Having read Brooke's blog on New Years resolutions, I hate to say I've broken almost all of mine except lose weight, which I did, then shamelessly I feel have put it all back on since being at uni, though this of course is unconfirmed due to not having any weighing scales here :)
Therefore I feel I should try and set rather more realistic goals :)
1. Play the flute every day
2. Book a piano practice room more often
3. Drink lots more water
4. Drink less alcohol
5. Go to bed at a more reasonable hour
6. Keep in touch better with people
These should be do-able, just gotta put it all into practice, will report back with how it goes.
Monday, 1 December 2008
Sunday, 16 November 2008
The Art of Procrastination
Procrastination in my opinion, is a subtle art form... I believe myself to be a master as I can never bring myself to do anything I really need to do, and instead find other meaningless tasks to do instead... this blog happens to be one of them.
I have a delightful essay to be writing about Basic Beliefs in Philosophy and I really cannot bring myself to do it. Doesn't help really that all the good books have been taken from the library grr.
Anyway that's hardly exciting news, onto more interesting stuff...
Unfortunately I'm strapped for interesting ideas at the moment. Friday we had a massive glowstick war with next door where it was the boys vs us girls, we weren't sure who won in the end, but Craig and Richard appeared to concede after a while. Amy also came to stay (Amy is my friend who lives in Shrewsbury who I met at New Wine last year :) )
Apart from that my weekend has been fairly boring, just mosied around, need to actually get down to all my work now because we're getting to a dire state of not getting things done.
Also needing to clean everything for an inspection... have currently cleaned the bathroom.. now for the rest of the house.
Anyway that wasn't all that exciting, but maybe I'll post sometime soon with something exciting to say... we'll see eh.
xxx
I have a delightful essay to be writing about Basic Beliefs in Philosophy and I really cannot bring myself to do it. Doesn't help really that all the good books have been taken from the library grr.
Anyway that's hardly exciting news, onto more interesting stuff...
Unfortunately I'm strapped for interesting ideas at the moment. Friday we had a massive glowstick war with next door where it was the boys vs us girls, we weren't sure who won in the end, but Craig and Richard appeared to concede after a while. Amy also came to stay (Amy is my friend who lives in Shrewsbury who I met at New Wine last year :) )
Apart from that my weekend has been fairly boring, just mosied around, need to actually get down to all my work now because we're getting to a dire state of not getting things done.
Also needing to clean everything for an inspection... have currently cleaned the bathroom.. now for the rest of the house.
Anyway that wasn't all that exciting, but maybe I'll post sometime soon with something exciting to say... we'll see eh.
xxx
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Mute
Hola!
As the title suggests, I have been a mute for the last week. Wednesday night last week at Risa, a little too much singing ensued and I came home sounding like a cross between a man and kermit the frog.
Voice got progressively worse and by Saturday I could do no more than whisper at people, simply no noise would come out. This of course is a huge problem to me, who enjoys talking. A lot. I suddenly realised how much I do infact talk, and it's crazy how I can manage to just talk all day and now I can't it's unbelievably frustrating.
However none of this interests you I'm sure so I might chat on about something else that has happened to me in the last week...
Which of course being me is nothing too groundbreaking. I met JK from JK and Joel on Tuesday and will be seeing Vernon Kay DJ at our uni in 2 weeks time eeee!
I learnt how to play poker last night which is quite good so now I can play, but I had to have Richard help me decide when to fold or not, so practice may be needed.
Now much as I'd love to type all night and fill you in on everything I've been doing, I must do my Bach Chorales before next door pop over otherwise I will be working long into the night.
Anyone who actually reads this, please feel free to inform me of your general goings on :)
As the title suggests, I have been a mute for the last week. Wednesday night last week at Risa, a little too much singing ensued and I came home sounding like a cross between a man and kermit the frog.
Voice got progressively worse and by Saturday I could do no more than whisper at people, simply no noise would come out. This of course is a huge problem to me, who enjoys talking. A lot. I suddenly realised how much I do infact talk, and it's crazy how I can manage to just talk all day and now I can't it's unbelievably frustrating.
