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Thursday 25 October 2012

Ce Weekend je vais aller a Londre!

Oui oui! Je suis tres exite! Excuse my pitiable French, I do try. But yes, as the title states I am indeed going to London this weekend. I'll be staying there a week with some of my totally awesome family. I'll be art journaling after every day there and I will be bringing my own camera, so there will also be lots of pictures to come with the stories I will tell.

As I mentioned in the early paragraph, I have started art journaling. 'What!?' You may say shocked and slightly annoyed, ' Why art journal when you don't even blog more than once a month!' Well, yes I do need to blog more and I'll be working on that once I can find things in my life that my interest you more.   Anyway, I started art journaling when for my birthday my mom got me this realty inspirational book called Illustrated Life  which has gotten me to start art jouirnalling. I'm going in circles and I need to go to school, so Au revoir for now!

Saturday 22 September 2012

It's Autumn!

Hooray! Today is the 22nd of September and you know what that means! It's autumn! I love it so much. For me it's the part of year that's really busy. From September - December there's lots going on, and the rest of the year is a little emptier. So fall is a really fun season for me. Especially this year. Having moved to England, I'm near Birmingham, London and Oxford, and something is always going on.
So what is going on, you ask? Let me see.....

Things to look forward to:

1. Birthdays

This is the time of year when many people are celebrating their birthdays. To anyone with a birthday coming up, I hope you have an awesome day. My birthday is in 6 days and I will be 13. But don't worry, I won't get any grouchier. :-) I always loved birthdays because it gives me an excuse to decorate stuff and make cake. I love cake. <3

2. Halloween

Ah, Halloween. A day of the year that gives you an excuse to scare the living daylights out of your friends. A night when people give you lots of candy just for wearing a costume. A night when you
get candy-drunk, while forgetting about the insomnia and the candy-hangover you will experience later. This year I'll be in London for Halloween, so that will be a new and fun experience. Halloween is very fun. I mean, how can a day of pumpkin carving, pranks, candy corn, and the weird and wonderful not be?

3. The Birmingham International Tattoo

Yes, Birmingham as a Tattoo! I thought it was only in Edinburgh, but here we are. It s on the 24th and the 25th of November in the NIA in Birmingham.  it will be featuring over 1,000 musicians and performers.

 4. Birmingham International Cake show




The worlds biggest show of cake.  That alone will bring me in. There will be cake makers from Argentina, the USA, Columbia, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, and of course, the UK. Filled with inspirational cakes and bakes, stalls that sell all sorts of awesome baking knick knacks, competitions, tutoirals and lots more! It is from the 9th to the 11th of November. It looks like a lot of fun, and I hope I see you there!

5. Thanksgiving
 I think Thanksgiving is an excellent holiday. It's like Christmas without the present lust. It's a time to be grateful for what we have and how lucky we are to have an awesome family. A time when people give to those who haven't been quite as lucky. Hopefully they give more than a pack of dry beans. :-P I don't remember celebrating Thanksgiving, having spent most of my life in the UK. But this year I will have a small celebration by making a pumpkin pie and watching the New York parade. hopefully the weather will be a little nicer this year.

6. Christmas Markets
Who doesn't love a good Christmas market? This year I'm going to the one in Birmingham, and it is the 3rd biggest in the world! I'm so excited! I always thought that the day I went to the Christmas market was just as good as Christmas day, and I believe this to be true. Pretzels, hot chocolate and Santa Claus. Who can resist?

7. Christmas

According to the stores, it's Christmas already! Last year I started celebrating in October and it didn't feel very special, so this year I'm only starting after my brother's birthday, which is in the end of November. I absolutely adore Christmas. It is no doubt my favorite holiday. A time when I can watch those Christmas movies I've been waiting all year to see (Christmas movies are the best kind of movies. ;-) ). Christmas is a day of pigging out, giving awesome presents and having a great time with family.  Christmas is full of great smells, great memories - everything about Christmas is wonderful so for me it really is the best time of the year.

8. New Year

2013. A strange and unfamiliar number ties with a strange and unfamiliar future. What awaits us in a year to come? Who knows, you might become a billionaire, or start a successful cupcake business. I like to think that in a year time I will have lots more art skillage. :-) What do you want to achieve in a year?

Aside from that there are the more select things to look out for.  I think fall is best served with a pair of binoculars, a sketch pad and a spiced hot chocolate. Huddling under a tree painting, with a toasty sweater and cosy earmuffs. that's my autumn. What's yours?

Well, that will get you set for the coming months. For now, enjoy watching the leaves go purple, and taking out your much missed sweaters. See you all later!

Monday 20 August 2012

I'm On a Mission!

