Monday, 29 March 2021
Living On Your Own/Moving Day
Today is moving day! I am staying at the house while Mum goes back there to that awful, noisy place. This promo for Rocko's Modern Life demonstrates what it's like to take charge of the house and get the pets and yourself some food, and this episode of Pingu is a reminder of us moving to Grandma's for her sake.
Sunday, 28 March 2021
Dustbin Baby
This is a quote from Dustbin Baby, one of Jacqueline Wilson's books. CBBC has put up their old film Dustbin Baby on iPlayer, and I saw it a few days ago along with Dumping Ground Island. I think the film is similar to episode 8 of My Pride because it features April progressing down to a little girl's age as she revisits her sad past, and it's definitely a watch. If you feel stressed by all that's going on at CBBC at the moment, this moving journey featuring Jacqueline Wilson's character April will calm you down. What would really make it better is if April met a boy while going to find where she belongs, only to discover he's an angel, her guardian angel, who shows her her past through magic and knocking her unconscious. Enough talking, open the dustbin lid on the film I didn't see at a young age!
Never Mind Three Months...
...how about, A YEAR?!
YES!! All of Scream Street is available to view on iPlayer, so there's no need to make the days long, watching Scream Street will make long, boring days go by even quicker. Which means, before you know it, quick showers will be replaced by long baths - and a goblin will be more interesting than a talking piece of cheese.
When I Take Charge Of My New House...
I was in charge of the house while mum was out doing last minute refurbishing to the place I once half-despised, half-loved. The only thing I'll miss about being here is watching Scream Street on CBBC and Bluey on Disney Junior, but I'll still enjoy this new era! I got a bit sick, but I lay down and breathed in and out - with my cat Mushroom walking around me - making me feel a lot better again. I didn't answer the door, and I wrote a card to apologise to Mum for being a weebly. Inside the card, I drew a picture of a puppy called Pip, which gave me an idea for a story - 'Pip The Pup Says Sorry' about how Pip learnt to apologise when his favourite school lunch got ruined, inspired by that Howard B Wigglebottom story I saw online about controlling anger.
Here's what it feels like for me living on my own:
We Own NAPPIES?!
That's right - my mum owns real actual nappies for her baby dolls. It's like she's aged down into a little girl again or something! First baby dolls, now a doll's house?! I have the weirdest mother in the world.
They make great musical instruments, though!
We Can Cut It Into Little Duckies, Like Grandma Does...
Make some duck sandwiches with mango chutney and other fillings here:
Story Tree/How To Make A Story Tree
I've decided to do a Story Tree - a perfect idea for when you have a story in your mind. The branches are new stories that sprout every day. I was, on that hand, inspired by the 'How To Make Your Family Tree' feature from the DVD of The Tigger Movie to make this. If you're an aspiring writer, you can make one too! Here's how.
What You Need:
- A piece of paper
- Scrap paper
- A pen
- Scissors
- Glue
- Start by drawing a leafless tree on the piece of paper. Draw seven or six bare branches to make 'Story Branches'.
- Take some scrap paper and cut it into little squares using the scissors.
- Glue each piece of scrap paper onto each branch.
- Have fun! Write down your story idea on each piece of scrap paper when a thought comes into your mind.
Friday, 26 March 2021
No Bluey...
I am sorry to say that Bluey isn't available on CBeebies' schedule for the 5th-9th April. At least School Of Roars is back with new episodes, though, that's fair. Hopefully she'll appear on next week's CBeebies schedule.
Little Baby - My Entry To The Bristol Short Story Prize Competition
About two days ago, I wrote down a remarkable story based on a Teletubbies episode named 'Little Baby', about a mother who finds the meaning of why she converted to parenthood through a Teletubbies episode. Now, today, since I found it via a selection of competitions on the Creative Writing Ink website (they're pu-retty good at hosting competitions), I'm entering it into the Bristol Short Story Prize competition:
I tried to make it as Jacqueline Wilson/Mum Minder-like as possible, with references to designs on Pampers and Huggies nappies, Heinz baby food and programmes from CBeebies like Mr. Bloom's Nursery, In The Night Garden and Something Special.
Find out more about the Bristol Short Story Prize and other competitions from Creative Writing Ink here:
Thursday, 25 March 2021
Movin' Out (Sybil's Song)
We're moving to the peace and serenity of Grandma's house! Yay! I'd like to talk about the memorable 24 hours of yesterday.
First, Sally came over and brought me some craft paper and some utensils to start scrapbooking with. I even got a Pritt Stick! The day I mentioned I wanted a Pritt Stick, it turns up right then and there!
In Bonar Bridge, after we brought Grandma her stuff in hospital, it was a picnic lunch: sandwiches and pork pies and scotch eggs and Penguins and Twirls and Coke. Oh boy, it was delicious, and I haven't been to the Salmon Place in almost a year. Tell that to Tug from Brother Bear, that fat black-furred oaf will know more about fishing than men ever learn.
Later, we picked up stuff from the house, and I was just taking my stuff and Christmas tree ornaments down when suddenly...
Due to my outrageous clumsiness, everything had fallen onto the floor and every single ornament that we have kept for years was broken. Luckily, Mum reassured me that accidents happen and we have to get used to them. I feel guilty, but the good news is I keep my favourite Toybox magazine with regular favourites like Odd Squad and Danger Mouse and my mega-favourite Scream Street in the cupboard now. I'll do the Scream Street sticker activity sometime soon, but I swear Danger Mouse sounds like Sonic The Hedgehog in the story in the magazine, and the spider in the new Danger Mouse reminds me of Louis the alligator from Disney's The Princess & The Frog. Welcome home, Scream Street.
Next, we went to Alness storage to collect some boxes to put all our other stuff from the old, noisy house in Golspie (AAAAARRGGHH!! I hate this place, the neighbours, dog and lawnmower drive me INSANE!) While there, I thought up a few new ideas for stories, like 'Little Baby', a true story of one parent's desire to change her life forever after seeing a Teletubbies episode, and the decision to put characters from Pop and Tiny Pop into the I.B.F.F Diaries stories since Miffy and Melanie are featured. Even Twilight Sparkle and her pony friends get featured, in a similar fashion to 'I.B.F.Fs: Movie Stars'. Sometimes, I wish Tiny Pop wasn't boring...
There was such a lot of boxes in the back of the car that I mentioned that the car would dramatically 'tip over' which made Mum and the owner of the company burst out laughing.
I also learned one very important thing: doing a blog, then writing is a much more clever way of keeping cool when in doubt, especially when you're as autistic as I am, and I'm already planning to do a 'Story Tree', a huge tree with ideas in its branches that make up my story. I'm going to have such a happy new life!
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The Autism Chart
If you're autistic and have a bad temper like I do, then you should try another one of my great ideas: using Paw Patrol and Paddington reward charts to accomplish tasks like writing a blog entry then a story entry, doing a craft or trying to control your bad temper with a craft or DIY that's calming like bath teas or blacklight bubbles.
Nookie Bitesize - Build A Lion King/My Little Pony Fort
It's time to build a My Little Pony/Lion King fort! All you have to do is grab a few My Little Pony dolls and Lion King soft toys, stickers, blankets coloured purple, pink and yellow, a few cushions and a slice of cake and a glass of milk, and hey presto! You have the perfect lion-pony fort! Check out this link for how to make a fort if you don't know how:
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