I’m not really in the mood for blogging today. It’s my fault for trying to post something new everyday. Blegh. Blegh, I say. Blegh!

I went shopping yesterday. I bought some socks, a skirt and a top. It was boring but I had a yummy milkshake. The ingredients for that milkshake were vanilla, banana, milk and yoghurt. It tasted very banana-ish and it gave me a brain freeze headache.

I also saw a man in Marks and Spencers trying to give biscuit samples to people. “Free biscuits! Get your free biscuits! Kids REALLY love biscuits!”, he shouted in a low voice, a la a town crier.

I was going to paint a wall today but it rained, so I didn’t.

Byebye. xx.

Oh, and I painted a wall today.

Despite my rubbish blogging, you might be pleased ((Or probably indifferent)) to know that I have actually been working like a trooper ((title, geddit? I’m hilarious.)) on my website in the past few days. Since giving up on the idea of making a wordpress theme I’ve been making a new layout with div layers, and it’s pretty much done – I’m just adding some content now. Granted, it doesn’t work perfectly, but I’m pleased with it. It’s main flaw is compatibility, because I don’t know how to centre layouts in I.E. I won’t leave it up for long though, I don’t think – maybe just until the end of the summer, and then I’ll make one that’s aligned to the left of the page. Much easier. =)

I’m actually getting kind of excited about being eighteen now. I mean, the idea of responsibility is still… y’know… terrifying, but I’m realising that I’ve got so many projects that should be fun to complete this year. The above journal being one of them, I’m desperate to go and see Avenue Q and Legally Blonde in London before the end of October, and I’m determined to participate in, and hopefully succeed in Nanowrimo this year. Granted, not the best year to decide this considering November is the month we have to send out our university applications, but eh, I can get those done early.

I’ve been on a real cake making kick lately, too. I designed my birthday cake this morning; my mother is going to make it for me because she is awesome and super talented. It has three tiers, so I kind of feel bad in case it’s too much work, but she says it’s fine. My parents are more excited about my party than me, I think. They keep saying I’m only eighteen once so they’re trying to make it really special and exciting. I love them for it but I don’t really want them wasting their money. :/ I’ll have to think of something to do as a thank you for them. =3

Also, I think I’m going to have to give up on the wordpress theme for now and go back to good old html/css/php whatever layouts. They’re easier for me and, as said above, I’m lazy. And apparently I never stick to my goals. Rawr. I’m managing to stick to my writing goal at the moment, though! It’s the same structure as nanowrimo and although I am one hundred words behind, I have been writing everyday, which is good enough for me, considering one hundred words is nothing. In fact, I have already passed one hundred words in this blog post. Muahaha.

Today I planned to make a video with my puppets – Claude & Glinda. Unfortunately, however, the heavens have opened up and now my garden is… y’know… all soggy and stuff. Plus my mother told me that the time limit that says you’re not supposed to walk on new turf isn’t up, so I’d have had to wait a while anyway.

BORING BLOGS FTL.

I’ve not been feeling very well today. I get ill very often, actually. :/ Not like proper germs or whatever ill, but just feeling all groggy and sickish for what is apparently no reason at all. Then again, my lifestyle isn’t exactly the healthiest so maybe that’s it. Blegh.

On a brighter note, last night ((while watching Red Dawrf. Woowoop.)) I found this website. It’s a writing tool that I believe is mostly used to boost your word count during Nanowrimo, but it’s like the best thing ever. I wrote a thousand words in only twenty minutes thanks to this thing, a thousand words of utter tripe, but that hardly matters, does it? That’s what editing is for, I say.

Speaking of which, I have started to write a story. It’s one I’ve had in my head for over a year but I recently got inspired to actually type it up thanks to a combination of one of my internet buddies writing her own book, and the realisation that my future is going to be filled with poverty ((okay, maybe not poverty, but… y’know… general poorness.)) if I don’t start to do something now. Even if it’s just something to write on my university application considering all I’ve got to talk about as it is is limited work experience and basic HTML knowledge. Yeah.

So, I would tell you more about this story… but I fear right now that I would be mocked, considering it’s not exactly the most serious piece of literature that ever existed. I’m going for teen ficton, but I’m hoping I’d be more in J.K’s ranks ((HA. In my dreams. Not gonna happen.)) than Smeyer’s. My method is currently “write and to hell with the quality”,  so I want to finish it and get it all spruced up and edited before I share it with you. Pom diddelly pom. Only forty seven thousand more words to write. Give or take.

I’m going to try and keep these blogs brief, so here’s what’s happening in my life lately:

• Party planning for my birthday party on the 21st. – Anyone have any suggestions for music for a mad hatter themed one?
• Reading “The Vampire Lestat” – I prefer it to Interview with the Vampire, writing wise. It’s a good book. =)
• Writing a story about changelings. Epic fun. I’ve not got much, so I can’t really talk about it…. yeah.
• Watching Futurama. It’s entertaining.
• Trying to plan another trip to London to see Avenue Q. Not so entertaining. More like hideously stressful.

