Productivity > Procrastination

Evening citizens of Middle Earth.
Gi Suilon!

So yeah, I've actually kept my promise of another post over Easter! I have to say that the urge to blog has hit me literally at the worst time as my boyfriend is over, currently sulking because I'm not paying him any attention, however, this evening I've had a major Spring clean / sort out that I felt like I needed to share. I'm aware some people may not find this very interesting so please feel free to click off but I've always liked seeing desk tours and people explaining their bullet journals so I thought I'd contribute!

So, as I mentioned, I've had a huge sort out and rearrangement of like... 3 different rooms in order to create a study / office room thing for my A Level revision. Since I've started my revision blog, I feel like my productivity with revision has picked up, yet, for some reason, I can't ever seem to find space to sit down and write past paper essays which, of course, are the best ways to revise a subject! Because of this, I've now got my own separate study room that's next door to my bedroom but a completely study (and occasional logistic planning for my job and future travels) only zone.

Here are some photos of the room:
(Yes the wallpaper is 'The Jungle Book'. This was originally my childhood bedroom - pretty cool right??!? - and the artwork is so cool that we haven't changed the decor in about 15+ years now)

You may notice that I've got three different seating options in this first picture as I like a change of environment. When I'm on my laptop, I sometimes like to be lying down (so sofa) but also could do with being at a desk if I'm perhaps using the laptop to look up things that need to be handwritten down. I also have my drawers (which are like 7 million years old and used to have pipe cleaners and coloured felt in when I did arts & crafts in Primary school) where I now store my papers that I have yet to file / don't feel are necessary to file but may still be useful for each subject (red = German | blue = English | orange = ancient history).

Here, in the second photo, you can see everything I've decided to keep on my ACTUAL desk. I have a photo and candle just to keep things a little light and not so study heavy but also keep stuff on it like subject folders (the yellow one in the left hand corner is for Ancient History; I have yet to bring my other two into the room yet) and a lamp. I also have a clock, my laptop, a pad of plain paper, my revision guides / useful books for each subject and finally my inbox of filing which is the mess in the bottom right.

I've obviously not completely finished this arrangement and still have plans to put up a calendar and my pin board which has a map of Europe and my work Rota on it. I also need to make and print a revision timetable so that will also maybe end up on the wall at some point.

Anyway - I hope someone in the world found this interesting and, hey, if no one did then at least I had fun writing this post!

Hopefully see you again very soon!!

That's all until I next post so...
Tenna enta lúmë - May we meet again!

3 blogs to rule them all...

Evening citizens of Middle Earth.
Gi Suilon!

Some of you may have noticed my *cough* 2 year and 3 day abscence but really time is just a theory so.... yeah I don't understand science and I've totally run out of excuses. Even though Blogger has genuinely not been working properly on my laptop for A G E S, I could have used my iPad or the computers at college to update you. The point is that I'm back now and I'm ready to kickstart my comeback by introducing another blog of mine: An Antidote to Alpaca Farming aka http://yoirevised.blogspot.co.uk/

This blog is being used only to keep track of my revision for A Levels (which are coming up so fast aghhhhhh) but if anyone is studying English Literature, Ancient History or German then check it out as it may prove useful.... emphasis on 'may'... I have no guarentee that my revision notes will actually be comprehendable or 'good' although I will try to make them as accurate as possible.

On top of this new edition to my personal blogosphere, I have a few more updates:
1) I got a boyfriend (woooooo)!! Actually I've had a girlfriend and two boyfriend's in my absence so if anyone's interested then fun facts for you
2) I've got obsessed with a couple new things including Brooklyn 99, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (again) and Starset (an american rock band that my boyfriend introduced me to)
3) I got a job (extra woooooo) - I won't actually specify what it is in case I can somehow be tracked through it but I basically tutor kids from any ages between 3-16 in Maths and English. Its actually a pretty cool job to have - as they say "if you love your job then you'll never work a day in your life" and although work can be pretty tiring, I have to say that that statement 100% applies in may case!

I'm planning to update this blog further over the Easter in my revision breaks (I've got the same goal for my Travel Blog - link on Social Media page) but until then:

That's all until I next post so...
Tenna enta lúmë - May we meet again!

Lord of the Rings tag

Evening citizens of Middle Earth.

Gi Suilon!

1. What was your first introduction to Lord of the Rings?
   I was introduced to the series when I was between 5-7 years old by my parents. I know I was this young because the whole series came out in 2005 and I remember talking to my friends about it in year 2 which in England you'd be around 7.
   
   
2. Have you ever read the book?
   I haven't read the trilogy which is terrible of me but I have listened to the recorded play version.
   
   
3. Which version of the movies do you prefer – the extended version or the theatrical release?
   I think the extended because you see some quite major events such as Saruman and Grimer's deaths and how the ghost Army intercepted the enemy fleets.
   
