A smol announcement + Updates on the Olive || Me thanking everyone and asking for questions and also handing out heaps of chocolates because olives are TOO PRECIOUS (and i’m greedy)

Sometimes… you wish you could live in a fantasy world.

Like, if you said you never once wished to go to Camp Half-blood, then I’d arrive at either one of two conclusions – 1) You’re a demigod AND HIDING IT FROM ALL OF US (which is just #rude) or 2) YOU AREN’T HUMAN.
See? How easily just one simple, seemingly unimportant question can BASICALLY UNCOVER ALL OF YOUR DEEPEST, DARKEST SECRETS!

But anyway, coming back to the point – living in a fantasy world. All of us (DON’T YOU DARE TRY TO DENY IT, OLIVE OVER THERE, I SEE YOU) dream of this every. single. day. Except when we’re reading obviously, because THEN WE CAN IMAGINE WE’RE REALLY IN A FANTASY, until we need to stop reading (which is sad). SO BOOKS BASICALLY BETRAY US BY MAKING US BELIEVE LIES. But that is the good kind of betrayal and so we remain forever loyal to books. (and HEY maybe its not actually ‘LIES’, right? WE CAN HOPE).

And so, I BRING TO YOU AN ANNOUNCEMENT (and a secret too, so you must not tell anyone). It is that…. it is….. I AM LEAVING BLOGGING.

KIDDING! I am just going on a short hiatus for 73647229 months which will end in – OKAY, I’LL STOP (mostly because i do not want to do the math but OKAY). So, the REAL announcement is – WE HAVE REACHED A 100 FOLLOWERS HERE ON DIPPED IN INK! WHICH IS BASICALLY VERY WILD AND CRAZY AND DREAM-LIKE SO ALL THE TALK ABOUT FANTASY BECAUSE I THINK I MIGHT BE IN ONE???!! WHICH IS VERY SURREAL AND HUGE AND I – THANK YOU ALL SO, SO MUCH, I AM INSANELY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU AND GIVE YOU ALL THE CHOCOLATES ?

Thank you so much for all the comments and olives and READING THESE MESSES THAT I LIKE TO CALL POSTS and also LIKE, READING?? THIS?? BLOG???!!! Which?? Is?? I DO NOT KNOW WHAT???

Blogging has been like THE BEST THING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE for the past couple of months since we started this blog, AND I AM SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL for a place where i can scream as much as is humanly possible (BUT MORE BECAUSE AS ALREADY ESTABLISHED, I AM OLIVE AND OLIVES HAVE MORE SCREAMING CAPACITY THAN NORMAL HUMANS) and all the friends I’ve made to scream with and for each and every single comment, IT ALL MAKES ME SO SO HAPPY! I THANK YOU ALL! I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

And so, to celebrate, we are doing……. *dromroll please* ………. a Q&A post! (HA, SO ORIGINAL) (i apologize, i have recently VERY MUCH run out of creativity. i blame school) which, if you do not know (IN WHICH CASE, HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK, DEAR OLIVE OF MINE?) you leave me some questions about literally anything in the world (such as – WHY I CALL MYSELF AN OLIVE, because i have started to wonder why nobody ever got curious about that?) and i answer them! YOU CAN LEAVE THEM IN THE COMMENTS and once again, I THANK YOU ALL!

NOW, since I am kind of VERY MUCH allergic to short posts (what?? is?? wrong?? with me??) we shall also look at some updates from… my life!

