tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84697482845057714962024-03-06T08:46:35.164+00:00Sophia's BlogSophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-63418913099250058282010-11-20T20:34:00.003+00:002010-11-20T20:48:17.530+00:00Zombies and not-zombies!Right, so I haven't updated since August. I will post the picture of the pirate shop soon, but my camera is upstairs in my room and so next time I upload pictures to the computer I'll make sure to get the pirate shop. Since August: <br />HS = AWESOME! Best one yet. <br />Applying for foundation art: Arrgh!<br />Creating a portfolio: Arrgh!<br />Interview at Epsom for foundation art: went pretty damn well (I hope - I get the results in a couple of weeks' time). <br />Seeing BTTF at the cinema: AWESOME!<br />I've also gotten more and more excited for Tron: Legacy the closer it gets to the 17th of December.<br />Saw Harry Potter today, not because I wanted to (I actually didn't) but because it's sort of an OCD thing - I've seen the rest so I had to see this one. Like the others, not brilliant but it kept me entertained (there was a Tron: Legacy trailer at the beginning! Yay!). <br /><br />Anyway, recently I have been watching the new Walking Dead TV show and I have to say that it's really good. I don't actually watch that much TV, so I can't be all "it's the best TV show I've seen in a long while", plus that would be a lie as I have recently watched Firefly (but I still have about 15 minutes of the last episode to watch (grr Megavideo...)) but that's what I would like to say. <br /><br />I've also recently started playing on RE4 a lot. I decided to give it a go the other day (the first time I played (a year or two ago) I completely failed as I ran out of ammo and didn't look round for more) and actually managed to get somewhere, and found lots of ammo. I also did a rather cool thing the other day (it's probably not that awesome, but it made me happy) - a ganado lurched at me and was just about to grab me when I blew his head off - I was all "yeahhhh!".Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-39759427356708492562010-08-14T22:58:00.001+01:002010-08-14T22:59:32.297+01:00In St. Tropez...THEY HAVE A PIRATE SWEETSHOP!<br /><br />I will post a picture when I get round to uploading my photos. Which will be in over a week's time, since I'm going up to York for more crazy Quakerness tomorrow.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-4340209345155636302010-06-12T20:45:00.003+01:002010-06-12T20:54:49.390+01:00It's odd...having all this freedom and not having to revise. I can read! I can draw! It's fantastic, it really is. I did a drawing in ink today; there's just something so fun about dip pens and ink. Probably due to the fact if you make a mistake you can't change it (unless you sketch it out in pencil first, which I did do) and it's really quick unlike painting with acrylic paint. <br /><br />Doctor Who's been good; last week's episode was different and I really liked it, but I cannot find my Amy Pond love. I just don't like her. Gah.<br /><br />You know how I said in a previous post that I needed to get into Marvel sometime? Mission accomplished. I have now watched Spiderman and Spiderman 2.<br /><br />(This is rather random, but in exams they say you're not allowed iPods or MP3 players. I'm sorry, I thought iPods WERE MP3 players. What makes them so special that they get their own category? They weren't the first MP3 players nor are they the best./rant)Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-28646114244545787992010-05-29T22:37:00.002+01:002010-05-29T23:02:25.144+01:00A very quick blogOk, so this is a little late (by over a week) but ASHES TO ASHES IS OVER NOOOOOO GENE HUNT AND CO. ARE NEVER COMING BACK TO GRACE OUR TV SCREENS AGAIN. Yeah, so now that I've got that out I'm a little happier. The finale though was amazing. I thought the ending was cool and that they wrapped it up nicely. and the Galex fans got what they wished for (I don't ship characters so...). <br /><br />and tonight's Doctor Who episode was quite emotional, but Bill Nighy's in next week's episode so I'm looking forward to that (I did a double take when I saw him in the trailer). <br /><br />I've also been watching the original series of The Prisoner (instead of Firefly - sorry Livvi) and it's so trippy and brilliant and the village is so happy yet sinister. I've seen six episodes so far which is more than any other television show I've watched online. I fail at watching things online.<br /><br />Also I watched the Eurovision song contest tonight - our entry was awful. I wonder who'll win. I'm not staying up for the voting though.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-82362628490156556492010-05-21T18:52:00.004+01:002010-05-21T19:01:52.108+01:00Pacman Google.Today if you visit Google you will notice that it has a Pacman themed logo. Not only that, you can actually PLAY it. Unfortunately I've never been that great at Pacman, so having the bits to collect in the "G" and "e" make it harder. <br /><br />Also, it's the final ever episode of Ashes to Ashes tonight. I finally get to know what the hell is going on! Well, I still have another two hours to wait. Arghhh. I will however miss Gene Hunt & co. I've been told I should watch the pilot episode of the US Life on Mars as it's in the "so bad it's good" territory. The first episode of the actual US LOM was "so bad it's horrible" (why yes I have been spending my time on TV Tropes. Excellent form of procrastination), so I will not be continuing to watch the rest of that. There's also a Spanish LOM and a Russian one in the works. We just need a Japanese anime version and a stop motion version to complete the set.