• I say this pretty much every month, but there's just something about the Girlfriend layouts that I love. The 'Broken Homes' feature on page 52 has my favourite layout of the issue; it's just so pretty! I think they're simpler/quieter than the DOLLY layouts or something. I'm not really sure, but they're amazing. I always read the bylines (who wrote the article) and this month I noticed GF is using a really cute handwritish font to write them. Adorable.
• 'Guydance with Dools' is hilarious. This month he has a quiz to see if your crush is gay, where every 'c' answer is something to do with making out with guys. Very lol-worthy.
• 'A sizeable equation' really amazed me. When I was looking at the four girls I assumed they were very different sizes, so I was shocked when I saw they were all a ten. It's a really good idea to raise awareness for body love.
• As I've mentioned in previous months, Sarah Tarca's beauty blog is always one of my favourite parts of the magazine. This month she writes about what boys think of makeup, in a very funny way.
• The article about online stranger danger is quite interesting, especially for someone like me who spends so much time online/talking to randoms. Not that I would ever meet up with them, especially not in an abandoned park or something.
• As someone looking for a new phone (iPhone for my birthday? Yes please.), the article 'Dial M for Mobile' was very informative. It made me realise how much I hate living in the country where you can only get reception from two phone company's, if you're lucky.
• 'The Best Gift Ever' was a really clever idea. It's an article on blood donation, geddit? Vampires? Blood? Anyway, you should all go and donate blood, I plan to as soon as I turn sixteen.

• It's a New Moon issue. Need I say more?
• The freebie was a 2010 'Man Candy' calendar. And it didn't even have the Jonas Brothers. I really don't understand how anyone finds Rpatz attractive. I mean, he has greasy hair, always looks awkward and is just generally weird. How did he make it in? And then there's this guy, Ian Somerhalder, that I've never even heard of. But that's probably showing my lack of tv watching.
• I never thought I'd say this, as it's a personal favourite, but Rob's Blog was just, well, boring this month. He talked about loving rom-coms, and most of the page was just pictures from said rom-coms. I hope it's better next issue.
• I can't remember where I read it, but someone, somewhere mentioned the irony of GF featuring Demelza (from Australia's next top model) in the main fashion shoot when they're so anti-bullying and she was very publicly accused of it.

• http://bpddjeoomon.livejournal.com/289075.html. This made me laugh. A lot. It's a website where the blogger has gone through the twilight movie almost frame by frame and made hilarious commentary. Pure genius.
• http://www.girlfriend.com.au/ @GirlfriendMAG just announced via twitter that they have given their site a make-over, so go have a look and see what you think. It's not insanely different, but it's a nice change.

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Thursday, 19 November 2009

blogged at :3:36 PM

"There is a time for everyone where they decide who they'll become"
My sixth birthday. Mum bought me a copy of Barbie magazine (omg, remember that? I loveloveloved that magazine.) Even at six, I loved writing, and as I flicked through the pages I remember thinking that I wanted to make magazine's one day. That it was my destiny. Fast forward nine years of "you'll grow out of it" and the dream is bigger than ever.
"The leap of faith, the fight to want"
My thirteenth birthday (well, the week after). Starting this blog was the biggest 'leap' I have made towards a potential journalistic career. It was terrible to begin with, but it has improved with time, and I hope will continue to improve with more time. My 'fight to want' is convincing my parents that this is really what I want to do, that it's worth the $$$ I spend each month on numerous glossies, it's worth the trips to Sydney for work experience, that spending hours on here doing stuff for this blog is worth my time, that this really is beneficial.
"I know I'm not the only one"
Go to a blog written by a teenage girl and eight or nine times out of ten somewhere she will have written "I want to be a journalist/it's my dream to be a journalist/when I grow up I'm going to be a journalist etc. etc", and let me tell you, they're not talking about working for a newspaper (well, some might be, but anyway...). Trying to get work experience is another eye-opener to how popular this career really is. I know Girlfriend is almost completely booked out for the first half of the year already. But I also know that it doesn't matter how many other girls (and guys) want it, if you want it badly enough and are dedicated with all your being and have a never say die attitude, it is very possible to get it.
"it's a long way up, but I won't stop"
I don't want to be just any magazine journalist, I want to be the editor. I remember being eight and telling my aunty that I was going to be the editor-in-chief of vogue one day, and although my lack of interest in fashion has killed that dream, the dream of overseeing a magazine is definitely still there. The problem with that though is you just have to look at any old masthead to discover that, well, it's a long way up that career ladder. From workie to editor there's at least five promotions needed (including the crucial 'getting your foot in the door' first job). Hard work, but I won't stop until my dream has been fulfilled.
"I'll sing write for the broken hearted
I'll sing write for the dreams that won't come true
The music won't stop playing
Tonight I sing write for you.
I'll dream about the place we I started
Hold on to the past I can't undo
But the music kept on playing
Now tonight we I sing write for you
I'll sing write for the ones who've fallen
I'll sing writewhen there's nothing left to lose
And I know they're your dreams too
And I'll sing write it all for you"

frangipani princess xoxo
ps. Quotes are lyrics from the Honor Society song "Sing For You". I felt they really reflected my dreams and would make an interesting post. I was going to use pictures, but it was way too hard hahaha.

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Tuesday, 17 November 2009

blogged at :6:22 PM

One of the many suggestions I received in my survey was to do a ' what's hot and what's not' list. I couldn't think of anything better to post today, so here it is, this weeks Hot Or Not (or you know, Jonas Brothers or Short Stack) list. It will work like this. The word HOT will appear at the top, and NOT at the bottom. It will be like a descending order list, if you get what I mean. I'll also colour code it, the darker red the hotter, the darker blue, well, the 'notter'.
Hot
Monologue Song (lalala)
Waternelon Chupa Chups
Sing For You - Honor Society
Nick Jonas And The Administration
Neil Patrick Harris Getting Twitter (@ActuallyNPH)
Texts From Last Night
New Moon Release
Demi Lovato's Recent Behaviour
Justin Bieber's Album Release
Short Stack
NOT

What's on your hot or not list this week? Do you agree/disagree with mine? Do you think I should do this regularly?

frangipani princess xoxo

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Monday, 16 November 2009

blogged at :9:31 PM

I have always been a massive fan of Mia Freedman, so when I heard she was releasing a memoir, I was eager to read it. It took me a while to actually get it, but after purchasing it a few weeks ago and devouring it while recovering this week I can definitely say it was worth the wait.
Other than The Jonas Brothers and God, we all know my biggest obsession is magazines, so to read a true story that is 75% about the Australian magazine industry, well, I'm in heaven.
After a prologue where she describes a Cosmopolitan Christmas party (complete with drag queen dressed as Kylie Minogue) and her double life as a mum, the first chapter describes her introduction to magazines. It then chronicles her journey from a nineteen year old Cleo work experience student, to youngest ever editor of Cosmopolitan magazine at just twenty four, to editor-in-chief of Cleo, Cosmo and Dolly, to channel nine executive, to the stay at home blogger she is today.
It is a really interesting behind the scenes look at the world most people perceive to be insanely glamorous. It describes the blood, sweat and tears that go into making a magazine month after month and how sometimes, you just can't please everyone.
The book also covers Mia's personal life; friendships, relationships, pregnancies (both those that lead to a baby, and those which heartbreakingly don't) and everything in between. Some chapters are extremely confronting. Some may make you wonder why she has even chosen to share such personal details with the world, but by the end of the novel, it will all make sense.
I honestly couldn't put it down.
If you are a reader of mamamia, a lover magazines or someone just in general need of an excellent read, you should definitely try and get your hands on this ASAP. I promise you, you won't regret it.
It's such a 10/10 it should almost be an eleven.

