I love trying out the image effects on this blogging software, just been amusing myself with it for the past half hour. Hence the picture on the left. It has a “Polaroid effect” on it.

Today in English Language we were analysing children’s books and how they are written. For example, looking at the sentence structure, layout on the page and semantic fields.

It brought back memories of my dad reading to me when I was younger. He used to read me a story every night until I could read better than him!

I’m really proud that I got interested in reading from a young age, I think it helped fuel my passion for writing.

Yesterday I was asked to read one of my pieces of writing out to the class. I was super nervous and I insisted that my piece was lame and not worth reading out. I was graded an A+ on that piece. It was a review of a made-up novel entitled ‘Jack and Jill’ (like the nursery rhyme).

I have no idea why I put myself down like that, I think its just because of the pressure of reading it out made me feel nervous and embarrassed. My hands were shaking and my voice was wobbling.

Part of my review contained an ‘extract’ from the made-up book which was sort of a mushy scene detailing how Jill first fell in love with Jack. In all honesty I was just describing me and my boyfriend Chris. I wrote about how Jill loved Jack’s cheeky smile (which is what I love about Chris!). Maybe because I was thinking about Chris that is what made me blush.

It’s strange how I managed to relate something back to my boyfriend in that piece even though I wasn’t particularly thinking about him at the time.

When I get my work back I will put the review on here so you can see it for yourselves. :)

My question for  today is:

Have you ever been in a similar situation where you have felt embarrassed or nervous and how did you deal with it?

xxxx

Labels: chris, college, personal

I just updated my Windows Live Messenger to the new version and it is pretty cool if I do say so myself. I also downloaded this program they had called Windows Live Writer. It allows you to post to your blog from a program that runs on your computer. So far it has been easy to use.

You can uploaded images and add effects to them too. On the left I have put up a screenshot of the software with the reflection effect on it.

The colour scheme has been set by me to pink but you can change it to any colour scheme you want to suit your tastes.

I don’t know if I will be using this program over Blogger as I am still trying it out. But so far it has really impressed me. To say it is a free program it isn’t that bad.

Another good thing about this program is that any pictures you upload to it automatically get hosted in your Picasa web albums.

You also can install cool add-ons for it, I’ve added a Flickr add-on. Which allows me to upload images from my Flickr account or other accounts right to my blog post.

When you are post your blog you can actually preview you blog in your blogs layout made by you. Basically you can preview the post exactly as it will be displayed on the web.

There are many other features of this program but I think for now I will leave it to you to decide what you think of it.

You can download Windows Live Writer here: download.live.com/writer

Hope you have fun with this program!

Labels: Review, Technology

It's been nice and sunny today which makes a change from the usual cold British weather. While I was in college I kept glancing out of the window in class, wishing that I was outside enjoying the sun rather than inside with it shining through and burning my back.

Lately I've been playing on my new Nintendo Wii on Animal Crossing: Let's go to the City. I bought a Wii after I came back from New York. I'd been wanting to buy one for a while and I finally had enough money to be able to afford one. Trust me things are not cheap with the current state of Britain's economy!

Below are a couple of pictures I took while I was playing the game. Animal Crossing has this camera feature on it that allows you to take screen shots of the game while your playing it. If you own a SD memory card you can save the pictures to it and then upload them to your computer. Pretty cool huh?








At least I can enjoy the sunny weather on the Wii and catch some butterflies while I'm there. I recommend this game to anyone who enjoys RPGs and basically just taking it easy. The game is set at a relaxed pace and has peaceful music that is quite soothing. :)

Labels: college, gaming, personal

I've taken this meme from Lucy over at Verelux. :)

What are your middle names?
My middle name is Jade and Chris' middle name is Paul.

How long have you been together?
2 years and 5 months

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
We've known each other since primary school so that is about.. let me count this up.. about 10 or 9 years. My mental maths is not brilliant.

Who asked whom out?
Chris asked me out over msn. He walked me home that day and was going to ask me in person but got nervous. He later asked me out over the internet. haha

How old are each of you?
We are both 18. Chris is 20 days older than me.

Whose siblings do you see the most?
Chris mostly sees my younger brother Greg.

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
The fact that college takes up most of our time so we don't get to see each other as often as we would like. It's just nice when we can chill out together and not have to worry about work!

Did you go to the same school?
Yep. We went to the same nursery, infant, primary and secondary school. We are also in the same college.

Are you from the same home town?
I'm sure you've worked that out by now but just to clarify yes we are from the same city.

Who is smarter?
I'd say we're both smart in different subjects and we can hold a decent conversation when we want too. But when Chris talks about football I get confused occasionally. :)

Who is the most sensitive?
Me. Definitely. I cry at films way too often.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Pizza Hut because we both love pizzas too much. Nom nom nom...

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Castleton, still in Britain but in the countryside. I hope one day we can go abroad together.

Who has the craziest exes?
None of us do. Both of us are in our first real relationship. Sweet huh?

Who has the worst temper?
That would probably be me. I have a tendency to fly off the handle when Chris has pushed me to breaking point.

Who does the cooking?
We're not brilliant cooks, but I would say I am a better cook that Chris. :)

Who is the neat-freak?
Me for sure. I go crazy if their are crumbs on my bed. I can't take it!

Who is more stubborn?
Me ..again. :/

Who hogs the bed?
Chris does. But in Castleton I was made jump by a noise I heard coming from outside so I found myself burying into his chest for safety. Lol.

Who wakes up earlier?
Chris. I normally lay in on a weekend while half 10 and he goes to play football early.

Where was your first date?
We went to a shopping center together and just talked. We later went to the cinema. :)

Who is more jealous?
Chris. If any guy starts talking to me I can feel Chris' anger building a mile off. He's like "Rissa is mine". haha

How long did it take to get serious?
A few months, maybe about 6.

Who eats more?
Haha, Chris. He is famous for his non stop hunger.

Who does the laundry?
Neither of us. How lazy is that!

Who’s better with the computer?
Me definitely. :)

Who drives when you are together?
None of us drive, but he is having lessons now. So I guess he will be the one driving until I finally have my driving lessons!

I'm tagging Georgie over at Heartdrops and anyone else who wants to do this meme. xxx

Labels: meme

New York. In one word: AMAZING. I had the best time ever there it is impossible for me to describe everything. If you kept up to date with the Media blog (the link is in my previous post) then you will know about all the fun things we did there.

Would I want to go back? Definitely. But maybe in the summer time when it is not so cold, it was brutally cold there and many of us had rashes!

I had a great experience there and it was so much fun with all my friends. The only thing I'm going to miss is having a laugh everyday with them. Most of us are in different classes so there are not a lot of times where we are together as a big group.


Thanks everyone for the brilliant experience. :)



Just on a side note, I am returning to Kihugs. Catch up work and projects have been eating up my time but I will try to make time to blog and tell you about my antics.

Much love

xxx

Labels: college, personal