The Tate Modern

Helloo once again wonderful people! :-D

Soooooo, on Monday I went to the Tate Modern with my Art class!! :-D And I thought I would blog about the day as I did with the Natural History Museum! XD I can tell you are excited! XD

Like last time, I got up at stupid o'clock (5:30) and attempted to make myself presentable until 7:20 when I left. I actually left late, but it was fine, I just ran part of the way, and then got there early. -.-

So, yes, I got on the train at 8:00, which was busy, but not as bad as last time, and trundled along to college. :-) I arrived at 8:20, as expected, and actually didn't get lost on the way from the train station to college this time! :-D I was rather proud, despite the fact I had a bit of help from Google Maps. XD

After a while of standing about, we boarded the coach and set off! :-D We drove basically the same way we went last time; we stopped at Fleet (and went to Waitrose again XD) and then carried on to London where we went past some of the stuff we saw last time, like the giant car dealers where the cars were displayed on separate floors of the buildings. XD It was pretty cool! :-) I thought we were going to drive past the 3D Mario advert again so I was going to take a photograph of it, but they had taken it down and replaced it with a Sky advert :-( At least this advert featured Harry Potter! :-D We saw another giant advert for Harry Potter, which a lot of people pointed out and started to talk about. :-P Oh, yeah, and Milli told me about the Harry Potter section in Harrods, which she has been to and I haven't, which made me very jealous and excited at the same time. XD

Anyway, this time we were going to a different part of London which involved driving past THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND BIG BEN!!!!! XD It was so amazing! I hadn't seen the Houses of Parliament or Big Ben in ages! XD Either after this or during we also drove along THE RIVER THAMES!!! XD It was so nice, and huge! :-D There were loads of bridges going across it, which my friends and I all tried to take photographs of. :3 I failed miserably, there was always a van in the way ... :-L

We kept driving along the Thames, caught a glimpse of the London Eye along the way, and then arrived at our destination! :-D We jumped of the coach and walked 10 minutes down the road to the Tate! XD I have to admit, the outside wasn't that amazing, and the inside bit we first saw wasn't awe-inspiring or anything, even though it was nice :-P It's all right though, the rest was amazing!! XD

We first were allowed to go off for 15 minutes, to 'clean ourselves up' and then we met back again to be told when to meet back later and blah, blah, blah ...

Then we went off to do a 'workshop'. :-P I put 'workshop' in inverted commas because I was under the impression the workshop would actually involve doing some art work, but it turned out to just be some guy walking us round and talking to us about a few paintings. :-L It was nice and interesting, I was just disappointed when he then walked off at the end and we found we weren't actually doing any art work at all. -.-

After the 'workshop' we were allowed to go off on our own. :-D I had already seen a painting by Robert Delaunay, an artist who inspired Franz Marc, the artist I am studying, so I was all happy chappy. XD I took a few photos of the painting and the text about it and was just about to move on when my teacher noticed this girl standing behind me, being awkward, asked her if she was all right, and then suggested she look around with me. -.- Thanks. I was quite happy to look around by myself, but no -.- I mean, she was nice, but it was really awkward :-L

We went off to look about and explored two areas, which were brilliant, and then she suggested we have lunch. :-) Now, I was under the impression we were meeting back with everyone at 3:30, so we still had an hour left to look about, but I was wrong, we were actually meeting at 3:00. So, we found a table and sat down to have lunch. :-) I finished in about 10 minutes, but Emily kept talking so much she spent half an hour eating her minuscule lunch. -.- I didn't mind too much, because I still thought we had half an hour left to look about, so we left our table, I brought a map and suggested we go to floor three or something. :-) However, she started acting very strange and suddenly decided to ring our teacher, which was weird, but then I remembered we were actually meeting at 3:00, and it was now 3:00!! D-: This annoyed me because she clearly knew we were meeting with them at 3:00, so why, every time I said we were meeting at 3:30, had she not corrected me?

Anyway, I knew the way to where we were meeting them so I tried to get us to leave but she was on her phone waiting for the teacher to answer, which she didn't, and when she finally started to walk she was going really slowly despite the fact I was rushing ahead. -.-

I apologised repeatedly when we finally got back, but she just wandered along behind me. -.- I went over to  my friends to walk with them but somehow, I can't remember, I ended up walking back to the coach with Emily. -.- She kept going on about Family Guy, a show which I hate that she had been going on about before. -.- (Wow, I have used that emoticon a lot recently. XP)

When we were getting close to where we were meeting the coach I lost her as we crossed over the road and stayed with my other friends after that. XD However, when we got on the coach I ended up sitting with her. -.- It was all right at first, we chatted about random stuff, and then she decided to do some drawing. She drew some amazing stuff, and actually managed to get me to copy some character she had drawn from Family Guy. My attempt was awful, but then again I didn't actually care. XD After a while I didn't really want to talk any more, so I would pretend to fall asleep, but she kept saying stuff to me. -.- It was pretty annoying because she would say the most random stuff that I didn't know how to respond to, so I would just stutter and repeat myself. XD

