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

Sorry!

Hey guys, sorry my posting has been non-existent for the past ages! As you might have guessed, I've been really, really busy getting ready to head off to New Zealand- and as you might have determined- I'M HERE!! It's been really good and a lot of fun, however I have missed the good ol' Aussie accent!

The flight was really good- when it happened! You may probably have heard about the ash cloud from the Chilean volcano? That stopped us from flying anywhere on the 25th of June like we were supposed to. We'd packed, driven to the airport, said our goodbyes and shed a few tears... and then we got a message to tell us to go home. We flew out a few days later though. 

Flying Sydney to Christchurch was very, very exciting! We flew out at 7.15am, which meant we were up and moving at 3am. I'm not normally much of a morning person, and I don't have much of a personality at that hour, but I was running on pure adrenaline! So exciting! And it was even better when we could actually see the south island of New Zealand from in the air! Most beautiful thing I've ever seen!

This week, instead of going to school, we went to Wellington! WELLINGTON WAS G-R-E-A-T!! Absolutely incredibly awesome time, despite the early mornings to catch the ferry from Picton to Wellington and back again.

When we got there, we had a bit of a walk around the streets, and I saw yellow buses. Yes, I'm perfectly aware that I'm basically the only person who finds that so exciting, but they were like tram/buses, because they were run by electricity! If that wasn't cool enough for you, we then saw another bus drive past with a completely amazing pattern on it- paua shell! It was blue and had the paua shell pattern all over it! I took a photo, but it looked  much better in real life.

The next morning we headed off to Weta studios. In case you don't know it by name, Weta Studios made Avatar (the blue people one, not the airbender) and The Lord of the Rings movies. Unfortunately you can't actually walk through it because of confidentiality issues since they're making other movies, but they have a little shop and you can watch a movie about it. It was very cool.

Then off we went to the Te Papa museum. They've got lots of animals and even a giant squid on display! It was very interactive and not at all boring. We went to the Botanical Gardens as well (thought mum might like that) on our way to the observatory. Yes, the one where you look through the telescope and everything. That was by far my favourite part of being in Wellington. We started off their by watching a big movie on the ceiling which was sort of like a big dome. The seats were very comfortable in there! Then we went upstairs to where they have a great big telescope. It weighs five tonnes. It was a bit of a cloudy night, but in Windy Wellington that wasn't that much of a problem. We looked at the surface of the moon close up- very cool- and we had a look at Saturn. Yes, Saturn, the planet with rings! That was so cool. I can't even describe it that well. It basically looked like a glow-in-the-dark sticker, which is what I told the guy who was operating it. He thought that was pretty funny!

We went to Wellington Zoo the next day. It's not very big, but it was really cool. I saw a kiwi!! Very cool!! However, everyone thought I had a bit of a blonde moment, even though I swear I was joking! At the zoo, I walked into the kiwi house, saw a bird in there and said "It's a duck!!" You're probably thinking, "oh my God, how blonde can you get?" so I'd like to lay out the facts which are, that a) I did say that it was a duck, BUT b) I didn't mean it, honestly! Either way, I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a bit of stink about that... Later on we headed to the Beehive, aka, Parliament House.

Anyway, I'm going to sign off now. I'll resume the 30 day song challenge at some stage, hopefully!

Sayonara, fellow ninjas!! xoxo

Day Twenty-One: A Song I Listen To When I'm Happy

They're not getting any easier now, are they? A song that I listen to when I'm happy could be any song. I listen to music when I'm happy, sad (which I believe is tomorrow's post) and angry. Any song, really. A song I listen to when I'm happy. But I could say a song that I do like to listen to, because I do listen to when I'm happy, and it makes me ecstatic. Well, it did once upon a time, and probably still will.

It's a song that I used to hear A LOT out places. When I went out with my lot, it would always play. That was back when I had a man, and that was our song. You know what I mean. It just happened to be the perfect song for us, you know? And it might still be... But that's another story *smiles*.

It's a song with lotsa synth by a band that's basically rap gone pop. I mean, they still have bits and pieces of rap, like most pop pieces these days. Every pop song there is, it's basically the song title by someone featuring someone else. Like, here's two out of the hundred (no joke, there are 100) examples from my iTunes. There's Price Tag by Jessie J feat. B.o.B and there's *shudders* Baby by Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris. And that person who's doing the feature has a 30 second rap before the last several repeats of the chorus. Am I the only one who's noticed that pattern that all those songs have? This is not one of those songs but. I'll post it here:

I Gotta Feeling- The Black Eyed Peas

How cool is the glow-in-the-dark action of that video?! Anyway, I gotta head off and do a mock pack of my bag. I'll post tomorrow night, hopefully!

