Halloween!

Tonight is Halloween night! I didn't go trick or treating, mainly because Freya's murder mystery night I was going to was cancelled. :( Either way, it was still fun. I carved my pumpkin into the shape of a killer whale (no surprise there then XD) and that's about it really. It took me about an hour to do the pumpkin, and after that all I've really done is finish my Halloween collab which awesome. Then I watched wootirockx's Saw MEP for Halloween and it made me sad because my video wasn't anywhere near as good. But the participants did all have Sony Vegas. I might be getting it, because I found one for £41 on Amazon. ;) Hooray! I might finally make half-decent videos! But I might not get it, because the iPad Mini is really expensive, but then if I get Sony Vegas for Christmas, along with a TSO album or two, that should be Christmas presents sorted for me! I'll ask about it. Also, a new TSO EP was released!!! OMG I might just die with excitement! :D :D :D It's called "Dreams of Fireflies" and it sounds epic from the iTunes previews I've heard. I just need to redeem my iTunes voucher, then it'll me all mine!! Mwhahahaha!! Sorry I'm a bit hyper. Well that's about it for today, but tomorrow I'm going shopping at the Metro Centre at Newcastle! Woo hoo!

Prehistoric Dolphins ;D

Well researching prehistoric whales and dolphins at 10 o'clock at night isn't really the brightest of ideas, but I decided to do a video special about them for YouTube, considering that it ties in with my 3 favourite things: Dolphins (kinda obvious), Primeval (dinosaurs and the past) and TSO (background music ;D). So I have found a few strange ones, including a walrus-like narwhal, dolphins with long snouts and an early pilot whale. Next task is drawing them -_- . Not looking forward to it because I CAN'T DRAW!!! Full stop. End of discussion.

My Opinion on Primeval: New World

Primeval: New World premiered today. I didn't watch it. I can't because it's not airing on any channels over here in England. I did watch a bit of the original and BEST Primeval though (most of series 4 hehe) and enjoyed it. Anyway, I watched the trailer for New World on YouTube and guess what? It looks rubbish compared to the REAL Primeval. So I came up with this little list. Please enjoy my rant against Primeval: New World here :)

8 GOOD REASONS WHY YOU SHOULDN'T WATCH PRIMEVAL NEW WORLD:

1. You call that a dinosaur? I call that a cheap CGI graphic that I could have created using my 3D modelling program. Which is free to download off the Internet.
2. None of the original characters we have come to know and love are in it, bar Conor for two episodes.
3. It's not even about the anomalies or the dinosaurs. It looks to be more about the characters than anything else.
4. That is not an anomaly! That's just a stupid white glowing light with a few triangles spinning round it! Where is that glassy golden anomaly that looks far more beautiful and realistic!?!?
5. I see plenty of already used creatures in the trailer. Creatures from the original Primeval, like: terror birds, pteranodon, albertosaurous. They're also including some really unimaginative creatures, like the triceratops.
6. Doesn't look like there's going to be any humor whatsoever.
7. The 'past' looks like it's made out of plasticine. I'm not even joking.
8. THERE ISN'T AN ARC! PRIMEVAL ISN'T PRIMEVAL WITHOUT THE ARC!!!!

Well, you probably have no idea what I'm going on about XD. But trust me, Primeval is better than Primeval: New World. Nevertheless, I will watch it when I can. Why? Because I want to find answers to the cliffhanger at the end of Primeval series 5 (the last series). I MUST KNOW!!!! Hehehe, don't ask! Looks I'll be watching until early 2013 though if I want to watch it on Watch. I will though, and I don't have high expectations for it...

Video Edits :)

Hello. I'm working on some video edits, and my first MEP is coming along really nicely, because everyone is doing such an incredible job. Haha my part is by far the worst!! XD Anyways, I'm planning to upload it on Halloween because that seems like a good time. And mine and Stella's Halloween collab will be uploaded then to!!! Woo hoo!! :D I'm also working on a music video to Something Far Greater. It seems like a bit of an obvious song, I know, what with the fact SeaWorld used it for 5 years, but I think when you combine it with clips of trainers and orcas in the water together, you can create a pretty emotional video. Of course, it will fail miserably with the emotional side but oh well... Hopefully it'll be done soon :)

iPad Mini, McDonald's and New Photos

I found out today that I am getting an iPad Mini for Christmas!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D As you might have guessed, I am very happy about that news, because I absolutely adore iPads and I'm jealous of people that have them. :P And it's going to be engraved with the words 'anything is possible when you believe' on the back :) . I went to McDonald's for lunch, except when we got there, my dad realized he'd left his wallet at home and we had to drive all the way back to get it -_- . I also uploaded some new photos onto Flickr and they're quite good really :D . This is my favourite:

It's a lionfish!!! :) Anyways, I need to get ready for my lifeguard lesson now so bye. I might blog again later if I can be bothered :D

First Snow :D

Well today, guess what? It snowed!!! And the first half-term at school is over, so I get a week to relax. And play in the snow. Hehe. :P So yes, today we got our first snow. And I wanted to share this little verse from a TSO song:

"From London, Rome and Paris
To Berlin and Tokyo
Winter never really starts
Until it's given it's first snow"

So true! <3

Panic Attacks and Tumblr!

