The First Semester

Woah, I was reminded today by Becky about my lack of updating on the blog front. Well, allow me to correct that.

So, this semester has been a roller coaster of emotions. But in the best possible sense.

The New Job- I love it! Okay, I'm not the best sales person in the world. I don't like to pressure people into buying things if they don't want to. But I think I make an effort to get chatting to people and I think that's important. The people on the department are pretty special too, in the best sense- we have such a laugh!





JOMEC society!! We have had two amazing nights out so far- The first was a graffiti night where we all wore white t-shirts and wrote all over each other. I had things like "I rape cats" written on me. Brilliant night- got thrown out for writing on the tables!!





And then there was a trip back to the 80's at Reflex where I went as the Karate Kid.



Uni work. It has seriously upped it's game this year and I probably havent up it as much as I should have to keep up. But I'm getting there, and next semester I am going to be working my little socks off alot harder.
It has made me realise a few things. Like the importance of passion in my work. When I'm doing Telefictions work and I'm talking or writing about work then I'm happy as anything because I know what I'm on about. It's when I get confused that I get all riled up.

The reality shows - I have fallen in love with both The X-factor and Strictly Come Dancing.I loved Chris Hollins from the very beginning in Strictly and now hes in the semi-final! Amazing! And Mr. Olly Murrs, my future husband! Strangely attracitve, not what I would call conventional but hot dam is he sexy!

Righteo, I think this has caught you up. I might do another one in a couple of days about something of some real importance. Untill then, love and hugs xoxo

Freshers Fortnight!

Monday The first day of the fornight. Had quite a productive day and went swimming (but missed my gym induction by like two minutes!) Then the night arrived and it was the first visit to the Students Union for a bit of 'Fun Factory'

It was round robs for pre-drinks & playing 21, and then we headed off to the SU.



Was a really good night, a nice random group of people and some pretty random dancing!

Tuesday

Tuesday I have to admit I spent the most of it hungover but I did manage to get in for work between 6-9pm and then an early night in preperation for....

Wednesday

It was officially Metroes day! ... except it didnt happen. Round Robs again for some pre-drinkage and we went to the Students Union to pick up Kat but ended up staying. It was a really good night- Bar Exchange meant the drinks changed price throughout the night and it was always exciting to see how much Sambuca was!



Highlights of the night included the spotting of Glyn from Big Brother (and Katy speaking to him!) and the dropping of sausages on the floor :) a classic night!



Thursday

Today I had a meeting for the society (I'm not officially a member... just kind of a spare part!) to discuss things about the fayre next Thursday. It was off to work again till 9pm and then to Dans house for some pre-drinking before the VIP society party at the Union. (That's right, the third time in one week!)



Friday & Saturday

Very uneventful days. I watched alot of 'Strictly Come Dancing' and worked a bit...

Sunday

Today, Tash, Rob and myself went to visit the Museum, so soak up the culture and what not. Twas quite enjoyable- strange to see how different people appreciate different art!



Monday

The second week commences and we are greeted with Student loans!
I began the day by headed around the National Companies Fayre at the union and got some free angel delight! (Butterscotch of course!)
I went work-clothes shopping today and then headed off to the first day of dress rehersal at work. I pretend-sold a bed to my personel manager :)

Tuesday

Tuesday was pretty much taken up by work again. This time we started to get to know our section, looking at the beds and practising on the system. Twas informative but did make me a bit nervous for Thursday.

Wednesday

A day off from work so I went swimming and then to Robs AGAIN for some pre-drinking action. We headed off to Metroes early (or what we thought was early) and was faced with a stupidly long queue. It took an hour to finally get inside the club but was quite a laugh standing in the queue, speaking to random Irish boys and discussing whetherm or not Matt Damon is hot or not.



The club was brilliant. We sang loudly and drank £1.26 double vodka and cokes :)

Thursday

Wishing quite a bit that I hadn't gone out the night before, I headed off to man the stall at the Society Fayre. Was nice to see alot of interest in JUGS (Journalism Undergradute Society) and I'm am tres excited for the first social!



