First time I've ever cried reading a book...

...was 'The Time Traveler's Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger.

Amazing, took me far to long to read because i simply didn't want it to end. And then i got so hooked i couldn't stop reading it- spent two days reading the last half (200 pages).

Amazing. Romantic beyond belief. Out of this world concept. Sci-fi. Written in a very intelligent and unique way- jumping back and forth and between characters. Incredibly touching. Best characters ever.

Henry. Clare.

and i cried. i've never cried reading a book.... ever! cried so much i had to put the book down at least twice and go blow my nose and dry my eyes... i was afraid of getting the book wet since it was my friend's...

so READ IT!!!

Sent off UCAS today...

Yeah, sent off my UCAS application form for dentistry today...

after pressing send i was swamped by a sea of emotions....

-the immediate desire to want to unpress the 'send' button and check through for the 10th time
-followed by an anxiety attack
-huge sadness
-fear
-the loud thumping of my heart
-then going to eat something (i hadn't had lunch and it was 2:20pm- ish)
-texting my sister
-feeling a bit better
-reading a comic
-feeling a lot better
-feeling suddenly hyper
-running around the room
-giggling, laughing
-sudden calm
-contentment
-being at peace with the idea that i did all that i could
-going to my physics lesson

ah, yes- indeed folks- a dramatic day!

having only had 3 hours of sleep the night before probably didn't help...

nevermind nothin' i can do now!

i just gotta sit tight a wait now.

Amazing shoes!!

I know i'm becoming a shoe-freak

but these are definite contenders in my grungy-boot hunt!

From today's shopping trip to central London with my sister!

(H&M, £30-)

Personal Statement Nightmare!!

Yes, so it's the 11th of October today

The UCAS deadline for dentistry is the 15th of October....

*sigh*

i've been told my personal statement isn't up to scratch...

i shall now run away and cry- goodbye folks...

:(

Vogue Fashion Night Out

ok, gots lotsa pics from the amazing Vogue Fashion Night Out with ma sista!!

uhm, we went to Oxford Street and Regent Street and that area...

and the shops had loads of cool things, like H&M had a DJ, and Topshop had like a mini fashion show thingy...

anyway, check out my sister's blog for pictures!!!- she's made an awesome blog entry about this event- i'm not even gonna attempt to compete with....

http://www.joshtyn.blogspot.com/

here are some quick pics from the night:


(H&M fun)

(My sis- lovin' her hat!)


(The amazing pink dress from H&M- i bought a red version of it today, will put up pictures of it soon!)

(Amazing black grungy boots i'm now obsessed with! they were crazy expensive- but i'm on the hunt!)

(again witht the boots from TopShop)

(Topshop)

n that's all folks!

PEACE!

Sorry for lack of updates...

yeah, i've received abuse for my lack of posting-ness....

so apologies!

Brief summary posts of what i've been up to coming up next!!!

get your faces excited!!!!

Mask Party

This saturday i went to a friend's 18th birthday party- it had a mask theme! and was so much fun!

:D

i tried dancing (emphasis on the tried) and most of the people there got very drunk. lol, first time i've seen my friends completely drunk- it was incredibly amusing. :)

however it did end on a bit of a low note- when two guys got into a fight and one ended up hitting the other with a glass bottle (he had to have 15 stitches).... :( and the police turned up and ambulances....

but otherwise a very fun night! and there's a picture of me by the way, wearing my awesome (and pretty cheap) mask- only £3.99!! not too bad folks!

:D

p.s. i've realised, i like to paartay!!!

Wuthering Heights

Greetings!

The other day i saw 'Wuthering Heights' on itv. It was shown in two 75 mins sections over two days! It was really very good! Heathcliff was played by Tom Hardy (he was incredibly sexy in it!) and Cathy played by Charlotte Riley (who is also stunninly beautiful). So, awesome pair!


