Girl problems

Came home early form college today because let's say I wasn't feeling good... girl problems that come each month, you know?

Blah shit days they are.

Anyway, that was good because it gave me time to sleep and procrastinate when I should be studying. Oh god, I can already see how amazingly well I'm going to do and cope when I go to University.

I don't even know what else I wanted to say hahaha! BYE.

☯♥☮ Abbie

Student Finance

So today I finally got my student finance application completed and submitted for University. Like I mentioned a few posts back, I'm getting super excited to go in September. Well...that's if I succeed in my exams.

I realise now that I really do need to start revising when I get home from college every evening instead of procrastinating and shit. Really need help, I ought to be in rehab for my obsessive procrastination. It's disgusting.

I mean, I can't even bring myself to revise for a freaking short test we have on Wednesday in one class. That's just lazy.

Anyway, not much to say except rant about how much of an idiot I am! Bye, guys!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Families fight

So today didn't start of too good. I mentioned in a past blogpost that my sister and brother in law argue quite a bit, well they've been doing that all weekend. This drives my mum really crazy. And today my nephew was being naughty so my mum came in to help or something (don't know full story it was early in the morning when I was still in bed), and my brother in law started complaining at my mum. Not sure if my sister did, too.

But this just did it for my mum so she left the house to go cool down until my sister and her family left. So they're all in an argument and it's really annoying! Ugh... It's so awkward too. I also didn't get a goodbye from them as they just got ready and left without a word or without me knowing. But until my mum came back my other sister came round to make sure everything was alright.

Anyway, kind of stressing as I have a test at college tomorrow and I didn't revise all weekend so I can tell I'm going to fail. Seriously though, I need to lock my phone away or something. The Internet is way too addicting. Then I have another test on Wednesday which I need to prepare for! ...Not cool.

Hmm, what else did I do today? Not too much I guess. I missed Glee which was really annoying so going to have to watch it on demand. But sometimes they don't put it on demand so I'm just worried I've missed it completely.

Going to rest now, have to wake up at 6:30am! Monday mornings are a bitch.

☯♥☮ Abbie

Updates

Today was kind of horrible because I don't feel to well. But the good thing is that it's Saturday and I've done my coursework so I was able to rest all day :)

But I have 2 tests at college next week, ugh, and I haven't even been revising because I just haven't felt like it. Procrastination wins again!

Hmm... didn't do too much again today. My sister, brother in law, niece and nephew are still here as I said as they're sleeping over until tomorrow. So the house has been pretty loud.

I also changed my Twitter username today. Same account just now the name is @Jenniderper (because Jennfier Lawrence AKA The Queen of Derp is my everything). So yeah, you may see me posting a lot of things to do with her if you follow me on Twitter!

I also started a Tumblr! Follow me: http://allhailjenniderp.tumblr.com

There I'll be posting/reblogging Jennifer Lawrence stuff, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Sherlock, fashion, quotes, Cara Delevingne, Starkid stuff, etc.

Anyway, gonna go!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Family fun

I finished my coursework today!!! Yay! That was the main thing I just wanted to scream on here today. I'm so happy that it's all done. No. More. Coursework. Now I can finally rest a bit!

So today after college my sister, her husband, my niece and nephew all came over because they're sleeping until Sunday (as I mentioned yesterday). But if my nephew manages to go to his dads tomorrow then he won't be sleeping a second night. But yeah we've been having a lot of fun!

Me and my sister were playing Draw Something for a while, her on her iPad 4 and me on my iPhone 4. It's been a lot of fun. It's also been fun playing around with my niece and nephew, we were taking photos earlier which I'll share with this blogpost.

I'm super worn out though... need to stop writing my posts so late. I'll work on that! Going to head off now because I need sleep. Bye!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Finally

So tired! So today I improved all my coursework and gave it to my teacher for the final deadline. She may have a few minor corrections for me to add in but other than that... I think I'm done!

FINALLY.

Now all I need to do is focus on exams. No more coursework :)

So after this I came home a bit early because I wasn't feeling good and did some boring Sociology homework. I have to do more revising over the weekend as well as I have to quick tests next week. Can't believe it, ugh. We just had one this week as well. I got a grade C, lol fail.

Then I've been chilling out for the rest of the day. My sister, brother in law, niece and nephew are all coming over tomorrow to sleep until Sunday. Well my nephew may just be staying for 1 night then going to his dads for the rest of the weekend. But anyway, as I said, I'm freakin' tired so goodnight all!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Pitch Perfect review

Once again, today started again with college. The weather was supposed to be shit today so I was really surprised when it was quite sunny and warm.

Anyway, as I mentioned yesterday, I was going to buy the DVD for Pitch Perfect today. So college was pretty grueling to get through. We did a lot of writing and note-taking in class today so it made my muscles super sore by the end. As you can imagine getting home was super satisfying after all the work.

As for the Pitch Perfect DVD, I really enjoyed it and Rebel Wilson was especially hilarious in it. I'm so glad that I finally got to see it! I'm also kind of obsessed with Anna Kendrick right now and her acting was outstanding in it.

