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Friday, April 25th, 2008
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7:01 pm
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Okay, as to stop myself completly screaming and exploding over my a-levels, i'm writing a book list of books to read once theyre over... from about the 2nd of june.... i have to go back to school a week after exams for two weeks, but i cant wait until the actual summer holidays to read, ive been so busy, i havent been able to reac anything except the set texts for lit and lang (tom brown and harry potter 1, not the worst... haha) and i REALLY miss it. the last book i read was 'the womans room.' made me lost hope in mankind... good book though.... but anyway, so far, ive got these books for the summer, which is from June to september (although of course, its not a restriction) Anyone got any other suggestions for hardcore lit books? I want to get a head start on the type of books I'll read in uni for the year after next.....
1. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 2. The Time Traveller’s wife by Audrey Niffenegger 3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (?) Everyone seems to love it... 4. Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte 5. Perfume by Patrick Süskind 6. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathon Swift 7. Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz 8. My best friends girl by Dorothy Koomson 9. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 10. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 11. Persuasion by Jane Austen
I cant wait to read another Margaret Atwood book. Shes my fav author! I just love her writing!
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| Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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4:09 pm
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*Facepalm*
Why, why why, did i do the one thing i swore i would never do, which is to write a Harry Potter Time Travel fic. As much as i love Holly, my dates are seriously starting to get confusing. It set 6 years after HBP, yet i wrote it was around the second anniversary of Voldemorts Death!!! im so confused. I need to sort things out, probably make a time line. I will edit this later with a timeline, of events before, and as the story goes on, so i wont lose it. Also, why has Holly decided she wanted to be so complex? why couldnt she have staryed simple! Gahh, sometimes writing messes me up.
Im also writing a Harry/Ginny missing moments fic. And ginny has charged in and taken complete control of the relationship. harry has no bloody chance.
Im also writing a twist in the tale for my creative writing course, so i will post that and the last chapter of my NaNo (Music to my ears) novel once ive finished ripping it apart and put it back together for my english courswork. what else? Oh, i seem to have to make a choice for tomorow. Meet the author Malcom Rose or might meet with the year 8's to help their bbc broadcast thing thats happening next week, which ive had to look for the teacher and find her like 10 times in the last week or so, only for her to go, oh sorry not right now, its not organised, then turn round today and go 'we had the meeting this morning.' Sooo irriting.
AND i might have found the perfect course for me for University though i probably wont do it, i want to loook at a better university than that. its a creative and media writing with Journalism course. i wanted to do something with creative writiing, with media, and journalism! *Squee*
Anyone got a Wii? My dads got one. Played boxing constantly for over an hour yesterday, 2nd time ive ever played it, and im not very fit either. so im aching a bit now. all well.
Have to scribble down some more stuff for the creative writing course now!
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| Monday, February 18th, 2008
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9:44 pm
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Got this off of Victoria........
If you want to, fill it in......
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Age:
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Why:
Interesting fact about you:
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Quote:
Will you post this in your LJ:
RECOMMEND
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5. Something to do in the next two months:
Respond to this your answers
Also, might as well update you on my life right now....
-HALF TERM!!! YAY
-I think ive bitten off more than i can chew atm, wriitng wise. Ive got english coursework, one which is a speech on animal cruelty, the other my last chapter of my NaNo novel, which im still in the process of writing....also my two HP WIP, Changing History and Holly, as well as a fluffy H/G one-shot. theres not enough hours in the day!
-Hmm....also, my dad bought a nindendo Wii! I was playing it today! we got star wars lego coz of his, (and my) obession with star wars. he even bought a Wii lightsabre! lol
-the other day, some people from my old year who left for college came back for a while. one of the boys, who was in my art class last year and for some reason called me alien and jewish for like 2 years all the time, was there as well. he just sorta stared at me for a moment, i dont think he recognised me (i didnt recognise him at first) then he just shouted 'Jew' and pointed at me. i was like, you havent changed at all and rolled my eyes. it was all very random. but anyway....
