tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87732585515693193502024-03-17T07:12:55.914+00:00Queen of Quirkmusings on fashion, beauty, travel, pop culture and university life (2012-2021)Queen of Quirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390272910085302204noreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773258551569319350.post-36354848859882790912023-01-03T16:00:00.006+00:002023-01-04T00:39:11.210+00:00THE END OF THE QUEEN OF QUIRK BLOG... AS YOU KNEW IT...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmFl7OSfp2g4wpBY3SpeDqPXeCBiuvYuweNi3fRXqo_Reb4lrVbz-o04yMfFtFjBx5HrNM_GdB3XenET2Etru0l0s3HPtvTBlXLzm6OWivIgwEFE9lyuvK3czbbSMH7R-Vv1aj70vpVTLN6BueWcVlOdUGjwiczgClp0IbbCKCBKv3HiAQ1nsS-ZSwow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="498" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmFl7OSfp2g4wpBY3SpeDqPXeCBiuvYuweNi3fRXqo_Reb4lrVbz-o04yMfFtFjBx5HrNM_GdB3XenET2Etru0l0s3HPtvTBlXLzm6OWivIgwEFE9lyuvK3czbbSMH7R-Vv1aj70vpVTLN6BueWcVlOdUGjwiczgClp0IbbCKCBKv3HiAQ1nsS-ZSwow" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hello all! This blog has not been active for quite a while. Here are a few reasons: </div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">1. My school and then college life got more and more hectic—I moved to New York in 2021 to study at Columbia and am now studying at Oxford.</p><p style="text-align: center;">2. I began to do student journalism which gave me even less time to write in my spare time.</p><p style="text-align: center;">3. The world of web blogging has changed since the rise of other social media, especially Instagram.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'd like to get back into my writing/blogging habits, so I think I'll try writing more on Instagram and making use of the caption space. So, while this blog isn't going anywhere, it certainly will continue to be quiet.</p><p style="text-align: center;">However! I do hope to spruce things up for myself and make a website, into which I may incorporate a new blog (?) in the near future. We shall see. I'll at least link this now "archived but still public and very much beloved" blog on there if I ever make it.</p><p style="text-align: center;">For now, follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/queen.of.quirk/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/queenofquirk" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@queen.of.quirk?lang=en">TikTok</a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;">If you've been reading for a while—thank you. This is the place where my love for writing, social media, and creation bloomed. So I hope you stick around on the other platforms!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned... perhaps...</p>Queen of Quirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390272910085302204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773258551569319350.post-63573844370342283112021-03-27T21:33:00.001+00:002021-03-27T21:43:50.921+00:00THE QUIRK QUARTERLY, Volume 1 | January, February, March 2021<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMr6YNOMlIMsVtfuvaoRFzTCwCzTmg2ej9dwZtEfPZQvtBvALb0dF6aZvfi1FaNNFqlTDIjdndiuYYGb6YmNJwUZwoTpJDXrtJV63ohs8RwlMZES2ZzLQMpxQJv3Ju5wzMwV_noCAp3QZ/s1300/blog+post+faves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMr6YNOMlIMsVtfuvaoRFzTCwCzTmg2ej9dwZtEfPZQvtBvALb0dF6aZvfi1FaNNFqlTDIjdndiuYYGb6YmNJwUZwoTpJDXrtJV63ohs8RwlMZES2ZzLQMpxQJv3Ju5wzMwV_noCAp3QZ/s16000/blog+post+faves.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the first volume of The Quirk Quarterly! Every three months or so, I plan to share a collection of my recent music, TV show, literary and film highlights, as well as some mini life lessons I have learnt, all in short form. Have a read to take a journey through my hyper-fixations and to maybe get a recommendation or two for yourself! </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jNdf2-0YUalCmEU6OIWvgOeV5gY1CwrxegPxgo83neWwaJLb1t2xwPq7KfdO1bCv2IwEDUVOA4vuVkqTAcurOmkyqkAXO8KlYNKeewwYJQQERZsqpHcY96YQTTimskNls9ceHxus5YSG/s500/new-girl-jess-break-up-wine-drink-gif-taylor-swift-sad-music.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="500" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jNdf2-0YUalCmEU6OIWvgOeV5gY1CwrxegPxgo83neWwaJLb1t2xwPq7KfdO1bCv2IwEDUVOA4vuVkqTAcurOmkyqkAXO8KlYNKeewwYJQQERZsqpHcY96YQTTimskNls9ceHxus5YSG/w400-h206/new-girl-jess-break-up-wine-drink-gif-taylor-swift-sad-music.gif" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><u>THE MUSIC MAYHEM</u></p><p style="text-align: center;">(PLAYLIST AT THE SIDE ON DESKTOP!)</p><p allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" iframe="" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/2ow3legO1LcnlrH25vLTqP" width="300"></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>For creative writing inspiration and daydreaming:</b></div></b><p style="text-align: center;"><i>The Haunting of Hill House</i> and <i>The Haunting of </i><i>Bly Manor</i> soundtracks</p><p style="text-align: center;">right where you left me by Taylor Swift </p><p style="text-align: center;">rue by girl in red</p><p style="text-align: center;">K / Sweet / Heavenly by Cigarettes After Sex</p><p style="text-align: center;">My Silver Lining by First Aid Kit</p><p style="text-align: center;">Death by a Thousand Cuts by Taylor Swift</p><p style="text-align: center;">killing boys by Halsey</p><p style="text-align: center;">Man's World by MARINA</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me & You Together Song by the 1975</p><p style="text-align: center;">seven by Taylor Swift</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>For days I wanted a pick-me-up and for sunny walks:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Dog Days are Over by Florence + the Machine</p><p style="text-align: center;">Every Bad Suns album</p><p style="text-align: center;">the album O My Heart by Mother Mother </p><p style="text-align: center;">More Like You by Orla Gartland</p><p style="text-align: center;">fever dream by mxmtoon </p><p style="text-align: center;">Healthy by LAOISE</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dead to Me by Kali Urchis</p><p style="text-align: center;">21st Century Vampire by LILHUDDY (I'M NOT KIDDING AAAAH)</p><p style="text-align: center;">I Got 5 On It by Luniz and Michael Marshall</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>For dancing and/or running:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Potential Break Up Song by Aly and AJ</p><p style="text-align: center;">Shinzo wo Sasageyo by Linked Horizon (and some other <i>Attack on Titan </i>opening themes...)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Lie Lie Lie / Telling Myself by Joshua Bassett</p><p style="text-align: center;">On The Floor by Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull lmaoooo</p><p style="text-align: center;">4ÆM by Grimes</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>For singing and (sometimes) crying to (I'm okay I promise):</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Journey to the Past from <i>Anastasia</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">Only a Matter of Time by Joshua Bassett</p><p style="text-align: center;">Nothing by the Script</p><p style="text-align: center;">18 by One Direction</p><p style="text-align: center;">august by Taylor Swift</p><p style="text-align: center;">i love you by Billie Eilish</p><p style="text-align: center;">driver's license by Olivia Rodrigo </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlzKLNYtS_S8-5pOrSpf6k3FApUNDpNPeuqAsZ5Oz4eNbT3stRiQCouwOEFxAx0o87yW9FbhMhg7xQovLWo-JpS0ii90bcsVPSdxUXCz8gpeADjVzcCAHMAOjiGGormjelWHC3DStLn-s/s500/reading.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlzKLNYtS_S8-5pOrSpf6k3FApUNDpNPeuqAsZ5Oz4eNbT3stRiQCouwOEFxAx0o87yW9FbhMhg7xQovLWo-JpS0ii90bcsVPSdxUXCz8gpeADjVzcCAHMAOjiGGormjelWHC3DStLn-s/w400-h225/reading.gif" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">THE WONDERFUL WORDS</span></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I read books and poetry for my World Fiction and Literary Texts and Critical Methods courses. Themes such as the private versus the public, history, and love were the most prevalent.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: start;"> Zadie Smith, </span><i style="text-align: start;">The Embassy of Cambodia</i></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The fact is if we followed the history of every little country in this world – in its dramatic as well as its quiet times – we would have no space left in which to live our own lives… Surely there is something to be said for drawing a circle around our attention and remaining within that circle. But how large should this circle be?"</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">M. NourbeSe Philip, <i>Zong!</i></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzFfzCiIuGLjHn6IItYz3F0QhkU6svmrHkgaNR_9D73j_zOzZ5aMuKZFWbYe4qr0ER9wnHcpOc_Tj_Mz6FYIMgKJlkEgS3UAGZDFMwlGdE9ALyfUYDgdw8rvb1InT4xV__nztMRFbLEkz/s804/Screenshot+2021-02-20+at+15.15.22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="804" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzFfzCiIuGLjHn6IItYz3F0QhkU6svmrHkgaNR_9D73j_zOzZ5aMuKZFWbYe4qr0ER9wnHcpOc_Tj_Mz6FYIMgKJlkEgS3UAGZDFMwlGdE9ALyfUYDgdw8rvb1InT4xV__nztMRFbLEkz/w400-h234/Screenshot+2021-02-20+at+15.15.22.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tayeb Salih, <i>Season of Migration to the North</i></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"They were not angry; they said such things to each other as they laughed, a stone's throw from the Equator, with a bottomless historical chasm separating the two of them."</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gwendolyn Brooks, <i>The Anniad</i></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fG04-lClDyUsLwUKRVmFjItkYYrapnMkeqq8bO-JuFaDaXc2fHIH5qFBUqn-iKnWbTNkhZqhr67VtT47PGUVfSXiagj3hrvL-TpMBRUQx89srgUQYQmh_Y-4pITw6ds2iDex7QNb69xc/s612/Jane+Loughman+The+Anniad+Quote.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="612" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fG04-lClDyUsLwUKRVmFjItkYYrapnMkeqq8bO-JuFaDaXc2fHIH5qFBUqn-iKnWbTNkhZqhr67VtT47PGUVfSXiagj3hrvL-TpMBRUQx89srgUQYQmh_Y-4pITw6ds2iDex7QNb69xc/w400-h224/Jane+Loughman+The+Anniad+Quote.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gabriel García Márquez, <i>One Hundred Years of Solitude</i></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."</span></i></span></p><p><span face="adobe-caslon-pro, serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><br /></i></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNenFHqYjG0-yDSCRaX0ptSChCK5KJ22qQ_RWRHYE2kpo6ZshwE8b5LUp56rzLPURXAdkQ2kDyHj-a_3Nx4Sv5uIpMYEpD9iuhZ6Sfzre95rktjdlgzj5hG8MuL8C-t1h4l_rW_O-HWLrI/s500/parks.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNenFHqYjG0-yDSCRaX0ptSChCK5KJ22qQ_RWRHYE2kpo6ZshwE8b5LUp56rzLPURXAdkQ2kDyHj-a_3Nx4Sv5uIpMYEpD9iuhZ6Sfzre95rktjdlgzj5hG8MuL8C-t1h4l_rW_O-HWLrI/w400-h213/parks.gif" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><u>THE TERRIFIC TELEVISION</u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Wandavision</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">While the sitcom homages and crazy plot twists were a lot of fun, what I thought was so beautiful about <i>Wandavision </i>was it's amazing but heartbreaking depiction of of grief and trauma.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Parks and Recreation</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">The ultimate comfort show! The antics of the Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee, Indiana warms my heart no matter the episode I'm watching. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Attack on Titan</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">WOWOWOWOW! The world building! The plot twists! The pacing! The animation! The writing! The exploration of the complexity of human nature! Levi Ackerman! All the characters! All beautifully haunting. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwErro6EnEBstPKxsj4Xk1L8adEjk2KLD0i7hdjgKiPn9i6eHsE-6nAeYR9p24ZgUdbKp90xqoH74bgk8y5tIHnV9MkTdZlpjgrGrtp-KWX19EK1vl9j_DYwLZwhOvCUa1XzAZgayI1WS/s468/wendy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwErro6EnEBstPKxsj4Xk1L8adEjk2KLD0i7hdjgKiPn9i6eHsE-6nAeYR9p24ZgUdbKp90xqoH74bgk8y5tIHnV9MkTdZlpjgrGrtp-KWX19EK1vl9j_DYwLZwhOvCUa1XzAZgayI1WS/w400-h240/wendy.gif" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><u>THE FILM FEELS</u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Treasure Planet, </i></b><b><i>Return to Neverland, </i></b><b><i>Peter Pan (2003), </i></b><b><i>Atlantis: The Lost Empire</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">I re-watched these four films for nostalgia and to feel a childlike sense of magic, and that's what I got and I loved every second of each.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I'm thinking of ending things</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">This film is crazy weird and my family enjoyed trying to suss out what was going on as director Charlie Kaufman really unsettles you from the beginning. I can't say anything else before spoiling the film's genius so watch it!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Us</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">I re-watched this recently and my goodness I cannot get enough of Jordan Peele's genius!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">This film reminded me how young Billie is and, how, like me, she also worries about boys and relationships even when everything is on the up for her career wise. It also reminded me how much I miss concerts *cries*.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qUs9Tdley4HipCkz3xj9qRX1fwz4K8RJVHEn2QfRlrINYEnZQzEoh12n-b0RqGkxP4jzCdXKBsv2VRrwycdaAGNnAafcRet_nOMvkWN2QNlWmHfQatmhuSY7cZz54wZ9cvwzzukHMgF3/s460/nyc.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="460" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qUs9Tdley4HipCkz3xj9qRX1fwz4K8RJVHEn2QfRlrINYEnZQzEoh12n-b0RqGkxP4jzCdXKBsv2VRrwycdaAGNnAafcRet_nOMvkWN2QNlWmHfQatmhuSY7cZz54wZ9cvwzzukHMgF3/w400-h225/nyc.gif" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><u>THE LIFE LESSONS</u></p><p style="text-align: center;">I will get to where I need to be eventually.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I may regret not doing some things sooner, but I shouldn't dwell on those regrets.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Embracing my inner child is good for me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have lost some things, <i>but</i> I have gained other things.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I should trust my talents and intellect more.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Just because I am not where I want to be yet, does not mean I am wasting my time.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Go outside!!!!</p>Queen of Quirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390272910085302204noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773258551569319350.post-26135722019266554902021-01-18T22:33:00.017+00:002021-01-18T23:34:47.641+00:00TV shows I watched in 2020 ranked by how much I still think about them<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_e0QgCwAgsJJ3487huR1mQP0fgdAGm7NXDurA1JCPBoYbnh-ae2SMixL_Eij6TNhYJqEf5UgntY49FE7da-hc3CsKsh4iz1fzIepXILyOjZeYu8UySYVChopzjvmrjvhfZqIJtuMBzdGB/s1200/2020+TV+SHOW+REVIEW+RANKING+QUEEN+OF+QUIRK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_e0QgCwAgsJJ3487huR1mQP0fgdAGm7NXDurA1JCPBoYbnh-ae2SMixL_Eij6TNhYJqEf5UgntY49FE7da-hc3CsKsh4iz1fzIepXILyOjZeYu8UySYVChopzjvmrjvhfZqIJtuMBzdGB/s16000/2020+TV+SHOW+REVIEW+RANKING+QUEEN+OF+QUIRK.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I do love TV, but sometimes I fall out of love with streaming, and I can feel so overwhelmed by the abundance of shows out there that I just stick to YouTube or films. Then 2020 came along. Staying at home for months on end can only lead to one browsing Netflix or finally giving into the hype of popular shows. I went into <i>lockdown binge mode </i>already loving sitcoms, teen comedies and heavily stylised series, but I came out of 2020 loving horror and cartoons just as much. I found such gems last year that I still think about them to this day, so I decided to rank them by how much they impact my daily daydreaming...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's so hard to rank these shows considering some of them are so different to others and are all of value in varying ways. However, there's something satisfying about a list, and this list is, at heart, very silly anyway. It's an attempt at ranking shows by how much I still freak out over them in my head and when talking to others, which is something I do for <i>so many things </i>anyway because I'm so enthusiastic about <i>too many things</i>. So, take it with a pinch of salt when you see a critically acclaimed series lower on the list than a children's cartoon.*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also! A lot of these shows are new and came out or had new seasons in 2020, but some of them are older and I just happened to only watch them this year. Enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*</i><i style="text-decoration: underline;">Side note:</i> I used to think, as I watched the many cartoons I watched this past year as a 19/20 year old, that they're <i>just</i> cartoons, or <i>just </i>children's shows. It was a big factor into why I was so shocked at the fantastic quality of the shows. But after some discourse with friends about this matter and learning through social media about the huge audience of adults watching these shows, my attitude has since changed and I now think: 'this show is of fantastic quality and it <i>happens</i> to be a show primarily for kids but also for an audience of any age.' Watch cartoons!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNT7-7swoImWalRJ3kLa0rieWGrCfHVZRvQikMqgU5NhSuRqxsH_jTZU5izzTPJTtQTu3i1bbLtDOdCduccwCDaMVmA5upySq06c9J-wTQ08SOzRnhbhseDMAjl_Uk5M69Y8xGFpr7JaPi/s1070/normal+peopletv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1070" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNT7-7swoImWalRJ3kLa0rieWGrCfHVZRvQikMqgU5NhSuRqxsH_jTZU5izzTPJTtQTu3i1bbLtDOdCduccwCDaMVmA5upySq06c9J-wTQ08SOzRnhbhseDMAjl_Uk5M69Y8xGFpr7JaPi/s16000/normal+peopletv+show.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">14.