Update - Happy Easter

Hello!

First of all I'd like to wish you all a very happy Easter. How are you celebrating? Leave me a comment! I'm celebrating with my family who now live in Switzerland who are coming over for a dinner (and tea as well) party. My mum is cooking lamb shanks. Speaking of my mum...

... she's a genius. Beautiful, huh? She makes these pretty hampers each year and this year me and my brother got one too. If you like it, please comment so I can show my mum and give her an Easter treat as well as some well earned gratitude.

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Secondly, please check out this YouTube channel.

BlakeUnwin

This is my older brother Blake's YouTube channel. He mostly does Minecraft videos, but in my opinion, his best work is The Blake Update where he does stand-up comedy about internet crazes and videos. Go the the right hand side to see the playlist with those in called The Blake Update or to Uploaded Videos to see them all.

Happy Easter Everybody! I hope you have a great day and enjoy your chocolate. By the way, there's a movie review coming soon...

Mez Out.   XD

Update - Snow, Songs, Celebrations and Spoilers...

Hiya readers! There are a few things I'd like to say in this update.

Firstly, snow. Is it snowing where you are? Where I live, we had a lot of snow but it is now melting. It's been fun but annoying at the same time with getting to school and having my first snowy birthday (talk about that later).

Second of all, do you like the past few posts? The link to Rhianimation is on the word Rhiannimation in Rio's message which she wrote especially at my birthday sleepover. The special article was posted on my birthday sleepover to. Like it? Neither of the 2 posts got comments!! :-( So please comment, I'd love to hear from you and Mezzed It would really benefit from new people's comments.

Penultimately, I did the show I spoke to you about on my birthday. We spent the whole day of school rehearsing and watching people perform which was great. Unfortunately the song I told you about got cut but it was still fun.

Finally, my birthday was last Tuesday, 26th March, and I got...

A VIDEO CAMERA!!!

So I'm currently setting up a performing YouTube channel (where I'll act and sing) and I may set up a Mezzed It YouTube channel too to post vlogs, direct people here and show you how to do fun things with a video. If you're kineasthetic like me (learn better by doing, 50% of us do) then videos will be easier to follow than writing. That's why I try to include them and also pictures when I tell you how to do fun things. ANYWAY, would you like a Mezzed It YouTube channel and what should I show you how to make?
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Thank you to the people from whom I've recieved support and comments from. Mezzed It is getting more and more popular each time I post. Email a link to Mezzed It to your friends! And don't forget to comment!

Mez Out. :-)

Happiness - Special Article

Happiness

How do you make happiness more fun? You can't. So its great to lead a happy life. I've been journalizering ideas with my notebook and sending emails here there and everywhere to write this very special article. It is full of different ways to be happy. I hope you enjoy it and take the tips! :)

HOW TO BE LIVE A HAPPIER LIFE


Tips From Real People

Ages in brackets.

Blake Unwin - my brother (14)

"What makes me happy is spending time with my friends and playing MineCraft."

My Mum (an adult)

"I'm happiest when I'm relaxing with my family."

My Dad (another adult)

"What makes me live a happy life is appreciating what I've got and not worrying about what I haven't got."

Imogen Wade (12)

"Make sure that you set a personal target for yourself when you do something and give yourself a reward when you achieve it!"  

 

"Do nice things for people! When you see the smiles on their face you feel really great!"

Rhiannon Watts-Robinson (12)

"Hang round with nice, kind, awesome people that make you laugh, smile and cry tears of joy. This way you will feel happy with good mates and will have a great life."

My Top 10 Reasons to be Happy

1) This video!

 

 

 



2) Planning things and looking forward to them then enjoying them while they last.

 

 

3) Our animal companions.

 

4) People care about you and you care about others too.

5) You can be an individual.

6) All the times you couldn't stop laughing with your friend (because being serious is so overrated!)

7) Monday only comes one a week. :D

 

8) You have a birthday every year!

 

 

 





9) Taking in your surroundings when you're on holiday and thinking "Wow."

 

10) Appreciating what you've got and remembering all of the things and people around you are amazing.

