The Hunger Games Spoiler Post

SPOILER POST!! DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE OR READ THE BOOKS (unless you don't mind spoilers)

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So as you know I saw the midnight session of The Hunger Games movie. I watched it again on Sunday with Jasmine. I loved it the first time I saw it but I was also tired and a little hyper. I don't think I really appreciated it on my first viewing. After watching it on Sunday I enjoyed it so much more. 

I can't think of a better person to play Katniss. Jennifer Lawrence is amazing. And Josh Hutcherson completely stole my heart as the boy with the bread. Stanley Tucci is the most amazing Caesar Flickerman. 

I loved the scenes that they added in that were not in the book. Such as...

♥ Katniss giving the three figure salute to the camera for District 11 and they in turn were doing it back to her and then revolted. It just shows that Katniss was already becoming a symbol of hope and revolution. 

♥ Haymitch talking to Seneca Crane about giving the viewers something to hope for (after the revolt starting in the districts and capital) with young love. I found this fascinating because this very well could be one of the reasons why there was a rule change in the first place.

♥ I loved the Caesar Flickerman and Claudius Templesmith scenes where they would explain things happening in the Games. Seeing as most things were in Katniss' head, so it was an interesting perspective.

♥ Seneca Crane entering the room at the end with the nightlock berries in the bowl. I always assumed he was executed by hanging but that's because of the particular scene in Catching Fire. 

Of course I adored seeing Katniss and Peeta together in the cave. That was one of my favourite parts of the book. And Rue's death made me cry. I remember thinking how utterly tragic it was. And Amandla Stenberg was just so sweet as Rue. 

I'm quite glad that they cut the scene with Cato and the mutts because I didn't really want to see him being mauled and hear him moaning all night. 

Overall I think it was fantastic! One of the best book adaptations I've seen. I know they cut certain things out and changed things but that's necessary. If I could add anything I would have loved to see a longer interview at the end with Caesar and the heartbreaking scene of when Katniss tells Peeta she was faking it. My heart died a little when I read that for the first time 3 years ago.

I'll be sure to watch the movie again sometime soon! Looking forward to it and I'm so happy one of my favourite books was made so well.

What did you enjoy about the movie? 

Midnight for The Hunger Games

Hello hello. I saw The Hunger Games at midnight last night/this morning :) I don't want to spoil anything but I loved it. It was quite true to the book and Jennifer Lawrence is just amazing. They had to cut bits out and change a few things but that's fine. A movie is always different.

I'll be sure to be watching it again this weekend with Jasmine and at least another time with Jason. I seriously can't believe that I've seen it. It feels like a dream (probably because it was 2:30am when it finished). Eeee! 

I got a fringe

Hello my lovelies. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Mine was quite busy. First off, I got a haircut and I got a fringe. I've been thinking about it for awhile now so it wasn't a spur of the moment decision. 

This is it. I love it! I'm quite surprised at how well it turned out. 

Dress: Modcloth ; Shoes: Witchery; Bracelets: Mombasa, Necklace: Equip, Belt: Myer? 

I wore this outfit to church and then in the afternoon for my nephew Micah's first birthday party. 

This is my nephew Elijah. He was conked out after a big day. I adored his little overalls. 

And Micah the birthday boy. He looks so happy here. My brother also thought to spike his hair up for the occasion. 

It was a great weekend and I even found some time to clean the bathrooms for our Autumn 'Spring' Clean.

Oh and two more sleeps until The Hunger Games midnight session!! 

The Hunger Games Premier!

It was The Hunger Games Premier in LA today and I was so excited to follow all the news via Twitter. I love Mockingjay.net and The Hob. Seeing all the updates made me extremely jealous but so happy!

She looked so utterly gorgeous and stunning! Major girl crush. 

Even though she is taller than Josh I still adore him.

Well I just had to blog that quickly!! I'm beyond excited and I can't wait for next week! 

Just a Minute in...March

Happy Weekend friends. I'm so glad this week is over. Some weeks feel like they drag on forever so when I see the weekend in sight I get very excited.

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Just a Minute in....March

Reading... The Green Mile (I thought the movie was amazing). Assorted magazines

Watching... The Hunger Games movie!