The storyline was great, original too. The script was genius and the improvisation done by Rebel Wilson was perfect. The thing that I REALLY loved about it though was that it gave me some good insight into what University is going to be like. I mean, in the movie it's obviously exaggerated slightly to fit the nature of the film but...still. I've been thinking about what Uni will be like for me when I start later this year and feeling very nervous about the whole transition. But Pitch Perfect has to some extent changed those nerves to excitement.

The only issue I had with the movie was te ending. I thought it should have had little more story to it and a conclusion. But they're making a sequel, Pitch Perfect 2, so I feel a bit more better about that as the story will continue there.

All in all, great movie!

Until tomorrow, folks!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Boring day

Almost went to sleep without blogging. Well I didn't do too much today so not much to say, really. Just boring college as usual!

Will have better things to post tomorrow because I'm getting the Pitch Perfect DVD as I haven't seen the movie yet. (I know, can you believe it!?) Anyway, I'll be doing a review!

Bye :)

☯♥☮ Abbie

Oh happy days

So today I was just at college as usual. I'm so glad I did all that homework over the weekend because I feel really relieved now its gone. Although, I do have one piece de for tomorrow but I haven't done it because I don't understand it so...

As I mentioned yesterday, I finish college at 12 on Mondays but I knew I needed to stay behind and finish some coursework. So I did that today and now I only have one piece of coursework left which I need to make corrections/improvements to. Yay! Finally done!

We had an assembly in college today about exams. Ugh. I don't want to stores as bad as I is last time. All I can think about is my Sociology exam and I freak out. It's about religion and beliefs in society, but yeah it's pretty hard...the worst Sociology exam yet I think. Then we break up for study leave in several weeks on the 24th May. So excited! No more early mornings :)

Speaking of early mornings, ugh today's was horrible. Not sure why but I was SO FUCKING TIRED all day! I literally couldn't keep my eyes open. Especially in Sociology because that was a pretty boring lesson on top of my tiredness.

Anyway, when I got home I chilled out for the rest of the day because I've done a lot of work recently and I'm nearly done with my coursework as well so I thought it should be fine.

I get a bit of a sleep in tomorrow. Usually on Tuesdays I have to wake up at 7:30am but from now on, on Tuesdays, I don't have to wake up until 8:30. Woo! This is because the first lesson I have is a free period (which is why I usually wake up at 7:30 on Tuesdays and not 6:30 as I do on other days) and because the second lesson is over now. It was a compulsory lesson called PTE (kind of similar to Religious Education-RE) which everyone has to attend when they join the college I go to. If you already study RE then you don't have to do PTE. But yeah, we had or last PTE lesson last week so I get that extra hour added of a sleep in!

Going to put on some music and relax now so speak tomorrow :)

☯♥☮ Abbie

Glee feels

So today I finished off ALL my homework that's due tomorrow. So fucking proud of myself.

I let myself relax for the rest of the evening because, lets be real, I deserve it. I also watched Glee this evening. The "Wemma" ship is seriously the only one I have hope left in. Klaine and Brittana though... How could the writers of Glee keep doing this and drag on this stupid storyline. Kurt and Blaine should get back together as should Brittany and Santana. They're just meant to be, ok.

Anyway, it's Sunday. Ugh. Sundays are depressing because it means Monday is in the morning and Monday means college. I finish at 12 on Mondays but I have to stay behind and do some coursework so that kind of sucks as well. *sigh* Can't wait to finish college!

Going to sleep now so until tomorrow!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Homework

Just spent all night doing homework, 9 hours to be precise. I do it so slow. I'll write one sentence and see it as a really good thing and reward myself with like a 10 minute break. It's not a helpful method but my brain needs it. So. Bored.

I also spent part of today making new thumbnails for my YouTube videos because I thought the others I made were actually pretty boring. Go to my YouTube (abbieissoweirdlike) to see the new ones! I even remembered that my AdSense account had been pending for confirmation before I could make money with my videos. I saw today that it was approved so I put in my payment information and now just need to wait for that to be confirmed. It's really exciting :)

Anyway, I heard one of the suspects from the Boston Marathon bombing was killed today and another is on the loose. Good to see things are being done! I'd be so scared to live in America because of things like that. I never blogged about the unfortunate event but I just want everyone from that area to know you're in my thoughts and I hope you're all well.

Too tired to blog any more than this. Homework takes energy. Fuck I need sleep. Goodnight! Zzzzzz...

☯♥☮ Abbie

TGIF

With all the homework I've been given this week along with getting back into the college routine, all I can say is thank God it's Friday.

I managed to get my coursework form my teacher today and I made some improvements but its still not done. Luckily though we have next week to get it all done. But I still have a ton of homework to complete over the weekend so that's fucking frustrating.

My jaw stopped hurting yesterday and I couldn't notice it that much but it came back super bad today and I hate it :(

Anyway, too tired to write any more. Ugh I'm so lazy.