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| Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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5:05 pm
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*facepalm* I was meant to do this a little while ago, but i kept forgetting. Ive never been tagged to do anything like this before, but assume this is what im meant to do. Victoria tagged me btw :D
TEN EM0TI0NS:
1. Are you missing someone right now? Not really.
2. Are you happy? Not particulary, ive not been very happy for a while now. maybe its just being a teenager
3. Are you talking to anyone right now? No.
4. Are you bored? Im alright..
5. Are you German? Nope.
6. Are you Irish? No. I know someone who is though
7. Are you French? No
8. Are you Italian? No.
9. Are your parents still married? Nope. My mums remarried and has had another kid since then
10. Do you like someone right now? Not saying.....
TEN FAV0RITES:
1. Televison: Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps (if it includes soaps, Hollyoaks with their scarily similar storylines to my RL)
2. Flower: erm.... i dont really look at flowers, any that dont smell too bad...
3. Color: Pink. As you may have guessed from my penname...lol
4. Sport: Badminton, coz i cant ever stop laughing when i play
5. Mall: Erm...kingston?
6. Band: Linkin Park
9. Animal: Cats and kittens! theyre so cute!
10. Province: ????
TEN FACTS:
1. Hair color: Brown.
2. Phone color: Pink
3. Car color: No car yet
4. Hair style: curly. very curly. its the greek in me.
5. Eye color: Brown.
6. Shoe size: 4 1/2.... small feet run in the family
7. Ring size: No idea
8. Skin color: erm, people say its olive, im not sure...
9. Available: Yeah
10. Lefty/righty: righty
TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LIFE:
1. Have you ever been in love? No
2. Do you believe in love? Yes, of course.
3. Why did your past relationships fail? dont wanna answer that.....
4. Have you ever been heartbroken? No
5. Have you ever broken someone's heart? No
6. Have you ever fallen for one of your best friends? No
7. Are you afraid of commitment? No
9. Has someone ever kissed your hand? Yes
10. Have you ever had a secret admirer? I dont know, it wouldnt be secret then, lol.
TEN THINGS - THIS 0R THAT:
1. love or lust: Love
2. hard liquor or beer: neither, i prefer alcopops
3. night or day: day
4. one night stands or relationships: Relationships.
5. television or internet: Internet, the telly has the most rubbish on them.
6. pepsi or coke: Coke.
8. money or family: Family
9. phone or in person: In person. i get all nervous on the phone
10. msn or myspace: msn.
TEN HAVE Y0U EVERS:
1. Have you ever been caught sneaking out? No.
3. Have you ever done something you regret? Of course.
4. Have you ever bungee jumped? No. my dad has though
5. Have you ever gone skydiving? same as above...lol
6. Have you ever finished an entire jaw breaker? I cant remember.
7. Have you ever wanted someone so badly it hurt? Cant remember
8. Have you ever killed a man? what in real life or fanfiction of computer games? lol. Nah, of course not
9. Have you ever danced in the rain? I think i did once
10. Kissed someone in the rain? No.
*bites nails* Hopefully i havent messed that up................ :D
current mood:  tired
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| Friday, December 14th, 2007
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9:15 pm - icons and changing history
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Okay, ive got a few things i wanna say in this entry, one is, ive actually made some icons! I havent used Photoshop or anything like that so theyre not the best, theyre my first ever try, ive used my video editing system for them....ive made a few charmed and a few Harry Potter ones..... I might put up the one i edited of me if i feel up to it.
Im also in such a cheerful mood for once (carol singing earlier at tescos to raise money for my brothers old playgroup...very funny) im also going to let you LJ people in on a secret from my story, which you more probably wont be interested in, its under the cut....
Happy Holidays everyone!
Heres a link to the story if youre interested...proably wont be.....its sorta my own version of book seven i started and planned out before DH, it will have more of the relationshipy and stuff like that than Deathly Hallows did....
http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com/viewstory.php?sid=56340
current mood:  satisfied
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| Sunday, November 25th, 2007
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4:49 pm - NaNo Word count
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Okay i resigned to the fact that i wont be able to finish NaNo this year, that i will try again next year, but i am going to try and get at least halfway through and try to finish it before the new year. What with massive load of school and my fanfiction stories trying to kidnap me......
So word count up to now: 20, 149
Not too bad considering i had no prep work, only actually heard and started NaNo on the 2nd and have never actually managed to finish a story or stustain it to the end yet :)
Ive reached a good point in the novel where i know whats going on and just need to write it and fill i a few plot ideas...
Ive also got used to not editing, not that i like it. its certainly easier now that my spelling tool on word has broke, i dont see the large bits of red....... tho i do need to sort out the spelling tool...lol
current mood:  contemplative
current music: Kelly Clarkson
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| Thursday, November 15th, 2007
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7:50 pm
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I am so annoyed, well annoyed isnt a strong enough word.
Today has offically been a bad day.
