Happy 2013!

Quote of the week #4

Epic pencil art

I just wanted to share this with you guys. A friend of mine sent me the link. And I found this picture so nice that I wanted all of you guys to see it. It's just impressive.

Merry x-mas

top 3 Christmas songs

My personal top 3 of Christmas songs. It was supposed to be a top 10, but I'm not very into Christmas songs. And from now on I'm not going to write posts until the holidays are over. I've got some picture posts planned out for you guys, because I know during the holidays no one reads blogs and after the holidays no one is interested in holiday posts.

1) Baby it's cold outside - Glee (I'm not a glee fan I just like the song)

2) All I want for Christmas is you - Mariah Carey

3)This Christmas - Owl City

Quote of the week #3

What I learned in 2012

So since 2012 is almost over I am going to write about my experiences in 2012 and what I learned from them. I must say I haven't learned much this year. In 2011 I really learned a lot very fast, because I was getting more mature very fast and I was getting out of a depression and I was suicidal and stuff. Compared to that I didn't learn anything this year. I'm not going to talk about what I learned in school, only about the important life lessons.

1. Call your best friend if you had a fight with your brother -and if you're crying because he really hurt you while you know you shouldn't talk to your brother ,since you know someday he'll end up in prison- NOT your boyfriend, he will definitely overreact. (Seriously my brother his hand is broken because he hit someone because he was "being annoying". I actually think he deserves being in prison.)
2. Blogging is fun. Seriously since I started blogging I got addicted and I got happier
3. Working 4 hours for school doesn't get you better grades than working half an hour.
4. Don't give up on your dreams, if you work hard enough you will accomplish what you want to accomplish

15 things you don't know about me

Hi peeps!
As you might have noticed I like making lists. So this time it's a "list you don't know about me". It's 15 tings because I'm 15.

1. I talk in my sleep
2. I love reading
3. I'm a good cook
4. When I'm an adult I want to be a journalist for a magazine or a writer or maybe a columnist
5. I used to be suicidal when I was 13
6. My parents are divorced
7. I'm a huge fan of Terry Goodkind. He saved my life when I was 13, his books taught me to be happy no matter what.
8. I'm the only person in my house that doesn't like to have fights
9. I have ADHD, dyscalculia and dyslexia and still I'm in ASO (the hardest level of school you can be on)
10. I cry at movies. Even when no one dies. And I also cry when I finish a good book just because it's over.
11. My best friend has been the same person since kindergarten.
12. I speak 4 langauges where from 2 fluently English, Dutch and 2 not fluently German (I've started learning this 4 months ago so I have an excuse) en French (okay this langauge is just a hell)
13. I'm an atheïst.
14. I can't sleep without reading a few pages from a book
15. Drinking Coca cola makes me feel tired

Funny exam answers

Hi guys!
Since I'm in my exam period now I got the idea to make a post with 14 funny exam answers. Why 14? because that's the number of exams I have.

Quote of the week #2

Get your very own barcode?

Hi guys!
Have you ever wanted to have your own barcode? You have probably never even thought about it, but wouldn't it be awesome to have your very own barcode? Well... today I red about this website called "Barcode yourself". So I decided to pay it a visit. you can see my barcode next to this text.It was so easy to make it! You just have to say your age, your height, weight, the country where you live in,... It doesn't even take 5 minutes. Just try it on Barcode Yourself!

18 Blog post ideas

Hello readers!
Sometimes I have trouble coming up with post idea's and sometimes I'm getting one idea after another, and I write all those ideas in a notebook. I made a list of idea's that look good for me to use. I'm probably going to use them all by myself, and you can use them too. If you use them be nice and put a link of my blog in your post.

1. Write a letter to your younger self

2. write a how-to post
3. Share a favorite childhood memory.
4. your 10 favorite blog posts from other blogs
4. Tell a funny story

5. Write an urban Legend
6. Write a Question-Answer post (In this case you already need a common readers base, if you're a starting blogger don't use this one right away)
7. Write you own (short) biography
8. Write about lost childhood friendships
9. Share your love story.
10. Three objects you'd feel lost without.

11. Make a list of ANYTHING
12. Remarkable blogs
13. Ask your readers (I know this isn't exactely a subject, but if you ask your readers what they'd want to read you'll get some great idea's)
14. One super popular movie of the moment vs. another super popular movie of the moment (like now Twilight vs. The Hunger Games)
15. Write about an embarrassing moment in your life. People like embarrassing stuff.
16. common addictions
17. irrational fears
18. write a things you don't know about me post

-Tess

Quote of the week #1

Hi guys I've decided to start a line of posts. Every saturday. I'll just post 1 single quote which I find intresting. It'll look like this. I make every single picture myself.

