Who ya gonna call? THE MYTHBUSTER - Misconceptions, cleared up!

So I recently was bored and started researching things on the internet and came across an article on misconceptions and me being as inquisitive as always I decided to do some more research and see what I could find out and believe me there is a lot that I thought was true but turned out to be a lie so here are the ones I liked the most!

• In old english language, 'ye' was not a word that meant 'the' The confusion comes from a mix-up in symbols!
• Bulls are colour blind, this means they don't get mad when they see the colour red, they actually get mad at the matador waving the cape at them!
• those pesky houseflies don't actually only live for 24 hours, the average lifespan of a housefly is 20 to 30 days so we're stuck with them longer than you think! 
• We didn't actually walk with dinosaurs, dinosaurs actually died 63 million years before the first humans existed
• There were actually no witches burnt at the stake in Salem, 15 people died in prison, 19 were hung and 1 was pressed to death.. whatever that means
•  Theres no actual evidence that vikings wore horns on their helmets, that just came from an artists interpretation of them!
• there is no point in the circulatory system where the blood is blue, haemoglobin in the blood keeps it red!
• Napoleon wasn't that short, he was actually 5'6 and back in the day and for a frenchman, that was quite tall!
• Alcohol doesn't make you warm, all it does is dilate the blood vessels and stimulates the nerve endings with a warm flush of blood which can actually make your blood colder!
• There aren't just 5 senses - as well as touch, sight, sound, smell and taste we have things like balance, pain, acceleration, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, our carbon dioxide levels (if you hold your breath, your heart beats faster) and the need to drop the kids off at the pool, just to name a few
• there is no evidence that jesus was actually born on the 25th of december, there are actually dates all over the calender when he could've been born, the reason we celebrate it on the 25th is because of the pagans!
• cracking your knuckles doesn't cause arthritis (told you mum!)
• chewing gum thats been swallowed doesnt actually take 7 years to digest, it actually takes the normal amount of time to pass through however stomach acid cannot digest the gum!

I hope you learned something new that you didn't already know, I definitely learned somethings and I believed a lot of those things previously. I can't believe that I've been writing my blog for 11 weeks now, as short a time that is, I usually get bored really easy and give up but I haven't and there are no signs of that happening either! 

Hayl xo 

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Things life has taught me!

At the grand old age of 18 and a quarter I feel I have definitely learnt a lot about life so guess what here I am telling you all just what I have learnt, because that's what I do now, I tell strangers that I don't know a thing about.. massive details about my life!

1. If you want something enough you can have it but not without working for it!
2. Underage drinking is both good and bad.. as I've said before, I've drank alcohol since I was like 15 and it was good because I have now developed an understanding/better tolerance to the alcohol, like on my first night out I was able to drink a lot and still not be extremely drunk! The bad thing is that now after about 3 years, drinking is a bit boring, I think cause now I can legally drink and before I couldn't and there was more excitement but yeah, it does wear old!
3. when you fall out with friends, it's not always the end of the world, if you're in the wrong you should still do everything you can to fix it and apologise and whatnot but if your not in the wrong or if after you try everything they still don't want to know you or make up you should just let it go and leave them to it because 9/10 if you truly tried everything you could, they'll come back and if not its cool!
4. Crushes never last, they come quick and often but they end as quick as they came, it might not feel like it but they do, this is a fact proven by many!
5. among the problems a young person can come across, there's always someone worse, so you should be grateful unless you are the someone that has it worse then we all feel for you!
6. problems aren't problems for long they manage to be fixed after a while
7. When you do something it has to be for you - you can't do something because your friends are or you're parents want you to, if you do or don't want to do something it's your choice no one else's!
8. Not too long ago I learnt how important it is to own up to things straight away and people might think ah well that's something you should do anyway, in certain situations it isn't always that easy but I've realised that even in a hard situation where you might not feel like you can own up trust me if you don't it's 100% worse than what it could've been!
9. At some point its best to let things go.. maybe not straight after because the person its being let go on may think what they did was acceptable and they are free to do it again but obviously their not.. I just mean don't hold on to it too long because then its only you getting hurt!
10. Rome was definitely not built in a day.. if you really want something (just like in lesson 1) you will not get it without work and sometimes that might only take a day but not all the time, it will sometime take weeks.. just let life take it's course and it shall happen!
11. Don't do things half arsed.. if you only put half of your effort into it it's probably going to be poo and you might have to do it all over again so why not do it right the first time?
12. Don't throw ice over club balconies
13. don't wear play suits to town
14. don't drink too much before a night out because you'll end up ruining your best friends night by being sick and having to go home!

