Jacqueline Wilson - The idol of my childhood.

I loved reading when I was younger. A geek? Not at all. I used to see my gran every week with a diffrent book and wish I could read as fast as she did cos it took me a couple of weeks to read one book. The first author I can remember reading was Jacqueline Wilson and the book was "Dustin Baby". I read it in primary 4 in a class group and liked it that much that I started reading more books buy Wilson. I remember even readiong the popular "Tracy Beaker" and even watching the childrens shows.
What I like about Jacquline is that children can relate to the charcters because she focuses on realism. Many of her themes have concentrated on abuse, greif, devorice, foster care and many more!

" I want to write to every age group, in a way that can prepare them for what happens in the real world, and raise the awareness levels of many life changing situations. I want to be a friend, really."

Jacquline Wilson

Some of my favorite books by Jacquline Wilson were Tracy Beaker, Bad Girls, Dustin Baby, Viky Angel, The Dimond Girls, Love lessons and Best friends. I also like the designs on the cover on the books and the illstrations in the books by Nick Sharrat.

I still love Wilson's work because it was her stories that inspired me to write when I was younger :)

Rasing Awarness- Eatting disorders!

Anorexia andBulimia. Out of these two conditions I know of both, but how many do you know about? These conditions are serious and I think personally the media has a part to play with young people wanting to be dare I say "Perfect". Only what is perfect? What is normal? Can anybody actualy define these terms? Thought not.
Anorexia is a serious eatting disorder of people who think the need to lose weight and refuse to stay at a healthy body weight. It affects your physical and mental health and you start to think that it is the only thing you can control but no matter how skinny you become its never good enough. This disorder is a serious and sometimes a deadly eatting disorder!
What supprises me is the Anorexia isn't about weight or food. It is more about deeper emotions such as depression, insecurity and pressure to be perfect. Again backs up my thought. Young people want to be perfect with magazines talking about the latest people in the celebrity world who's lost this much weight and that much weight.
Anorexia affects your whole body! It can also cause long-term serious complications aswell such as

osteoporosis (weakening of the bones)

Kidney disease

Heart failure

Very serious and another thing that is heartbreaking is the fact that the person needs to admit to needing help before they can get help.
Bulimia on the other hand is an illness which a person binges on food and uses methods such as vomiting or laxitive abuse to prevent weight gain. What dosen't supprise me is that many people with this illness may have anorexia. Again the same factors apply depression, insecurity, trauma and again the pressure to be perfect. Symptoms include:-

• Compulsive exercising
• Evidence of discarded packaging for laxatives, diet pills, emetics (drugs that induce vomiting), or diuretics (drugs that reduce fluids, also called water pills)
• Regularly going to the bathroom right after meals
• Suddenly eating large amounts of food or buying large quantities of food that disappear right away

People with bulimia rarely need to be hospitalised, however if the person is in the following condtions they will be:

• Binge-purge cycles have led to anorexia
• Drugs are needed for withdrawal from purging
• Major depression is present

If you think you suspect anyone with an eatting disorder its hard but you need to get through to them some how to get them help.

Bruno Mars!

Bruno Mars is one of my favourite artists! He became recognised after his vocals and co-writing on the song "Nothin on you" by B.O.B and "Billionare" by Travie McCoy. He also co-wrote songs such as "Right round" by Flo Rider and "Forget you" by Cee Lo Green.
 In october 2010 he released his album "Doo woops and hooligans" realeasing singles "Just the way you are" and "Grenade" which made me a big Bruno Mars fan! I love the lyrics and the tune to these songs! They're so catchy :D!
He got his stage name from his fathers nickname and adding "Mars" at the end. This reason was because,
"I felt like I didn't have [any] pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I’m out of this world, so I was like I guess I'm from Mars."

Overall I just wanted to mention my favorite singer in my blog because I've listened to him non stop for ages and everytime I hear one of his songs I go hyper like the time I was in "Tesco" with my friend Craig and Bruno Mars came on the radio I think it was "Grenade"! Good times :) xx

Fired over Japan Disaster!

It has been reported that Gilbert Gottfried was fired by Aflac. The Aflac star who does the voice of the duck on the Aflack commecial had put jokes about the disater on Twitter! The insurance company wasn't impressed with the jokes on the Japanesse disaster and fired Gottfried.