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-22144401853271538262010-05-18T12:08:00.003+01:002010-05-18T12:18:18.055+01:003 down, quite a few more to go.Today I did my general studies exam. I'm not entirely sure how well I think I did in it. The same is true for the critical thinking paper I did yesterday. The art exam however went well I feel. <br /><br />Anyway I went to the library today to give back V for Vendetta and Watchmen and went to see if they had The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as I would like to read that next. Neither of the libraries had it. However the second library I went to had this big book of Marvel Horror which I want to get out after exams, just to get into Marvel as all the graphic novels I have read so far and all the movie adaptations of comic book characters (apart from Hellboy (which I saw a couple of weekends ago. I really want to see Hellboy 2 now. Guillermo del Toro is just amazing)) have been DC and I feel I really need to balance this out. I also saw a load of sci-fi novels I want to get out (mainly Philip K. Dick and H. G. Wells) but didn't due to exams (I've made myself a rule that I can only read graphic novels or non-serious novels during exams. I'm not entirely sure why.) - I've just realised I haven't read a sci-fi novel in absolutely ages. Most of my reading in the past year has consisted of Discworld novels (and yes, I did get another one out the library today as I haven't read one in a few months. I got Hogfather out as it's one of the most famous and yet I've not read it) and I've just been too distracted to get some other, non-Discworld novels out. Hope those brackets haven't confused you. <br /><br />Also, I'm sure you've all heard the very sad news that Ronnie James Dio passed away on Sunday. He was such an amazing vocalist and it's such a shame he's gone.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-37083202132009730872010-04-24T19:55:00.004+01:002010-04-24T20:06:46.827+01:00Birthday party!I had some friends round my house today for my birthday party and we ate pizza, cake and brownie. I recieved the Star Wars Original Trilogy, a Serenity graphic novel and the third (signed! to me!) Sandman volume (Dream Country). They're now all in my room and my room feels a whole lot nerdier (I wish my mum would let me stick up posters in my room. She hates blu-tack on the walls. I'm not even sure what I would have a poster of. I just want a poster). Doesn't help that my friends and I were discussing nerdy stuff and then after they left I watched the new Doctor Who episode (I can't wait for next week) so I am in a rather nerdy mood at the moment. I am also looking forward to Frankie's fanfiction on Percy Weasley where he dresses in leather and quotes muggle movies. <br /><br />I've also decided I should probably start using Twitter properly (at the moment most (pretty much all) of the people I follow I know in real life and I tweet about once a month). Although I know this will probably never happen.<br /><br />Also - we're already halfway through series three of Ashes to Ashes! How could it go by so quick? It's so good.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-23030638853207349282010-04-16T12:19:00.002+01:002010-04-16T12:33:38.501+01:00Vampires!It's my birthday today! Wahey!<br /><br />Anyway, on to vampires. Last weekend I watched Nosferatu, Dracula (1931) and I read "The Vampyre" (which, as I'm sure you'll all know, is the short story by Polidori with the vampire Lord Ruthven).<br /><br />Nosferatu: Max Schreck gives a phenomenally creepy performance as Count Orlok - which is not helped by the film being old (I watched it on Google video, seeing as the film is in the public domain) and all flickery. Coincidentally "Schreck" is the German word for "horror". It was also the first silent movie I've seen. Renfield is also a little creepy in this movie. I wasn't a big fan of the castle in this movie though. However I did like this movie.<br /><br />Dracula (1931): I liked this movie (moreso than Nosferatu) - I really liked the sets for Dracula's castle and Carfax Abbey (I like castles in general though). What I didn't like was the complete lack of musical score (apart from the music for the opening credits) - I feel it made the movie slightly less atmospheric than it could have been. Renfield (Dwight Frye) was awesome - I felt he captured the character rather well. Lugosi is brilliant as Dracula. If you haven't seen this movie, go and do so now!Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-27357069753268402312010-03-31T19:52:00.002+01:002010-03-31T19:59:50.090+01:00Spinosaurus!I have recently discovered that there was a bigger carnivorous dinosaur than the giganotosaurus... the spinosaurus! I've known about the spinosaurus, but I didn't know it was bigger than the giganotosaurus (not to be confused with the gigantosaurus, that's a completely different dinosaur). Spinosaurus' arms are less ridiculous than Giganotosaurus, but instead it has a spiny ridge on its back (hence the name) which just makes it look all hunchback. Other than that it is rather fierce looking. I wonder who would win in a fight? Giganotosaurus or Spinosaurus? or what if it was Giganotosaurus vs Tyrannosaurus Rex vs Spinosaurus vs Allosaurus? We'll never know.