Things I love

Felt the need to change font today :)

Anyway, today's theme is Things I Love. Well, there's so many things, let me just list a few..

• Friends
• Spring
• Daffodils
• Laughter
• Slash
• Sound of a guitar
• Walks on the beach at night
• Chanel
• Romance
• Acting
• Being on stage
• Meeting new people
• Traveling
• Rome
• London
• New York
• Harry Potter
• Nerdfighteria

Woah.. I just realized I could go on forever. Well, today I managed to work out how to play Mario Kart Wii online with friends, so I went on and I played with Lo and won most of the time hehe. We're waiting to talk to Ashley to arrange a time to play with her too. I can't wait! Also, Marissa introduced me to a new iPhone app called TextPlus, which is amazing because I can text her for free when she's all the way across the Atlantic! Thanks for that, Marissa! As Ashley said the other day, I'm also feeling UNCONDITIONAL love towards all of the TSR girls! We have to have a huge conference call on Skype one day. If any of you girls see me online then call me, cos I happen to be really bored lately and it would be awesome to talk to you guys "face to face"/screen to screen.

Last night I watched Mamma Mia for the first time and I actually thought it wasn't too bad. I thought it was a really balanced movie. Not too much drama,comedy or emotional bits, but just the right amount of all. Besides, it was amazing to see Meryl Streep play such a different role to the ones she has before. It took some getting used to, to be honest. My birthday is in 4 days. 4 DAYS! The only thing I hate about looking forwards to my birthday is that I'm theoretically also looking forwards to the first day back in school, which is seriously not the case. AND Anna got to see John Green and David Levithan at the signing of Will Grayson,Will Grayson in Chicago (i think), which is beyond AWESOME and I am so jealous! I can't wait to hear all about it, so seriously Anna, don't make me wait till next Monday! ;)

See you tomorrow, if I remember!

ari

Hello Blog (continuation of BEDA)

Why, hello there. After reading a couple of comments on my "failed BEDA" post, I have decided to try again and maybe continue. Well, today's theme is Celebrity Crushes! Isn't that exciting? Well, the only huge celebrity crush that I've had was on Daniel Radcliffe about 3 years ago. It was pretty intense and that's how my obsession for Harry Potter actually developed. I started cutting out the tiniest pictures and articles that mentioned his name and sticking them on my wall. At that time, I used to have a diary I wrote in, and it was pages full of the name "Dan" and endless hearts. I feel embarassed while I think back at that hideous me. My latest "crush" may have been on Slash (maybe the younger "him") and otherwise I just find some actors and singers really hot. Like Ed Westwick from Gossip Girl or Mark Salling from Glee. Nothing big anyway.

Soooo today I woke up early because the cleaning lady got here and my sister and I decided to leave the house and take my niece to the park. We had a good time and then we went out to lunch which was something different to what I've been doing lately. In the past few hours I've been trying to do my Finnish homework and uploading my TSR video, but unfortunately now I have to finish writing this post so I can go read more FINNISH. I've got more homework than my sister...and she's a senior. It's insane. I just really want to relax and enjoy my last few days of Spring Break, but I have so much work to do, it's not even funny. I want to just go to sleep forever. And the weather's amazing and I'm sitting inside doing homework all day, basically. I want to go out and see my friends. This school work has reached a whole new level of SUCK. Nerdfighters.. what happened to decreasing that factor in the world? I need help. Anyone want to do my work for me?

*Sigh* I leave you now to go read some boring Finnish novel and write another essay. Just the second one of the day.

Hasta mañana... lo espero.

BEDA FAIL.

Alright, I failed at BEDA after only 2 days. So, Saturday night I went to the theater and out with my aunt, got back at midnight and completely forgot I had to write a blog. That is my excuse. I gave up after that so now I shan't continue doing BEDA, but I'll just blog randomly when I get the time ;)

I am a disappointment.

I fail at life.

Goodbye.

