hellooo bloggers!



Well I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas! What did Santa bring everybody? I gots me a camera, v cool iPod dock && some clothes/books/other etcs.



I can't believe it's the end of the noughties! A whole decade has passed.. I wonder what the teenies will bring. When you think about it, it's pretty big, like the end of the 70s,80s,90s. The 00s brought us the iPhone, Britney Spears' meltdowns, the return of the 80s (wonder if the 00s will make a come back in 20 years? I think the future generation could do with some blazers, jeggings, the smokey eye and bodycon if you ask me..), swine flu, a Black president of the US, the Iraq war, a shredded economy, a whole massive Nintendo explosion, the beginning of Harry Potter and Twilight obsessions.. I could go on. We sure got a good run out of the past 10 years..

I think what the whole world needs is some hope, faith and determination. Hope that the human race can overcome all the crazy shit (scuse my french).. faith in who we are and determination to achieve a better place for us all to be born, to live, and to die.

I like the New Year, though. My resolutions are:
1) try to see the positive in everything, and by the end of the year be a slightly better person.
2) save my pennies. no more blowing it in topshop or on mags!
3) finish the impossible quiz. It's driving me CRAZY.
4) stop drinking so much diet coke.

I still have five hours & 54 minutes to chug down as much as possible though. Wonder how mental I'll be at midnight.. *shudder*

Looking forward to reading all about what you thought of the year/decade. Oversharing is still black, ya know. So go forth and BLOG!

big hugs!
Kate xoxoxox

hello ;)

right. I just want to make my opinion clear on this.. Seeing as there are quite a few teenage girls like meself blogging and (hopefully!) reading mine, I'd like to post quickly about something.

drinking/smoking/drugs aren't cool and don't get you respect. Especially as when you're an adolescent *wooo big word* and you want to fit in, be accepted, etc. Anyhow that's not the way to go. Don't think because I'm writing this that like I've just recovered from having some sort of problem and am trying to sneakily worm it into a post...! It's just not cool to get pissed for the sake of it!

ok well that's all. I'm going to try to blog more because I've kind of abandoned ol' Rainbow Juice. Going to watch FlashForward soon!

big hugs! katiebugs :) xoxx

so thank you very much to Sara, Sasha and Jenny for giving me various awards! You are all FABBY :)

of course right back to you.. although I am going to do Sara's ABC thinga-ma-bob

The Rules

Link to the person who tagged you.

Share your ABCs - the quiz further down.

Tag three people at the end by linking to their blogs.

Let the three tagged people know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag.

MY ABC

Available/Single? single ;)

Best Friend? I have a group of me and four other bezzies

Cake or Pie? this is TOO hard!! gooey chocolate cake..yummo

Drink of Choice? the milkshakes from the Cookie Box in town. I'm hungry now, btw.

Essential item you use everyday? phone or iPod

Favorite colour? pink & purple & yellow

Google? yes, it's very helpful..

Hometown? Belfast, Northern Ireland

Indulgence? books, make-up, yummy things :)

January or February? what's the difference? lol!

Kids and their names? daughter name Eva, Meabh (maeve) or Ruby. Don't know about sons.

Life is incomplete without...? MUSIC!!

Marriage date? 14th of June, 2025, 4pm. NOT.

Number of siblings? 2 - younger brother and sister.

Oranges or apples? Snow white-esque apples or non-sour oranges. I don't care. This is a stupid question!! lol

Phobias/fears? spiders and ghosts.

Quote for today? time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. such as doing this quiz.

Reason to smile? I gave myself a damn good pedicure this morning and am admiring it ;)

Season? Summer - late June and early July. (I copied your answer, Sara, but we have so much in common..hehe)

Tag three people? Sara, Sasha and Jenny

Unknown fact about me? I have dark blue eyes... fascinating..

Vegetable you don't like? I know it's not very original but brusse sprouts.

Worst habit? I have SO many habits! it's because I'm crazy. seriously. I think I have OCD. So I won't go into them.

X-rays you've had? teeeeeth.

Your favorite food? anything really! as long as it's VEGGIE!

Zodiac sign? diplomatic Libra, thank you very much :)

that was fun!!

kate xoxox

BRO!!

I am SOOO proud of you!! You are an incredible actor.. where did that come from?

Your solo song was amazing.. you did have the nerve..!

You were so funny.. stole the show.

I heard so many people talking about you and about 15 people came up to me saying how brilliant you were!

... for my younger brother, who played the cowardly lion in his primary school's production of the Wizard of Oz. I'm not exaggerating just coz he's my bro etc. etc. but he was WONDERFUL and he's so talented.

Seriously, like 15 people have come up to me congratulating your performance and I heard loadsa people talking about how great you were. I was just sitting grinning to myself :)

I was CRYING with laughter!

A few of my school's teachers went to see it last night and my RE teacher described him as 'out of this world'.

