Friday the 13th

Today will cause a lot of people great distress due to their superstitious nature. I find it quite amusing that one date can render people nervous wrecks. Especially since it doesn't happen all that often anyway.

I'm not a superstitious person but I used to be when I was kid. I avoided walking under ladders, or stepping on cracks and if I saw a magpie I always tried to find another one in order to make a pair. I only did this because everyone else did it though. If you didn't they'd laugh at you and say you were cursed, which is quite intense for a child!

I soon realised how foolish I was being though and stopped. Personally, I think it's sad that people live their lives based on their superstitions. I recently laughed when I found out that my cousin is rushing to get her wedding done this year because 2013 is too unlucky lol! Like, seriously?

But although I know it's not real some habits are hard to break! Don't judge me when I tell you that I still pair off magpies...

I don't know if this is a superstition or not, but I'm desperately trying to stop believing in jinxes. For example, I won't say that an exam was easy in case I jinx it and fail or I won't say that I aced an interview in case I jinx it and not get the job. Know what I mean? 

It's not so bad to be fair, it teaches you to be humble and modest but sometimes it can be quite a nuisance!

So how about you? 

Do you have any wacky superstitions? 

Or do you find it all ridiculous?

I wanna be a kid again...

Recently, B from The Opposite of That posted a song from the game Skyrim and said her "cool card" would be revoked for doing so in a post where she also posted a song from the band Alice in Chains.

Now considering I've never heard of the band Alice in Chains I personally thought that including a song from a video game was extremely awesome! Her post in fact, inspired me to therefore share with you a few tracks I adore from games I have played. Alas, I am not a huge gamer anymore. The only games I've played since becoming an adult have been the Professor Layton games and Sims.

Therefore all these tracks are from games I played as child and as a teenager. Please enjoy as I reminisce...

Eternal Champions - Main Theme

Eternal Champions - Jetta's Theme (Jetta was my favourite fighter)

Jurassic Park - (Embarrassingly I never finished this game lol!)

Kingdom Hearts - Destati (I actually adore every song in this game but obviously I can't post them all)

Mickey's Wild Adventure - The Mad Doctor

Mickey's Wild Adventure - The Mad Doctor 2

Emotionally Scarred by Elephants

The following video is the most terrifying thing I ever watched as a child. And this is coming from a girl who stayed up late watching Poltergiest aged nine.

I don't know why but it just freaks me out! Just look at their creepy black eyes...!

A Magical Childhood...

When the Harry Potter books first came out, I wasn't the slightest bit interested in them. I was six years old and the thought of reading didn't appeal to me. I actually said to myself that I'd probably be the only person out there who wasn't interested in them. Oh how wrong I was...

I was first introduced to Harry Potter and co thanks to my primary school teacher who chose Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as our book of the month. She read it to us every day and with every page I fell in love with it more and more. So much so that I made my mum take me to Easons (a bookstore) to buy my own. From that day on I was a complete and utter Harry Potter fangirl.

What frightens me to this day is how close I came to being another hater of books. To JK Rowling I'll always be eternally grateful because without Harry Potter, I never would have picked up a book...

I've loved all the books and all the movies except the 6th film as it's not respectful to the book at all. The Burrow wasn't set on fire okay?!!

I remember deliberately reading the 7th book so slowly to make it last longer but inevitably I finished it and I cried so much. I cried for the characters I loved, the characters I grew up with, for all the revealed secrets and for all the death.

But I was happy too. It felt complete. And although I adore Harry Potter and his magical world I will respect JK Rowling so much more if she doesn't write any more books about him somewhere down the line. It's perfect the way it is.

"So whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home"

Love, Hazel