A Teenagers Take on The Song Challenge + A Ton Of Baking

Hey there!

I haven’t posted in a while now because… okay, I have no reason other than the fact that I was just too lazy and spent hours procrastinating XD

So I decided to start blogging again with The Song Challenge 🙂

The rules for this are basically: 1. Put your music on “shuffle”.

                                                            2. Write about the first 10 songs,artist, album that play 

 

This is going to be slightly weird because my iTunes is filled with music right from the time I was 10 till now so there’s about 8 years of music on there.. And I haven’t heard a ton of songs for a while. I’ll link the songs with their videos, in case you haven’t heard it.

1. Heart Attack – Demi Lovato

          I haven’t heard this song in a  year or so but the song’s pretty good. Demi’s a great singer and I’ve been listening to “Stone Cold” on repeat. Her high notes in Heart Attack are brilliant. And I remember all the lyrics 😛 Favourite lyric:  So scared I’ll take off in a rush, I’m flying too close to the sun and I’m bursting your flame.

    2. Everybody Wants To Rule The World- Lorde

         This is one of my current favourites. I’ve been going through a Halsey-Lorde phase.  Lorde’s crazy talented and her voice is incredible with that rasp. Favourite Lyric from this song: Holding hands when the walls come tumbling down/ So glad we’ve almost made it. 

   3. Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

WOAH. Haven’t heard this in ages. It’s like a flashback to the days I didn’t even understand the lyrics completely. Also, the 5 Seconds of Summer cover is pretty cute XD. I’ve stopped listening to Katy Perry in the last couple of years. She’s a great singer but I didn’t quite like “Prism”. Favourite Lyric: You think I’m funny when I tell the punchline wrong, I know you get me so I let my walls come down. 

4. Bad Enough For You – All Time Low

This is such a fun song in a sort of twisted way.But it works for this song and the band. The title’s pretty self-explanatory. All Time Low’s one of my favourite bands. Favourite Lyric: You love to hate me when I’m chasing you and I hate to say this but I’m stuck on loving you, So I’ll pretend that I don’t care, I’ll stand you up to keep you here.

5. Every Chance We Get We Run – David Guetta

Another throwback! I don’t particularly like this genre of music and that’s probably the reason I haven’t heard it in a long time. But this song’s pretty good if you like this genre of music. Favourite Lyric:  A stage before us A song, a chorus We could try, But we don’t want anything to change the mood tonight.

6. Legendary- Daya

I heard about Daya after listening to her song “Hide Away” on T.V. and I’m glad I found her 🙂 Legendary and Sit Still, Look Pretty are great songs. Favourite lyric: We’re not wasting our precious time We know it’s never going past today so.Why not make it legendary? 

7. Social Casualty- 5 Seconds of Summer

YAY!!! I *love* this song. Not just because it’s a 5 Seconds of Summer song but also because it’s sort of relatable.  I hate stereotyping, but I’m sure every teenager has felt this way at some point.  And if you haven’t, you still have a couple of years left 😛 Favourite lyric: Just a kid, it’s all the same Growing up, it doesn’t change Who are they to try and put us down? Had enough of what they say Sick and tired of all their games.

8. Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

I’ve been listening to Imagine Dragons in the past couple of days but I haven’t heard Radioactive in a long time. I prefer “It’s Time” and “Ready Aim Fire” but Radioactive’s pretty good as well 🙂 Favourite lyric: I raise my flag and dye my clothes
It’s a revolution, I suppose We’re painted red to fit right in.

9. Heels Over Head – Boys Like Girls

Yes, that’s the name of the song. I haven’t got the name wrong 😛 This song used to be one of my favourites, for no real reason XD Favourite lyric: And when you hit the coast
I hope you think of me And how I’m stuck here with the ghost of what we used to be.

 

10. Colors – Halsey

HALSEY! I’ve been listening to her because of the whole phase I’m going through 😛 But seriously, Halsey is so incredibly talented and her songs give off amazing vibes. She’s got a very distinctive voice and that makes her voice special. Her new song “Castle” came out and it’s incredible. Favourite lyric: You’re ripped at every edge but you’re a masterpiece And now you’re tearing through the pages and the ink. 

 

Also, I’ve been on a baking spree lately (with all the exams getting over) and here are a few things that I’ve been baking. If you’d like me to post recipes, let me know 🙂

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Let me know if you liked this post by liking, commenting or emailing me at shubhamb1806@gmail.com. Also, I wanted to start attaching voice notes to my posts, like the challenges and all that so it’d seem a bit more realistic 🙂 Let me know what you think of that! 

