January Obsessions | Frozen & Jennifer Lawrence

This month, a couple of new things have popped up around me and stuck to me. As I'm away from home, I've had not much to do in terms of entertaining myself so these two particular things have been consuming my attention quite a lot.



The first being the new Disney film Frozen. If you haven't heard of this movie by now, I'd be a little shocked. At first, I didn't think it would be that great. I've never been a huge Disney girl, and so I wasn't that enthused when it came out. It looked okay, kinda funny, but I had no huge desire to go and see it in the cinema.



After seeing quite a lot of talk about it on Tumblr, I was presented with the chance to go see it with my friend Nyssa. We loved it. It was funny and brilliant and different, with amazing music and characters and as soon as I got home I downloaded the Deluxe Soundtrack. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly highly recommend it. I've seen it twice in theatres now, and literally know all the words to all the songs. The storyline's so empowering, and I can't think of an age bracket that wouldn't enjoy it.

Such a wonderful film.

Catching Fire Premiere - 2013

The second item in this list is the remarkable combination of talent, personality and beauty that presents itself in Jennifer Lawrence. I absolutely have a huge crush on her. I've always admired her acting, and the few interviews I've seen in the past have made me laugh and enjoy her refreshing and slightly mad response to questions.

Winter's Bone - 2010

I'm not quite sure why, but this month I've just been finding myself looking up to her more and more. The amount of interviews I've watched on YouTube is building up to an embarrassing amount, and thanks to the internet, I'm watching my way through her entire filmography.

X-Men First Class - 2011

I wouldn't say she's flawless, but that's what I love. She openly discusses her experiences, life and opinions with an honesty I have never seen in any other actor or actress. She is unashamedly herself and does so with a sense of humour that draws you in and makes you just want to spend the day chatting with her. Not to mention that she's incredibly beautiful, but somehow not the stock-standard beauty of Hollywood premieres.

85th Academy Awards - 2013

She's just wonderful, and a true gem to have in this world. I deeply hope that one day I might get the chance to meet her, but if not I'll just continue to appreciate her existence.

It's only the 15th, so potentially more obsessions will make themselves present in the next two weeks, but for the moment these are definitely what's been grabbing my interest lately!

What have you been loving this month? Let me know in the comments!

xx

Indy

2014 | Resolutions

I'm well aware that we're now 10 days into the New Year, but since it's still January, I'm still going to do a New Year's Resolutions post!

This is partially for me, so I can write down and make clear what I want to do this year.

This is also a post I can write without taking my own pictures, as I'm interstate without my good camera. I left it at home so my Mum can take photos of our cats. Yep, swear to God, that was my only reason.

2013 was an absolute gem of a year, and I'm very much hoping 2014 is just as good.

So, my New Year's resolutions are:

1. Read more books 

See this post for more information. I'm doing awesome so far, as I've already finished three (wooooo!), but the hard part will be keeping it up when school returns.





2. White teeth. 

Following my 20-month braces treatment, I've got a deep appreciation for dental hygiene. My teeth aren't yellow as such, and they're healthy, but I'd like them to be much whiter than they are. Now that I've got straight teeth (thanks Mum!), I feel like it's the next step to a dazzling smile.

To do this, I'm going to floss every day, brush with a whitening toothpaste twice a day and rinse with an alcohol-free whitening mouthwash. I've also got some whitening chewing gum, but I'm going to try and not rely on that as much as I don't like the artificial sweetener in it.




3. No soft drink.

Also known as fizzy drink, soda, pop, etc. To be honest, I've already caved in this one when two of my friends and I ordered a pizza deal with three pizzas, two soft drinks and two garlic breads for $33 (such a good deal, yum). There was only three of us eating the food (livin' la vida loca), so I couldn't turn down the Sprite now could I? Nonetheless, I'm going to try and turn it down whenever I have the option (side note - such a first world problem to have: unable to turn down a soft drink). This is also to help with resolution 2!




I think (?) those are my resolutions. I'm sure I had about two more, but I cannot for the life of me remember them. Of course there's the usual 'try to be healthier, try to get fit, be a better person', but I like those to be all-time resolutions I constantly strive for no matter the year, so I don't really count them.

That's it from me! Thanks for reading :)

xx

Indy