Introducing.....

Hey guys it's Jess

So I have been keeping a secret from you for the last month (really if you follow me on tumblr/instagram you actually already know). I have a boyfriend who's name is Max. 

Look at this cutie pie.

The reason behind telling you this is because he will probably appear in many of the blogs I post (I think he has already appeared, but however). 

I'm sorry I don't have a more exciting post but, I'm so tired, I have been working heaps and I just haven't had time to myself. 

See you soon! 

University? Yes or No?

Hey guys it's Jess!

Now I can't really say I'm one to ask about whether university is right for someone or not, I've known ever since I was about 10 that I was going to go to university. But I know A LOT of people have questioned whether it is right for them. So I have started youtube (OMG) and here's my first video. 

I will be back again with an actual blog post soon (: 

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It's a nice day for a white wedding!

Hey guys it's Jess.

Saturday was my brothers big day. He got married! So I took my camera along to all the special events we had over the weekend and here are just a few of my favourites. 

Dad, Gerard (Groom), Mum

Dad, Gerard, Mum, Me, Josh

Josh, Gerard (Groom), Micheal (Best Man), Stuart

Introducing; Mr & Mrs Born

Money Umbrella

Is this Johnny Walker or my brother?

My mother is annoyed at me for not taking any photos of the 'family' outside the church. But it was kinda difficult when I was in half of them. 

See you soon! 

Jess

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Achievements?

Hey guys it's Jess. 
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Over the past few weeks a whole lot has happened in my life (not to me, but to my friends/family). It has made me think about how much I feel like I haven't achieved for my life in the last 19 years. It started with tonight (Tuesday) thinking about how my brother is getting married next weekend. My brother is obviously older then me, but it is a scary thought to think that just in a week's time he will be a married man and I will have a sister-in-law. 
It's also made me think about what I haven't achieved that so many other people my age have. It sounds pretty stupid to write a 'things I haven't achieved' when I've only been alive 19 years and 8 months. 
But instead of just writing this I haven't achieved I'm going to write 'things I have achieved'. That could be in a few weeks time though. 

Something that so many of my friends have done in the past year is moved out of home. I am so excited to finally move out of my house but it makes me so nervous to think one day I'll have to pay my way in life and I feel as if I'm failing as an 'adult' because I haven't moved out yet. 

Another thing so many people I know have already got is a full time job. Me I have two casual jobs where in one of them I'd rather not. It is also frustrating when people you know from high school come in and like look down on you because you're still packing shelves or serving or whatever. 

Perfect grades have never been my domain and hearing that people are getting HD and D's for all of their assignments makes you feel really bad about yourself. It also makes it hard for me when my brothers do courses harder then mine and come home with those grades. 

I haven't even owned my first car yet. UGH. 

I can go on and on but this is making me so angry. See you next week!

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Yes I know, two in a weekend OMG, but this has something to do with next weeks.
Shhhhh. 

Death in the Digital Age.

Hey guys it's Jess!

I have never been able to get my head around death and I mean I'm sure that's a normal reaction. Throughout my 19 years of living I've experienced three people die, the first person I did not really know but she was my aunt. Which meant that I as an 8 year old cried at her funeral, however I did not know what was actually going on. Now that I've experienced other deaths I still however do not know what actually happens. 

Which brings me to the point of this weeks post. Death. This week hasn't come with someone who died who I was close with however it came from the death of (if you've been living under a rock) Cory Monteith. I've watched this man on Glee for the last four years. He was not my favourite character nor was he my 'idol', but it was still a heart breaking moment to know that he died (yes, I know why he died, so whatever). 

What made me sick was that not only did I find out almost right after he was found, there were many news reports and speculations about his death when you just searched his name. It makes me sad to think that that can happen so closely to someone's death. 
Which brings me to my next point the Digital Age. Growing in such a technological age has made me reap the benefits and the hurt of this technology. By being able to see someone's death before even the family know (yes this has happened) makes me SICK a family should know before the whole world. 

Social media allows us to stay in touch, get to know and understand people we have met/never met in our lives which makes it difficult to say that we never share anything about ourselves. A lot of teenagers share everything. What happens when something tragic happens to them? When they stop uploading facebook statuses? When they stop uploading selfies on instagram? Everyone they know will know something has happened, they will talk and they will speculate which means that is there too. Search their name you'll find it I'm sure. 


The point of this was just I'm disappointed and scared about where our technology in this time is going to take us. What is the future going to hold for us? 

See you next week!








Song I've been listening to one repeat this week!