Sinterklaas

Hi peeps. I hope you all aren't to cold because of the snow that fell today and will fall tomorrow.
Today I'm going to tell you guys about some Belgian culture. Have you ever heard of Sinterklaas? Probably not (unless you're European). It's a person similar to Santa Claus. We have both Sinterklaas en Santa Claus. Most children just say "de Sint" so I'll refer to him that way. De Sint is a Spanish old man who brings every child who was good that year a present on the night of the fifth of October, Because the 6th it's his birthday.. He rides a horse called "slecht weer vandaag" (which means bad weather today). In the Belgian TV-show of de Sint (yes, he has his very own TV show) they say that his horse which is white is called that way because the day de Sint got it the weather was very bad and it was raining with thunder and lightning and stuff. (How creative) And he doesn't make the present himself he's to old for that. So just like santa he has "helpers" or cruel said slaves. Like Santa has elves as helpers de Sint has black people. (This may sound like racist to you, but that's just the way the story says and it's generally accepted here. It's NOT my opinion that black people should be slaves. DONT take tis offensively. Oh, and they volunteer to help him) And those helpers make the presents and go through the chimney.
And december 5th children have to "hun schoen zetten". They have to take a shoe and put a carot and a piece of sugar in it (for the horse) and beer (for de Sint) and cookies (for "Zwarte piet" that's how the helpers are called) And in exchange for that they get a present if they were nice that year.
Please comment.
-Tess

Ps. guys, since tomorrow there's going to be a huge snowfall here I am going to get outside with my sister's camera and make pictures. I promise to post some pictures of those soon, so you can enjoy the landscape. And feel sorry for me that I had to be in that snow.

I'm really sorry

Hi guys!
I didn't manage to make sure I had at least new posts 2 time a week during the exams. But what I have to study is okay so I might have some time to give you guys at least something. But that might not work out, because -that's why I am posting this message- my laptop is dead. Like literally dead. At least it's almost dead. Not dead like running out of battery, I mean dead like broken. So If my laptop breaks I need to get 675 euros to get a new one. I was already planning on buying a new one in summer because then I have a "summer-job" I work somewhere for a month so I have some money to get through the year. This year I'm only buying a laptop, so I have some money for during the year. WHY does my laptop always break during the exams!? I'm not planning on getting the wreck that should be called a laptop but it's a wreck the only thing that still works is the screen. So I'm definitely not planning on getting it fixed it's better to buy a new one right away. So If this laptop ever breaks down when I don't have the money I need yet, I might not be able to post on this blog anymore for a long while. Now my laptop still works I'll try to make as many blog posts as I can for in the future, so you guys can enjoy my blog as long as possible.
To get the money I still need if I'd babysit only it would take 169 hours of babysitting that's over seven days non-stop! Of course I can ask my parents to borrow me some money, but I wouldn't expect to much of it.  So if it breaks down don't expect that I'll be back that soon. I'm really sorry and I promise I'll get back as soon as I can and in the latest case that will be at the end of august. So I hope that the wreck survives until then. And if it doesn't I'll miss you all.
-Tess

Stupid comments about names of groups

Hey peeps!
I'm going to tell you a short story which happened during French class the other day. A girl from my class group called Lotte had to do her book report that day. For the book report we had to make a small creative exercise so the rest of the class group could solve it. and Lotte said that we had to form 3 groups and make up a name for the group. In my group there we only girls and no boys so we decided to call our group "Les Filles" (which is French for the girls). And some guy from the other group said "How original. Our name will be way more original and creative). When he was done discussing with his group the choose the name he stood up proudly and he said "Our group will be called Group deux" (French for group two). My whole group said at exactly the same time "How original". The third group was called "The Wesley" which refers to the picture on top of the article. It's kabouter Wesley ( Dutch for Gnome Wesley). Wesley is a gnome who always gets in funny situations and always responds in a impolite cursing but still funny way.
-Tess

Dumb ways to die

Hi guys!
I haven't got much time today so I'm just going to post a really cute video. It's just insane and amazing. THIS is the way they should make commercials.

Try not to remember

Hi guys!
Yesterday I saw the movie "home of the brave". It's a pretty good movie about men (and women) who went to the war in Israel and when they came back to the USA they faced problems with their family because of their long absence and because of their trauma's they got back there. You should really watch the movie. Anyways that's not what I wanted to write about today. When I was starting to watch the DVD and the menu came on it played the theme song (Well... at least a part of it) and instantly I fell in love with it. You really have to listen the whole song. The best part starts around  one minute after the start of the video.