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Another way to be happier is to see those you love more often. How better than a sleepover? You can stay around your friends/family for a long time, relax and show them what a great host you are so they'll want to see you more often too.

How To Host a Perfect Sleepover

You will need:

• DVDs and video games
• Snacks
• A nice meal
• Sleeping equipment (sleeping bags, mattresses/airbeds, etc)
• A sleepover room
• A video camera

Step 1) Send an invitation at least 2 weeks in advance to whoever you want to come. The less guests, the better. Ask the guests to bring extras - spare Wii remotes for more players, DVDs or games, things that suit a theme, etc.

Step 2) Get all of the things you need - specific DVDs, games, snacks, etc.

Step 3) The day of the sleepover, prepare the sleepover room with sleeping/hanging out equipment.

Step 4) When the guests arrive at your house, offer them a place to put their bags and coats, to go and get settled and any questions you need to ask them.

Step 5) Enjoy! Take photos, play games, watch DVDs, chat and do whatever else you want.



TIPS!

1. Possibly pick a theme: fancy dress, pink, history, etc. Our movie night's theme was a movie marathon.
2. Suit each guest's needs. If somebody finds something too much, stop it. If they feel homesick, give them a big hug. If they want to play a specific game, why not? It's their night too!
3. Stay as chilled as possible. Too much excitement in an unfamiliar place can be fun but stressful. Take lots of chillax-time.
4. If you watch a horror movie, read a magazine at the same time and look at your friends when the scary moments to cool off and find the whole thing funny.
5. Sleep when you're tired. You'd rather sleep and feel better in the morning for it than be too tired and get upset.

FINJOY!

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According to the internet...

• Smiling makes you happy.
• People who win the lottery has been scientifically proven to be no happier than those who haven't.
• We can tell how our dogs feel.
• 20 minutes of exercise, 3 days a week, will improve your happiness 10-20% after 6 months.
• Women are unhappiest around the age of 37 and men the age of 42.
• The more you hug your children, the happier they will be as an adult.
• People who are in a healthy relationship are happier than people who are single.
• Happy people are more likely to keep a relationship that unhappy people.

Thank you for reading this special article. It took a long time so I hope you really take what it's given you to potentially improve your life and be a happy person. Don't forget to comment!

Message from Rhiannon

Message from Rio

Hello readers of Mezzed It.
I am the writer, editor and producer of Rhiannimation. Click on the link and watch my animations. Please post any comments on Mezzed It.
Me and Mez are best friends and we have known each other for 2 years. She is totally bonkers and amazing at acting. 
Here is my top ten Iron Maiden songs.
10) Total Eclipse - Number of the Beast
9) The Evil That Men Do - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
8) Hallowed Be Thy Name - Number of the Beast 
7) Invaders - Number if the Beast
6) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5) Moonchild - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
4) Can I Play With Madness - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
3) Children Of the Damned - Number of the Beast
2) The Number of the Beast - Number of the Beast
1) Run To The Hills - Number of the Beast
These are all really awesome heavy metal songs and here is the video for Run to the Hills.

Just to let you know its a song about Native Americans running from the white man when they invaded America.

 

Thanks For Reading.
Rio Out

Update

Hey readers! Just want to show you something.

This shows how many views Mezzed It gets and where they come from. 25% of the views come from iPod, 1% from iPad, 30% from Androids (the phones, probably not the talking robots. I wish it were though!) and 42% from laptops and computers. Cool right?

 

This got me thinking, how do you read Mezzed It? Windows, phone, electronic device or talking robot?

 

Gosh, I wish I had a robot.

 

Well, see you next time! The special article is on the brink of readiness. It will be posted either tomorrow or Monday. Thank you for your patience and page views!

 

Mez Out!

How To Make A Jumping Frog

Hello readers! Today I'm going to be showing you how to make a jumping frog out of card. It's very fun and simple to make but it takes practice to make the frog jump well. For some reason, my frog, Bernard, always lands on his face.

 

 

 

 

How To Make A Jumping Frog

 

Step 1) Cut out a rectangle from a piece of card/cereal box that is 8cm x 5cm.

 

 

Step 2) Fold the corners on one side over themselves to make a cross on the rectangle like this.

