Day 24 of my diary for Ciara

Hey babe,

Well today was a pretty good day, except for one thing... The hot water isn't working :|
So I got up this morning, jumped into the shower and squealed like a little girl as the freezing cold water assaulted my body. If I wasn't awake then, I certainly was after that shower!

Mum had gone shopping with Pa, so I was left home alone for the morning. I made myself vegemite toast, and because we didn't have any juice, I had Dr. Pepper soft drink. The breakfast of champions!

I then wandered around the house for a bit, rather bored, so I offered my services as a director to a few people and it looks like I've got a few gigs shooting some music videos for bands coming up!
I then sat down at the computer and wrote more on a new screenplay I've been working on. It's not great... But hey, at least I'm writing something! I will make it good eventually.

Mum got home around lunch time and I had meat pies for lunch whilst watching the movie "Hobo With A Shotgun."
Dear god, sweet mother of Jesus that was a bad film! I can't even begin to explain just how bad it was... I mean sure it was an exploitation film, but Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez made much better exploitation films when they did their Grindhouse double feature!

Anyway I then proceeded to teach myself Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People on ukulele after seeing a mate's cover of it for her audition for the tv show The Voice.
I'm getting pretty good at it too! Not long before I'm a ukulele virtuoso (if there is such a thing...)

After dinner I wrote my review of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol after Chris pestered me to do it. So I posted that to my blog if you want to have a read of that as well!

That's it for today, a pretty relaxing and fulfilling day for me!

How's France babe? That is if you're still there, and not on a plane home...
I called your mum and I'll be at the airport with her to pick you up tomorrow night! I can't wait to see your face Ciara, I've missed you like crazy these past three and a half weeks... I love you more than words can describe my girl.

So until tomorrow, safe journey and bon voyage!

Love always,
from
Your Josh xxx

Day 23 of my diary for Ciara

Twenty three days! Gosh how time flies!

Well today was a rather mundane day, so I'll keep this blog short.
I woke up at 12pm noon, obviously I needed the sleep huh!
I then had breakfast, helped mum around the house and then did some writing.
Pa came around for a bit, so I had a good chat with him!

Then later in the arvo I headed off to work where I spent the next five hours working and looking after the store.
When I came home, the family weeny here as they were at Lochy's indoor juniours grand final, which unfortunately he lost.
So while they were out, I had dinner and watched a movie called Priest, which was pretty cool!

Now I'm headed to bed where I shall retire for the night. Not long before I see your face now :)
Ciao bella

Love always,
from
Your Josh xxx

Day 22 of my diary for Ciara

Hey babe!
I'll jump straight into today's blog!

Firstly I've gone and hurt my knee, I don't know how, but it's not good... It feels like its out of place and it hurts to bend it. So I'm going to get it checked out if it doesn't fix itself soon!

I awoke early this morning, considering the time I went to bed last night... (3am) Well morning, but anyway! I tried to call you, but alas it was not to be. Seems as if you never turn your phone on or answer my calls... No surprises there though.

Anywho I jumped on a bus from Rosebud and headed into Frankston where I brought mum her Christmas present, hopefully she likes it!
After that I headed to school to fix up my university preferences and then caught the bus home.

I finished season one of Arrested Development, went for a skate and then came home. Lochie was out to dinner for a school thing, so it was only mum and I home for dinner, we watched The Nightmare Before Christmas with dinner. God I forgot how good that movie is, very weird though...

Anyway that's my day, I'm now lying in bed where I've read two screenplays tonight!

That's it for today! I hope you're having an amazing time over there Ciara :) I can't wait to see you on Thursday! I love you girl.

So I better head to bed now, goodnight beautiful.

Love always,
from
Your Josh xxx

Day 20 of my diary for the beautiful miss Ciara Griffiths

Hey gurrl how's it going?

Well I tried to call you today, but low and behold your phone didn't work as usual... So I tried a couple more times, it didn't work. So I went back to sleep, woke back up, tried again, didn't work again, so got up and had some breaky.

