2 days to go!

only two days to go before we're out in the big world facing who knows what in the labyrinth that is international airports...i'm one of the few who haven't started packing yet. it is my belief that the best packing occurs when everyone is rushed and flustered...otherwise you tend to forget things or leave them till later. so, i'm pretty excited about getting going but i'm a bit scared all the same about arriving in France and living with a new family. They sound really nice so i hope i'll get to know them and love them! sounds a bit corny, but it's true! There would be nothing worse than living in a foreign country for 6 weeks with a family you don't get along with.

so anyway, hope everyone is having fun packing and/or relaxing into their holidays. it's going to be very hot in Aus over summer but it'll be nice and cool à Montpellier!

see you all later...

Walking By Woods on a Snowy Evening

I don't know much about copyright laws so someone should let me know if I am violating any!

The title of my blog comes from the following poem, which I came to like after using it for a composition exercise in my music theory lessons.

Walking By Woods on a Snowy Evening
By Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

These woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to kepp,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Isn't it lovely?
Having realised this would be a good name for my blog I also came to a few other realisations about the name; it could reflect more than just half the title of a nice poem. In reflection of the phrase 'walking by woods' I found that it could refer to a kind of fantastical wander through the woods of many of the novels I have read and loved (thinking The Lord of the Rings, The Axis Trilogy, to name a few). It could also refer to the mystical woods of my thoughts and dreams. I'm not trying to sound too philosophical but what can I say. All those novels do affect your imagination from time to time.

So anyway, that about wraps up the naming business. I was also going to call it 'dream within a dream' which was unfortunately taken (the name of a famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe).

I must also thank my sister Kate for leaving these poems on her bedroom door for me to discover so easily. She has a much more interesting blog than me.

Bye for now.

Intro to Blog

So, here's my blog. I have initially set this up to record my French exchange adventures this summer/winter but hopefully this blog will become my more sophisticated myspace/piczo/etc... To those who are visiters from the wide unknown, hi, feel free to look around and leave comments etc. I'd love to hear from anyone who has similar interests to me but i can't guarantee friendship/replies (next year is going to be tough enough!). To those who know me, hi, enjoy the blog and let me know what you think! Read the next post to find out more about the title and corresponding poem!