As I've been a viewer for about 4 years, I'd like to think of myself as an active member of the YouTube community. So when all this discussion about "YouTube Culture" began taking place, I literally cringed in my bean bag seat because I couldn't even believe something like this had become such an issue.
I noticed a lot of YouTubers were making videos about it and I've seen the odd tumblr post from a couple of viewers, but I don't think I've seen a viewer properly discuss the issue.
So here's my view.
To begin: the viewers. I don't understand the viewers who get distraught and upset when they see their favourite YouTuber being escorted to their meet up via a security/ bodyguard. Anybody who knows of these meet up events such as Vidcon and Playlist Live know how busy and popular they are. Its simply just a safety procedure they have to abide by and I'm sure they didn't demand they have a muscly man walk them around. Say if they bumped into a crowd of viewers by mistake when they actually had a meeting/interview/panel to do, they do not have the time to stand in a crowd of people and take selfies with them all. As I saw Dan (Danisnotonfire) mention in a YouNow show of his, if everybody signed a contract of some sort to promise that they as an individual would act respectively, calmly and sensibly at these events then sure YouTubers would be casually strolling around, taking pictures, talking to viewers etc. But also like Dan said it only takes one crazy fangirl to ruin everybody else's time. Barriers are too just a safety procedure and a method of crowd control. I also think its down to the big 'boom' that YouTube has experienced. It has become massively popular over the last year and so events are going to be a lot more busy and packed. Without queuing systems a YouTuber wouldn't be able to meet anywhere near enough people as effectively. Now I'm not saying the current queuing system at these meet ups are perfect; yes they have their flaws, but until somebody comes up with a more efficient way for a YouTuber to meet hundreds/thousands of viewers over the space of a few days then please let the organisers know.
Moving onto the way viewers act around YouTubers. I have to say I can't even watch most meet and greet videos people upload because the way they act around these YouTubers is so embarrassing. YouTubers are the most normal famous people ever. Think about it. They took a camera, spoke to it, edited the footage and uploaded it onto a website. That's literally all they have done. I'm not saying its wrong to get excited or happy when you meet them, of course that's okay. I mean I've heard so many 'YouTubers have saved my life' stories. But just don't treat them like a God and spend hours upon hours asking for a follow back and then saying you're going to kill yourself if they don't. I'm sure they don't like having that much pressure on them! You're giving them all this unnecessary power, then complaining that they're acting like some A-list celebrity. Don't complain about them acting this way if you're going to treat them that way.
Now : the YouTubers. Unfortunately there are some YouTubers out there who clearly milk that fact that they've been placed on this pedestal. Bringing up a point that Nathan (TheThirdPew) made in a video, YouTubers need to try and remove themselves from this position. You can't complain that your 'fans' are giving you this status that you didn't ask for when you do nothing to make it clear to them that you're uncomfortable about it. If your viewers understood the fact that you don't actually like it when they start begging you for a follow back on twitter, then I'm sure most of them would calm the heck down. Also another point I'd like to make is when YouTubers treat their audience like idiotic 10 year olds. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS. I can't even begin to tell you how frustrating it is as a 16 year old, sensible, calm viewer to be referred to as a stupid 10 year old fan. I appreciate YouTubers follow their audience demographic which informs them the age ranges of their audience and a lot of that tells them their audiences are young. But please don't generalise, it makes me want to shout at the screen sometimes.
This moves me onto my final point. YouTubers please respect your audience. We put you where you are, so don't patronise us and treat us like fools. Most of us are a lot smarter than you think. Don't let a few silly fangirls make you generalise your whole audience.
To conclude I'd say this debate goes hand in hand on both sides. Viewers: do not complain that a YouTuber is acting like a celebrity when you treat them like one. YouTubers: make sure your viewers know that you're not a God that should be worshipped if you're uncomfortable with it.
Communication people.
Think that's all for today
Till next time
Katherine x
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Onwards and Upwards
Well, hasn't it been a while? I apologise as I have no appropriate excuse as to why I haven't updated my blog in a very long time, other than laziness of course. But now I do have a lot to update you all on so here we go.
