The Sales

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

It's that time of year where everyone goes mental about the sales. Town suddenly becomes mega packed with people (mainly women), who go hunting through the sales in order to find a good bargain. I don't know whether you knew this, but there are sales which happen all through the year (if you search hard enough). But people only seem to care for the sales after christmas. It is ridiculous. You can't even walk through town with your dog, or nip into the shops for some bread and milk without being pushed or shoved by crazy-shopping people, who are on a mission to carry as much carrier bags as possible. Personally, I don't bother with the sales after christmas, there isn't really anything that I like, and if there is, I don't buy it because... hell would freeze over before I am caught in that never-ending queue!

Thanks, Clover Clark.

New Year's Resolution

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

It's that time of year, when you are supposed to reflect on the past year and to make new changes to become a better person. New Year's Resolution. You can give up something, such as drinking alcohol or smoking, or you can aim to do something new or meet new people. There are millions of things that you can do. But no-one tends to actually do what they hope to do. Sure, we do well after the first couple of days, but get bored... lose interest... and then we give up! Just like that! We have ruined our New Year's Resolution; and then we do the same again this time next year. It's pointless if you ask me!

I don't know what it is that I plan to do. Stop being so mean to people? Be happier? Give up chocolate? Visit my family more often? Too many things to decide, at least lent is only for 40 days... doing something for a years is hard work!

Who knows! I suppose that I'll have to think about it. If anyone has decided that they are going to do, please let me know.

Thanks, Clover Clark.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

I've had a lot of arguments with my family and friends this year. Don't get me wrong, they were all serious things, not just pointless, petit fights. But, nevertheless, I wish everyone a merry christmas and all that...

Merry Christmas!

Thanks, Clover Clark. xxx

Lonely

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

I was feeling sorry for myself today, as I sat on my bed, listening to my brother's ipod "Aerosmith - I don't want to miss a thing" and thinking Why don't I have a boyfriend?

I think that I am pretty enough, nice enough, and fun enough to be around. But I don't seem to have someone to snuggle with or share my affections. Especially around this time of year, it's as if you have to have someone to share the occastions with. I don't know... it just made me think, and a become a little bit depressed.

I am ready for the new stage of my life! I have been at school for years and years and years!!! I need to get away from home (don't worry, my Mum isn't treating me badly), I just need to start my own life, meet new people, and do my own thing. I am ready for the jump, even if it costs my thousands of pounds. It just feels right, do you know what I mean?

Anyway, that's all for today, pretty short and sweet. Any feed-back would be great!

Thanks, Clover Clark.

An age limit on leopard?

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

You have to be a certain age to smoke, to drink alcohol and to use dating websites. But should you be a certain age to wear leopard print items? Let me explain...

I was walking through town, and I saw a women around six-foot tall, wearing the highest leopard print shoes I have EVER seen, a mini-skirt and big glasses. She would have fitten into the celebrity life-style. However, she looked about 60 years old!!! I walked a little bit further and saw another woman wearing a leopard print dress but she looked around 50!

Should you have to be less than a certain age to wear leopard print? I think they should have a warning on certain clothing "Must be less than 35 years old to wear" or something like that. Because you get these crazy old ladies strutting their so-called 'stuff' through town, thinking they are the next Noami or Kate Moss.

We need to slap them out of their dream world and give them some sense.

Anyway, that's what I think. Surely someone who is old enough to receive their pension, shouldn't be wearing things that their grand-children are wearing. Right?

Thanks, Clover Clark.

2012

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

It wasn't that long ago that the film '2012' came out. It was a pretty scary film, well, it scared me and a few of my friends. It also got me thinking, will the world really end at 2012? Is there any point me going to University? Should I spend everything I have now?

The Mayans, a group of native people years and years ago, made their calendar and didn't feel the need to go any further than 2012, as they thought we wouldn't be here. When I first got told this, I thought it was a pile of rubbish! Until I looked into it some more, they discovered more about astrology then, than we do now, and look at how much technology we have! They could tell us more about the stars and planets just by looking and we need to have millions of pounds worth or equipment to try and keep up with them. What I'm trying to say is, the Mayans have been right about everything so far, why would this be any different. Do some serious googling or wiki-ing if you want to know more.

