Weird Questions Tag!

Hey! So I watched a few YouTube videos and found the ‘Weird Questions Tag’ which I really found interesting and wanted to do for you all! Read away and maybe you’ll realize how much of a true loon I am!

1.       What's a nickname only your family calls you?

Phoebus, which is from the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the guy who ends up with Esmeralda. The only problem is with the name, its caught on to my friends and now teachers.

2.       What's a weird habit of yours?

I have to have all my pens facing the same way and have all my stationary placed in the correct places.

3.       Do you have any weird phobias?

I am actually really scared of clowns and castles, only the creepy type of castles where ghosts go to live. So if any of you have been to Alton Towers and gone on the ride Hex, add in some clowns and it’s my worst nightmare.

4.        What's a song you secretly love to blast & belt out when you're alone?

Mirrors by Justin Timberlake

Someone like You by Adele

5.       What's one of your biggest pet peeves?

When someone sings a song I love and know really well and they get the lyrics wrong and also being spoken to like I’m stupid which is annoying when they are talking to me about something I do actually have a good knowledge of.

6.       What's one of your nervous habits?

When I get nervous I tend to just continue to talk as much as possible at a very fast pace, this is usually called babbling which I am rather good at when I get nervous.

7.       What side of the bed do you sleep on?

I have a single bed, but I usually sleep on the left.

8.       What were your first stuffed animal & its name?

My first stuffed animal was a little bunny rabbit which was also my mum’s first ever stuffed animal and I think I gave it a very clever name ‘bunny’.

9.       What's the drink you always order at Starbucks?

I don’t go to Starbucks but we have a machine at school and I usually get mocha but if I am out I tend to get tea with one sugar and milk.

10.   What's the beauty rule you preach, but never actually practice?

I know it’s good but I can never be bothered to deep cleanse my face to remove all my make-up and then wash and use a moisturizer which is basically a night time routine.

11.   Which way do you face in the shower?

Away from the water, looking straight at the wall opposite

12.   Do you have any weird body 'skills?

I can move my ears without touching them, that’s about it; I do wish I had more skills to share.

13.   What's your favourite comfort food that’s 'bad' but you love to eat it anyways?

Chocolate, it’s just too good to say know to! But don’t even get me started on ice-cream, especially when its haagen dazs.

14.   What's a phrase or exclamation you always say?

‘Quick Question’ ‘Alrighty ’

15.   Time to sleep!! What are you actually wearing?

Probably an old t-shirt and some shorts, I would like to have some nice pajamas though with some cool patterns, the best ones I have are where’s wally ones but let me tell you Wally is in a rather awkward place…

I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope to see you at the next one! Love you Phoebe Eve <3

Confidence.

So recently I was inspired by something I heard from a friend that is “I wish I could have the attitude I had when I was younger about my body because when we get older we become more conscious and obsessed with our bodies and looks. But when you were a kid you didn’t care and wore and did whatever you wanted to”. This is something I really do agree with, I wish I could have the confidence and care-free attitude I had when I was younger.

I think the media is one of the main problems, every day we see photos of ‘the perfect body’ and articles on ‘how to slim down’. The true fact is, there isn’t a perfect body. It’s just all crap the media feeds us, wanting us to buy the next issue so we can learn how to get models bodies. But even I know and realise that it is crap, I am still immersed by it all. We are forced to compare ourselves to others and see who has the best abs, ass, boobs, legs, stomach, hair, face, nose, arms, the list goes on. The worst part about it all is that it actually has a true effect on us and how we view ourselves. The pictures put into the media are ALL photo shopped and airbrushed, so the model or person in the photo doesn’t even look like that in real life. I know that the world won’t change and we will always be surrounded by this. We just need to try and change our attitudes.

Recently I haven’t been the happiest with myself as I compare myself to others very easily, I see them and how they have a thigh gap and a flat stomach you could do your school work on and for some reason I then just feel like shit about myself. So, I want to take a new attitude to my confidence in how I look. I don’t mean that suddenly I am going on a huge, stupid diet where all I eat is dust for three days or I am going to become cocky.

I just don’t want to be defined by that number that’s on my clothes or the amount of cake I eat or how much exercise I do and that I don’t do 100 squats and sit up’s a day. I am who I am. Screw the media with their fake ideas of ‘perfection’ NO ONE IS PERFECT. I am sure I will have days where I feel groggy and unattractive, everyone does. But I want to try and just think if I look good then who cares what size I am? With my diet I am just going to try and keep crappy foods to a minimum and just have some fruit instead, it’s not hard.  My plan here isn’t to lose weight or change myself, it’s just to make me feel good, which is how everyone should feel. I don’t want to sound cheesy but the fact is that, everyone is beautiful, we deny it, but we all are. So if someone compliments you, say thank you! Cherish that compliment and keep it in your pocket for a rainy day!

I am in no way telling you to change yourself, just your attitude, which is unless you are already happy with yourself and feel confident and if so good for you! I just think we should all embrace who we are; we are all individuals with lots of different things to offer the world. Spend a bit more time pampering yourself and just chilling out and having a nice cup of tea, look in the mirror in the morning and say “I look good”. One day, you won’t need to say it, you’ll know it.

Thank you if you got this far into the post, I just wanted to have a little rant at how crappy the media is for making up this idea of ‘perfection’. I love you all, speak soon, Phoebe Eve <3