Nick and I watched the Guy Ritchie movie 'Snatch' which is one of my favourites!
We then wandered on the beach and went for a paddle.
Nick then drove me to work where I spent the next six hours watching The Muppets Christmas and chatting about wedding dresses with Ali.
After work I met up with a couple of mates for an hour or so, which was nice.
Now I'm sitting at home watching 'Friends With Benefits' which is really good, damn Mila Kunis is a babe! :P

So yeah, that's my day. Had a bit of a breakdown so it'd be nice to hear your voice. But yeah it doesn't matter if you can't!

I better head to bed, get some shut eye. Got a hockey match tomorrow evening so I need my energy!
Let me know when I can call you babe, or you call me, it'd be amazing if I can hear your voice. I love you Ciara.

Love always,
from
Your Josh xxx

Day 18 of my diary for this beautiful girl called Ciara

Well hey there gorgeous!

Well today was a pretty chillaxed day, woke up and called you but again your phone didn't work... So please let me know when I can call on a home line!

I just pottered around the house most of the day, just relaxing!
I wrote more on my screenplay and watched a DVD or two.
And that is literally it, some may say 'what a boring day', but to me, it was very relaxing! And that's all that matters right!

When Lochy got home he was complaining about some kid harassing him on the phone, threatening to beat him up, but Loch didn't know who it was. Of course, this kid was a bit of an idiot and didn't put his phone on private, so Loch had his number. I called him up, pretending to be some guy from Sydney that got a 'missed call' from him and that I needed to know who it was as I was expecting an important call about some business. And this kid gave me his name. What a total idiot! So now Loch knows who it is, in case this kid tries to hurt him, we can send a nice little law suit his way!

So that was an exciting little bit for the day, got to use my acting skills for something too! :P

Tomorrow is the day I find out my ATAR score for vce, which is exciting. But at the same time, I doubt I'll get much sleep tonight... Kinda nervous... Oh well what will be will be hey!

Anyways that's it for today, should probably get some sleep, I've got work all day tomorrow. Hopefully we talk soon, I can't wait to tell you all about my scores!
Let me know when I can call babe, I really really need to hear your voice Ciara. I love you girl.

Love always,
from
Your Josh xxx

Day 15 of my diary for Ciara

Hey babe!

Well today was an interesting day indeed! I awoke to call you, but of course you didn't answer as usual, so after trying again I resided in the fact that you probably won't pick up.
So I went back to sleep, but not long after, I was awoken suddenly by the ringing of my phone!
I quickly snatched it up, thinking that it was you calling, but alas it was not... It was my manager (sigh) asking me to cover a shift at work this afternoon.
Of course, I said yes, I need all the money I can get!

So because of that, my plans to meet up with some mates in Rosebud we're cancelled because by the time I went down there I'd have to turn around and come back home!

So I sat around, played some playstation and wrote some more! I then looked on the Hoyts cinema website and booked tickets for my dad and I to go and see the advanced screening of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol on Wednesday night after my work Christmas party.

So I'm very excited to see that film!
I then headed down to work this arvo, my first shift on my own! It went pretty smoothly, apart from the computer crashing several times... Stupid thing.
Holly from work and her boyfriend came in to help me with closing up later tonight, which was good just to make sure I hadn't missed anything!

And then I headed home where I started my Mission Impossible marathon before seeing the new one on Wednesday!

That's about it really for me today!
How's Milan babe? What's it like there? How's your host family and Pietro? Hope you're having an amazing time over there girl!

I love you and miss you lots! I'll call at the normal time on your mobile, but let me know if I can call his home and I'll call there instead if that works better!

Well I'm off, beddy byes for Josh!

Love always,
from
Your Josh xxx

Day 12 of my diary for Ciara

Hey gorgeous girl,

Ok so technically it's now day 13 as its 2am here, but I figured I should probably do my diary for day 12 sooner rather than later!
However I'll still refer to it as today because I can't be bothered writing yesterday, past tenses annoy me.