☯♥☮ Abbie

I'm such a hardworker

Sorry for not blogging yesterday. Completely forgot. Anyway you didn't miss much, all I did was go to college then finish off a piece of coursework to hand in to my teacher.

You have no idea how relieved I am. I've finally managed to catch up and now doing really well with my coursework. All I have to do now is make some improvements to one section that my teacher marked the other day and improve another piece which she will mark soon once I get it back. The only problem is I was hoping today to improve the one I was given back during a free period after my first lesson today. But I accidentally took the wrong piece of coursework (one that didn't even need improving) so I couldn't do it. My teacher keeps my folder so I needed it to get out the coursework that I needed to improve. I went to search for her but could find her.

The good thing though was I got to go straight home after that, which was around 11am, when usually on at headsets I finish at 3pm. I finished early because my Sociology lesson was cancelled and the only thing I have on Thursdays are: Health and Social Care, 2 free periods (one before break and one after), Sociology, lunch and then form. But I wasn't going to sit around for like 4 hours just to go to form. So I made sure it was fine by my mum in the morning and then signed out.

Anyway, it's pretty late here now and I'm super tired. This week was shit due to the fact we were given so much homework... Well I was at least. I don't usually get that much homework but when I do its always spread out. Today, one the other hand, I got at least one piece of homework from each of my 4 teachers. So that sucked! I did a little bit tonight but not as much as I wanted because as soon as I got home from college I procrastinated because I wanted to make a new YouTube video of me doing "The Cup Song" by Anna Kendrick in the movie Pitch Perfect. This took hours to film and edit which is why I had little time for homework. Should be uploading the video soon before I go to bed, so check it out on my YT channel: abbieissoweirdlike because its pretty hilarious as the majority of it is me goofing up.

Going to sleep now and get under my bed covers. Brr! My rooms cold! Bye :)

☯♥☮ Abbie

P.s. the dentist finally called back! They just took some details but that's good as it means things are being done and that I'll hopefully be able to see a specialist soon about my horrid, painful jaw!

Meh.

Meh. Not in the mood to blog today but thought if blog anyway to tell you.

Didn't do too much anyway except go to college. I was going going to discuss this video we watched in Sociology class but I'm so tired and in pain. My jaw though seriously, never had something cause so much discomfort in my I life.

My mum rang the dentist to ask them to refer me to a specialist instead of going to the dentist for them to tell me that that's what they're going to do. They said if it continued this way then they'd refer me. I hope I hear from the dentist or the specialist soon. I cry every night through the pain. It really is horrible!

I gave my teacher in a lot of coursework today. I feel super relieved because there's only a little bit left to do then no more coursework woohoo! We go on study leave in 6 weeks as well (where we get to stay at home and revise for our exams). We only have to go in college on the dates of our exams. I prefer this as I revise better alone and in my own way.

Going to sleep now. Goodnight!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Catching Fire teaser trailer

So the Catching Fire teaser trailer premieres last night at the MTV Movie Awards. I couldn't watch until this morning because obviously the show wasn't on in the UK yesterday. But it did premiere here this evening and I watched the show. But yeah, I watched the trailer on YouTube before the show because I was desperate.

So in short, I 

fangirled. FANGIRLED HARD. In the trailer we first see Katniss (played by Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (played by Josh Hutcherson) be announced to district 11, while on their victory tour, as victors of the 74th hunger games. President S

now and Plutarch are then on screen discussing Katniss and the "threat" they believe she poses, which is why she should be killed. Katniss, Peeta ad their mentor Haymitch (played by Woody Harrelson) are then shown havig a conversation. In it, Katniss is crying and Peeta asks what they should do about their situation. We then see some uprising in the districts with the burning of capital signs and people fighting peacekeepers. There's then a short clip of Katniss and her sister April talking which was really sweet but powerful. There's then a glimpse of the part where Gale (played by Liam Hemsworth) is being whipped by the peacekeepers and Katniss comes to save him. The peacekeepers reacts by pointing a gun at Katniss. We then hear a voiceover of President Snow during the end title where he says Katniss is a danger to the other victors as she makes them feel invincible.

It was a superb teaser trailer considering it was close to 3 minutes long. I can only imagine what the official theatrical trailer is going to be like! I really love the costumes in this movie. In the trailer you see a quick clip of Effie (played by Elizabeth Banks) walking with Katniss and Peeta into this mansion for their party for being victors. And in this quick clip Effie is wearing such an outrageous outfit which suits the character so well. All people from the Capitol dress like this but Effie is in a league of her own. Katniss was also dressed really great. She was dressed similar to a bird to represent the mockingjay she is, or at least symbolises for her people.

The only negative I would say about this trailer was that you don't see any of the former hunger games victors which are the new tributes for the 75th hunger games. But then again, this was just a teaser trailer and well probably see this in the first real trailer (whenever it ends up coming out). So for now, no Finnick clips! *insert sad face*

I also filmed a reaction video to the trailer while watching it for the first time. I'll post the trailer video at the bottom of this blogpost and if I can manage to I'll also post my reaction video. If I can't, you can always go to my YouTube: abbieissoweirdlike (link on my blog).

