New Year Resolutions | 2014

I wouldn't feel right starting this post without saying happy new year, so happy new year!

2014 sounds so futuristic...like back in 2009, I would have imagined machines that could record dreams or flying cars by now! c'oh, 2014 is already a disappointment.

But on a serious note, New Years is a time for change. Many people see it as a way to set a target, known as a 'new years resolution'.

With that smooth transition in hand, 'New Years Resolutions' are actually what I'm going to talk about (well.. type about) today. So grab a biscuit, a cup of tea and settle down.

My New Years Resolutions:

My news resolutions are actually really average...

♥ Drink at least two liters a day of water:

It is a well known fact that drinking more water can clear up your skin and can ensure you a healthy glow. Also, drinking two liters of water a day can decrease the frequency of headaches (which I have been getting a lot lately) since the majority of headaches are caused by not drinking enough water. Another little fact is that being dehydrated can sap your energy and make you feel tired, and I could do with not being as tired as often. 

♥Don't eat as much after school:

Over the past 11 years of education, I have got into this rather bad habit of eating A LOT as soon as I walk through the door after school. However, since I really love food this is going to be a hard habit to kick, so I have compromised with myself: if I really need food and I just can't wait until dinner, I am allowed to eat something as long as it's healthy. Baby steps, right?

♥ Exercise more often:

Note how I said 'more often' instead of 'regularly' - I don't want to aim for something I won't achieve haha. The dilemma is that I want to exercise but there are so many better things to do like go on the internet and what not. But I will try my hardest to exercise more often (I bet you I will only exercise like twice this year)

...and that's about it I think?! That's the major goals for this year, and I think I should be able to achieve a least one of them, but who knows!

What are your new year resolutions?

~Thanks for reading~

Fun Fact: Today is my ONE YEAR blog anniversary! I'm not very comminted to anything, so running this blog for one year is a massive achievement for me! Thank you to anyone who reads or follows my blog or does both!! I love you ♥

A Year Review | 2013

First of all,  I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, and even if you didn't, I hope you are looking forward to 2014!

My Christmas was eventful to say the least. You see, I live in Southern England where the day before Christmas eve (or Christmas eve eve as I call it) we had an abnormally big storm. I know places like America get massive storms regularly but England is a boring little country, so when a storm comes along, It's one of the most exciting things to happen that month. 

But this storm knocked out all the power on christmas eve, and made a ginormous tree tilt towards my house! With no power and a possibility of death,  me and my family camped out in the living room, whilst playing headbandz (which is a game where someone writes something on a piece of paper and then puts it on your head, and with yes or no answer questions you have to guess what they wrote.) Luckily, we got our power back for christmas and I can say that christmas 2013 was one of the nicest I have ever had. 

I really hope you all had an equally as nice christmas, and that you were all safe x 

Now that's all of the way, can I just say wow - 2013 is almost over! How did that happen?! I swear it was only January like two months ago?

  2014 will be the year I leave school, the year I go to college and I suspect I will be a lot happier in college. But, 2013 wasn't that bad of a year. Obviously, I have had my up's and down's but so many good things have happened this year, and I really hope it has been a good year for all of you too. 

The Great & Wonderful year of 2013:

     ♥ I went to 5 concerts: The Script, The Midnight Beast, Bastille twice, and Imagine Dragons. I                             really love concerts, they make me so happy.
     ♥ I met Stefan Abingdon from The Midnight Beast!
     ♥ I also met Dan & Phil at BBC Radio One (here is the blog post) 
     ♥ I started this blog on the 6th of January!! I don't regret a thing, and almost a year, 11,000 views and          38 followers later, I am still writing useless things that nobody really cares about, but it's  fun. 
     ♥ I went to Harry Potter World In London! (It is expensive but 100% worth it if you are a                      potterhead)
     ♥ I had a lovely birthday out in London!
     ♥ Me and my family had a lovely day out in Arundel Castle.
     ♥ Me and my friends had a lovely day out in Brighton.
     ♥ Me, Holly , Lauren A, Lauren Tye & Alicia completed our Duke of Edinburgh expedition, which            involved walking 23km TWICE. It was horrible and I wouldn't do it again, but I had good company which made the struggle of walking with 10kg on your back a hell of a lot better. 