Although it had an amazing cast, top-class acting, was written by a Bronte sister (Emily Bronte to be specific) it felt rushed... to a certain degree... characters seemed rash in some of their decisions and just as we (the viewers) were about to really get some insight and real depth (which i believe the actors were dying to give)- the script demanded for the next piece of action or scene to happen. So in short, i think two 75 mins sections is way to short to really build the tension and drama in this story and its characters demand.

but that's being overly analytic perhaps....

anyway, nice costumes, it's period drama (what's not to like about that?!) and i definitely digged Tom Hardy's sexy moody-ness! In fact my mother and i thought the character of Heathcliff is very similar to the Phantom (Phantom of the Opera)- misunderstood, in love, vengeful and kinda dark and gothy. :)

And I'm sure you've noticed the screen shots included, for your viewing pleasure (as always, click on them to be directed to their source)

AS level results

oh and also,

going on holiday meant that i missed getting the results at the same time as everyone else, on the 20th August

So i got them slightly later...

got home tore open the envelope and was pretty pleased! :D

basically i scraped 4 As in every subject...

drama was a really close call where the borderline was 160 (total) and i got 163, out of 200...
(drama was a real achievement as i really wanted that A- and as i am dropping it next year, i can do so pretty happily!)

the other subjects were Physics, Chemistry and Maths. they were not as borderline... :)

So all i can do is say thank you God! and be scared and excited about the coming year!

:D

Joanne- out!

The Return from Greece

Lo friends! I have returned from the ancient and cultural land of Greece!

Went on a weeks holiday with my family to Kos (a Greek island)

It was really fun!

So now I'm like super tanned (almost sunburned...)

i shall be updating some pictures from the trip soon- so look forward till then!

au revoir

New Purple Shoes

Omg!

My sister found me these gorgeous purple ankle boots in M&S the other day!

Now, i don't usually shop or get excited by these things... but this is an exception!

:D

Confessions of a Shopaholic

I am watching it with my mum, right now!! :)

it's pretty good!

She's v. funny!

;)

Work Experience, End of it

ok, finished my work experience at my dad's dental practice today.

t'was fun! :)

had a sudden art idea... to draw a dentist as an octopus! :D sounds crazy- but i totally have a vision!

because a dentist needs many arms and hands (that's why the nurse is there...)

anyway, it shall all make sense when i do it!!!!

Need to post more often!

Geez! i'm finding it really hard to find the time to post on here!

I barely check my mail once a day...

my DeviantART inbox reads: 197 deviations, 25 journals, 3 polls and 1 activity message...
- that means that i need to check all that stuff! man...

:)

anyway, it's been incredibly busy! i'm doing my work experience (at a dental clinic) atm, and it's exhausting!

but once the storm has settled i shall try my very hardest to make posting (and checking other people's blogs- sorry!) a regular thing.

byebye for now mateees! ;)

Last Drama Lesson.... EVER!!!

*sigh*

hi...

today was my last drama lesson... ever....

t'was very sad. You see I've been doing drama since year 7. -back then it wasn't serious stuff, just games and stuff that shouldn't actually be called drama, lol. and we had a teacher called Miss Kennedy- good times those were.... :)

Anyway, then it came to the end of year 9 and we had to pick subjects for GCSEs- and i picked drama (naturally)

What followed was two years of drama with a teacher called Ms Fox- who has greatly inspired me in many ways. :)

We studied plays such as Blood Brothers, Caucasian Chalk Circle and others.... our pieces had to be devised. I remember always being very confident of my ability- until i saw myself perform (it had been recorded). And then the tragic thing occured: my self perception of myself was way out of line with how i actually look. So a big shocker- and a huge knock on my confidence... :(

...good times...

and then i got a B for my GCSE- instead of the A i was so surely predicted. I remember being absolutely destroyed by that.

Lol. How dramatic.

Anyway i tried getting over it- but i don't think i've ever properly done. So since i haven't completely felt confident in my ability.

When it came to choosing A-levels i wasn't as sure whether to pick it... but in the end i did- my unbeatable love for the subject itself beat any self-doubt i had!

So I've just had a year of incredible theatre studies (at AS level):
-discovered absurdist plays (Eugene Ionesco, amongst others)
-did the play 'Crimes of the Heart' (i played Babe)- the suicidal youngest sister who shot her husband in the stomach. :)
-I also did a monologue from 'The Gentlemen of Verona'
-And we studied 'A Doll's House' and 'Oleanna' in a lot of detail.

but alas my future prospects dictate that i can't continue it next year.

It's been rather heartbreaking, and today was the last day. :(

Spent about 1.5 hours speaking to Ms Fox after school about stuff.... man she's awesome!

So,

I'll really miss it. :) -But i'm incredibly thankful for all the years i've been fortunate enough to study the subject (and all the amazing things i've been able to take away from it!)

another quote- me likey!

Meade's Maxim: Always remember that you are absolutely unique,
.... just like everyone else.

I'm Melting!!!

