The Most Amazing Concert in the History of the Universe

   Sup guys? First of all I would like to apologise for not having updated in ages. I have had my mock exams so I’ve been a bit busy, but they’re over now so I am going to try to write more for my blog. I am currently waiting for the results of my mocks and I’m pretty sure that I have failed most of them, especially maths. I have always found A-level maths really hard and I have received quite a few U’s in my work, so I’m pretty sure I’ve failed the mocks.

   On a happier note, I saw 5sos last week! Omg they were amazing! Mike Dignam, the opening act was awesome too. He’s coming back to Norwich in July and I really want to go and see him, but I don’t know if I’ll be able too. When 5sos actually came on stage everyone rushed forward and it was so crowded in the middle and so crazy. I had such an amazing time though! I took tonnes of pictures, but they’re not too good so I won’t post them on here/ But I was quite close to the front, kind of near the middle, but slightly closer to the front. My sister kind of ditched me, but I made several new friends, including this girl called India. It was her first concert too and we had loads in common. I was so lucky to of had her there as otherwise I probably would have been alone. I’m pretty sure Michael Clifford gave me a thumbs up which I got a really bad blurry picture of. But he noticed me so that’s amazing! They were so good live and I just want to go back and see them all over again.

I didn’t get too meet them afterwards as they left straight after it finished and I had to queue up to get a t-shirt and poster. I am so glad I got the t-shirt and poster though, plus there probably would have been too many people there for me to actually meet them anyway. Overall it was incredible, even if it didn’t end till nearly 11pm and I had an exam the next day haha!

   They did say that they wanted to come back to Norwich again one day and I really hope that they do as I would love to see them again. I would get there a lot earlier next time to be closer to the front. My sister forgot her ticket after we left to go there the first time so we had to go back so she could get it. How on earth can you forget your damn ticket when you’re going to a concert?! But once we got there we kind of just pushed our way through to the middle, near the front. I was a little bit taller than most of the people that were there so I could kind of see over lots of people’s heads, mostly because a lot of them were a bit younger than me too. They even brought a girl on stage and I was so jealous, but happy for her at the same time. At one point someone was actually throwing chicken nuggets on the stage which was hilarious!

Claire :)

Revision?

Okay so I have a week off this week, as it's half term, and I thought "brilliant a week off to revise for my mocks" as my mock exams are next week. So far though, it has not gone to plan.

On Monday, I went shopping with Lish, which I told you about. So therefore I didn't really have much revision time then because I was out and then I was getting my hair done. On Tuesday I had a bunch (a bunch is seven) of friends round to do revision. But as you can guess, not a lot of revision got done with eight of us in my living room eating pizza and playing games. But nevertheless I did have lots of fun and I'm glad I had them round. (I'm so sorry you couldn't make it Amy, I love you!) Wednesday, I went round my grandparents and we went into town and had lunch and went to a few shops. So I didn't get a lot of revision done then either.

Today, I am hoping to actually get quite a bit of revision done because I really don't want to fail my mocks. I know that I need to revise maths the most because it is the most difficult subject that I am taking. I also really want to watch the Brits today because I could watch it last night because I was watching Waterloo Road and then I was really tired so I went to bed (it's really sad that I went to bed at 9pm when I don't even have sixth form the next day) but I recorded it. However I have to get some revision done first because it's more important.

It is one week till I go and see 5sos and it just doesn't seem real. I don't think it's hit me yet that I'm going to see my all time favourite band ever in exactly seven days. I have a feeling that it won't actually hit me until the day of the concert an I'll have a massive freak out about it and probably end up having a heart attack on the way there or something.

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Stay in school and don't do drugs. Byeee!

Claire :)

Uglies

Uglies is a brilliant book. It's by Scott Westerfeld and it's part of a trilogy. I got this book because it had a Hunger Games reference on the front, it sounded really good (going by the blurb) and the cover looked really cool.