Overall, 2013 has definitely been one of THE best years of my life and I hope 2014 is equally as great!

This has been my first year of blogging, and I am so excited to continue it through the years. I can't wait to see what it will be like in 2 years time, whether it will grow or die. I can't wait to write more useless blog posts, and I really hope you will accompany me on this journey!

I didn't write this blog post to boast, I simply wanted to talk about my year and I am just as interested in yours! What did you achieve? where did you go? Let me know If you want :) 

Happy New Year!

~Thank you for reading~

My Worst Trait | Jealousy

Jealously: the feeling or showing an envious resentment of someone or their achievements, possessions, or perceived advantages.

Jealously is such an ugly trait, because it can literally control your life. Unfortunately, I can get extremely jealous very easily, which is the number one thing I would change about myself. It destroys me so much, but the feeling that actually gets me really upset is when I think "That would never happen to me" because that one saying, that one repetitive statement that spirals my mind makes me feel absolutely melancholy. This is because for some reason every time I get jealous, I get in that mind set that it wouldn't happen to me because I'm me, but I'm no different to others who all thought the same.

There is a word called 'Sonder' which means 

"the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as our own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk." 

(credit to obscure sorrows)

We all live lives as real and vivid as your own, we all experience feelings, from ecstatic to depression, excitement to jealously. It's never just an individual feeling, everyone at some point felt the same thing, everyone at some point thought that 'it would never happen to me', but if it happened to them, it must happen to you at some point. 

Good things do happen to other people, but they also happen to us too. Like the picture says, Jealously is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own. No matter what your life is like, I can guarantee something has made you happy in your life before, whether it was just momentarily or it really made you giddy. Something has made you feel happy that you are you, that you are the person experiencing this moment, and that is a blessing. 

We all get in this mind shape that other people have the best thing, that the memories or possessions we own don't scale up to the items or memories we desire. but of course they do. If they didn't, why would we call them our memories or possessions? to give things or simple imaginary scenes of the past such a high name must mean that they are precious to us. If we gave them to another person they would be worthless, because they don't mean anything to anybody else.

We focus on all the negatives in our life but don't concentrate on what we do have, subconsciously we take everything for granted. We all have so much to be happy for & I definitely need to keep telling myself this.

How to deal with jealously:
♥  Be happy for them, you would want them to be happy for you if something good happened to you.

♥  Don't make them feel bad for it, nobody should be made to feel bad because of their happiness.

♥  Appreciate that they most likely deserve it, for just being a nice person or if going through a hard time
(I know it's annoying that some people get everything when they don't deserve it as much as others, but be the bigger person and be happy for them. If they are only telling you to make you jealous, don't be mean about it but just acknowledge this and be happy for them.)

♥ Don't push them away, even if it does hurt you, you need to remember they most likely didn't have any bad intentions.
(If they did, then read the previous point and  be the better person)

♥  Turn your jealously into motivation, Jealously is just a word for "I want that", so why not get it? Believe me, I understand that that is easier said than done, but motivate yourself to do whatever makes you happy.
The one thing I have learnt is never try and predict life. There is no reason good things won't happen to you.

♥ Don't disrepct what they are proud of because you're jealous, try not to be like "oh that's not that awesome that you can paint really well" or "pft you met that band I really like? pft that's not that cool or amazing" because it will make them feel worthless and probably lonely, and nobody  is completely worthless, we all mean something to someone. 

♥  You may think "I need that more" or " I deserve that more" and don't feel bad about that, because it's humans nature to fend for ourselves so you would obviously want the best for yourself.

♥ Don't sweat it, good things will happen!

So to conclude, don't over-think why you didn't get that cool top or whatever, because you have a lot to be happy about. Yes you may not have that cool top, but why not go out and find a different cool top? Also, consider what you have & don't lose hope. Chances are, it's not the end of the world, just breathe and put on your favourite song.

~Thanks for reading~

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Time To Be Nosy

• Hello everyone!! Woah, how long has it been? I actually hate the fact that I haven't posted for almost a month, everything just got so hectic and it's about to get even more, but I needed to post, so here are some questions from tumblr that I thought I would answer! Feel free to answer them yourself! (if you do, leave me a link to the post!)