THE READING UPDATES

  • I AM OFFICIALLY ON TRACK ON MY GOODREADS READING GOAL (even though getting there may or may not have involved me staying up half the night and having a very close encounter of me falling asleep with the book on my face, because the daytime is too busy okay) AND I AM HAPPY. Not like i was starting to worry about it or anything BUT I’M HAPPY.
  • I ALSO FINISHED THE RAVEN BOYS LAST NIGHT and HA-HAHAHAHAHAHAH. THAT ENDING did not completely make sense, and i am planning on re-reading it because I NEED MORE GANSEY. i am absolutely in love with maggie stiefvater’s writing – GORGEOUS DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT AND I SHALL GLADLY DROWN IN ITS BEAUTY FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY. THERE ISN’T ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD LIKE IT, I TELL YOU. so stop wasting your life AND GO READ IT
  • I’m planning to write a review on it that shall be posted… sometime next week. or the week after that….? I AM AN OLIVE AND OLIVES ARE BUSY CREATURES OKAY
  • I read the 3rd season of My Deepest Secret and gahahahahhaha – IT MADE ME QUESTION ALL OF MY LIFE DECISIONS. namely – being a bookworm. There are some stories that just make you seriously consider giving up reading as a hobby not because they are that terrible (this webseries is a work of genius and I will battle you if you say otherwise. KIDDING. i respect freedom of opinion) but because the pain they cause EXCEEDS anything real life has ever done to you. And that is precisely what this book did. All of the characters are so amazing and I love them so much and then having all of that sad, sad back story just dumped onto the reader, IT WAS CRUEL OKAY. They deserved so much better, even though it might not have been realistic but THEY DESPERATELY DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER. And then the ending was so bittersweet and I hate bittersweet endings. Either make me laugh or break my heart DO NOT leave me hanging over here making me feel so miserable IT IS RUDE OKAY. I am sad.

THE BLOGGING UPDATES

  • SO…. i made a new year resolution to post AT LEAST twice a week. AND WELL sometimes i wonder what kind of genius with superhuman powers I am because HOW??? DO?? I?? MANAGE??? TO BREAK??? GOALS??? SO EASILY??? IT HASN’T EVEN BEEN HALF A MONTH AND I ALREADY FAILED???? That has to be some kind of world record i just set.
  • but i swear i shall try to do better today onwards
  • I even have a schedule that i HOPE to follow. It currently goes something like this:
    – Saturdays: Discussions/Recommendations/Updates/Other random stuff
    – Tuesdays: Reviews/Tags/Wrap-Ups
    SO LET’S ALL HOPE TOGETHER
  • in other news, I COMPLETED REDECORATING MY BLOG. I am still working on the home page and wondering whether i should use it for the home screen or an ‘about the blog’ page because i am HIGHLY indecisive and also planning out some other pages to add because everyone LOVES an overload of pages am i right? BUT YES, THE REDECORATING IS MOSTLY COMPLETE.
  • also, i’m so sorry i’m really, really late to replying to comments and such, and i have been really slacking and haven’t been doing much blog hopping either, I APOLOGIZE AND SWEAR TO TRY TO DO BETTER

THE WATCHING UPDATES

  • Forgive my naming choices, I DO NOT HAVE CREATIVITY LEFT I APOLOGIZE
  • I’m currently watching The Huntsman: Winter’s War and AHHHH IT’S SO GOOD, LIKE VILLAINS THAT ARE ACTUALLY EVIL BUT I STILL COMPLETELY LOVE???? ALSO THERE’S SO MUCH EVIL *dies because excitement* and i’m loving the characters and everything’s just so amazing??? My sister says I’m obsessed with tragic romance stories BUT HEY IT’S NOT MY FAULT IF THAT’S WHAT EVERY VILLAIN ORIGIN STORY EVER IS OKAY. And it gives off MAJOR Fairest vibes and makes me want to re-read it, BUT NOT YET ANOUSHKA. NOT YET.
  • My sister basically bribed me into watching the PJO movies with her, and me being the smol innocent little olive, I FELL INTO HER EVIL TRAPS. AND DID I EVER SAY CURSED CHILD WAS BAD???? Because hahahahahaha people sure weren’t lying about the PJO movies being TERRIBLE. They basically changed all the characters and Percy is like a terribly done version of Harry??? AND HE ISN’T PERCY ANYMORE AND PERCY WAS THE BEST PART OF THE BOOK SO THAT WAS CRUEL. And Annabeth doesn’t even have a personality?? AND WEREN’T THEY SUPOSSED TO BE T-W-E-L-V-E???????
  • But 100/10 recommed for hilarity purposes I LAUGHED SO HARD AT PARTS

