Musings of a Perfectionist

Only a few days until GCSE's properly begin (with French Reading/Listening, of all things) but I'm not worrying too much about those. Yesterday (I did do some revision but) I had a ballet show, so I played cards and ate a lot of sweets and allowed my sister to torture me (*put makeup on me). Also, my other sister managed to scratch me with her hairbrush, which meant that my back looked like it had been attacked by some demon creature- so some of the others dabbed foundation on it (which stung awfully) so it wasn't quite so obvious. Fun times. And I didn't kick anyone this year! But I was wearing pointe shoes and I still can't feel my feet. :( Today, although I will be doing an afternoon of revision, I did a litter pick with my village. The thing with living in such a small village is that you get the whole community thing, which (contrary to popular belief) I actually really like. My family (apart from my dad) joined one other lady and spent an hour walkin...

Hi everyone! So, I haven't written anything for ages (oops) and I thought I might as well. There's not much to comment on society wise- Cyclone Idia has wreaked havoc in southern Africa, Brexit still is/isn't happening, Trump is still there, and I found a wonderful little article about the history of the white picket fence (it can be found here ) So what can I write about? Well, sometimes I write my name and think, "that's such a weird name" and then I remember that it's my name. Incidentally, the same one that I've had for sixteen years . Can't get the people these days. And does this happen to anyone else? John Dalton developed a stomach ulcer (joking, he actually developed the modern atomic theory but Tassomai gave that as one of the possible answers for a question- another one would be that the three states of matter are Texas, Washington and New York). I love doing revision. When I get to something like this (when I don't have an...

So we are currently half way through the week of half term here, and have I done anything but revise? As a matter of fact, I have indeed done other things (and I hope that you, dear reader, have not been focusing on school/work this week...) For example, I went out to have a coffee with my friend yesterday (although I probably shouldn't have had yet another coffee), which was lovely. And I actually went outside. And then I also went outside today, because the gate to our front door (that we don't use) was open and I wanted to shut it. What I didn't realise was that the gate is such a long way away from our side door. I should have brought snacks and a bottle of water. And I also went to the dentist today (which is okay, although I have to have a crown put on one of my teeth after GCSEs). And while we were there, we heard the news that one lucky cat could inherit £150 million! In case you haven't heard, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld's cat, Choupetter, co...

Hi! Well, I made it through the week of exams- although I did have an interesting Thursday (as predicted...) But I haven't really done anything but revise for the past week, which is a bit worrying. The date of release is fast approaching and I have so much to do (aghh) and I also have a flute exam next week that I need to practice for. Yay. First of all, there is something that I accidentally stumbled upon this morning while poaching eggs for breakfast and it is really, very annoying. Classic english grammar rules- no one says 'an European' because it is actually 'a European'. Even though 'an' + vowel is grammatically correct. I hate English. Also, speaking of language, I've noticed that I've started using French grammar when speaking English. As in, 'the dog black'. Which is quite a big problem as I honestly believe it's correct when I say it. What else do I do? Oh! Of course- I often forget words and so have to...

Hello again- wow I haven't written anything for so long. So, this post today is a prompt from Pinterest (I actually have a board for Blog Prompts when I need to write something and I don't know what to write). And so today's prompt is: The furthest away from home you have ever been Answer: Switzerland  Switzerland is pretty awesome, with beautiful views (the picture is one of the most impressive pictures that I took) and wonderful food. However, I get pretty badly travel sick, and so spent the journey sleeping/trying not to vomit. Yay. But no. Switzerland was stunning. Waterfalls (the picture is of a waterfall, in case you didn't realise), gorges, mountains (with snow on top!) and a (really loud) river next to our chalet. In Switzerland, they speak German, French or Italian depending on the section of the country that you're in, and we visited the German section. I don't speak German (at all) but I knew enough to say thank you/please/hello etc. O...