This is Not a Book: Day 15

Saturday 30th November - Day 15 of THIS IS NOT A BOOK

This is a photo from the after-party of the formal. We had gotten into pjs by this stage because we couldn't handle the heels and dresses anymore ;P
This was literally taken about 2am haha.

This is Not a Book: Day 14

Friday November 29th - Day 14 of THIS IS NOT A BOOK

Last night was my formal - a pretty late night for us all ;P
We all had such an amazing time, it was a great send off for us all finishing our education thus far. The girls all looked stunning, the guys handsome, there were laughs, music and hilarious dancing. A few came back to my place for a little after-party type deal, which lasted till around 2am. Ridiculous. It was fun. Good times had by all.

This is Not a Book: Day 13

Thursday 28th November 2013 - Day 13 of THIS IS NOT A BOOK

'This is a commitment.' - Pages 61&62
Do one thing on this list every day for one month.

• Wear and article of clothing inside out
• Read a book you don't think you'll like
• Sing on your way to work/school 
• Give something away
• Take a photo
• Draw something
• Write a letter

I am going to be partaking in this challenge from today to the 28th December 2013 (so this will actually be days 13 through to 43). I will be taking a pictorial memorial every single day for that long; with some possible change ups if necessary. 

This photo features two of my best friends, Deanna and Zac. This was taken at the art show, when we decided to go for a walk around the wilderness close by. We found a beautiful lake and bridge and decided it was a good photo opportunity, and voila! 

This is Not a Book: Day 12

Wednesday 27th November 2013 - Day 12 of THIS IS NOT A BOOK

'This is a playground' - Pages 34&35

Colour in the shape using the strangest method you can think of.

I used some good ol' yellow nail polish to colour this in! 'Yellow Mellow', I believed was one of the strangest things I could have used to colour in this weird shape - and I don't think that smell will ever fade. Like ever.

This is Not a Book: Day Eleven

Tuesday 26th November 2013 - Day 11 of THIS IS NOT A BOOK

Page 149 & 150
'This is mail.'

Here it has told me to cut out the next page which reads, 'this is not a book, this is a postcard' and send it to someone. So I decided to send this "postcard" to my sister in America, along with a drawing I drew of the two of us a couple days ago :)

This is Not a Book: Day Ten

Sunday 24th November 2013 - Day Ten of THIS IS NOT A BOOK

Page 153&154
'This is a form of movement'
Document some kind of movement here.

For this page, I grabbed a pen, put my music on and let my hand do whatever it wanted to. So I guess you could say I was documenting the movement of the music - that sounds a bit deep and philosophical. But, I am a very musical person. I have always enjoyed it, listening to it, playing it, dancing to it, exercising to it, creating art with it inspiring me. So I also thought this may be a good representation of who I am at the same time.
It basically turned out as a page of scribbles in purple ink, but you can see the type of music. There are spikes when the beat was powerful, the lines become more relaxed as the sway music of Michael Buble' and Frank Sinatra rings in my ears. The lines seem to have a sort of playful wonder about them as Louis Prima begins to sing with his fun and hilarious music and lyrics.
I enjoyed this one. It gave me another excuse to just sit and listen for a while. Sometimes we all need that.

This is Not a Book: Day Nine

Saturday 23rd November 2013 - Day nine of THIS IS NOT A BOOK

Page 115&116
'This is a network.'
Create an arrangement of intersecting lines going every which way

I went a little nuts with the lines and colours :) I didn't want it structured or thought-out or anything like that. I just put a pen to the page and let it go! And this is the end result...

This is Not a Book: Day Eight

Friday November 22nd 2013 - Day Eight of THIS IS NOT A BOOK

Pages 148
'This is a system. Choose one word from each page of this is not a book to form a very long sentence'

Inconvenience every disguise is a small thought and annoyance while choice permanently somehow can think water is a hunt you send far place interesting directions adding unknown recipients concealment hiding place to time as one random container is lost out of border embellishment find escape longest friends idea purpose investigating microorganisms your dare is find an map altering reality secret to things you create in space minutes is a moment in mission make things colour the direction you make dinner changes different customizable system mail a restricted movement describe dream if sounds sensory outlet three-dimensional for another puzzle create words as a declaration and mirror of found conundrum close eyes mystery parallel ink trap of landscape out impermanent motion spent experience privacy journey to reproduction puppet.

WHAT!? Haha, I have never read anything more nonsensical than the above! I found this ridiculous amusing and its hilarity is undeniable. Reproduction puppet gets me every time! Haha, in places, it doesn't seem to be too bad, even wise of philosophical - but then a random word comes along and completely changes the meaning into something utterly ridiculous. This was fun! I should do this with more books!  