And before you say anything - I'm not becoming a missionary. Sorry, Flying Spaghetti Monster. 
Before this year is out I am going to find the best flipping hot chocolate mix ever. My goal is to have found it by Christmas, so I must make haste! And when I find it I'll post it on here, and you can drink assured of 4 months of testing. I'll be trying all kinds of hot chocolate, from Mexican to mocha. But I'll probably test the classics the most.
What I'm looking for:
  • Very creamy stuff. No watery hot chocolate for me, thanks;
  • Lots of flavor.  Plain ol' water and cocoa powder aren't going to cut it anymore;
  •  Comfort. Hot chocolate is very much a comfort drink. If you didn't really feel anything while drinking it something has to be wrong;
  • Simple-ish. I'm willing to put some effort into what I'm making, but slaving over a pan for hours isn't really my cup of tea - or hot chocolate.
I'll post pictures of my creations too! I'm looking forward to my December hot chocolate post quite a lot now!

C'ya later! :D

Friday 17 August 2012

More Communication, More Coffee. Perfect!

Today I have no dignity left - I went to Tesco not intending to buy stuff, but just hang. Why? At TESCO?! I learned my lesson. I'm supposed to be funky, not copy-cat-crud. Anyway when I came home I told my mom our sad little tale and she wondered why we didn't just go to Costa instead, which was apparently right next to Tesco.  By this point I had forgotten that we only had £1 for the 3 of us, but she is SO right!

So next time this occurs I am going to grab my wallet and instead invite them out for coffee.  I love coffee shops, they have a great vibe. Even if some of them are trying to take over the world and probably aren't exactly nice about it I still adore going to them. Coffee's awesome, friends are awesome, put the two together and presto! A couple of hours well spent!
And now I bet you're thinking: ''Hey! she's just a 12 year old kid! She doesn't have the money to go get coffee instead of using Facebook all the time!'' And if you did, you're right. So if I'm low on cash (aka, all the time) then I'll just invite my friends over for a cup of Nyssa style lattes. In fact, I was just on the Starbucks website and it is mind meltingly awesome.

Oh, and have you ever noticed how on online company websites you can often shop on the American websites, but not the British? It's like that on both the Converse and the Starbucks websites, so watch out.

I am waiting eagerly for fall, my coffee season. In Winter I drink hot chocolate, spring I drink tea (if I can gulp it down), in the summer I prefer ginger ale and in fall I drink coffee. That's how it usually goes. I'm usually not much of a tea person but recently I came across chai tea and I adore it! I've been trying very hard to master the art of the perfect chai tea latte and I just can't! I'll keep trying and I'l make a recipe and post it when I have succeeded. I refuse to use one to make mine, I want to find out myself.

So which do you prefer, Starbucks or Costa? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments. :)
C'ya later! :D

Wednesday 15 August 2012

Mittens! Lost and Found



This morning I was crying while handing out fliers. This afternoon I was crying with happiness. What's going on? Well, ain't it obvious?
We lost, and very luckily found our kitty! We're guessing that when dinner was being made yesterday Mittens escaped through our kitchen window. This morning my brother couldn't find him for breakfast. We only got seriously worried at about 12 when we realized that he wasn't in the house. My brother and I went around looking for a while, with no luck so we decided to go mail flyers. Then we heard there were cat eating FOXES (yes, your eyes do not deceive you) in the area. I panicked and we went home to tell our parents the news. Then we went back out again. When we decided to go to the store to give them a flyer we saw one of our parents walking home. With MITTENS! Yay! I think we all probably cried a little. Apparently he was in a bush and a kid on our street found him and gave him pets. Now he is safe and dry, and as fluffy as usual. I love my kitties! <3

Me throughout the Ages - Clothes

Until the age of about 7 or 8 I was a very girly little kid. I wouldn't stop wearing skirts and I loved the colors pink and peach. I was almost....trendy.
For about a year or two after that I just wore anything that i first saw in my closet. I can't say I looked very good back then, and I was picked on a little for it. Luckily this was only a phase and soon enough I moved onto the next.

At 9 or 10 I was under the influence of something even worse than alcohol - online doll dress up games. It completely changed what I was into. I turned to the dark side of the force. I wrote depressing poetry, sang depressing songs badly and dreamed of wearing long black and red dresses.

By the time I was 11 I was a Japanese comic book junkie and my manga heroine was a punk.  My Halloween costume of a zombie killer because my regular clothing.  I liked spikes, rips and Dr Martens.

