Apologies for my LOOOOOOOOONG absence

Hello my fellow readers,

 Firstly I would like to apologise for my long anticipated next post as I have not had a spare second in which to update you of my insane life.

Ah Staffordshire University...My life and home.

University, it is there to ensure that you get a good education, and if you take no gap years, then you are in study for 17 years of your life, straight. SEVENTEEN YEARS? I can hardly believe that I have been in education for 16 years of my life...I have not lived...well I have, but if you look at it that way I have not. Add to that I have been in employment since I was 13, so I have been employed for 7 years! My god what would I do in my life without either...Well I am figuring that out now!

My last assignment was handed in by April 30th with my last deadline being May 4th.I handed all my assignments in early, and I just want to be put out of my misery, but NO! The universe is a cruel place that makes you wait until June 28th for your results so until then I am plagued with terror and madness!

Ah Gossip Girl...How I worship thee...

Not to mention the fact that I have no lessons and my job as Student Ambassador is a bit dry recently...not a lot for me to do. So what have I been doing you ask? Well originally my days were spent getting up at 12pm, having lunch, and watching the 'AMERICAN TV' that boyfriend hates so damn much...You remember the boyfriend yes? From blog post number one? He has been there...and still he goes on bitching about my choice in television...AT LEAST I DO NOT MAKE HIM WATCH IT! Damned top gear, I like the programme really I do, but I just cannot stand watching repeats over and over on Dave!

Anyway my catching up on TV was lovely, I have now seen Series 1 - 3 of Gossip girl, series 1 - 3 of Ugly Betty, Started Supernatural...WHICH THE BF LIKES BTW...(American!) I have also recently got really into Waterloo Road...so found Series 1 - 5 and watched them all, I am up to date now :)
My evenings were spent with The Lovely boyfriend and the house mates watching TV  such as How I met your mother, also American, and 30 Rock, Well would you look at that...American also, both of which a certain someone adores! But I love him to pieces so he can say what he likes, I will just nod in agreement.

However after a couple of weeks of this I for severely bored so on May 3rd I started up at the Gym! My life had meaning again! Yes there is nothing like someone asking if you were pregnant in your new dress to spur you to make that life threatening decision for change. So there I went, five times a week ever since, and I have now bought an Annual Pass to go so I can go five times a week for the next year, Yay! No seriously I do enjoy it, I do 300 sit-ups, 200 arm weights on each arm and an hour of hefty cardio a day and afterwards, I look all attractive and sweaty and have to go for a shower! And no that is not actually me...why would I be at the gym if I looked like that?? OH MY GOSH, finding the picture for this part of my blog reminded me of something...WHY IS THE MUSIC IN THE GYM ALWAYS THE SAME??? I mean honestly I have never listened to J-Lo - On the floor, Britney Spears - Til the world ends and Nicole Whats-her-face - don't hold your breath so much in my life! I actually have them on my IPod because they're drilled into my brain! DAMN YOU MTV!

Any how yeah, Now since June 1st I am on work experience with Henson Editorial and North Staffordshire Press. I am currently researching Scotland to help with a magazine they make and distribute. On my first day I got to read some of the entrants work for the Brit Writers award, and write a critique, thats fun, there are some damn good writers out there...one day it will be me!

Anyhow I think this will keep you going until something small ticks me off again, so I shall bid thee farewell...

Another rambling from your 

     the Hormonal bag

Frantic running...

OK, so imagine that you get to the train station after a hectic time consuming day of misery. You rush home and grab your bags, running to the station ready to catch that train with literally minutes to spare. Welcome to the life of Alexander Blakemore, Hannah's boyfriend...

An abandoned railway...story of my life...

I should tell you, I am in no way dramatising this one. This was actually what happened...so yeah...The train that me and my boyfriend were on also was due to leave at 21:53 on Friday 3rd December. Me and The Boyfriend got there early, because we had to pick up our tickets. I was stupid...I take full responsibility for being so damned stupid. Everyone reminded me to write down my booking code, but I was like 'no we won't need it.'

We arrived twenty minutes early to find the 'pick up tickets' machine was blocked off by tape...we though no these barriers wouldn't stop people buying their tickets (well we are more important than the rest s it won't stop us, everyone else can...go jump...to put it politely...) so we strategically stepped over it, and the boyfriend yelled that we did need the code.

