BloggersGroupHug (1): Someday

So, I've joined BloggersGroupHug and it' a cute idea where you get e-mailed a word each week and you have to write a blog about it. You can get all the information by clicking here This weeks word is: Someday

In the wise words of Adele, 'Someday, I'll be better without you.'

However, to me, someday is an illusion. You answer all your uncertainties with the word someday. This means you can never be disappointed because you haven't put a limit on it. There is always a chance you can do it and if there isn't, it's because you are dead.

With only a few weeks left until Christmas, I have made it my mission to make 2015 'The Year of the Someday'.

I am going to do as much of my "someday's" as I possibly can.

1. Someday I will finish my bucket list.

So, I have 70-80 different things on my bucket list that I created in 2012 and I have currently done around 15/20 of them. Ranging from travelling to America and going to festivals, to tie dying a t-shirt and drawing. There is so much I am working towards and when i get their, I will either be happy that I have achieved something or sad because I won't know what to work towards any more. I have a feeling I'll probably be about 70 when I actually get there though so, I have time to worry.

2. Someday I will be a fashion icon

OK, so I don't actually want to be a fashion icon. Exaggeration, otherwise known as lies. However, I do want to walk around in the clothes I look at and think 'Id never look good in that.' Break the boundaries. I just don't want to have any ugly days. I need to be hot non stop.

3. Someday I will know what I'm doing with my blog.

So I recently said to a beautiful friend 'Your blog is good if you can sum it up in a few words'. Then, I realised I can't sum up my blog at all and I need to distinguish what kind of blog I want. Without announcing it, I hope it changes over the next year and proves itself to be something I know I want.

4. Someday, I will go to shit loads of music festivals.

I've been to one. And I haven't camped. Next summer, I will be wearing my shorts and wellies in the pouring rain, wearing an ugly hat and wishing the line for the Portaloos was a lot smaller because I'll be dying with cider shits. It's not very pretty but that's the dream. Each to their own.

5. Someday, I will be prepared for Christmas.

Since I got EMA at college, I've bought Christmas presents myself and every year since I have moaned that I haven't had enough money and all I want is to treat my family. This is the last year. While you may have to put up with socks and a scented candle in 2014, every year after you will be getting good presents. I mean, top notch! (Terms and conditions apply)

6. Someday, my hair wont be shit.

Tbh, I think I'm more likely to complete my bucket list before this one happens. But I'll definitely try to work on getting a pro fro.

7. Someday, I'll just go with it. Not think about what I'm doing or the consequences.

Beauty is... spontaneity.


I hope you all organise and complete your somedays out too. Achieve it bitches.

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Christmas isn't Christmas without movies. Here is a list of my TOP TEN CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER!


IF YOU HAVENT SEEN ANY OF THEM, I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU WATCH THEM. <3

10 - The Nightmare Before Christmas

Okay, so this is at the bottom. But then again, it is still in my top 10 list. I only watched this Tim Burton animation recently, as in the past 2 weeks recent. And although it isn't an in-your-face-Christmas-extravaganza film, it is still festive and sweet. The story line is inventive, the creepy characters are good and it captures the Christmas spirit without sickening you so it's good if you like Christmas but you don't love Christmas. Also, it is based around Halloween too so you can watch it early November and nobody can judge you for starting Christmas too early. 

9 - Miracle on 34th Street (The one with Matilda in)

This film is adorable. It proves Santa is real and it doesn't cover him in all the glitter and sparkle you would expect. However the court case scenes seem to drag on too much and it becomes more 'adulty' rather than 'family'. 

8 - The Holiday

It has a super star line up. It is cliché but not overly cliché. It has the cutest British cottage ever and Jude Law is beyond beaut. It also features Cameron Diaz singing Mr Brightside at the top of her voice and this will forever be one of my favourite things.
If you say you've never done this, you lie.

7 - Nativity!

An improvised British film with Martin Freeman and loads of hilarious children. What more could you want? A school play becomes a Hollywood film when Freeman's lie gets out of control. A cameo from Alan Carr, sickly-sweet songs that you can't help but sing and memories of primary school are the highlights of this movie. I haven't seen the sequels yet, I don't want them to ruin it.