Anyway, today was also my first day back at college after Easter break. It was hard getting to sleep last night after being used to staying up until like 3am all throughout the break. I doubt I'm also going to get any sleep tonight because the fucking burglar alarm is going off next door. It's going off because the people that lived there moved out and so these people have been renovating it. But it accidentally won't of today and they didn't (or probably couldn't) turn it off. So it's just beeping away right now at 11:53pm.

Anyway my jaw hurts so going to try and sleep. It's been hurting real bad today. My mum made me cry as well because I asked her to ring the dentist as he said if its still bringing me problems to call up again and he'll refer me to a specialist. I don't know what was up with my mum but she didn't want to but anyway I finally persuaded her to do it tomorrow morning. I want to be there to make sure she does it. I'm in so much pain, it's unreal :( 

☯♥☮ Abbie

College tomorrow

As you can see, I'm blogging a little earlier this evening. That's because I won't be staying up as late because college is back in the morning. Great. I totally missed waking up at 6:30am.

Anyway, I managed to do some more coursework today. I'm ALMOST finished! Yay! But that's only if the teacher approves of it and doesn't trash it saying it's shit and that I should do it again. A lot of stress has been lifted over Easter break. I'm beginning to feel like my old self, thank God.

But the most important thing about today is that the Catching Fire trailer comes out!!! It premieres at the MTV Movie Awards but the show doesn't premiere her until tomorrow. Oh England, always has to be fucking late with everything, doesn't it? But that doesn't matter too much a I'm sure billions of fans will upload it to YouTube straight after anyway. So I can watch it tomorrow morning or something just before the awards show premieres tomorrow evening for us people of the UK. I'm freaking excited! So many new photos have been released lately and they're making me fangirl way too hard. I'm so obsessed.

My sister left today to go back home. It was nice seeing her. I also saw her new boyfriend/love interest who is the big either of my childhood best friend (as I mentioned yesterday). He came over just as he dropped my sister off back at ours.

Anyway going to go now. And omg my mum just knocked on my door to remind me that I have to wake up early for college tomorrow. UGH. Not helping!

☯♥☮ Abbie

The things I do for you

I was in bed trying to sleep when I all of a sudden had to wake myself up as it occurred to me that I almost forgot to blog. So now I'm awake. Oh the things I do for you people!

Anyway, hmm... What happened today? Well my sister came over to spend the night, she's currently downstairs sleeping. It was fun to see her as we don't spend that much time together with her living quite a distance away and working and me being in college. So yeah that was good! She also told me that she spent last night at this guys house who is the big brother of my childhood best friend (who I haven't seen in forever). I've met him before too but yeah, they used to date ages ago and now they're kind of going back to that relationship it seems.

As for what I have been up to: coursework! That says it all, really. I tried my hardest not to procrastinate today. But to be honest, procrastination was not too much of an issue for me today. But what was, and still is, is the inside of my cheek. I keep biting the skin and I can't stop! I hate it because its distracting me and I can't sleep or do work because its annoying me. I just can't seem to stop. And it's not helping my jaw either. That's probably why it's been aching so much lately. Anyway, wish me luck with this stupid habit/thing.

Britain's Got Talent started again today. Finally, some entertainment on my TV. I really loved tonight's show. The act "Attraction" was my favorite. If you haven't seen, they basically make pictures with their bodies like dancers/acrobats. They did it I'm a really sweet way as well by telling a story with it instead of just like randomly making different shapes. It was a little love story of 2 people and the man goes of to war and is killed and the woman has a child and yeah it was haut beautiful. Made me cry too! They had a good song choice as well to play as they performed their act (as there was no talking or anything) and it was "Read All About It" by Emeli Sandé.

Going to get back to my sleep now because I'm too tired to keep thinking and also my cheeks are begging me to bite them. Ugh, what the fuck is wrong with me.

☯♥☮ Abbie

Shopping spree

I'm so sorry I forgot to post yesterday! I'm such an idiot and thought I did. Oh well...

So today I took a trip to the mall and bought a few things. I didn't have that much money on me but I managed to get some awesome items :)

So as I usually do, I thought I'd blog about them and just give a brief review! So I got 3 pieces of clothing and a DVD. I will share images of these at the end of this blogpost.

The first piece of clothing I purchased was a new pair of black leggings. I didn't take a photo of them to share as they're just pretty basic. So these cost £3 from Primark. I have another pair just like these but I wanted to get another as I really like them. They're great as they're super soft and also very easy fitting. They're not tight or anything uncomfortable like that, which is a good relief. They are just simple, casual, comfy and look good with most other items of clothing.