 

Song of the Day: 

 

Till next week,

A Perpetually Baking Teenager.

 

A Teenagers Take on The Miranda Sings Award

Hey guys,

Guess who’s back in less than a day?

Don’t guess. Because well, you’re obviously reading this post on my blog and why would I be talking about someone else? I don’t even know why I write what I write at times (which is about 99% of the time). 

Anyway, I was nominated for this really amazing award and since I haven’t been nominated for a while and I was too lazy to finish up all my other awards from last year… I decided this one just HAD to be done. Also, my friend is a huge Miranda Sings fan so it’d be weird if I didn’t do this 🙂

So without rambling on about something that makes no sense, I’m just going to start with the award. 

Here are all the rules:

* Announce your win with a post and link the blogger who nominated you.

* Include the featured image on your blog post.

* Nominate 10 bloggers (or as many as you can think of) and link your awardees in the post.

* List 7 things you love about yourself (This can be about your appearance, your personality, your achievements, etc.)

* Don’t use negative connotation. (I.e. Don’t say things like – I’m prettier than an average person or People have told me I’m smart. You ARE pretty. You ARE smart.)

Here we go, 

Firstly, a HUGE thanks to My Daily Inkling for the nomination. You should check her blog out because it’s pretty awesome 😀

And there’s the featured picture with Miranda 🙂

And now we get to the 7 things I love about myself.. (I didn’t realize how hard it was to come up with 7. I’m not even kidding. ) Anyway, here they are

1. I’m good at writing. It’s always been something I’ve been good at.. Probably because I started reading from a really young age..Also, if you read, there’s a really good chance that we’ll become friends 🙂

2. I’m really sarcastic. And I believe sarcasm is a great attribute to have because it just adds to your sense of humour and I love people who have a dry sense of humour. It really makes life fun.

3. I can bake. Brownies, Lemon Cheesecakes,Shepherd’s Pie…Not to mention Cookie-Cakes. It’s really fun to bake and it’s so therapeutic! 

4. I’m a good listener. It’s always been one thing that I like about myself.

5. I have good music taste. This is so subjective because sometimes I’ll listen to completely random songs and then wonder what’s wrong with me.. But mostly, I have good music taste. 

6. I make friends easily.. I’ve changed schools 4 times till now and it’s never been hard to make friends. I still keep in touch with them. I even talk to the people I met at an MUN two years ago. 

7. I’m not too fazed by things. Like it’d take something really huge to mildly shock me. It’s probably because I already plan to think about the worst case-scenarios and the best case ones. 

Lastly, here are some beautiful bloggers who are nominated and you should visit their bloggers 🙂

 

1. Kiss My Cassidy
2. Life Of A 17 Year Old Indian
3. Luna
4. AKA The Author
5. Everything And Nothing (THIS IS NOT ME. I PROMISE)
6. Georgie Girl
7. A Cloud’s Life
8. Arielle
9. Paradoxical Sadness
10. Elm

 

And that’s about it 🙂

Hope you guys liked it 🙂 It took me a considerable amount of time to list those 7 points down 😛

I’ve been thinking about making a logo or something that basically symbolises this blog.. I don’t really know what it’s going to look like but I really want to. Let me know if you think it’s a good idea or if you have any inputs by either commenting or emailing me at shubhamb1806@gmail.com

Song of the Day:

 

And that’s it for today’s post 🙂
I’ll be posting again next monday 

Till then,

A Very Studious Teenager.

A Teenagers Take On Winter

Hey guys,

So this is super random but well I had to post it today because it FINALLY feels like winter. Which is brilliant 🙂

I’ve always *loved* winter. It’s  the only time when going for walks in the morning  (or anytime to be honest) is a pleasant thing to do.. Also, there’s Christmas aka loads of gifts, lovely food and carols – what’s not to love?  

Winter is that time of the year where sipping on hot chocolate and curling up under your blankets till noon is acceptable (at least where I live).

For the past few days, I could feel it getting cooler but today it’s become chilly (which I love) and well, it seems like winter’s finally here! 

Also, it’s going to be Christmas in a couple of days which is exciting as well 🙂 This year, I made Christmas gifts for a few of my friends. It was basically a dessert platter which had a bit of mousse, a brownie, a chocolate-caramel shortbread and a herb and cheese popover to help with the chocolate overload. 