What made it even worse was that we arrived back 15 minutes later than expected, giving me 15 minutes to get to the train station which is a 20 minute walk away. -.- I literally ran most of the way, which was hard with my sketch book and bag, and arrive at the station ONE MINUTE AFTER THE TRAIN LEFT!! -.- Seriously, I was walking INTO the station as the people who had just got off the train were coming OUT. -.- This annoyed me greatly as it meant I then had to wait AN HOUR for the next train to arrive!! D-: It was really cold and I was only wearing my jacket and scarf, my headphones had broken on the way to London so I had no music, and I was alone. :'-( I was forced to listen to my music through the loud speaker in my phone, which was fine until someone else arrived in the station, at which point I had to turn it off as to not annoy them. -.- So I sat there for all eternity until the moment of utter relief when the voice from nowhere announced the train was 'now approaching the platform'!!! XD YES!!! XD So, I got on the train, arrived at the station after 20 minutes and then tootled home. :-D I was so desperate to get home I ran part of the way, but gave up because I am lazy. XD

So I arrived home at about 8 o'clock. :-P It was pretty late, but I had a nice day in London! XD

I do realise much of this has been me complaining about all the stuff which went wrong, for which I do apologise. :-P

I'm also sorry this has been posted so far after the actual day, but I was kind of busy with a MOUNTAIN of homework. XD

Oh yeah, and my Dad and I just watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two. :'-) I couldn't stop crying throughout the whole thing! It's so amazing, but so sad!! :'-) I LOVE HARRY POTTER AND IT IS NOT OVER!!! I SHALL FILL THE VOID WITH POTTERMORE!! XD *ahem* Sorry about that ...

Right now I am attempting to do some Art, which is due in on Monday. :-P I'm no where near done ... Goodbye sleep, I knew thee well ...

Whilst doing my Art I have been listening to a combination of Toby Turner and Spyro video game music! XD Both are so epic!! XD I was listening to 'High School Thoughts About College', which is amazing (go listen, I command you), and I am now listening to the 'Summer Forest' theme from Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer!! XD It is so pretty!! :-D And it really helps me concentrate! :-D Go listen! You will love it!! XD

One last thing; I have just been offered and interview at the Winchester School of Art, which is part of the University of Southampton!!! XD I can't quite believe it! XD I am excited, but so nervous! :-P I have also been given an interview at the University of Chichester! XP I have applied to do a Fine Art Course at five Universities, just so you know. XD

Oh yeah, and I am the Cow-Naming Champion of 2011!!! XD YES! XD I AM A GOD!! XD A GOD OF COW NAMING!! XD My friend sent a few people, including me, this cow doing different funny things and asked us to suggest names. We were allowed three names each, and I picked Sandra, Mildred and Heather. My first suggestion, when I didn't realise it was a competition, was Moo Moo Cow, but that was discounted. XD So, yes, my friend decided that my suggestion of Mildred was the best!! :-D Heck yeah!! XD

Okay, so I started writing this ages ago, but never finished it, so I have now had my interview at the Winchester School of Art! It went sort of all right, it was a bit weird because it wasn't really formal. :-P The woman looked at my Art, asked me a bunch of questions about it and then we left. She didn't ask about anything I had talked about in my Personal Statement and thought I was doing a Foundation Degree when I am really doing A Levels. :-P Bit concerning, but I'm sure it was fine!

They say they will tell you if you have a place within three days, so by Friday I will know! D-: Rather stressful, but it's fine. :-P

Okay, it is now Friday (that was quick!) and I still haven't heard from the Winchester School of Art. :-L I guess they never formally told me they would get back to me by Friday, I just read it somewhere on their website. :-P

I am sorry this blog has been so long, but I did have a lot to say. XP I also cannot be bothered to check through it all for mistakes, so I'm sorry if most of it doesn't make any sense. XP

Right, that's about it for now,
I thank you,

Love Sarah <3 xx

Just like Rachel...

I had a scawy dweam! D-: But it was actually amazing and at the time I didn't think it was scary at all. XD

Okay I can't really remember how it started, but the main point is my college was invaded by zombies. XD Except it wasn't actually my college, it was just some random building that in the dream was my college. :-P

In the dream was me, Miley Cyrus, Weronica (from real life college), Eve (a girl from my Junior School) and another random person I think. :-P I can't imagine why I had such a strange group of people in the dream, but that's dreams for ya! XD

I can remember little things that happened, but most of it was us running from the zombies. XD There was a bit where Miley was caught by a zombie, which bit into her neck and turned her into a zombie. :-P Blood started to drip from her mouth, her eyes turned red and her skin when pale. D-: It was scary because in the dream she was like inches from my face ... and growling at me.
:-P It's all right though, we ran away and didn't get caught by Zombie Miley. XD

