HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014

Best Moments of 2014

• 21st Birthday - My birthday cake!!!!
• Media, Film and Journalism formal - doing an Oscar selfie
• I got a job!! A real job!!
• Two concerts in a week: Panic at the Discoo and Rend Collective with Emma
• End of Year Show
• Comic Con in Belfast
• Dublin
• Graduation :) - practically perfect in every way...and James Nesbit was there!
• NEW YORK and the glorious Caribbean cruise
• Noelle and David’s Wedding - first school friend's wedding, potentially the first of many!
• My home-made office shed, it’s great!
• Starting my Masters degree Queens
• Gregor and Sharon’s Wedding - the first family wedding like...ever.
• Making a gingerbread house on Christmas Eve :D

Biggest Achievements:

First Class Honours with Dean’s List!! Ahhhhh (I’m still geeking out about it)

Biggest Failures:

Thankfully nothing really, except I discovered I’m definitely allergic to pure orange juice :( Fail.

Happiest Moments:

Finding out my results (I cried) and of course...my graduation day

Taking photos in Times Square, New York

Jared singing in the school musical ‘Les Miserables’ as Javert

Saddest Moment:

My Mum’s best friend passed away at the start of the year :( It was really tough.

Biggest Shock:

Lots of different shocks throughout the year...

• Joan Rivers death! No more Fashion Police. 
• How I Met Your Mother finale! There are no words...
• They cancelled Perception T_T 
• Josh Groban and Kat Dennings - YAASSS

Best Purchase:

iPad Mini and a poncho!! 

Greatest Musical Discoveries:

Prince, Il Divo and The Avett Brothers

Best Film of the Year:

THE WINTER SOLDIER

Best MV of the Year:

THIS

Greatest Discoveries of the Year:

• My graphics tablet
• Pinterest
• I joined the Netflix bandwagon!
• MBTI types (I’m an ISFJ)

Biggest Addiction:

FAR too much television...
Gossip Girl, Gogglebox, Pointless and Keeping Up With The Kardashians were the worst offenders..

Favourite Person Award:
Sebastian Stan - I’m sorry but really could there be anyone else worthy of this spot in 2014?

SHERLOCK [COURSEWORK]

Hello,

Sorry I’ve gone missing in action - yet again - but shall return to blogging after I finish up this semester at university.

This past couple of weeks I’ve been working on an Interactive Narrative on Adobe Flash. I based my idea on a BBC Sherlock episode, ‘A Scandal In Belgravia’.

(Funny how for two of my modules this year I’ve focused on BBC shows - I made a website on Doctor Who last semester!)

Anyway I’ve never created anything like this before so apologies if it kinda sucks - and to be honest it doesn’t follow the storyline fully but I wanted to base mine on Sherlock cracking Irene Adler’s code on her phone, rather than all the other fantastic things that happened in the real episode.

All drawings done by myself and as you can see from the image above, they have been based on the characters from the show too.

Feedback would be appreciated!

I tried everywhere but failed at hosting and embedding the ginormous sized swf, so please play here.

Many thanks and I shall return soon,

Claudia xo

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2012

Best Moments of 2012

• Zumba Container Party (yes, that was January!)
• Meeting The Wanted after their concert in Belfast
• Seeing The Dark Knight Rises (twice)
• London with Emma to see EXO-K, Baker Street and Andy Warhol paintings
• Singstar Container Night - reliving the golden days!
• Learning how to create Motion Graphics and my Doctor Who website
• Leading two girls to Christ during Fused Summer Scheme
• Art Night at Kerri's house!
• 'Thorsdays'
• Roadtrips with the IMAmates listening to Mentallll Breaakkkkerrrrr
• Seeing BIGBANG in London!

❐ Biggest Achievement of the Year:

Learning to swallow tablets!
❐ Biggest Failure:

Missing an exam.

❐ Happiest Moment:

BIGBANG coming on stage at Wembley Arena.

❐ Saddest Moment:

Funerals - Granny Green and Great Granny Gordon.

❐ Biggest Shock:

Hearing Gangnam Style by PSY on UK Radio for the first time.

❐ Best Purchase:

2 pairs of Moschino jeans on sale!!

❐ Greatest Musical Discoveries:

Josh Groban and Hans Zimmer.

❐ Best Song of the Year:

The Chaser by Infinite followed by Mental Breaker - Block B in a close second.

