P.E class

Hello lovelies! So today I wanted to write a blog post but I just couldn’t think of anything that I felt like writing, but then I remembered that I have countless embarrassing stories from my sports class! Therefore, I am going to share a couple of stories with you.

So like most schools, it’s usually compulsory to have to do sport as one of your classes. I have to, and it’s probably one of the subjects I loathe the most. I mean, I am just not that coordinated and every lesson, I usually seem to make a fool of myself somehow. It would probably be unusual for me not to embarrass myself during a P.E class.

One time, the course we were doing was basketball and I was actually quite enjoying it. I wasn’t the best at it, but I usually managed to play it okay. So one day, I was playing basketball and I was doing a pretty damn good job at it too. I was also really excited because it was like the first time I was actually not making a huge fool out of myself in sport. I was getting a few goals and the teacher and some of my other class mates seemed to be pretty impressed. So I’m dribbling the ball up the court, literally so close to getting a goal when I feel someone on my tail. It turns out it was one of my opposing players and former ex best friend from primary school. Let’s just say that she wasn’t the nicest of girls and when I stopped being friends with her because she treated me like crap, she kind of began to hate me. Oh and did I mention that she’s really popular now and kind of intimidates me? Anyway, so she’s on my tail but I wasn’t giving up, I was going to get a goal. I kept running until… boom! I’m body slammed to the ground and everyone in the gym went silent. Oh and because my opposing player didn’t realise that she’d pushed me down (I think), she kept running for a bit which made me slide against the floor, which also made a loud squeaky sound on the floor as I kept being pushed. She eventually stopped and realised what she had done and immediately apologised, so at least she said sorry. I don’t think she meant to do it, but damn that hurt. Plus, I was majorly embarrassed as the whole class was staring at me!

Another time was when I was in the change rooms changing into my sport uniform when my friend told me that my crush (who is a major hottie by the way) was standing outside near the change rooms. He must’ve had a sport class at the same time as me so he was probably waiting for his teacher. Anyway, once I was dressed, I walked out of the change room and strutted past him with my friends. I thought, hey, maybe he would see me for once! Anyway, we walked into the gym and from where he was, he could see inside of the gym and he happened to be looking at us. While the rest of the girls in my class were waiting for the teacher, they were shooting hoops with basketballs so I decided to join in and look sporty in front of my crush. This obviously did not go to plan. I grabbed a ball, and began to run up to the hoop. I was pretty sure I looked good but then, I tripped over my own foot as I was running and nearly fell over but luckily didn’t. I was just hoping he didn’t see that. But no, that didn’t stop me, I kept running and hurled the ball upward, aiming to get a goal. Unfortunately the ball did not go in the hoos and I had managed to trip over my own feet again just a I took the shot, which this time made me fall over. I fell face first onto the gross gym floor as my friends ran over to me to see if I was okay. I then looked over to my crush where he was laughing at me with his friends. Then I decided that I couldn’t get more embarrassed enough so I just layed on my back on the ground and decided to stay there for a while. I practically died of embarrassment!

I hope you all enjoyed reading about my sport class mishaps and I hope they made you laugh a little! And just remember, embarrassing moments make the best memories.

Stay beautiful,

Just a girl with no clue, is logging off xx

 

 

 

 

Life can be hard

Hey everyone, I’m back on my blog! I know, I haven’t been on here for ages and I’m really sorry for that 😦 Let’s just say that a lot of bad things have been happening to me lately and it’s just really hard to do this and deal with everything else which has been going on. But I’ve come to realise that this blog has actually helped me deal with things, and that I enjoy it too much to just give it up for a small rough patch that’s happening in my life.

So as I previously said, a lot of bad things have happened to me lately. I’m not going to go into detail, but I’ve just been very down for the last couple of weeks. Some unfortunate things have happened to one of my siblings which just has affected my family very significantly, along with friend problems and having a bad relationship with my dad. It’s just like all of these problems came at once and it got a bit too much. And none of these issues have been solved either, but I’ve decided to be optimistic.

