Well.. Where to start?
To be honest, since I last wrote in this properly on the 23rd, it's been a little bit of a crazy ride. Within the space of a month, I've been the happiest and probably the saddest of my whole life.
It started off amazingly on Christmas day with my genuinely wonderful fiancé ♥, and then shortly after New Years, some awful news, a difficult decision and a very long, heartbreaking evening have led me to become an awful lot more responsible than I'd like to be. I'm still not over it, and I don't think I will be for a while, but I think I've come out stronger so I'm optimistic that things will be okay.
But throughout the whole experience, I have learnt the value of a truly good person. I'm lucky enough to have some amazing people in my life, and I'm forever grateful for all the care that they've shown over these past few weeks.
Thank you guys:)
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Brain scribble
Hello, sorry for not posting a silly blog for a while! There's been some crazy things going on...
Anyway, back to the really important news of the day... #fanfare
I have invented a concept!
I've been working on my essay all day, and then I got completely distracted and read a journal about dyslexia, which is NOT what my essay is about, at all. And I read a word wrong (ironically) and confused myself for a second, bu this inspired me! What if this momentary spasm of understanding had a name...? Well I gave it one:)
The 'brain scribble'... coming to a store near you.
Haha, no, basically, a brain scribble is a moment in time when you feel like some things have become a little bit jumbled in your head.
FOR EXAMPLE,
you could be revising and accidentally confuse one theory with another -> brain scribble
Or you could be trying to organise your day and not know what to prioritise -> brain scribble
Do you see what I'm saying?:D It's a brain SCRIBBLE.
I'll draw a diagram to help explain.
This is me on a normal day, casually exposing my brain to the world as I jog on by.
The only scribbles there are the natural scribbles of the folds and fissures (sulci and gyri) of the cerebral cortex;)
NOW!
This is me on a rare moment where I briefly confuse things in my head:
See, a SCRIBBLE! This is as accurate as an MRI by the way.
And my facial expression has remained the same because I'm a good actor, not because I forgot to draw a confused face or anything...
So, that's what I've got for you today.
Join me next week when we'll be evaluating how far I've actually got with my essay...
Anyway, back to the really important news of the day... #fanfare
I have invented a concept!
I've been working on my essay all day, and then I got completely distracted and read a journal about dyslexia, which is NOT what my essay is about, at all. And I read a word wrong (ironically) and confused myself for a second, bu this inspired me! What if this momentary spasm of understanding had a name...? Well I gave it one:)
The 'brain scribble'... coming to a store near you.
Haha, no, basically, a brain scribble is a moment in time when you feel like some things have become a little bit jumbled in your head.
FOR EXAMPLE,
you could be revising and accidentally confuse one theory with another -> brain scribble
Or you could be trying to organise your day and not know what to prioritise -> brain scribble
Do you see what I'm saying?:D It's a brain SCRIBBLE.
I'll draw a diagram to help explain.
This is me on a normal day, casually exposing my brain to the world as I jog on by.
The only scribbles there are the natural scribbles of the folds and fissures (sulci and gyri) of the cerebral cortex;)
NOW!
This is me on a rare moment where I briefly confuse things in my head:
See, a SCRIBBLE! This is as accurate as an MRI by the way.
And my facial expression has remained the same because I'm a good actor, not because I forgot to draw a confused face or anything...
So, that's what I've got for you today.
Join me next week when we'll be evaluating how far I've actually got with my essay...
Monday, 17 January 2011
Thursday, 23 December 2010
An update!
1) I organised a superduper trip to a professional phto place so that my siblings and I could have our pictures taken as the grumpy, old people we are so that I could give it to my Dad for Christmas (don't worry, he doesn't go online... ever). It was really, really fun and we had some quality bonding time in the process, which is rare with a hermit, a uni student and a socialite. Ah, I love professional photographers because they make us look genuinely repsectable! Very impressive! ;)
2) My boyfriend and I have a brand new bed:D It's beautiful and brown and leathery, and I am seriously in love with this bed. I want to sleep in it now but I have to wait till tomorrow:( I mean, I could break into his house and sneak into his room while he's out and clamber into our bed and sleep blissfully until I'm found out in the morning... But it's easier and potentially safer to just stay in my own bed, I think.
