howdy y'all

i was intending to post up a blog sunday to mark 4 months since last blog but school work needed attending too and i stayed up till 1:30am the past 2 nights, not such a good thing when you have 4 assignments over the next 3 days

anyway whats happeend in the past four months?

Home Life

well some of you may remember as i tweeted this ages ago, but anyway, my dad found out he has multiple myeloma, which is a sort of rare blood cancer (i think it was 1 in 100,000 or something?). He found it in the early stages thankfully so treatment was an option and he's been through chemo the past few months, unforunately he'll be in hospital for anywhere up to a month while he has bone marrow transplant, which they have planned to start end november/early december which will mean;
a)i'm home alone for 2 weeks till sister finishes school term
b)he may not be home for christmas, making it much difficult to get food and stuff
c)going to have to find ways to get out and about while mums at work during the summer holidays

Hopefully he'll come out ok, as i don't really want to take so much responsibility over my family so young. oh and the most remarkable thing is that he only found out because his shoulder has been playing up. a few years ago he just lost mobility in his arm and physio and treatments didnt work and surgery was the only option but he declined and wanted to wait it out. Blood tests and scans on his shoulder revealed the abnormal protein levels and they found the cancer at really early stages, so one problem help found a bigger problem.

School Life

getting more on my nerves now, teachers are getting picky on marks and just throwing assignments at us, which leaves me little time to RnR. still need to work on writing though as exams are about 4 weeks away and i need to be able to copy what i did last time as i managed to write 13 pages in 3 hours (personal record) and im having writers block at the moment with introductions and conclusions. it seems like everyone is also growing tired of school as 70% of people havent even started assignments when they are due in, and one of my mates who was sorta smart decided to take a few weeks off for no reason, and this is all in the TEE c.lass out of a year size of about 60, 20 are at TEE level and out of those 20, about 5-6 i would expect be capable enough to move onto uni. still kinda scary thinking that this time next year school life is pretty much at its end and we go our seperate ways, which is good and bad in a way.

Gaming Life

since last update i think ive plated 3? games fallout 3, burnout paradise and trine, currently working on littlebigplanet plat, which is getting harder to do as not many people on the online community are that nice and willing to help, but ill get that plat eventually. Modern Warfare 2 next month and hoping to get it on release, but only standard edition (dont have the money to get prestige or hardened). this will be my first ps3 game i payed for thats been more than $40
after that im thinking ill be getting 2 or 3 more games for the year but not sure what to get yet, but it needs to be able to keep me occupied for at least 3 months, so im thinking of getting fifa 10 and maybe tekken 6? or maybe even GoW pack.

Everything else that doesn't fit in

Social life is really going good as im getting out more, but relying on cheap places and not buying much to survive but one of the major issues im currently facing is the need of getting a job. Friends want me to get a job, parents want me to get a job and i need money but dont want a job. its really hard to decide as im slack and dont know if ill be able to cope with school and work. im more of a do it over time and at own pace and not rush everything kinda guy, and if i had a job it would be no rest work work work, chores, homework then games. but the benefit is i have money to spend. plus on top of that my friend wanted us to go to melbourne and go on a cruise to tassie for schoolies which is a great idea as i dont like the idea of going to packed areas, where you'll find nothing but idiots, drunk idiots, drugs and.....yeah you get the point, bad thing is though might need anywhere up to $2000 for the 1-2 weeks which ill only be able to get if i have a job

But yeah its something i'm going to need to sort out soon. question to anyone reading this, is it beneficial to get a job for year 12 or wait out another year before getting one to focus more on school work and whats the base pay average for a 17 year old?

Next update might be around end of exams so next month

Oh and i just remembered, at monday 12am i start gaming hiatus which goes though till november 27th to give time for study and exams. also i may/may not post as frequent but may be just lurking, but i'll go on the ps3 occasionally to monitor my levels on LBP to make sure they get all the hearts i need for the trophy