You have those 6 Things

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Tell this story:

Oh my god you don’t know how long I’ve wanted to do a post like this. I find it really hard to just start writing sometimes, and this is a great way to start. So go away and write an award-winning novel. Or create your own “tell this story”.

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Actors, in Real Life

In my newly appointed opinion, there are 3 types of actors:

1. Completely terrible: (Someone along the lines of Jennifer Garner or anyone from Disney Channel)

2. Amazing, unbelievable actors

3. Amazing, believable actors

Amazing unbelievable actors I mean by Johnny Depp in almost every role. Take Edward Scissor hands, for example: I don’t think I’d ever meet him walking down the street (at least I hope not),  but he is so morbid and un-human, yet extremely loveable.  Or Maggie Smith in Harry Potter. She does the role of a strict head of house fantastically, yet I imagine her being very sweet in real life.

Amazing believable actors:

Zooey Deshanel (in New Girl/(500) Days of Summer)

How I picture Zooey in real life is simply a mix of Jess from New Girl, and Summer from (500) Days of Summer. Exactly how I picture her. (I hope I’m not right, though, because then she wouldn’t be that good of an actor!)

Emma Stone (in Easy A)

I absolutely love the main character of this movie, Olive, who is played by Emma Stone. Her sense of humour, and humanity, her down-to-earthness, basically everything about her. No one could have done this role besides Emma Stone.

Seth Green (in Buffy the Vampire slayer and Austin Powers)

Seth Green is literally the coolest person you will ever know.

The only thing these actors need to watch out for is not being too much like themselves…and not repeating the same role in everything.

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Zooey: Picture taken by me of a magazine cover

Emma Stone: Still from the movie Easy A

Seth Green: wikipedia

My First Baked Cheesecake: White Chocolate & Raspberry

For the first time ever yesterday, I made a baked cheesecake: white chocolate and raspberry, to be exact.

Adapted from Masterchef magazine

You will need a 21cm springform cake tin.

Allow an extra 4 hours to set cake.

Base:

125g unsalted butter

250g packet granita biscuits

20g (1/4 cup) desiccated coconut

Cheesecake

250g cream cheese

125g firm ricotta

1 tsp vanilla essence (or extract)

75g castor sugar

3 eggs

40g sour cream

100g white chocolate

125g raspberries (fresh or thawed)

Step 1. Preparing the biscuit base:

Place butter in a small saucepan and cook, stirring over low heat until melted. Using your hands, break the biscuits in half and crush with a rolling pin until crumbly,and transfer to a mixing bowl. Pour over butter, add coconut, and mix well until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Step 2: To make the biscuit shell:

Turn the base of the springform pan upside down. Secure back in pan (this makes it easier to remove the shell). Tip in the biscuit mixture. Using your finger tips, press over base and up side of the ti. Using a drinking glass, press firmly to compact. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Step 3: To make the filling:

Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C. In another mixing bowl, add the  cream cheese,ricotta,vanilla and sugar. Mix with a stick blender until almost smooth. Add cream cheese, and beat until well combined. Crack eggs in a bowl. Slide eggs from bowl into cream cheese mixture, beating after each addition, until well combined. Stir in the sour cream.Break chocolate into small pieces. Place in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water (make sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water), then stir until melted. Add the melted chocolate to the cream cheese mixture and stir to combine.

Step 4: The cheesecake

Fold two-thirds of the raspberries into cream cheese the mixture. Pour the mixture into the biscuit shell then scatter with remaining raspberries. Place the tin in the oven and bake for 55 minutes or  until the edge is set and the centre is still slightly wobbly. Turn off the oven, let cake cool on a wire rack, and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours to set.

Step 5: To serve

Release the side of the pan, then remove. Cut up into large pieces and enjoy!

So tell me with a comment: Is cheesescake is better baked or fridge-set?

How to dress like your favourite character from the Hunger Games, pt.2: Primrose Everdeen

At the Reaping:

While she’s at home watching the games

And may I just give some credit to Willow Sheilds, who plays Prim, for her awesome braces!

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How to dress like your favourite character from the Hunger Games, pt.1: Katniss Everdeen

I’m sure you’ve already been told this a million times, but….READ AND WATCH

THE

HUNGER

GAMES

ITS AMAZING!!!!!

Katniss:

I dressed up as Katniss for the first time I saw the movie

Katniss Everdeen by littleredowl featuring a studded satchel

This selection of clothes was made by me via polyvore

Katniss in her interview:

Mockingjay Katniss:

Everyday:

The  pearl Peeta gives her

 Inspired by her

And last of all, some runway inspiration.

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Feminists in my life

Besides the usual, you know, your Mum, Tavi Genvinson and Madonna.

Jenna Marbles

My friend, whose a little obsessed with youtube (aren’t we all some days?)showed me this video of Jenna talking about why she hates Disney movies. Now don’t get me wrong, I love Disney movies as much as the next person, but she made some really good points:

1. You don’t have to spend your whole day narrating everything that happens in song. That is just annoying.

2. The whole purpose of life is not to get married to Prince Charming when your, like, 14

3. If someone is really ugly, it doesn’t mean they’re evil

Beyonce

Beyonce taught us that being single was cool and many things besides. She also taught us that you don’t have to be super skinny to be super hot. Seriously, Run the World (Girls)? You should so buy that song.

Phryne Fisher

Miss.Fishers murder mysteries is one of my (many) favourite TV shows. With a fantastic cast, script, etc. is great, but the best part is how Miss Fisher always ends up solving the mysteries herself instead of letting the good-looking privet detective do it. And she always looks fabulous.

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Too many quinces! (and pears, again!)

Well, it sounds very snobbish to say we had too many quinces, but its true.

The thing about having too many pears, if you think about it, is like having, say, too many bananas. You have oodles of options of things to make! Not so much with quinces, though. I idly flicked through a Stephanie Alexander cookbook (which is basically just what I do when I need a jumpstart of inspiration, and you should too), and came across a little tip in the corner: (In my own words) “Simply add thinly sliced quince to any recipe, such as a crumble or pie, when apple or pear is used”. There you had it. Thats what I was going to make.

I quince, thinly sliced (this is tricky, so be careful)

four small brown pears, sliced

1 small handful sultanas

dash of cardamom

3/4 cup water

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup your favourite muesli

another 1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp baking powder

dash of whatever spices you like

pinch shredded coconut

1 tsp vanilla extract

80g unsalted utter, cut into cubes

1/2 cup plain flour

Preheat the oven to 180. Put quinces, pears, sultanas, cardamom, brown sugar and water in a large saucepan. Cover, and cook for six minutes. Remove pears into the oven-proof dish you want to bake the crumble in, but continue cooking quinces. Meanwhile, mix muesli, brown sugar, baking powder, spices, coconut and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the butter and flour and rub together with your fingers to form small crumbs. Add the two mixtures together and mix well. Spoon quinces on top of the pears and cover with the crumble. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the crumble is is a golden brown and bubbling at the edges.