Well, I say a hundred and I say interesting - I doubt I can get to a hundred and I doubt the one's that I do get will be interesting.. but here goes!
1) I changed my name by deed poll at the age of 15, I took on my Mum's husbands surname. As much as I rock my current surname, I sometimes want to go back to my original one but fear I'll lose my identity!
2) I cannot physically burp.. I don't know why! It drives me insane.. The pain can be unbearable sometimes and I am deeply jealous of those who just let rip! Everybody thinks, they will be the one who can teach me to burp.. Never gonna happen!!
3) I have a phobia of eyes, not eyes in general - it's hard to explain, certain things with eyes make me queasy, like people touching their eyeballs or eyes being gauged out in films. Every so often, I will see someone in the street who has horrible eyes and I will want to pass out. I also heard a story the other day about someone who had their eye popped out.. ugh
4) I can turn my tongue around in an interesting fashion.. It's my party trick.
5) I have double jointed fingers.. People often feel a little sick when I put that shit into action!
6) As mentioned before - I love cricket!! It's my favourite sport.
7) The first boy to ever give me an orgasm was the son of one of the members of Shawaddywaddy.
8) I also have a deep fear of scars. One of my biggest fears is that I get a horrible scare that's visible all the time, I have a huge amount of respect for people with massive scars.. I don't think I'd be able to face the world on a daily basis if I had a massive scar!
9) My dream is to one day open an orphanage in China.. I want to make it easier for foreigners to adopt Chinese babies, I want to make it safer for the babies that are given up, I just want to make a small difference.
10) I get on easier with men than I do women, I think I have a male sense of humour. Plus I am surrounded by such strong female with my friends and family that I think other women are mostly weak, men pleasing kittens!
Seriously... only 10 down?
11) Normally, I like my men older.. 30+.. Martin Shaw, George Clooney, Liam Neeson etc..
12) I took Viagra once.. yes the male version.. not on my own mind!! It turned my eyesight blue and I felt like I was having sex with a smurf!! The next day, I was in a constant state of arousal and could not concentrate on anything!! Don't think I'll be doing it again in a hurry!
13) I drink a stupid amount of coffee
14) I love festivals.. I love the atmosphere, the camping, the muckiness, the fun, everything about them!
15) I still wear the ring my ex boyfriend gave to me.. Not because I'm a mentalist who isn't over him, just because I like the ring! Instead of reminding me of him, it reminds me of a time in my life that's over now.. I've moved on and I am now a better, happier person.
16) I love checked pyjama bottoms.. they make me feel warm and cosy and content
17) I believe that unless you have something urgent on.. You should NEVER get dressed on a Sunday.
18) I do this crazy thing with car number plates.. Say the number plate is "L22 3NA" I will see how high I can get using maths and the 3 numbers.. eg: 3-2=1, 2 and 3 are already there, 2+2=4, 3+2=5, 2x3=6 etc etc.. It drives me insane, but I just can't not do it.. Bit of a shitter when you're on the motorway!
19) I love my own space.. probably a bit too much at times! I can become a real recluse, then I'll snap out of it and go a little crazy and then slowly slip back into it. I suppose it's a good thing though.. If you can't be happy on your own then you probably can't be happy!
20) When I was a small child, I used to sit at the bottom of my grandparents garden talking to the fairies. They weren't tiny little things, they were about 6inches tall.. and there were loads of them. When my grandparents moved house, they didn't follow us and I never saw them again!
Ok, I am up to 20.. only 80 to go but it's hard!!! So I will do it in parts. Part 1 - DONE! xx
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Sunday, 23 January 2011
People I Miss...
I normally spend my weekends or at least part of them with my best friend.. but she buggered off to Spain this weekend and I miss her.. It's also made me think of other people that I miss.. I seem to miss a lot of people nowadays, but I guess that's what getting older does to you! So I thought I'd let you know who I miss and why..