Then it was my first shift at work after the store had opened (*gulp*) I think I did okay- I didn't sell any beds or anything but I did have some nice chats with people and began to become much more comfortable with everything we sold.

Friday

Friday was pay day which was nice :) I had my second shift at work and then headed to the cinema to see 'Fame' which sadly was quite a bit of a let down.

Saturday

Work all day today, woke up at 7.30am and was impressed that I wasn't a zombie. Had a pre-shift breakfast with a few of the worklies and then headed to the shop floor where I proceeded to kill my feet by wearing heels for 9 hours.

After work I then went over to Tash's to watch 'Merlin' which, as per usual, was awesome!

Sunday

I decided to treat myself to the bag that I have loved since the moment I stepped into John Lewis for the first time. More of an investment really...

I also spent a considerable amount of time in the fancy dress shops buying things to wear when I dress as a geek next week.

Dashing don't you think?



And that concludes Freshers Fortnight. Lectures start again tomorrow, so I have to get my academic hat on now :)

For now x

And so it begins....

Freshers Fortnight is upon us and I celebrated in style last night by going to the Student Union for an "alternative" music night (which, was not alternative but I very much appreciated the Sum 41 and Offspring)

We went to Robs before hand and it was nice as a small mix of people- always are the best nights out in my opinion!

As per usual, I drank way too much vodka and danced a little too hard.

I also have a random hand bruise...

anyway, this is a short post just to inform my avid readers that I am in fact, alive. x

S&I trip to Birmingham!

Thought I would come on here and fill you all in on what I've been doing over the past week. WELL most importantly, I went to Birmingham. The train there was quite a laugh, with our train cocktails and difficult toilet changing sessions. Twas kind of ruined by the chavvy girls who started on us for saying NOTHING (okay, well we kind of did say something...) Then we arrived in Brum and were approached by a ladybird, Jack Sparrow and Tinkerbell :) so I started to look less strange which is always good. We then moved on to Tashas brother's 18th Party.



The next morning we headed to Selfridges to make ourselves feel poor. But we did see some pretty awesome things like this;



Then Rob left us to go back as he has Northern allergies and me and Tash went home to have an epic sleep of about 12 hours :)
The next morning (or should I say afternoon) we went to do the school pick up of Olivia and Alex-



This is Tash giving Alex a piggy back ride. Then I took over and ran was his slave, running when he told me to. We then headed to the cinema and I ate one of the biggest Hotdogs ive ever seen! We saw (500) Days of summer and despite it not being a love story, it was very sweet! We then moved onto watch the next film "District 9" which was very strange but yet strangely captivating!

We then headed home for my final night on the blow up bed (sad face) but not before a bit of trying on of wigs!



Twas such a lovely weekend and the first of many adventures to come! <3 x

Pimped out!

I realise I have already posted pictures of my new house. BUT since those pictures I have also been to the fabulous Ikea and brought so much for my room that it hardly looks the same.
Here are some pics;















I hope you avid blog readers all enjoyed that!
This week has been a very good one for post; I got a mirror delivered, a supergirl costume for saturday (SO excited about Birmingham!) and have posted a letter to the USA for my first penpal :)
x

ME!

Completly stolen from Shelley. That's right, I'm thief.

A

- Available: Yes. It appears to be a curse for me
- Age: Nineteen.
- Annoyances: Hypocrites, lazy people and people who moan all the time
- Animal: Elephant :) I have a nice little collection
- Actor: I have alot! but Johney Depp has got to top it
- Actress: I love Katherine Heigl. Apparently she's is a bitch- so now I like her more

B

- Beer: I like. Its what comes from having more guy mates than girls.
- Birthday/Birthplace: 15th August 1990, Wegburg, Germany
- Best Friends: Thats difficult- I have alot of besties for different occasions! at the moment though I'm loving my uni mates
- Body Part on the opposite sex: Eyes
- Best feeling in the world: Laughing so much your stomach hurts a little.
- Best weather: spring days CARDIGAN WEATHER!
- Been on stage?: haha yes! too many times to mention
- Believe in yourself?: Generally yes.
- Believe in life on other planets: Why not?
- Believe in miracles: No. I dont believe luck is handed out I think you make it yourself
- Believe in Magic: I am a wizard
- Believe in Religion: I am not religious at all but I understand the need for it
- Believe in Santa: Yes :)
- Believe in Ghosts/spirits: No

