Alex Vlahos tweeted me and My sixteenth birthday

Yesterday (14/06) was my birthday and I turned sixteen; so obviously I did what any person who has just turned 16 does and brought my first lottery ticket (fingers crossed, it gets drawn tonight so I may be a millionaire by morning) and signed up for internet banking. Also I am now eligible to go on Jeremy Kyle if you know the need should ever arise. (This is of course always greeted by a very worried look that people think I am being serious. No I can ashore you I'd rather chop my fingers off than go on there. Anyway, I think you have to have no teeth or greasy hair to even be allowed in the first place.) I thought I would show you some of the things I got for my birthday *I am not trying to show off or whatever but I got some really cool things and would like to show them*

I got these two little boxes with a figure of Hedwig and a Time Turner necklace. These are part of a set you can buy because I have a Snitch made by the same company but got it about a year ago now. They are really affordable too which is always a bonus.

I thought this was really cool: its called a Desktop Aquarium and it came in a little box with all of the stuff you see and you just add water. It comes with a little red wand type thing with a magnet that makes it look as though the fish are swimming. This is funny because I have always wanted fish in my room since I was little and so this was my mum's compromise.

I also got a few books and DVDs which is always welcomed. From left to right...

1. Call the Midwife boxset (Series 1,2 and Christmas special) and book

2. Downton Abbey A Journey to the Highlands Christmas Special

3. Sims 3 University Life

4. The Bling Ring

5. Game of Thrones

6. Gone Girl

I also got this set of books by Michael Grant and I just thought that they deserved their own picture because the edges of the pages are multicoloured and that excites me very much. (the simple things in life)

So they were my favourite presents that I received, I also have Who-ology as well but there was a problem with the postage but that hasn't arrived yet but once it does I'll probably do a review or something. I also obviously got my Colin Morgan cut out which is standing tall and very gorgeous next to me.

So today, (15/06) Alex Vlahos who you may or may not know is one of my favourite actors and he plays Mordred in Merlin (I am also dying for him to become the Doctor- read why here) was holding a Twitter Q and A to say thank you for the amount of money raised on his Kickstarter page. I obviously joined in and so did my friend Molly and eventually a few attempts later he actually replied to me. 

When I say I was happy, I don't think you understand. I saw it, I screamed, my mum nearly crashed the car because she wondered what was going on and my brother was looking and me as if I was crazy because I was shaking and laughing and crying all at the same time. Its amazing that it literally only took him probably like one minute to write that tweet but he has honestly made my birthday and made me an extremely happy girl. So now all that's left of my day is to feel somewhat guilty about not revising for my maths exam, eat some Colin the Caterpillar cake and play on Sims 3 University, oh and tell everyone who has ears about Alex tweeting me.

Fandoms- The good and the bad

I personally think that fandoms are brilliant in most cases and I think this because it allows you to see things that other people have noticed that you may not have (e.g. Sherlock death theories). You can also meet like minded people who enjoy the same things as you and in result of this you can become really good friends with people, my friend Molly is a prime example of this; she has met loads of people through one of her interests (which happens to be The Wanted) and through not only concerts but also just through following people on twitter she has met people who she would consider to be her best friends and that is because they were all brought together by one common denominator. Being in a fandom also allows you to basically make the most out of everything your specific interest whether it be a film, TV show, music or book or even just an actor/actress, through pictures, gifs, videos or just interviews. It is generally a positive and happy place.

However, people need to learn to draw the line especially, when people start hurting themselves because of something your favourite singer or actor has done, people need to learn that just because they have done something that you wouldn't have done and may have been stupid it is their life and not yours, even if you may love them just remember you don't actually know them and so to damage yourself just because they have taken drugs for example (Justin Bieber I'm looking at you, naughty boy) it makes no difference, you are only a fan of how much of them they want you to see, YOU DO NOT KNOW THEM AND YOU NEVER WILL, so DO NOT damage your life because of them, they will not thank you for it.  

*This post was inspired when I saw the trend on Twitter "CutForBieber" I'm sorry but this is absolutely disgusting and whoever thought of it should be ashamed, you are telling young girls (and boys) that it's okay to cut themselves because of something that Justin Bieber has done. Grow up and understand that there is a line and you have crossed it.*