I have been moping around, feeling sorry for myself for about a month and I’ve had enough. I’m always faking my happiness, saying that I’m fine, laughing to cover my sadness and I feel like I haven’t smiled for real in a very long time. But now, I’m not going to fake being happy, I’m going to be happy. Yes, I have a lot of bad things going on at the moment but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be happy for all of the good things in my life! This bad place I’m in right now, it will pass and it will become just a little tiny bump on the road of my life. I’m going to be happy and I’m not going to let my sadness take over my whole life. Now, I’m not saying that it’s not okay to be sad, because being sad once in a while is just part of life. I’m saying that you shouldn’t let it control you or your happiness.

So when you are going though a tough time, just remember that it will pass, just remember that in twenty years time, when you’re rich and famous, this tiny thing that’s happening right now will hardly mean anything to you! I want every one who reads this post to know that you are strong, and the sadness WILL go away.

I hope you all enjoyed this post and I will definitely be posting more very soon 🙂

Stay beautiful,

Just a girl with no clue, is logging off xx

 

 

 

AARRRGGHHH

Hey guys, so this post is gong to be me venting… A LOT. So be warned.

So on Saturday I had a Halloween get together with about eight of my friends. I wasn’t allowed all of my friends because my parents didn’t want it to be big, so I just invited my close friends. But now, the people I didn’t invite are getting really mad at me. Today at school, I explained to them that I was only allowed a certain amount of people and that it wasn’t even a party, I also said that I didn’t want to offend any of them and I was really sorry if I did. But they are still angry at me. They are talking about me behind my back and just making me feel horrible for not inviting them. Even though, i’m sure they have had friends over without me before and I never get offended. I mean like really, aren’t we allowed to hang out with other people?! They are making me feel like everyone is turning on me and i’m feeling so anxious about school tomorrow. And when I found out that they were mad, I had a panic attack. Even though I shouldn’t be feeling bad about anything because I didn’t do anything wrong! I’m just always the one getting picked on and if you have read some of my previous posts, you would know that.

Another bad thing that has happened is that at the party, we all went for a walk down my street. Just when we were about to get to the park (where we were heading to), two of my friends said they wanted to turn back. But everyone else wanted to go to the park, and we couldn’t split up. When everyone protested about going back, my two friends started running back. We were all like whhhaaatt? When we called for them and they came back, I was pretty mad and I showed it. But in the end, we all just walked back together with most of us being pretty angry. As we were walking, I started to feel pretty bad about being angry so I apologised to them and they said it was alright. The rest of night went by smoothly. Then today,  I found out that one of them  is still mad at me! When really, I didn’t do anything wrong. I just got angry because I was worried my parents would get angry if we split up, wanted to go to the park and I was worried that something bad might’ve happened to them if they went off on their own in the dark. So because i’m weak, I apologised again. She said that it would take time to forgive me and stuff like that. She’s just making a huge deal out of nothing! And once again, i’m always that friend who gets pushed around. Of course I still think she is a great friend, I just don’t know why she’s doing this now. Oh and we are going on school camp this week and we are sharing a tent so I don’t know what’s going to happen there.

So long story short, most of my friends hate me and I don’t know what to do. Thanks for reading this, and lots of advice would be appreciated!

Thanks again,

Just a girl with no clue, is logging off xx

Parents & high expectations

Hey everyone 🙂 So in this post I just really need to vent.

Lately, my dad has been nagging to me about getting a job. And I keep telling him that I will get one once I’m a little bit older (because some places don’t even hire teenagers my age) and I don’t really want to work at a dodgy place that will just hire anyone of any age. This has been going on for AGES and he just keeps talking about it. It’s not that I don’t want a job, because I actually really do so I can buy things and stuff, but there’s some factors that I’m worried about.

So just a couple of days ago, a family friend who is my age got a job all by herself, apparently with no help from her parents. I’m completely happy for her and I think she is smart for doing that, but now my dad just keeps comparing me to her. Saying things like you should use your initiative like she did and she did that all by herself, so why can’t you? This is really starting to get to me. Because the fact is, I AM NOT HER! I’m not as confident as her to even ask a place if they are looking for employees, I don’t know how to make my own resume and according to my parents, I don’t have the initiative that she has! Doesn’t he get that I’m me and I’m not like her or anyone else… I’m just me. If he expects me to be like her, then he is going to be disappointed. Because I’m trying, and I may not have job yet, but I will never be confident and just know how to write a resume all by myself.

