Remember, Remember The 5th November

So hello again my lovely bloggers; this will be the last who hear from me in a few days I promise. But seeing how it is fireworks night, bonfire night, Guy Fawkes night’s. Whatever you call it last night. I thought that I would put a post-up. But first the answer to the quote in last night’s blog is… “Mistletoe and wine” by Cliff Richards in 1988. now this should have been posted last night but I didn't get round to writing it all so I finished it tonight instead.

Anyway before we get into how my night went I thought we could have a little history on what bonfire night is for the UK. In 1605 a man called Guy Fawkes tried to blow the Houses of Parliament up with gun powder. However whilst he was guarding the gun powder under parliament he was found and arrested for treason and later hung, drawn and quartered… Anyway 100s of years late Guy Fawkes became a celebratory occasion and how do we celebrate this night? by setting of little sticks filled with gun powder that explodes in an array of colours in the night sky, also towns which put on firework displays often have bonfires which is probably how it sometimes gets called “bonfire night” and sometimes towns may create a Guy Fawkes effigy which they burn on a bonfire, I'm not really sure why… probably something to do with Fawkes’ death. Nevertheless that will probably do for our history lesson.

So my cheer squad at uni had arrange to meet at a pub near to where I live which is a 20 minute walk from the park where the fireworks display was being held. So due to having never actually gone to the pub before I googled it and it said it was a 20 minute walk away. So as we were meeting at half 6, I set off at 10 past so that I would arrive at about half past however I didn’t calculate how fast I walk… so instead of taking 20 minutes it only took 10, meaning that I was 10 minutes early. I had a look inside to see if anyone else was early but when I couldn’t see anyone I went and sat outside in hopes that someone would turn up… however the girl who had arrange the evening was late due to work and another girl was driving so she had to find somewhere to park and walk to the pub. So I was sat like a ninny sat for about half an hour on my own. However when the girls did turn up we sat for a while whilst we waited for any others to turn up, yet fireworks started to go off and they were very loud making us scream.

Now whenever I watch firework I don’t like the noise of them so I often stand with earphones in otherwise I become very jumpy. However last night was the first time since I can even think of where I stood without earphones it and to be honest the fireworks weren't as loud as I thought they were going to be. Although I don’t like the ones which when they go up they produce that screaming sound… now they are just horrible. Anyway after watching the half hour firework display, myself and the 2 girls from the squad made our way back to the pub where we met up with another 2 girls from the squad. When we were back at the pub, we were all ID when going back into the pub however when the guy looked at my ID he stared at it for a little while, looked at me and then back to my ID for a while before smiling and handing me it back… After having a drink with the girls (diet coke) I left to make my way back home.

My attempt at an artistic photo

For those of you who celebrate firework night leave a comment below to say how your night went and what it means to your country? So instead of ending this post the normal way I'm going to end it with a this rhyme which is often said regarding bonfire night “Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gun powder, treason and plot. I see no reason, why gun powder treason should ever be forgot”

Until next time!! x

It Is Now Acceptable!!

Hello my lovely, lovely bloggers. Now I know I only blogged a few days ago but we are now in the Christmas season or at least I am. So I thought I would do a post on how it is now acceptable to listen to Christmas songs. But first of all the answer to the quote from the last post is… “The Rocky Horror Picture Show!” and it is said by “Magenta” which is who I went as for Halloween… before we start on Christmas, did you all have a good Halloween? What did you all dress up as? Anyway bring on the Christmas spirit!!

Now it is often viewed that once Halloween has past we are now in the run up to Christmas. I know there are still various holidays to go such as: Bonfire night, Thanks Giving, Hanukah and many others around the world. However once Halloween has passed it is viewed that it is now acceptable to listen to Christmas songs. Most shops (department stores) in the UK will start playing Christmas songs with in the next few weeks if they haven’t already started. Back home there is a few garden centres within about a 15 miles (if that) radius of where I live which started decorating the shop and putting Christmas decorations on sale since late September/early October.

I walked into a garden centre when I was at home to sort out my Christmas job and I had to walk through all the Christmas decorations and I felt like a kid in a candy shop! As much as my family loves to spend time walking round garden centres looking at plants and garden-y stuff, I love being in them at Christmas purely because they are decorated to look like a winter wonderland with all the Christmas trees, baubles, fairy lights, Christmas ornaments and everything Christmas-y.

Christmas is my favourite time of the year! Or as my friend calls is “hat season” and she is right, I love that once we are in the Christmas season I can pair any of my outfits with the 3 woollen hats that I have. I love all the Christmas lights which are put up around town both in Liverpool and at home. I love that there is always the chance that it will snow!! That has got to be one of my favourite things about Christmas. The snow. Even though I am 19 years old the second I see snow falling I revert back to being a little child, I want to be out in the snow building a snowman… I will be making an Olaf this year if it snows. Last year we didn’t get much snow in Liverpool except maybe one or two snow falls but it had rained previous so the ground was too wet for the snow to settle and it didn’t snow much when I was at home either instead it just became pretty ice-y and slippery.

