fifth_sister

Not sure how I'm feeling. :(

Wed, 21 May 2008 21:41:23 GMT

Things have been really fantastic lately, what with me (now officially) being promoted to Beaver Leader and running my own group, and a trip to Barcelona coming up soon, I have wanted to go to Barcelona for years!

But in true good-period style, not so good things occur.

My sister ha somehow hijacked the trip to Barcelona and is now coming with us. We're actually going to my auntie's house a couple of hours away for half of the time, then staying in Barcelona for two nights. As I said above, I've wanted to go there for years and it is a present to me from my parents. Instead of having a party for my 21st last January I am instead going away to Barcelona...but now my sister has hijacked the trip. :(

My mum said that she rang up wanting to come home the first week of June, so my mum had to say we wouldn't be there...and somehow she ended up getting invited on the trip (I can't blame my mum for it really, she is her daughter too).

It may sound like I'm being selfish, but it's not like that. My sister and I do not get along, we don't actually communicate anymore, aside from the must have questions in life (like where is mum? lol). She's never treated me very nicely in my life and the last time we were on a holiday together she made some nasty comments and that was only a couple of years ago.

I just can't deal with her being there on what was always MY trip, something I'd wanted to do for years, finally being able to do it. I love spending time with my parents, it's something I always make time for, but not her.

My mum is going to talk to her and explain that we've already booked a hotel for Barcelona and that we can't afford to get her a room too...and suggest that she could stay with my auntie and uncle a few days longer. It would be a compromise. Whilst she'd be coming on our trip, we'd get the Barcelona bit to ourselves...which is the only bit I'm bothered about! It's MY trip and I don't want her to spoil it for me.

I'm not angry about it really...I'm more upset.

The Most Eventful Day!

Wed, 07 May 2008 19:34:27 GMT

Today has been a really eventful day - yet I haven't done very much.

I spent most of the day doing washing, which I'm sure if you read the post before this, you will have discovered the first piece of eventfulness.

Secondly, I had 2 Beaver Meetings - both had their own events. The first one I got to do something for a change (which I haven't done very much over the past year) and I took 3 Beavers onto a field where they hid some brightly coloured objects. Only trouble is, one of them got thrown into a big muddy piece of prickly grass (the other leader ended up going in for it) and then we lost another item - both green! Whose idea was it to use green objects in a green field? *rolls eyes*

The second meeting was great, we planted some little seedlings and it was enjoyable - the kids were great and so was the activity. Then came the randomest conversation ever, a woman (who I don't know the name of) was talking to me about an AGM next week and then randomly asked me if I played netball...weird thing to ask someone you don't know! Then I found out the assistant leader is leaving, which made me decide I WILL become the Beaver Leader of that group. I had reservations because the other woman would have been used to things as they are and if I wanted to change anything, it might not go down too well.

So it's offical (well it will be when I tell the District Commissioner) I will be running my own Beaver group from September.

Before that I got a phone call asking me to go to a black tie dinner - something to do with a furniture company doing some charity work so they set up a "charity of the year" award. It was suggested that the place I volunteer, make sure they attend, which suggests they may be runners up...or better still, could have won! I have to dress up formally - which I'm not very good at doing usually, lol.

Finally, I went shopping in ASDA for some strawberries, which they didn't have, so I bought some other stuff...and on the way around I accidentally tipped over my little seedling in it's pot - making compost go all over the floor. I didn't know what to do, so I just ran off, haha.

I need to go ring up the DC, so for now
Fifth Sister xoxo

Inconsiderate beeps!

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:49:35 GMT

It's a lovely day outside, so I've been doing some clothes washing - and hanging them out on the line to dry!

The new neighbours, whose new fence is 2 feet taller than our fence (why they didn't ask us about sharing it is beyond me), decided today they would paint the fence - and not tell us! Do they even know we exist? I don't think so.

Now I have 2 pairs of Pyjamas covered in little brown dots - many little brown dots.

I'm just thankful it wasn't my actual CLOTHES! PJ's I can handle, sort of (still very annoyed), but if it had been my brand new t-shirt, or my best trousers...grr, it makes me so mad.

Why are some people so inconsiderate?

One down!

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:46:56 GMT

Woo, I finished a portfolio of THREE essays last night and it feels sooo good. I don't know how I've done with them, maybe not as well as I could have done, but they were really difficult to do.

I feel really good when I finish things, I also love to reward myself - so I'm going to buy some summer clothes. I'm not into shopping, but new clothes are nice.

Then it's back to assignments...when I finish all of them, I get to buy Desperate Housewives! Woo. Lol.

For now xoxo

Joan of Arcadia Season Two!!!

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:16:02 GMT

Omgosh, I have just found out that Joan of Arcadia, season 2 started on E4 like 2 hours ago...unfortunately I turned the TV on part way through the E4+1 episode, which means I've missed it. However, they repeat each episode about 6 times (if you include the second E4 repeat), it's on again at 2.30 am-ish tonight. I am super excited!

I actually only saw Season One because I bought the DVDs from America and never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined it'd be shown in the UK, then it was...and I was waiting, hopeful that season 2 would arrive here - and it has!