Also, major kudos to Matt for building our new Haven because there's absolutely no way I could've done it, ahah. It's so good, I'm so lucky:D
3) I meant to do a drawing today and I forgot so now I'm feeling pretty silly about it all :(
4) WE COMPLETED SPYRO!!!!!! (100% and everything.)
:D
2) My boyfriend and I have a brand new bed:D It's beautiful and brown and leathery, and I am seriously in love with this bed. I want to sleep in it now but I have to wait till tomorrow:( I mean, I could break into his house and sneak into his room while he's out and clamber into our bed and sleep blissfully until I'm found out in the morning... But it's easier and potentially safer to just stay in my own bed, I think.
Also, major kudos to Matt for building our new Haven because there's absolutely no way I could've done it, ahah. It's so good, I'm so lucky:D
3) I meant to do a drawing today and I forgot so now I'm feeling pretty silly about it all :(
4) WE COMPLETED SPYRO!!!!!! (100% and everything.)
:D
Monday, 20 December 2010
I've become obsessed.
Truly, genuinely, 100% obsessed.
And if that wasn't bad enough, it's bit even an original obsession - it's a repeat of a previous childhood one!
Basically, there's this silly little purple dragon and his trusty golden dragonfly...
(If you don't kow what that is, you need a punch in the face)
He's called Spyro (the dragonfly is Sparx), and I've fallen madly in love with his tiny, pixelated wings.
He collects beautiful treasures from lots of different worlds because the baddie, Gnasty Gnorc, has turned lots of the gems into stupid bad guys called Gnorcs, and he turned all the dragons into crystal :o!
The mission is simple;
Retrieve all 12000 gems.
Save all 80 dragons.
(Try to save the dragon eggs from the theives along the way).
It's literally the best game ever.
Now, before you go judging me, you bunch of bullies, you have to admit that everyone has loved him at some stage... it's just a bit bad that I'm re-living my feelings for him now at the embarrassing age of 19.
It's completely justified anyway because exams are over (woo!) and I never actually completed it 100% as a kid so it feels like unfinished business, y'see.
It all started when I found the original game for playstation 1 a few days ago...
I've been playing it ever since.
I'm now 95% complete, with only 2 levels to go.
I'm feeling fairly crazy.
C'mon guys.
There's no better way to spend the day than in the control of a pre-pubescent dragon with an attitude problem and a terribly small wingspan.
I aim to have it completed by Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas;
How strange is it that it's now only 5 days away!?
Christmas seems to have come round so quickly this year! (Not that I'm complaining- I'm pretty sure Christmas this year is going to be the best day ever). I'm so glad I've already done all my Christmas shopping, because with the snow and the general speed of the advancing holiday, I'm fairly certain I'd be very stressed by it all if I still had some to buy.
Ah, I'm so excited!
Within the next week I will have:
*completed Spyro
*given everyone their gifts
*become the official luckiest girl alive
*gained an entire stone from Christmas lunch
Excited. :)
And if that wasn't bad enough, it's bit even an original obsession - it's a repeat of a previous childhood one!
Basically, there's this silly little purple dragon and his trusty golden dragonfly...
(If you don't kow what that is, you need a punch in the face)He's called Spyro (the dragonfly is Sparx), and I've fallen madly in love with his tiny, pixelated wings.
He collects beautiful treasures from lots of different worlds because the baddie, Gnasty Gnorc, has turned lots of the gems into stupid bad guys called Gnorcs, and he turned all the dragons into crystal :o!
The mission is simple;
Retrieve all 12000 gems.
Save all 80 dragons.
(Try to save the dragon eggs from the theives along the way).
It's literally the best game ever.
Now, before you go judging me, you bunch of bullies, you have to admit that everyone has loved him at some stage... it's just a bit bad that I'm re-living my feelings for him now at the embarrassing age of 19.
It's completely justified anyway because exams are over (woo!) and I never actually completed it 100% as a kid so it feels like unfinished business, y'see.
It all started when I found the original game for playstation 1 a few days ago...
I've been playing it ever since.
I'm now 95% complete, with only 2 levels to go.
I'm feeling fairly crazy.
C'mon guys.There's no better way to spend the day than in the control of a pre-pubescent dragon with an attitude problem and a terribly small wingspan.
I aim to have it completed by Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas;
How strange is it that it's now only 5 days away!?
