Tumblr, Internet Projects and Inspiration

Seems it's the last day of BEDA today I can't NOT write a post. I'm currently researching artists- Marc Chagall's work is really interesting, you should check it out. So...does anybody here use tumblr? I, personally, think it's an awesome tool for inspiration- I don't post much but I could easily spend hours on end surfing through the different pages, looking at quotations, pictures and photographs, which always leave me feeling creative. I definitely prefer Blogspot as a place to write (although a friend of mine regularly writes on tumblr) so I'm not being "controversial" talking about tumblr on here. I see tumblr as more of a visual source of inspiration, whereas I see blogspot as inspiration in a written form. Both are awesome sites for gaining inspiration and expressing inspiration. If you're in the slightest bit interested, here is my tumblr page. I gave it the title "My visual source of inspiration" but I don't blog or re-blog anything enough, at present, to make this title a worthy one. I'm working on it though, not for other people to visit it, but for me to be able to visit it for reference and inspiration. What do you guys think of tumblr?

Now I want to talk a little about forced creativity (and by that I mean things like BEDA, VEDA and NaNoWriMo). There's been a lot of discussion on YouTube and here on Blogspot about whether or not these projects are actually encouraging creativity. Some people question whether they actually stifle creativity and force people to put out content which isn't interesting or entertaining. I admit that I have some posts on here that, as a result of blogging every day (well, I say every day) which aren't up to a standard that I am proud of. However, I have posted a few things which I really do like and that I wouldn't have come up with if I hadn't been doing BEDA, this year. So, overall, I have mixed feelings on this "every day" malarkey but I have, on the whole, really enjoyed it and haven't found it too taxing*.

As for NaNoWriMo, I confess I have barely even looked at my novel, since November; partly because I'm trying to focus on school work but also because I haven't been that inspired to edit it. I don't blame this on NaNo, I wouldn't have even wrote it in the first place if it wasn't for that but I just hope that I'll still feel it's worth editing when I go back to it...I am feeling more inspired to finish it at the moment though, for the record. The main problem I have with writing is that I tend to get super, super, super absorbed in a writing project if I allow myself to think about it too much and the reality is that, at the moment, I cannot afford to be overally involved in a huge writing project when I have exams to revise for. I'm currently putting off several projects until my exams are over; time consuming YouTube videos, large writing projects, huge book series re-readings etcetera. I want to try to get out of this mind frame though- I know I could still be writing whilst revising for exams, I know tonnes of writers manage to fit writing in when they are super busy. I'm just an unmotivated, lazy, unproductive person who can't focus on more than one thing at a time. Gosh, sorry, I've gone of on a rather negative tangent- I'm sorry for moaning, I just get frustrated with myself. The funny thing is I don't even mind sharing this with the internet.

To sum up this post I will say that I've enjoyed doing BEDA; I did it for a new experience, to see if I enjoy it and because I thought it would be an easy, slightly creative activity to do alongside revision. It's worked pretty well- maybe I'll swap to daily novel editing instead, just a tiny bit at a time. We'll see how it goes, shall we? I'm a great supporter of not just accepting your flaws and problems but trying to change them. I'm also a big supporter of just freaking doing things- you regret things that you didn't do more than things you did do. I don't regret spontaneously doing/failing at BEDA, I don't regret spontaneously doing NaNoWriMo in my mock exam month and I will continue going ahead with creative projects until the day I die. So many creative people just sit around talking about things they're going to do instead of doing them.

Wedding, Birthday, off school day

I've been at school for the last two days, which is why I forgot to blog for a little while, but obviously it's the royal wedding today (and my brother's 14th birthday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY ) so I'm off school again. Today's been pretty chill- of course I have been revising and doing other productive things (e.g. watching the royal wedding) but it's nice to be off school and I did get dressed pretty late.

The above picture shows my cool/lame attempt to celebrate the wedding. I'm also wearing a white vest top, red tights and blue shorts. 100% British flag colour scheme for me today. Please excuse the rather frantic look on my face, I'm no good at posed photographs. 