I also think that the Mayans calendar, ties in with the end-of-the-world theory in the Book of Revelations in the Bible. The world, in general, is getting worse. Global warming is having a major effect on us, crime is constantly on the increase and we have hit the biggest money crisis the world has ever seen. It does suggest this in the Bible. That the world will slowly get worse and worse, until the world will just end. Is it our fault that the world will come to an end in 2012? Has our problems with global warming made this worse? Or was it always meant to be?

The answer is, we don't know!

Thanks, Clover Clark.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

You guessed it! It is snowing in little old England. Ok, I have to admit, there isn't that much snow where I live, but still snow nevertheless. I saw the snow falling through the sky through the night, and now I have woken up and seen the beautiful snow actually settle on the floor. It is amazing.

Unfortunately, there isn't enough snow for a snowball fight, or to make a snowman (or snowwoman). But there is still plenty of time! And I hope, probably what other thousands of children hope for to, is that the snow keeps up and to let it snow on christmas day. That is every childs dream... well, not every child I guess, since it won't snow in Australia now. But you know what I mean!

Thanks! Clover Clark.

Does secret Santa exist?

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

Not only do we keep the spirit of Santa alive every year, it cannot be denied that every office, work place and school does the secret Santa. I did it at my school, each form did secret Santa but only had a budget of £2 - £3. It's a little but pointless but that's my opinion.

Secret Santa only works if you are in a large group of friends, and you simply cannot afford to buy them ALL presents. Then it is the perfect idea! However, I always have to put up with the grumpy and pathetic people, who always put the name back into the hat because they "don't know what to get them" or "I don't like them THAT much". Honestly, it's like being with infants... it's too much hard work.

So, you could do what I did... didn't buy anyone anything. Haha! Well, call me Scrooge, but the idea of secret Santa caused a lot of trouble, and I simply didn't want to be involved. Though, later on, I discovered that a few of my so-called 'friends' did secret santa between them and hid the presents from other members of our group. So yeah, I have great friends.

I am not looking forward to Christmas this year, not because of the whole secret Santa thing, but this year my Mum had an argument with her Mum (being my Nanna). And then I had a huge fall-out with my Mommar (being Dad's Mum). The tradition is that we would spend Christmas day with my Nanna and Boxing Day at my Mommars. Well, I have no idea what we are doing this year! But it won't be a blast... far from it.

After watching the new Disney film "The Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, I can see why Scrooge is always to grumpy.

Thanks, Clover Clark.

My smoking addicted cat.

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

I'm not lying when I say that I have a nicotine / smoking addicted cat. Under NO circumstances, did my family or I try to encourage our cats nasty habit. Believe me, she did this by herself... let me tell you how.

Both my Nanna and my Poppa (granddad) are very heavy smokers, and would often leave their ash-tray (unguarded) on the coffee table or the kitchen top. After a nice cup of tea or a general chit chat, someone would go to clean the ashy-tray out, only to discover that it was already empty. Not a spot of ash in sight, the tray looked like it had already been washed. That is until we found my cat Saphie! When Saphie says "Going to powder my nose" I didn't think it would be literally!!!

I would find Saphie the cat with the smokey-powdered ash on her whiskers and fur. That was when we discovered that my cat had a nicotine problem. My Nanna then made the stupid mistake leaving her cigarettes (again... unguarded) on the coffee table or in the kitchen, and when we returned, Saphie had clawed her way through the cigarette packet and eaten all of the 'fags'. It's absolutely disgusting!

So we threw the ash-tray away, made all of our visitors smoke outside and made Saphie sit in another room when smokers wanted to smoke in the garden. But whenever we had a 'smoking' guest round our house, Saphie would meow constantly, and roll across the floor as if she were a dog. And when someone would go to stroke her, she would leap onto their smoking hand and lick their smoking fingers (the fingers that they would use to smoke with).

We can't exactly go to the vets and say "May cat has a smoking problem" or "Is there a kitty rehab?". There is just no use! We have tried to get her to stop, and to not invite someone who smokes until she has forgotten the taste. But I don't think it'll ever work. It's Amy Winehouse turned into a cat.