However none of this interests you I'm sure so I might chat on about something else that has happened to me in the last week...
Which of course being me is nothing too groundbreaking. I met JK from JK and Joel on Tuesday and will be seeing Vernon Kay DJ at our uni in 2 weeks time eeee!
I learnt how to play poker last night which is quite good so now I can play, but I had to have Richard help me decide when to fold or not, so practice may be needed.
Now much as I'd love to type all night and fill you in on everything I've been doing, I must do my Bach Chorales before next door pop over otherwise I will be working long into the night.
Anyone who actually reads this, please feel free to inform me of your general goings on :)
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Newness of homeness
Hello again,
I am currently writing from my new laptop in my new room, in my new flat, in my new university ahhh! The fact that we are merely at university still astounds me and overwhelms me.
I've been here now for a week and a half, and I absolutely love it. I've been out more than I ever used to at home, met so many lovely people and basically had the time of my life. I never want this to end. However, work begins soon, my lectures start tomorrow with the joy of 3 hours of composition... oh happy days. Also before this, I have to find out whether I have got into a university orchestra or not, I highly doubt that I have, but you never know, wonders never cease.
The whole self sufficiency thing is becoming a little bit of a challenge, cooking, washing, tidying and generally being places on time is taxing... My cooking is pretty basic, but I don't mind for now, I'm eating vegetables, I'm just going to get very fat.
Went to the laundrette for the first time yesterday and am still trying to dry clothes without an airer, this could be interesting if I ever do more than wash at a time.
There are so many things that have happened over the last week and a half, that I can't really do justice to here, so I thought I'd round up with a few facts about the people I'm living with and what I've been doing.
1. I live with: Georg, Kalbs, Charlotte and 2 Spanish Erasmus students
2. In the fact opposite we have pretty much merged ourselves, Lauren, Rich, Craig, Ian, Lou and Willow are pretty much my surrogate family when my flatmates decide to go home!!
3. My flat has been renamed, Bar 42
4. I have come under the nickname of Music Bag
5. There is also a: Gay Bag, Fuzz Bag, Blonde Bag, Baby Bag and a Bag Bag
6. I have drunk rather too much wine, and so must cut that down as my liver will be suffering before long
7. Music peoples are really lovely. I personally think it's something about Music students, we're all lovely- I guess we have to be, we have to work pretty closely together.
Anyway, must get off and actually do something with my day.
Will update when something exciting happens.
I am currently writing from my new laptop in my new room, in my new flat, in my new university ahhh! The fact that we are merely at university still astounds me and overwhelms me.
I've been here now for a week and a half, and I absolutely love it. I've been out more than I ever used to at home, met so many lovely people and basically had the time of my life. I never want this to end. However, work begins soon, my lectures start tomorrow with the joy of 3 hours of composition... oh happy days. Also before this, I have to find out whether I have got into a university orchestra or not, I highly doubt that I have, but you never know, wonders never cease.
The whole self sufficiency thing is becoming a little bit of a challenge, cooking, washing, tidying and generally being places on time is taxing... My cooking is pretty basic, but I don't mind for now, I'm eating vegetables, I'm just going to get very fat.
Went to the laundrette for the first time yesterday and am still trying to dry clothes without an airer, this could be interesting if I ever do more than wash at a time.
There are so many things that have happened over the last week and a half, that I can't really do justice to here, so I thought I'd round up with a few facts about the people I'm living with and what I've been doing.
1. I live with: Georg, Kalbs, Charlotte and 2 Spanish Erasmus students
2. In the fact opposite we have pretty much merged ourselves, Lauren, Rich, Craig, Ian, Lou and Willow are pretty much my surrogate family when my flatmates decide to go home!!
3. My flat has been renamed, Bar 42
4. I have come under the nickname of Music Bag
5. There is also a: Gay Bag, Fuzz Bag, Blonde Bag, Baby Bag and a Bag Bag
6. I have drunk rather too much wine, and so must cut that down as my liver will be suffering before long
7. Music peoples are really lovely. I personally think it's something about Music students, we're all lovely- I guess we have to be, we have to work pretty closely together.
