Eurovision

I think I should explain Eurovision, 'cause one of my American friends, didn't know what it was. All European countries makes a contest in each of their own country a few months before the big finale. During the "audition", the viewers votes for those they want to represent their country at the finale.

The finale is a two months later, or so. It's a HUGE thing in Europe, loads of people fly to the place it's held (the previous year's winner's country gets to host Eurovision) and then all the countries perform, then voting, entertainment, reveal of the votings and then the winner is found, where they go to stage and perform their song again. Then end credits.

I normally stay away from Eurovision Song Contest, but I thought it was funny to look at my Twitter Feed at the same time (which is why I ended up watching the entire thing)

And that made me think about how Europe comes united that one night. People cheer and have oads of fun with their family and friends, singing along, cheering for the good ones, and laugh at the bad ones, and make fun at the really bad ones. It's a lovely 3 hours, and loads of fun. If you don't believe me, you should all watch Moldova's entry this year. Oh, and while you're there, you should check out the Danish one this year. It's actually good. And by actually, I mean, sometimes it's really rubbish.

We've sent a drag once, with the song "I'm your dramaqueen tonight"... I think it speaks for itself. I'm not opposed to drags at all, but I can't believe Denmark were watching ESC a couple of years ago and thought "hmm, this song is the best out of ten... Or, at least, we'll have a ball, and Europe will find it amusing" (It worked, we reached semifinal)

This year, Azerbaijan won. It is a small country in the Eastern Europe. And because so few knows where that is, it sounds a bit like, that we don't care.

The songs are easily forgotten, admitted. But when we unite as a continent, we must remember, that making "too much fun" where it just ends up being hated. Of course, it can be done classy, as long as it's nice. But why unite, if we unite as in "you and me, vs. them"

It would be lovely, if Europe, over the next years of Eurovision would come together and just have fun, as we're supposed to. And make better songs.

Rebecca, I hope your prom was as much fun as it sounded like, and good luck on Tech Week, which I still haven't got a clue, what is about.

My recommendation this week is Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. It was witty, weird (good weird) and I personally like stories, where the main character changes.

DFTBA till next week

Make-up Part 3

I have to agree with the two others aspect on make-up, but with slight changes along the way.

Well, sometimes I wear a bit of black mascara in the every day, and when I go to parties, I wear most on my eyes - especially smokey eyes, which is a look I support, if you know how to do it properly. Not looking like a panda is the goal, and a lot of people don't really get that.

The school I'm at, wears loads of make-up, and you can tell. You can especially tell if they don't. They look all pale and human.

Most of the girls wear black mascara - and loads of it. Concealer/foundation/blush (whatever it is, obviously I'm not a fan/user) - I mean, sure, it's fine wearing some to cover scars, moles, pimples, etc. But if you don't need it, what's the point? That's just waste of money.

And I think this is universally acknowledged as well: girls who uses foundation or build-your-own-tan, or what it's called (not a fan of that either) and forgets their necks. I had a friend who forgot to do that, and she got a bit upset when I told her. But she did remember to use it on her neck and forehead as well. Unfortunately, that made her look even worse; being very pale and then forget her arms. She didn't like short sleeves, but she liked to pull up her sleeves half up her arms, so they'd show anyways. But you know, she kept on doing that, but she wasn't very popular, so no one really noticed. Or care to tell that they noticed. In the end I don't think I did, either.

I think eyeshadow is too much for daytime. It makes the eyes mysterious, like covering them up. And it doesn't match to the daylight colours, unless it's very subtle.

I know girls who wears eyeshadow in the daytime, and it doesn't exactly make me cringe, but I do shrug, and wonder if they aren't aware how they look. But, they much definitely does. Otherwise, they wouldn't bother with the make-up in the first place.

I think, just to walk a bit away from the make-up, I'll talk about hair a little bit. I'm part danish and part korean, so my hair is both scandinavian thick, and korean .. glossy.

Since it's very dark, with both my parents having dark hair, it's been a mess to dye. It's dyed red, and it's been a while since. So it's a bit faded. People says it looks nice, and I tend to agree. I really like it, and I've been a redhead for a little under a year now, and I do think I'll keep it that way. It's also quite long, and six months ago, I decided I wanted bangs. Now, I've forgotten to cut them, and now the hair has grown way over my eyes. And yes, I think about cutting it everyday, I've just gotten around to it (and besides, last time I did that, it wasn't equally long).

