BLOG MAINTENANCE IS NOW COMPLETE
The following changes have been made:
-The address of this blog is now: www.yellowjane.com .
-The colour design of the blog has changed, and is slightly customised!
-The topics I write about will be slightly different. I am going to be focusing more on writing, art, and things like that, rather than talking about non-interesting stuff in real life no one wants to read, about my boring personal life!
-Pages have been added. Look at the top of the blog to find links to my other new blogs. One is a Book Reviews Blog, and one is a WIP History Blog.
-Old posts have been deleted, so as to get the new feel together!
-This blog will soon be advertised on other sites so as to get more followers... Maybe!
Thanks for your patience. I am hoping to get more followers to this blog soon, and will be posting about all the interesting things quickly! If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments below this post.
~Yellow Jane~
Saturday, 13 July 2013
Thursday, 6 June 2013
It's Called OCD
Just wanted to confirm something, about a mental illness that millions of people seem to think they have. Many have completely misunderstood it, and I wanted to let people know.
The illness I'm talking about is OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. No, it is not 'Overly Cleaning Disorder' or even 'Obnoxious Canoo-riding Day'.
My grandad suffered from it, and my mum lived with OCD in her life for about 18 years, and beyond that, after she'd left home. It has come to my notice that there are a lot of people out there who literally do not get what OCD is at all. People who are a little fussy about keeping their things tidy say they have OCD, or other people tell them they have OCD because they like to keep their books in alphabetical order, for example.
If you do these things, you DO NOT HAVE OCD. You are just a perfectionist, a little fussy, or generally neat type of person. OCD is a completely different ball-game. Cleaning is just one of many problems people with OCD have.
The illness gives you a constant anxiety. Always lurking in the back of your mind. It cannot be helped, you worrying, because even if you know it's ridiculous it's still a concern that will not go away. Say you have OCD and you are driving your car to work, an hour away. Half an hour from home, suddenly, a thought looms. You say to yourself: "Did I check the upstairs bathroom window on the left hand side before I left?" This though then snowballs. "I didn't check it"
Then, "What could happen? Someone could break in!"
Then, "They could break things for fun!"
Then, "I'll come back and fine my house has been ransacked"
Then, "I'll come back and my house will have been burned down to the ground!"
And so on. It's a never ending cycle, that you know is ridiculous, yet you are unable to stop. Even though you are by now only fifteen minutes from your destination, and fourty-five minutes from home, you insist on turning round, and driving the long way home, to check the window in the upstairs bathroom on the left hand side.
You may also need to follow a routine. For example, say you have a collection of purfume bottles, like many women do, nowadays! Another thing you have, is OCD. Every day, you come inside, and 'tidy up' your perfume bottles. You take them all off the shelf, and put them on the floor, then you dust each one individually, and place them back on the shelf, in a particular order.
Lavender perfume MUST go on first, in the back right-hand corner, just the right distance away from the mirror. The vanilla spray MUST go on the front left hand side, second in from the front edge of the dresser. And it goes on, and on, and on. But it could get worse.
You could do this once, then feel the need to do it again. And maybe again. Three times is a commen number for those with OCD. But it is not unheard of to do things like this many more times. And despite the fact that the next day, all the bottles stand clean and in the exact same place as they stood yesterday, you have a compulsion, an obsessive compulsion one might say, to do it all over again, maybe three times!
Although cleaning in the stereo-type where the whole idea of 'overly cleaning disorder' comes from, it is genuinly part of the problem. When I say cleaning, however, I am not talking about getting a bit upset when a spec of jam falls on the sofa. I'm talking about scrubbing an already clean kitchen floor with a wire brush five times over until your hands are bleeding, and still not be happy with the outcome. Imagine it like spring cleaning your bedroom: you dust all the surfaces, you clean the windows, you change the bed sheets etc. But for you, not every day, or every week etc.
For those with OCD, this can be the case. Sometimes, they see germs everywhere, surrounding them, closing in on them, and they have to wipe all the surfaces and clean all the windows, even though a normal person would look at the room, and see an already very tidy space!
Maybe this whole 'germ' thing goes beyond the home. Maybe, you are scared to leave the house without a face mask to guard your mouth from germs, becasue you are terrified of every illness you could possibly catch. Maybe you must wear gloves 24/7 even in the height of Summer because you cannot touch anything with your bare skin. Maybe you have to wash all the change someone gives you in a shop, because it could be infected, or have a half hour bath EVERY night, no matter what, because you must. be. clean.
My grandfather suffered from this, you see. Luckily, I don't and my other family don't, but his illness affected the whole family. He could't travel, so that was holidays out of the question, because he couldn't leave the house without coming back and checking about two or three times that everything was tunred off and locked etc.
Work was a hastle for him, because he just couldn't cope with the stress of it all. In the end, he decided to take early retirement.
He would get angry and frustrated and depressed all the time! He shouted, although was not violant, and listened to opera at night, to calm himself, keeping my mum and her siblings and mum awake.
Sadly, in many ways, anyway, he passed away in 2000 at the age of 70. He had cancer, and the stress of his life cannot of helped him!
But my nanny lives on to this day. She is 76, now. Living with him has obviously limited her. And thank god he died first. My mum told me that every day she thanks God for the fact that he died first, however mean that sounds. She says this because he wouldn't have coped. He would have lost it, completely. And since of my mums siblings, one is in America, and one is dead, the responsibility of looking after an OCD father would be hers entirely.
And because he's gone, my nanny can travel, which she'd wanted to do her whole life. In the last decade since his death, she has travelled the world, and seen every continent apart from South America and Antarctica. She can finally, after a life of looking after others, live for herself.
My mum is stressed by his life. She still finds opera terrifying, and still has some nervous habits developed from a rather traumatic upbringing. She missed out, in many ways.