 

 

Baking is one of my favourite hobbies and since my friends like eating what I bake, it was a win-win situation 🙂 Since the past week (the moment school got over actually) I’ve been baking and experimenting.. It’s been fun although mom would beg to disagree because whenever she’s come into the kitchen it’s been a mess xD

The sad part about this winter vacation is that I’m going to have exams the moment school reopens .. and then there’s only an official week of school left for us seniors. I’m literally done with school in another three weeks which sounds crazy xD 

 

The thing is, winter makes me happy. I don’t even know why that’s the case.. but it is 🙂 And I don’t even know the point of this post because winter is just a tiny part of it.. but anyways, things happen.  

 

And that’s basically it 😛 Let me know how you celebrate Christmas, what are your thoughts about winter (if you like it or not) and what you’re going to be giving as gifts by commenting or emailing me 🙂 And this song is literally stuck in my head. I’m not kidding. I’ve been singing it since 6 in the morning (it’s currently 9:30 a.m. now).

Till next time,

An Excited Teenager 🙂 

 

A Teenagers Take on Hate

 

 

Hey guys,

This is a really random post but I just had to put it up cause well of something that happened last week..

So sometime last week, a few of us were sitting in our classroom while the others were practicing downstairs (for the annual concert) and all of us were talking about random things..

And there was the girl (who’s from my class) who was sitting behind us all. Heads up: I don’t particularly like this girl because she’s been rude to me a few times before for absolutely no reason.. Also not many people actually like her because of similar reasons..

Anyway, so we were talking and she somehow entered the conversation and said something to a friend of mine.. So I looked at her and then back at this friend of mine, you know following the conversation and all that.. But she suddenly tells me in a really loud voice “OMG, if you hate me you should just like tell me.”

And so I replied by saying ” Well, I don’t hate you.. and why would you think that?”

Any guesses as to what her brilliant answer was?

Something along the  lines of “Because whenever I speak, you give me this weird look/ glare”

Which is kind of ridiculous… because that’s my actual face!! I told her exactly that and also said that I was sorry if my usual face looked like it was glaring at her but there was practically nothing I could do about that… And I also said that I had the very same expression when my friends speak at time (which is completely true).

And the conversation ended there. 

 

However, from that conversation it was incredibly easy to figure out what her perception of me was. And well, it’s not a very pleasant one. But I’m okay with that. However, I’d love to point  out to her that I don’t “hate” anyone or anything.. I either dislike you or I simply don’t care.. There’s no in between.  

Hate is a really strong word and I think people use it very loosely these days.. I know I used to. It’s not that the word harms anyone or that you should even give a shit about using it, it’s just the principle meaning of the word is one that’s extreme. It’s basically like disliking a person so much that every moment of the day is spent plotting their demise or ridiculing them. 

 

 

In my opinion it’s better to just be indifferent. Less time saved on unnecessary people who just want to drag you down. Don’t spend so much time thinking about them. Just don’t think about them at all. It’s much better that way and you don’t feel like a horrible human being. And I know that people believe that indifference is the opposite of love and how you should never be indifferent towards anyone, but there’s a certain limit after which you should simply not care. If you hate a person more than that limit, it’s going to cause you harm. 

Also, putting someone down just to make yourself feel smarter is no way of succeeding in life because you don’t get to judge how you’re doing compared to the other person. (There’s another incident related to this, with the same girl). 

 

 

I know it seems weird that I would ever dedicate an entire post to a girl I “claim” to be indifferent to and that it seems so contradictory.. but it’s really not. It’s because of this particular incident that I realized a lot of things.. Also, it’s when I realized how completely indifferent I was to her and her behaviour. 

 

 

I guess what I’m trying to say is that hating people is a waste of time and energy. Forgetting that certain people exist is however a brilliant way to save energy, time and brain cells 😀

And if I ever could, I’d tell this girl exactly where she belongs on my list of priorities: So far down the list that I can’t even see her. 

And that’s about it 🙂 Let me what your thoughts are on this topic by commenting or emailing me. You can also share your stories if you’ve ever extremely disliked someone by commenting or emailing 😀 If you liked this post, like, rate, follow, reblog and all that stuff.. Also, if you’ve not heard this song till now, PLEASE HEAR IT. I’VE LEGIT HEARD IT FOR AN HOUR for some odd reason 😛

 

Till next week ( I hope),

An Indifferent to Certain People Teenager.

