SPRING BREAKERS

"Bikinis and big bootys, ya'll. That's what life's all about"

 

So I saw the film Spring Breakers and I was actually surprised at how much I liked it.

 

 

For those of you who have been living under a rock, Spring Breakers is that movie you've probs heard about with the Disney chicks in it. And since the info about it on IMDB is WRONG...here's a brief synopsis:

 

Basically what happens is four besties who go to a boring college in a boring small town want to go to Florida to have a spring break they'll never forget. Realising they have nowhere near enough money to get them out of town, they rob a local restaurant and set off.

 

Faith (Selena Gomez), Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Brit (Ashley Benson) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) go WILD. Drugs, sex and drinking are obvious themes. There's a LOT of boobs shown (boys, there's incentive for you), there's not really much use of clothes and what used to be sweetheart Vanessa Hudgens apparently loves giving blow jobs.

 

 Anyway, the girls get caught doing drugs at a party and get thrown in jail. They're rescued by black boy rapper trapped in a white boy body with silver grillz, Alien, (James Franco) and then find themselves caught in a gangland/druglord type scenario.

 

The girls fall like flies and two go back home until only two are left, and the girls go to amazing lengths to have a spring break that they'll actually never forget.

 

 

The cinematography is amazing. The colours are amazing. It's a fantastic film student studyable movie.

 

The acting is really surprisingly good. I hated Hudgens in HSM but she's definatley lost her sweet Disney-girl badge, that's for sure.

 

The movie is disjointed, it skips from the present to the future, to the past and back to the present. But I guess that's to tie in with how drug-f*cked they are and the whirlwind that spring break apparently is (I wouldn't know, I'm just an Australian).

 

Anyway, do yourself a favour and see the film. You won't regret it!

UNINSPIRED.

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are easy."

- Dr. Suess

I've been feeling so lost lately. Stuck in a world of do-gooders and bores. In a place where everyone knows what they want, but I know nothing at all. I'm not sure if the path I'm on is right, or if I took a wrong turn somewhere along the way. My parents always wanted me to be successful...but what if I'm not? I'm stuck in an average kind of hell, stuck just beneath the water, out of reach from the future.

Where the hell did time go? What happened to sleepovers with friends and staying up all night sober and sharing secrets?

When did isolation become normal, and losing friends become okay, and nights alone become sad?

What happened.

CHIVALRY.

“We mistake sex for romance. Guys are taught that pushing a girl up against a wall is romance. Sex is easy; you can do it with anyone, yourself, with batteries. Romance is when someone you like walks into a room and they take your breath away. Romance is when two people are dancing and they fit together perfectly. Romance is when two people are walking next to each other and all of a sudden they find themselves holding hands, and they don’t know how that happened.”

—John C. Moffi 

Falling in love is a bit like diving into one of those ball pits they have at children's playgrounds. At first you hesitate because, holy shit, it's scary and those plastic balls look like they could hurt. So you back away slightly, and you question what's about to happen. You look around you and you see so many happy people who have fallen head first into the pit, smiling, playing and happy. Yet you stand back and watch, still too scared to jump. Then, before you even realise what's happening, your body propels itself into the ball pit. You free fall for a moment and then land into a soft squishy pit of fun. You wallow around in happiness wondering how the hell you could have ever been scared and you soak up everything you were missing before. You float around in the ball pit oblivious to the outside world. Your friends forget your name, and you forget theirs. You're happy here. But really, you were happy before you fell into the ball pit - and you can be happy without it.

My point is: don't rely on someone else for your happiness. Most people are as happy as they choose to be.

Why I hate school but love education

"If you don't build your dreams then someone else will hire you to help build theirs."

A YouTuber under the name sulibreezy (I have no idea if this guy is actually a famous rapper) released this video about education and whether or not we really need it. I was intrigued and it really go me thinking - will it all be worth it in the end?

Enjoy.

50 shades of YOU

"He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away."

- Raymond Hull

 

Have you ever thought about the different you’s that you do? 

There’s the work you, the in-laws you, the friends you, the parents you, the relationship you, the customer you, the gym you, the sweat-pants you, the suited up you, the shopping you, the Saturday night out you, the Saturday night in you. 

But have you ever thought about which one is the real you?

Is one of the you’s that you give out to the world the actual you, or are you a mixture of you’s or maybe none at all?

Why is it that we change the way we act/speak/behave when we’re in different situations?

 

Like, we’ll yell at our parents and storm off one minute then the next we’ll be happy, loud and out going as soon as our friends are around.

Is one you happier than the other? Or is it even fair to compare you’s?

Penny for your thoughts.

(Why do Saturday nights in Sophie’s have to be so complicated!?)

MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL

Yep! So fetch!

During an interview with E! News on the red carpet at Sunday night’s Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, Tina Fey announced that she is closing a deal with Paramount Pictures to develop a movie based on her masterpiece, Mean Girls!

So who knows, we might see Cady, Regina, Gretchen again soon! There’s a 30% chance Karen Smith will be in it too.

Grool!

For the full story click here.

Young and sweet only seventeen

"Youth is wasted on the young."

- Oscar Wilde 

Most people say that life gets better after school ends.

And it does, for most.

But why is it that at just seventeen we are supposed to make, essentially, the most important decisions of our lives?

We’re supposed to know where we’re going in life, what we want to do, where we want to live, how we want to live.

All before actually becoming an adult.

I remember finishing year 12 and being so excited for the future, but now, at (almost) 21, I don’t see how any future I imagined at seventeen could match the future I see now.

We need to travel, to work, to experience life before life happens. 

Why are we so focussed on kids making life choices, and why are we so oblivious to the fact that it’s okay for them not to have any friggen clue about anything.

Leave them alone.

The younger generations are always useless, anyway.

(Kidding.)

