'I am sorry to alarm you my darling, but there is a chinese family in our bathroom.'

(500) days of summer is an awesome film!

Kathy had a Blockbuster voucher and got that film and I thought it would be another icky chick flick (which I LOVE, but they are pretty same-ish...) but it is so good.

WATCH IT.

I had an interesting convo with my dad today. Interesting, but short lived.

We were in the kitchen (whilst Nick was dancing to 'Fight for this love' but instead saying 'We gotta file, file, file, file, file for divorce... what a witty child) when a contraception ad came on.

AWKWARD. On the advert the woman said 'Contraception. Worth talking about.' My dad then decided to glare at me and say 'NO. ITS NOT WORTH TALKING ABOUT.'

In a jokey way.. not in a Catholic we-hate-contraception-and-abortion-and-everything way!

Then he started on a lecture. Which as even more awkward... 'If you had a baby, I wouldn't be angry. I would be happy, because I would know that you had made the decision to conceive it and you wouldn't have given into pressure from anyone and you wouldn't have been taken advantage of.' MORE GLARING. 'I would be happy because it would be a decision that you had made.'

So then Nick turned around and said 'I would be happy because then everyone would shut up about unis.'

Which sums up my life. Birmingham uni is STILL being gay (apparently there is a SCANDAL which involves a sociology lecturer plaigarising some of his work... it would be funny if it had happened to ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT.) and sheffield changed the open day dates without letting me know, and all my buddies (well, all FOUR of them) that I made at Surrey are ignoring me.

WHY WON'T YOU RETURN MY CALLS? (here, read 'facebook wall comments!)

On a lighter note, went to see Lostprophets on friday with Katy, Andrew, Becky, Chris and Adam :) saw Matt Betts and Savage and Jack Beattie there too, which was nice (ever since they ditched the bluestar-bus crew I never see them anymore!) and we also saw the love of Becky's life :D

(long story..)

but although the first support act (called Shark) was CRAP, kids in glass houses were pretty good (even though I only knew about 3 of their songs!) and lostprophets were AWESOME.

We were near enough to the front that I could see Ian Watkins' beautiful face, and far enough so I wouldn't get trampled on TOO much.

I liked it when Adam picked me up, there was this REALLY annoying guy in front who just pissed me off with his 6'5''-ishness, so it was nice to get a piggy back and actually SEE properly :)

The highlight of the evening must've been me groping Becky from behind, and Becky thinking it was Adam. :D the look on her face was PRICELESS.

I got a lostprophets wristband too, and received many a-compliment from my colleagues at work the next day :)

SO ONE MORE BAND TO TICK OFF THE LIST!

I will have to publish my list of MUST-SEE-BANDS-BEFORE-I-DIE... just in case you want to give me an early xmas present ;) but I will tell you now, Linkin Park will be at the VERY top :) Lostprophets are only my 2ND fave 'L.P' band :)

woo.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend :) I worked. yay. Literally 8 hours at work and 4 hours babysitting.

'I AM A GAY RAPIST'

I went to Surrey yesterday.

I am still gutted about Birmingham messing up their Sociology department, because B'ham is like, if I was a building, I would marry the whole of the campus.

I liked Surrey, but I spent the whole time comparing it to my uni soulmate.

After an awkward buffet lunch, (I almost ran away with my parents so I wouldn't have to mingle!) I actually ended up speaking to some people, which is a shocker for me. I would rather hide in the corner with my glass of orange juice :D

One girl I spoke to did the same A-Levels as me, lived in Southampton and had the same birthday as me! EXCITING STUFF!

We went into a lecture theatre for an introduction to the uni (the lecturer had BLUE HAIR! I am sooo going to Surrey!) as well as a sample lecture about Sociology, Culture and Media.