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: books, magazines, motivational, obsessions, random

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Sunday, 15 November 2009

blogged at :8:15 PM

EDIT: So I was bored, and decided to go over what went down between demi + selena. as one commenter has already said, maybe I'm over analysing, but this is not my opinion alone, it's the general pop-culturish/disney/secrets opinion. so uh, yeah, make of it what you will.
It sucks when a friendship ends, whether it be because of a fight or a simple growing a part. You need time to mourn the loss and move on with your life, sans the friend. It's even harder if the said friend is the one you referred to as your 'best friend', the one who had been there the longest and or/you were tightest with, who you would finish letters/emails/comments/text messages to with 'bffs xoxoxox'. The one who you had the inside jokes with, who knew you better than you knew yourself. Now, imagine how hard that would be if it was played out in front of the world.
That's what has happened to Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez.
The disney starlets who used to profess their undying love and friendship towards each other in interviews/twitter messages/thank yous/everything have barely mentioned each other in months.
When Demi's sophmore album, Here We Go Again was released, there was no mention of Selena specifically, just a paragraph to her 'best friends, who know who they are'. When Selena's album 'Kiss And Tell' came out, there was a sentence dedicated to Taylor Swift, saying 'for being such an amazing friend. I don't know what I would do without you.' but when it comes to Demi, her sentence came after Taylor's and merely said 'from Texas to here, we've been through a lot.' Not exactly the best friend proclamations of previous times.
Other than that, they have not been seen doing anything together in months. No tweets. No photos. No videos like the past. Nothing.
Before Miley deleted her twitter, she and Demi were seen tweeting non-stop, declaring their friendship and how much fun they have to the world, so it's not like she didn't want open friendships. Selena was photographed out with Tsweezy numerous times, so she wasn't being a friendship hermit. The friendship between the two just seemed to be over.
Then, last week, this tweet occured.

We all gasped. Could the friendship be back on?

And then we thought. It's a very formal tweet, not like one sent between best friends. Also, if they were still tight, why wouldn't they just ring or text it? If nothing had happened, wouldn't it be expected for her to attend?

Then, the party tweets about other friends came out. Capital letters. Exclamation marks. Excessive 'YAAAY's'.

And we realise it really is over. The friendship that we had all based ours around. In the Disney fandom, it was not uncommon to refer to your best friend as 'the Demi to my Selena' or 'the Selena to my Demi' (not wanting to jinx my own, I changed my myspace to refer to toong as 'the Abigail to my Taylor'). It really makes you realise that no friendship is immune to problems. No friendship will definitely last forever. As the Jonas Brothers say, "people change and promises are broken", and even though you may seem to be 'best friends forever' you most likely won't be, and sometimes it takes your favourite friendship pair to 'break up' before you realise it...

pic credit: disney secrets

frangipani princess (who really hopes to be best friends with her best friends for a long time) xoxo

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Saturday, 14 November 2009

blogged at :6:38 PM

As teen girls around Australia began reading their November issues of DOLLY this month they learnt two important things before the features began. Not only was it editor Gem's final issue, she admitted to never reading the Twilight Saga (don't blame her!) and only recently viewing the movie. To most, this would seem a crazy thought; DOLLY is filled with Twilight every month, surely everyone in the DOLLY office loves it, but if you think about it you realise it really couldn't be further from the truth. Twilight is a (badly written) teenage novel. The DOLLY girls are twenties plus and care about good writing. Not exactly a perfect fit. Of course though, Twilight sells, so the mag must keep featuring it, as we see by this months (scarily similar to GF's) cover shot of Kstew and Taylor Lautner.
I really liked this issue, but I'm quite terrible at reviews so I'm just going to do three headings, 'The Good', 'The Bad' and 'The Giggle Inducing'. Here it goes.
The Good:

• Even though it was (another) Twilight Cover, the actual Twilight/New Moon/Whatever I don't really care coverage inside was kept to a nice minimum.
• There's a massive Body Happy Summer Special. Being Body Happy is super important to teen girls, and the way this is written makes it easy to understand and start doing.
• There are numerous Disney mentions, well maybe five, but still it's something. This includes an entire article entitled 'Bonus Jonas Syndrome' with a full page pic of JB + Frankie.
• Said 'Bonus Jonas Syndrome' feature. I really like it, not because of the references mentioned in the above point, but because it's about living in a sibling's spotlight and has an entire section on having a disabled sibling. I really appreciate the fact that DOLLY has mentioned 'sibs', because we're often neglected in the scheme of things. They interviewed 'Sibling's Australia' creator Kate Strohm for it, who I have met and am incidentally participating in a 'siblings workshop' after school on Monday. If you are a 'sib', you should talk to your school about setting these up. They're heaps of fun and really help.
• The FYI section. I love this, because I finish reading it having learnt heaps of relevent (and random) facts and information.

The Bad:

• It was another Twilight cover. ENOUGH ALREADY.
• I feel like I have seen the 'Nylon Nation' fashion shoot before. I'm most likely just going crazy though.
• There were way too many real girl reads. On top of the normal section (which included six stories this month) there was another true story feature 'The Summer That Changed My Life' which included another four reads. Ten reality reads is just overkill.

The Giggle Inducing:

• In the '11 Ways To Be A Top Friend' feature (which is super cool and gives a reason for each letter of 'best friends', clever no?) there is a quote from Demi about her tight friendship with Selena. Uh, DOLLY, Demi and Selena aren't really friends anymore, in the future maybe pick a more appropriate quote?
• While I was on work experience at DOLLY they were doing the final drafts of this issue (spot my name in the workie section :P) they had to ask me whether 'the boy with the Jonas Brothers' was really their brother. Well, yes, yes he is.
• The sealed section. This month it was entitled 'Secret Girls' Business' and about, surprise surprise, periods. What made it funny was the fact that it just involved real quotes from a book called 'My Little Red Book', which well, just contains said period quotes. I'm sorry, but who even comes up with an idea for something like that?!

So as I mentioned at the start, this was quite an awesome issue. It comes with some super cute sunnies (and a weird hat) which, as usual raise the price to $7.95, but it's still worth it. I give it an 8.5/10, mainly losing points for the millionth Twilight cover this year.

frangipani princess xoxo

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Friday, 13 November 2009

blogged at :3:17 PM

Today, while extremely bored, I discovered some folders in the corner of my room. I remembered them as my magazine clipping folder which is full of old ed letters from girlfriend (where I have just secured a weeks work experience for next year, although I was surprised to discover it's located in Redfern?) and dolly (who has just welcomed a new editor, Tiffany Dunk, as well as Emma Vidgen being named 'one shot division editor'. Read all about it here. Oh, and I'm also going back there next year for more work experience :D) as well as interesting articles from years gone by. I was a dedicated 'collector' of these things for my folder until (according to my final folder) around the time Gemma became editor of DOLLY, so like two years ago. Whoops, I really meant to keep it up.
It's really interesting going through three or four years worth of editors letters and articles and seeing how the mags have changed. It was obvious to me why I had kept most of the articles, but some left me shaking me head in confusion. I'm really not that into beauty, so why did I save five million beauty pages?
I love seeing how mags (well, pop culture in general) change; how they go from obsessing over Mischa Barton and The Veronica's to Kstew (well, twilight in general) and Miley, how the layouts change, how the writers change, just the evolution in general. It makes me want to achieve my ultimate mag-editing goal even more, and makes me thankful that not only can I afford to buy numerous magazines a month, but that I have a talent for writing (not trying to sound up myself!) and I am in the position to be able to go to Sydney and do work experience. Even if it means braving Redfern...

frangipani princess xoxo

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Thursday, 12 November 2009

blogged at :4:41 PM

Well, I'm home. I've brought with me six screws, a plate, a backslab/bandage 'cast' and a crap load of pain, but I'm home.
I didn't expect the operation to hurt so much. Call me a sook or ignorant, but freaking hell it was pain like no other. I was on a morphine drip for a while, but it ended up making me sick, so I had to stick to panadol. Yay.
Anyway, enough of the negativity. It's currently day three post-op and the pain is beginning to subside. Hopefully by Monday it's barely noticeable. A girl can dream you know.
This is just a post to say I'm home, well enough to get back on here and I'll resume normal posting again tomorrow :)

frangipani princess xoxo
ps. Big snaps to Tsweezy for winning Entertainer Of The Year at the CMA's today (which I spent three hours watching hahaha) as well as the other three awards she was nominated for :D Can't wait for February :D 