<i> <b>Normal People</b>,</i> RTÉ/BBC/Hulu</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did enjoy Sally Rooney's novel, but the *main* reason I wanted to watch this series was to be able to be like 'wow, I know where that is' or 'I've been there,' and I was able to!! Connell sat in the Burke theatre, Marianne walked across Front Square, and the two of them studied in the Ussher, Lecky and Berkeley libraries. It was really lovely to see familiar places in the height of the first lockdown when everything felt a bit surreal. I was surprised by how Irish the show felt; the first few episodes of secondary school life in Sligo felt nostalgic to me, despite the fact I went to school in Leintser and not Connacht. I still think about this show when I'm making YouTube content about <i>tRiNnErS</i> sometimes and when I listen to its calming soundtrack when doing college work. Also, Paul Mescal's acting in that <i>hear</i><i>t-</i>wrenching scene had me in <b>bits</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdcwTJJz4Hpy0LMbgX9Br9WjsgPrjhL4NRhkWlZBs6_y9qb-DxX2D8nZuJv_wjirZ1iE-wMD46Z8Yc-d6n1nTU6GHNOkADv8fFwAUXDKkqz0M9OsR3oGjHVNBnqdH4u9g60-_gdLKYEcs/s1596/IMG_2776tv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdcwTJJz4Hpy0LMbgX9Br9WjsgPrjhL4NRhkWlZBs6_y9qb-DxX2D8nZuJv_wjirZ1iE-wMD46Z8Yc-d6n1nTU6GHNOkADv8fFwAUXDKkqz0M9OsR3oGjHVNBnqdH4u9g60-_gdLKYEcs/s16000/IMG_2776tv+show.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">13. <i><b>I am Not Okay with This</b>, </i>Netflix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sister show of <i>The End of the F***ing World</i> was so underrated that Netflix cancelled it. I think this cancellation was undeserving as the series had so much potential. Sofia Bryant, Wyatt Oleff and Sophia Lillis, pictured above, are so charming and brought life to their characters, especially Lillis, who plays a very confused teenager, Sydney, realising she has telekinetic powers. I still think about this show when I think about my absolute favourite literary theory, Tvestan Todorov's the Fantastic, that I like to apply to a lot of stories, films and TV shows and that I feel fits perfectly well into this show. The Fantastic can be summed up quickly as a hesitation by a character as to whether to believe the supernatural events happening around them or to them are real or not. I won't spoil the ending, but I was on the edge of my seat trying to work out whether Sydney's powers were a metaphor for something or whether we were about to go all <i>superhero</i> or not. I highly recommend a watch even with its cancellation!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYJfT4o1An9G8vINAJ0q02o4GSUPIpOg3YzU7zpc9Fgdw53tDX5nKMHZIsdXXg7IMfMrHq97m3zZmiMlwUA8ODsWcy_JWIjtxqXMHXK4ejeGau3Q9nd4EDwUYMJ1JUAMCrZ44KRlCiv2M/s1280/korratv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYJfT4o1An9G8vINAJ0q02o4GSUPIpOg3YzU7zpc9Fgdw53tDX5nKMHZIsdXXg7IMfMrHq97m3zZmiMlwUA8ODsWcy_JWIjtxqXMHXK4ejeGau3Q9nd4EDwUYMJ1JUAMCrZ44KRlCiv2M/s16000/korratv+show.jpg" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">12. <i><b>The Legend of Korra</b>, </i>Netflix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm cheating a little as I only finished this show this past week, but I began it in December as one of my many cartoon binges. I don't think <i>Korra</i> deserves all the hate it gets as a series. I think it does a wonderful job of world-building, and there were so many likeable characters, including loveable himbo Bolin, and I like my loveable himbos. While it is of course still fresh in my mind, what I will remember from this show as time goes on is the way it had my heart racing for its season one finale, and how thrilling I found Korra's (quite dark) character arc to be in season 4. The show has its flaws, but I wholly admire the action, the score and the meaningful messages that you take away from it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVe0_vYw-qLv0ialpQ_HUCjiCeqE1RxJdOI441HZ8TeZV9rJ9BHNgHVCC86ETNmXwzfBQ5LV-EuXIUv_KZP1N8Ujql8rA2tWj1UuLDLIXhUtK2fDiNbeVLzU1X4s302UzJFyyTTChR9XW/s2048/julie+and+the+phantomstv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVe0_vYw-qLv0ialpQ_HUCjiCeqE1RxJdOI441HZ8TeZV9rJ9BHNgHVCC86ETNmXwzfBQ5LV-EuXIUv_KZP1N8Ujql8rA2tWj1UuLDLIXhUtK2fDiNbeVLzU1X4s302UzJFyyTTChR9XW/s16000/julie+and+the+phantomstv+show.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">11. <i><b>Julie and the Phantoms</b>, </i>Netflix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Recommended to me by my friend Ailish, this show was such a surprise. I remember seeing the trailer and was like 'meh, maybe' but when Ailish vouched for it, comparing it to another teen musical comedy on this silly list<i>, </i>I knew I had to jump on board. I don't regret it all! This show is so so so fun! The highlight of the show is the music. The songs are incredibly catchy, so much so they're on my running playlist. That's what makes me think about it so much; Luke's harmony in the song 'Bright'<i> </i>is still so satisfying to listen to as I jog. The concept of the show itself is quite refreshing, as it is literally about a ghost band. That's right, a ghost band. How cool! The chemistry between the titular characters is adorable, and the show is the right amount of cheesy to cheer you up after a bad day. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIiNb6Gs5xeBs-EZH3ELSve0tCU6ZXeVcQXxA6gx8nz-Jr1KeQDbL3jqNoISEsTd1vYulSODhyAszeZY1O78g7ix0nHH3wGp8mt4Pi2QJrGUmvKv7oZUgO4JGyRIyFd1psz_9qQVAtE6i/s811/IMG_2774tv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="811" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIiNb6Gs5xeBs-EZH3ELSve0tCU6ZXeVcQXxA6gx8nz-Jr1KeQDbL3jqNoISEsTd1vYulSODhyAszeZY1O78g7ix0nHH3wGp8mt4Pi2QJrGUmvKv7oZUgO4JGyRIyFd1psz_9qQVAtE6i/s16000/IMG_2774tv+show.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10.<b> </b><i><b>The Haunting of Bly Manor</b>, </i>Netflix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Haunting of Bly Manor </i>is technically the "second season" of <i>The Haunting</i> series, but <i>The Haunting </i>is an anthology series, so I consider <i>Bly Manor</i> to be stand-alone as its a completely separate story. I was first drawn to it because I heard it was an adaptation of <i>The Turn of the Screw</i> by Henry James, which I studied in my Modernism course in college. Since it was released in lockdown no.2 and I was really getting into all things Gothic, I just had to give it a go. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mind you, I used to not really like horror film or TV; I only associated the genre with jump scares. Jump scares are kind of fun but, like most thrilling activities, I hate the build up to them. Watching <i>Bly Manor, </i>I had to my hide my eyes with my hands during the long, silent, eerily shot scenes of Dani Clayton walking around the Manor. However, I took away so much more from the show than I expected. If you watch any episode, watch the fifth. I still think about that one a lot. It was such a disconcerting and excellently edited episode with a breathtaking performance from T'Nia Miller. I thought the plot of the show was a little more convoluted than necessary, as it brought in inspiration from other Henry James works, but everything wrapped up in a great but heartbreaking way by the end. It's a beautiful story, more sad than scary, and after the show, I was dying to watch its predecessor,<i> </i>which I was told by many was much better...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8_nuO_o1MdAYV2zC8gYUTHFEfCf8SbK3lk94m0aBS7B190wQtVgA3-B0-JUt9KGulmqdCLxjJoVKEIsOxnzHQK2bvgdFwcf_-qyM4NRTTZ0PjtURaVKloyxN2Xk5MFbg5i42yHOSfjjC/s958/dragon+prince.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="958" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8_nuO_o1MdAYV2zC8gYUTHFEfCf8SbK3lk94m0aBS7B190wQtVgA3-B0-JUt9KGulmqdCLxjJoVKEIsOxnzHQK2bvgdFwcf_-qyM4NRTTZ0PjtURaVKloyxN2Xk5MFbg5i42yHOSfjjC/s16000/dragon+prince.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9. <i><b>The Dragon Prince</b>, </i>Netflix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was October before lockdown, and I had just finished watching another amazing cartoon that is higher on this silly list, and I wanted to watch something that felt similar... but was different. <i>The Dragon Prince </i>was a great choice; the head writer of that other-amazing-cartoon-that-I still-wasn't-over-that-I-guess-we-won't-name-yet(?) is the creator of this heart-warming fantasy show about a quest to return a dragon prince to its mother. I used to not really be into medieval fantasy with dragons and swords but <i>The Dragon Prince </i>has changed that. The animation style is very unique and beautiful, and the show has a wonderful ensemble of characters that I still think about a lot, like Rayla and Callum (pictured above) and my favourite character, Soren, another loveable cartoon himbo. What's great about <i>The Dragon Prince</i> is that it's not over - there are more seasons to air! What is available right now on Netflix are three exciting seasons of lore, adventure and surprisingly great humour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdZwxa-xRqoxgmzFuF3NsG9W5UojTuldTWKZfsxokOsPtFJYu0hPSIefN8reb-lf2A2HYP8z6KaFttNJgj-oq3zpYmCjvgDnqhwR9B_JeWZbNlfs5pCKN3gAFnf1XBGcyVBVJiJ2vlFEY/s633/high+school+musical+the+series+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="633" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdZwxa-xRqoxgmzFuF3NsG9W5UojTuldTWKZfsxokOsPtFJYu0hPSIefN8reb-lf2A2HYP8z6KaFttNJgj-oq3zpYmCjvgDnqhwR9B_JeWZbNlfs5pCKN3gAFnf1XBGcyVBVJiJ2vlFEY/s16000/high+school+musical+the+series+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8. <i><b>High School Musical: the Musical: the Series (HSMTMTS)</b>, </i>Disney+</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This show was unexpectedly great. Think <i>Glee,</i> but take away a <i>little</i> bit of its satirical tone and you have <i>High School Musical: the Musical: the Series. HSMTMTS</i> is<i> </i>a mockumentary about high schoolers that go to where <i>High School Musical</i> the FILM was shot (so <i>HSM</i> is fictional in <i>their</i> fictional universe) and decide to hold the musical version of the FILM in the school, which, if I need to remind you, was the SET of <i>HSM... </i>You get your head around it quickly enough. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's very much a feel-good show with fun covers of the original Disney Channel movie's hits as well as some new songs that are absolute <i>bops</i>. Once again, this series has a terrific ensemble cast. I will admit, I am thinking a lot more about this show recently because of TikTok. I watched <i>HSMTMTS</i> back in April and May, but my love for it has resurfaced since the release of Olivia Rodrigo's masterpiece of a song 'drivers license.' TikTok has gone crazy over it and its suspected association with her breakup with costar Joshua Bassett (both actors pictured above). I am very curious to see how Nini and Ricky, their respective characters, interact after that season one finale...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvw01Ex91uMuOP_NWAo-I9rnlbzsouYqGsmXsrMyYKFINa_fXoJG5TuTs8br0TSbRfpdILaofFNLry9qooNQcplv3KRYgBe1zUhjiJgDOfWSvjAB26fqu6GvY4OwJLRtYRcttTLtzOwa1/s766/mandotv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="766" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvw01Ex91uMuOP_NWAo-I9rnlbzsouYqGsmXsrMyYKFINa_fXoJG5TuTs8br0TSbRfpdILaofFNLry9qooNQcplv3KRYgBe1zUhjiJgDOfWSvjAB26fqu6GvY4OwJLRtYRcttTLtzOwa1/s16000/mandotv+show.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7.<b> <i>The Mandalorian</i> (Season 2)</b>, Disney+</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>(very small spoiler warning)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think this show has possibly one of the best theme tunes of all time. Ludwig Göransson, the composer, is a genius. I get chills every time I hear the beat, and my brother and I usually stayed sitting as the ending credits rolled, just to listen to it. Incredible music score aside, I absolutely loved the second season of <i>The Mandalorian. </i>The subtle character development from season one, the introduction of well-known <i>Star Wars</i> characters like Ahsoka Tano and Boba Fett, and the exhilarating action made me excited to watch each episode every Friday in November and December. I get why not everyone can get into it, as its episodic and slow in its overarching plot, but I think it's slow in a fantastic way as it built up so well to the season 2 finale. I still think a lot about that finale, as well as Chapter 13, 14 and 15. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaxo7_4ePRfgbq0VkOQXVO7a8wF-yQgxTVXfbxr-oOXX9wn8RChUVn7oJFYB9ZdXvrJ9dC6eUhgg_X30q2HjOHu7t0ri3d5b2vib-njN4pNdLJ2YwBvbQ2vXqe12y62hWKu7VjQ-Qg13T/s960/queensgambittv+show.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaxo7_4ePRfgbq0VkOQXVO7a8wF-yQgxTVXfbxr-oOXX9wn8RChUVn7oJFYB9ZdXvrJ9dC6eUhgg_X30q2HjOHu7t0ri3d5b2vib-njN4pNdLJ2YwBvbQ2vXqe12y62hWKu7VjQ-Qg13T/s16000/queensgambittv+show.JPG" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6.<b> </b><i><b>The Queen's Gambit</b>, </i>Netflix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still think about this show and how it has given me SO much faith in the art of storytelling because we really got obsessed with a series about CHESS!!! Chess!? Mind-blowing. It's not the plot of the show that gets you sucked in necessarily (although Beth Harmon's story is quite fascinating), but the atmosphere, the 60s fashion and music, the weirdly intense chess matches and the <i>feeling </i>you walk away with after each episode. The highlight of <i>The Queen's Gambit</i> is Anya Taylor Joy, who truly embodies her character, Beth Harmon, and really lets us in on the character's genius and hamartia. This show was so surprisingly exhilarating that I actually felt tempted to try chess again after barely trying in school. I didn't end up attempting it again, but it's the sentiment that counts!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk_evW5nHlJv4A8gUaCMSTAXGj6V4qS20nL2DQB2YUSmoX38Z5MCagm4deVjB5On5MdVOloXX5KphNqgg0bMimQcAkrBiUwwnnkKHHINmADzLtlter52vSXGkf0O2TpUs5xcEATYaij2G/s848/she-ratv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk_evW5nHlJv4A8gUaCMSTAXGj6V4qS20nL2DQB2YUSmoX38Z5MCagm4deVjB5On5MdVOloXX5KphNqgg0bMimQcAkrBiUwwnnkKHHINmADzLtlter52vSXGkf0O2TpUs5xcEATYaij2G/s16000/she-ratv+show.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5. <i><b>She-Ra and the Princesses of Power</b>,<b> </b></i>Netflix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where do I begin? How deep this show goes into the very important topics of love, trauma and friendship is so impressive, and it's a show about warrior princesses. <i>She-Ra and the Princesses of Power </i>is a 21st century reimagining of the <i>She-Ra </i>series from the 80s, and from my basic knowledge of the fun 80s cartoon, it seems the creators of the reboot have given so much more substance to the original She-Ra characters. You know a show has another great group of characters when you have a hard time picking your favourite one: there's Catra, Adora, Entrapta, Bow, Mermsita, Seahawk, even Kyle... like, it's impossible. While I liked the first two seasons, I truly got stuck into the show from season three through five. I still think about that *amazing* series finale (I won't be specific...), the overall adorableness, especially that of Entrapta, and these two video essays by Five by Five Takes on YouTube (of course, only watch if you've seen the show, because... spoilers!), linked <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZNY2QcodGg" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uev-yywlBug">here</a>. You know I'm obsessed with something if I've watched video essays about it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYf8oGy5XMh84jB-S2574K2B20v8YnsJyV0z2kKa6k-wXgDTOEX2sL5PrTUUK65eixSAGBznwP6_ViohOO4L0tANJ43haYo4zg-3hrVtIvGzq0aRAZgwXqyq3ofPtg2_Nd3r1R_yrxPfQZ/s1363/tangledtv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYf8oGy5XMh84jB-S2574K2B20v8YnsJyV0z2kKa6k-wXgDTOEX2sL5PrTUUK65eixSAGBznwP6_ViohOO4L0tANJ43haYo4zg-3hrVtIvGzq0aRAZgwXqyq3ofPtg2_Nd3r1R_yrxPfQZ/s16000/tangledtv+show.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. <i><b>Tangled: the Series</b> </i>(or <i>Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure</i>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Season 1 on Disney+ (and seasons 2 and 3 on YouTube... I never said anything...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the show that started it all, it being me falling in love with cartoons as an "adult." Picture this: Disney+ was fresh in Ireland but so was the realisation that the world was ending. I needed all the hopefulness of Disney I could get. I returned to a film that I liked as a child but grew to love even more as I grew up (you could say it's my ultimate *comfort movie*). That film, of course, could only be <i>Tangled, </i>with its stunning animation, its fabulous music and the loveable himbo Flynn Rider... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, when I was browsing through Disney+ and stumbled across Tangled the SERIES (the SERIES!!), I just HAD to dive right in. The first season is really fun and wholesome, but at first it was at times a little <i>too</i> childish for me (as in 'there is a clear moral message here in this episode, which is valuable, but should be watched by 8 year olds rather than a 20 year old') BUT by the end of the first season, things get crazy!! Season 2 and 3 are just !!!! The show gets so dark and dramatic and I didn't expect it at ALL and I loved it. Cassandra is such an interesting character, and Rapunzel and Flynn/Eugene are just as funny and heart-warming as they were in the original film (still voiced by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi!). It has even more amazing songs that are just as catchy as 'When will my Life Begin?' and 'Mother Knows Best.' The animation is very different to the film because <i>of course</i> Disney cannot afford to make a whole 3D animated <i>series</i> but the animation is still so beautiful and colourful and it makes you want to escape to Corona. Oh yeah, the kingdom is called Corona... Wild...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still think about *that* season 2 finale twist, the terrific character arcs, this very specific song and scene in season 3 and the fact Jeremy Jordan voice acts in it?! Amazing stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>TOP TIP:</u> Before watching the series, make sure to watch the hour long film <i>Tangled Before Ever After </i> because I've told friends to watch this show and failed to make them aware of the film that sets the entire premise of the TV show... whoops...</div><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcCZl_B3Ks8jP56i1PxwU2LyIUQ5YZuUV-k3YA6qHG8ICM2_qKm4NVkcYg0Z1rXla6114C9vbq2SoHStI4DUEFlEXeKehv8BWlb6Ry7lJIq9LBdTmN5fFqCwcc4Ayfknba-FO6r6ktwrP/s928/new+girltv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="928" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcCZl_B3Ks8jP56i1PxwU2LyIUQ5YZuUV-k3YA6qHG8ICM2_qKm4NVkcYg0Z1rXla6114C9vbq2SoHStI4DUEFlEXeKehv8BWlb6Ry7lJIq9LBdTmN5fFqCwcc4Ayfknba-FO6r6ktwrP/s16000/new+girltv+show.