ROLE MODELS

I have a wide selection of Inspirational People on my Facebook bio. (From what I’ve gathered, I’m also one of the few users who actually use this feature on Facebook)

I think ‘Role Model’ is quite a broad term and there would be people on my list which would be influential in some ways, but very bad role models in other ways, which you may think as you read this list.

Audrey Hepburn: to not be afraid to stand up for what you believe in.

2NE1: to be original, versatile and wear cool clothes.

Alexander Lee Eusebio: to give up something you know is wrong, despite the circumstances, for Christ.

Selena Gomez: to be beautiful inside and out, funny and not allow fame or success make you conceited.

Lady Gaga: to work hard and achieve your dreams.

Choi Seung Hyun: to remember although you may be rejected at first, work harder and try again.

Nicki Minaj: to not care about what anyone else thinks.

Josh Peck: to remind me that it doesn't matter what you look like, but health is important.

Jesus Christ: to remind me that I am well and truly loved: by dying on the cross, and through answered prayer, meeting my needs, listening when I feel broken and blessing me in a million wonderful ways to give me a wonderful and fulfilling life on earth.

Yay - I liked making that post.

Note: You have NO IDEA how CROSS I am that these images are low-resolution. I edited them for hours! I've no idea what happened. :( Apologies.

Bye bye.

H is for...

Heroines

So this post is going to be about women, who inspire me in one way or another. Enjoy.

Jaamela Jamil

I see this woman in Look Magazine all the time, and not only do I applaud her for her amazing fashion sense, she’s absolutely stunning! If I was a size 6/8 I would LOVE to look like her- her eyes are so beautiful! *Aims to look as pretty as her*

Selena Gormez

For some reason. I adore this girl. I’ve watched her on “Wizards of Waverly Place’ (yeah, I know) a few times and think she’s as cool as a cucumber. Her bold and brash nature is brilliant in that show, she is a talented actress. And she’s dated Taylor Lautner, lucky girl!

Lady Gaga

Honestly, where do I start? Probably the most amazing woman in the world, no, the universe!

Not only an inspiration to me to be individual, but so many others too. It’s difficult to describe how great she actually is because she’s too amazing to describe.

Her style: Unreal. Seriously. Despite having a figure to die for, Gaga goes beyond all limits in the fashion world. She wears outfits that other normal pop stars wouldn’t dare to wear, and that originality is copied by fans all over the globe.

It’s said that she’ll be remembered for her fashion more than her music: this I don’t totally agree on because they are both equally phenomenal.

And the best bit is she IS talented, no matter what critics or haters say. Trust me, I saw her live, she is an ARTIST.

Love her or hate her, this lady is going to be around for a very long time.

Audrey Hepburn

The most beautiful lady ever. ever EVER. This awe I’m feeling over my heroines is very difficult to explain! I think Audrey is the definition of a perfect woman: she’s beautiful, cultured, elegant and ever so stylish. Through her life these qualities never faded, they matured with age. Audrey showed the world that you can still be perfect and work hard.

And even though she’s not with us, she’s still in our hearts today.

Paloma Faith

I more than likely have never announced this to anyone before, but I really like the singer Palmona Faith. Her style is so quirky and her voice is stunning.

Emma Watson

If you have been living in a bucket this last nine years, Emma Watson is the girl who plays Hermione in the Harry Potter films. Only after recently rewatching the films did I realise how amazing this girl can act. Lately she’s been in the papers publicizing Deathly Hallows (Which I still haven’t seen, drat) sporting a new hair-do. My own opinion: I usually loathe boy cuts on girls, but Emma Watson can work it! She looks even more glamourous than before. Miss Watson is on this list for being a super role-model and fashionista for ladies everywhere in 2010.

Sunny from SNSD

No idea why, but Sunny is my favourite in Girls Generation. She’s looked at as one of the least pretty members so I look up to her for ignoring all the haters. She’s so cute and naturally looks adorable. If I looked Asian, I’d so want to look like her!

Hacker Girl

Oh my goodness, where do I start! Well firstly, Yang Mi Jung is a character in my Korean Drama IRIS, which I have spoke about before, so I won’t bore you to tears again about it. We affectionately called her Hacker Girl, because she is a wizz-kid at hacking into CCTVs, programs...basically anything and everything. So that skill amazes me, because she’s so intelligent and is a master of computing- something I’ve always wished I could do!

In the show, she’s so funny. She’s got brilliant lines and her and 70s Guy (Hyang Tae Sung: he looks like he’s been imported from the 70s) made a superb team at the NSS!