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Sunday, 8 November 2009

blogged at :10:06 AM

This afternoon mum and I are going to Melbourne. We're stopping in Shep to get the Glee soundtrack (kinda disappointed the mash-ups aren't on it) and sharpies then continuing to Melbourne and going out for dinner at one of our favourite Thai restaurants in Chapel St. And then tomorrow morning I'm getting up and going to hospital. It's come so soon, from a few years ago when I first was told I may need this operation, to three months ago when I found out I was having it for sure, to getting the date, to it being tomorrow. I'm not 100% sure what the operation involves, but I know it involves breaking my leg and re-aligning it. I also know I will be on crutches for six weeks, crutches for longer and have a big scar. Oh, and I get two weeks of school, but I have no idea how painful it be, when I'll be able to get back to almost normal life, when I'll even be able to venture down the street on crutches without totally stacking it.
Story time.
When I was seven or eight, a girl in the year below me broke her leg. She got crutches and people signed her cast and all that jazz, and I was jealous as anything. Weird, I know, but I wanted to break my leg so badly. I would do everything to try and break it, but of course, I had bones of steel that wouldn't snap. Looking back, I know how lucky I am not to have really broken my leg back then, but I can't help but wonder what my little seven year old self would think of this operation. She'd probably think it was awesome.
The only 'awesome' part I can see is I get a lift key at school (score!), I get out of sport and I finally get to read lots of books I've been meaning to, like Mamamia: Memoirs of Magazine's and Motherhood by Mia Freedman, The Alchemist, Toong (and Joe Jonas'!) favourite book, and finally finish my Harry Potter reading spree (yes, still going. I know I'm being slow). My amazing friend Mallory is also supplying many dvds, and maddi is bringing the Life Of Brian, if she remembers to take it to my dad tomorrow.
Anyway.
The point of this post is to say I don't think I'll be able to post for a few days. I'm not sure what the computer/interent situation is like at the hospital I'm going to, but it's not likely I'll be able to post. I think I'm coming home Wednesday, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to/want to post as soon as I get home. I promise I'll be posting again by Thursday. Hopefully before, but yeah, I'm not really sure what's happening.
Ooh, before shot time! This is what my legs look like this morning:

See how when I stand my feet don't point forward? They're doing the right leg tomorrow

This is more comfortable for me than standing with feet pointing forward (aka, normally)

I'll post some 'during' shots later this week (as in cast etc.).

So yeah.

I guess I'll see you all later this week.

Wish me luck :S

frangipani princess xoxo

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Saturday, 7 November 2009

blogged at :3:33 PM

When I heard Selena Gomez was releasing a CD, I was aprehensive to say the least. Although I knew she sang the Wizards theme song, I thought of her primarily as an actor and shoved her to the 'failed disney singing stars' section of my brain where she could chill with Mitchell Musso and Emily Osment. I'm sorry, they're just not that talented. My aprehension grew when I heard she wasn't releasing an album by herself, she had gained a band and named it 'Selena Gomez and The Scene'. Soon after I heard the album was called 'Kiss And Tell' and when I saw the album cover, that was it; it was an official laughing stock and I wasn't going to take anything on it seriously.

I wasn't planning on buying it, I was thinking I'd likely get the songs off toong at school or something, if at all. I was at DOLLY when it was released and I was talking to awesome deputy/entertainment/acting editor Emma when she said I could have the copy she had received (thanks a million!) and I wasn't exactly going to say no. So I had it in my possession, but until today (almost a month later) I hadn't listened to it. I had heard one or two songs, and let's just say as far as I was concerned my first impressions were pretty much spot on. But now I've listened to it in full and am ready to review it.
When it comes to acting, in my opinion Selena runs rings around Miley. The same can not be said for her singing talent. Heck, I wouldn't even say she was in the same league as Demi. But she's not bad. Way too computer generated and techno-popish in my opinion, but not bad.
Her first single is Naturally, and it's probably the most 'mainstream' song on the album, as in if you heard it on the radio you wouldn't assume it was a Disney star. You might not even realise it was a teen star. It's alright, but I wouldn't have picked it as the single.
Personally, the only songs I really like are The Way I Loved You, which is the least techno-ish song on the album, I Don't Miss You At All, although it has some annoying keyboarding, Stop and Erase which is like something you would find on Demi's album 'Here We Go Again', I Promise You, which is a sweet song and Crush, which has a really awesome beat.
Kiss and Tell (the song) is terrible. As is Tell Me Something I Don't Know, Falling Down, More and I Got U.
The other songs (As A Blonde and I Won't Apologise) are merely ok. Nothing special, but not completely terrible.
The album is not one I could listen to the entire way through; I would have to skip past way too many songs, but it does have it's good points. I wouldn't buy the CD, not yet at least, wait until it comes down in price. If you really think you'd like it, go on iTunes and listen to the previews before you buy anything. I know toong loves Kiss and Tell, but as I mentioned above, it's probably my least favourite song on the album, so we all have different tastes.
I'd give it 2.5 stars, but in the future Selena, do us all a favour and stick to acting. Oh, and use one of the amazingly gorgeous pictures from inside the booklet as your cover instead of the odd one you picked.

frangipani princess xoxo
ps. Do you have Kiss And Tell? What do you think of it?

Labels: music, obsessions, random, tv

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Thursday, 5 November 2009

blogged at :9:07 PM

While going through survey results (keep them coming guys, they're really helpful!) I noticed that many of you said I am quite negative/hard on myself.
Whoops.
I don't mean to be, and this is going to make me seem negative/hard on myself, but everyone is just well, better at most things than me. If you knew me you would get it, I'm not the prettiest, the sportiest, the most creative, the best at maths, the best at science, heck, sometimes I'm not even the best at English. But guess what?
From today, I'm making a positivity pledge.
I will not post about how terrible I am at things, how much better/cooler/more popular everyone else is or even how much I hate sport. Ok, maybe I'm lying about the last one, but I'm not going to do it regularly any more. I promise to only do it if I'm having an exceptionally bad day and nothing else is working, but even then I'll try not to.
I owe it to you guys as readers. You don't come here to hear me whinge about how terrible my life is, you come here to be entertained, maybe to be taken away from your own crappy days. Don't worry, the rants are here to stay, but no more posts like 'whinge whinge I'm such a loser, why can't I be awesome at everything? Whinge whinge.'
To kick start this, I want to share some awesome news:
I passed gymnastics!
Some of you may remember my post a month or so ago about failing volleyball (and baseball :S) so far this year in pdh prac. Well, today we did our gymnastics assessment (my final prac assessment of the year) and I was expecting to fail spectacularly. I managed to fall over after most parts of the routine, my favourite being the move where I lay on the mats for a while after a particularly bad crouch hold (or something :S), but at the end of the day, I got 15/25, which is 60% and a total pass! Not a good one, but a pass nonetheless. It's a cause for celebration!
Have you guys ever made a positivitely pledge? If so, why?
I think Girlfriend has a positivitey pledge thing happening over at their site at the moment. Somewhere does, anyway, and it's a really good idea. Positivitey is so important amongst teens (and all people) and it's something I'm only just realising. As you all have pointed out, I can be quite the negative nancy, so, here's to a new, more positive, frangipani princess!

frangipani princess (who could have written an entire post on her first cold of the warmer months, but decided to write this one instead) xoxo
ps. There will be more posts regarding your survey results (as in, ideas you've had, feedback you've left) and some new sections because of it. Thanks heaps (major frangi snaps, thank you emails will go to those who left addresses when I'm home sick next week), but I want more! Greedy, I know, but of everyone who read that post yesterday, only a quarter filled out the survey. I pinky swear it takes five minutes, tops. Please? http://frangipaniprincess.questionpro.com/

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Wednesday, 4 November 2009

blogged at :5:39 PM

I love my blog. I love being able to get my writing out there and have people read - and like - what I write. What I don't like about it, however, is verbally talking about it. I discovered this while on Work Experience at DOLLY. I had many conversations that went something like this:

Them: Oh, so you have that blog!
Me: Uh, yeah
Them: What's it called again?
Me: Frangipani Princess
Them: That's an interesting name. Why did you call it that?
Me: Uh, because I was twelve and uh, liked frangipani's and uh wanted to be a princess
Them: You were so young when you started!
Me: Yeah
Them: What do you write about?
Me: Uhh just random stuff. I'm not actually sure. Disney stars, random things I hear about, uhh just things I guess.
Them: Oh ok. That sounds interesting. You're such a good writer. I'll be sure to read.
Me: Uh thanks.
/walks away embarrasedly

See what I mean?
I just don't know what to say about it. I'm fine with people emailing me about it, because then I have time to plan out my answers and phrase them perfectly, but put me on the spot and I'm not sure what to say.
That's when I realised I needed your help.
I created a survey for you all to fill in to help me work out what you like, don't like and think about Frangipani Princess. I would LOVE it if you all could go and fill it out. It will take you five minutes, if that to complete and will help this blog to improve in the future. You can fill it out here:
http://frangipaniprincess.questionpro.com/
You can remain anonymous if you like :)