I have a bit to write about so here we go. On Monday we went to Planet Leisure with Guides and I did this high ropes course and while I was there, at the top of the course, I had a panic attack. Why me!?! :( Anyways, I had to get off and that was the end of that. I was hyperventilating and that made me really dizzy and light-headed, but that went away. :P And now onto yesterday. I went swimming in the morning, made some maids of honor and got a Tumblr account!!!! :D Today, I bought a newspaper because it had a picture of a killer whale on the front XDDD . It was an article about the "Rust and Bone" film coming soon. Also, I'm working on a collab with my friend Stella for Halloween. It will be on YouTube on 31st October obviously. So that's about it really. Have a nice day everyone!!

Blue Reef Aquarium!!!!!!!!!!!! :D MEPs!!!!!!!!!!!!

Helloooo!! Today I went to Blue Reef Aquarium at Tynemouth, and saw lots of interesting things. I had a seal interaction and talked to the trainers, but I'm too lazy to write about it so if you would like to read about it, click here. Also, I've signed up to a Cetacean Species MEP on YouTube, and I picked the bottlenose dolphin. Sometimes I forget just how incredible they are, but if it wasn't for them, this blog wouldn't exist and my life would be completely different. Even just sat here, in my dolphin bedroom with my laptop with the dolphin image on the back, would be completely different. So yeah.... bottlenose dolphins ROCK!!!! <3 <3 <3

And my first video with Serif MoviePlus has just finished rendering! So it's time to get that onto YouTube!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

New Video Program!! :D

I downloaded a free version of Serif MoviePlus and I LOVE it!!!! It's got so many different effects and text fonts and it's so much fun experimenting! I WAS making a video to Fun.'s "Some Nights" but the file corrupted when I saved it. :( So I'm starting again, but right now, I'm off to the park with my friends. So bye.

Germany, Here I Come! :D

I know I've posted soooooo many times today, but this is super exciting. Here we go.....

I'M ALLOWED TO GO ON THE GERMANY TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my gosh I think I might die with excitement :D :D We go to different German cities, go a German school in Darlo's twin town in Germany (woo!!), go to a German swimming pool, have a barbecue and, best of all, we go to Duisburg Zoo!!! And that means dolphins and Amazon river dolphins!! :D :D I love Amazon river dolphins sooo much, but I'm going to have to improve my German skills a wee bit :P . Auf wiedersehen! XD

New Blog

I deleted the Orcadorable blog, it seemed a bit pointless the more I think about it. That's all :)

New Blog!!! And Stuff!!

Today was a fun day :) Mainly because in Science, we spent most the lesson listening to Gangnam Style and other songs while running around the classroom. It was to find how our bodies react to doing aerobic exercise. As usual, mine was really weird. Instead of me taking more breaths per minute after a minute of exercise, I actually took less breaths. :S Dodgy!! Also, I might be going to Germany as well as France/Belgium next year! And while we're there, we are visiting a zoo with.... BOTTLENOSE AND AMAZON RIVER DOLPHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might just die with excitement!!!! :D :D :D :D :D I really hope I can go!!!

Also, I have created yet another blog (my 3rd :P) which is everything to do with YouTube, Flickr, DeviantART etc. Check it out:
www.orcadorableofficial.blogspot.com

And finally, I'm going to start labelling my posts. Each one will have one or more of the following labels:

Blog Update
My Life
Aquarium Visit
Holiday
News
Other

This one is Blog Update and My Life. Bye everyone!!!! :) :) :)

Starfruit!! :D

Well I'm going to bed soon, but I'm bored so I thought I'd post something. Right now, I'm listening to the Requiem For A Dream soundtrack (as always :P) and I'm eating starfruit! It's so epic, it looks like a star :o ! It tastes weird but it's really nice and tasty. I think the last time I had it was in Florida. *sigh* I miss Florida and SeaWorld a lot :( . Oh well. Oh no! All my starfruit has gone and the song finished!!! NOOOO!!! I have to go to bed now sadly. :( :( :( Bye.

This has been a bit of a random and weird post, hasn't it?? :P

Amazing Weekend in Blackpool!!!

Well today was a pretty rubbish day, because it was school. :( But my weekend was AMAZING!!! We went to Blackpool for the weekend to stay with some relatives and it was really fun. On Saturday, we went to the Zoo and I watched two of the sealion shows, and talked to one of the trainers for at least half and hour (hehehe typical me XD) afterwards. There were also some giraffes, and Dylan (my... erm... I don't actually know how he's related to me but he's 2 years old) loved them. It was so cute. :3 He didn't want to leave! There were some elephants too- they were huge- and an anteater, which was cool because I'd never seen one of them before. There was tonnes of other animals too, including the biggest tortoise I have ever seen!!! I took no photos, but I nearly filled the Flip Camcorder with lots of videos. :P I WILL POST THEM!!! I PROMISE!!! We went to a restaurant that evening then walked along the illuminations. It was after midnight when we got back (the illuminations are switched off then)!! I was so tired, I just collapsed into my bed and fell asleep. And now onto Sunday. We went to the SeaLife Centre and there was lots of cool stuff. (no killer whales or dolphins, sadly) They had blacktip reef sharks! <3 <3 <3 And other stuff, but I'm too lazy to write. Anyway, after that we went to St. Anne's on the way back, then we got home at about half past eight. Fun!