OCD is a terrible thing, and shoudln't be undermimed. FOr those that have it, it can be an never ending nightmare, and for those that live with those who have it, it is beyond just difficult. So please, for those people's sakes, do not joke about 'Overly Cleaning Disorder' or anything else.
Do not claim to have it, or accuse someone else of having it. Because if they did, or if you did, you would know about it, no problems.
If you have read this, thank you.
Yellow Jane
The illness I'm talking about is OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. No, it is not 'Overly Cleaning Disorder' or even 'Obnoxious Canoo-riding Day'.
My grandad suffered from it, and my mum lived with OCD in her life for about 18 years, and beyond that, after she'd left home. It has come to my notice that there are a lot of people out there who literally do not get what OCD is at all. People who are a little fussy about keeping their things tidy say they have OCD, or other people tell them they have OCD because they like to keep their books in alphabetical order, for example.
If you do these things, you DO NOT HAVE OCD. You are just a perfectionist, a little fussy, or generally neat type of person. OCD is a completely different ball-game. Cleaning is just one of many problems people with OCD have.
The illness gives you a constant anxiety. Always lurking in the back of your mind. It cannot be helped, you worrying, because even if you know it's ridiculous it's still a concern that will not go away. Say you have OCD and you are driving your car to work, an hour away. Half an hour from home, suddenly, a thought looms. You say to yourself: "Did I check the upstairs bathroom window on the left hand side before I left?" This though then snowballs. "I didn't check it"
Then, "What could happen? Someone could break in!"
Then, "They could break things for fun!"
Then, "I'll come back and fine my house has been ransacked"
Then, "I'll come back and my house will have been burned down to the ground!"
And so on. It's a never ending cycle, that you know is ridiculous, yet you are unable to stop. Even though you are by now only fifteen minutes from your destination, and fourty-five minutes from home, you insist on turning round, and driving the long way home, to check the window in the upstairs bathroom on the left hand side.
You may also need to follow a routine. For example, say you have a collection of purfume bottles, like many women do, nowadays! Another thing you have, is OCD. Every day, you come inside, and 'tidy up' your perfume bottles. You take them all off the shelf, and put them on the floor, then you dust each one individually, and place them back on the shelf, in a particular order.
Lavender perfume MUST go on first, in the back right-hand corner, just the right distance away from the mirror. The vanilla spray MUST go on the front left hand side, second in from the front edge of the dresser. And it goes on, and on, and on. But it could get worse.
You could do this once, then feel the need to do it again. And maybe again. Three times is a commen number for those with OCD. But it is not unheard of to do things like this many more times. And despite the fact that the next day, all the bottles stand clean and in the exact same place as they stood yesterday, you have a compulsion, an obsessive compulsion one might say, to do it all over again, maybe three times!
Although cleaning in the stereo-type where the whole idea of 'overly cleaning disorder' comes from, it is genuinly part of the problem. When I say cleaning, however, I am not talking about getting a bit upset when a spec of jam falls on the sofa. I'm talking about scrubbing an already clean kitchen floor with a wire brush five times over until your hands are bleeding, and still not be happy with the outcome. Imagine it like spring cleaning your bedroom: you dust all the surfaces, you clean the windows, you change the bed sheets etc. But for you, not every day, or every week etc.
For those with OCD, this can be the case. Sometimes, they see germs everywhere, surrounding them, closing in on them, and they have to wipe all the surfaces and clean all the windows, even though a normal person would look at the room, and see an already very tidy space!
Maybe this whole 'germ' thing goes beyond the home. Maybe, you are scared to leave the house without a face mask to guard your mouth from germs, becasue you are terrified of every illness you could possibly catch. Maybe you must wear gloves 24/7 even in the height of Summer because you cannot touch anything with your bare skin. Maybe you have to wash all the change someone gives you in a shop, because it could be infected, or have a half hour bath EVERY night, no matter what, because you must. be. clean.
My grandfather suffered from this, you see. Luckily, I don't and my other family don't, but his illness affected the whole family. He could't travel, so that was holidays out of the question, because he couldn't leave the house without coming back and checking about two or three times that everything was tunred off and locked etc.
Work was a hastle for him, because he just couldn't cope with the stress of it all. In the end, he decided to take early retirement.
He would get angry and frustrated and depressed all the time! He shouted, although was not violant, and listened to opera at night, to calm himself, keeping my mum and her siblings and mum awake.
Sadly, in many ways, anyway, he passed away in 2000 at the age of 70. He had cancer, and the stress of his life cannot of helped him!
But my nanny lives on to this day. She is 76, now. Living with him has obviously limited her. And thank god he died first. My mum told me that every day she thanks God for the fact that he died first, however mean that sounds. She says this because he wouldn't have coped. He would have lost it, completely. And since of my mums siblings, one is in America, and one is dead, the responsibility of looking after an OCD father would be hers entirely.
And because he's gone, my nanny can travel, which she'd wanted to do her whole life. In the last decade since his death, she has travelled the world, and seen every continent apart from South America and Antarctica. She can finally, after a life of looking after others, live for herself.
My mum is stressed by his life. She still finds opera terrifying, and still has some nervous habits developed from a rather traumatic upbringing. She missed out, in many ways.
OCD is a terrible thing, and shoudln't be undermimed. FOr those that have it, it can be an never ending nightmare, and for those that live with those who have it, it is beyond just difficult. So please, for those people's sakes, do not joke about 'Overly Cleaning Disorder' or anything else.
Do not claim to have it, or accuse someone else of having it. Because if they did, or if you did, you would know about it, no problems.
If you have read this, thank you.
