T is for tan!

It's month two of summer...

Most people are strutting around in revealing clothes exposing their sun tan.

Yeah, most people excluding me.

It's so hard when you're walking along the pier and some foreigner is patrolling along in their golden glowing-ness.

I suppose you could say I'm a little bit browner. I've upgraded from milk-bottle-white to white chocolate. 

I can't even burn. I'm so upset about it but then I also get a little teary eyed with pride when I pass a poor beggar burnt to a crisp.

And it just gets weirder and weirder. Get this, today it was warmer in Ireland than it was in France and Spain. Uh huh. 

Maybe if I go outside it will help my tan..??

Pinterest-My New Found Love

Right, so for the next month, my Granny is staying in our house. Which, also means that my sister is bunking in with me in my room. Yay. Please note sarcasm.

I love my sister, yeah, yeah, etc, etc.

I also love my double bed...

Solution to (not really a big) problem:

Don't sleep

If i don't sleep then I can't be woken up by her snores..right? 

I don't know, give me a rest, I'm really tired.

So at around half two-ish, in the App Store i found this little thing called Pinterest. 

Yeah, I stayed up till six on this app. In Ireland, for all you people in countries that are not this one that i am in right now, its seven thirty. Can you feel my headache?? Because I feel it pretty strong.

It's absolutely brilliant and addicting and fun and all things magical, wonderful and great. Don't buy it. You'll never be able to stop. That I can promise you.

On Pinterest you can do really exciting things like look at loads of pictures of clothes, animals, celebrities, crafts, and food. 

You can put all these pictures on pin-boards so you can look at them again. It's like a magazine you've made for yourself. Pretty awesome.

Pinterest, I hate you. You're the bloody most brilliant thing on the interwebular hole in reality where Internet is...

I'm going to go sleep now.

Or maybe not.

P.s I did not write this with a monotone deadpan voice speaking it in my head.. This blogging app will not let me use exclamation points. Exclamation point.

The Skycraper Book Project. #26

The twenty-sixth book is 

Across the Universe by Beth Revis.

 

Blurb:  

A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. 

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.

Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.

Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.

 

Date started: 5th may '13

 Date finished: 10th may '13

 Rating out of five?: 4 stars

Why not five?:The first part of the book starts off with (and this doesn't count as a spoiler) Amy and her parents being frozen. The detail is really vivid and realistic. Seriously, I was left gagging over the toilet because I could feel tubes being shoved down MY throat. The whole experience was not pleasant, but it would have been terrible without it. I'm confused about whether or not I like that chapter, but I'm going to say, yes, that it was good. Next, there's the whole concept of the season. When it was first mentioned, to be honest, I laughed. It was a little bit ridiculous. Never, ever could I have imagined the amount of detail the book would go into about it. The only explanation I can think of that would make this seem understandable in my head is that the DETAILED descriptions help set the scene on how the ship is being run. With unfair and discriminating laws. Also, Amy pines for her 'Daddy' a lot, thinking he is going ti be unfrozen early, as she was. never once does this girl think of her mother. The poor woman. The last reason I docked a star was the whole issue that is the cover. For ages I pondered over whether it was blobs of goo or some type of funky sunglasses. The only reason I discovered it was two people kissing spiderman style was that if you look closely enough you can see some of the girl's hair and her front tooth. 

Who would enjoy the book?: the whole YA/fantasy/dystopian gang. 

Was it up to the author's general standards?: Not sure, really. I'd really like to read the sequel; A million Suns, if I can get it.

Was it a quick read?: no, despite a fast paced rhythm and twisting plot, the whole thing was just like an overrated 'who-done-it' type thing. I just had to put it down every time it went on and on and on about things that it didn't need to go on about.

The Skycraper Book Project. #25

The 25th book of the The Skyscraper Book Project is The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick.

Blurb: With 284 pictures between the book's 533 pages, the book depends equally on its pictures as it does on the actual words. Selznick himself has described the book as "not exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things." The Caldecott Medal is for picture books, in 2008 this was first novel to receive.

The primary inspiration is the true story of turn-of-the-century French pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès, his surviving films, and his collection of mechanical, wind-up figures called automata. Selznick decided to add automata to the storyline after reading Edison's Eve by Gaby Wood, which tells the story of Edison's attempt to create a talking wind-up doll.

Méliès actually had a set of automata, which were either sold or lost. At the end of his life Méliès was broke, even as his films were screening widely in the United States. He did work in a toy booth in a Paris railway station, hence the setting. Selznick drew Méliès's real door in the book.

Date started: 2nd May '13

Date finished: 3rd May '13

Rating out of five?: One of the easiest five out of fives I have ever given!

Why five?: Aswell as having moving and inspiring text, the book capturesones imagination   with detailed drawings. As said in the blurb, the book isequally  dependant on each of the two features. Both,  I think, live up to the expected standards. I went into the book not knowing much about it, and was really quite surprised at how well written it was, a fictional story interwoven with true fact.

