bleach london, you suck

So without me even washing my hair (because I am a tramp), the 'Gritty in Pink' or 'Slightly unusual faint tones' in my hair, vanished. Like poof. Gone. So a few days ago, whilst dying my friends hair pink with some diluted raspberry pink by live colour xxl, I decided I would put some on my hair. So I grabbed a bit and literally smothered it on the ends of my hair, then washed it off after literally 3 minutes, and to my shock, my hair had been totally dyed, a vibrant, pink.

So my hair is now pink, and maybe I will get round to showing you it soon. Maybe I won't.

Sorry I haven't really been posting, I've been too busy wallowing in self pity and sitting in my bedroom crying because my life sucks. (Possibly slightly exaggerating there).

I will be posting soon though, because I ordered loads of clothes from Forever 21 because I was bored so I will post a haul of those, hopefully.

Amy xx

hippo

crates? no, crite. That's the one.

So I haven't posted in, like, ten days (boohoo) which would be okay if I hadn't been looking at other peoples blogs wondering how they couldn't post for six whole days. Such a hypocrite.

Anyway, I dyed my hair today using the Gritty in Pink kit from Bleach London, I still had some turquoise/green in my hair that I hadn't quite managed to wash out so it failed a
little but it will be okay once I dye it again. I hope.

Amy xx

do not ever call them ponies

I went to Iceland and it was wonderful. Truly, a beautiful-magical-hobbit-hole-lava-field wonderland. Here are some mobile phone photos, so not the best quality but good enough.

 I love this photo of two Icelandic horses, it looks like they are telling/listening to secrets.

 It was a place where you could take a picture out of the car window and it would look like it belonged in the national geographic, or on an evian bottle. I took my film camera to Iceland and used about three roles of film on photos of killer whales and horses and beautiful sights so I might upload some of those when they come back, I mailed the film off a couple of days ago so I will get it back soon.

 The beaches were fab, you had the black stones/sand and it made everything else even more vibrant and made everything contrast. I loved this black beach, with the bright orange seaweed.

 This is me and my horse Simba, who is pictured in the top of this post. He was a wonderful horse, the king of the pack and all the other horses tended to follow him. We went riding twice and both times I was paired up with him, that was great because I loved Simba... or Simpa (?) as the Icelanders call him.

This is me with Teddy, the horse my mum rode. He was slow and safe and very much suited to my mum.

I went riding with Stóri-Kambur who I could not recommend highly enough. The rides were brilliant, the first ride along the beach was totally liberating and we were free to gallop along anywhere we wanted. The second ride through the lava fields, and then down the highway was both fascinating, educational and exhilarating. There is something so smooth and right about horse riding, especially as you get faster.

I would love to return, and plan on going for a month in the summer when I am seventeen to take tourists out on rides. I think it would be wonderful.

I brought my film camera with me, so here are some of the photos I took on that. (The first one was taken by my dad)

 me & simba

 the church

 a dog - his name meant bright and playful and he was

 photos i got of killer whales

 the colours are lovely

Amy xx

packing for italy

I mentioned I am going to Sorrento, and I leave on Wednesday at 2.15 am (killer) so I figured I would schedule this post for then. So as this goes up I will be groggily making my way into a friends car and heading to Italy.

I am packing today (Saturday) and here are some of the things I have packed or need to pack. (It is a four day trip, by the way).

CLOTHES : These are pretty essential unless I want to walk around either a) nude or b) in stinky clothes, so I am packing lots of these. Although luckily they are all hot-weather-clothes so will not take up too much space. (Hand luggage only sadly).

SWIMMING COSTUME: This is something I need. I have outgrown (mentally and physically) last years costumes so I need a new one but it is impossible to find ones that are attractive without being revealing. The struggle is real. I also need to get a microfibre towel that will fit in my bag. I am thinking about this swimming costume, from Fatface, but feel it might be a bit old?

SHOES: I am going to wear my Vans on the plane - these will do for walking up Mt. Vesuvius etc, and will pack my Havaianas as well, for lounging around the pool.

ESSENTIALS: Along with the obvious toiletries I am bringing wipes so I can stay feeling fresh in the heat, and suncream which is mega important if you are as pale as I am and have no capacity to tan, only to burn, also like myself.

ACCESSORIES: My eyes seem to be very sun-sensitive so I am taking my Polaroid Glasses which I love, the lens seems to give everything a instagram-style filter, and colours are brighter, not darker like most sunglasses make them. I am also bringing my floppy hat, which had been with me many places, America, Music Festivals and now Italy.

