I Made a New Blog!

So I started a new blog.....
This means that I will no longer be posting on this one.
But I am not deleting this blog.
I have blogged here for a year and I really enjoyed blogging here so I'm not deleting the content here. I made some good blog posts and they deserve to be seen. They might not be the best blog posts in the world but I spent a lot of time on them so I'm going to keep them around.
If you still like my blog - even though I'm pretty sure only one person ever read any of my blog posts - then you can find me at my new blog:
courtneyshek.blogspot.co.uk
This is where I will be posting from now on and it'll still pretty much be random. I did want to keep this blog around but I have decided to take things in a new direction with a new blog. Hopefully this will be the last time I ever do this. The next time I go for a redesign I promise I'll just change the look of my existing blog, mainly because it's exhausting  creating a whole new one.
But that's all I really wanted to say. Like I said, I hope you guys come over to the new blog . It's going to be really good. :) At least I hope so. :)

courtneyshek.blogspot.co.uk

Making a Time Capsule! | Pages 121, 137, 142 & 143 | The Pointless Book

In this Pointless Book video I tear some corners off the page, make a time capsule and write what I did for that day with my left hand. It was an eventful video haha.
If you want to see the video you can click below:

The first thing I did was tear some corners off the page which is simple enough. Gotta say I feel weird destroying a book, it goes against everything I believe in...

 The next thing that I did was create my time capsule! I wanted to do this early on in the book so that it would be a while before I opened it. So below are the things I included in my time capsule...

A photo of my best friend Ashleigh looking hot:

This photo was from 2012 hahaha oh the memories.

A Christmas card from my friend Lauren from 2014 because why not?

My school timetable from my last year at school because those things are very memorable. I mean you had to live this two week routine for a good eight/nine months of your life, yet you still manage to forget what class you have third period...

And finally I wrote down some things I wanted to remember about myself at this time in my life. Like the amount of YouTube subscribers and Twitter followers I had along with the things I am currently obsessed with. Because these are the important things you want to remember about yourself lol.
I don't know, I just want to see how far I've come by the time I open my time capsule, maybe I'll have stopped making YouTube videos and finally closed my Twitter account. Maybe I won't be able to stand another Glee song cover...you never know....(I did have a photo for this but it was blurry and so I could not include it...)
All that was left to do was glue up the two pages.

I have decided not to open the time capsule until the book is finished. That way I am bound to forget what was in there in the first place. I know I can always look back on this blog post or my YouTube video but I promise not to cheat....

The final thing I did with my Pointless Book was write what I did that day with my opposite writing hand. This turned out not to be too terrible. I mean it might have been easier if I didn't do it with my camera on a tripod between my legs but even so I think I did a pretty good job.

My friend Bryce also did a version of this page when we were at my friend Georgie's house one night. Which I will post below:

As you can see his hand writing was a lot bigger than mine and on top of that he wasn't leaning on a desk haha.

Let me know who had the better opposite handwriting in the comments.

I have to say this was quite a fun part of my Pointless Book to fill out and I am not quite sure why. I think it's just because I am really sentimental and I enjoy keeping memories and things like that. I guess that's why I can share so much of myself on the internet. But no matter what the reasons I will always cherish the memories, they're the one thing that won't change.

But yeah I definitely look forward to opening my time capsule again, and of course I will film my reaction for you guys because it's always fun to look back on things...just don't get too caught up in the past you forget your future. x

2015!