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. <i><b>New Girl</b>,<b> </b></i>Netflix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the only sitcom on the list surprisingly because I LOVE sitcoms, like <i>How I Met Your Mother, </i><i>Community</i>, <i>Brooklyn Nine Nine, </i>and I'm also currently watching <i>Parks and Recreation. </i>I had seen many scenes from New Girl before, particularly of Jess and Nick, so I began the show for their slow-burn-romance but stayed for the absolute hilarity and the witty and *quirky* characters. I even had a go as dressing as the core four for a TikTok/reel, and it was very fun. <i>New Girl </i>now reminds me of June 2020, which was a very nice, chill month for me: I was doing my psychology summer course online, and the days were long and warm, and I read in the sun and I relaxed in the evenings with Jess and her roommates of 4D. I still think about loveable himbo Nick Miller and his incredibly quotable lines which I see pop up on social media all the time. This one is definitely the most rewatchable and quotable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTANbg_Ein0dsfDdLyHtecc9t95meOG5dkKD1ref9NbVzk82HrCYQs3iXGT4fW5rdbWxuh9ClUN8HAqQ9L3VzP6UPyeZhPiOinM-XCUgODlyMRcde1978PBBE2plIHR_rMjQ4fha5KuoFW/s245/tumblr_inline_oup9k0VyZC1s64c0z_250.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="245" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTANbg_Ein0dsfDdLyHtecc9t95meOG5dkKD1ref9NbVzk82HrCYQs3iXGT4fW5rdbWxuh9ClUN8HAqQ9L3VzP6UPyeZhPiOinM-XCUgODlyMRcde1978PBBE2plIHR_rMjQ4fha5KuoFW/w320-h209/tumblr_inline_oup9k0VyZC1s64c0z_250.gif" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCeFlIxxH88dylgzzSMBC_cbo9TTA6MmQxkwibzdbHn4F48kx8-R0sfbJIeHqEjVnDiqhe4ksZsXllx5MXLXTev0cQuPymdqQCxOZkXFiPzF-n-6bWdQXDWjRnkM50izUVGVNOyyH5eQu/s757/IMG_2777.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="757" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCeFlIxxH88dylgzzSMBC_cbo9TTA6MmQxkwibzdbHn4F48kx8-R0sfbJIeHqEjVnDiqhe4ksZsXllx5MXLXTev0cQuPymdqQCxOZkXFiPzF-n-6bWdQXDWjRnkM50izUVGVNOyyH5eQu/s16000/IMG_2777.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Avatar: the Last Airbender (ATLA)</i>, Netflix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My GOODNESS this show is a GIFT TO THE WORLD! I wish I jumped on the re-watch bandwagon back when it was first added to Netflix earlier in quarantine because it was such a <i>JOY</i> to watch this show again. I actually never really finished watching it when it first aired on TV years ago. I remember watching lots of season 1, so I knew Aang, Sokka, Katara and Zuko really well as characters, but because I just watched whatever was on Nickelodeon when I turned on the TV back then (as that was how TV worked when I was, like, six), my experience watching <i>ATLA</i> was not sequential. I for the most part did not know or at least did not remember how the whole show ended.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And oh MY is this show just so well written, animated and scored because it makes me an emotional mess even <i>thinking </i>about it, which is, since its ranked no.2 on this silly list, often. It was a show that really allowed me to escape and feel like a kid again, which was obviously helped by the fact I was a casual fan as a primary school girl, but for the most part I felt like a kid again because of the excitement this show still elicits in me and because of all of the <i>hope</i> and <i>light</i> this show is imbued with. It probably (but <i>definitely </i>to me) has one of the <i>best</i> character developments <i>ever i</i>n TV, not just in animation (and it boasts having multiple well thought out character arcs). It also, of course, features another loveable cartoon himbo, Sokka, who might have to be my fave character for his haiku alone. <i>ATLA </i>has everything from fantastic action, an immersive and emotional score and a <i>bunch</i> of incredibly in-depth characterisation. Play 'Leaves from the Vine' and don't cry, I dare you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u>Honourable Mentions</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>because this list would be too long otherwise:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Friday Night Dinner</i> (final season)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Unorthodox</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>You</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Selling Sunset</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Dash and Lily</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and <i>Sex Education</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(all Netflix)</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUj_c1AwxkxDLpAo1uSnWUY8AvlcAiX4YKf2D6JZx8HwBra6hdtxJRE2nVbUIDWhTAf2Qds7qJQivK9lsYdaUDOR-aBEZKR4VvTBrCOnuUeZ3T6in5HjHOG3i_p7Rz3sK8KNbdsQT63Qng/s1484/hill+housetv+show.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUj_c1AwxkxDLpAo1uSnWUY8AvlcAiX4YKf2D6JZx8HwBra6hdtxJRE2nVbUIDWhTAf2Qds7qJQivK9lsYdaUDOR-aBEZKR4VvTBrCOnuUeZ3T6in5HjHOG3i_p7Rz3sK8KNbdsQT63Qng/s16000/hill+housetv+show.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div>1. <i><b>The Haunting of Hill House</b></i><i>, </i>Netflix</div><div><br /></div><div>This may come as a suprise to some but I think it is now my <i>favourite </i>show of <i>all time. </i>There, I said it. Jane, who didn't really like horror before, now thinks her favourite show is <i>The Haunting of Hill House? </i>Yeah!!! I really think it is. Why? I. Cannot. Stop. Thinking. About. It. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Hill House </i>came out two years ago but I only decided to watch it in 2020 because, as I wrote earlier, I loved its more recently released sequel series <i>The Haunting of Bly Manor </i>and I was getting into the Gothic and horror in both literature and film. Is it scary? Yes. There were times I was hiding my face behind my hands again as the camera slowly and silently panned around Hill House and there may or may not be some <i>crazy</i> jump scares. However, even more so than <i>Bly Manor, </i>the story is more heartbreakingly sad than it is scary, and the themes the show explores are almost scarier than the supernatural ghosts themselves. The series is loosely based<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);"> on the well-known horror novel by Shirley Jackson, focusing more on family, </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76); text-align: left;">trauma</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);"> and grief. </span></span>The real genius of this show lies in the the blood, sweat and tears of Mike Flanagan, who, for the most part, created, directed, wrote and even edited the series in its entirety. To say I admire the man is an understatement. </div><div><br /></div><div>From <a href="https://www.slashfilm.com/doctor-sleep-and-the-haunting-of-hill-house/" target="_blank">www.slashfilm.com</a>:</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76); text-align: left;">Mike Flanagan: <i>“Drawing</i></span><span class="s1" style="border: none; caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76); font-style: italic; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> out any narrative for 10 hours… it seems like a really exciting prospect when you start. But keeping all the plates spinning is really, really difficult... As much as people like to talk about structure and rhythm when it comes to genre moments, the thing that really gives a story a sturdy skeleton is character development.”</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1" style="border: none; caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76); list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="s1" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);">How the story unfolds and how the characters are developed over the </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);">episodes</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);"> is so masterfully done that I believe <i>Hill House</i> is such a staple watch for any budding storyteller. The actors are incredible, especially Victoria Pedretti, Carla Gugino and the five child actors playing the younger Crain siblings. If you were to watch any episode, watch episode six; the first 17 minutes is shot in one long take, and the whole episode itself only has about three cuts. It's so impressive, and the stylistic filming choice reflects the content of the episode in such a </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);">satisfying</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);"> way. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="s1" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="s1" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);">Even if you're not a horror fan, I'd highly recommend <i>The Haunting </i>series. It's a little scary, which can make it fun (and kind of safer nightmare-wise) to watch with others (I watched it with my Dad), but you'll get hooked to the exciting, mysterious but tragic stories and well-written characters.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="s1" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="s1" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="s1" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 76, 76);"><b>What are TV shows from 2020 that you can't stop thinking about?</b></span></span></span></div></div><br /><p></p>Queen of Quirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390272910085302204noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773258551569319350.post-86487194414417290032020-10-11T20:56:00.007+01:002021-01-19T00:18:44.539+00:00Zoom University fatigue? Here are 9 tips for getting back into online learning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0bzjYTGfdi5SEn2JAU3gxs_p-Lg2xRbdWuSbnxA3t8pmWOfBUarl60hEvjDSJQ39ia3Vby6ofsCxLieDtXsN7J_nCCzL1MZ3C7lQDrGg_GToV4yzxD03JytqioLatR-aMe7Ol3VOMKF2/s2048/online+college.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1591" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0bzjYTGfdi5SEn2JAU3gxs_p-Lg2xRbdWuSbnxA3t8pmWOfBUarl60hEvjDSJQ39ia3Vby6ofsCxLieDtXsN7J_nCCzL1MZ3C7lQDrGg_GToV4yzxD03JytqioLatR-aMe7Ol3VOMKF2/s16000/online+college.JPG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Feeling a bit disengaged in Zoom classes, falling behind or just fed up with sitting at your desk all day? Here's some unprofessional advice from yours truly on how to get back into the groove...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: center;">Back in March when everything went online, no one was ready. Now, this autumn, it almost feels like there's no excuses for not doing well - we've done it all before and we've got the hang of it, right? Well, not necessarily. It can still be tough for many and I'm sure a lot of people have been in a Zoom or technology slumps at least once this term already. I know I have, but I feel like I now know what to do when I'm feeling a little unmotivated:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">1. <b><u>Get reorganised in whatever way suits you:</u></b> Sometimes, starting afresh with your organisation system is a very effective way of getting out of a slump. I can occasionally spend a bit too long reorganising myself, so I recommend keeping things simple. I like to have <b>daily to-do lists </b>on view on my phone home screen (thank you iOS14) and in my Girl Gotta Change planner (shoutout to Alicia :D). I'm also getting into the app Notion!</p><p style="text-align: center;">It can be hard to keep up with things when every day looks the same and you're not constantly out and about and going from A to B to C to D - at least it is for me. I like to keep busy, but with online learning, 'busy' now feels different. Recently, I've been setting some of my own goals and deadlines for assignments and projects, even if they don't need to be completed by a certain time, just so I can get them done.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">2. <u style="font-weight: bold;">Treat your classes like in-person classes:</u> It is incredibly tempting to switch off, check your messages or even take a nap during an online lecture or class, because, in reality, you're alone - you're not in a lecture hall or classroom, and no one can stop you. Here's a challenge for you: <b>if your class doesn't require you to turn your camera on but the option is there, leave it on</b> (unless you'd be the only one doing so... that'd be awkward, I feel that). If it's a recorded lecture or a class with no video options, pretend your camera is on and that your class can see you. It'll make you more aware of your attentiveness and can hopefully help you stay engaged. Here's another challenge: try to participate once in every discussion class you have. Participation can be as simple as asking a question over text or video. I always feel great for speaking at least once!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">3. <u><b>Break things down into smaller tasks and prioritise:</b></u> Since life has slowed down a lot this year, it can be easy to just sit down for hours slowly ploughing through your workload. While this may suit some, for most, it's better to take regular breaks - even if they're just for two minutes. I don't strictly follow it but the <b>Pomodoro technique</b> is quite good and it can help you get more things done sooner. Switching things up and focusing on one thing at a time can help make a heavy workload more manageable. When I do switch between tasks, I can sometimes get caught up in other less important things, so I try to remember to prioritise. </p><p style="text-align: center;">If you're missing the library, check out Study With Me videos. I'm currently loving elloitsangela's videos and I leave them play in the background when music isn't doing it for me. Or, <b>set up a virtual study group</b> with friends. I haven't done this yet, but even having your friends and yourself on view on a call while you're all working away can make you keep each other accountable.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8S4GDVF2klk" width="640" youtube-src-id="8S4GDVF2klk"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">4. <u><b>Have a go-to workspace<span>:</span></b></u> Make sure your workspace is comfortable and that it helps you to work well and to concentrate. Have everything you need on hand and have your desk decluttered in a way that keeps your mind at peace. Try to <b>delineate your workspace's function</b>, so minimise phone scrolling and web browsing when you have work to do (guilty). Ensure you aren't hunching over your laptop or books too much - back pain isn't nice (I literally had to fix my posture while typing this). Laptop stands can help a lot with that, or find a chair or cushion that can ease lower back aches.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">5. <b><u>C</u><span style="text-decoration: underline;">hange up your workspace environment (if or when possible):</span> </b>Sometimes changing your surroundings can help you feel more refreshed. Hopefully you have the opportunity to <b>leave your room and work elsewhere </b>in your house or accommodation, whether that's the kitchen or living room. If you feel safe doing so, you could go to the library if it's open. Even changing up your angle in your main workspace area can make a difference, whether that's sitting on the floor or even your bed (I don't encourage you to do work in your bed at night as you might... drift... off...).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">6. <b><u>Get moving!</u> </b>My FitBit reminds me when I haven't taken many steps in a day and it makes me realise when I've been stuck at my desk or in my room for too long. So, I when I need to get some blood pumping, I try to go for<b> short jogs or walks. </b>You don't even have to leave the house to get moving:<b> get away from your desk</b> and stretch, open a window for fresh air, do yoga, dance to BTS or musical soundtracks... whatever makes you feel reenergised!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">7. <b><u>Connect with peers:</u> </b>Wherever you are, it's likely hard for you to meet up with some people because of movement restrictions or social distancing comfort, so you may not have seen some of your classmates or friends in person for a long time. I'm pretty good at working independently, but<b> I still value having people to talk to about classes, even if I don't have any queries or problems. </b>To feel more of a sense of community, make sure you have group chats for your classes. Usually, in my experience, people are quite quick to make them, so I'm sure you have some by now. However, you may not have chats with some tutorial/seminar peers or friends, so I recommend setting up those smaller group chats. These can help replace the lovely mingling and chats between classes in college that I oh so dearly miss. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">8. <b><u>Fill your heavy online class days with activities that make you happy:</u> </b>This is my favourite tip, as it's something I try to do any time I'm doing a lot of work at home. I don't mean finding something fun to do to procrastinate on my work, but <b>little things to do on breaks or to reward myself with when I'm finishing up for the day.</b> Previous exam or essay seasons have involved a lot of ice skating watching, musical theatre jam sessions or reading young adult novels. If you're spending a lot of time doing school work, you deserve some time off to have some fun! Planning on doing something that makes you happy on breaks or days off can make online learning feel a little bit more exciting and can help motivate you to do what you need to get done, done!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">9. <u><b>Remember that you're not alone:</b></u> 2020 has been such a crazy year, so you need to give yourself a clap on the back for getting through it first of all. Online learning can be tough - <i>really tough</i> - and it's easy to feel alone when you're struggling with it. But you're not alone. Professors or TAs are always willing to support you if you need help or if you can't keep up. <b>Pretty much every student around the world is experiencing the same thing, and most are finding it hard. </b>Yes, some students are thriving, but a lot aren't. So if you're not feeling the best mentally about it all, use the support systems from your university or reach out to those close to you.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Here are some StudyTuber videos about online classes that I recommend: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2ExVN1qkVgo" width="640" youtube-src-id="2ExVN1qkVgo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HsWYxfVzX_U" width="640" youtube-src-id="HsWYxfVzX_U"></iframe><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X7Rh4Mld1Hw" width="640" youtube-src-id="X7Rh4Mld1Hw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you found my tips somewhat helpful! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm getting on alright with my classes at the moment. My final assignments with Trinity back in March and April went smoothly enough, and I began my Columbia journey early with a really interesting Psychology summer class. I felt like I got a head start with Columbia's online class structures that way, so I knew the deal once I started astronomy and sociology this autumn. Even though I'm only taking two classes, I find myself a little fatigued every now and then, so I can only imagine how some of you feel! Next term I'm sure I will be even busier, so I'm hoping these tips will come in handy for myself again when they're needed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish you the best of luck this term!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Talk to you all soon,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jane</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Queen of Quirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390272910085302204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773258551569319350.post-14666891560977165312020-05-07T13:00:00.002+01:002021-01-19T00:18:55.080+00:00An alternative bucket list: more things to do while staying at home in quarantine<div>
