ERMAHGERD FRESHERS’ WEEK!

Hello once again.
This time I’ll shortly tell you about Freshers’ Week, when I volunteered for SU’s Freshers’ Crew once again, and spent a lot of time meeting new people and partying. I'll be back to "serious" blogging soon.

It started on 15^th and finished on 22^nd of September. During this time I went out every night, apart from that last Saturday. I also volunteered/worked on most of the days, so you can bet your sweet ass I was a tired, emotional mess by the end of that. But it was SO much fun.

The first night out that I actually have photo proof of, was on Sunday (16th) when there was an event called Circus Sunday.
Now, I had done a make-up design quite some time ago inspired by Kid Cudi’s The Ruler and the Killer.

Here’s the design in question.

And since it was a Circus Sunday, and my costume was darkly coloured anyway, I thought it’d be a perfect opportunity for me to try the design in question for the first time.

This is what it turned out like:

Eyes open.

Eyes (nearly) closed.

And here you can see my costume for the night:

I look... funny x)

The second night out was... A RAVE.
Well, an UV Party on Monday to which I boringly enough wore a white top, short orange shorts (these ones), and slapped yellow, orange and blue make-up accompanied with bright pink lips.
There is ONE picture of me from that night, but I look ridiculous in it so I’m NOT showing it to you x)

Tuesday was my day off from volunteering, but I still couldn’t stay away from the party, and so I joined my friends at the Bavariafest in the evening.
I don’t even drink alcohol, but singing drinking songs along the band and watching others taking part in drinking games was fun. The band was a Bavarian Oompah Band and they really got everyone going :D It was great fun, although I didn’t stay too long since I had a morning shift the next day.

On Wednesday we had the very first social night, where all the societies welcomed their new members. We (the dancers aka Saints) had a “scribble social” where everyone took an ordinary, blank, white t-shirt or top, some markers and asked people to write on them.
I gotta say that my t-shirt didn’t survive from the rude comments, and a lot of people were trying to claim their ownership over me on  my t-shirt... Someone wrote “Isaac was here 2012”, but I gotta admit that I don’t even know this Isaac.
But once again, I had fun and it was a great night with the new puppies of the dance society.

I wasn’t supposed to work on Thursday, BUT I somehow ended up going to the Uni and helping out by standing there in my Freshers’ Crew t-shirt.

Me with Louise, another Freshers’ Crewster that was ACTUALLY working that day x) Photo by Paul Beard, our awesome SU photographer.

That night I went to the Foam Party. I went to one last year as well, but this time I decided to take part in it. The foam was all the way to my knees, my friend Josie and I were SOAKED, our hairs were a mess, but we had fun. We even met two non-students and I named one of them Chin, because he looked part Hawaiian and refused to be called Kono or Keahu.

Josie and I BEFORE the foam attacked us. Photo by Donston Powell at Tramps.

Getting soaked and getting my ballerina flats horrendously smelly (they smelled of alcohol, cigarettes, soap and all kinds of things)? WORTH IT. Who knew foam parties could be so much fun!?

Friday... Friday, Friday, Friday.
I did not have a shift on Friday. But I spent the day getting ready for the night and Freshers’ Premier (which is always supposed to be a bit fancier with champagne etc. involved).
At this point, I have to back up a bit in time.

Mari-liis, the extremely kind person she is, had forced me to order this specific dress from Forever Unique. Fine, she didn’t FORCE me, but she did show it to me and I bet she KNEW I would feel the need to order it, so that’s the same as forcing, right?
Anyway, it was one of the most prettiest and cutest dresses I had ever seen and apparently “so me” that I couldn’t resist ordering it EVEN if the last size was 8 (I’m usually a 10 or a 12). And it was the last dress of that colour they had. So I ordered it, and waited for it to arrive so I could check if it actually fits.
The dress had actually arrived on Tuesday, and of course I opened the packet immediately to see if it was as beautiful live as it was in pictures.

I screamed when I saw the packet.

Then I screamed a bit more.

Then I actually opened it:

And screamed even more because OF THE COLOURS AND EVERYTHING.

Then I took it out and found these on the bottom:

Extra tulle and sparkles!!!

And then I FINALLY put it on (and screamed some more):

Front (duh?).

Back.

Because it fit me!!!

So that was my dress for Friday sorted.
When Friday arrived, I felt like a princess so I made myself look like one:

My boobs look small...

I think two pictures were taken of me at the Premier before I got just too emotional about stuff and started crying in the VIP area just before my friends dragged me into a photo with the Loveable Rogues.
Thankfully enough, in that photo there is this random, pink effect on my face and over one of the band members, so no one can see my red eyes.

Otherwise it was quite a good night and a great finish to the long week.
I slept like a baby on Saturday and Sunday, gathering my energy for the following week, which meant lecturers, dance rehearsals, and all kinds of exciting things.