I also remember a bit where we were standing in a corridor and only one of the lights was working, so we were standing beneath it, unable to see anything beyond our circle of light. We were standing in a circle facing outwards so we could see in every direction, when from one end of the corridor we could see a black shape, a silhouette of a person, approaching, sort of shuffling towards us as though it was carrying too many bags of shopping. XD We though it might be another person, but they moved into our circle of light and we saw it was actually a zombie version of Professor McGonagall, of course. XD It was terrifying though because she was a sort of green colour with loads of veins visible on her face, looking completely gormless. :-P I don't remember what happened after that. :-P The next and last thing I remember is us standing at the top of a large, white, spiral staircase. XD I think that was when Dad woke me up. XD

So, yeah, it was a bit scary, but it was amazing at the same time. XD I think I must have dreamed about zombies because I watched Tobuscus' Dead Island Literal Trailer that evening. XD It was really sad and scary, but it was amazing! XD Go watch it!!! XD You'll notice a bunch of similarities. XD

Ahhh, right now I am attempting to transcribe another interview for my English Coursework. D-: I have already transcribed Toby Turner's interview from some Sandhandle thing, but my teacher reminded me we were supposed to be analysing male and female interaction, and my interview was with two males, so it was completely wrong. -.- I spent like two freakin' weeks doing that transcript as well! D-: My teacher has said I now have to transcribe something else to make up for the uselessness of the first transcript, so I am currently transcribing the interview bit of 'Hot Tron Interview' from Like Totally Awesome, and I am about to transcribe some bits of 'Driver: San Francisco | E3 '11 with Tobuscus [Europe]'. :-P Go watch them both, they are funny!! XD They also both feature Toby; yet another good reason to go watch them!! XD

Okay, I'm gunna go do the transcripts considering they are supposed to be done by Monday, when I am not in college because of the Art trip XD,

I thank you,

Love Sarah <3 xx

The Natural History Museum

Yesterday I went to the Natural History Museum! :-D It was really fun so I thought I would share my experience with all you lovely people! :-D

So, I awoke at 5:30 and dragged myself about, attempting to get ready, and went on my laptop to charge my iPod up completely ... and watch Tobuscus. XP Then I left at 7:15 and began my journey to the train station. :-)

Then I finally got on the train at 8:00, rush hour. -.- It was quite busy but not too bad. :-P At least I got a seat! :-)

After 20 minutes I arrived at the station and walked to college. :-) Unfortunately, I walked up the wrong road, got very confused and lost, ended up going a really long way, and turned up late. -.- I quick marched most of the way, and when I did arrive I was so worn out I could hardly say 'hello' to Jessy. :-P Annoyingly, it didn't matter that I was late, so all my worry had been for nothing. -.-

At about 8:50 we boarded the coach ready to leave at 9:00. :-)

We drove and drove and drove until we reached Fleet Services, where we stopped for 20 minutes. :-) Jessy, her friend Chi and I went to Waitrose, where they had the widest range of sandwiches I have ever seen, :3, and then sat in KFC to eat. :-) Then we tootled off back to the coach. :-)

Then we drove and drove and drove some more until we reached London!! XD

It was so amazing!! :-D We were really high up and there were loads of giant buildings everywhere. :-D It was so cool! XD Then we went along a bit further until we got to another part of London where some houses were. :-) Then we saw some shops and this amazing advert for Super Mario 3D Land, which was literally 3D!! XD It had a giant 3D Nintendo 3DS as well, which was awesome!! XD We all sat there gawking at its majesty for ages while we sat in traffic. :3

Then we drove on through London, past Earls Court where I went to MPH 08 and saw Top Gear Live. :3 Then we got to Harrods ... Just wow ... It was so amazing! XD It had been decorated for Christmas, and just wow ... again :3 ...There were these huge bushes all along the shop with twinkling lights in them and each window was beautifully decorated with white trees and mannequins and all sorts :-) It was so lovely :-D

Then after driving for a bit longer we went past the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum!! :-D It was so exciting!! :-D I felt compelled to tell Rachel of course :3 I thought we were going to both, but it transpired we were only going to the Natural History Museum. :-P I really like the V&A so I was pretty sad, but it's fine. XD

We drove a bit further until we reached the car park. :-) After a short health and constant interfering safety chat we were ready to venture off into London!! :-D :-D I jumped of the coach (literally) first and hopped about waiting for everyone from Graphics to get off. :-D You see, the trip was actually for the Textiles students to go to Kensington Palace, but our Graphics teacher had decided to use this opportunity to take us the the Natural History Museum, the place he wants us to use for out promotion assignment. :-D

Right, where was I ... oh, yes, so I was hopping about waiting for the rest of the Graphics people, and then when we were all off the coach our teacher told us we would be "walking a mile that way to the Natural History Museum" :-P Ack, walking! D-: But this was good walking; we were walking through LONDON!! XD I was very excited.

