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!