However, it's election day, the day I waited for, for so long, to break my voting virginity.
Popped at 5.30pm to be exact.
Not the most accurate of sources, but facebook has proved that basically aLOT of people have voted today, I think the count of facebook users was just up to over 1.7 million!
It always saddens me when people put the 'I can't be assed voting, they're all shit' card.
I understand some people are totally unaware of party policies etc, but I think its important for people to educate themselves on politics, not to be some crazy activist but to be 'in-the-know', after all it is our country and our vote does count. As Tesco says 'every little helps' whether its tactical voting or voting for your interests, it's important to take a stance. How can you complain about 'this country's so shit' if you don't particpate and be pro-active and just do something about it, that's the beauty of democracy.
Ignorance is certainly not bliss when it comes to politics, after all, its not hard to imagine the harm that parties such as the BNP, UKIP and The Conservatives can cause on the ordinary person.
The Conservatives seen as a right-centre party fucked this country up during Thatcher's stint. Seriously though, people blame Labour for the recession, when looking back, who privatised our industry, the conservatives! These people represent the top-earners, the top 5% richest people in the country i think the figure is, yet they want to control a country with a majority of working-class people, many unemployed and living in basically shit areas with shit lives, so why would the conservatives really give one when it's not affecting them?
I'm not trying to impose my political affiliations on anybody, but as Clegg says, fairness is what is needed.
I've mentioned in a previous blog, at university the working-class are certainly a minority in red bricks.
My point is, why should we accept that, why should anybody be living a life with lack of opportunities and drive to better themselves. The answer is in politics, it runs our lives, it's inescapable.
That's why I'm proud of every person who stepped out to vote today, whatever party they support, because we have a democracy, something we should be proud to live in as despite living in the 21st century, it is not a worldwide phenomena. People fought and died for us, we should make them proud and do their efforts justice.
Viva Emmeline Pankhurst and the Suffragettes!! <3
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Boys boys boys
Let's face it, we've all got one certain weakness for those we find attractive.
I think mine is definately tattoos without a doubt.
I don't know why a boy with tattoos makes me so weak.
Is it the artyness within them? Or the fact they don't care to express themselves on their bodies.
Maybe its a bit of both....
I'm not talking the posey type, the people you know try to be soooo cool and have tattoos etc and have the whole indie look going on, but really just for the 'scene'
I'm talkin about the beautiful, kinda shy ones with beautiful body art that just make your mouth drop.
I also have a thing for glasses too, perhaps thats due to my loves of intelligence and glasses signify intelligence i guess.
Nevertheless, I always stand by the rule that personality is more greater, more attractive and more beautiful than any Calvin Klein model. FACT.
I think mine is definately tattoos without a doubt.
I don't know why a boy with tattoos makes me so weak.
Is it the artyness within them? Or the fact they don't care to express themselves on their bodies.
Maybe its a bit of both....
I'm not talking the posey type, the people you know try to be soooo cool and have tattoos etc and have the whole indie look going on, but really just for the 'scene'
I'm talkin about the beautiful, kinda shy ones with beautiful body art that just make your mouth drop.
I also have a thing for glasses too, perhaps thats due to my loves of intelligence and glasses signify intelligence i guess.
Nevertheless, I always stand by the rule that personality is more greater, more attractive and more beautiful than any Calvin Klein model. FACT.
Monday, 26 April 2010
Phewww
So today I got a bit of a kick in the teeth or maybe rather a reality check when i encountered my very first conversation with a spanish girl, well other than my tutors, and it was scary as shit!
I felt like I was going to a job interview!
After what ended up being a 1 hour n 45 minute conversation, I came home feeling slightly relieved, excited and anxious all at the same time. Relieved that my first proper spanish meeting went ok, excited for the prospect of goin to Peru for 4 months and anxious as I clearly need to get my ass in gear to practice more!
The main importance with language learning is confidence without a shadow of a doubt. Think about it, speaking with people you don't know isn't the most comfortable experience, then throw in a foreign language to speak in, which probably multiplies that feeling by 1000.
After all though, it's like anything you do, practice makes perfect! You just need to be more sure of yourself and that you can actually do it. At least next time won't be so nerve racking.
So maybe the next time fear kicks in, I just need to tell myself I can do it.
Your friends and family may have faith in you, but its only when you realise it, can you actually believe in yourself.
I felt like I was going to a job interview!
After what ended up being a 1 hour n 45 minute conversation, I came home feeling slightly relieved, excited and anxious all at the same time. Relieved that my first proper spanish meeting went ok, excited for the prospect of goin to Peru for 4 months and anxious as I clearly need to get my ass in gear to practice more!
The main importance with language learning is confidence without a shadow of a doubt. Think about it, speaking with people you don't know isn't the most comfortable experience, then throw in a foreign language to speak in, which probably multiplies that feeling by 1000.
