Friday is Mine

I'm actually ill so I probably won't write a lot x_o I haven't actually spoken to any of you apart from Melissa, so hai, and here's the basics first. I'm Karen, I live in London (I think I'm the only one living outside the States), I'm fourteen on 7th September, I'm learning to speak Spanish, French, German and write Latin (Speaking it would be a bit inane and hard). I've played the Violin for five years and can play some piano and guitar. I listen to music like Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai and Eisley. Eventhough this is miles into the future, I want to either read Maths or Graphic Design (and then go into advertising) in University. I'm starting a new school in September. Like Tyler, I don't do drugs, drink or smoke (not only because of legal reasons - drugs are unnatural, alcohol smells and smoking is, quite frankly, self-harming).

Because this blog post is utterly boring (partly due to the fact I have to stop every five seconds to blow my nose), here's some interesting things about myself (by the way, I couldn't really think of what to post in the introduction, so it's sort of a hybrid of stuff from all of your posts x_x).

My favourite cheese is Leicester. I'm thinking of changing my name to Natalie (apparently I suit one). I do various forms of art - Grade V Speech and Drama, photography, painting, drawing etc. The last thing I bought was a candy cane. I collect quotes. My recently found favourite is "Life loves to be taken by the lapel and be told: 'I am with you, kid. Let's go." (Maya Angelou).

I'm really rubbish at writing this, so I'll try add in what I did recently (eventhough this post is already like a bagillion pages long).

I have on my table a pot of Lucky Charms cereal. To you all, that's really normal, because you probably see the cereal box every time you go into Safeway or something. But Lucky Charms are [apparently] banned in the UK due to crazy amounts of sugar or E numbers, so seeing a packet in the UK is amazing (so if you move to the UK, smuggle in hoards and sell them). The thing is, is that it's really expensive to buy. A cardboard packet is £6 (around $12) which is a total rip off. So I got this little pot for £1.50 ($3), which yeah, is still pretty nasty. But anyway. From my pot, I learnt that Lucky Charms are delicious, no matter how unhealthy they are. And also, I didn't know that the coloured bits aren't marshmallows. They're really hard! It is appauling that they cost so much here.

So yeah. That's my blog post. Questions below.

Tyler's Questions
1. Hero? - I have lots of heroes. I think the people we see on the bus, on the streets can be heroic. So to answer your question, not one in particular; I have many.

2. Favourite shoe - I use to have these red shiny shoes when I was younger. They were a bit like children Mary Jane's, only shiny. But my favourite shoes are my black converses. (Too be honest, I only have four pairs of shoes so yeah, haha. I'm not one for fashion).

3. Favourite Book - Like heroes, I have many favourite books. The latest book I [re]read was Meg Rosoff's 'Just In Case'. But other favourites include Sarah Dessen's 'Just Listen', Siobhan Dowd's 'A Swift Pure Cry', 'Hannah's Gift' by Maria Housden, To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee), Looking for Alaska, Charlie and Lola books, and the Jolly Postman pop-up books. I read a whole range.

4. Random thing I like to do - I really like to swing in the park.

Chelsea's Questions
1. Favourite TV shows - House (next series is next year x_x), Scrubs, Friends, The League of Gentlemen, The Mighty Boosh, The IT Crowd and A Bit of Fry and Laurie. I also like a lot of comedy quiz shows like QI, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Mock the Week, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, etc etc.

2. Style - Simplistic but nice?

3. Night person. I suffer from acute insomnia x_o

4. Tea, though I do love the smell of coffee.

And now, I have questions for youu.

1. What is your favourite cheese?
2. What's the last thing you bought?

[Edit: Haha. I don't know what I did but the font size has screwed up. I'm sorry xD;; I don't know what I did!]