Happy Birthday to me :)

Its my birthday today, so I'm now officially seventeen years old! Already (it's only 8:45 am) I've had about 13 messages telling me of this fact. And I've opened my pressies from my family cos I'm a total little kid and its impossible for me to wait. So I'm now the proud owner of tights, a charm for my bracelet, a scarf, 7 pairs of earrings and a scrapbooking kit. Win! I'm meeting my friends in about 2 hours for a day in town (probably going to my favourite art gallery) then to Pizza Hut...mmm :)

I keep getting told we have to get the pizza with the cheesy bites crust (my friends have sick minds) because we used to go there every single time we went to town and order the same thing, and cheesy bites got ridiculed, thrown in drinks etc. I'm surprised we didn't get banned for life.

I'm apparently the 'baby' of the group cos I'm the youngest so today I've invited my cousin Matt (who is 6 months younger than me) out with us, but apparently I'm still the baby. Joy.  This photo (above) was taken by me on my 16th, and it's one of my favourite photo's ever. 

and the one to the right> 
is my favourite photo ever
It was taken last year, a few days before my 16th at my family party and it's the last picture I have of my grandparents together. I love it.

A funny memory

Scott: "But how can it be 500 Days of Summer, when theres only 365 days in a year?"

Me: "Weren't you listening she's called Summer"

Scott: "oh" 

 

Quotes

My extremely disorganized friend's 18th is in November, so I decided to get him a planner for next year, and fill it with a quote per day to inspire him, lift him out of a bad mood and make him smile. And I've come across some amazing quotes...
"I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to at the time you were supposed to do it"- robert downey jr


Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance


Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending

Facts

One- When I was younger, say 3 or 4, we were in a Scottish pub, and a Scotland-versus-England rugby game was on. In a pub. Full of Scottish people. And I cheered for England. Ooops :)
Two- My favourite part of summer is the start, cos you actually get a chance at good weather for a start, but everything seems so good then, because you have so much time the possibilities of summer seem endless.
Three- The best concert I ever went to was last year, We Will Rock You (which is like Mamma Mia! but for Queen) in Alnwick Castle's garden! (where some of Harry Potter was filmed). It was amazing. And it chucked it down with rain, but that didn't matter 'cos the atmosphere was electric. It may be a British thing, but everyone just got on with it: dancing in the mud and singing along. Let's do it again!
Four- I keep EVERYTHING, pretty much. I've just found a box full of bus tickets from this year, and have come to the conclusion that Arriva Buses haven't been affected by the recession thanks to me.
Five- My favourite food is apples with peanut butter...so much so I'm off to have some now :)

Changes

Hey you may have noticed I've changed my name from the-book-thief into Becca's ramblings. This is because the blog was intentionally discussing books then I went off topic so I suppose Becca's ramblings is a better title.

Enjoy :)

(500) days of Summer

For those of you who haven't watched it, (500) days of Summer is a story about love, but its not a love story. It's now officially become one of my favourite movies- even tho I only watched it for the first time ever on Sunday. And the lead guy? Joseph Gordon-Levitt (10 things I hate about you). Oh, and it has Zooey Deschanel in it (she was in Yes Man). Match. Made. In. Heaven. And I want a blackboard wall.
But seriously, this film is Laugh-Out-Loud funny.

" Darling, I don't know how to tell you this but there's a Chinese family in our bathroom" 

To do list

I'm pretty bad when it comes to 'to do lists' cos I keep on forgetting about them, but I sorta need to work out what I have to do so here it goes...

• Finish my CV, write a cover letter and hand it out (hopefully will result in a job!!)
• Finish UCAS form 
• Finish holiday homework
• Plan my birthday party- 2 weeks today!!! Done- just need to work out times and meeting places
• Go collect AS results...:/ 
• Order books and buy stationary for next year

This could take a while...

Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game

Iv'e noticed my august posts (all 2 of them) have been about music. Yes I love music, but this isn't my only interest, so I'm gonna talk about movies :). Top 5:
1) Lost Boys
2) Grease
3) Harry Potter 3
4) 10 Things I Hate About You
5) Titanic
What do you think, what are your favourite movies of all time?
For me, I will watch my favourite movies over and over again, and the list has been like this for several years so these I suppose are my classics. I like the way they make me feel. Like, I will always sing along to all the songs on Grease, and I will always feel happy when Kat and Patrick get together in '10 Things'. Its just me

breaking the silence

Hey! apologies for my silence I've been in Edinburgh!! It was absolutely AMAZING. I love sightseeing, and Edinburgh is definitely one of the best places to do that. And it's sorta given me a new outlook. See during the plague, Edinburgh was practically destroyed, so they just built on top of it. So...why not apply that to life? take a bad situation, bury it and move on- start again. Okay, you cant run away from everything. But you can from the little things.
At the minute, I'm loving life. This year seems to have flown by and in 2 months time I should have  baby cousin!!. And in 15 days I'm finally 17, so I wont be the baby of the group any more. Well for 2 months any way, until the first of my friendship group turn 18. Drat.

I'm also loving Regina Spektor, especially her song 'The Call' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgUL3ut4gyQ. Its amazing :) She's so talented as well. Any thoughts anyone?
Any way that's all for now so I promise not to be silent for so long again :D

Music makes the people come together

I love music. To get me to sleep as a baby my dad had to drive round with the radio on, and that probably still works now. One of my favourite things to do is to apply certain songs to certain situations or people in my life. And I like making lyric-y blog titles, just for the fun of it.
But really, the title is true, cos music does make people come together. To be annoyingly clique-y the 'indie' kids listen to indie music, the 'emo' kids listen to emo music and the 'popular' kids listen to pop music. But I don't like labels. Really, music is a fun interest but it shouldn't define who you are. Like if you would describe yourself as indie, you are allowed to try pop music too you know?
I would class myself as 'different' cos I don't really fit into any group, I'm pieces from several ones mashed together instead. I suppose thats why I like living in the UK, the clique thing isn't so obvious here. So I can listen to anything, but I dont neccessarily like everything, as that would make my interest too general. I prefer rock bands usually. However, my guilty pleasure is musicals. The only thing I can't stand is electronically altered voices, or songs that only have 7 or so lyrics, repeated over and over. I'm not really a rhythm and blues person, or a rap person either; though I do like 'Like Toy Soldiers' by Eminem. Mostly if the song has meaningful lyrics, I'll like it.
For that reason I like The Fray most of all, currently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Kcyd-MGnU