The Social Network

Well today I finally found someone to go with me to see The Social Network.  For those of you that don't know what this is about, it's based around the creation and legal battles of Facebook.  I must say it was a fantastic movie, and one that made me change my outlook on things.

Some people didn't believe that I could be changed so much saying "it is just a movie."  I took the time to come up with the following response (which I posted as a comment on my status):

Yes, it is a movie, but it is one that is based on a true story. I don't necessarily want to create a website (I'm not THAT good with computers and whatnot), but just seeing how such an amazing company was formed from a simple idea. How a ......small group of friends turned this college hobby into a multi-billion dollar website in just a few years...

I admire Mark Zuckerberg because he didn't do this for the money, he did it because he was good at it and enjoyed it. He made Facebook his life and spread it around the world. He was a shy back-room nerd who, in the space of 10 years or so, has become one of the most influential people in the world today.

From now on I will be living my life in a way Zuckerberg once described Facebook;
        "We don't know what it is, we don't know what it could be, we don't
          know what it WILL be. We just know that it is cool."


Even in the few short hours I since the movie, I have had time to look at what my life is heading towards, and how I can turn it into doing something that I'm good at and will enjoy. 

Many of my friends have set goals for their careers such as being on the radio, own their own shop, etc.  Well I think it is time I set a goal for MY future.  Next year I start studying towards a Bcom and Llb but currently with no idea what I want to do after that...  I know I want to travel, and I want to have a lot of fun along the way, so why not combine everything?

My new goal:  To become an accountant or lawyer or anything else for a company such as Facebook.

It would put my skills and knowledge to use, I would be able to travel (quite possibly to America), I would be a part of something I love and am proud to say I'm addicted to (Facebook), and I would be working for one of the most influential people in the world, the great Mark Zuckerberg.

All I need to do now is work out how I can achieve my goal, and make sure I do everything I possibly can to make it work.

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Ipod Challenge, Day 5

List the first ten songs to come on your shuffle, and post the first one in your audio post.

~ Trigger Fingers - The Devoted Few

~ Cookie Jar - Jack Johnson

~ Plastic Jesus - System Of A Down

~ Fake It - Seether

~ Two Worlds - Disturbed

~ By The Way - Hinder

~ I'll Stick Around - Foo Fighters

~ Shadow Of The Day - Linkin Park

~ Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers

~ Somebody To Love - Justin Bieber

Sorry

I apologise in advance to anyone that reads this post, but it just had to be done at least once.....

I just lost The Game.

Ipod Challenge, Day 4

Fifteenth song to come on your shuffle is now the theme that describes your life; what does it say?

~ Don't Change - INXS

~ What I get from this is: I am who I am, and I shouldn't change just because other people tell me to.

Ipod Challenge, Day 3

First song to come on your shuffle that makes you sad; why does it make you sad?

~  We Speak No Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP

~ This makes me sad because it reminds me of when I first heard this song. In the car with Freeman on the way back from Sumner after the last Oliver! performance.  It doesn't make me sad because it was the end of weeks of hard work, it makes me sad because it reminds me how much doing the show stuffed up my work ethic.  It changed my mindset about school.  Thanks to Oliver, there is a good chance that I might not even get into uni next year....

Ipod Challenge, Day 2

First song to come on your shuffle that makes you happy; why does it make you happy?

~ Summer Love - Justin Timberlake
~ This makes me happy because it has the word "Summer" in it, and I'm really looking forward to a great summer :D

Ipod Challenge, Day 1

First song to come on your shuffle; why it is on your iPod, what significance does it hold?

~Stan - Eminem

~It is on my Ipod because it was on a copy of an Eminem CD I found in my room.

~It doesn't hold much significance, other than it is the first Eminem song I ever heard.

10 Day Ipod shuffle challenge

1. First song to come on your shuffle; why it is on your iPod, what significance does it hold?
2. First song to come on your shuffle that makes you happy; why does it make you happy?
3. First song to come on your shuffle that makes you sad; why does it make you sad?
4. Fifteenth song to come on your shuffle is now the theme that describes your life; what does it say?
5. List the first ten songs to come on your shuffle, and post the first one in your audio post.
6. First song to come on your shuffle that relates to your day that day; explain it.
7. Think of a certain song to want to listen to right now, and go through your shuffle until you find it. Post how many songs out of how many are in your entire library it took to get to it. example: i found the song after 34/576 songs.
8. First song to come on your shuffle that is a love song; explain it’s significance to you if any.
9. First song to come on your shuffle from a band that you have seen in concert. If you haven’t seen any bands in concert, one that you would like to see.
10. First song to come on your shuffle that describes your outlook on life; why? Explain it.

Summer

I have been dreaming of this summer for soooo long....

No school, no uni, I'm old enough to make my own decisions, and I have my licence so I can drive wherever.  I have/had heaps of friends, and everyone wants to get out and have a good time before we all go our seperate ways.

Problem #1:  Exams.  When I ask if anyone wants to do something, everyone else is either studying or has an exam.  If anyone else wants to do something, either I'm studying or I have an exam.

Problem #2:  Work.  Lets face it, the majority of us have jobs, and we all work at different times.  This makes organising something spontaneous practically impossible.

Problem #3:  Me.  'nuff said.

School and exams

Well school is now all over forever.  I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not....

13 years has gone so quickly.  I can still remember my first day at school.  I played with a telephone and some random house thing, and managed to get from the lowest reading group, to the top one in an hour or so.  My first day at Shirley, I sat in D3 next to Sang (Charlie) Cho, and got shown around the school by a massive and hairy year 13.  Since then, five years have flown by so quickly that I haven't been able to make the best of each opportunity I've had. 

It's finally hit me.  This is the end of an era.  Has it been worth it?  How has it changed me?  Am I a better person than I was a few years ago?

So many thoughts are going through my mind, which doesn't help with all the stress I already have because of exams.  At least I've already done my first exam, which means I'm one step closer to finishing for good.

We started as Shirley boys. We got involved. We left as Shirley Men.

Motivation

My parents asked me today "why aren't you motivated to do well in school?"
Apparently "because I'm depressed" isn't the right answer...
Perhaps they would prefer it if I told them that I hate school and would much rather sit around doing nothing?

What if I am depressed?  What if my compulsive lying lead to being like this?  Will I ever stop lying?

I'm just not motivated to do anything anymore.  I don't see the point doing school work because I know it's not good enough, and I can't see how it's going to help me.  I'm not motivated to swim anymore because it's just not as fun as it was 2 or 3 years ago.  I'm not motivated to get out of bed in the morning because I know I'll just get yelled at and end up crying myself to sleep.
I'm not motivated to live because I know I'll do more harm than good.