Despite some of the things I didn't really like about this book, like how the plot was a bit dragged out, or how the characters seemed sort of pretentious and unrealistic, their development as people was interesting to watch, especially in Georges himself-I still had to give it five stars. 

Who would enjoy this book?: the book was written for children but it was just such a good book that a much wider audience than is targeted would appreciate it. 

Was it up to the author's general standards?: I haven't read any of this author's other books-I don't even know if there are any. Although, I don't think that if there are I would read them. 

 Was it a quick read?: yes, probably would have been more enjoyable in one sitting though, as with most books. Still, very quick and easy to read.

Another book finished! And one more to review! At the monent I'm reading 'Life of Pi' and it's taking forever!!!!!! There's just these really long periods of nothing in the book, filled with coma-indusing boring detail. Hope to finish it soon so I can move ob to something a little more upbeat.

The Skycraper Book Project. #14-24

I know I haven't been the most committed blogger lately, but I have a (small, unworthy) excuse! Exams are two weeks away and Ihave been busy procrastinating-_-

That's one thing I hate about exams- they're always on when the weather is best! Not fair!

Back to the topic we are here to discuss:
In recent days, the ones where this blog has been abandoned, I got through only 10 books. It could have been a lot more, but like I said, I had no choice but to spend tine doodling all over my study timetable. I'm sorry, okay?

So here it is:
Book #5 - Slated, by Teri Terry

Book #6 - Looking for Alaska, John Green

Book #7 - The Host, Stephanie Meyer

Book #8 - Paper Towns, John Green

Book #9 - Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green

Book #10 - Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

Book #11 - Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson

Book #12 - the book thief, Markus Zusak

Book #13 - If I Stay, Gayle Forman

Book #14 - Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys

Book #15 - Wicked Lovely, Melissa Marr


Follow me on goodreads to get the next books I will be reading:)
Ellie xxx

The Skycraper Book Project. #12(NO SPOILERS)

The twelfth book in the The Skyscraper Book Project is...

Clockwork Princess
By Cassandra Clare.

Blurb: Tessa Gray should be happy - aren't all brides happy?
Yet as she prepares for her wedding, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute.
A new demon appears, one linked by blood and secrecy to Mortmain, the man who plans to use his army of pitiless automatons, the Infernal Devices, to destroy the Shadowhunters. Mortmain needs only one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. And Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa's heart, will do anything to save her.

Date started: 19th march

Date finished: 24th march

Rating out of five?: two

Why not five?: altogether, this book was just like a broken bicycle standing next to a ferrari... The ferrari being all of Cassandra Clare's other books.
Twice I picked out mistakes! Aside from ALL THAT, i enjoyed the plot of the book, and I cried toward the end.

Who would enjoy this?: All of Cassandra Clare's fans, as long as they're prepared for these few put-offs. I don't know if my copy was just like this?

Was it up to the author's general standard?: no, this paled in comparison to Clare's other works.

Was it a quick read?: no, the pace of the book was sluggish, and the transfer of one character's point of view to the next's was timed weirdly.

The Skycraper Book Project. #13

#13 of The Skyscraper Book Project is
13 Little Blue Envelopes
By Maureen Johnson.

Blurb: Inside little blue envelope 1 are $1,000 and instructions to buy a plane ticket.

In envelope 2 are directions to a specific London flat.

The note in envelope 3 tells Ginny: Find a starving artist.

Because of envelope 4, Ginny and a playwright/thief/ bloke-about-town called Keith go to Scotland together, with somewhat disastrous-though utterly romantic-results. But will she ever see him again?

Everything about Ginny will change this summer, and it's all because of the 13 little blue envelopes.

Date Started: 24th March

Date finished: 28th March

Rating out of 5: three

Why not five?: The book started out interesting and with quality enthusiasm, but as it progressed it slumped. Reading it became a chore and minor spelling mistakes (eg. At the end of a letter Ginny writes, she signs it: "hove Ginny"?) also characters were introduced steeply: I had to figure out who 'Miriam' was myself. At first I thought it was her dairy-as she describes writing in her 'journal' and starting with 'Dear Miriam', but later she e-mails this 'Miriam'. The ending, however was a nice twist.

Who would enjoy this?: readers who enjoy travel stories and European culture.

Was it up to the authors's general standards?: I'm not sure, having never read any of Johnson's other books. To be completely honest, this is a writer I'm not purposely going to look for in a shop or online. Her work left me bored of sorts and not awe-struck, as I like books to leave me. It left no burning desire to read more of her books, is basically what I'm saying.

Was it a quick read?: not really, despite the fast paced, constant moving of setting and introduction of characters, it just took a long time to absorb. I found myself repeatedly re-reading paragraphs, trying to process it, without success.

