25 Question Series: The Finale

Hey everybody!

So, this is my first "proper post" since my return, so I figured I may as well start off with tying up a loose end! I've got nothing witty to say so I may as well just hop straight in!

76) What do you label yourself as? A human. I strongly dislike labels.

77) Who would you really like to punch in the face? Katie Hopkins springs to mind?

78) If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they do? Amy would be my slave, mainly because it's about time she changes the film we watch on Netflix instead of me. She'd just do little things like pass me my cup of tea.

79) What was your last dream about? Ha. I (somehow) managed to get Harrison Koisser's number and rang him because I was angry that I'd ran out of maple syrup.

80) What's the colour of your socks? They're black with white stars on them and a red spiky bubble thing saying "BOOM!" on it. They're my favourite socks.

81) If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create? Don't platypus' already defy the laws of nature? Or are they just weird? I don't know, I'd probably try to make some sort of mythical creature, maybe a lion and an eagle to try and make a sphinx? Bit dangerous.

82) Can you do any other accents other than your own? Well I think so, but my Welsh friend doesn't seem to think my Welsh accent is very good. What's important is that I try, can't ask for more than that really.

83) What was the last thing that frustrated you? Just reading this question reignited my anger. I cannot for the life of me play an F chord on Frederick (my guitar.) I am determined to play that bloody chord.

84) What is your favourite Disney movie? Either Saving Mr Banks, Mulan or The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

85) Do you think children should be sheltered from unhappiness? Although not permanent, unhappiness is inevitable. You can attempt to shelter a child from unhappiness, but that's near enough impossible. I think it's important to let children explore the world and there are different risks in doing that. Your child may be unhappy if you make them brush their teeth before bed, that doesn't mean you're going to just let them off with not brushing their teeth.

86) Do you have a dream journal? No, I don't. I used to keep one when I was obsessed with Twilight in whatever year it was, but that didn't last very long. I tend to just talk to my friends now if I have an odd dream (like last night's.)

87) What does your name mean? Oh...I'll have to Google this. Apparently it means "Pledged to God" which seems fairly underwhelming, I was expecting something like "The almighty".

88) Are you usually late, early or right on time? Well, I usually have every intention of being early, but I tend to be right on time or on the odd occasion late.

89) Name three things in nature your find the most beautiful: Sunsets/rises, I would say the sea but I'll just say water anyway (because I quite like it when it rains) and lightning, because as much as it freaks me out it's rather mesmerising.

90) What would you happily do again? Go to Boardmasters! I went with two friends this year and we're already planning on going again next year!

91) Do you like to shop? Quite recently, yes. I think it's because I have more of a solid idea of what I like and what suits me (clothes wise) so I sort of look forward to shopping for clothes now. As far as food shopping goes, it's not really the most entertaining of activities, is it?

92) What's the first thing you do in the morning? Check my phone. I have a habit of falling asleep half way through conversations. Oops.

93) Do you think people are basically bad or basically good? Human nature comes with more than just "bad" and "good" and each person has a slightly different idea of what's "good" or "bad" so who knows, eh!

94) Have you ever been to Legoland? Yes and it was AWESOME.

95) What's the last thing you took a picture of? I took a photo of some polaroids I took at Boardmasters.

96) What's something you wear even in the shower? I have a ring my friend bought me quite a while ago from Sweden or Switzerland that I basically NEVER take off.

97) What's your favourite topic in history? I quite liked the Nazi Germany module. I'd like to learn about ancient Greece but I don't think it's part of the GCSE.

98) Have you ever burnt yourself? Yes, on hair straighteners when I was getting ready to perform with Olli. My finger blistered and it felt really weird.

99) What's the best thing you ever did for your parents? I used to write them poems illustrate them for their birthdays, fathers day and mothers day etc.

100) What's the most creative thing you've ever done? Well, I don't know to be perfectly honest. I have a habit of hearing/seeing/smelling something and then getting a really vivid image that I feel could be a part of a film. It's like my eyes are a really low-tech video camera and I'm just living for good angles, especially when it comes to car rides and stuff like that.


And that, my fellow friends of the interweb, concludes the 25 Question Series. I shall leave you with my favourite song this month Flame by Sundara Karma.

Until next time,

-L

Versatile Blogger Award

Hello my fellow friends of the interweb! Today I am here with another award I have recieved! I was nominated for The Versatile Blogger Award by the lovely Sally from And All That Fairy Dust! I'd like to say a ginormous thank you to you, Sally for the nomination. To all of my fellow interweb friends, I'd advise you to have a look at Sally's blog, I hadn't been reading much blog wise until I found Sally's!

The rules for this award are as follows:

1) Thank the nominator.
2) Select 15 blogs/bloggers to nominate.
3) List 7 facts about yourself.
4) Let the nominee's know they've been nominated.

Facts about me:

1) I was born on the same day as Celine Dion and Vincent Van Gogh.

2) I spent a whole day watching Rom-Com's on Netflix and now there's a special place in my heart for Hilary Duff films.

3) I'm fairly sure that Alex Turner may actually be a God.

4) I've kept all of my Christmas cards up because they make me smile (but I may swap them for my birthday cards after my birthday.)

5) For my work experience placement I'm going to a preschool which should be fun!

6) I've just recently got into Horror films, which again is my friend (Amy's) fault. If you've got any suggestions, please don't hesitate to let me know!

7) I keep having realisations. Like, 100 years ago for example, they thought most of what they knew was correct and it turned out to be a load of rubbish so, what if in 100 years into the future, some of the things we think are true actually transpire to be a load of rubbish?

My Nominees:

Holly Kenyon

Stormydoos

Eithne On The Moon

Cat Print Paws

Eclectic Feel

U For Urika

Sammie Photography

Ashbam

The Bookish Universe

Growing To Independence

Classically Becca

Bras And Visa Cards

Sopha Parks

Olivia Curls

Everyword-MelJWills

Again I'd like to thank Sally for Nominating me! I hope you all have a very lovely day. I shall leave you with today's song of the post: Agony from Into The Woods (film)

Now I'm off to an early birthday meal so until next time!