To begin with: GCSEs. They're done! I cannot even begin to tell you how lovely it is to wake up in the morning and not have a mild panic attack about having an exam later that afternoon, or have some last minute revision to cram into an afternoon. Its glorious to be honest and I've been taking full advantage of my well-deserved time off and been sleeping in till about 1:30PM...because I can. But don't get me wrong I have actually been socialising as well as having those much needed lazy days. In fact I've been to a theme park, gone to the cinema, been shopping and just had pretty chilled days with my friends. Summer has definitely not been disappointing so far.
Now I move onto discuss something that is recently become one of my fondest memories of high school: Prom. Prom was fantastic! Most of my year was feeling pretty pessimistic about the whole event for various reasons; thinking the music would be rubbish, crap food etc. But from the start I personally was looking forward to wearing my dress and having a final year party with my year group. It completely fulfilled my expectations and was even better than I expected. Of course for the first 40 minutes or so there was that 'nobody's dancing' awkwardness, but eventually everybody gave up caring and soon the dance floor was filled with our year group singing and having a great time. Once I got home, of course I had blisters the size of caterpillars across my feet...but in my opinion it showed I had a good night on my feet dancing the whole time.
Here is a photo of my friends and I on the big night:
To begin with: GCSEs. They're done! I cannot even begin to tell you how lovely it is to wake up in the morning and not have a mild panic attack about having an exam later that afternoon, or have some last minute revision to cram into an afternoon. Its glorious to be honest and I've been taking full advantage of my well-deserved time off and been sleeping in till about 1:30PM...because I can. But don't get me wrong I have actually been socialising as well as having those much needed lazy days. In fact I've been to a theme park, gone to the cinema, been shopping and just had pretty chilled days with my friends. Summer has definitely not been disappointing so far.
Now I move onto discuss something that is recently become one of my fondest memories of high school: Prom. Prom was fantastic! Most of my year was feeling pretty pessimistic about the whole event for various reasons; thinking the music would be rubbish, crap food etc. But from the start I personally was looking forward to wearing my dress and having a final year party with my year group. It completely fulfilled my expectations and was even better than I expected. Of course for the first 40 minutes or so there was that 'nobody's dancing' awkwardness, but eventually everybody gave up caring and soon the dance floor was filled with our year group singing and having a great time. Once I got home, of course I had blisters the size of caterpillars across my feet...but in my opinion it showed I had a good night on my feet dancing the whole time.
Here is a photo of my friends and I on the big night:
(I'm in the middle)
Finally I move onto what's next for me. So as Prom came to an end I came to the realisation that high school was over for me and that was pretty emotional. But I'm quite excited to start Sixth Form next year and only study the subjects I actually like. I've decided to take Drama, English Literature, History and Law...you can tell I wasn't a fan of Maths or Science. I' m looking forward to getting treated a little more like an adult and of course what's most important; wearing much nicer uniform.
Well I think that pretty much sums up what you've missed out on over these past few months without boring you too much. I'm going to be trying to update a lot more now, since from writing this blog post I've reminded myself how much I love it. My posts won't always be life-updates, as my life currently isn't too interesting but probably opinions and concepts that frequently cross my mind that some of you may find of interest.
Anyway, that's all from me for now
Till next time
Katherine x
Friday, 28 March 2014
Always A Rainbow After Rain
Insecurities. Everybody has them. Whether they be about your personality or appearance, everyone has something they don't like about themselves.
I don't want this to be a stereotypical 'Don't bully people' post, but I wanted to raise the issue, just as a little reminder that we are all human and everybody has feelings whether they're made obvious or not.
As I'm finishing up my time at high school I look back and think about how I was lucky enough never to be bullied throughout my time at school. A few remarks from silly pre-pubescent boys were made about my weight and my (in admittance quite chubby) face in my early years of high school, but nothing that was serious enough to be declared bullying.
However as I was about 13 whilst these remarks were being said, I didn't really know how to respond. I had a brilliant time at primary school and no one ever mentioned appearance or properly insulted anyone based on it. So when I did get insulted once I started high school, I didn't know how to deal with it and ended up getting really upset over it. I remember at one stage I thought my face was so fat and chubby that I began sucking in my cheeks to make my face look slimmer. Don't worry, soon enough I realised I was being absolutely ridiculous.
