Sundays = baking day

I spent the majority of today in the kitchen making some cakes and brownies. Now my cooking always looks bad but tastes nice so I think that's acceptable enough. 

before icing

After- Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate crunchy things on the top

Then I made brownies!

It has bits of milk chocolate inside as well so I'm hoping that will increase the taste. It's still too hot to cut into pieces so its still on the tray I baked them in, but I've just tasted a little bit and oh my gosh I don't like to toot my own trumpet but good gracious it tastes amazing.

OH AND HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MUM! I LOVE YOU!

What a dull week

This week has been nothing but crap. Seriously. My body has basically given up on me and is like "um nope, I will not work with this any longer" and so I have basically been like a walking sloth all week. Coursework has become the bane of my life and I'm about ready to throttle any other teacher that mentions the dreaded sentence "so we are starting our coursework today" because enough is enough I AM ONLY HUMAN, unfortunately I am no robot. The only positive of the week is that I have decided what A-Levels I am taking (English Literature, History, Welsh and ICT, in case you were wondering) and also Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus i bawb which translated means Happy St Davids day everyone. 

So in apologies for my rant about my dull week have an attractive picture of Colin Morgan.

and if that doesn't tickle your pickle marvel at these lovely men

And if none of them take your fancy then here have a cat 

and if that doesn't please you then I suggest you step away from the internet.

What's on my mind?

Are you sitting comfortably? Yes? Well lets get ready to take a trip through to my brain, good luck.

Have you ever loved a celebrity so much that you begin to hate them because of the emotional pain or feels that they leave you in? If you answered no, then I am very jealous of your sanity and capability to like something or someone without it effecting your life. If you answered yes, the I feel your pain, trust me I really do. The two people in particular (well more like gods than just people) that just make me loose all concentration and are the people to accuse for my high expectations in men are Colin Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe, those beautiful, beautiful men.

Then we have the fictional side of my brain which includes my believing (and I wholeheartedly believe this) that I am a wizard, I only can't do magic because of the whole not being able to do magic in front of Muggles and its hard because I live with Muggles 24/7, and also I'm not 17 yet so I still have the trace on me. I also spend  a lot more time than I should thinking about ways I could survive in the hunger games should I have the need to and who I would be come allies with, what I would ask my sponsors for and what if I didn't even have any sponsors, what district would I live in? It's just too many derisions to be taken lightly. I also think about what faction I would be in or would I be divergent, would I be able to be like Tris and lose everything I cared about and have to carry on fighting anyway? Where would the doctor take me in the Tardis? Would I be a good companion? What about in the time of Arthurian legends, would I be a sorcer like merlin or a noble/royal like Arthur and Morgana or would I be a servant like Gwen?

The I have what I like to call the sensible part of my brain that thinks about matters such as school, university's, my future, exams it tells me I should be revising or doing homework (only to be ignored by another part of the brain) I should be eating healthier and doing more exercise  I should be more social and try to come out of my shell a bit. Oh you look fine today stop fussing about what people think, that kind of thing.

However, in contrast of the previous part of the brain I have my devil side that thinks oh you have plenty of time to do that homework piece leave it until last minute, ah it's ageeeees until exams don't start revising you'll have enough time to do that in study leave. Have some cake you can exercise tomorrow, it's fine you're not overweight so you don't need to worry. What the heck is going on with your face today you look like a tramp. You get the idea that part of your brain that every girl has and tends to listen to more than the sensible part.

Then I have a part of my brain that is extremely anti social and tends to be activated primarily when I'm in school, the part of me that just wants to destroy everyone just for breathing too near me or for speaking or just being there, it's for the type of people in school who are destined to fail and you just have no time for.

I then have the part which completely overrides everything especially in school which makes me think I am listening and taking in what teachers are saying when in actual fact I am making up fantasy scenarios, or thinking about what I'm going to do when I go home and end up literally having no clue what I'm doing when it comes to doing work and ends up making me seem like I am deficient. Along with this I also have the part that remembers seriously annoying song lyrics (call me maybe is a prime example of this) and makes it stick in my head all day leading me to driving everyone crazy with my constant humming.

*phew* I could go on forever, but I will stop now before you think I'm so crazy you'll never return again.

My trip to London in the summer

So back in December I made this post listing all of the things that I was looking forward to in 2013. One of the posts on there was that I was going to London, although at the time of the post I didn't quite realise how excited I am for the trip, and here's why...

I am going to see COLIN MORGAN(!!!!!!) in the Tempest at the Globe Theatre which means that I get to see this face in only a matter of months.

and I can't quite tell you how excited that makes me feel, so much so that I have no idea how I am forming coherent sentences. I am hoping to go on one of the few days that the cast will be staying behind for a Q and A session after the play. 

