Ho Ho Holidays!

It's that time of year when everyone wishes for snow and asks their loved ones for presents. It's the time of year when you have to suffer awkward conversations with family members you see only at this time of year. It is also the time of year, where everyone stops the arguing and just enjoys themselves and is grateful for all they have. Of course not everyone celebrates Christmas, but then again you probably won't be interested in this if you didn't.

So I digress, Christmas is one of the few times of the year of which the whole family is together and we all celebrate with one another. I personally love this holiday, not only because we get gifts, but because everyone seems more cheerful. People stop worrying about the small things and embrace each other more openly. Of course, I love the music, the decorations, and the food as well, but the happiness is the thing that gets me the most. Then I start to wonder, why aren't we always this happy, what is so special about this day, that makes the majority of the world stop for a moment and just enjoy life. I mean in World War One, it stopped the war for an entire day.

So could it be because of the birth of Christ, one part of the holy trinity, which brought hope to millions of people. It could be, Jesus in my mind is synonymous with hope and belief in the goodness of mankind. However, most of the people that celebrate Christmas aren't actually religious, they just know the tradition of the festive tradition. So why are we all happy on one day? It's because, on this particular day, there is a magical feeling, which just makes you not want to fight and makes you just relax and enjoy life. This one day, restores faith in humanity, because we think not of ourselves, but of others around us.

So to one and all, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I'm Back........Again!

Ok, so last time I'm said this it didn't exactly last very long. The reason for this, was that I had underestimated the workload for the start of uni. But, now I am home for the festive season of Christmas, so I shall be posting more often. Thanks to anyone who has viewed the blog in my absence, as I am now at 998 views, so after this I will probably have surpassed 1000, so I thank you. If you have any suggestions for the blog, articles I should rite about, features I could include etc... please feel free to comment or go to the ask me page. Once again thanks, my next post will be about the Christmas period.

Independence

All the time leading up to going to University everyone was really excited and one of the reasons for that was the idea of independence. I loved the idea of not having my mother nagging me to tidy my room, but now that I finally have that independence, it makes me miss that, because that drove me to actually do the things that needed to be done. Without that nagging, my room is a tip, my washing is building up, the dishes are never done, and the food I eat is very basic and poor at times. So my advice for anyone who is readying themselves for University; embrace the time before you leave, when you have good meals, your bedroom is tidy, and the place you are living is hygienic, and if you can, learn as many skills as possible so that when you are independent, it isn't actually that bad.

First Assignment

So the first assignment I got at university was to write a two minute monologue about anything and perform it in a few weeks. The only rules, it had to be two minutes and it had to feature a prop. I love writing, so I felt right at home with this. During the class, I was already writing and staging several performances. However I felt that when it came to writing them, I had no real connection to them. Straight from the off I had already decided that I wanted to do a serious performance as I was fed up with comedy, so I started thinking about my life and things that have happened, to jog the emotional memory. This came up with some good results, however it just seemed to predictable, talking about my own life, as myself. So instead, I took an idea from my own life and created a dramatised version, featuring other characters, so that I could relate, but still advance as an actor. At some point in the near future I will post the monologue and maybe even a video.

I'm Back

Sorry for the lack of posts over the last few months, however my life has been hectic. Firstly I was in the stage musical of 'Grease' during the last part of July and early August, playing the role of Sonny (the comedy role, surprise surprise). Grease was one of the greatest experiences of my life and I made friends that I am proud to call friends for life. After I had finished the show, my entire life became centred around the results that would define the rest of my life, A Levels. These were a daunting few weeks, however the results were in, they had been counted and verified and I got into Salford University, my first choice. So that is where I'm at at the moment, living it up in Salford. I have made some great friends and I'm enjoying the social life, I mean who wouldn't. I shall be posting more often now about University experiences, stuff that has happened and just random views and opinions I have.  

Top 5 (24/07/2013)

Week beginning: 24/07/2013 (UK Date)

5: Harry Potter Season Back

ITV have started their movie seasons again, with Star Wars kicking it off for the past month and a half, but now they are moving onto the most popular film franchise of all time. I am a huge fan Harry Potter and own all the DVD's and am excited that more people will get to see the wonder that is Harry Potter. It has got me into a Harry Potter movie so I have started watching them all on DVD, as has my sister, but I'll still watch them on the TV and endure the breaks. Catch them every Saturday afternoon.

4: Red 2

The sequel to Red is creatively titled Red 2 and features the return of Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary Louise-Parker, Brian Cox and a few others. The film is a comedy-action film, like its predecessor, and stars Bruce Willis as an agent, who is being hunted down alongside John Malkovich and Mary Louise-Parker. The person hunting them down is Helen Mirren. I won't ruin the film, however this is a great film and you should go and check it out.

3: Love/Hate

Love/Hate is a new crime drama set in Dublin, Ireland. The series is all about the criminal underworld in Dublin. The first episode was a introduction to the characters as well as giving a back story to where we join the story. Robert Sheehan, who starred in the original Misfits, plays the main character, whose brother gets killed in a drive-by early in the episode. The show is new to English viewers, however Irish people have already seen all 3 seasons, as it started in 2010 and season 3 finished on December 2012. Go and check it out on Wednesday's at 22:00 on Channel 5.

2: CSI:NY Final Season Reaches the UK

The ninth and final season of CSI:NY is finally here in the UK (wahhhaahahaaa). My favourite ever show on TV is finally ending, alongside CSI:Miami, which means if you want your CSI fix, you'll need to watch the Vegas version of watch old episodes. I haven't researched this because I don't want to know what happens and I know it has finished in the US so looking into it will probably reveal all, so this entry isn't very detailed. What I hope happens, is Danny takes Mac's position, as that's what he wants and Danny is my favourite character, Don finds love, Mac marries Christine, Sid does something crazy, Hawkes finds someone or gets a promotion and Adam, well lets hope something good happens to him.

1: It's a Boy

Yes the worldwide news that everyone was waiting on finally arrived, the royal baby was born and we now have a new Prince and a likely future King. The baby was born on Monday at 16:24 BST and was then named George Alexander Louis. This news reached all over the world and everyone suddenly became extremely patriotic. It is a wonderful thing because of the success of a Monarchy in a time of politics ruling, and the birth of a new royal, who is likely to rule the Monarch, is big news and great for our country.

Robert Frost

Robert Frost was an American poet. Most of you will probably have heard of him, despite having been dead 50 years. The reason; he was an influential character and his poems depicted the realistic manner of the world. He had works such as 'A Soldier' which is talking about the soldiers that fight for us and 'The Oven Bird' which is telling us, through a woodpecker's perspective, that life is too short. 

However my favourite thing that Robert Frost has ever written was “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.” The reason why this is amazing to me is because it really captures, in my mind, the main message of life. No matter what life throws at us and no matter how many time we are knocked down, it doesn't matter because life will carry on despite our troubles. This message for me is something that all people should live by, because if they do then they worry less about what went wrong and are more likely to focus on the positives, that life carries on.

Robert Frost, Poet and Legend

1874-1963