Waiting for the horizon to grow in to something beautiful.

Sunday 8 April 2012

Review-The Hunger Games

Wow. The books were incredible, i loved them so much that i read all three books in under two weeks. I know i was a late comer in joining in the excitement for the film to come out, but they were so amazing that it was hard not to get those crazy dilated eyes over it.

Here is the link for the trailer: http://youtu.be/SMGRhAEn6K0 i would watch it if i were you!

It's supposed to be futuristic, there was an uprising and it was stopped by authorities in the Capitol that two children from each District are put into 'The Hunger Games' where they fight for their death, there are 24 'tributes' in total to battle against. Katniss Everdeen, the main character volunteers for her sister, and we see how she has to get sponsors to survive in the games. The rest as to whether she lives or not is for you to find out when you go to view it! It was directed by Gary Ross, male of course so he brings out the action packed side of the books which is a bonus, there is a love story involved but it in no way takes over in this blood battle. A down point of the film is that they made it a 12a, probably to entice the teen 'twihard' fans that reviewers are comparing it to. Because of the age range a lot of the battle scenes the camera shakes all over the place, a first person perspective, and it's confusing as to what is happening, also you don't see much violence, where people who have read the books your imagination makes the gory scenes much worse, so i was disappointed at that. As you might be able to tell already i do mention the books, there's a flash back scene which you wouldn't understand much if you haven't read the books, so a given is that you read them. I could read them for the rest of my life and not get bored, so do it now!

As a conclusion, read the books, see the film, and be amazed and go and see it again and again!

And then wait about 600 days for Catching Fire the (going to be) awaited sequel!

xoxo

Happy Easter!

Hey everyone,
So i have sort of been absent from blogging....sorry about that! I decided to write a little something at this moment as i am tired from doing a car boot sale (up at 5.30am!!) so yes i am a bit sleepy so any work will have to wait until tomorrow! I deffinately DO NOT recommend eating half a pack of bourbons and THEN eating an ice cream. I have given you this information as currently i feel a bit sick! When i become hungry later on i will replace sugar snacks with cucumber and crab sticks, they are my fave snack foods<3

I am hoping to carry on blogging regularly, like a diary (i started a diary this year and gave up after February) and i hope to keep to it!

Ta ta for now bloggers xoxo

Saturday 7 January 2012

Some of my work that keeps me busy and away from blogging.

What you are about to witness is the piece of writing i have improved a fair bit over the past couple of weeks and handed in on Thursday 5th January. This is an article on womens hang ups and bad habits; junk food, alcohol and smoking, i take an informal approach with everyday slang and a chatty style to appeal to the reader.

Bon appetite!

Bacci, booze and sausage rolls? By Saffron Watson

You want to turn over a new leaf for the New Year and for your own well being, to un-tag yourself from clichéd meanings? Then here are some home truths to help you get your bad habits off of your back and reinvent yourself.

Food fight

I was discussing health with a friend the other day, we always have health warnings shoved to the back of our throats, but we should be cautious of what we put in out bodies. But it’s tricky around this time of year we hit the ‘wall’ and shovel in the Malteasers non-stop. Like me, I bet you love to indulge in a good Maccy D’s every now and then. But have you seen what’s in them? Even though they now show us the good-bad stuff, we don’t look at it! But when you do you’re in for a shock. We can dribble over the keyboard on our PC whilst scoffing our Big Mac, to see the nutrition values for adults and children (www.mcdonalds.co.uk) and this is what we’ll see; Adult 490kcal. It’s not bad. Only 45% of our daily amount of calories, for you counters out there. But the fat is 10g which is 45% of our GDA. Not good. You don’t want to see the salt, that’s why it tastes so great and why you’re ‘lovin’ it’. If you think that your info is in trouble, well a child is more endangered at old Mc Donald’s acting as a money thirsty predator ready to inflate your bundle of joy. The intake of fat is the same amount of grams as Adults but their GDA is 56%. Whoops. (If I were you reading this, I’d whack out the manly muscles and rugby tackle the nearest child eating a Big Mac to save their life.) The salt is a horrific 70% the same 2.1grams for us adults but children are more at risk. So if you’re a mother and you ‘fast food’ I’d reduce your time at ‘restaurants’ like these, or get the salad bags, one of your five-a-day y’know.