The main reason we are going is so that we can have a break in the summer before our main holiday to Florida in October, but we decided on London after debating with Cornwall or Devon because I have not been to London since I was much younger and can barely remember it, so we are going to visit the landmarks such as Big Ben, Tower of London, London Eye, Houses of Parliament etc

We are also going to go to Madame Tussauds because I have never been, I'm very excited to get a picture next to the Queen and Barack Obama etc, we are also going to visit the museums because my dad is big on history and loves museums. We are also going back to Leavesden Studios again!

So as you can imagine all of this leaves me to absolutely uncontrollable excitement, bring on June/July as I'm not 100% sure when I am going and if they are the final plans but I do know that we will be going for 3/4 days so its a lot to fit in but I am so excited. Who knew so much excitement could be on my front door?!

A little trip inside of my head.

This is a weird post today, but I want to show you my folders on my computer purely because I spend a hell of a lot of time on my computer and I save a lot of photos and all of them are relevant to my life, hence the title of the blog post 'A little trip inside of my head' although I'm pretty sure the majority of people wouldn't like to make it a long trip. This post will also show you how anal I am about how I organise my computer folders, its a slight OCD.

So we start off with a base of four folders each containing several sub folders, they are named Fictional Life, Blog, From Emma's Phone and Real Life.

In the folder 'Fictional Life' I have seven folders (each one is a Horcrux) named Daniel Radcliffe, Ed Sheeran, Harry Potter, Merlin, Tattoo, The Hunger Games and Tumblr. 

The folders that have sub folders are Harry Potter, Merlin and Tumblr.

In the Blog folder there's not much going on except cover photos that I use for personal blog posts or posts that don't really have a specific thing and a folder with interesting things, which is sadly lacking at the moment but I will rectify that soon. 

In the From Emma's phone folder it is just pictures from my phone and pictures that I have saved on my phone, nothing too exciting but necessary. 

And finally in the Real Life folder, it does exactly what it says on the tin and has folders showing various things of my life.

And that's about it! I know this was weird and random blog post, but this shows you what kind of things my life revolve around easier than words, after all a picture is worth a thousand words and I for one could not agree more!

20 Random Facts About Me

1. I have an absolutely massive phobia of dogs, so bad that I cannot go near one, it is also one of the things that I hate most about myself.
2. My ultimate aim in education as of now is to get a B in maths GCSE
3. It takes a while for me to class you as a friend, but once I have I will do anything to protect/defend you.
4. On Pottermore I was sorted into Ravenclaw
5. I have written to JK Rowling but I only got a standard reply, however, she did sign it so it is one of my most prized possessions.
6. I have dyed my hair red, dark brown, black and even had dip dye but today I have returned to my natural colour
7. My ultimate goal in life is to become a freelance journalist or writer 
8.  I am so proud of my brother and would regard him as one of my biggest influences (I would never tell him that though, haha)
9. I am extremely close to my family and I tell my mum anything, I'm not afraid to ask her questions that most people would find embarrassing to ask 
10. I have a hamster called Fred, I used to have one called George who sadly died with kidney problems in September, despite their names they are both female. Fred is the most spoilt hamster in the world so much so that I cannot get her anything else from Pets at Home because I already have all of it!
11. I was named after Jane Austen's novel 'Emma' my dad chose it because he studied it for his A-Level literature and is one of his favourite books.
12. I am most like my dad in terms of temperament and personality and many say that we are like two peas in a pod.
13. I have a thing for men with dark hair and prominent cheekbones (e.g. Daniel Radcliffe and Colin Morgan) 
14. My least favourite doctor who companion is Martha Jones, she tries way too hard flirting with The Doctor when he is very clearly still not over Rose. Rose is my favourite, followed by Donna.
15. I plan to get a tattoo when I am sixteen of a Mickey Mouse outline on my foot, its going to be really small but I've wanted it for ages and I can't wait, I'm so excited. I also want to get The Deathly Hallows symbol somewhere on my body, but I will wait until I'm abit older for that one.
16. For A-Level I plan on studying English Literature, English Language, History and Welsh
17. Although I have no idea what kind of degree I want to major in when I get to university.
18. I am the worst person ever to watch a horror film with because when I get scared my arms just flail around and I end up hurting people. Also I put a scarf on my head so that I can hide my face. You've been warned!
19. I want a kitten/cat more than anything else in the world, especially a ginger cat.
20. I have approximately 20 posters I love collecting therm, they all include Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Ed Sheeran, Brave and The Beatles

January Favourites!

Merlin

My ultimate favourite this month- I just started watching it this month and in the past two weeks I have progressed on to series 3, only I haven't been able to get much further because of school, but you can be sure that as soon as I have a moment to spare I will be watching it again, because it is great! If you haven't watched it because you think its not really up your street, watch it anyway because I thought that and now look what has happened!