Today I woke up and again tried to call you but continued to get that same message that your phone is off or out of range.
So I headed back to bed after residing in the fact it wasn't going to get through.

I didn't awaken from my slumber until nearly 11.15am. By which point I decided its probably a good idea to Fi and eat something! So I wandered into the kitchen and had two pieces of toast for breakfast, I wasn't very hungry as you can probably tell.

For the majority of the day I sat at the computer writing out a screenplay, treatment and so on for a music video I'm making.
Pa came over for a little bit, so I chatted with him and had a cup of coffee whilst we talked.

Then tonight it was time to suit up in my tails, put on my bow tie, cuff links on my shirt and a hat to top it off.. The reason for me getting dressed up so extravagantly was that it was Luke's "Roaring Twenties" themed 18th and so we all dressed up for a bit of fun!
All in all it was a fun night, no one drank really, except Alex Newton Levey... Was amusing listening to his biblical debates with a heavily Christian person.
It was a pretty fun night and I thoroughly enjoyed myself!

But now it's late, and I need my beauty sleep. I've gotta work tomorrow night, so I don't want to run out of energy during my six hour shift!

I hope to talk to you soon Ciara, and I hope that you're loving every minute of your trip! How is Germany? :)

Goodnight beautiful girl, I love you so much and I miss you like you wouldn't believe. I can't wait to see you :)

Love always,
from
Your Josh xxx

Day 6 of my diary for Ciara

Hey gorgeous girl,

Well today started off incredibly well, I was awoken at 6am to the sounds of my mobile ringing. I picked up the phone and saw it was from you and for the next ten or so minutes I chatted with the most amazing girl I know. She told me about Europe and the magic of the place, and I just listened in awe of her travels and experiences :)

For the rest of the day, I really didn't do much. No that's an understatement. I did bugger all! I wrote more on my film for a while and tweaked parts of my older one, trying to fix up the terrible sections, which is the majority of the screenplay... But yet I persist!

Later in the afternoon I got a phone call from Tayla at work saying that I needed to come in early, so I rushed to get ready and bolted out the door. For the next six hours I worked at the video shop, helping out customers and generally working. Ali taught me how to close, so not too soon I'll be working by myself. How scary..!..

When I got home I tried to call you, but got no answer, so I'll call again at the same time as you called me this morning. So 6am Australian time :) can't wait to hear your voice Ciara, I miss you so so much!

After that I crashed and watched a DVD before heading to bed to write down my diary for you.
And that's about it really, a very, very bland day for me! Except for the phone call from you that is :)

How's Italy? I hope you're feeling better and the tummy bug has gone away :) I imagine you're having the absolute time of your life over there!
I can't wait to talk to you tomorrow babe, but until then, stay safe and I love you beautiful girl.

Love always,
from
Your Josh xxxxxxx

Day 4 of my diary for my beautiful girlfriend Ciara

Hello my beautiful girl,

Today was one heck of a day for me! This morning, Nick and I drove down to Bushranger's Bay at Cape Shank. It was absolutely beautiful, the sun was shining and there wasn't a dark cloud in the skies. After a bit of a hike, we arrived at the beach where we explored and climbed up on this massive rocky outcrop where the waves were crashing over the edge. I must take you out there when you get home, you'd love it so much Ciara. We could take a picnic out there with us or something like that! :)

Then we drove back to Nick's, had a late lunch and then drove into Mornington where we played indoor soccer for the NADS team. The team we were supposed to play didn't show up so we got a walkover meaning we won by default (lucky us!), so we played a friendly match against an A grade team and lost by quite a bit... But it was so much fun!

This evening we went into Mornington for a while after the game. We had Maccas for dinner, we messed around with the drive thru staff's heads; at each part of the drive thru, Nick changed his accent. He went from Indian to posh British to Hillbilly American! It was pretty darn funny!

Gosh I can't wait to get my P-plates!!!