A million thanks in advance,
frangipani princess xoxo
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Tuesday, 3 November 2009

blogged at :6:21 PM

UPDATE: you can read Kerri's (from kerri&eva ) response here (:
If I went to Hogwarts I always like to think I would be in Gryffindor. They seem to have all the fun, and are rad at everything. Who am I kidding though? On a scale of one to ten in bravery, I would be negative seven hundred and five. I am so far from being brave, it's not even funny. I seem to have a very good tear mechanism when it comes to bravery, as in, when faced with a situation where I need to be brave I start crying. Actually, hysterically sobbing is probably a better description.
I don't mean to be well, a scaredy cat, but I just can't help it. I'm not a fan of situations where I can get into trouble and things freak me out very easily. I'm also not a fan of being brave and just doing things. I always want someone else to do something before me or to avoid doing it all together. The unknown and being forced to confront it is a pretty scary thought for me.
It's extremely frustrating. I don't want to be like this, no one does, but I just can't help it. I suppose bravery is something you're just born with. 
/sigh
We can add it to sporting ability, singing talent, artistic ability, creativeness, being photogenic, prettiness and fashion sense which make up the ever growing list of 'things I missed out on at birth'  
I guess we can't all have everything, but what does it leave me with?

frangipani princess xoxo

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blogged at :9:02 AM

A while ago I heard of a website called smithteens (thanks miss-shivi) where teenagers can send in six word memoirs. They're really interesting. Some are sad, some are funny, some are sweet and some are just random. A few of my favourites are:
'We aren't even facebook friends anymore'
'Even the best fall down sometimes'
'My mind needs an off button'
It's really interesting to read about other teens lives and realise that what you're not alone in what you're going through. I came up with a few of my own, but I'm warning you, they sound very rejected:
'Being the bigger person is hard.'
'Can't always be the bigger person.'
'Things keep changing. Slow down please?'
'Popular on internet, why not school?'
'Wish I was older; everything's easier.'
'Jonas Brothers make me happy. Simple.'
'Don't need sport for office job.'

What's your six word memoir?

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: help, me, motivational, obsessions, overheard lines, random

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Sunday, 1 November 2009

blogged at :7:43 PM

Sometimes I like to just randomly think about things. It's actually more wondering, I guess, and today as I was walking around the lake I started thinking about a lot of stuff. So, I wonder:

• If anyone from my school other the few friends I know about read this blog
• If anyone I went to primary school with back up the coast still remembers me
• Why it's so hot when it's only the first of November
• When the drought is going to break
• If anyone actually reads the bullitens I waste my time filling out on myspace
• Why we have no ice in the freezer
• If I'm going to ever be game enough to watch 2012 before 2013
• If the hospital is going to have pink fibreglass for my cast
• If I forgot anyone on my blog roll (comment if I did!)
• If I'm going to be able to wait after my operation (another whole week!) to read Mia Freedman's book, which is just sitting in my mum's room
• If I'm going to pass my maths test on Thursday. I hate algebra
• Ditto for the Commerce test on Wednesday
• How embarrassing it's going to be when I'm announced as the only girl that ran who missed out on getting on the SRC
• How many of my 100-odd hits a day actually read everything I write here
• Why more people don't comment - I promise I won't bite!
• Why things have to change
• Why I have to be tone deaf
• Why Sirius had to die
• If I'm a good Christian
• Why 'pornbots' keep following me on twitter
• Why my parents decided to have roast lamb on a night that is literally thirty-six degrees

And more. I have a very busy mind, as you can see hahaha. What do you think about?

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: me, random

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blogged at :10:54 AM

I must admit, I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to bogans. Seriously, how can anyone think track-pants worn anywhere but in the house is 'cool' or that ugg-boots (and crocs) are acceptable footwear? It's almost like they're asking me to look down at them and laugh at their disgusting attempt at fashion. Supre? You have a lot to answer for. I always feel a bit bad when I do it, but when I discovered this website today, I discovered that there were worse snobs out there, and it was ok. Things Bogans Like is a website that got it's inspiration from StuffWhitePeopleLike except, well, as the name says, it's about things bogans like. 
Toong and I have long been disgusted by Ed Hardy clothing so I was overjoyed to see that it has already made the list, and the website is still new. Another personal favourite is Bogan Baby Names. It made me giggle when I saw a disgusting variation of my own name made the post, because it drives me mad when people assume that it's the way I spell it. No, Mr Teacher, I am not a bogan and pride myself on having a traditional spelling.
Other things making the list (so far) are Boost Juice, sexualising their children (*cough* Cyrus' *cough), 'Tramp Stamps' (tattoos on the lower back on 'fembogans') and 'Last Year's Designer Drug'. The captions on the photos (hover your mouse over them) are almost as funny as the posts, and if you go into the other 'pages' the comments are absolutely hilarious.
You NEED to check this website out. It's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. Snaps to the creators (:

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: me, obsessions, random

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Friday, 30 October 2009

blogged at :8:12 PM

Sometimes, I want to be a doctor. Actually, five days out of seven I will have the urge to be a doctor, to be able to make a difference in someones life, to be able to make someone better again. Usually, this urge comes after watching Scrubs, but sometimes it's just random. I really want to become a dermatologist and open up a centre just for teens, with brightly painted walls and cool magazines. Like a pediatric dermatologist.
The main (and only) problem with this is I pretty much hate all forms of blood and gore, if I see vomit/someone vomiting I will vomit and sickness makes me sad. Pretty much the ideal doctor candidate right? If only becoming a dermatologist didn't involve normal med school and years as a GP. If I could skip straight to the skin stuff, it would be amazing.
Sometimes I don't think I hate blood as much as I have made myself believe, and then I see a kid fall over/run into something/smash a window at school and bleed and I remember that yeah, I really do hate it that much.
/sigh
I guess I'll have to stick to journalism. As far as I can tell, there's not a lot of bloodshed there...

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: me, obsessions, random, sad

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Thursday, 29 October 2009

blogged at :5:10 PM

Lately I've noticed that everyone has lists of things to do before they die, and I feel like I'm missing out on something epic, so I've decided to compile my own. I'll probably forget to keep adding to it, but whatever, here's a start:

1. Dance in a storm in my best dress
2. Go to LA(laland)
3. Meet the Jonas Brothers
4. See the Jonas Brothers in concert
5. Meet Taylor Swift
6. See Taylor Swift in concert
7. Inspire somone
8. Meet the people who inspire me (Still hoping to meet more)
9.Live in New York
10. Become fluent in another language
11. Get married
12. Have kids. Four of them
13. Be a rebel
14. Have someone tell me I'm perfect
15. Get a tweet from someone I admire
16. Become a journalist
17. Wear something totally crazy in public
18. Find a news crew and wave obnoxiously behind it
19. Make someone's day
20. Go to McDonald's in the USA and get something supersized
21. Learn to do a cartwheel
22. Have my blog written up somewhere important
23. Let the 'popular' kids know what I really think of them
24. Have someone throw rocks/pebbles at my window (in a romantic way)
25. Deliberately fail a test
26. Learn the double bass
27. Go to Texas
28. Go to Disneyland
29. Go to a Yankees game
30. Become more confident
31. Give a stranger a compliment
32. Stand in a crowded place with a 'Free Hugs' sign
33. Live in a two (or more) storey house (that's not apartments or shared)
34. Have a maid
35. Tell someone I love them
36. Get the mark I want in the HSC

I'll add more as I think of them and cross them off as I achieve them.

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: me, obsessions, random

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blogged at :4:13 PM

Cat tagged me for the 'guilty or innocent' survey, so here it goes. Firstly, Rules:

You can only say Guilty or Innocent. You're not allowed to explain anything unless someone comments and asks you. Copy and paste this into a post, delete the answers here, replace them with your answers and tag some blogger friends to answer this.