My Grandad - I miss him every single day of my life, not a day goes by when I don't think of him.. So many of my memories include him, I was a Grandad's girl, he was the most important male influence in my life. I feel blessed to of had a wonderful 27 years with him and the memories of him and I will always be in my heart, yet I just can't stop missing him.
My Nana - For the majority of my life, I missed the Nana that I had before she had her stroke. I missed going places with her and doing things with her. Now that she's gone, I just miss her, I miss the fact she had to go through every female name in our family before she got to mine, I miss how angry she'd get at my Grandad because he couldn't vacuum to her standard, I miss trimming her moustache (she'd kill me if she knew I'd wrote that) and I miss having the one person who saw absolutely no fault in me. I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but to her, I was.
The most recent ex boyfriend - He was one of my best friends and that's what I miss most. He totally got me, we could spend all day talking crap to one another.. we never ran out of things to say! I could tell him anything and knew he wouldn't judge me, hold it against me or make me feel like an idiot. I don't even really miss him on an intimate/boyfriend level.. I just miss my best friend! I'm hoping that in time (when I'm less bitter and he's less of a nob) we can be friends again.. We best as I want my pillow back and I'm sure he wants his DVD's and books back!
David Tennants Dr Who - Now, I have given Matt Smith a go.. I "enjoy" his episodes and I will continue to watch them.. However, David Tennant he is not.
xx
My Grandad - I miss him every single day of my life, not a day goes by when I don't think of him.. So many of my memories include him, I was a Grandad's girl, he was the most important male influence in my life. I feel blessed to of had a wonderful 27 years with him and the memories of him and I will always be in my heart, yet I just can't stop missing him.
My Nana - For the majority of my life, I missed the Nana that I had before she had her stroke. I missed going places with her and doing things with her. Now that she's gone, I just miss her, I miss the fact she had to go through every female name in our family before she got to mine, I miss how angry she'd get at my Grandad because he couldn't vacuum to her standard, I miss trimming her moustache (she'd kill me if she knew I'd wrote that) and I miss having the one person who saw absolutely no fault in me. I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but to her, I was.
The most recent ex boyfriend - He was one of my best friends and that's what I miss most. He totally got me, we could spend all day talking crap to one another.. we never ran out of things to say! I could tell him anything and knew he wouldn't judge me, hold it against me or make me feel like an idiot. I don't even really miss him on an intimate/boyfriend level.. I just miss my best friend! I'm hoping that in time (when I'm less bitter and he's less of a nob) we can be friends again.. We best as I want my pillow back and I'm sure he wants his DVD's and books back!
David Tennants Dr Who - Now, I have given Matt Smith a go.. I "enjoy" his episodes and I will continue to watch them.. However, David Tennant he is not.
xx
Saturday, 8 January 2011
Adjusting to single life..
So, I have now been officially single for just over 6 months, however for the majority of those 6 months, I had a boy in my life who was quite clearly more than just a friend.. So I've now been properly single for 10 days and I've started to realise why single is great..
1) I get my bed to yourself every night - unless I have a friend stay over.. in which case we girly giggle and talk about smelly boys! This is an added bonus for me as I seem to always end up with chronic snorers!
2) I don't have to shave my legs!! I've shaved them twice in 10 days.. Up until 10 days ago I was shaving them on average, every other day! It's so much warmer and when I do finally shave them, it feels like a momentous occasion!
3) I can kiss random boys! I've not kissed random boys for years and I'd forgotten how good it can be!
4) I don't feel suffocated.. As much as I loved the last 2 boys in my life, I sometimes felt like I was losing control, drowning in the relationship. With the first one, I felt like I was being drowned by me trying to be the perfect girlfriend for him (turns out I wasn't) and with the second one, I felt like I was being drowned by rushing into something so soon after last time. I also put far too much focus into not doing what I did with the first one to make it work.. If you know what I mean?!
5) Getting "me time" - I never really let myself get to know me as a single girl again after splitting up with boy number 1.. I was pretty much straight in there with boy number 2.. But now I am discovering who I am and I realise that I've changed an awful lot over the past 4 years and it's all good. For now, it's all about me!