I can't think of any more so I'm going to leave it there but if I think of any more I shall make a part 2 because I am always learning lessons as I make many a mistake! I shall see you all next week with another post if you have something you want to see from me like advice on a certain topic or a q&a or just anything at all just leave it in the comments because I'm always looking for suggestions :) and I will see you next week!

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15 things I love about life!

There are many things that I love about the world we live in so I decided to make a post about them because it's nice to share things and maybe you love them too.. you never know!

This isn't in any order (just to let you know) I'm literally writing them as I think of them!!

1. Accents! I absolutely love the many different accents there are in Great Britain and the rest of the world (but mainly Great Britain) in certain accents I have favourite words too like the way scottish people say 'murder' it just makes me extremely happy!
2. poptarts, they really do taste great unless you burn them of course
3. unexpected things, sometimes I do get little suprises and cute little things like once when I was coughing and sniffling, my mum brought me a hotwater bottle up without me even saying I was poorly - it was just because she could tell I was ill, it really warmed the cockles of my heart (and the rest of my body) 
4. Manners - Okay sometimes I do forget my own but it does still annoy me when someone will bump into me and not apologize or when I hold a door and they don't say thanks, it really doesn't cost anything so when people do say thanks and do say sorry it makes me v happy!
5. when people actually care, if I tell someone something even if it's just a stupid story about my day, I always pay attention to how they're reacting and how they respond because it just shows they're really interested.
6. my demographic - now as a reader you probably dont care about this but what I really love is how varied the places my readers come from are, I still don't have that much of like a following and the majority are from the uk but there are so many other countries and it just amazes me, it really does
7. puns, I am obsessed with puns, bad ones good ones, their great! I love it when people do them with such wit and timing that its even funnier than the 
8. photos - They say pictures say a thousand words but I think they say so much more, you look at a photo and you can remember so many things, everything about the day it was taken, the people your with, the songs you were listening to and so much other stuff even down to why you wore what you wore that day - it's truly crazy
9. Variation - It amazes me how much things can be totally different like someones day, take mine and my friends.. we could both have a lazy day in front of the TV but it doesn't mean we did the same things because there is that much variation in the world!
10. alcohol - don't get me wrong.. I can go aaaages without drinking any alcohol but when I do its usually a good time, not that I have to drink to have a good time, whenever I'm with my friends it usually is a good time. Not just that but I love thinking about all the hilarious and embarrassing things we did the night before and I do have a lot of good memories from parties 
11. The smell of baking bread - In the supermarket there is a bakery and they always make fresh bread and it is the nicest smell ever!
12. Mascara - I really love a good mascara at one point I had like 20 something different mascaras, I don't even know why my eyelashes are quite good without it but it probably is my favourite item of makeup!
13. A good book - I love reading, not as much as I used to but I do still love reading, I like the imagery you can get from a book! At the moment I'm reading 'A french affair' by Katie Fforde and it is really good so far!
14. When you instantly connect with someone - In college, there were multiple times where I was faced with a group of people where I knew no one it was mainly in my second year though because in my first year I pretty much knew people in all of my classes (luckily) but in the classes I knew no one, I somehow managed to find people and stick to them like one day in science I was left without a partner and decided to work with another girl who seemed really friendly, she ended up being my partner for the rest of the year and what a good year it was! it turned out we were more alike than we'd though with our shared love of made in chelsea and pretty little liars and since leaving college we keep in touch regularly and attempt to make plans that don't go ahead!
15. Having a wonderful best friend - as I've said in other posts, I could talk about my friendship with holl for aaages but I wont because yeah, but I just love how comfortable we are with eachother (some could say too comfortable) but it's great and I couldn't be happier, and we can trust eachother with our lives and we have 0 secrets which is important to me so yeah!

