May 16: The A-Z of Me

Ooo look another tag post. In other words I'm a bit bored and nothing exciting has been happening (and I'm avoiding doing homework). Enjoy.

The A-Z of Me

Age: Seventeen and eleven months
Bed Size: Single bed with a dark brown wooden base. There isn't enough space in my room for a double.
Chore you Hate: Cleaning the shower
Dogs: Border Collie
Essential start of your day: Coffee
Favourite Colour: Lilac or Navy Blue
Gold or Silver: Yellow or Rose gold
Height: 5'5"
Instruments I play: Flute and a bit of guitar
Job Title: Student
Kids: Not yet but I want them
Live: Melbourne
Mum's name: Lucinda or Lucy
Nickname: Lala, Nah-nah, LaLa-Bear, Liana
Pet Peeve: Loud Chewing
Quote from a movie: "happiness isn't happiness without a violin playing goat" - Notting Hill
Right or left handed: Right.
Siblings: One older brother (Lachlan), One younger sister (Adrienne) and two younger brothers (Jonathan & Heath)
Time you wake up: Between 6:30 and 7
Underwear: Hipster briefs
Vegetables you dislike: Zucchini
What makes you run late: My large family
X-rays you've had done: My left hand, it wasn't broken
Yummy food you make: Brownies
Zoo animal: An Elephant or Owl

Until Next Time,
Liana xx

Feb 14: A lack of words

I am feeling slightly depressed, actually not really, just a little sad but not even sad describe accurately how I'm feeling. I seem to be experiencing a lack of words. It could be more disappointment. Okay so I look up sad in the thesaurus and I think better words to describe how I feel are cheerless, wistful and dismal.
It may be caused by the amount of homework I have looming over my head, that it is hot stuffy and humid which makes my sister and mother very temperamental or the fact that it is Valentine's Day and I have never had a proper valentine. It's probably the first option, plus my baby brother is my valentine (not that that is weird), he takes good care of me.

So due to that I have come up with a(nother) list of things I love:

1) The Lizzie Bennett Diaries: Anyone who loves, likes or even remotely enjoys Jane Austin is sure to like this new adaption in a web series. I have been following it since it first started about 10 months ago and I was hooked from the very first second. Linked is the very first episode. I am so emotionally involved in it it is insane.

2) Soul Pancake: I found this site this week and it is possibly the reason I have so much homework not done. Opps. It really is great. It is basically a whole lot conversations about things that matter (art, culture, science, philosophy, humour and spiritual things). I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

3) Tom Law: If you haven't heard of this guy yet, I'm expecting some extravagant thankyou's after you have. Plus he is super *insert adjective here* (my choice words are: sexy, cute, gorgeous, amazing, supermegafoxyawesomehot?). He does alternative covers and writes his own songs. He definitely needs more recognition.

This is my favourite song he wrote. It's called 'touch my skin'. I hope I have you hooked.

I hope you had a better Valentine's than me.
Until next time,
Liana xx

Feb 3: Things I love

I am taking a break from homework (something I do not love) and giving you an insight into my life mainly things I like.
The first thing that I am loving at the moment and have been ever since I got it for Christmas an album called Moonfire by Boy and Bear. I am yet to find a time where it is inappropriate to play. It suits everything from road trips and cooking to homework and cleaning. My favourite song on the album is probably Golden Jubilee.

Second thing I am loving is my Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey. It has a minty fresh sent that I love and it's perfect for everyday. It's light weight and last for ages. I can't say a bad thing about it. I need to get some more colours in it, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Third, in lieu of Valentine's day I stumbled upon this website which has some really cute and creative date ideas which I am definitely looking forward to trying out even if they are just with friends.

The fourth thing is this Ginger Bread recipe by sorted food though slightly modified by just adding 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of nutmeg and 2 teaspoons cocoa. Everyone in my house loves them. They are so good and easy to make.

And lastly the fifth thing is a blog I love La vie en rose et moi with Meg. She is absolutely gorgeous and has fantastic style. I think you all should check her out.

Until next time,
Liana xx

Feb 2: Unexciting

Hello,
Today is Saturday which means for most people they can sleep in, read books, play sport etc. but not me. I have homework and house work to do. So this means my day was very unexciting.

However I am now on bloglovin. Woohoo!
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It's just a little update from me today.
Until next time,
Liana xx

Feb 1: Don't cry over spilt... pasta?!?

So the past couple of days have been really full on, but first of all Happy February!!
Yesterday was my last first day of high school which was kind of scary but really awesome at the same time. I got lost a few times on my way to new class rooms and met some new people who have just transferred to my school, one of them being this really cute guy in my english class but shh.
I've already go homework and it's only been two days including a test on Monday, yay!

But right now I'm going to get stuck into the weekend.

But the real reason this post is going up today is because from about six last night to ten thirty which is like four hours!! We had no power which made cooking so hard but luckily we have a gas stove. We had about fifteen candles lit in our house including a few in my parents new en suite. We didn't burn the house down which is a good sign.