But it just goes to show how much words can effect somebody; you don't know what a person is going through so it really may not be the time to make a little remark on someone's acne or hair colour or teeth etc, even if it is only meant as a joke. I appreciate that the insults made towards me were only ever meant as a bit of banter and none of the boys who were making these insults ever meant to upset me. They were young, immature and silly young 13 year old boys. (however unfortunately some of which still haven't grown up)
As you get older you realise that people's opinions really don't matter. In saying that I am being slightly hypocritical as yes, I do still care about what people think of me. I would love to sit here and tell you I didn't but that's not the truth, I care if someone thinks I'm mean, or bitchy, or annoying or ugly. I try my best every day to make sure I don't give anyone a reason to hate me, but this isn't the way you should be. Having said that, I do stick up for myself. Just because I want people to like me, it doesn't mean that if someone is acting horribly towards me, I won't get angry and confront them. In fact sometimes my quick temper has got me into an argument or two...
But back to the point, if you are getting insulted at school by silly young boys, don't worry they will eventually grow up...well most of them anyway. If it's more serious however and you think you are a victim of bullying then please do tell someone and I'm sure you'll find someone more than willing to help you out.
Chin up buttercup.
Till next time
Katherine x
Thursday, 6 March 2014
The Best Is Yet To Come
So today's post is going to be about the end of Year 11. For those who do not go to school in Britain, Year 11 is when you are between the ages of 15-16 and its the final year of high school, so we have our very important GCSE exams in the summer.
We're already in spring and time is seriously ticking away. It feels like only yesterday I was putting up my Christmas tree listening to Wham's 'Last Christmas' and now we're over a quarter through this academic year. Especially as I leave school in May to begin my exams, I have a much shorter school year than usual.
The work load is pure stress. Having to revise for about 10 subjects, plus homework, coursework and catch up sessions after school = My brain exploding. The pressure that is put on us as students is seriously like nothing I've ever experienced before, so particularly for our year group its difficult to really discipline ourselves and realise how important this year is. In fact, last night when I had loads of homework and so much revision to do, I ended up lying on my bedroom floor with a pounding headache telling my self to calm down as I felt mentally pushed to my limit.
Since last night, its made me realise I need to get on top of things, my work and revision isn't going to do itself. But when doing this, if I feel I need a break just to de-stress then I'll allow myself to do so.
Moving onto something much more positive, I have my prom dress! Now I have to admit there is nothing more satisfying than finding a dress you love, trying it on and have it fit like it was made to measure. Mine fit like a glove which made me fall in love with it so much more. I have been one of the people to get their dress sorted out early as my mum and I agreed it would be much better to get my dress and everything sorted before revision really starts to kick off so that I can completely focus on my exams and not my dress. Plus looking online, a lot of the dresses I would have gone for were sold out completely. So I'm glad I got my dress early, because they seem to be selling out fast. In fact, when looking online, I found that my dress wasn't even on the website anymore, and when I ordered it there were only 3 left!
I'm really looking forward to the end of this year, as I feel I'm really ready for a change. I'm not moving school, but staying in my school's Sixth Form, but still the education system will be different and so will the subjects. I get to finally drop subjects like Maths and Science which I despise so much you wouldn't even believe. I'm greatly anticipating being treated like an adult and wearing a new (much nicer) uniform. On a sad note, one of my best friends is most likely leaving our school to go to a different college, so I'm really dreading the day where I have to properly say goodbye to her. (Still hoping she doesn't leave.) We also have a very long summer this year which is motivating me to work hard now.
So in summary, my school life is pretty depressing right now, but I'm highly optimistic about the near future.
Till next time
Katherine x
Also my friend started blogging and she's really great, so go and check her out: http://caitlinlaurengrace.weebly.com/
We're already in spring and time is seriously ticking away. It feels like only yesterday I was putting up my Christmas tree listening to Wham's 'Last Christmas' and now we're over a quarter through this academic year. Especially as I leave school in May to begin my exams, I have a much shorter school year than usual.
The work load is pure stress. Having to revise for about 10 subjects, plus homework, coursework and catch up sessions after school = My brain exploding. The pressure that is put on us as students is seriously like nothing I've ever experienced before, so particularly for our year group its difficult to really discipline ourselves and realise how important this year is. In fact, last night when I had loads of homework and so much revision to do, I ended up lying on my bedroom floor with a pounding headache telling my self to calm down as I felt mentally pushed to my limit.