BEDA day 2

Today was a good day. It started off with a nice trip to the shopping center nearby. Trust me, saying it's huge is an understatement. It had all kinds of amazing shops and so that was it, I was in heaven. I'm going to jump to it and tell you what I bought:
- a dress and a handbag from Mango
-a top from Bershka
- a shirt from Roxy
-a shirt from Stradivarius
-a wallet from Accessorize
-2 pairs of jeans from Zara
and well, a couple of days ago I bought this cute 'coat' from Zara. It's navy blue and has cute buttons..very sailor/Michael Jackson like. So ultimately, I feel like I did some good shopping and got pretty much all I wanted. Later in the afternoon, so a couple of hours ago I went to watch my little cousin play tennis and then we grabbed some ice cream, which by the way is delicious here. My grandma's making the most amazing food for lunch and dinner and I am so stuffed right now. I was trying to watch what I was eating because I really shouldn't go overboard, but man.. it's hard.
So our plans for tomorrow (which is our last full day here) are to go to the centre part of Rome, where it's slightly more historical and there's loads of shops there! Mainly designer stores which I can only dream about, but it'll be nice to walk around and see. Oh and my dad and I are working on trying to find me a job for my working experience this summer and things seem to be going somewhere. My dad has friends who work for this huge Italian movie and television production company. I won't mention the name just in case it causes any trouble, but it is THE biggest production company here. Right now they seem busy promoting new movies, but I should hear from them soon.
I know the theme for today was "music", but I haven't been listening to much lately. Actually, that is a lie. On our way here yesterday we listened to a LOT of Michael Jackson in the car. Followed by Wolfmother, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and some more R&B. Music is a big part of my life. I have phases with it, like anyone else I suppose. But my preference changes from genre to genre. I have my basic favourites, but right now I'm pretty into modern day R&B and pop. I love to listen to some remixes of songs as well, they're awesome. Alright then, je dois aller. I have to go have a nice shower and watch some TV after a tiring day of shopping and walking around the bellissima Roma.

A domani. Ciaooo!

ari

BEDA day 1

Wow. After a 10 hour drive I am finally in Rome. It's been a long day and I'm exhausted after being on the road since 8am. But as promised, I will start BEDA today. So it may be a short post, but I have exciting news! I know it's still a couple of days till easter, but I finished lent today and had my first meat dish. It was delicious, to say the least. I must say I was starting to get used to being without meat, but man did I miss it. Anyway, I've already seen my cousin and my aunt today and we've already made plans. I think I'll be going to the theatre with her on Saturday night.
I don't suppose I really know how to start off my first BEDA post so I just made it like any ordinary blog. I will hopefully be covering most of the subjects mentioned on the list I posted yesterday, but right now my contact lenses are dry, my eyes are closing and I just need to relaxxxxx. You may think: all you've done is sat on your ass all day in a car, how tired can you be? Very tired, surprisingly enough. But everything is okay and we're here now, which is amazing!
Okay, this is how it's going to end for today. A short post, but at least it's here! I wouldn't want to miss the first day. Now off to take my contacts out, get into my PJs and soon hit the sheets after some chill TV program. Yes, that is indeed my very eventful plan for tonight. And it's a secret, so Shhhh. Hope you all had a good first BEDA day and I'm sure you had more to blog about! Sorry for the length.

A demain!
P.S Rome was sunny today, with 20°C! Yayyyy!
ari

BEDA and the wonders of sickness..

I sicken myself when I look at the date of my last post. I suppose I really can't keep track of things and that worries me. Well then it is time for a change and I'm going to commit to this blog for at least 30 days. Why? Well because BEDA (or Blog Everyday In April) is starting tomorrow! I wasn't quite ready for the challenge last year as I had only just started blogging, but now it's about time I seriously stop neglecting my blog. Thanks to Maureen Johnson, now all you slackers like me, can seriously commit to something and feel a sense of achievement. Most bloggers write daily anyway, so BEDA would be a bit pointless, but it doesn't mean you can't participate.