Now, here’s the last nail polish sample!. Well, the last before I show you the NEW polishes I got:

Flormar Supershine Miracle Colors U09.

U09 with Flormar Matifying top-coat.

And that’s it about my extremely interesting life this time. Stay human, and blog ya later!

Oh! Here’s the song that inspired my eye make-up design:

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These things that inspire and please me.

One thing you should know about me... I specialise in a very specific type of security.
I'm just kidding, but really, you should know one thing about me, if you didn't already;

I love figure skating.

If I could BE a sports, I'd probably be figure skating. It's just so beautiful, elegant and inspirational, and I enjoy watching it.

For the first time ever I finally managed to go and SEE championships live.
My friend, and teammate, Annika flew all the way from Finland to accompany me to the European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield.
Because we are (poor) students we couldn't go to see the whole thing, but we did buy tickets for all the days that felt the most important for us: Men and Ladies' free programmes (Saturday), and Gala (Sunday). On top of that I went to see Men's short programme and Pairs' free programme on Thursday.

It was amazing. I took a massive amount of photos (when I say massive, I mean over 15GB, but I haven't deleted all the bad ones yet), and I will be spamming some of those here. NOW.

Let me start with the top 3 of men, because I probably won't comment that much on their costumes and make-up x)

Evgeni Plushenko
Photo by yours truly.

This man. Is amazing. He's been on ice since the beginning of time and is still going strong.
Watching him on YouTube and TV is one thing, but seeing him on ice was just a completely new experience.
He also won gold in EC.

Artur Gachinski
Photo by yours truly.

Gachinski is a new face for me. It was the first time I saw him on ice (I seriously can't remember him from other competitions), but he was VERY good. He also shares the same coach, Alexei Mishin, with Plushenko, so that might explain why they are both so good :D Mishin also coached one of my ultimate favourites, Alexei Yagudin, who is also extremely good.
Gachinski won silver in EC.

Florent Amodio
Photo by yours truly.

I love Amodio to bits. It was love at first sight, the first time I saw him skate.
He is charismatic, talented and just so cute. There are some pictures of him and Stéphane Lambiel, who I also adore SO much, that cheer me up always.
Seeing him on ice was a big fangirl moment for me. Annika could prove that.
He won bronze in EC.

Amodio is so small compared to Plushenko and Gachinski :3
Photo by yours truly.

Another fangirl moment was when I got to talk to Kevin van der Perren who sadly enough had to withdraw from free programme because of an injury.
He is an amazing skater and meeting him was a big highlight of my trip. I hope to see him on ice again, despite his injury.

Now, let me get to the winning ladies... I'm gonna provide you with photos of the front and back of their costumes.

Carolina Kostner
Photo by yours truly.

I still don't know whether I like that costume or not :'D
It was VERY sparkly, camera couldn't really capture just HOW sparkly it was under the intelligent lights.
The most disturbing thing though is the fact that the costume covers the skates only partly. I prefer it when they cover the skates completely, or don't cover at all x)
Kostner's technique is always good. She didn't seem to make many mistakes in the championships, and both of her free programme was very, very good.
She won gold in EC.

Kiira Korpi
Photo by yours truly.

Kiira. Kiira, Kiira, Kiira.
She is just so beautiful that I can't help but adore her.
Usually her costumes are colourful, funky and short, so I was kinda surprised to see something like this :D It's pretty and elegant though, so I am not complaining!
I was very tempted to ask for a photo with her when she was close to us, but I chickened out. I regret it now.
She won silver in EC.

Elene Gedevanishvili
Photo by yours truly.

So tiny and cute :3 And what about that costume, huh? PRETTYYY.
It had a big ribbon on the back, but because of the bright lights it blended into the costume in the photo. I so want that as a dress! Maybe a bit longer though x)
Her programme was also amazing and her Gala performance was beautiful. She became one of my favourite female skaters after I saw her live.
She won bronze in EC.

The winning ladies.
Photo by yours truly.

Now I want to show couple costumes from the Gala that I really liked.

Maxine Yu
Photo by yours truly.

Apparently this girl is only 15 years, but she was already pretty, darn amazing. She performed at the Gala as she was obviously too young to enter the championships.
And that costume... it would make a beautiful bridesmaid or wedding dress if it was longer.
Imagine that dress, but longer, strapless, and with silver flowers.
Ah, I wouldn't mind wearing that at all.

Back of the costume had flowers as well.
Photo by yours truly.

Thanks to this costume I'm thinking about wedding dress designs again xD

Body envy. I has it.
Photo by yours truly.

Now this is what I meant with Korpi's colourful and funky costumes :D
Granted, this is from Gala so she was free to wear nearly whatever she wanted.
This costume fit the song perfectly, and Korpi looks so good with that hair and make-up in that costume.