Which was interesting, but I ended up talking to my new buddies about facebook :P

Then we went to a campus tour (led by the most annoying squeaky girl ever!) and I ended up mingling with this guy, who is officially is the weirdest guy ever. But he cracked me up so much. He overheard me talking to my girlies about Farmville, and started slating it.

When we went past the 'security centre' I made a joke about getting protection from stabbing, which started a convo about which area was rougher, Southampton or Chichester (I thought Chichester was in the north.... turns out that was CHESTER.. gahh!)

But yeah. For some reason he started talking about being gay and a rapist... and I wasn't sure whether to believe him.

But once I found out he had TapTap Revenge on his iphone I kinda wet myself. He beat me :(

But yeah, it was a nice day out and if I do decide to go to Surrey, I have 5 facebook adds that would mean that I see a familiar face, which is nice!

I just got paid £20 babysitting for 1.5hours and i feel real guilty. Normally I get paid that much for 5 hours, and I did say 'ARE YOU SURE?' but yeah. Me like.

I have decided to save up babysitting money in my Reading fund.

Reading as in FESTIVAL, not Reading as in BOOKS, so I can hopefully go next year (and ring up Linkin Park and demand that they performmmm!!)

:)

I had a weird talk with my mum the other day...

I started by talking to her about unis and open days, but then she started slating Symonds.

She was going on about how when my sister went to Peveril, beforehand she was really shy but after college she became a lot more confident. So my mum was basically saying that Symonds had done the opposite for me. When I was at Thornden I had a big group of friends and I was pretty confident and happy, but since Symonds I have got a lot more stressed out, and I care more about what people think of me. Whenever I pass through Paul Woodhouse I somehow feel inadequate and uncomfortable, and I have now become a loner on the bluestar bus, because everyone I know gets lifts into college now (but I have a bus pass so I might as well use it)

I had always wondered what it would have been like to go to Peveril. Obviously I wouldn't have made all the friends that I made at Symonds, but I guess maybe the lack of elitism and Jack Wills hiearchy would have made me a lot happier to turn up in a hoody and not feel like a tramp.

But when mum said this, it made me feel really sad. Is it THAT obvious that I have become more reserved since Symonds? I have worked pretty hard at Symonds, so I know that I deserve whatever results I get in the summer. But at home, when I used to be all JUMPY AND EXCITED I just got to my room and watch Sex and the City. (woo!) I used to be a lot more social, and generally happier. Now I have loads of stuff to think about and I end up getting stressed out and tired all the time. I have days at college when I am pretty excitable so I seem a bit weird and crazy. I like that. Its like my normal self is back. When I would have been able to go anywhere at college and chat to people and say hi. At Thornden there was an obvious elite (of about 10 chavs!) and there were so many rumours about abortions and naked pictures and stuff I was happy not to be included in that group. I was happy being friends with loads of different groups, like the FF-ians and the fishpond crew. I know so many people who hated school, and I loved it, and I really miss it.

I am not saying I hate Symonds. I LOVE Symonds, (most days) I have met some amazing people, got an amazing boyfriend who I love spending time with, but sometime I wonder what it would have been like to go to Peveril. But I would have missed my Thornden friends SO much (even though I would get to see Gemma more than once a month!)

I don't feel as included as I used to. In my classes, in my circle of friends, in my family. Even at work I am still just settling down.

My sociology teacher told me that Media students are more likely to get depressed at uni than from any other subject (apparently computing and maths people are happier) because they supposedly do not have enough work to do and get bored. Im not depressed. I just feel up and down all the time.

I am going to surrey tomorrow. Whoop! :)

I fail at life.

My new years resolution (to decrease my amount of nutella, chocolate, milkyway magic stars and general CRAP consumption) has failed. MISERABLY.