It's set in the future and it's about this girl called Tally. She is an Ugly. The next step for her in her life is to become a Pretty. This involves reaching 16 and then having an operation to make her 'pretty'. Becoming Pretty is all Tally has ever wanted and she doesn't have long to go before she is 16. However, when she befriends Shay, a girl with whom shares the same birthday as her. She begins to question becoming Pretty. When Shay runs away Tally is forced to choose between turning her friend in or never becoming pretty.

When I first started this book I was really intrigued as to what exactly it was about and what would happen. Even after the first chapter I had my doubts about the idea of 'pretties'. I thought the whole idea of it was barbaric. Having an operation just to make you look better, like everyone else. I did understand why Tally would want to become pretty though, as I myself hate the way I look.

It's a really interesting and unusual plot line. I've never read anything like Uglies. I truly felt sorry for Tally when she had to choose between betraying her friend and never becoming pretty. In a way, I feel like it symbolises the way the media try to make us believe that we have to look a certain way to be accepted, like the Uglies have to become Pretty. But that's just me getting too far into it.

I have now bought the second book entitles Pretties which I am really looking forward to reading at some point as I have so meany new books that I need to read now! I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes futuristic and YA books because it is amazing.

Claire :)

Divergent

I read Divergent several weeks ago. I read it in a day, it was that good. I'd heard quite a bit about it, from friends and on the internet too, so I thought I'd see what it was like. It is also being made into a film which will come out this year so I really wanted to read it before seeing it at the cinema.

It's a futuristic book which is based around a girl called Tris, or Beatrice. Once you are in your last year of school, when you are 16, you have to choose a faction. There are five factions; Abnegation, Erudite, Amity, Candor and Dauntless. Beatrice, along with the rest of her year group must take a test to discover which faction they truly belong in. When Beatrice takes her test, Tori, the woman testing her, tells her that she is Divergent. This means that she does not belong in any particular faction because she has qualities from several.

She then has to choose for herself where she wants to go. If she wants to leave Abnegation and her family or not. She chooses Dauntless. Dauntless proves to be quite a challenge for Tris and she must overcome many fears and obsticals. Along the way she meets Four and she ends up falling for him. She must face her deepest fears and build up her strength to fit in to Dauntless. Along the way she has to hide the fact that she is divergent as if people were to find out then it would not end well.

I really loved this book because it really drags you into the story and I made me feel worried about Tris' problems and I began stressing over them when they weren't even my problems at all! It is a brilliant read and I recommend it to anyone who likes futuristic YA books and I garuntee by the end you will want the next book in the series!

Claire :)

Updates on my world

First of all I would like to apologise for not having updated in so long. Everything in my life has been a bit hectic lately and I've rarely had the time or the motivation to write anything. But I am back now to annoy you with my ramblings about my terribly boring life!

First of all, my new dog Ellie is wonderful. Although she cries if you leave her alone and she has peed on the carpet numerous times and she was sick yesterday and I said to my mum "is that supposed to be there?" Which was a pretty stupid question because it clearly wasn't. But she is getting much more used to us and our house now, she is very weird, even for a dog.

Next week is my mock exams (yaaaay!) which I am so nervous about. I'm so sure that I am going to fail the maths ones as I have got quite a lot of U's in the work we have done and I know that I'm terrible at it. If I do fail maths then I'll probably have to drop out of sixth form and cr in a ditch somewhere for the rest of my life.

I'm doing this revision day thingy with some of my friends today at my house which will be fun. I hope. I've been tidying up the house a bit this morning for when they get here and I hope they appreciate my efforts. We will mostly be revising psychology as most of us (by most of us I mean all of us apart from lish) do psychology. I will not lie, I haven't done much revision yet this week but I will.

I was at the city yesterday with Lish and I finally got my jacket for the concert (the 5sos concert next week) so now I have the whole outfit! I also got myself aaa other rubber from blott, a pink bird and I have added it to my collection. When I was in HMV I found a wonderful All Time Low poster which is now on my wall in my room and might I say that it is beautiful. I also got some red hair dye to redo my hair as my roots were really bad so now my hair is nice and freshly red which is just in time for the concert next week!