The Skycraper Book Project. #12

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! A VERSION WHERE NOTHING OF THE PLOT IS REVEALED HAS ALSO BEEN POSTED!



The twelfth book in the The Skyscraper Book Project is...

Clockwork Princess
By Cassandra Clare.

Blurb: Tessa Gray should be happy - aren't all brides happy?
Yet as she prepares for her wedding, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute.
A new demon appears, one linked by blood and secrecy to Mortmain, the man who plans to use his army of pitiless automatons, the Infernal Devices, to destroy the Shadowhunters. Mortmain needs only one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. And Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa's heart, will do anything to save her.

Date started: 19th march

Date finished: 24th march

Rating out of five?: two, i was expecting great things from this book; slightly disappointed:(

Why not five?: altogether, this book was just like a broken bicycle standing next to a ferrari... The ferrari being all of Cassandra Clare's other books.
Twice I picked out mistakes: first, when Cecily and Gabriel are in the like goat-man's shop, there's a part where it says like, Gideon looked at the shelf. Was Gideon not at the Institute with Sophie. That was very confusing.
Second I found that Tessa mentioned Jessamine's death when she was in the carriage with the Dark Sister, how does Tessa know Jessamine has died (in Will's arms) if she wasn't there? (Will only comes outside after Tessa leaves)! Aside from ALL THAT, i enjoyed the plot of the book, and I cried toward the end. Maybe if the book had been revised over one more time, these would have been spotted. I think, to wait a few extra weeks, for the mistakes to be found, would have been well worth it.

Who would enjoy this?: All of Cassandra Clare's fans, as long as they're prepared for these few put-offs. I don't know if my copy was just like this?

Was it up to the author's general standard?: no, this paled in comparison to Clare's other works.

Was it a quick read?: no, the pace of the book was sluggish, and the transfer of one character's point of view to the next's was timed weirdly.

Cork Holiday - Day 2

So, after an interesting and eventful day yesterday, me and my family spent a restless night tossing and turning, and throwing pillows at each other when we broke out in either fits of giggles or snores.
First thing on the agenda was breakfast which was as interesting as breakfast can be.
First fun thing on the agenda-toy factory. Yes, a toy factory.
Inside you get to make a small tin toy-I made a tin soldier. You could also make ballerinas Easter bunnies and so on. Picture at the end.
After taking a scenic detour and getting lost (Mam says she took a wrong turn on purpose, so that we could look at more scenery-my ass!), we returned to the hotel to have swim.
Typical swimming pool-a place to relax and carelessly float in a bright room, maybe even swim a few lengths and burn off that hearty breakfast.
The hotels swimming pool-a place to cautiously weave among buoyant infants and carefully avoid swallowing the gallons of water splashed into your face, maybe even sit in an area of piss that permeated one end of the pool.
Fun.
I have to give it to the hotel, the room the pool was in was impressive-biggish, warm...blue. But there was nothing to do.
Too old for the jacuzzi, too you for rubber floats, too crowded to swim, to alone to talk.
All that left me with a desire to only collapse and eat the potatoes I was served for my dinner.
I hope anyone reading this that is on holiday is having a more fun holiday than me:(:)
Actually, one interesting thing that did happen was that I went down from our room-to get a Coke-and there was a man being served beside me. He asked the bar-lady for the special. She said guinness. He repeated her, completely failing to say guinness properly. This man was american, after his drink came he apologised to the lady-i don't know why. But i thought it was cool so i said to him "i like your accent, where are you from?" Abd he said (and excuse my spelling) "Denver"! I don't know where that is, but it is one mighty fun word to say!
Hi people from denver!
Bye-bye! And the last day of my holiday is tomorrow, come back to see what happens! I mean, why not?

The Skyscraper Book Project. #11

All of my book reviews will be short and quick to read. Why? Because, imagine yourself browsing the internet, looking for a book to read.
Now, you find this really long review and you read the whole thing, taking up about ten precious minutes of your life.
And you don't even like the sound of the book, bummer!
But now, going into absolutely minor and only-if-neccessary-details, you'll waste no time finding a book, instantly being able to tell if you want to read it.
Honestly, the back-breaking labour I endure to make book searching easier.
So here is The Skyscraper Book Project:



#11 is Clockwork Prince
By Cassandra Clare

Blurb: In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, while her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will - the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers to who she is and what she was born to do? As the search for truth leads the three friends into peril, Tessa's heart is increasingly torn, especially when one of their own betrays them...

Date started: lol, I forget

Date finished: 18th march '13

Rating out of five: four

Why not five?: although it was really good, it wasn't as captivating and mind-blowing as any of the Mortal Instruments books were. Some parts of the story had a dream-like kind of quality, like I was like, yeah this is good, but I feel like going outside to exercise-I don't exercise. But that's what happened.

Who would enjoy this?: anyone who loved the Mortal Instruments; people who like that kind of dark magic, demon, in-the-time-of-Queen-Victoria-thing.