 

 

Then fold over where the two lines meet to look like this.

 

 





Step 3) This is a fun part. Using your finger, push down the centre of star - this should pop it inside out.

 

 

 

 

Step 4) Refold the creases, push the ends of the middle line inwards, then push the corners with lines coming off them over from the middle line. It should look like this.

 

 

Step 5) As you can see, our frog is starting to look more like a frog. Fold up the bottoms of the triangle to look a bit like a sensei hat.

 

 

Step 6) Fold the 2 edges in to the centre to look like this.

Step 7) Fold the middle inward and a quarter of the way down from that outward to make a Z. If you're feeling creative, give it eyes and other features.

 

 

This is Bernard in action. Enjoy!

 



Thank you for reading! By the way readers, the special article has taken time but is nearly ready. I hope you enjoyed this post and will continue reading Mezzed It. If you want to subscribe to the blog, go down to the bottom of the page to the subscription gadget. Chao!

Happy Red Nose Day 2013

Hello readers! Just wishing you a very happy Red Nose Day and asking you to please do something funny for money today. I'm currently doing a pre-planned sponsored silence and I've raised £53.50! That will give 2 families in Kenya permanent acess to water so thank you very much to all of my sponsors.

To inspire you, here are two articles I found on Twitter.

Red Nose Day 25 years

Cats?!?

Happy Red Nose Day 2013 everybody!

Comments

Hi guys! Just a quick shout out to Tia Ryder, a permanent reader and the only person to comment on Mezzed It. Her comments are so friendly and thought-about so I think she's an online friend - and a good one! She's another reader of Pretty Little Things To Do. Speaking of which...

So Tia, do you have a blog of your own? What's the web address?

And for other readers, what are your Red Nose Day plans? I'd love to know. I'm doing a sponsored silence all day till 9pm on Red Nose Day and so far I've raised £50.50. Cool right?

From Mez. :)

PS: Like I said, I'm busy with school activities so I can't write as much for a while BUT please leave me comments and request for what I should Mez Up next.

Update - FloJoes and Rainbows

Hi readers! 

So recently I commented on my favourite blog  Pretty Little Things To Do saying that I loved the blog and would she mind having a look at Mezzed It. Then a week later, my views stormed up by 50 views per post and I was oblivious as to why. Why? Because FloJo, the lovely writer of Pretty Little Things To Do wrote a post about how much it meant to her with a link to here too. AWWW!!! And as if that wasn't touching enough, there were 2 comments and one girl called Tia said that she liked Mezzed It, especially the bookmark post. I HAVE REGULAR VIEWERS? This calls for a 

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Anyways, please please please check out Pretty Little Things To Do, FloJo works so hard on it and even the layout shows off her amazing personality. She blogs about pretty little things to do (duh) and also talks about her life in a way that makes you feel welcome. And did I mention she's 11 or 12? Wow.

www.prettylittlethingstodo.blogspot.com 
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Also, (sorry, I don't usually talk about myself this much.) I'm doing a solo performance of Judy Garland's Somewhere Over The Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz (amazing film, by the way) at a school showcase and I am hoping to wear a white and blue checkered dress or something like that. Do you like musicals and musical theatre?If you do, please comment saying yes or no. I love it to bits. It's what I want to do when I'm older. Anyways, wish me luck! ;)

Love from Mez. :)

Update

Hi readers! I hope you enjoyed my latest post - a book review! I enjoyed making it. Please leave me a comment on one of my posts, I still don't have any and would love to hear your opinions.

I won't be posting as much for a couple of weeks due to schoolwork, projects and other school-related things that will take up my time and thoughts. I WILL keep posting though and I'm working on a project that I will Mez Up soon.

CHECK THIS OUT!

Lovely, isn't it? Well it is 47cm long (about 18 inches), 39.5cm wide (about 14 inches)and super soft. But I don't know to do with it. What would you like to see me make out of this fabric. Anything that I can make out of that quantity of fabric - a hat, teddy bear, a purse, etc. Just leave me a comment with your suggestion!

Love from Mez.

Review - The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games Review

Today on Mezzed It I'm writing a book review on one of, in my opinion, the greatest books ever written. 