Since last night, its made me realise I need to get on top of things, my work and revision isn't going to do itself. But when doing this, if I feel I need a break just to de-stress then I'll allow myself to do so.
Moving onto something much more positive, I have my prom dress! Now I have to admit there is nothing more satisfying than finding a dress you love, trying it on and have it fit like it was made to measure. Mine fit like a glove which made me fall in love with it so much more. I have been one of the people to get their dress sorted out early as my mum and I agreed it would be much better to get my dress and everything sorted before revision really starts to kick off so that I can completely focus on my exams and not my dress. Plus looking online, a lot of the dresses I would have gone for were sold out completely. So I'm glad I got my dress early, because they seem to be selling out fast. In fact, when looking online, I found that my dress wasn't even on the website anymore, and when I ordered it there were only 3 left!
I'm really looking forward to the end of this year, as I feel I'm really ready for a change. I'm not moving school, but staying in my school's Sixth Form, but still the education system will be different and so will the subjects. I get to finally drop subjects like Maths and Science which I despise so much you wouldn't even believe. I'm greatly anticipating being treated like an adult and wearing a new (much nicer) uniform. On a sad note, one of my best friends is most likely leaving our school to go to a different college, so I'm really dreading the day where I have to properly say goodbye to her. (Still hoping she doesn't leave.) We also have a very long summer this year which is motivating me to work hard now.
So in summary, my school life is pretty depressing right now, but I'm highly optimistic about the near future.
Till next time
Katherine x
Also my friend started blogging and she's really great, so go and check her out: http://caitlinlaurengrace.weebly.com/
Saturday, 1 March 2014
Till Death Do Us Part
WARNING: The subject I'm going to be talking about maybe a little distressing to some. So this is just a pre-warning that if the discussion of 'Death' freaks you out in any way, you may not feel comfortable reading this post. This may be an exaggeration, but I don't want to be responsible for scaring anyone.
So death. The reason why I find it so utterly terrifying is that its inevitable. Its going to happen to us all someday, and there's nothing we can do about it. Most people say its just like you're eternally sleeping, but I disagree. When you sleep, you dream a lot of the time. But that's due to your brain projecting images of deep thoughts and memories of people and places. But when you die, your entire body shuts down, including your organs. So this means that your brain cannot produce these images anymore, resulting in no dreams. Which leaves me with the question...What happens then?
The world is going to go on for a long time after our generation dies, so that means we are going to be seeing just blackness for a while. Like those nights when you don't dream, but the thing with this is that it eventually ends. We all wake up at some point, but with death that doesn't happen. What do you see, hear, smell? But of course, nothing because you're non-existent anymore.
As a Christian, I'm supposed to believe in Heaven and the after-life; how there's eternal life after this one with God. Do I believe this? Sure I'd love to, but whether I actually do is a different story. I guess you could say I do believe this as I do believe people have soul's within them and its your centre, your core. It makes you who you are but not in a genetic way, more of a spiritual way. And I believe something must happen with this soul, it must remain living, its the part of us that never dies. So yes, in fact I do believe in an after-life.
Sometimes I find myself thinking about this and I end up really freaking myself out. You only get one shot at life, and I find this pretty sad. We're all on a time limit, and we have that certain amount of time to do the best we can with this one life we're given.
But for those whose aren't as lucky as we are, their one life was spent starving and living in poverty, having a disability, living without a parent or parents.
This wasn't meant to turn into anything motivational, but the majority of us need to realise how lucky we are. That we have been lucky enough to receive a good life. And I cannot stress the importance of this, because we only get one of them. This is my motivation to hopefully fulfil my acting dream. Although it may sound cliché, I get one shot at life so I' going to run at it with my arms wide open, trying my best to achieve great things. What's the point in being unhappy in this limited time I've got?
I know this was quite sinister and I turned into a preacher by the end of it, but I just wanted to share my thoughts with you.
Till next time
Katherine x
So death. The reason why I find it so utterly terrifying is that its inevitable. Its going to happen to us all someday, and there's nothing we can do about it. Most people say its just like you're eternally sleeping, but I disagree. When you sleep, you dream a lot of the time. But that's due to your brain projecting images of deep thoughts and memories of people and places. But when you die, your entire body shuts down, including your organs. So this means that your brain cannot produce these images anymore, resulting in no dreams. Which leaves me with the question...What happens then?
