!NEW BLOG!

Ok so i'll probably be back on good old blogspot in a week or two but for now the latest craze is tumblr. The rubbish thing about it is people can't really comment or anything, so if you want to talk to me I'll still be signing on this now and then. Right, let's get on with it:
http://cest-lavie.tumblr.com
ciao for now, zoe ox

Merry Christmas

Ciao! Just got back from Italy on Saturday - it was fabulous! So, the hotel wasn't the best but the skiing was awesome and it was such a laugh just being around my friends 24/7, I loved it! I got back Saturday evening and I was knackered - so it was Strictly (yay Tom won) and then straight to bed for me (:
I lay in yesterday and went to the cinemas with Becca and Kelly - they didn't go skiing so it was good to catch up. We watched Twilight, and honestly - it was awful! If anyone watches the film before they read the books they are not even going to pick up the book. So if this is the case with you - don't be fooled! The film gives no justice to Stephenie Meyer's fabulous work at all. It was too cheesy, but at the same time it wasn't the love story that the book is. I was very disappointed indeed.
When I got back I called Vicki - another friend that didn't go to Italy - and she came round. We had to play Balderdash with my little brother and help make those popcorn and cranberries string things for the Christmas tree (it's an American thing, but my mum loves it). Speaking of which... three days 'til Christmas! Yay, I can't wait. I browsed the Radio Times as I ate my breakfast bagel this morning - I just love telly at Christmas! Ok, so this year no telly all day (not even the Queen's speech) and then at 6pm we turn on for a special Doctor Who (yawn), then it's a Strictly Come Dancing Christmas thing (shut up - I've always preferred Strictly to X Factor), then it's the all new Wallace and Gromit! It's been like thirteen years since their last small-screen adventure (quote Radio Times), and last but not least Royle Family - love it!
Aha, I'm such a TV nerd.
Today the family's round, but I'm thinking of writing my English essay we've had to do over the holidays. It's about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and it's totally boring! Whatever.
Speak later guys, ciao for now,
Zoe oxox

Easy Like Sunday Morning...

Bonjour mes amis! Yep, French speaking GCSE - 17th Jan!
Aha, so how's it going? I'm totally chilled, today my mum and brother went shopping and set off early to avoid the crazy Christmas shopping traffic so I've been on my own all morning. They say it's good to spend at least a little time alone so I've been totally taking advantage of the time I have; I lay in until God knows when, then I was ever so Saturday-morning-kid-ish and played Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on my brother's PS2 lol! I stuck my iPod in the speakers in the kitchen and had a JoBros sing-along as I cleaned the kitchen and made myself a breakfast bagel. I then switched over to a Run's House marathon and my TV hasn't moved from MTV Base ever since. God, I live on the edge eh?
So yesterday was my first Orchestra concert, and it was pretty fun I guess. All the waiting around was sooo boring but whatever. In the morning I got my hair done at Toni & Guy (yep, I don't care how much it costs - I love it there!), and then I had to go and search for a white blouse for the concert but the shopping in Buxton is pretty crud, I found it hard to survive without a Topshop, H&M or Primarni! In the end I got this stripe blouse with with a tiered ruffle and pintuck front:

It was from New Look and whilst I was there I got a black cotton long line cardi which unfortunately I can't find on the net.
In other news, Kelly introduced me to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series - and I lovelovelove it! I cannot wait for it to hit the cinemas in the UK. They are probably the best books I have ever read! I'm a total 'Twilight newbie', everyone I've spoken to has read them all - three times! I'm only on New Moon at the moment, but I finished Twilight within like a few days. I think everyone should get a chance to read them (:
Tomorrow Vicki, Harriet and I are off to a debate in Matlock; we're arguing for age restrictions to be put on books, kind of like they have on films. Of course none of us are pro-age restrictions, but the people organising the debate actually tell you if you're arguing for or against. That was pretty crud, but I am looking foward to tomorrow might meet some interesting people. We have to ride with our deputy head on the way there, and it's going to be so awkward in the car! But whatever.
Next Saturday I'm off to the Italian Alps skiing, so I might not get a chance to blog again until the new year, so all have a merry Christmas!
Ciao for now, Zoe oxox.

Feeling "Bloggish"