Asked someone to marry you? innocent
Ever kissed someone of the same sex? innocent
Danced on a table in a bar? innocent
Ever told a lie? guilty
Had feelings for someone whom you can’t have back? innocent
Kissed a picture? guilty
Slept in until 5 PM? innocent
Fallen asleep at work/school? innocent
Held a snake? guilty
Been suspended from school? innocent
Worked at a fast food restaurant? innocent
Stolen from a store? innocent
Been fired from a job? innocent
Done something you regret? guilty
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? guilty
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? guilty
Kissed in the rain? innocent
Sat on a roof top? guilty
Kissed someone you shouldn't? innocent
Sang in the shower? guilty
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? guilty
Shaved your head? innocent
Had a boxing membership? guilty
Made a boy/girlfriend cry? innocent
Been in a band? innocent
Shot a gun? innocent
Donated Blood? innocent
Eaten alligator meat? guilty
Eaten cheesecake? guilty
Still love someone you shouldn't? innocent
Have/had a tattoo? innocent
Liked someone, but will never tell who? guilty
Been too honest? guilty
Ruined a surprise? guilty
Ate in a restaurant and got really bloated that you couldn't walk after wards? guilty
Erased someone in your friends list? guilty
Dressed in a woman’s clothes (if you’re a guy) or man’s clothes (if you’re a girl)? innocent
Joined a pageant? innocent
Been told that you’re handsome or beautiful by someone who totally meant what they said? innocent
Had communication with your ex? innocent
Got totally drunk on the night before exam? innocent
Got totally angry that you cried so hard? guilty

Woah the words 'guilty' and 'innocent' start looking odd after you type them heaps.
Hm. I tag:
Emma, Kerri&Eva, MissShivi and Laura (tank or what, all different from my last tag :P)

Real postage coming later (:

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: me, random

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blogged at :8:01 AM

I've been organising details for my state debating trip lately, and I am getting so nervous. I have no idea why, and it's still a month away, but I guess it's because most of the kids there will be from year ten and selective schools, and I haven't even met my entire team. It's going to be an awesome experience, and even though the evil adjudicators will be there, I'm sure I'll have lots of fun. It's just the lead up to it. I haven't debated since September, and like I mentioned a second ago, I've never debated with the rest of my team. We all live at least two hours away from each of the other members, so it's not like we're a Sydney region who live five minutes away from each other and can practice all the time. I'm also going to have my leg in a cast, which will be interesting debating with, I don't know if I'll even be able to stand. I really hope they don't make me be fourth speaker... And what if we don't even win one of our five (four?) debates? Everyone will just think we're weird country hicks. That would be beyond embarassing.
It's at the Women's college at Sydney Uni though, which should be exciting. I love Sydney Uni and it's where I want to go when I finish school so to be able to experience it (much like I experienced NSW Uni at state TOMs) will be pretty epic.
I guess I shouldn't worry about it, I mean, we do get T-Shirts...

frangipani princess xoxo
ps. I know this is unlikely, but have any of you guys ever debated at the JSDC state finals?

Labels: me, obsessions, random, school, travel

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Tuesday, 27 October 2009

blogged at :3:55 PM

Taylor Swift just keeps getting more and more amazing. She has just released her Platinum Edition of Fearless, complete with six new songs (I think it was six, anyway). They're all pretty cool, but the piano edition of 'Forever and Always' and 'Superstar' are my favourites. Funny how I get drawn to the two rumoured to be about Joe (well, Forever and Always definitely is, but anyway), but they're just so awesome. I liked the regular version of Forever and Always, but the piano version just makes it 230894732589365 times more epic. And Superstar is just the story of my celebrity obsessions, except for the fact I don't really know them...
Anyway, listen and comment telling me what you think :)
Superstar:


Forever And Always (Piano Version):


Sorry if they randomly get deleted, copyright claims often happen on youtube...

Ahhh I can't wait until February!

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: me, music, obsessions, random, youtube

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Monday, 26 October 2009

blogged at :9:09 PM

We all know I'm not exactly the most creative person on Earth. With words, I'm pretty good, but hand me anything and a glue gun/paint brush/sewing machine and I lose it. So when I was emailed asking to take part in the Chupa Chups Chuck's Life Less Serious Champion Challenge, I was a bit hesitant, I mean, what was I going to do? After a while, I decided that a chuck doll and box of chupa chups was too much of an exciting deal to say no to, so I emailed away my acceptance. Today I received a giant brown box with the Chupa Chups symbol printed all over it. It contained a Chuck doll, 50 Chupa Chups, a Tshirt and instructions on how to enter.

I uhmed and ahhed before going to the gym to continue to think. While there, a Death Cab For Cutie (who were cooler when Seth liked them) song came on channel V with scenes from New Moon. That was it, I realised! Chuck already had random looking eyes, and Halloween is this week; I could make him into a vampire! Of course, having the idea and actually making it happen were two completely different things. I sat at my kitchen table for nearly an hour and a half unwrapping lollypops to get enough to make the cape. Of course, unwrapping them now means I have a ziplock bag full of blackberry Chupa Chups, just begging for someone to eat them. After the hilario commercial, I will post the finished product, and seriously, forget Edward Cullen, Chuck is the real sexy vampire. I'd let him bite me any day, especially if I gained his love of Chupa Chups instead of a love of blood...

http://www.lifelessserious.com.au/

And now we can all see why I failed art and basically failed textiles. Woo. Amazing talent, right here. Chuck still makes anything look stylish.

Good luck to whoever wins, some of the entries I've seen are amazing.

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: advertising, fashion, hot, me, obsessions, random, youtube

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blogged at :2:30 PM

So I kinda sorta accidentally deleted my bloglist. Whoops. I'll need all your help to get it back by commenting me your links. I'll put a new one together soon, so don't miss out :)


frangipani princess xoxo
ps. What do you think of the new layout? I have changed it twice today, but the last one was quite ugly, so apologies to all who saw it :P 
pps. 800th post. Woo :D

Labels: help, me

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blogged at :11:08 AM

So I thought today was going to be a pretty terrible day, I mean, it was starting with a science test and ending with pdhprac! Thankfully, however, I was wrong. Maybe it's the universe rewarding me for the crappy day I had on Friday, maybe I'm just lucky. Anyway, I got to school and did the usual 'go to canteen and order cheese toastie with toong' thing, and then chilled with my friends, sharing with them the news of Joehawk 2.0 (What? You didn't know? It's back. See here). The bell was about to ring when my commerce teacher came over and asked toong and I to be readers for the year ten trial school certificate exams. Not only did we miss out on the science test (though we have to do it tomorrow during commerce) we also miss out on prac. Yay for us. It's currently 11.03am and so far I have sat in the sun and then the library and checked 2078723957 blogs and gossip websites (with a bit of reading in the middle). I guess my lametop really isn't that lame after all. I am going to use the free time to revise for the stupid test, but thankfully my friends will do it today and be able to give me hints on what the A questions are. But shh, don't tell my science teacher :P
The only downside is I'm super duper hungry (breakfast and I don't exactly mix) but I have to wait like another half hour or forty five minutes for the (first half) of the test to be over before I can eat. Damn. The recess bell just rang. Now I'm really hungry...

frangipani princess xoxo
ps. Did anything good happen to you today?

Labels: friends, me, random, school

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Sunday, 25 October 2009

blogged at :7:13 PM

Ok. I'm sorry. I've stood back and ignored this for way too long, but I am no longer able not to comment on Noah Cyrus. This is what she wore to a Halloween event this weekend:

 SHE IS NINE. NINE! At nine my mum would have as much let me look like that as fly (to the moon, by myself, with just a cat and some stale chips for company). What were her parents thinking? Ok. Why did I even ask that? Her parents probably encouraged that outfit. Where are DOCs when you need them? But honestly, if she looks like that at nine, what's she going to look like at sixteen? She's wearing what Miley wears now, and we all think that's bad for a sixteen year old. Somebody needs to give her some 'kid friendly' clothes, like shorts and a tshirt, or a skirt that actually covers her bum.
Unfortunately though, it's not just Noah. When I was at DOLLY, I had to go through newspapers finding things that would interest their demographic. One article was about the sexualisation of pre-teens. It had some pretty scary figures, like six and seven year olds are having parties at beauty salons, some nine and ten year olds are getting brazillian waxes, and by fourteen some girls have had twenty sexual partners. TWENTY! I know I'm only fifteen, but I'm sure when I was that age none of that happened, and if it did, it was just in the minority. How has so much changed in like eight years?! Do mothers these days just want little versions of themselves? Why are they so willing to let their children do all this stuff that used to be restricted to (late)teens and adults. WHAT HAPPENED TO JUST LETTING KIDS BE KIDS? To having a 'tomboy' stage and thinking boys had cooties? When did this happen? WHAT HAPPENED?
So many questions. So few answers. Please tell me I'm not the only one who finds this inappropriate and quite disgusting...

frangipani princess xoxo
pic credit: http://oceanup.com/2009/10/25/noah-cyrus-is-a-halloween-dream

Labels: news, obsessions, rant, sad

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Friday, 23 October 2009

blogged at :9:00 PM

A remedy for a crappy day.
Cry. A lot. And not just a few tears, full on sob. Sob until you feel like vomiting.
Take a leaf from Harry Potter and eat chocolate. A lot of it. Don't stop at a few squares, eat the whole block if you have to!
Listen to your favourite songs. If your me, that involves a whole lotta (mainly old school) Jonas Brothers, like Underdog, Hold On, Take a Breath, Turn Right and Black Keys. Avoid anything about happy days and true love. Taylor Swift also works here, but avoid songs like 'the best day' and 'love story', they'll just make you more annoyed.
Cry some more. Why not?
Read a good book. It'll take your mind off your life and take you to another world where your problems don't exist. Try to avoid 'happily ever afters' and thrillers, as they will either scare you or make you cry harder wishing for your own.
Have a long, hot shower (or bath). It's impossible to get out still upset (or at least upset to the degree you were when you got in).
Sleep. Wake up to a new day, and realise it's pretty much impossible to have two totally crap ones in a row.
Repeat if desired.

frangipani princess (who had a really crap day) xoxo
ps. What do you do when you have a bad day?