-L

25 Question series 0.3

Hello fellow friends of the internet! I apologise for my unscheduled absence, however do not fret for I am back! I'm planning on writing a few blog posts today and posting them later on in the week (just in case I get a bit busy and don't actually have time to post anything) AND it's my birthday in 8 days, so expect a post that has something to do with that! Now without further ado, on with the questions!

51) What is your heritage? I like this question! My great grandfather was Scottish, my great grandmother was Greek, at some point a family member was Irish...But mainly I'm English.

52) What's a song that always makes you happy when you hear it? Currently Vertigo by Mini Mansions ft. Alex Turner I find it rather calming and that makes me happy I do suppose!

53) Can insanity bring on more creativity? I like to think that, I myself, am a bit insane! So yes, I think a little insanity can bring on creativity.

54) What is your current desktop picture? This embarrasses me but since I've been away for so long I think I deserve public embarrassment. I'm a massive fangirl as I've mentioned previously and I thought it would be a good idea to get a collection of photos from things I like and create some sort of collage. It would be cool if I did it well and used some sort of snazzy editing software probably, but I used Paint. Here it is:

Please try to remember that I was young(er) when I made this and I need to make a new one soon!

55) Have you ever thrown up in the car? Yes I have, oddly enough the only thing I remember from a specific experience is being irritated at myself for throwing up all over my then favourite pair of jeans.

56) Have you ever met any celebrities? I've met Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell from Eastenders) but most people from my area seem to have met him. I've met many the celebrity in Libby Land though (if that counts, which it does.)

57) Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way? No, that sounds like it takes a lot of energy that I'd quite frankly rather conserve for something more important like taking over the world.

58) Who would you like to see in concert? Arctic Monkeys without a doubt.

59) Ever had a weird deja-vu moment? Yes, I often even have deja-vu inception moments where I'm having deja-vu of deja-vu.

60) What did you want to be when you were younger? Well: A fashion designer, a singer, an actress, a doctor, an author and once an Olympic athlete. Which is HILARIOUS to anyone who knows me well because I refuse to run.

61) Do you find Christmas stressful? Well, not really directly stressful because to be honest, I don't do much but everybody else stressing about it tends to give me secondary stress.

62) Do you think musicals are cheesy? Some can be I suppose, but I love musicals!

63) Do you dance in the car? I remember coming up with dance routines with my brothers in the car but they were strictly waist up dance moves.

64) Are you afraid of heights? I don't actually think I'm afraid of heights per say, I mean if I'm on something high my first reaction isn't "It's so high I'm scared" it's more of a "If I make one wrong move I will fall. And die." so I'd say I'm afraid of falling.

65) How many languages can you speak? Well, A very limited amount of Spanish, French and German! When I say very limited I mean VERY limited.

66) When you were younger what did you dress up for at Halloween? I do believe it tended to be a witch. I've never been trick-or-treating though and Halloween is my least favourite time of the year.

67) Are you lazy? It depends on the task and my mind set at the time!

68) When was the last time you wrote a letter to somebody on paper? Sometime last week for my English mock I think!

69) What films could you watch over and over again and still watch? The Lord of The Rings/The Hobbit trilogy, both Bridget Jones films and maybe a few Disney films like The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

70) What's your favourite food? Melon or ice cream. So much so, I've requested that I get both of these things for my birthday.

71) Where would you bury treasure if you had some? I don't know...In the Louvre? Thinking back to The Divinci Code.

72) What's your least favourite movie? I'm not sure I can think of one. I was a bit dissapointed with Transcendence. Sometimes I've just got to rewatch films to make sure I'm actually paying attention though.

73) Do you still watch cartoons? Yes, Cartoon Network is an important part of my world.

74) How do you feel about surprises? Well, I dislike not knowing things, however I also think surprises are a nice thing to look forward too if they're a gift etc.

75) What makes you laugh the most? Well, my inside jokes with my close friends (specifically Amy) and as of late, this:

Yes, this is my screensaver.

That's all for now my fellow friends of the internet! I shall leave you with todays song of the post: When The Sun Goes Down by Arctic Monkeys

Until next time!

-L

25 Question Series 0.2

Hello again fellow friends of the internet! I'm here with part two of my 25 question series! I'm not going to blab on about insignificant things like....I dunno, unicorns on envelopes or friends singing whilst you're Skyping them and trying to concentrate on writing (you know who you are.) I ended up babbling anyway so I'm gonna hop right into the questions!

26) Ever had a poem or song written about you? I don't think so...Ideally yes!

27) Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose? Before I answer I'd like to say that I have two younger brothers and they heavily influence my actions. Yes, I have, yanno when you stick things like straws or bread sticks up your nose? Yep...

28) What's your religion? I am agnostic? I think that's the correct term? Either agnostic or atheist. To be honest, personally it's not a priority to me and I don't spend much time thinking about it so I'm not 100% sure.

29) Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? Well, it depends on the situation. I'm taking Drama as a GCSE and sometimes that means being recorded whilst performing which I don't mind. I equally don't mind recording things. However, if it was for something like a Youtube channel I'd feel totally out of my comfort zone!

30) Simple but extremely complex, favourite band? Well, judging by my most played songs, I'd have to say Arctic Monkeys.

31) What was the last lie I told? The answer to this question.

32) Do you believe in karma? Ummm...Much like the religion question, I'm not that sure because I've not put much thought into it!

33) What does your URL mean? I wanted my URL to be "Is it just me" but was unable to, so I thought to have the title of my blog be "Is it just me" and then have the URL as "or do we all" so it sort of acts like an inside joke and a continuation of the title.

34) What's your greatest weakness and your greatest strength? I wish I had a clearer idea so I could properly answer this question but I'm very over crytical of myself so I tend to think I have more weakness' than strengths. I think my greatest weakness is my inability to say no to opportunities. If someone offers me an assembly slot or a job to do I'll probably say yes just because I can't say no. As far as greatest strength goes, I think I'm very determined. If there's something I 100% want to do or if I make a promise to help someone with something, chances are I'll do it!

35) Do you prefer talking to people on the phone or on Skype?  Well, I tend to have bad signal on my phone so I'd say I  probably prefer Skype.