The second item of clothing I bought is a beautiful dress from Primark which cost £7. It's white with small blue butterflies on it. What I like most about it is how it feels. It's extremely soft and comfy with a cute puffy bottom covered in 3 frill layers. It's a fun little feminine piece to wear on a warm day or just for a special occasion. I picked it out with the third item if clothing I am about to discuss. They were placed next to each other purposively on the clothing rack as they match well together.

So this third item is a light blue, cropped denim jacket. This cost £16 from Primark. I really liked it as even though its denim, it also had a nice feel to it, almost soft. I also liked it as I have had and do own other denim jackets which so often feel slightly uncomfortable because of the material. But this particular jacket was actually pretty comfy as well as pretty.

So yeah, that's it for the clothes! As for the DVD, I bought "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey". I have never read the book or "The Lord Of The Rings" book trilogy but I have all the DVDs ad really love them. And yes I do realize to the hardcore fan who have read the books that that is one of the worst things I could have said. I understand, I am part of several fandoms which I fangirl over obsessively because I have read/watched and love their books/movies. But I guess I just arrived to this fandom late and also I've just been really into other books lately so I haven't really gotten to a point where I have resorted in finally reading "The Hobbit" or "The Lord Of The Rings".

But anyway, on with my quick review of the movie. All in all, I loved it! Martin Freeman (oh god that sexy man) did a spectacular job playing the title role of Bilbo Baggins. He really resembled Bilbo at a younger age in comparison to the Ian Holmes version of Bilbo as an older man. Martin and Ian also really look alike which is awesome, makes it more believable. He must have really studied the character in order to pull it of so well. But then, he also didn't copy Ian's portrayal down to every last bit, he made sure he made the character his own and I really liked that. I also loved, and developing a huge crush on, Richard Armitage who plays Thorin Oakenshield in the movie. I mean are you fucking kidding me, he's so buff and sexy it's unreal. He's also a great actor, Im not sure if I've seen any of his other movies but I'm now interesting in seeing more, for sure. I also LOVE the dwarves. They were so funny, especially the cute baby of the dwarve gang, I think he's called Oin. But what I think the filmmakers really succeeded in with the dwarves was making each of them different and their personalities stand out. A film containing many characters can sometimes have trouble with this and the audience get confused. But I was pretty familiar with each dwarve by the end of the movie so I was really pleased and impressed. As for the storyline, it was really well told and easy to grasp, even for people like me who haven't even the book. I guess I'm glad in some ways that I haven't read the book as knowing how a movie adaptation differs from a book is not squally a good thing. Like I have seen a few people online say they didn't like it whereas others say they love it.

So anyway that's what I bought today. Now I should probably get back to doing coursework. I'm trying to force myself to do it now. I go back to college on Monday and that will be my very last week to get the work completed. So procrastination is not a possibility right now. Must. Focus. Although I'm watching "The Hobbit" for the second time just to clear the silence as I'll get super bored and tired if I'm doing coursework with nothing going on in the background. Anyway, my jaw still hurts too so I'm going to go!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Waste of my time

So my dentist appointment literally lasted no longer than 2 minutes. This was because the dentist couldn't figure out the problem. What help he was.

Basically my jaw has been super painful, aching and out of place lately. In my dentist appointment last week he gave me this thing for my mouth called a "splint" which is actually suppose to stop that, but for me it has gotten a lot worse. So I got no treatment at all ad he just said if it gets worse I should go back to him and he'll free me to a specialist, which is what I wanted today! UGH.

I'm literally lying in my bed writing this with a killer jaw ache/pain. I actually just feel like crying because it hurts so much :'(

So yeah... Anyway going to end this blogpost here because I'm in pain and can't deal with blogging today. Bye!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Uneventful

Well today wasn't that eventful. Mostly I tried to do coursework but it didn't work about because I'm finding the work hard and I don't have a clue what I'm suppose to be writing about.

But anyway, oh my gosh, today I discovered this really cool shop located in Los Angeles. But they ship to the UK which is freaking awesome! They sell clothes and everything and they're really vintage and hippie items. I practically drooled over everything whilst observing the website. It's called "The Cobra Shop". Check it out! The only problem for me though is in order to purchase things in the UK, you need a PayPal account (which I don't have) so I'm going to have to make one soon.

Speaking of problems, I have another. Once it's certain that I'm to get a new phone, I become crazy. No joke when I tell you I have zero patience. I just get so excited to get it but I'm not getting my iPhone 5 until my compensation money comes so... But I can legit spend hours just staring at an image of one. And yesterday, I watched the whole iPhone 5 keynote on YouTube just because I felt like I was craving to get my hands on the phone. Seriously though, I'm stoked to get it!

Going to go now, I'll post tomorrow. I have my dentist appointment tomorrow as well, not the "every 6 months" kind as obviously I had that last week. But like I said yesterday I had to make an appointment for tomorrow as I've had a super bad jaw for a while now and I'm worried about it.

So adios amigos!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Jaw dropping

My jaw feels like it's going to drop off at any moment. It has been aching and hurting SO much today! I had to make another dentist appointment for this Wednesday so I can see what the hell is going on. I feel like crying.