Last but not least, I will leave you another picture of Korpi.

Pretty.
Photo by yours truly.

Well, blog ya later and stay human!
(Btw, I love spell check. People should use it more often.)

Halloween, the late post.

So I spent my Halloween weekend in Birmingham, at Asylum 7 which is a Supernatural convention, and came back on Monday, pretty much straight to a party.
I'm still in a happy, blurry bubble of happines and I'd rather NOT write much right now so, once again, have some pictures.

A7 had two themed parties, the first one was "real ghostbusters" and the second one was "western.

For the ghostbusters party I dressed up as Jo Harvelle (from Supernatural since it WAS Supernatural convention) since she's a hunter (of ghosts and stuff).

Hilton's toilets had a veeery nice lighting. My arm looks enormous though.

Looks like I have snake eyes :D

My outfit was just basic jeans and a black top. Le like zis:

Simples! From Primark and cost me only £13.5!

For the western party I borrowed my friends cowboy hat and took out my pink check shirt and a white top. I also borrowed a toy gun from Jenni and we danced like two absolute idiots. It was glorious.
Shamefully, I don't have any pictures of my western outfit YET but when I get some, they'll be posted immediately

And as I mentioned earlier in the same post, if anyone remembers anymore, I came back on Monday which also happened to be THE Halloween day.
My flatmates and I threw a Halloween party for all our friends and since I hadn't had time to get a scary costume I decided to dress up as Anna Milton (again, from Supernatural).

Borrowed the shirt and jacket from my flatmate.

Now comes le spoiler, so anyone who wants to watch Supernatural and does NOT want to be spoiled, look away (after the picture it's safe to watch again):

Anna is a fallen angel so I thought it would be suitable for Halloween. Since she gets her grace back anyway and turns out to be not-as-nice-an-angel-as-we-thought.

One my favourite photos thought it's taken with a bad camera x)

It was a beeetch to do the make up since Julie McNiven's eyes are massive. My eyes are NOT like that, my eyes are very small compared to hers.
Just lot of brown and white eyeliner, and eyeshadow with different shades of brown, and my eyes looked somehow like Anna's.

And styling the wig, oh gosh... I only did the the front and it felt like it wasn't good enough. I fought with it for at least 10 minutes... In the end I was quite happy with it, of course.

Well, this was a very... Halloweenish and costume-ish post. Next time, hopefully, I'll have more interesting stories!

Looks like I should start betting money!

Sooo... tonight we saw the final of Eurovision song contest, embraced not only by the rainbow people, but other citizens of Europe AND other continents!

I, myself, LOVE the contest in question. The clothes, the background, the stage, the lighting, the good songs, the gorgeous ladies, the hot men, the dancers, the terrible songs and costumes that are fun to diss, the ruckus that some countries getting points and some NOT getting causes and the list goes on...
All in all. I. love. it.

This year I had pretty much six favourites from which three managed to get into top 5!
Lucky!? ;D
My favourites, NOT in any specific order... well, let's make it an alphabetical order (and let's throw in the results as well for the heck of it!):
Azerbaijan (1), Denmark (5), Greece (7), Iceland (20), Moldova (12) and Sweden (3).

So yeah. Out of those six, four got into top 10 and one was close to it (only 10 points behind Lena, who was 10th somehow). Good, huh?

Azerbaijan's song was so cute and sweet and like someone said, it could very well fit into a climatic scene in Grey's Anatomy :D
Denmark was so catchy and nice! And the boys were cute as hell! I don't care if people think that they stole it from MUCC or Andreas Johnson (lol, does that mean that MUCC stole it from Andreas Johnson!? Or vice versa!?). I mean for real. Who cares. The melody is simple and it'd be a surprise if someone HAD NOT used it before!
Greece. I can't even describe what I feel when I see and hear that man singing. The rap could've been a bit better BUT HOLY SHIT THE SINGING. POWER FIST. I loved it.
Iceland was SOOOO nice! Hemmut ♥ The song was so warm. It was just lovely~
Moldova had some real party going on! You could immediately see that they're professionals when on stage. And I love the way they combine hardcore, folklore music and who knows what! I adore that kind of music~
Sweden. Saade ♥ The semi-final was the first time I saw and heard him and I have to admit, it was love at first sight/hearing. The song was good and it worked. As did the performance.

Other songs I liked were France's and UK's. Well, I loved Blue, but their song could've been better because I know they can do better. And I like opera so that's probably why I enjoyed France as well!

I am not going to go on a rant on songs I didn't like, unless someone really wants me to x)
But! I might talk something about the hair and costumes someday if I find pictures to go with them because some of them where just... what :D

So what did YOU like? And do you think I should actually say (=rant) something about the songs I didn't like?