Was it up to the Author's general standard?: Yup!

Was it a quick read?: yes, as long as you have maybe four consecutive hours, you could finish it in a day.

Cork Holiday - Day 1

As all family holidays do, ours started with the loading of the car.
After sustaining minor injuries everybody was settled and comfortably sulking in their seats.
We shot off (crawled along) the road (the lane) toward our destination of relaxing luxurious hotel time (hellish, loud, panicky time). Yay.
"Next stop," said Mam, "the 'Blackrock Castle and Observatory''s restaurant.
Yeah...that didn't happen...
First stop - the middle of a busy crossroads because the car cut out. Fun? No, not really. Terrifying? Yup!
With that first disaster over,we made it to our first destination. The Blackrock Castle and Observatory. The food was really really nice, especially the dessert. It was almost as good as the Premier takeaway back home.
The only bad thing I will say about the restaurant is the waiter was THE most arrogant man I have EVER met.
Mam called him over from his cash register where he was twiddling a pen around his fingers, for a dessert menu.
This man, then came over, all slouched over and looked at her like she was a slug in his lettuce.
When she asked for what she wanted he goes: "Ughhhh, in a minuuuuuuute!"
He then stalked back to his counter and continued twiddling this pen for about five minutes before actually serving us. I mean, why would you do that? Is being paid to hand somebody a menu such a hard job? Is it that horrible?
After the food, we took a castle tour.
The tour guide was all right, she told us about everything from the materials used to make the walls, to what was stacked against each one.
We got to go down into the dungeon and the aura of death and pain made your skin crawl. You could hear like an echo-y sound bouncing around the circular room and you instantly thought of screaming people being mercilessly tortured.
On this tour there was a small american family. They seemed nice enough-made a few jokes, politely held the door open for me, blah, blah, blah.
I thought it would be really funny if I started talking in Irish to my sister, as they wouldn't know what we were saying.
I failed..epically.
Instead of saying something sophisticated and impressive i decided to start praying. Yeah.
Of course it had to get worse and mam said REALLY loudly: "You scared the castles gonna fall down on ya, or something?"
The americans looked at me really weirdly after that.
The rest of the day was spent in the car, driving through a snow fall on a motorway.
Just fighting with that annoying sister again about whether the precipitation was snow or sleet-it was snow!
Tune in tomorrow for day 2!

Thanks for following my misfortune and don't forget to friend me on goodreads.
By the way-got a friend request yesterday, Mexican guy, you don't know how happy I was when I got that!:) thank you-even though you're probably not reading this.
Im just praying you're not like a forty year old stalking me!:/ please don't be!

The Skyscraper Book Project. #1-10

The first ten books for The Skyscraper Book Project are:
1. Rapture (The Fallen series)
By Lauren Kate
2. To Kill A Mockingbird
By Harper Lee
3. Starters
By Lissa Price
4. Skulduggery Pleasant and the Kingdom of the Wicked (The Skulduggery Pleasant series)
By Derek Landy
5. The Kite Runner
By Khaled Hosseini
6. Zombicorns
By John Green
7. The Fault in our Stars
By John Green
8. Angel (The Angel series)
By L.A Weatherly
9. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
By Stephen Chbosky
10. Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices series)
By Cassandra Clare



If anyone reading this has a recommendation for a future read please comment and also, you can friend me on goodreads if you want. I think my name is just Ellie. Yep!

The Skyscraper Book Project-The beginning.

Being the weird human being I am, I felt as though my life was just something you might read on the back of a shampoo bottle: get up, go to school, come home, do homework, eat dinner, go to bed, repeat.

Having hobbies didn't help. It was only making the events above seem more emphised? If that makes sense.

You spend ten minutes on the piano, but that's just while you're waiting for it to be late enough to go to bed. You get out on your bike, but you're really waiting for dinner to be ready.

I thought about it, a lot. Seriously, a lot. I thought I might be depressed or something. I considered this a last resort kind of thing, if I couldn't find a way to make my life more interesting, I would go to someone about the depression. So I figured, if I start doing something I really like and then prioritise it and get other people involved, it might help.

In my head it has worked! Its really exciting, and you probably know what it is by the title, but yes I am starting 'The Skyscraper Book Project.'

The Skyscraper Book Project is a project which anyone under the age of twenty one can get involved with. Basically the idea is to read one thousand books before you are twenty one, before you are officially an adult.

It does seem a bit ageist now that I'm typing this. Over twenty one year olds can still be involved, read the books and all but not before they're twenty one. Duh! Set your own age goal, peeps.

The posts concerning this will be updated every time I finish a book. People are welcome to come and take the book recommendations, give book recommendations, whatever.

Where do I want this to go? When I think about how I would like this to span out, I see a small, maybe not so big group of people (I realise not so many people my age want to get so into reading), all together in a bookclub of sorts.