After all though, it's like anything you do, practice makes perfect! You just need to be more sure of yourself and that you can actually do it. At least next time won't be so nerve racking.
So maybe the next time fear kicks in, I just need to tell myself I can do it.
Your friends and family may have faith in you, but its only when you realise it, can you actually believe in yourself.
Monday, 15 March 2010
Feeling all sentimental
That's right, i'm having a cushy moment, god knows why, maybe the tiredness or the tea?
But i've just been pondering on shit, not literally, but you know life.
Me and my mate were talkin today at how lucky we are, not in a 'thank the holy jesus' kind of way, i mean in terms of who we could be/have and other people.
When i came to uni, ive gotta say one of my first reactions was 'fuck there is loads of posh people' and im no 'posh person'. The most craziest thing was finding out where they were all from, i mean some from the middle of fucking nowhere (i'm not talkin farms: one of my best mates is a farmers daughter, but she aint no weird ruraler), im talking about their connection with ACTUAL REAL LIFE.
these 'posh kids' come from god knows where, have had thousands upon thousands spent on their education for what? to be at exactly the same place as me.
A girl from a working class family who went to an 'ok' state school in one of the roughest areas of liverpool. im definately not tryin to hear the violins, im just stating fact.
Because really I never noticed the rich/poor divide until i came to uni. its just so unfair but lets not get me started on private schooling (fuckin hypocrisy...)
Back to what I was initially saying anyway....
its amazing how your background can affect your future but maybe more how you can use it to your advantage. I know a few people at uni from similar backgrounds to me and we all agree how much we had to work our asses off to get where we are today.
But, my point is, without sound pretentious, it only takes one moment of saying to yourself
'IM GOING TO FUCKIN' DO IT' and prove people wrong. I strongly believe in suprising people who don't think you can or you will do it.
Nothing is an excuse....money, ability, lack of support. you can do anything you want if you think you can. That's the beauty of life.
For example, we were discussing teenage pregnancy.
the usual reaction is 'omg teenager...pregnant? oh your lifes over...you will never have fun with your mates again... BLAH BLAH
WRONGGGGG!
For one, my mate has an absolutely beautful one year old daughter and shes an amazing mother! She is 19, in education, got a job. But it doesnt work like that right???
Some girl at uni got pregnant last year and this lead to my mate telling me about his sisters friend who got pregnant at 19 when she was at uni. She stayed with the dad, went to uni to do a foundation then got into a london fashion uni and her daughter is now 3 or 4 so by the time she has finished uni her daughter will be school-age. So who said life has to be put on hold.
It not always the 'lets get a council house and live on the dole and be a family' stereotype, but ye that does happen.
After all that blab i just hope its a tiny bit of inspiration to believe in yourself and be the person you want to be. Nobody has an idea of what youre capable of except YOU.
But i've just been pondering on shit, not literally, but you know life.
Me and my mate were talkin today at how lucky we are, not in a 'thank the holy jesus' kind of way, i mean in terms of who we could be/have and other people.
When i came to uni, ive gotta say one of my first reactions was 'fuck there is loads of posh people' and im no 'posh person'. The most craziest thing was finding out where they were all from, i mean some from the middle of fucking nowhere (i'm not talkin farms: one of my best mates is a farmers daughter, but she aint no weird ruraler), im talking about their connection with ACTUAL REAL LIFE.
these 'posh kids' come from god knows where, have had thousands upon thousands spent on their education for what? to be at exactly the same place as me.
A girl from a working class family who went to an 'ok' state school in one of the roughest areas of liverpool. im definately not tryin to hear the violins, im just stating fact.
Because really I never noticed the rich/poor divide until i came to uni. its just so unfair but lets not get me started on private schooling (fuckin hypocrisy...)
Back to what I was initially saying anyway....
its amazing how your background can affect your future but maybe more how you can use it to your advantage. I know a few people at uni from similar backgrounds to me and we all agree how much we had to work our asses off to get where we are today.
But, my point is, without sound pretentious, it only takes one moment of saying to yourself
'IM GOING TO FUCKIN' DO IT' and prove people wrong. I strongly believe in suprising people who don't think you can or you will do it.
Nothing is an excuse....money, ability, lack of support. you can do anything you want if you think you can. That's the beauty of life.
For example, we were discussing teenage pregnancy.
the usual reaction is 'omg teenager...pregnant? oh your lifes over...you will never have fun with your mates again... BLAH BLAH
WRONGGGGG!
For one, my mate has an absolutely beautful one year old daughter and shes an amazing mother! She is 19, in education, got a job. But it doesnt work like that right???
