The life and times of Miss Helen Stokes...
WOW,
HAVE JUST COME ON LINE TO SEE WHAT YOU CRAZY SIXTH FORM GUYS ARE UP TO. wooooooow!!! WHAT'S GOING ON? HAVE YOU ALL GONE COMPLETELY WEIRD- SIXTH FORM IS SO MUCH EASIER THAN UNI AND THE REAL WORLD- WHY ARE YOU ALL MOANING AT EACH OTHER??? I THINK THAT MAYBE SIXTH FORMERS SHOULD LEARN TO LOVE EACH OTHER, AND GUYS, SERIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO RESOLVE WHY DO YOU NOT JUST SAY IT TO PEOPLE, SOME OF YOUR WEBLOGS ARE REALLY PATHETICALLY BITCHY, AND THOUGH I HATE TO SAY IT AND SOUND ALL SUPERIOR AND PATRONISING- GROW UP!! YOU'RE BEHAVING LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN-
THE REAL WORLD IS NOT GOING TO TOLERATE PETTY LITTLE DISPUTES THAT SEEM TO BE GOING ON..... WHY LIVE IN YOUR LITTLE SELF-CREATED BUBBLE? MAKING LITTLE RIPPLES THAT AFFECT ONLY THOSE ON THE INSIDE....NICE ANALOGY I KNOW...
THIS IS GOING TO SOUND REALLY WORTHY, BUT YOU HAVE ALL GOT GREAT FUTURES AHEAD OF YOU, THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR YOU SO WHY ARE YOU BITCHING AT EACH OTHER AND SPOILING SOME OF THE BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIVES?
I THINK A GROUP HUG WOULD BE A SUITABLE WAY TO START EACH DAY AT SCHOOL AND I HAVE WRITTEN TO MR BEST AND MRS MAHOOD TO THIS EFFECT. JUST JOKING, BUT SERIOUSLY WHY NOT JUST BE NICE TO EACH OTHER.
STOP SPOILING IT KIDS,
THANKYOU THAT IS ALL.
PS AGAIN GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE APPLYING TO UNI AND TO THOSE LOOKING AT GETTING THEMSELVES ON THE PATHS TO GREAT CAREERS. X X X X
AND REMEMBER, GROUP HUG.......
wow
- Friday, November 12, 2004 at 13:18:45 (EST)
hELLO, AM AT CAMBRIDGE-HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME!! gOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE APPLYING HERE OR TO ANY OTHER UNIVERSITIES, LEARN TO TYPE PROPERLY LIKE I CAN... aM ACTUALLY ONLY ON THIS WEBDIARY BECAUSE SOME NICE CLEVER COMPUTER FREAK HAS JUST SET UP MY INTERNET CONNECTION FOR ME AND I WAS EXCITED!!!
hOPE EVERYONE OK, HELEN X X X X
Wow i can still rememberb how to do this!!
- Wednesday, October 06, 2004 at 09:14:41 (EDT)
haloha, hope everyone is having great easter hols-i am!
Paris trip was brilliant, did loads of cool things and had wicked time. i think i made friends with some year 12s which is cool (though they may feel differently), cos to be honest most of year 12 scared me, but now i know you are all nice. (please come to the ball so it doesn't get cancelled)
Highlights= trip on river seine with kat and melon
shall we say laughing *with* The Capel (less of this please)
four days worth of jokes and songs after we found hairs in our beds on the first night. (jack, get your poobies off the table etc)
space mountain and indiana jones at disneyland, i thought i was a ride-woossy but i am not!
sleeping under the stars on last night, pretending to be asleep so didn't have to go to bed
and of course the wonderful 'meals' at le Saulnier
plus le sacre coeur was awe-inspiring, artists square was great and so was the eiffel tower
In conclusion, hello to everyone who went, and don't forget that chinese...
ok ok i feel like a name check, so hello to....Melon, Kat, maz, Harry, whippz, Suzy, Amber, Nicola, Sarah, Kelly, Alison, Alex, James, Tom, Kyle, Catherine, Jodie, Sarah, Tracey, dave, jamie, heidi, natasha and i guess Mrs betts, Mrs Evans, Mrs Rice, and The Capel.
Pres de la mer, ou est le chien?, the long and winding pube, less of this etc
helen x
haloha
- Wednesday, April 07, 2004 at 16:57:27 (EDT)
have just read becky mercury's entry. it nearly made me cry, because that is exactly how i feel about middle school and first school life.. feeling like a complete gimp for so long can really damage your confidence (obviously), and it sometimes still upsets me now. could this mean i am a gimp?? ha ha
anyhoo i guess most of us have been there, and you just have to leave it behind you. x x
o my god
- Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 09:59:44 (EST)
cor, haven't written in this for ages.
