the first

I'm so excited to start a blog! I've attempted to a couple of times before, but they were absolutely awful. They were all about fitting in with the world, and being proud of having an opinion, ladidaaaa! but I really would like to make this stick!

I think I'll begin with a fun facts about me, despite this being a more personal blog than a well followed one!

I'm 17 years old, and my birthday is the 17th of April! I have fantastic friends, a wonderful family, and I am a quarter Singaporian!

This is me (right) with one of my best friends, Meg. She enjoys being a slytherclaw, and fashion.

I really love lots of things to do with magic, supernatural themes, super powers, etc. Except for scary movies like paranormal activity. I just can't do horror films at all, I've heard that people enjoy them because they love the adrenaline rush, and feel accomplished after they "survived" it, but I don't enjoy feeling frightened and I don't feel as though I've survived because I've just seen people get tortured. But yes anyway I do love magic. For this reason Harry Potter is a HUGE part of my life.

This is me at the Deathly Hallows part 2 premiere night at IMAX in Melbourne! Oh yes, I live in Melbourne, Australia. I am dressed up as Darcy who went to Hogwarts and had the best time excelling at potions and quidditch. I love everything about Harry Potter. From the first few chapters of Chamber of Secrets (I read that one first) I was absolutely captivated. I love the messages it gives, the characters, the plot, and most importantly the way it's impacted so positively on my life!

Keeping on track with magic, I've recently started watching The Vampire Diaries. IT IS SO COOOOL, I think it's brilliant how Elena is such a strong type of girl internally, and as lovely as Stefan is, Damon is just so flawed it's beautiful. Ian Somerhander is awesome, I follow him on twitter and he's actually good to follow. I hate when I think a celebrity will be great to follow and all they do is post inspiring quotes.

I really really want to have a super power, therefor watching heaps of super hero movies is what I love. A few months ago I saw X-Men: First Class, and I can't even describe how brilliant I thought it was. What I love about the X-Men movies is that it's a good story, accompanied with awesome acting. Makes it so brilliant. James McAvoy (below) is beyond mesmerising. If I could have any super power in the whole world, it would be the ability to manipulate fire, like Pyro. But flying and healing comes in at an equal close second.

If you're from anywhere but Australia, you probably won't know of AFL, aka Australian Football League. I barrack and support the St Kilda Saints, and I go to almost every game with my dad. In my opinion it's the greatest sport in the world, and really well suited to someone like me who has a short attention span, because the game is fast paced and super exciting.

My favourite band is Arctic Monkeys, and my favourite artist is Jeff Buckley. I'm going to Falls Festival in Lorne at the end of the year, and Arctic Monkeys are playing and I'm ridiculously excited! Falls will be so relaxing, and a wicked end to a slow year!

That's all from me! Thanks for reading if you're a stranger, you should tweet me at @darsoid, or even just leave a comment saying hey :)