Drama Project - Too Much Punch For Judy

Before I rush off to my friend's house for a sleepover, I thought I would upload an unlisted video to my YouTube channel to give you a sneak peek of what I've been up to at school. 

Basically, we have been doing this play called "Too Much Punch For Judy" about this woman who kills her sister in a car crash due to drink driving (as you can tell, it's pretty serious stuff). We were allowed to interpret this play any way we wanted and present whichever parts of it we wanted in our performance. 

Because this play is set in the 80s, I thought it would be interesting to modernise the play so that the audience would have a stronger connection with the characters, as I wanted them to be pulled into Judy's world, although originally the play was meant to alienate the audience. I suppose I just wanted a bit of a challenge. 

One way I was set on doing this was using YouTube videos. People at my school don't know about my YouTube channel unless they're my close friends, so originally the video diary was on a separate channel that was reserved just for the video diary. However, seeing as I thought it might be interesting for you to see this (and I haven't been able to film any YouTube videos in a while!) I decided to post this on my regular channel. 

The video is unlisted because it is not something I would usually post, so you will only be able to see the video if you have the link.

The first thing that you will probably spot if you watch my YouTube videos is that I have a new camera (WHOOP WHOOP!). I got it for my birthday, although I haven't been able to show you it yet as I have been busy, which sucks. Though now you have an idea of what future YouTube videos are going to look like :)

I have to admit that it's really not the best acting ever. Obviously it is hardly believable as Judy is a grown woman with a proper job and a kid, and I am a 15 year old schoolgirl, but I tried my best. 

You will find that there is a weird little cut in the middle of the video were I have cut out where I say my location, as I really don't want anyone on the internet to figure out where I live.

I have really got to get a move on now because I am writing this while I am halfway through packing to go to my friends house. I am looking forward to writing more blog posts and making more YouTube videos during the Easter holidays, as I have a few ideas that have been waiting in my notepad for me to bring to life. 

I hope you have had a wonderful start to your holiday,
Lucy x

Best Blogging Buddies Award (no.1 and 2)

I'd just like to give big thank-yous to Eve of Pen&Key as well as Georgia of This Teenage Blogger for nominating me for this award! :) That's really awesome of both of you <3

The Rules:

• Make a post to show the award on your main blog.
• Thank the person who nominated you and take the owl with you!
• Nominate all your best buddies, and the people you want to be buddies with.
• Ask at least 15 questions for the buddies you nominate.
• Answer the questions your buddies has asked for you.

Now to answer all 30 of your questions (wow!!).

Eve's Questions:

1) Favourite sweets?

This one's kinda weird, but I have a slight addiction to Turkish Delight (the sweets, not the traditional kind) in that it is completely weird and not many people like it that much but I think it's AWESOME. 

2) Write a sentence describing a moment of your childhood

The 9-year-old girl with the blonde hair sat screaming "YOU'RE A LIAR" at the boy who had just told her that Father Christmas didn't exist (the nerve of some people!!).

3) Something you learned recently, related to your school curriculum 

If you get hiccups literally minutes before an exam, you'd better get rid of them quick. (I did manage to in the end!)

4) Favourite breakfast cereal?

I am kind of stuck between Cheerios and sultana bran (again, it's not very popular but I really like it!). 

5) Favourite clothing brand?

Probably H&M :)

6) Favourite makeup brand?

Bourjois 

7) If you had to live in another era, when would you live?

This one's quite weird, because I quite like the era we live in. Like, we have the internet and Taylor Swift and stuff. However, I think it would be quite fun to live in the 60s, because that's when Hairspray is set and I have quite a lot to say on equality and stuff. 

(I know, stupid answer!)

8) What would want to have on hand in a zombie apocalypse, you have 5 items

OH GOD I AM SUCH A GENERALLY UNPREPARED PERSON. 

Although this means I would technically be copying Georgia, I would want some kind of "How To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse" guide. I think a Kindle would be quite handly; although I don't like them very much, I would be able to have my Apocalypse Guide and all the books I wanted on it (who needs self defence when you have Maze Runner?!). In this case, I would also need a charger handy.

Either that or I would hide in a library or book shop until the whole zombie apocalypse thing blew over!