The world is going to go on for a long time after our generation dies, so that means we are going to be seeing just blackness for a while. Like those nights when you don't dream, but the thing with this is that it eventually ends. We all wake up at some point, but with death that doesn't happen. What do you see, hear, smell? But of course, nothing because you're non-existent anymore.
As a Christian, I'm supposed to believe in Heaven and the after-life; how there's eternal life after this one with God. Do I believe this? Sure I'd love to, but whether I actually do is a different story. I guess you could say I do believe this as I do believe people have soul's within them and its your centre, your core. It makes you who you are but not in a genetic way, more of a spiritual way. And I believe something must happen with this soul, it must remain living, its the part of us that never dies. So yes, in fact I do believe in an after-life.
Sometimes I find myself thinking about this and I end up really freaking myself out. You only get one shot at life, and I find this pretty sad. We're all on a time limit, and we have that certain amount of time to do the best we can with this one life we're given.
But for those whose aren't as lucky as we are, their one life was spent starving and living in poverty, having a disability, living without a parent or parents.
This wasn't meant to turn into anything motivational, but the majority of us need to realise how lucky we are. That we have been lucky enough to receive a good life. And I cannot stress the importance of this, because we only get one of them. This is my motivation to hopefully fulfil my acting dream. Although it may sound cliché, I get one shot at life so I' going to run at it with my arms wide open, trying my best to achieve great things. What's the point in being unhappy in this limited time I've got?
I know this was quite sinister and I turned into a preacher by the end of it, but I just wanted to share my thoughts with you.
Till next time
Katherine x
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Once An Interest, Now An Obsession
Hello! Been a while, last time I did a rant and actually quite enjoyed it. So today I thought I'd bless you all once again with the pleasure of my opinions. So with that lets get started.
Fangirls. A group of people very well known in todays generation. In case you don't know, fangirls are basically a group of dedicated, loyal and could be argued highly obsessive fans. They don't necessarily have to be girls, but most of the time these fans are girls. Now before you make any assumptions I'm not here to completely slate fangirls. I think every teenager in this generation has an inner fangirl, for example I fan girl over Coldplay, Lana Del Ray, Bastille and many more. I even find myself being the stereotypical fangirl sometimes and go into One Direction phases. But anyway moving on.
Now in todays world, with the power of Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube etc all these obsessions people have are being heightened as they can access information, videos, pictures gifs all on the internet. And its endless. For example I could spend hours on YouTube searching different acoustic performances from Ed Sheeran, and in truth, I have!
Now keeping this in mind, I believe this is where it gets mostly out of control. Because we have so much access to all this information, it makes us delve deeper into our obsessions. However no matter how obsessed with something you may be, I offer advice: Whatever you do, never get too serious about your obsession and remember everyone has a different opinion.
I know this may seem like an odd piece of advice but hear me out.
'Beliebers' for example are known for their incredibly obsessive and annoying nature. Now if you are a 'Belieber' I am not discussing you directly, just your general fanbase. I believe that if most of Justin Bieber's fans weren't incredibly ignorant and immature, Justin Bieber wouldn't get half as much hate as he does. In my opinion, fangirls ruined Justin Bieber's reputation. Now I know that is a very controversial thing to say, but I think its true. Everyone now associates Justin Bieber with his army of 9 year old girls who will cut your head off if you say anything against him.
The same goes for One Direction and their 'Directioners', although not to Bieber's extent.
I know it pretty much just a maturity thing, and most of these young girls will grow out of it, but they're embarrassing themselves and when I go on twitter and see 9 year old girls getting into fights with 20 year olds over Justin Bieber, I physically cringe. Like this for example:
(Sorry for the explicit language)
Slight rant. Hope it made sense.
Till next time
Katherine x
Fangirls. A group of people very well known in todays generation. In case you don't know, fangirls are basically a group of dedicated, loyal and could be argued highly obsessive fans. They don't necessarily have to be girls, but most of the time these fans are girls. Now before you make any assumptions I'm not here to completely slate fangirls. I think every teenager in this generation has an inner fangirl, for example I fan girl over Coldplay, Lana Del Ray, Bastille and many more. I even find myself being the stereotypical fangirl sometimes and go into One Direction phases. But anyway moving on.