 

 

Guest Post: Teen Overruled’s Take on Influential Teenagers- Nash Grier

 

 

Hey Guys,

If you happen to like this post and want to read more , just follow Ayeleayele for posts on the rest of this series  🙂 This series is about  teens  who are making social media their thing and making a name for themselves.  Teen Overruled Introducing : Nash Grier .  Here are his B.F.A.L & W.Y.L.H

Background (B )

Nash Grier is an actor/comedian and Vine( Social media app that loops 7 second videos )  star, born on December 28, 1997 in Greenswood, NC . He first joined youtube in 2013.

Family (F)

Nash’s parents are  Chad, Elizabeth Floyd  Grier . Siblings are Will, Hayes( Social media Star also), and Skylynn , the sassy, adorable little sister who became a ‘ Viral Sensation ‘  due to appearances in his brothers Videos.

Accomplishments ( A)

In the three years Nash’s been on social media , he has developed a enormous fanbase that seem to be growing bigger by day.

1.      He has 11.5 million followers on vine, 7 million on Instagram , 4 million on Twitter and 4.4 on youtube
2.      Has a succesful Merchandise line and also A spring line United XXVI with brother Hayes Grier, Cameron Dallas and Carter Reynold which can be found in every Aeropostale store around the world . Appeared in many magazines and Interviews such as Tiger Beat, M magazine , The View , Fox 5’s Good Day New York . 

 

 

 

 

3. Signed by Awesomeness TV to start and Direct the movie “The Outfield ’’( starting three Vasity Baseball players as they enter their last year of high school and navigate the up and downs on and off the fields ),  with fellow Youtuber Cameron Dallas and Actor/ Comedian Joey Bragg.

 

 

 

4.  In 2015,  Was recognized as one of the 25  most Influential people on the Internet by Time Magazine .

Why You’ll Love Him (W.Y.L.H)

As most famous Individuals in the world, Nash Grier rose to fame with some drama of his own.  The self-Proclaim ‘King of Vine’ was thrown shade at for using a homophobic slur on one of his since-deleted Vines. But Of course being the gentlemen he was , Apologized for his nasty behavior in the following statement :

July 9, 2014

“In April of 2013, I made a vine video using a gay slur.  I made a stupid and ignorant mistake which there is no excuse for.  I talked strongly about something hurtful and serious that I knew nothing about.

Soon after I posted the video I started to realize how hurtful and wrong the video was and I deleted it.  This clip was bullying.  It’s awful.  To anyone I offended I want you to know that I am truly sorry.

My goal is to educate myself and do something positive with what I learn.  Again, to anyone I offended, I am so, so sorry.”

He has proved his true wonderful character ever since , after all he was a teenager and just as any other , he makes mistakes. Now on to his true personality which I’ve falling in love with.

1. He’s cute , beautiful , gorgeous ..wait did I mention cute . And his eyes are unreal !

 

2. He Knows how to treat a woman .That’s the one thing all his fans will agree to because of his relationship with sister Skylynn . The care , love and protectiveness he shows her in their videos together is amazing

 

 

 

3. He treat his fans  by setting up meet and greets , listening and taking their video suggestions seriously . And he appreciate his fans and give us advise on how to follow our dreams .

 

4. His videos are the bomb ,they’re everything you’ll want to watch and more

This guy is not afraid to put on a blonde wig or any kind  and act like a girl for his fans . And he does funny skits , prank videos , answer q&a and more

 

 

If you think you’ll want to check him out :

Twitter  & Instagram

Vine & Website

 

Shubby’s Note: Hey guys, if you did like this post, please like,comment, rate or visit the author’s blog 🙂 She really wants the feedback if she should do more of these and you’ll be a great help!

That’s all for today 🙂

I might do one post later this week though for the “Dragon Loyalty Award” 

An In-Between Exams Teenager.

 

A Teenagers Take on Turning 17

I’m pretty pathetic at introductions to each post..

And the ending…

Sometimes my actual post turns out okay though.. *Sometimes being the operative word*

Anyway, it’s Monday and it’s pretty gloomy weather out here. It’s dull but it doesn’t rain and it’s super humid.. which is just annoying. Anyway, I decided to write a post on turning 17 because apparently it’s a rite of passage or something..

But it’s funny really at how I’m writing this post right now..

Purely because my birthday was a month ago.. more than  a month ago to be honest.

For all those of you who don’t know when my birthday is (that’s basically everyone here) it’s somewhere towards the end of June… Try guessing..

