I wouldn't say life is 'good', but browsing Jedward websites, looking at pictures of delicious food and listening to Regina Spektor is fun

And that's a quintessential part of me, right there

More love for ukuleles <3

http://www.youtube.com/user/chipswow?blend=1&ob=4

Chipswow. She covers songs on the ukulele and has a few original songs of her own too. I love her voice and she's made songs that I used to dislike sound amazing.

I think Regina Spektor and Lily Allen songs sound lovely on ukuleles :)

I also really want to learn to play the ukulele now.

A day with Hershi

It was really nice :) Fun, and rather interesting, too. She came round and we ate pizza and various other things. That was when we weren't doing quizzes on the internet. I've learned that I'm incredibly neuro-typical. Me and Hershi almost always had opposite answers which was very intriguing. Hershi also filmed one of my cats, Driss Fatih (the fat, deaf one), licking some cream out of a tub and then cleaning herself. It was very amusing because she has a fat face and the cream tub was long and thin so she ended up coating the floor and herself in the substance. She was definitely the cat that got the cream after that!

Also, another proverb occurred when my other cat, Mitty (the lean, normal but slightly aggressive and incredibly fussy and fickle), went inside my Primark bag but then went out, so the cat was let out of the bag.

I think reading Post Secret and listening to Regina Spektor go incredibly well together.

'Someone next door is fucking to one of my songs'

I do rather like that lyric. Of course, it's from a Regina Spektor song. Bobbing For Apples, in fact. I think if I could be anyone in the world, I'd choose Regina Spektor. Or Julie Atherton, perhaps.

I believe that the title of this post contains the first swear word to grace my blog. Probably because generally I don't swear in normal conversation, only when quoting or acting. It's not because I'm prudish - swear words in context can be incredibly effective - it's just that in natural conversation I don't feel the need to swear. And I'm not going to force myself to say something just because everyone else does. But I don't mind when others swear, as long as it's not simply a meaningless conversation filler like the abbreviation 'LOL' when the person isn't actually laughing.

That said, I do love making people 'LOL' if they really are 'LOL'ing. Whenever I talk to someone online, I secretly squeal with delight when I can tell that they have genuinely 'LOL'ed :)

I can now download all those little-known Regina Spektor songs that weren't even on albums, so that's exceedingly good :D

That's all.

Sometimes I like posting twice in one day

Sometimes I don't post at all in any given day.

Some people think I'm predictable, but a lot think I'm unpredictable. Well, I can be both, I suppose.

I have Mexican lime and chilli crisps from M&S. They look really tasty. I'm rather fond of M&S. No, I'm incredibly M&S :)

I recently discovered (well, I'm one of thousands to discover) two Regina Spektor songs that I hadn't heard before. Ne Me Quitte Pas is quite lovely and I also heard a version on the ukulele which I love nearly as much. Bobbing For Apples is just as sweet, but with a different tone. Again, I love the ukulele version that I've heard, too.

http://www.youtube.com/user/heyfabulous <--- She did both the ukulele covers. I adore her voice. Endearing and powerful at the same time - a rare combination.

I watched Big Brother last night and one of the new housemates, Bea, showed the most amazing dress I've ever seen (I think). It was yellow with mushrooms (probably magic ones) on and I love it. If I ever see a similar one, I shall have to buy it.

I'd describe my style as a mixture of bohemian and vintage. This would seem odd to anyone who knows me as I don't normally wear these clothes. Well, that's because I haven't bought new clothes for a long time. It's not that I don't want to, and I've got plenty of money saved up to buy them - my parents are even willing to buy me plenty. For some reason, no matter how much I want to buy clothes, I just never feel like it. But soon, I promise myself.

Struggling to gather the words

This is me messing with people's neurons ;)

Lots happened today, namely shopping in town for a friend's birthday. It was fun, but it's not what I want to talk about now as I have something deeper that I have to get from my brain to my fingers to text.

Yesterday in school we received our reports with all our grades on. I was pleased with mine as it consisted completely of A and A* grades (A* is the highest grade you can get in GCSE exams). These grades will be passed on to sixth form colleges that I apply to, so I'm confident I'll get in to a good one.

A girl in my class, Kacey, who's not the most academic student and didn't have any A or A* grades on her report, told me that she wished that she could be like me. This really touched me and I felt incredibly flattered. I told her that she could with some hard work and dedication and gave her a big, appreciative smile. I truly belive that given the right help, support, time and motivation she could.

On a side note, I removed the green nail varnish and as yellow is a more dominant colour in this shade of green than blue it's stained my nails a ghastly shade of yellow. I hid my fingers in shame today, fearful that others would accuse me of smoking. Eugh, smoking is one of the most revolting habits around. I even bought some sheer pastel pink nail varnish today just to neutralise the yellow in case the staining stays around for school.

Regina Spektor is probably my favourite singer ever and as of late I've been even more obsessed with her. I think she's going to end up persuading me to learn to play the piano and write my own songs. If you haven't heard her new song 'Laughing With' yet, listen now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rov3pV9PsRI It's just so beautiful. I'd rarely call a song beautiful, but everything by Regina is.