So now you know everything (most of the things) I love about life! I hope you use your new knowledge wisely!

Hayl xo

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100 questions no one thinks to ask

So this weeks blog is a bit similar to last weeks, it's just about getting to know me, I've had a bit of writers block and couldn't think of anything and pretty much left it to last minute so sorry if its a bit naff but hey, so lets get into it...

1: Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
I broke the handle on my door and I can't close it fully so it's sort of ajar I guess

2:Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?
Nope

3:Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
My Bed is against a wall so I keep the sheets tucked in at the wall side but not on the other side

4:Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
No, I can't imagine I ever will either haha

5:Do you like to use post-it notes?
It depends what for, I like to use them to leave my mum a quick note but if its for me I play with them and they lose their sticky

6:Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?
nope, I don't even cut any out, I have ones on bus tickets that'll never be used though haha

7:Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?
I think a big bear because I can get it away by throwing sweets or something and then run away but bees are like relentless little things -.-

8:Do you have freckles?
waaaay too many, I have some freckles all year round but when it gets to summer my face gets covered in them and no nice amount of foundation will cover that up

9:Do you always smile for pictures?
I guess so yeah, actually it depends I pout for some photos and like pull funny faces sometimes not no not really all the time

10:What is your biggest pet peeve?
Oooh that's a hard question, I mentioned in my last blog my suspected misophonia so the sound of some people eating is probably the biggest, some others though are like I keep most things in a specific order and I cant deal with things being out of their order. Dirty makeup containers annoy me too, I clean all of my makeup a lot. 

11:Do you ever count your steps when you walk?
I sometimes count when I go up the stairs, a few months ago I was trying to track calories burned too so I was using the pedometer on my ipod but I gave up

12:Have you ever peed in the woods?
Yeah, a few times when I've been camping or whatever

13:What about pooped in the woods?
oh god no!

14:Do you ever dance even if there’s no music playing?
Yeah, if I have a song stuck in my head when I'm making food I start dancing around if I'm waiting for the microwave to ping or something

15:Do you chew your pens and pencils?
I don't know, I think so, sometimes

16:How many people have you slept with this week?                                   None

17:What size is your bed?
Double

18:What is your Song of the week?
Act my age - Hoodie Allen or Cocoa Butter Kisses - Chance the rapper

19:Is it okay for guys to wear pink?
It depends, a pale pink looks nice as a suit shirt and sometimes polo necks

20:Do you still watch cartoons?
Not really, I did watch spongebob this morning though 

21:Whats your least favorite movie?
Im not sure, there aren't many films I've watched and not wanted to watch again, the only one I can think of is the exorcist because I just couldnt get into it cause it took a long time to get to anything so we just turned it off. 

22:Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?
I don't know a cave maybe

23:What do you drink with dinner?
Most of the time I drink like cola or maybe orange juice

24:What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
tomato sauce

25:What is your favorite food?
erm, I like spaghetti bolognese or chicken and vegetable pies or tomato soup

26:What movies could you watch over and over and still love?
The rocky horror picture show, east is east, the inbetweeners, beauty and the beast, angus thongs and perfect snogging, all of the harry potters, anything with leonardo dicaprio in, etc

27:Last person you kissed/kissed you?
erm.. some random on a night out.. whoopsies

28:Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
Nope, I wanted to be one though

29:Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine?
No definitely not

30:When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?
When I was like 13 I think

31:Can you change the oil on a car?
No I dont think so 

32:Ever gotten a speeding ticket?
I do not drive so no.

33:Ever ran out of gas?
I do not drive so no.

