Not such a quick update.

Hi,

Sorry I have been away for so long, but a lot had to be dealt with. By far there is still more to do, but I'm taking the day off ... technically.
I should really make a video, but I'm too tired and not really feeling the mood for one. So I'll type this instead.

Right OK so to update, I did get my Leaving Cert results, I didn't get the results I wanted, but I didn't fail either.
With the results I did get (or achieved) they weren't as good as I expected and they didn't get me in to do what I wanted to do. So plan B was to repeat the Last Year of secondary school (High School) and do it again.

Well I inquired about it, and they accepted me. I started back today which was totally weird. See when I graduated with all my friends and classmates 3 months ago I finished with all my friends they had no intention to repeat, and now I'm in a new year new class. But its OK. I'm oddly popular in that school so people were all like "Hey its Jake!".

But none the less I preferred the school with my old friends. I'm not with the same group I can't have the same fun as I did before hand. I know, who ever said school was fun?

So yes, I'm actually in the same place in life where I was last year. In saying that I'm a small bit wiser and I kinda know what to expect.

In other recent events I may have some interesting news to announce ... well I may have, I have yet to physically agree to anything but I will be announcing something exciting soon.

Then in more other recent news, I will be back reviewing independent artists for musicreview.com again. Which is great, I enjoyed doing it before hand. The better news is that the online magazine will now be printed, so all the articles that I type will be published. Which is really cool news. I'll will let all you guys know about that as soon as I start doing it again.

Em what else has happened?

Oh a new Argos catalogue came out, I have it here to read through it before I go to sleep. (I seem to live an exciting life)

And also I am quite impressed with my charming/ womanising skills. (I'm joking ... actually I'm not joking. Or am I? I must of had a reason to say that)

That's all I can think of, oh wait tomorrow I am going to be an extra on Fair City ... well I think I am anyways.

Right I'm off to flick through this catalogue and look at all the stuff I can afford.

You guys and girls stay safe.

Peace,

Jake.

Oh I fucked it up

Well at half nine in the morning, on the 13th of August 2008, I collect my results for my leaving certificate.
I have been studying for this directly for 3 years, while I have been studying for this indirectly for 6 years.
I would be lying that if I said I wasn't anxious about it.

The Leaving Cert defines what my intelligent capability is, weather I am worthy enough to go to the college course I want, or weather I am worthy to go to college at all.

My results are a little over 8 hours away (at the time of writing), and its a bitter sweet sensation for me. For the fact that at the moment I have no clue as to what I am doing in September. That I don't know what to be planning for. It's kinda scary not knowing what to expect. Questions run through my mind, will I repeat if I fail? Will I like the course? Will I go to a different country to study? It goes on and on.

The thought that a major aspect of my life is going to be determined tomorrow is nerve wrecking. For the thoughts that my results are in a brown envelope, in a box somewhere is so scary.

Eight Subjects, Maths, English, Irish, French, Biology, Geography, Physics, LCVP to determine my life. How can they boil it down to that?

I personally don't think I'll be celebrating tomorrow. I think I'll be sitting down and focusing on what I will be doing. ... that's the big question. What will I be doing?

I want to go to college, I want to do something interesting with my life, I want... I dunno. Its too late to do anything now, I think I fucked it up.

I should of studied all those time, I should of put in the effort. I cant say how I did, but I know I did bad, I failed French and Irish, I need them to pass. I need them to get in. Its like a crappy club that has criteria.

I'll post how I got on.

Nerdy is the new cool?

Hi!

Yes that is a bit of a contradicting statement, "Nerdy is the new cool" But hey, times are changing.

Lets put it this way, 10 years ago the use of a computer was mostly looked upon as a geeky, nerdy thing to do, if you were computer literate, then most likely you were a nerd.
Now with the availability of computers in most households, everyone is using the computer, and people are online.
With the advent of myspace, and personalized profiles, people now know basic HTML code.
Majority of the generation can burn CD, DVDs with ease.

Batman the dark night, was released there recently. If we all remember Batman started out as a comic book action hero, which is directly tided into being a nerd. But this comic book action hero movie won the hearts of everyone who went and seen it, and it smashed all box office hits which shows that there wasn't only a hundred people who actually went and seen it. It was a huge amount.

The likes of interesting gaming titles, and series make the "Coolest" of people frequent computer gamers, with the likes of xbox's and Playstations the norm in peoples houses.

Glasses are just as much of a fashion accessory as the clothes you wear, they are slick and stylish. People are buying clear glass glasses to look cool and fashionable.

Using the Internet to post your random thoughts on blogs, or using YouTube to express your opinion topics make the nerdy things look trendy now.

Learning to play an instrument is now a cool thing to do, as is being in a band cool. Wearing a shirt and tie on a night out is fashionable. (Although to really look cool you need some stubble)

I don't know if people are going to agree with me on this, but I definitely think this is the time of the Nerds.

Let me know what you all think.

Peace out!
-Jake.

I'm getting better, and on the matter of me forgetting my Birthday

Mello! (See, if you say that in a weird voice, it sounds cool)

Anywho, I'm feeling much, much, much better now, thank you guys for all your kind word of wishes of well beings and stuff, although I do have a phlegm (what a weird spelling) cough and it makes me feel like an old man when I have to stop walking for a small period of time to cough it up out of my throat. Which is disgusting and amusing at the same time.

It was my birthday the other day, I have managed to go an extra year without dying so I'm chuffed. I forgot about it, which is true, not really sure how that happened but it never dawned on me to think about it. But what counts is that I did remember, and I wanna thank everyone for wishing me a happy birthday, ...em thank you.

I don't feel any different, just a meh feeling. Which I don't mind having because its now at the time in my life where birthdays are just .. meh. Probably the reason why .. or how I forgot my birthday in the first place.

I'm seriously going to come down hard on people from YouTube who don't come to this site, I'll be like get on here dwags!!! For reals. .. I gotta stop doing that.

OK this is starting to get random and I am digressing from what my actual reasons are for being on this which was to say thank you for the birthday wishes and thank you for wishing me the best of health. Which seems to be going back on track.

Peace out dudes and Dudettes!

-Jake W Behan

Confined to my bed.

I'm sick, its sucks. I haven't felt this bad in years, and sleeping is a bitch. Along with the coughing and the aches and pains I have to endure. 

So thats why I was awake at 5 this morning, just staring out my window, as I am doing now. But it's kinda difficult because the sun rises in my face and just blinds me. But I like it.

Speaking of the sun there is meant to be a eclipse today, in around 2 hours time, I might go and have a look at that. Although I heard the sudden brightness after an eclipse is life threatening if you call blindness life threatening

I believe my illness is clearing up, which is a good sign, I haven't slept properly in a few days, and also my dreams have been vividly violent , one of two battleships attacking each other, and two me fighting an Intel powered robot (I think, that one is tough to remember)

But yes, this post is short to pass the time. I must spend 30 minuets or so to reply to myspace comments. 

Peace out!

JB