That's where I want to live. Growing up isn't fun. Growing up is stressful and confusing and I don't want to do it.
I am currently trying to narrow down my university choices and it is NOT EASY. There are too many universities to choose from and literally everywhere does English Literature, so that doesn't help at all.
I am currently surrounded by a daunting mound of prospectuses that represent a miniscule proportion of the country's universities, a lot of maps of the UK with different coloured writing on them to indicate how far the different places are from Liverpool and how long it takes to get there according to Google Maps, and my laptop to research anything that needs researching. I don't actually know what I'm doing with all this stuff and the only thing keeping me sane is watching 'Lost in Austen' (the BBC show about a woman who goes through a door in her house and finds herself in Pride and Prejudice) which I have on DVD.
I really need to read Pride and Prejudice. I feel like that sentence should end with 'again', but honestly, I need to read it a first time before I can read it again. I have watched so many adaptations and read so many books that are based on the story, but I have never actually sat down and read the original. That is something I'll do this summer. Along with reading the stack of books I brought home from my mum's work and all the books I got for my birthday and 'The Time-Traveller's Wife' which I've been set for school. And I need to get a job. There's a lot that I need to do and the more time I spend writing this blog, the less time I have to do it in.
So now I will go and carry on drowning in universities.
Bye
<3
Monday, 27 July 2009
Saturday, 25 July 2009
A tad over-dramatic, and probably meaningless to most people.
I don't know if anyone who reads this watches Torchwood or happened to catch any of the week's worth of episodes that were on earlier in the month. As I was in Berlin when they were aired, my parents recorded them for me and I have just finished watching them.
A piece of my soul has died. My heart may be very slightly broken and I doubt that I will ever smile again. One of my eyes is very much smaller than the other, and both are copiously bloodshot from crying. My head hurts and I ache in every corner of my body.
It was a traumatising experience. I think it might even be worse than the end of Torchwood Series 2 - it's definitely on a par with that. Although Russell T Davies is clearly a fantastic writer in order to illicit such a reaction from the audience (because I know for a fact that I am not the only one who sobbed their heart out over this series), sometimes I hate that man.
I think that if I watched it again any time soon, I might just have a nervous breakdown.
I don't want to give too much away because obviously if people haven't seen it and are planning on it, I don't want to wreck it. But, like the episode of Doctor Who 'Midnight' (the one on that spaceship where that woman's repeating what everyone's saying), it shows the human race in a situation that they don't understand and it shows just how far some people will go to save their own skins.
It was action-packed. It was moving. It was funny in parts. It was absolutely heart-breaking. I loved it.
But now, the only things I can rely on to get me through are Maltesers and Taylor Swift.
Hopefully a more upbeat blog soon. I think I'm going to spend tomorrow looking at uni stuff.
Bye
<3
A piece of my soul has died. My heart may be very slightly broken and I doubt that I will ever smile again. One of my eyes is very much smaller than the other, and both are copiously bloodshot from crying. My head hurts and I ache in every corner of my body.
It was a traumatising experience. I think it might even be worse than the end of Torchwood Series 2 - it's definitely on a par with that. Although Russell T Davies is clearly a fantastic writer in order to illicit such a reaction from the audience (because I know for a fact that I am not the only one who sobbed their heart out over this series), sometimes I hate that man.
I think that if I watched it again any time soon, I might just have a nervous breakdown.
I don't want to give too much away because obviously if people haven't seen it and are planning on it, I don't want to wreck it. But, like the episode of Doctor Who 'Midnight' (the one on that spaceship where that woman's repeating what everyone's saying), it shows the human race in a situation that they don't understand and it shows just how far some people will go to save their own skins.
It was action-packed. It was moving. It was funny in parts. It was absolutely heart-breaking. I loved it.
But now, the only things I can rely on to get me through are Maltesers and Taylor Swift.
Hopefully a more upbeat blog soon. I think I'm going to spend tomorrow looking at uni stuff.