1.When did your last hug take place? 
Today actually, I think it was with my mum :) 
2.Are you a jealous person? 
Extremely - I hate it about myself. 
3.Are you tired right now?
Tired would actually be an understatement, so yes haha. 
4.Do you chew on your straws? 
Yes! Who doesn't?! I sometimes do it if I'm out somewhere with people I'm not yet comfortable with, as a way of comfort. 
5.Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight? 
Nooooo, I'm the type of person who needs their sleep in order to function. Plus, when I get overtired I get extremely grumpy, so I think so the best of my friends & family, I should make sure that I never stay awake for 48 hours aha 
6.What should you be doing right now? 
Doing homework, but even the thought of it is stressing me out... 
7.Are you a heavy sleeper? 
I would say I'm an average sleeper, I sleep heavy enough to not get woken by house sounds, but I sleep light enough to know when to get up. 
8.Are you mad at someone right now? 
um, I think mad is a strong word, I just get frustrated easily at things,not just directly people. 
9.Do you believe in love? 
As cheesy as it is, yes absolutely. I believe that everyone has someone for them out there, someone who will make you happy whenever you see them & will be there for when you're sad. I wouldn't say that the purpose of life is to find love, but I do think it exists. 
10.What makes you laugh no matter what? 
Funnily enough, I find silly little things more funny than comedians - it could literally be an picture or a funny story that will set me off. I think I prefer these like that but they are unplanned for, like when someone falls over (as long as they laugh to) I can't help but laugh, but with comedians all the jokes are rehearsed and they don't have that randomness about it. 
11.Who was the last person you talked to? 
My mum again - I can't remember why but I'm pretty sure it was just something like "Can I have a cup of tea" 
12.Will you get married?
I can't predict that, but I hope so one day (preferably to a band member) 
13.When was the last time you smiled? 
I smile all the time, even when I'm sad. I'm smiling whilst writing this actually. 
14.Does anyone like you? 
This is a bad question because how would I know, but based on the fact that I regularly embarrass myself & my school uniform is unflattering to say the least, probably not. 
15.Who was the first person you talked to today? 
My mum haha. 
16.Who do you feel most comfortable talking to about anything? 
Probably my closest friends - I can trust them with anything. 
17.What are you NOT looking forward to? 
EXAMS! I'm dreading the exam season, I could barely handle one exam within the space of two weeks let alone 6 within the space of a week oh my god...also growing up, I see why Peter Pan ran away to Neverland ahah 
18.What ARE you looking forward to? 
Summer In The City, Concerts, Seeing Lee Evans live, Christmas, My Birthday, Leaving School... I also look forward to little things like listening to music after school, I always make sure i have something to look forward to otherwise I have no motivation. 
19.Do you plan on moving out within the next year? 
Absolutely not! I'm only 15! I don't even plan on moving out until the year after next, or the year after that, or the year after that, or the year after that etc 
20.Are you a forgiving person? 
Yes - which is probably a bad thing in most situations. I forgive people for doing something wrong even If i don't want to, but If i can tell that they are giving an sincere apology or are generally nice 99%, then yes I will forgive them because I would like them to do the same for me if I ever offended someone. But sometimes, I forgive people who don't even apologise or aren't nice, purely because I can't be bothered with the fuss of being in a strop. 
21.How many TRUE friends do you have? 
Probably about 4, but only time will tell. 
22.What’s the last thing you put in your mouth? 
Garlic Bread - mmmmmmm 
23.Who was the last person you drove with? 
My dad, see I wish I could be like "my best friends because we went on a road trip" but you have probably figured out by now that my life isn't that interesting. 
24.How late did you stay up last night and why? 
10:30, because we had a day off today but I was still tired so I decided to go to bed before 2 am for once. 
25.If you could move somewhere else, would you? 
Temporarily yes, I'd love to live in a different country for a while but I know I will always come back to where I live now. 
26.Who was the last person you took a picture of? 
Myself on Holly's phone, a left her a pleasant picture or me that wasn't so pleasant ahah. 
27.Can you live a day without TV? 
Yes, TV is soooo bad nowadays, you can only watch Come Dine With Me or Four Weddings on most channels. There are only a handful of GOOD Tv shows. 
28.When was the last time you were extremely disappointed? 
I regularly get extremely disappointed mostly over little things, but the last time I was really dissapointed was when I walked out of my English exam thinking "there goes my predicted A* in English" ooo that was a terrible exam... 
29.Three names you go by.. 
Carys (my actual name) 
CCarysm_ (my twitter name) 
Caribou (My nickname my family gave me) 
30.Are you currently in a relationship? 
No, and I'm ok with that because it's my fault for having extremely high standards thanks to band members. 
31.What is your all-time favorite romance movie? 
I haven't really watched many, but obviously something like Romeo and Juliet or Titanic because Leonardo DiCaprio is my favourite actor...although both films end sadly but they still make me feel fuzzy inside. 
32.Do you believe that everyone has a soul-mate? 
Yes - everyone seems to marry if they want to. Like, I see some couples and think "they are meant for each-other" so yes I do. 
33.What’s your current problem? 
I want to travel and go out and live my life but I can't because of money issues and obviously Education as apparently it's more superior to happiness. 
34.Your thoughts of long distance relationships? 
Nothing's impossible - you just have to trust that person enough and think is it worth it, if they make you happy then I don't see the harm in trying. You do what they say "Distance only makes the heart grow fonder". 
35.How many kids do you want to have? 
At the most 3, at the least 2. I want a boy first, then a girl but I'm not too fussed.