Ice skating… I love going ice skating. Once the Christmas market starts in Liverpool towards the end of this month they will be putting an ice-rink in the city centre. I didn’t get to go last year however my friend/house mate and I will be going this year. Here is a fact about myself, I have better balance on a thin blade on ice than I do on my own two feet on solid ground… how strange is that… however I have no balance what so ever on my own two feet on slippery ice, I have ended up with some very large bruises due to falling over on some ice over the years... I also lost my phone one year due to slipping over on the ice whilst trying to get to the bus stop.... luckily I used my friends phone to call my mum and she sent my brother down to have a look to see if he could still find it... he did!!

Anyway this post was suppose to be about Christmas sons however I went off on a bit of a tangent so I will pull it back around to Christmas songs. Everyone has their favourite Christmas song or even just one that makes them extremely happy because it reminds them of a fun time or because it's just so catchy, that they find themselves singing to it days after they first hear it again. If I had to pick one I would ay my absolute favourite Christmas song is "Fairy-tale of New York" purely because it's the only Christmas song which i have heard where the two artists (The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl) start insulting each other half way through. It's brilliant!!

But there is also the old songs which remind you of your childhood. One of which is "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". I remember first hearing this song at about the age of 6 or 7 years old and I found it so hilarious that I spent the next few days listening to it on repeat... To this day I can still sing it word for word after not hearing it for a good few years! Last year being the first year I had heard it in about 6 years or so. I remember showing the song to my flatmate and her looking at me as though I had just started randomly started to speak fluent in another language. shortly after, she stopped looking at me like that and started questioning what songs I listen to... 

Another song which I love is "12 Days of Christmas" now this is an old Christmas carol which has been sung in many formats however my favourite version of it has to be by "The Spinners" because when it gets to the line "6 swans are swimming" someone in the background of the song shouts out "back stroke", in reference to have the swans are swimming. Not only do I love this but in a sense it was a good idea to make the song funny! So I think this is enough for this post otherwise we would be here for ages with me going on and on about Christmas. 

Due to it being bonfire night tomorrow for the UK, I will be putting another blog up, hopefully tomorrow night, which may include pictures of how my night goes because as much as I love the pretty colours which come out of fireworks I hate the noise which they produce because I am a naturally jumpy person and any load noises e.g. fireworks make me jump! I'm like a small kitten basically. Anyway on to this post's quote “Love and laughter and joy ever after, ours for the taking just follow the master” so we're having a little change this week, instead of it being a quote from a film or a show it’s a line for a song. Now I want you to tell me the title of the song and who sings it and if you want to show your Christmas song knowledge see if you can take a guess at what year it was released and we will see who is the closest to the actual year tomorrow night!!  

Until next time!! x 

Home Time!!

Hello my lovely bloggers. So the quote from the last post is from "Supernatural" and is said by Dean Winchester. So I apologise in advance but this post is kind of a rant. If you wish to read then feel free if not then that is also fine with me.

This weekend I came home from university because I needed to sort out some paperwork and things for my Christmas job. I came home on the train; I have done this once before however it was the first time I did it on my own so it was going to be a fun journey to start with... Before I even got to the train station I was already panicking in case I missed my train due to trying to ensure my friend was seen by our doctors as she wasn’t very well. Thankfully she was seen and I didn’t miss my train. Now when I booked my train tickets I reserved my seat so that I could ensure I would have a seat for the journey however when I had gotten on the train there was two women sat near my reserved seat with a dog... The dog was sat in my seat. I politely told her that I think it was my reserved seat but due to the fact that the reservation ticket was not in the back of the chair she looked at me and point blank told me "I'm not moving" no sorry or "oh were only on for *however many* stops" nothing like that... just "I'm not moving... there’s not seat reservation, I’m not moving"... 

This woman looked like she could have knocked me out in one punch... I'm 5 foot 2 and couldn't imitate a fly if I tried… and I didn’t want to risk it so I chose to sit in another seat. However I was still sat near the seat I should have been in so I could hear the women still saying “I'm not moving”. Thankfully the person whose seat I had sat in wasn’t due to get on at York which is the station that I was getting off at. Once she stopped saying she wasn’t moving a member of the train staff went round and placed the seat reservations in the back of the seat… and she still didn’t say any form of sorry. At this point I was already frustrated and annoyed. But anyway the train started and we were off. 20 – 30 minutes later we pulled up to the next station and she got off… the women and the dog got off… I was now past frustrated and at the point of bouncing (note: I use the term bouncing to refer to being mad) she made this fuss about not moving and she was on the train for one stop…

Anyway after this fiasco I began to calm down and started to enjoy my train journey and 2 hours later I was due to get off and change trains so that I could get my train home. Now this sounds so simple and in theory it is however when you factor in delays and trains being late and how long you actually have to change trains before it pulls away it becomes less easy. I got to Leeds and it turns out that the person whose seat I had sat in wasn’t getting on at York but got on at Leeds, the station before I needed to be off. But due to the fact that somebody else was now in my seat and the train had gotten somewhat full at Leeds I was unable to move. We eventually set off from Leeds and made away to York. However it was announced over the tannoy that we had left Leeds City station 5 minutes late… I should have pulled into York station at 20:06 and been on the platform ready for my 20:16 train. However due to my train leaving 5 minutes late from the previous station I didn’t arrive at York until 20:11… this left me 5 minutes to change trains at a station I had never been to before. 