Bye
<3
Friday, 24 July 2009
I have had a nice day.
I have also decided that from now on I will refer to my friends simply by name without having to go "my friend whoever", because generally if I'm going to talk about them on my blog, chances are that they're my friends. So it just makes sense. And if it gets confusing because you don't actually know these people personally...well, just leave your questions in the comments.
It was Alex's birthday today, exactly a week after mine (that's how I remember it) and he had a barbeque and it was nice. Even though he didn't have any veggie burgers or anything because his dad, who has known me since forever, was convinced that I still ate fish. Even though Alex kept saying, "No she doesn't, Dad, she really doesn't", he insisted that I did. So I just ate bread and salad. It was fine. There were Doritos too. I coped.
And loads of people were there so we played volleyball over the washing line (which fortunately didn't have any clothes on it, because we weren't as good as we thought we would be at getting the ball over the line) and my wrists went really red from trying to do the proper volleyball technique rather than just slapping the ball. Both ways hurt though, because it was a really heavy ball. Then we played a weird version of Piggy In The Middle which involved 12 boys and 5 girls playing on teams. Basically, rather than one person being 'in the middle', there was one team in the middle. But it wasn't really in the middle, and basically ended up as an excuse for everyone to rugby tackle each other to get the ball back. And then we all gave up and sat on the grass and ate some more. By the way, Alex's garden is HUGE, which is why we were able to so all this. There'd be no way you could fit that many people in my garden, let alone do anything even vaguely exercise-y.
Then the people I knew well went on to a different party and all Alex's mates from the brass band he plays with turned up and it all got a little awkward for me because I didn't know these people very well. Also, it was getting colder and my shoes were in a bush somewhere. But I stayed curled up on a plastic garden chair and tried to make conversation with people who were a few years older than me and obviously thought themselves way superior. Especially when one of them turned to me and went "Do you play an instrument?" It is a well-known fact that brass players hate string players. Oh, and woodwind players hate string players. And string players just hate everyone. So when I went, "Yeah...violin and viola" they all took it as an opportunity to start mocking string instruments. But I sat it out for a little longer because there was the promise of cake if I waited long enough. And then I had cake. And then I went home.
That last paragraph might seem to put a bit of a downer on the day, but even that bit was alright. And the bit before was awesome. And then I got to eat pizza and watch Eight Out Of Ten Cats, which is always good. And now I'm tired and need to get up in the morning to watch the last two episodes of Torchwood before going to see Harry Potter again.
Oh, and that video finally uploaded which made me happy.
Bye
<3
It was Alex's birthday today, exactly a week after mine (that's how I remember it) and he had a barbeque and it was nice. Even though he didn't have any veggie burgers or anything because his dad, who has known me since forever, was convinced that I still ate fish. Even though Alex kept saying, "No she doesn't, Dad, she really doesn't", he insisted that I did. So I just ate bread and salad. It was fine. There were Doritos too. I coped.
And loads of people were there so we played volleyball over the washing line (which fortunately didn't have any clothes on it, because we weren't as good as we thought we would be at getting the ball over the line) and my wrists went really red from trying to do the proper volleyball technique rather than just slapping the ball. Both ways hurt though, because it was a really heavy ball. Then we played a weird version of Piggy In The Middle which involved 12 boys and 5 girls playing on teams. Basically, rather than one person being 'in the middle', there was one team in the middle. But it wasn't really in the middle, and basically ended up as an excuse for everyone to rugby tackle each other to get the ball back. And then we all gave up and sat on the grass and ate some more. By the way, Alex's garden is HUGE, which is why we were able to so all this. There'd be no way you could fit that many people in my garden, let alone do anything even vaguely exercise-y.
Then the people I knew well went on to a different party and all Alex's mates from the brass band he plays with turned up and it all got a little awkward for me because I didn't know these people very well. Also, it was getting colder and my shoes were in a bush somewhere. But I stayed curled up on a plastic garden chair and tried to make conversation with people who were a few years older than me and obviously thought themselves way superior. Especially when one of them turned to me and went "Do you play an instrument?" It is a well-known fact that brass players hate string players. Oh, and woodwind players hate string players. And string players just hate everyone. So when I went, "Yeah...violin and viola" they all took it as an opportunity to start mocking string instruments. But I sat it out for a little longer because there was the promise of cake if I waited long enough. And then I had cake. And then I went home.
That last paragraph might seem to put a bit of a downer on the day, but even that bit was alright. And the bit before was awesome. And then I got to eat pizza and watch Eight Out Of Ten Cats, which is always good. And now I'm tired and need to get up in the morning to watch the last two episodes of Torchwood before going to see Harry Potter again.
Oh, and that video finally uploaded which made me happy.
Bye
<3
I really need a job.
Seriously, if I don't get one soon, I am in grave danger of spending all summer sitting in my room on my laptop, writing meaningless blog posts and refreshing Facebook every two minutes.
Also, the time that I don't spend wrestling with a dodgy Internet connection, I'll end up going out with my friends. Which is a good thing, obviously. I'm not a recluse. Except going out with my friends generally means spending money. Money for food, money for transport. More money than I have at my disposal.
So I need a job. I've sent out a stack of letters to everywhere and anywhere, but hardly any shops are taking on staff at the moment. I still have some letters to send, but I've run out of envelopes (note to self: buy more envelopes). I also need to ring a man about front of house work at a local theatre. I rang him once and he said he'd get back to me and then never did. I don't want it to seem like I'm harassing him...but, as I've said, I really need a job.
Aaah so there you have it. Rant over.
I've watched the first three episodes of Torchwood that I missed while I was away. It's awesome. I'm going to watch the next two tomorrow.
YouTube is being stupid and won't let me upload the new video I made yesterday. I was trying all evening yesterday and all morning today...I refuse to give up.
Okie dokie...I'm going to get some lunch now.
Bye
<3
Also, the time that I don't spend wrestling with a dodgy Internet connection, I'll end up going out with my friends. Which is a good thing, obviously. I'm not a recluse. Except going out with my friends generally means spending money. Money for food, money for transport. More money than I have at my disposal.
So I need a job. I've sent out a stack of letters to everywhere and anywhere, but hardly any shops are taking on staff at the moment. I still have some letters to send, but I've run out of envelopes (note to self: buy more envelopes). I also need to ring a man about front of house work at a local theatre. I rang him once and he said he'd get back to me and then never did. I don't want it to seem like I'm harassing him...but, as I've said, I really need a job.
Aaah so there you have it. Rant over.
I've watched the first three episodes of Torchwood that I missed while I was away. It's awesome. I'm going to watch the next two tomorrow.
YouTube is being stupid and won't let me upload the new video I made yesterday. I was trying all evening yesterday and all morning today...I refuse to give up.
Okie dokie...I'm going to get some lunch now.
Bye
<3
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Recommendation Blog Number One
Okay, I really should go to bed because my back hurts. But no...I have decided to give you lovely people a recommendation. So here we go...fun times.
'What I Saw And How I Lied' by Judy Blundell
'What I Saw And How I Lied' by Judy Blundell
I bought this book just because it was on a '3 for 2' offer and it looked quite good. It's set in post-WW2 America, which I thought was fascinating. I've always been interesting by the Second World War and specifically the lives of ordinary people. However, I think this is the first thing I've read about that period which was set in America, which made it particularly interesting to me.
This book tells the story of Evie, a teenager living with her mother, who she adores, and stepfather, Joe, who has just returned from the war. When Joe suggests an impromptu holiday to Florida, Evie doesn't suspect that anything could be wrong. But when irresistibly handsome Peter Coleridge, a young ex-GI who served with Joe, appears in her life, she finds herself falling for him despite the shroud of secrecy that surrounds him. But when a terrible tragedy comes to pass, Evie must choose who to betray - her parents or the man she loves.
As I'm a bit of a sucker for romance (except those crappy Mills and Boon books...they are awful) and especially for forbidden love, I loved that aspect of the book. Also, a dashingly mature soldier is never a bad thing. But apart from that, I loved the mystery of the story. I'm not really into that kind of thing, but it kept me interested until the end. And...yeah. I'm really bad at this whole review-type thing.
To cut what could turn into a really long and rambly blog short, it's a good book. You should read it. If you don't believe me, let me put in perspective. I read pretty quick and finished this in a day. My friend is a pretty slow reader (it took her two weeks to get to chapter two of 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer') and she read this book in a matter of days. My copy is currently being passed from person to person within my group of friends because it's awesome. And I hope anyone who goes and reads it because of this blog loves it just as much as I do.
Bye
<3
I am seventeen going on eighteen...
Wow it's scary. I don't like being 17. It sounds too grown-up. But hey ho, I got some awesome presents out of it. And I know that isn't the right attitude, but it's true.
Sorry I haven't blogged in a while, all three people who read this. I have been superly busy being in Paris, and then being asleep, and then turning 17, and watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (twice) and sleeping some more, and eating chocolate, and watching Twilight with the audio commentary (don't ask), and reading, and listening to Taylor Swift, and getting addicted to this YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/StarKidPotter (A Very Potter Musical is a must-see for Potter fans...but it will result in you laughing at very inappropriate moments during the film).
Oh, and I went shopping and bought books, even though I still have an ever-mounting pile next to my bed of books that I still need to read. And while I was in Paris, my English teacher phoned home and my parents had to go into school to pick up 'The Time-Traveller's Wife' which is our summer reading. If anyone's read it already, let me know what you thought. I haven't started it yet but I've heard that it's awesome.
My school officially broke up for the summer on Wednesday, but because I've been away so much, I sort of broke up two weeks ago. It's so strange just being in the house now, and not being constantly with my friends and having to socialise. Seriously, much as I love them all to pieces, it's nice to have a bit of a break. I'm going to spend this week tidying my room because it is a frickin' mess as always, looking through piles of university prospectuses and hopefully narrowing down a few courses, and trying to get someone (for 'someone', read 'anyone') to employ me. I seriously need the money, since September brings the start of a year's worth of eighteenth birthday presents. Also, I want to start saving up for LeakyCon 2011 sooner rather than later because, seriously, I refuse to miss it. I refuse.
I really need more Harry Potter friends. For real, I love the few I have and obviously I love my friends who aren't into Harry Potter, but not one of them is as psycho-obsessed as I am. As in, I casually brought up wizard rock in a conversation with one of my most dedicated HP friends and she just didn't understand the concept, even after much explaining. In the end, I just went "Oh forget it..." Do you see what I have to deal with? Do you???
And my one friend who properly gets the whole fandom thing is someone I won't see until September because we only hang out at orchestra rehearsals and stuff. Sad times.
Okay, this has been a really long and ranty blog...I'm sorry. My next one will just highlight the best moments of Berlin and Paris. And then the next one might talk more about books, because I have one or two recommendations to get off my chest.
Bye
<3
PS - I am in no way affiliated with the StarKidPotter channel. I just think they are amazing. Check them out...maybe point them in the direction of this blog, maybe don't. But take a look because they are made of awesome. Thank you.
Sorry I haven't blogged in a while, all three people who read this. I have been superly busy being in Paris, and then being asleep, and then turning 17, and watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (twice) and sleeping some more, and eating chocolate, and watching Twilight with the audio commentary (don't ask), and reading, and listening to Taylor Swift, and getting addicted to this YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/StarKidPotter (A Very Potter Musical is a must-see for Potter fans...but it will result in you laughing at very inappropriate moments during the film).
Oh, and I went shopping and bought books, even though I still have an ever-mounting pile next to my bed of books that I still need to read. And while I was in Paris, my English teacher phoned home and my parents had to go into school to pick up 'The Time-Traveller's Wife' which is our summer reading. If anyone's read it already, let me know what you thought. I haven't started it yet but I've heard that it's awesome.
My school officially broke up for the summer on Wednesday, but because I've been away so much, I sort of broke up two weeks ago. It's so strange just being in the house now, and not being constantly with my friends and having to socialise. Seriously, much as I love them all to pieces, it's nice to have a bit of a break. I'm going to spend this week tidying my room because it is a frickin' mess as always, looking through piles of university prospectuses and hopefully narrowing down a few courses, and trying to get someone (for 'someone', read 'anyone') to employ me. I seriously need the money, since September brings the start of a year's worth of eighteenth birthday presents. Also, I want to start saving up for LeakyCon 2011 sooner rather than later because, seriously, I refuse to miss it. I refuse.
I really need more Harry Potter friends. For real, I love the few I have and obviously I love my friends who aren't into Harry Potter, but not one of them is as psycho-obsessed as I am. As in, I casually brought up wizard rock in a conversation with one of my most dedicated HP friends and she just didn't understand the concept, even after much explaining. In the end, I just went "Oh forget it..." Do you see what I have to deal with? Do you???
And my one friend who properly gets the whole fandom thing is someone I won't see until September because we only hang out at orchestra rehearsals and stuff. Sad times.
Okay, this has been a really long and ranty blog...I'm sorry. My next one will just highlight the best moments of Berlin and Paris. And then the next one might talk more about books, because I have one or two recommendations to get off my chest.
Bye
<3
PS - I am in no way affiliated with the StarKidPotter channel. I just think they are amazing. Check them out...maybe point them in the direction of this blog, maybe don't. But take a look because they are made of awesome. Thank you.
Sunday, 12 July 2009
From Paris to Berlin.
Does anyone else remember that godawful song? That is my life. Except the wrong way round.
It is currently 21:08 and I have to be at school at 23:30 to catch a coach which will leave at 00:05. I have had very little sleep over the past few days because I've been in a very nice hostel in Berlin, and I suspect I will get even less over the next few days because rather than sharing a room with a couple of close friends, I will be sharing with pretty much my best friend in the world (I actually have a few throughout the different areas of my life, but Sarah's definitely one of them and fits into more than one area).
On the plus side, I'll be able to sleep on the coach there...once I've finished catching up with Sarah who I haven't seen for a week. And the Paris trip doesn't last as long as Berlin did - one day travelling, two days there, one day travelling back. And then it's my birthday on July 17th which I will probably sleep through and then actually celebrate properly on July 18th. I plan on seeing HP6 at least three times over my birthday weekend. And a lot of my friends are away for my actually birthday, so it will carry on being celebrated for a couple of weeks after it's happened. Which will be fun.
And then I plan on sleeping and deciding on unis and applying for jobs and stuff.
Sorry that this has been such a rambling entry...I don't what I was trying to achieve other than actually getting a blog out before I leave again.
Hope everyone has a good week and I'll write more when I'm home.
Bye
<3
It is currently 21:08 and I have to be at school at 23:30 to catch a coach which will leave at 00:05. I have had very little sleep over the past few days because I've been in a very nice hostel in Berlin, and I suspect I will get even less over the next few days because rather than sharing a room with a couple of close friends, I will be sharing with pretty much my best friend in the world (I actually have a few throughout the different areas of my life, but Sarah's definitely one of them and fits into more than one area).
On the plus side, I'll be able to sleep on the coach there...once I've finished catching up with Sarah who I haven't seen for a week. And the Paris trip doesn't last as long as Berlin did - one day travelling, two days there, one day travelling back. And then it's my birthday on July 17th which I will probably sleep through and then actually celebrate properly on July 18th. I plan on seeing HP6 at least three times over my birthday weekend. And a lot of my friends are away for my actually birthday, so it will carry on being celebrated for a couple of weeks after it's happened. Which will be fun.
And then I plan on sleeping and deciding on unis and applying for jobs and stuff.
Sorry that this has been such a rambling entry...I don't what I was trying to achieve other than actually getting a blog out before I leave again.
Hope everyone has a good week and I'll write more when I'm home.
Bye
<3
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Auf Wiedersehen, Internet.
This will be my last blog post for a while (until Sunday, I believe).
I'm only home for like, a day between Berlin and Paris but I will try and update something on the day.
Oh my gosh, do you know that song 'Where is the Love?' by the Black Eyed Peas? Did you know Justin Timberlake sang on it? I didn't. I just found out on Radio 1 now. You learn something new every day.
Right, I've really got to go now...I have like, ten minutes before I have to leave the house for the station.
Bye
<3
I'm only home for like, a day between Berlin and Paris but I will try and update something on the day.
Oh my gosh, do you know that song 'Where is the Love?' by the Black Eyed Peas? Did you know Justin Timberlake sang on it? I didn't. I just found out on Radio 1 now. You learn something new every day.
Right, I've really got to go now...I have like, ten minutes before I have to leave the house for the station.
Bye
<3
Monday, 6 July 2009
I'm a tad worried about going to Berlin now.
Seeing as how I speak not one word of German.
And because I'm in Berlin and then Paris literally straight after, I won't have Internet for about two weeks.
Which means (and this is going to sound really really sad) I will have a hell of a lot of YouTube videos to catch up on...my subscription box will be like, overflowing. And the blogs that I read...I'm going to be so behind!
And I won't get to talk to my only IRL friend who is into wizard rock and nerdfighting and stuff, so I won't get my recommended daily allowance of awesome from her.
Oh dear...
Anyways, there will be photos and whatnot when I get back. I am horribly aware that I haven't yet done a blog about London, but there is one to come, I promise.
Bye (for like, two weeks)
<3
And because I'm in Berlin and then Paris literally straight after, I won't have Internet for about two weeks.
Which means (and this is going to sound really really sad) I will have a hell of a lot of YouTube videos to catch up on...my subscription box will be like, overflowing. And the blogs that I read...I'm going to be so behind!
And I won't get to talk to my only IRL friend who is into wizard rock and nerdfighting and stuff, so I won't get my recommended daily allowance of awesome from her.
Oh dear...
Anyways, there will be photos and whatnot when I get back. I am horribly aware that I haven't yet done a blog about London, but there is one to come, I promise.
Bye (for like, two weeks)
<3
Friday, 3 July 2009
Okay...
I know that that last blog must have made me look like a big YouTube whore.
I'm not.
I was just quite proud of the video, because it's something completely different from the videos I normally make.
I have just got back from my LAMDA exam (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts...it's basically just an acting exam), which was okay. It could've been better, but it was alright. And there was a very nice boy there who was preparing for his exam tomorrow. He had glasses and hair and a tattoo and he was nice...good times
Alrighty, I'm going in the shower now because my hair is still in the braids I had to have for my dancing show. It is completely rigid with hairspray and hair grips. This should be fun...
Bye
<3
I'm not.
I was just quite proud of the video, because it's something completely different from the videos I normally make.
I have just got back from my LAMDA exam (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts...it's basically just an acting exam), which was okay. It could've been better, but it was alright. And there was a very nice boy there who was preparing for his exam tomorrow. He had glasses and hair and a tattoo and he was nice...good times
Alrighty, I'm going in the shower now because my hair is still in the braids I had to have for my dancing show. It is completely rigid with hairspray and hair grips. This should be fun...
Bye
<3
Thursday, 2 July 2009
New video!
Watchety watch watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHzUJCy3Ykc
Or don't.
It's really your choice.
But watching stuff is fun!
And it's only 1 minute 14 seconds.
Right, just had my dancing show so I am tired and achey and all hyped up on adrenaline and going to bed now
Night night
<3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHzUJCy3Ykc
Or don't.
It's really your choice.
But watching stuff is fun!
And it's only 1 minute 14 seconds.
Right, just had my dancing show so I am tired and achey and all hyped up on adrenaline and going to bed now
Night night
<3
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