Thank you for reading! I hope you at least mildly enjoyed it :)
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Where have you been?

Hello! wow, it seems like every post i'm apologising for not posting...lets just say juggling year 11,twitter, revision, youtube, upcoming exams, tumblr AND blogging is a bit stressful, however I shall try and post at least once a week :)

Ok so now that I have explained my whereabouts, I can cleverly link it to this post by saying, it's not about where I have been, it's about where I'm going.

There are so so many different places in the world I want to visit and as soon as I can, I am determined to visit them all.

*not in order*

1. Mykonos Town, Mykonos

Mykono is a greek island and it honestly looks like my dream place, so that's a must! (and apparently there is cats wandering around everywhere - a bonus) It just looks so peaceful and relaxed. Of course, it is well known for 'the gays' (who I don't have a problem with for the record, well not in a bad way... I actually really love gay people, there is this cashier called Ryan is my local Lush store, and he is the most funniest and overall awesome person I have ever met!... am I going on a tangent here?) however that is in a different part of mykonos, I think this town is more of a holiday destination.

2. Venice,Italy

 This looks heavenly! So much culture and beauty, it just looks perfect. My parents went to Venice as a day trip whilst they were on a honeymoon in Austria, and 18 years later they still say "you MUST go on a gondola" bless 'em...

3. Paris, France

 Traditional Macarons. 

The love bridge, when a couple add a padlock to the bridge to lock their love if you will, how adorable. I have actually been to France twice, but I the only reason I went to Paris is to visit Disneyland haha, I would still go there now but I would definitely make it a priority to visit places like the Eiffel tower and this bridge :)

[Thanks you Zoella for the photo]

4. Kitzbuhel, Austria

Speaking of Austria, this is actually where my parents went and they said it was incredible! It looks absolutely gorgeous! I'd love to visit here in the Christmas session, it must be breath-taking.  

5. American Roadtrip

Lets be honest here... who doesn't what to do this? you might think 'no' but can you imagine visiting New York, Florida, California, Buffalo and all the other states in one lifetime? I just feel that once I have travelled around America, I would have accomplished something.

Well, at least I can dream! one day I will visit these places...where do you want to you or where have you been around the world?

~Thanks for reading~

Bastille Live!

Hello everyone! I am so sorry that I haven't wrote a decent post in ages, school has just been so stressful at the moment but now I thought would be a perfect time to chat:)

So yesterday (Wednesday) Me, Holly and Lauren went to see Bastille live again! This was my second time seeing them so I knew what dreams were about to come true, but this was the first time Lauren was to see Bastille, So I was slightly excited just thinking about the look on her face when they start playing...

