• Danny Elfman has pulled out of scoring the soundtrack to The Hunger Games due to scheduling conflicts. Instead, James Newton Howard is (composer to films like Peter Pan, Batman Begins and Dinosaur) is taking over. I'm not too crushed actually. I loved loved LOVED the Peter Pan score. Read more here: http://mockingjay.net/2011/12/05/hunger-games-movie-score-danny-elfman-replaced-by-james-newton-howard/#more-7999




• I have an irrational fear of running out of good romance books. I've been looking at lists on goodreads.com and it seems like I've read a lot of the books that they recommend. Does this mean that once I finish all of those, I'm going to have to go read the crappier ones??




• I feel another K-drama addiction coming on. This time its Flower Boy Ramyun Shop. Lame title I know. I've watched a few episodes and already I feel that buzz kicking in - that feeling of the drama slowly sinking its claws into my brain and refusing to let go. (This has totally nothing to do with the fact that the drama is chock full of eye-candy.... nothing at all.)
Rawr! Looks like somebody just got back from army duty... Excuse me while I try to retrieve my mind from the gutter.



• I'M SO EXCITED FOR PRESENTATION DAY GUYS. I usually hate playing the violin at those things (mainly because we don't get a choice) but this time, we're "collaborating" with the lil' year 7s on their big performance. Ngaw, this will be so fun. Hopefully they will sing. If not, we can still enjoy that little moment where Ms M waves her arm and all 200 of them stand up in sync. Gets me every time, that moment.




• Dream High 2 has finalized its cast. I'm still cut up over how they didn't use any of the original actors/actresses but I guess there was no other choice. Anyway, the current round up includes idols from SISTAR, 2AM and T-ara. Don't ask me who they are - I suck with my idols. To this day, the only kpop band in which I know all the names of their members is SHINee.

• The Harry Potter Series (rediscovered): I actually spent the whole holidays rereading the series - in the right order this time. It's funny the things you notice after a reread. For example, the vanishing cabinet that Malfoy uses in BOOK SIX to help death eaters into Hogwarts actually appears briefly in BOOK TWO when Harry floo powders himself to Borgin and Burkes by accident. HOW DOES JK ROWLING DO IT? I know she planned the WHOLE series before writing it but honestly, how do you even fit those little details in and then go back to them 4 books later?



• markreads.net : He is too awesome for words. Part of why I enjoyed Harry Potter so much was because I read his chapter-by-chapter synopsis'.


• A VERY POTTER MUSICAL: WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THIS. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELEIVE IT. Go youtube "A Very Potter Musical" - it shall blow your mind.... or not. Depends on the person, you see. You don't have to be a HP fan but it helps. Basically it's a musical made by some college kids that's kind of a parody of Harry Potter. But it's so well done. Most of the songs were written by Darren Criss (who plays Harry Potter). If he sounds familiar it's because he plays Blaine in Glee. AVPM was made before he actually became famous though.

• Gifs: Enough said.



• The Australian Open: Despite everyone I rooted for getting eliminated, I actually spent a large portion of my time in the last two weeks watching tennis. I laughed every time Nadal took off his shirt and middle aged women wolf-whistled or took photos on their phone..... good times.


• Movieworld in Queensland: This would've been my third time at Movieworld but for some reason it was better than the other times. Maybe because my sis and I went on Superman Escape five times. No kidding. The line wasn't too bad either so that helped.


• Maplestory (rediscovered): Maybe I liked it because the Big Bang took place and finally I could travel everywhere easily. I dunno. Whatever, Maplestory did keep me occupied.


• Sims 3 Late Night: I dunno what it is about creating Sims and then controlling everything they do (including going to the toilet ) that makes it so addictive. I've always been a Sims fan but the new expansion pack made it so much more awesome. I COULD TURN MY SIMS INTO VAMPIRES. Like who doesn't want to do that? Siriusly. I was also bored enough to create a Harry Potter band in Sims 3 (click to enlarge). Luna's on bass, Harry's on drums, Ron's on guitar and Hermione's on piano. I know what you're all thinking and no I'm not mad. I was just really bored in the holidays :(



• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: pretty awesome book but is it really worth all the hype?


• Eliza Doolittle.

Why don't people ever blog anymore? :( I know you guys still read blogs but why don't you write anything??? Is it cuz you've all got facebook and twitter? Blogspot not good enough for you now huh? LOL. I wouldn't be able to write any of this stuff on facebook. There's just something about the sheer number of people on facebook that turns me off from writing anything that I want on there. DON'T JUDGE ME OKAY? On blogspot I can ramble all I want and nobody cares.

P.S. I wonder if Jessica's having fun over there in Vietnam...

1. I have a new founded fetish for random gifs and pics on the internet. I think this came from reading too much MarkReadsHarryPotter. He likes using random gifs to express his reactions and I think that kinda wore off on me. I also have like the most ginormous collection of funny harry potter related pictures that I want to show everyone. But I won't vomit them all out at once. I'll just show them to you bit by bit. What, you don't want to see anymore?? Well too bad >:(

2. I feel so nerdy when I say this but Liverpool Library is so AWESOME. The last time I went there was about 3 years ago... But I went again today I only just realised the full extent of its awesomeness. Like omg, the checkout counter is omg. Ok, mb I'm overreacting. I need to get out more :(

3. I wish people would blog more. I don't only want to write. I want to read what about people write too.

4. Yesterday my sister fell off her RipStik and kinda smacked her face against the pavement. Ouch. Now she's got like a massive bump on the side of her face that she keeps telling me to feel. I told her she looks like a victim of domestic abuse.

5. My Daily Desktop Calender says "May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart." - Eskimo Proverb. I don't have many of these left but the good news is, I bought a new one for 2011 at the shops today. It's not a quotes one this time though. I'll elaborate more in a further post.

6. My cousin bought me a Junior Masterchef Cookbook for christmas. I looked at him like "seriously? Do you want me to burn down this whole townhouse or something?" According to him, I should be a reporter "because you can write stuff and shit...". Hmm that's actually not a bad idea. Apart from the fact that I have zero interest in current affairs.

7. Douchebaggery is my new favourite word. Move over, discombobulate.

8. Moulin Rouge is such a weird movie. It's strange how some parts could be so epic but then other parts make you want to bang your head against a door or something.

9. Doesn't this gif just win all the lulz?



10. I stumbled across this online store the other day: http://www.etsy.com/shop/theforksforest

They sell handmade jewellery and random bits of themed collectables. Most of their stuff is based on books like The Hunger Games and Twilight (don't judge >_>). There isn't much but the things that they do have are so pretty. Like the Mockingjay Love Shadowbox and the Tic Toc Mockingjay Necklace.