This is Not a Book: Day Seven

Thursday 21st November 2013 - Day Seven of THIS IS NOT A BOOK

Page 135&136
'This is an inventory of your things'
1. Make a list of some of the items you own
2. Beside each item put the quantity of items
(For this one I had to restrict it to my room, otherwise some may be embarrassingly monumental digits!)

BOOKS (reading books): 76
ELECTRONIC DEVICES: 7 (laptop, ps3, iPod, iPhone, DS, PSP, phone)
COATS: 5 (possibly a little excessive :P)
DVDs: 131 (and that's just in my room! I am a massive movie person - our whole family is)
CLOCKS: 2
JEANS: 6
THINGS FROM TYPO: 13 (not as large as I was expecting honestly)
DRESSES: 21
PHOTOS: 36 (I have some of my favourites blue-tacked)
CANDLES: 92 (however, there was a pack of 100 tea lights that I have used like 15 of!)
CANDLE HOLDERS: 4
OWLS: 3 (not real ones of course... I have loads more of those!)
POSTERS: 1 (Alice in Wonderland)
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: 3 (piano, guitar and clarinet)
BAGS: 30 (rough guess - most of these are tote bags, a couple overnight bags etc. I actually don't own a handbag)
PERFUMES: 2
P.J. BOTTOMS: 5 (best inventions ever!)
APPLE PRODUCTS: 2 (iPod and my new iPhone 5c)
JANE AUSTEN: 13 (that is, the things I have in my room associated with this author - books and movies mostly)

Well. That was interesting! It seems I have uncovered a few underlying and unrecognised issued associated with buying too much of one item! - Haha, don't we all!? ;P

This is Not a Book: Day Six

Wednesday 20th November 2013 - Day Six (Yes, I skipped a day. What of it?)
As you can see, I did skip a day of this challenge. I really didn't have time yesterday :S
BUT, on to today!

Page 143&144
'This is a tool'
Come up with 50 different ways THIS IS NOT A BOOK could be used as a tool or utensil of some kind.

1. Drink coaster
2. A distraction
3. Paper weight
4. A hammer
5. A wallet
6. Flower press
7. A weapon
8. Laptop stand
9. A lesson
10. Fire-starter
11. A gift
12. A place to hold secrets
13. A disguise
14. Food tray
15. Fly-swatter
16. Something to stand on
17. "Sunglasses" (blocking the sun from one's eyes)
18. A seat to prevent dirt and other unwanted materials clinging to clothing
19. A prop in a play
20. A source of entertainment
21. A source of darkness while sunbathing
22. A place to rest one's head
23. A means of striking up a conversation with another (unknown)
24. A vital part in a devious plan to trip an unsuspecting victim
25. Bullet-proof vest
26. A hat
27. A way of measuring (length and width)
28. A place to withhold writing
29. Dramatic slap to the face
30. Snow board/sled
31. Camera stand (to increase height and prevent movement)
32. A place where animals do their business
33. The puck in air/ice hockey
34. A ruler
35. Back scratcher
36. Scissors (ripping straight)
37. A place where cats sleep
38. Some sort of drum
39. Food for rabbits, goats, etc.
40. Used to collage
41. A canvas
42. Used to cover horrifying things; spills, spiders, etc.
43. To hit oneself when necessary
44. Used to make path in dense forestry
45. Material for spit balls
46. A paddle
47. A flotation device
48. Attach to wall and create a shelf with THIS IS NOT A BOOK
49. Door stop
50. Book end

Oh my! This was extremely difficult to think of so many things! Hence why several are ridiculously far-fetched. Some of these I do think would actually work! Some.. Possibly not ;P Who knew a simple book could be used for so many different things!? How efficient!

This is Not a Book: Day Five

Monday 18th November: Day Five of THIS IS NOT A BOOK!

Page 43&44
'This is a set of directions'
1. Get a writing utensil (pen, pencil, etc.)
2. Choose a starting point
3. Draw a straight line in any direction; stop before you get to the edge of the page
4. Draw a curvy line in the opposite direction
5. Add a square. Colour it in.
6. From one of the corners of the square draw a dotted line on a diagonal, about two inches long
7. At the end of the dotted line draw a circle
8. Inside the circle write the name of the last person you spoke to
9. From the circle draw a line to one of the corners of the page
10. Fold the corner down and colour it in
11. From that corner draw a very fat line to the middle of the page
12. Draw the moon here
13. Sign your name

My weapon of choice was a fine-liner - probably not the best option I discovered afterward.
I made it a goal to make sure I did not read the next instruction until I had finished the one before - so it probably didn't turn out as pretty as it could have :P
Here is my finished creation... Lovely hey ;)

This is Not a Book: Day Four

Sunday November 17th 2013 - Day Four of THIS IS NOT A BOOK!
(And yes, it is being written up later due to a friend's bonfire I went to last night - I didn't get a chance do it all before I left and it was too late when I got home).