So yesterday after school, us three busily rushed off to go and get changed so we could head to Portsmouth, where we were seeing Bastille as fast as we could, and with a quick Maccy'Ds stop, we arrived at the venue at 4:45. At the time, we were thinking "ah you know, the queue is going to be massive but it will still be a great gig" but when we arrived, there were only about 12 people in front of us! We hurriedly joined the queue and stayed there for 2 hours, before we rushed into the main hall where we grabbed barrier front spots! I can now say that I have been barrier front at a bastille concert!

The support acts were extremely good! you can see the band's name below :) 

Within 10 minutes of Bastille's hour long set, Dan Smith (the singer) had already spotted me and pointed at me!! Then later on, he saw me and Lauren dancing and laughed whilst raising his eyebrows at us, then when I was getting some water he was watching me which made me drop the water (oops). Also later on, he came over and sang the lyric "Hold my hands" to me and we both smiled...I am one lucky girl! Despite all this, Will (The guitarist) was lovely and kept glancing at me and my friends! I then got to hug Woody when he leaned into the crowd :')

I have to say, Bastille are one of the best bands anyone can say live! For example, during their song "flaws" Dan dissapeared off the stage and appeared on the top balcony, so all the fans up there got to hug him and see him up close which I thought was very thoughtful! 

As I am writing this now, I am smiling so hard that my cheeks are hurting! Definately shall be seeing these boys again for the 3rd time :)

Tour name: Bad Blood

Support Acts: Bipolar Sunshine & To kill a king 

 Me and Lauren :) (Lauren's on the left)

 Holly, Lauren & Me in that order :)

 To kill a king

 To Kill a king

 To kill a king

 Thank you for reading!

Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat

Recently, my life has kind of been a blur of revision, college applications and youtube. It's been so long since I last just sat down and thought "I have nothing to do". I constantly have homework to do, or fill out that college application that has to be in by the end of this month. It's SO overwhelming that I am in my final year of school... I still remember when I was just about to start Junior School... WHERE DID THE TIME GO?! Now i'm filling in form after form for colleges and starting to note down my final exam dates! 

Although this year is at least a school term shorter because I'm in year 11, I think it's going to feel double as long due to all the work! I'm really not looking forward to exams and the stress of them! I mean, it's only, what 4 weeks into the school term? and I'm already stressed...All I can say is thank god for youtube and music!! The only way to destress is to listen to your favourite band and watch some good youtube video's (I recommend Tanya Burr doing people's make-up videos on DailyMix...for some reason they are extremely relaxing)

Although I can't wait to leave school, I will always miss these primary school days haha

 ^Me and Holly on the last day of year 6 aw (don't even ask about my hair ok)^

Do you like these type of posts? just general sit down posts?

~Thank you for reading~

Internet volcabulary | Shipping, Fandoms & Fanfiction

Hello everyone! So after spending mass amounts of time on the internet these past 5 weeks (it's the summer holidays) I have realised how foreign the internet can be to so many people, especially the older generation. What I mean by this is that over the last 5 years, 'fandoms' have been created, by word of mouth, people, films, bands, TV series etc have now got a massive following. In these fandoms, new words have been created and more words now have different meanings. So with the ever-changing world, I thought I would go over some words which I & and millions of others use :-)

"Shipping"

This is a commonly used term on the internet which I have used in previous posts. It is normally used around two celebrities who are with each other a lot. Shipping means that the fans of those two people will pretend that they are in a relationship (hence 'shipping') & many people ship celebrities in an romantic way, however most likely that the pairing is two males as the people who ship the most are teenage girls, who are most known as 'Shippers'

An example?

For example, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson from One Direction are often shipped together because they always look at each-other in a certain way or have a very close friendship, that's all it takes for a fandom to say "oh they must be in love!". However instead of just saying the "Harry Styles & Louis Tomlinson shipping" You merge the two names together to create "Larry Stylinson" which is the name of the relationship, or 'Larry' for short. Another example would be 'Zalfie' the shipping of Zoe from Zoella and Alfie from Pointlessblog. 

Sometimes, people say "my ship has sailed" implying that two people who you ship are in an official relationship, like 'Zalfie' is genuinely real. On the other hand, some people might say "my ship has sunk" if the two people who you 'ship' have had a falling out or both married, something like that.