So we set off, out of the car park and left and then left again down a massive road where a lot the embassies are. :-D This was very amazing as all the building were huge, naturally, and we had fun finding out which country each building was for. :-) Ryan managed to convince me that the largest building was the American embassy, but it then transpired that he didn't really know and the building was actually apartments. :3

We reached the end of the road and then carried on to the Museum. :-) When we started approaching we were told to take photographs of the outside, so I now have a bunch of photographs of the Natural History Museum covered by trees. :3

I do have some decent ones as well. :-)

Then we had a chat about when we would meet and stuff, and went in. :-)

Oh. My. Rowling. It was amazing!! :-D The first room was huge, and had a enormous dinosaur skeleton in the middle! :-D It was so fabulos!! XD

My friend grabbed a map, that she should have paid for, and we headed towards the dinosaur exhibition! :-D Wow, it was briilliant!! XD It was all so interesting! :-D

As we walked through we got to a part where loads of people were standing in line waiting for something, but we couldn't see what. :-P We waited for a while and the rounded the corner to see what everyone had been waiting for. :3 Wow, it completely took my by surprise! XD It was so scary! XD They had this ginormous animatronic T-Rex!! XD It was amazing, and so realistic!! XD We came in from behind and even that scared me! XD

Then we wandered about a bit more until we decided to go to the café. :-) I brought myself an apple and my friend brought a biscuit, but apparently it wasn't very nice, so she didn't eat most of it which was a shame :-P

Then we moved on to another zone. :-) We saw a whole variety of things, it was all so interesting!! :-D

As we were leaving one zone we bumped into our teacher who told us about 'The Pod' he had just been to and suggested we go there, so we did, and also suggested we go to Human Biology, but we never did. :-P He showed me this hilarious picture in this book he had brought which showed the human body in proportion to the amount of the brain we use to control each part, so it had a giant head with big lips and ears, and giant hands. XD It was really funny! XD

We took his advice and went to the Darwin Centre which contained 'The Pod'. :-D We found two other people from our class and went in with them. :-) To get into 'The Pod' you had to ascend in the elevator to the top floor, and then walk down 'The Pod' until you reach the end where you take the lift back down one more floor, to the exit. :-D

I though 'The Pod' was really interesting and contained loads of really pretty specimens, but the others didn't so we power-walked through. :-P

Then we walked onward and found the rest of our group, besides our teacher, and went off together into a room which contained Art of the Natural World. :-D This room was especially nice as I study Art, as you may know, so it was nice to see some art work. :-D We stayed in this room for ages, messing about, until we left and bumped into our teacher. We still had quite a while left, and because one of the people hadn't seen the giant blue whale, our teacher suggested we go and show him.

So we went back to a room we had already been to, which I haven't told you about, which contained loads of life size animals. :-D

It was really cool, and after showing the person who hadn't seen the room we moved onto somewhere we hadn't been yet.

We found a room in this zone which looked pretty boring on the outside, but when we walked in there was a giant squid hanging from the ceiling! XD It was so huge, and Ryan immediately decided it was his favourite part of the museum. XD

We messed about for a bit because we were the only people in the room, until we left to go to the café, where we stayed until we met back with our teacher to leave.

I thought the museum was really interesting and fun, but everyone else could only muster an 'alright' when asked what they thought. :-P

Some other stuff I forgot to mention: We went into a room where the floor moved back and forth to mimic an earthquake, which was hilarious, and we went into a room which contained a huge, iron model of the Earth, which you entered by ascending and escalator, which was awesome! XD

Yes, so after we met with our teacher we walked back to the coach, back along 'Embassy Road of Destiny', as Ryan called it, and arrived back really early, before everyone else. :-) We waited for the Textiles students to return, and when they did a register was taken that revealed a few people had not returned. :-/ We waited a while and then found two girls had got lost in Hyde Park :-/ We waited for an HOUR while our Art teacher and the coach driver went to look for them. :-/ This meant rather than leaving at 3:30, we left at 4:30, which added an extra HOUR AND A HALF to our journey -.- This meant I missed the train I was hoping to get, and the one after that, so the next train I could get home left at 8:00 -.- This annoyed me, as it meant I would have got home at 9:00, but I called my Dad and found he was able to pick me up from college. :-D I had already walked to the train station though, and then had to walk back to college as Dad didn't know where the station was, but it was fine ... think how much exercise I got!! XD

So I got a lift home, yay, and thus concluded my trip to the Natural History Museum! XD All in all, it was a pretty awesome day out, and I am now even more excited to go to the Tate Modern with my Art class! XD

Yes, we are going to the Tate Modern, in London, on December 5th!! XD It is going to be so amazing because we are doing a workshop with someone from the Tate!! XD I cannot wait!! XD I will no doubt blog about the trip, so you have that to look forward to! XD

Aha, I just read Rachel's Blog and she mentioned how I am "such a loyal Tobuscus fan [I'm] doing [my] English project on him, how lol is that". XD It's true, I am doing my English project on him, I am addicted! XD Freakin' love Toby Turner! :3

Now, one last thing ... I HAVE A CAR!! XD OH, YES!! XD My Mum gave it to me! XD You see, her car broke and she had to buy this Rover, which I now own, to get her about until she got a new car, and when she was done with it she gave it to me! XD I'm so happy and I cannot wait to start driving!! XD I'm doing a week intensive course in the summer holidays ready for University. :-D So excited!! XD

That's about it for now,
I thank you,

Love Sarah <3 xx

My Childhood

Wow, I really need to blog more often! :-P

Recently, I have been thinking a lot about my childhood, and after reading Louise's blog, I want to write about it. :-) (Did you see how I managed to link to her blog just then? :-) I am a genius! XD)

I remember my childhood rather well, actually; I still remember most of the places I used to go, the television programmes I use to watch, the books I used to read...