Yellow Jane
Sunday, 26 May 2013
10 Films You MUST See!
Here are my top ten films, listed in no particular order, that I love watching :)
1) Shakespere In Love
It's very hard to portray real passion in a film, I find, without it looking soppy, OTT, or just plain fake, and unbelievable! But for me, Shakespere In Love manages that, and can show the intimacy of a real, loving relationship. The story is great, and the ending is sad, yet somehow uplifting! I also think it is clever how it has good, funny, moments, as well as following a serious and believable storyline. And the fact that Judi Dench plays Queen Elizabeth always helps XD Love that actress!
2) Coraline
This is an animated film, the one about buttons for eyes! I think the animations in this film are just wonderful. They really create a dreamy, supernatural atmosphere, with the colours, and the shapes, and the setting and the characters. Plus, the whole idea of the story and the Other-Mother, I think is a good representation of how some people feel. A wonderful little film :)
3) The Help
I only saw this film really very recently, but it did it for me. It shows the harsh reality of life in the Southern States of America, in the times when Blacks and Whites were heavily seperate, following the stories of two black maid-servants, and one white journalist. The emotion is staggering. It's not easy to really make me feel something about a film on a TV screen, but this managed it. I was touched by the events! And not necessarily in a bad-way. Despite its serious topic, and dangerous storyline, it also had moments where you could laugh, and it ended happily, leaving me feel good :)
4) Knight and Day
A slight contrast to the last three, I know. But I love it! Every time I see it makes me laugh like I'm watching it for the first time. Not at all serious, but funny. It's an action film, I suppose, but like all these thing it makes me laugh! Camerson Diaz and Tom Cruiz play their parts really well.
5) Meet The Fockers
Another comedy. Although I know it requires a particular sence of humour, I find it hilarious! The jokes are dazzleingly innapropriate at times, but the awkward situations they come with are just brilliant :D Yet the near-end of the film presents a more serious side to the difficulties of family life, which is a good contrast, I think. It ends well, and I think it's a fun film :)
6) Alice In Wonderland
I'm speaking of the Tim Burton version. I love the scenery, and the unusual, querky version that it is. It is interpreted in a really different sort of way, and I like that! I also enjoy the artistic side of it: the artwork it uses, the animation mixed with reality, and the different creatures living there. The costumes too, are awsome! A really good film :)
7) St. Trinians 2
I can't remember if the second one has a full title or if it is just labelled as '2'. As you can see, if they make me laugh, I really like comedy, and St. Trinians does make me the laugh, but the second one moreso. The idea and the story and the fact that they're all school girls is great. I like the references dropped in throughout to older films, like the Italian Job!
8) The Sorcerers Apprentice
It's funny as well as a good blast of action. It has a good storyline that I hope they'll continue with, as it does have potential. I like the magic and the old-fashioned story mixed into the modern world, like it has returned. Fun to watch with friends too- a lot of good oppurtunities for 'comments'.
9) The Addams Family Values
The second of the Addams Family films, (can't judge the first one as it's unavailable on English TV's, which is a bummer). It's funny, basically. Wednesday Addams is definately one of the best characters on TV - she's definately one of my faivoraites anyway! The stereo-typical dark scenes are great, and the little jokes they make throughout, and the one liners, are all wel-thought through :D
10) The Most Exotic Marigold Hotel (or whatever it's called)
I find this a touching film, really good, and the great story of the characters developing throughout! It shows that the elderly still have a meaning, and still can have a good story, and that relationships, with time, develop. It also helps it has a whole bunch of the best actors and actresses in there :)
As for my favouraite actors, and actresses, there are a good few. But these two are probably the greatest:
Judi Dench. TV would't be the same without her! She is a true inspiration to me. I don't think any others are even comparible to her, in many ways. The number of character-types and different roles she can adapt her acting to is amazing. I've seen her in a lot, but she sticks out best in 'As Time GOes By' playing Jean Pargiter, and as M in James Bond! My favouraite actress, I'd say :)
Maggie Smith. Love her. She is my second favouraite. She has a great ability to play blunt characters, with good personalities! Downton Abbey just wouldn't be as good without her! And she also makes the Harry Potter films worth watching! ;) She's also a great part in the Marigold Hotel, and plays all her parts beautifully.
I don't think we realise quite how important drama is to our lives! I know I do it for GCSE and am a to-be drama A'Level student, but I honestly do think this. It is around us everywhere! Everytime we turn on the TV drama is there. It is on the radio, in music, and on theatre. The world wouldn't be the same without drama's ability to take us to another :')
Thanks for reading!
Yellow Jane
1) Shakespere In Love
It's very hard to portray real passion in a film, I find, without it looking soppy, OTT, or just plain fake, and unbelievable! But for me, Shakespere In Love manages that, and can show the intimacy of a real, loving relationship. The story is great, and the ending is sad, yet somehow uplifting! I also think it is clever how it has good, funny, moments, as well as following a serious and believable storyline. And the fact that Judi Dench plays Queen Elizabeth always helps XD Love that actress!
2) Coraline
This is an animated film, the one about buttons for eyes! I think the animations in this film are just wonderful. They really create a dreamy, supernatural atmosphere, with the colours, and the shapes, and the setting and the characters. Plus, the whole idea of the story and the Other-Mother, I think is a good representation of how some people feel. A wonderful little film :)
3) The Help
I only saw this film really very recently, but it did it for me. It shows the harsh reality of life in the Southern States of America, in the times when Blacks and Whites were heavily seperate, following the stories of two black maid-servants, and one white journalist. The emotion is staggering. It's not easy to really make me feel something about a film on a TV screen, but this managed it. I was touched by the events! And not necessarily in a bad-way. Despite its serious topic, and dangerous storyline, it also had moments where you could laugh, and it ended happily, leaving me feel good :)
4) Knight and Day
A slight contrast to the last three, I know. But I love it! Every time I see it makes me laugh like I'm watching it for the first time. Not at all serious, but funny. It's an action film, I suppose, but like all these thing it makes me laugh! Camerson Diaz and Tom Cruiz play their parts really well.