However apparently Gottfried knew he was in the wrong and removed the tweets but however it was too late because The Huffington Post picked up on the blogs.

Myself I think this is shocking to even think of making jokes of it by speech nevermind broadcasting it on the internet! I wouldn't of thought this was a laughing matter to be honest with you.

A photo of the devistaion left behind!

These graphics are shocking and I just don't see how people can still see the "humour". For example when typing into google the word "Japan" the third suggestion down is "Japan Tsunami Jokes", why would anyone actually want to make jokes about this devastation where people have lost lives, homes and familys I just hope you would think before you speak when it come to a subject as serious as this!

Cerebral Palsy, my side!

Different: able to be distinguished, unlike, of other nature.

Disability: thing or lack that prevents one’s doing something.

Disable: make unable

Retard: make slow or late, delay progress or development.

Spastic: (person) suffering from cerebral palsy, with tonic spasm of muscles.

(Commonly known as Spas)

Now you ask, why have I written those words and their meanings? My reply is… I’m letting you into why I am who I am today.  I was born with mild cerebral palsy (although it doesn’t feel like it sometimes.) however although my friends and family treat me no different doesn’t mean that other people do. I’ve been called a retard and a spastic. Fair enough. If you know their actual meaning.  Fair enough I am a retard, but I bet I can come back with a quicker name for you next time you call me it. Just because a person may be slow in actions doesn’t mean their brains slow. Cerebral palsy is a condition to do with the muscles just because a person may be slow in actions doesn’t mean their brains slow. Cerebral palsy just means that your muscles are weaker than everybody else’s. I’m sick of getting stereotyped. You can’t do this, and you can’t do that! That really knocks your confidence! It doesn’t annoy me anymore though, it annoys my family and friends more, and I just laugh it off.

                However all the negativity in my life disappeared when I left school! I left school with a dream of going to college to be a journalist. My first weeks of college taught me not to be afraid of trying new things and now my dream is to go into study radio. That’s something I would never have thought about back in high school because I’d have someone laughing or telling me “you can’t do that” when this is my life and I can only  make of it what I want of it. No one can stop me and no one can get me where I want to go it’s up to me. I know there’ll be obstacles to make me stop and think (there always is in life, in every situation) but I’ll get through it. What this all coming to? Confidence, being able to stand up to people and telling them you can do it. The point of this is everyone tell’s you when you’re younger “You can be what you want to be.” And I’m telling you now… it’s true! Whether you have a disability or not. Disability means that you may not be able to do something, if you can’t do it try something different. For example what put me of journalism was the short hand- I can’t write fast never mind write shorthand. So I decided radio then I thought of my voice then was informed by a lot of people no one like’s their own voice and as long as I speak clearly… I’m fine. 

The main thing is, you can be whoever you want to be, different is good. I love being different but that’s my personality too. I now laugh if someone tells’s me I can’t do something because of my disability and everyone else can because it makes me more determined to prove them wrong. So you want proved wrong about something, tell me I can’t do something! This is who I am today because I can only be the best I can be and if that means laughing at the bullies that’s what I’ll do. I’m not going to deny it hurts, all I’m saying is that it has made a stronger person inside and that’s why I always see the brighter side.

Glee taking over our telvisions?

Glee has taken over in the UK. The US hit show is becoming more popular with celebrites also staring in also such as Britney spears and Gwinith palrto. What I like about glee is that they cover songs and I like what they do with them. I love'd the mash up song "singing in the rain" and rhianna's "umbrella". I really like what they done with it and loved the dancing also with the rain on the stage and the umbrellas!


Cast dancing to their version of singing in the rain.

 What I also like about glee is the relationship formed between the characters and the veiwers! We as the audiance feel like we know the characters. I was particularly upset when because of bulling one of the characters has left the glee club and gone to another school because he had been bullied because he was openly gay and the person whom was bulling him was threatened by him. I think it is well done that the story writers of glee had choosen to do the topic of bullying because it does happen escpecially in high school!

Chris Colfer, as glee's Kurt Hummel

Chris had won a golden globe for best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series. I remember I heard that and I was so pleased for him. He deserved it, for his role. Its a difficult role to play when it comes to bullying. What helps though is the actor is reportadly openly gay and was bullied at high school but to come and act that all over again is amazing and bring the show together. He is my favorite character overall but im disapointed he left Mckinley high school to enroll in a private school because of his bullying.

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