Writing... Letters and putting together packages

Thinking... About the organising/decluttering challenge with Jasmine we want to organise

Jumping... Up and down with joy because it's The Hunger Games movie month

Planning... The itinerary for our USA trip

♥ Booked my ticket to a midnight session of The Hunger Games. With two friends (who still get student ticket prices. Sigh). This will be my first midnight movie session.

♥ I treated myself to these pink skinnies from Asos. 

So there are a few things I'm excited about this month. I can't believe the movie is nearly here! And there should be a few packages arriving this month too :) 

I hope your weekend and March is fantastic. What are you looking forward too?

The Hunger Games Trailer

Hey lovelies. I was supposed to share what I purchased at the Finders Keepers market but The Hunger Games trailer came out and I can't not blog about it.



I got teary eyed watching it. As you know I'm a huge fan of the books so to see it as a movie is thrilling. I'm seriously so excited! When I first read the book there was little to no information but now... it's exploding.

Eeeeeee! That says it all.

Happy Things to end the week with

Hello lovelies. It has been a good week. I'm slowly starting to understand everything at work and I did my volunteer at the Mater today. I get so clucky around all the babies.

Here's some happy things to end the week with...

♥ I bought a bunch of $5 tops for work and some racer back singlets. And those shoes were $10. 

♥ I get to hang with Jasmine again tomorrow :)

♥ Jasmine and I have email convos through our work emails. It's nice to see it pop up when I'm typing away. 

♥ I'm planning my sis in law Melly's baby shower!! That's means there is another baby Landicho coming into the family. 

♥ Um...I have no words for this but I can say that I am soo excited. Josh Hutcherson is really living up to Peeta :) I think I love him. 

 Have a blessed weekend.

A work update

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Hey lovely people. I'm a bit quiet in the blog world at the moment because working nearly full time is really taking it out of me. I'm exhausted already, but I just need to get used to all the changes. Here are a few of my thoughts so far.

♥ Today I finally did some proper work and it's going well

♥ I'm starting to know the people I work with and really hit it off with one of the other girls in my little hub

♥ I'm not used to all the flexibility and being able to have a chat

♥ I have a work email :) and I get so excited checking it

♥ I went to my first work meeting today and was welcomed to the team

♥ I get flexi time (flex time is time off when you do extra hours) so I cut my lunch break to get extra hours

♥ There's a morning tea next week to welcome all the new people. I used to pay out Jason for his work place always having morning teas. Haa. 

♥ I love being able to wear clothes other than black and white

♥ Jason's work place is only up the street from mine so we get to go to work together (and my dad is on the level below me. He works for the same company)

♥ Working in the government is great!

So really, my biggest hurdle is time management. I need to work out when to do the washing, cleaning the house and I really don't feel like cooking dinner when I get home. It's a good thing that Jason has been home for a few days and he cooked :)

Right now I'm pretty exhausted but in time my body will get used to it. I might have to start scheduling posts or I will never blog.

It's been a good week so far and I'm also excited for this!!

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Have a wonderful rest of week.

P.S. And I did a guest post for Erin here :)

Happy Things to end the week with

Hey all. I'm a little under the weather with a cold. It's not bad, I just have a lack of energy. I'm also supposed to go ice skating in an outdoor rink tonight (How Brisbane can do this I have no idea). I have tickets so I will definitely still go.

Happy things to end the week with...

♥ Going to a volunteer information session for the Mater Hospital. I have my interview next week.

♥ I baby sit Micah pretty often. The first pic is Micah trying to sit up by himself (he's not quite 3 months yet though) instead he just fell forward.

The second pic is him crying but his little hood kept falling into his face. 

♥ Listening to movie soundtracks. I love them so much and excited to hear that Danny Elfman will be doing The Hunger Games soundtrack! There's also an amazing unofficial score here.

♥ Getting back into making friendship bracelets. I really want to try the chevron pattern.

I'm sort of all over the place today, this cold is making it hard to concentrate. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Happy things to end the week

Here's the happy things to end my week...