Now, as much as I find the fact we still have a royal family here a slightly old fashioned and strange concept I am happy for the couple and I think, although we do PAY taxes for all their wealth, the royals do contribute to society. The amount of charity work a lot of them do is wonderful and Prince William seems like quite a grounded, friendly guy... I really don't admire the couple's wedding though; with the security, police and hundreds of people in the room they don't even know. I mean Kate couldn't just turn to her husband to be and say "let's just have a quiet wedding with a small reception and one tier cake" could she? There was no choice in the matter. Ugh, I just generally find the lives of famous people quite sad- EVERYONE should be entitled to privacy. I don't mean to put a damper on today but I just think it's unfair that Kate Middleton had to essentially chose between marrying who she loved and living a life of privacy and stability. Obviously, I don't know everything about how the royal family are treated, nowadays. I suppose they get a lot more respect and discretion being, you know, royal but I, personally, think it's a shame. 

Anyway, happy wedding, I'm proud to be British etcetera, etcetera... Bye! 

Post Easter Post

Arghh! I think I can safely say I haven't done very well with the whole BEDA thing recently. Of course I could pummel you with excuses about revision, going away and parties but I doubt you'd buy it so we're all just going to have to move on...

I hope you all had lovely Easters with your family and friends (or whoever you spent Easter with) and, those of you in Britain, I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather as much as I did! I'm currently sitting in a vest top and shorts, in denial that the weather is no longer 24 degrees. I drove* down to Devon on Wednesday night, to see family for Easter and stayed there until Sunday evening. It was a really relaxing, sunny break, especially as I'm swamped with work at the moment. Although, sadly, I was forced to take some work with me due to the ridiculous amount of GCSE art work I have to do.

Paignton

Teignmouth

I was meaning to write a blog post yesterday, before my friend's 16th birthday party, but I stupidly forgot. Hmm...that means I haven't blogged in six days- that's awful for someone who announced on various social networking sights "I'm doing BEDA, come check it out!". Fail.

*My dad drove, I can't drive.

A Fresh Start

Today is a fresh start for me. I've been somewhat unmotivated so far, in this holiday. It's kind of been like a viscous circle of feeling like I need to do work, not wanting to do work and then feeling guilty about not doing work so not being able to do anything else even semi productive e.g. blogging. It's tricky getting out of that mind frame but, last night it got the extent that I was doing my own head in so I kind of slapped myself and awoke, this morning, with a conscientious mind frame. I've already been outside for a walk (which I recommend when you have lots of work to do) and sat down and done a two hour English paper (for practise). So, as a result, I don't feel guilty for typing this blog post out.

I'm going down to Devon on Wednesday night to see family, which will make it difficult for me to blog for a few days, especially as I'm already going to be bringing a ton of art work with me, working towards my art exam. It'll be really nice to get away, though and eat chocolate eggs!! I've actually given up chocolate for lent and it's been really easy, on the whole. There was a small "glitch" the other week when, during an after show party, my friend offered me some chocolate fingers and I genuinely FORGOT they contained chocolate but I haven't had any chocolate since then and I was too exhausted at the time to taste the damn things anyway. It's so typically me to FORGET something was chocolate, it had nothing to do with poor self control... I'm just forgetful. Haha! I'm not actually religious and this is the first year I've given up something for lent. I'm not doing it for any religious reason, just to exercise self control and because there's more than life than chocolate. There is. Seriously. I'm off to go tidy my pig sty of a room now so bye!

The Mystery of a Stranger's Self-Image

Sorry I didn't write a blog post yesterday. I won't give my excuse because my excuse is boring so we're all just going to have to move on. First, I would like to thank the bundle of new followers I have as well as the older ones who have stuck with me for ages (by that I mean a few months) and I would also like to compliment you all on your excellent taste in blog. I'm joking. I think you are all mad.
Today I'm going to talk about self image (and no, this is not going to be a girly post because self image is not purely something which applies to girls). Anyway, I've been thinking about this because I've spent a day at a shopping mall surrounded by a huge variety of people who all hold themselves in such different ways. It's funny how you see a stranger walking by and you are immediately struck by how confident they look when you don't even know them. It begs the question do they even know how confident they look? It could all be just an act, it could be an unintentional thing as a result of their stance or the clothes they wear. It's always interesting contemplating the assumptions you make about people- the example I just gave was rather general but how do you explain bad first impressions or an instant dislike to a person when you have no good reason to make these assumptions. It's actually quite worrying because it's all built on prejudices or past bad experiences and it just shows that no one can go through life without developing some sort of narrowness or ignorance.
As for my personal self image I think I'm pretty clear on what my strengths and my weaknesses are. Something I do try to do is appear happy and I think it seems to work. I am of course a happy person anyhow but not quite as cheerful as I act in certain situations- I try not to look fazed by things that perhaps I am fazed or upset by and I try not to make a fuss over things too, because I don't like to come across as "moany" either. I do feel mildly uncomfortable talking about this but, hey, it's done now. Please make me feel better and leave a comment on what your personal image is or just what you think of this topic, in general.

