Music-ing & Disappointing Movies

I woke up this morning and took on the goal of doing something to do with music! So after quite a few failed attempts at learning how to play songs on the keyboard off YouTube, I decided to put all my effort into mastering Rolling on the Deep by Adele. It's such an attitude filled song, it's quite amazing :D Adele is incredible.
I'm procrastinating a lot these days - I have the next chapter of my book planned out in my head yet I just can't be bothered sitting at my desk and picking up a pen. Only God knows what will happen to me during the school certificate.
Have any of you guys watched French Food Safari? I came across it while I was flicking through channels, biding my time until the ginormously long ad break finished for some other show. GAH the food looked soooo good... I sat and stared at the television and just drooled. And that episode was dedicated to chocolate... all those fatty foods... yuuuum.
I'm thinking of watching Red Riding Hood. Apparently it's really, really bad. This may sound harsh but since Catherine Hardwicke (director of Twilight) directed the movie, the outlook is quite bleak for me. Oh well, since Amanda Seyfried is the lead I'm going to try it. Hopefully it won't be too horrible.
Still on the topic of movies, yesterday I watched A Walk to Remember after.. hmm... say three or four years? The first time I watched it, I think I cried. Even if I didn't, I remember that I loved the movie. But when I watched it yesterday... oh my, it was terrible. Mandy Moore... she was just... very... cliche. "You have to promise not to fall in love with me". Note that this was said with a very pretentious expression on her face. OH MY GOSH I just clicked to another page. Thank goodness this autosaved. Anywho, movies when you look back on them really aren't that great a lot of the time. Which is disappointing.

That's all for now folks!
-thelazydreamer

now would be a good time to say, OMG.

Wow! I haven't posted since the 2nd of May! That was what... 15 days ago? Well, to those of you who've been bugging me to post, here I am :D Yes, I know, I epically failed that 12 day challenge thing, but I'm just going to pick up where I left off. So today I'll be posting day 3, hopefully. Anyway, the reason I've been MIA is a stack of stupid assignments and exams! Ah, they're always getting the better of me. I seriously need to learn to manage my time better.
But, now that I'm back after so many days, I have so many things to blog about and I don't know where to start! So I'm just going to pick the most current thing, VARIETY NIGHT.

Um, I'm guessing most of you are from MFHS, right? But to those of you who aren't, Variety Night is a school concert that's apparently very BIG. and LOUD. It's new to me, but this year I, along with many of my freaky talented friends, will be performing. If you know me, you know that I'm not the most self-confident person. I am not very loud, either. Me attempting to sing at a concert is a challenge to myself, I guess. I won't grow any more confident if I don't try, right? I'm going to be performing with a BAND? Is that what it is? of awesome musicians. All three of them are musical freaks (that's a compliment, by the way) in their own ways. The rapper plays the saxomophone and piano, which is a surprise to me, the drummer is this crazy talented guy who can pick up just any instrument and start playing, and the pianist is just out of this world with her skills.

Let's just hope I don't stuff my part up too bad :) and good luck to the rest of the performers!
-thelazydreamer

Day 1 of Challenge: Introduction to my challenge and 5 facts/anecdotes of my life

WOOO I'M DOING A CHALLENGE INSTEAD OF DOING WORK! I'M SO HAPPY!

Alright. So here goes.

Hello. My name is Zarin. This is my challenge. Seriously, could I get any lamer?
I'm Zarin and I'm doing this challenge because I have nothing better to do and other people are doing it and it looks cool and fun! I hope I get something out of this at the end, although I don't know what that could possibly be =='

5 facts:

1. I dream a lot - as in literally dream, in my sleep. They're always really, really crazy and often include people that I don't even talk to. One time, this guy I never talk to was defending me against one of my good friends. And my dreams are so realistic too!

2. I am Bengali! And a proud one at that. I haven't been back to my home country in years and years, but still, I love it! And if you ever call me Indian I will hit you. It's not that I don't like Indians but I hate that people don't recognise Bangladesh as a country. You will not believe how many people I've met that didn't even know it existed.