36) Are you happy with the person you've become? Ohh, a deep and meaningful question! Well, in a certain sense yes. I think that I've grown to understand certain things and I've experienced a lot more.

37) What's your biggest "What if?" Probably something like "what if I'm shopping and I start getting bombed?" Terrorism is a very real thing and it honestly scares me.

38) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens? Um, I've heard stories from family members about ghost encounters and I think that the universe is too big to just have one tiny planet full of humans on it.

39) Smell the air. What do you smell? I can smell my vanilla frosting Yankee candle. I adore the smell of vanilla.

40) What's the worst place you've ever been to? I have a love hate relationship with London. I love to go there there but it's so packed and there are so many people.

41) To you, what is the meaning of life? There is no meaning. You can't put a stamp on something like life. Life in it's entirety means so many different things depending on the person.

42) Define art. Not a question per say but art is a creative outlet, I do suppose. Art is indefinable.

43) Do you believe in luck? No, I don't think so. The universe is rarely that lazy. (Whoever knows where that quote's from gets a cake.)

44) What time is it? It is currently 4:42pm.

45) What was the last book you read? Well technically the last book I read was Of Mice and Men but that was for English. Otherwise it may have been Bear Grylls' autobiography or Miranda Hart's "Is It Just Me?"

46) What's the worse injury you've ever had?  I don't do anything so it's difficult for me to get hurt. I over extended my finger playing netball once and had my lower leg in a cast for a few weeks, so one of those two probably!

47) Have you ever caught a butterfly? Yes I do believe so! Or it may have been a moth...Not sure but I caught something with wings.

48) Do you have any obsessions right now? I'm currently obsessed with Top Gear specials and Bridget Jones Diary (Hence the Richard Hammond thing.)

49) Ever had a rumor spread about you? Probably! But I don't pay the faintest bit of attention to them!

50) Do you believe in magic? I have to say yes to please my inner child.

That's all for now my fellow friends of the internet! I shall leave you with my song of the post: Don't You Want Me by The Human League

-L

Optimism

Hello fellow friends of the internet! I'm here today with a post that I've been meaning to write since October.

If you cast your mind back to the 2nd of October, I posted a post (opposed to doing anything else with a post eh?) called "Pessimism." That was a sort of tongue in cheek post aimed at my friend Charlie. A few weeks after that I ended up talking to a family friend (Charlie's mum and luckily for me, my drama teacher) and she inspired me to write this post!

I say 'inspired me' for a reason, you see The Queen (Her nickname, not sure who knows that it's her nickname but move over Beyonce) is a very inspirational person. She's the main reason that I actually started to enjoy Drama and went on to take it as a GCSE. As a teacher she (seems to be at least) very passionate about what she teaches and this in turn causes you to be infected by her optimism! It's like an illness you actually want to catch.

Not only is her passion for drama infectious but I think she's just an infectious person. She's not yanno, a disease because that would be weird and a massive insult, she can spread happiness at a 100 mile radius. She's a brilliant listener, she's funny and attentive and people at school respect her. Honestly, I think she's one of the main clogs of making our school work (she's the glue ) and that's probably why I tend to refer to her as The Queen!

I love Sheldon Cooper

 But luckily enough for anyone who knows her personally (and generally) everyone else around her, outside of school she still manages to be the uplifting, merry and lovely lady as per usual. I may be going of on a tangent but in my Leibster Award post, I think I mentioned Hannah and her mum (Hello to you.) Now, The Queen and...Oh no....I haven't got a nickname...Can there be two Queens? If I type "The Queens" are people going to think of something other than Beyonce...We'll go with it. Now, The Queen coincidentally happens to be friends with The Other Queen. Now, I've decided that this is because they're both fabulously inspirational and jolly people (tangent over.)

Now, Stormydoos, happened to nominate me for The Leibster Award also, so I'll answer her questions on this post (because I'd feel bad if I didn't!)

1) Most embarrassing thing to happen to you? I said 'daughter in law' instead of 'step daughter'. Mortifying.

2) Best trick ever played on someone? It was a little year 6 type of date (to KFC, so romantic.) The boy dropped a box of something, bent over whilst sat on his chair to pick it up, so I tipped the chair over on top of him. He's not very nice so totally deserved it.

3) Most stupid thing you've ever done? Muchos difficult question to answer. There are different scales of stupid. The KFC incident mentioned above is stupid but so's getting your hair caught in someone's glasses whilst you're hugging them and then ripping them off of their face.

4) Amount of sleep you get on average every night? Probably 8 hours of disturbed and unfulfilling sleep.

5) Do you have any middle names? If so what are they? My middle name is Sophie. After my nans middle name. Keepin' her happy.

6) Do you have any pets, if so what are they? I have a three legged cat called Saffy (Safi? Saffie? Nobody knows.) And a 7 month old lady dog (good try) called Rue.

7) Favourite thing to do in your spare time? I like to *mumbles* watch Top Gear specials.

8) How do you come up for the content of your blog? If I have an idea, I'll save it with a title and get around to writing it at some point! Or I'll look at other blogs and sometimes that will give me inspiration. It tends to come from my own random head to be honest!

9) Fvourite subject at school? I like History/Drama/Geography. Not necessarily in that order (depending on my mood really, but they're defiantly my top 3.)


To round up this very disfunctional post: The Queen (Charlie's mum) is a wonderful person. We were joking about me writing this post in October, little did she know, I actually thought it was a good idea. Since October I've become good friends with Hannah and met The Other Queen (Hannah's mum) who is also a wonderful person and deserves a special mention in this post. Like I said, this is now an incoherent post where I've just typed straight from my head and not thought about paragraphing or anything (I'm currently ill. Blame it on that.)

That's all for now my fellow friends of the interweb. Today's song of the post is: Dancing Queen by Abba

Until next time- L

The Liebster Award

Hello my fellow friends of the internet! I have something extremely exciting to tell you (that is unless you don't already know of course!) I have been nominated (THREE TIMES!) for The Liebster Award. 

For those who don't know, I believe that The Liebster Award is a way for fellow bloggers to recognise/discover new bloggers and welcome them to the world of the internet! I've had to google the 'rules' because it would appear that people have been quite confused as to what you're actually meant to do but oh well here we go!

