LOVE

I recently asked two of friends (who both have boyfriends, might I add) how they know they are "in love".

I did give a *CHEESEY QUESTION WARNING!!* beforehand, don't you worry.

But, in general, I was just curious.

I mean, both these girls argue constantly with their boyfriends that they so claim to "love" and I suppose I was just interested in what makes them know they love their boyfriends despite their arguments.

How do you know when you're in love? and how can you differentiate between lust and love?

The first of my friends replied "Well... you just know"

-.-

As  you can tell this was NOT the answer I was looking for...

My second friend said to me "I want to be with him all the time, and when I'm not with him I want to talk to him"

Okay, so this gave me a little bit more of an insight into what i'm looking at, but even so, this isn't to do with how you feel.. is it?

I came to the conclusion that it is indescribable, like my first friend said "you just know"..

But then that lead me to a further question, how do you know you've found 'The One'.

Surely the answer to this is.. you don't... and what does this term even mean?!
People think they have found that one special person nearly every time they begin dating them. At the beginning, everything is seen through rose-tinted glasses and you may as well be running towards each other in slow motion in a meadow.

Okay, some people eventually get married... but then again, some people get divorced. I bet you anything that when that person first started dating their ex-partner that they could have sworn they were "The One".

My first friend also said "you just know when you've found that one person you're going to be with for the rest of your life"... but really?

OF COURSE YOU DON'T

This brings me to my next utterly-miserable point.

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT IS NOT REAL PEOPLE!!!

We are completely brainwashed my movies and television that encourages us to believe that you can meet eyes with someone and then automatically love them.
I'm not saying that linking eyes with someone isn't possible. It may lead to talking. or a date. maybe eventually marriage.... but the feeling you felt when you first saw that person wasn't love. It was lust.

which is just plain fancying the pants of someone. And if you meet eyes with someone on a night out, they are probably looking for a hook-up.

sorry... :/

If anyone has ever seen the film He's just not that into you, alothough slightly cheesey, it actually provides a perfect insight into dating in general (if you cut out the part at the end where boy gets girl blah blah blah).

I think that is all I have to complain about...

Until we blog again,
x

A Whole New World.

This evening, I sat down with my housemates to watch Disney's Aladdin. This movie was one of many that played a huge part in my childhood. Every girl wanted to be a Disney princess at some point. Seven-year-old me would have given anything to be Cinderella is a pumpkin carriage, or Belle held captive by a mysterious prince-turned-beast.

One thing all of these films had in common was that the girl always got the guy. After all, it would have been pretty boring if after everything, Belle thought to herself 'You know what... I kind of fancy the bad guy after all' or Jasmine thought 'I can't believe Aladdin lied to me. Better find someone with money'. those scenarios would have certainly been entertaining... and probably more realistic... but of course, Disney would have never let us be influenced by something that was not a fairytale ending.

I love Disney movies, but actually.. they give young children a pretty unrealistic image of what to expect in life.

You probably think I'm being over-dramatic (I probably am.. ) but c'mon... In real life you would never be able to automatically tie your hair up with a single ribbon and expect it to stay exactly the way you styled it all day - at least not without three cans of hairspray and a few bobby-pins. And on a more serious note, the majority of us would never be able to be carried away on a white horse into the sunset... or marry a prince (though I hear Harry is still available...).

OK so, I complain a lot... but really I love the majority of Disney movies. Even the unrealistic princess ones! They gave me imagination... and the idea that the majority of animals can talk.
Oh and not forgetting the talking furniture (Thanks Belle...) and of course talking Toys.

OK so now we can move on to that topic. That one film (or three films..) that is loved by children and adults of all ages. Yeah, you said it...


TOY STORY!!!

yes. I love it too.

OK so that is all I have to say :)

Until we blog again,
x

Review: The Hunger Games (Book)

Okay. I don't know about any of you, but one of my favourite things in the world is when I manage to find a book that I practically become addicted to and refuse to put down until I finish it.

For Christmas, one of my presents was 'The Hunger Games' trilogy by Suzanne Collins, and I have to say that these books are what I have been waiting for - and more.  I was completely captivated from start to finish and I will definitely not forget these for a long time.