I was pretty good to start with, I started going to the gym (OK, I went ONCE!) and started making use of my cycling machine and 'twist-stepper' which is in my room gathering dust. I even went for a run (incidently, about 10 hours before my sociology exam. Hence why I have probably failed. Instead of revising I thought it would be fun to get lost for almost 2 hours in North Millers Dale...or was it SOUTH Millers Dale? ITS ALL THE SAME TO ME. PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE ARE SILLY!) :P

But going to uni to see Kathy I had a years supply of chocolate on one pancake. I ate loads of carrots and grapes yesterday, only to top it off with a muffin. and a sausage roll. and a human-sized gingerbread man... haha.

OH. muffins. good times.

I am SICK of muffins. You see, I got back from work last sunday only to find that my mum had bought ALL of somerfields muffins. LITERALLY all of them. Because they were reduced from 99p for 4 to 35p for 4. So she kinda had a stroke in the bakery aisle, and SHOUTED at dad when he suggested only getting one packet...

I have had had more muffins in three days that I would normally have in a year.

44 MUFFINS ARE LEFT HIBERNATING IN OUR FREEZER.

Frozen peas and ready meals are overrated. Lets live on muffins.

I got manhandled in first aid today, when our St Johns person was going through the recovery position. Shame shes not hot, otherwise I would have been like 'OH NO. I CANNOT BREATHE. KISS OF LIFE, YOU STONE COLD FOX!' But instead she was old and chubby. I hate saying 'FAT' so I would rather say 'CUDDLY' or 'BEAR-HUG-ABLE'

:)

Oh. And I have a confession to make. I have told NOONE. I trust my blog readers with this secret.

I am obsessed with prostitutes.

Ok, that sounds weird. I am not obsessed like, I don't want to take advantage of their...services..

I am not a whore of the whores....

A whore-whore...

I was about to say 'Instead of being sick of chocolate chip muffins, I like ANOTHER type of muffin' ;) but I thought that would be inappropriate.

I just find prozzies really intriguing.

I remember, a few years back, one of my friends was like 'How much on average do prostitutes get paid?' I am not sure whether this was a joke.. or whether she actually wanted to ditch her GCSEs and take another...career...path...

But I have always had this ew.. its really sleazy thing about it. I know that SO many prostitutes are forced into it..whether they are kidnapped or they need money or they want drugs. I am not belittling that. I am pretty content with my A-Levels atm that I wouldn't want to just join a brothel and ignore uni and stuff.

I didn't do the KUDOS careers programme (which calculates what careers would suit you, based on your interests and thing you are good at) only for it to come up with 'You're screwed kiddo.. how about becoming a professional whore?'

But since watching 'Secret Diary of a Call Girl' and reading the books it was based on (which are SO awesome/funny btw... if a bit graphic at times...) I just find it really interesting. Like, what sort of men use prostitutes. and yes, how much they charge.

And whenever I see anyone playing 'Assassins Creed' the only part I am really interested in is when the prostitutes turn up to distract the evil guys.

OK. I may lose some friends after you guys read this blog. But hear me out.

I do not want to become a prostitute. Or use a prostitute. But I think it would be interesting to be friends with a prostitute... so I could ask them about it.

So... any takers?

Simple things make me happy.

It's true. Like someone giving me a squeezy hug, or finding out that nutella is on offer.

:D

I got Linkin Park's 'Minutes to Midnight' in Somerfield today for £1.25. COMPLETE bargain because I was considering getting it when it first came out (for £12.99) but instead chose to nick it off Matt-chew :)

I also got Spice Girl's Greatest Hits (AND I AM PROUD!) for £2.50. Which I was going to get on Amazon.. I mean IT WAS AN IMPULSE BUY... I DONT EVEN LIKE THEM... -shifty eyes-

But now I have somethings to blast through my speakers when I DO finally take my theory test/ pass my driving test/earn loadsa money/BUY A CAR!! woo :)

Hope everyone has a nice weekend!

My plans? Overtime with bitchy manager, and frantic extended project typing up. woohoo.