OMGSH!!!! it's like soooo hot! been wearing skirts for the past two days (which i don't think i've done for a normal school day at school.... since... ever!) :O

it's been 30 degrees celsius for the past two days here.... 30 degrees!!!!

and our school is strange in that it wont allow anyone to wear shorts... so, girls are perfectly ok wearing mini skirts- but if a guy was to show up in 3/4 length shorts or even nice tailored shorts they would be told off, and possibly sent home... it doesn't really make sense to me. Anyway, the prefect team are trying to address the issue.... hope it's not a lost cause!

*dies from heat*

uhuh... yesterday at badminton i was exhausted just after the warm up! man, this heat really takes it out of you...

and i'm seeing Avenue Q tonight! Yay! Avenue Q! It's supposed to be really funny and kinda rude- which is kinda cool.. i guess.

Anyway, shall tell you more upon my return! now, to find something that i can wear that wont kill me from the heat- whilst still being somewhat appropriate for the theatre... hmm....

Michael Jackson's death

:( Michael Jackson died last thursday (25th June, 2009)- so four days ago.

It was about 11:30pm, i was upstairs brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed. My lil bro comes upstairs and says 'Michael Jackson is dead'. Wow, i was pretty shocked. Can't really tell you how much. First thing i felt was disbelief... i ran downstairs, and my sister and mum were watching the bbc news. It had huge 'Just in' messages all over it, and 'Live here from Los Angeles'... and all that stuff....

and then one of those news men said, 'it has been confirmed that Michael Jackson died today, when he suffered from a cardiac arrest in his hotel room...'

it was pretty much like the time stopped... and i was completely speechless. all i could say was "what...?" and "how....?"

i don't think anyone saw it coming.

Such an amazing man.

The most distinct childhood memory i had of him was when i was just a baby (don't know how old) and whenever 'Heal the World' came on, i'd just stop whatever i was doing and move to the front of the tv. and i'd put my hands on the screen and be mesmerized.... :)

so it's sad. and he was about to do a huge tour too- here at the O2

poor fans who bought tickets will be gutted.

woke up the day after, and turned on the radio- almost every station was blasting out old MJ classics... that made me get upset all over again- i'd forgotten what had happened.

hope he knew how much people loved and adored him. may he rest in peace.

xx

NOBODY IS PERFECT

I AM NOBODY

THEREFORE I AM PERFECT

Cool right? it's actually longer- but i like this bit of it! :)

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and guess what.

this new random template i chose wont let people comment either! so what am i supposed to do?!

just strip my blog of any template!??!?

FINE!

Stupid blog templates... rhghuihgsuhgfhsg

Grr! getting so frustrated with these stupid templates! There are not enough to pick from! So i look out of this site for other templates... spend ages... finally pick one! and what happens...? oh yeah, that's right! stupid weird writing appears at the top of my blog, sponsoring some website!

then i try to see if i can remove it by going to that weird html place... again, spend a long time trying that out! dsugbirbyegbrgyuerbyuuybuyvebyeur

try looking for other templates, but realize i've lost the will to. So, now i've barely updated in this blog because everytime i look at it, i get angry at the stupid template! Then i pick another one, finally- and it doesn't let people comment! what the heck?!

......

so, i'm going to make my own template, my sister found this website that shows you how to do it. So i will!!!!

for now, i'll just have to live with this other random template i've picked. :(

Goodbye!

Breakfast

ok, this is a much loved blog. I think you can tell by the constant updates!

Anyway, here is what i had for breakfast the other day:

and from the other angle:

:D t'was very tasty!

even though it's pretty obvious what's on each piece of toast i shall list them for you anyway!

-crunchy peanut butter, banana slices and honey on top- for one of them

-Emmental cheese slices (slightly melted on top of toast), and various berries cut into little pieces (strawberry, blueberry, raspberry and blackberry)

:D i love my food!

Keys...

ok... so after walking around my house for a while, i got tired and sat down and decided to scan in some drawings i'd done. This was at approx. 1:45am...

Then i uploaded one onto DeviantART, (check DA out! It's seriously cool! www.deviantart.com/) yup! if you haven't heard about it, it's the biggest online art community! you upload art- and people comment. Everyone's really nice! what a lovely place.

In the end i found my keys! but i was way too tired to do a victory dance.... only 5 hours of sleep... good times.... and i had to get up early for a violin lesson...

hmm... maybe i'll sleep today. *collapses*

Oh man...

*sigh*

I've lost my keys... again... :(

it's 1:15am, and i'm walking around my house looking for those darn keys!

oh well.... is gonna be a long night... will update later on today, if i make it...