C

- Car: I dont drive BUT either a Ford pick up, a begatti Varon or a Nissan Micra
- Candy: Chocolate
- Cried in school: a couple of times
- Chocolate/Vanilla: Chocolate EVERYTIME
- Chinese/Mexican: Chinese. I can't get enough of Prawn toast
- Cake or pie: Cake
- Country to visit: America, Japan and Germany

D

- Day or Night: Night. It all kicks off
- Dream vehicle: Porce 911
- Dance: YES
- Dance in the rain?: What else is there to do when it's raining?
- Do the splits?: I used to but not anymore.

E

- Eggs: Scrambled or as an omlette please and thanks
- Eyes: are windows into the soul. LOL but I get mine from my Dad :)
- Everyone has a: right to do whatever they want to
- Ever failed a class?: Nope

F

- First crush: At school twas Tom Wilson haha
- Full name: Mine? Rachel Victoria Sutcliffe
- First thoughts waking up: Wheres my phone?

G

- Greatest Fear(s): Volcanoes
- Goals: To be surrounded by people and to be happy
- Gum: Strawberry hubba bubba
- Get along with your parents?: Love my dad to pieces. My mum is slightly crazy
- Good luck charm: a necklace my dad gave me

H

- Hair Colour: Its debatable. Sometimes Ginger, sometimes reddish brown, sometimes brown
- Height: Midget
- Happy: = Friends, Dancing, Drinking, Laughing, Pub lunches ect. ect.
- Holiday: America, Italy x 2, Crete x 2, Zante, Tenerife & France x 2. I'm a lucky girl
- How do you want to die: hit by a mini hahahaha
- Health freak?: Hypocondriac
- Hate: Not being on top of things. Losing my to-do list

I

- Ice Cream: Belgiam Chocolate
- Instrument: Acoustic Guitar. yum

J

- Jewelery: Don't normally wear.
- Job: Producer

K

- Kids: Yeah, go on them
- Kickboxing or karate: Kickboxing
- Keep a journal?: I used to. But now I dont do enough to warrant entries.

L

- Longest Car Ride: Drove to the south of France
- Love: is all around me! haha
- Letter(s): I like R words- Red, roses, romance RACHEL
- Laughed so hard you cried: Nearly everyday on Msn
- Love at first sight: Thats superfictiol innit

M

- Milk flavour: Chocolate!
- Movie: Star Trek atm
- Mooned anyone?: Not purposely...
- Marriage: Yes please. The whole nine yards
- Motion sickness?: Not really
- McD’s or BK: Neither. They don't fill you up

N

- Number of Siblings: Two brothers, two step sisters and a step brother.
- Number of Piercings: 2
- Number: 15

O

- Overused Phrases: I'm not gonna lie
- One phobia: Fear of fear itself

P

- Place you’d like to live: London or New York
- Perfect Pizza: BBQ chicken
- Pepsi/Coke: Coke

Q

- Quail: 's eggs are meant to be nice...

R

- Reason to cry: Films!
- Reality T.V.: x-factor
- Radio Station: Radio 1
- Roll your tongue in a circle?: I can to everything! touch my nose, roll, flip in half. I belong in a circus

S

- Song: I have too many
- Salad: Thousand island sauce
- Shrimp?: eww
- Sport?: Swimming, running and badmitton
- Skipped school: Yes
- Slept outside: haha yes too many times
- Seen a dead body?: No
- Shower Daily?: Every other day
- Sing well?: I don't know. I dont like to sing in front of people
- Stuffed Animals?: are to my right at this moment
- Single/Group dates: no dates for me
- Strawberries/Blueberries: Strawberries.
- Scientists need to invent: a love machine AKA girls aloud

T

- Time for bed: Depends. I'd stay up all night if I could
- Thunderstorms: Its a love hate thing
- TV: American drama, British comedy
- Touch your tongue to your nose?: Ive already mentioned this. keep up

U

- Unpredictable: Not really.