6) Point number six, I have only discovered within the past 3 nights.. Falling to sleep with the radio on, I absolutely love it!! Although I am slightly concerned that my sleepy radio station of choice is Radio 2.. When did I get so old?
That's all the reasons for why being single is great for now.. But I think I have discovered quite a lot in just 10 days, especially as I thought my life was practically all but over!! x
1) I get my bed to yourself every night - unless I have a friend stay over.. in which case we girly giggle and talk about smelly boys! This is an added bonus for me as I seem to always end up with chronic snorers!
2) I don't have to shave my legs!! I've shaved them twice in 10 days.. Up until 10 days ago I was shaving them on average, every other day! It's so much warmer and when I do finally shave them, it feels like a momentous occasion!
3) I can kiss random boys! I've not kissed random boys for years and I'd forgotten how good it can be!
4) I don't feel suffocated.. As much as I loved the last 2 boys in my life, I sometimes felt like I was losing control, drowning in the relationship. With the first one, I felt like I was being drowned by me trying to be the perfect girlfriend for him (turns out I wasn't) and with the second one, I felt like I was being drowned by rushing into something so soon after last time. I also put far too much focus into not doing what I did with the first one to make it work.. If you know what I mean?!
5) Getting "me time" - I never really let myself get to know me as a single girl again after splitting up with boy number 1.. I was pretty much straight in there with boy number 2.. But now I am discovering who I am and I realise that I've changed an awful lot over the past 4 years and it's all good. For now, it's all about me!
6) Point number six, I have only discovered within the past 3 nights.. Falling to sleep with the radio on, I absolutely love it!! Although I am slightly concerned that my sleepy radio station of choice is Radio 2.. When did I get so old?
That's all the reasons for why being single is great for now.. But I think I have discovered quite a lot in just 10 days, especially as I thought my life was practically all but over!! x
Friday, 7 January 2011
Cricket part deux!
Within minutes of posting my last post... WE WON!!!!!!!!!! By a whole innings and 83 runs..
Needless to say, I will be going to sleep a very happy girl :) x
Needless to say, I will be going to sleep a very happy girl :) x
Cricket...
England have already retained the Ashes and we're well on our way to winning the series, this makes me super happy!!
As a small child, I spent a lot of time with my very precious grandparents. During the summer holidays I was forced to watch hours and hours and hours of cricket which drove me insane, I just wanted to watch cartoons... But I remember clear as day, laying across my Grandads knee, him tickling my back and explaining all the rules to me or telling me cricketing stories from his past, my Nana would chip in with her stories of being a score keeper and before I knew it.. I was a closet cricket fan.. I would love spending my summer holidays watching cricket, the BBC cricket theme tune would grab my attention and I would be engrossed for hours. I would make my Nana and Grandad tell me their stories or show me their photos.. and they are honestly some of my favourite ever memories of my childhood.
My Grandad died in July 2009 which devastated me, I'd never really lost anyone that special before.. I'd lost my hero. I remember saying to my Nana "this year, we'll win the Ashes and it'll be for grandad" fast forward a few weeks and I was at V Festival, watching The Specials on the main stage with the boys and The Specials announced that we'd bloody won!
The emotions that ran through me in the space of 20 seconds was immense - pride, happiness, sadness etc. I had this huge wanting feeling.. I wanted to see my Grandad, I wanted to call my Nana, I wanted my mummy to cuddle me.. none of these things were possible so I just burst into tears!! There is nothing worse than being with a group of boys, whilst crying and they have no idea what you're crying about!! I regained my composure and raised my drink to my hero, my Grandad.. I know that he was up there celebrating in my true Grandads style :)
As mentioned before, my Nana died in January 2010.. This Ashes.. I said to myself "they'll win the Ashes so my Nana and Grandad can celebrate together" we've retained them.. now all I need is for them to win the series and I shall be a happy bunny on so many levels - however, I would swap every single England Ashes win to see my beautiful grandparents again, as they were before they were poorly xxx
As a small child, I spent a lot of time with my very precious grandparents. During the summer holidays I was forced to watch hours and hours and hours of cricket which drove me insane, I just wanted to watch cartoons... But I remember clear as day, laying across my Grandads knee, him tickling my back and explaining all the rules to me or telling me cricketing stories from his past, my Nana would chip in with her stories of being a score keeper and before I knew it.. I was a closet cricket fan.. I would love spending my summer holidays watching cricket, the BBC cricket theme tune would grab my attention and I would be engrossed for hours. I would make my Nana and Grandad tell me their stories or show me their photos.. and they are honestly some of my favourite ever memories of my childhood.