Some girl at uni got pregnant last year and this lead to my mate telling me about his sisters friend who got pregnant at 19 when she was at uni. She stayed with the dad, went to uni to do a foundation then got into a london fashion uni and her daughter is now 3 or 4 so by the time she has finished uni her daughter will be school-age. So who said life has to be put on hold.
It not always the 'lets get a council house and live on the dole and be a family' stereotype, but ye that does happen.
After all that blab i just hope its a tiny bit of inspiration to believe in yourself and be the person you want to be. Nobody has an idea of what youre capable of except YOU.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Weird dreams...
So another thing which has been on my mind, literally, is my unusual dreams
So sunday's entailed me gettin the job in paris (this was the day before i found out) and given an audi, a really snazzy one but i cant drive so i was gutted and they told me that i was to commute to paris every day...WEIRD
Last night, involved a house party in my house back in liverpool in which all my exes were there, very weird! And one tried it on with me. Ok it doesnt sound that weird but I woke up really pissed off as if it had really happened, bizarre!
Its always a weird occasion when they actually feel so real, i wonder why? The majority of the time you dont want them to be. Hmmmmm.....
So sunday's entailed me gettin the job in paris (this was the day before i found out) and given an audi, a really snazzy one but i cant drive so i was gutted and they told me that i was to commute to paris every day...WEIRD
Last night, involved a house party in my house back in liverpool in which all my exes were there, very weird! And one tried it on with me. Ok it doesnt sound that weird but I woke up really pissed off as if it had really happened, bizarre!
Its always a weird occasion when they actually feel so real, i wonder why? The majority of the time you dont want them to be. Hmmmmm.....
RESULT
Soooo... after all the palavar with the numerous interviews with the french company
I GOT IT :D i think i got a bit over-excited on the phone! and forgot to speak when she told me i was goin to be paid...thank the lord!!! its goin to be expensive living in Paris of all places but its going to be so worth it, i cant wait for visitors :D but its all a thing of getting everythin sorted now, paperwork etc, so lets hope that goes smoothly!! eeeeeeek im soo feckin excited :) :)
on another positive result, got my january uni exam results and i didnt fail as miserably as i believed...goood times!!!
I wish i could exams rather than essays, as weird as that sounds but coursework certainly isnt my strength at all.
Overall i got two high 2:2s, low 2:2 and two 2:1, pretty pleased seeing as i was expecting the worse!! so tomorrow night is defo goin to be a double-celebratory night :D
things are looking up!
I GOT IT :D i think i got a bit over-excited on the phone! and forgot to speak when she told me i was goin to be paid...thank the lord!!! its goin to be expensive living in Paris of all places but its going to be so worth it, i cant wait for visitors :D but its all a thing of getting everythin sorted now, paperwork etc, so lets hope that goes smoothly!! eeeeeeek im soo feckin excited :) :)
on another positive result, got my january uni exam results and i didnt fail as miserably as i believed...goood times!!!
I wish i could exams rather than essays, as weird as that sounds but coursework certainly isnt my strength at all.
Overall i got two high 2:2s, low 2:2 and two 2:1, pretty pleased seeing as i was expecting the worse!! so tomorrow night is defo goin to be a double-celebratory night :D
things are looking up!
Monday, 1 March 2010
ooops i'm ill
It's always the way, you get ill when you least need it
Ok, maybe its encouraged by the fact I havent stopped since about 2 weeks ago seeing as Ive been to-ing and fro-ing between Liverpool and Sheffield the past two weekends
So not only I am knakered even after my epic sleep, I'm ill, let's call it infected by man flu! haha
Well i'm hoping that the two litres of OJ ive just purchased may help me!
I cant wait til friday to rest and do fuck all, what i deserve i think!
But its goin to be an emotional one tomorrow, my sister is leaving for oz for a year!
it hasn't really sunk in to be honest yet, but i bet it will yesterday, so no doubt ill be the crazo on the train with panda eyes, joys!
honestly though, i couldnt be happier for her, its just what she needs! to get away and live the dream i guess!
well well i bet take another dose of beechams finest medicines!
goodbye for now!
Ok, maybe its encouraged by the fact I havent stopped since about 2 weeks ago seeing as Ive been to-ing and fro-ing between Liverpool and Sheffield the past two weekends
So not only I am knakered even after my epic sleep, I'm ill, let's call it infected by man flu! haha
Well i'm hoping that the two litres of OJ ive just purchased may help me!
I cant wait til friday to rest and do fuck all, what i deserve i think!
But its goin to be an emotional one tomorrow, my sister is leaving for oz for a year!
it hasn't really sunk in to be honest yet, but i bet it will yesterday, so no doubt ill be the crazo on the train with panda eyes, joys!
honestly though, i couldnt be happier for her, its just what she needs! to get away and live the dream i guess!
well well i bet take another dose of beechams finest medicines!
goodbye for now!
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