V

- Vegetable you hate: I dont hate any.
- Vegetable you love: All! but especially snap peas
- Vacation spot: Somewhere hot

W

- Weakness: Chocolate
- When you grow up: Producer living in a big city sipping cocktails after work
- Which one of your friends acts the most like you?: None- each have different things like Helen has my humour, Amy has my clubbing abilities and Rob and Tash have my fondness for random conversation
- Who makes you laugh the most: All of my friends do! otherwise I wouldnt be there friend
- Worst feeling: Being hungry.
- Wanted to be a model: Have a laugh!
- Worst weather: Pathetic rain. Like drizzle

X

-X-Ray: teeth

Y

-Year now?: 2009
-Yellow: Sunny days

Z

- Zoo animal: Tigers!
- Zodiac sign: Leo. What an appropriate combination of the last two questions.

New House

That's right- I have a new house!! It's been a big year for moving. Parents have moved to Scotland and I have moved to my 2nd Cardiff residence. Also, the house in Bracknell has changed alot with three boys living in it. It might as well be a university house!!

Heres my new room- my "playroom"



I am very excited for this university year though. Theres none of the weird, nervous first couple of weeks where your worried that your not going to make any friends. Instead, I've already planned to do amazing things with last years friends (See last blog.)

Also, I have a job this year!! So there is some money going in as well as out. I'm working at John Lewis and I had my first training day today. It was quite fun. I got to meet most of the people I'll be working with and generally they are all very nice. I did discover that I get on better with boys though. I didn't spend ages choosing clothes so I spent alot of time waiting for the other girls and talking to the boys.

I set up the internet all by myself as well today :) It took 3 hours but I eventually got it working, thus this blog entry.

I feel it's bed time soon. Internet set up sure does take it out of you

x

The S&I To-do List :D

Let me explain, for all of you not in the know, what S&I stands for. It stands for "Sexy and Informative" a sentence used to describe the legend that is Peter Berlin, a German gay sex symbol. Okay, I know what you might be thinking, but it's not as weird as it sounds. We don't pray to him or anything (Not that I'm 100% sure of what Rob or Tasha do in their bedrooms...) but it's a personal joke. You know, the annoying kind that is hilarious when your in on it and downright annoying to anybody else? Yup, that's us. Fantastically irritating.

If you hadn't already guessed the members of S&I are Rob, Tasha and myself. We found Peter Berlins DVD while on a inpromptu revision dodging Blockbuster scavange. We didn't rent it (mainly because we didn't want to staff to think we were strange) but we did proceed to use the term "sexy and informative" all over the place, trying to think of celebrities who could be described as such (I believe we settled on Dermot O'leary and Jon Snow?) and now we are team sexy and informative.

So here is my proposed To-do list- some ideas having come from discussions and some I feel we SHOULD do. enjoy

1. Find Gok Wan
2. Lick Simon Cowells Face
3. Visit Tasha's homestead in Walsall.
4. Go to the Cadbury Factory
5. London trip
6. Visit Rob's homestead
7. Go see a film and be the ONLY people in the whole cinema
8. Go to Barry Island
9. Laugh at Birmingham accents
10. Pretend to be tourists in Cardiff and see all the sights your SUPPOSED to see
(go on the open top red double decker GAYBUS)
11. Visit my homestead
12. Have another DVD/no sleep night
13. Rent every Baconator film blockbuster has
14. Buy more magical orbs
15. Find a lifesize cut out of Gandalf/Ian McKellen (we're not fussy..)
16. Find a Bull statue in London to prove Rob right
17. Find our sitcom hang out
18. Go to a ukelalie night/club

This is what I have for now. I don't want to commit us to doing something that isn't agreed on by the others... x

P.S this will be altered/added to/crossed out at appropriate points :)

Dream a little dream of me

Yes, Okay, I don't write in this often. But you've got to admit, when I do, it's awesome :P
So I thought today I'd share with you all the current thoughts I think about just when I'm trying to get to sleep. I feel these are very revealing of a person- things you think about before sleeping say alot about the kind of things you want in life. Your last thoughts before you sleep are usually your hearts desire.