Also, to throw it out there, I’m a Gemini. Maybe your guesses are actually spot on. Lemme know though when you think my birthday was.. if you’re actually going to think about it. 

But the real reason I’m writing this post is because I was randomly going through my “Little About Me” page and I realised that my age is still 16 on there. I updated that right after luckily but that’s when it struck me that I’ve actually turned 17.

I know it’s a month later but this is when it finally struck me. And at the same time it struck me that I have just 5 more months of high school left and that I’m soon going to have to make some really touch decisions. It made me realise that in another year, I’m no longer going to be viewed as the confused and misunderstood teenager that I know I am, but an actual adult. Which makes all this so scary.

I always used to compare 17 to a place that was in the middle of nowhere but on the road to everywhere. I still do, but I’ve realised that 17 is so much more than that. Turning 17 signifies that you still have a year left to fulfill all the childish dreams that you have without all those judgmental stares. It’s a pretty darn important year cause after this no one’s going to buy the whole teenage angst story anymore. They’re going to view you as a responsible adult and think that you have your act together. 

What’s even more frightening than that? I don’t think I’m  going to have my act together in a year. There are so many times when someone asks me how old I am and my first answer’s going to be “16” but I quickly change it to “17”. It’s probably because when I say “16”, I know I have two more years and that seems like a lifetime but when I say “17”, 18 seems so near. 

17 might just be a number to many but once it dawned upon me that in a year there’s going to be so much more expected of me, I freaked. And the result of that is this post. 🙂

If you’ve turned 17 or are turning 17, you can always share your thoughts with me and each other by commenting 🙂 If you did like this post, like, rate, reblog, do whatever else 😛 or email-me 🙂

Also if you haven’t heard the latest 5 Seconds of Summer song “She’s Kinda Hot”, PLEASE listen to it. P.S. It’s nothing like She Looks So Perfect. And I’m a little addicted to this song right now so give it a try 🙂

And that’s all for today. 

Also, a tiny notice – I might not be able to post for a few weeks because I’ve got my exams and I really need to study for them 😛 So I’m sorry if I don’t update even though I’ll try to!

Till the next time,

A Tired of this Weather Teenager

A Teenagers Take on The First Post Challenge

Hey Guys,

It’s another Monday and it’s pouring here. Which is unfortunate because all I want to do is curl up and never leave my bed. But you can’t always get what you wish for. 

Anyway, I’m not going to ramble on any further. So I was nominated for the first post challenge by the one of my favourite bloggers – Paradoxical Sadness. If you haven’t already checked her blog out, please do! 

So the basic idea is I talk about my first blog post (I don’t even remember what I posted). It was more than a year ago and my blog has come such a long way since then! So the rules for this challenge are:-

1. Copy-paste, link, pingback or whatever way you want to, your first post.
2. State what type of post that was. For e.g.: Introduction, Story, Poem.
3. Explain why that was your first post.
4. Nominate 5 other bloggers.

1. Okay, so my first post was apparently this-  Life is Uncertain.. Eat Dessert First

 

2. It was a picture… of dessert. Clearly my love for desserts has not faded away or even reduced in the slightest.

3. Why was this my first post?

HAHA. I’m as clueless as the next person because this was such a random post. But I do remember how much I loved those desserts. And the caption too.. *cue hunger pangs*

Nominate 5 other blogs- 

1. Every Word You Say

2. Tessellating Sunshine

3. Sam O Bscure

4. Just Elm

5. Life of a 17 Year Old Indian

 

Here’s the song.. well mashup that I’m currently addicted to 🙂 It’s really catchy and I hope you like it.

And that’s it for this post. I know I haven’t put up a ton of the awards I was nominated for *sighs and then procrastinates a bit more* but I promise to do it by this week. I was also nominated for the 3 Day 3 Quote Challenge so I’m going to do that, but I’ll probably do that only next week.

I will be posting more than once this week because I have a major backlog.. But I have no idea when I’m going to do that 😛

If your first posts were embarrassing ones or just really random ones, lemme know by commenting or emailing me 🙂 It’s always fun to know that I’m not the only one who’s slightly loony. 😛

Till later this week,

A Wanting To Eat Dessert Teenager.

 

 

 

 

To The Most Photogenic Squirrel I’ve Ever Seen

Here’s to the most photogenic squirrel I’ve ever seen.

Drama and Negativity stop you from being the best possible version of yourself. Simplicity is Perfection.

Sincerely,

A Non-Photogenic Teenager