Weekly News Round-Up #89: 22/03/2015

Good day, my friends! This week's project has been a highly-anticipated one. As we are all mega-fans of the popular CBBC game show Raven, we thought it would be fun to create a spoof version to play ourselves. There was much planning and deciding who would be which symbol, even having to make up 3 extra symbols because we have so many players. Then came the names... Endless anagrams to choose from. Oh, and did I mention that Wicks will be playing Crow, our spin-off titular character? Afterwards we had to hand-pick the challenges that we could possibly create. Despite not having a DT and props department, there's a fair number that we can re-construct, even if they may be slightly simplified. Well, there's a summer project and a half!

During the middle of the week, Wicks managed to produce a true modern masterpiece after adorning the plastic utensils from lunch with leftover gravy, resulting in 'Gravy Fork & Gravy Knife'. Meanwhile, during a Chemistry practical, Slickens managed to singe her fringe a little with a Bunsen burner. Not to worry, thankfully very little damage was done.

In the past few weeks it has become apparent that there have been severe cuts regarding plastic cutlery at lunchtime. Wicks had quite a struggle eating her not-so-bite-size chunks of chicken without the aid of a knife. Hmm, and it's as if inflation only occurs within that canteen.

Until next week, have a good one :)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 40

"It was so dark, the only source of light was that blue LED in the distance..."
- H.W. J.C.

Story behind quote:
The light from that e-cigarette was no beacon of hope in the early hours of the day. Memories of LARPing (4 of 4)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 39

"You just put your head down and napped, then when they started doing stuff you just got up and went..."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
On Jen's power-napping tendencies. Memories of LARPing (3 of 4)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 38

"Breakfast was sausages and hash browns in a tortilla wrap. It was crazy."
- H.W. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Memories of LARPing (2 of 4)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 37

"We'd be trying to inflate this air mattress at 2 in the morning..."
- H.W. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Memories of LARPing (1 of 4)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 36

"I didn't think swearing could be so poetic."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Who'd have thought.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 35

"Sitting down kills you."
- A.A.

Story behidn quote:
ArwaChihuahua sees the bright (?) side of not having chairs in the hall.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 34

"The characters in TV shows doing a lit make me feel like I've done a lot of stuff."
- A.A.

Story behind quote:
We've all been there.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 33

"Vincent van Gogh had his ear bitten off by a dog, that's where the expression 'dog-eared' comes from."
- K.W.

Story behind quote:
Untrue tales of Van Gogh.

Weekly News Round-Up #88: 15/03/2015

Hi everyone! This week has been quite an interesting one with much progress in the development of the Shtory...

After the initial chit-chat about writing prediction fictions for the Shtory, we managed to get some more information on the premise of the Shtory from Sharah. Wicks made a start on a background story for her character, whilst Jen had some crazy ideas of some sort of business analogy for the whole system of the Shtory, but finally settled on a series of short stories regarding the history of the family her character is a member of.

During the middle of the week, Sharah, ANT and Jen recall the many memorable 'chick flicks' whilst trying to think of the names of characters, such as Regina George, Rebecca Bloomwood and Luke Brandon. Meanwhile, a combination of mentioning the guy from Princess Diaries who said "I'd gladly take a bullet for you" and Sharah's impression of the pirates in Peter Pan saying "no splash" set Jen off on a 5-minute laughing fit.

Come Friday, it was Red Noce Day, and also time to assemble. Of course, this was the opportunity we have been waiting for, so we had to come as Avengers, complete with DisneyLoverMolly as the Winter Soldier. In a rather rare moment, ArwaChihuahua and Wicks, Loki and Thor repectively, were caught on Cap. Cam getting rather close. On the other hand, Wicks/Thor got hit by her own hammer, I guess none of us saw that one coming. Throughout the day we managed to spot quite a few cool costumes, such as Wadz's Deadpool, the yellow Power Ranger, a handful of Crayola crayons, a banana, Alexis as Harry Potter, Dorothy for The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and Batman. What a day it was!

Until next week, have a good one :D

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 32

"Burn 'em, soak 'em..."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
On crawlers... A cross reference between Lord of the Rings, Poldark and Slickens burning her fringe.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 31

"We burnt out the crawlers..."
- H.W. S.A.

Story behind quote:
Rest assured, Slickens has no crawlers after singeing her fringe with a bunsen burner in a Chemistry practical.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 30

DisneyLoverMolly: "Why do they all have that little bit drawn on the nose?"
Jen: "Who nose..."
- M.B. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Master responds to DLM's question with this ol' chestnut of a joke. Here are the pictures in question:

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 29

"Never look inside."
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
After a rather sickening Macaroni Cheese from the canteen, Slickens strongly advises Cap not to look too deeply into her panini (or, in this case, pa-no-no, as pointed out by Wicks).

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 28

Wicks: "Had to repair my trousers, hammer and helmet... Should've just gone for a Spider-Man onesie."
Jen: "A much simpler option, even if there's the possibility of getting mistaken for Iron Man."
- H.W. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Oh cosplays... I still blame the spandex.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 27

"A/An [insert object] the size of two mountains!"
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
Some things in Slickens' Shtory were described to be quite extraordinarily large, in particule the dragon that's the size of two mountains...

Weekly News Round-Up #87: 08/03/2015

Hello, good day, how are you all? We've had a week of planning for various bits and bobs...

Kicking off the week, we took the 'What dragon are you quiz', which was a rather interesting experience. You can find it here: http://www.playbuzz.com/kattw10/what-type-of-dragon-are-you

In our excitement for Sharah's Shtory, we decided that we'd throw down the gauntlet and try to come up with some fan fiction before Sharah herself has written it, hence we thought we'd call them prediction fictions. This lead to quite a bit of digging around for information on the characters, some of which Sharah was a little hesitant to reveal.

