just a short one..
i'm not drinking again for a loooooong time....
bleurgh.
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
english coursework...
Well, I have officially started my english language coursework!
I found just choosing what to do was the most difficult part so far, knowing that we could write literally any piece of text we wanted. I have settled on a short story, aimed at young children around aged 6 or 7, who would probably be reading with their parents. I originally had Roald Dahl's 'The Twits' as a style model, but I found that imitating his style of writing is not only incredibly difficult to do without just copying his ideas, but I also knew a story of the same complexity level as The Twits would have to be quite long, and I'd end up going over the word limit for my coursework, which would suck a little bit!
I am now writing the sort of story you'd find in a book of 'bedtime stories', so my story has to include very few characters and a simple plot, yet still be interesting to engage a young child. I'm actually finding it harder than I expected, but I plan on adding lots of little drawings I'll either scan onto it, or make on paint, so this will not only make it more interesting for the child who will (probably never!) read my story, but also give me an excuse to draw lots of cartoon zoo animals! :')
Anyway, the basic plot for my story is a little girl called Holly goes to the zoo with her parents on her birthday, and is rather unimpressed with the toy elephants in the gift shop, so she hatches up a plan to take the real elephant home with her!
I've even made a front-cover on paint :'), showcasing my EXCELLENT paint-drawing skills!
:D
Izzie
P.S as you can probably guess from all the words I've randomly put in bold, I have only just discovered the panel thing just above the box where you write... my computer skills are growing by the day! :'D xxx
I found just choosing what to do was the most difficult part so far, knowing that we could write literally any piece of text we wanted. I have settled on a short story, aimed at young children around aged 6 or 7, who would probably be reading with their parents. I originally had Roald Dahl's 'The Twits' as a style model, but I found that imitating his style of writing is not only incredibly difficult to do without just copying his ideas, but I also knew a story of the same complexity level as The Twits would have to be quite long, and I'd end up going over the word limit for my coursework, which would suck a little bit!
I am now writing the sort of story you'd find in a book of 'bedtime stories', so my story has to include very few characters and a simple plot, yet still be interesting to engage a young child. I'm actually finding it harder than I expected, but I plan on adding lots of little drawings I'll either scan onto it, or make on paint, so this will not only make it more interesting for the child who will (probably never!) read my story, but also give me an excuse to draw lots of cartoon zoo animals! :')
Anyway, the basic plot for my story is a little girl called Holly goes to the zoo with her parents on her birthday, and is rather unimpressed with the toy elephants in the gift shop, so she hatches up a plan to take the real elephant home with her!
I've even made a front-cover on paint :'), showcasing my EXCELLENT paint-drawing skills!
Izzie
P.S as you can probably guess from all the words I've randomly put in bold, I have only just discovered the panel thing just above the box where you write... my computer skills are growing by the day! :'D xxx
Friday, 15 October 2010
17th birthday tomorrow!
So, in less than four hours, I will be seventeen years old! I don't know why, but the novelty of my birthday definitely seems to be wearing off a bit, I know that this time five years ago I would have been literally bouncing off the walls at the thought of my birthday! Maybe it's because, rather than looking forward to it being my birthday, I am looking more forward to having a saturday off work - an event which only happens 4 times a year :'D? And of course starting driving lessons on monday!
Tomorrow morning though, my hopes of having a lie-in will be ruined, because my mum and aunty are heading off to Wolverhampton for the day, so I'll have to be up opening birthday presents before they leave.. is it wierd that I'd rather be in bed? Haha! Then I'm heading off out during the day with some of my old friends who I haven't seen for a few months, then it's back home, then out for a meal with my 3 best friends, then they are staying over for the night YAY!
Sunday morning, the birthday celebrations will come to an abrupt finish, because I'm going into work from 9-5... I seem to luuurve Primark, don't I? :/
Well, this concludes my last post as a 16 year old :') roll on the next year, I say! xxx
P.S, Also, here is a photo of me and some of my friends on our last day of secondary school.. It's wierd to think how much has changed since then, especially as it was only about 5 months ago!
Tomorrow morning though, my hopes of having a lie-in will be ruined, because my mum and aunty are heading off to Wolverhampton for the day, so I'll have to be up opening birthday presents before they leave.. is it wierd that I'd rather be in bed? Haha! Then I'm heading off out during the day with some of my old friends who I haven't seen for a few months, then it's back home, then out for a meal with my 3 best friends, then they are staying over for the night YAY!
Sunday morning, the birthday celebrations will come to an abrupt finish, because I'm going into work from 9-5... I seem to luuurve Primark, don't I? :/
Well, this concludes my last post as a 16 year old :') roll on the next year, I say! xxx
P.S, Also, here is a photo of me and some of my friends on our last day of secondary school.. It's wierd to think how much has changed since then, especially as it was only about 5 months ago!
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
I'M GOING TO PARIS!
yes yes yes it's finally booked! i'm going to paris in february!
ahhhh, i'm so excited! Paris is somewhere i've always wanted to visit, and it hopefully will be a great chance to experience another culture, see some amazing sights and of course practice speaking french (unless of course, the people there think my accent's so terrible they just speak to me in english anyway!)
and, best of all, the booking includes a piece of luggage each, so that means... I can take up to 20 kilos of whatever crap i like! :D YAY for not having to share one huge suitcase with my family!
xxxxx
ahhhh, i'm so excited! Paris is somewhere i've always wanted to visit, and it hopefully will be a great chance to experience another culture, see some amazing sights and of course practice speaking french (unless of course, the people there think my accent's so terrible they just speak to me in english anyway!)
and, best of all, the booking includes a piece of luggage each, so that means... I can take up to 20 kilos of whatever crap i like! :D YAY for not having to share one huge suitcase with my family!
xxxxx
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
just a short, ranting one...
Well, i've just been to the orthodontist, and i now have had SPRINGS added to the growing list of contraptions inside my mouth! Man, the things i put up with in order to get nice teeth! Well, hopefully i shouldn't have my braces on much longer, i've now had them on around 16 months, and today the orthodontist said that he is "quietly confident" that he can take them off at my next appointment, but then said "Well i know for sure they'll definitely be off by your 18th birthday!", which isn't a huge reassurance seeing as it's my 17th birthday next week... !
So, braces rant OVER, next rant.. i swear my college bag is gradually getting heavier! It's been almost a month since i started, and originally on a tuesday i would go in with an english folder, a french folder and a pencil case. Now, the contents of my bag for a tuesday are as follows: english folder; french folder gradually getting fuller and fuller with handouts, french grammar workbook, french textbook, pencil case, purse (containing around 26p), french vocabulary notebook, ipod, phone, drinks bottle and a small tub of vaseline! Notice that most of the bulk in my bag is in relation to my french? Why did i pick that subject! Ah well, by the end of the year, i may have a severely deformed spine from carrying this bag around, but at least i'll be good at french... hopefully!
So, braces rant OVER, next rant.. i swear my college bag is gradually getting heavier! It's been almost a month since i started, and originally on a tuesday i would go in with an english folder, a french folder and a pencil case. Now, the contents of my bag for a tuesday are as follows: english folder; french folder gradually getting fuller and fuller with handouts, french grammar workbook, french textbook, pencil case, purse (containing around 26p), french vocabulary notebook, ipod, phone, drinks bottle and a small tub of vaseline! Notice that most of the bulk in my bag is in relation to my french? Why did i pick that subject! Ah well, by the end of the year, i may have a severely deformed spine from carrying this bag around, but at least i'll be good at french... hopefully!
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