'Three words we all want to hear on valentines day... LETS GET NAKED.' :)

Just got back from SEXYter :)

spending 4 nights on the floor of my sisters flat near exeter uni ^__^

and it was SO MUCH MORE FUN than i thought it would be.

I was quite scared to start with.. having to encounter my sisters ex at the train station, and not knowing what to say/whether to stab him.. having NO IDEA which stop I was supposed to be getting off, and being unable to lug my bag on and off the train...

but the thing that scared me most out of EVERYTHING was walking up to my sisters room (who had to be CONVENIENTLY placed on the third floor..) and walking past a room which has 'PAEDO' pasted onto the door... in what looked like human faeces. The room was right next to the bathroom... and I thought that maybe they had run out of toilet paper! .. luckily it was only nutella. But still! EW.

I was shown the MAN room (a room with weights, a bench press and an XBOX) and the GIRL room (basically a room with a TV and a lot of chick flicks) and the kitchen. apparently noone in exeter understand the concept of washing up.. which was pretty annoying. While everyone was cooking/working out/playing FIFA I was often guilt-tripped into washing up. And as the middle-class twat I am, I HATE washing up without my marigolds :P

I basically spent the whole week eating nutella, pancakes and curry and watching movies like Mulan, Finding Nemo, X-Men origins, Down with Love, and FRIENDS. A LOT. Uni is going to be SWEEETT!

All of kathys flatmates seemed real nice (apart from captain BURP - luke..) and the fact that on the last night, they decided to bully me for wearing a Jack Wills top (WHICH I HAD TRIED TO HIDE UNDER A SCARF AFTER KATHY WARNED ME THAT I WOULD GET STABBED!!)

But I have had a few fun (and sleepless!) days. I was given a tour of Exeter campus (actually really nice.. shame they don't do Sociology!!) and spent 3 hours in the library doing E.P while Kathy was in lectures (she gave me her laptop and I didnt even go on facebook!... well I tried but it was blocked...) and I watched 'Valentines day' which is actually quite a funny film. Kind of an American equivalent to 'Love Actually' :) and Taylor Lauter was in it, and Bradley Cooper, and Patrick Dempsey. PHWOAR X 1000!

and Michael Franti's 'Say Hey (I love you)' was the song in the opening credits. So I loved the movie before it had started!!

I have also lost my cocktail virginity (pineapple margarita... yummy but SO strong!) when I went to a bar called 'Amber Rooms' with Kathy and her housemates to see her buddy Matt do an open mic. He played two original songs and a John Mayer song and he kinda made me melt. That was a fun night!! Interestingly.. only the GIRLIES went out to the bar/clubbing (me and Kathy went home after the bar..) guess where the guys were?

They stayed at home, to watch GLEE. How lame.

But that night, two of the girlies (Sam, who is awesome and German/chinese/pakistani...VERY multicultured! and Alice, who is Americannn) decided to come back from the club at 1am and bang on ALL of our doors individually and call us 'Gay' and 'Boring' for sleeping. Kathy never locks her door so they came in and threatened to jump on me. GREAT.

After a couple of days of being a shoulder to cry on/punching bag/person to rant and bitch about previous boyfriends to.. Kathy started getting a bit impatient with me. We went shopping and I was apparently slow at walking/slow at deciding what shops to go into/slow at deciding what drinks to buy/GENERALLY GETTING ON HER NERVES.

So I guess its good I came home when I did.. but its pissed me off to find out that my bedroom has been moved about, half of Kathys belongings are in my room, and I have no curtains/bedding. Welcome home, Jennie.

I have started getting more EXCITED than nervous about going to uni now though. Although it is still going to be scary and weird to leave my homeboys =/

Hope everyones been having a nice week!! x x

P.S It was weird how many Symondians I saw on the train home from Exeter... appaarently its the place to BE! :)

The dreaded V- word.

Why does everyone make such a big deal out of Valentines day?

I quite like how Symonds is doing a lot more fun things, to celebrate Valentines day. Just an excuse to set up a sex clinic I guess 'In and out...nice choice of name!'

