Bad Week

Sorry if I've been off-radar, but I've had a particularly bad week which has been nothing short of a nightmare. And I've got a really bad headache (caused by a combination of yelling and stress).
You'd think that when someone doesn't want to tell you something, they wouldn't press you for information. But for some reason, a few people are keen to know what happened to me last summer. Why??? What is so fascinating about my summer that people want to know about it? Because yours truly does not want to talk about and seals off that conversation topic.
I actually prefer the wild rumours. Mainly because some of them are ridiculous, some of them are pretty believable and others are just so obviously made up. If you want to know some of them, just say, I don't really feel like going into too much detail right now. My head hurts just thinking about them.
So the whole thing is giving me headaches. So is RE. And so are a few heated debates. I really need ear defenders. Or noise cancelling headphones. Just something to block out the noise. Non-tablet headache relief would be nice too. The only kind of tablet I have is my hay fever meds.
Anyway, I'll be back when my headache's gone (which had better be ASAAP (As Soon As Ari-ly Possible)). Bye guys.
Ari H K

Non-Silent Typing

I was going to tell the parents to call off all hostilities for one day only because of it being my special day (I'm 16), but helpfully they didn't need to be told. Presumably that was what all the hostilities were about yesterday. I did get some good fantasy books and archery stuff, which is always a bonus. And cake! Oh yes, birthday cake is always a good thing.
Yes, I know it's late again, but this time I think I can get away with it. After all, tomorrow is Saturday, and today is my birthday. You don't get to be 16 every day.
School was good. Someone wanted to light a candle to celebrate my birthday, but due to health and safety (or fear of said candle being used in an arson attack), the wick got removed. I swear I'm not having you guys on. Ah well, they tried. I got some cards at school too, as well as a few presents. No cake at school though. And definitely no flapjacks. I OD'd on flapjacks this summer so flapjacks are off the menu.
I'm still waiting on some presents from abroad, but they'll come eventually. I think.
Hope you're all well! Bye
Ari H K

Silent Typing, Scottish Independence and Sleepless Nights

Right. Here goes. Not sure how I'll evade notice of parents by doing this, but I was supposed to have an early night so I wouldn't be tired tomorrow (as tomorrow is my birthday, I'll be 16). Sounds like a great idea, but actually it's not. There are two reasons:
1. The Scottish Independence referendum. Neither parent is too keen on the idea, seeing as one parent really doesn't care (and says so loudly whenever the topic comes up on the news) and the other apparently has better things to worry about. I want to keep an eye on it, because it's a distraction I need from all the fierce debating going on at home.
2. I'm having some pretty bad dreams, so sleeping a lot isn't really a good idea at the moment. I've fallen out of bed about three times since I came home through tossing and turning. So I have a choice: follow Scottish Independence Referendum or read fantasy books until I go to sleep...or should it be sci-fi? I think sci-fi might be the answer today - all I need to do is remember where I put that copy of Castrovalva.
(For those who don't know about Castrovalva, it is a Doctor Who serial from the 1980s. It also got made into a book, a copy of which I got second-hand whilst out with my dad. He knows I like sci-fi and fantasy).
It's kinda late now. Just found hat there won't be any actual results until after midnight, and certain people will go nuts if they know I'm awake at that time.
I'll be back tomorrow when I'm more awake. Bye guys!
Ari H K

Cross-Country Running

My best friend loathes cross-country running. She is of the opinion that she should have some kind of motivation to run like a scalded cat (or rather jog around muddy areas, because for some reason someone has it in their head that cross-country running must involve goodly quantities of mud), and does not consider the pacification of our PE teacher enough motivation to do cross-country.
I can't say I'm a big fan of running either, even if I am good at it. I need motivation to run, too, so I use cross-country running as practise for times when I need to run, too (and I don't mean when I'm late for the school bus, not that I have been lately. Can't wait to get out of the house at times). Sometimes when I'm running, I imagine something is chasing after me. This works pretty well, though it worked a bit too well when I did the 1500m one year: yes, I won the race, but I really, really should've paced myself. Ice cream was needed. As was a lie down. Aaargh. Very very silly Ariadne.
For those who are wondering, the reason why I was late with the blog today was my parents sat me down for A Serious Talk. Which took ages. Most of it was a pretty animated discussion. If it had been the English debate at school, it would've lasted about five or ten minutes before the English teacher called the whole thing off because it was way too rowdy.
I'll be back tomorrow. Bye for now!
Ari H K

RE Class Survival with Your Host, Miss Kay!

Tuesday mornings suck. It is official. Why? Because Tuesaday mornings is RE day. And RE is my very least favourite subject. There are various reasons for it, but I'll stick with the main reasons:
1. Religion and me just are not the best of friends right now.
2. I don't like my RE teacher.
Seriously.
I have a problem with RE homework. Doing it is not a problem. Remembering that it has to be on her shelf at 9am on the day it's due is the problem. I get in trouble for that obviously. The RE teacher has a homework problem, too: she sets homework every single week, without fail. Gaah. *headdesks* So naturally I have a pile of RE homework along with. As soon as I am legally allowed to, I am dropping that subject. I have to do a short course GCSE RE else I wouldn't be doing it now.
Ahem.
So, how to survive RE class? Well, here are some useful pieces of advice:
1. Don't throw stink bombs. It really isn't funny. Cue classroom evacuation and emergency room change. That wasn't me, but someone else in the class got into trouble for that.
2. Don't fall asleep. There's always someone who might tell on you. This also means no TV magazines, though some folk might try.
3. Do ensure that discussions are interesting. That's another case for not falling asleep. There might not have had a proper debate for a while. I remember my last one. It got stopped mid-flow for being too rowdy. Seriously.
4. Do remember to hand in your homework. Seriously. It'll save you having discussons with the RE teacher/detention. Both of which are well worth avoiding....I need to listen to that piece of advice, really. Urgh.
That's it for today (I'm late with my blog due to Tuesday afternoons not sucking, plus I need my sleep!). Tomorrow...I'll figure that one out tomorrow. Bye!
Ari H K

Hello and Welcome!

OK. This is new for me. I have never had a blog before. Deep breath. Prepare fingers. Here goes.
So, doing a bit of after-school fiddling with things with a friend of mine, and this blog is the result of said fiddlng.  Hello readers, this is me. Ari. Short for Ariadne, but everyone calls me Ari. I have a list of nicknames, some of which I'm fine with and others you'd better make sure I'm in a very good mood before using them.
(That's why I'm not going to list them.)
When coming up with a name for this blog, I was hoping to have some play on 'half', and had spent time looking up a suitable word to use instead of half (long story. I'll explan later). Unfortuantely a) my first idea got shot down in flames and b) the only suitable words for 'half' in the context I was lookng for (a suffix, like 'half-open') were hemi, semi and demi. Ah. Bummer. None of the inspired me really (apart from the last one. That was the one that got shot down in flames.)
I ended up picking Blog From the Blue as a play on Bolt From the Blue. To be honest I've had too many bolts from that particular direction this year. That's another long story for later (mainly because I don't really feel like talking about it right now, actually).
Tomorrow, I will be talking about whatever I feel like talking about surviving RE class. See you guys.
Ari H K.