If this brings people like me who love books together, I'd be happy. It just sounds like a really nice thing, coming online to Blogger to see the latest things people have read, blah, blah, blah.

Even if nobody else does this, at least I'll have my 1000 books. It's a high goal, i know, but I'm determined to do it!

Also, I am aware that I wont be twenty one for a good few years, but that just makes the journey look like a better one. Work will have to be put into this.

The only rule: You cant read the same book twice and count it as two!

The amount of books is so big (thats why i called it the SKYSCRAPER book project), that it will certainly be impossible to stay within your comfort zone genre. You read quicker with a book you don't find particularly predictable, which reading in the one genre causes (being able to predict outcomes in books, I mean).

As I've already read ten books so far this year (and I'm NOT proud of that!) I'll post them up later today.

I think I've said everything now.

Plus, I googled this earlier and there is absolutely nothing like this out there, just lists of books you should read before you die/ before the end of the year/ immediatley.

Am i reading by myself, or is anyone going to conment and read too?


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This screen image(s) has been printed and saved and i have sent it to myself. Basically as proof I started it, etc. so that nobody can copy the idea, name or ANYTHING!

The 'mercilessly stereotyped'.

'Be eating one potato, peeling a second,have the third in your fist and your eye on the fourth'
- this is traditional advice from and to any Irish readers!

I myself am Irish, I don't know if I mentioned that before. In wexford, we have this replica of a famine ship called the 'Dunbrody'. The ship has a museum and there's a wall with this quote tacked to it.

This leads me on to say that it's an Irish stereotype, us eating potatoes, a true one, but a stereotype none the less.

These days stereotypes are frowned on. So I thought I'd dedicate this post to anyone Irish, purely or by marriage, whatever.

More Irish stereotypes:
•All Irish people have red hair. Not true, only a small percentage of us have red hair, maybe one in ten. I'm a brunette.;)
•all Irish people have curly hair. Not true, of course, but almost everybody that lives along the coastline does, because of the moisture and salt in the air. I have curly hair-Yay!
•all Irish people have green or blue eyes. Not true, I have blue eyes, but only because it's a gene not because of where I was born.
•the Irish love a fight. Not true, if you see a person fighting that does not give you the right to deem their nation violent. Of course the Irish have fought with the English for ages, for Freedom. We're not the ones with Independence Day, yet we're the ones labelled violent. ???
•the Irish love a drink. Well yeah, this is the home of Guinness after all. People turned to drink during the recession but that time is over! Anyway, not all Swiss people like chocolate, not all Americans like burgers, not all English people like tea, a lot of them seem to, but not all of them. See the difference?
•the Irish are stupid. The irish are stupid? Okay we, the inventors of:
1. The ogham alphabet
2. Boyle's law
3.chocolate milk. Yes, chocolate milk. Invented by Sir Hans Sloane.
4. The Beaufort scale
5. Hurling. Iomaniocht.
6. The idea of boycotts
7. Tattoo machines
8. The Joly colour screen
9. The first military submarine
10. Radiotherapy
11. And the titanic. Yes, it sunk- but thats because it hit an iceberg, not because we built it wrong!
...are stupid? Hmmm. No.

•the Irish love swearing. Not true. Loads of Irish people say feck. Which is not a swear. Old ladies say feck, children of ten and up can be heard saying feck. It's as harmful a word as 'stupid'. Although there is 'that bunch' who go around drunkenly swearing their days away.



These are the the stereotypes that are forced cruelly in the Irish people and that bother me. I got these on a website called cracked.com. You can check it out if you want, but I advise you not to. What they have written is rude and biased. Whatever an Irish person did to that writer it surely wasn't bad enough to make them write that.
Crack.com person who wrote that text, shame on you! Please comment if you agree. By the way, I'm uploading this so late because A, my ipod is stupid and keeps loosing what I write and save as drafts and B, after a while of frustratingly writing this post over and over again, I though I might get a comment from somebody who was waiting for my next post. Nobody was waiting.:(

Next post soon, I cant give a date, sorry. It just doesn't work with my stupid iPod.

Again, may doors fall from the sky onto that writer!

No A's for Poetry

So, I didn't post the date that this would be updated on because, I'm fairly sure I said February and the only day in February that's appropriate for an entertaining post I spent the last week working on, is... The twenty-eighth! It's such a cool day! It happens every year and it has absolutely no significant importance! But I'm sure it's somebody's birthday, anniversary, etc. So happy birthday, anniversary etc! and if you really think about it, the 28th February 2013, it'll never ever happen again :( so treasure it and every other day too! There'll never be another one the exact same.

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Back to the topic we're here to discuss-
An A-plus... Not a hard thing to accomplish if you put enough work into it.

Everyone has ups and downs in their daily lives that can effect them during exams, a cold, the death of a pet, being tired, thinking about *ahem*, certain people.