But I do not like how shops seem to go crazy, and want to make a big deal out of it.. 'BUY THIS, OR YOU WILL END UP GETTING DIVORCED!' 'BUY THIS, AND YOU WILL GET LAAAAAID!'

Like Matalan. The more teddies we sell, the better. (apparently...)

But what I like LEAST is how people react to Valentines day. I mean, if you are in a relationship, feel free to give prezzies and love. But why have a set date for it? Why can't you give prezzies on any other day?

(Becky's mums bf giving her a bracelet to celebrate a 'happy friday' is possibly the cutest thing ever.)

Valentines day has always seemed a bit overreacted to me. But maybe that is because I have never been in a relationship over Valentines day, so I have grown a bit cynical towards it. But I have never really got DEPRESSED about it. I would make heart-shaped cookies in Brownies, or Valentines day cards at Guides or whatever, but then I would give them to my mum :)

Even people who AREN'T in a relationship are silly on Valentines day. If you are not in a relationship, why is that? Is that your choice? If not, why are you scared to tell that person how you feel? Obviously, doing that doesn't always work out (as I learnt a while ago) but there is not need to get depressed about V.Day. People who say V.day is the WORST DAY EVER is silly. If you avoid watching rom coms and avoid going to posh restaurants, where loved-up couples may be, then you are fine.

A few years ago I met up with some friends for V.day and we just had a laugh and watched a movie and it was FUN. So I don't understand why people get to hostile towards V.day.

Have a fun day wiith friends, or start planning a FANTASTIC half term :)

I have always ignored 'Valentines day' so it passes me by. 14th February is my half-birthday. So I expect lots of half-cakes and half-prezzies and cookies ripped in two, thanks :) I am one day closer to being an 18-er :O

Matter-Land.

I have decided that I need to chillax more and work less.

Extended project is being gay, media&sociology are being trigger-happy with essays, I have to practically teach myself english because one of my teachers is CRAP, and I am starting to worry about exams. ALREADY. also, I have begun to start freaking out about uni.

I mean, Symonds has been FUN. Particularly in AS. But I am starting to get fed up with it, so I AM looking forward to uni. Kinda. Just need to figure out which one is my FAVE (!)

On top of that, although Matalan is a BALL, I still don't feel a part of the clan.

I have decided to devise a list (haha, my best skill!) about Matalan.

Good things about Matalan.

They are real flexible with uni open days/holidays! (whereas Scott would make it more complicated then it needed to be!)

Everyone I have met is SO lovely (even though they are all extreme chavs or extreme emos!)

The duty manager, Becca, is SO nice. Everytime she calls me chick/babe I fall a little in love with herr!

Everyone who works there is SO friendly!

With the exception of one person, all the CUSTOMERS seem real friendly too!

They seem generally laid back about EVERYTHING, rather than being paranoid and accusing all the time!

We sell the CUTEST baby clothes. Which means babies come in. NEED I SAY MORE!

I know a couple of people from Thornden/through my sister/old times.

..shh...the pay is slightly more...

Bad things about Matalan.

EVERYONE SMOKES! When we all finish and wait at the front for lifts etc, everyone smokes. ew.

Apparently one of the managers, Alison (who interviewed me and seemed real nice!) has a bad side...

Because I only work 4 hour each time, we don't get a break. So after about 2 hours my feet ACHE and I really want some pie.

Other than a burger van outside (the gross-est one EVER!) there is no place to buy food. (apart from a couple of bags of wine gums) I miss choc dips in my lunch break, and boots meal deals :'(

Barely anyone there goes to Symonds. Whereas at Superdrug ALL the young-uns did!

The only surrounding shops are Pets at Home and Halfords.. so I cannot spend all my wages on the high street like I did before!! :'(

Thats all I can think of. But now I have settled down more, I do like Matalan a lot more. Which means one less thing to worry about, which is always good!! :)

'Shawtys like a melody in my head...'

