12 - Sambuka
11 - AfterShock
10 - Vodka
9 - Mickey Finns
8 - Butterball
7 - Yager Bomb
6 - Baby Guiness
5 - Irish Car Bomb
4 - Lemon Drop
3 - Silver Bullet
2 - Tequila
1 - Liquid Cocaine

Courtesy of Ross, I blame him entirely for the mess our year was...............................
 ..!
Although I don't think ANYONE made it through all 12

C.T.Y.I. .That acronym means a lot of things to a lot of people. Sanctuary, escape, release,renewal. Education,renovation,degradation and integration. It provokes thought,feeling, in such a barrage that its difficult to process properly. Why do we come here? To be journalists, vets,actors...superheroes? We're educated here in a way that resembles nowhere else, but that's not it is it?

Is it for the people, new friends and old, the safety of familiar surroundings and traditions? You see a spoon around someone's wrist anywhere in the world, you know where they're from. Or is it just three weeks away from the parents?
I don't think we have any illusions here about the impression some people on the outside have of our little microcosm in here. Three weeks of school in the summer? Madness. Talented Youth? Overachieving nerds. But we know that's not exactly it, don't we? With every Session you have a familiar divide in people. Those for who the end of each year is the end of an era, tears, pictures and notebooks. And those who see it more pragmatically,proclaiming : B.eing E.motional is N.ot T.alented. As I've said, we take all sorts here.


Although I am a world renowned sap, I don't fall squarely into either category. But I do have one thing I think I need to say. Nine years I spent in C.T.Y.I, the longest I possibly could have. I know this place, its best and its worst as well as anyone and most of you know me in one form or another. Friends,brothers,companions,enemie
 s and foils,all in the one convenient spot. Some of you have been here for the long haul, some for a few years and some of you this is your first time. And your last. If there is one important thing I can tell you,one nugget of wisdom I can possibly give to you,it's this : It Doesn't Matter Which.

I've been thinking alot lately about this being my last year, about being a Nevermore. You know,I never did like the term "Nevermore", it always seemed so morose. I'd much refer to be called a "Raven". Firstly, because it sounds like a Latino gang name and secondly (and perhaps most importantly) it'd be pretty damn cool. Anyways, I was going somewhere with this.

Within these walls I've met some of the finest minds, greatest hearts and biggest eejits of my life. And no year meant the same as another. I would never want to revisit them. They meant something to me then, to that person, in those times. Not now, now they're memories and pieces of the person standing before you. It doesn't matter in the slightest if you've had one year or nine, the number of years isn't what counts, its what you do with them. Allow me that one horrible cliché. Use them whatever way you want, be as complete as you can be, then move on. To regret what was and can't be again defeats the whole purpose.

C.T.Y.I .isn't about isolated capsules of life for three weeks a year. Its about giving you the building blocks for an epic life every day of the year. CTYIzens don't just spring fully formed into existence within these walls, they're out there,everywhere,buried beneath layers of normality and misconception.

How often have you mixed with someone here that you never would've outside.
Sometimes you're right,sometimes you're wrong but always its an experience.


I don't believe this place or these people are perfect, nor do I believe all of you care what I think. But if you want to do something new: take the uniqueness of this place with you. If you like how your dressing gown,your hat or your make-up looks, wear it every Thursday. And if you refused to be judged here- refuse it every day of your life.

Never allow yourself to accept mediocrity. This places works because we make it work and We Are Everywhere. Don't regret it when its over, wishing it would come back. Take everything from here, whatever that means to you and bring it out there. I'm standing here before you because of people here who showed me that love,equality, Rock'n'Roll:These can exist, and if it works in here

Nevermore now im afraid *sob sob* but boy did we make this one session to remember....................... included are come of my favourites


Surprise Sex

Chlamydia of the throat - Jesus Feekna you really got around


Various Sex on Legs nicknames - kinky sex on legs : Minnie, horny sex on legs : Feekna,Bi sex on legs ; Cerys, Hott Sex on Legs : Kate & lesbian sex on legs : MOI! Purely cause y'all know you want it of course

Remember Kids - dont do drugs,
always use protection
& think contraception!


USA A OK! - "I agree FULLY with Bush's Foreign Policy"!

Me defending the War on Terror "Were defending the world against evil people & enlightening everyone to the benefits of democracy"

THE ANIMANIACS - quality viewing people!

The Friendship song - he he he pure IR

Newspaper time

Daily Metro - my sudoku & crossword races in class!

Night Study - with Jamie constantly abusing me
Im goin to die alone cause no one could ever possibly love me!

Sianabananarama - Capital : Gerbilicious - Being Prime Minister with Sian our Chief Negotiator offering a "Special" service aka Chief Prostitute

Sian's & I rapport!

Save The Bananas!!!

We're all baby cancers ....


IR in general,

Our bench outside Spar – why its worse to be a girl!

Nutsack - woo hooo 3rd the best a students ever done! YAY!! Finally a sport im good at

Hair dye - me & becca = black, maria & orflaith = blondey red, Feekna = red & then brown & Minnie = Blonde

Pink nail polish in the pond

Dominica Day!!!!!!

"Rarr Im a Bear" or "Rarr Im a Tiger" or "Rarr Im a Lion"! decide already!


Me, Dom, Fi & Cerys going "RARR" @ the Sportalians!

Sportalians making comments they thought we couldn't understand!

Smoothies, Starbucks, Spar, Ben & Jerrys,Chinese, Chipper, Cream Soda, -
Edible food in general!

The poison they call canteen food


Feast in the conjunction - Im so in that Ra group

LIGHTS OUT - Ras disasterous aim @ windows


The Best Day Ever that turned out to be crap!!

Being dressed by random people - going down to Fi & Minnie's room every morning in my pjs to get dressed! Sarah " You look Feeknaish!" The green polka skirt

Dying Turkeys,

Frogs - apparently they have squished noses!

Deranged Parrots who need new script writers

DR. GASH, DR. GASH calling Dr. GASH, DR. GASH DR> GASH get up now!! What a legend! Gash, Gash, Gash, how do you like it? how do you like it?!

Stripy Socks

Subtlety *COUGH COUGH WINK WINK KNUDGE KNUDGE*


Teardrops - me ending up with the teardrop all over my face & NO ONE TELLING ME!

Ra Groups in general - corridor orgies!

Me & Millie's disasterous attempt @ the 3-legged

Millie & her wishes

Glam Rock !!!!

Donna's Dirty Dancers

Me & Becca dressing up as Sportalians for the first Disco, Nathan doing it AFTER! Sunglasses inside!

Formal wear - We all looked so growed up!

Activities - they all end up meaning sitting chatting!

Discos - they are what you make em people! although gettting ready is normally half the fun

Ceilis - dancing leprachauns we saw two yesterday!

Speed Dating - we won love hearts!

Blind Date - Fiona "a lorra lorra love" best Cilla Black ever! Cerys's questions & my VERY dodgy answers "pick me and............"

Talent Show - Minnie stealing the show - the fact that I knew very few others in it is irrelevent!

Kareoke - ripping it out of everyone with the gang - Greenday's Good Riddance rocked tho real sentimental

D is for Diva

Millie's "Like Sex on legs!"

Carnival - "rarr im a tiger with an icepack on my nose" Millie "It hilights the lack of other imperfections!" AHHHHHHHH I love that Girl

Orgasmic Massages in the pool

The girls trying to learn salsa........

The girls going through wayyyyyyyyy to many packs of painkillers - how were we always so sick?!?

Ben 'N' Jerry's – the g