Friday 7th February: Miley Cyrus

2013 was the year that the world had a coronary over Miley Cyrus. This undeniable freak out over the young singer was undoubtedly prompted by her numerous 'rebellious acts' of 2013, including her cutting all of her long brown hair into a short, boyish bleached crop, her excessive use of twerking and drug references, and that performance with Robin Thicke.

Miley changed in 2013, but contrary to popular opinion, I think that it was for the better. A lot of people saw the 21 year old star as only Hannah Montana, her childhood character on the Disney TV show of the same name. The fact that her name on the show was Miley and that her Dad was portrayed be her actual father just contributes to the idea that that was Miley's life rather than simply a character that she played.

As a follower of the entire Hannah Montana series, I must admit that I was shocked when she suddenly changed what I assumed to be her entire life. However, I believe that by breaking the stereotype of the Disney child star, Miley has been able to achieve so much more, creatively, and by way of success. As much as one could say that Miley's music is now only about sex and drugs, as emphasised by some of her latest music videos, one could also look beyond the surface of her music and be faced with brilliant songs bursting with real emotions, and sometimes even a serious political or moral message. These genius themes combined with meaningful lyrics and catchy-beyond-compare riffs have meant that her most recent album, Bangerz, moved straight to the top of the American album chart for three weeks.

Miley's soulful and almost desperate voice compliments the hip-hop tunes of the album, and her surprising rap skills add an interesting new element to this album, one that I have had on repeat for longer than I am willing to admit. Yes, there are criticisms on her actions, but personally, Miley is young, it is her life and her body, and who are we to judge somebody having fun living life to the fullest and creating incredible music at the same time?

In my eyes, Miley can twerk for as long as she likes.

Thursday 6th February: En Français

Je vais commencer en disant que je veux écrire cet post et je suis anxieuse parce que je sais que mon français n'est pas bon tout le temps; mais zut! mon anglais n'est plus mieux!


J'étudie le français depuis 6 ans et maintenant je prend le français pour le bac. Bien que il soit plus dure que avant, je trouve que c'est plus amusant et toujours drôle! Mes profs sont très sympas et elles se sentent concerné avec nos notes.


Pourquoi aime-je la langue ?

Je kiffe grave la langue parce que elle fait me sentir moins ignorante. Je vous explique - dans cet grand monde je sens vraiment ignorante tout le temps parce que je n'experience pas beaucoup du monde, donc par apprentissage une langue(le français), j'ai l'occasion de m'expose à une nouvelle culture et j'apprends quelque chose au même temps.


Sauf quand je regarde Le Choristes, je n'ai pas les moyens d'apprendre le français chez moi - ma mère pense qu'elle peut lire en français(elle ne peut pas), donc tous mes études sont toute seule! Pourtant, j'espere que je continuerai lire les blogs français et que j'écrirai en français sur cet blog en temps en temps. Si je peux parler en français, pourquoi pas?

Wednesday 5th February: Negative Friends

People always say, 'surround yourself with happy people if you wish to be happy,' and I couldn't agree more. If you are forever with the happiest people then you would be more optimistic and generally happier.

I am quite a sarcastic person, and I would be the first one to make a sarcastic comment in any situation, however I try to be as optimistic as possible. But the other day I was out with two of my friends and I just noticed all of a sudden how pessimistic and overly sarcastic they were. It was actually quite rude and and really ungrateful.

And then I began to evaluate whether I want to be friends with the kind of people that don't appreciate anything and that complain about nothing.

Tuesday 4th February: Immediate Regrets

I am a massive over thinker, especially about the consequence of something. But I also end up doing things that I immediately regret.

Examples of this include over eating just because it's there and I always end u lying on the sofa after about half an hour just groaning because I've eaten too much. Also, I always end up regretting not doing school work. It is quite possibly the biggest regret of all students worldwide: leaving homework until the day before the deadline sucks and it is awful to have to stay up as late as necessary to complete it, but it is only because of procrastination that this happened in the first place. 

Dappy was wrong, there are regrets.

Monday 3rd January: Taylor Swift

I went to see Taylor Swift's Red Tour yesterday. Wow! She was incredible and her whole set was perfect!

I feel that Taylor Swift has gotten a bad reputation in recent years: her music is only for girls under the age of 13 and anyone who listens to her is very much in the Señor Chang field of Gay. It actually saddens me so much that people are made to feel ashamed of liking her music by society(or any particular music, for that matter). I still love her because I appreciate that she is just a young woman who is trying to live her life full of happiness and hope, and inspiring others to do the same. Her outlook of finding beauty in everything is something that I think we could all learn from. 

I love that her songs tell actual stories, of real people in real life, written with the true feelings. This makes all of her songs so personal, but still so relatable, and they have more of a message than most of the songs in the charts at the minute. But the greatest thing that I love about her music is that I can sing to it, loudly. I can find no greater joy than when belting out the chorus of Sparks Fly or Red, and I wouldn't want to.

Sunday 2nd January: Hats

How can I convince myself that I am not a hat person when I have about 15 different hats?!

I used to think that hats made my face look fat and when my hair was tucked inside them, I got scared because I looked like a person who had been having radiotherapy. However, I love many different styles of hats, so I bought some in the hope that I could 'work them' later on. I have found that hats are only good if your hair is down and slightly wavy, in order to avoid the ill person or emo look.

My personal favourite hats include a lurid pink bobble hat, and an excellent christmas pudding beanie complete with holly leaves and berries.

Saturday 1st February: Organising

The amount I detest cleaning is unreal, but it is almost parallel to the amount that I detest mess. Work that one out. 

My room is nearly always messy because I just cannot be bothered to clean it up. However, when I do finally get to cleaning it, it normally involves me hanging up my clothes and organising my makeup for about two hours. I think that my problem is that I just get to distracted by all of my other stuff that I fail to clean the messy stuff. 

The only exception to my disdain for organising comes with rainbow colour. If ever there is a chance to order items in rainbow colour, then I will be right there. My entire bookshelf is rainbow coloured, as are my pens and nail polishes, I love the vibrancy that it brings to my white room. And anyone who tells me that I'm a loser for that is a loser themselves.