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-13514550732142424362010-03-07T11:51:00.002+00:002010-03-07T11:53:06.434+00:00I have found a new websitethat I like. I thought I'd share it with you all. (warning: may cause you to become hungry, and possibly drool over the keyboard).<br /><br /><a href="http://foodporndaily.com/">http://foodporndaily.com/</a>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-50345701747603957352010-02-16T22:10:00.007+00:002010-02-16T22:22:35.087+00:00Why does everyone assume......that if you're a teenager and your family has left you alone in the house for three nights, that you're going to have loads of parties? Heck, I didn't even have a single person over. I was a nerd and stayed in watching Lord of the Rings (extended editions) because I hadn't watched them in around three years and they needed watching again, especially after I had re-read the books last year. I forgot how good they were and also how <span style="font-style:italic;">pretty</span>. The landscapes are gorgeous - even Mordor is pretty in it's own way. Do not get me started on Minas Tirith (I was watching one of the documentaries that came with the DVD and the Minas Tirith set was built on top of the Helm's Deep set, seeing as they weren't using it anymore). I also finished off the stitching part of my artwork. It's pretty nice to have the whole house to oneself just because it is so QUIET. <br /><br />Oh, I've also done a drawing of a mechanical dragon:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NFLsGuzcixO3OculZHUoa3R8QGHH5JiwLpwi47GeTy9w-YxVtutnMKNz8EVqeQ8oou81XkAv-gZyAXGA825xQrgOdTkwSPQ_mRC28cM9_ii4t1nn999DH-RzpUOECRmN2TYXIRC2ty65/s1600-h/Scan10059.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NFLsGuzcixO3OculZHUoa3R8QGHH5JiwLpwi47GeTy9w-YxVtutnMKNz8EVqeQ8oou81XkAv-gZyAXGA825xQrgOdTkwSPQ_mRC28cM9_ii4t1nn999DH-RzpUOECRmN2TYXIRC2ty65/s320/Scan10059.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438969221931178994" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It was probably subconciously inspired by the Nazgûl's armour (specifically their gauntlets. I want those gauntlets).Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-63133743688031748322010-02-08T20:20:00.008+00:002010-02-08T20:39:16.376+00:00100th post!Tomorrow I have to give a short talk about a piece of artwork I saw at the V & A museum that I really liked from the Medieval and Renaissance section. Except I didn't like anything, I'm much more of a fan of modern art. So I'm going to do my speech on "Persistence of Memory" (which I have actually seen in real life at the MOMA in New York. It's a lot smaller than I thought it was), seeing as Dalí is one of my favourite artists. I've also just decided that I love M. C. Escher as much as I love Dalí, so I don't really have one favourite artist any more. I think it's probably due to the fact that in the movie "Labyrinth" there is a room inspired by Escher's "Relativity" with stairs everywhere and it is one of my favourite scenes in the movie. <a href="http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/5653/labyrinthescher.jpg">I just love the set design. </a><br /><a href="http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3520/escherreptilesmedium.jp"><br />One of my favourite pieces by Escher is "Reptiles"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3323/dalielephants.jpg">I love the weird tall elephants Dalí paints. When I went to his wife's castle back in 2005 he had lots of these statues, unfortunately I did not know who Dalí was at the time and so did not appreciate it as much as I could have. </a><br /><a href="http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1503/lego12.jpg"><br />I also thought that this was just awesome</a>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-53563875035264082882010-02-06T10:41:00.008+00:002010-02-06T10:58:11.259+00:00Movie time!In the past week I have watched a few movies (only four, but that is quite a lot for me). <br /><br />- Die Hard (oh yes I have finally seen it. Life just feels weird now that I no longer have a movie at the very top of my "to see" list). It is awesome, I watched it last Saturday and then continued to think about it for Sunday and most of Monday, except I'm beginning to forget it now (hmm, time for a rewatch methinks? Nah, I can wait). I'll get round to seeing the other Die Hards some day.<br />- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? - Yes, I have seen this movie before. I absolutely hate the scene where Judge Doom dips that shoe into The Dip. It's just that it's so cute looking and friendly before getting Dipped. <br />- Neco z Alenky (Alice) - Remember that surrealist Czech version of Alice in Wonderland I was talking about on my blog a couple of months ago (with the sock puppet catepillar)? I finally got around to watching it. It's a very different take on the story, and it is set in a dilapidated old house (adding to the creepiness). Lots of stop-motion (which is a good think, I adore stop-motion). Yes it is mildly disturbing, especially the White Rabbit. There he is chopping the head off of one of the card people, by order of the Queen of Hearts. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2706/02rabbitcopy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 303px;" src="http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2706/02rabbitcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Everyone should see it though. It's just so wildly different.<br /><br />- Nikita - Seeing as I like some of the other films Luc Besson has done, I figured I'd like this (the DVD has been lying around in our house unopened for ages). It was good, but I think I still prefer Léon (which is due a rewatch, I can't remember it that well). Oh, and Fifth Element is on next Friday. I'll probably be watching it (it's just such an insane movie, it shouldn't work at all, but it does).Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-60563586322415652712010-01-19T21:20:00.002+00:002010-01-19T21:25:04.123+00:00Blue Monday.Apparently yesterday was "blue Monday", most depressing day of the year. I guess I was feeling a little depressed. But it gives me an excuse to post this (to cure you of that post blue Monday depression:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VyoDbX1EkPQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VyoDbX1EkPQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-79110652530483868622010-01-01T22:54:00.004+00:002010-01-17T20:00:22.295+00:00It's a new year and a new layout.I was getting bored of my blog's layout and so decided to change it. This one is much brighter and happier feeling, don't you think? and it's GREEEEN.<br /><br />Anyway I have been spending the past couple of weeks playing on Lego Star Wars and Indiana Jones. The Lego characters are so so cute (especially the Star Wars ones) and I love the little cutscenes they have (spoofing the actual movies). I have just realised I have not seen any Indiana Jones for at least five years (saw Temple of Doom last (just realised that IS the only one I've seen all the way through. I think I have a thing for tuning into Raiders of the Lost Ark at the end when the people's heads explode/melt)) so I hope that the movies will be shown again on television soon. <br /><br />We also now have pet fish! Two goldfish and four of those tiny fish. Still not entirely sure what to call my fish.<br /><br />I started writing this blog post on the 1st of Jan... now it is the 17th. Oh dear.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-4954821059009037002009-12-27T22:22:00.014+00:002009-12-28T23:03:46.783+00:00The last post of 2009 (and the noughties)...Seeing as it's nearing the end of the year (and of a decade! It's gone so fast! I remember back to 2000 when everyone was wishing everyone a happy millennium. It's quite scary having been through a whole decade, this is my first time that I've experienced the first year of the decade, the last year of the decade and all the years inbetween. I guess older people like my parents are somewhat more used to it, but still, it's sad and a tad scary at the same time! I've had so many good memories this decade... *must end brackets now or I will ramble on and on*) I have decided to make a list of um, <span style="font-style:italic;">things</span> (I can't think of a better word) that have happened this year. I'm sure I will forget quite a few things, then have to update my blog later on. Here goes (also, there is no chronological order to this, that would make things too confusing ('tis the holidays)). <br /><br />- Became a little bit more nerdy seeing as I have now seen Star Wars and become a fan of it (I love it! I want chopsabers!) and also become a fan of Discworld (I love it! I've started reading my tenth book). Also reread Lord of the Rings and become a little bit obsessed with it (I love it!). Tried to get into Star Trek and completely failed (I don't love it. :( Hey, too much nerdiness would not be good!). <br />- Seen some movies at the cinema, none of which have managed to make it onto my favourite movies list. These movies would be: Let the Right One In, Star Trek, Harry Potter 6, District 9 and St. Trinians 2. Although I'm pretty sure I've left one off. I'll add it on if I remember. <br />- Alternatively, seen some movies not at the cinema and quite a few have been added to my favourite movies list. Blade Runner and The Fifth Element are two of the main ones. and I re-saw Labyrinth! and then I bought the soundtrack.<br />- Which reminds me, music this year, I bought a load of CDs at the start of the year and almost none at the end. I've been getting into stuff that isn't classic rock, thanks to last.fm, mainly 80s pop and old-school goth. and I reallllly want to buy some Blue Öyster Cult.<br />- Been to the Japanese restaurant with the conveyor belts that I have been meaning to go to for so long. Bought some Pockys! ("Men's Pockys". Which are just dark chocolate versions of the original things). <br />- Discovered some very addictive websites, namely darkroastedblend (link in the sidebar) and cracked.com (link NOT in the sidebar). I'm pretty sure I discovered listverse last year, however this year I have learnt a lot of stuff off of that website. <br />- Discovered a love for lumberjack shirts. They're just so warm and baggy and comfortable. <br />- Received a dinosaur ice cube mould from Zoë for Christmas. It is a T-Rex skeleton and it is awesome (I've already used it once, even though it is winter). I am going to use it a lot in the summer. (on a side note, discovered the song "Godzilla" by Blue Öyster Cult, much love!) <br />- Had some really really odd late night conversations, thank goodness I don't have them anymore. :D (and now have random in jokes... gahhh). <br />- We ♥ Katamari! Awesome game, except when I last tried to play on it it didn't load, though I have a feeling this is to do with the laser within the Playstation because the disc isn't scratched... and the laser can be cleaned easily... please let it be the laser...