The rules (I think) are:

1) Link and thank the person/s that have nominated you.

2) Answer their questions.

3) Nominate 11 blogs with less than 200 followers.

4) Create 11 questions for the nominees to answer.

6) Let the bloggers know that they've been nominated via social media.

So, I'd like to thank Eithne On The Moon, Eclectic Feel and Catprintpaws for nominating me for this award! The feeling is entirely mutual (yanno, blog appreciation wise!) I'd also like to add that I judged the "200" followers thing via Bloglovin'.

Because all three nominated me I'll answer all of their questions too so here goes:

Eithne's questions: (I'm so incredibly sorry if it's not your name! I did look, I swear!)

1) If you could talk for one day with a famous person, dead or alive, who would you chose? Um, I'd really like to talk to Idina Menzel maybe and get some singing tips. Or Alex Turner and just ask him 'Why?'

2) Do you have a book that you read every time you feel down? If yes, which one? I don't actually have a book. I feel like I need one. When I buy Bridget Jones Diary I hope it'll be that!

3) Choose your superpower. I'll be molecule man, but the female version (Google him.)

4) Think of a book you really enjoyed: you can chose a character as your friend, which one and why? Robert Langdon because I just think he's cool to be totally honest (and I'm thinking of an answer that isn't Bridget from Bridget Jones Diary.)

5) What's your favourite moment of the day? Probably the precise moment when I'm in bed, my light thingies are on and I'm talking to my friends/

6) Name something you couldn't live without. Other than the obvious...Um, Hannah and Olli. Hi if you're reading. And thank you. You know what for.

7) What's your favourite word (the language is not important)? I bloody love this question! I might make a post on words i love currently, 'Splosh' just say it, it's rather satisfactory.

8) What's your favourite kind of post to read and/or write? I love writing Q&A style posts, because it allows you as a reader to get to know me just as much as it allows me to know me. What I like to read depends on my mood. For example if I have a headache, I'll read a blog with lots of pictures.

9) Do you have a specific song that reminds you of a moment in your life? If yes, which one? I have MANY songs that remind me of moments in my life. For example, Gold by Spandau Ballet, reminds me of the summer and my end of year exams.

10) What's your favourite hobby (apart from blogging)? Well, I would say that I don't have many hobbies, but I sing a lot and I think I sing enough for it to count as a hobby.

11) If you could travel instantly to somewhere whenever you want, where would you pick? Ideally, a little meadow/wood thingy with a stream at sunset/rise I think! 

Jo's questions:


1) Describe your blog in 3 words: Truthful, universal and disorganised.

2) What's your favourite smell and why?  I love the smell of vanilla because I just think it's relaxing and warm! I love vanilla.

3) Name an unusual skill/talent you have: I can't dance to save my life. I say this is a talent because I'm so bad, it is actually one of the most amazing things you will probably (not) see.

4) If you could only chose one- books, music, art craft or photography? Music.

5) Oranges or lemons? Oranges.

6) Your top 3 ambitions for 2015? Be happier, be mindful and be healthier.

7) What's your last holiday destination and what's (hopefully) your next? I believe my last holiday destination was Longleat Safari park and I'd like my next to be Evesham *cough, looking at you mum, cough*

8) Trilby or fedora? Trilby.

9) What was the last book you read/ album you listened to (rate out of 10)? The last book I read was Is It Just Me by Miranda Hart and I'd give it a 10 because I actually laughed out loud and I never do that. The last album I listened to was AM by Arctic Monkeys, probably gonna give that a 10 outta 10 too considering I'm pretty obsessed with it.

10) What's your favourite cheese? Brie or camembert...I think?

11) Will you be rocking Pantone's colour of the year "Marsala" in 2015? Probably, it's not a shade of yellow/orange so yeah. It might happen!

And Leanne's Questions:

1) Why do you want to blog? Because I feel that I have a lot to say and that there are a lot of people on the internet who would be interested in hearing what I have to say.

2) Who's your inspiration fashion or otherwise? I am pretty fashion ignorant I love what Aria (Aka, Lucy Hale) wears in Pretty Little Liars. Other than fashion inspiration...My friend Hannah and her mum inspire me quite a bit actually.

3) How long have you blogged for? I think it's been for around 4 months! Wow, that's strange to say.

4) What's your all time favourite movie or TV show and why? I love Bridget Jones Diary, that's currently my favourite film. I don't know about my favourite TV show to be honest. I think it's probably American Horror Story!

5) What's your top beauty tip? Um..Don't fret if your eyeliner isn't "on point" it will be one day. Not a tip, but it speaks to me.

6) What's your fail safe place to shop? Maybe New Look? Mainly because it's probably one of the bigger shops in my nearest city.

7) What's your favourite blog to read? I'm a bad blogger and I don't read blogs that often! When I do...They seem to be DIY blogs recently (looking for birthday present ideas.) Or it'll be a booktuber's blog.

8) What's your favourite song at the moment? Seaside by The Kooks.

9) What do you aspire to do in the future? Well, in the near future I'd like to not be ill (it's winter, I have a cold. I think.) In the 'distant' future I'd like to have done a lot of things like actually write a book or have read through my huge 'to be read' pile of books.

So again, I'd like to thank those lovely ladies for nominating me! My nominations are:

• MelJWills
• Cheezyfeet Books
• Olivia Curls
• Stormydoos
• Myfairpixel
• Imogen's Typewriter
• Doodleheart Illustration
• Ashley Jayne Illustration
• The Book Journal
• life & Lisa

Now, some people may argue over what a real blog is or point out the fact that there aren't 11 on my list or that some of them have a little bit over 200 followers. I like them and I'm nominating them.

My questions for them (or you if I've nominated you and you're watching!) Are:

1) What do you do if you run out of creative inspiration (for anything?)
2)  Morning or evening?
3) If you were a mythical creature, what would you be?
4) What's your favourite word? (Stealing the question, but I really wanna know.)
5) What helps you concentrate?
6) What 3 things are you determined to achieve (generally)?
7) What's your guilty pleasure?
8) Would you rather live without a roof or without a "proper" floor?
9) Why did you start your blog?
10) Have you ever eaten a whole cake?
11) How much trouble would you be in if you had no hands?