A Really Bad Day

Today started of good enough. Chinese is always fun, and I did lots of writing which is a good thing because I LOVE writing in Chinese!!! :D But it got very bad in Science. My best friend Zoe passed out and fell backwards off her stool in the process, and I think she hit her head off the door as she fell, and then hit her face on the floor. It was so, so scary and horrible!!!! I hated it. :'( :'( :'( She had to go the hospital, but she's home now and hopefully she'll be back at school soon! Love you Zoe!! xoxoxoxoxo

Russian Orca Update

Hello, it's me again and I've got some new info from Orcahome.de about the Russian orca that was captured a few months ago. Well first of all, the orca is a female and her name is possibly Narnia, although this hasn't been confirmed yet. She is about 16 feet long, which means she is roughly 6 years old, so she is the same age as Malia in SeaWorld Orlando. I feel so sorry for Narnia, she's still really quite young, although not as young as most orcas that are captured. Also, her current home at the TINRO Centre is only temporary while she is being trained. She is still owned to Sochi Dolphinarium, who captured her. Once she is trained, it is believed she is either going back to Sochi Dolphinarium, or a new aquarium called Vladivostok Aquarium or maybe even somewhere outside of Russia entirely.

So yes, there's photos and information to go with all of this. I don't want to post the photos on here, but you can find them by following this link:
orcahome.de/russianfemale2012.htm
You can also find some more information here:
http://www.russianorca.com/index.php?lang=en&mode=

Hopefully there will be even more information coming soon :)

Big Gig!!!

Well yesterday I went with Guides to the Big Gig, which is like a concert for Guides only and lots of cool people perform. OMG SCOUTING FOR GIRLS AND LITTLE MIX WERE THERE!!!!!!!!!!! Hehe sorry I got a bit too excited. :P So yeah... we set of at 10:15am in the bus and drove to Sheffield (waving at everyone we saw ^^) and had our lunch on the bus. Then, me and my friends went to buy merchandise and we got crushed by the crowds a lot but in the end I managed to buy my t-shirt, wristband, notebook and badge etc. The concert started with JLS and I was thinking 'ugh' because I don't like them much but actually they were really good :) . Then there were other cool people like Angel, Amelia Lily, Lawson (Alice was so happy XD), Little Mix, Conor Maynard and Scouting For Girls to name a few. I filmed almost every performance on my Flip camcorder :D . Who was the best? Hmm... I think I'm gonna have to say Scouting For Girls because wow, they were just amazing. I was tired when we got back, but was only quartre to 8 so I cooked my tea. It was nice.

Hopefully, I'll post a little video thing of Big Gig very soon :)

A Crazy Couple of Days

Hello! :) Yesterday, I went to Saltburn with school. Woo!!! It was a geography trip, which makes it slightly less "woo"-ish but oh well it was still better than a day of schoolwork. We weren't allowed ANYWHERE near the sea which annoyed me greatly but we say this adorable miniature Yorkshire terrier called Tilly that was wearing a little red knitted jumper (too cute!!! :D) and I spend £5.30 out of my £8 on one of the nicest fish and chips I have ever had! We also went to Marske afterwards and I found some fossils to add to my very small collection of fossil-ish stuff. It's a small collection but they are all ones I have found myself. :) I had my keyboard lesson afterwards, of course, and it went good. I've got lots of scales to practice for next week ^^. I can do most of them, but doing the C major scale with my left AND right hands with different fingering at the same time is HARD! Aaarrghhh! Today, I have been just constantly yawning and tired, but it was another alright school day. Art was alright. We drew drawings of people in shelters during WW2. Science was alright. We were doing a thing about particle theory which involved me filming Alex, Lucy, Cerys and Freya pretending to be particles and running into each other while Anna blew a hairdryer on them. Oh the fun we have in science! XD Maths was awful. We had an assessment and I only knew how to do a couple of the questions. :( Thank goodness I'm quite good at trigonometry! After lunch, we had French. We talked to this French woman called Charlotte about where we lived and that. It was unbelievably awkward. I didn't have a clue whereabouts my house was in relation to the rest of Darlington, so I had a guess and said it was in south Darlington. Turns out I live on the west side but oh well ^^. Then we had English in the LRC. Sadly that meant something really bad: NO "STONE COLD"!!!! I love that book, it's freaking amazing,but no- instead we had to continue our volcano project. How is that even English?!?! Then it was time for home. So yeah... that has been my day! :)

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