   
4. Who is your favourite character and why?
   Pippin:
   • He's a Took
   • He's adorable
   • He loves Merry so much and in the end is his own hero
   • He's an idiot (in the best way possible)
   • He's just Pip - nothing more to be said
   OR
   Aragorn
   • He's a born leader who is reluctantly waiting to return to his throne
   • He doesn't desire power
   • He cares much for Arwen and the rest of the fellowship even being with Boromir in his final moments
   • He resists the power of the ring and let's Frodo choose his own path
   • He's flipping 87
   • He grew up in Rivendell
   • He speaks elvish and English fluently
   • He is extremely attractive
   
   
5. Which of the other books concerning Middle-Earth have you read?
   I first read the hobbit when I was 9 as I remember getting it as a present from my cousin. I've also read the Silmarillion and a biography of J.R.R. Tolkien plus I own Bored of the Rings, a Tolkien dictionary and a Tolkien Encyclopedia.
   
   
6. If there was one thing about the movies you would change, what would it be?
   Nothing really except to have kept Saruman's death in the Theatrical version and to have Viggo Mortensen's character younger than 87.
   
   
7. What is your favorite scene in either the books or the movies?
   It's either when Aragorn and Legolas are conversing in Elvish just before the battle of helms deep in the two towers and then Aragorn suddenly switches to English saying that "[he] will die as one of them" and it makes it really awkward or when Legolas surfs down the stairs on a shield later in the same battle.
   
   
8. How would you rate your addiction to Lord of the Rings – Aragorn being the lowest and Gollum/Smeagol being the highest?
   First of all Aragorn being the lowest in this question really bugs me but I'd say I'm at least a Smeagol if not just reaching Gollum.
   
   
9. If you could be any Lord of the Rings character, who would it be?
   Arwen:
   • She's a she-elf
   • She's beautiful and brave
   • She's a legend
   • She gets to marry Aragorn who is gorgeous
   
   

That's all until I next post so...
Tenna enta lúmë - May we meet again!

Have you heard news? - GP series

Evening citizens of Middle Earth!
Gi Suilon!

Guilty pleasures! Everyone has them but finding out what they are can be hard for some. I can tell you now that I am not one of those people. In fact I have so many that I've decided to make a mini series out of it. I'm not sure yet how many posts it will consist off yet but I'm going to try and do one at least once every two months.

So my title as usual is related to an obsession of mine. This one being a song lyric from Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday which brings me onto my guilty pleasure for this post. I was first introduced to Cliff Richard musicals around two years ago when my auntie gave me a box set for Christmas after I told her I'd never seen Summer Holiday before. I watched it with my mum and my dad shortly afterwards and although it really is extremely cringe-worthy I discovered that I really enjoyed it! This led to a downward spiral of learning all the songs off by heart by repeatedly watching the sing-along version however there was a point where I became slightly bored. That's when I decided to watch the young ones which was another of the movies my auntie had given me. If it was possible, I loved it more than Summer Holiday. I'm not sure if it was down to the plot or the songs but I became even more obsessed than I'd been before.

After a while the novelty died down and even though I still loved the movies, I no longer watched them at every opportunity; well that was until recently. When I came back from my holiday this summer I still had a few weeks left of school break and being the lazy person I am, I spent that time binge watching my DVD collection. This is when I stumbled upon Summer Holiday once again and re-watched it. It wasn't as great as I remembered it to be, perhaps because I'm a bit older now but I still enjoyed it and preceded to watch the young ones as well. This is when came to the realisation that I'd never watched the third film that had been in the box set which was " jjjj and the shadows".

This going to be my task for this month (that is if I can find the time) because I plan to set myself a challenge with each of the posts in my GP series which will help me to love what I'm writing about even more than I already do. Goodbye for now and I will see you next week with another blog entry.


That's all until I next post so...
Tenna enta lúmë - May we meet again!

SitC favourites August 2015

Evening citizens of Middle Earth.
Gi Suilon!

Although I'm not a beauty blogger, I do enjoy watching or reading 'monthly favourite' posts. I thought that seeing as I recently went to summer in the city (the biggest YouTube convention in the UK) I would combine an August favourites with my convention hall. Hopefully this will give you an insight into how this particular convention works along with what to expect if you're planning on going in the years to come.


1) Merchandise:
Although I've been wanting a llama hat for years and finally managed to get one at SitC, it surprisingly wasn't my favourite purchase. That title would have to go down to my stuffed mine turtle which has a voice recording from the asdf movies inside it. I also managed to get it signed - BONUS!