Does everyone feel like they've got loads of work to do, like suddenly out of the blue the work descended. Well, i do atleast. going to paris next week which is gonna be LEGEND, but until then got loads of art and french coursework, and english seems a bit neglected. i really like english (litertature of course, language is ......) and i was even thinking about doing it at uni. the only reason why i didn't is cos i thought it might get a bit poncey, and when i came home in the holidays everyone would think i'd gone posh and weird. (well you know)
whoever vandalised the common room is gay..! (non-homophobically speaking) though i never go in it anymore, las year i spent many a happy hour in there and now it seems likely Mr Jackson and evil main school could get to kepp it for themselves. BOOO!
la la la can't wait till France (it's a song i made up)
why am i wasting my time writing this when i should be finally doing some coursework i may never know. Another one of life's little mysteries.
ps. aren't web diaries selfish!! all everyone ever talks about is themselves (i am including myself so please dont evil me in the corridor)
This web diary entry is dedicated to people hitting paris next week.
o yeah and neighbours!!!! when carl and susan kennedy have marital difficulties there is something wrong in this world. it can't be right!!! Michelle is apparently comin back next week which is good. the older people storylines are so boring. and trixie tucker is a pseudonym if ever i heard one. plus she is clearly a man. (thanks to melon for pointing this out to me).
Pais apris paris paris paris paris paris
plus get well soon kat! french sucks without ya! don't drink any more of that nasty nasty water.
it's been a while
- Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 09:54:08 (EST)
just to say, Lego is the new cool thing. Katherine wilson's cousins and i spent many a happy hour playing lego yesterday, and it was v. fun. (katherine was making a lego house, far more maturely). Anyhoo, had this really cool battle going on with pirates, and this alligator who kept trying to eat all the king's soldiers, when Chloe the youngest aforementioned cousin wanted me to play horses with her.
I must point out at this stage, that i did not initiate any lego contact, i was preyed upon by the cousins and found myself nevertheless unable to resist the fun-ness.
Also, as a child my family was very poor, so i never had any toys whatsoever, except this really nice leaf i once found in my back-garden, so to me yesterday was kind of like a second, much-improved childhood.
So, whenever you feel bored, go and find your old lego and let loose.
Helen x
ps i have been to Legoland Windsor (just by pure co-incidence) and i hated it! They make it all seem like the lego models are actually realistic or something, but the 3D show was cool. And Fairytale Brook was good too, if a little frightening.
oh, but wait there's more...
- Friday, February 13, 2004 at 08:44:30 (EST)
Bonjour y'all
If you wana read a fabulous we biary read Soraya's. If not here's my contribution:
Have a wicked half term and valentine's day (in no particular order)
love from Helen x x x
*wow this must be riveting to read*
la la la half term
- Friday, February 13, 2004 at 08:32:51 (EST)
(FRIDAY 30th JANUARY) Period 5. Library balcony. (just setting the scene)
Hello, hope everyone is enjoying the snow. Here is my story (not snow-related sorry, actually i could make it snow related for those who love the white stuff)
Snow comments are marked *thus*.
On Monday *AS the snow burst out of the clouds* I went to see Scary Movie 3 with my 'friends'. On the way, (we were running v. early) we *trampled through mountains of virgin snow* to the forum. Et Voila, PRISON ART. *As the snow storm raged on outside* we gazed wonderingly at the 'art'. Here is the problem i have with prison art.
It's all very well 're-inserting' convicts into the community when they are released, by teaching them a new skill, but for Peter's sake, making frames for their 'masterpieces' out of little matchsticks? In which community are these CONVICTS being reinserted into? Little Matchstick (small German suburb of Berlin)????????
2nd issue. If the art is more of a recreational activity, giving the CONVICTS some creative way to vent their feelings, then perhaps they should not be allowed to copy other artists' work.
3rd issue. All the damn open-minded people walking around thoughtfully admiring the CONVICTS'art. They make me feel mean.
4th issue. If the art had actually been good, then it would be different, but the fact remains that it just wasn't. (apart from about 2 things)
So, after observing other people's comments in the guestbook, some serious, some not, eg "This is rubbish. They should be locked up", my 'friends' and i decided to add our own. eg, "I want to go to this art school".
Then, *as the snow continued* we felt duly ashamed (well i did atleast), and then went to see Scary Movie 3 and laughed at the young boy getting run-over in the film.
Do you think this would qualify as being twisted?