You probably don't know, but I grew up in Harpenden, until I was 5, when we moved to where we are now. I can still remember the playgroup I used to go to and hated, and I can still remember the day my Mum came along with me and I avoided her the whole day believing that was what I was supposed to do. I even still vaguely remember our house, which to me was a vast space solely for me to make a mess in with my toys. I can remember playing in one part of the living room with one toy and then getting bored, leaving the toy where it was and moving to another space in the room. :-P However, this may have just been a dream because I don't remember it from my perspective, but from that of someone standing in the doorway. :-P

I do, however, distinctly remember the day we first went to our new home where we are now. I can remember standing in the kitchen overwhelmed by the new house, thanking my Dad over and over for finding somewhere so nice. :-) (You see, my Dad had travelled down beforehand to find a house, so I, and perhaps my Mum, hadn't seen the house at all until this point. :-))

It's strange though, I can't really remember Harpenden itself that much, but I can remember St. Albans, where one of my Nannies lives, and other places where family lived. I can distinctly remember the shopping centre in St. Albans, The Galleria, which at the time, to me, was known as The Boarding, for reasons I can't really remember. Most people I ask about it have strong recollections of me always referring to it as The Boarding rather than its real name. The only reason I can think of why I called it that was the fact at one point they had an indoor play area in which they had some squishy platforms you would climb up, and from that I developed The Boarding, as the platforms were sort of boards, I guess. I'm not sure. :-P

Some pretty memorable things happened at The Boarding. XD The funniest was when my Nannie, who always used to take me to The Boarding, picked me up because I was making a fuss or something, and I stared screaming "PUT ME DOWN!! PUT ME DOWN!!", kicking and all that jazz, but this group of foreign people standing near us though this crazy woman was trying to abduct me, and were about to try and stop her when I finally screamed, after a few minutes, "NANNIE!! PUT ME DOWN!!" at which point they realised it wasn't abduction at all, but a misbehaving child. XD That made me laugh when Nannie told me about it when I was older; it must have been so embarrassing. XD

I can also distinctly remember most the books I used to read and the programmes I used to watch. :-) I used to read a LOT of books when I was little; right now in the garage there LOADS of books from my childhood hidden away, and a few in my room I used for a Graphics project at school. :-) I can remember a book about the seasons, one about a teddy bear who had a red balloon, one that taught me my first few words of French to do with the farmyard, one to help you go to sleep, and my favourite, a Jolly Pocket Postman book where he bumps his head and stuff. :-D I used to read these books time and time again. :-) I can also remember the first time I read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. :-D It was 2001 or 2002, so I was about 7 or 8, and someone had just got two sets of the first four Harry Potter books for Christmas, but they weren't too interested in reading them, so instead my Mum and I started reading them. :-) Each night we would read a chapter; the first chapter my Mum read to me, the second chapter I read to her, the third chapter she read to me, and then so on. We got to the point eventually where I started reading all the chapters to Mum, and then I started just reading to myself, and then when we got to the Prisoner of Azkaban Mum stopped reading the books altogether. :-L She never did catch onto Harry Potter, which is a shame. :-L

I always did like reading. In school whenever a teacher asked someone to read aloud, I would always have my hand up. :-) I can remember reading aloud one time in English, and speaking so fast the only way the teacher could get me to stop and let someone else have a go was to wait until I drew breath and quickly stop me. XD

I can also remember most, if not all, the programmes I used to watch as a child. :-) I used to watch all the regular shows for children, like Tots TV, Rosie and Jim, the Teletubbies and stuff, but I also used to watch other things like Blankety Blank. XD I didn't use to just watch Blankety Blank because my parents would watch it or something though, I was completely intrigued by it. This strange, flamboyantly dressed woman walking about making the audience laugh every few seconds, asking questions I never understood, I though it was brilliant. XD Yeah, I had a starnge childhood, growing up with Lily Savage. XD

It wasn't until I was quite a bit older I found out this woman wasn't actually a woman, but a man. XP I couldn't believe it. I can remember seeing Paul O'Grady somewhere and my Mum saying something like "Hey, look, it's Lily Savage" and me being like "What? Are you blind? That's not Lily Savage!" and then being told the truth about the matter. XD

It was like the time I found out Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus were the same person. XD

By the way, I am currently listening to "There's a Floppy Disk on the Floor" by Tobuscus!! XD I am so addicted! XD I am also trying to play Minecraft because Toby played it! XD

That's about it for now,
I thank you,

Love Sarah <3 xx

Blaaaaa...