Hacker Girl’s style is amazing! She wears the rarest clothes! Which I love because she’s being so unique. She’s very distinct looking but so gorgeous.

And then, she gets better still. She dates T.O.P (Assassin Vick). It’s only later in the episodes do we begin to see their relationship. It’s so sweet: she’s completely fallen for him! I don’t want to give too much away, because Emma’s likely to read this and she still has to watch it...

Marlene Freimanis

I have used Marlene four times as my artist in my school artwork. Honestly, she is the best artist I have ever come across, and she isn’t even that well known. I found her on DeviantArt, where she is active at posting her pieces for seven years now. She’s a bit like myself: she goes through obsessions focusing on different things, but unlike me, posts AMAZING pieces of art relating to it. She is interested in macabre, zombies and gory, gothic things, as well as a fanatic Gaga monster. Lately she’s been into Florence and the Machine (No way as good as Gaga, I gotta admit) When I get my own house, I want to order a print of hers to hang up on my wall.

If I had 100th of her skill I would be delighted.

Christina Hendricks

Christina Hendricks is known for playing a part in a show called Mad Men: I’ve never watched it, but you see this lady all the time in the newspaper and magazines.

She’s been in the media so often because of her incredible curves and bust size. This year she’s been voted Sexiest Woman Alive.

I love this woman because even she, like myself, is a size 14, and struggles to find designer clothes that fit that body shape properly. She won’t alter her size for designer clothes or conform to other Hollywood size 0 bodies either. People online have sneered and criticised her for not doing this.

Well girl, you’re a true beauty, so don’t worry what they say!

Yay that was a fun post.

- Claudia

POST

Hello! I am postponing my Gaga post yet again because I want some of the photos Kerri took before I publish it. So it says on my to-do list “Blog something” which technically, I did do last night, but I may have caught the blogging-bug again so I will write another entry when I’m in the mood!

Okay, last week, which was an absolutely amazing week for me, was enhanced by receiving two, TWO! items in the post. I would be lucky to get one letter a month, never mind any packages! So the first thing that arrived was 4 posters from HMV Pure. If you haven’t heard it, it’s the HMV store’s rewards scheme: you save up your points you get from purchasing something in the shop. When you finally save up enough, go onto their online store and choose a gift for yourself. These products are absolutely amazing, like you can get signed guitars, concert & movie premiere tickets and props from movie sets- but you need a lot more points for that! I have been collecting for about a year and last week skimmed through the site to see if there was anything worth spending points on.

I chose a Emma Watson poster, Wizard of Oz and two Gaga ones. All were reasonably cheap, I picked Wizard of Oz because it was rather pretty, not that I particularly like that film.

However, when they arrived on Tuesday they were packed in a massive flatpack box! (Free packaging by the way!) The Wizard of Oz one was MASSIVE! It was one that would have been hung in the HMV shop. The two Gaga ones came in rolls and Emma Watson was A3 size. They all look so good!

To add to the excitement, I got more post on Wednesday. I and ordered Snapfish photos because I had 100 free prints, many thanks to O2 Surprises. So I spent Wednesday evening sticking them all up round my room. These prints are another one of my many obsessions.

RARAOLALA!

Tumblr. Completely addicted to it. Go follow!

On a random note: Lady Gaga tonight!!!

So happy I could die. ;)

Claudia out.

SHAKESPEARE

A much needed blog post!

I have been so so SO busy recently. I don’t think I’ve been so occupied with life ever. So busy I haven’t had time to get a haircut, book a driving lesson or even pluck my eyebrows. It’s been non-stop the last three weeks or so.

It doesn’t stop there: I discovered I have something major on every week until the middle of November. It’s crazy. Having Lady Gaga and the Art Dublin overnight on the same week is NOT good.

So what have I been up to? I signed myself up to the Sound Crew for the Shakespeare performance of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the school is taking part in the Waterfront, as part of Shakespeare Schools Festival. I absolutely love it. I have made friends with people who I would have never talked to before and the rehearsals are great craic. However they are after school and on Saturdays so that’s taken up so so much time. Not that I mind, it’s just mad that I’ve been able to cope.

I also put myself forward as Media Rep for the show: basically advertising the production. I spent two weeks making a Show Programme on Pages on Henry mac, and people were saying how professional it looked. It’s nice being complimented for something you enjoy doing. I also created some posters (more will be printed eventually, I’m just so tired tonight I’m taking a night off) and a 3D art piece with information hanging from it, which only took one day to make!

Our first show was today last two periods to the Junior School. It went really well, the audience laughed a good bit, which kept on surprising me because I kept forgetting they were watching! We have another show for the Seniors tomorrow, then one at 7pm for Parents and Friends. Then Wednesday is the Waterfront performance! Oh I’m rather excited!

