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Schools are closed. People have been stuck in their houses. London has come to a standstill. In fact, snow has been wreaking havoc in the UK for two entire days now. That’s right, up to six whole inches of real life snow has fallen in the past two days. And everyone has lost their minds! The news sternly warned us to stay inside, avoiding the roads at all cost. “Don’t go out, don’t go to work, don’t even plough your way through all 3cm of the stuff to take the dog out - your poor ego could get a teensy bit bruised when you inevitably fall on your arse.” It’s just a bit of snow, but at least it’s a change from all the economic recession malarkey, I guess.
We all know that snow was, in fact, created purely for entertainment purposes. Being the super cool person that I am1, my first instinct was to dive on the ground and create a shape which, for the first time ever, actually resembled an angel:
I enjoyed the fluffy covering of the garden, and the birds hopping around merrily hunting for food. I even enjoyed a brief snowball fight. I did not enjoy the slushy mess that followed such snowball fights, or the distinct lack of public transport on my way to sixth-form. I don’t envy you guys who have snow all winter - I’d like some greenery back please. It is terribly pretty, though:
So much for global warming.
1Super…COOL…cool, cold, snow, geddit?!
Posted by Vicky on February 3rd, 2009.In Daily Life, Hilarity |
Be Right Back!
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I’m in the middle of exams at the moment, so I will be back to writing in February.
Posted by Vicky on January 11th, 2009.In Announcements |
Sweet dreams are made of this
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Just a quick note to announce that today I ate the chocolate fudge cake of HEAVEN. This wonderful moment was shared with my friend Lewis during our “Christmas break has begun!” meal at lunch time. The cake was rich and gooey. And accompanied by ice cream and chocolate sauce. Oh my. The warmth of the chocolatey cake, when combined with cold ice cream, was like an orgasm of the mouth. My taste buds were in ecstasy. Yes, it was a really nice cake.
I’d like to hear about the best food you’ve eaten lately.
Posted by Vicky on December 19th, 2008.In Daily Life, Ramblings |
Some artwork!
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Here’s a rarity: a blog about something productive. The irony is that I meant to post this last week but got distracted by my Christmas decorating. Nevertheless, here are some canvasses that I’ve painted as gifts for friends over the past few months. Home-made presents are the best because they’re cheap, personal and fun to make. The thumbnails are click-able.
This one was a birthday present for my friend, Eilidh.
A close-up of the snail because I think it’s the best part. I must admit I was impressed with my own painting skills here, since they’re usually pretty haphazard.
Annabel’s canvas. The lobster has googly eyes!
This was a Valentine’s present for Tom, and I think it shows his personality in all its geeky glory.
P.S - I’ve updated things! My ‘About’ section has changed a bit and I’ve also added magnetic poetry, which still needs some tweaking.
Posted by Vicky on December 13th, 2008.In Arty, Birthdays |
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
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Today I began my Christmas decorating! It was such a warm and fuzzy feeling. I put my Christmas playlist on repeat, lugged the huge dusty box of tinsel down from the loft1 and excitedly set to work transforming my room into a festive paradise.
I began with some red paper, cutting out strips to stick together. After tediously chopping my way through three of these sheets, I realised that this process could be made significantly easier if I just cut all the paper together. Like so:
Yeah, it took me ten minutes to realise that I didn’t have to do them one at a time. I’m just a genius sometimes, I know.
I decided to go for a random pattern of colours, using mostly reds and greens because I like ‘traditional’ Christmas colours. I wish I could’ve found some gold shiny paper too, but unfortunately my impulsive nature doesn’t allow for such planning.
A section of the finished product. It lines my bay window. I would’ve photographed the whole thing, but that would mean I’d have to tidy up and, well, would you really ask me to do that?
I also made this wreath using the classic ‘Blue Peter’ method of bending a metal coat-hanger into shape. I’m quite pleased with it!
I best go now; I’m beginning to enjoy Slade a little too much. But finally, I’ve got a bunch of holly lying around. Any ideas of what to do with it?
1 Strictly speaking, my Dad lugged it down. But I watched!
Posted by Vicky on December 6th, 2008.In Christmas |
Clowning Around
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Firstly, if you’re one of those odd people who’s scared of clowns, I apologise for any trauma caused by this blog.
My family have just returned from Spain, and I’m blogging, which means I survived the week alone! I’ve crossed a few things off my list of summer plans on the previous blog, and have pictures to prove it. The first, and perhaps most entertaining, occurred after a night of video games (Warioware is genius) when we got our faces painted in aid of Annabel’s freaky art project on clowns.