<br />- Drunken shenanigans at Zoë's house (<span style="font-style:italic;">let's forget about those now shall we...</span>)<br />- Table tennis rage. Ahh I do miss our table tennis sessions. <br />- The New York art trip.<br />- Going into charity shops and going through all the old records and looking for funny covers. <br />- Meeting new people and making new friends.<br />- Getting good grades in my GCSEs. and being happy that they were over. <br /><br />That's the main stuff I can think of for now. <br /><br />Oh, I guess I should mention what I got for Christmas:<br /><br />- The Silmarillion (yays!) but no Discworld. :(<br />- One of those foil things you scratch to make a picture (it's black and you scratch it to get to the shiny foil part... you know what I mean). <br />- A scarf<br />- Professor Layton and Pandora's Box <br />- A Topshop voucher<br />- Pens<br />- Some Revels<br />- <span style="font-weight:bold;">and the obligatory socks</span><br /><br />and a whole load of stationary in my stocking. Also watched The Nightmare Before Christmas on Christmas Eve since I hadn't seen it in ages; it's so fun. <br /><br />I am going to miss the noughties (that's such a silly name for a decade, but I guess there's not much else) and I have too many memories to list here for all ten years of it. I wish you could hug years goodbye, it's a bit of an abstract thought but hey. That's not really odd though for me, I usually want to hug something. <br /><br />Anyway, bring on 2010! and the next decade! (whatever it ends up being called). <br /><br />(Next decade: Totally looking forward to The Hobbit movie! Although that's two years away yet (part 1 anyway). Plenty of time to re-read the book.)<br /><br />(Totally random but have found out that there are "light swords" for the Wii that you can use with the Wii Lego Star Wars game... I know what game I want next.)Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-58723244046240284062009-12-25T12:40:00.002+00:002009-12-25T12:44:54.550+00:00It's that time of year again!<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-colour:#A00000;">MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!</span></span></span>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-54153582061103081052009-11-26T21:37:00.004+00:002009-11-26T21:57:33.839+00:00Shiny new computers, art canvases and GodzillaThis is the first blog I'm writing on our shiny new Windows 7 computer. Windows 7 is new and shiny. That's all there is to say. Also I have a proper clock on my desktop as well as a calendar (those gadget things). <br /><br />My art canvas is not going to be done for Monday. No one's is. I'm stressing out. Some people have gone past the stressed out stage and gone straight to the "wheeee I'm hyper" stage (where you get so stressed you just don't care). I don't like what I'm painting, mainly because it's not my idea but my teacher's. It also focuses on perspective, and I have always hated perspective, especially on big scale pieces as it's bound to mess up. It already has. <br /><br />Been on Popcap games recently, completed the free version of Plants vs Zombies in around an hour (no, I don't have an addiction). <br /><br />I've been ill the past few days (was properly ill on the weekend, all tired and runny nose and headachey) but have been at school/on psychology trips (that was on Monday, it was alright but I wanted to sleep). Being a combination of tired and ill is not good. I sometimes feel all lightheaded and floaty. <br /><br />Read a book for the first time in over a month (mainly on the trains to and back from the psychology trip) - it was Slaughterhouse Five. I quite liked it, even if it did get slightly confusing with all the jumping around in time. <br /><br />They sold lemon muffins in the canteen today which made me happy as I had been randomly craving lemon cake for a while (except they were 428 calories (I only checked because one of the art teachers asked me to, I never check the calorie count otherwise)). <br /><br />I have been looking up Kaiju on Wikipedia (this probably stems from my obsession with Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla". How can you not love a band that has a song about Godzilla?) and now I finally know what the other creatures are from the end of the Simpsons episode (the one where they visit Japan) which had been bugging me for a while. <br /><br />I have noticed other people haven't updated their blogs in a while *coughcough*...Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-51148509823880917202009-11-01T21:18:00.005+00:002009-11-01T21:52:29.119+00:00New York! ...and other stuffI do really need to write a blog about NY so I will do it now (instead of my fucking psychology essay that I actually cannot do). <br /><br />Friday I arrived at the airport and while we waited I played Irish snap with Suzy, Jess and Ailis. Fastforward to getting on the plane. There is a fault with one of the computers. We wait over an hour to get it fixed. Finally the plane takes off. On this flight I watched the US version of Life On Mars (It's awful! Don't watch it!), Flight of the Concords (I've never seen it before so I watched the two eps they had, good stuff, may watch more one day) and Coraline (this was good too). Finally we arrive and there is trouble at the US customs with a few members of our group or something like that. We finally get on the coach... but it's the wrong one! We get off and get on the coach behind, which is the right one. Arrive at hotel. Dump stuff. Go to Bubba Gump's about four hours late. Get high on Mountain Dew. Off to bed.<br /><br />Saturday we visited the Metropolitan and Whitney. Now the Metropolitan was pretty awesome, but I didn't like the Whitney. The layout was odd, it was too dark and there was nowhere to sit (did you know you can get addicted to sitting? Yeah, I found that weird too). That day I purchased on of those infamous I <3 NY hoodies. A lot of walking, my feet started to hurt. Dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe (where I bought a t-shirt). More cheeseburgers! More Mountain Dew! <br /><br />Sunday we visited the International Centre of Photography and went to Brooklyn to draw views of Manhattan. Walking over the bridge, you could look down between the slats and see the flea market and river and other stuff below. Thankfully I'm not afraid of heights (only of falling) so I found this pretty fascinating. Other people didn't. More walking, hurty feet, Jess and I getting dragged around the clothes shops by Suzy and Ailis. I'm pretty sure it was Sunday we went on the Staten Island ferry and saw the Statue of Liberty from afar. Dinner at Bubba Gump's again, met a waiter George and asked him lots of questions, found out he had been in an advert, ate Southern fried shrimp. More Mountain Dew! Times Square is crazy at night. There is so much light pollution that the area above looks like day. Went up the Empire State Building (after being in a queue for about 2-3 hours - totally worth it though).<br /><br />Monday we visited the MOMA which I loved and we also went to Ground Zero and drew that. In the evening we went to a secret floating garden place (it was some old Metro thing) where there was an amazing sunset. Plane back to England, which I tried to sleep on and didn't watch anything. <br /><br />I have seriously condensed my trip down but I do have a tendency to attempt to write every tiny little detail - most of which you probably don't want to know (there were loads of odd people in NY. The prize goes to the large woman dressed in an American flag clothing making out with the stomach of a mini Statue of Liberty (that was outside a shop). Still disturbs me). Also on the last night all boundaries were lost between me and my roommates. You don't want to know what we were talking about. Oh and breakfast was good too. Pancakes and waffles! We all craved healthy food after a while. <br /><br />Tuesday I arrived back but then had to go meet Sophie a.k.a "my friend from Pontefract" (one of the people from HS). Wednesday we both went out to Kingston and didn't really buy much (I did however get Jess' birthday present). Then went and invaded Twickenham's charity shops and bought some stuff, went to Blockbuster and bought second hand Blade Runner (director's cut) and Shaun of the Dead (Sophie told me it was good). We spent ages looking for a third DVD (it was 3 for £10) so she got one of the Scream movies for herself. Watched SOTD that night, it was good. Thursday went to Portobello road and Camden market, I bought some seahorse earrings (I love them!) and a new bag. That night watched half of Blade Runner (Sophie hadn't seen it) and watched the other half next morning. Again I could go on about how I love BR but I won't. Oh and the DVDs weren't scratched! They worked fine! So maybe only the rent-y DVDs are scratched. Also introduced her to We <3 Katamari, she thought it was really weird (don't blame her). On the train to King's Cross she was talking about her favourite movies and now I would like to see Rocky Horror (well, it was already 1st/2nd on my to see list (it keeps switching with Die Hard)). This means I'll have to search Blockbuster again one day. One day.<br /><br />(Also I have broken my Star Wars virginity! I have seen the first episode. It wasn't the greatest but I didn't have high expectations in the first place... I'll see the second ep soon).<br /><br />Oh you may have noticed the lack of pictures in this blog... I will do a post one day that will be all NY pictures so don't worry.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-25619510309122538812009-10-14T22:25:00.003+01:002009-10-14T22:39:33.681+01:00Hello new readersWell thanks to Gursimren (you got another mention!) telling my critical thinking class about my blog I'm guessing I got a couple new readers *waves at*. As per usual CT was boring but Molly did make some nice chocolate cake. <br /><br />In other news I have been watching Carnivàle and True Blood. Both have awesome opening sequences. and Carnivàle just has good music throughout. I thought I wouldn't like True Blood and I wasn't originally planning on watching it but hey, I've seen five episodes now (1-4 and 7. It was to do with messed up internet links that I've randomly seen ep 7). Most of the characters annoy me in some way or another. My friend's told me Eric is interesting and I've just been introduced to him - he has Kurt Cobain hair. Apparently this gets cut off though. The Southern accents are hilarious. What can I say about Carnivàle? It's a bit crazy, you should go watch it (there are only 24 episodes, seeing as it got cancelled).