When I got to York station I could see the platform I needed but I didn’t know how to get to it and what made it worse was the fact there was a train already on the platform… I got off my train as fast as I could, quickly spoke to someone to see where I needed to be and then ran up a set of stairs, across a bridge and down more stairs as fast as I could with a heavy suitcase but as I was a few steps away from the bottom the train started pulling away… I have never known as much fear as I experienced the moment the train moved.

Thankfully when I did get onto the platform it was announced over the tannoy that the next train… my actually train… was 2 minutes late. I cannot explain the level of joy which washed over me the moment I heard that. I'm not sure whether there had been an event on or something in York but there was a group of people stood on the platform who had clearly been drinking since, probably, lunch time… they were drunk and extremely loud.

My next train pulled up and this time it was my train. Once on I was able to find my seat and this time I actually got to sit in it but the group of drunken people sat around me… I had 40 minutes until I was to get off the train. In an attempt to block them out I placed my earphones in so that I could listen to music but even though my music was on the loudest setting possible I could still hear them… yep, they were that loud. Due to my train being late coming in, I was also late arriving at home. My train should have gotten to my home station at 20:57 but due to the lateness I arrived at 21:05. Yet this was not the end of my journey from hell… I stood at the doors waiting to get off and they didn’t open so I pressed the button and the still did open… by now I was panicking so I tried again and pressed the button, this time the doors opened and I pretty much jumped off the train.

Now if that had been the end to my manic night I would have been so happy however due to it being Halloween I was also going out with friends, so once I got dropped off at home, I sorted the things I needed for my costume, hopped into my car and drove over to my friend’s boyfriend’s house. Once at his house, I got my stuff, locked my car and knocked on his door. I was let in by his brother and found my friends in the front room. Once I was quickly dressed, I sorted my friends make up out and then my own before she sorted my hair and with that I was finally ready and that was the end to my manic night and I was finally able to go out and have fun with my friends…

So that’s it basically although I have to do the whole thing to go back to uni on Sunday but hopefully it won’t be as stressful as I have 20 minutes to ensure I am on the right train back from York…. This week’s quote is “you’re lucky, he’s lucky, I’m lucky, we’re all lucky!!” you know the rules my lovely bloggers who said it and where’s it from?

Until next time x

F is for Friends

Hello my lovely bloggers and blog readers. So it’s been a while since I last blogged... Is that the past tense of blog? blogged? hmm... Anyway since then I have moved back to Liverpool for my second year of university, I am no longer living in university halls but instead I am now living in a house... how grown up am I? 

Anyway the answer to the last quote is... Frozen! and it is said by Olaf! Now I may be a little obsessed with this film (to the point where I can nearly quote it and I'm not ashamed of that fact). Before we move onto the blog post here is a little fun fact for you all. The voice actor for Olaf didn't have a script, he improvised his lines! So after our little fact of the day we will move onto the post. 

So this time we are going to talk about friends, chums, buddies... Whatever name you call your best friends, we are going to talk about them. I have 4 best friends, each of which I have met at different point of my life; from year 8 up until my first year of university.

I met my best friend Abby in secondary, through a girl I was friends with, as they are sisters. In many ways we are like one another... It's why we get on so well. We like many of the same things, music, TV shows, films, books, you get the picture. We can sometimes have the same thought process however this could just be that because we have been friends for years we are able to tell what the other is thinking. We are even capable of having conversations with only the use of facial expressions or even hand gestures and at one point we were able to have a conversation with only the production of sounds… no actually words were used.

My second best friend, Sophie, I met when I was in my first year of college. I actually met her through Abby… there is some kind of family relation between them but I'm not sure what it is. I do know that they only found out that they were related about 6 or 7 months into being friends. Unlike Abby and I, Sophie and I have different tastes in things. Although we do have different tastes, we have enough similar tastes to be able to create a friendship, we are able to talk about things we have in common as well as introduce each other to new shows, books, films.

My third best friend, Natalie, I strangely enough met through Abby also… I only met Nat last year, however we became fast friends. Again we have different likes but we also have similar likes which allows us to suggest films, books and TV shows to each other and say ‘oh have you seen this *insert show*’. But we also have similar like which allows us to talk about them and say ‘what did you think of this’ or ‘did you see *insert show here*.

My fourth best friend, Emma, I met when I first started university. We lived together in our student halls as it was laid out like a small flat with 5 people living in it. We were also on half of the same course, so we both do Educational Studies and then a specialism, as you know mine is English Language. Anyway on the day we moved in, we were the only two in our flat as the other girls had gone too spent a last few hours with family. Basically long story short we became fast friends. Again we have different like but we had enough things in common to have something to talk about. Since then she has introduced new music and books to me and I have introduced her to new books and music to.