And, now I've run out of aspects of my hair, so I'll end here.

Anyone excited for the new series of Doctor Who? I can't wait, which is totally ironic, since Denmark never gets Doctor Who ):

And for a recommendation, I'll say Ministry Of Magic. Awesome wrock (wizard rock), and if you don't know them - they make music about Harry Potter, and even if you do know them, listen to Old Enough To Die. And I May Lose Everything. But beware, they contain awesome!

Oh, this bit contains stupid self-advertisement (and sorry about that!) - I'm part of a newly started collab vlog on Youtube, and we're called TheQuirkTastics, and you're all very welcome to check us out. If you don't want to, that's fine. And once again sorry for the shameless promotion. :3

Now, we all have a certain order we use our computers in. I know you have. Otherwise, it's just me who's a bit weird. Please say you have an order, even if you don't.

I think my list is kind of long, but I think either this blog or Twitter is first. Then mail and youtube. From tomorrow off it's probably Script Frenzy before a lot of other things. I've actually thought of cutting off the internet the entire month, but then I thought, that it would be stupid, if I needed research, which I probably will need.

Where was I?

Right, orders. Others than reading and writing I don't think I have anything else. I have to write about something else now, otherwise I'd have to stop here, and make it the Official Shortest Blogpost.

Does anyone else but me check Teefury, Riptapparel, Shirt.woot and Qwertee every single day, even though you know they don't accept your card type?

Oh, it sucks. I was reading on their FAQ's and it was like this:

Allright prices.. Oooh, worldwide shipping! Very handy! .... WHAT?! Visa, Mastercard, and everything-but-my-card?! WHAT? Whyyyyy?!

That is so unthoughtful of them.

Or maybe they're just saving me money. Otherwise I'd buy every shirt with Harry Potter or Doctor Who things. If they did a mash between those two, I'd might scream.

And for this, I'm probably the worst Harry Potter fan ever. I just can't, physically sit down and just watch A Very Potter Musical. Everyone says it's awesome and really funny, and I want to understand the Zefron thing, but I just can't watch it without getting annoyed with the actors. I've watched the two first parts of the first act or something.

I wish I could, though.

Oh, and you must (or well, you can) wish me congratulations on my new job and 'feel better' because of my cold ):

Well, I've got 20 hours of freedom left, before Script Frenzy starts (in my timezone) and I still need to make some details and an awesome title.

I can't come up with a recommendation, other than Don't Unplug Me by ALL CAPS is a song worth listening to a couple of hundreds time in a row.

DFTBA till next thursday (:

Future! .. And stuff

Allright, since everyone else has been writing about their future (and my school system being so different, it's not been easy following up..) anyway, I'll tell you a bit about the Danish school system.

When you're 5-6 you start in your first class. It's after kindergarden but before real school kicks in. Then there's grades until 9th grade. There's 6 exams - danish, english, maths, physics, biology/geography and history/social studies/verbal german/written english (those with options are those where the ministry decides which each class are going to exams in.)

When you finish you're about 15-16, and then there are some decisions to be made. Either the danish 'gymnasium' which is a bit like high school, as far as I understand. It's a three year long course, and when you've graduated, you're supposed to read at University to finish your education off. That is where I start next year.

Tenth grade is where I am now. It's a little different from 9th grade, it's voluntarily, but good if you want better grades or just need a year to grow up a bit.

And then there's the practical courses. There are a lot of lines - cooking, mechanics, etc.

They're shorter, most of them are like 2-3 years.

My own future is at the high school like thingy, and then I want to study either something with movies - directing, scriptwriting, you name it. I'd love to write - scripts, books - but it's not an easy world to work in, and maybe I should have something else if the writing doesn't work out..

And I've used a week to find out my Script Frenzy characters' personalities. Hopefully I'll get started being serious soon - I've got 8 days now.

Has anyone got Twitter? I'm Djacruks - follow me if you'd like. (:

Oh, and I think we should settle on - or find a way to settle on some themes, otherwise it'll always be Rebecca or Susie to come up with themes..

My recommendation this week is go to Youtube and find Nevermind The Buzzcocks with David Tennant. I've watched it so many times, and it never fails to make me laugh. Loudly.

'Till next week. DFTBA :D

School, Screnzy and Japan

So, now I've been sitting in front of my laptop for half an hour, and I have no idea what to blog about. I wanted to avoid sitting and staring at the screen, so I told myself on my way to school, at school and on my way home from school, that I should probably think about topics.