Helen x
Prison Art
- Friday, January 30, 2004 at 09:28:16 (EST)
I would like to apologise for the previous entry, which was due to my gross incompetence at keeping a web diary.
Anyway, the real reason i felt impelled to share some ramblings is that SOMEONE KEEPS SINGING IN THE LIBRARY BALCONY. IT IS DOING MY HEAD IN (metaphorically speaking) SHUTUP! SHUTUP! SHUTUP! I could name names but that would be childish. Needless to say, the person is singing loudly with NO REGARD WHATSOEVER FOR THE LIMITATIONS OF TUNE OR RHYTHM.
People like that will be culled during my reign as World leader. Along with:
1. People who think they are 'it', but are in fact very much not.
2. The large majority of main-school. Harsh but fair. OK OK, maybe if they could just be rounded up and kept "out of my damn way" then that would suffice.
3. Mrs **** (Rhymes with learn? Dr E). O that's probably too obvious lets just call her an art 'teacher'
4. Actually that could be it. I'm nice person really.
4.5 (Burberry wearers)-we all know one, let us try to help them, not hate them
As i am feeling in a nice mood, here are some people who may get lucky in my new world order, and be able to 'rise above' (metaphorically speaking)
1. My 'friends'. (a term applied lossely by all concerned)
2. ok ok family.
3. ME!
End of planning new world order.
Why not plan an old-world order, that would be confusing, something along the lines of TOP OF LADDER- Governments, UN, NATO, Royalty, Dictators, Mrs Mahood,
MIDDLE RUNG- Individual Members of the above organisations, of course with the exception of dear Penny, the media, people with the power to vote (THE ELECTORATE if were gonna get smart)
LOWER RUNG- People who are not in the above categories, eg under 18's, people not living in a democracy, people on Mrs Mahood's SEE ME list
Wow, that was fun.
Note to self get a life.
(A Top-of-the-ladder-life THankyou very much)
THE END
a ha so it does work. Who said conspiracy theory?
- Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 09:49:22 (EST)
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- Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 04:59:33 (EST)
hello again, I have been bullied into writing this entry.
Here are some key points that i feel the need to share with atleast the two people who ever read the kett diaries.
1. Becky Mercury's entries are well worth reading, v. funny. And yes she should have taken English Literaure.
2. I have lost my fountain pen, but i don't think it has been targeted by sixth-form students hungering for stationary. I think i lost it. At home.
3. I have a hamster available to any good home. His name is Eric and i thought i would love him but i have had him for nearly a year now and i just don't. He is non-smoking but tolerates pretty much anything else.
4. Christmas for me was fun but new year's was better.
5. yep that's me done now.
6. ok ok, kat says its ok for me to write about getting into cambridge. I wasn't going to mention it but i have been pushed to it. After giving in three lots of written work just after half term, writing an extra personal statement for the bastards, having to bluff my way (i have to say for one of the first times ever)a really deranged test about plato's shadow on the cave wall, the matrix, false realities and the use of rhetoric bla bla bla ( no i had no idea what i was talking about), AND two half an hour interviews (one in French) i got an offer to read french and italian at king's. i was so scared to open the letter, but when i read it i couldn't really believe it! It was like i'm reading the words but i'm just not gettin it. i then proceeded to do my world-dominating evil laugh (a la Dr Evil) for about two hours outloud, and i'm still doing it in my head right now. yes i have informed by shrink.
7. Yep, now i'm really done.
Until next time...
la la la la la la (to the tune of Auld lang syne)
- Monday, January 12, 2004 at 06:03:15 (EST)
This is why I can never keep a diary: You get one entry a week with me if you're (un)lucky. So far, I have not discussed my life as a kett 6 form student, which is the whole point of the web diaries. This is because I have some serious personal issues, and could become violent at any point. (keep reading or I'll punch you). However, my personal anger management counsellor thinks it could be quite helpful for me to record my 'busy' student life so here goes... (I am just joking about the counselling)
* Today, I voluntarily arrived at school considerably before my allotted 'lesson' time = Art, Period 4. I am still not sure why, one of life's little mysteries.
* Due to my feeling that I should give something back to the school community, which has provided me with a first class education for all these years (apply sarcasm liberally, as applicable) I decided to thorougly clean the Sixth Form art block sink. For over an hour, I scrubbed away at the festering layers of paint, clay and a collection of unidentifiable substances, and reached the lunchtime bell, as a transformed, do-gooding person. The sink was clean too.
I already feel very vulnerable that anyone could read this and start knowing me:(It's not paranoia if they are following you, as some intuitive chappy has written on the graffiti wall), and so I will quickly end this entry before I get carried away (literally).