WANDERLUST

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

- J.R.R Tolkein 

We dream of places we’ve never been. We long for people we’ve never met. We crave the feel of a different ground beneath the same sun. When we have sun, we want snow. When we have rain, we want the sun. We spend the night hours dreading the morning, and the morning hours longing the night.

When we feel lost, we travel. And when we travel, we often feel lost.

Why do we always want to be somewhere we aren’t?

Is it because we are unhappy with the way things are? With the life we have? What is it about the unknown that makes it so exciting?

Wanderlust, it’s a bloody confusing thing.

Men..

There’s the man who’ll seem right for you, but isn’t right for you. There’s the man who’ll seem wrong for you, but you’ll think is right for you. There’s the man who’ll treat you good, who you’ll treat bad, and there’s the man who’ll treat you bad that you’ll treat good. There’s the Mr. Okay’s and the Mr. Definatley Not’s. There’s the Mr. You Should Be Like My Mum’s, and the Mr. Needy’s. And then, one day, there’ll be the Mr. Hel-lo Cutie, You’ll Do Me Just Fine Thankyou.

Six months of firsts...

Hey guys!

So today I've done something different. This is an assignment I did for Summer School on a major event in my life. It's lighthearted and will hopefully make you want to travel and leave you feeling good!

Ciao! X

Battle of the Sexes: Using the Men's

It’s 1am, you’re drunk and your bladder is too. She’s screaming for release and you feel as if you really might explode.

You look down the line you’ve been waiting in for what feels like forever. It’s packed. Women are dancing around ahead of you, holding their na-na’s and chatting away. The three stalls you’re all waiting for are stubbornly ‘occupied’.

This is a bad situation.

You look over at the lone guy walking out of the men’s stall – behind him there’s no line. You peek in without moving from your spot. No-one’s there.

But is it ever okay for women to use the men’s bathroom?

The answer to this is usually probably not, but I’ve thought of some scenarios that make it okay (sort of) to do it like a dude (not literally):

1.       You are absolutely, 100% positive that if you do not go right now you will pee. Everywhere.

2.       No-one is in the men’s bathroom, and it’s going to stay that way.

3.       The women’s is out of order (DRAMA).

4.       You own the bathroom.

But other than that, sadly, it’s not okay. You’re going to have to hold your kooka until that toilet is ‘vacant’.

You could risk it, but you’ll probably get booted out (take it from someone who knows), or maybe just maybe you could not drink as much. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa yeah, right.

2012: The year the world didn't end

As most doomsdayers, movie buffs and anyone alive, really, knows: 2012 is the year the world will end.

Right?

Wrong.

NASA have released information telling us to stop buying cans of beans, and to stop preparing for the worst because the world is not going to end.

Shock.

Anyway, to celebrate the year the world (nearly/could’ve/almost) ended – here’s a look back at 2012:

Newly divorced Kim K paired up with Kanye (again, shocker) and they became tinsletown’s Kimye. 

Angelina Jolie’s right leg became the talk of the Oscars. 

Sophia-Grace and Rosie invaded our lives thanks to Ellen D. 

Elmo’s handler got accused of kiddy-fiddling (another shocker). 

Sh*t People Say vids went viral.

Gangnam Style took over and stopped everybody shuffling. 

Lara Bingle tried to get people to see her as more than an air-head (not so sure that worked, love).  

The Shire was supposed to be Aus’ answer to Jersey Shore (it wasn’t). 

Instagram made everyone a ‘photographer’. 

Online shopping became the norm. 

One Direction almost overtook the Biebs (or did they manage it?).

Fifty Shades of Grey spiced up dull relationships of forty-somethings. 

The Olympics was on (but seriously, who watched it). 

Big Brother promised a huge comeback, it failed. 

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds surprised everyone with their dash to the alter. 

Prince Harry got nude in Vegas. 

T Cruise and K Holmes divorced – but no one except Suri cared. 

 

Seal split with glamazon Heidi – who stepped out with her new BF soon after. 

Obama proved that once you go black you never go back.

Ed Sheeran emerged as everyones favourite ranga.

R Patz and K Stew split after Stewie’s affair with a married man, the pair reconciled just before the release of the final Twilight. Handy. 

Hannah Montana, sorry – Miley Cyrus, not only went on an image overhaul (hello, no hair!) but BF Liam popped the question. 

Snooki had a baby – as did Hilary Duff, Kristin Cavallari and Kourtney Kardashian. 

Jersey Shore graced our screens for the final time. 

North America faced one horrible natural disaster and, lastly, Whitney Housten died.

And there you have it!

Note: The word ‘shock/er’ is used as sarcasm.

Shock.

Dare to Dream

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe 

How many of you have ever woken up from a completely f*cked up dream?

All of you? Okay read on...

After waking up today from a dream that was one of the weirdest I’ve ever experienced, it got me thinking:

Why do we dream in the way we do, and why are we (well, some of us – read: MEEEEE) so messed up?

  

Apparently, when you dream you become the complete opposite of who you actually are. For example if you’re normally a very numbers-oriented, logical person then your dreams will be very out there and creative and vice versa.

Also, if you have particularly violent dreams and are prone to act them out (kicking, screaming, yelling) it can be a warning sign of a brain disorder later on (scary, huh).

Women tend to dream about being chased, losing a loved one or being absolutely confused.

What do men dream about (predominantly)?

Sex.

Within 5 mins of waking up 50% of your dream is forgotten and within 10 mins 100% is gone. The way to skip this? As soon as you wake up think about something else (ie. what to have for brekky) and I promise you'll remember your dream.

Only 12% of people dream in full colour.

And, mind boggling enough: you actually can control your dreams (hello Inception) – and video gamers (those used to controlling their worlds) are the best at this.

For more info on sleepland click here.