5) Meet The Fockers
Another comedy. Although I know it requires a particular sence of humour, I find it hilarious! The jokes are dazzleingly innapropriate at times, but the awkward situations they come with are just brilliant :D Yet the near-end of the film presents a more serious side to the difficulties of family life, which is a good contrast, I think. It ends well, and I think it's a fun film :)
6) Alice In Wonderland
I'm speaking of the Tim Burton version. I love the scenery, and the unusual, querky version that it is. It is interpreted in a really different sort of way, and I like that! I also enjoy the artistic side of it: the artwork it uses, the animation mixed with reality, and the different creatures living there. The costumes too, are awsome! A really good film :)
7) St. Trinians 2
I can't remember if the second one has a full title or if it is just labelled as '2'. As you can see, if they make me laugh, I really like comedy, and St. Trinians does make me the laugh, but the second one moreso. The idea and the story and the fact that they're all school girls is great. I like the references dropped in throughout to older films, like the Italian Job!
8) The Sorcerers Apprentice
It's funny as well as a good blast of action. It has a good storyline that I hope they'll continue with, as it does have potential. I like the magic and the old-fashioned story mixed into the modern world, like it has returned. Fun to watch with friends too- a lot of good oppurtunities for 'comments'.
9) The Addams Family Values
The second of the Addams Family films, (can't judge the first one as it's unavailable on English TV's, which is a bummer). It's funny, basically. Wednesday Addams is definately one of the best characters on TV - she's definately one of my faivoraites anyway! The stereo-typical dark scenes are great, and the little jokes they make throughout, and the one liners, are all wel-thought through :D
10) The Most Exotic Marigold Hotel (or whatever it's called)
I find this a touching film, really good, and the great story of the characters developing throughout! It shows that the elderly still have a meaning, and still can have a good story, and that relationships, with time, develop. It also helps it has a whole bunch of the best actors and actresses in there :)
As for my favouraite actors, and actresses, there are a good few. But these two are probably the greatest:
Judi Dench. TV would't be the same without her! She is a true inspiration to me. I don't think any others are even comparible to her, in many ways. The number of character-types and different roles she can adapt her acting to is amazing. I've seen her in a lot, but she sticks out best in 'As Time GOes By' playing Jean Pargiter, and as M in James Bond! My favouraite actress, I'd say :)
Maggie Smith. Love her. She is my second favouraite. She has a great ability to play blunt characters, with good personalities! Downton Abbey just wouldn't be as good without her! And she also makes the Harry Potter films worth watching! ;) She's also a great part in the Marigold Hotel, and plays all her parts beautifully.
I don't think we realise quite how important drama is to our lives! I know I do it for GCSE and am a to-be drama A'Level student, but I honestly do think this. It is around us everywhere! Everytime we turn on the TV drama is there. It is on the radio, in music, and on theatre. The world wouldn't be the same without drama's ability to take us to another :')
Thanks for reading!
Yellow Jane
Sunday, 17 February 2013
You Don't Need To Be In Love
I think it's a commen view from a lot of people that the meaning of life is to find a partner and produce offspring. Many think that without having a partner, you're life is not as worthy as someone elses, and therefore they focus their whole life and most of their thoughts about being in love and thinking about romance.
But I don't think this is correct. I think it's entirely possible to live a happy life, and have a totally worth-while existance without love in your life. You can still have a great, important purpose in your life if you don't have kids and a husband or wife.
Think about being a nun. ( :D ) Nuns live their whole lives as virgins. Most of those women ain't even had their first kiss! And they're happy, in most cases. At least, if they're not, they choose not to become a nun! Simple, I think.
So I'm gonna say this bluntley. (if you haven't had the special cuddle talk with your mummies and daddies yet, look away now).
Sex is not all their is to life. Getting laid is not always the most important part of someone's life. There's a whole world full of things that can happen, and an entire universe with worth while things to discover and/or expierience.
Love takes over many people's lives. Love is what they apparently 'need'. But you don't. There is nothing forcing you to have sex, and nothing forcing you to have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, and no rules that say what you should and shouldn't do with your life.
There is too much pressure on people to focus their lives on being 'in love' and as a result, people's minds and views are distorted, and they're made to think there's nothing else worth doing. But there definately, definately is. Love is by no means meaningless. Don't get me wrong I'm no monk myself, but I don't agree that being in love is the most amazing thing that can happen to you!
I want a wife, sure. I'd personally like kids. But there are a lot of people that don't. And that's good on them. It doesn't mean they've done nothing with their lives by any means! Basically, as the title says, you don't need to be in love.
From Yellow Jane :)
But I don't think this is correct. I think it's entirely possible to live a happy life, and have a totally worth-while existance without love in your life. You can still have a great, important purpose in your life if you don't have kids and a husband or wife.
Think about being a nun. ( :D ) Nuns live their whole lives as virgins. Most of those women ain't even had their first kiss! And they're happy, in most cases. At least, if they're not, they choose not to become a nun! Simple, I think.
So I'm gonna say this bluntley. (if you haven't had the special cuddle talk with your mummies and daddies yet, look away now).
Sex is not all their is to life. Getting laid is not always the most important part of someone's life. There's a whole world full of things that can happen, and an entire universe with worth while things to discover and/or expierience.
Love takes over many people's lives. Love is what they apparently 'need'. But you don't. There is nothing forcing you to have sex, and nothing forcing you to have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, and no rules that say what you should and shouldn't do with your life.