So my friend Lo came up with a plan/list of themes and ideas to talk about on each day of BEDA. I checked it out and it seems pretty good and quite consistent so I think I'll use it, but I might make a couple of alterations maybe here and there. I think it was a really good idea though! That way you can't feel uninspired or feel as if you have nothing to talk about. So, here's the original list:

1. BEDA Intro/Interviews(?)
2. Music
3. Food
4. Weekly Wrap-Up
5. Sports
6. History of Hairstyles
7. Celebrity Crushes
8. Things I Love Thursday
9. Teach us!
10. Shopping Kryptonite
11. Weekly Wrap-Up
12. Daily Routines
13. Unique skills
14. Travel
15. Things I Love Thursday
16. Collections
17. Books/What you're reading
18. Weekly Wrap-up
19. Timewasters
20. Dreams
21. Guilty Pleasures
22. Things I Love Thursday
23. Weather stories
24. Favourite Childhood Books
25. Weekly Wrap-Up
26. Quotations
27. Addictions
28. Favourites
29. Things I Love Thursday
30. End-of-BEDA Post

Also, I've recently become obsessed with the expression "ZOMG". I just think it says a lot more than the simple O-M-G! AAAAH ROME TOMORROW!! I can't wait! I finally get to see my grandparents, my and and uncle and my cousins after more than a year. Not to mention, I get to go back to my "hometown" which I really miss. It's such an amazing place to be in and the people are so great. There is always something to do there and it's one of those old cities that's always full of life. It's where the old and the new mix together wherever you go. It's not like in most cities where you have the ancient part of town and the modern part. In Rome, history and modern art are everywhere. From the roads you walk on to the buildings you walk in to. So yes, I am super excited! I leave tomorrow morning and it's a 7 hour drive down there. I suppose that may explain the possible shorter blog posts for the next 4 days because I believe I'll be using a PC with much slower internet and I won't be online as much. OH! And guess what? Meekakitty (Tessa Violet) is heading down to Rome tomorrow with her mom too! That's really exciting for me because she's one of my favourite youtubers and I'd love to meet her. So I shall keep my eyes wide open.

I guess that's all for today. Just wanted to warm up before the 30 days of blogging! I'll have plenty to talk about, I suppose. And besides, April's a good month and we'll definitely be in Spring-like weather. Okay, I just jinxed it. Oh ari..

See you tomorrow!

ari

Forever Young ..

Woah. I'm not even going to start trying to explain myself for the lack of posts and neglecting everything lately, like: Twitter, YouTube and my blog. Alright, one thing that has definitely not been neglected is Facebook.. but I have specific reasons for that. I apoligize anyway.

First of all, someone has been jinxing us Squirrel Rebellion girls. It started off with Ashley not being able to post, then Anna having problems with technology and then me. My iSight will not work, so I tried filming on my iPhone and everything was fine, but when I tried opening iMovie to do the editing, iMovie crashed and would not launch. Now, if I want to post next week I'll have to film an entire video all in one go with my phone and try and put it up just like that.. That will be awful. Something is going on with my laptop and I don't know how to fix it because I've never had problems with it before. I don't want to pay to get it fixed! I'll have to work something out.

Anyway, if I thought I was confused before..well I'm on a whole new level of confused at the moment. I am the most confused human being you will ever meet right now. Everything is just confusing me, life is confusing. How many times have you seen me use the word "confused"? Well, I'm afraid you will have to get used to it because I have a slight feeling it's going to appear in a few of my future posts. I'm confused because: I'm a teenager and I have a messed up mind which causes me to get too emotionally attached to my good guy friends and then causing trouble. So, seen as it has happened to me before I'm trying to keep things quiet so that it won't ruin the friendship, but it's hard. VERY HARD. (TWSS)

Also, I miss my friends a lot. The ones who were over two weeks ago. The house just feels empty without them and it was so nice to finally have them both over because it felt like the old times when they were still in school with me. Awh..I'm sad now. I suppose I have a lot to say, but most of it is quite personal and I wouldn't like to bore you with more rambling. I just wanted to update and say I'm still here.. somewhere. Oh, and my friend has influenced me with his music and now I'm no longer listening to Guns n Roses, but Jason Derulo, Timbaland, Usher and One Republic. This is not okay. BUT I'm sure it's just a phase, it must be.

Au revoir for now..

ari