FOOD: Maybe this has been mentioned but in the eventuality it hasn't, I am a very fussy eater. So upon landing I am going to a supermarket because I will not, without a doubt, eat the hotel provided food. *shivers* But for the journey I have got some special K chocolate biscuit moments and cereal bars, and a weetabix drink, I have no idea if I will like them but it seems like a good idea to have some kind of energy providing food. I am also taking some mini packets of cereal which should be useful.

MUSIC: This is one of the most important parts for me, my headphones and I are inseparable and without music I would not survive the journey. (Slight melodrama). I am downloading all my spotify playlists onto my phone so will be bringing an adaptor to keep my phone charged and will take my headphones. This trip will feature my summer and happy playlist, on which I have songs by:
Half Moon Run
Noah and the Whale
Birdy
Kodaline
Foster the People
and other artist but that's all I can think of right now. I recommend listening to all of the above.



That's pretty much it, I'm sure I've forgotten half of the essentials but that will have to do. So wish me luck on my trip and have a nice time! I won't be, at 2am when this is posted.

Amy xx

return of the mediocre blogger - discussing dedication

I guess I've neglected this blog for a while. I would say I was sorry but I don't think anyone has been eagerly awaiting updates. You see, some people in this world have this thing called dedication, they have work ethic and they are motivated and determined and loads of other things that I am not.

When it comes to school, I just coast and it takes an exceptional teacher to make me actually try (although I don't always like these teachers, I know they are good for me), and I am grateful for them. But I feel bad, really bad, about the fact that I don't put effort in to what I do and I don't have any drive to put any effort in.

I do take pride in some of my work, if I am interested in it, but I don't think the curriculum is really built around my interests so sadly most of my work is half completed rubbish. This blog could be considered half completed rubbish I guess, along with two other blogs I have had, which I also neglected. (This was when I was 10/11 and I really haven't changed).

I guess as an update of sorts I could tell you a few things about my life right now, so here goes nothing/something:
I am now fourteen and will be fifteen in November and I don't really know how I have changed, mentally anyway.
Tomorrow I am going to see War Horse in the theatre and I am excited because I can remember going to see it when I was very young, I sat in the second row and loved it, although that's pretty much all I remember so I guess I will get to relive that seven-year-old experience. Then, next week Wednesday I am going to Italy to the Bay of Naples (sorrento?) with my school on a Latin trip. It is going to be hot and despite sun cream I will burn. 
I just did all my end of year exams, I've had a few results back and they are all pretty good, none are exceptional but they are good enough for me. (can you see the lack of motivation here?!?!) Anyway, I liked doing them all in a week, it meant they were all over and done with and I could be less stressed etc. Turns out we are also doing controlled assessments now which sucks, I don't get that because we did all our end of year exams.

I might write a couple more posts and I might post them, I don't know.

For now,
Ciao (that's italian, right? I'm preparing for Italy),
Amy x

flemish

note: to whoever came up with the idea to name a language Flemish... BAD IDEA. No offence to belgian people, I mean, it's not the words. Just the name. :)


Anyway, back to business. On Monday I am off to Belgium/France for a school trip to the battlefields. Although people I know who have gone on it say it is boring, we all know one of the perks of having Amy on the trip means it cannot be boring.

So it's almost the end of the school year and I'm sitting here at 10 at night baking in the sun which I cannot tolerate and wondering how in the heck I will deal with the weather on the trip.

I get back on wednesday evening and then the next day is my Latin test which I WILL fail and have to get 70% in to do Latin next year. This sucks. :'(

It'll be interesting because we are visiting cemeteries and we have been told to wear suitable clothes, this level of heat + girls from my school = no regard for this rule.

It will be fun to see how the teachers react anyhow.

I might post again before I go. Maybe.

bye for now. :)
Au revoir!
Tot ziens

But.... but I thought?

Because I am lazy, here are some funny photos. 

heheh. 

I agree with the girl.

 Dr Seuss is a boss. 

 I do not like the WBC

The funny of Tumblr.

Good guy Pope!

Seems Legit. 

Amy.

X.

Spanish and I know it

So I'm not Spanish... BUT I am going to Spain!
For a week!
In Barcelona!
With some friends and my mum and brother. So that will be fun.
Hopefully the weathers good, but with a forecast like this:

I do not have much hope. 

Still. 

I'm going to be Internet free for that time so although I will post if I can, I probably won't be able to. 

Not that anyone cares buuuutttt still.

So have a good half term and I'll try to have one too.

Amy.

x