Page 193&194
'This is an accident'
Choose one of the following
1. Place a few drops of ink on the page and blow with a straw
2. Cut a bunch of small shapes out of coloured paper. Drop them onto the page and glue them where they land.
3. Place THIS IS NOT A BOOK on the floor and drop ink onto it while standing up.

For this day I chose to do option 1. I already owned some nice colourful ink from doing art at school during year 12, and working a lot with ink!
I didn't have a straw unfortunately, but I still blew on the ink to make it go every which way :)
I had blue, green, red and pink to work with :)

This is Not a Book: Day Three

Saturday 16th November 2013
Day Three of the THIS IS NOT A BOOK challenge!

Page 167 + 168
'This is a sculpture'
1. Using this page create a three-dimensional object. You may colour or alter the page any way you wish.
2. Exhibit it somewhere.

I think it's only fair to warn you that I do NOT practice in the ancient art, of origami... - so I chose the cliche of creating a wee box out of the paper.
I chose to exhibit it on my chest of drawers by the window. It's rather adorable. And goes with my blue room quite nicely!

This is Not a Book: Day Two

15th November, 2013. Day Two of the THIS IS NOT A BOOK challenge!

Page 79:
'This is a group activity'
1. Assemble a group of people
2. While standing, have a contest to see who can balance THIS IS NOT A BOOK on some part of their body (excluding the hands and head) for the longest period of time.
Alternative: While walking, place THIS IS NOT A BOOK, between your legs. See who can walk the farthest.

We decided on the former! Brenna, mother and I were losing consciousness and our boredom was inching to chronic. So, we opened to this page of THIS IS NOT A BOOK, hoping it would occupy us for some time.
Brenna: forearm - 16 seconds. (She got distracted while reading a text)
Mother: shoulder - 2 seconds.
Me: foot - 2 minutes (and my leg was beginning to hurt)

Obviously, this challenge failed to amuse us for more than just a couple of minutes.. However, it was still funny ;P

This is Not a Book: Day One

It is the 14th of November 2013 - This marks the end of the chapter of year 12 and the beginning of a new chapter in my life!
This new chapter, ironically, will begin with a book... Ironically again, named, 'THIS IS NOT A BOOK.'

Day One: Page 2&3
This is a recording device.
Record the events of your day in point form here:

• Last year 12 exam ever! (Art: 9am-10:45am)
• Olly Murs concert with the best friend
• Brenna spending the night
• Celebrating the completion of my schooling!! 
• Unexpected twist! - We missed our train and had to stay in the Casino and wait for the first train the next morning at 6:12am. This meant no sleep, nothing to do and nowhere to go.. 

Make a mark for every time you enter a room:
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| - 30

It's the Final Countdown!

Tomorrow is the day my 'THIS IS NOT A BOOK' journey of challenge, hilarity and fun begins. I gotta say, I am actually really looking forward to it. I have never done something like this before, and it is going to be a difficult task to accomplish I am sure :) Make sure you keep checking in to see how this adventure is going! I am sure it will be an entertaining endeavor ;P
I will try to post pictures of the things I do in reference to the book :)

Let the Adventure Begin!!

Well hey there fellow humans :) Just thought I would give you a little introduction into what this blog shall be about!
You see, I am a year 12 student, who will be completely finished my high schooling career this Thursday (14th of November 2013). I contemplated what one could possibly do with so much new free time on their hands, I mean that 6 hours a day, 5 days a week I no longer have to force myself to go to the establishment they call education!
With my soon new found freedom, I thought it would be a great idea to blog, and document my adventures past this point. I have decided to begin a journey with a gift - 'THIS IS NOT A BOOK' by Keri Smith, which was given to me this year for my 18th birthday. So the day I finish school, will be the day I begin this endeavor, or challenge if you will, to complete this book! It's 221 pages are full of incredible challenges and ideas to keep me occupied for 221 days :) I will be opening to a random page every single day and proceeding to complete whatever the page tells me to.
I thought this would be a fun and hilarious journey to embark on as I finish this chapter in my life :) I will also be documenting this adventure on instagram :) So follow me at little_miss_mikki to get some insight!