Well, it was alright for most of the day, i was terrified when i had to show my A-level media coursework (the planning) to my teacher because hes a VERY scary teacher when hes angry and gets angry at the smallest things...i thought he would kill me...then surprisingly he called my work exillent and kept on taking it from me to show some of the other people in my class. (it was all individual) That was quite good although i couldnt do some of my work because he had my folder....
I put some of it behind the link so its easier on the eyes.
sorry for this rant but i really needed to write it down somewhere. this is only half the story, the rest is far too long...
Jess
PS
NaNo: not so good. written some more, but really not in the mood to type up. Maybe i will later, we'll see.
current mood:  crappy
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| Monday, November 5th, 2007
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8:59 pm - Crossroads
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Okay, Im at crossroads....
Whether to continue Music to my ears for my NaNo project or go back to my other story about getting stuk on an island and write that...i have a better idea on what happens there.......Im very stuck on MTME........By tonight or tomorow at the latest i have to come to a desision tho i think it will be my island one.....I have a lot more ideas for that. MTME can stew for a while
Maybe i should write the plot of the Island story here
Its simple really. A group of school kids are flying to another country and theres a plane crash and theyre stuck on a desert island. Its not just teenagers, but other passengers. How will they survive and will they ever escape?
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| Sunday, November 4th, 2007
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1:42 pm - Word
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I have been trying to work out about how much i need to write a day for this NaNo thing and i worked out about 2000 a day. Already, Im failing. Only written just over 2000 words...Also, i seem to have hit a point where i want to write the ending 1st then the beginning...strange but i might just do that. At this rate, it will either end very sadly or sorta happy. I might write out both and decide later. Ive already got the last line for both written out (I think)
Ive also got a few title thoughts,
-Music to my ears
-Music for my ears
-The song in my head
-and some others i cant remember. I seem to be going towards the 1st one. the reason for this is coz the 'voice' in her head is like when you get a song in your head...
Need to write. Badly.
At least, if i dont reach the full target, i'll have a good chunk written. Ive written a paragraph that i will probably split into bits, its quite deep and random. I think I'll put it here just for the record. Also, i wanna write a dream for this chapter, but its giving me some trouble. Grr...
I think perhaps ive taken on more than i can chew.....
current mood:  worried
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| Friday, November 2nd, 2007
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3:57 pm - NaNo
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Okay, on the spur of the moment, i have just joined a website called NaNo i just saw on a friends livejournal....You write a novel in a month. It will be very good for me to practice my writing and for the discipline. I need this note to remind me of that and i will try my hardest to stick to it!! Tho 50,000 words is a lot...
Okay the idea for my novel is set in the mind of a girl who, all her life, has had a voice in her head, who she thinks is called Adrian. she doesnt really have that many friends because she has him. Hes always been kind and sweet to her, but suddenly, hes not and trys to make her do something she doesnt want to do and suddenly, she doesnt want to talk to him anymore, but its too late........
Its mad. But i think i can make it work. I'm here for anyone who reads this and sounds interested to post her to force me encourage me to write more. Believe me, i am very undisciplined when it comes to stuff like this. It will be unedited and edited again later. I might add the beginning on later today as ive already started it.....
This is a link to my new NaNo profile http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/248279
Wish me luck, i think i will be dead by the end of this month due to the sheer stress but it'll be good!
Dont have a title yet but hopefully i'll think of one.......
EDIT: The first chapter
current mood:  bouncy
current music: none
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| Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
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9:20 pm - Harry Potter
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I know people dont actually read this, but at the moment, i dont really care. I just need to write this somewhere...
I'M STUDYING HARRY POTTER FOR A-LEVEL!!!! Thats right, i'm actually studying Harry Potter at school. We are reading the 1st book, along with Tom Browns School days! I cant believe it, I didnt think that Harry POtter was suitable studying material for a bunch of 16-17 year olds. I thought we'd be studying things like 1984 or other adult literature. Not that im complaining, now all i have to do is shove my hand in my mouth so i dont spurt out all my knowledge about Harry Potter and make everyone look at me...people keep asking who died in DH. I just say it was a bloodbath, if they ask me again i think i will have to control myself before i start to go into detail how each of them died....hehe
Also, im very happy for another school reason...I make Harry Potter/star wars/charmed music videos and next year im media studies, i might get to make a music video, a trailer! My hobbies are coming in handy! Ditto for me writing fanfiction. My writing has improved a lot since i started....
School isnt half bad these days. Well, apart from still being taught like a child and not being alowed out from school during my free's...grrr...