There is too much pressure on people to focus their lives on being 'in love' and as a result, people's minds and views are distorted, and they're made to think there's nothing else worth doing. But there definately, definately is. Love is by no means meaningless. Don't get me wrong I'm no monk myself, but I don't agree that being in love is the most amazing thing that can happen to you!
I want a wife, sure. I'd personally like kids. But there are a lot of people that don't. And that's good on them. It doesn't mean they've done nothing with their lives by any means! Basically, as the title says, you don't need to be in love.
From Yellow Jane :)
Monday, 7 January 2013
Music Taste
Music tastes vary. My mum says that no matter what you say, you cannot change someone's tastes in music, and that their opinion on music may change with time, but never because of others saying it's crap. I think this is true, I have evidence before me, with my friends, who every time I tell them whatever music we're discussing is rubbish, they will never change. (poor souls, I do try to guide the little dears, but, you know...);)
So here is my opinion: Five best (my opinion), five worst (opinion!)
The Best: (not nesseccarily in order)
1) Taylor Swift. (Bet my friends didn't guess that... ;) ) Her voice is beautiful, and unique. Her songs have real meaning! She's very successful, much more so than many would think, and has something special in her music.
2) Lady Gaga! :D An absolute party animal, does absolutely bizaare things, but hey, she has confidence! You've gotta be brave to dress up in raw meat on a magazine cover! But her songs are good. Rebellious, and although they are good to dance to, they also have a message behind most of her songs.
3) Take That (minus Robbie Williams)... They're albums 'The Circus' and the other one where they're in a desert on the album cover, are good albums, although I only like a few of their songs. And Garry Barlow has a good voice. I think I've Said It All, as far as Take That is concerned ;)
4) Lilly Allen Her songs have a greater depth to them than just singing about love: she has a real good way of saying things, and her songs include many clever lyrics. She swears a bit, famously, but at least she uses it when it is almost, 'needed'.
5) ABBA Old, I know, but I listen to them. I've tried to keep it modern, but I can't leave them out, they're just too well known, especially since their 'come-back' with Mama Mia (which I thankfully never watched).
So that is my five, I think. Now comes the bad, the one's who in my opinion need to get off the stage:
1) One Direction... OMG! They're so bad, their song 'Little Things' is one of the worst songs I've EVER heard. And I've heard a lot of bad songs...
2) Cheryl Cole They've made the mistake of letting her sing live on several occasions :P
3) Liona Louis (Is that how you spell her name? Her song 'Keep Bleeding' consists of her rubbing herself on every piece of furniture available!!!
4) James Arthur Talentless! All there is to say.
5) Celo Green Once more, apologies for mispellings. His voice is so annoying! Every song he's sung is annoying!
So that's it folks, my opinion of music, the good, and the bad. Don't know if you'll agree, but frankly, I'm pretty sure I've got this right ;)
What are your opinions? *publishes blog knowing there will be no response whatsoever*
So here is my opinion: Five best (my opinion), five worst (opinion!)
The Best: (not nesseccarily in order)
1) Taylor Swift. (Bet my friends didn't guess that... ;) ) Her voice is beautiful, and unique. Her songs have real meaning! She's very successful, much more so than many would think, and has something special in her music.
2) Lady Gaga! :D An absolute party animal, does absolutely bizaare things, but hey, she has confidence! You've gotta be brave to dress up in raw meat on a magazine cover! But her songs are good. Rebellious, and although they are good to dance to, they also have a message behind most of her songs.
3) Take That (minus Robbie Williams)... They're albums 'The Circus' and the other one where they're in a desert on the album cover, are good albums, although I only like a few of their songs. And Garry Barlow has a good voice. I think I've Said It All, as far as Take That is concerned ;)
4) Lilly Allen Her songs have a greater depth to them than just singing about love: she has a real good way of saying things, and her songs include many clever lyrics. She swears a bit, famously, but at least she uses it when it is almost, 'needed'.
5) ABBA Old, I know, but I listen to them. I've tried to keep it modern, but I can't leave them out, they're just too well known, especially since their 'come-back' with Mama Mia (which I thankfully never watched).
So that is my five, I think. Now comes the bad, the one's who in my opinion need to get off the stage:
1) One Direction... OMG! They're so bad, their song 'Little Things' is one of the worst songs I've EVER heard. And I've heard a lot of bad songs...
2) Cheryl Cole They've made the mistake of letting her sing live on several occasions :P
3) Liona Louis (Is that how you spell her name? Her song 'Keep Bleeding' consists of her rubbing herself on every piece of furniture available!!!
4) James Arthur Talentless! All there is to say.
5) Celo Green Once more, apologies for mispellings. His voice is so annoying! Every song he's sung is annoying!
So that's it folks, my opinion of music, the good, and the bad. Don't know if you'll agree, but frankly, I'm pretty sure I've got this right ;)
What are your opinions? *publishes blog knowing there will be no response whatsoever*
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Stalking Celebrities
Time for a bit of a rant. What on earth is people's obsession with Celebrities? There are people who dedicate their LIVES to buying posters and merchandise with some celebs face on it. What is the point? I wonder sometimes if it's because they use them as someone to follow.
That may be fair enough. But why do people want to know every detail of someone elses lives? At the end of the day, they're a normal person. Normal up to the point of being human, just happening to be bloody loaded, and famous. Why do people care?
What different does it make who Cheryl Cole is going out with? Why do people want to know the entire life of Ed Sheeren? Why do people care about what clothes One Direction are wearing? I just don't get it.
Magazines like Heat are simply to inform others about the lives of celebrities. They sell in millions, and as a result, even loads of sensible people know who Harry Styles is going out with. They read this stuff.
Phoenix even sent me a website called 'Who's Dated Who.Com'.
What the actual Hell? Someone sat down, found this stuff out, and then actually made a website? One that people actually read?