Now in todays world, with the power of Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube etc all these obsessions people have are being heightened as they can access information, videos, pictures gifs all on the internet. And its endless. For example I could spend hours on YouTube searching different acoustic performances from Ed Sheeran, and in truth, I have!
Now keeping this in mind, I believe this is where it gets mostly out of control. Because we have so much access to all this information, it makes us delve deeper into our obsessions. However no matter how obsessed with something you may be, I offer advice: Whatever you do, never get too serious about your obsession and remember everyone has a different opinion.
'Beliebers' for example are known for their incredibly obsessive and annoying nature. Now if you are a 'Belieber' I am not discussing you directly, just your general fanbase. I believe that if most of Justin Bieber's fans weren't incredibly ignorant and immature, Justin Bieber wouldn't get half as much hate as he does. In my opinion, fangirls ruined Justin Bieber's reputation. Now I know that is a very controversial thing to say, but I think its true. Everyone now associates Justin Bieber with his army of 9 year old girls who will cut your head off if you say anything against him.
The same goes for One Direction and their 'Directioners', although not to Bieber's extent.
I know it pretty much just a maturity thing, and most of these young girls will grow out of it, but they're embarrassing themselves and when I go on twitter and see 9 year old girls getting into fights with 20 year olds over Justin Bieber, I physically cringe. Like this for example:
(Sorry for the explicit language)
Slight rant. Hope it made sense.
Till next time
Katherine x
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Seriously
It's come to my attention that unfortunately there are people who take award shows like the Brits way too seriously. My twitter was full of people telling One Direction to f*** off, that they are an embarrassment and much worse that I don't feel like repeating. Like don't get me wrong, of course it's fine to have an opinion, but that's taking it a little far, no? At the end of the day they're artists just like every other nominee, so what if they win an award? If you didn't want them to win, you should have voted for the other nominees.
But I'm not just ranting to defend One Direction. Oh no, I want to discuss the 'wanna be hipsters' who have to disagree with the majority of people on twitter. For example, on twitter everyone was saying how much they loved Bastille, how they're such nice guys and they deserve every award they get...but of course you're always going to get the odd few who have to completely slate them for no reason. And the thing is you know it's not even because they dislike them, it's because 'liking Bastille is too mainstream'. It just really annoys me. And it happens every year. Like fair enough you want your hipster indie band to win everything, but that doesn't mean you have to go round slating every other nominee.
So my advice to people like this:
1)Stop taking it so seriously! It's an awards show for gods sake. It's not going to impact your life whatsoever. 2)Stop trying to come across as this hipster who's taste in music is so superior to everybody else's. Swearing your mouth off when One Direction win an award...grow the hell up.
3)vote next time and stop complaining
There's having an opinion and then there's shoving your views down someone's throat. Learn the difference.
Sorry for the slight rage in this post, but it needed to be said.
Till next time
Katherine x
Sunday, 16 February 2014
Slothful Sundays
Hello again! I was just sitting around, not doing anything productive and then thought "Why don't I write a blog post about it? So here it is, my traditional Sunday.
I'm not sure if everyone has this, but for me, Sundays are always the same. I always wake up late, I always have breakfast in the afternoon, I always get changed late afternoon and I always end up searching ridiculous things into YouTube for a good few hours before I realise its the evening. And this is repeated the following Sunday too, and the one after that and the one after that.
Now, as a student in her last year of high school, this is a problem. I get a lot of homework on the weekends, but I'm normally quite productive so its never been too much of an issue. But lately, I've felt as though I've stumbled into this void of laziness that has no clear escape.
Its awful, I tell myself I'm going to get all my work done on the Saturday...come the end of Saturday and what a surprise, its not done. Then I tell myself I will get all my work done on the Sunday...come the end of Sunday and its still not done. This then resorts to me copying my friends homework in tutor before lessons start, and me not actually learning anything.
The thing is though, I never used to be like this. In fact, I used to get all my work done on the Saturday, but now my general laziness paired with the curse of Sunday results in me being incredibly unproductive. Some maybe wondering what I mean by the curse of Sunday.
I can't explain it, but Sunday is the day where nobody can be arsed to do anything! Its just such a chill day, especially for me. All I do is eat biscuits, make countless cups of tea and watch Disney films. And when I try to be productive, when I sit down at my desk and tell myself I'm going to do that Physics worksheet, I just end up spinning on my chair and singing along to Tom Odell; getting no work done.