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<i style="font-style: italic;">Well, one thing I can tell you for sure, is that I didn't tick a single thing off <a href="http://www.queenofquirk.com/2020/03/im-back-catch-up-and-my-trinity-college.html" target="_blank">this</a> college bucket list since I shared it in March. That's why I'm now making a different kind of bucket list for myself to complete, as well as sharing some ideas for you on how to spend your time at home. </i></div>
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Here we are - almost two months into lockdown in Ireland. Never knew I'd be experiencing this kind of thing in my lifetime, as everyone says. What's happening around the world feels like a Black Mirror episode, and there's only one word I can describe this time as: <i>weird.</i></div>
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I'm extremely lucky to be in the situation I'm in though; safe at home with my family, able to complete my second year of college online and having an array of things to do to fill my time. </div>
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Yet I still miss my friends and the little things I took for granted like eating out and hockey training.</div>
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The sheer difference between the worlds of 1st March (when I last blogged and shared my college <a href="http://www.queenofquirk.com/2020/03/im-back-catch-up-and-my-trinity-college.html" target="_blank">bucket list</a>) and today is indescribable. Before the pandemic, I planned everything. I seemed so <i>certain</i> that everything was going to go to plan for me this year. I was going to do all the things I had been meaning to do in my last term at Trinity, but instead I had to say good-bye too soon. And don't get me started on the lists and mood boards (yes, mood boards) I've made to plan my time at Columbia University. Now I have no idea when I'm going to make it to New York.</div>
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But plans fall apart sometimes - in daily life, and of course, now during this crisis. There are much bigger things happening; I have to pinch myself sometimes to remind myself that what I see on the news is our reality, that we really are in a pandemic. I feel so small in the whole ordeal, and a little useless. But then I remember Ryan Tubridy's words on the <i>Late Late: <b>'</b></i><b>Your sacrifice through self-isolation will save lives... your heroism through self-isolation will end this terror sooner than it otherwise might end<i>.' </i></b>Not all of us can be on the frontline, but at least we can do our bit by staying at home.</div>
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While it is a bit surreal sometimes, I have become a little used to this new lifestyle, and I've seen a lot of us have. Students and workers in between their at-home desk hours are filling their free time with 5km challenge nominating, <i>Animal Crossing</i> playing and bread baking. We bring some normality into our lives with small scale plans and routines to keep us going until the next step in the lifting of lockdown.<br />
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A lot of time has passed since this lockdown first began, so maybe some of us need some new ideas on how to spend our time. None of the following ideas will be revolutionary, but they are Queen-of-Quirk-tried-and-tested, and will give you a glimpse into how I've been spending my time in isolation.</div>
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<b>Quiz and game nights with family and friends</b></div>
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I'm sure every household has done multiple trivia nights, but quizzes have been a big highlight of my quarantine weeks. If you haven't organised a quiz night yet, definitely do! You or one of your family members or friends could host, or you could decide to host a round each. Jimmy Carr also does a daily quiz on his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf9BO33b-MnIxB5y0azrxmg" target="_blank">YouTube</a> channel that's great craic to do together.</div>
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Another fave game of mine is <a href="http://skribbl.io/"><b>Skribbl.io</b></a>, a Pictionary type game which is a perfect companion over a group Zoom call. Also, one time, Robert, Gelsey and I attempted to <b>act out an Elizabethan play together </b>over Zoom... yes, we study English.<br />
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<b>Powerpoint Presentation nights with friends over Zoom</b></div>
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This was Gelsey's genius idea, and she was inspired by a TikTok. Over a few nights or weeks, get your friends to pick topics they're passionate about and to give lectures on them - the more cool transitions between slides, the better. Here's some inspiration: geek out over your favourite TV shows or films (I did one on <i>Disney's Descendants</i> series) or teach your friends something very niche and random (Robert taught us about 3 influential citrus botanists). We've still so see what Gelsey's presentation will be on...<br />
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I'm very grateful that my brother invested in Disney+ for the Star Wars' <i>The Mandalorian </i>series because I've been able to watch some *<i>quality*</i> content recently.<br />
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- <i><b>The Mandalorian</b> </i>is a MUST-SEE for a Star Wars fan. It is a great series with cool music score and exciting action. Plus, Baby Yoda? How could you not love that creature?!<br />
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- <i><b>HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES!!!! </b></i>My goodness, more people need to watch this show. Genuinely, it is so brilliant, and I never expected this good a show to come from Disney. It's sometimes heart-warming, sometimes heart-wrenching, and while they put on the original <i>HSM </i>as their school musical, there are also new songs thrown in that are absolute bops! If you're a fan of <i>Glee</i> but also want some Disney nostalgia, this is the show for you.<br />
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- I'm a bit too obsessed with the <i><b>Disney's Descendants</b> </i>trilogy considering I am now 20 years old. I think you can tell I love it since my PowerPoint presentation was all about the films. While they aren't as good in production quality as <i>HSMTMTS</i>, the films have fun plots, killer songs and Kenny Ortega choreography - what's not to love!?<br />
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<i>- </i>As a big <i>Tangled </i>fan, I've been in love with <i><b>Tangled: the Serie</b>s</i> as well - a lot darker than you'd expect! I'm honestly way too excited for the rest of the series to come onto the streaming platform. Again... I'm 20.<br />
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I'm a big fan of a jog on a sunny day, and I've become a bit too attached to the statistics on my FitBit - I think I'm being a little competitive with my own jogging!! Also, it had been a while since I cycled and this week I finally got my helmet and bike out for a spin. I'm definitely going to make it a regular thing now when the weather's good. So go for a run, walk or cycle in your 5km radius!</div>
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If you've been keeping up with my Instagram, or are my friend and have been bombarded with TikToks from my *FYP*, you'll know I've been sucked into the TikTok world and I. Love. It. You can learn some dance routines, rate your favourite musicals and edit together some clips of good looking people into a 'Play Date' montage. Even if you don't want to create anything, there is such great content on the app: Vine-like funny TikToks, creative comedy sketches, Star Wars and Marvel memes, outfit idea videos, and inspiration on even MORE things to do in quarantine on there (like movie / TV show themed dinners and recreations of concert experiences - I'm now very tempted to do these things). Warning: the app is highly addictive. </div>
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I'm sure there are clothes in your wardrobe that you haven't worn in a while that could be loved by another. No need to throw out the clothes - you can donate or sell! I went through my clothes quite early on in lockdown and found lots that I didn't need anymore. I've also decided to plan some outfits with the clothes I already have to see what new looks I can come up with. This is a great alternative if you find yourself online shopping out of boredom - sometimes you may not need new clothes, but just need to reinvent some looks and/or alter some clothes.</div>
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You've got some new outfits put together from your wardrobe - now what to do? You can dress up! I recently donned some nice outfits and makeup for my birthday, for Easter and for the RTE Create Don't Contaminate challenge. You don't need to have an occasion for it obviously - dress up for the fun of it! For me, it feels really good to put on something else other than a tracksuit and to put on some makeup. I think I'll start doing it more, and since I am interested in creating more outfit idea and fashion challenge TikToks / IGTVs, I may have found myself a motivation (despite needing one).<br />
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Seeing the words 'challenge' may be a bit terrifying, but there are tons of fun challenges on social media that you can take part in. There's that 30 day song challenge that's popular on Instagram which I had a lot of fun with. I also love Yoga with Adriene's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXU591OYOHA" target="_blank">30 day Yoga Challenge</a> from a few years ago. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ngRpjntbX/" target="_blank">Clóda Scanlon</a> had a month long outfit challenge for April, and I'm sure there are lots of style-based challenges going around. You could just create something new everyday - look to the Create Don't Contaminate challenge from last month for some ideas. Or you could try new makeup looks, taking inspiration from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B-IX_ISpDWB/" target="_blank">KeilidhMua</a>. If you haven't found a challenge that suits your fancy, make one for yourself! It could be something simple, like to listen to a new educational podcast every day, or to watch a new Oscar-winning film every evening. If it's something you love, it'll be something to look forward each day. </div>
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No one has to be a Bridget Jones to master the art of diary writing. What's great is that there's so much freedom in journalling - you don't have to write much, or you can ramble on for as long as you like. You can doodle, collage, paint, rip, and leave the journal a day or two. I managed to keep up journalling everyday for about a week at the end of March / early April there and I want to get back into it - even if I don't write everyday, I'd like to do it often. I'm sure what I write is a bunch of nonsense (I don't even go back and read my entries) but it's helping me get my writing flow back. </div>
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Watch the <i>Harry Potter </i>movies again</div>
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Play the DS / Wii / Playstation and reignite my inner child - again</div>
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Plot revenge on coronavirus and/or the wasp that stung me the other day</div>
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Step up my blogging and YouTube game ;)<br />
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I hope you are well at this scary, strange time and that you and your loved ones are safe. I also hope you can find solace and happiness in the little things over the next while.<br />
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Talk to you all soon,<br />
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Yes, it has been OVER A YEAR since I last posted something here.</div>
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The last time I wrote for this blog I had just completed my first term of university. Now, here I am, 14 months later and I am halfway through my last term at Trinity College Dublin! It's scary, exciting, and bittersweet, all at the same time.</div>
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So, if you didn't know already and are new to Queen of Quirk (welcome!), then I will quickly inform you of a thing that will happen this year that is<i> kind of</i> but actually <i>very much </i>a big deal to me and something I am sure as heck my friends are sick of me mentioning: in August, <b>I'll be moving to New York city for college</b>. I'm in the Dual BA Programme between Trinity and Columbia University in Manhattan, which means I spend two years at each university. And now, I'm almost at the cusp of the programme; I've received my transition packet from Columbia, I've applied for housing and, as as of next week I will have two months or so left as a Trinity second year English Lit student. Madness.</div>
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So, if you're not new to the blog, <b>you may be wondering what I've been up to to neglect this neat little website for so long</b>. I got out of sync with writing after my first term at Trinity. Things got busier and busier in college: I got into the swing of university essay writing, but also "found my people," as they say, so outside of reading and assignments I was meeting people and making the most of the college social scene. I wouldn't say I had writer's block as I did have ideas. Despite having these ideas and even ideas for ways to update my blog overall, <b>I put it on the back-burner. </b></div>
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However, <b>I haven't been completely M.I.A. online</b>. I've been making YouTube videos for my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/queenofquirk" target="_blank">channel</a> and have been active on my socials. For some reason, YouTube video editing was more doable within my busy college schedule. Not that editing is an easy feat: I think I leaned towards it more because my degree involves so many w o r d s that I guess I enjoyed the visuals of iMovie as a break. </div>
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However, I have finally come out of that rut.<b> I am ready to get back into blogpost writing</b>, and that doesn't mean I'll have a regular schedule when it comes to posting (sure I'm just as bad with consistency on my YouTube) but it will still definitely be more often. This return is definitely thanks to <b><a href="http://trinitynews.ie/author/jane-loughman/" target="_blank">Trinity News</a></b>. I wrote for the student newspaper for the first time in October, and have since become a Staff Writer. Seeing my name and my words in their print issue and on their website made me realise how much I missed this blog.<b> So, I'm back baby!</b></div>
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So I've done a lot since December 2018, and a lot of it has been documented online, except here. </div>
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<b>I did a lot of things with societies in college:</b></div>
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I was on the PR team for the <b>Trinity Fashion Show</b> last February, even helping them film the show with some fancy camera equipment that would beat my vlogging camera any day. I edited a short film with the <b>DU Film</b> society last March. Also, as I already mentioned, I have written for Trinity News and am now a Staff Writer.</div>
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The society I have been the most involved with, though, is<b> DU Players</b>, Trinity's drama society. </div>
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Last March, I was in a showcase of plays as part of the <b>Players Introductory Programme (PIPs)</b>, and at the end of May volunteered for the <b>Players Summer Festival 'Fantasia,</b>' taking photos of the different events. In September, I was involved in my friend Gelsey's show <b>'Fitz'</b> as stage manager. We casted first years and students who hadn't acted in Players before, and it was great fun! The show consisted of two F. Scott Fitzgerald short stories, 'The Debutante' and 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair.' I did <b>PIPs</b> again but this time for Producing and Publicity. After that course I signed up for the <b>Publicity sub-committee</b>, and I have since designed posters and taken photos for more events and shows. I auditioned for Gelsey's second Players show, <b>'The Trojan Women</b>,<b>'</b> a Greek tragedy by Euripides, and I got a part as a Chorus member, and it was staged just about two weeks ago. Being able to act in a Greek tragedy was challenging but very rewarding work, and I loved it. I also helped with props as Propsmaster for that show but also did so for another production, <b>'Supermoon,'</b> directed by drama students for their final year grade. I hope to get involved in a few more events and shows before the year ends (as you will see in my bucket list) as I think DU Players is a great society.</div>
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I finished my first season with <b>Pembroke Wanderers Hockey club</b> last March, and this season, my team are currently second in the league! We're on our way to the top, which is very exciting. Even if we do not win the league, I've had a blast being a member of the hockey club and being on a team with such amazing women, including my sister (she's been a great captain this season). I've had such a laugh at every training session and match, whether in hail, rain or sunshine, and at every social event.</div>
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I got accepted into the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diVV_Jv0suM&t=87s" target="_blank">Vodafone Internship Programme</a></b>, and interned at their Mountain View offices from June until August. Despite being at home and working for the summer, it was one of my favourite summers ever. I met so many wonderful people I am I glad I now get to call my friends and had so many opportunities to network, build my skills and do what I love. As part of the programme, I volunteered for <b>Childline at Longitude</b>, raised money for the charity, went to the <b>Vodafone Comedy festival</b>, had great nights out and learned so much about the business world. I even did the <b>Dublin City Triathlon </b>with Vodafone (okay, not all of it but I did the 5km run, which is a lot for me)!!</div>