Can you only ship one couple at a time?

Absolutely not, many people have multiple 'ships'. However, there is something called an 'OTP' which stands for One True Pairing. This is the ship that you most believe in and put all your effort in to believe that it is real, basically your overall favourite ship.

*If you want to ship people, go wild but the internet (especially twitter and tumblr) are very sensitive over shipping. All you have to do is not offend anyone's OTP by saying "It's fake" because they will get mad at you 70% of the time and please respect other peoples views*

Ironic Abbreviation

This factor is so commonly used that I was blind to it until Mr Dan Howell aka Danisnotonfire cleverly pointed it out in a video called "Ironic Appreciation". Basically, in 2012 using the words 'lol' or 'brb' so was 'uncool' shall we say that you might as well be shunned to hell, that's how unaccepted it was. Then in 2013, people started Ironically saying things like "lol" and "brb" as a type of mockery to previous years. However over the course of the year, so many people are using text talk ironically that it has become serious and people, including myself, are genuinely using text talk seriously.

So as you know there are the common "Lol" which means laugh out loud and "brb" which means be right back, but now things have to developed into "s2g" which means Swear to god (for example, "s2g if my otp is real i will cry") or "ygm" which means "you get me" ("i s2g if my otp is real i will cry ygm")

The more most popular people in the fanbase use text talk the most, as it's funny and will get retweets.

Emotive Words

Seeing as there is a lot of emotion on the internet due to obsessions and bands etc etc, the use of capitals and adjectives has become very common. However, it is always very unclear which emotion the fangirl is trying to portray. For example, the use of upper and lower case can represent anger, excitement & humour ('I'm scREAMING)

Adjectives can also portray didn't emotions. "I'm crying" for example could mean happiness,anger,sadness or excitement. 'Crying' is the most common adjective however now people use words such as 'sobbing' or 'snorting' depending on how intense the feeling is.

Fandoms

oh god, where do I start? well, people who are fans of something are called fangirls as the majority of the fans are girls. (Also, fangirls are known to be excessively obsessed) A group of fangirls create a fandom, a magical place where you can rave about your favourite thing with many others like yourself without your parents telling you to "stop talking about that boy" or "you have already made me listen to that album 4 times". 

However, obviously in fandoms everything becomes more intense because more people see the same beauty it whatever you obsess over, and 'ships' are born, then obsessively wrote about in 'fanfictions'

Fanfictions are very creative I would say and are stories about your 'otp' forming a relationship. However, they are mostly horrifically sexually and I, personally don't read them because i will probably throw-up everything I had previously eaten within the last 9 years. 

((be careful when joining a fandom because they are ife destroying and you end up just on twitter for days on end, I come from personal experience))

Well there you have it, now you are ready to enter the internet! I hope you enjoyed this post, I tried to use a style of "act like being internet-obsessed is an actual art so that I have a talent" ha! 

Also, sorry if this offended you in anyway because I can see how it could be slightly patronising, but I wrote with the best intentions :-)

~Thanks for reading!~

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Need inspiration?

We all reach these points during blogging where we lose inspiration and determination to post, I know I have! Sometimes, all it needs for me personally to get back into blogging is a big push. Not a literal push of course, just a big boost of inspiration. However, it's really hard to find an event or person that just changes my mood and makes me want to blog 24/7. I understand that something can be mind-blowing to someone, but to another person it can be pretty average. 

As many of you already know, I 100% adore the blogger/youtuber/goddess Zoe Sugg (or more known as Zoella) for many reasons, but this weekend she particularly inspired me to blog more and not give up.

On the 17th of February 2009, when I was in year 6, Zoe started her blog which was then called "Schoee" innocently as she enjoyed writing. 4 years down the line, She has nearly 2 million subscribers on youtube, 613k twitter followers and 50,000 google followers on her blog. 

"If someone said to me 4 years ago, when I started this blog, that in 4 years time, you'd be sat opposite one of the worlds biggest boy bands interviewing them, and getting to meet them and speak to them (and give them multiple hugs), I'd have laughed in their face" 

 (A quote from Zoe's blog post, "Meeting One Direction" )

Last Monday, Zoe interviewed One Direction, one of the biggest boyband's of all time. I'm personally not a fan of 1D but I know that they have a huge following and the fact that Zoe, who started off just like all of us, having a little fun on a blog, was invited to interview them and attended the world premiere of 1D's new movie "This Is Us" really blows my mind. 

