My Dear I Wanted To Tell You

Thought I'd take this chance to post up this picture:

Dear Mr. President,
Come take a walk with me.
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me.
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly.

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
Are you proud?

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why?

Dear Mr. President,
Were you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
How can you say
No child is left behind?
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell.

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye?

Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How do you sleep at night?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Dear Mr. President,
You'd never take a walk with me.
Would you?

So I guess you can say that this is me coming out. I am bisexual.

MAKE KONY FAMOUS.

If you haven't heard / seen it yet. go watch.

CINEMA IS NOT DAED

Deathly Hallows Tattoo

So I went for it :)

Painful, but so so worth it.

The Top Ten

I know it's damn near impossible for me to choose my top ten films of all time, so for now here is how they stand currently. First off what do I look for in a film to make it enjoyable, well I personally prefer well thought out plot, deep characters you can feel emotionally attached to and writing that makes you believe every moment. Oh and of course I can't do without the odd bit of good cheese and something that makes me blub my eyes out! So here's the top ten:

10 - Perfume - Story Of A Murderer

This is an incredible film, slightly weird but full of some ethereal depth I've never seen in a film before. The cinematography and location choice is simply stunning.

9 - Titanic

Okay call me a cheese loving sissy but I just love this film, has me reaching for the tissues every time.  I love the parallels you can draw from the film to modern day events. Yes, it's corny but who doesn't enjoy a good corny cry in the corner every once in a while. Oh and did I mention it's coming out again in the cinemas on my birthday!!!!

8 - V For Vendetta

Seriously underrated film this one, tells much of what the government could become if the public are not careful. I'm not one for politics much but this film is tragically phenomenal and emotionally uplifting.

7 - The Green Mile

I challenge you not to cry at this film, the story verges on the supernatural but just ever so slightly so you still believe everything. And of course the helplessness of the death row guards just makes you emotionally raw.

6 - Inglorious Basterds

Quirky but at the same time horrific. The performances my multiple actors in this film are second to none, Also Tarantino has a knack for hitting all the right buttons as far as script and plot are concerned. The scene with the projector room makes me die with happiness inside whenever I watch it.

5 - Love Actually

My favourite Rom-Com a must watch at christmas. Outstanding performances again from all actors and actresses but my favourite out of all the fascinating interweaving stories has to be Emma Thompson's role. Played to perfection... and it got me into the legend that is Joni Mitchell.

4 - Lost and Delirious

Again, not a very well known film at all, and some may call over melodramatic but recently I can't stop watching this film. The performances are so alive and yes it's corny with the odd bit of Shakespeare thrown in but who cares!? I read the book it was based on recently and found it bares hardly any resemblance. In all honesty I prefer this film so much more. 

3 - The Hours

Literally just finished watching this film and what can I say... Love love love it! The twist at the end made me  sit with my mouth open for a good 10 minutes. Stunning. Just stunning.

2 - The Pianist

This film is so raw and effortless it's unreal. I can watch this again and again and never fully comprehend its incredibleness. The scene with the piano... OH don't get me started!!! GO WATCH IT NOW! :)

1 - Schindler's List

I have only seen this film once. But I sat there for three hours solid with my eyes transfixed on the screen. My attention was held purely out of the blissful cinematography, the beautiful script, the stunning plot and the amazing character of Schindler. All I can say is I'm going to savour every single time I watch this film from now on. And that is why it has got to no1. Spielberg you god.

I shall make me a willow cabin at your gate and call upon my soul within the house; Write loyal cantons of contemned love and sing them loud even in the dead of night; Halloo your name to the reverberate hills and make the babbling gossip of the air cry out 'Victoria!'

New Years Resolutions

So it's that time of year again people, new years resolution time!

I always try and write some even though I know I'll most likely abandon them before February.

Here they go!

Number One:

Dye my hair red again.

Number Two

De-Clutter everything

Number Three

Get a summer job.

Number Four

Join the Edinburgh University Harry Potter Society

Number Five

Visit my cousins down in London who I haven't seen in over 5 years.