THE LIFE UPDATES

  • i have nothing much to report because the other three sections covered everything (what can i say? stories basically make up my entire life AND I LOVE IT THAT WAY)
  • but… i’ve been writing. a little. like some random pieces of dialogues that do not even really fit in anywhere?? HAHA – YES, WE TRY TO IMAGINE WE’RE PRODUCTIVE HERE EVEN WHEN WE’RE NOT REALLY BECAUSE LIFE’S JUST HAPPIER LIKE THAT
  • i also discovered that i have an eternal hatred of social science AND I WISH TO MURDER GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOKS which has now become my new purpose in life
  • school started… half a month ago (*gasp* i hadn’t realized it’d been THAT long??!) and it’s shifted to online again WHICH I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT. and well i have exams coming up in… two days. which is precisely the reason i’m here, BECAUSE I LOVE WASTING TIME THAT I SHOULD BE USING TO STUDY
  • but now that you mention it, I SHOULD GO DO THAT

and THAT, fellow olive, is how i manage to turn a smol announcement post into a 1000+ words long mini-novella. YES, I’M AMAZING AND ACCEPT ALL OF YOUR THANK YOU’S FOR ALL THE SECRETS I REVEALED. So, until the next post… CHOCOLATE ANYONE?

*throws chocolates into cheering crowd*

Any questions about me, the olive that you would like me to answer?? WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING??? Favorite movies/ TV shows?? What was your first read of 2022?? HOW IS THE NEW YEAR TREATING YOU SO FAR?? Also, DID SCHOOL/WORK START FOR YOU?? AND ARE YOU CRYING ABOUT THAT TOO??

51 thoughts on “A smol announcement + Updates on the Olive || Me thanking everyone and asking for questions and also handing out heaps of chocolates because olives are TOO PRECIOUS (and i’m greedy)”

  1. School started like half a month ago for me too but I barely pay attention in online classes so that’s fine by me ?. As long as I’m not marked absent.
    Also congrats on a 100 followers!!!!!! You’re gonna get so many more followers so soon aah!!
    Also yes ma’am, I’m a demigod in disguise ?. *runs before monsters smell that*
    And okay, here are my qs-

    1- why do you call yourself an olive?
    2- why do you call yourself an olive?
    3- why do you call yourself an olive?
    4- why do you call yourself an olive?
    5- why do you call yourself an olive?
    And lastly…why do you call yourself an olive? ?

    1. JK…

      1- are u an introvert or extrovert? V basic, ik
      2- do any of ur irl friends read?
      3- do u hate maths??
      4- if the world were ending, what would be the one thing u would NOT save before escaping to Mars?
      5- what’s the worst bookish world to live in?
      6- what are your thoughts on squealing?
      7- finish this sentence- I frowned at the boy who…

    2. LOL THAT MUST BE CONVENIENT, but like teachers are so strict for us I SHALL BE KILLED if i do not pay attention. NOT TO SAY THAT MY MIND DOESN’T WANDER MOST OF THE TIME, but *sigh* i try…
      AHHHH THANK YOU SO SO MUCH NEHAL!!
      I ALWAYS KNEW IT, NEHAL, I ALWAYS SUSPECTED YOU OF HIDING HUGEEE SECRETS, AND THERE, ALL MY SUSPICIONS HAVE BEEN PROVEN RIGHT!

      oh, here’s my answers
      1. I shall not reveal my cool secrets of amazing oliveness
      2. I shall not reveal my cool secrets of amazing oliveness
      3. I shall not reveal my cool secrets of amazing oliveness
      4. I shall not reveal my cool secrets of amazing oliveness
      5. I shall not reveal my cool secrets of amazing oliveness

      Thanks so much for the questions!

  2. Congratulations on 100 followers!!! ? Here’s to hoping many more to come. Here are my questions:

    1. Did you ever think that ‘Am I the crazy one because no one else loves books as much as I do’ untill you discover the book blogosphere?