Although, Abby, Sophie, Nat and I grew up in the same town as each other, Emma didn’t but due to her visiting for my birthday and during the summer she has gotten to know Abby, Sophie and Nat and gets on well with them as if she had grown up with them. One thing that the girls and I all have in common is our love for 90’s and early naughties music. We are all 90’s children at heart and can’t resist a good dance when we hear music like ‘5,6,7,8’ by steps, the ‘Macarena’ by Los del Rio or even the ‘Cha Cha side’ by DJ Casper… not that we always know what dance moves we are supposed to be doing but it’s all a bit of fun.

Each and every one of these girls has helped me though so much and without their help I don’t know where I would be now. They have all supported me when things have gone pair shaped and then have stood by me when I have made a stupid or bad decision where someone else would have a walked away. They have been a shoulder to cry on, a therapist and a person to act like a lunatic with. There is a saying which says “one out of 4 people are insane. Think of your 3 closest friends, if they seem normal then it’s you” this saying doesn’t apply to us at all, as we are all insane in our own little way which is why we are able to get on so brilliantly. Even though I haven’t known some of them for however long I can truly say I love these girls with all my heart and I know that I have a friend for life in all of them.

I think this is a nice place to end this blog, so like usual guys here is this post quote "Hey see if they got any pie. Bring me some pie. I love me some pie". You guts know the rules, who said it? And where is it from? Leave a comment down below and we will see if you are correct in the next post!!!

School is in Session

Why hello again... its time for a new post. So first of all, the answer to the last quote and who said it is... Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer... Now this is an oldish show as it started in 1997 and finished in 2002. I was looking through Netflix for something to watch and fell upon it so I thought I would give it a look see and ended up watch it I am currently on season 7, (14 more episodes and I will have finished) but it has a spin off series called Angel so I may give it a look too...

Anyway on to the purpose of this post. I thought I would let you know a little more about me seeing how this blog is about the random things that happen in my life. So this week we are going to talk about something normal... school... boring I know, but we all go through it so I thought we would get it over with. Now in my very first post I stated that I was attending university and studying Educational Studies with English language. However starting there is at the end of my education when really we want to be at the beginning so we are going to jump back 15 years to when I first started school.

So at the age of 4 I started nursery (I believe this is Kindergarden in America?). Basically what I did here was learn basic skills like writing my name and expanding on skills like reading which my parents would have slowly started teaching me at this point as well as playing with toys and learning to interact and socialise with other children who I would learn alongside for the next 8 years. I spent a year in nursery before going into reception (Elementary?)... this is where the more school based learning happens so I can vaguely remember having lessons in maths and learning to count and do basic maths (my level and understand of maths stayed here as my ability to do maths is horrendous). Now my primary was only small, there must have been 25-30 children in my year alone... I don't even think there was 150 students in the whole school. Anyway from this point on it was all lessons and very little play. Like I have just said I spend 8 years in primary and left in 2006 where I went on to secondary school. 

I started Secondary (Middle school/High school? I think) at the age of 11, but because my birthday is later in the year I had basically only turned 11 three months prior to starting secondary so I really didn't feel old enough to be starting secondary school. Similar to my primary, my secondary was only small school, a bit bigger but not by a lot... there must have only 300-350 in the whole school. This might not seem small but compared to other schools it was. There are some schools in my area which have 800+ students. Due to the little amount of students being admitted into my secondary and the neighbouring secondary school, the two schools had to be amalgamated in 2010 as there just was not enough students to keep running 2 separate school.

I spent 5 years in secondary from the ages of 11 to 16. It is also the place where I met my best friend (we have been best friend for 7 years now). Like most of the secondary schools near me, the school I attended had a specialism which just so happened to be Performing Arts meaning that my school was VERY big on Dance, Drama and Music. Every year we put on a production, a winter showcase, a couple of various things like talent shows or dance shows on throughout the year and then at the end of the year, when we had the award ceremony the teacher would performe a number which had been kept secret to everyone except though performing... I will never forget, 4 of my teachers and the head teacher dressed as students singing "teenage dirtbag". In the last 2 years of secondary I completed my GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) for these I completed numerous amounts of coursework for each subject (5 for English, 3 for Drama, 2 for Music, 18 for Health... the list goes on). I left secondary with 9... I think... GCSE and a BTEC which is equivalent to 4 GCSE... Should I list them? Do you want to know them? 

After secondary, I spent two years at college (I think this is the end of High School) from the ages of 16-18. Again, my college was only small, maybe 200-250 of us altogether. In my first year I completed my A/S Levels (Advanced Subsidiary) so this was like the first half of my A-levels and then in my second year I completed my A-levels. So basically, in my first year I took 4 A/S Levels in which I completed coursework and sat examinations for. In my second year, I carried on with 3 of my A/S subjects in order to gain a full A-Level in them and dropped one, however in order to gain the points I needed to enter university I picked up a new A/S Level. In the end, I left college with 3 A-levels and 2 A/S levels. Also this is where I met another one of my best friends... I met her though my best friend from secondary.