Anyway, I figured I would do that review of "Divergent" by Veronica Roth today. So the story follows this girl called Beatrice Prior who lives in a futuristic world similar to ours. Only, the world is now divided into 5 factions (groups/communities) which are: Abnegation, Amity, Dauntless, Candor and Erudite.

The Abnegation blame war and conflict on selfishness, therefore they are very selfless and giving people. The Amity blame war and conflict on a lack of peace, therefore they are very kind and harmonious. The Dauntless blame war and conflict on cowardice, therefore they are very brave and strong. The Candor blame war and conflict on lies, therefore they are very truthful and honest. The Erudite blame war and conflict on ignorance, therefore they are very intelligent.

You belong to the faction in which your parents do with your family until you are 16. At this age, you take something called an aptitude test which basically determines which faction would suit you best. After this, you go to the choosing ceremony where you decide whether you want to stay in your faction with your family or transfer to another faction and abandon your family. If you transfer factions this is seen as an act of betrayal and your parents and faction often don't forgive you. Although it doesn't really matter as you are never allowed to see them again anyway if you do transfer factions.

Beatrice and her brother, Caleb, belong to the Abnegation faction with their parents. When the day comes for the aptitude test, Beatrice discovers her results come back as inconclusive and the person that does the test on her informs her that she is known as a Divergent. This mean that Beatrice is a mix of the factions. She is also told that it is very dangerous to be a Divergent and will be killed of anyone finds out so Beatrice tries to keep this information to herself, but she is very curious as to why being a Divergent is so bad and why she is one.

At the choosing ceremony, both Beatrice and her brother shock their family by choosing new factions to join. Beatrice joins Dauntless and Caleb joins Erudite. When Beatrice joins Dauntless she quickly discovers it is very tough faction to become part of. Everyone first has to go through initiation (which differs with each faction) before they can become an official member of the faction. If you fail the initiation, are kicked out of a faction or fail to choose a faction to join then you become factionles and have to live on the streets and underground. Its kind of like becoming a homeless person and you have very little resources to rely on or food and drink. In Dauntless, Beatrice has to complete very dangerous and physical tasks for initiation to prove her bravery and strength. For example they jump on and off moving trains, being told to jump off of large buildings (without being told there is a net at the bottom to catch you), train to fight with other initiates of Dauntless, etc. She makes a mix of fiends and enemies during her time in the initiation process of becoming a part of the faction.

But meanwhile, the Erudite have been becoming very frustrated with Beatrice's old faction, the Abnegation and secretly plan war on them with the help of the leaders of Dauntless. This is information that Beatrice is unaware of until one day she notices all members and initiates of Dauntless have become controlled by the faction leaders through this drug that was inserted in them. Everyone was told that it was just a transmitter to track where they all are. Beatrice was also given this needle but it does not work on her as she is a Divergent and can resist such technologies and serums. The drug is designed to control a person and turn them into a soldier to go attack Abnegation. Beatrice cannot let this happen as she does not want her parents to be killed.

During Beatrice's training to become a member of Dauntless, she meets a guy called Four who is her instructor in training (Four turns out to be a nickname, his real name is Tobias). The 2 of them slowly fall in love throughout the story. He also turns out to be a Divergent and also resists this drug that controls everyone in Dauntless. So when everyone else is unknowingly going out to kill Abnegation, Beatrice and Tobias go out to try and save their world and save Abnegation.

It's a very complex story but also very, VERY good. What I like about it most is how thrilling it is. I think that's the best way to describe this book. At every moment something exciting is happening and you really feel full of adrenaline when reading and connecting with Beatrice as she goes on this crazy roller coaster of a journey. It's mainly the fact that she joins Dauntless and they are very into doing wildly dangerous activities in which Beatrice participates in. It's very exciting to read and I can only imagine how action packed it will be as a movie (which is going to be made). I hope they don't ruin it though...

Another thing I love is this futuristic aspect to it, which actually I've seen in a few recent popular books. I find it really interesting to read and think about. It really does draw in your attention! It's so possible for any of these things to happen in society anytime in the near or distant future, which really makes it that much more real and worrying.

Another good thing about this book is the protagonist, Beatrice. I like how she's not your average lead girl that's super pretty or blames everything on herself or is really weak and pity's others. She is very strong willed and brave which is a great characteristic for girl characters, I think. It is described that he is not completely ugly but she is also not pretty which makes me think "Wow... That's a change." But I was looking at the IMDB casting for the movie and the girl playing Beatrice is actually very pretty so... I don't know. But yeah, as for the blaming everything on herself I'm mainly referring to many characters in books nowadays such as Katniss from The Hunger Games". Characters tend to think if something bad happens then its all their fault and that they're terrible people and how it would be so much better if they were dead. But none of this goes on in Beatrice's mind, which I find very refreshing.