That's all for todays post my fellow friends of the internet! I shall leave you with today's song of the post: Seaside by The Kooks

Until next time- L

p.s I'm on twitter now! I know, weird right, I still don't understand it! Tweet me @OrDoWeAll

25 Questions Series

Hello my fellow friends of the interweb! I'm here with you today with a 'tag' post. Apparently the rules of the internet state that in order to do a tag you must make one up or actually be tagged. However, I'm a rebel and I've done neither of these things (although I've changed a few questions to suit me because 'my way or the highway'.)  Instead of sitting down and making you read 100 Q and A's in one go I'm going to chop it up into small chunks of 25 questions, just so you don't have to scroll through masses!

I'd also like to thank the amazing Hannah for writing a fabulous guest post! She's a total lifesaver and I love her a lot.

On with the questions!

1) What 6 songs do you listen to the most? Well, after consulting my phone they are: Do I Wanna Know By Arctic Monkeys, R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys, When You Were Young by The Killers, Alone Together by Fall Out Boy, Runaways by The Killers and Don't Sit Down, Cause I've Moved Your Chair by Arctic Monkeys

2) If you could meet anyone on this Earth, who would it be? *sigh* my initial reaction was Richard Hammond...But I honestly don't know!

3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23 and give me line 17. More of a demand then a statement but if you insist! *Picks up book* "books. The Symbology of Secret Sects, The Art of the" and incase you're wondering I'm currently reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (hence the symbology.)

4) What do you think about the most? Probably things that I need to do. That's really vague but I tend to have a fair few things to do and remember to do!

5) What does your last text message from someone else say? "Vices and Virtues came yesterday, do you want to borrow it to put onto your Ipod or whatever?" You earn a slice of cake if you know who that album's by.

6) What's your strangest talent? Yanno Voldemort has no nostrils? And people can pull the face where they suck their nostrils in? Yeah, I can do that to the Eastenders theme tune thing.

7) Girls...Boys...(Finish the sentence.) Again, not a question *tut tut* 'Girls exist and Boys exist.' There ya go, stick that inspirational quote on a wall.

8) Do you have freckles? Yes I think so? *grabs a mirror* Yup!

9) When is the last time you played the air guitar? (I know what my song of the post is going to be now :3) I play air guitar a lot...And the drums...I think it was on Thursday/Friday evening.

10) Do you have any strange phobias? Now, I don't know if I should be exposing my weakness' to the internet but I can't think of any phobias that are strange. I can't STAND snakes. Or saliva. If you threaten to spit on me I will cry.

11)  Do you sleep with doors open or closed? I cannot STAND any doors being open. I have the door to our loft in my room RIGHT beside my bed and I purposefully put things in front of it so I can hear if anybody tries to open the door and kill me.

12) Do you take shampoo/conditioner bottles from hotels? No I don't. That's my dads job. Special agent Luke.

13) If you're outside what are you most likely doing? Walking somewhere with my dog and probably my mum.

14)  Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? Well, I feel as though I'd die faster if I were mauled to death by a bear than slowly be stung to death by bees.

15) Who's your celebrity crush? *sigh* There are probably around 13. Honestly, there's no point in asking me that. Oh hang on...I forgot Richard Hammond...Who's your celebrity crush?

16) How do you vent your anger? I swear a lot and go on a long rant and then watch Bridget Jones Diary to pin my frustration on bloody DANIEL CLEAVER. Then I confront the issue and deal with it.

17) Do you have a collection of anything? Books...I think you can say that I have a collection of books. I've got 6 shelves of them so I think it counts.

18) What's a sound that you hate and a sound that you love? I hate the sound (and feel for that matter) of chalk. Chalk on anything. Just chalk. I love the sound of rain and the sound of waves. Lets just say water. I like water.

19) Stick your right arm out what do you touch first? Do the same with your left. Well, after much deliberation with myself over which arm is my left and which is my right; my right arm hit...a notebook and my left arm hit...A mug and tipped it over. Shit.

20)  Most attractive singer of opposite gender? Hayley Williams. Her hair is awesome.

21) What's the weather like right now? You're asking me about the weather *Taking me back to Twilight* Generally dry and sunny throughout the morning, but feeling cold in the strong and brisk breeze (good word is brisk. Say it.)

22) What's the last film you saw? Well, I started watching One Day last night but got distracted so the last film I properly watched was Bridget Jones' Diary.

23) Do you save money or spend it? Well, I spend it eventually, but I tend to save it until I either cave and spend it on food or find something that I really want to buy.

24) Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you? I don't know what time it is but I feel as if I just got out of bed and I have no idea how far 10 feet is. But there's a pink owl head on a pencil case...And some pink books...So yeah I do suppose so!

25) Have you ever stolen a street sign before? No because they tend to be screwed onto metal poles.


That's all for now my fellow friends of the interweb! I shall see you soon with another post but for now I shall leave you with this: Air Guitar by McBusted

Also, TAG! You're it! (I never understood that? Is it 'it' or 'hit' what are you meant to say!?)

-L

Hannah's Merry Christmas Greeting

Hello wonderful readers of this blog!

As you may have guessed by the not-the-normal greeting, this isn't Libby. It's Hannah instead - if you're wondering right now who in the world I am, I was fore-mentioned in the gorgeous Libby's brilliant blog as 'the lovely lady who wasn't able to play guitar' (isn't she just the kindest?).

Anyhow, Libby and I were talking and I was expressing how utterly amazing she is (as you do and if you don't you should as she deserves it very much).

Her blog became the subject of conversation alongside me speaking of her humour as one of her brilliant attributes. She mentioned she was worried about new ideas and lack of time for posts for all you lovely readers (although I believe she does a cracking job) and she proposed the idea of me writing a post for this incredible blog of hers!

With it being so incredible and me being just a tad obsessed (have read every blog post and will continue to) I was very excited by the proposition and agreed to it!

So here I am, hijacking her small Libby-ified section of the internet for a while - I do hope you don't mind.