Sayonara, fellow ninjas!! xoxo

Day Twenty: A Song I Listen To When I'm Angry

This one's a bit more complicated to decide on. A song I listen to when I'm angry. Hmm. Well, I have a playlist that I listen to, but no particular song that I listen to. Hmm, I'll put it on shuffle and see what comes up.

Ahah, I've got one. It's a My Chemical Romance song called Thank You For The Venom. It sucks that I have no particular story to go behind this one. It's kind of annoying, really. I usually would be able to come up with something, but for some reason, I can't. Maybe it's because I'm sick. I hate being sick. I have headaches nearly every day and I can't stop blowing my nose. I'm on my third box of tissues in two days!

It gives me a lot of time to think, though. That's something I could really do with at the moment. Thinking. I have a lot of confusion in my head at the moment. Spinning, spinning, out of control. Accompanied by a certain song that has a lot of memories wrapped up in its four minutes or so of synthetic sound. But that's another story. There's no video for Thank You For The Venom, so I've just posted the lyric video:

Thank You For The Venom- My Chemical Romance

It is a great song! Anyway, I have to go and practice my closing address for my mock trial tomorrow. I'm a barrister, so I have to give it. That is, if I can breathe properly tomorrow and exhale without the need to cough up a vital organ. Tomorrow I shall post a song that I listen to when I'm happy. Hmm...

Sayonara, fellow ninjas!! xoxo

Day Nineteen: A Song From My Favourite Album

I'm doing better at the regular posting thing now, I think. Maybe. Even though I know that I'm only posting right now because I forgot the task sheet for my religion assignment. The general idea of that is that I choose a social justice issue and write a 400 word essay on what I think should be done about it, why I chose it and the stance of the Catholic church on it. I picked an issue that my friends and I feel very strongly about- gay marriage.

If there were ever a debate on whether or not it should be legalised, I am confident that we would win. Lemur actually ended her essay (which was on the same topic), with something along the lines of: "The Catholic church should just keep their noses out of people's private lives." I usually like school assignments to be professional and all, but I told her that was acceptable to write. My essay is very passionate as well. One of the guys asked if I could show him my report to give him an idea. As with all controversial topics, there are two sides, and it just so happens that he's on the other. When he said that I was wrong, he got a very passionate lecture for about ten minutes on why he was wrong.

Ok, I'm going to try and stay on topic now. The idea of tonight's post is, as you can see, a song from my favourite album. I have a lot of albums. I have albums that I love. It's very hard to pick one to be my absolute favourite. However, there is, of course, the one I treasure like a child- Stack Is The New Black. The one I would rescue, was there ever a fire. Okay, maybe that's going to extremes. Technically, I treat my iPod like my child and if I could only rescue one material possession, that would be it. It has all my photos, all my music and videos, 90% of my writing pieces as well as books- a whole world of wonderful books. It's not quite the same as a print book, but it's still words on a page that can be read and be amazingly beautiful.

The Top 25 Most Played playlist on my iTunes is predominately Short Stack. 12 out of the 25 songs on that list are by Short Stack. And then there's their greatest inspiration, Blink-182, a song from Shaun Diviney's favourite album (Panic! At The Disco) and their friends, Heroes For Hire. Among those, strewn about here and there are Gyroscope, Metro Station, The All-American Rejects, Paramore and even a Ke$ha song, David Guetta and Luciana. But still they are almost half of that playlist. And most of those Short Stack songs are from the album I was talking about before- Stack Is The New Black. Go figure.

Here's a song with an epic video to make you drool (you know, if you're that way inclined):

Princess- Short Stack

For those of you who watched Sway Sway Baby! when I posted it, you would probably note the reappearance of the bunny, who is joined by Jesus, Elvis, a bear, a random Mexican guy and... I think that's it. Enjoy.

Oh, and for those of you who love me and think I'm awesome, please hit up my Wattpad account, which is Lonedreamer96. I have three stories that I'm currently working on- Dark Winter, Three Times Lucky and Death By Chainmail. I also am posting a few poems every so often to Silent Death. It still named the same as the first poem because I haven't been able to think of a good name for it. Feel free to help, and please read, comment, vote and fan me!! If you have any stories there that you'd like me to read and give feedback on, then post on my message board!