I am a great fan of Taylor Swift. I think she sings beautifully, and her songs have real meaning (unlike many other singers). Just because of this, it doesn't mean I want to know everything about her life. I care about her music not her shoe size.
Someone actually told me: OMG did you hear Taylor Swift is going out with Harry Styles (I think he's the right guy?) But you know what? Good for her, but I really don't care...
So why do people live their lives by reading up on other peoples? What's in it for them? Answers are apprieciated
YJ
PS- I told you it was gonna be a rant :D
That may be fair enough. But why do people want to know every detail of someone elses lives? At the end of the day, they're a normal person. Normal up to the point of being human, just happening to be bloody loaded, and famous. Why do people care?
What different does it make who Cheryl Cole is going out with? Why do people want to know the entire life of Ed Sheeren? Why do people care about what clothes One Direction are wearing? I just don't get it.
Magazines like Heat are simply to inform others about the lives of celebrities. They sell in millions, and as a result, even loads of sensible people know who Harry Styles is going out with. They read this stuff.
Phoenix even sent me a website called 'Who's Dated Who.Com'.
What the actual Hell? Someone sat down, found this stuff out, and then actually made a website? One that people actually read?
I am a great fan of Taylor Swift. I think she sings beautifully, and her songs have real meaning (unlike many other singers). Just because of this, it doesn't mean I want to know everything about her life. I care about her music not her shoe size.
Someone actually told me: OMG did you hear Taylor Swift is going out with Harry Styles (I think he's the right guy?) But you know what? Good for her, but I really don't care...
So why do people live their lives by reading up on other peoples? What's in it for them? Answers are apprieciated
YJ
PS- I told you it was gonna be a rant :D
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Time After Time
If you tell me your secrets, I'll put them on Facebook,
Time After Time.
If you ask me the truth, I will say your adopted,
Time After Time.
If you buy a new dress, I will say that you look fat,
Time After Time.
If you gain self-esteem, my saracasm will crush you,
Time After Time.
If you buy something new, I will grab it, and break it,
Time After Time.
If you ask me for help, I will say you're a lost cause,
Time After Time.
If you get a partner, I'll get them to dump you,
Time After Time.
If you ask me to date you, I'll dump you at Christmas,
Time After Time.
If you trip down the stairs, I will step to the side,
Time After Time.
If you're hit by a bus, I shall laugh and take pictures,
Time After Time.
If you get a new pet, I will poison the pet-food,
Time After Time.
If you write a poem, I'll tell you it's rubbish,
Time After Time.
If you're looking at the screen, and thinking I'm nasty,
Get Over It!XD
:D Yellow Jane's adapted version of 'Time After Time'
YJ
Time After Time.
If you ask me the truth, I will say your adopted,
Time After Time.
If you buy a new dress, I will say that you look fat,
Time After Time.
If you gain self-esteem, my saracasm will crush you,
Time After Time.
If you buy something new, I will grab it, and break it,
Time After Time.
If you ask me for help, I will say you're a lost cause,
Time After Time.
If you get a partner, I'll get them to dump you,
Time After Time.
If you ask me to date you, I'll dump you at Christmas,
Time After Time.
If you trip down the stairs, I will step to the side,
Time After Time.
If you're hit by a bus, I shall laugh and take pictures,
Time After Time.
If you get a new pet, I will poison the pet-food,
Time After Time.
If you write a poem, I'll tell you it's rubbish,
Time After Time.
If you're looking at the screen, and thinking I'm nasty,
Get Over It!XD
:D Yellow Jane's adapted version of 'Time After Time'
YJ
Saturday, 11 February 2012
She Has To Be Popular
In Year 7, I failed. Now, looking back, I know I should have been more careful, and been better trying to build up a good life, with lots of friends.
Others had Facebook already, and got connected before even knowing each other properly. Others came from larger schools, where they already knew tonnes of people. Others chose their friends more carefully.
But now it's too late. If I could start again, I know how I could have built up a life. I know how i could have gained friends. But back then, I was so innocent, and nieve.
I thought being nice to people would make them like you. I assumed if you were friendly, then people would respond in a friendly way. I had this idea that people would like you for who you were, not because of the group you started out with, if if you know how to use Facebook, and have house parties all the time.
I guess I was wrong. I decided to become friends with somone who quite frankly was odd. He was really rude to just about everyone. As a result, he was very unpopular. And as I had settled in as his friend, I was stuck with him. I was disliked too.
At the time, I thought 'Who cares'. I am being generous, with my kindness towards him, and helping him out, telling him what people like and what people don't.
But things change. Overnight, he became popular. Because he was popular, what would he need with his little friend who's only life was himself and about two friends. So he ditched me, and I realised that all of a sudden, he was popular, and despite the fact I'd helped him, I was not.
And this start in Year 7 is crucual. I failed my start. If you don't make a 'good' and 'cool' impression, then you're finished. I am already a lost cause, in many aspects.
This is where I come to my sister. Innocent, nieve, and thoughtful. Just like me. Just like the one I was. At the moment, seemingly with no social life. I see her at lunch, on her own, and when I ask her what she usually does, she replies "I go to the library and read my book, or go to a club".
Of course, there is really not that much wrong with this. But there is one thing. Friends? Chatting to people? What about socializing? I find myself telling her "Oh I saw tht person from your form over there" or something along those lines, just to get her talking to people!
And then yesterday, she was on Facebook, and a message pops up.
"Hello xxx"
I happen to be there, and she says to me "Oh look someone has sent me a chat message!"
"Hi" is her response, but before she has time to press the enter key, I slide in. "She sent you an 'xxx'. Send some back."
And this went on, with me guiding her through a conversation, telling her what she could say, and she was asking me "What can I say to that?" on more than one occasion.
