Favourite Animals

Hey guys,

At the end of the term last year, our teacher gave us a worksheet called "Favourite Animals". You have to fill out his worksheet that requires you to write down three of your favourite animals and your least favourite animal and then four adjectives describing them. You can print out this worksheet here. Now beware, if you want to do this worksheet properly, fill it in before you read the rest of this post.

I only filled in my first favourite, second favourite and least favourite animals before she told us the code. It really is a very fun and funny worksheet and listening to some people's answers was just hilarious and for some people it (like myself) some of it was quite accurate!

For my favourite animals I put 'Fox' (who would've guessed?) and the four adjectives I chose were 'cunning', 'clever', 'independent' and 'wild'.
For my second favourite animal I chose 'Dog' and to describe it I put 'obedient', affectionate', 'beautiful' and 'friendly'.
For my third favourite animal I didn't fill out until after I had learned what it was supposed to mean so I actually cheated so I'm not sure if this is actually my third favourite animal (I actually have no idea what my third favourite animal is) but I chose 'Platypus' (knowing that it was meant to represent me and my personality) and I chose the words 'timid', 'swimmer', 'individual' and 'shy'. And I think all those words represent me.

For the last animal (least favourite) I chose 'Cockroaches' because she could said we could also choose bugs and I simple detest them. And to describe them I said 'disgusting', 'fast', 'ugly' and 'small'.

So the first one 'Fox' I think I do want people to see me as except maybe 'wild'.
The second one I think people see me as except definitely not 'beautiful'.
The third one is of course how I actually am because I purposely chose one that had descriptive words like me. But if I could've chosen another descriptive word I would've chosen 'different'.
For the last one, 'fast' definitely does not describe me. I may be short but I am definitely not 'small'. I am sometimes 'disgusting' and I am definitely 'ugly' and not proud (so inspiring).

So go ahead and try it out! Test it on your friends and family too!

Jody

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Oops! Forgot!

Sorry guys,

There were some things I wanted to show you yesterday and the day before but I forgot about it sorry.
So I'll show you now :) So some of them are from DFO on Wednesday and some are from Top Ryde Shopping Centre which I went to for the first time yesterday. Actually rather disappointing. There wasn't much there but I did get a pair of sunglasses from Valley girl for $10 which I'll show you in another post.

Biggest Bed Bath N Table I've ever seen!! (DFO Wednesday)

Fox pillow! (Wed)

Love this room (besides the poncho sticking out from the left which is my mum - not that I don't love my mum. I should stop now) DFO Wednesday

Cute back but not as cute as the one below!! (Strandbags, Top Ryde)

Oh, my, goodness, look at this bag! I loved it so much and it was on sale so I should've got it but I didn't and I'm soo regretting it!! In fact I loved it so much I had to add it to my wishlist post I published yesterday.

Oh my goodness, I die. Most beautiful tea light holder I've ever seen. •WANT• •WANT• •WANT• (DFO)

CUTE, CUTE, CUTE. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. I just love Bed Bath N Table, they have the cutest stuff. (DFO)

Omg I love this parrot unfortunately I didn't know the flash was on and it was awkward to take another picture. (Habitana Top Ryde)

I love these tins and I'd never seen a Stamp Set one before so I just had to take a picture of it :)

Yes well that's that. Actually a rather pointless post as I don't think it inspired you much but there it is. And I just had to show you that bag which I'm still regretting not buying as it was on sale and I can't remember how much it was but I think it was like 20 bucks or something so yeah. Annoyed at myself but anyway, it's up on my wishlist now. Today we might go into the City and see what's happening with the Sydney Festival.

Ta ta for now,

Jody

Shopping Again

Hi guys,

This afternoon I went shopping to get an iTunes gift card so I could buy

'Les Misérables (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]'

I watched the movie in 3D in 2012 and loved it and I've been wanting to get the CD for some time now so I finally got it, and I love it :)

And while I was wandering around Chatswood shopping centre I couldn't resist a peak into Diva and ended up spending $23.

So here are the items I bought

I already have one of these but it was on sale and the little charms are so cute and you can do almost anything with them

I found this cute little fox ring which is surprising because I haven't seen fox items in Diva before. I also don't usually buy rings because I have fat fingers and their rings don't fit but this one kind of fits my pinky although it's a little snug. Unfortuately the only other size they have is too big for my pinky and too small for the rest of my fingers but I just had to get this guy. He wasn't on sale though, I paid $6 for him.

I wanted to get this last time but I was deterred by the price I think so when I saw it was on sale I thought, perfect! It has my horoscope which is Libra (obviously).

This charm bracelet was so adorable I just had to get it as well...