But when you just can't top a B- in a subject it can pull you down altogether.

This subject for me is English.

Imagine having a major exam Monday morning, but spending your whole weekend studying stupid english in an attempt to pull up your grade or soften a teacher's cold, disapproving, disappointed glares.

This is exactly how I spent my weekend- poetry for me is just something I can't do.

In fairness who really cares why the writer gave the word 'Gentle' a capital letter. It may be symbolic, but I'm never going to use this piece of information again unless I go on to teach poetry (which I won't). But for the people who do go on to lecture the brains out of innocent people, they will just be teaching more people, who will disregard the information. The only exception to this being those who appreciate good poetry and the symbolic-complicated-ness of the whole thing. This is most people other than me really.

So, to my utter astonishment after receiving and delivering an extremely interesting assignment, I got an utter astonishing surprise!

Assignment: 'Describe with detail to your senses, a beloved childhood memory.'

When the teacher handed me back my sheet of paper saying
"Congratulations, Ellie! That was absolutely incredible, I could see your baby!" He said! To which my friend replied: "why the hell did you not tell me you were a mother?! Who's is it? When did happen? Wait, how did it happen? You're only __" <-- (insert my unknown age there! Heehee).

This caused quite the number of heads to turn. If you had been there, you probably would have too, it was really loud and awkward!

Of course the man couldn't actually see my baby, I don't have one. The childhood memory I described was going to see my baby sister in the hospital when she was born, when I was four.

So now I have learned my lesson. You can't be good at all the things that spin around in the orbit of the English world.

Just one thing is enough. And I hope you, my reading friend, don't mind reading about my strange stories, maybe and hopefully you find them amusing?

Any stories of your own? Comment them! This is my third post, almost a hundred page views, but no comments:(

Do you people not want to talk about struggles with grades you have?

Oh, well, your loss! I'll just go annoy someone else! I'll see you again soon, the 6th of march, we'll say?

Come back to see what ever my brain vomits and calls a post then!

I mean, why not? ;)

STS- Stupid Talk Syndrome

Hi! Here's my second post, I got over 50 page views on the first one but nobody commented! :( Maybe I'll get a few for this one?

STS (completely fictional) is a disease that effects a whole 10 of people! STS-Together, is a charity (that I made up) that is close to my heart as they have helped me and the nine other 'diagnosees'. Any donations would be very much appreciated! On behalf of STS-Together
I have conjured up a little advertisement! Please read on, and comment at the end! Enjoy:

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Have you found yourself laughing out loud for no real reason lately? During class or an important meeting? During a tense or serious moment? In the middle of a boring conversation? On your own in public? (Can also be a symptom of psychological issues)

Have you been catching yourself tripping on your words? Stumbling through sentences? Mixing up letters, like, "Excuse me, do you tave the hime?" Instead of 'have the time?'? Have you been drifting off into galactic alien languages? Like, when reading aloud: "Once upon a time there lived a beautiful boosheeladooguldereburytopholoipicusadingeralserprincess"?

Yes? Well then you may be suffering from STS - Stupid Talk Syndrome! Along with me and another nine people across the globe!

Causes of STS: stupid friends, one of mine recently told me she had a severe allergic reaction to poison; I caused her to die-_-
: consuming too many toxins, such as big brother foot or baby diarrhoea odours.
: not enough farting, this can also lead to blurry vision, headaches, dirty-minded-ness and in some cases-nausea, it depends on the food previously eaten. For example, holding in beans makes more problems than holding in water. I mean what harm is a little puddly?

A cure I hear two, maybe three of you bellow for? No, there isn't but the effect, eventual death, can be slowed down easily by drinking untreated water. This can be found in the drinks aisle of your local Tesco. Warning: this product is known to contain twigs, plastic bags, shopping trollies, horse meat posing as beef and corpses.

Side effects of drinking untreated water:
1. Violent puking
2. Ninja skills
3. Pregnancy
4. Crawling skin
5. Death, again
6. And, uncontrollable hiccups

*beware: there's a possibility this had not been tested on humans yet, certain scientists are currently under questioning.

Have you noticed the symptoms on your persona, or the persona of another persone? Then please call Dave, the mean scientist who will hold you in a cage in his lab and poke you and experiment on your condition against your will @
1800 1850 2422 0887 5663 112

ellietheblogger cannot be held responsible for thick people who take this seriously and actually drink untreated water!
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Well? Does it deserve a comment? I hope it does!:) next update = the __ (of February)!!!! Come back then to read the new post! I mean, why not?;)

The Interview

So, here it is... God, this is scary! How do other people do this? You, the person reading this, have you thought about it? Thought about how I'm here on my bed and you're there, wherever you are, reading this thing that I wrote? It's an amazing thing, the internet. Like how weird would it be if you were all sent this on paper in the post? Do people do that? Send blogs in the post?
Anyway, for my first post I wanted to do something different- I've asked my friend, Chris, to interview me about my blog via email and this is how it went down, enjoy!