    2. Are you as crazy about music as compared to books?

    3. Your favourite subject in school? (I know it’s lame ?)

  3. congratsss !!! geography is crazy man i hate that subject gosh and pjo movies make me crave bleach becuase they’re just THAT bad ughh

    anyways questions:
    #1- how do you spend your day, like everyday? what are the special things you do and what are the mundane things?
    #2- if you could date a fictional character, who would it be?
    I DONT HAVE ANYMORE PLS ITS 11PM BRAINROT

    1. Thank you!! YES YES YES IKR!
      Thank you so much for the questions!! I shall now leave you to enjoy the 11pm brainrot although I think it’s been long since it finished ahahahaha okay nvm I don’t know what that was either

  4. I’m new to following you. Congrats on 100 followers you will definitely get more. I have to say I tend to clock out of posts that are really long because I’m impatient but I read every single word in this post. I just love your personality. I finished school a while ago so I don’t have to deal with that thankfully. I’ve never read the Percy Jackson books or watched the movies maybe one day I will. As for the questions for you.

    1.) I am very curious why you call yourself and olive?
    2.) Also why do you call others olives?
    3.) Are you as bubbly in real life as you come across in your posts?
    4.) What’s your favorite genre to read and what book would you recommend from said genre?
    5.) How are you doing?

    1. I’m so so sorry for being so late to replying to your comment, BUT YOUR COMMENT IS SO SWEET AND LOVELY, I LOVE IT SO MUCH!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR IT, I AM HONOURED!!

      aah, I hope you LOVE the percy jackson books if you do end up reading them, AND I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS! Thank you so much for the amazing questions, SO EXCITED TO ANSWER THEM! ❤❤❤

  5. Umm, excuse me… I asked you a long time ago what the olive thing was all about, and you said I don’t know, it’s just something I do, or something like that… so, what is the olive thing really about?

    Currently I need to find something to read. I just finished Ready Player Two. It was very interesting, and not what I expected, but it felt very much like the first one, which I enjoyed.

    The New Year so far is kind of discouraging and depressing, because that’s how the media wants us to feel and that’s how I have to feel at my job. But I’m going to do my best to live my life.

    1. ahhh yes, that IS actually the answer haha, i just randomly used it once upon a time, and it… stuck, i guess?

      ooh, i’ve never heard of ready player two, but definitely checking it out!! i hope you were able to find something amazing to read and enjoyed it!

      i’m so so sorry to hear that, but i really hope everything is much much better now!

  6. Aaah, honestly, blogging is the best thing in my life as well- it’s just so… relaxing!

    My Questions:
    1. How are you?
    2. Is there anything you’d rather be doing?
    3. What are you currently reading?
    4. What is the book that got you into reading?
    5. Do you ever see yourself leaving blogging?

    1. Hii Riddhi!! I’m so sorry for replying so late ???
      YESSSSSS! It is!

      THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WONDERFUL QUESTIONS!! ❤️❤️

  7. Hahahaha, I’m so sorry you were subjected to the terribleness of the Percy Jackson movies, but I’m glad you at least got a laugh out of them! ? Hard agree on everything you said about them – except that I still hate Cursed Child more, because at least the Percy Jackson movies don’t claim to be a canon addition to the series **shudders at the very though**

    And congrats on 100 followers! Here are some questions:
    1) Do you like green olives or black olives more, or do you (like me) quietly maneuver either of them to friends’ plates whenever they heinously appear in your salad?
    2) Which of your blogposts are you most proud of?
    3) What is something you would like to achieve within the next five years? (Remember, we will hold you accountable ?)
    4. Name the first three books that come to your mind! Would you recommend them?
    5. What is one of the craziest things you’ve ever done?
    Have fun answering!

    1. AHAHAHAH YES, THEY DEFINITELY WERE EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING. Despite also being terrible. Hmmm, now that you put it like that, I THINK I SHALL HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU.

      Thank you so so much for the questions Naemi!! ❤❤

  8. Sjskskdhejsms congratulations on 100 followers, that’s great ????? MORE OLIVES FOR YOU
    ?

    ✨My questions✨
    1-what or who got you into blogging
    2- book(s) you find yourself recommending to people
    3- a blog post you’re really proud of
    4- top 3 items on your bucket list
    5- songs youre addicted to
    6- if you could travel to one country right now (no covid) which country would it be and why
    7- a tv show(s)/movie(s) you can’t stop screaming about
    8- black or green olives?