And finally I started university (College or sometimes university to) last September at the age of 18. Like the other education establishments which I attended my university is kind of small, compared to other universities that is. I have already completed my first year of university, I still have 2 years left before I complete my degree. However once I finish my degree I have to take an additional course which will give me my QTS (Qualified Teachers Status) and allow me to teach. So really I have another 3 years before I qualify as a teacher. Due to attending university away from home, I lived in halls on campus where I met my 3rd best friend. Even through it has only been a year it is as if I have known her my whole life... I am living with her next year and hopefully the 2 years following that. 

That is it really.... 16 years worth of education in one post and I still have 3 years to go, we haven't done bad really have we? Now I know most people say they hate school and that they can't wait to leave but honestly if I had the chance to do it all again, I would... I have met some of my best friends through school and I would never change them for the world. I wouldn't do anything different, I would complete school in the exact same way as before. So without sounding like some old lady, all of you who are still in education you get out of it what you put in. If you work your butt off it will be worth it in the end, you will meet some brilliant people who may turn out to be your best friends for the rest of your life and it will lead you to do amazing things... 8 years ago I never thought I would be were I am now, attending university away from home and working towards being a teacher.

Well this post turned out a little advisory towards the end... Anyway that it for this post. Here is this weeks quote - "I don't have a skull... or bones" you know the rules, who said it and where is it from... leave a comment below and tell me where you think and I will post the answers in the next post :) 

Until next time x

All the Best People Are Mad!

Hello my lovelies!! So the quote from the last post is from "Pretty Little Liars" and is said by Hanna Marin (I love the things she says) 

Well this time we are going to talk about the little things we like to have a certain way or the odd things which we do. Now you're probably thinking what is she talking about but I'm talking about the little things we all do that have to be just right. So for example I have this Christmas mug which I have hot chocolate in but I have to have that cup for my hot chocolate even if it's not Christmas it has to be that mug. Now I'm probably causing you to worry about my mental health but I promise you I am sane or close to sane as I can be. 

One of the main things I do which isn't that mad as I know a few people who do it but I talk with my hands... When I'm talking to friend or family or anyone really I wave my hands around as if I'm landing a plane or conducting an orchestra. I don't mean to do it but I have no control over it. Even if I don't start waving them around you can guarantee that by the end of the sentence or explanation I will be waving my hands around like a little bird trying to fly. 

Also related to hand moments... When I'm speaking and I go blank on a word I will do an odd hand movement which often involve my hands circling one another like a predictor circling its prey or I will outline the shape of whatever it is that I have forgotten the name off... Or at least I will try to outline it. Again resulting in my hands circling one another and it is often accomplished by a very odd sound which I can't even explain. 

Another thing is that when I'm having dinner I have to have matching cutlery... You know what it's like when your parents go out and buy new cutlery for what ever reason they sometimes don't throw away the old cutlery so you end up with a complete matching set and a couple of odd knives and forks here and there. Now when we have dinner if I'm provided with a knife and fork that don't match I will change one so that they match. 

When doing any written work whether it's notes from my lectures or writing a letter I will always use a blue pen. I don't know why but I prefer writing in blue it just seems more bright and cheerful than writing with a black pen. Also I won't change between ink colours in one book. I can't have it where one page is in blue and the other is in black, it irritates me so much. 

Things always have to be even, whether I'm turning the radio up or the volume on the TV or deciding things. It has to be even, I don't know why but it makes me feel uncomfortable when it's on an odd number. 

When I read a book I can't just stop in the middle of a chapter. It's just not right to put the book down, mid sentence in the middle of a chapter. I can only put it down when I get to the end of the chapter. However this usually leads to something exciting happening at the end of the chapter and me needing to read the next chapter to find out more which inadvertently leads me to reading 6 more chapter. This happened once and because of it I read a 50 something (57 I think) chapter book in one day... 

I also talk to myself. Quite often really. I can be sat with my friends thinking however I usually end up voicing the end of my thoughts rather than voicing the whole thing OR not voicing it at all therefore causing my friends to think I'm talking to them. But once I start voicing my thoughts I will continue to voice the rest of whatever is going through my head. 

Also I talk to myself or to my books when I'm reading. Where as most people often think internally about how shocked or mad they are at whatever happened in their book but some times my brain isn't always connected when I'm reading so if I'm shocked or angry or praying my favourite character lives I will voice these thoughts; often in the presence of my friend which leads to questioning looks. I also laugh to myself quite often... Recently I was trying to explain to a friend a funny incident which happened awhile ago however I started laughing hysterically that I couldn't form a full sentence to tell her so it started off with the whole "oh a few weeks ago..." And then me falling in a fit of hysterics that bad that I couldn't tell her why I was laughing...

Now I could probably continue with a load more "quirky" things which have to be done in a certain way or some of the odd things I do but we'd probably still be here come Christmas of next year... My friends often call me OCD or insane because I have to have things in order but I swear I'm not OCD and I'm also not insane. Is there any quirky traits which you have? Maybe leave a comment of anything which stands out to you or you do it the most and I'll let you know if I do the same or something similar. 

