Honey! I'm Home!

Sooo sorry I haven't been able to post for ages guys. I couldn't keep up with school, dance and the blog.

Anyway HEAPS has happened! I found a host family an Artarmon, but I'll be staying for some family friends for the first two months. But it's going to be incredible anyway!

I'm moving on the 17th and starting full time on the 18th (of July btw). Silly idea if you ask me, but I'll be okay. I get to do the Advanced 1 holiday school from the 2nd to the 8th of July to get my head around some of the exercises that I have to do for full time. I'm so excited!

I'm doing my Intermediate exam for ballet on the 28th of June, after my goodbye party on the 26th. It's going to be an epic party as well. Heaps of people are coming and I'm getting everything organised.

School exam week just finished (save me!) and I think I went pretty darn well... I mean apart from not knowing almost the whole exam for SOSE cause my teacher has the attention span of a gnat! It was fun. I'm really looking forward to drama performances at the end of the term.

I'm on YouTube (again) for a friend's media project. I'll post the vid here in case you want to see. It's awesome. We were meant to turn the video clip for a cliche hip-hop song into something completely different. I'm fairly sure we acheived that...

Well, I'll talk to you lovely people later. Have an excellent day!

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Hey guys,

I'm putting the blog on hold for a while. I'm sorry I'm trying to figure out details for the move.

Will return ASAP

xx

My Top Ten Favourite Albums/Artists EVER!

Hey guys,

I realise I haven't posted for a while... Sorry. I've had a massive busy time at school

Anyway, I decide to keep my 'lists' thing going and post a list of my favourite albums/artists.

It starts at 1 (I'm fairly sure) and 1 is:

Doctor Who - Original Television Series Sountrack Vol. 5  

Doctor Who is my favourite TV show (yes, that list is soon to come. Calm your farm) and I looveee the haunting music of the themes. It's gorgeous

Drum Roll please. Number 2 is:

Ocean Eyes

Owl City is an awesome artist. He's very cool and I love his style.

Number 3 would be:

Glee Cast!

I adore the fact that they can make a crappy 80's song amazing again.

Number 4:

Regina Spektor

She's cute, sweet and funny all at the same time. And her music is very piano heavy which lends itself to dancing.

Number 5 happens to be:

LOUD

S&M is such a cool song, do you not agree?

Number 6:

My Chemical Romance

Who doesn't love a bit of screamo now and then?

Number 7 comes in as:

Fallen

Evanescence just have that kind of pretty/emo feel...

and coming it at number 8 is:

Doo-Wops and Hooligans

BRUNO MARS IS EPIC!!



Number 9:

The Fame Monster

How awesome can one person be Gaga??

and last but certainly not least at Number 10:

Katy Perry!!!

She's got my kind of fashion sense, my sisters amazing curves and everybody's love for good music.

So those are my favourites. The honorable mentions are:

Sweeney Todd Soundtrack
Cooler Than Me
Lungs
Viva La Vida
and For Your Entertainment

Hope you've enjoyed. And seriously guys, get some albums!!

Potato Famine

Yup. My topic today is the potato famine. My friends and I just did an assignment on the subject, so I'm going to tell you about the epic fun that we had creating our project.

We decided to make a movie. I didn't think that we'd get it done in time since I'm never available to do anything. Silly dance schedule. But I decided to clear off a day or two in the hopes that we could get it all done then. We went over to my friend KT's place (I'm not going to supply names, sorry) to shoot the film. Heaps of success there. We used the sheep shed for our 'house' since we were poor Irish people. SO MUCH FUNN!!!

When we'd finished filming, we managed to get all the clips onto my computer. I also learnt how to use GarageBand to do the voiceovers and iMovie to put the clips together. Em taught me how to do that.

We put it all together with the longest bibliography known to man (we had over 60 photos) and somehow managed to get the clips into iDVD. We made a title screen (go sunflower splash screen) and it looks awesome!

Anyway. When I get home, I put my computer on charge and open up the pictures that we took to delete them to preserve memory. But I managed to not just delete the photos... no, I deleted everything. The iMovie, the iDVD, the Word processor and all the editing. Plus Adobe Photoshop Elements and everything.

I freaked out because Word wouldn't open and I needed to finish the bibliography, so I took it over to my godfathers house. He managed to muck up the computer even more and send me into a full scale panic attack.

After about an hour we managed to get everything back in working order and I'm just getting everything back now. And of course backing up...

SCARY DAYYYSSS!

I'm Sick...

I got sick yesterday. I feel absolutely lousy, so I stayed home today.

I get really bored at home, so I am posting a list of what I do when I'm home alone. I really do love a good list.

1. Update the blog.
This one's obvious. I love to write, and knowing that what I write is being read makes me feel better.