Sayonara, fellow ninjas!! xoxo

Day Eighteen: A Song I Wish I Heard On The Radio

Well, I managed!! My science assignment was handed in today, and I was very proud of it. I should be getting a majority of As, which should equate to an A total. I handed it in and the task sheet wasn't even dog-eared or stained- then Mr. Science Teacher decided we should have another assessment. So it's back to the lab- well, we did that part already, so I guess laptop?- to write up a prac report. Now, I'm not that adverse to science, really. To me, it's a hell of a lot better than standing in the middle of the sports oval on a stinking hot day, having to run around and you don't get much of a rest because unfortunately, you're not quite as fast as the other kids. But that's another story.

Today's post is a song that I wish I heard on the radio. There are so many of these it's just. Not. Funny. The sort of music I listen to is different, seeing as most radio presenters aren't screaming teenage fan girls or metalheads. Even if they were, there's none of those kinds of stations around here. If only... I am actually considering getting involved with radio at this point in time. And I would play good music, and do interesting segments, like Mark and Caroline, whose voices grace the car every morning without fail. Ninja Radio... I can just see it now. Or Ninja Magazine. Or Ninja Lawyers, though that doesn't really sound very professional. At all.

You see, at this stage in my short, teenage life, I'm as yet undecided as to exactly what I want to do after school... in the Real World. Gulp. See, it's really not that far away. Two and a half years mightn't seem that short in theory, but in reality, it's not that long. September next year, I can drive. It seems like just yesterday I was five years old and admiring the bright pink Volkswagen Beetle cake mum made for my birthday, modelled from an old Barbie car I had and adored. Now I'm walking around with my friends, pointing out the cars that I like. Though naturally, my friends have already decided what my first car will be. They have their hearts set on me owning a white van with tinted windows, and when I get it, giving me a bag of lollies to eat on the way, because that description is undescribably sinister. If you get why that's so humourous, I have a feeling you'd get along just fine.

Off topic, yet again. A song that I wish I heard on the radio. Well of course there's my beloved unsigned beauties that I love so dearly. To hear any of their songs played on the radio would just warm my heart so nicely, like sitting by the fireplace on a cold night. Yeah, that was corny, but it's true. I don't think I've actually posted any The Monster Goes Rawrr!! songs as yet, but I know I've linked them a couple of times. They're so amazing; you must listen and like; then love. You will. I just know it. Here's my favourite song by them in the whole wide world- the one that came up in my iTunes suggestions box that fortunate, fortunate day. There's no video, so I've chosen the one with lyrics. There is a teency bit of language for some of you that may or may not be sensitive to that kind of stuff, but here is #ihaveablackbeltinawesome!!

#ihaveablackbeltinawesome- The Monster Goes Rawrr!!

Those of you who thought you could not bother to check out the links and that I'd never know... I'm coming for you. All of you. Just joking, obviously, as I honestly have no idea where you're from. And chances are, that would involve expensive flights, and that would cost money, and I have no job. Beauty. Post a comment as to where you're from!! But you really should check out their websites, because they are truly talented, and- added bonus here- you can actually download all their songs for free. Yes, for free. No coins, no cash, no credit, no moolah at all. Big fat free. There's twelve whole tracks on their PureVolume page, which you can find here. This includes a brand spankin' new track called Shut Up And Dance which I am downloading as I type.

Tomorrow (or whenever; I don't really want to jinx it!!) will be the post on.... I don't know. *3 second check* oh, it's a song from my favourite album. Guess which album that is, hmm?

Sayonara, fellow ninjas!! xoxo

Day Seventeen: A Song That I Hear Often On The Radio

I honestly think that I really, really suck at regular posting, but this week has been more hectic than I expected!! It's one of the last weeks at school, so all my assignments are due next week, all the drafts were due this week, we had two excursions and mum's birthday! Phew!

Ok, the post topic is a song that I hear often on the radio. Like I said, there's no one radio station that I listen to. I swap around a lot between three of them. Mix FM, Hot 91 and Sea FM. Sometimes Triple J too, but only occasionally now that I know what frequency it's on.

Because of this, I'm going to use the one I find to be common with all three usual stations; that was played very often when it first came out. It's a pop song, I know, but it's not that bad. I like it. It's by another singer that I almost got to see in concert, but didn't. Maybe that would be because it was the week after the exchange started and all. Speaking of which, I have three weeks left in Australia!! I'm really excited; but I have to go and do another brief speech to my rotary club to get my uniform... yeah, we get a uniform, but only for travel! Before I go off on my usual ramblings, here's the song:

Teenage Dream- Katy Perry

I would love to stay and write a lot more, but I have to get back to assignmenting! Due in tomorrow is my 800 word report on acids, bases and salts for science. Fun. Tomorrow I will try to post, but that mightn't happen. But when I do, I'll post a song that I wish I heard on the radio!

Sayonara, fellow ninjas! xoxo