Love you SOO much bro. I won't fight with you for, like, a WEEK. Lol. Just kidding.. XX

kate xxxx

I was tagged by Pouty Lips of Dream Weaving/Pouty Baby's Nonsense! woop!!

"If you are tagged write a post on your own blog about this saying six (un)important things which make you happy. Then you need to link to the person who tagged you and tag six bloggers people of your own. Then let them know that you've tagged them, perhaps by leaving a comment on their blog somewhere or by email. Simple. If you don't want to post on your own site, or don't have time, then just add a comment on to mine here. I won't mind if you don't link back to me, it's just a bit of fun, so don't worry about it if you don't carry it on."

Tag - you're it!!

Anna Banana http://annabananarockssocks.blogspot.com/

Sara Leslie http://dragonflybookreviews.blogspot.com/

Deborah http://fashionablylategirlz.blogspot.com/

Pouty http://poutybabysnonsense.blogspot.com/

Sasha http://the-sweet-bonjour.blogspot.com/

Cherry Diva http://cherrydivahideout.blogspot.com/

Okkk... six happy things. I'm keeping these short & snappy coz I really should be revising:

1. MUSIC
Music is one of the biggest things in my life. I play the violin & am going to learn piano and bass guitar too. I am surgically attached to my iPod. It just makes me happy :D

2. FAMILY
Where would we be without our folks? And I love my lil bro and sis so much. I would do anything for my family. Awww.

3. FRIENDS
Aaah! These girls are mental. But I love them. We have the best time :)

4. ME TIME
Haahhahaha. Yes yes yes I have 'me time' every Friday. Bubble bath, a magazine, and then I paint my nails. Chocolate helps too.. I need time to myself or I go crazy.

5. BLOGGING
Starting this blog is one of the best things I could have ever done. It's not toooo personal - the internet is a dangerous place! - so diary keeping and twittering on about rubbish in cyber-world are two of my fave things to do!

yaay!!

xoxo
kate

YES YES YES YES

school is finished! for two giantic weeks!

last night it was my school's 'music for spring' concert. It was amazing. Seriously.

And I'm not just saying that because I'm in the choir & orchestra. You should hear some of the upper 6ths. I can't even describe it... I know I'm going to sound all soppy here (you may want to leave) but their voices and instrumental talents are so perfect and insprational. I am definitely not exaggerating when I say watch this space.

A guy in my school just got his distinction in grade 8 piano. If you know about that sort of thing you know it is a huge deal.

I don't know why, maybe it's because I feel I'm really a part of my school more than the school of music (where I get my lessons and am in another orchestra), but I felt so proud to be part of such an incredible school that has such a talented music department. I know that being interested in music opens a lot of oppurtunities for me. 

I'm getting really cheesy.

You may have noticed that I'm more of a musical person than a sports one. lol. I'm really a manic dancing/walking to school/yoga poses kinda gal on the exercise front.

Anyhow, because I'm so happy to be part of the music department, I ordered a hoodie with the school badge on  it, my initials, and I (heart) MUSIC one the back =]

There's a new english teacher in. Oh. My. God. She is Ms. Meanie Meanie Mean Mean.

She's replacing a teacher who we have right now for the Employabilty section of LLW (learning for life and work). She's just so horrible. You'd think that on your first week at a new job, you would try to be nice to the people you're working with. 

I'd already decided my present career choices (these are v.prone to changing!)

- Photographer

- Interior Designer

- Music Journalist

- Authour

there were a few more but I've forgotten them! lol!

I can hear incredibly loud birds squawking outside. They're coming back for Spring! Yaay! Spring has SPRUNG!

Oh - I forgot to say! I might be going on my school's ski trip next year! I've put my name down so hopefully I get in! WOOO!

I feel a little bad, though. It's £790 to cover everything and £100 deposit. I'm saving up and hopefully will be able to pay for half with birthday/christmas money. But that'll only come after my bday in October and Christmas in December.. but it's in March next year so I should be OK!

But we're going to Spain this easter and maybe even Calafornia this summer. Oh God I feel so awful. Maybe I shouldn't go.. My mum really wants me to though because she's been skiing a lot with her friends when she was a teenager and she keeps saying it was so much fun and it's a brilliant opportunity.

I just typed that entire paragraph without looking at the keyboard. 

kate

xoxo

Officially, my fave quote. From the song 'I Was Broken' by the amazing Rob Pattinson! Love him so much, he's such a fab actor. And he's completely gorge too!! <3

'Whatever makes you blind, must make you strong.'

Isn't that so nice? 

I've subscribed to the Patty Cast - the ultimate Rob Pattinson podcast. So funny!

Just giving you an update! xD

I'm listening to.. The PattyCast - Episode 8. Alright, so it's not a song. Whatevaah!

xo xo

Kate

It's funny how much you can learn from really small things.

Sunday morning, I was just lying in bed, listening to my iPod. I hadn't played the games on it in ages, and I used to be completely addicted to the game Vortex, so I clicked on it.