Anyway, I love this book so freaking much. It's written very well as well which is great. It's not super toned down as if the author was talking to a child but it's also not using words or language techniques that are too beyond my years and that I can't fully comprehend. I mean don't get me wrong I'm very good with words and was always super great in English class but I don't know every single word in the human dictionary ok? And I feel like some authors can go a little far and do write their books quite difficult for some teenagers. Every reader is different I guess and maybe some authors anticipate a slight older audience.

So yeah, it was super easy to read and the book wasn't too long to the point where you were sick of it, it ended on the perfect part before the sequel book "Insurgent" was to begin. I'm reading "Insurgent" now and I'm loving it, too! I'll do a review of it once I'm done. I also heard that there's a 3rd "Divergent" book coming out, the sequel to "Insurgent" which I find freaking awesome. So I guess the story isn't going to end at the end of "Insurgent" which is what I thought. Kind of happy about that!

I also bought the book "Enders Game" today which I'm excited to read as I've heard great things. I'm not sure how much money I have exactly right now so I'm not going to buy all the books of the "Enders Game" series just yet. I'll discuss when I've started reading it though! Right now I just have the first book.

So yeah make sure to pick up the jaw dropping (see what I did there) book, "Divergent"! It will blow your mind!

Bye for now :)

☯♥☮ Abbie

Book whore

I am such a book whore.

Why can't I stop reading? Every time I finish a book nowadays I just have the sudden urge to find a new good book. And now I found it: "Divergent" by Veronica Roth.

Oh my fucking God. I've been reading this thing ALL day! It's so freaking good! I literally cannot put it down. I can't wait to read the next book, Insurgent, too, which I also bought.

I don't want to sit here forever writing I need to go finish this book so I'm going to end it here. I'll do a review probably tomorrow seeing as its likely I'm going to finish it in a few minutes.

☯♥☮ Abbie

I cried

I finished "The Fault In Our Stars". What a beautiful, inspiring book it was! I was totally captivated by the characters and their journey, it was so sad to read Augustus' end.

So in short, I cried. A lot. I loved how it wasn't your average cancer story, or any illness for that matter. The author, John Green, added some really awesome comedic aspects to it which really made the story more real, I think. It wasn't totally depressing and so that helps the audience to connect with the characters more as I think some people with illnesses wouldn't see all of their life as totally sad.

But I was left with a lot of unanswered questions after finishing the book (almost as the character Hazel Grace was when she read her favorite book "An Imperial Affliction" which actually turned out to be a made up book by the author of The Fault In Our Stars). I wanted to know about what happens to Hazel, if Isaac ever got back with Monica and what becomes of Hazel's parents and Augustus' parents.

I guess I'll have to pull a Hazel and find a way of contacting the author, haha! But anyway, I definitely recommend this book so make sure to buy it. You will NOT regret it.

As for my favorite parts, I had several. I loved it when Hazel, Augustus and Isaac threw eggs at Monica's car. I liked all the cute romantic scenes with Hazel and Augustus. I liked how Augustus's dad said "our children are weird" when Hazel's parents went over for dinner.  I thought the part where Augustus and Hazel were selling Hazel's old swing set was pretty hilarious. I liked the bit where Augustus made his own funeral and had Isaac and Hazel say something for him. That was a pretty sad part though and I just can't stop thinking about this book.

It truly is amazing :)

But I hear they're making a movie of it... Not sure what to think. I've seen an image of the girl cast as Hazel and she looks pretty good for the part. I'm glad she's not some famous young Hollywood actress that I've heard of and is instead a new fresh face. Although apparently she's won like a Golden Globe (or been nominated for, I'm not sure) before, among other awards, so she must be pretty talented. I really hope they get the casting right for Augustus and also for Hazel's parents. I loved her parents! I pray that this movie adaptation does not suck and lives up to the wonderful book written by this incredible author.

I just bought "Divergent" and it's sequel "Insurgent" written by Veronica Roth. I'm so obsessed with books lately. I mean , I always have been but this is a whole new level like some crazy addiction that I cannot overcome. Going to start reading it now and I'll discuss as I read it in future blogposts. The final review will be posted once I have read the first book and a second review after I finish the second. Can't wait to see what the fuss about these books is all about!   

☯♥☮ Abbie

I took these photos as I was getting closer to the end of the book and sad things started happening

No more physio

So today I got a call from those solicitors dealing with the case of the car crash I had a few weeks ago.

They said I could cancel the physiotherapy (meaning future appointments, including the one scheduled for next Monday) so that I receive compensation quicker. If I was to keep the, might I say painful, physio sessions then I wouldn't get compensation until they were all done. So yeah, I decided to cancel them.

I've also been getting really into a band lately that is basically made up of members of Team Starkid (just YouTube Starkid, I've talked about them enough already). The band is called "Jim and the Povolos". I knew they existed before but I never actually went and listened to their music properly until last night. But I got all their songs downloaded from their album "Seems Right" today and have been playing them constantly. They're so good!