Joan of Arcadia stars Amber Tamblyn (as Joan), she also plays Tibby in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants! I love Joan of Arcadia, unfortunately it got cancelled after season 2, but now I get to see season 2 without buying the DVD (though I'm sure I will eventually).

Woosh!

The Cloud - aka internet in McDonalds, a lifesaver!

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:05:42 GMT

I have a meeting today - for the Youth Action Team that has been set up, to look at volunteering in Bolton for young people.

The only problem is I have it in my diary as 1pm, but apparently, it starts at 3. I am adament that they changed the time because I'm the kind of person to get upset when I make a mistake like that.

I'm also the kind of person who HATES waiting with a passion. So here I am, sat in McDonalds pretending I'm still eating a McFlurry...which some lazy member of staff didn't stur making all the crunchie pieces fall out.

Anyway, I have internet access thanks to the wonderful person who decided to get it free for customers.

So please, if anyone is out there - entertain me, or at least say hi!

For now
A very bored Fifth Sister xoxo

P.S. Whose clever idea was it that I didn't bring my book, or that the library be closed on Sunday, or that all 2 bookshops I went to don't sell it so I could read...just a little.

Madonna and Justin Duet

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:11:54 GMT

I'm not a fan of either of them, but their duet was just on television and I realised that Madonna is old enough to be Justin's mother.

She's 49, he's 27...that's 22 years difference.

Seems weird them singing together now. I know Ozzy Osbourne sung with his daughter, but she was actually his daughter, so it wasn't so weird.

Random.

=)

Moving on and moving up!

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:32:40 GMT

Today I found my first LJ. When I signed up for this one I had no idea what my old LJ was titled, or my username, or anything about it. But I remembered and I found it and what an eye opener it was.

I have changed.

I can't believe how much I've changed.

miss_peg <--- my original LJ.

I was at college - I was going through a lot of things, dealing with my past, hating my present and having no ideas/thoughts/plans/dreams for the future.

I started it almost 4 years ago - I was 17.

Now I am at university and I have let go of the majority of my past, I love my present (except being busy with essays, lol) and I have all sorts of thoughts and plans and dreams for the future. They're not clear, they're not set in stone - but they are little bits of hope, something I severely lacked when I originally joined LJ.

Reading about how I was feeling in the past was amazing, it gave me so much, knowing that I am not in the place I was at 17. I'm 21 and I'm happy.

You don't know how amazing it is to be able to say I'm happy.

Even in the four years since college I've had some big ups and downs - many that have changed me, made me the person I am today and as a long term consequence - have made me happy. I do regret many things in life and I know I shouldn't, but I do regret them. However, regardless of the regrets, I know I am who I am because of what has happened in the past. But the past is the past and I am finally glad to say that.

What was written on my old profile page wasn't true when it was written, back then it was simply words from a Delta Goodrem song.

"Here I am, this is me, what you get is what you see." - and now, it really is true.

For now
Fifth Sister xoxo

YouTube video of the week #1: Food Court Musical

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:01:54 GMT

If you're going to watch just one YouTube video this week - make it this one! It's amazing, seriously, you won't regret it!

For now
Fifth Sister xoxo

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:07:21 GMT

I couldn't resist, I just had to post the video here...hoping that somebody out there will see it and get just as excited as me. Haha. Only two watches today so far. But it is only 1 pm so there's plenty of day left!

Being a Beaver Scout Leader

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:10:31 GMT

Today I fulfilled one of only three regular obligations of being a Beaver Scout leader; St George's Day Parade.

As an athiest it's quite a chore having to get up on a Sunday to go walk around in the freezing cold and then sit through a church service. Particularly when I have a ton of reading to do for uni, all of which is confusing the hell out of me. But it's a chore I, begrudgingly, take part in to be a leader.

Despite the walk and service, it is a pleasure to see my little Beavers dressed smartly in uniform - in a situation very different to the weekly meetings. For that I know it's worth it. Even if I don't act like it is on the day...

For now
Fifth Sister xoxo

P.S. I've only seen the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants trailer 2 or 3 times today, not bad considering I watched it about 30 times yesterday - I just don't get tired of Tibby falling off a donkey.

50 reasons being short-arses RAWKS!

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:15:42 GMT

Here is a list of reasons why being short is brilliant - compiled by myself and a group of other 'short arses', if you're short, I'm sure you'll agree! If you're tall and don't agree - you're just jealous! :p Lol.