My Grandad died in July 2009 which devastated me, I'd never really lost anyone that special before.. I'd lost my hero. I remember saying to my Nana "this year, we'll win the Ashes and it'll be for grandad" fast forward a few weeks and I was at V Festival, watching The Specials on the main stage with the boys and The Specials announced that we'd bloody won!
The emotions that ran through me in the space of 20 seconds was immense - pride, happiness, sadness etc. I had this huge wanting feeling.. I wanted to see my Grandad, I wanted to call my Nana, I wanted my mummy to cuddle me.. none of these things were possible so I just burst into tears!! There is nothing worse than being with a group of boys, whilst crying and they have no idea what you're crying about!! I regained my composure and raised my drink to my hero, my Grandad.. I know that he was up there celebrating in my true Grandads style :)
As mentioned before, my Nana died in January 2010.. This Ashes.. I said to myself "they'll win the Ashes so my Nana and Grandad can celebrate together" we've retained them.. now all I need is for them to win the series and I shall be a happy bunny on so many levels - however, I would swap every single England Ashes win to see my beautiful grandparents again, as they were before they were poorly xxx
My beautiful grandparents xxx
Monday, 3 January 2011
Boys smell..
And that's really all I've got to say today.. They really do smell and I dislike them at the minute!
Saturday, 1 January 2011
My best friends...
I have been lucky enough in my life to have an amazing group of best friends.. we've been through thick and thin together, two of them moved to different countries (one came back again), there's been a few arguments but nothing major and I know I can count on every single one of them. So I thought I would dedicated a whole post to them and let you know a few little bits about them.. Funny thing is.. the majority of us didn't exactly choose each other as friends.. we were kind of thrown together!
Best friend number 1 - She has known me the longest, since the day I was born actually. We were thrown together by our Mum's, 28 years ago. We argue like sisters, her ever beautiful, youthful appearance pisses me off, we don't always agree with each others life choices, but we love each other none the less. I know that in times of need, I can go to her and she will comfort me, tell me about her similar past experiences and help me to learn from them.
Best friend number 2 - She's the sister of best friend number 1, so yet again, thrown together by our Mum's!! As kids, we had matching haircuts and wore flowery dresses, if it wasn't for the different skin colourings, we could of been twins! We've lived together.. 3 times. She moved to Spain but came back again a few years later and it was like she was never away.. Well apart from the "in Spain we did this" or "I own that DVD, but it's in Spain" stories. Up until a few years ago, I couldn't go to her for comfort.. She was the one I went to if I needed to laugh or just forget about stuff.. She's softened though and I can now seek comfort.. but after 5 minutes, she's back to the jokes!
Best friend number 3 - She's the best friend of best friend number 1, so thrown together that way. She moved to LA 6 years ago to further her career and I miss her loads.. She came home a few weeks ago but I only got to see her once :( I shall be meeting up with her in Vegas next year though, so all is good! I worry about her, she's so far away! She has 2 beautiful girls and not knowing them very well makes me sad. We keep in touch through Twitter, Facebook and occasionally Skype.. but sometimes it's just not enough!
Best friend number 4 - She was school friends with best friend number 2 and I didn't really like her very much (I thought she was stealing my best friend off me) somehow though, she managed to wangle her way into my list of best friends.. And I don't regret it for a second, we've lived together.. twice! The second time round was one of the best parts of my life.. We share a love of the Doctor, chocolate and musicals. She's one of the nicest people I know.. Which sometimes pisses me off.. I just wish she'd say "no piss off" but she won't!! When it comes to advice, she's the sensible one.. I hate listening to her advice sometimes, cos I know it's what I should do.. And I tend to not do it, but then do it a few weeks later!!