      1. WOW I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE EVIL, but I realize just now how much I doubted the true extent of your evilness. YOU MUST BE BANISHED AT ONCE FOR HOW DARE YOU ASK ME SUCH A QUESTION???????

    1. THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THE OLIVES AND FOR THE CONGRATULATIONS AND ALSO FOR ALL THE WONDERUL QUESTIONS!! I look forward to answering them ALTHOUGH THEY’RE EVIL

  9. AHHH OMG ANOUSHKA CONGRATULATIONS ON 100 FOLLOWERS !!!! YOU COMPLETELY DESERVE IT ????
    ~QuEstiOns~
    – your dream vacation spot?
    – a book you think is overrated ?
    – what social media app you use the most?
    – cupcakes or donuts? (Olives is not an option haha☺️)
    -worst show you’ve ever watched?
    – favourite subject?
    – most used emoji?
    ANdDD that’s all I can think of! Can’t wait to read your post !!?

  10. Congratulations on reaching 100 followers, that’s fantastic! And yes I agree, everyone wants to live in a fantasy world sometimes. Or at least visit them. Yay glad to hear you enjoyed The Raven Boys so much. I have to get that series read this year. Seriously can’t believe that I haven’t yet ? I’m pretty new to following your blog so I guess I thought everyone else knew why you call yourself olive ? but, like most other people, I’ll ask…why??? Also as you seem to like villain stories which ones would you most love to be made into books? Good luck on your exams too!! Hope they go well.

    1. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH CHARLOTTE!! yess *sigh* FANTASY WORLDS ARE SO AMAZING AND COOL AND JUST BETTER IN EVERY WAY ?? YES YOU NEED TO READ RAVEN BOYS PLEASE!! WE MUST SCREAM ABOUT IT TOGETHER!! i really hope you enjoy it! ahahah, apparently i’ve never mentioned it? ?

      THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTIONS!! ❤❤ And hope you’re having an amazing month so far!!

  11. Okay, whaaaaaat, this IS NOT A SMOL ANNOUNCEMENT! SAY IT WITH GLITTER DYNAMITE,YOU HAVE A WELL DESERVING(AND YOU DESERVE MORE) 100 FOLLOWERS! Enjoy my long comment because who does blogging on their own blogs right?
    “Sometimes wish I could live in a fantasy world”? Hahahaha, you wish. I abandoned reality millenia ago. (oops, I meant, human, years) Thanks for the mini heart attack, I will stuff you with papaya if you leave blogging. And yes, my new thing is blaming everything on school too! And I have been wondering why you call yourself an olive since I started reading your blog, I thought you must have clarified that somewhere so yea. As usual, my TBRs reach inconceivable heights as soon as I open any of your posts. And wow I already lovee your blog it has those galaxy starry thingies and glitter and BLUE!(yes I have lost my vocabulary) I wonder what else you will come up with. Posts twice a week is ambitious! I would LOVE that! (Hides my post calendar behind the TBR)
    I laughed so hard at the PJO movies description that is exactly how I felt.
    Nice! Write! Anything! Random angst? Write! have a ridiculous idea about apples doing jazz? Write! (Stop being so hypocritical perhaps that motivation should work on you)(Yes but because of reasons I blame school) My exams are going on too! I HATE doing this. EVERY.MONTH. I.CAN’T. I actually love social sciences, except geography of which I will happily partake in the assassination attempts. Thanks for the chocolate and this awesome post!
    And now my questions (gonna be a long list so you can pick and chose yourself cause I’m just typing randomly whatever is popping in my sleep-deprived brain):
    1. Are you a black olive or a green olive?
    2. What is your most preferred aesthetic?(Like dark academia, hippie, goth etc)
    3. What is your preferred music genre?
    4. What is the meaning of life?(you said any question)
    5. If you could kill a fictional character, who would it be?(ONLY ONE I SWEAR IF YOU DOUBLE MY TBR AGAIN)
    6. What do you value most?
    7. Favourite book trope?
    8. Which book has taken your soul, cut it, then throw it into a supernova and you still liked your soul exploding in that supernova?
    9. One thing you would like to say to people who do not like reading books?
    10. If you had magical powers, what would it be?
    11. Why do cats run away when I’m trying to feed them while maintaining my distance and treating them nicely still they abandon me?
    12. What are your views on the Spanish civil war(kidding I am just motivated by the words “literally anything” I could go on and on but it’s getting late here)
    13. If you could meet your favourite author and have just 5 seconds to say something to them, what would you say? (yes I’m very cruel like that, no written messages, sign languages etc)
    14. I saw this somewhere on Pinterest- If you could travel wherever you wanted to(time, space, real, “fictional”) would it be a ‘to where’ or ‘to whom’ (Like to a place or a person)