Thanks, Clover Clark.

I don't use any social network, and I'm proud!

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

Face book? Msn? Myspace? It's a site where people want to invade on your privacy and check up on you 24/7. Sure, you could say the same about blogging, but I think you and I both know that it is entirely different.

There is no such thing as privacy with these social networks. Pictures are being looked at, comments are being made, people want to see what you are up to.
I can understand that it can be good too keep in contact with your friends and family, but bullying has become more and more popular, which coincides with facebook and myspace becoming popular. And, what I think is the most important question, can children be safe with these social networks?

According to some research that I did, nearly 35% of children have internet access where a parent isn't looking over their shoulder. Out of 100 children, 35 of them could get themselves into trouble by talking to people they don't know, or by being bullied by emails or comments left on facebook.

So, what is the point? There really isn't one, I have been constantly nagged and moaned at because I don't have facebook! Forgive me, if I don't want to add people I don't like, talk to people I barely know, and to make comments on people's profile like 'lol' and 'o.m.g'. It's pointless, pathetic and I'm proud not to have it.

Thanks! Clover Clark.

Healthy mobiles.

Dear Fellow Bloggers,



Mobile phones are one of the greatest inventions of all time. It is great for emergencies, for chatting to long lost friends, you can even use the intertent and record films on them. But are they bad for your health?



It's said that two mobile phones were placed either side of an egg, and whilst turning both of the phones on and off, the egg started to heat and boiled. I don't know whether that is true, but it certainly is interesting.

Not only that, but if you use your phone too much, you can have more headaches than normal and have insomnia.
Are mobile phones more dangerous than smoking? Apparently, if you use a mobile for more than ten years, it can DOUBLE the chances of getting brain cancer.

Mobile phones are just as popular as having a TV or Ipod / MP3. But, it is said by several Doctors that in the next decade, it will definetly be proven that mobiles are bad for your health. The irony... you can call a 999 / 911 whenever you need an ambulance, but will the call be too late when you have brain cancer?

Clover Clark.

Recycling. Extreme?

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

Couture? I highly doubt it! As fabulous as the dress looks, I don't think that it would be wise to wear a dress out of sweet boxes and candy wrappers.

I think that you would be attacked by every homeless person, freak or person who thought that 'they would try and be funny', if you wore this dress. It's not sensible!

Never-the-less, do you think that we over recycle? And if you do try your best to recycle your paper and put your left-over food in the compost heap... do you think it makes a difference? Will the world really end in 2012?

Obviously it is impossible to say, but it would be nice to share the thoughts.

Thanks! Clover Clark.

Set the ball rolling.

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

Today, I have had no lessons at school. There was no point in me even waking up, getting ready and spending over half a hour, just to go to school to have no lessons. It was a pointless day! So it has left me in a very bad mood.

However, the rest of the day shouldn't be so bad, as I am going to my brother's school's Christmas fair. Hopefully, there will be a cute little cake stand which sells the gorgeous-smelling mince pies and little lemon drizzle cakes. Not only that, but I might have a quick go at the raffle and tombola and maybe even win a bottle of bubbly for the family. Though there is one thing that is worrying, I dated a guy who used to work there, he might show up!!! I am nervous... it is always awkward meeting an ex. Let's hope that I don't see him; fingers crossed!

Also, my Mum said that I can take two friends with me on holiday next year. It's sort of a present for me and my twin brothers 18th. Out of all the places to go on holiday, we both wanted to go to... DISNEYLAND. Because someone you know, can't wait to go!
We were talking about it, all the rides, the themes, the characters etc. But the question for today is...

Are you ever too old for Disney Land?

Thanks! Clover Clark.

The Start.

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

Today is the first day that I have used the blog system. Forgive me if it isn't that good. I promise it will get better!

I will share what I do, what I read and things that I am interested in. I would love to hear back from you. Join on my profile, leave messages. It is going to be a blast, but give it some time.

I hope to talk about boys, girls, issues in society, what we desire, what we hate, and much MUCH more. I also hope to raise awareness and turn the odd spark into flames. Sounds crazy? That's what this is all about.

Come on! Join and Enjoy!