Seeing as we're in the festive season of Christmas, I decided to go wild, and attempt a positive and uplifting Christmassy blog about things to be happy/grateful for (as we all have many things although it may not seem like it) because Christmas is about counting your blessings after all.

Libby is absolutely counted among my blessings, as she and all that she is is a blessing in her own right (just to make that prominent before I really do begin).

So here's a little list of reasons to be happy if you're feeling down or sad or appreciative (or any feeling at all really) because there's lots of things to thank your lucky stars for:

• Friends and family (these people love youuu and they love you just the way you are, because chances are they've spent enough time with you to see you being yourself) 

• You've got a roof over your head and if it rains outside it won't be raining on you, most likely there's a lovely HOME you can go to which is something a large number of people do not have (I say home instead of house because it matters more how much of a home to you a building is than how big it is, or how well furnished it is or if the paints peeling a little or not or even if it's your house that you usually live in. In other words it could be a place that feels like a home, your Nanny's house etc etc).

• Someone smiled at you today. I needn't say more really: smiles are great and they brighten days whether this is acknowledged or not. In the rare circumstances someone didn't smile at you today (I'd find that exceptionally hard to believe if you told me) I bet they did yesterday. Or maybe you smiled at a stranger today and with everything they've got going on it made their day a whole lot better! Whatever the case, smiles are great!

• Music : dance, soul, rock, funk, reggae, disco, indie, Bhangra, jazz, country, all sorts. I know for a fact i will very much be backed by Libby on this one! Now, there may be one person (God forbid) that says 'I don't like music' but the fact is music categories are so vast that there's going to be one song that you like - or you haven't listened to enough.

• You've profoundly impacted someone's life. I think we must of all had that one day, week, month, minute, hour (however lengthy period of time) where we've felt useless or like we didn't matter. But the fact is, we've all made an impact in the world in one way or another and there's people that need us and things we are yet to complete. We all very much have a place and are indescribably important.

Right then, I think that will do. If you're a not so happy person reading this then I hope you see sunnier days soon because you deserve it and you are wonderful and loved.

Hopefully my little input on Libby's blog hasn't bored you (and Libby is as happy with it being on her blog as I was to write it) and I'm sure Libby will be back with another outstandingly brilliant post for you soon or thereafter.

Wishing you all a very merry last few days of the Christmas week (not sure if the Christmas week has ended now we've had Christmas Day but I'll go with that).

To Libby: Thankyou for letting me do a little (or not so little as I may have got carried away) post on here! You're gorgeous! Have only recently told you of your value and specialness so won't publicly rant on.

Today's song of the blog is The Fairytale of New York by The Pogues because it's my favourite Christmas song

Lots of loveeee xx

More Than That.

Hello fellow friends of the interweb! Yet again, I've managed to abandon you for a month and for that I apologise. However, I am back! Today I am here with something that I felt I needed to talk about. Do you have a friend that you've never argued with? Do you have a friend that you can call at 3 in the morning if you need it? Because I do (and I strongly recommend that you invest in one if you don't.)

Today, on December the 20th is Olli's birthday. Now, if you're new to the blog you may be totally confused as to who Olli is, so I'll happily elaborate for you.

The Story of Olli (That isn't a birth story. That'd be weird.)

 In year 7, I was in the same tutor as Olli, he was close friends with my friend Lucy (Hello Lucy) however, we never really talked. Fast forward to year 9 and he was pretty much my knight in shining armour. At the end of year 9, our school holds a year 9 graduation to celebrate the transitioning from KS3 to KS4.  During this mini graduation, there were performances from students. 

Now, I had a bit of  an issue with singing in front of people during year 6 (well, I still do to be perfectly honest, but that's not the point) and wanted to redeem myself during the year 9 graduation. The main issue was that I lack dedication and never learnt to play an instrument, this lead to me going on the hunt for a guitarist.

At first, I asked a lovely lady called Hannah, who was unavailable. At this point I was hellbent on performing, but still in dire need of a guitarist. Hannah, being the aforementioned lovely lady she is, directed me towards Olli. Having not spoken to Olli at all since year 7 (and I mean AT ALL. No interaction ever.) I was a bit nervous about asking him to help me out.

Eventually, I plucked up the courage to ask him to be my guitarist and he said yes! (This is starting to sound like an engagement story isn't it...) We agreed to practise one day after school, and ever since then we have been best friends (I hate that term by the way. "Best friends" always sounds a bit childish doesn't it?) 

To my family, Olli is either known as: Mister Jenkin, (By my mum. She tends to put missus or mister in front of peoples names.) The Guitarist/Guitar Boy (by my dad, who's a bit rubbish with names, but I forgive him because of his beard.)  Or as Olli (by my brothers, because they're probably the most mentally stable out of the five of us.)

However, to me (other than a lot of names that are not suitable to repeat here :3) Olli is known as Gary. Not in a weird 'pet dog' sort of name, there's a story behind this too. Also, when I say 'known as' I mean that's what he's saved as on my phone.

The Gary Story 

(This isn't a long story, so I'll just go right into it.) During one of our practises, I did something stupid (as per usual) I can't remember what it is but just to paint the picture, I'll use a frequent strap incident as an example.

Olli needed a strap for his guitar so he could play it comfortably. He was talking about the strap and I giggled (very childishly) because "Hahaha, 'strap.'"  We then got into a conversation about how I tend to do Miranda-esque things. (I tried to play 'where's Libby' once and got stuck under a dining room chair.)  We then decided that I may as well be called Miranda, so then I insisted (considering he's the better looking, talented friend) that he should be Gary. 

The whole point of this blog post is (partially to brag, I'm going to be honest)  to thank Olli for being a fabulous human.

He's the friend that seems only to exist in books or films. He's the person that I'll always talk to if I need anything (we rant a lot, he's good at that, it's rather amusing.) I know that if I'm feeling a bit off colour I can call him and he'll make me feel better and we've never argued (which is really saying something.) Overall, he's an extremely selfless person. If he was in a burning building, he'd be the guy who'd save everyone else. I'm very pleased to be able to call him my best friend and would like to take this opportunity to wish him a very happy birthday:

Olli, I know you've heard this a lot but you really deserve to have the happiest, present filled day because you're a brilliant person and I love you a lot, yush? 

