Author: anebrace

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Before my best friend Piper arrived I was pretty bored. I thought I’d share with you all the activities I got up to.

Amanda bought a lot of junk food and I had fun making a fort with pudding and kettle corn. Then I ate all of it. It was so good but after awhile I wanted to eat healthy again!

I put together a puzzle with a winter scene. I learned my new home has snow even when it’s not winter. Weird!

I built a LEGO set. It has over 5,000 pieces and took a long time to build!

I watched a lot of TV. My favourite shows were the funny ones but I watched a few scary ones too!

I read so many books! This one’s a mystery novel. Amanda loves mystery novels so there were a lot to choose from.

Playing dominoes was fun for awhile.

I took lots of naps and dreamed about making a new friend.

After Piper came home, we had lots of fun together. Check out Amanda’s Instagram to see our friendship story: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIEKxz8hqjL/?igshid=m3ht1bveep9o

As a fan of mystery and Gothic novels, I enjoyed watching Victoria Smith’s video “How to make your writing suspenseful”. When it came time to make an infographic, I knew I wanted to create an infographic version of Smith’s video outlining suspense techniques for storytelling. My goal was to create a mysterious and spooky infographic to mirror the information conveyed. Hopefully this fits the bill!

I live tweeted Season 10, Episode 7 “Festival Week” of the Great British Baking Show on Thursday night. The Signature Challenge was making twenty-four festival buns and it was a tight schedule. Paul Hollywood gave handshakes to Steph and Henry which is a rarity.

For the technical bake, the bakers had to make twelve Sicilian cassatelle which look like hot pockets filled with ricotta and chocolate. No one knew what they were supposed to look like and Alice and Michael’s burst open in the fryer. Rosie won that challenge.

The bakers had to design and bake kek lapis Sarawak cakes for the Showstopper. Sarawak cakes have many grilled layers and look amazing. Rosie and David burned some of their layers. Henry was named Star Baker and Michael was sent home.

Hot Fuzz is a hilarious British film I watch at least once a year. It follows Nicholas Angel, a top London police officer who is forced to accept a new job in Sandford, a seemingly boring village, where there are many ‘accidental’ deaths. As the movie progresses, Nicholas and his partner begin to look into these deaths and uncover a conspiracy.

Why Do I Watch This Film Repeatedly? 

The Characters

One of Pixar’s Storytelling rules is that a character’s desire to succeed is more important than the character’s actual success. When Hot Fuzz begins Nicholas Angel is doing so well in his job that he is sent away because his amazing performance is reflecting poorly on his colleagues. Nicholas is so successful that he is not liked by his coworkers and the film cheekily acknowledges that the audience wouldn’t like him either if he remained on this path. 

Nicolas is challenged by his new situation because Sandford is the exact opposite of London; he has gone from solving murders to tracking down missing swans. He tries to prove that the accidental deaths are murders and no one, except his partner, believes him. His colleagues mock him for being uptight and following the rules. By persevering to uncover the truth while doing his best to adapt to his new environment, he becomes a character that the audience wants to succeed. 

Nicholas & Danny: Comedic Partners

It Makes Me Feel Happy

If you haven’t seen Hot Fuzz and you like fun characters and clever comedy, then I highly recommend you block off two hours of your schedule to enjoy it.