6 - The Grinch

Is there a person that has never wanted to be a Who from Who-ville? The Grinch is horrible but you can't help yourself from loving him. Dr. Seuss's rhyming, Taylor Momsen as little Cindy-Lou Who and Baby Grinch are all you need to fall in love with this film. While the sets and Christmas overdose will make the kids giddy with excitement, the adult jokes are evident throughout the film, but hidden well enough so you don't have to answer any tricky questions. 

5 - It's a Wonderful Life

No other film shows true Christmas spirit like this. A black and white film (remade in colour, but that's not as magical) from ages ago, it still has everything you need to get into the spirit. The film follows George Bailey, showing him how different his loved-ones lives would have been if he wasn't alive. It also includes an angel and snow. THIS IS ALL YOU NEED. 

4 - The Polar Express

Just missing out on the bronze medal is this animation starring Tom Hanks. A little boy who is quickly losing his belief in Santa endures a train journey to the North Pole. There's ghosts, hot chocolate, friendship, elves and ofc, Santa. All of the essentials for a festive film. The train conductor teaches the kids valuable life lessons and it leaves you feeling angry that you never got to go on a train as cool as this. Definitely puts the sparkle back in Christmas.

3 - Elf

IT'S SANTA! One of the most quotable films ever. I's fun. It's cute. It's hilarious. It has Zooey Deschannel. The best sets. The best actors. The best ending. ITS BEYOND AMAZING. Just pipped to the post because there is A LOT of Christmas (I'm not complaining) and sometimes, subtlety is admirable.

2 - Home Alone

The Legend. Everybody knows this film and the many spin-off's that were good but never as good. It made Macauley Culkin into a star and allowed everyone to scream 'Kevin!' at people called Kevin. His ability to overcome the Wet bandits by crushing baubles and swinging paint cans is what every child dreams of, as well as being able to sledge down their stairs straight through the front door. It taught me French, ("You're what the French call, 'Les Encompetent"). It taught me not to judge old men on the street who shovel up snow. It sold me the dream of ordering shit tonnes of pizza. It was a life experience and the film is still amazing and will be forever more.

This is it...

My favourite Christmas film is...

LOVE ACTUALLY

Okay, so this one is Christmassy, but it isn't too much Christmas. It's excellently written. It has one of the best line-ups I've ever seen in a film. There are so many stories that it's hard not to love at least one and even harder to choose a favourite. Emma Thompson's performance makes me cry. The little kid in love melts my heart. We are allowed to remember Martine McCutcheon for something other than Activia Yoghurt adverts. It has something for everyone and gets a "true feeling of christmas" across without shoving it all over you and force feeding you Quality Street. I would go as far to say its perfect if it got rid of Colin Firths storyline (or at least limited it) and Rowan Atkinson wasnt involved.

If you haven't seen it, please watch it. However, this is my favourite scene in the whole movie. Cute.

Anti Bullying Week 2014

When I think back to high school, I think of many things. Stupid things. Funny things.

Like the last day when we got our t-shirts signed. Thinking I was fabulous and beautiful when in fact I had long black hair that made me look like a confused 40 year old woman. Feeling like the world was going to end because of Year 9 SAT’s. When the football hit me on the head and I blacked out. When I sat in a puddle. SO many things.

I often think back to high school. Knowing I would never go back if you paid me but at the same time thinking ‘those were the days’. That’s because a few years have passed now and I’ve forgotten all about the stuff I hated there. Like PE.

I would NEVER say that I was bullied in school. I wasn’t.

I had my friends. I got on with my work. I didn’t struggle with my work.  I loved my home life and had nothing to worry about. I never dreaded going to school. It wasn’t the place I’d choose to go to but it was never somewhere scary.

For a lot of people it is.

This week has been ANTI-BULLYING WEEK. The aim of the week is to educate people on what bullying actually is and how it can affect people, as well as support victims of bullying.