This is Zoe at the 1D premiere!
[Taken from her Twitter @Zozeebo]

Zoe with the 1D boys!
[Pictures from Zoella.co.uk]

What i'm trying to say is that Zoe is a massive inspiration for me and probably many others reading this because she always drives me to do better and try harder generally in life, as eventually it will pay off somehow. Obviously, I'm not saying that I'm only blogging to 'get famous' or whatever, I blog because I have loads of thoughts and ideas that I weirdly think should be shared. I'm saying that I'm stunned by how far you can come from a simple hobby!

If you would like to see more about Zoe's trip down the red carpet, Here is her post!
Who is your inspiration?
~Thanks for reading~

P.S I have Pinterest! I thought I should give it a go and I would love you to follow me on it! You get to see me trying to understand how to use it, that could be entertaining!

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'Mama' Horror film| Review

Hello everyone! So a couple of weeks ago, I watched the new horror release 'Mama' and I was really hyped up to see this because I love horror films and the trailer was thrilling, but i was really disappointed as it turns out all the best bits are in the trailer.

For half the film it was mostly storytelling and setting the mise-en-scene, which I appreciate however I felt like they dragged this out as it lasted about 50 minutes.

Then once the tension had reached maximum and you think "right about now it's going to get horrifically scary and I will regret watching this" the tension levels stayed neutral and it was a massive disappointment. The whole film is revolved around the aspect of 'Mama', a troubled ghost just trying to protect these girls and that is a very good idea however the way that they created the image of her just ruined it. In my opinion, they made her too animated and less realistic which means less scary and more disappointment. 
I also found that the ending of the film was very distressing and dramatic however at the same time it was more like a disney channel film as like I said, It was very animated and less believable which means you can't relate to it, which is the key to making a scary film as if you can relate to it, it becomes more real and hence more scary.
Overall, I think this film was decent as I was never bored whilst watching it, however it didn't live up to the massive hyped that was created about its release. But if you like thrillers that aren't necessarily scary, then this would be a great movie.
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*Some Background Info*
'Mama' is a horror/thriller film directed & co-written by Andres Muschietti. It is set in mid Winter where a man who seemed to have a mental breakdown although no real explanation was shown, and he drove himself and his two daughters off the edge of a cliff. They all miraculously survive with merely cuts or bruises, and they all discover a house in the middle of the woods. They enter & place themselves near a fireplace. After a jump-shot, the scene returns with the dad carrying one of the girls into a different room whilst crying, and holding a gun to her head. However, just before he attempts to ill her, a mysterious shadow takes the dad into the depths of the darkness and he never returns into the movie.
It then jumps to a CSI type of scene where the uncle of the girls rushes o the house because he heard the drama and for a couple years, the girls were never found. Then he receives some news that the investigation had succeed and they found the girls in this house in the middle of the forest. However, there is something not right about the girls, as if they are possessed. 
The uncle and his rock-obsessed girlfriend adopt the girls but throughout the film they are battling the grandma to keep them.
The two sisters start mentioning this "Mama" in consultations and slowly, people start to realise that mama is real and is very dangerous.
You later find out that Mama is just a distressed ghost with a very sensitive past and is trying to find her dead baby. 
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Have you seen this film, what do you think?
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My Reaction to 'Zalfie' | Fangirl view

Hello everyone!! this blog post is very out of context & may not make any sense but I just need to say my opinion about 'Zalfie' (The relationship name of Zoella and PointlessBlog) 

First off, I know this isn't any of my business but I just love them so so much, I just want them to know (if they ever saw this) that I 100% support them and agree with every decision they made!

For months and months, my twitter feed was spammed with "ZALFIE OMG1!!1!1!" whenever either Zoe or Alfie uploaded a photo together, and this is why I felt bad for them! It seemed as if they couldn't go one day with people automatically assuming that they were a couple ,when at this point they weren't. Can you imagine how annoying that would be? so well done to both of them for handling it so well!! I have to admit, I did think that they would make a cute couple (which they do) and I'm not denying this, but I had enough sense to know the difference between a joke and an invasion of privacy.