I may do a follow up post about the quirky things my friends have noticed me doing to see if they have noticed things I haven't 

Now time for the quote "Homework? Hmpf I don't believe in tiny Jewish Santa anymore!!" Now you know the drill... Where's it from and you said it!?

Until next time!! 

And My Hobbies Are...

Why hello!!! So I know it has been about 3 weeks since my last update... sorry about that! I did have this post pre-written and sort of forgot about it until the other day. I have also been struggling with a post name for this one... not many puns include the word 'hobbies' and I was having difficulty making one up.... Anyway the answer to the last quote was... The 50th anniversary episode of doctor who "The Day of the Doctor" hehe I couldn't resist putting that quote in on that post it just seemed so fitting!

So this week we are going to talk about hobbies. Now I have four main hobbies... Two are normal and the other two are not so normal at least not for my age... My first hobby is writing... I've been writing for about 6 years now. I use a site called wattpad where I post my work and people from around the world are able to read it, comment on it and even vote for it. I currently have an on going piece on there which I upload weekly on a Monday night. I suppose my love of English language was bound to push me down this road eventually or maybe my love of writing is what pushed me down the road of loving English language.

My second hobby is Cheerleading. Now I use to do this when i was 7 till the age of 9 at a dance school and then started again when I was 13 in year 9. Unfortunately this only lasted for one year as it was for a Christmas showcase rather than as an actual sports team. When I started university we were encourage to join a society or a sports team which allowed us to interact with other people that were not on our course or that we didn't live with ,as I lived in halls for my first year of university. So I joined the cheer team, The Hope Hurricanes which it says on my bow in the picture to the right. Our uniform consist of a long sleeved top, skirt and spanks in the colours Black, Pink and Silver and our training uniform consists of black shorts, a black top with our logo on and a black hoodie which also has our logo on. We currently have a squad of 28 girls, however 4 years have left at the end of this season due to graduating university.

Now my third hobby is a little odd, especially for a girl aged 19. I like to collect 50p's which are used to commemorate evenra which have happened in the UK such as the 2012 Olympic, the suffragette movement, Johnson's Dictionary, the scouts movement, 100 years of the girl guides and so on. In total I have 34 50p's. 19 commemorating the Olympics (10 more amd I will have a the complete set) and 15 commemorating other events. I can't really tell you when I started collecting them, I just did, I've had them for as long as I can remember. The earliest 50p I have is from 1994, obviously i didn't start collecting them then as I was t even born but at some point I have been handed it and added it to my collection. Every time I receive a 50p in my change i always check it and it it has a picture om it I keep it ans refused to use it.

My last hobby is collecting pressed pennies. If I can remember correctly I started collecting pressed pennies in 2001 when I was about 6 years old. I went away with a family member to a place called 'Centre Parcs' and it has a pressed penny machine. Now at the age of 6 years old I was amazed by it and I still am to be honest. The first penny I pressed should hopefully be in the picture to the left (it's not a very good picture as the penny is a little mucky but I have had it for over 10 years) but it say "My Lucky Penny" with an imprint of a four leaf clover and a horse shoe. From then on whenever I see a press penny machine I will press a penny, I have been known to disappear when I see a machine. In total I have 19 pressed pennies, including ones from Madam Tussaudes (London), Edinburgh Zoo (Scotland), Dymanic Earth (Scotland), RMH Titanic Maritime Museum (Liverpool) and many others. Now whenever I go anywhere like a theme park or an attraction I check to see if they have a machine (I'm not obsessed I promise) and if they do I ensire to have a spare penny and a pound for the machine. 

I've just realised in both picture I'm wearing the same PJ bottom, these photos were taken about 2 months apart...

So this is the end of this post, here is this posts quote... "fool me once shame on me... fool my best friend and you're dead freaking meat" you know the drill... where's it from? aaannnddd who says it? 

Until next time :) x

The Clock Strikes Twelve...

Hello again so the quote is from the Red Dwarf episode Quarantine... Now it might be a little old for some of you but it's one of my favourite TV series... An oldie but a classic nevertheless and a quote was bounded to show up sooner or late and another one may appear later on. 

Now I hadn't actually planned to post tonight but seeing how last night was the season 8 premier for doctor who I felt as a whovian I should probably do something. 

Now I'm not going to do a full review on the episode as that's not what I'm here to do but I do have a few thoughts here and there which I need to voice. 

Starting with the opening sequence... In short I don't like it. Simple as that I really really hate it and I don't plan or warming up to it any time soon. To me it doesn't feel right. 

Now Clara. I liked her in the last season and I like her in this one to! (I know it's only started but if she continues this way then I think she will be one of the best companions the doctor has had) I like how she was shown to be able to handle herself but then still have trust in the doctor to save her. Along side Amy she is one of my favourite companions.

The return of the Pasternoster Gang! I was happy to see the lizard from the dawn of time, her Victorian wife and a fighting potato! These 3 would make a marvellous spin off. Strax never fails to make me laugh... He just can't let old habits go. 