Anyway, must get off and actually do something with my day.
Will update when something exciting happens.
Thursday, 18 September 2008
The clock's ticking,
Yes indeed, I am back.
You may wonder why I am writing again so soon, after I said in my last post that I wouldn't till I got to uni.
This would be because I am putting off sorting everything for said departure. I leave now in 3 days, I have not started packing, my new laptop will not be picked up till this afternoon and I have so many things still to do which are completely overwhelming me. So I have gone into hibernation and am utilising the skill I tried to develop the last time I moved house... if I look at it for long enough, it will pack itself. However I fear this may not be the case and I really should get packing. Although, where to begin, packing up the last 5 years of your life (since the last move) deciding what to take with you, what can you do without, what do you desperately need?
I would write a list, but I know that I'll waste so much time in writing the list, that the contents of the list will never be finished. I've been promising myself for ages that I will finish everything in time before I go away, I had so many things to achieve, and yet I've achieved very few of them.
I'm going to miss everyone so very much, and although I'm very excited about going to uni, I know that I'll be looking forward to seeing everyone when I get home at christmas, though having said that I will probably find that everything has changed in some way and nothing feels the same and everything will be somewhat different. I hope against all hopes that this is not the case, but in my experience of moving away from things I know, this is inevitable.
Now I must stop procrastinating and do something productive, however small this productive thing is, it must be done so that I feel I have done something useful with my day.
You may wonder why I am writing again so soon, after I said in my last post that I wouldn't till I got to uni.
This would be because I am putting off sorting everything for said departure. I leave now in 3 days, I have not started packing, my new laptop will not be picked up till this afternoon and I have so many things still to do which are completely overwhelming me. So I have gone into hibernation and am utilising the skill I tried to develop the last time I moved house... if I look at it for long enough, it will pack itself. However I fear this may not be the case and I really should get packing. Although, where to begin, packing up the last 5 years of your life (since the last move) deciding what to take with you, what can you do without, what do you desperately need?
I would write a list, but I know that I'll waste so much time in writing the list, that the contents of the list will never be finished. I've been promising myself for ages that I will finish everything in time before I go away, I had so many things to achieve, and yet I've achieved very few of them.
I'm going to miss everyone so very much, and although I'm very excited about going to uni, I know that I'll be looking forward to seeing everyone when I get home at christmas, though having said that I will probably find that everything has changed in some way and nothing feels the same and everything will be somewhat different. I hope against all hopes that this is not the case, but in my experience of moving away from things I know, this is inevitable.
Now I must stop procrastinating and do something productive, however small this productive thing is, it must be done so that I feel I have done something useful with my day.
Monday, 15 September 2008
6 days and counting
It is now 6 days until I leave for uni, and there is a multitude of different emotions going through me at the moment:
1. Aaah this is all very scary, what if everything goes wrong??
2. This is so exciting!!
Then lots of variations of the above two feelings.
I go on Sunday and I'm so not ready.
I still need to buy a laptop, more bedding, more kitchen stuff, stationary, start packing, send off forms back to uni. Such a lot to do this week and yet I've still not got on with it all.
I also need to find a dress for the freshers ball, will be going shopping tomorrow to try and find one.
I've finally finished work, and yet I somehow miss it a little bit, more because I miss seeing everyone all the time and I will definitely be missing the money.
I apologise for not blogging again in a while, however I've not left it quite that long this time.
I plan to update again once I get to uni and am settled... so watch this space.
For now I need to get on the phone to my accomodation people, get ready and get out because I've managed to already sleep through my dentist appointment, my ankle hurts after falling over in a pothole last night and hurt my knee though my ankle is the only thing that aches now.
Until later.
1. Aaah this is all very scary, what if everything goes wrong??
2. This is so exciting!!
Then lots of variations of the above two feelings.