Also, one thing stopping me from getting a job is anxiety. I don’t even know if I have it, but I am very anxious all the time and I don’t know if  will be able to cope working somewhere without having a panic attack when something goes wrong. I have told my parents that I think I may have anxiety before and they said that we should sort it out, but it’s like they are just ignoring it now. It was hard enough telling them that I may have anxiety once, so I don’t want to have to talk about it again just because I’m worried about getting a job. They honestly just don’t understand and they have a high expectation of me to not even be nervous about getting a job. I’m even nervous about going to places and asking if they have a job opening because I think that it’s awkward and embarrassing. I’m also worried about breaking something if I do get a job or embarrassing myself in front of everyone.

So dad, I wish you would just understand that I am trying, I’m not perfect so I can’t just get a job in two seconds and that I am me, not the family friend who got a job.

Thanks for reading my pointless rant about a pointless topic, I just really needed to get that out. So thank you so much and I would really appreciate if you would comment your thoughts on this situation 🙂

Stay beautiful,

Just a girl with no clue, is logging off xx

Granny pyjamas?

Hello everyone! I know, I’m a horrible, horrible person because i haven’t posted anything in a whole month. I feel terrible. Trust me, I haven’t forgotten about this blog at all because I always think, ‘that would be good to write on my blog’ or ‘I should tell everyone about what just happened on my blog.’ I just never actually end up writing it! I think you jut get so caught up in life, that you forget to do some of the things that make you the happiest. And this blog is honestly one of the best things I have. So I am so sorry that I haven’t been around lately, I promise you that will change!

So today I want to talk to you about a very embarrassing and uh… interesting experience I had lately. Every year, at my school, we have this competition when people of about groups of twenty have to do a perfromace and sing a song in front of the whole school. And then the teachers that are the judges, decides who wins. I have done it every year since i’ve been in high school and it is such a great experience! Although, many people say that it’s only for losers and its ‘not cool’ to do it. But I still do it anyway because I want to get involved and enjoy my high school experience as much as I can!

So of course this year I signed up and my group leaders decided that we were doing the song Bad Blood by Taylor Swift… But with a slight twist. Basically, it was set in an old peoples retirement home and it was all about us bickering with each other. It was a hilarious idea. So we practiced it for weeks but then came the day I realised that I would hvae to wear old peoples clothes in fron of the whole entire school! I tried to not let it worry me too much, but you have to admit, I was pretty much commtting social suicide. So I asked my mum for some help with choosing out a costume and she said I can wear some floral pyjamas that looked like a grandma would wear with my pink dressing gown that I have had since forever. So I thought that would be a pretty good costume and I actually loked like an old lady when I tried it on.

The performance day came and I was ready… but kind of nervous that I was going to be dressed a a granny in front of th whole school. Goodbye to any possible guy I could date… Goodbye to people thinking I was normal…

But before the performance, I realised that other peoples thoughts didn’t matter! I am going to go out there, try my best and own my granny pyjamas! That’s exactly what I did. Of course i heard a lot of laughter and whispering but I still went out there, gave it my very best shot and I was proud to be standing in front of the whole school in granny pyajams. The performance went smoothly except when I fell over back stage and held everyone else up… But something like that was bound to happen to me, I;m just glad it wasn’t worse. Afterwards, while we were waiting for the results, I was excited to find out if we were going to win. I actually thought we had a really good chance.

So then, they announced the winner and it was… US! We were so happy that all of our hard work and sacrificed lunch times for rehearsals was worth it! Once again, I ran up onto the stage with my granny pjs still on along with everyone else and received our award! All I can say is that embarrassing myself was totally worth it.

So to all of you… Please don’t be afraid to do something in high school or anywhere else just becase of what other people think. If you enjoy doing it, then do it! Because in the end we will look back on these memories when we made a fool out of ourselves and be proud of them! So when an opportunity comes up, ask yourself, what would I regret more? Doing this or not doing this? The choice is yours.

Stay lovely,

Just a girl with no clue, is logging off xx

The new me

Hey everyone. I HAVE 50 FOLLOWERS!!! I know that probably doesn’t seem like a lot to you guys, but its so cool to know that fifty people in this world want to read my blog! So thank you to all of you! You have made my day, no you have made my year! Okay, I should probably get back onto the topic now…

So lately I have been feeling as if I’ve been in a rut. My friends are good, my family is good but I just don’t think I’m good. Nothing is wrong in my life, but nothing exciting or fun has been happening. I do the same thing every day, get up, get ready, go to school, get through the boring day, stare at the guy I like on the bus home, come home, do my homework and sleep! Seems pretty boring, right? And on the weekends, I go to netball on a Saturday morning and then just stay home for the rest of the weekend. So as you can see, I’m not exactly enjoying my routine right now. I mean, it could be a lot worse, but shouldn’t I make my life the best it can be?