♥ Baby sitting baby Micah. Here he is wearing his baby uggs that I bought him. Poor little fella has his shots that day, hence the little band aids on his legs. 

♥ My pile of books that I'm reading. 

♥ Instax fun from last weekend.

♥ Cupcakes, friends and photos

♥ Receiving a supporters bead from The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation. 

♥ Finally getting the snail mail group up and running. Read more details here. 

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♥ I cannot wait for this movie! Oh my gosh, you have no idea how excited I am.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

Happy things to end the week and outfits

So I've got two outfits that are kind of random, so I thought I would share them.

Shirt: Hunger Games shirt from Zazzle

Skirt: Mombasa

Belt: Miss Shop from Myer

Shoes: Rubi shoes (el cheapo shoes)

I seriously have no idea why I didn't just put my hands in the pockets. Instead it's half in, half out. I went shopping in this outfit and I love my shirt!

Singlet: Cotton On

Sports Bra: Running Bare

Tights: Target

Shoes: Bloch

So this outfit is a little embarrassing. It's what I wore to my Zumba class. I like wearing tights because they are comfy when exercising (and I used them all the time with dancing). I finally got back my dance shoes which are so much easier to use for Zumba. I used a pair of sports shoes last time and they kept on squeaking on the floor (plus they would grip too much which made it hard to move). 

And a few happy things to end my week.

Lots of things to open (this is technically from last weekend)

My first Donna Hay magazine subscription. I hope I will be inspired to cook more. 

My Hunger Games shirt.

The Snail Mail group button (still refining it and haven't got a name yet)

 What happy things are you ending your week with? Have a beautiful weekend!! 

Just a minute in...April

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Just a Minute in... April

Reading... City of Falling Angels, Delirium, Donna Hay magazine (got my first issue of my birthday subscription)

Planning... The Snail Mail group. I'm trying to think of a name and I'm writing down all my ideas (so excited)

Thinking... About an idea I have to help out with the SHE rescue home

Listing... People participating in the Post Card swap :) (come join!!)

Making... A custom order for rosette hair ties (still in the planning stage)

Exercising... By doing Zumba. Tonight will be my second session and I really enjoy it.

Decorating... And organising my creative space and the lounge room. So many prints to put up.

Loathing... The negative fans in The Hunger Games fandom. They are driving me crazy and I wish there were more people who were being positive about this movie.

Liking... Josh Hutcherson. I'm really starting to see him more as Peeta. Plus it helps seeing more fan made art.

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I know they are both kind of similar. But I couldn't choose. 

Apologising... For all my Hunger Games posts. I'm sorry but when I read the first book there were basically no fan anything, but now wow! So I really can't help it. 

Some questions for you.. Can you suggest any potential snail mail group swap ideas? Most of these swaps are going to be pretty light but ideas are always welcome.

Have a great rest of week!

More Hunger Games Casting

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Right, so I woke up this morning to find the news that Josh Hutcherson is Peeta and Liam Hemsworth is Gale. I have to say that my heart sank when I saw who Peeta was. I guess I had Hunter Parrish in my head for so long that it was a shock to see it wasn't him. 

I may or may not have had a little cry when I heard the news, but I think it's more because I was so set on someone and was hoping for a natural blue eyed blonde that will play the boy with the bread (sigh for his blue eyes).

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Like I said with Jennifer Lawrence, I trust that they chose the best person for the role and that they have a great chemistry, even if he doesn't quite look like Peeta (in my head). And as long as he encompasses Peeta's personality, I'm sure I will get over it (and stop mourning the fact that Hunter Parrish wasn't cast, sigh).

As for Gale, I wasn't too fussed and Liam Hemsworth is an Aussie. I do know that he has had some major backlashing though so I don't know.

Either way, I'm still excited about this movie and will be watching it no matter what. I truly think it will be awesome! I've been a fan of this series pretty much since The Hunger Games was released a few years ago so there is no way I would miss this movie!

Anyway we have the winner of Giveaway 

April of The Beholder of Beauty! Yay congrats April! I'll be emailing you soon!

Plus don't forget the post card swap. 

I will write more about this Snail Mail group very soon!! Thanks for the interest!