Our Booze battle

So you’ve heard the word on counting units of alcohol. Instead of counting on your fingers, there’s an app for it on your android phone or Iphone (if you’re lucky.) So we all like our booze. A tipple ‘o’ wine in the evening after a long, hard day at work. But when is ‘when’? When do we stop and let it become a low sedative for a lovely kip? Until it gets to the point where we’re unconscious on the floor snoring with a massive fly trap…very attractive. If this becomes a routine every night, how does it affect our lives? Our work life? Social life?

With 17 million days lost each year due to hangovers, I think we should swap the cider for apple juice don’t you? Especially with all the old bills and their Christmas campaigns to stop drink-driving. Dr Selman says that drinking can make us “anxious, have impaired judgment, loss of consciousness and potential poisoning.” Now we don’t want to be in the emergency services at 2.00am with a stench in our mouth that repels any nice looking chap eh? Do we really want to be the one craving attention at a party, spilling everyone’s drinks on our new dress? And statistics say that one in 25 of us are dependant on our drink, so maybe we should tone it down to a couple of glasses of wine a week, if we’re cheekily having it every night! Otherwise the unmentionables happen; getting caught for drink driving (or worse), drunken mistakes, and the most embarrassing of all. Texting whilst drunk.

Beat the Bacci

A huge problem here in the UK is that two thirds of us start smoking before we’re 18. This can be due from jibes on the playground or we’re just so stressed out that we need something to calm us. The worst thing about this drug (other than the cravings it gives us) is that it burns a hole in our pocket where the government put a tax on it. Everything we enjoy or need has a price (you know the one, begins with ‘P’ and ends with ‘etrol’). If everyone stopped smoking, they’d find something else. Like cheese. There’d be rehabs all over because of the delicious cheddar. I think we should go a few years without MP’s and see how we go… I know that the first drag of whacky backy may make us relax and unwind, much like the sneakily having that Crunchie between breaks at work, and (away from the hole that you work in) the Rosé you’ve been saving for a ‘special occasion’, but after you have one you feel rough and stressed again. You can’t get enough. Becoming more dependant on the tar can make you unappealing to the opposite sex; yellow finger nails, coughing up phlegm and of course the smoky breath. Instead of spending time with our loved one’s we’re outside in the cold Christmas weather puff puff puffing; gradually getting ill from the cold in the winter time, and from the clogging in our lungs from our obsession. Not very Christmassy at all.

Help is at hand

There’s help for everyone with their addiction. You’ve seen the adverts with the sad children doing a message for their parents to stop smoking. You’ve heard the phrase ‘you can do anything if you put your mind to it’ well; we might as well at least try. By putting those Galaxies in the ‘secret’ stash, try those candy sticks instead of a Marlboro, and maybe drink a bit of squash. Also the sport squash will take away the calories from your Big Mac too! What have you got to lose? Hopefully a couple of pounds…

Friday 6 January 2012

What do i do in my spare time?

Well i like to prance about my house to tunes, but when i feel especially creative i write OR take photo's, and if you really want to see my products of my favourites click here; http://www.flickr.com/photos/sawphotos/

thank you in advance if you take a peak!

Friday 30 December 2011

This christmas holidays aye?

the one on the left is the boyfriend, and the other me of course!

Helloo it's the last friday of the year so people keep saying. Sorry i havn't been around been a tad busy i'm afraid! My christmas? Oh it was the best by far thanks for asking! I spent the morning with my mum and grandma ma then after a stuffed belly my father picked me up to drop me at my boyfrends. Here there was an actual party with a number of his family members around chatting to me (how kind!) and the gifts his parents showered me with! And even his nan! They're too kind really! After a few hours of playing cod modern warfare 3 i was collected by my dad to his house where more gifts awaited me!

So i had a spiffing time, the best that i can remember and i loved all my gifts i had given to me :') i still have some on the way too! My.boyfriend had a kafuffle on play.com for the big bang theory boxset :0 and another mystery gift apparently ;) and a double bed is on it's way from Argos ooooo i will post a pic for you it's so lavish i can't wait!

Toodle pip will talk to you in the next year!