9) Flying or sailing

Sailing

10) Early to bed and early to rise, or lie in and stay up until 3 in the morning?

Early to rise. 

HAHAHAHAHA - just kidding, lie-ins all the way!

11) Favourite hobbying besides internetting?

Reading, writing or acting (I seriously can't pick one!). 

12) What's your superpower, and would you use it for good or evil?

I would love to read minds, because then I would know who everyone fancied would be able to set them up... 

Invisibility also seems cool though, as then I would be able to do whatever I wanted without people noticing... 

I've literally just realised that both answers are literally the creepiest/sneakiest responses ever. 

13) Biggest nightmare or fear?

Someone close to me getting in serious trouble - this literally scares me out of my mind.

14) If you could play God and change an aspect of humanity, what would you change?

I would make it so that people were judged instantly by their personalities and not by their labels (e.g. sexuality, race or any other aspect of their appearance). I think this would solve so many of the World's problems as we would not longer have prejudice or people who are scared of being who they are due to a certain aspect of themselves. Also, no one would be scared of what other people thought of their appearance as no one would care. 

As you can probably tell, I think about this a lot. 

15) Do you like trying new foods? What's the most bizarre thing you've tried? Did you like it?

As I mentioned in my last life-update, I recently went out for dinner with two of my friends as it was one of my friends' birthdays. The restaurant served up these random little starters and I ended up eating squid! I quite liked it, though this probably means that I failed as a pescetarian as it was not technically fish - oh well, it was interesting, and it's not everyday you're given the opportunity to try squid!

Georgia's Questions:

1) If you were to blog about something you'd never blogged about before, what would it be?

I would probably do a really fashion-y blog post, just because I've never really focused on clothes or makeup before in a blog post!

2) If you could be famous for one thing, what would you be famous for?

I would probably be a famous YouTuber, as I feel like YouTubers have a special connection with their fans that not many other celebrities do. Being famous on YouTube also presents lots of opportunities to people that I think would be really interesting. 

3) If you have £100, what would you spend it on?

Probably books, chokers and various merch!

4) If you were given a YouTube channel, what would your first video be about?

I actually have a YouTube channel, and my first video was "50 Facts About Me", haha :)

It's definitely not my best video, especially since I can barely speak to the bloody camera, but it's the first one that was ever uploaded to my channel!

5) Radio or TV Channel?

I'm not sure what is meant by this question, but my favourite TV Channel is E4.

6) Facebook or twitter?

Probably Facebook, as more of my friends are on Facebook, although in general I prefer tweeting to uploading Facebook statuses :)

7) What is your favourite item of jewellery?

CHOKERS :D I have this massive thing about chokers right now, they're just awesome!

8) If you could be anyone for a day, who would be be?

Probably someone who really inspires me, such as Taylor Swift :)

9) Rain or sun?

Sun, though only in small amounts - enough to keep me warm, but not boiling or anything!

10) Stay at home and do things, or go outside and do things?

I suppose it depends on whether I would have people with me, I don't really mind either way, though I don't like being at home all day with no one to speak to. 

11) What shop do you most want to shop in?

There's this vintage shop in our local shopping centre that I love to pieces, though I have never actually bought anything from there! All the things are quite expensive, so I just tend to hang around in there and look at the clothes like a complete weirdo/stalker. I have no idea what the woman at the counter must think of me!

12) Do you like the little things in life, the big things in life or both?

The big things in life can be awesome, though a lot of the time it's just nice to appreciate the little things in life, like oreo milkshakes, music and just hanging out with friends :D

13) Do you like painting your nails bright or nude?

Bright colours can be fun, though I tend to chip and smudge nail-varnish a lot, so I usually just paint my nails with clear nail-varnish. 

14) Write a sentence describing your dream future life

I am living with a few friends, I write novels, act and own lots and lots of cats!

15) What are your top 3 websites?

YouTube, twitter and Tumblr :)

So those were my 30 questions! I think I need to go have a lie-down, haha!

As many of you have probably come to realise, by the time I get these awards, all the blogs I follow have already been nominated and have tagged me, so I have no one to tag for this one. I mean, could tag Maya from ohemgeeitsmaya, but then she would have, like, 3 awards to do (adding up to 45 questions), and that would just be a bit mean!