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I travelled lots and lots! I went to <b>Italy</b> with my best friend Gelsey and together we explored <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAskWNHs4eE" target="_blank">Pisa</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KorQvgXqqAk" target="_blank">Rome</a></b>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lBqXkJlMNM" target="_blank"><b>Naples, Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast and Capri</b></a>! With my family, we went skiing in France twice and also visited <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK-Kj-2rw5s&t=14s" target="_blank">Bruges and Brussels</a> </b>for my sister Emily 21st. I went to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deI-o8iwTVw&t" target="_blank"><b>Romania</b></a> over October reading week with my college friends Brian, Jackson and Gabi. I also had three day trips to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKp5s6Igqjs" target="_blank"><b>Galway</b></a> city with friends and for my uncle's film at the Galway Film Fleadh. I met up with Alicia and Ella Ringrose to go to Limerick for<b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildvs_5OvSQ" target="_blank">The Confidence Class</a></b>, and went on a night out like a UCC student in <b>Cork</b> with my intern friends Julia and Ailish. And, finally, I got to spend a wonderful bank holiday weekend in my second home, <b>Connemara</b>, with my family.<br />
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<b>I went to many concerts and shows - not surprising if you know me well. </b>There was the 1975, Twenty One Pilots (one of the best gigs ever), LANY, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildvs_5OvSQ" target="_blank">Picture This</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-A0F2CCLB4" target="_blank">TRINITY BALL</a> (!!), Hugh Jackman, The Academic (with Orla Gartland!) and I finally saw my QUEEN Marina and the Diamonds. In the theatre world, I saw 'Come From Away' at the Abbey, dressed up for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl_L2hlUE2s" target="_blank">'The Great Gatsby'</a> at the Gate theatre, saw Trinity Musical Theatre society's 'Chicago', 'The Mirror Crack'd' at the Gaiety, 'Beat' at the Samuel Beckett (a show made by a Trinity student), 'The Unmanageable Sisters' at the Abbey, and operas like 'Orfeo e Erudice,' 'The Magic Flute,' 'This Hostel Life' and Rossini's 'La Cenerentola' or 'Cinderella.' Dad and I got to go on a backstage tour of the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre when that production was on. And just recently there I saw 'Hansel and Gretel' with my Dad and granny at the Abbey.<br />
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Just like I did during the internship, <b>I've met such fantastic people in college</b> and am delighted to say I have made such great friends from my course and beyond. The first term at university can be tough for most freshers, and it did take me a while to settle down and make friends. By the end of that term, I did find "my people" and, so, my second term of first year was a whirlwind.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuTVyNp5-s" target="_blank"> Nights out</a>, showing some if my friends my home town, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/B6_haVMHQMy/" target="_blank">fashion shoots</a> and tutorial or lecture chats make only some of the memories I've had with my college friends.<br />
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Also, I have been loving my course. <b>I am so glad I chose to study English. </b>Yes, not every module or text has captivated me but for the most part, I am loving the content. It's been tough sometimes, as I like to work hard to achieve the results I want, but I honestly could not imagine studying anything else. As part of the Dual BA programme, I'm taking other subjects too to satisfy requirements for Columbia. I'm back to studying French this year, and I also did an elective last term on Middle Eastern culture, and now I am doing a very interesting elective called 'Art of the Megacity' - all about art and culture in the most inhabited cities around the world.<b> I'm sure I'll tell you again about my overall experience studying at Trinity, but you can know for now that it has been <i>fabulous</i>.</b><br />
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Of course, <b>I've been loving spending time with my family and long-time friends to</b>o: knowing I'll be living far away from home soon has made me cherish the small moment with people I love and have known me for a long time.<br />
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Annnnd now... I can take a breath (or a break from typing, rather). I've been so grateful for everything I've been able to do and enjoy since my first term at Trinity. I'm edging closer and closer to what will be the biggest change in my life (i.e. moving across the Atlantic Ocean), so I hope to make the most out of my last few weeks as a student in Dublin. </div>
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Here I present to you my bucket list! Please take the term "bucket list" lightly: I don't want to put pressure on myself to achieve absolutely everything on this list - some things might not be possible at all. This list is quite flexible. A lot of these things I would have to do in term time of course, but in general, these are not things I <i>have</i> to do before I move to New York, but would <i>like</i> to do. Sure it's not like I'm moving away forever - I will be back! Ideally, <b>to satisfy my desire to make memories as an undergrad in Dublin, it'd be great to check a lot of these off by the end of May, or at least by the end of summer.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Attend a "commons dinner" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Submit (and hopefully host) a Trinity FM show</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Experience prinks in Graduates Memorial Building</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(English Ball in March... :D)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spend a sunny afternoon at the Pav</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit the Long Room (again... it's so pretty)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe gain access to the roof of the museum building? Apparently that's a thing but also, like, not a thing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit the latest Trinity Science Gallery exhibition</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with friends </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Take part in Players' 24 hour Musical</span><br />
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Go to the archives, or the 'secret tunnels,' and take out an early printed book<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Actually make use of the Trinity gym and sports centre! At least once! C'mon Jane!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe attend a ball that involves a sit-down meal?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">(This is a maybe since I've been to quite a few already, but not a ball with a dinner... we shall see how money and time goes, but damn, do I want to wear my Debs dress again).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Write more for Trinity News</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Write for TN2 magazine or for their website</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Submit something to another publication</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Read and/or picnic in </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">St. Stephen's Green and the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Iveagh Gardens</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cook dinner for my friends</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Trinity Ball 2020!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Submit something to and/or volunteer at the DU Players Summer Festival</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Study at:</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">the National Library</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">the National Gallery</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Books Upstairs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hopefully go to the next BloggersBrunch event!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Go to a vintage kilo sale</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Go pier jumping at the Forty Foot or Seapoint </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Go to a trad music session</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Cocktails at:</u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Captain America's</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chelsea Drugstore</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Blind Pig</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pygmalion (again... it was fab)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Coppers!! (Sure I've never been and I have to)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">O'Reillys</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A gig in Whelan's</span></span><br />
Workman's<br />
The George (again! It's too fun!)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Swim at sunrise</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spend a day in Howth</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Get my nails done at Tropical Topical (a birthday treat perhaps?)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Try out more places for lunch or dinner in the city</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(that's a whole other list...)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(80, 80, 80); text-align: start;">the Honorable Society of King’s Inns</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the Botanical Gardens</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Malahide castle</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Poolbeg lighthouse</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Marsh’s Library</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kilmainham Gaol</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dublin Castle (and Chester Beatty Library)</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Killiney Hill</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">the Temple Bar markets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the food market at Meeting House Square</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit some museums, like </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the Museum of Literature</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">EPIC - the Emigration museum</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Irish Museum of Modern Art</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit the places Leopold Bloom goes in <i>Ulysses</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Walk the Grand Canal</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Go on a trip (or two) to somewhere in Ireland with friends</span><br />
Perhaps Donegal, Kerry, Belfast, Derry... I have not seen enough of this country!<br />
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Buy myself a Trinity jumper... Oh, I'm serious.<br />
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Check back here for updates over the next few months, or keep up with my Instagram!<br />
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Thank you if you made it through this incredibly long blog post. I guess I was just too damn excited to catch you all up that the post became longer than my average English essay.<br />
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My final word will be that I'm definitely going to try my best to bring this blog back to life. As much as I love video-making (that I will keep doing as well, just so we're clear), there's something about the written word that begs this blog to be resurrected. Keep an eye out for more articles on music, film, TV, fashion, beauty and on my student life.<br />
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That's all for now!<br />
Talk to you all soon,<br />
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</span>Queen of Quirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390272910085302204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773258551569319350.post-63625155143901875882018-12-31T17:38:00.000+00:002021-01-09T23:36:55.534+00:00OUTFIT | Christmas Corduroys, and how I'm spending my weeks off<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s right. A whole MONTH. I’m back to Trinity on the 21st January. By the time I get back into college life, I’ll have been well rested but will also have got myself together. I’m used to jumping right back into work by the second week of January, so having a good few weeks off is bliss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So far, I’ve loved my break from exams and essays since the 14th. I caught up with friends by going out, having movie nights and seeing Leinster beat Connacht with them, and got presents ready for Christmas</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, as you may have seen in my third week of Vlogmas (on YouTube, video below). The big day itself was peaceful as usual.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="text-align: center;">For Christmas I got this gorgeous pair of burnt orange corduroy trousers from Urban Outfitters, and I knew I had to wear them - cosy but also formal. I styled them with my black mesh top and a black vest style top, some new jewellery and my new velvet boots from Carl Scarpa. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I have done a Christmas Outfit blogpost every single year since 2012, it’s really amusing to see how much my style has changed over time. We’ve gone from black Uggs in 2012 to black mesh tops in recent years. Check out the last six years of OOTDs from the 25th of December below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So what am I doing for the rest of the break? Well, by the time this blogpost is published, I will be celebrating the arrival of 2019 in Les Arcs, France with my family and family friends, skiing and eating really good food. This is the first time I’ve ever celebrated the New Year in a completely different country, so I'll be saying <i>Bonne Année</i> an hour earlier than those of you in Ireland, outside in the snow, with fireworks and even a DJ!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had very much been looking forward to skiing again this week, but there’s also lots more planned for after I return. The 1975’s Dublin concert is on the 10th January, and it will be my first time seeing the amazing band live. On the 16th I’ll be going to see the new Broadway musical ‘Come from Away’ in the Abbey Theatre. And that's not all: </span>I’ll also be dressing up in 1920’s style once again as I’m heading to the Gate Theatre’s production of ‘The Great Gatsby’, and after seeing it in London, I cannot wait to re-live F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tale.</div>
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<i>It’s crazy to think that I only began university over two months ago. Everything from picking out outfits every day to making my way to the library has become routine, but there are always surprises around the corner every week.</i></div>
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Those surprises can be small things like bumping into friends and organising times to meet up for lunch, deciding last minute to attend society events, or sitting beside someone new in my course before a lecture (we’re almost a term in and I haven’t even met everyone yet).</div>
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Am I enjoying my course? Absolutely. The workload is heavy, with lots of reading every week, which I do my best to do, as well challenging but fascinating assignments. Nevertheless, being surrounded by people that are just as interested as me in discussing literature is motivating. </div>
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I never realised how demanding college would really be. With less contact hours than secondary school, I thought I’d be relaxing quite often. That’s not the case at all; as well as all the reading, I’m busy hanging out with my new course friends, training for hockey twice a week, with matches on Saturdays, and participating in society things like, recently, the 24 Hour Musical in Players (a Drama society) and signing up to be on the PR team for the Fashion Society Fashion Show! I’m interested in so many things it always leaves me short for time for blogging or vlogging, and even<i> I’m a Celebrity </i>now! </div>
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While I loved having a uniform in school, having the chance to take advantage of my wardrobe for college is such a dream for me as a blogger. I find myself reaching for some key items in my wardrobe again and again in recent weeks. You would have spotted some of these pieces in my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCL_m0muDao&t" target="_blank">New York haul</a>, and I think they are essentials for the current transition from autumn weather into winter.</div>
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First of all, my Borg jacket: cosy, trendy and burnt orange? What an all rounder coat. I find myself reaching for this number the most as of late, as well as these comfy checked trousers. On this chilly October Saturday, as I was out on a walk in Powerscourt with Emily, I opted for my black cap and black runners. Of course, in college, I have books and a laptop to carry, so I always have my backpack, but for this autumnal walk, I wore my black crossover bag.</div>
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Now we are almost at that time of year when it is acceptable to sing Christmas songs and watch festive films, but unfortunately it’s also exam season! Trinity College now have Michaelmas term exams as well as Trinity term ones, so I’ll be very busy in the coming weeks with essay deadlines as well as those tests to revise for. </div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They also showed off last year’s winner Naomi’s new collection, which I really loved.</span></div>
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<i>The fact that this New York street photoshoot won't be my last and that </i>Hamilton<i> won't be the last Broadway show I see fills me up with so much excitement. Photoshoots and musicals in Manhattan will be in the near future, two years to be exact when I live there...</i><br />
