Buckle up kiddies, this is gonna be a long one.

I realise that I have subjected my blog and accompanying Web site to shameless neglect. I last blogged in November 2007. Since then, quite a lot of things have happened.

I have a feeling that very few people are actually interested in my blog, but updating it helps me to remember things that have occurred. A snapshot in time, if you will.

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ALTERNATE TITLE: “This Is the Blog That Never Ends, It Just Goes On and On, My Friends…”

I have got to tell you, last night was one of the most amazing experiences of my life - as I knew it would be. To recap: I won tickets through a competition on Delta Goodrem’s [my favourite pop singer] official forum to see the gorgeous girl herself perform live for Vodafone’s music program, Live at the Chapel.

“The Chapel” is actually a converted chapel on Little Chapel Street in Prahran, Melbourne. Basically, I won tickets to the taping of Delta’s performance, which will be shown on television next month, and I’ll update with details as it gets closer to the date. You should watch it if you can. It was an amazing performance.

And this is gonna be a loooooooooong entry. So here is a cut:

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Wow! This week (and next week, despite my exams) is shaping up to be possibly the best-ever week of my young life. Justin Timberlake’s concert on Tuesday night next week, and tomorrow night…

Well. It’s a thrilling tale to tell.

I was visiting the Delta Goodrem forums on October 30 (Monday) around one-thirty in the arvo, and the administrator had JUST posted a message announcing a competition to win double passes to see Delta Goodrem (who, you must all know by now, is my favourite singer in the entire world) perform for the music show Vodafone Live at the Chapel, which is basically a live concert in an intimate setting (you can only win tickets through competitions).

“The Chapel” is actually Chapel off Chapel, a converted chapel (believe it or not) which is now a performance space. I’ve mentioned Chapel Street on here before, it’s a really, really long road with a lot of shops and bars. So, it’s a chapel that is located just off of the actual Chapel Street.

The admin’s message said: “Hey forum members! This Friday, November 2, you and a friend could be one of the lucky few to see Delta perform Live at the Chapel! Reply now to this e-mail address and you could be one of 10 to score a double pass!” So I did just that. I saw the word “competition” and I was off like a shot to Gmail. I typed an e-mail with my details in it and shot it off to Sony BMG [Delta’s record company].

And then I waited. And waited. And waited.

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Hello, sorry I haven’t blogged, et cetera, et cetera. But I’m here now.

This is the second last week of second semester. So basically, I complete my first year of university next Friday. Wow, it’s gone so fast I feel like I’m in The Sims 2 University. The academic year goes fast there too.

The books that I ordered from Angus and Robertson [an Australian bookseller] came yesterday, which was a pleasant surprise. Now that I’ve completed my last really huge assignment for the year (I do have a Psychology essay and HRM newspaper article diary to submit next week, but they’re small potatoes compared to this group assignment), I can read the last four books in the Gossip Girl series! (They stopped stocking them in the bookshop for some unknown reason. Probably ’cause they’re trashy).

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Yeah, I know I haven’t blogged in ages, blah blah blah. Nobody reads this anyway. But. Here’s a paragraph-style list of the things that have happened over the past few weeks since I last blogged.

I got halfway towards getting my P-plates. I passed my computerised Hazard Perception Test (as addressed in my previous entry).

I’m getting much more comfortable driving my gorgeous little vrrrooomthing.

I got the most gorgeous, perfect pair of boots in Chapel Street a few weeks ago. They were apparently $300 originally, but I got them for FIFTY BUCKS. How good is that? They’re suede, round-toe (I can’t stand leather or pointy) with decent heels (I don’t generally go for spikes).

My friend and I sorted out our issues, and he will be going to the Justin Timberlake concert with me! I’m so excited for it…

… But, speaking of Justin’s concert - horror of horrors, the Exam Timetable Gods have cursed me with an exam at NINE-THIRTY IN THE GODFORSAKEN MORNING the day after it. But I do finish my exams in less than two weeks to make up for it, so earlier holidays for meeeee!

My favourite singer in the whole wide world (that would be Delta Goodrem) is releasing her new album in less than two weeks. I’m all the more excited for it because I’ve actually already won a copy. There’s two editions of it, a limited edition digipak and your standard jewel-case edition. So now I can have both without looking like I’m a few scones short of a high tea.

• The competition was one of those “in 50 words or less, please explain why you want this” jobs. So, not only can I talk for Australia, I can write a pretty good treatise on why I want something (just ask my long-suffering parents).
• ‘Course, I would’ve liked the tickets to her album launch (which is tonight, in Sydney - imagine, I could’ve been blogging from Sydney) or a Sony Ericsson mobilio-phone, but the CD’ll do. I won something, and that’s pretty cool, no?

Below this cut are some words about the movies I’ve seen (Stardust, Superbad and Hairspray), which are spoiler-free but snarky. There’s always room for snark.

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This is Take That’s new song from my latest favourite fantasy epic (’course, I’ve not seen that many, and no, I’ve not seen Lord of the Rings), Stardust. It’s called ‘Rule the World’ and it’s a soaring ballad-type job and it’s all very romantic and cheesy and I love love love the thing.

Here is a link.

This is the link.

I do. Because then, when I have it, and when I’m driving Silver Belle to uni each day, if something like what happened this morning happens again, I can drive home.

I am stuck here until 5:00 PM. I arrived at 9:30 this morning for a tutorial which is supposed to start at 10:00 AM. “Supposed to” are the operative terms, my friends. My tutor decided not to show up. Therefore, I am stuck here until 5:00 PM. Without a car, without a lift, without any conceivable, safe way of getting home.

My dad is right. I need my licence, stat.

So you’ll be glad to know I’m taking steps towards achieving this goal.

I passed my computerised Hazard Perception Test a few weeks ago now - which, if you want my opinion, is a pretty silly way of seeing how safe we are, given the pass mark is a measly 54 per cent (but it’s hard).

For instance, how am I supposed to tell the computer when I would slow down on a road? There are so many things to consider. For example, how fast is the rest of the traffic going? Is there anyone behind me who, if I “slow down”, might plough into the back of my sweet little vrrrooomthing? What exactly do you mean by “slow down”? Do you mean start slowing down? Or, perhaps you mean coming to a near-complete stop?

What the hell does “click when you would slow down” essentially mean?

Today started as just an ordinary day.

I got up, I went to uni, and then I drove myself and my mum home. She asks me to go outside to the garage to get a can of Solo Lemon & Lime. So I go to the garage, and I hear my mum ask, “Didn’t you see what’s there?” so I turn around.

And what did I see but…?

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I was so prepared to stay home from uni today. I was. I fought tooth and nail to stay home, even though my mum fought tooth and nail back to get me to go.

So I went.  Only my going had no purpose after all.

Mondays are only an hour’s worth. Now, some of you might question why the hell I go to uni on Mondays this semester at all, but I figure it’s X-amount of weeks, it could be worse, et cetera, et cetera.

My lecturer didn’t show up.

So all in all, attending uni today was an exercise in complete pointlessness.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

Sonya is going to see the velvet-voiced Justin Timberlake LIVE in concert on 6 November this year!

I AM SOFREAKINGEXCITED.