To give you a general overview (with as few spoilers as possible), 'The Hunger Games' is set in the post-apocalyptic future in the country of Panem separated into 12 districts. As a punishment for a rebellion that occurred many years before the story takes place, each year one male and one female from each district between the ages of 12 and 18 are forced to compete in a nationally televised event called 'The Hunger Games' in which all 24 contestants must fight each other until death, as well as managing to survive and avoid any extra obstacles that the "Gamemakers" might throw at them in a huge arena that has been specially designed. There can only be one winner out of all 24 contestants and this story follows Katniss Everdeen, a girl from district 12 who has to compete in the games for her district.

There are many more things I could tell you about the storyline... but I really want you to read these books for yourself.

I felt completely tense and on the edge of my seat throughout these books and right now, I can't fault them. Collins wrote Katniss Everdeen's character in such a way that I felt for her throughout the whole thing. I almost shouted into the book a number of times because I was getting frustrated, sad, excited or angry about things that were happening, and in my opinion, any book that can make you feel something is a book worth reading.

When I was 13 or 14 I read Twilight (I know, I know what you're thinking). At the time, I was in awe of the books and completely drawn into them. To this date - I don't regret my like for those books because they were part of growing up for me, but little did I realise what a good read was.

The Hunger Games is a good read. buy it. read it. enjoy it.

P.s. sorry for my lack of blogging... I was enjoying Christmas... y'know.

Until we blog again,
x

School Memories

I wast just thinking back to the times when I was at school and I realised that actually, it has had a HUGE impact on my life.

I can't count the number of times someone has said to me 'don't worry about the things that happen at school - you probably wont remember half of them when you get older' or something along those lines... but how wrong could they be?!

First of all, at this time, you're probably 'growing up'... A LOT of arguments happen between friends and enemies because at this age everyone is argumentative and stroppy - you can try and deny it, but looking back now I can't believe how moody I was - and that was only a few years ago!!! The arguments are mostly what I remember about school. Drama, drama and more drama. I'd imagine this was strongly but subconsciously influenced by American Teen dramas that make us think we need to make a big deal about everything.

I remember once.. My friendship group argued about strawberry laces. Yes, that's right - the sweets (if you don't know what they are... google them) It was such an immature argument. It began by one friend giving another friend her last lace.... and thus there were none left for the others. One particular friend took this to heart (apparently) and the next day brought in a new packet of this particular sweet... and gave one to everyone apart from the two friends from the day before.

I know.... immaturity at it's best.

I did try my best to stay out of petty arguments when I was at school... for the most part I was a nice, kind person who always thought of others first... this, however made me a victim of school girl dramas. For example... I once told by my friendship group that I need to stop paying them compliments like 'your hair looks nice' because apparently this makes me look needy and I just want friends. At the time I was pretty gutted - I couldn't see any wrong in my actions, and looking back now I just think WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING HANGING AROUND WITH THESE PEOPLE!!!

Okay so other than remembering arguments and petty dramas... you also remember first boyfriends. In my opinion, this is has a huge impact on your later life - but maybe that's just me.
If I can give any advice at all, it would be:

                              Don't, under any circumstances, get a boyfriend/girlfriend in school.

I mean it. It creates drama and stress and eventually you break up.. which then means you have to spend the next few years seeing them around.

You may think I'm being silly, but you'll thank me one day. You should probably wait until college/uni when people have matured A LOT..

Looking back at my school life, I constantly have regrets of ways I acted or reacted to situations and I would change most of them.

Also, and I can only speak for the UK here... but try hard in your GCSE's. They give you basic general knowledge and a head start in life.. because a lot of the stuff you learn comes back later on to bite you..

OH I'M SO WISE :)

Until we blog again,
x

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Review

*PROBABLY SOME SPOILERS*     STAR RATING: ***

OK so it's fair to say this film has a huge fan base, and this film saw the beginning of the end to the four-part book series that continues to win over teen-aged girls all over the world, whilst causing serious debates elsewhere.

I think that any film that brings groups of people together with a common interest is fantastic and though I am more of a Potter fan myself, I have never particularly disliked Twilight or been against it in any way.

I should probably start off my actual review by saying that, for me, 'Breaking Dawn Part 1' was almost a completely different movie from the previous three. It starred the usual Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and all of the other members of the blood-sucking gang.

At this point in the saga, we now see Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) completely committed and getting married, which is a big step for the couple who have spent the last three books/films debating whether they should actually be together and making soppy love confessions.