I go on Sunday and I'm so not ready.
I still need to buy a laptop, more bedding, more kitchen stuff, stationary, start packing, send off forms back to uni. Such a lot to do this week and yet I've still not got on with it all.
I also need to find a dress for the freshers ball, will be going shopping tomorrow to try and find one.
I've finally finished work, and yet I somehow miss it a little bit, more because I miss seeing everyone all the time and I will definitely be missing the money.
I apologise for not blogging again in a while, however I've not left it quite that long this time.
I plan to update again once I get to uni and am settled... so watch this space.
For now I need to get on the phone to my accomodation people, get ready and get out because I've managed to already sleep through my dentist appointment, my ankle hurts after falling over in a pothole last night and hurt my knee though my ankle is the only thing that aches now.
Until later.
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Autumn Leaves
It would appear that I have not updated this in a while... well over a month in fact. So after much badgering from Brooke I thought I'd put pen to paper (as much as one can when typing into a box) and tell you all what I've been up to.
Which unfortunately has not been nearly as exciting as it could have been for a month away from blogging. This has been one of the reasons why I have not updated as I didn't really want to bore you all with how I've not in fact done all that much.
Major events of the last month:
Getting A level results: A in RS, Bs in Music and Critical Thinking and a C in French...
Getting into The University of Birmingham woop woop... the place I have idolised and loved since about Christmas in year 12 is now a reality... I just need somewhere to live, and pretty sharpish!
The terrible humiliating experience with the Beaconsfield Operatic Society, the mere thought of which still haunts me a month on.
Seem to be working all the time, so I suppose that's an event of sorts, it has been suggested that I should not go home anymore, I should just live at work... there are some serious advantages to living there, but not enough to make me do it, I love my bed.
Met my beautiful baby cousin Caroline who is rather gorgeous and absolutely adorable... I want one.
Luckily this isn't all I've been doing, otherwise I'd probably be bored into insanity by now, it just so happens that nothing that exciting has happened. I've really just been doing evenings out open micing, seeing friends cinemaing and the like.
I'd quite like something exciting to happen before I go to uni like a really exciting day out or something like that, so watch this space while I try and find something exciting to fill that void.
Shockingly enough it's September already... where has my summer gone?? I don't really think we had one weather wise, it's been raining the whole time, but still the whole season has gone by in a flash... and now technically it's Autumn. It'll be the end of next Summer in no time at this rate!! However I do have a rather exciting trip to America before then to look forward to, and my first year of uni!!! :D
xxx
Which unfortunately has not been nearly as exciting as it could have been for a month away from blogging. This has been one of the reasons why I have not updated as I didn't really want to bore you all with how I've not in fact done all that much.
Major events of the last month:
Getting A level results: A in RS, Bs in Music and Critical Thinking and a C in French...
Getting into The University of Birmingham woop woop... the place I have idolised and loved since about Christmas in year 12 is now a reality... I just need somewhere to live, and pretty sharpish!
The terrible humiliating experience with the Beaconsfield Operatic Society, the mere thought of which still haunts me a month on.
Seem to be working all the time, so I suppose that's an event of sorts, it has been suggested that I should not go home anymore, I should just live at work... there are some serious advantages to living there, but not enough to make me do it, I love my bed.
Met my beautiful baby cousin Caroline who is rather gorgeous and absolutely adorable... I want one.
Luckily this isn't all I've been doing, otherwise I'd probably be bored into insanity by now, it just so happens that nothing that exciting has happened. I've really just been doing evenings out open micing, seeing friends cinemaing and the like.
I'd quite like something exciting to happen before I go to uni like a really exciting day out or something like that, so watch this space while I try and find something exciting to fill that void.
Shockingly enough it's September already... where has my summer gone?? I don't really think we had one weather wise, it's been raining the whole time, but still the whole season has gone by in a flash... and now technically it's Autumn. It'll be the end of next Summer in no time at this rate!! However I do have a rather exciting trip to America before then to look forward to, and my first year of uni!!! :D
xxx
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