The Hunger Games are a set of three books by Suzanne Collins set in a dark, struggling take on the future. The 12 districts are in poverty 74 years after they rose against the Capitol who are currently living in luxury. Every year the districts go to a Public Reaping where a girl and a boy are chosen at random to fight to the death in the arena. Katniss' sister is chosen and Katniss volunteers to take her place. Then her and Peeta go into training in the Capitol before going into the arena. 

And that's just the first book! The second and third books are just as good, maybe better, but their storylines reveal too much about the first. I definitely recommend you read all three books.






A particularly good part was when Katniss was in her bedroom in the Capitol getting used to the surroundings because it is descriptive and particularly creative.

"I programme the wardrobe to an outfit that suits my taste. The windows zoom in and out of parts of the city at my command. You need only whisper a type of food from a gigantic menu into a mouthpiece and it appears, hot and steamy, before you in less than a minute. I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock at the door. Effie's calling me to dinner. Good. I'm starving."

This paragraph pictures all of the amazing things that the Capitol have compared to the districts. It shows how happy and relaxed Katniss is with description and some light humour.


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The movie was just as good as the book. I really enjoyed it. The music is incredibly clever and sets the mood instantly. Watch this dramatic ending scene and listen to the music. If you haven't seen the film yet, don't watch this until you do.




Thank you for reading the book review. I hope you enjoyed it and continue to read Mezzed It.

Update 2

Dear readers,

The date today is Wednesday 6th March 2013. The special article is going great! It won't be long until you can read it. So please keep reading the blog and checking up on Mezzed It!!! Especially because of these new stats:

By the way, the second bump in the graph indicates 10 views for yesterday.

So please tell me: do you regularly check up on Mezzed It? And what should I Mez Up next? Also, do you like the new Dictionary Definition which I'll put at the end of every update?

Love from Mez. :D

Update

Quick Update! First of all, the times at the bottom of the posts are wrong. I don't know how to fix them. Second of all, I'm working on a special article on Mezzed It that involves various writers. It's very cool and will take a while. The rest, for now, is a mystery...

HAMSTERS!!!

Mezzing Up Hamster Care

Caring for a hamster is educational, slightly therapeutic and really fun. I know because I have one in my bedroom.

This cheeky, red-eyed chap is Harley. He is a winter white dwarf hamster but his colouring is different. Unlike others, he is cream with a beige stripe. I still can't believe he's already 10 months old!

 

Anyways, here is a guide to caring for a hamster. Its very fun so it simply HAD to be Mezzed Up.

 

HOW TO CARE FOR A HAMSTER

 

Step 1) Buy the hamster. You will need to buy a cage, bedding, food, sawdust, a hamster ball and some hamster treats to train it. Most cages come with a water bottle, wheel, a food bowl and bedroom for the hamster. Buy the hamster and the kit at the same time unless you already know what type of hamster you want.

• All of this should cost between £40 and £50 in the UK.
• Remember that some hamsters will be smaller and need smaller kit. Smaller hamsters can't run in bigger balls.
• Handle the hamster before you buy it so that you get a friendly one.
• Ask the pet shop assistant for help and advice. 

Step 2) Take the hamster home and prepare the cage with sawdust, a ready made bed, water and food before letting the hamster out of the travel box. Put the box in a ventilated, not too warm and not too cold room.

 

Step 3) Cuddle the hamster everyday for up to 20 minutes at a time. Let the hamster settle in though and give it a lot of alone time. BUT DON'T FORGET TO FEED IT, GIVE IT WATER AND GIVE IT PLENTY OF ATTENTION to get it used to humans. Every time you cuddle it, put a treat in front of it/ next to it's bedroom so that it will trust you and recognise good behaviour and bad behaviour. By doing all of this, the hamster will become tame, confident and friendly.

 

If it nips you, put it back in it's cage. If it does a wee on you, that's normal. Just put it back and change clothes. IT WILL POO IN YOU. Just put it in a tissue and bin it. Hamster poo doesn't stink unless the hamster is a bit poorly or has diarrhoea.

 

Step 4) After a few weeks, your hamster should be tame. You can now spend quality time with it. Personally, I like sitting on the sofa with mine and watching TV.