I like the continuity of the episode. Especially the reference to 'The Girl in The Fireplace' it was nice to see that the doctor has memories (even if he has trouble placing it) to his life as the tenth doctor. And the repetition of lines such as "you've redecorated. I don't like it" this mirrors the line from the 50th anniversary episode and other previous episodes. As well as the doctor miscalculating Clara home, similar to how he did when he drop Sarah-Jane Smith off at 'home'. 

Now we get to Peter Capaldi... I was very VERY dubious of welcoming him as the doctor for the reason that Matt Smith will always be the doctor who stole my heart but I must say I didn't expect to warm to him so quickly. I expected for it to take a few episodes before I began to like him but I can say that within 75 minutes he has gained my trust. Is anyone else thinking "shush" will be his catchphrase? Because I can see it. Also his accent... I could get use to listening to him talk simply because of his accent. However to see him abandon Clara like that broke my heart. I never thought I would see the doctor do that to anyone. 

Now the ending confused me... 10 years of watching doctor who and not once have I been as confused by an ending as I was last night... Who is this Missy person and why is she calling the doctor her boyfriend? What happened to River? 

I think that is about everything. If you have any thoughts about the episode or if you agree with anything feel free to comment :) 

Now here's the quote you know what to do... "Oh, the pointing again! They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do? Assemble a cabinet at them?" 

Please Turn Around When Possible

Hey guys! The quote from the last post was from... Veronica Mars The Movie... So if that's what you said well done!! 

So it's been a while since I last put a post up but it's been a busy week... My parents went away without me and my flat mate from uni stayed with me until they came back. Myself and 3 friends also went to a theme park near me... Well I say near it was an hours drive away. It appears my sat nav has the same direction abilities that I do... One minute it's tell me to turn left and when I do it starts telling me to turn around when possible.

I decided to name my sat nav Simone.... So instead of Simon says it's Simone says... Anyway before I start cracking anymore bad puns or play on words I'll leave you with one more... 'What do you call a sleep walking nun.... A roamin' catholic'... Ehh... Ehh... Anyone... Anyone... No?... No?... Okayyy Moving on...

So back to the theme park... We had fun, went on rides, screamed our heads off, went on rides which we're terrifying and screamed more that the little children! However we did hear a fully grown man shout "I'm going to die" 

I'll tell you one thing though I will never go on a ride that goes upside down again... We went on a ride called 'the black pearl' which was like the pirate ships that swing back and forth except instead of stopping it carried on swinging to the point were you were upside down... YOU WERE SECURELY FASTENED IN!! I will state that before you think "Christ what rides does this mad woman go on!" We had a bar pressing into our bladders and metal wiring stuff above you so incase something went drastically wrong we were still within the ship! 

Another ride we went on was a roller coaster called 'the Ultimate' and to be honest it wasn't that bad... However I did keep my hands securely on the bar! We also when on this roller coaster which was set out as an underground mine after a dinosaur attack so it was pitch black and every so often a dinosaur would be lit up and there was a massive drop too... Once the guy was finished giving the whole 'keep your hands and feet in the ride at all times...' And started the ride my friend looked at him and said 'bye' as we began to move... Not sure why but she did. 

Like any teenager we took a load of photos and bought some which were taken on the rides but as you know they always take the photo when you are in the middle of screaming or pulling some sort of funny face.  

So I think we'll leave this post there before I begin babbling away. Now as I said last time I was going to end my posts with a quote and I would tell you in the next post as to where the quote is from... Soo here is the quote ... 

"So let me get this straight: you want to fly on a magic carpet, to see the king of the potato people, and plead with him for your freedom... and you're telling me you're completely sane?" 

A few of my favourite things...

Hello again!

So it’s been a few days since my first blog or post, not quite sure what to call it but anyway it’s been a few days. I thought I would maybe list of few of my favourite things, like films, books, TV shows, things like that. But first I would just like to say thank you for reading my blog, even though I only have the one post so far... two now but still thank you!!

Anyway before I become too soppy I will continue with my post. First thing I will list will be my favourite books. As I said in my last post I like to read; so I guess it's a good place to start. So here is a list of my favourite books and book series.

• Forget Me Not by Anne Cassidy (this has to be one of my all-time favourite books to read)
• The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
• The Divergent series by Veronica Ruth
• The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter
• The Heist Society series also by Ally Carter 
• The Pretty Little Liars Series by Sarah Shepard
• The Lying Game Series also by Sara Shepard
• Children of the Red King series by Jenny Nimmo
• The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
• Wings series by Aprilynne Pike 
• The Winter Trilogy by Ruth Warburton 
• Witch Finder series also by Ruth Warburton 
• Life and Laughing by Micheal Mcintyre
• Is It Just Me by Miranda Hart
• The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins
• The Veronica Mars: Million Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas
• Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (I was crying with laughter at this book) 
• The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater

Didn't realise I had so many favourite books and book series. Right so next we will go onto favourite TV shows.