2. Eat.
I just kind of graze when I'm home sick. Grapes, chocolate, leftovers, anything that takes my fancy.

3. Watch movies
I like Doctor Who. But my sick day movies are the Lord Of The Rings. I just work my way through all three movies. By the time I'm finished, I'm all better

4. Surf funny websites.
I Can Has Cheezburger, FML, MLIA and I Has A Hotdog are all good places for a laugh.

5. Sleep.
It's a great way to both pass the time and get better.

Anyway, that's all for now. I'm off to sleep xx

My Ten Favourite Books Ever!

Hi Guys!
Sorry I haven't posted in ages. Blogger was freaking out and not letting me type anywhere for a few days.

Today I am going to give you a list of my ten favourite books (and tell you vehemently that you really must read them).

1. Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
Well, it is one of the highest selling series' ever. I was totally obsessed when I was a little kid and I still think that Harry is rather hot.

2. Purge - Sarah Darer Littman
This one's about a girl with bulimia going through treatment at a mental health facility. It's beautiful and it made me cry... Cry like the little girl that I happen to be.

3. Plague - Malcolm Rose
I haven't even finished it yet, but it's on the list. It's freaking incredible. About an epidemic sweeping England, with a one hundred percent mortality rate.

4. Impulse - Ellen Hopkins
Another one set in a mental health facility, this book follows the stories of three suicidal teenagers and their time spent recovering - or not as the case may be.

5. Identical - Ellen Hopkins
Yes, she happens to be one of my favourite authors of all time. This one is about twins leading very different lives, but one of them happens to be dead and the other happens to have a split personality. Anyone work out how the dead one is still living? No, not a Sci Fi.

6. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
A true classic in the eyes of anyone who has read it. I have been graciously given the complete works of Lewis Carroll by my older sister and it had me entranced from the first page.

7. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
Loved this one, who says that teenagers only read emo literature and long involved tragedies.

8. A Midsummer Nights Dream - William Shakespeare
Again, I own the entire works of the Bard, so I am rather well read. The Dream is my favourite Shakespeare, closely followed by 'My Mistress', a sonnet.

9. The Carnivorous Carnival - Lemony Snicket
Love the Series of Unfortunate Events. It's possibly the second greatest series ever written.

10. The Slippery Slope - Lemony Snicket
Again, Lemony is an amazing writer. When Sunny was kidnapped I cried.

Anyway, that is my rant for today. Hope you thoroughly enjoyed it. xx

How to Manage Homework In Highschool

Hey guys,

Just a random how-to today. I thought that since I've managed it successfully for three years then I could pass on my tricks.

1. Start your day really early.

I get up at a quarter past five because that's how much time I need to get ready in the mornings (breathing treatments, breakfast, getting dressed and eating) but you might only need to get up at 6.30 or 7.

2. Take heaps of notes in class.

I'm never without my laptop, so I can take notes really easily. If it's harder for you then you may want to invest in an audio recording device so you can look back on exactly what your teacher said.

3. Do homework in the car.

I spend most of my time either at dance or travelling to dance. The car trip gives me an excellent opportunity to finish my homework. I usually do English because that's just reading usually, maybe answering a few chapter questions. But sometimes it's harder (Maths is a no-go in the car).

4. Do homework during breaks at your sport/hobby.

I get an hour for lunch each day. So I spend fifteen minutes eating, half an hour doing homework and fifteen minutes warming up. Trust me, this one will save your life.

5. Have a timetable.

Yes, it's what nerds do. But has anyone ever seen a dumb nerdy kid?? Didn't think so. Timetabling helps, as does setting reminders on your phone. It's great, just key in what you want to study when, and you'll never be saying "What should I do next?"

6. Have a study area.

Mine's on my bed. Yours could be on the dining room table, in the loungeroom (try to avoid the TV) or in the study. It's good to have an area where you study, because once you're there your brain kicks into study mode.

7. Sleep.

It doesn't matter when that paper is due, don't pull an all-nighter. If you're worried ask for an extension. Don't just leave it until the night before and to a horrible job because you're sleep deprived. Sleep well, and wake up refreshed and ready to go.

8. Turn off your phone.

You study more efficiently when you actually switch OFF your phone (not just on standby). You also sleep better.

9. POST IT NOTES!

I have post it notes papering the walls of my bedroom, covered in formulas, quotes or even just stuff I need to buy. They're a great memory jogger, so having them everywhere will help you to remember how to calculate an unknown angle in trigonometry.

10. Organise your world.

I can't work in a messy environment. I just can't concentrate when I've got stuff all around me. Clean up, label folders and put everything where it belongs. Try to work in a minimalist environment. It's great to just study once in a while.

That's it guys. Hope it helps! Your grades will definitely pick up if you follow these tips. xx