Christmas seems to have come round so quickly this year! (Not that I'm complaining- I'm pretty sure Christmas this year is going to be the best day ever). I'm so glad I've already done all my Christmas shopping, because with the snow and the general speed of the advancing holiday, I'm fairly certain I'd be very stressed by it all if I still had some to buy.
Ah, I'm so excited!
Within the next week I will have:
*completed Spyro
*given everyone their gifts
*become the official luckiest girl alive
*gained an entire stone from Christmas lunch
Excited. :)
Monday, 13 December 2010
Wisdom!
THE TOOTH
It all started when I was eating a pizza on Thursday... It was a pepperoni pizza, and it was alright for a £1, but nothing particularly special. I'd chosen to get 'thin and crispy' because it was cheaper, but the error here was to choose something 'crispy' when I knew that I had a bit of toothache.
Being the gigantic fatty that I am, I naturally wolfed the whole thing down, even though it was burning hot and I'd promised myself that I'd save at least half of it for lunch the next day... And that's when it happened. The silly crispy pizza base decided to have a little fight with the sensitive part of my gum where my wisdom tooth is trying to cut through, and my poor gum because stuck between a tooth and a hard base;D GEDDIT?
Ahem.
Anyway, this caused MASSIVE tooth-related uproar and I was in a lot of pain :(
As you can see, not only is it painful, it's also causing great upset in the tooth world because the other teeth feel like they're squashed enough without me introducing another member of the gang, so they're paying me back by randomly hurting throughout the day as well.
Basically, my experience of wisdom teeth so far has been that rather than bestow great wisdom upon me, they make my mouth hurt and bleed. That is all they've done so far. Ohh, and they've also given me something to complain about;D
HOWEVER! I'm quite looking forward to having OPTIMAL chewing capabilities once they've all come through properly! Screw wisdom, I'm going to be able to eat more efficiently, and there's nothing much better than that.
Providing my dentist doens't want to spoil my fun by taking them out...
It all started when I was eating a pizza on Thursday... It was a pepperoni pizza, and it was alright for a £1, but nothing particularly special. I'd chosen to get 'thin and crispy' because it was cheaper, but the error here was to choose something 'crispy' when I knew that I had a bit of toothache.
Being the gigantic fatty that I am, I naturally wolfed the whole thing down, even though it was burning hot and I'd promised myself that I'd save at least half of it for lunch the next day... And that's when it happened. The silly crispy pizza base decided to have a little fight with the sensitive part of my gum where my wisdom tooth is trying to cut through, and my poor gum because stuck between a tooth and a hard base;D GEDDIT?Ahem.
Anyway, this caused MASSIVE tooth-related uproar and I was in a lot of pain :(
As you can see, not only is it painful, it's also causing great upset in the tooth world because the other teeth feel like they're squashed enough without me introducing another member of the gang, so they're paying me back by randomly hurting throughout the day as well.Basically, my experience of wisdom teeth so far has been that rather than bestow great wisdom upon me, they make my mouth hurt and bleed. That is all they've done so far. Ohh, and they've also given me something to complain about;D
HOWEVER! I'm quite looking forward to having OPTIMAL chewing capabilities once they've all come through properly! Screw wisdom, I'm going to be able to eat more efficiently, and there's nothing much better than that.
Providing my dentist doens't want to spoil my fun by taking them out...
Sunday, 5 December 2010
I wish that I was magic.
I'd be super brave and super strong and I'd fly around fixing everything and making everyone better. I'd also know everything I needed to know, and I'd be more than happy to share my magic with anyone who needed it.
I hate that life's so unfair sometimes. It makes me feel silly and useless.
But! It does have the ability to make me realise how genuinely lucky I am to be blessed with such wonderful people in my life (one person in particular ♥).
I'd like to dedicate this blog post to lots of people!
To my Dad, who's currently proving how brilliantly strong he is.
And to everyone else, for helping me to be the best that I can.
Love.
I hate that life's so unfair sometimes. It makes me feel silly and useless.
But! It does have the ability to make me realise how genuinely lucky I am to be blessed with such wonderful people in my life (one person in particular ♥).
I'd like to dedicate this blog post to lots of people!
To my Dad, who's currently proving how brilliantly strong he is.
And to everyone else, for helping me to be the best that I can.
Love.
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