What do you think about this song? And if you watched the movie what did you think about it? Did you go fight in any war or do you know someone who did? Feel free to commment!

-Tess

Online teen diaries

Hey, Contessors!
I like reading like online diaries of teens or just blogs where they don't write about an specific topic. I search for those blogs on Google but 99% percent of those blogs are abandoned. And if I see a blog which isn't updated in 2 months I don't even want to read them anymore. So this is my question for you guys, do you know any of this kind of blogs which got updated recently? You'd make me really happy if you'd be able to give me some links to blogs. Please leave the URL in a comment.
-Your favorite bloghost

Exams

Hey guys!
In 3 weeks my exams will begin :( Which means that won't have much time to post stuff on this blog especially during exams so now I'm writing as much good posts as I can to schedule them so you at least have something to read in those 2 weeks and a half. And that also means that and my low profile will begin today don't expect more than 2 posts a week. Be happy if you already get one. Just for the next few weeks school will be #1 to do. But if I find time to write something in my notebook (If I get an idea when I don't have access to a computer I write it down in a little notebook which I carry around all the time so I won't forget it.) And type it on my blog I'll post it during my exams in a while where I don't have much posts yet. So you won't be too long without posts. I promise I'll do my best to keep you guys satisfied  but you'll have to do it with a few short posts. I'll schedule them to get published at 03:30 ECT (European Central Time) But I promise that I'll make it up to you afterwards. For example I'll write a post about how my family celebrates Christmas.
Feel free to comment
-Your blogging friend Tess

Wordle

Have you ever heard of wordle? Well of you haven't let me explain it to you by giving you guys an example. You go to http://www.wordle.net and you click "create" (wow that sounds complicated) and you just post a bunch of text in the textbox. I'm using my recent post about dreams, because that's a long one. Wordle makes a collage of the most common used words in the text and the more you used that word the bigger it is. So below you can see my wordle collage.

You can see that especially the word dream is used a lot and so are dreams, key, lake and butterfly.
Why can this program be useful?
When you're writing a story you can put your story into this website and you'll see what words you use (too) commonly. It can help improve your writing style and it could make a good thing to describe the theme of your story without giving away too much.
And anyway I like the way this wordspinthingy looks like.
Feel free to comment!

-the Blogger of duty

Dreams and nightmares

Hello, my dear at this moment non existing followers

Everybody dreams every night (except if you don't sleep, but that doesn't count), but have you ever wondered why we have dreams or if they have some kind of a meaning? Well... I have. Lately I've been having nightmares often. A few days ago I dreamed that t spider with the size of a backpack attacked me! How absurd is that!? Anyway that dream scared the hell out of me (I've got like a huge phobia of spiders. I'm even scared of spiders on tv). And the night before I dreamed that a man kidnapped me and raped me. And the worst thing was that the man was ugly as hell. But I have really nice dreams too. I often dream that I'm just hanging around with my boyfriend and nothing bad happens at all. But what do all these dreams mean?

Freud (famous scientist) said that you only dream about things you desire to have or that you desire to happen. So he says that I want a spider with the size of a backpack to attack me.

I decided to do some research on dreams. And I came across this website called dreammoods. And I red the first paragraph of the homepage and my first thought was "this sounds so hippy". But I looked further on that site and I'm basing this article on that info.
Last night I dreamed that a butterfly came along and gave me a key. And then I fell into a lake and lost the key.
The site says the next thing about keys appearing in your dreams
To see a key in your dream symbolizes opportunities, access, control, secrets, freedom, knowledge or responsibilities. You may be locking away your own inner feelings and emotions. Or you are unlocking the answer to some problem. In particular, a ring of keys represents status, authority, and power. It also highlights your adaptability to a situation. If the key is gold, then it suggests that influence, power and wealth will give you access to almost anything you want. 

and about losing them:
To dream that you lose your keys signify fears of losing control of yourself or losing your position or status in life. It may also indicate unexpected changes, frustrations, and unpleasant adventures. The dream could be analogous to lost or missed opportunities. If you give your key away, then it suggests that you have given up control of some situation or responsibility. 
and about a lake
To see a lake in your dream signifies your emotional state of mind. You feel restricted and that you can't express your emotions freely. Alternatively, the lake may provide you with solace, security, and peace of mind. If the lake is clear and calm, then it symbolizes your inner peace. If the lake is disturbed, then you may be going through some emotional turmoil.