34:Favorite kind of sandwich?
Cheese savoury, tuna mayo or chicken mayo but im not really a sandwich person

35:Best thing to eat for breakfast?
Pop tarts or dippy eggs and soldiers

36:What is your usual bedtime?
I get into bed about 10/10:30 and then watch tv or videos on youtube until I fall asleep but thats usually way too late

37:Are you lazy?
I only moved from bed today to get my dinner and go to the toilet so...

38:When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?
A witch - Every year! last year I was a hill billy though so yeah

39:What is your Chinese astrological sign?
Rat

40:How many languages can you speak?
Fluently.. 1 but I learned french throughout school so I can speak small bits

41:Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
Nope

42:Which are better legos or lincoln logs?
Im not sure what this even means like legos as in the bricks, what even are lincoln logs?

43:Are you stubborn?
For a bit and then I give in 

44:Who is better…Leno or Letterman?
Ellen

45:Ever watch soap operas?
Hollyoaks and thats it

46:Are you afraid of heights?
Sort of

47:Do you sing in the car?
It depends who im in the car with

48:Do you sing in the shower?
Yeah, all the time

49:Do you dance in the car?
It depends what mood im in

50:Ever used a gun?
Like a potato gun, not a real one

51:Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?
In a club on a night out

52:Do you think musicals are cheesy?
Sometimes, I still love them though.

53:Is Christmas stressful?
Only when deciding what to get people but no not really.

54:Ever eat a pierogi?
A what?

55:Favorite type of fruit pie?
Apple, Im not keen on fruit pie but I love a good apple pie at christmas

56:Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?
A firewoman, a police officer, a beauty therapist and a forensic scientist

57:Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes, definitley

58:Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?
Who doesn’t?

59:Take a vitamin daily?
No I don't really see the point

60:Wear slippers?
Rarely, my dad goes mad at me about it

61:Wear a bath robe?
not after a bath, I prefer my towel, but when i've been in the bath and Im getting ready for a party, I dont get dressed until im ready to go so I get dry and put my dressing gown on

62:What do you wear to bed?
pj's

63:First concert?
I haven't been to one yet

64:Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?
we don't have those in england but I guess walmart cause its the american version of asda

65:Nike or Adidas?
Nike

66:Cheetos Or Fritos?
cheetos even though they aren't sold in england any more #90skids

67:Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?
peanuts, any day!

68:Ever hear of the group Tres Bien?
Nope, I guess they're from france though 

69:Ever take dance lessons?
Yes, it was one of my GCSE options 

70:Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing?                   nope they can do whatever they want 

71:Can you curl your tongue?
I'm not sure to be honest, I don't think so though

72:Ever won a spelling bee?
Nope, again we dont have them in england

73:Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
Yes, all the time, at prom when I  got a trophy, when really happy things happen in a film, when I talk about chocolate chip frappes

74:Own any record albums?
Nope my mum used to 

75:Own a record player?
Nope my mum used to         

76:Regularly burn incense?                                                                       No, I burn candles though

77:Ever been in love?
I'm not sure - at times I might have thought I was but I dont know

78:Who would you like to see in concert?
Hoodie Allen, one direction omg just sooo many people

79:What was the last concert you saw?
I havent been to one yet:( unless the people that perform on bonfire night count

80:Hot tea or cold tea?
hot tea

81:Tea or coffee?
coffee

82:Sugar or snickerdoodles?
Sugar, because I dont know what a snickerdoodle is

83:Can you swim well?
I think so

84:Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?
Yeah

85:Are you patient?
most of the time yeah

86:DJ or band, at a wedding?
I'm not sure, maybe both like an acoustic band for the service and then a dj for the reception idk 

87:Ever won a contest?
I was voted most likely to be famous at prom, does that count

88:Ever have plastic surgery?
Nope

89:Which are better black or green olives?
I've never tried an olive, they dont look nice though

90:Can you knit or crochet?
Nope, I used to have a knitting machine though, it was wonderful:')