One thing I have learned today *see below : The answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. (Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy).
* Although I had heard this before, I finally got to that bit in the book today.
Oh yeah, and I love the bit where it says that in the future "men will boldly split infinitives where no man has done so before". (Tee Hee, smug, grammatical humour.)
ps Your walrus hurt the one you love. (say it)
ok, so it was fun doing a diary...
- Tuesday, November 18, 2003 at 14:40:53 (EST)
When I was asked, nay begged, to keep a web diary, it never occured to me that I would ever have to write more than one entry. That's the thing with diaries.
So, here is another installment of my "facetious ramblings"(anon): (I Bet anybody, anything that I've been called flippant and/or facetious more than them.)
Firstly 'The Price Charles saga'. We live in a 'democracy' where our newspapers are censored by a 'token' monarchy, (does treason still entail the death penalty by the way?!), and where people who make claims against the monarchy are said to be suffering from an illness, so that anything they say is to be ignored and laughed at (freedom of sppech and all that). Mrs Betts told us that when she went to france at the weekend, Customs told everyone that no french newspapers could be brought into England!! If you really care, you can find out on www.lemonde.fr/, where this a grey box, right at the bottom of the home page. The article is no.8, but it is in french. (damn french newspapers)
Maybe it doesn't really matter what he (didn't) do, the most important thing is that we should atleast be allowed to read it for ourselves? Perhaps? Maybe?
Is the Britsih public not capable of making up its own mind? Most people probably don't care that much about the monarchy, (I really hope I'm not going to get hanged for this), but they do care when our Right to Read is Removed. (Alliteration baby yeah).
Ladies and Gentlemen, you are now leaving the land of semi-serious points.
Helen's Terrific Top Ten List of things Prince Charles DID NOT DO.
1. Prince Charles is not an evil criminal mastermind responsible for the massacre of thousands of young chinchillas during the 1985 rodent riots.
2. Prince Charles did not spread the rumour of the 2002, 2 years late millenium bug, which caused chaos in atleast one suburb of West Runton, Norfolk.
3. Prince Charles did not telepathically control Winona Ryder's mind, forcing her to (not) steal from that shop.
4. Prince Charles was not the person who 'egged' Mr Best's car in September 1996 (That was the Queen)
5. Prince Charles did not break christmas. That was Jenni.
6. Prince Charles did not steal Mr Beckerleg's sandwiches last year. (I don't know who that was, what do you think I am - omniscient?)
7. Prince Charles was not the man who came round to read your elecrticity meter.
8. Prince charles did not frivolously help himself to three triangular egg and watercress sandwiches at the Queen's birthday celebrations, even though he (had not)already had an extra ladleful of pea soup.
9. Prince Charles was not the **** who stole the (extortionately priced)chocolate/sweets machine, which recently vanished from the Main block foyer.
10. Prince Charles did not write this web diary entry. I did.
Until next time...
Yep this is still fun
- Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at 06:05:18 (EST)
Wow! Writing this makes me feel like Mr Best or Basil Brush: we all have the ability to talk to and inspire millions of people! *
*I say 'millions', read 'atleast 14'.
Now that I have deluded myself that people actually read these diaries, I had better write something decent....
Funny how the mind goes blank at these vital points in your life.
Well, seeing as I can't think of anything myself, perhaps these thought-provoking questions will give you something to think about. (They made me feel dizzy just contemplating writing them out, ps my own answers below)
Q1. On what grounds can we be held responsible for our way of life and our character?
A1. Soft ground surfaces such as playing fields, marshland or sandpits are all valid answers, though I can relate to Weignersteiner's theory of Hard-Ground responsiblity holding.
It is also worth remebering that one's character changes depending on what play one is in, for example I played Fat Sam in a middle School version of 'Bugsy Malone', whilst in High School I was Napoleon in George Orwell's 'Animal Farm'.
Q2. How does a human life 'hang together'? Does it add up to anything more than a complex flux of events and experiences?
A2. A good point. When adding up though, you should always remember that a negative number such as -86.4 is subtracted from the running total, and not added as you would a positive number. If you add up your life, then divide it by the complex flex, if the number you get is positive then the answer is 'Yes', and if it is negative the answer is 'no'. I think you can tell that I didnt waste my time in Mathematics, although you would need a pretty sharp calculator for the aforementioned calculation.
Quote for the Day. Lionel Hutz, from the Simpsons, filing a libel suit against the producers of 'Never Ending Story'.
You see, it's funny but it makes you think...
ooh this is fun
- Wednesday, November 05, 2003 at 05:34:14 (EST)
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