I keep thinking I should do more exercise. I lie in bed and think "I'm going to go running tomorrow" or "what time does the swimming pool open?" I ask these questions and convince myself that TOMORROW I will start, and it rarely happens. This is because of my Mum at the moment which makes me especially sad.

I think about my new university house and plan how I'm going to decorate it and move things around. I plan the pictures I'm going to order to be printed and how I'm going to make my little study into a haven for me. I think about how I'm going to get food to fill the fridge and then convince myself I'm not going to buy any biscuits/sweets.

In bed, I feel lonely alot of nights, especially more recently. I feel that everyone in my life comes in a pair or has a partner and I come as a single object which is alien to alot of people. I usually hug my pillow to try and trick my brain into thinking that I'm not so lonely, if even for a second. Beacause most of the time I'm not. During the day it's fine, I'm used to depending only on myself and being independent enough to do whatever I like. But at night, when I'm under the duvet and it's all dark, I wish there was somebody there so I would't have to keep checking wardrobes for monsters.

These thoughts don't show me to be the most sane of people but to be honest, who does think about sunshine and lollipops before they sleep? x

'Boyfriend Syndrome'

I doubt I was the first to do so, but I have coined a phrase called 'Boyfriend Syndrome.' Basically, it is when a boy/girl gets a new girlfriend/boyfriend and certain things begin to happen. Firstly, they start to feel that they don't really need much a social life outside of their relationship, meaning they start to go out less. They also begin to talk about their partner alot more than anything else and lastly, they become one half of a whole, with their partner generally attached to their hip.

Okay, I can see why people would think that me writing about this means Im simply jeolous, but it's not. It's the fact that, despite history and EVERYTHING having warned us that mates should come before dates, people still persist to ignore this. It's understandable that a change would happen initially, but to conitinue to the point when I can't remember the last time I saw a friend without her boyfriend, it's getting serious. I have one friend who, even when apart from her boyfriend, rings him and texts him or is talking about him. Why can't people be independent?! why do people strive so much to be half of a couple rather than one whole person?!

Cause lets be honest, relationships come and go. But your going to have to live with youself for the rest of your life. and how much fun is that going to be if you have no friends left to share it with?!

My Father Bear

So, I was watching T.V today and an episode of 'Scrubs' made me cry for what felt like a stupidly long time. It was the one where JD's dad dies and he doesn't really know how to cope and it got me thinking about my Dad.
To explain, my dad was diagnosed with COPD, which wikipedia says is a progressive narrowing of the airways leading to the lungs. The prognosis of COPD is not always fatal but because of my dads diabetes leading to him being overweight and his breathing issues making it difficult for him to exercise, theres a likelyhood that he'll be gone in the next 20 years. I realise 20 years sounds like a really long time, and it really is!! But having a date placed on it seems to really upset me.
I dont suppose it would be as bad if i was still living at home so I could spend loads of time with him. But now he lives in Scotland, so it's difficult to simply pop home to see him. Its a 100 pound train journey short notice.
Then when I am with him, it makes me even sadder. To see his vast amount of drugs he has to take spread out in the kitchen. Or to see how frustrated he gets when hes out of breath walking up the stairs. Or to simply be sitting next to him watching T.V and hear how difficult it is for him to breathe.
The truth is, I can't bare the thought of life without my Dad. He not like some of my friends parents, who they lie to or don't really like to see. I love my Dad and spending time with him. I tell him everything, even the goriest details about how drunk I'd gotten the night before. He really is one of the most amazing people I've ever met. He's so positive about me, even when I'm not sure about myself. He's never ever put pressure on me and only ever tells me to try my hardest. He does things like sends me milk bottles in the post because I mentioned in passing that I had a dream about them, or drives for 4 hours to see me when my drink got spiked.
Its moments like this that I am 100% that a God doesnt exist. Beacause surely a God would make some sense of equality? What did my Dad do to deserve this illness? What did my step-mum ever do to lose the man that she loves so much to stay with him through all his crap? And what did I ever do to lose my favorate person in the whole world?
I guess nothing that I say is going to change it. But I just wanted to get that off my chest.