Speak to you soon, 

Lucy x

Two birthdays in two weeks (life update)

Hey guys :)

I'm sorry that I haven't been blogging or uploading videos much recently - this post is kind of an explanation for why I haven't had much time to do things recently and just a kind of random update!

First thing's first ("I'm the realest" - sorry, force of habit), last week was the holidays, which for me means my birthday (WHOOP WHOOP!!!!). 
I spent a lot of my holiday sleeping (which is very important if you're me) and planning for my party; something I actually remembered to organise this year. 
Last year I kind of left everything to the last minute, by which time everyone's schedule was packed and I had to arrange a different date for people to come round. 

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I'd also like to thank everyone who sent me birthday messages, it means a lot! <3
(a special thank you to Eve for pointing out that I am now halfway-to-30 ...WHAAAATTT)

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My birthday usually falls in the holidays, which has its ups and its downs. It's great to wake up in the knowledge that you won't have to revise algebra on your birthday, though it kind of sucks to have so many of your friends on holiday at the same time. 
This year, I invited about 10 people and only 5 people managed to make it, which wasn't ideal, but it was fine in the end. I was worrying before that the lack of people might mean that people got bored and no one would have anything to talk about, though I think that sometimes I forget just how talkative my friends are! We never really run out of things to talk about, even if we end up talking about something utterly stupid and pointless. 

I also kind of like not being in a big group. I'm not introverted or anything, but I've been to a few parties where there were massive amounts of people, topped with overpowering music, dimmed and flashing lights, shouting and just so many stimulating things. For me, it all kind of gets a bit too much and I can end up feeling anxious and need a sit down. 

It's not that I don't appreciate being invited to parties like these - I actually think it helps to push myself into these kinds of situations sometimes - and for the majority of them I am having a fantastic time, it's just nice to have a change once in a while. 
I have discovered over the years that I am much more of a talking and opinion-sharing person than a dancing person!

I loved the party, regardless of the number of people there - I hardly noticed when it was almost over! We probably spent most of the time looking back at old childhood videos and pictures of ourselves, as many of us there came from the same primary school and love to reminisce. Some of the most interesting videos were from when we decided to start a group YouTube channel a year or two ago with some of the cringiest content ever known to man. We also discovered that we had all forgotten to delete the channel, so all of the horrific videos are still online for everyone to see, and we appear to have forgotten the password to the email account (oops).
Two of my friends also stayed round for a sleepover after everyone had gone, which was really fun. The thing is with my friends is that when we say "sleepover", we really mean watching Maze Runner until the early hours of the morning, and then internally screaming over Maze Runner fan-fiction #sorrynotsorry 

After my birthday, the holidays flew by, and suddenly we were back at school again. I didn't really mind though, as one of my best friends' birthdays lands a week and a day after mine, so we had that to look forward to!
After a long week of school, it was finally Friday and I dressed up to go out for dinner with my friends to celebrate her birthday, took way too many selfies (if there were ever such a thing), then stayed round her house for a sleepover. 
One of my favourite things about my friends, apart from never running out of things to say, is the deep late-night conversations. 
You can learn a lot of things about a person at 2 o'clock in the morning. Our conversations never fail to amaze me, and I love that.

Another thing I wanted to mention during this update is the fact that I have started writing a story that I have been thinking through quite a bit since the idea first came to me. I have just finished the first chapter of it and I am quite proud of what I have done so far, though I am still not sure whether I want to share the story with the internet or not. I haven't posted a story of mine online since I posted a Hunger Games fan fiction on wattpad around two years ago, and I am kind of nervous about sharing my new story idea. 
I don't know, I'd just like an opinion :)

I kind of need to go now because it is getting pretty late, but I think I have just about covered everything I wanted to. My next blog post will probably be the "Best Blogging Buddies Award", which I was very kindly tagged for by Eve of Pen&Key, though I can't guarantee that it will be posted any time soon as I have mock-exams next week, so my head will be buried in various textbooks over the next five days *groans*

Thanks for reading my jumbled mess of a blog post, I will (hopefully) speak to you soon,
Lucy x