Hmm... what else did I do today? Oh yeah, procrastinated for a while, the usual, and got some more coursework done. I hate this coursework SO much! Going to do some more of it now while listening to JatP. Bye!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Making money with YouTube

So today I decided to do something I've been wanting to do for a while now, edit and customise my YouTube page.

I first off had to update my profile picture as the previous one was like a year old and I've changed since. Second was to create an Ad Sense account so that I can make money with my videos as I recently became a YouTube partner. So basically all original content that I upload will have adverts on them and I basically make money via that. It's quite complicated to explain in words.

Thirdly, I changed the thumbnails of my videos. They used to be default thumbnails of a random point in the video, but now I have made my own to put up. It's basically a white background with the YouTube logo, my YouTube name, my Twitter handle and the name and small image of whatever the video is. I like how they turned out considering I made them from scratch on my own. I will share an image with this post of the thumbnails.

So yeah, subscribe to me on YouTube! The link is on a tab on my blog anyway but my name on YouTube is: abbieissoweirdlike (yes this was inspired by 'charlieissocoollike'). I post random videos including vlogs, videos of my adorable niece being adorable, lyric videos, trailer reactions, etc.

Enjoy my videos :)

☯♥☮ Abbie

Productive at last

So today I actually did something useful with my time... COURSEWORK. I guess that pretty much sums up today's blogpost.

I'm such an idiot though and constantly crave procrastination. Every time I write something I take like a 5 hour break because my mind is just like "YOU DID WORK AND NOW YOU DESERVE TO CHILL AND BE HAPPY". When really I didn't do work, I wrote like 1 and a half sentences.

But I've been trying my hardest not to do that, although that's kind of hypocritical as I am on one of my breaks now and have been for literally about 2 hours. But I will try regain the energy to do a little more before I head off to sleep.

Anyway, my head hurts from working hard (or hardly working) today! So I'm going to make this blogpost a little short today. I also want to do some more reading of "The Fault In Our Stars". I haven't opened it for about 2 days and I am starting to miss reading.

Peace out, skittles!

☯♥☮ Abbie

The dentist

So this morning wasn't the best of mornings as I had to go to the dentist. Like I said yesterday, I hate the dentist!

He didn't really have any concerns, although I did. My jaw has been aching a lot lately and clicking when I open and close it. He made me something for my teeth, which he has made previously but it doesn't fit me anymore, called a 'splint'. It basically fits into a part of your teeth (top 2 middle teeth for me) and stops you from being able to grind your teeth at night. My dentist assumes this is what I have been doing, so part of my teeth have worn down a little and it affects my jaw.

It was really weird as this was the first appointment in which I had to sign for myself as I'm 18 now. It got even stranger after the appointment was over as I was arranging my next appointment for 6 months from now and therefore it was to be made in October. The receptionist asked what time, so I said 2pm as I was thinking of what time would be appropriate with my college lessons. But then I realised I wouldn't be in college anymore, I'd be in University. Strange to think about... Scary too!

Anyway, my day got better later on in the day when the solicitors people called me and informed me that I would receive £1250 for my the crash accident I was in. I'm really glad as I didn't really know what to expect. I'm also hopefully getting an iPhone 5 soon which I am SUPER excited about. I'm not sure whether I want to get black or white though. The iPhone 4 I have now is white but I don't know if I want to switch things up.

Oh well, it's more fun to just think about right now! And hey I remembered to blog today so that's an improvement! Until tomorrow...

☯♥☮ Abbie

Me after the dentist

Awkward

How awkward that I forgot to blog the other day and now again. I was supposed to blog last night from what happened yesterday, but because I already blogged yesterday morning (discussing the day before as I forgot to post) it made me think I'd already blogged therefore I didn't. But now I am! ...That was probably really confusing to read.

Anyway hmm... what happened yesterday? As far as I can remember, not much. Just a lot of procrastinating when I should really have been doing coursework seeing as I have 2 weeks off for Easter break to finish it. God, I'm an idiot! It was Easter weekend too, right?

Well I didn't do anything Easter related to be honest. I used to be into the whole eggs and everything when I was younger but now not so much.

I also did some reading yesterday of "The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green. I'm on chapter 5 and I'm liking the book so far. I wouldn't say the storyline has me as hooked as "The Host" by Stephanie Meyer which I read a few days ago, but still it's a great book as I can't wait to see where it takes me.

Anyway, as for today, I've been kind of down as I have the dentist tomorrow. I hate the dentist! It's always creeped me out and I also hate having to keep my mouth open for ages as my jaw has already been aching recently. But other than that it was an alright day.

I washed my hair earlier and had been making it wavy lately, I want to try new hairstyles. I usually style my hair in really boring, casual ways so I want to mix it up and try new things. Hopefully if I manage to perfect it as I keep doing it, it will look nice and I'll be able to do it more often.

Think I'm going to do some reading now! I need to find some new books to buy or download from iTunes for when I've finished the one I'm reading now. Well, anyway, bye guys and I WILL post tomorrow! No forgetting, I promise.

☯♥☮ Abbie

P.s. Happy April 1st!