Wednesday, 10th July.
So I've been looking for an app that allowed me to write down my thoughts and what I've been up to daily in a simple format so I can to copy it on to my blog for you, the people of the interwebs, to read. Something like the notes feature on Apple devices, just a bit prettier and with more features. Today I stumbled upon this and got it for free- win! :)
I finally started the work I'd been given from my sixth form induction day today. I decided to start with English Literature as it would probably take the longest to complete. I chose to study the social and political events surrounding the writing of 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald purely because I'd read it fairly recently and I knew that the 'Jazz Age' of 1920s America was an interesting period to study. To be honest, I didn't really like the novel the first time I read it. I thought it was all a bit too metaphorical and vague, until I read 'To The Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf and realised that Gatsby is like an instruction manual on how to make a sandwich in comparison. Anyway, that took a good few hours and is still not finished. I spent the morning watching last night's Luther. Without wanting to give anything away, that toothbrush thing was disgusting. It put me off my toast.
So that was another day in the life of a hermit...
Thursday, 11th July.
Today was a successful day on the whole. I walked into town (I know, me actually going outside, and walking too!) for Emily and Gemma's birthday presents to take to their joint birthday sleepover-and-takeaway extravaganza, which was organised for this weekend as everyone is going on holiday at various times and it's difficult to find a day where we're all free! When I got back I wrapped the super-cool presents with my awesome present-wrapping skills. I don't know if I've mentioned this before but I am absolutely terrible at wrapping gifts unless they are flat and rectangular, but unfortunately for me I always seem to but the most awkward-shaped thing in the shop!
After that, I decided to do a bit of cleaning for my mum whilst she was at work. I lived to regret this because while I was dusting, I realised that I'd missed a spot. I reached over to dust it, resting my hand on the bloody cactus on the window sill, of all the places. Needless to say, this hurt like a bitch and started a good twenty minutes of me trying to pull tiny little transparent cactus spines out of my hand, worrying that if I left any in they would get infected and the infection would spread around my body and I would face certain death by cactus. I'm fairly certain that there are some of the little buggers still left in my hand but I seem to be okay five days later. I hope.
Friday, 12th July.
Today has been a good day. I went to a little cafe with my auntie and grandma. Until now I had no idea it even existed. It was by a wharf so we sat outside and watched the barges in the sun. The coffee and cake were yummy too! We'll probably go again with my mum who was jealous because we were out enjoying ourselves in the nice weather whilst she was stuck at work. Mwhahaha. I'm now cursing myself for not taking a hipster-ish photo of my coffee, it looked so good!
We stayed there for a couple of hours then I went home and played Candy Crush (why is it so addictive?!) and watched an old episode of Charmed which I was completely obsessed with when I was little. Nothing has changed, I'm still just as obsessed with it now, if not more! A young Zachary Quinto made an appearance in it the other day as a warlock :)
That's about all I've done today, it's been fairly quiet but good quiet. Plus, I think I'm finally getting used to this warm weather! Tomorrow I'm have my hair cut short because I have like millions of split ends and it's just generally annoying me. Fingers crossed it will turn out okay!
Saturday, 13th July. (Actually written on Sunday, 14th July because I have a terrible memory)
So I'm four days into using this app and I've already forgotten to update it. This probably won't make much sense as it was written at 09.15 on a Sunday morning and I'd just woken up. So, Saturday. I got my hair cut to about collarbone length. I think it looks nice but my sister said I look like King Henry I...rude! She only knows what he looks like from Horrible Histories though so hopefully I don't bear any resemblance. I didn't take the obligatory selfie because it was ridiculously warm and I had the skin colour of a tomato.
The thing that distracted me from writing this update was the new novel by Gillian Flynn, 'Gone Girl'. There's lots of hype about it so I thought, I'd give it a read. I ended up buying it from a charity shop only to find out that my grandma was the one who'd donated it to the shop in the first place and I could have just borrowed it from her. Still, it was only £2 and it's for a good cause. It was definitely worth the money, I'm really enjoying it so far! :) That was about all I did except watch TV, eat and find a cool place to read (as in temperature, but hey, my living room is pretty cool).
Sunday 14th July (The actual one, but written on Tuesday 16th July because I was busy but also to confuse you further :P )
So, the sleepover at Gemma's was very eventful. We played a game on my iPod called 'Heads Up', which is like the game where you write something like a character or celebrity on a post-it note and stick on on someone's forehead, then they have to guess who they are. The game on my iPod also has categories like songs and accents and is great for parties and stuff. The funniest one was when we were doing accents and German came up whilst I was holding the iPod on my head and Gemma was shouting 'NEIN NEIN NEIN' really loudly! Then we had a huge argument about how to pay for the takeaway as some of us only had notes but luckily Sasha saved the day with her amazing Maths skills. I really wanted Emily and Gemma to open their presents just to see their reactions even though their birthdays are a few weeks away. They both loved their presents! We ended up staying awake until like four a.m discussing the meaning of life but I was feeling super-awake and only slept until eight a.m. That, children, is what too many Skittles do to you.
Monday 15th July.
We all got up and got some breakfast (croissants!) then watched the Pokemon DVD I brought. I hadn't watched the film since I was about ten because my Mum threw the video away. I never quite forgave her for that (I mean she threw away Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase too! The cheek!) but Emily bought me the DVD last year so now I am happy. I felt so nostalgic watching it again, I swear I must have watched it like a million times when I was little. After that we had lunch (noodles!) and played on the Wii. Gemma was decided as the ultimate master tennis player after winning the rest of us multiple times so then we admitted defeat and played Just Dance. I can barely walk without falling over so asking me to co-ordinate my arms and legs at the same time is not something I do very successfully, but I enjoy it all the same. :) After that, I went home, ate more food (chips!), watched more Charmed, read more of Gone Girl and went to sleep.
Tuesday, 16th July.
I was rudely awoken by the extremely loud window cleaner who talks to my Mum for ages when he comes to clean the windows. I was feeling tired from the lack of sleep the night before and I think I could have slept for another hour but I was hungry so I decided to venture downstairs for food. After breakfast, I sat on the sofa and read Gone Girl until I finished it a couple of hours later. I have to say it was the one of the best books I've read, it definitely lives up to the hype. I was disappointed when it ended so suddenly, I was expecting another couple of chapters but it turned out to be stuff related to the novel like playlists and bloody Richard and Judy promoting their book club. SPOILERS FROM HERE TO THE END I really hope there's a sequel where Nick and Boney and Go and the whole of America fucks Amy over good and proper, the bitch. People dislike both Nick and Amy for what they've done, but I think Amy just takes it to another level. I never thought I'd say this about someone, but I genuinely do not blame Nick for having an affair. I think I would do the same if I was married to that psycho.
I was thinking about this earlier- maybe we shouldn't blame people for cheating as much as we do in society. People generally don't just wake up in the morning and think 'hey, I'm going to cheat on my partner today, sounds like fun'...there always has to be a reason, right? I know most of the issues in relationships can be resolved through communication and stuff but maybe we should focus our attention less on the cheater and more on their partner, or just on the relationship as a whole. Back to the book though, it was seriously thought provoking. I literally didn't want to put it down. Even before it was revealed that Nick was cheating and Amy's diaries were fake, I disliked her. I understand why she felt how she did but the things she did to people were inexcusable. I could talk about the book all day but my laptop is getting dangerously warm as I write this and I am in fear of it exploding so maybe I'll do a proper review next time.
I hope you liked the new format to this post, it certainly makes it easier for me to remember what's I've been up to lately! I know this post has been longer than normal too, thanks for sticking with it until the end. :)
Eden x
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