So I’m thinking on changing a bit, just to make my life a little more interesting. I will still be me, the same awkward, clumsy and embarrassing girl every one knows. I might just have a few more improvements to make myself happier, healthier and less boring! So below, I am going to write some things that I will try to be changing.

1. Stop saying that I will change my routine and then never doing it! This time, I will actually do it.

2. Eat healthier. Lately I have just been eating a lot of unhealthy food which is bad for my health and my weight! (This includes to stop snacking on junk food in the middle of the night!)

3.EXERCISE! I’m not saying that I’m going to be an athlete or anything, but I just think its good for my health if I exercise more. Also, recently, I haven’t been very happy with my weight. I just feel like I could be happier if I lose a couple of kilo’s. I’m sick and tired of being self-conscious about my body, especially in the summer time. Oh and exercise increases endorphins!

4.Be more mature around my parents so that they treat me with more respect and stop treating me like a little kid. I am the youngest kid in my family so that will be hard. And even if I want to disagree with them sometimes, just agree.

5. Be more on top of my homework. Lately I feel like i’m drowning in homework and assignments but that is partly my fault. I have been very lazy lately and have a tendency to leave everything to the night before. This needs to stop!

6. Be more confident around the guy I like. Yeah, so I like this guy, like A LOT. Yet he hardly ever notices me. I’ll probably write a post about it soon.

7. Drink lots of water. This will improve my complexion and health.

8. Re-decorate my bedroom, I need a fresh start!

9. Change the look of my blog. Of course the posts will be the same thing since I started, but I feel like this year I have grown so much and the look of this blog just isn’t me anymore. It will be similar, but expect a few small changes later on!

10. Be friendly to everyone and get closer with friends I have kind of drifted away from this year.

11.Start a YouTube channel! This is kind of hard to start immediately because I want my room to be re decorated for my first video which will probably be in a few weeks time. Also, do you guys have any ideas on what I could do for my first video? Tell me in the comments!

12. Study, study and study science! I am horrible at science and only just passing. Even though I don’t even like scince, i am going to work hard for a good grade this semester.

13. Be more bold with my clothes and makeup! I always want to be more bold and outgoing with my look but I never have the guts to. Well this time, I will do it. I want to wear more stylish clothes and wear bright lipstick or something every now and then! If you guys have any ideas on this too, please comment! I would really appreciate it.

14. Wear less makeup during school because it’s bad for my face and just wear more makeup on the weekends.

So there are all the things I will try to change and to become the new me. Sorry there is a lot of them, I wasn’t intending to do so much. Please leave your thoughts down in the comments and even give me a few tips!

Stay beautiful,

Just a girl with no clue, is going offline xx

Growing up as a teenager

Hey everyone 🙂 I just want to start off by saying a huge thanks to all of the people who commented on my last post, they were all just so lovely! So thanks to all of you, I think I am going to start a YouTube channel. Maybe on my next post, I might ask you guys for some ideas for my first video!

So today I want to talk about growing up, because I feel like this is just huge thing in everyone’s lives, especially teenagers. When you look up the term ‘growing up’ on Dictionary.com, it says that it is to develop into an adult. So that’s the short definition, but I think that it is way more than that.

Growing up as a teenager is going to the movies by yourself, going to your first High school party, getting your first boyfriend (even though you may be in grade 7 and you barely talk to him), catching the bus by yourself, getting your first job, ect… You see, these things my not seem like a lot, but it’s the little things that count the most. I think it’s good when you’re a teen to be more independent and grown up, but in society, we are sometimes told the wrong things about it. Like the other day, someone made fun of me for bringing a juicebox to school. Yes, I get it, I’m a teenager, but that does not mean I have to stop bringing juiceboxes to school! Juiceboxes are like the best things ever, and frankly, I do not understand why people class them as childish. Also, according to society, gong to heaps of parties also classifies as being mature. I know, it’s fun to go to parties, but that doesn’t mean you can’t watch your favourite disney movie on a Saturday night every now and then instad of going to a party!

