What I Recieved...

Today is my Birthday! (Y)

• 10.2 megapixel digital camera (whom I called Toby)
• A bright lime carrier and a card-reader to go with Toby.
• DVDs: The History Boys, My So-Called Life, Click, Being Human.
• CDs: Burn Halo, Motley Crue
• A white and green watch from Next.
• A tee saying 'I Jingle All The Way'
• An angel decoration and 'Voodoo The Destroyer'.
• A magnet of Aiden Turner from Desperate Romantics.
• A keyring of Santi.
• Biffy Clyro's new album 'Only Revolutions' (from Tess)
• An epic notebook and a cute little brown cat ornament (from Kieran)
• An epic black duck broach that I adore (from Hannah)
• Another cute little cat ornament, but yellow instead (from Sam)
• A tee and 'Next: Just Pink' fragrant bath set (from the Brown Family)
• A strawberry keyring and an epic frame (from the Smith Family)
• A red (not blue) box of Lindt chocolates (from the Hammett Family)
• A keyring that shall be converted into a necklace (from Cerian)

To celebrate my coming of age, I shall be going to see Elliot Minor on Thursday November 19th, and New Moon on Saturday November 21st. I know people are thinking, She Didn't Throw A Party? I don't like them when I'm the focus though!

Tofu! <3

Routine Ruins

In the dead of night, when nobody is awake, my soul starts to dread the tiny slithers of light that are bound to shed through the clouds at any given moment. The light marks the beginning of a new day, and with each one passing, one can't help but feel the cruel, harsh reality that we live in a routine lifestyle sink in. Our lives are dictated to us by the passing of the sun. The hours between the darkness descending and the light shining through are just as lively as a corpse. Everyone's gone, the next day is creeping closer to you. Deadlines that haven't been met, people you don't want to see, it all comes to mind with a sudden cold reality that is as welcome as a knife in the eye. We all become broken products of routine; routine ruins.

Kindest Regards,

Tofu xy

Nine Steps...

Set the character's NORMALITY. An EVENT happens to change it. The main character now has an OBJECTIVE. On their way to complete this, around three OSTRUCTIONS happen that prevent the character from achieving their objective. A CRISIS happens that makes us think, "No, now they'll never get to where they're going..." This is followed by a CLIMAX, and then comes down to a CONCLUSION. Whether or not they achieve their objective is up to you as the writer.

Kindest Regards,

Tofu xy

Eargasms for the Poor!

I only have one Biffy Clyro album (Puzzle), and it's amazing. Simon Neil is stupendous though; everything he says has an underlying truth, he's an amazing singer (Scottish, yet you can't tell as much anymore) and he's one of those people that can't help but to come out with amazing ideas and music. I get Kerrang! and NME every single Wednesday, and this week they were giving away a free offer: Biffy Clyro recorded four songs in an acoustic session, and with the given code, you could get them for free. There's a tiny little catch: you have a limited amount of time. The first 2,000 people get all four songs, the next 1,000 people get two songs, the following 2,500 people got one song. I didn't realise that, so when I found out, my heart sank and I did it quickly. I GOT FOUR SONGS! Their songs sound amazing (you can hear their whole album on MySpace) and I don't just want it, I need it. It sounds so good, and it's a lot more uplifting than their last one. The topic is love, and love it I shall. It's called Only Revolutions and it's released on November 9th. Get it now if you know what's good for your ears!

Kindest Regards,

Tofu xy