Then about 3 days ago, a close friend of their's called Jim Chapman was innocently vlogging his trip to Vidcon in LA, when in the corner of the video was an image of what everyone correctly suspected to be Alfie and Zoe together as someones laptop background. Bless him, poor Jim must of been feeling terrible for accidentally relieving 'Zalfie' when neither of them were ready to announce it! but Jim (if you see this) It was not your fault and an innocent mistake to make, nobody hated you! If anything, we all were worried that it had ruined your friendship with both Alfie and Zoe and we are so happy that it hasn't! 

Now that's out of the way, this is the actual fangirl view on 'Zalfie': perfect. I cannot even express how proud I am of both of them for handling this sticky situation in the best way possible. I was so so worried that since Zoe has severe anxiety, she would panic to this sudden unveiling of her relationship and I still don't know if she didn't, but based on her 'Zalfie'  post, it looked like she handled it perfectly and I am so proud that she did not let it get to her too badly, because that would have made me and most other fans extremely upset. 

Overall, this was such a brave thing to announce to very hormonal and excitable teenagers and I have so much respect for both Alfie and Zoe for following their hearts despite what their fans wanted, and more like ordered. 

Also, they have asked to keep their relationship private as they want their relationship to be between each-other as it rightly should, and I know that posting this probably is breaking that ask, but I just wanted both of them to know that I, along with thousands of others completely support there decision

and after this post, I promise not to mention it ever again :)

From the whole fanbase, we wish them both loads of happiest and we're so happy that they are happy together :)

Thank you for reading if you did, but I don't mind if you didn't because this is a pretty picky post that could be hard to understand! 

♥

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Secret Post | Little Things

Hello Everyone!! Earlier today I was going through some old documents when I found a document called "Little Things" which I don't remember ever existing, So as most people do I decided to open it and see what it was about. Funnily enough, It was a blog post from before I was even blogging! I read through and it isn't half bad, slightly cheesy but a good message! So, I thought I would show you!

Have you ever seen something little that has put a smile on a face? Like animals taking care of each other or nice texts? You’d be surprised how much little things every now and then can really make you happy.

About a year ago, I was really upset about something I can’t quite remember (show’s how important it was) My parents were about to go food shopping and I thought it wouldn't do me any favours to stay at home and just sit there and cry, so I decided to go with them. I didn't think this trip would cheer me up at all but it was just a distraction. So I grabbed my Ipod, headphones and headed for the car whilst the parents were getting bags for the food. We set off on our journey to ASDA and I was just sitting in the back listening to music and thinking about why I was upset. This then led to me getting even more upset...

We passed many fields of sheep and various farm animals on our way, but about halfway there we went down this road with two steep hills facing us on either side of the car. I thought nothing of this seeing as I’ve been down it before, but near the end when the hills started to decline back down to earth, on the side of one hill was a smiley face made out of hubcaps. It’s a bit silly really but this little touch on the side of the hill brought a smile back to my face. The effort someone had to go through to get 15 hubcaps, climb up the side of the steep hill and create a smiley face, that’s what made me smile. The fact the society has got so selfish and unpleasant, and yet there are still people out there who put the effort into little things. This one person had potential pulled me back and made me realised that not everyone is bad, that there are still nice caring people out there.

So my message really is never think nobody cares, because people you least expect too can pick you back up. It may be a little smile here and there, or a compliment but even these little things can make someone’s day.

Now it’s your turn. I want you to do a little thing every day. Like I said, it could be a smile here and there or just offering to help someone on an everyday task, just these little things could make someone smile: It could make someone feel like you care. Whenever someone looks down, go make sure there okay, whether you know them or not.  I’ll be happy to know if you’ve helped even one single person to have a better day, this is good enough for me ♡

Well, that was a sneaky secret post, I hope it made some sense! This also links nicely to my new page that I have created. It's called "Feeling Down?". I have found some links to websites from something called "The Quiet Place Project" that will help you when you feel sad, 

~Thanks for reading~
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