Labels: friends, me, random, rant, sad, school

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Thursday, 22 October 2009

blogged at :8:59 PM

Dear twelve year old self,

Hi there, it's fifteen year old you here, just wishing I could go back in time and talk to you. I have so much to say to you. So much that I wish you knew. It doesn't exist yet, but there's a song that will partly be the story of your life these next few years. It's called fifteen, by taylor swift (by the way, don't ever hate her. Even if she is a squinty eyed bitch, ignore that fact and skip straight to loving her) and even though you're not fifteen for a few years, some lines stand out at me. The song has a lot to do with boys, but sadly, nothing has changed in that regard for us, so we'll just skip over it. The second verse starts with "You sit in class next to a red head named abigail and soon enough you're best friends. Laughing at the other girls who think they're so cool we'll be out of here as soon as we can". You won't sit next to a red head named abigail, you won't even sit next to her, not in year seven at least, but remember that girl toongen that charlotte always told you to hate? Yeah, she's going to be your best friend. You're going to be the coolest kids around, and there will be haters, lots of them, but just laugh and remember that this town's not going to be your home forever. Speaking of toong, look up a band right now called The Jonas Brothers. Don't wait until late 2007, they're epic now. The Joehawk is now. Get onto it.
Those girls you hated in primary school? They're going to be some of your best friends. Don't bother hating them now, they're really not as bad as you think they are. Oh, and at the end of year seven, don't get involved in that fight with them, it achieves nothing and just isn't worth it.
You're going to start this blog, and please, do me a favour and learn how to write before you begin posting. Stop using exclamation marks, what you're saying really isn't that interesting. And don't comment other bloggers 24/7, looking back, you will be embarrassed.
Don't forget to stay in contact with your old friends. It's hard, and there's going to be times where you just wish you could sever all ties, but trust me, the end result will be worth it. I'm still working on it, but you and Laura are going to be crazy old ladies together. It's a friendship for the long run, don't let it die out. Speaking of Laura, don't listen when she tells you to read twilight, you will regret liking it. Save yourself a year of obsession and just hate before it's cool to. But don't ignore Taylor Lautner, start your obsession with him early.
Renew your faith in God now. You're going to in year seven anyway, but it's never to early to start loving the Lord. He really is awesome, and could help you right now. Love him, he loves you already.
Starting high school is going to be scary. Having mum and daddy there is going to be scary, but suck it up and those who still want to be friends after dad comes and yells at them to get to sleep at two am in his pajamas are worth it. The ones who are even game enough to come over are the ones who will last. Ignore the others. Ignore the blame they put on you. Ignore the hate. Honestly, they're not worth the tears. You're going to get yelled at for hating sport. You're going to be laughed at for loving debating. You're going to get called a nerd, a freak and a loser, just for not being who they want you to be, but don't change. Looking back, you've already changed too much. Drop the act, and don't even think about picking it back up. Don't waste this time being someone you're going to grow up to hate.
The last chorus of fifteen says "I've found time can heal 'most anything and you just might find who you're supposed to be. I didn't know who I was supposed to be, at fifteen" and I can tell you now that by fifteen you will know, or at least have a fair idea. You will be going for your dreams and achieving some awesome milestones. You will have an epic best friend, and many other losers you love to death and couldn't live without. I know right now you're stressing. I know you've made some mistakes and you're going to make some more (do me a favour and skip the fight with maddi on the last day of year six. Or at least do it somewhere not in front of half the staff and principal). I know that right now it seems like nothing could get worse, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, so in the words of tswift "take a deep breath girl, take a deep breath as you walk through the doors" and stop worrying and just enjoy life. I can tell you now, it's only going to get better.

I really wish you could read this and understand that it's all going to be ok. I wish this would change everything, erase my mistakes. I wish that I could really go back and instill this wisdom into you, even though I still have a lot to learn. Looking back, you were really hurting, and I just wish I could join in the 'omg i loved primary school' conversations. If I could only tell you one thing, I would tell you to love God and try to smile. Smile, and before you know it, everything will begin to work out. I promise you.

Hey, we're gonna be alright.
Love,
Me (future you)
frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: friends, help, jobros, me, motivational, obsessions, random, sad, school

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blogged at :7:50 AM

Call me immature, but waking up to see that I have 69 followers just made my day. *Cue Maddi unfollowing*

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: me, random

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Tuesday, 20 October 2009

blogged at :8:23 PM

Today I discovered my amazing ability to draw in paint, like the computer program. It really is spectacular. The discovery was extremely accidental, I was working on my science summary sheet when I discovered there was no wireless connection available (I was on the lametop). I uhmed and ahhed for a few moments, before discovering to try my luck at paint. My talent was obvious from the moment I opened the program. I began to draw my Earth (the question had asked me to draw a labeled diagram of the different levels of the Earth (we're learning about earthquakes and volcanoes and stuff), and my teacher walked past and asked me if I had really drawn it myself, as it was that good. I finished drawing my Earth, and started to explore other options. I discovered the 'insert shape' section, and decided to put a love heart on my diagram, because, let's face it, we all need to love our Earth. I was scrolling through the rest of my options when I discovered the most amazing thing ever to be discovered on paint. It was a lighting bolt. Toong and I had a minor teenie attack, before I decided that my Earth just wasn't complete without Harry Potter standing by it, making sure it didn't accidentally delete itself. Of course, Harry only made my drawing more epic (if that was even possible), so now this simple piece of work is so fabulous it should be on display somewhere important. Like the Louvre.

After I completed my masterpiece, I did some more of my summary, but nearing the bell I decided to try my hand at another work of art. Taking inspiration from my original, I decided to draw a scene from Hogwarts. I think it's quite spectacular, I even managed to include a snitch.

When I was drawing it, Toong made fun of the fact that Harry wasn't in the middle, so I had to make it a scene of Harry going to play quidditch, rather than the three of them just hanging out. I was going to make it Ron and Hermione's wedding, where Harry was off to the side as best man, but as amazing as they are, my talents don't quite extend to drawing wedding dresses.

Forget being a journalist, being a paint drawer extraordinaire is my new chosen career. What do you think? Do I have potential, or what?

frangipani princess xoxo

ps. Uh, for those of you who didn't quite pick it up, I'm not being serious. I'm about as good at paint art as I am at real art, and we all know I failed that in year seven and eight (well, I would have if my friend didn't do all my work for me).

Labels: friends, me, obsessions, random, school

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Monday, 19 October 2009

blogged at :4:24 PM

The absolutely amazing kerri&eva have tagged me in the Honest Scrap. Basically, I have to post 10 random and truthful things about myself, and then tag people at the end.


1. The smell of seafood makes me extremely nauseous. Growing up on the coast, we would always go to fresh seafood shops and one of my clearest memories from when I was little (I would have been about four) is running out of the shop and almost vomiting. Yum yum. Even last year at Christmas when I was asked to get the prawns out of the fridge I only made four steps before being sick. Yeah. Me and seafood, we're tight.


2. I hate milk chocolate. I can only eat it if it has a filling, but even then it makes me feel sick. White chocolate does the same, although that is from eating it in excess. Dark chocolate for the win, seriously.


3. I like things to be perfectly planned and organised. I seriously start having mini panic attacks if things are just left to see what happens. Everything needs to have an itinerary and be perfectly structured so nothing can go wrong. If there's a ticket needed, get it in advance. If we have to stay somewhere, book the accommodation before we go. If we're visiting something, triple check opening hours. I don't like leaving things to chance.


4. My biggest fear is time, and not having enough of it. It always has been (yeah, I know I say stairs and falling are my biggest fears, but this is different. I suppose it's more of a worry?). It's not that I think I'm going to die soon and won't get to achieve anything, it's more that time just goes so quickly these days, blink and you'll miss a year. I hate it. I just wish it would slow down so I could enjoy being a teenager. It feels like yesterday I was planning my thirteenth birthday party, and here I am, less than five months away from being sixteen. It scares me.


5. I eat a cheese toastie every day for lunch.  Even though half the time I don't feel like it by the time it gets to lunch. The canteen workers now just write down our order (toong does the same thing) as soon as they see us walking towards them of a morning.