Hey guys so this is my very first blog post of 2015 and I am excited.
I mean I should have really blogged earlier but I just didn't have time but now I am taking time to sit and blog. I just want to take this blog post and kind put out there my plans for the blog this year as well as how my year has been going so far.
So first of all, my plans for this blog....
I don't actually post here that often and I really want to change that so I am going to try and post here more. As for the content of the blog I don't know what it will be.
I know I can do more book reviews, movie reviews, thoughts on current events and just updates of my daily life, oh and Pointless Book entries. I suppose that actually sums it up really.
I mean as someone who lives a majority of their life on the internet I do use every social media out there which means I have to find different content to put on them otherwise they would all be the same and that's boring.
So this is where I will share my thoughts that are maybe too long for a tweet and yet not easily put into words for a YouTube video if that makes any sense.
To be honest I don't even remember what I used to write about when I used to blog. Like back whenever I had a Bebo and I discovered blogging for real...like what on earth did I find to write that was so interesting as an 11 year old? I'll never know. I deleted my Bebo a long time ago and while I do regret it a little I'm also kind of glad it's gone haha. Better to leave your 11 year old self behind.
After all, my Facebook is still alive and kicking after about 7 years and so is my Twitter....which can be embarrassing enough if you go back far enough.
Anyway...I got a bit sidetracked haha but the main point of this blog is just a place for me to express myself. As with every social media account I guess. But I mean I'm here and I like it. There's just something about being able to show different sides of yourself on social media that is so appealing to me and I think as an introverted person we need places where we can feel free and open to vent.
So this is where I feel safe...until someone in real life tells me they've read my blog haha. But honestly I wouldn't mind too much. I try not to make it too embarrassing for myself.
Anyway moving on to how 2015 has been so far...
To be honest I don't think much is really happening haha. At least not much that I consider exciting.
School started back and so there's that, I have mock exams coming up which means I have to revise a lot. It's kind of taking a lot out of me. I mean I guess it's my fault, I did leave it kind of last minute but I did/do think I can handle it. I guess we just see how it goes. At least I am making an effort, the rest of my school year seems a lot less motivated.
Don't get me wrong I am kind of the same sometimes but deep down I don't want to fail. Especially when so far this year I have done nothing but do my best in every test and come out with the best result. It would seem like a waste just to give it up now.
Which leads me to something that is very interesting this year. People are dropping out of school. I suppose this is a natural thing though. Like sometimes people decide this isn't what they want to do anymore and are unhappy so they leave and they either go for an apprenticeship, college or just go straight into work. It's not like we don't have a choice now. I still think it's sad though, just because you went through half a year of school to just not continue to the end especially this year because it's the end of a levels and you can get your qualifications and then go on to what you want to do. But then again it's not my life, it's their's. So I guess all I can do is wish those people luck with the next chapter in their lives wherever it is they are headed. Chances are I might not see them again, but at least I'll always be their Facebook friend.
As for the rest of us who are staying in school it's been okay. I mean getting used to school after a 2 week holiday is always an experience. Getting up early is an accomplishment in itself right now haha. But we're all slowly adjusting.
At least I think so.
Other than that the only other significant thing in my life has been fangirling about Fifty Shades of Grey. Which seems very strange to most people but to me it's normal. I'm so excited about this movie and the fact it's coming out next month makes me so happy.
I mean I suppose it's just like liking anything else except you get way more excited than you should about it. If you follow me on Twitter then you definitely know just how excited I get over things like photos and video clips haha it's not exactly healthy but the way I see it, it's better than being addicted to drugs because at least it's not physically damaging to your person. Plus it's not dangerous. I can safely fangirl from my computer in my room haha.
But yeah I don't really know what else to say about the whole Fifty Shades thing. I don't even know why I like it so much. I mean I don't know why I like anything so much I just like it because I do. Sometimes I think it's because there's nothing exciting going on in my real life so I like to get really excited about the fictional worlds. And going to see this movie would be like living in that world. Even for a short time.
I mean Fifty Shades seems like a really weird world to want to be in but to me it's a love story, that and Twilight fanfiction haha. Besides I'm a total sucker for a love story no matter how twisted it may seem.
And so that is a conclusion of my first 2 weeks of 2015. That and I have been getting back on YouTube posting again, I was kind of off it for a week just because I had done Vlogmas and things but I'm back. Another thing is everyone turning 18. Which I think I will make separate blog post talking about because that's a scary milestone...but yeah I think that's all I wanted to say.
I hope you guys liked reading this random stream of consciousness haha. I mean normally when I make a blog post I do just kind of sit and write what's on my mind. So I'm sorry if it doesn't make perfect sense but it did in my head and does when I'm writing it so hopefully that translates into an interesting blog post. If not then I will not post these very often haha. I just thought I'd give it a go since I think this is the first time I've posted this type of blog post here.
Well I'm off now, don't know when I'll blog again but hopefully it will be in the near future. :)