I realize there is a motive behind this: I don't want her to be like me.
I want her to have friends, and lots of them. I want her to be able to go on Facebook, and have chat messages from friends popping up, texts on her phone, etc. I want her to have a social life! Not just a little circle like I do.
She Has To Be Popular. I have to help her, because with me as her sibling, she has not had guidance in being the coolest person.
So I ask you, am I doing the right thing? Am I really helping her? Or making her into a project. Because I really care about her.
Yellow Jane
Others had Facebook already, and got connected before even knowing each other properly. Others came from larger schools, where they already knew tonnes of people. Others chose their friends more carefully.
But now it's too late. If I could start again, I know how I could have built up a life. I know how i could have gained friends. But back then, I was so innocent, and nieve.
I thought being nice to people would make them like you. I assumed if you were friendly, then people would respond in a friendly way. I had this idea that people would like you for who you were, not because of the group you started out with, if if you know how to use Facebook, and have house parties all the time.
I guess I was wrong. I decided to become friends with somone who quite frankly was odd. He was really rude to just about everyone. As a result, he was very unpopular. And as I had settled in as his friend, I was stuck with him. I was disliked too.
At the time, I thought 'Who cares'. I am being generous, with my kindness towards him, and helping him out, telling him what people like and what people don't.
But things change. Overnight, he became popular. Because he was popular, what would he need with his little friend who's only life was himself and about two friends. So he ditched me, and I realised that all of a sudden, he was popular, and despite the fact I'd helped him, I was not.
And this start in Year 7 is crucual. I failed my start. If you don't make a 'good' and 'cool' impression, then you're finished. I am already a lost cause, in many aspects.
This is where I come to my sister. Innocent, nieve, and thoughtful. Just like me. Just like the one I was. At the moment, seemingly with no social life. I see her at lunch, on her own, and when I ask her what she usually does, she replies "I go to the library and read my book, or go to a club".
Of course, there is really not that much wrong with this. But there is one thing. Friends? Chatting to people? What about socializing? I find myself telling her "Oh I saw tht person from your form over there" or something along those lines, just to get her talking to people!
And then yesterday, she was on Facebook, and a message pops up.
"Hello xxx"
I happen to be there, and she says to me "Oh look someone has sent me a chat message!"
"Hi" is her response, but before she has time to press the enter key, I slide in. "She sent you an 'xxx'. Send some back."
And this went on, with me guiding her through a conversation, telling her what she could say, and she was asking me "What can I say to that?" on more than one occasion.
I realize there is a motive behind this: I don't want her to be like me.
I want her to have friends, and lots of them. I want her to be able to go on Facebook, and have chat messages from friends popping up, texts on her phone, etc. I want her to have a social life! Not just a little circle like I do.
She Has To Be Popular. I have to help her, because with me as her sibling, she has not had guidance in being the coolest person.
So I ask you, am I doing the right thing? Am I really helping her? Or making her into a project. Because I really care about her.
Yellow Jane
Monday, 7 November 2011
Moment In History - The Protests
Hello, readers!
So yesterday i am walking through London, and i come across St Paul's. Of course, there is a protest camp there, and I took some pictures! And as i promised Phoenix a Photo Blog, i thought i would put them up; just so i can get the people, maybe a tiny bit more publicity for what seems to be a just cause.
There were many tents all up the side of the Cathedral, and there were policeman watching over them, just in case!
So yesterday i am walking through London, and i come across St Paul's. Of course, there is a protest camp there, and I took some pictures! And as i promised Phoenix a Photo Blog, i thought i would put them up; just so i can get the people, maybe a tiny bit more publicity for what seems to be a just cause.
These tents were set up nearest the front, but not in the way of the stairs- I'm guessing health and safety. They were all crammed together, unbelievably close to each other.
As you can see, they are seperated from the street by those yellow and black things! (dont know their names!!)
As you can see here, the protestors have lined all the pillers of the building to the left of their camp!
Some posters had mottos on them, and some had pictures or cartoons. Many were drawn or written by the people themselves, and despite being damp and a bit smudgy because of the rain, you could still read there shocking facts and figures.
It was a pretty cool veiw, with the rows and rows of pillers covered with the posters.
Just in case you can't see it for whatever reason, the poster says:
"Last year FTSE 100 executives awarded themselves a 49% pay rise. They gave their workers only 2.5%."
This is what they were mainly protesting about: the bosses give themselves huge bonuses and pay rise, and pay minimal tax rates, when the average hard working person gets lower pay, higher taxes, and no bonuses. An unfair economy.
This is the camps 'StarBooks, Occupation Library'. A very clever idea, and probably the only things that these people can do in their free time!
The library was reasonably well equipped, and was taking donated books, so if you have any spare books, and are going into London Centre, donate them!
There was also a shop selling basic tinned supplies and drinks- but mainly soups, so they can last for as long as they want and won't run out of food.
And the final photo i can upload (it takes HOURS) is this. The blue banner you can see states 'Real Democracy Now'. There is also a Portaloo, but DiamondHeart will be disappointed to know it is not a Pikachu Portaloo. ;)
I don't mean to come across all political by this blog, but i just wanted to give publicity to this campaighn. The government is stealing money from the lower classes and allowing the richer members of society to give themselves huge amounts of money.
As Meg Rossof said in her blog 'Rupert Murdoch gives himself a huge bonus, and gives has a 6% tax rate, as well as having a massive salery. Her cleaner works longer hours, is paid the minimum wage, and pays a 20% tax rate.'
The government is going to have to change in the end, i guess.
Thanks for reading!
YJ
Friday, 1 July 2011
The Yellow Jane Side
There is something i should explain about the odd nickname 'Yellow Jane'.