For example, right now I have plenty of work I could be getting on with; I have a Drama monologue to write, I have an English exam questions to answer, I have Maths revision to do, RE revision to do, I have a French writing assessment to learn...but I'm just sitting in my room, wearing an oversized 'I Love Roma' jumper and blue joggers writing a blog post about this.
This is what people mean when they discuss the true art that is procrastination.
Till next time
Katherine x
I'm not sure if everyone has this, but for me, Sundays are always the same. I always wake up late, I always have breakfast in the afternoon, I always get changed late afternoon and I always end up searching ridiculous things into YouTube for a good few hours before I realise its the evening. And this is repeated the following Sunday too, and the one after that and the one after that.
Now, as a student in her last year of high school, this is a problem. I get a lot of homework on the weekends, but I'm normally quite productive so its never been too much of an issue. But lately, I've felt as though I've stumbled into this void of laziness that has no clear escape.
Its awful, I tell myself I'm going to get all my work done on the Saturday...come the end of Saturday and what a surprise, its not done. Then I tell myself I will get all my work done on the Sunday...come the end of Sunday and its still not done. This then resorts to me copying my friends homework in tutor before lessons start, and me not actually learning anything.
The thing is though, I never used to be like this. In fact, I used to get all my work done on the Saturday, but now my general laziness paired with the curse of Sunday results in me being incredibly unproductive. Some maybe wondering what I mean by the curse of Sunday.
I can't explain it, but Sunday is the day where nobody can be arsed to do anything! Its just such a chill day, especially for me. All I do is eat biscuits, make countless cups of tea and watch Disney films. And when I try to be productive, when I sit down at my desk and tell myself I'm going to do that Physics worksheet, I just end up spinning on my chair and singing along to Tom Odell; getting no work done.
This is what people mean when they discuss the true art that is procrastination.
Till next time
Katherine x
Saturday, 15 February 2014
Positives
Good afternoon!
I appreciate that most bloggers don't blog everyday, but as I'm new and I really enjoy it I figured why not?
I realised yesterday after publishing my first post that I hadn't explained the title of this blog; Watershed. Unfortunately there isn't any deep meaningful story behind this. In truth, I was setting up the blog and saw a template that said Water...something, apologies for I can't remember. But anyway it got me thinking and I thought of the word Watershed, which means a dramatic event that changes the course of history (we studied this in RE at school). So yes it may sound a tad melodramatic but I thought it was quite appropriate for me personally, as this is something new I want to try out and it may end up changing up my life a little.
So that's that. So onto today, I'm quite under the weather, which is very annoying as my half term has just started where in which I get a week off school. However I suppose its better to be ill on a holiday where you don't have to get up early and do anything than have to wake up early and be at school the whole day, so as my mum would say "Positives Katherine positives". In truth I haven't got any plans for my half term anyway. For now it's mostly revision that I'm focussing on as I have my GCSE exams coming up this summer which to be honest with you I'm terrified about. So for the time being, my half term is going to be reading over notes and doing practice questions; don't you all just envy me?
Having said that, I do have one plan this half term. I'm going into school on Thursday (by choice) to rehearse my Drama exam. So technically I guess this counts as revision also, and I'm sure a lot of you may be thinking why I would choose to go into school during a break, but in all honesty I love Drama. It's my favourite subject at school and I hope in the future I end up in the performance field and get to actually earn money from it. Plus when I say "exam", you're examined in Drama in a different way to most subjects. For example in English its a written exam , whereas in Drama we are given a theme and have to create a piece from scratch interpreting that theme. Our theme is Contrast, which is good as its not anything specific so it leaves plenty room for creativity.
Apologies for that little Drama ramble, I may end up doing a separate blog post on Drama as a whole because I could talk about it for hours.
But anyway I'm very much looking forward to the week ahead, as although I have work to do, I don't wake up at half 7. Sleep is a teenagers kryptonite.
Till next time
Katherine x
I appreciate that most bloggers don't blog everyday, but as I'm new and I really enjoy it I figured why not?