Number Six

Visit the Doctor Who experience and Leavesden studios Tour in London

Number Seven

Work hard to pass second year of University

Number Eight

Make new friends

Number Nine

Make a WWII film during the summer

Number Ten

Get a tattoo

Number Eleven

Get a flat for four for next semester

Number Twelve

Celebrate being 20

Number Thirteen

Make/get into a band

Number Fourteen

Enjoy the end of the world!

HOW TO MAKE A GRYFFINDOR QUIDDITCH UNIFORM TUTORIAL

This project has been a long time in the making!

I'm not a huge artsy sewing person so I wanted to figure out the easiest way to create a Harry Potter Gryffindor Quidditch Uniform for under £100 ($155)

Being quite small in stature I figured the many kids harry potter costumes out there would fit me but I doubted they had the quality I was looking for.

So trawling through ebay to find red and yellow garments I found that hardly any exist, it's as if red and yellow as a colour combo is a no no! Finaly I found the spannish football shirt (2007ish) was a likely candidate. Simply sew the gryffindor badge over the top and there you go.

The rest was pretty easy to source. I figured jodhpurs would make a good quidditch trouser as riding a broom can be likened to riding a horse (in the areas of chaffing etc  )
As for pads the closest and cheapest I could find were in black but if push came to shove could always spray them with some brown paint.

Should probably add my uniform is very much unfinished as of yet and I made this tut whilst waiting for the sweater to arrive from america 

Once it's done i'll post up 

Quidditch Sweater and Homemade Firebolt

Hello peeps it's been a while, but hello 2k12 and the alleged "end of the world."

Nah.

So what's new? Well, just ordered a quidditch sweater from Alivans in the US... seems like the only place you can get them online in the entire world! also my dad is making me a firebolt! (so chuffed!)

Been trying to do a HP marathon which ended up as a big fail, only got through the first 3 films :(

New years resolution, write more blogs!

here's the picture of the day!

Tearing Apart A Twi-Hard

1- the writing is better 

Eeehm on what grounds? I admit I've only read the first twilight book, but I had to stop after that it was just so tediously dull. BUT i have seen all the twilight films, nearly threw up at the last one the script was so bad... And apparently they keep very close to the book so go figure.

2- the actors/actresses who film the movie are talented 

Please. Kirstin Stwert spends the whole time with her mouth open, if Taylor didn't have such a good bod would you still love him? And come on, Robert Pattinson was and forever will be CEDRIC DIGGORY!

3- bella is a role model (she teaches people to hold on to their friendships and stuff and keep their secrets) 

No she doesn't... Who in their life will face a situation with a vampire that they can relate back to twilight for advice? Harry Potter offers so much more in terms of friendship advice... Just look at the trio's friendship and how it lasted through thick and thin. As for secrets ... Severus Snape had the best kept secret of all.

4-it has a PLOT!! 

Big woop. Most stories do... Just a shame Twilight happens to be one so ridden with holes.

5-the scenes in the movies are exciting 

Yeah, i got so excited when bella was sitting on a couch for half the film whilst Harry was busy breaking into Gringots and setting loose a dragon in the space of 10 mins...

6- the effects are amazing

What? Transforming werewolves and sparking bits? Oh look im edward and i can run supah fast. Have you never heard of quidditch, mountain trolls, 3 headed dogs, hippogriffs, epic wand duels, basalisks, dementors, flying Ford anglias and noesless Voldermort? 

7-a story about a vampire,werewolf, and mortal beats a swinging wand boy and his enemy the beast 

For one thing Harry Potter has all three of them and a world beyond them that is so much more. JKR build a whole new world for Harry Potter, a new culture, language, race, government, history and more... Whereas twilight is taking some mythological creatures out of context and plonking them in America.

8- the actors and actresses are attached to their character and love them 

From what i've heard they don't. RPATZ himself admitted he prefered playing Cedric to edward.

And did you hear about the commitment some of the Harry Potter actors/actresses went through to find their characters? Hermione and Bellatrix and the torture scene for one...

9-the characters are not all good or all evil 

Are you deaf and blind? The whole POINT of the characters in Harry Potter is that none of them are completely flawless. They all have their own misgivings and thats true to life. Whereas Edward is seen as this perfect macho man figure... Puurrrleeaassse.