<br /><br />I've also finally read Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (yes I know it's a children's book - I just didn't want to do art) mainly because there is some crazy Czech film I've heard of that I sort of want to watch where the caterpillar is a sock puppet! Apparently it's one of those somewhat creepy films though... it's called Neco Z Alenky if you want to look it up.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-45752367444546302662009-10-04T22:08:00.003+01:002009-10-04T22:18:50.906+01:00Psychology essay? Naaah...Yeah this is just a blog so I don't have to do my psychology essay which is on problems when diagnosing people with mental illness. I hate writing essays but psychology is now my favourite subject. We had chocolate chip muffins on Friday. I'm making brownie for critical thinking on Wednesday but on the same day I have a biology test (the real one this time. Last week's was a "practice"). I hate hate hate hate art because there is too much work to do and I don't want to do it.<br /><br />Also I don't know if it's wrong to like the new KISS song or the new Europe songs (yes the Final Countdown people). I don't know which is worse. Oh well, I stopped caring about my music taste a long time ago. Just looked at my last.fm - it's now full of 80s pop music recommendations :D. <br /><br />I have also worn lumberjack shirts for seven days in a row now. I feel like I have broken some sort of record. <br /><br />I've finally seen The Matrix! I really liked it too. That's one more film off my "to see" list (so I'm happy).Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-19306948466743371432009-09-29T16:17:00.004+01:002009-09-29T17:23:14.417+01:00Time to update...Since I haven't updated in three weeks it's List Time (not in chronological order because that would take effort).<br /><br />- We got a new kettle (the old one broke)! It is lit up blue when it is off and red when it is boiling water... (although I wanted the kettle that cycled through all the colours). <br />- I don't like General Studies. Although today we saw a boy that looked like Nick Jonas, so Gursimren tries to take a photo of him secretly which was amusing.<br />- Went to see District 9 which was alright. I also watched Casino Royale since it was on the other night (now I can say I've seen a Bond film! (You all know I fail at watching movies)). <br />- Had a failed spork pirate meeting.<br />- Have had two cake psychology lessons - yay! and we're having cake tomorrow in critical thinking. <br />- Life drawing in art isn't too bad.<br />- Otherwise art pisses me off. Psychology is my favourite lesson and I quite like maths, even if I don't understand a lot of it. Biology is usually uneventful (and yes I have witnessed Mr L with his shirt tucked into his boxers).<br />- Have had too much work to do (we had to make a poster in psychology. I don't like making posters - I spend too long on them when I should be doing other stuff - they are a form of procrastination!).<br />- Lots of other stuff which I have done but forgotten.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-89134716233459830342009-09-10T21:21:00.005+01:002009-09-10T21:42:36.412+01:00Tetris Pieces and Cake FridayWell I've had four full days of sixth form so far and I am exhausted. I even tried to nap today but failed. This was mainly due to me still trying to solve a puzzle in my head that we were doing in tutorial. In our tutorial program at the moment we are doing mathematical reasoning and we got one of those confusing maths puzzles. This one was where there was a 4x4 grid and each square was a different colour, with the one where the treasure was being gold. There were certain clues as to where certain colours were in relation to another. To work this out I saw which colours I could map out, and then tried to fit them together. At this point they turned into Tetris pieces in my head, which made it easier for some reason. By the end of the half hour the Tetris pieces had become slightly angry and more evil. I have now figured out the solution (I got distracted from my maths homework. I also got excited when I realised I had a whole sheet of maths homework. (This probably Miss K's fault; she taught me maths the last two years and is so enthusiastic about it.) This is completely different from year 7 where I hated maths and got 49% in my end of year test) and the Tetris pieces are happy. <br /><br />One thing that I have managed to annoy myself with is the fact that I use my blue/turquoise folder for psychology and purple folder for maths. It should be the other way round seeing as psychology is a Purple subject and maths is a Blue subject (they are on my timetables). Although if I switched them around I would get confused. Maybe they should just stay that way round. <br /><br />Tomorrow in our psychology lessons it is cake Friday! Although we haven't yet devised the cake rota so I don't know if there will actually be any cake (I will obviously be making brownie when it is my turn). I actually quite like Friday. Psychology, Art and PE (where there will soon be squash rage! I actually hate sport, it's just now we can sort of mess about (or so I'm hoping)).Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-38107215794904927752009-09-06T21:26:00.003+01:002009-09-06T21:41:43.450+01:00Subject colours and Obese StarfishHaven't updated in a while (yes I know I said I would update more - well I lied. I'm very sorry) so I guess I should talk.<br /><br />Tuesday I went to Hannah's house for her leaving party so we just sat and chatted and I got to meet Ella, one of Hannah's friends.<br /><br />Wednesday and Thursday I didn't really do much apart from finish off some homework and watch Harry Potter 4 because it was on television. It is such an awful film but not as bad as the third. (and it has Edward Cullen in it. Hilarious.) Well I didn't really have anything better to do so it was a good time waster. I also tidied my room up. Upon tidying my room I found drawings I did of Milky (from Blur's Coffee and TV video) in year 9 and also other anthropomorphic food and just generally remembered good times. I also found rough books from year 7 and remembered how I sort of wanted to be a goth back then. I have no idea why. Most of my rough books were filled with doodles that Rosie and I did. Good times.<br /><br />Friday - first day back at school but we didn't really do anything and Imogen and I argued about what colours certain subjects should be (we were colouring in our time tables). <br /><br />Yesterday I got my DofE book finally signed off (wahey!). One stress over. Now I am stressing about buying white lab coats and maths text books.<br /><br />Today I met up with Frankie, we went to Shakeaway and I had a Bournville flavour milkshake. We wandered round shops, then went down to the river and listened to some of the Labyrinth soundtrack (I want to watch it again now. and I need to buy the soundtrack) and some of her other songs (some by Hannah Montana. Yes I know, I know). We also decided that a giant obese starfish lives in the Thames with loads of rubber and foam duck henchmen. We are not insane. Really. Before I left she gave me Gareth David-Lloyd's (Ianto in Torchwood) signature which was cool.<br /><br />Now I'm stressing out over general stuff. Rawr.Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469748284505771496.post-29840547850448811662009-08-31T21:26:00.003+01:002009-08-31T22:19:55.568+01:00What have I been up to in the past two weeks?Well Friday the 14th I went up to Somerset, spent a couple of days there at the windmill. Then on the 16th I went to Bristol station, met up with my cousin Megan (seeing as Hannah is now too old to go) and we journeyed to Queen Ethelburga's School (yes it is as posh as it sounds) just outside of York for the Quaker camp (that sounds boring and religious but it really isn't). It was great meeting people who I hadn't seen for over a year and also making loads of new friends. It was better than last year seeing as I knew people this time around, but the food was still damned awful. Our rooms were better than last year, loads bigger. I shared a room with Sophie and Olivia (a different Olivia from the one I usually talk about on here) but Megan (different Megan - not cousin Megan. Argh they all have similar confusing names.) couldn't fit in our room seeing as we were too late to get a 4 room so had to get a 3 room even though ALL the rooms had 4 beds (the 4th was folded up into the wall). I'm going into detail again. I could spend a week writing out every single detail. I will bullet point stuff (my blog has taken away the bullet point option! Nooo!).<br /><br />- Fancy dress theme for last social this year was fairy tale creatures so I went as a pixie (last year it was up in the clouds and I was a fairy). <br />- For activites this year I did cooking and we all made cookies and stuff to sell at the tuck shop so yeah it was fun.<br />- I got an award on the last night! (each year the leavers give out one award each on the last night). Mine was for 'most beautiful smile' from Jenny. <br />- On the leaving day I got hugged so many times it was insane but I love hugs so :D<br /><br />You can trawl through the pictures: http://www.yfhs.org.uk/2009piccies/index.html<br /><br />So I stayed there for a week, went on the 23rd (sad to leave!) back to Somerset, was bored for a week (we did go places like the swimming pool (it closed down about a day later) and some zoo which was then on the news since atheists didn't like it as it was a Christian zoo and it had stuff about animals being created or something... I did however buy some clothes: two new t-shirts (plain black and plain white - mainly to wear under my new lumberjack shirts), two new lumberjack shirts (blue & brown and orange, white & brown) and a pair of jeans. Then yesterday we went to Bath to visit my Granny and stayed overnight. Then my second cousin Gabriel and his wife and kid Jude (who is almost a year old) came to visit us there which was nice and Jude was sweet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_J7H1SE0vIWXZO6diMn63ilpOHiSaAonUOPjZ-Xn8YClJAU1YbXWfTHOtwp-e6AoyuNuKQb3lHROspIW-TfuvEMulAIB7KzbdnpzoMU5OiCsC-s2KQ6dZlispYSQwPqVkSIcePyixA7H/s1600-h/P8310241.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_J7H1SE0vIWXZO6diMn63ilpOHiSaAonUOPjZ-Xn8YClJAU1YbXWfTHOtwp-e6AoyuNuKQb3lHROspIW-TfuvEMulAIB7KzbdnpzoMU5OiCsC-s2KQ6dZlispYSQwPqVkSIcePyixA7H/s320/P8310241.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376233478504773010" /></a>Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01742437651802488911noreply@blogger.com0