‘Bullying’ is sadly something that is so “normal” and “expected” in school. This is nothing new, it has always been there. Power hungry and insecure people poking fun at others to win one up and make themselves feel better. However, with the internet it is something that is quickly becoming out of control.

I can’t sit here and slag off the internet. For one, I’m using it to show you this. I only heard about Anti-Bullying Week through the internet. It’s amazing. However some people abuse it to abuse others and that isn’t right. It can be unsafe.

Calvin Fox is a social media personality that I started to follow on Facebook, just because I enjoyed his videos. Earlier this week he uploaded a video of a talk he did to support Anti-bullying week where he talks about how he had to run from school the minute the bell rang just because he was “a bit different” and “feminine”.

I had names called at me at school. It wasn’t often and it was never anything I really let bother me because I quickly realised that nobody in school could win. I might have got called gayboy. But that popular girl was also getting called ‘slut’. And the clever kid was getting called ‘geek’. And the quiet girl was getting called ‘frigid and weird’. No matter who you was, you was never going to come out of school scratch free.

The serious cases though involved more than scratches and they still do.

Bullying doesn’t just happen in school like people imagine. It can happen wherever you go and this shouldn’t happen.

As a teenager it felt like the smallest thing was the biggest problem. But then I realised it isn’t and life goes on and it gets better.

The best way to “get back at the bullies” in my opinion is to continue proving yourself right and doing what you want to do. This will make you happy. You can choose the right people to be in your life and they will be there for the right reasons. This will make you happy. You will have control over your own success and failures and this will make you happy. The bullies will quickly become irrelevant.

More information:

Anti Bullying Alliance -  http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/

Calvin Fox on Facebook – Check out his Anti Bullying talk here.

Hit me with your best Shot...

Me and my fabulous uni friend +Meg Siobhan  have been working together to create a mini-portfolio to coincide with our production work. Her camera skills are awesome. I have been experimenting with edit's just to create something a little different. Her blog shows how talented she is and her photography is what dreams are made of. (@megsiobhan on Twitter)

Model WERK TIL YOU TWERK

Chloe Garnham, my beautiful housemate was my model. She is also a super cool chick with an even more sweet YouTube channel. Please watch her video's here because they are awesome and hilarious and I am her number one fan. Her editing is even better than her face! (@Hiyachlo on Twitter)

P.s. Thanks for being beautiful and lending me your time and face ladies, you are the best!!

Sorry for sickening everyone with my brown nosing but I love them.

Only Fat People Can Read This.

The hypocrisy, attention and arguments surrounding body weight and image, in the media and in social groups, is one that has always been around, but one that I think is definitely getting worse.

Songs, articles, images. Whatever it is, if somebody is “too” much of something then they should be ashamed of it.

Everyone knows how much I love Sam Smith. Last week, I read an article about him; one that was supposed to discuss his singing, super-fast rise to fame and how he feels in the lime light. All of this positivity and success were quickly followed and intertwined by comments about his appearance. How he isn’t super skinny with a six-pack. How his image isn’t ideal and the ‘norm’. How he looks ‘more like a HGV driver than a pop star’. Why should his appearance undermine his talent and singing?

If you are putting yourself into a job which is all about image, people may suggest you “deserve” or should “expect” the scrutiny that follows. No you shouldn’t. Modelling isn’t about the person wearing the clothes. It is about the clothes. And if you as a designer want to create clothes for size 4 models to show off your fashion, that is completely fine. Because there are normal working women who are size 4 who will buy the clothes and look beautiful in them. There are also women of many other sizes that can’t fit into the clothes you offer but can wear other things and look totally glam.

If you are a size 12 and can’t fit into this size 4 clothing, should you then hate said size 4 woman for being too skinny? No. Size 12 women, you can wear the nice jeans that show off that booty you’re holding up and look fab in them.

And what about the clothes that are created for “plus-size” women? Because you enjoyed eating the whole of the chocolate cake, you are now expected to lust after the beautiful skinny girls and want to be just like them because everybody fancies skinny girls whilst also chewing on your own guilt. No. You get to wear clothes that look just as good on you.