• Doctor Who (yes I am a Whovian)
• BBC's Sherlock (and a Sherlockian)
• Supernatural (and... I don't know the name for this fandom... Hunters? maybe) 
• Charmed
• Red Dwarf
• Pretty Little Liars
• Glee
• Vampire Diaries
• The Big Bang Theory (Bazinga!)
• The Originals
• They Lying Game (unfortunately this show got cancelled)
• The Secret Circle (also got cancelled) 
• Veronica Mars (and so did this one)
• Pushing Daisies (and this one to) 
• Kyle XY (yep, and this one) 
• Ravenswood (you guessed it, cancelled)
• BBC's Doc Martin 
• Friends
• Once Upon a Time (whose excited for Anna and Elsa to make an appearance?)
• Fawlty Towers (this was before my time but still a classic)
• Only Fools and Horse (again before my time but a classic)
• BBC's Mock The Week
• Scrubs
• BBC's QI
• BBC's Outnumbered

So most of the shows I like got cancelled and some of them ended on a cliff hanger; wasn't too pleased with that, especially when the Lying Games got cancelled half way through season 2... Anyway on to favourite films.

• Practical Magic (this has to be one of my most favourite films)
• The Prince and Me Quadology (These films make everything better)
• Veronica Mars the Movie (I waited 10 years for this film!)
• Life as We Know It (this is such a sad but cute film)
• PS I Love You (again such a sad but cute film... plus Gerard Butler with a Irish accent...*swoon*)
• A Far off Place
• The Fault in Our Stars (I was not prepared for such heart break!)
• New Years Eve
• We Bought A Zoo
• Lilo and Stitch (Pudge does control the weather)
• Frozen (Do you wanna build a snowman?... Let it go)
• Tangled (Frying pans at the ready people!) 
• The Lion King (Hakuna Matata)
• Jumanji 
• Divergent 
• The Mortal Instruments
• The Harry Potter Octology 
• Sherlock Holmes
• Sherlock Homes: A Game of Shadows
• Coyote Ugly
• Despicable Me 
• Despicable Me 2
• Star Trek
• Star Trek: Into Darkness
• Moulin Rouge
• Letters To Juliet
• Alice in Wonderland (Johnny Depp... Enough said)
• The Pirates of the Caribbean Quadology (Savvy?) 
• Ballet Shoes
• Howl's Moving Castle
• Ponyo (Ponyo like ham!!)
• Avengers Assemble (puny god)
• Iron Man Trilogy
• Thor
• Thor: The Dark world
• Step Up Quadolody
• Dear John
• Magic Mike (Hehe)

I realise there is a lot of films there but it’s difficult to decide on my ultimate favourite film. Let’s see where should we go next? How about comedians

• Michael McIntyre
• Miranda Hart
• Russell Howard
• Danny Bhoy
• Andy Parson
• Hugh Dennis
• Sarah Milligan

So that was rather a short list compared to the others but that will be the end of my favourites because if we carry on we will be here all night with list after list. Anyway if you are looking through these lists and you have a suggestion for a film or a book or a TV show or a comedian which you think I might like due to something I have listed please let me know by leaving a comment and I will get round to having a look as soon as I can. Anyway this is going to be the end of this post. I have decided on how I am going to end my posts... I'm going to put a line from a film, book or TV show and then in my next post I will say where the line is from. If you wish you can leave a comment below saying where you think it is from and we will see if you are right in the next post... a little bit like a game :) 

"That was the old me. Angry me? Vengeful me? The new me? People say I'm a marshmallow" 

Well... Hello

Well… Hello

Soo... I actually have no idea as to what I am doing or if I am even doing this right (this can only go so well). Ermm I should probably start by telling you a little about myself. I'm 19 years old and I’m small for my age as I am only 5ft (according to a height chart in a shop in the UK, I am the height of a 13 year old...). I can’t work technology for the life of me and I often shout at my laptop when it refuses to work. I love to read... Give me a book and I will refuse to put it down until I have finished the book or the series; I once read 12 books in 10 days whilst on holiday. I can sometimes be a typical blonde where my brain just decides to shut down for a few seconds and as a result of this I have had many "Blonde Moments" which I will no doubt put in this blog; one of my most recent ones included setting my car up ready to move, so I had my seat belt on, the car was in reverse, I'd taken my hand break off and started lifting the clutch up to reverse out of the parking space... I however hadn't actually turned the car on...

I’m currently studying Educational Studies with English Language at Liverpool Hope University where I will spend 4 years working towards being a teacher. Since starting university I have recently rediscovered my love for cheerleading and joined my university's squad... Despite all the bruises and aching muscles I look forward to my practices!

There isn't really a main reason as to why I decided to do this. There will be a bit of everything in here from me just having a random rant to me telling you about a blonde moment which I experienced. I guess we'll just have to see what's posted as we go along which will be fun as I never plan often... As my friend and I used to say "we'll take the day by socks". I misheard the saying and never knew what the correct form was but it was funny to say and it became kind of an inside joke we had which I have now let you in on :) 

Ermm well that’s the end of this post... I really need to find a way to sign off 

^_^