❐ Best MV of the Year:

Fantastic Baby - BIGBANG
❐ Best Film of the Year:

The Dark Knight Rises, of course!

❐ Greatest Discoveries of the Year:

Sherlock and Sweetcorn.

❐ Biggest Addiction:

Buying and selling stuff on eBay over the summer.

❐ Favourite Celebrity Figures:

Matt Smith and Alex Day.

That was fun!
- Love Claudia x

FAVOURITE T.V SHOWS

Okay, I think I’ve been doing a good job of my Super Meme so far. Today marks the day I will discuss my favourite television shows! All my adoring fans, take note! Shall I try and put these in order? Okay.

Sherlock

Mary-Jane brought the Sherlock DVDs to my house one evening and we all sat wand watched the first episode. Words cannot explain how GREAT this show is! It’s unbelievable and if you haven’t seen it, you certainly must, like right now. Benedict Cumberbatch is truly brilliant. 

Doctor Who

I regret not watching Doctor Who earlier in my life - I feel like I’ve been missing out on something outstanding. My brother Jared lent me one of his boxsets (David Tennant series) when I moved up to university in September. Actually fantastic show, I didn’t expect to like it because it sounded nerdy being about aliens - but it’s absolutely class. David Tennant is a babe - I’m liking Matt Smith too, but haven’t seen as many episodes of him yet.

How I Met Your Mother

I watch HIMYM every single day. We always have loads of episodes taped on our Sky+ box. It’s a fun show to watch - wouldn’t be the same without the legendary Barney Stinson. Really liking the new series too that's just started on E4.

Friends

Another show I watch regularly - Friends is still one of the best comedies which can be watched over and over again. I LOVE it. 


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Top 5 Fictional Character Crushes (or 6..whatever..):

Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother

 The Doctor - Doctor Who

 Captain Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean

 Gu Jun Pyo - Boys Over Flowers

 Ron Weasley - Harry Potter

 Severus Snape - Harry Potter

Extrovert or Introvert:

Introvert - I like spending time by myself doing my own weird things.

Although I do occasionally like being sociable, but I suppose it depends who I’m going to be with.

One thing you want right now:

Unff.

Where you’re from:

lol

One thing you hate about yourself:

My bad posture - which I don't realise I have until I see my reflection or a photograph taken. 

Often James points it out and tells me to sit up straight. This is annoying but necessary.

A series you wish would continue:

Hello Baby! It's basically SHINee looking after a wee toddler for a few weeks. It's dead cute, I love it and don't want it to end.

Screenshot of Desktop:

It's really messy because I'm working on the other bits of this blog post so there's random images saved..that I might not even use.

Favourite flavour of Ice Cream:

Nutella Bear - has anyone ever tried it? It’s amazing!

A hobby you’d die without:

K-Pop. 

A trend you hate

Ugg Boots. BOKE.

CARTOONS (20 - 11)

A blog post I tried to keep secret but any time I made an attempt to work on I was always disturbed. In the end James found lots of pictures of cartoon characters saved on my desktop so unfortunately that gave it away. Anyway, now it is complete, so enjoy.

I apologise about the text below each picture, it probably makes very little sense. Wouldn’t say it’s my finest work.

20. AladdinMy number 20 spot goes to Aladdin I watched the film a couple weeks back thanks to my free lovefilm subscription this summer. Didn’t realise how cool he was. You know, if he was human, he’d look smokin’ hot.

19. KuzcoRandom fact about Kuzco, did you know he was 18? Kuzco is the main character of The Emperor’s New Groove. Kuzco is a selfish, spoiled, cocky and sarcastic teenager, and after a series of events is transformed into a llama. That sounds so random really, but it’s a great film, so go watch it.

18. Shin ChanAHAHA Shin Chan, this show was the most random thing to air on T.V. This followed the adventures of a 5-year old Japanese kid. Many jokes in the series were very weird and rather inappropriate to be honest. If you have seen it you may remember that he bared his bum to the camera in every episode.

I was just reading up about Shin Chan there now and it was quoting some of the things he said. He asks “How many people have you killed?” to tough looking men or “When are you going to die?” to elderly people.
There now I just spent 10 minutes watching one of the shows on Youtube - it’s extremelt disturbing, but very enjoyable.

17. ShegoI was a massive Kim Possible fan back in the day. I would still watch it if it was still on T.V. Shego was the villain of Kim who was very sarcastic and clever and she looked AMAZING!

