Wednesday, 24 August 2011

5. Go to Walt Disney World again.


So I know I’ve only just posted, but this was something that I’d completed about a week ago, and thought that I should blog about it now while I can still remember what actually happened.

For two weeks in August, I went to Walt Disney World in Florida – and yes, the weather was scorching. It came as quite a shock to me as I had last been there when I was six, and for the past ten years have only dealt with the cold weather that we are so used to here in Britain. It was shorts and skirts every day, something which didn’t sit well with me, a girl whose whole wardrobe pretty much consists of skinny jeans and band t-shirts. Also, when you weren’t being burnt to a cinder by the sun, you were getting drenched by the rain; I wore some shoes that I had customised with Sharpies, and by the end of the first day, it was already beginning to wash away, a definite disappointment.

Anyway, the basic rundown of the two weeks there were:
Day 1: Magic Kingdom

Day 2: Epcot

Day 3: Animal Kingdom

Day 4: DisneyQuest/Downtown Disney
Day 5: Hollywood Studios
Day 6-7: Repeat of Disney Parks
Day 8: Shopping & attempt to see parade and fireworks at Magic Kingdom, which were then cancelled due to rain ¬_¬
Day 9: Gatorland

Day 10: SeaWorld
Day 11: Do nothing all day, then see parade and fireworks at Magic Kingdom (not cancelled this time yay!)

Day 12: Finish off Disney Parks
Day 13: Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios (last day, so we were trying to get as much use out of the tickets as possible)
Day 14: HOME TIME!

While it was fun, I am definitely glad to be back home again :)

P.S. Might I just add, you only know you’re at Disney once you see Cinderella’s Castle.
P.P.S. Also, I took some cool pictures of ducks and parrots; here's two of them.


101 things to do!

Hey! This is my new blog, and it's going to be featuring my bucket list of things to do before I die. Hopefully this will help me to become more inspired to complete things off it.


Now the full list is down the side of my blog (and will be updated as I complete items off it), but I have put it here too, seeing as this is the first post of the blog.

    1. Learn to dance.
    2. Jump into water fully clothed.
    3. Play a gig with a band.
    4. Develop a crush on someone attainable.
    5. Go to Walt Disney World again.
    6. Rescue animals.
    7. Take a cross-country road trip with friends.
    8. Write a book... a good book that people will want to read.
    9. Graduate from high school & university.
    10. Play the ultimate prank.
    11. Fall in love at least once.
    12. Buy my own car.
    13. Get passionately kissed in the rain.
    14. Sneak out in the middle of the night and do something fun.
    15. Make up your own sign language with your friends.
    16. Make a secret club.
    17. Pull an all-nighter with your closest friends and see the sunrise.
    18. Watch the sun set and the stars come out one by one with someone you love.
    19. Find your mission in life
    20. Rock climb, skydive, parasail, bungee jump, and scuba dive.
    21. Jump off a rope that's hanging from a tree into a freshwater lake like in the movies.
    22. Learn to play an instrument.
    23. Be on T.V.
    24. Throw the best party ever.
    25. Party so hard you forgot what happened the night before.
    26. Splurge on something really expensive.
    27. Get a World Record in something crazy.
    28. Go on holiday with no luggage (except essentials in hand luggage).
    29. Keep a diary for a whole year.
    30. Give blood.
    31. Reach your ideal clothing size (8) and treat yourself to a new wardrobe.
    32. Learn how to ice-skate properly.
    33. Get a complete makeover (hairstyle, hair colour, image, clothes).
    34. Live in a different country for at least 6 months.
    35. Make 1,000 origami cranes in a year.
    36. Tour New York City and attend a Broadway play.
    37. Have your teeth whitened.
    38. Do something that scares you.
    39. Write a song that inspires people.
    40. Make a prank phone-call to a close friend.
    41. See every concert in a tour by a band.
    42. Find a style of clothing that works for you.
    43. Travel First Class on an airplane.
    44. Get a star named after me or name it after someone else.
    45. Be in at least one long-term relationship.
    46. Go to a midnight premier of a film, and then go eat at 3am.
    47. De-clutter your life of all non-essential items (only do this once).
    48. Go and see some stand-up comedy.
    49. Learn to eat with chopsticks.
    50. Give someone a makeover and have them like the result.
    51. Do a gig as a stand-up comedian.
    52. Go to a fancy dress party dressed as your ‘twin’.
    53. See the snow fall in a different country.
    54. Cook a new recipe every day for a month.
    55. Learn to live with your flaws.
    56. Have that one moment in your life when you know everything’s going to be fine.
    57. Appreciate the beauty of nature.
    58. Get a million views on a YouTube video.
    59. Have an out-of-body experience.
    60. Have a good cry and get everything off your chest.
    61. Tell someone that you love them and have them say it back.
    62. Make up a joke that people actually think is funny.
    63. Do something that you will never do ever again.
    64. See an eclipse.
    65. Visit Latvia again.
    66. Move out of your parent’s house.
    67. Record a song.
    68. Make an idiot of yourself in public.
    69. Visit Ireland again.
    70. Eat every Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream flavour.
    71. Be in an eating contest.
    72. Make friends with a random person on the street.
    73. Go zorbing.
    74. Be a model in a fashion show.
    75. Meet your favourite celebrity.
    76. Get some ‘real’ photos of every single friend you have.
    77. Have a successful fashion blog.
    78. Make an effort with clothes.
    79. Get an article published.
    80. Stay in my pyjamas for a whole day with my friends.
    81. Perform on a street corner.
    82. Fill a pad of Post-It notes with random quotes that you love, and stick them all around a room.
    83. Leave a message in the sand for a stranger.
    84. See a shooting star.
    85. Go one day without food, and donate the amount you would have spent on food to a children’s charity.
    86. Give aid to people in disaster zones.
    87. Eat the world’s largest sandwich.
    88. Actually know the difference between conduction, convection and radiation.
    89. Go to a music festival.
    90. See a ‘Cirque du Soleil’ show.
    91. Find a pair of flats that I can wear!
    92. Go and see the Olympics and Winter Olympics.
    93. Build a massive snowman with my friends.
    94. Visit Tokyo.
    95. Go to a masquerade ball.
    96. Be in Times Square, New York for New Year’s Eve.
    97. Go on holiday with my friends.
    98. Make my own ice-cream flavour.
    99. Design and make my own clothes.
    100. Grow my own fruit.
    101. Find the perfect outfit.
Some of these are clearly easier than others to complete, with some being down to luck more than anything else, but I hope to complete them all :)

Well that's it for this first post. Hope you all keep reading :)