1 small people can wear smaller shoes and so don't have to get them specially made for the extra large feet of tall people
2 We don't have to remove our shoes to protect our knees when playing the piano.
3 Our clothes take less time to dry because they are smaller
4 and take up less space in wardrobes so we can go shopping for even more clothes!
5 and cost less because they are made of less material
6 So we can spend more
7 we can drive smart cars because we're small and they're small too, so we fit into them better
8 And we don't look daft getting out of them
9 when Snow White moved to the house of dwarves, they saved her life in many ways!!!
10 we can reach albums and singles on really low shelves and music shops never put music on really high shelves cos they know more people are small -cos we blatantly rock!
11 Being smaller, we have a smaller surface area to volume ratio, so we warm up quicker after being out in the cold
12 plus we get away with murder cos people think we're cute!
13 we don't have to bend down in photos
14 And kids don't expect us to be strict because we're tiny... so that when we are they're so shocked they actually pay attention
15 and we can have smaller beds which means we have more space in our houses
16 When we fall over, less damage is done because we don't have as far to fall
17 we don't run out of leg room on planes, in cars, in the cinema... or when playing pianos
18 The queen is 5'4" and she's a ruler and so being small is a rulers game
19 speaking of rulers, we don't need as many to measure ourselves and so, saves us money
20 Being short in a supermarket makes a conversation point... you can meet some great people by asking them to get things off the top shelf!
21 usually it's tall men, cos men should always be taller than women
22 We aren't as limited in our choice of men... because men have to be taller than their partner
23 We can get away with eating smaller food portions - saves money! (which can be spent on clothes, chocolate, whatever....)
24 the smaller the person, the smaller Christmas trees need to be, meaning they're cheaper
25 we can fit through small gaps in crowds... so move quicker
26 Being small... mean people take pity on you at standing concerts and move you to the front
27 or let you climb on their shoulders (so you are blocking the view of all the mean tall ppl)
28 Being small you can get away with acting like a child longer than taller people
29 When dancing, less body to control so easier to make it look flawless
30 Can exceed other people's expectations - by being particularly loud, strong, fast.... and so on
31 Can do the limbo better!
32 Can slip away from situations they don't like more discreetly
33 can fit in suitcases
34 Are better at hide and seek (or more specifically hiding)
35 small people don't bang their heads on tables when they have to pick stuff up off the floor
36 everyone loves children and small people are just one step away from that!!
37 Small people take up less space in lecture theatres... meaning more people can get an education at once!!
38 seats in lecture theatres are more comfy if you're small cos you have more room
39 it takes us extra strokes to reach the other side of the swimming pool, or extra steps to walk somewhere and so - we get more exercise!!!
40 we can sleep on sofas and not get cramped
41 We can sleep on camp beds more comfortably
42 smaller people are better at football cos they can dodge everyone else
43 less rain falls on us cos it hits all the tall people first!!
44 We can shelter underneath taller people's umbrellas in the rain!
45 leprechauns were small and they travelled on rainbows to pots of gold - meaning they were rich!!!
46 small people can't be supermodels and so can't make kids think being too thin is good
47 can wear high heels without looking like you're wearing stilts
48 in summer small people are cooler cos warm air rises, and cold air sinks
49 We are just generally more cute and appealing altogether

AND FINALLY
50 people think we're younger for longer!!!

xoxo Gossip Girl

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:19:35 GMT

When I first heard about Gossip Girl I was in two minds; I wanted to watch because Blake Lively was going to be in it, but I didn't know the books (still don't really) and I worried the story wouldn't be my cup of tea. But everyone can be proved wrong sometimes. How could I not like Gossip Girl? The individual 'blog-like' commentary is spectacular - it's interesting to see how very wrong an outsider can see a situation but it's even more interesting seeing the reality of that same situation - the reaction of characters during their troubles, or other people's troubles.

I expected to struggle liking Blake Lively's Serena van der Woodsen but again how wrong I could be. She has her troubles and her flaws, but seeing and getting to know her character, I am happy she is not how other characters percieve her. I think Blake is doing an amazing job and maybe one day she will win big awards for her roles.

I was actually really shocked by the level of acting in the show, after all there are so many mediocre actors in the world, but to get so much talent from what I'd consider a fantastic cast - and some so young too! I hope Gossip Girl doesn't stop at just one season because I see it and it's stars destined for greatness.

For now
The Fifth Sister xoxo

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:38:15 GMT

One day I recieved a book from a friend living in Australia, a book about some pants. I was sceptical about the story from the title, the first chapter left me laughing at this concept of magical jeans. But The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants is so much more than a magical pair of pants. If anything, the pants are a metaphor. The book was more about friendship, a deep threaded relationship that ran from birth to the mid-teen years where the characters ended up in the book. The pants - that magically fit all four girls (or varying shapes and sizes) - representing their friendship, keeping them together when one summer they cannot be. It's for that reason I believe it okay to say that judging that book by the first chapter would be a sorry mistake for many people.

But the story didn't end there. There were three other books...and a film. A little different to the books, but still a wonderful story, filled with the beautiful relationships the books portray.

Then comes the second film...with only a trailer and a US release date for The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2 I am wondering if the UK will eventually get the film I have waited months for, years even. Maybe one day, maybe soon, hopefully before 2008 is over. I watched the trailer and I felt ecstatic, within the one day of discovering the trailer I have seen it countless times - probably a couple of dozen, at least. I can't get over it, or the excitement it's bringing me. There are already so many parts I am desperate to see - from Lena and Bee sobbing...to Tibby falling off a donkey. That's right...

So in case you're wondering why 'fifth sister', it's a nod to the Sisterhood. Pants = love...and in the words of the Sisterhood 'to honour the Pants and the Sisterhood, and this moment and this summer and the rest of our lives - together and apart'.

For now
The Fifth Sister xoxo