Me and my mum were having a TV war a second ago.

I wanted The Simpsons.

She wanted BBC News..

But we came across this channel (I think it was 4Music) and the #1 R&B song for this week is apparently 'Iyaz- Replay'

...No. I havent heard of it EITHER!

But I watched a bit of it, and was a bit annoyed at how the girls in the vid were SEXUALLY OBJECTIFIED (sociology taught me to be a bra-burning feminist!!)

Cue rant.

But my mummy interrupted me by saying, QUITE seriously:

'Why does that guy keep grabbing his crotch? Does he need the toilet?'

Oh how I laughed. But thinking about it.. I am not really sure of the answer.

DO they need the loo?

Do they have some sort of genital warts they just HAVE to keep scratching at?

Do they want to try and exaggerate the size of their 'man-vegetables'.. much like a woman would wear a push-up bra?

Oh, the wonders of 21st Century Rap music. So many questions. So many possible answers.

Cashier number 11, please...

I asked my mum what an 'anus crime' was today?

Anal rape?

Constipation without a license?

Turns out I had misheard her, and the woman with the bonnet in 'My Girl' actually said 'HEINOUS crime.' Oh, how my parents laughed. At my expense.

My extended project has been COMPLETELY neglected this weekend. I have started to freak out about media cw (and my lack of photoshop skills!) so have instead decided to just sleep, read, and have lots of toasty baths. (when i say LOTS, I mean three... which is more than I have in a YEAR! haha, i am a shower person, not just SMELLY.)

It was weird how many old people I saw in Chandlers Ford this weekend, particularly yesterday. At one point I looked around Fryern (which is a PAIN in itself, its HORRIBLE there!) and I could not find a non-OAP anywhere! I was actually quite scared. Maybe the millenials and Generation Y and Generation X were all DEAD. (if that doesnt make sense, do media) :D

It wasn't until I peeped into Waitrose that I relaxed. No-one over about 12years old works there. Its weird how many people I know that work in Waitrose... mainly from Thornden, Symonds and a few badminton people. So its nice to occasionally pop in there and say hello. But I NEVER buy anything.

Waitrose is for posh people.

ASDA ftw :)

I worked today, and for once it was NICE. People spoke to me, the managers are SO nice (and really flexible about holidays/uni open days... whereas my old boss would make the BIGGEST fuss and not let me swap shifts and instead I would have to fill out loadsa holidays forms, which would get declinedd!)

There was this GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS boy that I served, who was about five, who was asking me loads of random questions, like why was matalan called matalan? did santa come for you this year? and when he asked me what my name was he got excited and shouted 'YOUR NAME IS LIKE JELLY BABIES!' and I so wanted to adopt him :)

Everyone I served today was real friendly. I cannot believe how easily someone can spend £150 on mainly undies and a few bags though...

In POOPER-drug :P I always served spoilt, Jack Will-sy, privately-educated pre-teens who would spend that much on make-up. And It would just PISS ME OFF.

Anyways, I am tired. E.P is waiting (and will probs wait for a LONGGG time!!)

ta-ra!

Skins series 4 is crap.

I saw a druggie get arrested today in Winch. As in, proper HANDCUFFED! (not 'cufflinked' as I tend to say...)

It was pretty exciting. He was wailing and whimpering and it was kinda surreal, having it happen in WINCHESTER. POSH CENTRAL. In fact, I don't think I have EVER seen anyone get arrested (which is always a good thing) so it was pretty surreal. And the worst thing was that I KNEW one of the PCs arresting him =/

I just got back from babysitting, and I am officially NEVER HAVING CHILDREN! Normally, once I have read a few books to the older one (the younger girl is a complete DOLL and is always sleeping!) and let her play with my hair a bit, they get to sleep ok. But TONIGHT, I had to read 4 books, get her a drink, help her find some bar of toffee she lost, try on some of her lipgloss, make sure she stopped playing with the lady-bird castanets which would wake up her sister, and stop her from eating crayons.

ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

The thing is, because I am such a pushover, I am pretty unable to be FIRM with her. So I am like 'Go to bed... if thats ok.' 'SLEEP NOW!... please?'

=/ so much for babysitting being easy money!

Give me 4 hours on matalan tills ANYDAY!

Oh. I am supposed to be on a diet and I think I have failed. On the 1st of Feb I spent the WHOLE day eating ice cream, and I am currently eating white choc lindt lindors. FAIL.

aand I have tried to ban myself from John Shields Shop and that has failed too.

Oh, and I had an interesting time earlier explaining to my brother what 'well hung' meant... :S

Have a nice weekend, everybodyy!! x

P.S I am currently reading 'The intimate adventures of a London call girl' by Belle Du Jour. IT IS SO AWESOME! READ IT!

Farmville for the win :)

I feel weirdly happy at the moment.

Lately I have been pretty stressed out about coursework and E.P etc, but I am content.

And I have a belly full of ice cream and brownies.

HOORAY FOR FRANKIE AND BENNYS!

went out for a meal for Gemmas and it was actually pretty nice!

Saw some people from Barton that I havent seen since Gemma's LAST birthday, and it was nice catching up with my old bumchums Jack and Matt (and getting all excited about Lostprophets!)

aaand gossiping with my fave girlies about cheeky things ^__^

On a more random note, apparently Cymru is not the same as Corfu. Cymru is WALES and Corfu is in Greece. I thought they were the same thing, but my mummy and daddy laughed at me when they said I got confused between them :(

Also, I had some fun last night trying to explain that some band names in our current music era are COOL and not weird. It was fun trying to explain the meaning behind 'Black Eyed Peas' and 'Lady Gaga' because she reckons that they are silly. BLONDIE was blonde. THE JACKSON FIVE were the Jacksons, The Moody Blues were a bit grumpy...and now our musics names are silly.

ANYWAY. Um.. people may lose respect for me at this point.

Basically, the other day I started getting a TAD bored of farmville :O especially when I had run out of fuel, and couldnt be bothered to plow the field ALL by myself. :D I AM COOL.

So I had a sudden craving for Zoombinis.

I don't know if everyone has experienced the magic of Zoombinis, but we had it at Hiltingbury Junior school and basically you can create these little people (and you can change their hair/eyes/whether they have feet or rollerskates or a scooter or a hover thing or a SPRING!) and then you have to complete challenges to save your friends that are stuck in a cave. It is supposed to challenge your 'mathematical and logical mind.' But at Hiltingbury, I thought it was the funnest thing EVER.

So I picked it up from Winch Library and in a sad way, was SO SO SO excited about playing it.

Its aimed at 7years and up, but so are a lot of things, like Sims and Farmville :P

The thing is, after almost 10years since I last played it, it isnt as exciting as I remember. If you make ONE mistake, you have to start at the beginning by making your Zoombinis again, in Zoombiniville (imaginative name, ehh?) The voiceover was actually really annoying, and when I got stuck on certain challenges I was left feeling real stupid. I mean, THIS IS A GAME AIMED AT SEVEN YEAR OLDS! I HAVE PASSED MY GCSES AND AS LEVELS. YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD KNOW HOW TO FEED SOME 'BOOLIES' AND CROSS A BRIDGE OF TURTLES!!

Alas, I gave up. Maybe I should stick to Guitar Hero and -sigh- Call of BLOODY Duty :D

Auf-Lauf.

My dear brother.

He likes to come up with weird stuff.

Today he referred to a grumpy guy as being on his 'meriod'

which is basically a man-period.

I liked this word, I may have to coin it for future use :)

Anyways, MLIA.