I realised yesterday after publishing my first post that I hadn't explained the title of this blog; Watershed. Unfortunately there isn't any deep meaningful story behind this. In truth, I was setting up the blog and saw a template that said Water...something, apologies for I can't remember. But anyway it got me thinking and I thought of the word Watershed, which means a dramatic event that changes the course of history (we studied this in RE at school). So yes it may sound a tad melodramatic but I thought it was quite appropriate for me personally, as this is something new I want to try out and it may end up changing up my life a little.
So that's that. So onto today, I'm quite under the weather, which is very annoying as my half term has just started where in which I get a week off school. However I suppose its better to be ill on a holiday where you don't have to get up early and do anything than have to wake up early and be at school the whole day, so as my mum would say "Positives Katherine positives". In truth I haven't got any plans for my half term anyway. For now it's mostly revision that I'm focussing on as I have my GCSE exams coming up this summer which to be honest with you I'm terrified about. So for the time being, my half term is going to be reading over notes and doing practice questions; don't you all just envy me?
Having said that, I do have one plan this half term. I'm going into school on Thursday (by choice) to rehearse my Drama exam. So technically I guess this counts as revision also, and I'm sure a lot of you may be thinking why I would choose to go into school during a break, but in all honesty I love Drama. It's my favourite subject at school and I hope in the future I end up in the performance field and get to actually earn money from it. Plus when I say "exam", you're examined in Drama in a different way to most subjects. For example in English its a written exam , whereas in Drama we are given a theme and have to create a piece from scratch interpreting that theme. Our theme is Contrast, which is good as its not anything specific so it leaves plenty room for creativity.
Apologies for that little Drama ramble, I may end up doing a separate blog post on Drama as a whole because I could talk about it for hours.
But anyway I'm very much looking forward to the week ahead, as although I have work to do, I don't wake up at half 7. Sleep is a teenagers kryptonite.
Till next time
Katherine x
Friday, 14 February 2014
Copy Cat
Now I'm assuming nobody is going to end up reading this. I'm most likely not going to tell anyone about it and I'm sure nobody is going to find it. So with that said, lets get started.
Right so one of my close friends at school let me in on her little blogging secret and since then I've been attached to the idea. In the past I would have found something like this quite odd, but I have always been one to write down my feelings and secrets, for example I've been keeping a diary for about 5 years that nobody has ever read (and I hope it stays that way) and I just like the idea of writing everything down. It allows me to de-stress and saves me from having to tell people. Also I find it quite amusing to read back really old entries and just laugh and cringe at my stupidity and awful grammar.
Back to the point, I have to say I'm being a bit of a Copy Cat, so if by any chance someone does come across this blog please go check out my friend who is definitely a million miles better than this will ever be. Her link will be below.
I may end up deleting this blog, but for now I'm terribly bored and it seems like quite a nice hobby to have so I'll think about it. However it may end up being one of those stupid late night decisions that you really regret come the next day but hey ho.
I don't even know if this is how blogs are written, I guess I'll have to do some research. So for the time being I'll leave you with a basic introduction;
Hello, my name is Katherine O'Brien and I'm a 16 year old who clearly has way too much time on her hands.
Till next time
Katherine x
Shannon's blog: http://shannonxx8697.blogspot.co.uk/
Right so one of my close friends at school let me in on her little blogging secret and since then I've been attached to the idea. In the past I would have found something like this quite odd, but I have always been one to write down my feelings and secrets, for example I've been keeping a diary for about 5 years that nobody has ever read (and I hope it stays that way) and I just like the idea of writing everything down. It allows me to de-stress and saves me from having to tell people. Also I find it quite amusing to read back really old entries and just laugh and cringe at my stupidity and awful grammar.
Back to the point, I have to say I'm being a bit of a Copy Cat, so if by any chance someone does come across this blog please go check out my friend who is definitely a million miles better than this will ever be. Her link will be below.
I may end up deleting this blog, but for now I'm terribly bored and it seems like quite a nice hobby to have so I'll think about it. However it may end up being one of those stupid late night decisions that you really regret come the next day but hey ho.
I don't even know if this is how blogs are written, I guess I'll have to do some research. So for the time being I'll leave you with a basic introduction;
Hello, my name is Katherine O'Brien and I'm a 16 year old who clearly has way too much time on her hands.
Till next time
Katherine x
Shannon's blog: http://shannonxx8697.blogspot.co.uk/
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