You can probably tell - it's my second blog of the day. Not even dressed yet, but come on - it's Sunday! Gah, still got my art homework to do, but whatever. Last week we drew self-portraits so our homework is to add "toning and shading" - woo. We never get to be creative in art anymore, we're always drawing fruit and stuff, aha.
I was going to blog on this new site I've found: green metropolis. It's where you can buy and sell books and it's all eco-friendly, but I'm not too sure whether it's avaliable in the UK since the web address is dot com. ALSO I'm pretty sad that T4's show, Frock Me is over ): It was hosted by the beautiful Alexa Chung and fabulously talented Henry Holland, I loved it!
I have a disappointingly unsociable week ahead of me. It's basically going to be school, band, school, violin, school, orchestra, school, school, weekend, blah. Mind you, recently I have been saying no to all invitations to social events due to revision and coursework. I'm kind of like Danny Wallace at the beginning of Yes Man. However, that doesn't mean I am going to become a "Yes Woman" and start saying yes to everythig, because in times like these a girl's got to just keep her head down and not make a fuss. Speaking of books, for our English lit we're studying Frankenstien. Now most people were either really excited or totally not looking foward to it - me? I was neither. I'd never read Frankenstien or watched the film, and most of the stories I've heard aren't the true Frankenstien - Mary Shelley's Frankenstien that is. So I went down to Bay Tree Books and bought it (: It's actually pretty good. I actually enjoy old classics e.g. Pride and Predjudice, Tess of the D'urbervilles, etc. Aaaaand, without sounding as if I'm cutting this short, I have to go - my art "toning and shading" is calling...
Ciao, oxox

Sunday Again!

Haha, it's like everytime I post a blog I should be doing something else - usually schoolwork. So, this week went sooo fast, last weekend I went to the bonfire with Vicki and Jess, we met up with a big group of people who mostly Vicki knew, but whatever, they were nice. There were a few of people from school who I never usually would have talked to, but they seemed so different out of school. It was in the park so we all got absolutely soaked and muddy ): not good, haha. Then Sunday me and Meghan took a trip to IKEA, she had to buy a few bits so we made a day of it; we went for lunch at a Mexican after, it was all very nice. We're hoping to make it a monthly affair (;
Gah so yeah, last weekend feels only a few days ago - but actually it was a whole week! During the week nothing extremely exciting happened - we had our GCSE, I think it went ok, but I don't want to say anything in case i jinx it (yeah i believe in stuff like that - whatever). We also got all our target grades and I'm really proud of mine (:
This weekend has been a lazy one. On Friday I went to Vicki's and then yesterday my dad was home so we took a trip to PC World. Haha - how sad!? Not very (; but really, I saw the camera I've been coveting - the Canon Eos 450D:

So, speaking of which (; Christmas is coming up and I'm so excited! Not just because I'll be getting presents (hopefully!) but I actually love buying and giving gifts to my friends and family. You're probably thinking 'It's still only November', but gahh whatever. I have to send some cards to my friends in America as well so I need to get those off early. Also, me and my friends are going to do a secret santa, so I'm wondering who I'm going to have to buy a pressie for!

But before Christmas, I still have my trip to Italy. Ok, so I should be looking foward to it and I hate to sound like an absolute ungrateful, spoilt brat, but it's a school trip and hardly any of my friends are going! Luckily, my brother is going to I guess I'm not going to miss home if he's there.

Anyway, I have to go and make some dinner,

ciaoo oxox

This Week

One more day left until.. back to school! Yikes, I still have to do all my coursework/revision/blah blah blah. So right now I'm lay in bed finishing off my English creative writing coursework, which I have to admit isn't all that bad since I love creative writing. Then I've got some I.T. theory work which hopefully won't take long if I rush it (I'll refine it all later in class), then I have to make a speech which I'll be learning by heart and saying for my French speaking GCSE. Blah. We only have to do a bit of it so far though, just the easy stuff like where you live and your family, etc etc.
Not forgetting, I have my first real GCSE in like, eleven days! It's maths which isn't too bad... ok, it is! I had loads of revision going before the holidays and I was doing pretty well, but then I had to (haha, I say it like it was such a chore) go to Spain and I lost all track of revision!
So, like, today's going to be fun fun fun!

Anyway, so yesterday I went to this "Vox Pops" (Voice of the People) thing, it was really cool. It was all about the media and getting people's opinions and journalism and basically a lot of things I want to be involved with when I'm older. We had all the professional equipment to go out and just ask random people on the street questions, then we had to make a video of all the people's opinions etc etc...
I met loads of new people, like the other people that were on the course, who were really cool. I love things like that because everyone you meet is actually interested and enthusiastic about what you're doing - which is something you don't get in school or whatever.

So yeah, better get back to the schoolwork, ciao for now!

Happy Halloween!

Just got back from sunny Spain - it was amazing! I'm sure you'll be pleased to know I haven't caught a tan (I never do), I guess I'll be as white as a sheet forever (; but I'd rather be "pale and interesting" (quote my mum). Before this week I'd never been to Spain and I absolutely loved it; the architecture, the people, the views, the food - I adored it all. It's a shame my camera has broken, but I'm saving up for a new one (note to self - get a job).
I have loads of stuff for school to do and I have all of three days (almost two) to complete my English and I.T. coursework, prepare my French speaking exam and to get revising for a Maths GCSE I have in a few weeks. I've already wasted half of today slobbing around in my pjs eating spaghetti hoops and playing Guitar Hero, and tomorrow I'm on a film-making/media course. Argh! So instead of moaning about it I'd better get started, ciao for now!
P.S. Oh and I've just started three new books - Yes Man by Danny Wallace, because Danny Wallace is pure legend, Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, because it's a classic and I loved the TV show, and Emma by Jane Austin, because it seemed a cool book.