6. Today I played the mcdonald's game, and for the first time ever didn't go bankrupt. Massive achievement. We played it in commerce today, and I made $800,000, but it took me fifty five years and my teacher helpfully let me know that wasn't much at all. At least I didn't have to start again a million times like some other people (*cough toong and maddi cough*)

7. Given the choice, I would happily live on tacos for the rest of my life. Nothing beats a taco (or burrito). Actually, I lie. I'd live happily on them for a few weeks and then get sick of them and never want to eat them again. Just like I've done with all of my previous favourite foods.

8. I'm a cyberchondriac. If I get the tiniest symptom, I will google it and convince myself I have cancer or another serious illness. It's quite frustrating, because I know I really don't have the diseases/conditions, but I just can't stop doing it. I'm addicted to convincing myself I'm seriously ill. Is there a cyberchondriac's anonymous?

9. It makes me physically sick and I have to turn away when people bite paddlepops. Weird, I know. I think it has something to do with the fact that it is extremely painful for me to do it, so I get sympathy pains when they do it, even though it's not hurting them.

10. I absolutely hate having photos taken. I am the most unphotogenic person ever to grace this earth. While most girls my age have myspaces full of 'selfies' or random pictures with my friends, my albums are full of just my friends. I always end up looking like some scary swamp monster, with different sized eyes, crazy hair and a generally hideous face. I swear a part of the camera dies every time it has to shoot my face.

So they were pretty terrible truths, but ohwell, hopefully the people I tag will do better. I tag:
toong, maddi, chell, angela and cat.
Enjoy :P

frangipani princess xoxo

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Sunday, 18 October 2009

blogged at :6:55 PM

Dear Sun,
I hate you. That's right, I absolutely, positively, despise you. You're so selfish, just hanging up there, always being the centre of attention. Isn't it enough that the Earth already revolves around you? Do you seriously have to add more insult to injury and not let the rain take centre stage? It was fine for the first few years, I understand that you're obviously a bit lonely; no one can come near you without being burnt to a crisp, but I'm sorry, this is taking it too far. It's been ten years. We get that you're important. We realise that without you we would freeze to death, but what I don't think you realise is that you're killing all our grass/crops/gardens/trees/everything else. You're causing the demise of a town. Actually, not just one town, hundreds of towns. Do you really want to be responsible for a residential massacre? Do you want to be known as a serial killer? Go down in history as "it that was responsible for ruining Australia's farming and country life"?
Yeah. I didn't think so.
Sun, even Hitler knew when enough was enough.
I'm not saying I want you to hide in a bunker and kill yourself. Oh gosh no. That would be worse than this stupid drought. What I do want you to do is humble yourself and let the rain shine for a while. Allow all eyes to focus on it. Think of it as a vacation. Surely you need a bit of a break? Just chill in the wings for a while and in a few years, ok, maybe another ten, you can come back and resume your place, front and centre stage.
And how about while you're away, you think of nice ways you and the rain can co-operate when you come back. Maybe a roster? One season on, one season off? You don't want to undo all the progress again, now do you?
Think of this as an intervention. You've been warned, sun. You've taken this whole "giving light and warmth to the world" thing too far. Chill for a while, and I hope to see you back in full force around 2019. And if there's even a hint more drought before then, I'm braving being fried and coming to have a little talk with you (*insert ominous music*)...
Love,
frangipani princess (Who just wants to live in a Forkes-like climate for a while. Oh gosh. Did I really just compare my life to Twilight? Kill me now) xoxo

Labels: me, random, rant, sad

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Saturday, 17 October 2009

blogged at :8:12 PM

I need your help.

So as some/most of you know, I'm having an operation in about three weeks (gahh it's so soon!) where they are going to fix my legs. This will result in crutches. Crutches are far from being the most attractive thing in the world, so when I stumbled across this amazing website, I knew I had struck gold. They make covers for crutches and casts, and although some are quite hideous, I have found a range that is mememe. So it's aimed at little kids, really, what do I like that's not?

Anyway. Back to the help. In this range, there are many, many cute designs, but I can only pick one. Which one should I get?

There are some others, but these are my favourites. You can check out the full range here. So please tell me, which would you get if you were in my situation?

frangipani princess xoxo

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blogged at :5:54 PM

Hiya guys :)
I'm back. I didn't have any internet access while I was away, well I did, but the lametop wouldn't let me on blogger. Yay for internet filters!
Anyway. I quite possibly had the most epic week ever at Dolly. Everything was just so much fun, and I learnt sosososo much. I definitely want to go back next year. Everyone who works there are superduper nice, and yeah, it was just amazing. We got to do so much writing and I only had to do one lot of photocopying and two coffee runs, not that I would have complained if I had had to do more. If you're thinking about going, you should definitely apply, even if it is just to eat lunch at the David Jones Food Court every day (seriously, best. food. ever).
I'm still pretty tired, driving all the way to Wagga last night and then home this morning, and after last week school on Monday isn't exactly looking fun, but ohwell.
Ohmygosh. Dad just came home with the mail and tswift tickets have come! So excited! And I now know for sure that my second operation is AFTER the concert, so I can definitely go. yayayayay.

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: magazines, me, music, obsessions, random, travel

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Friday, 9 October 2009

blogged at :1:24 PM

Yaaay :D

I just got tickets to Taylor Swift on the 10th of February in Melbourne. This is a map of the venue, with our seats in pink:

I could have gotten seats in section 17, but it's a side view so I decided against it. I also could have gotten general admission seats, but as my leg will still be recovering standing around for two hours won't do it many favours, and we all know I'm not exactly tall, so there's a large chance my view would be restricted, and yeah, we probably would have ended up near the back because he have to travel three hours to get there.

Anyway.

Seats it was, and I'm pretty happy with them. We should be able to see quite well, even if we're not next to the stage or anything.

I'm so excited :D :D :D

Are any of you guys going? Where are your tickets?

We should organise to meet up, I'm already planning to with a few people hahaha.

Only four months to go!

frangipani princess xoxo

ps. I'm going away this afternoon and won't be back until Sunday next week. I have no idea if I'll be able to access a computer (it's unlikely), so I'll see you then, with epic stories of work experience at DOLLY :D :D

Check back sporadically anyway, in case I do get a chance to post. Or even better, follow me and get told when I do :D

Labels: friends, me, music, obsessions, travel

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Thursday, 8 October 2009

blogged at :9:22 AM

Don't you just hate it when you have a hilarious story and you tell it and get an awkward silence in response? It seems to happen to me a lot. For example, I'll say something like (I'll just write the punchlines here):
"And then he said, 'But they didn't like pork anyway, they were vegetarians!' "
or
"And then the pineapple was all like 'RAWR! CITRUS!' "
And the person I'm telling will just look at me and half shake their head, almost in disbelief that I could tell a story so lame. Of course, there are certain people who will get the stories, like Toong will get the top one, and my TOMs team will get the second one, but to the general population they're just weird.
To make the situation less awkward I end up having to say 'I guess you had to be there?' and change the subject really quickly.
The worst part is I'm the only one who ever seems to do this. I am never on the receiving end of awkward jokes, so either:
a) I find lame things funny
or
b) I'm the only loser who can't tell a story.
A lot of the time I make out I have this epic story but half way through realise how lame it is so I pretend I've forgotten the end of it. That just makes me look dumb, which in a way is almost worse.
I honestly don't think I've ever told a funny story and received the reaction I was hoping for. Future comedian? I think not.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who fails like this?

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: me, overheard lines, random

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Wednesday, 7 October 2009

blogged at :5:14 PM

So I'm home :)
Yesterday was the most epic day ever. Toong + the brother + I went shopping in the city, and decided to go to JB Hi-Fi to check if they would have JB3D today (release date). Not only did they have it, they let us buy it a day early. We were so excited. We, of course, watched it as soon as we got back to our apartment, and if possible, it was almost radder than seeing it at the movies. Mainly because they added A Little Bit Longer, which was so emotional, even if dad was standing there saying 'What is this weird song? Why is he crying?'. He wasn't crying by the way, but most of the audience was. I almost did when he said 'this song's for all the broken hearts etc. and would have if they had shown his entire speech. He's so inspirational :D
Then last night, of course, was Josh Thomas. Toong and I were the youngest there by a few years, but we still had awesome fun. We didn't get to meet him, because he was having a 'meeting' with the Fringe Festival Officials after the show, and we couldn't be bothered waiting in the freezing cold, but his actual show was amazing. He's just so funny without even trying. His show was just an hour of anecdotes that really wouldn't be funny if anyone but him told them, but just the awkward way he tells them makes him hilarious.
We saw Arj Barker as well. Well, we didn't see his show, but we saw him at the venue, if you know what I mean.
Anyway.
Back home now, and will be tomorrow and most of Friday before heading to Wagga and then Sydney. Hectic holidays.
What have you all gotten up to?

frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: friends, hot, jobros, me, obsessions, travel

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Sunday, 4 October 2009

blogged at :9:30 AM

Going to Melbourne.

