Entertainment of Epic Awesomeness

I haven't done reviews and stuff in a while, so I thought I might give you an idea of some stuff that I am loving right this moment!

Bookwise, I'm reading True Spirit by Jessica Watson. In 2010, 16-year-old (at the time) Jessica Watson of the Sunshine Coast sailed her yacht Ella's Pink Lady into Sydney with the title of being the youngest person to do a solo circumnavigation of the world. She is an absolutely inspirational young lady who followed her dreams despite all the criticism she and her family received. She wrote a book about her experiences which has been on the shelves for a while now. On what we thought would be my last day at home, mum presented me with an oddly shaped package. I unwrapped it to find True Spirit and a notebook for recording my own adventures. I'm not quite finished it yet- I'm about three-quarters of the way through- but it's a really, really good read. Not only for people interesting in sailing- I'm in no way a sailor, believe me!- but for everyone. All the sailing terms are explained as they're used, there's lots of pretty pictures and heaps more. I highly recommend it- to anyone and everyone!

In terms of music, I'm listening to everything at the moment. However, there's this one little band that really stands out to me at the moment. They aren't signed and they're not well known; they don't have any albums out or songs on iTunes, but they're really sticking to their dreams like Jessica did and deserve to be heard! They go by the name of Lurid Midnight and you can check out their Facebook, YouTube channel, home page and/or Twitter. You really should have a look at them, especially their demo to the intro of Short Stack's "17". Support Amanda, Sian, Lisa and Kione, guys!! They're cool (and they cover Short Stack. Can you possibly get any cooler?)!!

Anyways, I'm off to eat chocolate and watch my host family play Guitar Hero- another thing I'm really loving. Well, I'm loving chocolate and Guitar Hero, actually. I'm on my last row of choccie at the moment, and I'm dreading throwing away the wrapper!!

Sayonara, fellow ninjas!! xoxo

April Fool's and Fashion Blogs

I love April Fool's Day. So many pranks to pull in one day. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't have anything planned, but Smiley and I did get one of the guys a good one the other week. We told him she was getting expelled, which he believed and got rather uptight about. It was going very well, until I couldn't hold in my laughter anymore, which set her off, which gave it away.

But that aside, our class did pull one on one of our teachers in Geography. Someone had the idea of taking their laptop out of its case, hiding it and putting their books inside it instead. For geography, we were on the second storey of one of the buildings. The guys were pretending to push each other around (jokingly!) just as our teacher showed up. Then one of the guys pushed another and his "laptop" got shoved off the railing. The facial expressions were priceless! She got let in on the joke after he went to show her "the big crack in it!!" Very funny.

I heard about my sisters' teacher-pranking antics while we were waiting for mum to pick us up. Sister number one (aka middle sister) swapped classes with the year sixes to prank her teacher. Sister the Second (little-est- sister) then shared that she and the rest of her class swapped the coloured ink in the whiteboard markers. Mum forgot all about it being April Fool's Day. I'm kind of glad about that, otherwise we would've been in for it. Big time.

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The other news of the week (and of the year, really) is that tonight we're headed to the airport to pick up my exchange sister! Will keep you posted on how that goes; pretty exciting! I'm also trying to convince Smiley to start a fashion blog. She's an aspiring fashion designer, and she's really good!! She can sew a skirt with pleats and ruffles in an hour, tops. She made a vest in three weeks, and she only did it in class time (I think). She makes the most epic stuff, designs epic stuff, and I reckon it should be known to the world!! Vote on the poll so I can prove that to her!! Anyway, I'm getting really hungry now, so I'm going to sign off.

Sayonara, fellow ninjas!! xoxo

My Magical Wardrobe

There are always things which are good for you but you don't particularly enjoy. For example, there's vegetables (though that doesn't apply to me; I'll eat almost any of them), homework, and maths (which I also like). On the weekend, I made an important discovery, thanks to something I really don't like- cleaning. But I don't think I would've been able to make this discovery in any other way.

In short, I discovered that my wardrobe is magical. Narnia crossed with Harry Potter magical. It is honestly a wardrobe with magical powers. It has the power to return things to me that I lost ages ago or never even knew I had. And the stuff inside it takes me to another place.

The first thing I found was a necklace. I'd been pondering its whereabouts for several years, and I finally found it. I got it from two of my gorgeous cousins for Christmas one year. They always get the most amazing presents. It's got heaps of dangly, pretty things on it. It's a lot girlier than most of the jewellery I wear nowadays, but I love it anyway. It reminds me of Paris somehow.

I found a whole box of Shrinkies shortly after that discovery. A whole box full!! Those of you who aren't familiar with Shrinkies- they're sort of like overhead projector sheets with colouring-in pictures on them. Once you've coloured them in, you stick them in a hot oven and they shrink before your eyes. They bake in the oven for a bit and when you take them out, they're tiny! So very, very cool! You can make necklaces and keyrings and stuff with them.

A whole stack of jewellery boxes fell on me then, so I picked them up (obviously!). It was pretty chancy that I decided to look in them though, because I found a pair of earrings! They're not flashy and I doubt they were very expensive; just a simple pair of gold sleepers. They're handy to have though- they're the only pair of earrings I own that I can sleep comfortably in- and, like with the necklace, I'd been questioning their whereabouts for years. Except that this time, I actually remember putting them in the box now.

I never forgot about these, either- a box of little flower fairy lights I've had (but never put up) since I was eight. My mum was inspired to buy me them for one birthday after seeing the way they were decorating one of our relative's bedrooms. I still haven't put them up yet (because my attempt to do so resulted in snapping of part of my Venetian blinds; not good!) but when I do, I will upload a photo!!

I found heaps of my old notebooks where I used to write all my old stories when I was in Kindergarten up until now. I keep them all because I like looking back over them every so often. I found my old Winnie the Pooh exercise book that I've had since Kindergarten, which was my first ever writing book. I wrote this one story that I distinctly remember, called What A Bad Baby! when I was five. Mum thought that it was very cute, particularly because I wrote "an overdue apple" without realising that apples are never actually "overdue."

Yes, I know I have been a very lazy blogger and I am so sorry! I've been preparing for the exchange, which starts on Saturday! I'm very excited to be meeting my sister (who I'm not actually related to, just to set the record straight!), and I've had to get the house ready for her to move in! So, sorry in advance if I don't post regularly!

Sayonara, fellow ninjas! xoxo