When I read BD, I found it quite disturbing and to be honest, parts were such a let down! (but I'll get to that when part 2 comes out). For me, most of the drama and excitement happens in the first half of the book, which I suppose is why I was not completely disappointed by the movie.

BD begins with the wedding of the infamous couple. At this point, they seem pretty comfortable and settled, which is nice to see for once! Alice (Ashley Greene) makes her usual, loosely-funny comments at the start of the movie and then we get some mushy Bella-Edward moments.

The scene they are first in together was, funnily enough, the scene I had the biggest problem with... and no, I'm not talking about how 'it wasn't like that in the book' (even though it wasn't)... I'm talking about Edward sudden-out-of-no-where confession of killing people. This is of course, relevant to his character, but the way it was worded and worked into the film made it seem awkward and very put-together...

It kind of went *Bella and Edward going to get married.... Everything is very mushy... awwww he's come to see her the night before...*
Then I think he asks her if she has cold feet (or something like that)
And then he just says something like "well I have cold feet because you don't know my dark side" (what- that you're a vampire?!)
Then he continues on a very quick and unnecessary rant about how he killed some murderers about 8 years ago and feel very bad about it. In my opinion this should have just been left out completely! The film would have been fine without it anyway...

I guess another thing I felt was wrong with this film was 'the scene where the wolves get really angry' (as I have now named it) which is basically where the wolves find out about Bella's baby-mutant-vampire-spawn-thing and kind of want to kill it....

In the book, this scene is a great moment where Jacob (Taylor Lautner) rises up to the great alpha-wolf that he is in order to protect Bella from harm. This scene is supposed to give Jacob just an important role and to me, the whole thing was a blur or cartoon wolves, with commentary and was over in about 2 minutes. This film definitely didn't give Jacob's character the spotlight he deserved.

Okay... so now something I loved.

I don't know how they did it, but Bella in her sickness/pregnancy was unbelievably realistic! Stewart is pretty skinny anyway, but effects on her made her look anorexic and extremely grey in colour. It was fantastic! Plus I really think she stepped up her acting skills in this movie... there was no more of this muttering words I couldn't understand or the stammering - OH GOD THE STAMMERING!

Well, I definitely think this in an excellent way to end a blog post. I could probably go on further an analyse each scene for you... but I won't (don't worry..).

I will just end this by telling you to go an see this movie. It is not great.... it's no Oscar winner... but you will enjoy it because its a guilty pleasure. The story line is crazy and cringey and it's awesome.

That is all.

Until we blog again,
x

Hate

Okay, so people dislike a LOT of things...and being human, we love to talk about how much we dislike these things.

Two things I hear most often are 'I hate Justin Bieber' and 'I hate Twilight'. I think they are just controversial topics, like marmite (as they say...).

I don't think there is anything wrong with disliking something. I think sometimes it is a positive thing :)
It's all part of discovering things about yourself and letting others get to know you...

However, I do think people need to learn the difference between something or someone that is 'crap' (using lighter words here..) or 'untalented', and something or someone that they dislike.

I am not a fan of Justin Bieber. By this I mean, I don't buy his music because it isn't something I would usually listen to. I would like to stress, however, that is is unfair to say that he is untalented just because I don't like his music, and to be perfectly honest I think it would be ignorant to say that.

It is definitely fair to say he can sing - however high or low you think his voice is, and I also applaud anyone that can play an instrument or write their own music.

Whether you like his music or not, he certainly is not untalented.

More to the point, I get even angrier about the fact that people then begin to hate the fans that like him. I mean, leave them alone guys! what is wrong with people having an obsession? I bet you wouldn't turn against someone who felt that way about beyonce? or the beatles?

Tell me what you think... Is it ok to judge someone's talent based on your opinion of them? or Is it wrong to combine the two?

Should we then continue to hate others that disagree?

Unti we blog again,
x

My Struggles With Blogland...

I love writing my blog, despite only having written 3 posts so far... but like most of the bloggers out there, finding topics to write about is so very difficult.

Of course, I have many opinions but sharing them is a completely different matter, and finding structure to each of my posts is another story all together!

I find that my mind (wow that rhymed..) is just a big bubble of so many different thoughts and ideas that I should probably categorize sooner or later... but right now it's a mess that no hired cleaner could sort out!

If I do have any readers... I would love to know what you think I should blog about.. just to put me on the right track.

Until we blog again,
x