What does art mean to you?

I made this video yesterday. Here it is, enjoy. I'm too tired and busy to write anything on here today. Sorry.

Jackie and the Skyscraper

This is a modern fairy tale I started writing a few years ago. I really like it and, although I'm yet to finish it, I hopefully will this year!

Once upon a time, hundreds of years before flying cars and automatic brains there lived the people of the twenty-first century. Now, the twenty-first century was a fascinating time, although the people were not as clever as we are now, and had terrible dress sense, they were philosophical, courageous and sacrificed much for the need of others. This story starts in the middle of London and underneath a colossal rain cloud…

Jackie Alton sat in the deserted park, scuffing her shoes across the tarmac. It had been raining intensely for a whole hour, that Friday afternoon, and the entire park had turned in to an enormous glittering lake. The swings, half covered with flaking paint, were creaking furiously in objection to the wet weather, but the slide, usually rusty and looking worse for wear was transformed into a breathtaking water feature.

Despite the inconvenience of it all, Jackie loved the park like this. It was usually just a tacky little play-park, swarming with gossiping mums and little kids that screamed and wailed. In the rain, the park was changed in to a sanctuary, just for Jackie to enjoy.

It was a place for her to think, a place for her to reflect on her problems. And there were plenty of them in her life. Jackie lived with her mum, her two older sisters and her baby brother, Ricky in a Tenement block. She absolutely hated it! From the outside you could have probably mistaken it for a multi-story car park and inside; it was a prison. The staircases were narrow and dark, the lifts stank of wee and the windows were so filthy that even in the middle of summer very little light managed to break through the grime.

But, that was where she lived and complaining about it wasn’t going to help anyone. Unless her mum miraculously and very suddenly got a profitable job then there wasn’t much anyone could do about the family’s situation.

“There’s nothing you can do” Jackie proclaimed out loud to herself, however in her heart she knew this wasn’t true. Up in her bedroom, in a large white shoebox sat her new Nike trainers, unworn. She had been saving up for them all year, but her mum needed money now, and she could probably get about £25 for them if she haggled hard. She had initially planned to take them to the loan sharks to sell, but when she had took them out of their box and ran her fingers along the soft leather she was won over by her longing- her longing to wear the trainers; to feel good about her self for once in her life. Although she knew it was self-centred, Jackie didn’t want to let go of her most prized possession.

Blocking out these disturbing feelings, Jackie slid off of the bench she had been perched on, then began to make her way home. She was just turning in to her street, after a five minute walk, when she came face to face with the very person everybody dreaded meeting; Moe White with her diminutive gang of seven ‘bling’ clad followers. She was the ultimate bully of the class. She even made some of the boys cry and if she truly didn’t like you, she made your life hell.

I hope you enjoyed this little taster- feedback would be awesome for this is only the first draft.

~Freya~

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on DVD!

The title speaks for itself. I've just literally finished watching the film and most of the special features on the beautiful, shiny, two disc special edition Harry Potter film. Horray! I do like this film; there are many things I adored about it but, being a Harry Potter fan, I have many moans- but they are legitimate ones. I try not to nitpick when it comes to the films as they are always going to change a few things. However, I do enjoy moaning so I've compiled a list of my top HP and the DH Part 1 complaints (SPOILERS):

1. The first half of the film lagged terribly and all the "making up for plot holes in earlier films" was untidy and spoiled the film slightly as well as causing more plot holes for THIS film as there is only so much screen time. 

2. The way they portray Ginny  in the films never ceases to annoy me! The only screen time she got was to relay information to Harry in a monotone and to stand in the kitchen with her dress undone. Really? 

3. They screwed up the Malfoy Manor scene. I'm sorry! I know many people really like this scene but it wasn't nearly as atmospheric, scary or as horrific as it was in the book. I wasn't looking for mistakes but I found this scene riddled with plot holes, things that happened that were not loyal to the characters and a inconsistency of mood. 

4. They missed out sooooo many beautiful, important and quirky moments/scenes. 

However, I did overall like the film. It's not my favourite out of all of them but it doesn't fall to the bottom of the pile. There were some really nice trio moments in it, the seven potters scene was awesome and I really enjoyed the ministry scene too! I haven't got time to expand on my points right now but I may make a video about this later on in the Easter holidays.

Tell me your thoughts on the film, Do you have any moans? 