Blogging Changes

Hey guys!
So it has been a while since I last blogged anything and the reason for that is that I never make time to just sit down and blog anymore. Like I used to blog all the time but because of school and things I haven't had time. Or I didn't make time. Or I never had anything to blog about.
But I have decided to blog more next year. Especially since this is something that I have enjoyed doing since I was about 11. I mean I like to keep my thoughts somewhere and I always have a place to do that.
I know a lot of my thoughts often go on Twitter and now YouTube but I think I need to take more time to write some blog posts. For things that need more than 140 characters and things that need to be more thought about before they are said out loud.
I don't know what those things might be but I have decided I'll put them here.
I have thought about starting a whole new blog but honestly I don't want to get rid of everything I have posted here so far. So I think I'll stick with this blog and see where we go. I know at some point the name and the design and everything will have to change but I want the posts to be here for a long time. Because I am a very sentimental person and I like to look back on things.
So yes. I will definitely be blogging more in the new year.
Also I have decided to stop blogging episode recaps. I used to do it all the time but this year has shown me that I actually don't have time to do that. I mean I can barely watch the TV episode alone never mind write a blog recap on it. Plus doing blog recaps like that stop me from blogging about things I actually have opinions on so I think it's best that those go.
However I will still be keeping up with everything else on this blog. Which is basically just random things I want to post and my Pointless Book entries.
Even so I am looking forward to the new year and all of the things that it will bring. Hopefully it will bring me lots more to blog about...but we shall see. :)
I think this might be my last post until the new year but I can't be sure because there are quite a few things I have been meaning to blog about but haven't gotten around to doing yet. But if this is the last blog post until the new year then I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. :)
I hope your 2015 rocks more than your 2014. x

My Celebrity Crushes... | Page 10 | The Pointless Book

It's been forever since I have posted a blog post! For that I apologise. I know I still have two episodes of the Vampire Diaries to talk about but I have been really busy with school and YouTube. In case you didn't know I am currently doing Vlogmas. Which means vlogging everyday until Christmas so it is taking up a lot of my time right now.
Anyway...in this Pointless Book video I am talking about my celebrity crushes!
Now if you know me then you know I have a lot of celebrity crushes so picking only five was hard. But I think I picked some good ones. And plus they all belong to a TV show/movie that I really enjoyed and I think that's important haha. I mean what is a TV show or movie without it's good looking actors? Nothing.
Anyway on with the list...

I actually made this list a while ago and only got around to making this blog post and posting the video now. To be honest I never change celebrity crushes. Once you are up there you will probably be there forever. I mean Zac Efron has been a celebrity crush of mine since I was 11. And those feelings don't go away haha.

So I'm going to take some time now to talk about all of these wonderful men.

Jamie Dornan
Okay if you don't know I love him then you must be living under a rock. I mean Jamie has definitely been my man crush of 2014. I was introduced to him as clean-shaven Christian Grey but I got to home him as the dark and bearded serial killer in the Fall and then really fell in love with Jamie himself. He's such a great guy and I think he's an amazing actor. The fact that he modelled for Calvin Klein doesn't hurt either.
As one of the up and coming actors on this list I am very excited to see where he goes after Fifty Shades and the Fall. I mean he's really good at playing that dark twisted type of person who likes to have power over women but I haven't seen him in much else.
I suppose I should look into it haha. But yes I am definitely going to be sitting front row and centre for Fifty Shades in February....




Robert Pattinson

Rob was definitely a huge crush for me from about 2011 to now. I mean it definitely took a while for me to become Robsessed. But once I did I was definitely hooked forever. I obviously knew Rob in Twilight. But back then I was unsure of his appearance. I mean okay I may be a little bit shallow basing this on looks alone but I did for a while. Especially with Rob. But after Water For Elephants and a haircut I fell in love haha.
As a person Rob is adorable and I love that. He's definitely my favourite actor for facial expressions because his are so varied and he always comes across as awkward which again is adorable. I mean if you haven't swooned over him at least once then you need to take a second look.
Plus just think, he could have been Christian Grey. While a part of me will always want that I am very glad we have Jamie for the part.
But yes. Rob is perfection in every way. I have always thought so. Even with a half shaved head at comic con that one time...