What to blog about …

Hmmmm …

Come now, brain! You must have some ideas …

…

Never mind … -.-

Well, on Friday I went to my friend's house for her birthday party sleepover. :-D It was really fun!! :-D We ate a bunch of food, they did some awesome fireworks, we ate a bunch more food and then ate a bunch of food. XD Aha! XD It was really hilarious though! XD

The next day, Saturday, we woke up at like 10 o'clock. XD And then had breakfast and some more chocolate. XD I had Wheatabix. XD If that's how you spell it. :-P Which it isn't, but Google Chrome doesn't know either, so I'm not the only one. XD Then my friend and I walked back home. :-D

So, I just got back, and immediately went on my computer to watch some more of Toby Turner's Amnesia: The Dark Decent Let's Play. XD It was scary and hilarious! XD Yep, Rachel has succeeded in making me one of her minions. XD I am addicted to Tobuscus, TobyTurner and TobyGames, I listen to Die Antwoord and can sing Bloodhound Group. XP *Sings* The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. XD

Oh, yeah, and I am currently listening to the 10 hour loop of Nugget in a Biscuit! XD WIN!! XD I'm on 18 minutes and 46 seconds. XD I have a long way to go … XP

Oh my Rowling, and in the evening on Saturday, the school which I live next to did this amazing display of fireworks!! XD It was really brilliant!! :-D We watched it from our back garden so we didn't have to pay to get in. :-P I feel bad about it, but I'm sure they made enough money from it because LOADS of people turned up. :-)

Ack, but I realise I have work to do and my room to clean, so I should probably go do that now -.- … Right after I finish watching the last Amnesia video. XD I'm so close to the end! I don't know if I should be excited or scared. :-P Probably both. XD

Okay, now I am done. :-D It was actually a really good series! XD It was really funny and scary and interesting! XD I was right to be excited and scared! XP

YES!

Okay, I'm gonna go now. Bless your face. If you sneezed while reading this blog post, bless you. Peace off. Ba da, do do do do do do do do do, subscribe (to my blog). Outro of darkness, then redness, then whiteness, then … Boooooooooooop.

Love Sarah <3 xxx

(Oh my goodness, my phone just vibrated, but it was sitting on top of an uneven surface so it made a really weird sound, which scared me. XP I watch too much Amnesia. XD)

My Half-Term

I'm not going to lie, my half-term has been pretty cool so far. :-) Let's go back a week and a half ago...

Me and my Mum were shopping to buy my wedding outfit, and we were in Gosport Town Centre as opposed to our normal town centre because we were bored of always going to the same place. So we were just walking along when Mum points out someone has misspelt “paint” on a giant sign proclaiming there is “wet paint”. Obviously I have to look, and thus, walk straight into a post … It wasn't painful or anything, but it did shock me … My Mum and I started to laugh for ages, along with a random man walking towards us, who was really obviously laughing at me, and then carried on our merry way. :-) (That wasn't the cool bit, it was just funny XD)

As we had gone shopping on a Sunday, not many shops were open … In fact, all of the shops we wanted to go to were shut, so we decided to tootle off to Gunwarf Quays instead. :-) I always like going to Gunwarf, its really nice and fun, so I was all happy happy. :-D

We parked our car in the green area, after being very amazed at the clever parking system they have where there is a sensor for each space so they can tell you exactly how many spaces there are in each section. :-D We thought it was amazing and also got a laugh when two people drove into an area where only one space was free, ha ha! XD Okay, maybe that was lame, but still. :-P

So, having parked our car we walked up to find a clothes shop, which happened to be Next Clearance. We looked around and found approximately seven dressed I liked. We then went in search of changing rooms, only to be told they had none. :-L I was then forced to try on the dresses over the clothes I was already wearing. :-P This looked really awkward and none of the dresses even fitted. :-O

So, we left Next and when to a nice looking clothes shop opposite called Yumi. :-) We found a pretty, grey, beaded waistcoat there and then were left with the task of finding something to go with it. As both my Mum and I are terrible with fashion we asked the shop assistant what she though and were informed a cream or pink dress would be nice. :-) She described one particular dress to us and said we could find it almost anywhere, but not here, so we walked back to Next.