16. BlooI feel like the only person in the world who actually loved Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends - and to be honest I was in High School at the time. I don’t think an foster’s home for imaginary friends would work in real life because there would be too many monsters there. My favourite characters were Frankie and Bloo. Bloo is selfish and mischievous, but has a kind heart.

15. TazWhat happened to Taz bars? More importantly, what happened to Taz? As I planned this list I found a had an affection for angry and arrogant characters - Taz is no exception. His short temper, little patience and random jargon made him rather annoying; I found it rather adorable.

14. KimiThis was a hard choice between Boo from Monsters Inc and Kimi from the Rugrats because they are both so so cute. Today I’m choosing Kimi because she’s such a sweetheart as well as being super adorable. Them wee purple boots - AWW.

13. Dee DeeWhen I was younger I always thought Jared and I were like Dexter and Dee Dee. Now, not so much. Despite her being extremely annoying, I thought she was very funny. Especially that episode when she tried to show Dexter this dance she taught herself - honestly the tune is still in my head.

12. DopeyDopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is my favourite dwarf because he’s so endearing. This picture is my favourite bit in the film - I really want to watch it again now.

11. Kai HiwatariIs is weird to have a crush on a cartoon character?

I only watched one season of Beyblade (Beyblade G Revolution) and I loved it! Jared and I had a pile of Beyblades. I believe I had Tyson’s Dragoon while Jared had Max’s Draciel. My favourite character was Kai, because I think I had/have a thing for bad guys. (And seriously, what 13 year old has muscle like that??)

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Second half to be continued... soon.

It will hopefully be posted underneath this post, so keep watch.

CARTOONS (10 - 1)

10. SquidwardGenerally grumpy, sarcastic and narcissistic, hating everything and only wants some peace. Yes..most of these favourite characters reflects my own personal qualities. Woo.

9. Double DEver wondered what was under the hat? Honestly I thought it was his hair. Or with a greasy sock on his head. Actually. I thought he was a girl. He’s a neat freak with a need for many sticky notes, and for some reason I love the way he speaks.

8. Sailor MoonI’m not going to lie, I wanted to be Sailor Moon when I was 8. And I also became obsessed with drawing Anime too. But that was the only time really.

7. Pingu
If your trying to find something that will put me in a good mood, Pingu will ALWAYS work. I think since I’ve hit 18 I’ve embraced my inner childhood and my summer has consisted of watching this show. I go hysterical when Pingu makes his beak like a megaphone “NUG, NUG!” Also think it’s brilliant that he’s the only character that can do it.

6. Donald DuckI always found his bad-tempered nature very very funny - most of his episodes started out with him in a happy mood, then something comes and spoils his day. In many ways, he reminds me of myself.

5. Max Goof  While every other child’s favourite Disney films were Pocahontas or Snow White, mine was The Goofy Movie. Not as famous as the others but I thought Max (Goofy’s son) was the most awesome guy ever! Remember when he dressed up as Powerline and sung to Roxanne on the school stage? SO COOL!

4. Dougal   
Dougal the dog appears in the Magic Roundabout, as we all know, is the famously British children’s television which was originally broadcast in the sixties. Dougal was a skye terrier who had an odd love for sugar. This cute, hairy, legless pooch appealed to me as a child - and ever since I’ve always wanted to have a real dog called Dougal.

3. Toad
My adoration with Toad began at the young age of 8, when I made my purchase of Mario Kart: Super Circuit for the Gameboy Advance. (one of the best games ever.) Originally, I chose Toad because he was the fastest and the lightest. Not understanding that the lightness of the creature could be affected when larger characters hit him on the track, I thought being the fastest made them the winner. I’ve rarely played as any other character from that point on and I’ve always believed that Toad will help me win. Mushroom in a nappy and a waistcoat, I love you.

2. Edna Mode
Coolest lady (lady?) ever. She reminds me of myself in certain ways too: eccentric, strong-willed and obsessed with style.“Go, confront the problem. Fight! Win!”

“I don’t look back darling, it distracts from the now.”

“Well, I’m sure I don’t know, darling. Luck favors the prepared.”

And drum roll please....

1. TJ DetweillerIf you haven’t guessed already, of COURSE T.J is my number one. He’s been my favourite cartoon character since I was 7 years old. I still remember the plot line and most of the script lines when the show is on. (Yes I do still watch it too.) I always hoped I would have a boyfriend that would look as cute and be as funny as T.J: LOL.

- Claudia