Zac Efron

My crush on Zac Efron goes way back to 2007. It was the High School Musical days and his blue eyes with the Bieber cut worked for me. I mean I definitely always wanted a boyfriend like Troy when I was younger. He was so sweet. *sigh*
Plus Zac Efron has definitely been on the up and up since High School Musical. I followed him closely from HSM to Hairspray to 17 Again...lost him briefly as I got into the Twihard phase of my life and found him again recently. I mean he kind of went off the radar until That Awkward Moment for me. But I'm glad he came back.
I mean he can sing, dance, act and still look good while doing it. It's great. Haha.
While writing this I can't help but think back to those times when I used to spend ages on Zac Efron fansites finding out information about him haha. I mean I'm not going to lie I have done this with Jamie and Rob too but I feel it's more significant since Zac was the first.
He will always hold a special place in my heart. Especially because of High School Musical. Once a wildcat, always a wildcat, <3

Chace Crawford

For the longest time I thought he was Ian Somerhalder's double haha. There was a photo comparison of them ages ago and I just remember thinking they looked similar. However that was when Ian was in Lost and was younger and since then they have definitely grown and look completely different. To me anyway.
I fell in love with Chace Crawford in Gossip Girl. Nate Archibald was the guy I wanted to date. He was perfect.
But yes, I think the only place I know Chace from would be Gossip Girl. So I don't have too much to say about him other than he had that typical cute boy, Bieber hair thing that almost everyone on this celebrity list had at one stage - apart from Jamie I believe?
I mean I feel like there's a theme running through my celebrity crushes...could the Bieber cut be it? haha



Ian Somerhalder

Last and certainly not least is Ian Somerhalder. Vampire Dairies bad boy Damon Salvatore. Yes. It took me a while to like him though mainly because of his Damon character but with the way this series is going I am very much a Team Damon person.
Anyway yes, Ian Somerhalder is the definition of tall, dark and handsome. I mean have you seen him? He's older than all of the guys on this list but you wouldn't think it. He's adorable and is such a gentleman.
From following him on social media you can see he is actually a really good guy plus he has his own charity the Ian Somerhalder Foundation which is working to protect animals. It's inspiring.
I love Ian because of the type of person he is. I mean who doesn't like a guy who loves animals? Plus seeing him as Damon on Vampire Diaries and being all romantic and what not is very important to me haha. I like to imagine Ian is that charming in real life too...which isn't that hard to believe really.

And there you have it. My celebrity crushes. I don't even know if half of what I blogged made sense to you but it makes sense to me haha. But yeah, I suppose celebrity crushes are just a bit of fun to have, you can gush over how hot/cute a celebrity is with friends but in reality you'd be happy enough with someone who would stop and give you the time of day.
As you can see I take my celebrity crushes really seriously but I guess that's because no one else has taken interest. But we shall see if that changes as time goes on...
If you guys want to check out the video of me talking about celebrity crushes it is below:

I filmed it so long ago I don't even remember what I said but yeah. Let me know who your celebrity crushes are and if we have any of the same. Because if we do I believe we could become really good friends haha. :)

Would You Rather... | Pages 9 and 160 | The Pointless Book

Would you rather is something that is very popular on YouTube however when people ask YouTubers would you rathers they are all really sexual or really gross...I am so glad that The Pointless Book found a happy medium haha.

So if you want to watch the video of me answering these "Would you rather" pages, it's below:

As for the actual pages, this is the first one.

I have decided to go through all of them and give a brief description of why I chose them. I know I already did this in my video but I feel like I can always explain things better when I have had time to think about what I am going to say haha.

Would you rather...

1. Have wings or fins?
   I chose wings because flying in my opinion is much cooler than swimming. Also I have a fear of the water, even though if I had fins I'd be okay? I don't know. I'd just rather be up high in the world. Considering I am not a tall person it would be like exploring a whole new world
2. Have sweets for dinner everyday for a month or have a pint of curdled milk?
   I feel like this one is self explanatory. I mean I don't even have a sweet tooth but drinking milk that's gone off is a no go.
3. Have no elbows or no knees?
   Considering I am not that active of a person I think I could live without walking. Plus I need my elbows so that I can have hands so that I can use my computer, duh.
4. Be in a cave of spiders or snakes?
   I hate spiders a lot. So snakes is probably best...I mean I wouldn't cope well in either situation but I feel like snakes would be more bearable...
5. Swim with crocodiles or sharks?
   Neither seem to appealing but why do I feel like sharks sound less threatening than crocodiles? I have no idea...
6. Drink your own urine or eat your own vomit?
   Um...again I'd rather not do either but urine seems not as bad as vomit.
7. Fight a horse sized duck or 100 horse sized ducks?
   I don't think a duck would be too much hassle to be honest...
8. Have legs as long as your fingers or fingers as long as your legs?
   Again I'd need to have my regular fingers so I can use my computer and stuff. And besides, who even needs walking anymore? You can get almost everything delivered to your house.
9. Be sexually attracted to fruit or have Cheetos dust permanently stuck to your fingers?
   I feel like you could probably live with loving fruit. But not being able to get something off of your fingers is just unbearable. Especially crisp dust. Ugh.
10. Speak any language fluently or be able to speak to animals?
    Not a big animal person so I feel like being able to talk to them would be a waste. Plus learning to speak another language can benefit me in the future. Plus if I said things under my breath in a different language people would have no idea what I was saying so it's a win win situation.