I made a friend at Matalan ^__^ called Alex. Turns out hes dating one of my old Gangshow buddies. But he's the only guy at Matalan (so far, fingers crossed!) who has actually made an effort to strike up a convo. Everyone else seems nice but unless I am on tills I dont have much opportunity to talk.

Anyways, he has made me feel more relaxed at Matalan, and I dont feel like such a loner.

BUT, yesterday he revealed that he is leaving in two weeks, and I was GUTTED. I have only spoke to him for a total of about 30mins but he made me feel welcome.

I asked him why he was leaving (nosy, much?) and he said that his parents had split up, and they were kinda BRIBING him to be happy and not make a fuss about it. He seems content with this. Obviously he seemed devastated that his parents are divorced now, but it means he gets a PRETTY BLOODY AMAZING allowance. i.e more than he was earning each month.

This kinda annoyed me.

Not the fact that he was leaving me (that is kinda a contributing factor to my annoyance!) but the fact that he kinda has... an escape route, if that makes sense. He was working to get money, but now he didnt need that anymore.

When I stopped working at SUPERDRUG I was freaking out about starving and living in the streets (well, not THAT bad.. but I was getting stressed out about money).

I am embarrased to admit it, but my parents do not give me an allowance. As in, ZILCH.

They said that once I got a job I wouldn't need an allowance, which is kinda fair enough. I SURVIVE and if I had any more money I would spend it on candy (Katy hates me saying 'candy' because its American, but I love ittt!!). So ever since I got a paper round (when I was 12) I haven'y had any allowance. Or pocket money. At every opportunity I can I rant about how unfair this is to my parents.. they used to give me £3 a week (£1 for candy, £2 to save up for socialising) but now I cannot even ask for money to borrow. I have to pay it back ASAP if I dont have any money.

I am embarrased to admit that. But in a way it has made me more independent, appreciative of money when I DO have a birthday/babysitting/pay day and hard-working. I like the fact that working in two stores has beefed up my CV, my work experience AND my purse :)

But some days, when I get really stressed out an tired, I wish I could get money for nothing. If my parents were richer I would take advantage of that. It depresses me sometimes when I talk to people at college about their holidays/weekends and they have been travelling/buying stupidly-expensive clothes, all expenses paid by their parents.

I know that money isnt everything, and Hampshire is supposed to be a PRETTY wealthy area (especially Chandlers Ford, posh twits!) but I am gutted that Alex is ditching me.

I know this sounds like a really moany, ungrateful blog. I am pretty content with my life though. I just hate how I have to work 8hours a week and do babysitting until 1am and do chores at home for no money. Whenever I bring it up with my parents they say I am ungrateful/selfish/ 'what about the poverty-striken third world countries?'

But Alex getting paid almost £100 a month to sit on his arse and eat cookies doesnt seem fair.

BUT.

I have a lovely family (albeit PRETTY weird).

I have lovely friends,

I have a lovely man-friend.

I have time to sit on my arse and eat cookies SOMETIMES (normally its nutella sarnies though)

Basically, this blog has NO point. Except a bit of a rant at all my Jack-Wills minions and their silly rich 'rents.

On a lighter note, I am reading 'Belle Du Jour's Secret Diary of a London Call Girl'

Which is the EPITOME of chicklit/erotic lit. It is actually disgusting. But she is SO funny.

I will try and find a funny quote...

'Its a public health issue. I am sleeping with tonnes of guys, sometimes with, sometimes without a condom. We are in an age when their are diseases flying all over the place. People going partying and drinking and wake up in the morning wondering what you did (and WHO you did) last night... and so I could catch ANYTHING. Its a massive concern for me because there is no such thing as paid sick leave for a 'working girl'.... so I want to set your minds at ease as much as I can. I want you to know... I have had a flu jab.'

It is such a funny book. Almost as good as the series :P

Guten tag! :)

p.s 'auf-lauf' is apparently german for souflee? correct me if i am wrong.. :)