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No matter how much time you spend in New York, you always need more time. My weekend in the city was filled to the brim with shopping, eating, exploring my <a href="http://www.queenofquirk.com/2018/08/outfit-pink-culottes-and-how-i-got-into.html" target="_blank">new university</a> and crying over <i>Hamilton</i>, of course, all of which features in my new video above. However, after all that, I'm already looking forward to returning. It's just the nature of New York.</div>
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The evening that I had been anticipating all summer (I couldn't 'Wait for It', haha, punny) began after a day of shopping when my sister and I walked to a street near our hotel (the Lucerne) which was very NYC-esque with the 'brownstones'. So, before leaving to go see <i>Hamilton</i>, I wanted to document my outfit, especially against this background of Manhattan homes. I can get used to this.<br />
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I had planned on wearing these striped trousers on the trip, envisioning the outfit long before the event as I tend to do as a fashion blogger. I bought the trousers back when I needed formal wear for my trip to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGmSWJT8EXY&t=38s" target="_blank">Zambia</a>, but knew straight away I'd be sporting them in the city. The vertical striped pattern immediately makes a statement, complete with the white top and shoes for a summer vibe. What's great is that I can see myself wearing these trousers in the autumn and spring seasons too (may be a bit too cold for winter... nights out perhaps)!<br />
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<i>Hamilton</i> was the first musical that I have gone into knowing the entire story and most songs quite well. That helped me to become even more involved in the musical; as it is quick-paced, by knowing quite a lot I was able to absorb the atmosphere - the energetic choreography, the captivating staging, and most of all, the unique performances of the current Broadway cast. Having listened to Lin-Manuel Miranda and his co-stars to death on the soundtrack, it was refreshing to hear Michael Luwoye and Daniel Breaker and co. belt out the rap and hip-hop. I even preferred some of the cast's takes on lines and singing to the OBC, *shocking* but true.</div>
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I found myself finding a new love for some of the songs coming out of the theatre after seeing them live. Every song on the soundtrack is outstanding, of course, but seeing them performed live in front of you sheds a new light on them. 'The Room Where it Happened' and 'Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)' were two songs I did not appreciate near as much as I do now after seeing them. Also, I found myself laughing so often, especially at Jefferson and King George. </div>
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1. Eliza and Philip in 'Stay Alive - Reprise', <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(</span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sept, </span>huit<span style="font-size: x-small;">, </span>neuf<span style="font-size: x-small;">...)</span>,</i></span></div>
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It was weird; I think I was overwhelmed by it all so that the tears came as the curtain fell. I was so so happy, but maybe I just kept thinking to myself 'that's it, it's over Jane, no more anticipation, <i>you've seen it now'</i>. That feeling does come to me every now and again when I go to a concert or see a film, but not so strongly that I shed a tear and smudge my mascara. That's props to the genius of Lin-Manuel Miranda.</div>
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I need to say a huge thank you to my parents for surprising me after my final Leaving Cert exam with tickets to <i>Hamilton</i> and for the trip to New York, <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">♪ </span>the greatest city in the wooorrrld <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">♪ (</span>I'm sorry couldn't help it).</div>
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The trip down the West was short and sweet as I came back up in time for my Leaving Cert results. Receiving that piece of paper was one of the best moments ever - I am so delighted with the grades I got! I achieved much more than I expected, and it was a weight taken off my shoulders to see that the work I did was worth it, and that I had a good chance of getting into my first choice on the CAO. And lo and behold, I did get it.</div>
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That first choice? English Studies at Trinity College. <i>However</i>, I won't just be going to Trinity; I will be spending two years in Trinity and two years in Columbia University in New York. </div>
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I applied to do English Studies in the <b>Dual BA Program between Columbia University and Trinity College Dublin</b> back in January. <b>Two essays, an SAT exam and an interview</b> later, I was accepted into the program back in March, as I fulfilled everything for Columbia, but my place was <b>conditional on my results in the Leaving Cert </b>- to fulfil Trinity's requirements. As I got enough points in the exams, I was offered a place in the English Studies course in Trinity, which also meant I secured my place in the Dual BA Program. </div>
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The day this blogpost is published I will be on a flight to New York! We have a few things planned, like seeing <i>Hamilton</i>, lots of shopping, but also we'll be getting a tour of Columbia University, my new college!! After NY, I'll return to Dublin to kick off my first year of uni in Trinity, and I am BUZZING.</div>
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<u>TOP</u>: HOLLISTER | <u>JEANS</u>: HOLLISTER | <u>SHOES</u>: ADDIDAS | <u>WRISTLET</u>: KATE SPADE | <u>WATCH</u>: TED BAKER | <u>NECKLACE</u>: THOMAS SABO</div>
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Can you believe it's the end of July already? To be honest it is quite scary how quick I settled into not having the 'not studying guilt' while sitting back and relaxing this summer. Yet, I am looking forward to having a bit more structure again. And that brings me to what is so weird about this summer; there is absolutely no certainty about where I am going come September. While I am a big believer in facing reality<i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(results and CAO offers coming soon... ahhh...),</span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>I don't really want to just yet, which is why a certain trip to Africa is the perfect distraction.</div>
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If you are reading this in the week I publish this blogpost, I am currently venturing around Zambia with my (past<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <i>omg i am graduated asdfghjkl), </i></span>school mates and teachers on an outreach programme. I cannot wait to share with you guys my adventures from it! If you've been reading for a while, you'd know that I had the best time in <a href="http://www.queenofquirk.com/2016/04/travel-week-in-ethiopia-trip-of-lifetime.html" target="_blank">Ethiopia</a> back in 2016, so I have been dying to return to Africa. The trip is two weeks long, then everything is chock-a-block this August.</div>
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Yes, I am returning to the Big Apple after <a href="http://www.queenofquirk.com/2017/06/travel-new-york-new-york.html" target="_blank">last year's holiday</a> for a quick five day trip before I go to college<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (but which college? what course? omg that's so scary).</span> Of course, that trip will consist of plenty of shopping, good food, vlogging and outfit photoshoots, but the main reason we are headed back to Manhattan is that, back when I finished the Leaving Cert, my parents surprised me with tickets to see <i>Hamilton</i> on Broadway. I repeat, <i>HAMILTON</i> on BROADWAY. I jumped on the Hamilton bandwagon quite late, falling in love with the rap and hip-hop style songs back in February to help me push through the mocks. Now I am seeing it. Live. LIVE. And boy, will I know all the words of the soundtrack by then.</div>
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I'm back! The Leaving Cert is well past and gone; the only thing on my mind these past few weeks has been packing for Zambia, meeting up with friends and <i>Love Island</i>. But more on my summer and summer plans in a future blogpost though, because today I am bringing you my experience from Stacey-Marie and BPerfect Cosmetics' launch of the Carnival Palette in Dundrum shopping centre, as well as my first impressions of the palette itself.</div>
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As soon as I saw the Carnival palette and its crazy but cool colours everywhere on Instagram, I knew I had to get my hands on it. So, I was delighted to be invited to the event and to receive the palette on the night. The launch was in McCabes Pharmacy in Dundrum, and consisted of a demonstration of the palette from Stacey-Marie herself.</div>
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Stacey-Marie used her palette to put together a stunning blue and purple eyeshadow look. It would be perfect for any night out, the bold colours replacing your usual neutral smoky eye. I found it interesting how Stacey-Marie decided to not include a black shade in the palette, showing her passion for bold and bright colours, which are taking over the eye makeup game.</div>
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Throughout her demonstration, she answered any questions the audience had about the Carnival Palette and makeup in general but also questions about Stacey-Marie and her career as a makeup artist. I got to ask her if she could only use two shades from the palette, which ones would she use; her answer was 'Hustle', a khaki green shimmer shade and 'Liquor', a matte berry red. </div>
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Stacey-Marie was a genuine, friendly and likeable person. I felt like I got to know her more during the Q & A. I and my friend Anna (thanks for tagging along ;D) also had the pleasure of meeting her and having the chats after the demo. It was a lovely evening; it made me even more excited to use the palette.</div>
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What first caught my attention is that the Carnival Palette is bursting with many diverse but usable colours that just scream summer and the festival season. It has 24 eyeshadows, 17 mattes and 7 shimmers, as well as two highlighters and a handy mirror. Stacey-Marie said herself that she wanted every shade in the palette to be loved and used; for her, none of the colours in the palette are just there to fill a space. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Next, I decided to try out a more wild, crazy look inspired by Stacey-Marie's demonstration at the event (though not near as good of course). I blended two purples, 'Chant' and 'Wasted' into the crease, then applied the light blue 'Sky' shade all over the lid, blending the purple into it afterwards. I then added some shimmer onto the lid with the stunning royal blue shade that is 'Recharge', along with the white shimmer 'Moony' which I applied to the inner corner. </span></div>
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Queen of Quirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390272910085302204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773258551569319350.post-82340019000519664192018-02-03T10:00:00.000+00:002021-01-09T23:36:55.539+00:00Bring on 2018... But, first, the Leaving Cert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>It’s already been over a month since we shouted “Happy New Year” , and while I may still </i></span><i>occasionally</i><i style="font-family: inherit;"> write “17” instead of “18", I know I have definitely long kissed 2017 goodbye.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not that 2017 was bad for me; I had an amazing year <i>(you can see my recap of the year on my Instagram </i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>highlights</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> and my YouTube channel)</i>. But ever since January 1st, I’ve officially switched back into work mode and life has been moving 100km/h. The new year has grabbed me by the shoulders and screamed in my face: <b>“JANE, ITS 2018. 2017 IS GONE NOW, AND THE LC IS IN 5 MONTHS!”.</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve hardly had time to ‘reflect’ on last year, or to even make resolutions and goals (other than, I don’t know, maybe study?) and all that jazz for 2018. However, I almost feel better not doing so. To be honest, <b>I don’t tend to look at the start of the year as a chance ‘to start again’, or ‘change myself’ anyway.</b> Maybe it’s because I’m content, or maybe, and more likely so, it’s just because I’m a secondary school student who doesn’t have the time to ponder on my purpose in life because I have homework, i.e. just in the break gone past, I had English essays to do, and I wrote one on New Years Eve, and wrote the other on New Years Day. New year, same English homework. Nothing can really change for me. Yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am beyond excited for 2018. Needless to say, <b>it will be one of the most important year of my life</b>, as clichéd as that sounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It will be the year I become an adult, both in that I’ll be eighteen and also in that I’ll be bidding my secondary school days adieu and welcoming college into my life with a warm embrace. It’ll be the year of firsts and lasts, beginnings and endings. It can be so hard to believe for me, that it feels like all of these things are far, far ahead into the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But, recently, I’ve learnt that they’re not that far ahead of me at all. Already my mock exams are creeping up on me (next Wednesday now... pray for me). Next thing I know I’ll be graduating. The next moment I’ll be placing down my pen, with my shaky, tired hand, after finishing my Religion exam on 23rd June. It’s a scary but at the same time exhilarating thought. As with most Leaving Cert students, I can imagine, <b>I want time to speed up... but also slow down.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I want the Leaving Cert over with, but shudder at the thought of mocks being around the corner, let alone the<i> real thing itself</i>. I don't want time to go too fast that I'm not ready for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s a school year like this, when I’m constantly against the clock for homework due or a poetry essay in the exam hall, that I realise that time has become a sort of enemy of mine. It’s taking control of me this year - from limiting me in what I can do in my day, to running away from me during a test, and to taunting me into thinking that day by day, time is slowly passing by, when, really, its pressing the fast forward button on me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the very few blogposts I’ve written as of late, including this one, I guess, I feel like I always have some sort of light complaint about my life a Leaving Cert student. <b>Don’t get me wrong; I am enjoying my last year of secondary school, as surprising as that sounds.</b> The work is demanding, yes, and time- consuming, yes, and draining, very much so, but I’m still enjoying school life when I'm not hating the books. Whether that’s with French debating and hockey matches, or History projects and lunchtime chats, I’m making the most of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Leaving my school will be the end of an era, and I’ll miss it. But, boy, I cannot wait to be able to have more control over my time, to study English at uni and ditch the maths forever!</span></div>
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<i>The days coming up to Christmas were jam packed with oral exams and history research, so when the last day and our school's carol service rolled around, I couldn't believe it was 3 days to Christmas. Despite the mountains of Christmas homework I was given, I ditched the books and chilled out from then until after Stephen's Day.</i></div>
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Christmas Eve Eve shopping, Christmas Eve mass, then the next thing I knew Christmas Day came in a flash. After screaming in happiness opening my lovely presents that morning (watch my What I Got for Christmas video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNxWyiNZmrU&t=8s" target="_blank">here</a>), I was able to spend my time getting ready before heading to my cousin's for present swapping. From listening to Christmas tunes to applying my new MAC pigment, I couldn't have been happier.</div>
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I bought some new pieces in Dublin on Christmas Eve Eve for the Christmas Day ensemble, and they <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">include the sparkly culottes from & Other Stories, a shop I someday wish to be able to build my whole wardrobe from, and the cute burgundy shoes were spotted by a worn out Jane and her mother in M&S. T</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">he mesh top I bought while I was in London for the weekend about a month ago, and I thought it worked wonderfully with my new trousers with its silver detailing. Not only did I look a little festive with Christmas shimmer, but I was so <i>comfortable</i>. </span></div>
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It was almost as if time stopped that day, eating my gorgeous dinner, followed by a scrumptious banoffee pie, and playing board games with my family all evening long. Yet, there was always that little tingle at the back of my brain that was aware of the homework and study ahead of me for the next two weeks.</div>
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Filming and editing my haul on St. Stephen's Day reminded how much I love creating fun content, but it saddened me a little that I won't be able to do it more often in the next while. Since, I've slowly been getting back into it, first with my homework. Biology and Business exam questions are done, but still some English essays and Maths papers are ahead of me; it seems never ending.</div>
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While I do have quite a lot to do now over the holidays, I won't let the chilling end completely. I still have some plans. As of tonight, New Year's Eve, I'll be heading to a party; not just an NYE party, but it's also for Evelyn and Lauren's 18th birthday, so double the fun. Also hope to go ice skating and to see a film with some pals next week. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">ENJOY YOUR LAST DAY OF 2017!</span></div>
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<i>Stay tuned for a recap on my 2017, on both the YouTube channel and the blog.</i></div>