Harry Potter DVD Out Tomorrow!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 comes out on DVD tomorrow! *GASP* Who's excited? Are you excited? I know I am! if you want to know my thoughts on "Deathly Hallows Part One" from way back when I saw it, (on the day of the release) in November then click here.

So I'm very much looking forward to sitting down with a huge packet of crisps (and hopefully some ice cream) tomorrow and watching the film with my family (who haven't seen it yet). It's always awesome seeing films at the cinema but it's also a whole new experience having it in DVD form and watching it in the comfort of your own home... And after that we have Part 2 to look forward to and, wow, am I excited for that! But also kind of sad and nostalgic as it really will mark the end of Harry Potter in its prime. *Pauses to reflect on hopelessly Harry Potter consumed life*

OK, I am a crazy person for doing BEDA- it was very much an impulsive decision so, yet again, it's only a short post today so I'm sorry about that. I'll write up some nice Deathly Hallows content tomorrow!

Bye.

Paul Klee

All I can think of to blog about today is one of the artists I've been studying for my coursework. Most of the artists I have to research aren't actually appealing to me but for the purposes of my course I have to. But you do get the odd artist that you actually think is awesome!Paul Klee was a very individual artist who was influenced by many artist movements including expressionism, cubism and surrealism. He enjoyed experimenting with colour theory and eventually mastered it and wrote about it. He was a German/Swiss artist who worked in several medias including oil paint and watercolour.

This piece of Klee’s work, opposite, is called “They’re Biting” which is a combination of drawing and oil on paper. It is an abstract piece of work, as you can see which actually portrays fishing. It is also one of my favourites of his. Klee, himself, has described this piece of work as “taking the line for a walk” which is an interestingly whimsical phrase. His choice of colour in this piece is also interesting to me as there is not blue in the picture, which is a colour associated with fishing, but the colours are warm and calming- maybe this is how Klee felt when he went fishing. I really like this overall feel of this piece of work as it is rustic, aesthetically pleasing and unique. 

So, what do you all think of this piece? My friend came over and looked at it in my art book one day, saw this picture, and said something along the lines of 

"Haha, unlucky you having to do such a weird artist" and I said

"I like it, actually" and she responded 

"Oh right, I just think it's kind of ugly"

...goes to show how differently people interpret art. For the record my friend wasn't trying to be mean as it may have come across as I recorded the conversation. 

Feeling Happy on a Sunny Day

Hey, guess what? I'm feeling really happy today. I'm not writing this to shove it in your face (whoever you may be who's reading) but that's all that I can think of to blog about today because it just feels so awesome! A contributing factor to this happiness is definitely the weather, which is absolutely gorgeous. I love the way warm weather makes you feel; free, relaxed, optimistic and  slightly impulsive. It's also really cool to be sat at my computer at quarter past six in the evening, with sun streaming in the open window and only a vest top and leggings on (no socks). It was only last Monday that I was walking to school with my winter coat on! English weather is rather unpredictable but in a charming way, I think.

Another thing that's making me really happy is my friends; I'm in my last year of school and I've finally found the most amazing group of friends who are lovely, supporting, considerate and funny people as a group, and all lovely individuals in their own ways too. It's the last day of term today and I was home really late because my friends and I all stopped half way home, on a patch of grass next to a small road, and chatted in the sunshine. When I did get home I went out to town with another friend to help her buy summer clothes but we ended up on some grass, just as I did earlier except this time eating sherbet and coke.

The summers here in Britain are rather short and fairly cold and rainy but we don't dwell on this fact as we're used to the coldish weather. But this just means, for me, that when the warm weather does come around again you realise you've forgotten just how beautiful, inspiring and cheerful the sunny weather is. I think maybe you appreciate it more when it's short lived...although a warmer, longer summer would be nice. I'm feeling sightly surreal now and I think that's because of the sounds of cars rolling by and my brother playing piano downstairs- I'm used to working on my computer in 100% silence. I'm not obsessive in the slightest.

It's a beautiful day today!

It's such a beautiful day today. I know I said it was beautiful yesterday but today is even better. It's really warm with clear blue skies and so, so much sunlight. In my Geography class, at school today, a small group of us got taken out of class to work for a bit and there were no free classrooms so we worked outside in the sun! It was kind of hard to write as it was so bright but it was beautifully warm.