    And that is the end of my huge comment, honestly wouldn’t blame you if you do not reply quickly because WHO WRITES SUCH HUGE COMMENTS ANUSHKA GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM. (Again congrats for your 100 followers, stay awesome, keep making us laugh with these fantastic posts, byee!)

  12. omg congrats on 100!! my questions for you:
    – your favorite tropes in books?
    – your dream travel vacation?
    – if you could only recommend one book to everyone in the world, what would it be?

  13. yayy! congrats on 100 – what an awesome start to the year, ahhaha. my questions for you are:

    – do you like green olives or black olives better?
    – olives on pizza or in pasta?
    – thoughts on the colour olive?
    and some unrelated-to-olive questions
    – your favourite, most fleshed-out main character?
    – a nostalgic/childhood book that ISN’T harry potter or percy jackson
    – a book that made you ugly cry

    aand thats all i could think of right now. omg YES i rated the raven boys 5 bc it was so awesome. i haven’t read the second one yet tho but all the covers are absolutely gorg ♥

    1. AHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH!! haha, yes, definitely an awesome start! OMG ALL THE OLIVE QUESTIONS, MY HEART – I THANK YOU! ahhh i’m so so glad to hear you loved it!! yess, i haven’t read any of the others yet either BUT SO EXCITED!

  14. Congrats on 100 followers again!! ?❤️ This was such a fun post to read and yessss on going to a fantasy world. I would love to open my blinds in the morning and see dragon and magic ?? (instead I just get my neighbours house ?) best of luck on all things school and exams!! I’m glad you enjoyed The Raven Boys… The writing is one of my favourite aspects of the books!! I think you’ve done well to still post on your blog along with school, like thats powerful on its own and you should be proud of yourself!! My January blogging is not what I planned either.. I thought I would have done double the amount of posts by now ?? high five on being allergic to short posts as well ?? also… This. Is. Me “stories basically make up my entire life AND I LOVE IT THAT WAY“ ??? and a question for you, if you so choose, what do you think the closest thing to real magic is?? ??

    1. THANK YOU SO MUCH SOPHIE!! ❤❤ ikr, life is sad like that ?? but hopefully SOME DAY. Maybe we WILL get to see dragons. YES OMG THE WRITING IN RAVEN BOYS IS PHENOMENAL, I AGREE!! AHHH SOPHIE, YOU ARE SO KIND, THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH ?❤❤❤ ahhh, it’s okay THERE’S ALWAYS NEXT MONTH (my reply is so late, SORRY) BUT YOUR POSTS ARE ALWAYS THE BEST, and i cannot wait to read more of them (and also catch up with all of the ones i’ve missed, ahh i’m so sorry)!! YESS HIGH FIVE! I’M GLAD I’M NOT ALONE! ?? YESSSSS. aah thank you so much for the question, and I hope you’re having a great month so far!!

  15. Does living in camp half blood in my dreams count?? BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE STILL NOT BEEN CLAIMED BUT HAVE SUSPECTED THAT MY PARENTS ARE KEEPING A SECRET FROM ME 🧐 Not to worry, I will be with Chiron and slaying monsters back into Tartarus with my awesome sword that will have a name and possibly talk very very soon!
    I have not watched the PJO movies after hearing so many bad things about it but am SLOWLY DYING BY WAITING FOR THE UPCOMING TV SHOW which I am manifesting will be extremely good.