10-the evil people are villians for a reason like the newborn army in eclipse who almost killed the whole city of seattle or the volturi (they are not evil evil they have some good in them)

What reason would that be then? 

11-the characters in twilight are nice and have a great personality and they are hot and cool too (they are lovable for that) 

I hate that word "nice". And Dobby isn't lovable I suppose? Fair enough he's not "hot". But siriusly... have you SEEN Tom Felton, Rupert Grint, Dan Radcliffe, BAMF Matthew Lewis and Alan Rickman? (who is strangely attractive for a middle aged man)

12-the cover of the books are drawn beautifully 

Well, that's a pretty shallow excuse if you ask me. But then again you appear to be the sort of person who would judge a book by it's cover.

13-the posters of the movie looks verrrry cool 

See above.

14- creative and great ideas of the vampire form 

Prft. None of her ideas were her own. See above comment about worlds being created.

15- you can make your own stories out of the chapters of twilight 

(you can make stories out of harry potter too but twilight turns out better than harry potter) 

Have you seen harrypotterfanfiction.com???? fictionalley.net, sugarquill.net and many MANY more.

16- the phrase twi-hard is cool 

No, a twi-hard is something uncomfortable in your trousers you fangirls get every time edward's sparkly face pops up on screen.

17-the mashup name renesmee is so creative 

JKR sourced all of her names specifically from their meanings to relate to each individual character. SM just took two names and mashed them together.

18- Meyer made the werewolves and vampire unite even though they are enemies to each other 

The whole of Harry Potter is about uniting together to defeat the common goal. Harry Potter IS unity.

19-the book is an international bestseller and an award winning book too (chosen by book critiques) 

Someone was on crack or being slipped some money to say a nice word then wern't they... Harry Potters been translated into countless languages and will be a literally masterpiece that will withstand the test of time.

20-there are lessons you can learn from twilight (the thing u can learn from harry potter is how to do a spell on your friend so he can help u) 

YES! If ever I am confronted with a hot vampire whom i fall desperately in love with whilst my werewolf friend watches whistfully on, I'll know EXACTLY what to do. THANKYOU SO MUCH YOU'VE HELPED ME NO END! You've obviously read and fully understand the plot of Harry Potter. And I think you're referring to the Imperius curse, which I believe is not the only thing they learnt at Hogwarts.

21-the emotions are deep in twilight and is a wide imaginative world (unlike wand boy) 

Severus Snape. NEED I SAY MORE? also see above about the world thing AGAIN.

Wand boy? Least he doesn't have a problem with ODing on glitter.

22- she replaces small simple words to long big words for people to be more educated not use simple words everyone can understand 

It's not about the complexity of words used... sometimes the more complex the words are the more they're trying to cover up bad writing. Harry Potter is written in a way that people of all ages can understand and take what they want from it. It's build on many levels whereas Twilight purely is written for rabid, horny teenage girls. And if you think it's educating well, I frankly despair.

23-twilight has a theme of a mystical and imaginative world 

... And harry potter doesn't?

24- twilight is read by a massive audience 

... Consisting of lovesick, weedy teenage girls.

25-the fight scenes are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo amazing and you feel the fight by someway 

Dumbledore and Voldermort's duel in OoTP. THAT was a fight.

26-the twilight quotes are really nice written and you feel the creativity in them 

"It does not do to dwell on your dreams and forget to live" - Dumbledore

"The idea of Twilight came to me in a dream" - Stephanie Meyer

Point proved.

27-Meyer left clues for you to know the identity of each and every character

JKR created backstories for every single character, even if they were not used in the books, her characters lived inside her and were so complex that we will probably never fully understand them as she does.

:) Suck on that Twi-Hard.

Man that felt good :D

I don't go picking fights for the fun of it by the way, this was purely out of boredom, random interweb browsing and just after watching breaking dawn part 1 (a pirated copy I may add... not paying to see that) Was laughing pretty much all the way through. They don't need to make a parody of it, It's already a fully functioning pardoy of itself.

So in the words of Minevra:

BOOM.

r.i.p

Getting back into painting,

I am a Gryffindor.

How far we have come