I've been sat at my computer since I got home, typing up a script for my exam in Drama and it's rather stressful as I need to finish by tomorrow so that's why this blog is rather rushed. I love the way I feel so comfortable with blogging. When I first started I felt kind of awkward as I didn't feel as if I was addressing anyone and I didn't know what direction I wanted my blog to go in...I still don't really know what direction it's going in but it's really fun posting and I'm going to keep blogging every day until the end of April. Oh, wait a moment. I've just remembered I'm going away over Easter and I may not have internet access...so I may have to minus some more days from my BEDA. Oopsie! Can I go now? Can I leave you with some spring-like pictures?

Paper Towns, by John Green

I finished reading this incredible book quite a while ago now but for some reason or another I forgot to blog about it which is odd because I really, really enjoyed it. Paper Towns is a YA novel which follows the nerdy, confident and wonderfully opinionated Quentin in his at first seemingly impossibly task of tracking down the mysterious and beautiful Margo Roth Spiegelman who left him hanging after sweeping him away on an exhilarating and hilarious all-nighter.

It kind of takes my breathe away how beautifully John Green blends the funny, meaningful and suspenseful together without ever straying from a realistic and consistent plot line. In fact, Paper Towns is exactly what a young adult novel should be; it's reflective, thoughtful, entertaining, relatable and intelligent. It's also really witty and unique and the characters are all wonderful developed and, in the case of Q's friends, just as annoying, quirky and persistent as friends often are in real life. I love how none of Q's peers were portrayed as the clique- type "perfect friend" who is always  selfless considerate and "there for you". A theme that runs subtlety through the book is acceptance and more precisely acceptance of people's flaws, hang ups and overall imperfectness. I think this is something very interesting for a YA novel to explore as, let's face it, all teenagers are fairly annoying!

Anyway, I definitely recommend Paper Towns to you, even if you're not a young adult as it's an insightful, entertaining read which everyone can enjoy. One thing I have noticed about John Green's books is that they are never as you would expect; they are always better than anticipated. They always hugely exceed my expectations to an almost crazy extent. In my mind there's two catogories of YA books; regular YA books and John Green's YA books as John Green takes this genre to a whole new level and it is absolutely mind blowing how much "awesome" is contained in his books.

I'll leave you with one non spoiling quote from Paper Towns:
"What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person" 




p.s. It's such a beautiful sunny day in England today. Would it be really cheesy of me to say that the evening is golden? It really is lovely. Spring is finally on its way!

The Hunger Games Casting Revealed

Jennifer Lawrence

So... Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorn! What are your thoughts on the castings for the Hunger Games? I know I'm excited but I'm only partially excited. Most of all I'm trying not to judge the actors and actress before I actually see them in action; starring in The Hunger Games as I want to remain open minded and not get all negative about a film that I'm so, so excited for.

For those of you who don't know; The Hunger Games is the first book in a fantastic, dystopian trilogy, by Suzanne Collins, which is in the process of being made in to a film to be released in 2012. The director is Gary Ross who has already set about casting the three main characters. The news is now focusing on the fans' reactions to these castings and possible castings for the other major characters.

Josh Hutcherson

OK, first I'm going to talk about Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss. This piece of casting was made official a couple of weeks ago now and I confess that, when I first saw the article, I was surprised and disappointed. Jennifer Lawrence doesn't fit any of the criteria I had in mind for the perfect Katniss casting. Katniss is a character with very dark hair and olive skin and Jennifer Lawrence is freaking blonde with really pale skin! Of course they can work wonders with makeup, hair dye and such but her facial features doesn't say Katniss to me either.  Jennifer Lawrence is also a lot older than Katniss, who is sixteen (as well as being described as young looking for her age). At the age of twenty, this makes Jennifer four years older than The Hunger Games protagonist. I suppose this isn't really a problem though as Katniss is a complex character and it may require a great deal of maturity to play her and, as I said earlier, they can work wonders with makeup. Maybe once they are done with her Jennifer Lawrence will be the perfect Katniss. The main thing, however, that made me change my mind about her was all the news articles reporting on Jennifer Lawrence's acting ability and the fact that Gary Ross said that casting Lawrence was the easiest casting choice he has ever made. Also, the fact that she doesn't look much like Katniss, shows that she was chosen purely for her acting ability...which is surely a good thing?

Liam Hemsworth

Now, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta. I was incredibly concerned about the casting of Peeta as I had a very clear image of what he should look like and I also think he's a very complicated, almost misunderstood character whose image could have been destroyed by some pretty-boy actor with soft, flowing blond hair playing him in the film. But, I have to say, at this stage I am very happy with Josh Hutcherson as Peeta; I really see Peeta in his face and some of the expressions he makes so, provided his  performance is up to scratch, I think he has the potential to be a fantastic Peeta!