This is me - I think the eyebrows are a good look…
Tom is a creep without face paint anyway, and Lewis and Eilidh would look cute if he wasn’t the Joker.
We terrified each other with our permanent smiles…and exclamations of “OH MY GOD it won’t come off” a few hours later. But, on a lighter note, here are some lovely cakes that we baked on Saturday:
Okay, so it was a frankly futile attempt at cake decorating, but they tasted deee-lllicious! Plus, they were pink and orange! More pictures of such haphazard escapades are to come…
Posted by Vicky on July 31st, 2008.In Daily Life, Hilarity, Summer |
Summerttiimme and the livin’ is easy
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The schools have broken up and summer is here! So, inspired by the promise of six weeks of relaxation (hooray unemployment!), I’m about to attempt…a list. I’m not usually the type of person to write ‘list blogs’ - they tend to be bland and unimaginative, and this is no exception. But I believe that the making of this list will greatly improve my quality of life over the next few weeks, so it’s entirely necessary. I can’t promise it’ll be a detailed or extensive list, but I’ll add to it and update periodically. Anyway, without further ado, I present you with my list of plans for the summer.
- Go swimming OK, so we did this yesterday. Promising start!
- Spend a day at Xscape - cinema, bowling, crazy golf, arcades, shopping, etc
- Survive a week alone while family is away
- Have a barbecue
- Beat Tom at cooking
- Host (another) video games night
- Go to a theme park
- Collect AS level results
- Decide on university choices
- Be ready to run 10km for the race in September
- Go to the seaside
- Camp out
- Read - a lot!
Pretty typical, I know, but it’ll keep me busy. Does anyone have any more interesting plans?
Posted by Vicky on July 19th, 2008.In Daily Life, Summer |
Sex Facts!
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This morning, as I was reading the horoscopes in the Metro (free newspaper on public transport), I couldn’t help but notice an advert at the very bottom of the page. “Text SEX to 118118 for free sex facts! Today only.” I tend to consider myself somewhat of a sex expert (sexpert?) so was typically intrigued by this, and just had to try it out. I expected to receive a very dull fact about condoms or hepatitis, but was pleasantly surprised when my phone lit up and informed me that “A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes”. Wow!
And so followed a day of periodic lively outbursts such as:
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
It would take the average couple over four years to try all 529 positions in the Kama Sutra
I’ve received about 15 of these so far, and they’ve made interesting conversation. Who’d have thought that kissing could REDUCE tooth decay? Or that castrated men often live significantly longer? What an educational day it has been…
Posted by Vicky on July 10th, 2008.In Daily Life, Hilarity, Ramblings |
A blog about the weather?
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The British weather is notoriously unpredictable. The British people, on the other hand, are notoriously predictable, and will talk about the notorious unpredictability of the weather at every opportunity. Today was a prime example of this, as we encountered sun, wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and sun again, all in 40 minutes of dog walking.
After a morning of beaming sunshine, Mother Nature had obviously decided we were too close to getting a tan, and sent a large black cloud to loom over us threateningly. We managed to make it to a patch of trees before the rain really started, but after 20 minutes of patient huddling it became apparent the flimsy leaves didn’t provide the best shelter anyway. The dogs were barking wildly at every crack of thunder but, as quickly as it had begun, the rain cleared. Not until we were soaked to the skin, of course. Despite this, I was thoughtful enough to take photos (wise move in the pouring rain…) of the scene before and after.
2:45pm - B.R. (Before Rain)
2:50pm - After Rain
There were literally 5 minutes between the two extremes - insanely inconvenient yet faintly (faintly!) amusing.
Weather 1, Vicky 0.
How’s your weather lately?
Posted by Vicky on July 5th, 2008.In Daily Life |
Coincidences!
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I catch four buses everyday on my way to and from school. I often use this time (almost two hours in total) to disintegrate into my own little world by either reading or listening to my mp3 player. I’m not much of a ‘talker’ on the buses. There are some people however, who insist on striking up a tedious and inevitably short-lived conversation, usually about the weather. I try my best to salvage the discussing with small talk, but secretly I’d always rather be immersed in my book or day dream.
Today I ended up sat next to an old man who seemed to be one of these talkative inconveniences, so I decided to give up on my mp3 player and just talk to the guy.
Posted by Vicky on June 24th, 2008.In Daily Life, Ramblings |
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