In her shoes...

Another addition to our experiment. This time it is Television shows. Now, I know we both share a love for Gossip girl (if not in the "omg, this programme is insanely gay" kind of way) but I really have no idea what other shows she enjoys watching... Therefore this experiment is a little more blind sighted than the last one.

I'll lay a little bit of a description of the shows before I began as well, so its not completly out of the blue.

Supernatural: Essentially two brothers- Dean (the short haired one) and Sam (the other broody one) who are on a continuous roadtrip around America in search of their father who is on a "Hunting" trip. Hunting to them is tracking and killing supernatural beings (as the name would suggest.)

Episode= Season 2, Ep 5: Simon Said

Criminal Minds: Doesn't need much description- there a unit of the FBI who deal with seriel killers by creating "profiles" of the "unsubs" attempting to catch them. Watch out for Reid <3

Episode= Season 4, Ep 15: Zoe's Reprise

Greys Anatomy: I don't know how well I can describe this to be honest. Its a drama that follows the lives of like a million people at Seattle Grace. Its kind of quirky and funny and the men are good looking...
Backstory= Meredith & Derick are together, Chinese girl & Black man together and Izzie & Alex together

Episode= Season 2, Episode 16 & 17

Bones: The reason I love this programme so much is the chemistry between Temperance Brennan (the women- shes an antropologist) and Booth (Angel!!) which can often be very funny. Also, Stephen Fry is in this one :)

Episode= Season 2, Episode 17: The Priest in the Churchyard

The West Wing: So. Its like the offices of the president, a little place called the white house. It has sexy Rob Lowe in it :) But this episode is Josh Lynman (my favourate!) is giving a talk to university students.

Episode= Season 1, episode 15- celetrial navigation

Enjoy Tasha! I hope this is not too painful for you... x

Tasha's playlist

So when I found it difficult to find a few of these songs, I was skepticle about what I think about them. But, lo and behold, I did enjoy a few of them! there is hope for us yet!!

1. Final Fantasy- Adventure= Appreciated the violin use- somewhat of an underated instrument, but I couldnt take the song seriously...

2. Arcade Fire- Antichrist Television blues= I kinda liked this one- had a funky beat but was a bit repetitive but I could see how it can be liked!

3. Patrick Wolf- Tristan= Tash loves this man, so I was a little bit anxious about what I would think about him. But he's quite good. Nice lyrics & catchy.

4. Mystery Jets- Two Doors down= Loved this one! I dont normally like all britishey accent bands (i.e the kooks) but this was a cute song!

5. Robots in Disguise- Arguments= The introduction to this song literally hurt my ears. I didnt appreciate people yelling out of my computer. However, I did enjoy the strange little beat it had going.

6. Beirut- Elephant gun= I like guitars, so I had high hopes when I heard the introduction of this song. The video was also very... erm interesting? But I didn't see many memorable qualities about this song to be honest.

7. Maccabees- Toothpaste Kisses= This song is very much similar to the stuff that was happening two summers ago, such as the Arctic Monkeys so it was pleasant to listen to and was kinda cheery- I especially enjoyed the whistling!!

8. Larrikin Love- Edwould= I loved this one, I think it was my favourate of the lot. I couldn't get the thoughts of Jonney depp out of my head though...very catchy!!

9. Placebo- This Picture= I liked Placebo before so this was nothing new. I do, however, find that sometimes there songs sound the same... but this one was good!

10. Lamx- Spit it out= They could possibly be German, I thought this was maybe a racial attack by Tasha. The lead singer is creepy but the song was pretty good. I'd like to hear it remixed though I think.

