Thankful Thursday #8

It seemed like forever ago when I started doing thankful Thursday posts and I've only completed eight. Perhaps I should start updating here more. 

This week I am thankful for:

- Spending last weekend in London.

- MCM Expo Comic Con

- Finally finishing Sense and Sensibility 

- Having a reasonably tidy bedroom

- THE HALF TERM!

- Technical rehearsals for Romeo and Juliet going swell.

- My new Oreimo and Sword Art Online posters. 

This week has been super awesome so far but it has flown by so quickly. I can't believe it's Thursday already! I've decided to keep my days free and have plans in the evening so I can complete school work efficiently and swiftly, which I should do next holidays as well as it's working for once. Romeo and Juliet begins next Tuesday and I've got Singin' in the Rain (our school show) on top of that so it's mandatory that I get as much work done as possible over the next few days.

Like I said before, I've got some more blog posts planned which I will be writing as soon as possible!

Until then, enjoy the rest of your half-term/week! 

Invocation "Face2Face" Event 2013

And here's another delayed post.

A few weekends ago, I attended the Invocation Face2Face event at St. Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham. I was a little reluctant to going at first as I didn't know anyone who was going (I was all on my own) but as soon as I arrived I felt comfortable and happy. 

After registering, we were given a sheet to show us the different choices of workshops we could go to in the late afternoon and a brief description of each. 

The day began with a quick welcoming introduction and then a talk from Father Dermot Donnelly and Father Glen Sudano. Father Glen spoke about how we rely on technology far too much, so I'm considering cutting out the length of time I use technology for as I feel like I rely on it SO much! I'm one of those people who zone out during long talks (unfortunately) but they had my full 100% attention throughout their talks as they were simply brilliant.

Following that we had adoration and had a few talks personal talks about individuals' ways of becoming closer to God.

After lunch we had our workshops which I chose "Theology of the Body." After Father Glen Sudano's talk, I felt that I really had to go to another one as it was simply beautiful. I learnt things which I have never known and how to love myself and others; I truly felt like it brought me closer to God. 

The day ended with Holy Mass and I was completely moved. I ended up crying during the first hymn which is something that has never happened to me before. I was in the Liturgy and Worship group at my old school and although I attended every mass and every session, I was never really considering the lyrics to each of the hymns. I finally considered what the words meant during Mass and I felt completely overwhelmed. I feel like I've been very unaware of how much God loves me until now.

Overall, the day was brilliant. I met lots of new and old friends there and it's really brought me closer to God. I was surprised with how far people were travelling to the event and I loved being surrounded by so many lovely people who also believe in all the same things as me. I'll definitely be going to the next event!

Slightly delayed Thankful Thursday #7

Ok, so shall we not mention my long absence? Thankyou.

To say that I've been busy lately would be an understatement; I have been VERY busy. With school and rehearsing for two shows, it's been a very busy few weeks! Everything is absolutely perfect at the moment and I have a fair few things to write about (which will be split into separate posts).

This week I am thankful for:

Liam's party last weekend 

A wonderful run of An Inspector Calls at the Lichfield Garrick

My WONDERFUL friends. (I may have said this before, but this point deserves to be stressed again as I don't know what I would do without some people at the moment). 

Being able to use up about 50% of the spare paper lying about my room for sixth form

Good American TV shows

Misfits season 5 airing on E4

My parents

Breaking up for the half term

My Daenerys Targaryen cosplay being completed all ready for London MCM Expo tomorrow!

I am thankful for many, many things this week. Everything is going perfectly at the moment and I hope things don't change any time soon because I am so, so happy. 

Sixth form is proving to be a lot better than I expected it to be. I love studying only four subjects which I actually like (well, perhaps not Psychology). I'm juggling the work well with rehearsals and I'm finding it all thoroughly enjoyable. HERE'S TO SIXTH FORM GOING WELL AT THE MOMENT. CHEERS.

Twisted Dark: Volume 1

Suspense, humour, horror, psychological. Twisted Dark ticks all these genre boxes.

I find that horror stories usually either take things just the tad too far or don't expand enough. Twisted Dark however, gets the balance completely accurate.

Myself and Joseph came across the TPublications crew at MCM Expo Birmingham in March (click here to read my blog post about it) and we decided to give their first volume a shot. It's safe to say, I wasn't disappointed.

First of all, the script writing and artwork is impeccable. Neil Gibson's story writing is both entertaining and enrapturing, pulling you further into the book after each story. Not only are the stories all completely different, they're all similar in the element of being twisted on all kinds of levels. From mass murderers to innocent-looking individuals plotting their revenge, this first volume definitely lives up to it's title of being both Twisted and Dark. I found myself re-reading many of the stories again, trying to figure out how the characters could behave in such ways. 

The artwork for Twisted Dark is completely out of this world. I'm going to begin my singling out the art of Caspar Wijngaard. Not only is it remarkable, it can make scenes look sinister yet pleasant at the same time. I haven't work like this before, so it instantly impresses me.

From the first page of the book, you are instantly plunged into a world which is familiar yet completely alien. Seeing the way different minds work through a comic format is abundantly engrossing and entertaining; I found it difficult to put this book down at many occasions. 

If you haven't already read Twisted Dark, I highly recommend you do so. 

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Thankful Thursday #6

I've been lucky enough to have a few free lessons today at school which gives me just enough time to quickly write on here.

This week I am thankful for:

- Rehearsals for Romeo & Juliet and An Inspector Calls going brilliantly.

- All the performances for An Inspector Calls selling out. 

- My new friends at my new school who have made me feel very happy and welcome.

- My wig being decent for MCM Expo next month.

- Water.

- Finally have a school locker. 

- Having lots of opportunities to improve my writing in lots of different things.

- Evie's fab fancy dress birthday party (I dressed as Alice in Wonderland).

I've got some new post ideas in mind for the next few weeks and hopefully I'll have the time soon to get started on them! Obviously it's difficult to juggle all of my school work with rehearsals and writing here there and everywhere, but I'm slowly moving forward! 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

Introduction to TPublications

Apologies for my lack of posts AGAIN, but I have started a new school and it's difficult to fit in time to write in between school, homework and rehearsals! Hopefully soon I'll find a little more time to write regularly.

OK, this is going to be a short-but-sweet post about something exciting that's happened over the last few weeks.

So, not long ago I signed up to be a part of a street team for TPublications (T-Pub) who are an independent comic book company who produce original comic books with remarkable artwork. If you had a look at my "MCM Expo - Birmingham" post earlier in the year, you may remember me mentioning that I would post a review on the book "Twisted Dark." Well, this is the comic book company the book is from! I tend to post book reviews mainly on goodreads.com, but I'll be sure to post a few here as soon as possible.

WATCH THIS SPACE. I will be posting about their books and anything that's going on related to T-Pub in the near-future!

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August Favourites (Photo Heavy)

I've never done a Favourites post before, so here we go. 

It's finally September (wow)!

A small list of things and happenings that are highlights from August!

1) Meeting Chelsea and Amy at Annie

2) Receiving pink roses and visiting Thorpe Park with Joseph.

3) Seeing the Red Arrows, crab fishing in Brixham and visiting Buckfast Abbey with my family.

4) New comics from Joseph

5) Soap and Glory "Heel Genius" foot cream. 

My feet would have suffered big time without this! Dancing in character shoes too small during Annie was not good for my feet, understandably.