 Be back on Wednesday.


With JB3D.

 And stories of Josh Thomas.

See you then :D

 frangipani princess xoxo

Labels: me, obsessions, random, travel

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Saturday, 3 October 2009

blogged at :9:04 AM

I bought DOLLY on my way home from school yesterday, and randomly opened it, straight to a double poster of The Jonas Brothers. I'm embarrassed to say, I did squeal. It didn't matter what else the issue contained, they had made the effort and acknowledged JB's growing Aussie fan base and that's more than enough to win my vote.
The first (and only) bad point I came across while reading this issue was the fact they called Joe Jonas a 'bad boy' in their 'Good Guys vs Bad Boys feature', simply because of the whole T-swift 27 second phone call thing. It was a year ago people, and she hung up the phone and refused to answer any more calls from him. Her fault for complaining about it, not his. Ok, so they do say some really nice things about him and finish with "we'll let you decide", but he should have joined Nick in the Good Guys half of the spread.
The (quite bizarre) first feature is 'Super Furry Animals' about girls (and guys) who dress up as animal alter-egos. It's interesting, and informative, but weirdly hard to get your head around. Why would someone want to dress up as a cat?!
'Generation Text' annoyed me to the max, mainly because it used text-speak in it's examples. Well no duh, but I don't see why people can't take an extra second and write out 'mate' instead of 'm8' or 'to/too' instead of '2'. Serious pet peeve right there. But if you look past the literal text-speak, it's a fun text deciphering dictionary (as in, what he means when he sends you 'blablabla' etc.'
I always love the guy vox pops DOLLY has (this month it's 'what's your idea of an amazing first date?'), mainly because they manage to find quite a few hotties. This month is no different, and they asked Matt Werkmeister and James Sorenson (from neighbours). I hope get to see at least one hot guy (or celebrity!) while I'm on work experience there...
Last month, Girlfriend had a career/hsc/future guide. This month DOLLY does, and honestly, I think their timing is so much better. They managed to release their October issue, shock horror!, the day before October, and have all the future stuff around the time senior students are really thinking about it. I especially love their resume guide, it's so clear and easy to understand. Plus it's mainly pink, which is never a bad idea.
'www.young&rich.com' is an interesting look at teens who have made millions through online businesses. I'd read two of the stories before, but one (http://www.emogirltalk.com/) was totally new to me.
The 'hookingup' section this month is on interracial relationships, and has lots of real stories, vox pops and celebrity examples. Although the story has been done numerous times before, this is one of the best versions I've seen. I think it also has one of the nicest layouts in the issue.
In the YourSpace section, there's a poem about work experience, which, of course, just made me even more excited for the 12th.
A very attractive *cough* picture of Joe accompanies the OMGconfessions, and the caption made me rofl.
The final feature of the issue (there were many more than I have mentioned, but yeah, they weren't worth mentioning/I couldn't be bothered) is 'Stop The Body Bashing'. I love the layout of the left hand side of the double page spread, but again, there's just something about the right hand side. It's just not as aesthetically pleasing as GF's or something. Anyway. The actual written content of the article is interesting (seriously, can someone send me a thesaurus or something? I swear that's the 309472358097th time I've used the word 'interesting'. Sorry guys :S) although the 6% of polled readers who said they never make bitchy comments about the way people look are obviously lying.
Hahahahahah I just realised something hilarious. Up until now, DOLLY has been doing what Girlfriend does and putting out the say October issue out at the end of August etc, so this time last year, the November issue was out. I just found my review of the November 08 issue, and guess what? Miranda Kerr was on the cover with a blue and yellow colour scheme. Hm. This month, Miranda Kerr is on the cover... with a blue and yellow colour scheme. Original DOLLY, original.
Anyway, another awesome 'freebie' this month in the form of a Roxy Duffle Bag. The price is inflated again, at $7.95, but it's worth it.
I give the issue an 8.5/10. The (almost) repeated cover and layouts brought the ratings down, but the JB poster, references and interesting articles brought it back up.
Buy it, even if it is just to get some JB onto your walls...

frangipani princess xoxo

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Friday, 2 October 2009

blogged at :9:00 PM

Girlfriend seems to have gotten the hint this month that without freebies, they're not going to sell many issues. Especially with competitor DOLLY offering such 'presents' as hair straighteners, iPod speakers and duffle bags in the past months. This month, after the last few months without anything, Girlfriend offers readers a 'beach bag' and sticky notes. Dream big!
I wasn't actually going to get this issue, it's the annual celebrity made issue and they always annoy me, but then someone on twitter told me it had a story on Nick's diabetes and an ad for JB3D. Way to get me to buy your mag GF.
Once I actually bought it, I was glad I had. There's just something I love about Girlfriend page layouts, as compared to DOLLY's, or other magazines. Actually, maybe just DOLLY's. They're just so cute and easy to read.
Content wise, there wasn't a whole lot this month, well, there was, but it was stuff we'd seen before. There was also the Love2Shop section, which significantly thickens the magazine, but has nothing that really interests me. Not saying I don't like fashion, I just prefer to read Shop 'Til You Drop or Vogue for that aspect of my life.
They announced the Girlfriend  Model Search short-list in this issue, but quite honestly, and no offence if you know one of the girls or something, none of them are exceptionally gorgeous this year. Sure, they're pretty, but there's just something that makes them kind of odd looking in a way. I don't know, maybe that's just the way models are supposed to look these days.
I can't be bothered doing a feature-by-feature run through, but I will say the only real amazing highlights were the many JB references (not just the above mentioned, there were lots of little random ones as well :D) and the fact that Matt Werkmeister (Zeke from Neighbours) mentioned Scrubs in his section. A lot. He just got so much cooler in my eyes...
Overall, it is a worth while read. Hold on, I just noticed while looking for the price, the cover 'reality check' says:
Co-ordinating the 45 celebrities who appeared in this issue took more than 1500 hours, 360 cups of coffee, 240 phone calls, 45 interviews, 10 late nights in the office, 6 photo shoots and a truck load of chocolate
Normally it just says 'It took three professionals on photoshop to get Hayden (covergirl, btw) looking this beautiful' or something, so it's interesting to get an honest, real insight into the magazine and the thousands of hours they put into each issue. I really can't wait to (hopefully) work in a mag like GF when I finish school... Next time they should do a real interview with The Jonas Brothers though, not just take an excerpt from his speech to Congress...
Ok, back to where I was.
I just noticed that it has a slightly inflated cover price this month, $6.95 instead of the usual $5.95. I'm not sure the extra dollar is worth the 'freebies' but whatever. For a celebrity made issue, I give it 8/10. For a regular GF, maybe a 6/10 ?
Buy it, if you are interested in reading what celebrities have to say, or if you have $7 burning a hole in your pocket...

frangipani princess xoxo

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blogged at :8:33 PM

Last year, my debating teacher told us the neater someone's handwriting, especially on the chalk/white board, the less intelligent they are, and that's why pdh/pe teachers have super neat and legible handwiritng. She was joking, of course, but I do believe there is a lot of truth behind it. I mean, doctors have the messiest handwriting out, and pdh/pe teachers think physical education is more important than academic achievement. Who sounds the most intelligent to you?
Today, just to be evil, my geography teacher made us do pe. And then, the next period, my pdh teacher decided that he would change our theory lesson to a prac one. That's two lessons of pe IN A ROW. On a day we're not meant to have prac at all. On the last day of term. It was my own personal hell. We have a 'prac' pdh/pe teacher at the moment, and he kept saying to toong and I 'Well, you guys obviously hate sport? Why? It's so much fun! Better than english and those other indoor classes!'
I honestly don't know what planet he grew up on, because sport is definitely not more fun than what we did in english today (watch the pacifier and play on our lametops).
If I was this teacher's parents, I'd be very disappointed in myself. Not only is he becoming a pdh teacher, his big sister is also a pdh teacher at my school. Where did they go so wrong to end up with two pdh teachers as children? Quite seriously, my heart goes out to them...

frangipani princess xoxo

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