The fact is, everyone can make themselves look hot. It’s not about how small you have to be to fit into the hotness, it’s about finding what makes you hot and emphasising it.

If there must be a competition, let it be about the clothes, not the amount of body underneath them.

Since ITV released the line-up to I’m a Celebrity, Twitter has been going crazy. The amount of hate Gemma Collins has received from keyboard warriors about her weight is ridiculous. How sad they’d be if they had to share food with her, how she’ll probably eat someone a few days into the programme, how dangerous it will be when she parachutes into the jungle. If you are going to criticise her, criticise her for something that bothers you. If her weight is what bothers you, then you should realise how stupidly sad that makes you.

Truth is, none of this matters.

People have been fighting so long to eradicate labels. We still have labels. By categorising people in certain ways, we can attach both positive and negative connotations to that category without caring about the people it affects. 

When we are able to accept people as people and not as a 'type', we will have a breakthrough.

“You are not fat. You have fat. You also have fingernails, but you’re not a fingernail.”

My Basic Pinterest Christmas

Yes it’s early November. Yes I love Christmas. Yes I am really excited, have been listening to Xmas music and watching John lewis adverts. And what?

My excuse is that I only have 6 weeks of Christmas at uni so we need to make the most of it. Also, I said that I would be more organised at uni this year and this is definitely organised.

I’ve been using Pinterest for the past 3 years but to tell you the truth I only ever go on it to admire all the Christmas pictures and get ideas for presents. I have never really noticed you can explore SO many blogs, food recipes and loads of unusual things which are so cute.

Pinterest is so basic it hurts. I hate basic. But at Christmas it is excusable and I think you should use it and look at how adorable my boards are. (I only have 3. A cute Christmas one, a shitty summer one and a food one that has things I’ll never make but really like the look of.)

I have raided ESK and Poundland and this week I’m going to get creative!

Here are the ideas I have to decorate our house stupidly cheap. I’m not too sure how they will turn out but I’ll put a post about that in a week or so!

The easy creations:

These little loo roll reindeer are adorbs. Everyone has toilet roll, everyone can get twigs. Done.

Fill your empty bottles with whatver this is. Or paint them. And stick bits on. Less than £2 for paints and accessories. 

Cut out little tree's. Use a stencil if needs must. Add a bit of string. Bob's your uncle. Fanny's your aunt.

A little harder:

So these look a bit nicer and more complicated. However, who say's you need to sew.  Find little pots or jars, fill them with cotton wool as snow. Cut out Tree's from card and attach a stick. (we are using hair sliders as they can then be un-stuck(?) and used in your fro. 

The Classy Affair:

Who needs to buy a tree to get a tree? Use wrapping paper, card, old baubles or the cheapest decorations you can find. Stick them up as above and you have it. THIS IS THE DREAM.

This one can be classed as easy. However, a bit more time and money on nice card can turn a bit of string and paper into a nice festive garland. Different card and patterns, letters to stick on (or white card?) and a few pegs (£1 online) can add some holiday cuteness to your wall.

THE BEST THING EVER:

Ok, so rustic is my fave when it comes to Christmas. It's traditional, low key and just makes me happy. 

ITS JUST SO SWEET. I will make it. It will look good. I will cry when I cant make it and it doesn't look good. 

I also get to decorate my house properly when I go home. The tree, the garland, the sofa’s. Everything. I’m trying to get my mum to buy a new Christmas tree this year because we have said it every year and our one is so skinny and drunk it upsets me.

I'm going to decorate the table and make it look pretty.

Sadly, my mum has to work on Christmas morning this year which will be so weird. It has never happened. She will either have to go into work pissed and keep the Christmas Eve party tradition going, or maybe it will be the year to create new traditions? I don’t know. But I have high expectations. Not for presents. Not for it to be crazy. Just for nice food, nice films and hot chocolate. Quality time with my Momma and Nana as well as everyone else. I’m sure it will be good if we make it!

There will probably be a few posts about Christmas, I’m not gonna lie. It’s amazing. And if you are a scrooge, get over yourself and buy the cheesiest jumper possible.