Apart from that, there was plenty of prep for the long-awaited non uniform day next Friday for Comic Relief. There was a lot of persuading when it came to getting Slickens to dress up, but we'll see how it goes on the day.

Until next week, have a good one ;)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 26

"I have to be put into lock-down..."
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
The rather severe logistics of the Chemistry exam.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 25

"You're only tree above sea level."
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
Sharah explains about the Shtory and the location of the Air elementals. Thank goodness they're not at too high an altitude.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 24

"We've come a full Family Circle on biscuits..."
- L.R.

Story behind quote:
Somehow the conversation kept coming back to the topic of biscuits, prompting this quote from Cap.

Note: We are not affiliated with Family Circle or McVities.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 23

"It comes from the notorious mince bird!"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks was appalled that the chef at the canteen told her they had Shepherd's Pie made with beef. We were confused at her frustration, which lead to her explaining the difference between the two; Shepherd's Pie is made with lamb and Cottage Pie is made with beef. So, we'd all learnt something new. Previously DisneyLoverMolly had believed both to have just any type of mince, hence Wicks explaining the different minces.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 22

"Just go down to the weapons section of Poundland..."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks suggests to Slicken that the best place to look for a bow and arrow set is Poundland; they've got a complete wall of toy weapons.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 21

"Now that would really be a case of 'but when would I wear it?'"

Story behind quote:
On the topic of purchasing a leavers hoodies... We'll just politely decline.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 20

[Enquirer]: "Have you got a lesson next, ANT?"
ANT: "I've got Art, so essentially a free."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT's blasé attitude towards Art never fails to make Master laugh ;p

Weekly News Round-Up #86: 01/03/2015

Welcome to another edition of WNR! A much shorter edition, but still packed with mischief and fun...

At the beginning of the week, ConscienceSarah reminisces and tells all about her Excel movie that she created when she was younger; Pig Bin Baby Hotel. We expressed a great deal of interest to see this title, however it only seems to be playing in very select theatres.

Meanwhile, ANT was not impressed when the canteen decided to start grating the cheese in her favourite cheese salad sandwich, rather than slicing it. When asked why it was an issue, the reply was that grated cheese is much messier and doesn't hold in the sandwich. Fair enough ;p

Onto other movie-related topics, Wicks pitches an idea for a film... Imagine a time-traveller, who is following a trail of clues to some destination, however the clues were put there previously by someone else, who was just out to troll the time-traveller. Or the troll could even be the time-traveller's future self. #TimeTravelTroll

Anyways, that's all for now!

Until next week, have a good one :)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 19

ConscienceSarah: "We found out the correct term for fibillance; fricative!"
Jen: "No, I don't believe that, it's fibillance."
- S.A. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Fibillance or fricative? You decide.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 18

"You'll feel better in the morning..."
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
ConscienceSarah does her duty by reassuring Master that it'll all get better... Later on, Master uses the same line on Sharah... ;p

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 17

Shop assistant: "Do you have any ID?"
Wicks: "Do you have any idea how old I am??"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
On a certain occasion, Wicks had a little trouble buying a 12-rated game...

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 16

"Ho. Ho. Ho. Ho. Who..."
- A.A.

Story behind quote:
Whilst tackling the Laughing Game, Aswa gets a little mixed up...

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 15

"They were waiting outside the corr-ee-dor..."
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
A sleep-deprived Slickens pronounces the word 'corridor' in an unusual way.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 14

"I'm _________. No, I'm _________ ..."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks' hilarious clue for a game of Who's in the Bag?' Can you guess who it is?

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 13

"I didn't really want to eat it, ate most of it, then thought I might as well eat all of it."
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
Sharah talks about the food they had on the Russia trip. As noticed by Wicks, this sentence also, rather nicely, sums up the essence of Slickens' being.

Weekly News Round-Up #85: 21/02/2015

Good day, how d'you do? As you may have gathered, this is quite a special edition of WNR as we will be chatting solely about Wicks' birthday tea party.

I cannot begin to tell you how delightful a gathering it truly was, everyone came in their finery, thankfully not a chimney sweep in sight. There were corsets, top hats, Sharah had a bonnet and ANT had the look of a gentleman down to a T with a walking cane and pocket watch.

After tea, cakes and sandwiches (fillings included cucumber, cream cheese and strawberry), we decided to have a few games, the first being one where everyone stands in a small circle and takes hold of someone else's hand. After wards, the aim is the untangle eachother without letting go of hands.

Next up, we a ladies vs. gents game of 'Who's in the Bag', a game much like Charades, where players must work as a team to guess as many people as possible, within a time limit, from the clues given by a member of the team. One issue that we had was that we knew very few of the people suggested on the cards, which did result in slow progress. At one point, ArwaChihuahua was flinging cards left, right and centre in a bid to find someone to describe!

To end a rather hysterical afternoon, we tried out the Laughing Game. Players must go around in a circle, each time saying either 'ha', 'ho' or 'hee'. If someone laughs or smiles, they are out of the game. Let me tell you one thing, I was completely incapable of going after ANT, in fact there was quite a bit of re-jigging of seats in order to minimise laughter. I know this game doesn't sound particularly funny on paper, but you'll understand when you try playing it.

All in all, I think it be fair to say that we all had a jolly fantastic time. Big thanks to Wicks for having us over.

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 12

"Besides, I am a brush, I have no gender!"
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
Slickens on dressing up as a chimney sweep brush for Wicks' tea party.