2) Guest
Tomska; without a doubt. He was the only creator I met due to lucking out in the ballot system and I most likely wouldn't have been able to if he hadn't given up his spare time to do an impromptu meet up at his merch stand. Tom was one of the first people I watched on YouTube and quoting the asdf movies has become a common pastime for my dad and me. He has made me laugh so hard when I've secretly been watching his videos at 3 in the morning, sometimes too hard resulting in my antics being discovered by an annoyed mum. I think he's extremely talented and I'm so privileged to have met him!

3) New person
I met a lot of cool people on that Sunday - people who I believe I will keep in contact with for a long time. Although I came with my friend Katie, meeting new friends just made the whole experience more enjoyable.
The first people we met were called Karly and Caitlin and they had come all the way from Dublin! We watched the Mario Kart competition in the screening room with them then lost them, only to meet up with them again later in the day at Tomska's meet up.

In the queue for the meet & greet Katie and I had met this girl called Izzy who was really awesome. She'd met loads of creators over the weekend and had gotten them all to sign a card for her birthday which was the following Friday. We were right at the very front of the line when Izzy fainted! She was ok after half an hour or so which was good and Tom kept coming over to check on her which was sweet. Once Izzy had recovered she got a massive hug from Tom who then proceeded to write "Stop falling over!" in her card.
Whilst we'd looked after Izzy, her friend Georgia had joined us (she has a YouTube channel which I will link at the end of this post). That pretty much completed the SitC friendship group of 2015!
I think all four of the girls I met were really cool and if they ever read this I want to thank them for completing my convention experience! :-)

4) Moment
As I've already mentioned, I had the chance to meet Tomska! Now you may be thinking that my favourite moment is going to be the hug but no - it's not... There was this girl near to the end of the line who just ran and jumped on Tom! It was so funny and so cute at the same time; in other words, a perfect way to sum up the day.

5) Event
The best vent had to be YouTuber honesty hour simply because of Emma Blackery's witty, opinionated comments. They were hilarious and I agreed with a lot of her views. Even though I'm not a massive fan of her or her content I do think she's funny and she definitely made that panel the best for me.


If you head over to my travel blog, there is a similar post (favourites/hall crossover) related to my summer holiday to Italy.

That's all until I next post so...
Tenna enta lúmë - May we meet again!

Quenya, Sindarin, what the heck is that endin?

Evening citizens of Middle Earth.
Gi Suilon!

Those of you who do read my blog or did 6 months ago when I posted regularly will most likely know that each post and title is based off of a particular fandom/quote/subject of interest. For instance 'Amatulya', my first post is elvish for 'welcome' and 'Start of something new' is the name of a high school musical song. Although you may have know this, what I haven't told you is the meanings behind my post beginnings and sign offs. I will now relay that information for hose intrigued!

Middle Earth as any literary fan will know, regardless of their person interests, is the name of the mythical world JRR Tolkien created for his infamous trilogy 'Lord of the Rings'. This being one of my oldest obsessions means that the next line, 'Gi Suilon' is translated to 'I greet you' from Sindarin which is a dialect of Elvish.

My sign off comes again from elvish (the Quenya dialect however instead of the Sindarin) and a classic quote from one of my favourite TV shows 'The 100'. 'Tenna enta lúmë' directly translates 'until that time'.

Hope this was interesting or at least educating (on how much of a Tolkien geek I truly am) for you reading and I will see you next week. Perhaps I will do a post regarding the new school year or even an august monthly favourites?! We'll see :-)

That's all until I next post so...
Tenna enta lúmë - May we meet again!

Awkward.

Evening citizens of Middle Earth.
Gi Suilon!

So the title has a double meaning this time round... First would have to be the obvious fact that my last post was in March and it's now mid-August. Kinda justifies the awkward statement. I'm posting this entry from my iPad seeing as the reason for my MIA status has been blogger refusing to love my laptop. This isn't my preferred device when it comes to blogging however which is why I haven't thought to use it before. Now I've finally decided there is no other choice, most likely I will be posting more often than once every 5 months but I guess we'll have to see won't we?!

I also haven't been able to post on my travel blog which is annoying seeing as I've been visiting a lot of cool places recently. If you want to check that out (I will hopefully be posting soon) head over to jemmagoldtravels.blogspot.com.

On to the other meaning behind the title which happens to simply be the name of a favourite TV programme of mine. Usually I'm one to go for the action/supernatural/dystopian genres but 'awkward.' fits into none of these. In fact it's a teen comedy about a 15 year old girl who basically has a messed up love life, interesting school teachers and immature parents. It's very funny, fairly relatable and great entertainment but I do understand it wouldn't be for everyone. In a way it's Glee without the singing. Typically American. I'm at the beginning of  season 3 for the third time in 2015 and still don't find the content boring and am consistently invested in the characters (Team Matty btw if you've watched or are planning on watching it) so of course recommend it which is really a given if I'm mentioning it on here.

Anyway another apology for my absence is owed and thus given.

That's all until I next post so...
Tenna enta lúmë - May we meet again!