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<u>JACKET</u>: GAP | <u>TOP</u>: HOLLISTER | <u>BRALETTE</u>: HOLLISTER | <u>JEANS</u>: HOLLISTER | <u>RUNNERS</u>: NIKE </div>
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The answer to the opening question? Yeah, I think it will be just as easy to get back into the groove of things. I'm quite a fan of routine. Obviously the whole Leaving Cert thing is scaring me <span style="font-size: x-small;">just a </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">little bit</span>, but I need to start the year with my head high. I will work hard, and try to keep a good mindset about it. I want to do my family, but most importantly <u>myself</u>, proud, and do the best I can with a bit of luck.</div>
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Unfortunately, it does mean that <b>Queen of Quirk, the blog and YouTube, will be taking a backseat in my life</b>. As much as I dislike doing my hobbies less, I also don't like announcing a 'break' of sorts, because, probably, thoughout the year I will be doing the odd video and blogpost. Maybe in these next few months I might be frequently posting, but from December until May, expect a little less from your quirkiest queen.</div>
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<i>From Beauty and the Beast to La La Land, 2017 is the year of yellow in fashion. And there's no better time to rock the colour of the sun than summer!</i></div>
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These are two yellow items that have livened up my wardrobe since I bought them in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyNotV7lHGM" target="_blank">USA</a>, and they have been loved during these few remaining weeks of summer. I'll probably wear them right into autumn and winter to be fair, since I can't resist letting out my inner Belle or Mia Dolan in my everyday life.</div>
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<i>It's all about glow right now. No, not the TV show (which is v. v. good, I recommend it), it's the dewy, minimalistic, radiant makeup look everyone is rocking these days...</i></div>
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On this sunny day, a few days before I ventured off to the rainy Gaeltacht, I was going out for lunch with my friends to celebrate Anna's birthday. After forever admiring the trend, I finally tried out the glowy skin look and made my face radiant and fresh looking. I went a little bit further with my makeup and did a glossy eye makeup look too, yet the makeup trend is, I'd say, most worn for a "no-makeup" natural look at the moment.</div>
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First, after moisturising of course, I primed m<span style="font-family: inherit;">y skin with both the </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Smashbox Photo Finish primer </b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and the <b>Benefit Porefessional </b>primer. I applied my </span></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.300000190734863px;">Kiko Eye Primer</b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>linique Anti-Blemish Solution</b> foundation, which my mum and I found back in January and is a match made in heaven. I brightened up my dark circles and covered my blemishes with my new <b>Kat Von D Lock-It concealer</b> (for those of you who watched my USA haul, it is the right colour ;D). I set my base with the <b>Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder </b>- I am still trying to learn how to bake properly. I will perfect it some day.</span></span></div>
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I primed my eyes with the <b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.300000190734863px;">Kiko Pe</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">arly Eye Base, </b><span style="background-color: white;">then quickly while it was still quite wet, worked some of the 'Tiger's Eye' eyeshadow from the <b>Too Faced Cat Eyes </b>palette into my crease. I then grabbed my handy <b>Maybelline Colour Tattoo cream eyeshadow in Pink Gold</b> and smoothed it from my inner lid to the centre for a pop of gloss. I lined my eyes with the<b> Rimmel Scandal Eyes </b>eyeliner and brushed my lashes with the <b>Make Up For Ever Smoky Extravagant mascara.</b> I forgot to include it in the photo but I filled and blended out my eyebrows with the amazing <b>Urban Decay Brow Beater.</b> I like my eyebrows quite natural looking, so this is ideal for just filling in the sparse hairs.</span></span></div>
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I highlighted my brow bone with the Benefit High Brow before I brought some life to my face with the <b>Tanya Burr blush in Apricot Flush</b> from the <b style="font-family: inherit;">Peachy Glow Cheek Palette </b>(pro tip - use sparingly; this blush loves to cake up itself). I contoured up my cheekbones and face outline with the <b>Flormar Bronzing Powder,</b> my go-to as it is not too dark for my pale skin.</div>
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Now onto to the best part: highlight! <b>The ColourPop Super Shock Highlighter in Smoke N' Whistles </b>is great for quick application onto the cheekbones, above the eyebrows, the nose, and lightly on the forehead and chin. I added a bit of an extra shine with the<b> Benefit High Beam </b>highlighter.</div>
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I wanted a summer-y peach colour for my lips, so my <b>MAC lipstick in Sweet & Sour </b>was what I reached for, applied with a touch of the <b>Tanya Burr lipgloss in Champagne Toast.</b></div>
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The finishing touch? The <b>Cover FX Illuminating Setting Spray. </b>It illuminates, it sets, and most importantly, the mist makes you feel like a goddess.</div>
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Queen of Quirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390272910085302204noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773258551569319350.post-65104522396171640462017-07-28T10:00:00.000+01:002021-01-09T23:36:55.535+00:00MUSIC | My Festival Experience at Longitude 2017<br />
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<i>Longitude Festival was a blast. While it was pretty hectic and crazy at times, the music and friends I went with made it the ideal summer weekend...</i></div>
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I went on Saturday and Sunday; read on to see some pictures and a breakdown of my looks, what I thought of the music and my own experience. Make sure you are subscribed to my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/queenofquirk" target="_blank">YouTube channel </a>to see my Get Ready with Me videos and vlogs from the festival.</div>
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<b>DAY ONE</b></div>
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<u>THE LOOK</u></div>
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<u>Scarf</u>: American Eagle</div>
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<u>Dungarees</u>: H&M</div>
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<u>Bralette</u>: Hollister</div>
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<u>Bum bag</u>: my mum (<span style="font-size: x-small;">I have no idea where she got it)</span></div>
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<u>Shoes (not visible)</u>: Vans</div>
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My sister Emily and I attempted to rap with Skepta together, pretty hopelessly, while we waited for the big act The Weeknd. Skepta was good; we didn't really know his music that well, so we just waited for the chorus of each song to come around so we could rap with him, kind of ("...shutdown... shutdown... shutdown...).</div>
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It was very disappointing that Catfish and the Bottlemen were scheduled at the same time as The Weeknd; I would have loved to see Catfish, but Emily and I decided to stick to the bigger act. His voice was perfect, and the opening number to his set, 'Starboy', was epic. His songs got a bit slower, but after a while, he picked it up, finishing off with "I Can't Feel My Face", "I Feel It Coming" and "The Hills". </div>
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There were not as many acts on Saturday that sparked my interest, yet I got to get my bearings at Marlay Park. </div>
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<u>THE EXPERIENCE</u></div>
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Emily and I arrived a bit late, at around five. The queuing in was very busy and mad at this time, as it was probably the popular time to head in. We got our wristbands and made it into the festival.</div>
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Emily met up with her friends, while I met up with mine, and we promised to join again later for a bit of Skepta and the Weeknd. I found Lauren and Lillie, and since they weren't any acts that we were dying to see, we had a browse around. We sat and listened to a bit of Mac Miller, and I also got to see Chloe and Evelyn and their friends for a while, as well as a few people from my school.</div>
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I was so surprised by the size of the festival, and the amount of people there. I understood how easy it would be to get lost, which thankfully did not happen to me throughout the weekend. The weather was a little cloudy, with sunshine every now and then, but it worsened to drizzle later on once I reunited with Emily again. </div>
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That did not dampen our spirits though, as once you enter Longitude, it's as if your day goes from a 4/10 to a 9/10. (Mostly) everyone was happy and feeling good. These feel good vibes distracted me from complaining too much about the passive smoking, rubbish and excessive spilling of alcohol. To be honest, the portaloos weren't even that bad, and there were loads of them so I never queued for that long. Win, win!</div>
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The Weeknd ended, and Emily and I walked up the closed road to my Dad's car. I was exhausted, and could not understand how people could do <i>three</i> days of this festival. It's all go...</div>
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<b>DAY TWO</b></div>
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Milky Chance had our Sunday of Longitude off to a great start. The girls and I jammed out to their reggae-like indie folk tunes in the sunshine. Even the songs that were not recognisable were fun to listen to.</div>
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JP Cooper was next. The area, Whelan's, was way too small; it was packed at his set. My friends and I got in at the right time as it filled up really quickly. I'm surprised Longitude didn't give him the Heineken Stage, since his song "September Song" is such a hit here. His voice live was the highlight; it sounded like melted chocolate, a mix of Shawn Mendes and John Legend. I got to go on a guy's shoulders for a bit of "September Song", which was one of the best and worst decisions I have ever made. The girls know why.</div>
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Anna loves Jack Garratt, so we were for sure going to see him. I quite like a few his songs, but boy did my appreciation for him soar as he drummed away like there was no tomorrow. His set was electric, each song building up slowly as he did all the instrument work himself - super impressive.</div>
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And finally, the night ended with Mumford & Sons, who were not as good as we expected them to be. They had the African singer Baaba Maal sing a song or two, which was alright, and their hits were brilliant, but otherwise they were a little bit boring. Nothing too special. At the very end, they brought out a few surprise guests, including the one and only Hozier. The girls and I were over the moon.</div>
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Sunday was spent with these lovely gals, Anna, Sarah and Rachael. We arrived at around half two to the festival, and it was wonderfully empty compared to the previous evening. There was room to run about and lay in the sun without fear of being trampled on, and nice, rubbish-free grass. It was all to change later on of course, so we took the opportunity to relax and hang out in the lovely sun. The atmosphere was very relaxed and chill, and it was nice to see some more school friends, as well as Lauren and Chloe and Co. again.</div>
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After Milky Chance, we explored some more and had a bit of grub from Wok Out, all while taking numerous photos and selfies of course. We even got to win free Coca-Cola hats by taking pictures at their stand. </div>
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JP Cooper, Jack Garratt and Mumford & Sons were all one after the other from 7 pm onwards, so we were busy walking from stage to stage in the evening. Everything got more hectic at around seven. It's mad to think this, but somehow, Sunday was busier than Saturday by the end of the day. You could hardly see the ground as you walked, and the four of us had to hold hands at one stage to avoid getting separated. Yet it was inevitable, as the four of us had to split into two pairs so I could go to the bathroom, and it was hard then to reunite. But we did it, wooh!</div>
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My festival experience at Longitude was unforgettable. I had such a whirlwind weekend of good music, good people and so much amazing festival fashion to admire. McDonald's was well needed on the way home from the festival on Sunday - I was wrecked. </div>
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The downsides to the weekend were so minor, as I really enjoyed my first festival, and it's for certain that festivals are my thing. If the lineup is good next year I'd love to go again!</div>
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<i>Time has flown since I came home from America. </i><i>Roaming Vine Street in Los Angeles feels like a century ago...</i></div>
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But then again, it feels like yesterday. I remember the warm evening heat, the never ending series of stars on the street, the tall palm trees outlining the fading blue sky. Unfortunately, I also remember that our street did not feel particularly safe. That's one thing I forgot about L.A. since my last visit: it may be the city of dreams, the place to get yourself out there and create a life but it is still a city, and just about every city has its flaws.</div>
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These were taken on the night we arrived in Los Angeles. I had this outfit in mind while we were travelling in the car to the city; I wanted a look that was effortlessly put together, and I thought of the shirt I picked up in Hollister in San Diego, styled with my ripped jeans and silver shoes.</div>
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The shirt has cute, tiny illustrations of summer-y things, like pineapples, parrots and ice cream, and they popped as the simple grey jeans focused attention to the shirt. I wore my daily jewellery and shades I had bought in a market in Mexico, possibly real Ray Bans, but more than likely not. </div>
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Throughout the holiday I made a habit of using my sunglasses as an accessory, a headband to keep my hair back. My brother called me out on this, but I think I may as well whip out the shades in the summer season whenever I can, even when the sun is not shining. The power of fashion, people.</div>
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<u>SHIRT</u>: HOLLISTER | <u>JEANS</u>: AMERICAN EAGLE | <u>SHOES</u>: CLARKS | <u>GLASSES</u>: some Mexican market | <u>JEWELLERY</u>: TED BAKER</div>
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We ate at this sushi place that was quite similar to Yo Sushi, a place where usually, I would not get sushi, but hot dishes instead. Yet, at the L.A. Yo-Sushi-that-wasn't-Yo-Sushi, I discovered I have a liking for sushi. I feel like eating sushi now. Sushi. </div>
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If you're subscribed to my YouTube channel, you might have seen my recent upload all about my purchases from the US, including this shirt and sunglasses. You may not have seen it though, or you might not even subscribed (if so, get to it, click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/queenofquirk" target="_blank">here</a>), so have a watch down below if you'd like to see what other fashion and beauty bits and bobs I picked up across the Atlantic.</div>
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It's finally time to move on from all things <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/qoqinusa/" target="_blank">#QOQinUSA</a> (well, online at least, I myself will always be reminiscing about my travels). I can't believe it's been over two weeks since I've returned. Since then, I've been volunteering at a summer camp, catching up with friends and reading John Green books.</div>
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Up next? Longitude Festival this weekend!</div>
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<i>Los Angeles, La La Land, L.A., the city of stars. What a pleasure it was to return as a teenager...</i></div>
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I first visited L.A. when I was nine years old. Michael Jackson had just died; think flowers on his star, flowers outside his house in Beverly Hills, and grieving for the fantastic singer everywhere we went. It was an interesting time to visit. Since then, especially now in my teenage years and with my growing interest in films and all things art, I was keen on returning to the city. The movie <i>La La Land</i>, when I watched it for the first time back in January, was one of the main reasons why I wanted to visit L.A. again.</div>
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So, I convinced my parents to bring us back to Hollywood for our America trip as I quickly became a<i> La La Land</i> fanatic, the girl who knows the whole soundtrack, even instrumentals, like the back of her hand. I felt the last time I visited I was only in love with the America Girl shop, so this time, I was to appreciate the land of film like the real entertainment-junkie I am.</div>
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We stayed in the Redbury on Vine Street ( yes, Vine Street), and our first full day was jam packed with a fun Warner Bros. Tour, visiting<i> La La Land</i> sets and finding the most Instagrammable spots of L.A... oh yes, I went that far.</div>
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I loved the Warner Bros. tour. It was so cool to see famous costumes, props and sets from <i>Batman</i> and <i>Fantastic Beasts</i> but the tour guide did not add to it. He was that bit too cheesy and annoying, but at least he was fun.</div>