CHRIS: right, first question, who are you?

ME(ELLIE): I'm me, duh! But to answer the question like the super interviewee I am; I am still me!

CHRIS: Oh god, this is going to take a while! Answer the goddamn question!

ME: right, my name is Ellie, only it's not my real name, its just a fake one to use for internet safety and that stuff. Get it? Im me but I'm fake, but not like barbie! Like the way I'm more comfortable with my real name hidden, I want to stay anonymous.

CHRIS: cool, but why do you want to be anonymous?

ME: I guess because I'm scared to fail, if this is just a lame page that nobody ends up reading at least the failure wont be under my name. I also don't want to be judged, again, if people don't like my blog and I end up getting teased... Actually that can't happen now, can it? Because it's not me! Catch my drift?

CHRIS: you never fail to give me headaches ...*the following has been censored* ...next question! Where do you get ideas for your blog posts?

ME: I think this is really sweet really, when I was little, I used to spend a lot of time at my granny's house. She used to have this book thing that she would scrapbook her days in. Not major things, as she was old and immobile. But small things like passages from books and song lyrics and there was even a christmas card i gave her once stuck into it. I loved the idea of her book so much that I made my own book and the book entries are what my blog posts will be based on. They range from jokes and funny dreams I've had to lists and advice from my own personal experiences. There are surprisingly alot of experiences written down there considering my young age- not young like 26 year olds who THINK they're young- no I'm still in school, and i know that'll turn half of you away, like come on, why take advice from someone who hasnt lived yet? You ageist people! Well yeah, there's only that side, but I think I know what I'm talking about here. Oh my god, look at my babbling.

CHRIS: well that was touching...and long! Yawn!

ME: oh shut up! You know you love to listen to me prattle!

CHRIS: prattle?

ME: yeah, you know, it means to waffle...

CHRIS: ...

ME: your pathetic, you do honours english, yeah? Just ask the next question!

CHRIS: don't insult my english! Mine english are great! Haha! So, do you relate to your posts?

ME: yes, everything I write is something I've personally experienced or sonething i read or saw and have opinions on. Posts dont have a set day to be uploaded on but there will be a notice about the next upload at the bottom of every post. Is that confusing? Did you get that?

CHRIS: yeah details of next post at the end of latest post? Pretty understandable, next question: who inspired you to write a blog?

ME: not a who but a what. My computer wont let me read other blogs; its write your own one or look at a blank screen. This annoyed me, people who's blogs I could see, I didn't like. (If anyone reading this has a blog feel free to email me the link, my email address is down at the bottom;))

CHRIS: cheeky that was! Cheeky! Anyway, enough about you, I'm hungry be back soon

* CHRIS LEFT THE CHAT TO GET FOOD AND RETURNRED 30 MINS LATER*

CHRIS: hey

ME: oh my god you left me! You stupid boy! Only ever thinking about your belly- one day I'm going to be in a life threatening situation and you won't be able to save me because you'll be somewhere else getting food!

CHRIS: well, you're still alive now, so... What's your point?

ME: *censored*

CHRIS: hey hey I'll make it up to you, I'll come to your house tomorrow and I'll bring you stuff:)

ME: stuff?

CHRIS: well I presume you want oreos and sugary bootlaces?

ME: oh hell yeah, I forgive you!:)

CHRIS: I knew you would, back to the interview, is writing a major hobby of yours?

ME: no, I'm more of a sciency person! Burning magnesium in pure oxygen was just the coolest thing I have ever done!

CHRIS: okay anyone who didn't understand or doesnt care can just ignore her the way I always do.

ME: hey! You can bring me a dvd to watch tomorrow too now!:p

CHRIS: yes, your majesty!

ME: oh shut up! Next question?

CHRIS: would you consider writing as a career?

ME: not really, unless an oppertunity blossomed, I'd like to study chemistry. Im sciency and this is just an experiment! Oh thats good!! Thats good!:)

CHRIS: your fail at comedy almost made me die of embarrassment:')

ME: oh give me a break, it's mid term! My brain is switched off!

CHRIS: so what? You have like permanent mid term?

ME: oh! You did not!

CHRIS: moving on swiftly, are you more of a reader or a writer?

ME: definitely a reader! I have a post on books planned for another day though!

CHRIS: suit yourself...favourite blog?

ME: like I said before, dont read them. (Please leave links below if you want me to read yours, if you have one!) I prefer sorta shorter things like quick posts on instagram and stuff( follow me: links at the end)

CHRIS: do you have a favourite author then, like of books?

ME: what can you be an author of other than books?

CHRIS: plays, sitcoms, I think?