Best friend number 5 - Well, she's my fellow Virgo!! She was always around as I was growing up, but we were never really very close till about 6/7 years ago.. In those 6/7 years I have learnt a lot about her. She's the spiritual one of the group.. yet she's not all floaty, woaty, arty, farty.. She's grounded and strong. Sometimes, in a social situation, I look at her and feel as if we are thinking exactly the same thing about the person stood in front of us. We have a lot of similarities, but at the same time we're completely different.
Now normally... We don't ever really let anybody else into our little group.. but then came along best friend number 6.. She went to uni with best friend number 5.. but it's only really in the last 6 months that I've become close to her (once I was single) she's absolutely mental and her stories crack me up!! She's also a trooper.. Never sick!! She calls me her hero, but really.. She's mine!
So there we have it.. My girls!! I hope that at least a couple of you are reading this.. if you are, I love you! xx
Best friend number 1 - She has known me the longest, since the day I was born actually. We were thrown together by our Mum's, 28 years ago. We argue like sisters, her ever beautiful, youthful appearance pisses me off, we don't always agree with each others life choices, but we love each other none the less. I know that in times of need, I can go to her and she will comfort me, tell me about her similar past experiences and help me to learn from them.
Best friend number 2 - She's the sister of best friend number 1, so yet again, thrown together by our Mum's!! As kids, we had matching haircuts and wore flowery dresses, if it wasn't for the different skin colourings, we could of been twins! We've lived together.. 3 times. She moved to Spain but came back again a few years later and it was like she was never away.. Well apart from the "in Spain we did this" or "I own that DVD, but it's in Spain" stories. Up until a few years ago, I couldn't go to her for comfort.. She was the one I went to if I needed to laugh or just forget about stuff.. She's softened though and I can now seek comfort.. but after 5 minutes, she's back to the jokes!
Best friend number 3 - She's the best friend of best friend number 1, so thrown together that way. She moved to LA 6 years ago to further her career and I miss her loads.. She came home a few weeks ago but I only got to see her once :( I shall be meeting up with her in Vegas next year though, so all is good! I worry about her, she's so far away! She has 2 beautiful girls and not knowing them very well makes me sad. We keep in touch through Twitter, Facebook and occasionally Skype.. but sometimes it's just not enough!
Best friend number 4 - She was school friends with best friend number 2 and I didn't really like her very much (I thought she was stealing my best friend off me) somehow though, she managed to wangle her way into my list of best friends.. And I don't regret it for a second, we've lived together.. twice! The second time round was one of the best parts of my life.. We share a love of the Doctor, chocolate and musicals. She's one of the nicest people I know.. Which sometimes pisses me off.. I just wish she'd say "no piss off" but she won't!! When it comes to advice, she's the sensible one.. I hate listening to her advice sometimes, cos I know it's what I should do.. And I tend to not do it, but then do it a few weeks later!!
Best friend number 5 - Well, she's my fellow Virgo!! She was always around as I was growing up, but we were never really very close till about 6/7 years ago.. In those 6/7 years I have learnt a lot about her. She's the spiritual one of the group.. yet she's not all floaty, woaty, arty, farty.. She's grounded and strong. Sometimes, in a social situation, I look at her and feel as if we are thinking exactly the same thing about the person stood in front of us. We have a lot of similarities, but at the same time we're completely different.
Now normally... We don't ever really let anybody else into our little group.. but then came along best friend number 6.. She went to uni with best friend number 5.. but it's only really in the last 6 months that I've become close to her (once I was single) she's absolutely mental and her stories crack me up!! She's also a trooper.. Never sick!! She calls me her hero, but really.. She's mine!
So there we have it.. My girls!! I hope that at least a couple of you are reading this.. if you are, I love you! xx
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