Colin Morgan and Bradley James

So in short of loving Merlin, I have also discovered two new celebrities with whom I have become obsessed with, more so their friendship, its brilliant and you can genuinely see that they are brilliant friends and it makes me sad to think they probably will never film together again. Also its not so bad that they are both very good looking! 

Watch this video here to get an idea of what I'm talking about! (there's about 13 videos in all, but all extremely funny)

Doctor Who

Interestingly enough I never thought that Doctor Who would ever be in my favourites but alas it is. I've been really enjoying watching all of the old episodes and even watching some of the newer ones with Matt Smith who I am very slowly but surely becoming to love like the majority of the fan base on Tumblr, however, I will always be a David Tennant fan and I doubt that will change very quickly, but who knows my Doctor Who favourite pairing might change from Tennant and Rose to Smith and Clara the new companion... but lets not get too ahead of ourselves! 

  

Buying new books

 January is traditionally the month where the adults are saving and the children are spending, well in my defence I haven't spent that much only on books, I love the thrill of getting new books and even love the process of choosing them, reading reviews and waiting for it to arrive (I know, I know, I am one wild teenager.) If you would like to see what books I did purchase then click here I also brought Harry Potter Film Wizardary as well but that is not in the list as I got it a bit later on.

Getting an A in physics 

I had my interm report on Wednesday where my school give you a list with all of your subjects and your current grades and attainment levels and I am usually disappointed (Mainly because I am really hard on myself, I'm not one to give myself a pat on the back very often) however, saying that I was really pleased this time around because I somehow managed to get an A in Physics which traditionally many call the hardest subject so I was pretty impressed with myself, and also pleased with the fact that all of the grades I am currently at are all beating my predicted grades! Bring on GCSEs in the summer I say!

Dreaming

A very strange favourite as everybody dreams every single day, in fact did you know you only actually remember 40% of your dreams despite the fact that when you're asleep you are constantly in dreamland? Well anyway this month I have been taking more of a notice of my dreams and they have kept me wholly entertained in the boredom of my maths lessons!

Valentines day

If you ask me Valentines day is the most pointless day in the calender, for example every year my school sell roses and the money goes towards some sort of charity, however, when you receive one it comes as anonymous and I have received one and even to this day I have absolutely no idea who sent it, so that makes me ask, what is the actual point? If I don't know who sent it how could I ever replicate the same feelings? It is just a day where single people get depressed because they don't have anyone to spend the meaningless day with.

....As you can see I really dislike it and think that it is just a way of consumerism gone mad.

F.Lux

This may be a strange topic to talk about but I wanted to talk about a program or an app (seeing as you can now get it for phones and Ipads) I found when I was on Tumblr,  I have been using it now for about 7 months and felt that it was about time I told somebody about it. This program is called F.Lux you can get it here it is seriously amazing! If you spend a lot of time on the computer especially at night then you may notice that you get eye strain or huge headaches, at least I defiantly do (this also may have been a contribution to why I have to wear glasses when I get tired and feel my eyes strain) this program basically coincides with the time of the day, so as the sun sets your screen to gets darker and therefore it is not putting as much pressure on your eyes, but don't worry you're not sat in complete darkness and you can turn it off at any time you feel like it, but I think its a really good program to have and you barely even notice the screen dimming because it is so gradual.
I'd give this program a 9.5/10

Bucket list

I always think that it would be really cool to make a bucket list, but I've never really gotten round to making one. I'm sure that as I continue on through life more and more items will make this list but for now it stands as this.
I did however, find a small list of things from a few years ago so a few of those will be interspersed and crossed off if I have completed them. So in no particular order, here we go...

1. Pass all of my GCSEs with C's and above

2. Get at least one A* in a GCSE examination

3. Get accepted to study A-Levels

4. Visit Australia 

5. Ride a camel 

6. Go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

7. Meet any of the cast of Harry Potter (especially Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson)

8. Meet JK Rowling

9. Write a novel

10. Become a freelance journalist

11. Move to New York to live for a few months if not a permanent move

12. Visit India 

13. Have a corn dog

14. Swim with dolphins 

15. Have a cat

16. Go to university

17. Have an IMac or Macbook

18. Impact someone's life

19. Visit Canada 

20. See all seven wonders of the Modern World- (which are- Taj Mahal, Chichen Itza, Christ the Redeemer[in Rio], Colosseum[in Rome], Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu and Petra [in Jordan)

21. Go on a train and get off at a random stop and spend the day there

22. Get a reply from JK Rowling

23. Be able to take my parents on holiday

24. Pass my degree

25. Speak a language fluently 
26. Meet Ed Sheeran 

*This is all I can think of for now, but I'm sure I'll do updates on this post regularly.

It snowed!

So this morning I was awoken with a thick white blanket of snow outside of my window, I wasn't thrilled I'm not a huge fan of the stuff but it got me the day off school so I suppose it does have some merits.