I confess I'm not entirely sure what's up with Liam Hemsworth as Gale. He isn't how I imagined Gale at all...I mean Gale's meant to be good looking. Of course, again, you can never tell until you see them in action so maybe he'll look right in the film- we shall see. I've never been particularly fond of Gale as a character though so this slightly dodgey casting doesn't really upset me much. Not at this stage of the process anyway...

Thoughts on Poetry

You may or may not know this but I am part of a collaborative YouTube project called Writers on the Wall and I make a video every Tuesday, usually on a topic relating to writing or literature. This week's theme is poetry and I've been sitting at my computer for a while now thinking about what I'm going to say in this video. It's hard to decide because there's so much to be said on the subject of poetry. The thing is with poetry is that it is an art of many aspects and poetry can mean many different things, depending on the person and how they view it. This got me thinking; is there actually any dictionary definition of the word poetry? I searched in to Google the term "poetry definiton" and this is the first one I found:

Poetry is an imaginative awareness expressed through meaning, sound and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. Poetry has been known to employ meter and rhyme, but this is by no means necessary. Poetry is an ancient form that has gone through numerous and drastic reinvention over time. The very nature of poetry as an authentic mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define. 


For the purposes of this blog post I am going to ignore the fact that the above definition is rather wordy, fairly muddled and hardly a definition at all and focus on the last sentence. The very nature of poetry as an authentic mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define. This sentence, for me, sums up my thoughts on poetry almost perfectly. it is not something you can out you finger on easily and it relies so much on personal taste that poetry has become something that only exists in the eyes of the beholder.

For me personally; I think poetry is it's most beautiful when accompanied by something else. I've never been a great fan of poetry books with individual poems that stand alone, that type of poetry has never really appealed to me; but poetry alongside music, art or as part of a novel has often taken my breathe away. Some people say that music says what words cannot and some say art does this too, but I disagree with this to an extent. I think that if you combine art or music with poetry you create something that speaks louder than anything else in the world. Of course I think a novel is capable of doing this too, especially when containing certain aspects of poetry but this is because novels are long and can contain so many words. Songs usually contain very few words but the music alongside these words allows the song to express just as much as an entire novel does. I find this amazing.

I don't know what I'm going to say in this video but maybe it's a bad idea to delve in to the true essence of poetry in the way I have just done in this blog post. It is slightly dry and probably boring. Instead, in my video, I will demonstrate the true essence of poetry.


Now I just need a poem to use...

Sunrises

Hello everyone! I decided that,  instead of writing, today I would share with you some of my "photography" of sunrises. 

I have quite a few more but these are some of my favorites. Enjoy :)

BEDA (minus day one)

This year I have decided, a little late, to do BEDA. In case you don't already know what BEDA is; it stands for Blog Every Day in April, although it can also be called Blog Every Day in August. It works for both months. Unfortunately, due to the craziness of being in my school drama production and all sorts of other things, I failed to notice it was April 1st yesterday so I'm starting BEDA a day late. I'm mainly doing this impulsively but I also think it will be a nice way to get me writing, getting more comfortable with the style of blog writing and I think it will be a really cool month to look back on in the form of blog posts.

Hmm...now I need some content for this post...

List of things that come to my mind

1. I just checked the comments on my latest writersonthewall video (a youtube collaboration project) and saw that the video, which took the least effort out of all my WOTW videos, got one of the best responses out of all of my videos on that channel. Weird huh? Apparently people like to watch disorganised teenage girls struggle for words whilst fiddling with ties and lone shoes on their bedroom floor.

2. I went in to town earlier with a couple of friends to find mother's day gifts for tomorrow and, more than anything, the trip made me appreciate how nice the weather is currently and how much I hate card shops. I'm not going to go in to it but you know what I mean...Commercialised, overpriced crap.

3. I think I mentioned on my blog that I've given up chocolate for lent. Last night I ACCIDENTALLY ate three chocolate fingers. Don't judge me, it wasn't my fault. It was at the after show party at my school and it was late, I was tired, I was excited and I was offered some freaking chocolate fingers. I only realised three hours later what I'd done and I was pretty peed off. But I'm going to continue not eating chocolate anyway because I'm NOT a quitter. Awkward pause. Anyway, I'm proud to say I haven't intentionally eaten any chocolate this lent so far so it's all good.