 

 

 

TIPS

 

• Know your hamster's bought-day. It's a nice thing to celebrate.
• Research lots before buying one.
• Only have one hamster. Hamsters are anti-social with each-other.
• Give it a Christmas present. You'd be surprised how many pet-presents there are in Pets at Home.
• Clean the cage every 2 weeks.
• Feed it small pieces of fresh fruit on occasion. That's a nice treat.
• Feed it a nut as a healthy treat but NOT ALMONDS.
• Give it gnawing blocks. 
• If your hamster gets poorly, take it to a vets. Hamsters are small therefore more susceptible to illness.
• The longest you can keep it on it's own is a day. Always make sure you refill it's food and water bottle full before you leave.
• If you go on a holiday to cottage that isn't too far away and in the same country, why not take the hamster, it's cage and supplies with you? Ask the cottage owner first.
• Hamster-sitting and temporary care are easy so ask a member of your family or a friend to care for it when you go away.
• Good equipment to have when you have a hamster are a dust-buster or handheld hoover and a dustpan and brush. Also a pet cleaning spray.
• Be gentle with it.

 

Thank you for reading! Don't forget to comment. XD

 

Mez Out.







CRY FOR COMMENTS!!!

CRY FOR COMMENTS!!!

Hi readers!

On the blog overview, I've noticed that I've been getting more and more views. THANK YOU READERS! But as you may notice, I've received no comments. :(
So please leave a comment on one or two of my posts. It took 4 days to Mez Up Google+ and I worked really hard on it after I'd done my homework so you can imagine I was disappointed when it got no comments.

Anyway, thank you very much for reading Mezzed It, I hope you enjoyed it and will keep reading. :)

Love from Mez. x

PS: Here are the stats.



Mezzing Up Google+... this one's complicated.

So What Am I On About?

Have you ever heard of Google Sites? Well the latest thing I've Mezzed Up Google+ and how to make a personalised space with the Sites section. You can also use Google sites for any sort of website. To blog, to vlog, or even to promote you YouTube channel!

So here's how to make one. You will need a laptop, internet access and a Google account.

HOW TO MAKE A PERSONALISED SPACE ONLINE

Step 1) Log onto Google and go into More and then down to Even More.

Step 2) Now go down to Sites. and click on it. Sometimes it comes up with a different page for Even More. I don't know why. :/

Step 3) Next click on CREATE and fill in the options. You CAN give the website different title than the URL.

 

Step 4) Once you have your website, use the edit button to edit the Homepage with a personalised message to yourself such as "Welcome back to Your Place!"

These are the buttons that you will need to know about. They'll come in later.

 

Step 5) Click the New page button and make a the first page. Anything you like. Add text and html codes.

 

Step 6) This next part is a bit more complicated. :/

 

Go into Share. This page should come up.

 

 

 

 

Now click on Change in Who Can Access. This should let you change it to Private so that only you can see it.

 

Step 7) Go back to your website with the button on the left with the arrow and the website's title. You can now make new pages and add stuff to your website.

 

Make a video page, a music page, a page with links to your favourite websites and a page full of your favourite images. See EXTRA for help.

 

Just to be helpful, here's an example. It's not so personal or got much stuff in but that's because it's for you to see and I don't want to show you my personal stuff.

 

CLICK HERE FOR AN EXAMPLE 

 

EXTRA:

 

How to change the background: Go into More and down to Manage Site. Now go to Colours and Fonts on the left and click on either Page Background Colour or Page Background Image to choose a colour or an image.

 

How to embed a video into the website: First go onto YouTube or Vimeo and find the video you would like to embed. Have this in a separate tab to the website. Then right click on the video and click on Copy Embed Code. Go back into your website, click edit page on the page you want and then click on HTML at the top. Once that's up, make sure you're in the typing box and click enter to get on a new line. Now right click and click paste to get the embed code into the HTML. Click enter again and then click UPDATE.

 

Go to this link for other things you can put into the website. These are HTML codes which you put into the HTML box to add special features to your website such as games, special effects and moving icons.

 

http://www.quackit.com/html/codes/