And I love it!

If you have $7 on hand, I would recommend this cute charm bracelet (while it's still on sale). You can where it whether you have a skinny arm or a thick-ish one (like me) because you can adjust it. It's just such a sweet bracelet and the charms aren't too girly or too vintage or too cheesy or anything. And I love the way it kind of jingles as you move.

So cute!

So that's it today, sorry it took so long to put up but I hope you enjoy it none the less :)

Jody

Fox drawings

Browsing the web the other day and came across some cool fox studies and how to draws, as well as logo-like designs

It kind of looks like a kangaroo to me ;D

I found these 'how to draw's a while ago but I thought I should share them because there's nothing nicer than being able to confidently draw an awesome fox. A feeling which I do not yet know...

• http://www.drawingnow.com/how-to-draw-a-fox.html
• www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2011/sep/09/how-to-draw-foxes-davey#/?picture=378602588&index=0

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Jody

Nine-tailed fox

Wow, I haven't written a blog entry for ages. Sorry about that, I keep forgetting.

Well lets start with; last week I did my art assignment on mythological gods. We had the usual 3 part assignment; 2 theory, 1 practical. So anyway I knew it had to be on mythological gods/creatures/fables etc, etc. So since I love foxes (as you may have guessed) I decided to do mine of the Asian myth, the nine-tailed fox. I think it was originally Chinese but there are Japanese versions too. What I find interesting is that while in European culture, the fox is represented as cunning, clever, resourceful, sneaky, manipulative, deceitful and a trickster; the nine-tailed fox in ancient Chinese culture has been symbolised very differently. One version says that the nine-tailed fox can be eaten by humans, and those who eat it will be protected from evil. Another story depicts the nine-tailed fox as a beast of fortune. Sent by the heavens, the nine-tailed fox was seen as a sign of fortune, peace and luck. In the Han dynasty, it is the protector of royal blood. However, it can also represent an omen of revolution when the Emperor is not good (taken from Wikipedia). Anyway when I went to hand in my assignment I heard people saying "...did we have to put our face on it?..." And I thought, "what?" So I looked at the sheet and sure enough it said we had to draw our face on it just like the last fricken assignment. I didn't tell you about the last assignment did I? Well basically we had to draw a royal portrait of ourselves. So basically I drew some Queen of France's body and then drew my face on top. I got full marks for it but I hated it. And you can probably understand why, and if you can't, don't worry. Anyway I'm kind of glad I didn't read the instructions because there was no way I was going to draw another bloody portrait of myself especially not on a mythological god's body. I just hope I don't get marks deducted for that. I did put a lot of hard work and effort into it though so here it is:

On the weekend I had two parties; one for my cousin who turned 3, and one for my grandad who turned 70. I made a farm cake for my cousin

On Sunday we had so much food for my grandad's 70th. We got to take home tonnes of leftovers. Including a delicious veal tortellini.

This morning I couldn't find my phone and bus pass. I later discovered this afternoon that it was wedged into the side of my bed the whole time. I couldn't find it this morning because we have no home phone, my mum was at work, my dad was asleep so I couldn't unlock his phone to call mine. So that was my morning. Later this afternoon I was getting worried if the bus driver would let me on and if not I'd have to walk all the way to my grandmas and catch a ride home. I was thinking "I have no money, no phone and no bus pass....and no umbrella. Great..."

Thankfully, when I started saying "I'm really sorry I don't have my..." The bus driver said "It's alright you have nothing to worry about..." which was what I was hoping he'd say but sometimes they're really serious about it so that's why I was worried. The bus was unusually empty and by the time it got the last stop there were only about 9 people including myself. But it's all good, I got home and had a nice hot bowl of pumpkin and pesto ravioli (leftover from yesterdays party) and a few pieces (ok maybe more than a few) of Cadbury crunchie chocolate block. And now I am writing this all down to you.

Well thanks for listening if you did. I will update you if anything interesting happens in my life.

Jody

Weekly Fox

Here's a funny one



Oh I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth

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Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth,
And spotted the perils beneath,
All the toffees I chewed,
And the sweet sticky food,
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth.

I wish I'd been that much more willin'
When I had more tooth there than fillin'
To pass up gobstoppers,
From respect to me choppers
And to buy something else with me shillin'.

When I think of the lollies I licked,
And the liquorice allsorts I picked,
Sherbet dabs, big and little,
All that hard peanut brittle,
My conscience gets horribly pricked.

My Mother, she told me no end,
"If you got a tooth, you got a friend"
I was young then, and careless,
My toothbrush was hairless,
I never had much time to spend.

Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right,
I flashed it about late at night,
But up-and-down brushin'
And pokin' and fussin'
Didn't seem worth the time... I could bite!

If I'd known I was paving the way,
To cavities, caps and decay,
The murder of fiIlin's
Injections and drillin's
I'd have thrown all me sherbet away.

So I lay in the old dentist's chair,
And I gaze up his nose in despair,
And his drill it do whine,
In these molars of mine,
"Two amalgum," he'll say, "for in there."

How I laughed at my Mother's false teeth,
As they foamed in the waters beneath,
But now comes the reckonin'
It's me they are beckonin'
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth.

By Pam Ayers

Weekly Fox

We've been reading The Outsiders in English and in it he recites Robert Frost's poem:

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Natures first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Jody

The Fox and the Grapes

I let my brother play on my 3DS yesterday and he said it was the worst game he'd ever played because it was too hard for him and he didn't understand what to do. It reminded me of one of Aesops Fables:

The Fox and the Grapes

One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the things to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: “I am sure they are sour.”

And the moral of the story is that "it is easy to despise what you cannot get".

Jody

no quotes.....poetry?

Well, I was looking at a poem the other day and thinking about how beautiful can be; and I realized since I've had no quote inspiration for decades I could post poetry. Admittedly it's harder because there is so much poetry and it's hard to find ones I like (and understand) but I know a few so I'll post those first. It's just that, being a teenager; it's hard to blog when I've already got so much other stuff to do (homework and a tonne of assignments - as well as a lot of gaming time).

Anyway here's the one I was thinking of (it's very famous and I'd be surprised if you haven't heard it before):

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Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I know of desire,
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if I had to perish twice,
I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice

 - By Robert Frost

Jody

More foxes + pinterest

Hey there everyone. Sorry I haven't posted in AGES. It's just that I haven't had anything to post about and I'm back to school so obviously that's a bore. Anyway, I got back onto pinterest today. It's one of those things I don't do regularly but when I do I do it a lot. You probably think I'm very slack as I haven't even been posting weekly quotes. Well to tell you the truth, I haven't heard any inspiring quotes lately so I know it's disappointing but 'if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all.' But I don't always stick to that advice :D :) ;) Anyway where was I? Oh yes, Pinterest. On my 'Foxes and Woodland Animals, Pictures and Ideas' I now have 356 pins! It's mainly foxes but there are a few other in the mix. I also started a new board 'Cool stamps' which isn't very interesting. Although there are some very amazing, beautiful and cute stamps out there! :) But my main was is still my foxy one. If you haven't guessed, I love foxes.

Anyway while I was pinning away I found this; so this is this week's foxy quote:

Ahh yes, author of 'The Lordof the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' although guiltily I haven't read the books; I have watched the movies however and have them in blu-ray :) Can't wait until Desolation of Smaug comes out in December! I'm gonna going to watch it at IMAX.

By the way my the link to my Pinterest is in the sidebar --->

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Jody

Foxy and quote

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“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
 - Marilyn Monroe

Everyone knows this one but it is good to remember it once in a while

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
- Mahatma Gandhi

Foxy and Quote

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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” 
- Oscar Wilde

Too true

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“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”
 - Linda Grayson

Friendship is the theme

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“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
- C.S. Lewis

Pinterest

Wow, I currently have 206 pins on my pinterest board: Foxes and Woodland Animals, Pictures and Ideas. (It's mainly of foxes but there are some other woodland animals too).

One of the pins I found recently:

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Jody

What would we do without our friends?

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“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” 
- Elbert Hubbard

And I just had to watch this again :)

So cute <3

The Fox and the Hound

And I watched Fantastic Mr. Fox for the first time. The reason I never dared to watch it before was because I thought it might ruin it for me every time I read the book. But I gave it a go finally and it wasn't that great but it was okay I guess.

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Jody

Fox in Socks

A great tongue twister from Dr Seuss.

If you haven't read it, I recommend that you make that a priority of yours.


Also, I have another poll. Please vote what you think, your opinion means a lot to me. It is about whether or not you like the new background and layout of the blog.

Jody

Your father is a fantastic fox...

Well as you can see I've made a few small changes to the blog. My background is no longer a random pattern of blue birds and swirls but rather a picture of Fantastic Mr. Fox illustrated by Jill Bennett. The layout is also a little different and now you can see the top 9 most popular posts of all time just on the sidebar.



"They all sat down, panting for breath. And Mrs Fox said to her children, 'I should like you to know that if it wasn't for your father we would all be dead by now. Your father is a fantastic fox.'
Mr Fox looked at his wife and she smiled. He loved her more than ever when she said things like that."

By Roald Dahl, Illustrated by Jill Bennett

Jody