I also have G.B on Mondays and Sunday School with P.1s on Sundays, ah! Never realised how much fun helping out with church stuff could be!

I think I’ve become so focused on Shakespeare I just neglected everything else, now I have a humungous pile of school work, ironing and Iris/Betty/xfactor catch up on Sky+.

Things that will be going on:

• More performances
• The Waterfront!
• S.U Weekend
• Richard II in some theatre next Tuesday
• Halloween Holidays
• Lady Gaga
• Dublin Weekend
• Prefect Disco
• G.B Christmas Shopping

AHHH AND CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND RESITS AND THE GYM AND DIETING AND--

I NEED ££££! :(

RUN, RUN

Okay, I’ve said this before. I’m a hopeless blogger. But I enjoy having the option to do so if I want to. On a slightly different note, I don’t understand why people open website profiles, such as blogger or twitter, and never, ever use them? The sensible thing to do would be shutting it down again surely? I find I’m very dedicated to all the sites I join up to. (which is maybe why I have no life apart from the laptop sitting on my knee) Even if I do leave a site for a while, I always manage to return. For example, Bestuff, a lame-ass rediscovery I have found on those late Thursday nights when I should be sleeping.

I was on Myspace and Bebo earlier, funny enough, I had no comments and my “friends” had not posted anything for weeks/months. Apart from a few, who maybe don’t know how to work Facebook yet.

It made me laugh at how lame it had become, but, I just don’t have the heart to delete my page. It would make me sad, all my “childhood” memories removed. On Bebo, most of my top friends have already their page-no wonder Bebo has been sold.

After looking around, I saw some people wrote things like “Facebook is where it’s at! Bebo sucks!” Well that’s just silly too, if you are going to write about how crappy the site is, get rid of it!

-Rant over-

Okay, I watched Avatar tonight. Again. I didn’t want to, but Mum and Jared didn’t see it and rented it out of Xtra-Vision. I thought it would be deadly watching a 3 hour film again, but I found it bearable and quite enjoyed it.

On the other hand, I did NOT enjoy Glee tonight. It was the season finale: they took part in the competition and LOST. Not only that, but they sung a Journey medley thing. Nothing against Journey, but it was just not suitable for the final episode. Bohemian Rhapsody was awesome though, Quinn delivering a baby in that 4 minutes was well cool. The rest of the plot seemed rushed, squashed and a bit predictable.

Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood to watch it, perhaps I just felt cynical, tired, irritated by my brother fidgeting beside me awkwardly.

Oh, and HUNGRY. I felt very hungry. Lately, Slimming World is a disaster. A fortnight ago, I lost my 1/2 stone, yipee! But after “celebrating” for a week, I put a pound on again! Anger! This past week has been equally as bad, study leave doesn’t help when I have 24/7 access to the kitchen. I sound like a monster.

Speaking of monsters, did I mention I got tickets for Lady Gaga? I probably did, it was ages ago. But it shall be awesome.

I can’t wait for summer. I want to do lots and lots of activities. I have to make a personal statement in September for university so I need some things to put on it.

*sigh* I wish I had a pile of money to go to SOUTH KOREA. I want to go there when I’m older, not because of my K-Pop obsession, just I think the country itself looks fascinating. I’d settle with China or Japan, but it doesn’t have the edge like Korea does. ;)

Well that entry seems suitable enough to post,

Catch you later.

- Claudia

14/06/2010 22:42

Chris says:

Just so you know

I'm spending my current time reading your blogs

Claudia says:

no! get out

stalker

Chris says:

It's like reading your diary

UPDATES

Super Junior comeback in a number of days. I'm so excited!! :D

On Friday past I got tickets for Lady Gaga on 2nd November in Belfast. Kerri, Emma and I are going, shall be amazing. :)

My exams start in 6 weeks, SIX WEEKS!!! *dies*

Seven members of Suju now have Twitter: Donghae, Shindong, Henry, Heechul, Sungmin and Siwon. Yay :D

I've lost 31/2 pounds at Slimming World. :D

Ahh I have to go, I'm in a rush.

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Hey,

I haven't blogged for ages. I've been so tired.

I have worked so hard recently but the work just keeps on coming, I can barely keep up. When I do work hard on something, it's always wrong or needs more alterations. My exams are just around the corner and I haven't even finished my art. This is shocking because I had practically everything done last year. Curse AS levels.

Things can only get better.

Things that are keeping me from becoming brain dead:

MAS4

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THE FAME MONSTER

I MISS LONDON SO MUCH.