We asked a Next shop assistant if she could help us find a dress to go with the waist coat, and she picked out several baggy, rather hideous dresses, which I tried on nevertheless. When she had wandered off for a moment I picked out another dress I had seen, tried it on and found it looked smashing with the waistcoat :-D Thanks Next shop assistant, but it would seem I am better at finding nice clothes than you. :-D It did have quite a few tears and stains however, so we asked if she could find us another of the same size from The Back. :-D She returned, I tried on the dress one last time with the shoes I wanted to wear, and then we went off to buy it. :-D

And, lo, we had a complete wedding outfit for me!! XD

The last thing on our to-do list was buy a dress for my Mum as well, so we picked out a few, tried them all on and decided to buy the blue one. :-D It was a really nice dress, and what made it even nicer was the fact it was a Tommy Hilfiger dress. :-D Oh, yes XD

With our two new wedding outfits we wandered down to the water where the restaurants are. :-) We spotted one called the Waterfront Café, or something, which looked particularly nice. :-) We stood in line for ages, and finally ordered two sandwiches, two slices of cake, and two hot chocolates. :-D

They were all very nice and when we were done we wandered a bit more and then made our way back to the car. :-)

So, yeah, that was our day out to get this wedding outfit:

Yeah, it was actually taken after the wedding when we got back to the hotel room, so that's why I look pretty awful and why the room is really strange XD (And, by the way, sitting behind me on the table is my Stephen Fry book XD Oh, yeah XD)

Jump to a week later. :-)

On Friday, we drove up to our hotel at Toddington Services. :-) It didn't take too long to get there, but we did get very confused. :-P We though it was just behind some shops or something, but no, it was really on the other side of the motor way, so after almost driving into a lorry and going the wrong way, we finally made it to the hotel. -.- XD

The only redeeming factor the room had was the fact it was clean. -.- There was one double bed, one sofa bed, and a bathroom. -.- The hotel didn't have a café or anything so every morning my Mum and my Brother had to walk to the Marks and Spencer's to get some milk for breakfast. Apart from that, our stay in the hotel wasn't terribly bad. :-)

The next day, Saturday, we went to the Wedding. :-) We arrived early and found quite a few other people had also arrived early, including my Uncle, the groom. :-) We said “Hello!” to everyone and then started taking some pictures of them in their lovely outfits. :-)

After a while we went through for the vows, and then outside for some “proper” photos. :-) The crazy photographer asked us all to say “crocodile” to make us smile, which was strange, and I can't help but think we all looked really stupid :-P

Then we went back inside for the meal. :-) Mum had said I would have a children's meal, which was silly, so I had fish gougeons and chips. :-P Not too bad, but the adults got proper, battered fish, so I wasn't happy. :-( Then pudding came, which, for me and my Brother, was strawberry ice cream, which we hate, so we asked if we could have something else. :-) They gave us chocolate sorbet, which was nice, but my brother didn't like it. :-( As a result, my three year old cousin, who was sat next to me, had it instead, and whilst I wasn't looking, he literally got it everywhere. :-P All down his fancy jacket, all over the table and all over himself. :-P

Then we sat and chatted for a bit, until news came that a fire had broken out in the woods not far from the hotel we were at! :-O There was no danger of it reaching us, but the fire fighters who came to extinguish it had to park at the hotel to get to it. :-P This was pretty funny, and also provided another photo opportunity. :-P

We then went back inside for the cake, of which I had none because they never offered my any chocolate or fruit cake, only sponge cake. -.- How dare they!! D-: We then forgot to take some home as well. :-(

After that we were asked to leave and went back to the first room, which was now called the music room, to have drinks. :-) I didn't have one, so just stood about awkwardly, and then sat about awkwardly, until everyone started to leave.

Oh yeah, and I also saw the room where the bride and groom were staying that night. :-) It was really nice and massive. :-D They even had a sauna!! :-D

At they end everyone went home and we went back to our Nannie's house for a while, and then went back to the hotel. :-)

The next day was spent with our other Nannie and our Dad, who had driven up as well. :-) We had a nice time; it was very peaceful, unlike the day before. XD

On Monday, I was given the opportunity to go to a farm, but not wanting to do this I decided to spend the day with my Nannie instead. :-) We had a nice day, going shopping, having lunch and then chatting until I was picked up to go to the other Nannie's house. :-)

At Nannie's house we had dinner and then chatted for a bit until we had to return to our hotel room.

The next day we had to drive back, :-(, and we got lost. D-: We had to get the Sat Nav out in the end, which we really should have done before we even set off, and then the Sat Nav started to confuse itself and didn't tell us to come off the motorway, so we went the wrong way again. :-( Eventually, we did get ourselves home, hooray! :-D

We stayed round Mum's house for a bit until Dad picked us up, and when I got home my Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Game Boy Advance game had arrived!! XD Yaaaaayyyy!! XD I played it for a bit, whilst attempting to cook dinner, and it was really fun, :-D, despite the fact Harry was bad at jumping and instead of landing on platforms would throw himself into oblivion. -.-

So, yes, that was what I did during the first half my half-term. :-D

I also went to a Movie Day at Rachel's house on Thursday, which was really fun!! XD The film we watched was pretty scary, but apart from that it was hilarious!! XD I am also very glad Lewis came to meet me at the train station, otherwise I would have got completely lost. :-P XD

So, yeah, thank you guys! XD Love you all! :-D

That's about it for now (wow, what a long blog! :-O),

I thank you.

Love Sarah <3 xx

I know I'm Not the Only One Who Finds Mornings Hard...

So, today I got up bright and early, as always, and then proceeded to fall back asleep again. As a result my Dad had to wake me up and drive me to the bus stop, only to find the bus had already been and gone.