This was also the page where we got to scan and see Alfie's answers! Honestly, that whole thing was a bit fiddly to do because I was holding my phone weirdly and it stopped working and it was this whole ordeal but I did manage to get it sorted. 

I won't give away Alfie's answers but I will say that we actually answered a lot of them similarly...which I think is very interesting haha.

To the second page:

I was sad there weren't as many questions to answer on this page but I do have to say these ones were harder to answer. But I was finally able to choose.

Would you rather...

1. Be boiling hot or freezing cold?
   As much as I like heat, I don't think I would physically be able to cope with being boiling hot. Sweating is so gross.
2. Have your computer memory wiped or have your past and future web browsing history available to everyone?
   I have a lot of things on my computer I'd rather not lose. Plus my internet history is mostly fangirling, stalking people on Facebook and looking up hot guys shirtless. No secrets here.
3. Drink a cup of public swimming pool water or sea water?
   Chlorine is horrible. So sea water seems like the better option. Plus it doesn't say how big the cup needs to be. It could be tiny.
4. Hiccup for the rest of your life or feel like you have to sneeze but can't for the rest of your life?
   You always feel satisfied after you sneeze so I feel like if we didn't have that we would crack up so hiccuping it is...as long as they aren't the violent kind...
5. Listen to one song for the rest of your life or never have to listen to the same song twice?
   Probably the hardest choice out of all of them to make. I mean I only listen to a few songs more than once and eventually I would run out of songs to listen to if I couldn't listen to them more than once. So I feel like choosing one song to be my anthem forever is the best. I'd probably go with High School Musical.
6. Not be able to use the internet or not be able to listen to music?
   I have lived on the internet for my entire teenage life. How could I ever give that up?

And there you go. Those were my would you rather choices. Do you agree with them?

These things are always hard to answer because you always try to find exceptions and conditions to the would you rather statement that defeats the whole purpose of the game. Even so....having to make choices like this make me realise I am probably not equipped to make any big decisions anytime soon...Even though I just applied to university...

I have such optimism! Haha.

But yeah I really like sitting and filling in these Pointless Book pages. I also like it because it encourages me to be productive because I want to film a video and make a blog post on top of just filling in the page itself. I know it seems like a lot of work but for someone who doesn't have a job and has a lot of free time it's definitely a hobby I enjoy.

So I hope to continue it...I have no idea what to do when the book is completely finished. But I think that's something to think about closer to the end...

So until then let's enjoy it while we have it shall we?

Turning Pages With... and More! | Pages 114, 81, 83, 129, 165, 132, 133 & 140 | The Pointless Book

A lot of things happening in this Pointless Book video! Not a lot to blog about but quite an entertaining video that is for sure. :)

I hope you enjoyed the video. I mean I kind of did. Looking back I realised I do look like a complete weirdo but I think these are the things we like to do for the internet sometimes.
Below I have a screenshot of my notes page in case for some reason you wanted to have a better look:

I'll never know why I chose to put some ICT homework notes in there but I will definitely look back at this and wonder what the heck it means haha.

I also have a photo of my random tweet - well not my tweet - the one my friend tweeted from my account:

Oh the memories.

But yes, I do seem to have cleared through quite a lot of pages with this one blog post but this is still the start of things there are so many pages I have yet to do. And I will not stop until I get through them all. Well I might stop sometimes...but I will complete this book! I am determined to!