11. Rufus Wainwright-California= I already had this song on my computer, so I do already like it. Hurrah we have one similar song at least!!

There we have it- coming up- Television Shows!! x

Living my life

So. Me and Tash had this idea to see what it would like to be in each others shoes. Well, not literally, as I dont see it being very productive her going to my lectures or anything...

You see, we have this Orange Wednesday tradition and practically everytime, on both the walk there, the traditional WHSMITH stop off for sweets, the escalator ride to the stupid floor and the walk home, we constantly butt heads about whar tastes we have. From boy taste (as in I like Daniel Craig and she calls him "melty-face") to music and films (He's just not that into you didn't go down too well....)

So, to begin this little experiment of ours, we are trading a playlist of 10 of our favourate songs for each of us to listen to and then blog about. It will give us a chance to take in a music taste were probably unfamiliar about, and will kind of give us an insight into our own tastes.

So here is my playlist for Tash;

1. Jennifer Love Hewit- Barenaked
2. Lucie Silvas- What your made of
3. Tyler Hilton/ Bethany- When the Stars go blue
4. Boys like Girls- Thunder
5. James Morrison- This Boy
6. Jennifer Lopez- Lets get loud
7. Jon Mclaughlin- Beautiful Disaster
8. Matchbox 20- How far we've come
9. Missy Higgins- Scar
10. Taking Back Sunday- Cute without the e
11. The Wreckers- The Good Kind

Okay, I am aware that there are 11 songs but these are pretty much the soundtrack of my life so how could I possibly delete one?!

Good luck Tasha and enjoy :) x

Word: Holidays

"Two posts in one day!" I hear you cry! Yes but do not get used to it!! I have decided I shall write blogs on occasion with a random word that someone gives me. Today my word is "Holidays"

I guess there are two types of holidays; the ones where you go away to somewhere or holidays from work or University. I have to say, I was a spoilt child when it came to holidays. Every year we would all go away for 2 weeks to places like Italy, America and Crete and because I was so used to it, I assumed this is what everyone did! Family holidays are always the same though- somehow I don't enjoy them. Could be because my stepdad thinks that everyone from another country is a retard so would both shout and speak really slowly to them. Or just them getting drunk generally.

Friend Holidays, however, are AMAZING! I went on two last year, the first to Tenerife and one to Zante. Tenerife made a friendship end and Zante made my friendships stronger. It's strange that.

We are going on (what will most probably be) our last family holiday in July and I don't know how to feel about it. My brothers and stepsister all have boyfriends/girlfriends and I am the only one going solo. Normally I wouldnt mind except that my mother seems to think it means im an absolute social reatard. I dont mind, I will catch up on reading. and getting burned.

xoxo

Welcome!

So, here is my new blog. As you can see, it is going to immensly exciting. I was told on Twitter that I should have a blog as "All good journalists should have one." And I want to be a good journalists, thus I made a blog.

Where to start as kind of an introduction? I enjoy long walks on the beach and...
NOPE not me. I don't really like the beach. I mean, I do if I'm just walking on it but not so much in the summer because then you go into the sea and (because I'm so stupidly pale) you need to apply sunscrean straight away otherwise you get burned but it's difficult because you are covered in sand...

... Enough ranting! What I do enjoy are long train journey's. You can sit with your headphones in and look out the window and see some countryside that you can't see from the roads. It's nice. Also, I love when your favourate song comes on and it makes you smile. Mine is "Best of you" by Foo Fighters. Yummmm

I'm a film addict, it has to be mentioned. I have a strange ability to remember every film I've seen an actor in and it makes me think It's what I should be doing with my life. I also have strange taste in films. I love when a film is a little bit cleverer than the norm but than I hate when they try to be all different (*cough DONNIE DARKO cough*) and feel-good films are always welcome with me.

I love colours!! My wardrobe is like a rainbow. I think it's nice to have brighness. I have a £5 phone because Ive lost so many before and I still dream about my blackberry :(

That is about all of the random information I can think of at the moment.

Enjoy xoxo (Gossip girl ;P haha)