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Day Six – Whatever Tickles My Fancy

amy — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:29:05 +0000

Once again, I’m slightly pressed for time, but only because day six ends in an hour and fifteen minutes. I thought I’d use the first ‘whatever tickles my fancy’ to update everyone on what’s been happening and what is going to happen in my life at the moment. The last post I did before the Thirty Days of Me post was about finishing exams, which obviously I have now done. I think on the whole, they all went okay, but I don’t want to dwell on it. Especially with results day looming closer and closer. (19th of August for my AS exams and 24th for the GCSEs)

I’ve been off since the 18th June, which means I’ve had a lot of time not doing site related things. Just mentioning a few of the things I’ve done: I went to see Wicked for the second time, I went shopping several times, I went to the cinema (Toy Story 3, Wild Target, Get Him to the Greek,) I almost went camping and I ate Krispy Kreme doughnuts for breakfast. So clearly I’ve been very busy…

I’ve also been sorting out my room to make way for new sixth form clothes (my school has a ridiculous strict dress code) I’m having difficulty finding any suits though, they either don’t match or I look ridiculous in them. I feel like I’m not old enough to be going into sixth form in September. I’m twelve, I swear!

Aside from mental breakdowns, I’ve been getting ready for my holiday too. On the 2nd of August I’m off to Cuba for two weeks. I’m really looking forward to it, so is my camera as I haven’t had much of a chance to take photos with exams and such. If you were wondering, while I’m away I will pause the Thirty Days of Me and recommence one I return :) I think that is pretty much all I have to say. Goodnight!

Thirty Days of Me

amy — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:25:18 +0000

So, I’ts been over a month since my last post, which is truly awful. However, it is summer, so I can be excused because for once I am actually going places during my time off from school. Anyway, in a last ditch attempt to regain my interest in the site (and perhaps increase visitors) I found this cool idea on a blog that I have fallen in love with (I’ll get to that) where you post about set topics for 30 days. The title of it is 30 Days of Me, but hopefully it won’t just be me rambling on about things no one cares about as usual.

The website I found it on is called Girl and City. I only discovered the website today, but the writer of the blog, who goes by the psuedonym of SassyGirl, writes fantastically – her blog could pratically be a book. All of her posts are incredibly interesting (Especially the ones about her recent trip around Europe, her descriptions make me want to leave the country immediately.) You should all definitely go and check out her blog, it is well worth it.

Anyway, back to the ‘Thirty Days of Me.’ The topics are:

Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Retournez-vous?

amy — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:41:32 +0000

Oui. I have returned from the land of no motivation. Namely due to boredom over Easter. I have also discovered I am truly awful at writing blogs, truly. I have run out of things to say and I’ve barely written four sentences. I think I shall waffle about the layout. Basically it all revolves around the joker card, which is a picture of the one I found on my plane seat a recent trip to France. The Joker generally summed up the whole trip because it was very fun. Of course, Alice In Wonderland just sort of went hand-in-hand with the Joker – voila, a layout. The lyrics are from Misguided Ghosts by Paramore if anyone was wondering. It’s a beautiful song. Everyone go listen to it!

Second Paragraph, right time for some site plans that I won’t stick to. I am aiming to get my portfolio up as soon as possible, but I am looking for a different way to showcase it because the Polaroid Gallery I had last time took FOREVER to load, and it annoyed me which would surely mean no one ever bothered to look at it. I have also, some what optimistically, added a ‘more’ button to the image-mapped navigation. I’m not entirely sure what ‘more’ will exactly compromise of, but it is going to happen. I also want to get lots of little minions, hostees to the normal folk, because I want to share the oh-revoir love, so I must set up an application page shortly. So stay tuned kids.

Now, I really must write something of interest. Films, I think, would be good. So last night, I watched Paranormal Activity. It scared the hell out of me, but I was actually quite impressed there was no constant gore or CGI monsters, it was all just mind-messing filming. Still, I’d rather watch Saw because that lets me sleep at night. Another good film I’ve recently watched is Gran Torino. My parents bought it, and I knew nothing about it and was generally feeling negative about watching it, but it was seriously good. It was funny and dramatic. How is that even possible? Moral of the story: films are good. Let me know of the best and worst you’ve watched.