3. I am a writer. Uh, an aspiring author. Whatever you wanna call me, I write stories. I never used to write short stories but now I find myself getting random ideas out of nowhere that make me want to write. I almost finished a full-length novel but got angry at how crappy it was so I gave up on it. But I've learnt a lot from my mistakes and now I am writing a novel that is much better than anything I've written before. Yes, it may seem like I have no life, but give me a piece of paper and a pen and I shall be content :)

4. I love music. It's been one of those everlasting dreams of mine to make my name in music, be that playing an instrument, singing or doing both. I've always wanted to be in a band too. Two things stop me from making my music dreams come true though - 1) my parents, who are very academic minded, and 2) my absolutely horrendous stage fright. I am now teaching myself guitar, can sort of play keyboard and I also sing.

5. I miss Brisbane and all the people that I've left behind. I'm actually surprised - there were heaps of people that I despised but now I actually miss them too. I miss my best friends, who I hope are still my best friends, though we do not get to talk very much. I lived there for so long that if you just dropped me in the middle of a random suburb, I'd probably be able to make my way home. Eventually.

Wow, I actually wrote heaps! Well, I'm off now. Ciao!

Thank you, internet.

The internet, in my opinion, is such a great thing. Yes, the movies and the music and the games are great, but I'm talking about the massive creative outlet that it provides. If I'm correct, Justin Bieber became famous because of YouTube, right? Not that I'm too keen on using Justin Bieber as an example, but he demonstrates exactly what I'm talking about. Because of YouTube, ORDINARY people can be discovered by not only millions of people around the world, but also by producers and music companies. If that isn't amazing, I don't know what is. There are heaps of singers and musicians on YouTube that have gotten deals because of the fact that they've posted covers on the site.
Then there's DeviantArt, where ordinary people are posting extraordinary graphics and photographs and art that they've created. The talent on that site is absolutely crazy. 
The main thing I'm thankful for is writing websites, like Inkpop and Wattpad. Because of Wattpad mainly, sooo many people have read my work, more people than I thought was possible. People from England, Greece, Norway, America, India, Canada, New Zealand... they've read and commented on my work, and I swear, everytime I read those comments I can't wipe the smile from my face. I'm 15, and people all over the world are reading my stories and poetry and novels. IT'S SO AWESOME!
Even this blog that I'm writing on right now! To you bloggers out there, who knows? Maybe you could land a job as a journalist or a reporter in a top newspaper/magazine because of this blog that you're writing at this very moment.
I hate to sound like an adult, but it is true - the internet is overflowing with countless opportunities. Be thankful! And if there ever was a time for you to pursue your dreams, it's now.

- thelazydreamer.

Stupid Stage Fright.

Today has been an excellent day... for picking out my many flaws. I am really, really not confident, as I am coming to realise more and more each day. Everytime I think that maybe I've conquered this problem of mine, I just fall again. I am so jealous of people who can just laugh and dance and sing and make fools of themselves without thinking twice. I envy you people so, so much.
So today was auditions for Variety Night, and I massacred the song. I actually think I was doing okay when it was just me singing in front of Yvonne or my mum o.O. And then, when I sung it at the actualy audition, I absolutely blew up - and that's not a good thing, by the way. I could hear myself missing all the notes and I was just thinking, why the hell is this happening to me now?
I can't remember the last time I gave a good performance. My stage fright is so horrible that sometimes it makes me want to cry. People tell me to just SING and BE CONFIDENT but for some reason, that's almost impossible for me. Oh trust me, I wish I could just SING and BE CONFIDENT but I JUST CANNOT! SOMEBODY PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME!
- thelazydreamer

SO disappointed.

Hey guys :) I'm starting to realise that Blogger can get sort of addictive...
anyway. My favourite band was Paramore... what can I say, their music just gets to me. And Hayley Williams, the lead singer of Paramore, used to be a massive inspiration to me. Her voice is so powerful and meaningful... I've always wanted to be able to sing like that. But I was talking to Charis today about music, and she told me about a Twitter scandal involving Hayley. Apparently, she 'accidentally' posted a topless photo of herself onto her site. I have no idea how that works, but ok. And then BAM, all my respect in her was gone. I used to think she was an amazing person, but the fact that she can get to this point irritates me to no end. Is all the attention she's getting finally getting to her? Oh please, please don't end up like Britney Spears.
And although it's been in the works for a while, Josh and Zac Farror (guitarists) are leaving the band. MY FAVOURITE BAND IS SPLITTING UP GUYS! Let's have a minute to mourn what used to be an incredible band. It just goes to show, maybe fame does things to you. Bad things.
Z.