This wasn't all bad though. I didn't have any lessons today; the only reason I needed to go to college was so I could walk to Cineworld and see Route Irish with my Film class, for free, no less. However, after watching the trailer I had realised the film was nothing more than a man swearing and people dying … Not really the film for me. So, I wasn't too disheartened at not seeing it. XD

My Dad nicely drove me back home, and then went on his merry way to work, leaving me with the house to myself for the day. :-) Excellent. :-) I love being at home on my own; I don't have to listen out for my Dad calling me downstairs to do boring jobs or worry about annoying anyone with my terrible taste in music. :-)

So, I had a nice day at home, listening to music and making a mess in my room as I attempted to organise my Art. I also went on Amazon for a while and found approximately eleven books I want.

I realise I probably should of done some work, and perhaps after I have done this I will make my way downstairs to do some painting. :-) Okay, I have now spelt the work “downstairs” wrong twice, what is wrong with me?

It is times like these when I seriously envy the people able to walk/drive/teleport/fly to and from college whenever they please. Oh, how I wish I could do that.

Anyway, although I may have had a nice day at home I still missed everyone at college. :-( I didn't get to spend three hours with Tasha like I normally would, or see Rachel, or Louise, or Lucy, or anyone else. :-( It makes me very glad I still have one day left at college until Half-Term. :-)

My Half-Term is probably going to be actually quite fun! :-D We are going to my Uncle's and almost Aunt's wedding on Saturday, seeing family for a few days, and the driving back just in time for Rachel's Indoor Picnic! :-D I am very excited about this picnic, and with good reason; the last one was BLOOMING AMAZING!! XD

I am also excited for the wedding; I am wearing my new outfit of a white dress and a beautiful beaded waistcoat. :-D It looked particularly nice in the shop, despite the fact I had to wear it over the clothes I was already wearing because the Next store didn't have any changing rooms. D-: How dare they? XD

That's about all I can think of right now :-)

I thank you,

Love Sarah <3 xx

My First Blog Post

Hey, look! It's my first blog post, on my nice, shiny, new, nice blog! :-D

I wonder where I should start... With a bit about me I guess. :-)

My name is Sarah, I have brown hair, blue eyes and I was born on January 1^st. I am at college doing Fine Art A2, Graphics A2, English Language A2, Film AS and an EPQ. That's the boring bit, which I feel obliged to tell you. It sounds like something you would write on a form, but oh well XD My lessons are pretty fun and amazing, but Art and Graphics and English all involve doing quite a lot of annoying work, so, yeah. :-P

Now on to the more interesting stuff. I am a MASSIVE fan of Harry Potter! :-D I love everything Harry Potter and, quite frankly, my whole life revolves around it. :-D That and college. :-) I have a Pottermore account, in case you are interested: HazelGold37 :-D Add me if you like, but I probably won't add you unless I have met you in real life, sorry :-L (By the way, I found the Magic Quill on the second day, but still worked out and found the other Quills because I am a massive nerd, I mean awesome person! XD)

Now I feel is the time to mention our pets. :-) Me and my brother both have Guinea Pigs (mine is named after the Doctor :3) and we have two cats; Rory and Emily. :-) I'm not going to lie, our pets are pretty amazing. :-D

When I'm not at college I spend a lot of my time on my laptop doing homework, playing video games, watching TV and reading (mainly Harry Potter, ha ha XD Art thou surprised? XD).

For all of you gamers out there, I shall now talk about video games. :-) I am a pretty retro gamer, mostly playing Playstation One and Two games, and Game Boy Colour and Advance games on my pink Game Boy Advance SP. :-) We do have a Wii, which I used to play quite a lot, until college took over my life. :-P My brother has a Xbox 360 and I sometimes play it with him but I never really got the appeal of Call of Duty, to be perfectly honest. :-P I do like playing Lego Harry Potter on it though. XD

Most of the games I play are Harry Potter, but I do play other things like Mario Kart Wii, Spyro the Dragon, Tomb Raider, Pokemon (only first gen. for me XD) and other random things. :-) Video games are a big part of my childhood, along with Harry Potter. :3 Ahh, nostalgia. :-D

Okay, now to talk about music. :-) I have a really weird taste in music; I like everything from Hannah Montana to Alice Cooper to Shania Twain. XP So, basically, I like most music, as long as it doesn't involve swearing or rapping. :-) However, Rachel did let me listen to a Die Antwoord song called “In Your Face”, which featured quite a bit of swearing and rapping, but I really liked it, so there you go. :-P

A few final things: I hate swearing, I collect postcards, I wear a fair few bracelets and badges, my bedroom is always a mess, I am perfectionist (but not when it comes to my bedroom XD), I use more than my fair share of smiley faces :-) :-D XD XP, my favourite colour is pink, I actually LIKE Professor Umbridge from Harry Potter :3, I love my friends and my favourite artist is Franz Marc. :-D

That's about all I can think of right now. :-)

I thank you,

Love Sarah <3 xx