I don’t know if i’m explaining this very correctly, but i’m trying to say that it’s okay to grow up, but it’s also okay to still be childish every once in a while. Obviously, once you get to a certain age, you will have to be responsible and a lot more independent, but while we’re young, we should embrace it! We don’t have to stop bringing juiceboxes to school, or not watch our favourite Disney movie, or do whatever you think is fun that other people call childish. Just be you! The independent, grown up, childish, weird, amazing you!

Thanks for reading and don’t forget to comment your thoughts on this post 🙂

Stay beautiful,

Just a girl with no clue, is logging off xx

Should I start a youtube channel?

Hey everyone! I am so, so, so, so sorry that I haven’t been online lately, I feel so bad! What happened was that my computer broke and I had to get a new one, it’s a very long story. But to give you the short version, I stepped on my laptop and broke the screen, I also managed to give it a virus… Lets just say that my parents weren’t very happy. So I hope you all aren’t too mad at me for not being online!

Anyway, today I want to ask you all a question. Should I start a YouTube channel? I guess you sort of knew that since it was in the title, but I thought I should repeat it again… just in case.

So of course, I’m a typical teenage girl who watches Zoella, Thatcherjoe, Casper Lee, Troye Sivan ect… on YouTube. I just love what they do, they make people happy which is something that I would love to pursue. I love to entertain people, make others happy, make others laugh and I LOVE talking, which is a huge bonus! I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and I just can’t make up my mind.

On my channel, I would: Talk about my funny/awkward experiences, do challenges but add a twist, Maybe makeup tutorials (I don’t think I’m as good as Zoella!), do hair tutorials, fashion lookbooks, video normal everyday encounters but make them fun, pranks, prank calls, response videos and just things like that. But I don’t want to be like every other youtuber, I want to make my channel more unique. I want to be different from other youtubers so that people don’t get bored of the same thing.

Although I seem like I’m ready to create a channel… I do have my doubts. The first one is that i’m worried that if my friends or even just people i know (like the popular people) see my videos, they will judge me. I know, it sounds stupid. But I want to be myself on my channel and I’m not really myself when i’m at school. I was thinking if I do it, I just won’t tell them. But at least one of them is sure to encounter my channel one day. My second doubt is that maybe i’m better online when I’m anonymous. I will probably stay anonymous on here, but the internet can be a scary place and if i’m on YouTube, people may judge me… a lot. The last doubt is what if i’m not different from other youtubers and people won’t enjoy my videos which is the opposite of what I want to do.

So I just realised that all of those ‘doubts’ had to do with what people thought of me. Wow… Society has really messed me up. So also, maybe I care way to much of what people think of me to create a YouTube channel.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this and I promise to post more for now on! Please comment your thoughts and answers to my question, it will be greatly appreciated! Should I let my doubts hold me back from starting a YouTube channel? Let me know what you think.

Stay beautiful,

Just a girl with no clue is logging off x

Photo day

Hey everyone! I hope that you have all had a good day and that your week so far has been good. Today I want to talk about my school picture day that occurred last Thursday.

You see… I have a tendency to look bad in all of my school photos no matter what, it’s kind of like my thing now. I don’t even get how it happens, I don’t know if I don’t smile fast enough or if i’m just not that photogenic, the point is, school photos for me are nothing to be proud of.

So I wake up on Thursday morning, thinking about how I can do my hair and makeup to make this years school photos look good. Then I check the time and I realise i’m already running late. I quickly throw my school uniform on and look at myself in the mirror, i’m already having a breakout!. It just kept getting better from there. I go into the kitchen to have my morning cereal, but while im making it, I spill milk on my school uniform. I quickly go over to the sink and wash it off, luckily it would dry by the time I got to school. I run back in to my bedroom, even though I should be leaving for school now. I forever try to do something nice with my hair, but nothing would work! I had also apparently forgotten how to braid even though i’ve been braiding my hair for my whole life. Knowing that I’m really late, I throw my hair up into a messy low ponytail. I put my makeup on the best I can, but this breakout really wasn’t helping. Finally, i’m done getting ready even though I failed at looking just little presentable.