Cooking by Candlelight

But of course the first thing I did while cooking dinner was to take a picture of my sister cooking and put it on my instagram (at)lianam216

Today was also pretty dramatic. As last night we had issue with the power this morning was really rushed and I had to go to school without makeup on, not even mascara which is something I hardly ever do.
I had to look after my baby brother to night and while I was getting my dinner ready he accidentally dropped his bowl of pasta on the ground and spilt  it everywhere. He burst into tears and stood there crying. It was heart breaking. I felt terrible and it wasn't even my fault. Me and the dog cleaned up the mess and I made him more food (toast pizza) and everything was good.
It reminded me that sometimes we get worked up over little things, when say emotions are running high or you're hungry or tired, that are really not that big which not only has it had an effect on you but also people around you without you realizing.

Until next time,
Liana xx

Jan 28: The Cinemas

I just got back from cinemas after watching Les Misérables. Oh my gosh. If you haven't seen it already go and see it. It's worth the money and it definitely lives up to the hype created around it. My best advice if you are thinking of going is to take some tissues. It will make you cry, it will make you laugh, it will make you want to sing at the top of your lungs. I have loved the show ever since I first saw it within the first five minutes of the overture. And now the film is the icing on the cake for any Broadway lover as it is one of the last musicals that hadn't been adapted to film.
You know how there are the different types of people while you're watching the film, well my sister and I are the kind who talk throughout it putting in our own side comments and such. Very annoying for anyone around us.
Also it seams to be that anytime I go to the cinemas there is someone that I know somehow or another either seeing the same film, coming, going or something or other. Does anyone else find this? or is it just me?

Homework is coming along nicely still a bit to go though.

Until next time,
Liana xx

Jan 26: Feeling unpatriotic

Happy Australia Day!
Unfortunately my day has been very unpatriotic, no parties, no gatherings, no BBQ's, just my family and I painting my dad's new studio. However we were listening to great Australian musicians and I do quite like painting so no qualms here. I also think that later we are going to sit down and watch a movie whilst eating Lamingtons, so much spongy chocolatey cocoanuty goodness. Add pizza and caramel popcorn and I'm all set for the night.

Australia Day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet to Sydney Cove though they had been camped at Botany Bay for a number of days, finding it unsuitable.
We don't really have a spectacular history as we're still quite 'young' with less than 300 years of 'settlement'. It doesn't contains much, just a few ships arriving bringing convicts from England, federation, a few bush rangers, the gold rush and a couple of wars.
Though there where native people here before the 'white' people came, the decedents of whom call Australia Day, Invasion Day in their own right, they were pretty much invaded.

Sidenote: I find it really bazaar that if a public holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday we get the Monday off as well as compensation for the 'lost' holiday.

Homework is not going very well, though I have finish my booklet for my interview with my homeroom teacher. Progress.

       Procrastination: 342 

       Good Grades: 1

Until next time,
Liana xx

Jan 24: Horizons

Today didn't started out great. I'm not feeling very well so I spent most of the morning laying in bed watching youtube videos with a heat pack on my stomach (not a good thing when it's 37 degrees celsius) drinking tea, which is a little hiccup in terms of getting homework done.

I've still got to finish my English work and read the book, my Maths work also needs finishing, I haven't even started reading the 20 pages required for Classical Studies and a timeline to create, I've got a number of definitions to write for psychology as well as two chapters of text book reading, an last I have a whole lot of things (poster, brochures, business cards, webpages etc.) to find then evaluate for Visual Communications. So in other words I've done pretty much no homework all summer and have just realised a week before I go back that it's probably time to do some.

While I'm writing this I'm listening to Lisa Mitchell's songs 'Bless This Mess' and 'The Story of the Raven and the Mushroom Man' the second of which is based on the book 'The Little Prince' and is quickly becoming one of my favourite songs. It may not be to everyone's tastes but I find that going into things with an open mind gives you a better appreciation for them and broadens your horizons. I'm a big believer in not letting other people's comments and beliefs taint or change your own perception on things, however as much as I try to do to sometimes I just can't.

Until next time,
Liana xx

Jan 23: The beginning of the end.

This year marks the beginning of the end school wise for me.
As much as it terrifies me I'm also sort of looking forward to it, because as someone wise once said to me in reality it will be like any other year: the same number of teacher, exams and subjects; the same number of children will be born; the same number of stars will shine in the sky; even the same number of turnips will be harvested; the only thing that will have changed is that your end of year results will help parents decide where they want to send their kids in years to come.

So as the beginning of the end draws closer with every second and with that advice secured tightly in my brain I can't help but wonder am I really ready to face the world in a year and will I be able to handle it, because the fact it I'm scared. Scared that I won't get into the course that I want, scared that I'll disappoint people especially my parents and scared that I won't be happy.
Thought I think I'm as prepared as I can be for this, except for a slight homework situation. I'm just worried that with everything else going on I'll forget to be happy and relax.
My gorgeous friend E once said to me: people are at their most happiest when they are creating something worthwhile.
Today I challenge you all to do more reading and drawing and painting and stargazing and cloud chasing and maybe some more popcorn making.

I'd like to invite you to join me as I blog my last year of school, to join the celebration through the good times, to provide comfort and sympathies through the bad, to learn from each other and to battle my psychotic family with me.

Until next time,
Liana xx