I hope you all have a wonderful week, I will try to update more now! Love you all!

Claire :)

General Life Update

There were quite a few days when I didn't blog. I'm sorry about that, it's for personal reasons. Anyway I'm going to try to blog everyday now if I can, I'll probably only end up blogging once every few days but I will try my best.

We should be getting our new greyhound Ellie within a week which is really exciting! We're in the process of getting everything ready for when she gets here. We got a new dog bed for her and my mum brought a book about greyhounds since we've never had one before, only a collie. So hopefully by this time next week she will be here with us and I will blog all about her, including pictures. 

I've spent a lot of time reading lately. I finally finished the Mortal Instruments series, which was incredible, but I need Malec to get back together! I also read Divergent. I ended up reading that in a day because it was so good. I'm going to have to get the other two books in the series. I highly recommend Divergent to anyone and everyone who likes reading. I am now reading Uglies which is very good and it's another futuristic book which has been compared to the Hunger Games apparently. I really like it so far and I can't wait to find out what happens.

Sixth form requires a bit of catching up right now as I had a day off and I've also had a rough time lately, making it difficult to get work done. Especially with the mock exams next month I really need to get on top of all my work. I am finding maths very difficult though with I suppose is why it's the homework I always leave till last as I kind of hate it, but I can't drop it and I really want to do well because I don't want to have to retake the whole year just because of maths.

I got myself a iPhone a couple of weeks ago too. It's a 'long term loan' according to my dad. It's brilliant though, because I have had a iPad for a while so I'm used to apple products. I also got myself a wonderful TARDIS case for it which is incredibly cool! I got a new bag too, for sixth form. It's a Sherlock bag and it says "I am SHER locked" which is just awesome! There are tonnes of books and CDs I want right now, but I have to hold back because I can't spend all my money.

I hope you guys are all having a brilliant January so far! And if you're not then I'm sure it will get better, we all have to think positive!

Claire :)

The Mortal Instruments ramble

This is going to contin spoilers about the Mortal Instruments series.

I have now read all five books and I don't even have words for how amazing they are. I read the first four in just over a week but then I had to go back to sixth form so it took me a bit longer to read the fith one. The sixth, and final book comes out in May which is going to feel like forever.

I hated the whole 'Jace and Clary are brother and sister' thing in the first few books because it was just horrible. I really wanted it to be a lie and then I found out that it was a lie and I was over the moon. But then they had to go and let Jace get all possessed by Lilith and I was angry again. Then he was linked to Sebastion and it all irritates me. Can they please just let Jace and Clary be together and happily?

Okay so now let's talk about Malec aka Magnus and Alec. I love these two so much! I am beyond pissed off about the end of City of Lost Souls. I ended up curled up in a ball on the floor rocking back and fourth chanting "why why why why" of about seven hours. It was the fact that their relationship was a secret because Alec didn't want people to know that he was gay because it's looked down on. Plus Magnus is a warlock, a downworlder, and people don't approve of Shadowhunters being with downworlders. Alec nearly died in the first book and Magnus saved his life. Then in City if Glass the wards were broken ad the whole city was under attack, but Alec just wanted to know why Magnus hadn't called him back. Then Magnus told Alec that he loved him. Then they were together for a while and it was adorable, then Alec tried to look for a way for them to be together for a long time because Magnus is immortal. And you get a jealous Alec when he meets one of Magnus' exes. But the it all gets ruined. They break up. And I cried.

I didn't really see Simon and Izzy together throughout the first few books. But it was mostly in City of Lost Souls that I really began to like the idea of them being together because I thought they were so cute. Plus you have the whole, Izzy being afraid to love anyone and Simon trying to deal with being a vampire.

In the sixth book, apparently six named characters die. I am in denil about believing that it might be Alec or Magnus because if it is then I will probably jump off a cliff. I'm hoping it's going to be people that I either don't like or people that we don't really know too well. And if Malec to not get back together then I will cry for years and if something stops Jace and Clary from being together agin I will punch someone.

Claire :)