Blog Template

Not too happy with this blog template... the colours just aren't working for me.

hmmm... i shall have to trace down a better one! Never fear! It shall be done!

*runs off for the great search*

Assembly!

...ok... i didn't know this would end up being such an essay... below is just my crazy rambling and recalling of a quite small little thing that happened today. but i was pretty nervous about doing this assembly, so it's quite important to me... anyway, read on at own risk!! :O

Wow, had to speak in part of an assembly today. To be honest, i'd been dreading doing this assembly- you see a couple of months ago i was pretty ill and couldn't come to school. This meant that i missed a prefect/ senior students meeting, and apparently they decided that it was time to do an assembly where the person speaking would moan to the rest of the year about our sixthform common room and the mess. And guess what, they all nominated ME! I wasn't even there! mean right? -hehe, i'm being pretty dramatic, apparently it was for a good reason, because they thought i'd do a good job. which is always nice.

Anyway, i tried preparing the speech yesterday, and was just saying roughly what i wanted to say out loud. And my mum heard and said, 'No, don't do it like that. Be more straightforward, don't sugar-coat it!' and all that. So i completely changed my approach to it. Then later on my sister heard me saying it (this was at about 1-2am in the morning), she came into my room and said, 'No, no. Not like that. Just be more casual, and she told me how to phrase it.' I got kinda frustrated because i'd just changed it. But here's the thing i've learned- my sis is right in pretty much everything she advices... it's freaky.... :O

So i went to school with a different kind of approach to it... a bit confused i'll add... I then went over it during my free period. Some of my friends helped and commented. Some said, nobody's going to listen, we've all heard it before, other's said don't be too moany.. all that kind of stuff.

About 10 mins before the assembly i went down to get ready. The headboy and headgirl were both there, saying the doors hadn't been opened yet. (I'm deputy headgirl- btw) So we waited outside, while i told the headboy what i was planning to say. He said, no you need to say more about blah blah blah... and he started telling me to add all this stuff in pretty much last minute! So i was pretty thrown... I tried arguing back on some points saying they weren't really necessary, and how people don't want to listen to a moan, they wanna be hearing a student on their side just informing them. I kinda panicked a bit...

Anyway, we're in the assembly room, and our teacher is rambling on about stuff for a while... blah blah blah.... and for some reason i can feel my heart thudding quite loudly- and i'm thinking, 'what the heck?' i've done tons of assemblies before, why am i so nervous? anyway, the thudding died down before i came on... thank goodness...

started with saying 'hi guys, just wanna talk about the sixthform and keeping it clean an tidy'- and gave a huge smile. And it went really well! At one point there was a bit of applause- when i dramatically mentioned one of the prefects amazing dishwasher rota timetables... lol.... and then at the end, i said 'yeah, that's it, thanks!'- and they clapped! :D at which i giggled a little bit before introducing the headboy to talk about whatever he was talking about.

Anyway, moral of the story is, Face your fears! It was great! Got tons of really nice, supportive feedback from my fellow lovely peers! Man, i love my year!

*does happy dance* yay! who would have thought you could be applauded for moaning? i must just be special... lol.. (kidding)

:D i'm a happy one!

Back to school, starting A2 courses...

So, just finished my AS exams last week. (didn't go amazingly well- but pretty well considering how long i left revision, which was about two nights before for each)- typical...

anyway, started the A2 courses today! they were okay. Physics at 8:30 in the morning... always a fun thing to do. :( i still haven't grown to love physics completely. Something i'm hoping will happen next year when i HAVE to take it!

Then, during most of my drama lesson had the Cervical Vaccine jab- nr. 2. Which was super fun! actually, i don't really mind needles- and it did not hurt much at all!

Then a maths lesson... trigonometry, learning new concepts and graphs and asymptotes, such as cot, cosec and sec... wow.... maths looks like it's going to be a crazy one next year!

uhm.. let's see, then chemistry- which actually looks like it's going to be pretty interesting! I really like chemistry! :D

yup- sadly i must leave the exciting and captivating world of theatre and drama behind- as i delve into a whole new world of heavy science and maths subjects... joy!

First Post

:) and it begins....

yup, i've now created a blog! so join me, as i begin this exciting new chapter of my life... blah blah.. all that stuff....

:D anyway, i'll try to keep this site as up-to-date as possible, with news about what's goin' down (lol) and hopefully put up stuff I'm interested in... and all that....

Anyway, let the awesome awesomeness begin!

Enjoy!