You see, Yellow Jane was originally a character i made up for a game, she was the one you never knew if you could trust or not.
But, i never have truly explained, and it is possibly too complicated to explain, but i am going to try for everyones sake:
The character 'Yellow Jane' is not just some random person, because i based her on the dark side of myself. She is a bit of a weird person. In the stories i have written about her, she has done many terrible things and regrets pretty much none of them, because her aim in life is not to have friends, family, or anything like that, it is to survive until she sees fit for her to die.
She trusts very few people, and those she does trust are very close to her, and those she doesn't get a completely different veiw of her. Her true self is known by a very small and privilaged group. But in the stories, she is not what she seems. She usually has a very wavy timeline of trust. Just as people are beggining to trust her, she does something terrible, and everyone is shocked. Then, she begins to get back up in the levels of trust, and then drops again. I don't know if i am like this is real life, but that is one aspect of her character.
An example, for those that are confused: In one story, Yellow Jane is voyaging into undiscovered lands, but does not realise that the enemy is following her ship. They meet, and a fight breaks out. Many of her people are killed, and she is left to protect the last people, as the Emperor is wounded. The instead of fighting, she teleports away, and leaves her crew to die. She comes back, and punctures the enemies boat, but then vanishes.
It goes on like this.
But Yellow Jane is different from any other character i have read about, or created. I guess that's what i like about her. It's how she is able to carry on, no matter what. She loses people she has known for years, and still she can carry on, unharmed physically or emotionally. Her house is burned down, she just cuts down the enemy, and gets on with life. She is strong, and she is persistant. She is almost merciless.
But even the Yellow Jane side is split. Some of it is my dark side that i can actually do. But there are sections of it which are what i want to be. (no DH and Phoenix it is not the fact she is a woman so shh!). Her perfection. How she is merciless.
How easy her life must be if she truly can move on from disappointment. Losing friends, and so on. It may sound cruel, but it is true that Yellow Jane does not attach herself to anyone, because she knows if she loses them she will fall. I suppose she could have got this from her past, which i haven't thought about much. I know her childhood, and her as an adult. Not her teenage years. What i sometimes imagine there to have been is love. It is blindingly obvious to choose this path. She was in love, she lost him, and she became my dark side, the truth, and the wishing bits.
I like to boast that i can do what she can through and through, but i know i can't. If Phoenix Song was killed, the full Yellow Jane would maybe inside be hurt, but able to seem untouched on the outside, the side which you can see.
But me? No. If Phoenix Song died i would never get over it. Same with Loepard Fur or other friends.
So maybe i don't have a full Yellow Jane side, but i like to think i do. I just don't know.
In RE we were talking about the Soul. Do you think Yellow Jane is part of my soul?
I hope i've managed to explain without people laughing at my maddness or frowning because they don't get it. But i just wanted to write down my thoughts, on the side of Yellow Jane. It isn't just a name.
YJ
You see, Yellow Jane was originally a character i made up for a game, she was the one you never knew if you could trust or not.
But, i never have truly explained, and it is possibly too complicated to explain, but i am going to try for everyones sake:
The character 'Yellow Jane' is not just some random person, because i based her on the dark side of myself. She is a bit of a weird person. In the stories i have written about her, she has done many terrible things and regrets pretty much none of them, because her aim in life is not to have friends, family, or anything like that, it is to survive until she sees fit for her to die.
She trusts very few people, and those she does trust are very close to her, and those she doesn't get a completely different veiw of her. Her true self is known by a very small and privilaged group. But in the stories, she is not what she seems. She usually has a very wavy timeline of trust. Just as people are beggining to trust her, she does something terrible, and everyone is shocked. Then, she begins to get back up in the levels of trust, and then drops again. I don't know if i am like this is real life, but that is one aspect of her character.
An example, for those that are confused: In one story, Yellow Jane is voyaging into undiscovered lands, but does not realise that the enemy is following her ship. They meet, and a fight breaks out. Many of her people are killed, and she is left to protect the last people, as the Emperor is wounded. The instead of fighting, she teleports away, and leaves her crew to die. She comes back, and punctures the enemies boat, but then vanishes.
It goes on like this.
But Yellow Jane is different from any other character i have read about, or created. I guess that's what i like about her. It's how she is able to carry on, no matter what. She loses people she has known for years, and still she can carry on, unharmed physically or emotionally. Her house is burned down, she just cuts down the enemy, and gets on with life. She is strong, and she is persistant. She is almost merciless.
But even the Yellow Jane side is split. Some of it is my dark side that i can actually do. But there are sections of it which are what i want to be. (no DH and Phoenix it is not the fact she is a woman so shh!). Her perfection. How she is merciless.
How easy her life must be if she truly can move on from disappointment. Losing friends, and so on. It may sound cruel, but it is true that Yellow Jane does not attach herself to anyone, because she knows if she loses them she will fall. I suppose she could have got this from her past, which i haven't thought about much. I know her childhood, and her as an adult. Not her teenage years. What i sometimes imagine there to have been is love. It is blindingly obvious to choose this path. She was in love, she lost him, and she became my dark side, the truth, and the wishing bits.
I like to boast that i can do what she can through and through, but i know i can't. If Phoenix Song was killed, the full Yellow Jane would maybe inside be hurt, but able to seem untouched on the outside, the side which you can see.
But me? No. If Phoenix Song died i would never get over it. Same with Loepard Fur or other friends.
So maybe i don't have a full Yellow Jane side, but i like to think i do. I just don't know.
In RE we were talking about the Soul. Do you think Yellow Jane is part of my soul?
I hope i've managed to explain without people laughing at my maddness or frowning because they don't get it. But i just wanted to write down my thoughts, on the side of Yellow Jane. It isn't just a name.
YJ
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