That's about it really, I'm absolutely exhausted! Heading home tomorrow, I haven't been there for basically an entire week! This is my schoolies week! Relaxing with my best mate, that's the way to do it! :)

Anyway enough about me, how is Europe?!?! I'm guessing you've left Rome now and are in another beautiful part of Italy. How is it? What have you been up to babe? Can't wait to hear from you! I tried to call several times, but you didn't answer so let me know when I can call you :)

I love you so much more than you will ever know Ciara, and I miss you like crazy...

Well considering is 12.22am I should probably head to bed and get some sleep. I'll try calling you once again before I hit the pillow.
If I don't speak to you tonight, I hope you're loving every moment of your trip and I can't wait to hear your voice!.

I love you Ciara,
from,
Your Josh xxxxxxx

P.s. Did I mention that I love you?

Day 2 of my diary for Ciara

Hey Ciara,

I'm going to start my letter to you with a random fact. Did you know that Jesus tamed many dragons? True fact!

So it's day two of your trip away, hasn't really sunk in that you're away for so long! Oh who am I kidding? I miss you like crazy!

So today was the day I had to go into school and do my detention for our muck up day pranks.
Worst day ever for it.
It was so freaking hot! As soon as I got there I was put to work weeding garden beds, then I had to mulch a massive garden. Man it was hot, but a damn good workout! Hahaha
I had lunch in a gloriously air conditioned room, then after that it was back to the hard labour at Flinders Christian Community Concentration Camp!
I pruned every hedge at the front of the school and finished off with more weeding.

I caught the bus to Nick's place. We chilled around for a bit, then went canoeing in the bay (my arms are dead!)
We're now chilling out watching the Simpsons and eating dim sims!

How's your trip so far beautiful girl? Can't wait to hear from you and I hope you're having an amazing time! I love you Ciara.

Until tomorrow, aur revoir my girl.

Lots and lots of love,
From your Josh xxx

Day 1 of my diary for my girl Ciara

Dear Ciara,


As we talked about while you're away I'll write a letter to you every day about my day, here's day 1 :)

Today, I went into St. Kilda with dad for a while, I wrote more on my screenplay and then headed off into the city for my interview at RMIT.

I braved the wilds of the Melbourne tram system. My Google map took me to the wrong end of the street so I jogged for a kilometer or more before I eventually ended up at RMIT.

I waited for a about half an hour before I was asked to come inside. There were two people who interviewed me. They rattled off many questions and I answered them all as best I knew how.
At the end I feel I did really well, I answered all their questions and felt really confident! The lady interviewer seemed impressed and said she was very impressed with my skills and capabilities!

On the way back to st kilda, I stopped off to get a coffee from this little Italian place which I must show you!
Anyway, as I was walking towards Flinders street station there was an aboriginal guy who was walking in the opposite direction. He was wearing massive headphones, had a bottle of whiskey in hand and was singing 'So What' by Pink at the top of his lungs!
Only in Melbourne hey!
If only I could get a video in time before he walked away! It was the funniest thing I've seen all week, except for Jakey jumping all over you when we were on the couch watching your Kardashians DVD!

Right now as I'm writing to you, I'm watching a DVD and wishing I could hold you in my arms :)

How was your day baby? How was the flight and your trip to Rome? Or as the Italians say it with so much more style, Roma!
I miss you so much already girl, you have no idea! Hopefully this little diary will keep me sane while you're away :)

I hope to hear from you soon my darling, I love you so very much Ciara.
Stay safe and have an amazing time girl.
Until tomorrow my love, it's good night from me.


Love always from,
your Josh xxx

P.s. I love you Ciara

An idea

My girlfriend Ciara is going away to Europe for three and a half weeks on Monday for her 'Ned Kelly' production tour.
It'll be a very hard time not being able to see her and hold her in my arms.

So to help somewhat, I've decided to write a blog entry for her every day that she is away so she can see what I've been up to.
Think of it as a one way series of love letters.

Not sure if I'll do it on here, or create a new blog, but I'll keep you informed on what's happening!


Josh.