I get to school and see all of my friends, of course their hair all looks perfect and none of them had forgotten how to braid this morning! I rush to my first class to get my name marked off, when I realise that my form to hand in when I get my picture, isn’t all filled out. I suddenly go into panic mode and call my mum, it turns out that she had filled out the form online so I didn’t have to worry about it. I get off of the phone and practically run to my first class, by now, my hair is looking like a complete mess. Once we got our names marked off of the role, we head to the auditorium where our photos will be done. While waiting in the line for the whole year group photo, I fix my hair but it still looked horrible.

Finally it was time to have the big group photo with my whole year and I wasn’t feeling confident. The first time the flash went off to take the photo, I didn’t actually know they were taking the photo yet so I wasn’t ready. If they use that version for the yearbook, I will probably have a really stunned expression on my face. In the second photo they took of all of us, I was pretty confident that I actually looked alright, but knowing my luck, they won’t use that one. I don’t actually know how many photos they ended up taking, but what happens to me is that with every photo they take, the more my smile turned into a frown. I have no idea if that makes any sense or if I just sound like a complete freak right now.

So once that is over, we do our individual photos. The photographer that I was going to have was really nice, every time he took a photo of a student, he would say something like, ‘you look amazing!’ or ‘you look beautiful.’ So I go up to the photographer, feeling pretty confident, and sit on the seat provided. He takes the photo and ends up looking quite unsure about it when he looks at the screen on his camera. So, he decided to take another one. I wasn’t losing all of my confidence yet, so I thought maybe this one will look nice. He took it and then looked at the picture for quite a long time, with that same unsure expression on his face. Finally he ends up saying, ‘uhh… yeah, it’s good.’

I mean like seriously! Everyone else looked amazing but all he said to me was, “uhh… yeah, it’s good.” I have no idea if he just decided to make me feel unsure about my picture for the fun of it or because it actually is really bad and he couldn’t be bothered taking another one. All ‘im saying is that I think i’m cursed or something because I seem to be very unlucky on picture day!

Anyway, that is my picture day experience, I hope you all enjoyed reading about my unlucky and awkward mishaps! Have you had any funny picture day experiences? Comment below!

Stay beautiful,

Just a girl with no clue, is going offline xx

10 completely random facts about me

Hello everyone, good morning, good afternoon, good evening or good night! Thank you, thank you and thank you for all of your comments and likes on my last post! It really helped me and I’m glad I have a place where I can just vent and be myself for a while, you know?

So today, on a more positive note, I will be telling you some facts about me. All of these facts are going to be completely honest and I hope you enjoy!

1. I am a blonde, and yes, I do have blonde moments even though that sounds completely stereotypical! I just have to admit that I can be a bit ditzy at times!

2. When I finish high school, I hope to go to a university with the best writing courses possible. It doesn’t matter where in the world this university may be, I will get into to it. (As you can tell, I’m a little determined.)

3. I hate when people eat loudly! It completely grosses me out, I mean, can’t people just chew quietly?

4. I believe that we are all here for a reason, that we can make a difference in this world… No matter how small that change may be.

5. I have accidentally shaved one of my eyebrows off. For more information on that, have a look at my blog post called ‘Eyebrows…’

6. I am completely uncoordinated, the only things I am not completely uncoordinated at are writing and netball. Apart from those two things, I’m pretty hopeless.You should’ve seen me try gymnastics in P.E last year, my friends thought that it was hilarious… unlike me.

7. I tend to embarrass myself at least ten times a day… It’s sort of like a second nature to me now.

8. All the guys who I have been with or I have had a crush on are jerks. It’s literally like I am attracted to players and losers.

9. I am not happy with the way I look due to the fact that I don’t look like the perfect girl who society tells us to be. I try to be happy with myself though, because I know that we are all beautiful in our own way, even if I sometimes don’t think that.

10. Lastly, I am totally against popularity and labels. We all get labelled for things that we’re not and I don’t think that’s right. I also think that it doesn’t matter if you’re ‘popular’ or not because frankly, popularity is just something to make some people feel happy with themselves and others feel sad.

So that is ten random facts about me, I hope you enjoyed this blog post and remember to comment! Maybe tell me some facts about you, or some facts that we both may have in common.

Remember to stay fabulous,

Just a girl with no clue, is going offline xx