And I've got nothing. At all.

I have thought about adding time to my blogs, because timezones facsinates me on some level - and currently, it's 4.12 PM here (I'm not used to the 12-hour clock!). I think they fascinate me a bit, because it's weird thinking about, that persons on the other side of the planet is going to bed, or having breakfast, while I'm just sitting here and not doing homework.

I could tell you about my school. I started in a 10th grade two months ago, and I'm having a hard time fitting in, being a nerd and .. you know, reading for pleasure.

I mean, the students are nice enough, just not to me. Yesterday a girl in my class bumped into me, and didn't even make a fake excuse or notice at all. They're all very close, which makes it quite difficult to get inside the circle.

Normally, if the classes are good, you don't really notice or care that much, but since it's really bad, you notice.

The students aren't very good nor willing to learn. A girl said in class that, she wouldn't analyze a danish movie (Adam's Apples, if anyone's interested - it's a religious, comedy drama) because she wouldn't be able to enjoy the movie, if she analyzed it.

And I thought wow, that sounds.. ridicolous. I'm afraid to say, that I think I've used that excuse before, and I promise from now on, I'll never ever do it again - it's too.. pathetic. And not worth it.

BTW, this week's class, where everyone is gathered, one class had taken pictures of the other students backside, and we had to guess whose a** it was. So mature!

Now Script Frenzy is coming up as well, and I'm very excited. I've come up with this story, that I thought I'd use at NaNoWriMo, but it fits almost better as a movie. It's a sci-fi drama thing, and I need someone who can make me write and really do it. Like a motivator, 'cause I'm so bad at starting something, sitting with it for a while and then put it down, and then do something else. I need someone to tell me that I have to do this. Otherwise, 667 word a day is a lot.

Back to reading scripts and figure out my main characters personality.

And of course..

Thoughts and hopes go to Japan. They're having such a hard time at the moment and a lot of people are missing, and it's so, so sad. I wish I was able to do more, than I am.

DFTBA

(Oh, and my favourite substitute is Droids Fears To Be Abondoned (It's not very good. I just made it up)

My first thursday

This is my first entry for this blog (though I haven't had other blogs) - anyway, I'm Simone, I'm 16, I'm in Denmark (that small scandinavian country) and I'm in a danish 10th grade. It's not easy to explain and compare school systems, so I won't even try to attempt that.

I'm quite a Doctor Who nerd (and that is an understatement) I love it. My first and favourite Doctor is David Tennant's, but I - despite thought I wouldn't - quite like Matt Smith's as well, and I really like Amy.

I got into Doctor Who, after Charlie McDonnell's video about it (this one), and just thought "hey, that's weird, if I remember it, I could try to watch one" and conveniently it was aired in DK at the time, and my first episode was Fear Her. I watched all the following episodes until Journey's end, 'cause they didn't broadcast any of the Christmas specials, so this summer I purchased the new series 1-4 and it's so awesome.

Moving on...

I'm also a Harry Potter nerd. Just as much as Doctor Who. The day I realised that David Tennant was in Harry Potter, I literally screamed and went to watch Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire.

When the movie originally came out, I was about 10-11, and I had a huuge crush on Daniel Radcliffe, and just thought that David Tennant's role was a weirdo. If I could go back in time, I'd probably tell myself, that in 5 years, he'll be my hero.

Btw, I'm a proud Slytherclaw (having a bit of sorting trouble)

Other than that, my every day isn't like a day in the TARDIS. As I mentioned, I'm currently in a 10th grade, and it's not very challenging academically. So I've got a lot of spare time, which I use on .. you guessed it; the Internet. And reading. I write a bit as well, and this year will be my first Script Frenzy (any of you doing that?)

I love movies. I love watching them and I especially love Behind The Scenes features and all that, it makes me feel like I'm sort of there. My favourite movie is - as the book, (and yes, I know. What a wuss), but I love Stepmom. I also like victorian stuff. Like Pride And Prejudice and Wuthering Heights.

*must stop fandom*

I'm looking forward to get really started, and I hope that *clichée coming up* that there'll be many more posts.

Instead of recommending something, I'd rather make a Thursday Top 3:

1. I'm going with my mum to see The King's Speech tomorrow!

2. My iPod (saves my life everyday!)

3. In your pants jokes.

Don't Forget To Be Awesome (: