Summer Time!

So, I know what you guys are thinking- "Where the HELL have you been?" And the answer would very much be working. All day, 6 days a week and, some weeks, 52 hours. Due to this frightfull development I didn't feel I should inflict a painfully boring blog on you very often because I would have absolutly nothing to write. "Why are you here now?" I hear you cry. I thought i'd sum up my summer in one blog. So here we are.

The Nights out

There hasn't been nearly as many as I would like and this will probably mean Septemeber I'm going to go crazy back in Cardiff. But there was Reflex with Emma, Faye, Mel & Christopher which was alot of fun.



And then there was Becky's Birthday night out in Dogma. I's never been before but I love the film so I thought I'd give it a try. It was pretty awesome, even if it did leave Sophie, Emily and myself last on the dancefloor dancing like lunatics to ward off the surrounding boys.



Lastly is Mels Birthday at Walkabout, a place I hadn't been since last Birthday which was very weird! I loved getting her in for free and doing Jagerbombs with Emma at the bar. I didn't love so much the price of drinks on a Saturday night but it was well worth it for the music and convincing the DJ to play OutKast 'Hey ya' for Mel.



The People

This summer in some ways has been a large eye opener for who my real friends are- they are the people at the same maturity level as me. In some ways this summer has rekindled friendships, such as with Caz. In some ways it has ended friendships as well. Which I'm sad about but I guess it happens. We all grow apart. I still have Louise as a friend- I was best friends with her in year 2 and today we are going Birthday dress shopping. I love that she will be somebody at my wedding who can say she has known we almost all my life and ISN'T related to me.

I haven't gotten to see the girls as often as I would like but I know we have no problems there. When we do get together we have so much fun- we all just slip back into the routine of being friends like we'll never forget it, no matter what university we all go to.

I have missed alot of my uni friends though. In alot of ways it's easier at university because there are less commitments and so we can be more childish whereas at home I have to work. All. The. Time. Still, even some of them are coming all the way to the mean streets of Bracknell to celebrate my birthday with me which I absolutly ADORE <3

The Family

So, I did kind of tell my brother Christopher that I don't belong here and in alot of ways that is true. Apart from them, this Summer has made me think I don't have alot keeping me here. Everybody has links everywhere else and I think I'm going to need to do that when I finish uni. But still, I bloody love my family. I love my late night pointless life chats with Christopher, mine and Andrews 'White Collar'/ IMDB link-Johney-Depp-to-Penn-Badgely-in-5-people game. I even like my arguments with Debs cause it feels like we're sisters- we are bickering one minute and the next indulging in some Ice cream and 'Americas next top model.' And Emma is possibly one of the nicest people I have ever met. I love that she has gotten me a birthday present that is so heavy it hurts her arms to carry.

The Films

I haven't seen nearly as many as I would have liked this summer but I did manage to see the big ones. I'm gonna do the usual 160 character reviews:

Inception: Fantastic cast. Brilliant storyline. Wonderfully irritating ending. Made me think and cry- rarely both happens in 1 film. Film of the year.

Toy Story 3: Not the best of the 3 but still adorable. Loved the scary baby/monkey. Yes, I wept a bit at the ending. Spanish Buzz/sausage potato head=LOL

I don't have much more of the Summer to go but expect another blog next week about my Birthday which, just FYI, is in 3 DAYSS! xoxo

Best T.V guest stars.

Friends

Friends had alot of guest stars over it's 10 years so instead of just choosing one, I managed to whittle it down to three.

3. Bruce Willis.

When Ross was dating one of this college students, Elizabeth, he naturally has to meet her father who turns out to be the one and only Bruce Willis. Stoney faced at first, he developed into an emotionally unstable man who likes to dance when alone. This following scene is particularly good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1aZ2E8sdKA

2. Christina Applegate & Reese Witherspoon

Coming in second equally are Rachel's sisters who were both brilliant- Reese Witherspoon as Jill- the manipulative sister who tries to get Ross to sleep with her and Christina Applegate as Amy who fails at having any amount of tact.





1. Brad Pitt

So I am as sad as the next person that Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt broke up, but that still doesn't take away from how HILARIOUS he was in this episode. He plays Will Colbert, a high school friend of Ross' and one of the founders of the I hate Rachel club. Brilliant.



Honorable mention on this list includes Paul Rudd. I guess he counts as a guest star but because he was in so many episodes I felt it was cheating. Still, played a brilliant charachter

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Short Movie Reviews [Take 3]

Sex and the City 2: Made the 4 women into characterchures. Still had very funny moments, especially with Charlotte and Miranda. Lacked a definitive plot.

The Losers: Best use of 'Don't stop Believin' ever! Alot of slow motion but also great fight scenes. Witty/funny one liners. Chris Evans = Brilliant.

Robin Hood: Crowe pretty much playing Maximus again but he does it well. Good supporting cast in Alan, John, Tuck & Will. Blanchet =bland. Hello sequel!

Killers: I could easily stare at Ashton Kutchers body all day. Lacked any proper storyline and felt like it finished too soon. Still, lots of laughs.

Nineteen and free?

I'm a little bit ill so have resorted to watching old 'Sex and the City' episodes and one episode in particular had me thinking. It's called 'They shoot single people, don't they?' and it's all about the four women faking relationships for fear of being alone because it terrifies them.

I'm nineteen and I have never had a relationship. There have been guys but not many and none I would consider to have been my boyfriend. So it begs the question, what if I will be alone forever? Okay, it might seem like I'm being over-dramatic because I am only nineteen, but what if the life aspirations I am just assume will happen, don't come true? Because being alone does frighten the hell out of me because then what if I can't have the big family and go see the school plays and the graduations or have a fabulous wedding.

Then I get to thinking about why I am single and it's because being in a relationship also scares the hell out of me. I am too independent, I find it difficult to be vulnerable or rely on anybody else so to let myself do that and then be disappointed, I'd rather not bother.

So where does this leave me? In a perpetual state of limbo- so afraid of being with someone and yet scared to death of being the single at a couples party.

….Woah, I sound like I'm about 35.

Diary entry from 2003

[AN EXTRACT FROM A DIARY I KEPT WHEN I WAS 13. SUFFICE TO SAY I HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH... ]


Monday 2nd August

9.00pm

Today I am feeling new levels of lowness. I feel as though, it being the summer holidays, I should be doing something more productive but I just end up waking up late and watching TV. Though I do have to say day TV is incredibly boring! I mean, I woke up this morning to find countdown on. Countdown! I mean honestly if they know the British public but at all, they’d know bloody well that the majority is exactly like me. Couch potatoes that do not appreciate Friend’s episodes being taken over by “test cricket” whatever the hell that is. To be honest I think this lowness might have something to do with missing my best friend Helen. She’s gone away for three weeks, and now I really understand how much my life falls apart without her. I mean firstly Adam is being a prick. Well I suppose it’s not so much him but probably his stupid friends who seem to find it hilarious that I actually fancy Adam. Suppose they have a point. I don’t even know why I fancy him. He’s not the first. I liked Jamie for ages then realized he was a prick. I seem to be forming a pattern here. Maybe I should just swear off guys for life and just adopt children. You know become one of those career driven women. I’d get a lot more done.

10pm

In bed thinking about how incredibly sad my life is. Im thirteen and im speaking as though I’ve had a couple of illegitimate children and a divorce. I haven’t had either. I haven’t even had a proper boyfriend. God I suppose im destined to be bitter and twisted for the rest of my life. I keep thinking that I might actually end up lonely forever but then I think wont marriage just be boring? You know waking up to the same face everyday has to shock you back to reality. If I were much older and smoked then I reckon id be dying for a fag right now. Though I don’t suppose ill ever smoke having not had good experiences with it in my past. My dad used to smoke and I’d spend the weekend with him. By the end I’d be wheezing. But its not his fault because I realized that it was just hay fever. Which actually has no relevance. Hmm… no wonder im single.

11.00

Can’t sleep. Usually I watch friends in bed and it soothes me but right now I don’t think a horse pill could knock me out. I just keep going over loads of things in my head again and again. You know, the small things people say that aren’t supposed to offend but do? Well now I keep wondering if I have done that and not meant to. I keep racking my brain to try and think but then realized how am I meant to know? God im so silly, I worry about everything. Im only a teenager and I think I give my self-peer pressure. That’s got to say something. Im just going to lie here all night thinking how to apologize for being so selfish

11.05
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Tuesday 3rd July

11.am

Usual wake up time. I am dreading going down stairs in case countdown is really on and have urges to shoot TV. I make my lunch, having slept through breakfast and go and sit down. Just then my mobile bleeps to say I have a text. I dive at my phone in hope its Adam buts its just Amy saying goodbye since she’s off to Cornwall today. Now I feel even more alone. I put down my sandwich realizing I have lost my appetite, pick out “10 things I hate about you” and go and watch it in my own lovely bed.

12.30am

Why cant lives be something like the movies? Why cant I have some fit Australian bloke after me? Life is so unfair! I ring Amanda to see what she’s up to. She was out last night and I want to see if I missed anything interesting. I haven’t been allowed out on Fridays for a while

Short Movie Reviews [Take 2]

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call- New Orleans: No real storyline but yet kind of fascinating. Nicolas cage acting the best I've ever seen him. Watch out for the dancing soul. Alot of drugs.

Nightmare on Elm Street: Standard teen slasher flick but the first film in a long time to actually scare me. V. jumpy. Interesting back story to Freddie.

Iron Man 2: I love RDJ. More fun than the first one. Loved RDJ dancing in the suit. Hints 2 Thor & Captain America = v.exciting! Wait till after credits.

Date Night: Not as funny as I wanted it to be. Still love Tina Fey. Very watchable but not one to go down in comedy history

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Things I have seen around Cardiff

Prompted by a dead mouse I just found under my sofa [yes Tash & Shelley, here is the picture AGAIN]



I decided to write a blog about the strange things I have come across since living in Cardiff (or at least the ones I have photographic proof of...)

The Racist Number Plate:



At least nobody is going to question who they are voting for...

The cast-off Condom:



Speaks for itself.

The Kinky Corner Shop:



They don't do whips and chains. I asked.

The 'Special' bus:



Nobody was on it except one guy.

The AWESOME shop name:



Cardiff Weather:



Says alot, really.

The cartoon Love story:



Shelley and I first saw just one by itself but it turns out there are a couple dotted aorund and they tell a story of how these cartoon whatever-they-are falling in love <3

Life Quotes

Why put off tomorrow what you can do today?

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Dream a if you'll live forever. Dream as if you'll die today.

Laugh as much as you can breathe and love as long as you live.

The most important things in life aren't things.

Never waste a minute of your precious life thinking about people you don't like.

Our attitude towards life determines it's attitude toward us.

Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

I strongly suggest you have a mantra. When my day gets a little bit tough, I read these and at least one of them makes me feel better <3

The Best of...

It was 1am. My brother was attempting to go to sleep but instead of letting him go to bed I distracted him with the following questions. These were the results:

Best Kiss:

The first of Christopher's was the kiss in 'Romeo & Juliet.' He clearly is a hopeless romantic.



The he choose (for television) the kiss between Angel and Buffy at the end of season 2 when she has to run him through with a sword? [Note: I couldn't find a youtube clip of this]

My film choice was a classic of Noah & Aly in 'The Notebook.' Breaks my heart every time! "I wrote you everyday for a year" *cries*



My choice for television is tricky. I had a choice between Logan & Veronica in 'Veronica Mars' or Rachel & Ross. I went for the latter :)



Best Bromance:

Christopher went with Joey & Chandler



I went with House & Wilson- Love when Wilson steals his guitar and "Oh my God, you're sleeping with me!"



Best Cop Partnership:

Christopher went with some guys from 'The Shield' but considering I have never seen it, I didn't know who to search for.

My television couple were Brennan and Booth from 'Bones.' I love that they have really good chemistry but they are also really funny as well.



My favourate film cop partnership was Riggs and Murtaugh from the 'Lethal Weapon' films :) they are AWESOME



Best Pilot:

For this I can't really post youtube videos but I can tell you

Christopher choose 'The Shield' and I choose 'The Mentalist' Check them out

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The Perfect Guy

After having seem what I think is my perfect man, I thought I'd lay it out for my avid blog readers.

He can't be a giant. I'm being realistic here, I am only like 5 ft 3 or something so I don't want somebody I can't reach.

He has to be a nerd. I couldn't cope with a boyfriend who judged me for my "Omg, I'm gonna play Pokemon red and complete it in a month!" outbursts. And if he were too jock-like then I don't think we'd have too much to talk about. I mean I get sports but I don't really care about them.

He has to appreciate good food. I don't mean he often eats cavier and washes it down with a 50 year old bottle of whisky. I mean he should like to eat. This sounds like a strange request but I need someone who eats more than I do and, truth be told, I eat alot. So he has that to contend with.

And lastly he should have a killer smile. One that even if I'm mad at him, it still doesn't fail to soften me.

Despite all of these overly specific qualifications, at the end of the day he only has to do one thing- like me for everything I am. For every little weird/impulsive/OCD thing I do. Now is that really too much to ask? ;) x