(Fellow friends of the interweb, I sincerely hope he actually reads this otherwise I'll be a bit embarrassed. He will though *hopefully*) 

Today's song of the blog is: Cucurucu by Nick Mulvey

That's all my fellow friends of the interweb!

Till next time-L

Baby Olli

Not Baby Olli

The 'M' Word.

Hello my fellow friends of the internet!

I'm here today with a very overdue post! Today is the 15th of November. Flash back to 1978 a very important person in my life was born. That important person is my mum. Now before you roll your eyes and groan, I KNOW that was a predictable thing to say! However, my mother is pretty fabulous.

Before you totally think I've lost all sense of self restraint; I'm not gong to brag or gush. I'm just going to share with you some brilliant moments I've had with my mum (Sorry if I embarrass you mother. Mwahahaha.)

Top 5 Brilliant Moments: With Libby and Mum.

1. I really enjoy it when we take Rue (our dog) out for a walk and have very in depth conversations.
2. When she bakes. Anything. I mean, she can bake. 
3. I appreciate that she's there for me. Whenever I need her, I know I can ring her or text her and she'll be there for me (provided she has her phone on or I have signal. It's a faulted system I know.)
4. When we bond over books, films and TV series together.
5. The random nights we stay up later than usual laughing at ridiculous things (Like my appalling attempt at Beyonce's Single Ladies dance.)

We don't get a long all the time, I don't think any daughter can say they get on with their mother 100% of the time, but when we fight- we get over it and move on. At the end of the day I know that if I have a problem I can turn to her for help.

Aww look at that, baby me. How sweet. Moral of this post is I love my mum. Motherhood is a full time job and my mum is pretty darn good at it. I really hope she's enjoyed her birthday and I also hope that you, my fellow friends of the interweb, have experienced (in some way or another) the loving feeling of a mother (or mother figure.)

That's all for now, I shall leave you with today's song: More Than Words by Extreme

-L

Fireworks

Hello again my fellow friends of the interweb! I'm here today with a bit of a spur of the moment post! Due to where I live, I'm fortunate enough to not need to pay for fireworks to see them because I live on a hill and can therefore see everyone else's for free! The joy!

Today in England is Bonfire night! For those who don't know, bonfire night is where we celebrate a bloke called Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up Parliament! The fireworks represent the gunpowder and sometimes people will make a slightly satanic looking bloke and burn him (Sounds worse than it is!) However, most people enjoy firework displays and bonfires!

I have realized that I (for some unknown reason) really love fireworks. I was stood outside on my decking, admiring the free fireworks like a child. (My favourite fireworks are the "Glittery fairy thingies" if anyone was curious.)

I find that fireworks are used to mark something significant, the beginning of a new year, at an opening event,  a bloke trying to blow up the king- all of these things are important and I think that's why it resonates with me. I love the atmosphere of togetherness that they create, I love the colours and the noise! They just generally bring me joy and transport me back to the times where I could scream at things and it would be cute and not considered weird or bratty!

This video, made me cry when I watched it! That's the power that fireworks have over me. Any significant event in my life-expect to see fireworks!

That's all for now! I shall leave you with today's song of the post: Don't Stop Believin' By Journey (the live version because why not?)

Catch ya soon-L

Music

Hello there fellow friends of the interweb! I've been spending a decent amount of my time recently, on my phone or on YouTube listening to music and it made  me realize how much I appreciate the work artists do and how music plays quite a fundamental part of my life. (Would I like some crackers with that cheese I hear you ask? Yes please!)

I chose drama as a GCSE, so I think that gives me the right to call myself a performer (and I've performed so that's good enough right?) So, as you may (or may not) expect, music choice tends to be quite important on certain occasions.

Let me give you an example (that's defiantly not based on real life experiences) that demonstrates how getting the music right is key:

An Example Of How Getting The Music Right Is Key

Let me set the scene, two 14 year olds are sat in a small music practice room. One is a tall, floppy haired blonde boy with a guitar and the other is a short, muddy red headed girl with a bottle of water and song lyrics.

They are a duo without a name (at the time, all hail Lolli/Olliby, we can't decide! Suggestions?) and their performance was drawing near. With only 2 weeks left, they knew now was the time to seriously put work into practicing (well, Libby knew this, Olli was just sort of going with it as usual.)

The boy sat down and sorted out his strap (HAHAHAHA) whilst the girl sat opposite him, laughing to herself and preparing for the impending embarrassment that was no doubt soon to follow (as it did most practice sessions.)

Boy: Am I playing it from-

Girl: Yep, just do it from there it'll be fine!

Boy: Right...Okay...*Starts to play the song*

Girl: *Starts singing* No...No this isn't right...Can you move the thingy up a notch?

Boy: What like this? *Moves the thingy up a notch and does some fancy guitarist thing*

Girl: Yeah, that's cool. Back from that bit then.

Boy: Uh huh *Plays*

Girl: *Midway through singing* Mngahhjaja *Looks at lyrics* shsmfjiwmmsm *Laughs*

Boy: *Stops playing abruptly* What?

Girl: You made me laugh! It's fine, it's fine. Go back from the start of that bit.

Boy: Okaaaay *Plays*

Girl: *Midway through singing* Uggghhh! This is not going to work and we've only got 2 weeks left until the performance! Do we do another song? What songs do you know? What songs can you PLAY I mean?

Boy: *Thinks* Well, I can-

Girl: Great, do that.

Long story short the boy plays the other song and first time round it goes perfectly and they perform it and everyone loves it and they ride off into the musical sunset and live musically happily together forever (until Libby gets tonsillitis and Olli breaks a guitar string.)

Moral of that story is, although the girl could sing the song and the boy could play the song, it wasn't the right one, and as soon as they changed the song; they felt more confident in what they were doing and gave a kick ass performance.

My love for music is the main reason for doing a 'song of the post'. I decided that instead of making one post where I list all of my favourite songs (which realistically for me would be a stupid thing to do because I'd be here for hours.) I would instead pick a song that I adore or maybe a song that's relevant to the post and link it to you guys so you can get a taste of the sort of music I like to sing or listen to!