91:Best room for a fireplace?
the front room

92:Do you want to get married?
when im older and if I find the right person, of course I do

93:If married, how long have you been married?
I'm not married haha

94:Who was your HS crush?
I think I had too many to mention:')

95:Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?
Sometimes

96:Do you have kids?
Nope, my dog acts like a baby though  I treat my dog like a baby

97:Do you want kids?
Same as getting married, when im older and if I find the right person

98:Whats your favorite color?
Mint green, lilac, a certain blue that I dont know the name of and reddy-pink

99:Do you miss anyone right now? I have most of the people I need,  but I do miss my nannie (grandma) and brother

So thats it for this week, I hope you enjoyed the post, I know its not that intersting but as I said, I've had a bit of writers block and had no idea what to write so yeah! thanks if you read this and if you want to use the questions go for it and link it in the comments, if you have any ideas for another post don't be afraid to leave it in the comments :)

Hayl xo 

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50 facts about me!

This is just a post to help you get to know me more, if your not someone that already knows me (which I know some of you are).

1. My full name is Hayley Louisa Elliott 
2. I was born on the 7th of august 1996 making me 18 right now, I was actually born 6 weeks early though.
3. I was born in Scarborough but moved to Teeside when I was 4, I now consider my town home because all of my life is here (friends, memories etc)
4. I'm 4'9 (and a half) I'm not too sure why, I used to say it was because I was premature.
5. When I was born I was breached (leg first) and before cutting me out, the doctor tried to pull me out causing my right foot to face inwards when I walk slightly.
6. I have Acute Hypermobilty Syndrome in my knees and it's really annoying because it means I can't run properly without it actually hurting for ages, my doctor said I'd grow out of it but I'm not actually growing so yeah, up yours Dr Kwan or whatever your name is!
7. I have an amazing group of friends, who have actually put up with a lot of shit from me to be honest and I think I used to take them for granted(not purposely, just subconsciously) but I don't now because I've realised there is going to be times when I need them and they wont be there for me if I'm a twat. Thankfully we are all there for each other and they really are the most supportive and helpful people and it's just wonderful to know I have them and when they read this I want them to know I'll always be there for them too!!
8. On the subject of friends I have one best friend (Hi Holl) and everything I've just said about our whole group in the last point applies to her and more! I literally spend so much time with her and she's just great she really is, (If your reading this Holl, love you chicken)!
9. I'm quite clever, and that's not me being big headed, I was in mainly the top sets at school and didn't do too bad in my GCSE's I even got into sixth-form, did alright in my A levels and then got into uni too. All of that aside, I am probably the doziest person you will ever meet, honestly before I said to Hollie and her sister that Newcastle was in Scotland, obviously it isn't and they haven't let it go ever since!
10. I decided not to go to uni and I'm now looking for an apprenticeship or a job!
11. I was in the school production of bugsy malone as a dancer, I'll put a photo in at the end of it haha!
12. In like year 8/9 I developed like a huge obsession with Lil wayne and young money and was obsessed with rapping like I did/still do rap all the time and I have actually rapped in front of almost my whole secondary school in the talent show with my friend Joanne, we did 'she said' by plan B and she sang and I rapped and you know what it was great! I also rapped super bass at prom too (less swearing LMFAO)
13. Most of my school reports that I've seen have a kind way of saying I need to shut up more in class. Talking is the only thing I really got told off for, other than that I was a model student. (Apart from swearing really loudly at someone when one of my teachers had asked me a question, walking out of a class cause I couldn't get sent out, throwing a cup of water in another girls face and throwing salad at someone and not cleaning it up)
14. Lots of people used to say something about my height and it only ever bothered me if it was a teacher like on my first day a teacher who later became my life skills teacher and enrichment leader looked at me and said 'you're tall aren't you!' I just glared at him and walked off in sassy year 7 style.. Another time my French teacher was asking for volunteers for an activity on the interactive whiteboard and I knew the answer but she didn't pick me and then said in front of the whole class, 'I didn't think you'd be able to reach the answer Hayley' So yeah