And now we arrive to the current me. Having been inspired by awesome family members and friends, I've changed quite a lot. I'm glad I did, because I'm the most happy now than I ever have been. Before I was tough, something to be slightly wary of. Only my friends knew how wimpy I actually was. I tried to keep a false image. I was the scary kid that had never laid a finger on anyone. But now I am a happy go lucky kinda person, very loud and loves smiley faces. I only really wear David and Goliath clothing. It's awesome, but I panic a little whenever there's an even slightly formal event.  C'ya later! I hope the next for days for you are filled with unicorns sitting on an awesome orange couch. Bye! :D
 
P.S. My hair isn't actually made of peppers, sorry. :)

Wednesday 1 August 2012

The Olympics

Finally, I have arrived at the subject of the Olympics. I've waited until now because I was too busy watching it on the TV. It's a little ironic how it's supposed to inspire young people to do sports, but somehow you get inspired by being a couch potato?
But I don't know about everyone else but it actually is inspiring. I feel like a dorky porky saying this but it is absolutely astonishing to see what the human body can do. Anyone can be an Olympic athlete if they're willing to work very, very hard for it.

I first got a glimpse of this in the women's weight lifting. Seeing girls that aren't much older than me do lift 100+ kilos really blew my mind.
Zulfiya Chinshanlo was absolutely amazing. I can't get a video up on the page but you can watch it here. She's only 19 and from Kazakhstan and managed to lift 131 kilograms in the clean and jerk lift. She made a world record and took home a gold medal. 
Another example of the power we have lies in gymnastics. The USA won gold in artistic gymnastics. They were absolutely amazing - and so was all the other competitors. You can watch that here

I've also been thinking about who I support. I don't not support anyone - I'm in awe of anyone with that kind of determination but I mainly support the USA, Canada, Mexico, anyone who hasn't gotten a medal yet, and countries who've decided to put women in after all. Wait a second...that covers pretty much everyone! Oh well. :)

Another cool thing is how we stop thinking so much about the stupid things that happens. How countries blab at each other and pick fights, all that stuff. I think they should decide that kinda thing in a war-Olympic thing. Countries row and whoever rows the fastest gets it. I bet you're reading this and thinking that it's unfair. Yes, it is. It it's a lot better than killing each other. The best idea is that we just stop bickering, but that isn't going to happen any time soon.

Just think of what you can do it you wanted to. If you signed up for that running team you thought about and really stick to it you could end up world champion. And if you're not really into the whole competition kinda thing you can still get fit, get strong, get happy, get sharp and a lot more just by doing a bit of running every day, or swimming a few times a week, or whatever...
But on the other hand there's nothing wrong with curling up on the couch and watching them do all the work. You can run when the Olympics are over. ;)


Friday 20 July 2012

Summertime!

Hey everyone! It's summer, yay! Too bad I'm in the UK, 'cuz the weather here stinks.
It's cold out, the rain's pouring (but I don't have a problem with that - I like rain. I just hate how cold it is), and my friends are on holiday. But who wants to hear me whine and winge all day? Not you, I know. I don't either so I'm putting a clamp on it for long enough that I can share what I'm doing.

1. Go to Oxford. I go often, but I got a £50 book voucher from a very nice person and I'm going to spend it at the Blackwell art shop. I looked online, and it never ceases to surprise me how expensive everything is. One Pixar concept art book will bring me back £35 there! But nevertheless I can't wait. Thank you awesome person for giving it to me!

2. Bake. A lot.
I have a huge list of stuff to make this 'summer'. This includes
Crepes,
Rainbow cake in a jar,
BabbleJarRainbow2 Rainbow Cake in a Jar
Pumpkin spice latte,



Pumpkin Spice Latte  Starbucks | Babble                              
Shamrock shake,
Shamrock Shake - McDonald's | Babble    
Oreos,
Apple spice cupcakes,
Chocolate chip cupcakes,
Cinnabon cake,
Grow sugar crystal candy,
Make pizza,
Pretzels,
Waffles (with no waffle irong)
and brownies.

3. Have a Pixar movie marathon. I'll watch all the Pixar movies with the commentary ON. Now that's what I call devotion! XD

4.  Learn to draw like this program : Scribbler too. it's awesome because everything you draw webs up on it. Here's an example I've done.


 5. Go to the cinema and watch Batman and Brave in the cinema.

6. Go fruit picking.

7. Improve on how I draw people at different angles. Then if I'm still the b word (bored) then I will buy/download the script of a movie I've never seen and storyboard part of it. Then I'll watch the movie and see how they're different.

8. Go to London. I still haven't been to London yet since we've moved. I can't wait, we're only an hour away and we'll probably go the the science museum! I love going on the underground; it's totally awesome.

9. Wales. This summer we might go to Wales for a week or so. I know nothing about it whatsoever so it'll be fun and a new experience.

10. Have fun with friends! I live a street away from an awesome friend of mine, and we go on walks sometime. This summer I want to have a big huge bubble party. With lots and lots of bubbles. I love bubbles.

What are you doing this summer? Post in the comments and share what you'll do, or even what you've already done!

C'ya later, awesome people!