicely while I was gone. Oh well. Haha wow, I just found giant grey bifocles. Hmm.. there like plastic. Oh man.... I think that might have been one of Sarah's vv boutique buys, with the sequin bridesmaid's dress. Super fun times. I totally miss her. Want her back to watch scary movies and eat lowfat popcorn, that I usually smuther in butter and salt. Tasty taters. Oh sarah and her low fat popcorn. makes me sad. I wanna go to Vancouver and find random things again. You can seriously find sunshine in garbage. Then give it to the homeless people who have crazy skirts and nice parents. I want another car, shhh don't tell. I know mine's super cute and likes to play, but I dont get her all the time and that's no good. Is it a waste of money? Hmm, what do you think? Well kids.. I'm off for the night. Have fun... and remember, somebody loves you. Always. xoxoxo Twitches T- unit McPringle

Are you ready to be liberated? Cause today is the first day of the rest of our lives. We gotta make a decision. We can leave tonight or live and die this way. Meanwhile can't we look the other way? Wanting to live and laugh all the time. Maybe you'll get what you want this time around. The trick is to keep breathing. Open your eyes. I'm straight, enough. I've been working on a piece that speaks of sex and desperation. Things are feeling thin, I know, I know. It's gonna be alright, you're messing with my head. Been dazed and confused for so long. Take a pill, wide awake. I know now things will get better. But I don't believe in promises. I don't believe in compromising my own beliefs inside my head. It almost sounds like anger and almost looks like passion. Somethings still missing. A direct hit of the sences, then you're disconnected. Running down a dream that never would come to me. I'm just a dreamer. Yet, I don't go to sleep to dream. On a cloud of sound I drift in the night. I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings. Now, I'm free falling. It makes sence that it would hurt this way. I promise you I will learn from my mistakes. But I'm gonna fuck it up again. I've aquired quite a taste for a well-made mistake. But I'm proud, just like my mother planned it. At first I was afraid. I was walking with a ghost. I was blind but now I see. I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that. Practiced at the art of deception. I am colour blind. I'm sorry, so sorry. Look at my body, look at my hands. There's so much here that I don't understand. I need the darkness. I left my soul there, down by the sea. I lost control. Streets feel strange. Take a ride, take a shot now. Who am I, where and why? I ask myself, where is my mind?

Moi

Update

Ok so another Tracie update. I deleted my last one because people are assholes. Anyways, this is me, it's me with black hair, it's me upside down with black hair. Yep, last time I posted a picture, I think I was blonde so yeah. I actually have pink and blue in it now which is damn hot. Well, my Christmas holidays were good, besides the fact that I was sick for most of it. New Years Eve definately didn't help much either, it was so worth it though. I'm so damn bored. I don't even have any reason to be on here, usually I am because I'm pissed off. I was supposed to go to Granville today after work but it's pissing outside so I thought staying at home in pajamas was just too tempting. I still feel kind of shitty too from having the flu. People are so god damn stupid at work. I work at a video store and someone came in today asking why their remote control doesn't work. Hmm, ok. Oh man, people these days. Well, just half a year left in high school and then I'm free. I'm so excited. I'm going to cosmetology school once I can afford it. Freedom, I can't wait. Well kids, I'm off. Don't be leaving any fucken rude ass comments, cause well, you don't know me and that's just retarded.