About the butterfly it says
To see a butterfly in your dream signifies longevity, creativity, romance, joy and spirituality. You may be experiencing a new way of thinking. Or you are undergoing some sort of transformation. Alternatively, a butterfly refers to your need to settle down. You are lacking focus in your life. You tend to be flighty and jump from one thing to another. Also consider the term "social butterfly" to describe someone who is popular and outgoing. Perhaps you need to be more outgoing. 
So it says that I fear losing control and that I have inner peace and that I'm creative comantic an joyfull. Okay everything but the first thing is true, but what if it's just coincidence?

Snow

Hello, my dear readers that appear to be non existing
A friend of mine told me that right now Finland is covered under a carpet of snow. Personally I don't like snow. No I hate it. Always when I say that there are always a few people who look at me like "WTF!? did she just say!? Who on earth doesn't like SNOW!?" Well I don't like snow because First of all it's cold and wet. Do you guys like going to school with dry socks and dry shoes and all of dry clothes and coming home with wet socks, wet shoes and all of your other clothes wet AND frozen? Well I don't! When it snows to me  it feels like my toes are going to freeze off and so my fingers and my nose. I don't want to look like Voldemort you know.
Second snow is dangerous. Last year with the first snow. No one had come to take away the snow yet. I wanted to go for a walk with my dog Brutus because he loves snow so much. And in front of my house I have like a little garden and a path. That path was covered in snow. I didn't even make the sidewalk before I fell! And like always just at the moment I fell my best friend came by and she started laughing her lungs out of her chest.
What do you think about snow? Let me know! (Hey, that rhymes!)
-Tess

Drinking alcohol and driving laws questioned

Hello, fellow internet users

In the USA the minimum age of drinking is 21 and you can drive when you're only 16 years old. While here in Belgium you can drink when you're 16 and you can drive at 18. So, is it a good idea to allow people to drive BEFORE they're allowed to drink? Isn't is wrong to introduce young people to alcohol when they're already driving? Wouldn't it be better if they can't drive legally when they are at the age where they can experiment with alcohol?

I think people should be allowed to drink before they can drive. Because when young people doesn't matter when they're 16 or 21 they certainly WILL start experimenting with alcohol. And at least once they get too drunk to drive. But if you're that drunk you don't think about safety and you drive home yourself anyway, and even if that happens only once they can cause an accident where maybe children die in. When you live in the USA this is perfectly possible.
In Belgium you can drink like 2 years before you drive. So by the time you can drive you're done experimenting and they can take their responsibility and decide not to drive when they're too drunk and when they do they can punish them harder.
-Tess

Do not play with a stapler!

Today I learned that you should not play with a stapler. And I learned it the hard way.
My family and I are moving (that's why I'm barely posting anything) And my boyfriend his pants were torn by the knee, so I decided to fix it with a stapler which worked out great!
Afterwards I was sitting at the table being bored and for some reason I had put my finger under it and I was pressing it (I felt so stupid afterwards). What happened? Well... the staple got stuck in my finger. I barely felt it going into my finger, but afterwards I couldn't free my finger!
So my boyfriend had to help me. He held the stapler as wide open as he could and I could free my finger. (If you have a weak stomach don't read the following paragraph)
So my finger was freed the staple was still stuck in my finger. So I removed it myself. I never had a problem with such things. After it was removed the pain begun. It was bleeding a lot. I made it stop bleeding with a tissue because we didn't have anything better over there. And like half an hour later the pain stopped too.
(The people with the weak stomach can read again) So the moral of this story don't play with a stapler. And you can fix clothing with a stapler!
-Tess

Introduction

Hey Guys!
Well... because this is my first message on this blog I am going to tell you guys (and girls) something about me and this blog. So I am Tess and I'm 15 years old. And I want to become a journalist or even an author one day. I am from Belgium (that's a very small county in Europe which lies in between France and Germany) I think it's like the size of Maryland, but with twice as much inhabitants. There live about 11 million people in Belgium. And we have like the worst government ever. We've broken the world record for having no government for the longest time!
Enough about world's most boring country Belgium. What will this blog be about? Well... I think it will be about nothing and everything. I'll write about people, events, movies, life,... Like everything what is in a teenager's girls world. And I'm not planning to like say when I'll post maybe next week I'll post everyday and than a week only once. It really depends on how busy I am. But I promise to post something at least once a week. Oh and I'm sorry for any kind of mistake you can correct me. I am no native English speaker.
I really hope that you'll enjoy my blog
-Tess