That's all for today my fellow friends of the interweb! I shall leave you with the aforementioned song of the post: Make You Feel My Love by Adele (her version of it anyways)

Happy Half Term to all and anyone who's got a week off!

-L

P.s This is the song we performed.

Friends.

Hello! I apologize for leaving you for so long, but as I've mentioned before I only want to blog about things when I feel like doing it otherwise, this will feel like more of a chore and less of a hobby! I'm in the mood for a bit of a chatty/long blog post today so be prepared for badly formed sentences and appalling spelling. In other words, get a cup of tea because I'm not planning on holding back at all.

As you may have gathered from the title, today's post is about friends. Personally I have issues trusting people; so all of my friends have been hand picked with care. Oddly enough, I've found friends in people I wouldn't have thought I would ever call a friend. Even more than that; I've become really close friends with people that I never thought I would consider a friend.

As much as I'd LOVE to name and shame my friends (trust me I thought about it) I'd end up forgetting someone and that's not cool so I'm just going to have to hope that you know who you are! Considering I'm shuffling through a rough patch life wise at the moment, the one thing I think I've needed most is support and I'm SO thankful to have a brilliant group of friends behind me.

Some of my friends understand what I'm going through and have experienced it themselves, some know my "deepest and darkest" secrets (although I'm a very dull person so none of my secrets are very deep and dark.) I have friends that let me use their Netflix account and friends that I've been camping with.

Recently (By recently I mean on Thursday) I went to the cinema with two friends to watch Annabelle. (Warning: it's a horror movie, I don't want to be responsible for any younger people scaring themselves.) It was fabulous and I thoroughly enjoyed myself but (get to the point Libby.) I came to the conclusion that without those friends, or without friends in general- wouldn't life be dull? I don't want to go to the cinema alone, or go camping alone or dance to I'm Sexy and I know it on a bridge alone!

Everyone likes some time to themselves of course but don't friends make life so much more enjoyable? Have you ever nearly peed yourself whilst with a friends because something ridiculous just happened? Have you ever taken long walks with your friends just because you want to talk? When was the last time you told your friends that you appreciate them?

As horribly cheesy as it sounds, I was in a maths lesson the other day having an utter existential crisis and my friend was sat next to me giving me ideas for what I could do to solve my problem blah-blah-blah and I suddenly felt overwhelmed with appreciation for this person.

She didn't have to help me out, she didn't have to use up brain power to help me come up with solutions, she could have just left me to my own devices and sort it out by myself but she didn't. Instead she actually took the time to help me out and I appreciate her for that (she knows so too because I told her so in the lesson.)

I dedicate this blog post to all of my friends, to those of you who have: spent time with me, brought me food, share an inside joke with me and those who have calmed me down when I've been a little too emotional. Most importantly, I would like you to know that I appreciate you and I love you (Ohh she went there) because you're all brilliant and life would be very dull without you,

That's all for today my fellow friends of the interweb! I shall leave you with this posts song of the day: Centuries by Fall Out Boy

Till next time- L

Pessimism.

Hi there! So, I'm a very pessimistic person. When I say 'a very pessimistic person' I mean a VERY pessimistic person. I actually don't think I've ever met someone as pessimistic as I am, the only person that's come close to being as pessimistic as me, is my friend Charlie.

On a good day, my level of pessimism is probably about Bobby Singer (Supernatural.)

However, on a bad day my pessimism probably reaches Wednesday Addams level.

Everyone knows the idiom of "Is the glass half full or half empty" or whatever it is, but technically isn't it always full? Isn't air present in the glass where the liquid has been removed? I'm sure there are FAR more intelligent people that could answer this question (*Cough* Charlie.) But I found this which proves my point more or less.

I like to think of my 'pessimism' as a superior emotion that nobody else can fully understand. Much like the following emotionally stunted people:

Cristina Yang- Grey's Anatomy

Martin Freeman- Hardware

Spencer Hastings- Pretty Little Liars

Smeagol/Gollum- The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers

Now, I'm not comparing Charlie or myself to the above people, however I like to believe that we are full of just as much sass as Martin Freeman (bold statement to all you fellow fangirls out there.)

That is all for today my fellow friends of the interweb! I shall leave you with todays song: Wonderwall by Oasis.

Stay loose bull moose- L

*This post is dedicated to Charlie, a very fabulous and superior being.*

Give Me Grief.

Last year in May my Grandfather passed away. Regretfully, I didn't deal with it well and therefore am still dealing with the repercussions of that, but that's a different blog post (If I ever decide that I want to talk about it at all.)  

I remember stumbling across this video (A little too late may I add) and totally understanding everything Louise had to say. One of the things that struck a chord with me more than anything is her honesty and bravery.

Not everybody would be able to post a video about this, not many people would want to share a moment of 'weakness' with millions of people. But she did. I can say from personal experience that talking about death is a very difficult thing to do. I'd much rather ignore it and pretend it didn't happen but that's not the case.

Not talking about things doesn't help, if anything it prolongs the pain you're in and manifests itself into something more than just grief. Whatever emotion you're feeling: anxiety, sadness, happiness, stress, confusion etc- talk about it. I'm saying this now because I understand what it's like to not talk about it and I can't help but feel that getting it off of my chest at the beginning would mean I'd be in a better place now and after all, nobody's going to judge you for feeling what you feel.

My friends (more or less) have been great after I've explained to them what I'm going through. The hardest part of it is working through it and the initial action of understanding within yourself that you have this issue to face.

The most important thing to know, is that having a mental illness or feeling any extreme version of emotion doesn't make you any less of a human. It doesn't make you weak. It doesn't mean you've been defeated. Yes, it's a challenge, but it's a challenge that can be overcome. It's a challenge that will make you strong. It's a challenge that will give you determination.

That's all for now Fellow friends of the interweb, the video is below at the bottom of this  paragraph thing but if that doesn't work click Here to watch it.

The song of this post is: You Raise Me Up by Westlife mainly because all of my friends cry when listening to it so I thought it fitting.

-L