15. I am quarter Italian and this is what I blame my short height on because Italians are short!
16. It has only rained on my birthday 3 times ever, and considering I live in England I think that's pretty good!
17. I have so many favourite films but of all of them I could never get bored of Billy Elliot or any harry potter, they're my absolute favourites
18. I am the clumsiest of people, I'm forever walking into door frames and tripping over nothing. I was just as bad as a child, so bad in fact that at on point the hospital were monitoring me for child abuse (not that there was any) this was because from the age of two, I was very defiant, if I was told not to touch something I would and it wouldn't always be paint or other harmless things it'd be an iron that's turned on or a heater that was turned on too, I was terrible.
19. The only things I eat at McDonald's is a quarter pounder meal with cola or a cheeseburger or a chicken nugget happy meal again with cola.
20. That leads me on to my next fact, I don't say 'coke' when im talking about the drink, I say 'cola' I don't even know why, It's not even something I've done since being little.. no one even says it around me, I just don't say coke!
21. I am infatuated with Niall Horan - I literally believe I'm going to marry him, I know I wont but I will never say it's impossible because John travolta's wife saw the poster for grease walking out of the cinema and she said she was going to marry him and obviously she did so there you go! (I'm so embarrassing)
22. I watch so much TV but I only watch like two channels, three at a push and that's E4, BBC3 and Viva.
23. My favourite perfume is 'Far Away' from avon, it smells so nice either that or 'cool water - wave' by davidoff. 
24. I have a fascination with candles, I have about 6 dotted around my room and all of them are scented. 
25. Half way there I'm positive I have misophonia which is a severe hatred of specific sounds and I know everyone hates some sounds but this is to the extent to where I have arguments with my mum almost every meal time and I feel so uncomfortable eating around my mum and other people - not everyone though, theres only some people I notice any sounds from. 
26. I have 3 half empty bottles of alcohol in my room that belong to hollie, my bestfriend, we're trying to see how long I'll actually keep them here.
27. I have really fair skin like I burn so much but then I tan/peel I also have tonnes of freckles all year round but they get really bad in the summer!
28. My natural hair colour is light brown but from the age of 12/13 I've been dying it, I started of reddish brown so it wasn't too bad but then I dyed it bright red (you know like when everyone did it) from there I went black, I then went ginger and kept that for about a year or less and began to bleach my hair and now I'm blonde-ish. 
29. when my hair was ginger loads of people when I started college, thought it was my natural colour and were really shocked when I told them.
30. When I was little I cried at films, not at a sad bit though, at happy bits like beauty and the beast, I didn't want the beast to turn into a prince, the jungle book, I didn't want mowgli to go to the man village and the lost toys.. I didn't want them to go home! now I dont have a clue why the happy endings upset me so much but they did and thats fine!
31. I am a morning person when im on my own but if I've just opened my eyes and my mum is in my bedroom talking to me, I feel like murdering her!
32. I sucessfully managed to hide my cracked phone from my dad from new years eve until june - and I'm not the most discreet of people!
33. I have a harry potter quote on my wall 
34. I also want a harry potter themed tattoo
35. If I'm really interested in a book, I can read it in like a day (if im not busy) when I was little I read the goblet of fire in a day.
36. I binge watch shows all the time, until I was fully caught up it was Pretty little liars (my fave), now it's the office and keeping up with the kardashians.
37. Since turning 18 over a month ago, I've only been to town twice but I haven't been ID'd in a shop once!
38. I do the annoying thing where I listen to a new song for ages until I can't stand it any more and then I get upset cause I don't like it any more!
39. Neither of my final pieces for my art coursework were completely done by me, technically I cheated but what the teacher doesn't know wont hurt! 
40. Im not actually doing 50 facts (misleading title) because I'm not interesting enough to have 50 interesting facts about myself, sorry bout it! 

If you sat and read this well done you can have 20 brownie points! Sorry I didn't end up doing 50 but I really couldnt think of anything :(

Hayl xo

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