And that’s it, really. =) I’ll expand on some of those points later on? That’s all for now!

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So, basically… I thought tonight’s episode of Doctor Who was absolutely amazing. I don’t usually talk about them any place other than facebook, but I had to, with this one. It actually might have been more sad than last week’s, I think. I mean, obviously a death of a well loved character is going to be more upsetting, but Tony Curran as Vincent, gah. <3 Amazing.

Obviously, the first bit that got me was when the Doctor walked in on Vincent crying… He just seemed so… pathetic, but not in a ‘look down upon’ way, but in a ‘want to hug and make better’ way. He was curled up like a child. So sad. It doesn’t help that we know what’s going to happen to him. It’s just so tragic. I’m not even forming coherent sentences. Repetition, much?

Of course, the second scene that got me choked up ((Doctor Who is turning me into a blubberer! I’ve always prided myself at my heartlessness in regards to television, but now in the space of just over a week it’s all gone to shreds! lol)) was, of course, when Bill Nighy was bigging up Vincent’s work and he started crying again. It’s times like these that I really, REALLY, wish that Doctor Who was real… It was such a beautiful scene, really touching. That he could go through all that ridicule, all those insults, the depression, the self doubt, and then see what a difference he made to the world of art.

It’s painful to know that they’re just actors, it really is.

And of course we knew that he’d still have to commit suicide, because otherwise it would have altered history and yadda yadda yadda. I was fine with this, I’d resigned myself to the fact that this is television, and therefore they cannot stop a historical figure from dying. However, Karen made Amy seem so darn puppy-like in her excitement to see the new paintings. Once again, seeing her hope crushed was extremely depressing. Although the scene where Eleven explains to her about the good stuff and the bad stuff was really nice too. I think I’m becoming an Eleven/Amy shipper. I really didn’t want to because, like most of the fans, I think, I’ve been a Ten/Rose shipper up until this point. I always will be, of course, but I feel like such a traitor for shipping these too as well. xD

Speaking of which – the Doctor DOES remember Rory! Or, his name, at least. This makes me incredibly happy. I think he’s coming back. He’s got to, right? Although Amy saying she wasn’t the marrying type, rah. Makes me irritated with her. I like Rory. ((She says, after just explaining that she ships Eleven/Amy)) But when Vincent said that she had lost someone, too. Ohmygollygosh. I want him to come back. I really do. I’m sure he will, as soon as the Doctor figures out what the crack is. I bet Rory’s sat inside there, just waiting to be rescued. Well, chances are that he’s either being tortured or trying to burst out, rather than sat there, but still.

I quite liked the banter between Vincent and Amy, also. <3 Once again, so sad that he’s trying to find happiness and yet his life still turns to crap. The ultimate ginger babies quote though, so cute. ^.^

There are so many other parts I loved about this episode, but it all boils down to the fact that Tony Curran was exquisite, and I want to give Vincent van Gogh a hug. And I wish this episode were real, rather than fiction. Because that would have made the world a little bit better.

I have had Starry Night as the background on my phone for a while now, so… yeah. <3

Oh, and as an afterthought – the references to his paintings were unbelievable cheesy, just sayin’. xD Like the cafe – what a coincidence that it looks EXACTLY THE SAME as in the painting. xD

]]> http://blueberry-bubble.net/2010/06/05/vincent-and-the-doctor-initial-reaction/feed/ 0 http://blueberry-bubble.net/2010/05/09/temporary-layout/ http://blueberry-bubble.net/2010/05/09/temporary-layout/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 17:51:37 +0000 Administrator http://blueberry-bubble.net/blog/?p=59 At the suggestion of Missy Mallory I have started to try and make my own wordpress theme. Now, I have absolutely no clue how to make one whatsoever, so until I figure it out, here’s a kind of ugly one made on a theme generator. xD At least it’s not a default, right?

So, my exams have started. Shockhorrorgasp. Last Thursday and Friday ((it lasts eight hours)) I sat my art exam, and this is what I came up with:

It is supposed to answer the question ‘What happens next?’ by looking at evolution, although I don’t know if it accurately portrays that.

I’ve been to see yet another show that my very talented friend was in, by the way. =D She played Ariel in Footloose this time, and I really enjoyed it. We got front row seats, so that was nice too. It was a really funny show, and all the cast were really good.

This seems like such a lazy blog post, but in my defence I only made it to explain the layout. I don’t suppose I even needed to do that, considering I don’t really try to advertise this place yet; I figure I should wait until I’ve added some content first. Still, there’s no rush. The reason, I think, that I abandoned all my other sites is due to the fact I made myself think I had to update every other day for it to be worth anything. I’m trying to be more selfish with it this time round. Haha.

So yeah, I’m going to go and watch Back to the Future III and finish my art evaluation. Toodle hoo, everyone. xx.