ME: it was supposed to... Never mind... I like Cassandra Clare( The Mortal Instruments), J.K Rowling( Harry Potter), and Derek Landy(Skulduggery Pleasant) on watt pad my favourite writer is makeandoffer ( her stories are amazing and her link is at the end too)

CHRIS: ah Derek Landy, nice choice! Kingdom of the Wicked- murderous fantasy in the funniest form I've ever seen it in!

ME:haha yeah, how cool would it be if he read this?

CHRIS: amazingly cool! As cool as you would be if you stopped getting off topic!

ME: right sorry- wait you're the one with the questions-ask them! And are there many left? This is tiring!

CHRIS: yeah I'm sure you're tired! I have you to deal with!

ME: yeah well I have me to deal with every day!

CHRIS: that's quite mad...

ME: do you wanna just ignore that and ...yeah...


CHRIS: yeah... Favourite quote?

ME: defo 'shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember its a sin to kill a mocking' from To Kill A Mockingbird'. Innocent people should not be persecuted! Innocent until priven guilty, I say. And then if found guilty... I don't know...the guillotine? Another one: 'shadowhunters; looking better in black than the widows of their enemies since 1234' that cracks me up!

CHRIS: shadowhuntes?

ME: just read the book, Chris, read the book!(The Mortal Instruments)

CHRIS: right... Do you have any other hobbies?

ME: yes, I'm into photography(my Instagram at the end) and music! I could PRATTLE for ages about that, so I wont start:(

CHRIS: aww, you sad? Well stay like that, spare us your WAFFLING! Haha!:)

ME: you're evil!

CHRIS: I am! Okay, if you had a time machine, where would you go?

ME: that's actually a really good question! Where'd you get that one from?

CHRIS: There was a Back to the Future ad on the tv?

ME: anyway, ever since seeing little house on the prairie I've always wanted to go to the time of Laura Ingles. I don't know why but that time in history really fascinates me and being european I've always wanted to go to America so...

CHRIS: cool, but I'd have to go to London in the time of sherlock...

ME: you know he's fictional right?

CHRIS: yeah but... Don't be a dream killer!

ME: :)

CHRIS: yeah, you smile:)

ME: :)

CHRIS: what role do you play in you group of friends?

ME: I think I play an important role- the glue, I know it's cheesy but I'm not one to fight or fall out with people so I help that way and I did solve that problem from before, remember?

CHRIS: yeah, I do! That was brave, but thats not for here or now:(

ME: yeah, in a future post maybe:(

CHRIS: on a completely serious note, what is your favourite tongue twister?

ME: oh that's easy! How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Except it's not as impressive when it's written down:)

CHRIS: you okay now? And no, absolutely not impressive!;)

ME: why do I have the feeling that you don't have any questions left?

CHRIS: because I'm running out and you know me too well!:( haha:) describe your memory?

ME: oh that's really bad! I don't even know if I have one! Once, I went to school with no socks! And another time I forgot it was a Saturday and i got dressed in my school uniform and was about to go outside for the bus when my mam got up and stopped me! Im such a fail but its more nicely addressed as absent minded! Like, I remember the most stupid things! I remember my first fireworks but I don't remember the actual fire works I just remember asking my dad for a drink while blinding lights blinked in the corner of my eye?

CHRIS: thats a very detailed answer there! Good thing the next one is whats your favourite tongue?

ME: hmmm I'm going to have to say, and it was a very hard decision now, but MY OWN???!

CHRIS: you know I meant a language-_-

ME: then Irish, I remember once when we were on holiday in france going around telling people to ' Dún suas' ( shut up) and the French were just standing there saying 'bonjour' back! Ahaha!:)

CHRIS: you're going to end up telling that to someone who speaks Irish eventually! Then you'll be in for it! Alright try not to laugh when I ask this next question: what is your favourite kitchen utensil?

ME: for some reason i didn't laugh? But... I like sporks^_^

CHRIS: does that count as a utensil?

ME: I don't know, it should because other wise I wont have a favourite anymore! How good are sporks? You've got all that greatness of a fork in the convenient shape of a spoon!!:)

CHRIS: are you high?

ME: well kinda, my bed is a pretty big one so yeah I'm about a metre high from the floor...

CHRIS: if I were near you I would back away slowly now!:) last question: rate me out of ten as an interviewer?

ME: 1, but I can bump you up for a fiver tomorrow?

CHRIS: sure

ME: right, nine

CHRIS: why nine?

ME: because you were terrible and no amount of bribing can get you any better than that:)

CHRIS: for that you get an extra question- pick two celebrities to be your parents for a day?

ME: my mind went blank, I dont remember any celebs!

*the conversation went on for a bit but I don't think the rest was relevant- heck, I don't think half of that was relevant but there it is!*

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Thank you for reading- if you got this far, that is!
If you enjoyed it show it by commenting and telling me what you think! Also, comment who you'd like to be your celebrity parents!
Links...
Ok, i actually font know how to do yhis so just search for the names!
And Chris says hi!
Next post will be next Tuesday (the 19th)