Im so happy im learning about Harry Potter. *sigh*
current mood: happy
current music: Linkin Park
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| Saturday, April 28th, 2007
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7:57 pm - Holly
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Ok, lets try again
This journal will mostly be dedicated to my newest story, 'Holly.' I will probably give sneak previews, some plot ideas and other stuff like that. If anyone who can't leave reviews on mugglenet about this story, you can leave it here, anyone can comment here, even without an account. I'll add the chapters here and keep on adding them. Please let me know what you think!
Erm, about chapter 4, well, its called 'Her Mothers best friends daughter' and Holly goes on her first order mission, and comes face to face with something she really didnt expect.
current mood: happy
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| Saturday, January 27th, 2007
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| Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
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5:43 pm
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Hello
Here is the next chapter in Changing History. I dont particulary like this chapter though and i dont think Mugglenet liked it either! The rest of the story is still going strong, I'm really enjoying it!
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Tell me what you think!
You know how hard it is to draw the charmed sign? It took ages! I have to finish off the rest of my art book in 3 weeks so i' sticking any random thing in it!
Er... wat else, oh i got some more of my MOCK gcse results. English:B Maths: C Science: B History: B german:C
Not too bad, could be better though
current mood:  creative
current music: Unfaithful
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| Monday, January 1st, 2007
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2:05 am
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Hi!!
Happy new year everyone! I cant believe how fast this year has gone... wow! I have eaten way too many cheesy puffs today!!
I really need to cut down on reading fanfiction! I am going to post another one-shot which i dont really like, i might not put it on mugglenet... Its sad though. i liked it when i wrote it, not so much now though.
current mood: cheerful
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| Saturday, December 30th, 2006
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11:53 am
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My story, 'Heartbreak' got accepted on mugglenet! *does a happy little dance*
I got a video editing kit 4 my computer, i just need more memory then I'll be off!
When mugglenet queue re-opens, i will submit chapter 4 of Changing History!
What else do i have to say... Hm, I have almost finished another oneshot called 'Shattered.'
I'll put it here when i do finish it.
current mood: happy
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| Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
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1:14 pm
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I meant to write in yesterday, but never came round to it....
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wow, the years gone super quick, it felt like only yesterday it was new year... Bring on 2007!
I love christmas, so nice and bright. On my last day of school, i thought the assembly would be about xmas, but instead the teacher talked about world hunger and poverty. What a great start to xmas hols!
I got a video editing computer thingy 4 xmas, but my stupid laptop doesnt have enough memory. I havent even got anything on it, i even took off my only game, sims 2 to see if it would help. no luck and now i have no sims. Great. So now i need more memory and will re-install the sims, which will take ages.I feel so much better now i've let it all out. Better go, i'm having guests round 2day!
current mood:  hungry
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| Monday, December 18th, 2006
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8:55 pm
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I am so happy my exams are over! The hardest one was maths, we only got taught about 2 of the questions on it, i dont think i want to find out the result.
I hate revising though, i even resorted to writing about revising rather than revising, a short kinda bit about it. I'll put it here instead of just leaving it to grow dusty on my computer. Its absolute rubbish but it did calm me down slightly and stopped me from going insane.
I have just written the 19th chapter of changing history, the first draft and i quite like it. I'll put up chapter 2 while I'm here. I dont really like these chapters anymore, they are not very well written, but it does get better, i promise you!
Er, what else has been happening? Hm, only one day left of school, half day, yay! My 4 year old brother was in a nativity a little while ago, he was walking round the house singing 'away in a manger' it was so sweet!
current mood: cheerful
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| Friday, December 15th, 2006
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8:43 pm
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Hi
I have almost finished my MOCKs, only got a german test left. I also got my Science result back, i got 75%, which is a be, so i'm quite happy. Some people in my class got a U. (ungraded) I really hate revising, it stresses me out. Also, i have started writing a real story and i want to show you the first two paragraphs, i started writing it in an english lesson when i was supposed to be studying Hamlet. I might put some more up later, or improve this. I am now going to watch some more of the great show Charmed.
C ya
current mood: thoughtful
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| Thursday, December 7th, 2006
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8:07 pm
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Stress stress stress. I had my german speaking exam today, oh i really do not know why i picked German, it just gives me a headache. I've got to speand the whole day tommorow in the art room working on a final piece for 'movement' Great. On monday, i have 3 exams, not good. I am worried about Maths and science exams mostly. so much stuff to remember. Whats the point of GCSE's anyway? Don't answer that.
current mood: stressed
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