I was on a level where if you smash a certain brick you get a bonus 3 balls. There are two of them, so in a few seconds I had six balls. They were smashing all the bricks and it was really hard keeping track of them. I wanted to keep the original ball (I'm weird in that way. Smidge of OCD, although I don't write my name forty times if I don't do it 'properly'.) but when I'd lost them I had no idea which it was...

...and then I realised something magnificent...!

When you're doing something, or fighting for something, that a million other people want, it can be really hard to pick out individuals. 

Say you're up in a helicopter, looking down on a crowd of 300 people, and you have to find one. It will not be easy!

Lots of things (mags, TV etc) are starting to preach 'be different' or 'stand out' instead of 'look cool' or 'lip gloss is a girls best friend'. Which it is, but, anyhow...

That's all very well, but personally I don't agree with it. I don't mean you should be a sheep, stick with the crowd and do what everyone else is doing, but if you're trying so hard to be different, that's what you'll look like. Like you're trying so hard to be something you're not.

What I believe in, is to be yourself. If you really do have a different fashion or music taste from your friends, that's great that you are being your own person and not caring what someone might say or think. But then again, if you have a real passion for music in the charts or love the clothes celebs wear and like to head out looking for a similar jacket to the one someone wore to a movie premiere etc. that's great too. Because you're being your own person, as well.

Basically what I'm saying is, don't try so hard to fit in or be different. Be yourself, and that's what will make you happy. xD

xoxox

Hiii!!

You know the way I'm really deep and everything? With always something intellectual and fascinating to say? 

OMG, seriously don't drink water that's been left out overnight. If it looks bubbly, and it's not lemonade, don't go anywhere near it unless you are literally dying of thirst. It tastes like PUKE.

Yes, well, in R.E we've been studying different denominations of Christianity (Catholics & Protestants), and I realised that this whole 'labels' thing is just crap. 

And not just religious labels. I'm Catholic, and I go to a Catholic school, but SO WHAT? Seriously? That's just one thing I am. I'm also a Libra and I mostly like pop and indie guitar type music, and I'm a vegetarian, and I'm a serious book junkie and I'm a chocaholic.. the list goes on. 

I live in Belfast, and there was a lot of tension between Catholics and Protestants. A lot. And that's settled down now, what with ecumenism etc. But maybe people are just fed up of being judged by what church they go to or what part of the city they live in. 

Really, if someone said to me 'Hey, I'm a Protestant.' I'd be just like, 'Oh, really? Have you seen [insert movie name in here].' 

Or if there was a girl in my year who had a black school bag with skull and MCR badges stuck on, I'd still be completely interested in what her opinion on global warming, or something, was. 

Hmm. I wonder if cliques annoy me too. Actually, now that I think about it, they don't. If you like hip-hop and want to hang around with people who also like hip-hop, that's perfectly normal. Having things in common. What is bad, is when people of said hip-hop group refuse to talk to or be friends with someone from the drama club. That's really stupid. Because that person could introduce you to a whole new thing. What's wrong with being a hip-hop loving drama girl? Or boy. But the majority (actually whole) of the commenters and followers are les filles. 

So whatever your colour, creed (beliefs), nationality, music taste, fashion sense, etc. etc. etc. it doesn't matter. 'Cause you are unique and beautiful, baybee! 

Aw, I'm all full of love at the mo. 

Love love love, Kate

xoxox xD

Wow, 2009. 

A whole new year to be happy, have fun, think pink... a fresh start to be whoever we want!

My New Year's resolution is to be a little more organised. To start me off I've bought a cute little diary where I can jot down party times, homework deadlines, and when just to have fun! What are your resolutions?

I can't help feeling just a little bit sad, though. At 11.55pm, minutes before the New Year, I privately say goodbye to 2008 in my head. It was a great year, my first year in secondary school, made loads of new friends, listened to new music, read new books, developed my personality, my own sense of style...

Tell me what was great about your year, too. :D

But all that's going to continue! I am determined to make this year as fabulous as all the previous. You should too!!!

My Pink-Sprinkled Blog will have plenty of new fabby posts. Another resolution, to keep the blog as interesting and pink-sprinkled as poss!

Before I go, is anyone else slightly obsessed with Robert Pattinson, a.k.a Edward Cullen in Twilight?!? Serious hottie alert!!!!!!

Lots of love and hugs and stuff

Kate xox

I come with great wisdom, girls... to get things done a.s.a.p...

I have two minutes to bestow my wisdom upon you, as I am determined to start my homework at 5.00pm...

OK, I know it sounds impossible to start on time, but you will get whatever you're doing done so much faster!

I have got English homework (newspaper report on a big happening in Macbeth)

and Maths (have to check homework diary. After Mr.Hamilton said 'Homework' all I heard was blah de blah de blah blah blah) due tomorrow.

Sorry I'm talking about homework. Anyhow, the moral of the blog is, start on time, finish with time!

Smoochies XXXX