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I got to live the Hogwarts dream and ride a broomstick, waving around a wand (check out the video above for footage). Expelliarmus! </div>
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Warner Bros. is the company behind so many iconic TV shows like <i>Friends, Gilmore Girls </i>and<i> Pretty Little Liars</i> and films including <i>Casablanca</i>, which I still have to see, DC movies and <i>Gravity</i>. I got to see costumes, props and sets from all of those amazing shows and films, but a huge highlight for us was seeing the <i>Big Bang Theory</i> set.</div>
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Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures of anything. Leonard and Sheldon's apartment, Penny's apartment and the little hall in between with the broken elevator looked even cooler in real life, but smaller. That is because of 'forced perspective', according to the tour guide, as the cameras make the rooms look bigger.</div>
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If you follow my Instagram, you'll know the highlight of the tour was seeing the café Mia Dolan works in from <i>La La Land. </i>Technically, it's a Lionsgate film, yet the set was still there as the Golden Globe and Oscar winning film filmed a lot of scenes in Warner Bros. Studios. I was pretty much trying to keep myself together when I got off the tour bus to run around and admire the yellow umbrellas and mint coloured building. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling walked where I walked. Woah.</div>
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If you thought I was finito with <i>La La Land</i> talk, you're oh so wrong. After the tour we bopped over to see the Hollywood sign (scroll up to see those photos), and the Griffith Observatory. It was closed that day, so I couldn't waltz my way around inside trying to re-enact the film, yet I still got the chance to pose for some pictures (for my next visit, I will go inside, I will).</div>
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If you want some cool murals to strut your stuff in front of, Melrose Avenue is the place to go. It has some really cool shops there too, and I'm pretty sure we passed the filming of an ad or something - well, that's Hollywood! I loved the colourful wings, and the rainbow wall was pretty snazzy. It's at the side of Paul Smith, where the wall is usually pink but was multi-coloured for Pride month, I presume (I got little pink at the side of the building, woooh!). I'd say the Made in L.A. pictures would have looked cooler if the sun decided to stay up in the sky a little longer.</div>
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That night we browsed the Hollywood Walk of Fame by Grauman's Chinese Theatre, posing with some stars and me fitting my hands into Jennifer Lawrence's. We have the same hands!!!</div>
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The next day, we went shopping in The Grove (some cute buys in Brandy Melville <3) before Dad drove us to Santa Monica. There were clouds in Santa Monica when we arrived. Clouds! How dare you, Los Angeles.</div>
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We walked up the beach, then up the pier and my sister and I decided to try out a rollercoaster. We went front row, which was so worth it, and it was pretty good since we went around twice. We had a view of the whole pier from up high and got a thrill out of the ride.</div>
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<i>The Book of Mormon</i> - a fantastic, hilarious musical. I'm big into musicals, and this famous one about Christian Mormons was on my to-watch list for ages. I sported my sister's stunning pink/coral dress to the famous Pantages Theatre near our hotel. The Broadway musical was surprisingly inappropriate and rude, but so much fun, and the songs and dance numbers were spectacular. 'Turn it Off' was the highlight!</div>
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L.A. was a brilliant stop on our American trip. Quick, but busy. Next, and finally, was Las Vegas; I am not going to do a blogpost on Las Vegas, but you can go to my channel and watch my Vegas Travel Diary <a href="https://www.youtube.com/queenofquirk" target="_blank">here</a>. The O Show, relaxing by the pool and Queen + Adam Lambert were the best parts of those few days there, and that's pretty much it for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/qoqinusa/" target="_blank">#QOQinUSA</a>! </div>
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Other than one little outfit blogpost and a little haul I will be posting soon, that is pretty much it for my USA travel content. I hope you enjoyed reading and watching my adventures from the States. Stay tuned for some exciting festival videos and blogposts soon...</div>
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San Diego is pretty classy, and I hope it stays that way.</div>
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Not our first time in California, but our third location of our American travels after New Orleans was San Diego, a new location my family had not yet visited. I had only really heard of San Diego from the 'Anchorman' movies (there were lots of references made), but from the moment we came to the minute we left, I felt some lovely vibes from this city.</div>
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I felt like we didn't have a lot of time to see lots of San Diego; on our first full day we spent the whole time in this wonderful shopping centre or <i>mall, </i>and our second day was spent across the border in Mexico (read about that adventure <a href="http://www.queenofquirk.com/2017/06/travel-day-in-mexico.html#more" target="_blank">here</a>). Our single full day in San Diego, outside of a shopping mall, was lovely; the summer weather in San Diego is ideal, and was hardly like a touristy gimmicky place at all. </div>
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After shopping 'til we dropped on our first day (literally, I dropped on to my hotel bed once we returned), we changed and went out for dinner at a seafood restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter. This is a busy nightlife area with lots of restaurants and lit up bicycles, and I'm pretty sure we passed an 'exclusive private' party while walking around. Snazzy.</div>
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After an exhausting day in <a href="http://www.queenofquirk.com/2017/06/travel-day-in-mexico.html#more" target="_blank">Mexico</a>, we took it easy on our last day and went on a relaxing ferry ride out to Coronado, a resort city of San Diego county. We rented electric bikes - it was the coolest hour of cycling ever. No pedalling required! I felt like I was motorcycling!<br />
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In the gorgeous San Diego heat and light breeze, we passed public parks, paddle boarders on the blue water, many palm trees and stunning house estates around the place. My family have come to the conclusion that we should move there, to live in those Beverly-Hills-like houses (in our dreams).</div>
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After the cycle around, Dad, Emily and I got ice cream in Coldstone Creamery. I got birthday cake flavour... <i>birthday cake</i> flavour! It was delish.</div>
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We dined at an Italian that night near our hotel, prepping ourselves for the morning car journey ahead - from San Diego to Los Angeles! Stay tuned.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I spent over twelve hours in Mexico recently - a quick, fun trip filled with new food, pretty views and driving along in a mini van!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My family booked a whole day tour with <a href="http://www.bajabordertours.com/" target="_blank">Baja Border Tours</a>. Our guide, West, was lovely. He’s Colombian, but knows lots about Baja California, the state of Mexico we visited. We left at around 9 am from our hotel in San Diego. West helped us with the border requirements, and soon we were in a new country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our first stop was at a beach in Tijuana. We had beef tamales, which looked… interesting but tasted really good. I was waiting for the sun to come out; it was still cloudy, as Mexico was in the ‘June Gloom’ season. West said I’d be complaining about the sun later on, and he was so right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Next, West drove us to a market in Rosarito. It was so colourful and full of so many beautiful bags and ponchos (and cheap sunglasses, of which I bought a pair). I picked up a patterned tote bag for myself from one of the market stalls. I can’t wait to use it now I am at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We made our way to Popotla beach for lunch. While we waited for lunch, we walked up and down the beautiful beach, packed with stalls and young families. Boats drive in to bring in fresh fish, gutted and prepared for local restaurants. It was very busy and fun, and the blue sea looked so inviting, but we didn’t bring any swimming gear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lunch was a typical Mexican fish</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> dish which was shared between us all - delicious! We made tacos with the fish with rice and guacamole and thinking about it makes my mouth water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We stopped at so many cool places on the way to Ensenada. There was a hotel that has the walls of the ‘Titanic’ set in it, a huge Jesus statue with an unreal view, and cliff top area that resembled Greece that had an even cooler view. West stopped at an ice cream stand which sold ice creams of exotic Mexican fruits, which were sweet and refreshing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Near the end of the evening, we arrived at a wine tasting place outside of Ensenada called Cuatro Cuatros, where we got another lift to a rural, scenic cliff side area. My parents and brother and sister all enjoyed a glass of wine, water for moi, while the sun set. It was at this point I had realised I was sun burnt on my back. Fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We viewed the city Ensenada from up high on a hill, and it was beautiful. There were so many lights twinkling in the distance. It is a huge city of a population of half a million people. I saw that the nightlife was pretty energetic when we passed the streets in the car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our night was finished with a visit to a taco fast food-y kind of restaurant in Tijuana city. The atmosphere was buzzing with lots of people chatting and the cooks making the tacos </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">insanely</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> fast. It was one of the best tacos I’ve ever tasted in my life. If my family had visited Tijuana without West, we would never have found this place, which could be said for most of the things we did that day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is always exciting visiting another country. In the car driving along the Mexican roads, I’d watch the scenery pass by, the dusty and dry mountains and blue sky. It is crazy how much the landscape changes when you drive from California, USA to Baja California, Mexico. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">West, being Colombian, spoke in Spanish to all of the locals, so we didn’t have to be lost in translation with any Mexicans. The people of the places we visited were friendly, smiley and proud of their craft, whether it was tacos, tamales or sweets. West successfully showed the wonderful side of the country. I felt we got an authentic taste of Mexican life, nothing compared to what any other one day bus tours could do. It is a beautiful place with beautiful people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This day in Mexico was probably one of the most memorable of the whole trip, probably because of how different it was to anything we have done before. West truly made it a successful day; the tour was over 15 hours, including queuing in and out for the border, and we arrived back in San Diego at 1 am. Wild! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to West for making our first ever time in Mexico an unforgettable one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>You know what you do when you have about three weeks to summer exams and ColourPop has free international shipping? You treat yourself, of course.</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I kept hearing about ColourPop on social media and from numerous YouTubers impression and haul videos, so I was very tempted to order some products to try them out, taking the opportunity of free shipping. They're an LA brand, reasonably cheap and on trend, plus they are cruelty free. </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I bought two lip stains and a highlighter, which I believe are their bestselling products, and for free received another mini lip stain (which I am yet to try out). </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’d say it took about two or so weeks to come, but that’s an estimate. In the midst of the busy study month of May, I was thrilled to come home from school and to see the box on my hall table. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I opened it up, and as you can see in the pictures, ColourPop certainly has the best delivery packaging. “You’re such a koala-ty friend” - how cute is that? It made my day opening up my order, and I couldn’t wait to try out my new makeup. I had to wait ’til summer rolled in…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This was the first lip product I tried out, for an 18th birthday party on the first evening of summer. I had a tan, so the colour was a perfect brown. The texture is very glossy at first, but it then dries to a matte, but soft, feel. It has high pigmentation, and is long lasting. It did come off a little bit and stain on to glasses though, but the colour stayed, and it was very comfortable and not too glossy. The picture on the website is misleading though; I thought it was going to be more pink, but at least I love nude-brown shades. This has been my go-to throughout my travels in the US.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For some reason, I forgot I ordered a part-crème-part-powder highlighter. I was surprised by the formula, which has a heavenly, soft, cushion-y feel to it. I forgot my highlighter brush on the USA trip, so I first applied it using my fingers. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">With its creamy formula,</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I honestly think its better to use a finger and to collect a good bit to translate it onto the skin. As you can see in the photos, my cheekbones are poppin'. It’s very pigmented, and even though the product itself looks pink, it is silvery on my complexion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was intrigued by this shade of Ultra Matte because it was created by Kathleen Lights, a big beauty guru on YouTube. I did apply this on the night of the 18th, but I didn’t expect it to be so dark (there's no lip swatch on the site), so I switched to Magic Wand. I tried it again going to a Battle of the Bands before I went away, and I loved it! It’s a dark purple, very matte and non-sticky, and it lasted a long time - just about all day really. It faded slightly when I ate and drank, but a little re-applying does no harm. It’s very flattering, which is great for such a stand out colour. My tan is gone now, but it is still a very nice colour for my skin tone. I love wearing bold colours, so this was a gem of a buy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We stayed in a really cool Air’n’B near the French Quarter. In the Quarter, there’s a huge market where I picked up a pretty New Orleans black and white t-shirt. On the day of our arrival, a Creole Tomato festival was taking place. I’m not a huge fan of tomatoes, except on pizza, yet the atmosphere was buzzing, a fun band playing and an adorable elderly couple dancing to their hearts content. I already got the idea that New Orleans was a very musical place when I watched a random group of guys playing some jazz in the street. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That afternoon and evening were pleasantly sunny, but I woke up to grey skies the next day. We were lucky to have hopped onto a sightseeing bus to avoid the torrential rain and thunder. After being driven around the city for a while, we hopped off and shopped in Canal Place. Some damage was done in Banana Republic and Anthropologie, and we headed home. We couldn’t do much in the rain, so we relaxed for a bit before heading out for dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We ate at a gorgeous, posh restaurant called August, where we laughed at the </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">amuse bouche </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">that reminded us of our crisp sandwiches from home. We returned to Frenchmen Street for more live music and a stroll around the Art Market.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our final day in New Orleans was for the most part spent in the outskirts at the Whitney Plantation. This Plantation tour was focused on the lives of the enslaved in the 19th century. I was moved by the thousands of names on the memorial walls, and we saw the original shacks that they lived in and the surprisingly small house of the rich. Back then, second slavery existed, meaning the enslaved were not technically slaves anymore but had no option but to work for very little wages on the same plantation. It was a very interesting tour; it’s crazy to try and comprehend the lives of the enslaved. (Parts of ‘Django Unchained’ was filmed there; pretty interesting since I love that film). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The sun was beating at Whitney, then back in the city, it began pouring rain and roaring thunder, once again. So, we chilled for a while before dinner at Adolfo’s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Despite the terrible weather, our time in New Orleans was well spent. It is a very unique, quirky (ayyyyy) city. The people, even the Uber drivers, were all lovely, and it’s the perfect place to visit to see a different side to the US.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">Stay tuned for my New Orleans travel diary video on my </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQAsQ5bbgG0ubLu3PHrwJaw" style="color: #9c65ff; font-family: georgia, utopia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>, while you wait for that, check out my New York one, and keep a look out for more blogposts on my travels!</div>
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