Crap. I had to search my laptop for the saved file. I had a heart attack because I could not find it! I began stupidly yelling at my one and only and my mum ... who was on the phone and knew that it was all down to me but could not help myself, I screamed until I was blue in the face but by the end of it, I had no doubt upset my mum which makes me feel like I should be dead, and upset my boyfriend which makes me feel unwanted and unloved...

Basically, I upset two of the most important people in my life because I am a moron.
Hannah and Alex arrived shortly after my drama queen appearance, which was worthy of an award for having a tantrum for no apparent reason, thank you hormones!

So Alex, he was searching in his bottomless pit of a bag for his rail card. Observing his rabid searching, his face explained so much. Eyes wide in horror and a panicked increased intonation, he rambled something about going home to get his rail card because, he forgot it!
There was literally FOUR minutes until the train was due and our house was at least that to get back to at a normal pace. We all said no, that it wasn't worth it but he went.

Hannah, was frantic, she was nearly in tears fearing for the life of the rail card and her fiance, she at one point dived after him and The BF after her. I was left standing at the platform with enough luggage to supply about ten charity shops and wondering what the hell I do if no one is back in time for the train...because I would have to miss it too and this would make me angry. With like a minute to spare Hannah and my love came back but still not a sign of Alex.

I looked down the platform and saw the bright headlights of doom coming into dock at the platform and all three of us were panic stricken. As the coaches pulled up to us we collected our baggage and prepared to alight the train...a yell behind us made us stop.

SOMEHOW, as a heroic Alex ran back, he had managed to get back to the house, unlock three doors, search frantically for a railcard, and get back in time. Amusingly enough...his fight was in vain because he took Hannah's keys and his door key was on his set of keys....FAIL!

In conclusion, Alex is some sort of superhero with maddening speed but he did not pull off the retrieval. NOONE checked the rail cards!

 Another rambling from your 

     the Hormonal bag

Book appreciation.

With another results day looming I thought I would go for a change of pace and write a blog based on my favourite authors at the minute.

Purely to calm me down from panicking!

I could go into a rant about how I like books from the most obvious genre at the moment, the most popular etc but that is just what I like. I do not like sports books because they promote idiocy to the highest level by the beef headed trash that reads them but hey...

MY TOP TEN DARK ROMANCE BOOKS...that I have read so far...

If you want a more graphic choice...
Then Yasmine Galenorn is for you!

1. Fallen - Lauren Kate
2. The Twilight Saga - Stephenie Meyer
3. Hush Hush, Becca Fitzpatrick
4. Ever More - Alyson Noel
5. Shiver - Maggie Steifvater
6. Torment - Lauren Kate
7. Crescendo - Becca Fitzpatrick
8. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
9. The Witchling - Yasmine Galenorn
10. Marked - P.C Cast

So basically, these are in no order, I love them all. Dark romance covers love stories, and/or horror stories. Each book has it's own merit, Twilight, as much as people do not want to admit, made the vampire image updated and popular streaming more and more books filling this genre.

A photo of just SOME of my personal book collection...

Angels, Immortals, Vampires, Wolves, all mythical creatures that are all dangerous and most importantly immortal and superhuman. What spawned this genre? Twilight? An interest within the supernaturel has spawned, why? I cannot say, they are attractive...sexy...and dangerous, any girl's dream.

I LOVE THEM, the only thing that could make them better, and The witchling answers to this - more graphic content...no skipping over the good stuff!

Yours...

The hormonal bag

NaNoWriMo Result...

As you guys know I entered the NaNoWriMo challenge. This was to write a 50,000 word or more novel within the monthe of November. I cannot tell you what a trial it has been, in the past two day's alone I have written 14,000 words of it alongside...my coursework!

It has been the most mentally challenging thing I have ever done and I can say that my brain has been put through the test. If considering to enter this competition next November, I have some advice for you.

• IF you are taking up this challenge and are serious about proving yourself as a writer the first thing you must do it write at least 2000 words a day. This is a good target and will get you finished nearer the deadline, if you can write more great, if you're having a bad day then don't worry about it.

• If you don't know what you want to write about, don't worry, just run with the first idea you come with, this competition is not about writing a brilliant published novel, but about making sure you can do it. 

• I was ill for a couple of weeks so on the last couple of days I had to really work to write 14,000 words having no idea what I was going to write.

• If you can't remember what you wrote, don't worry, I have no idea what I wrote for the last 18,000 words, but i will love criticising every detail when I hit editing mode!

• GOOD LUCK!

FROM THE IMAGE OPPOSITE....you can see that I was successful, my novel Vampire Haze, was 50, 197 words and I finished it...about ten minutes ago! I am mentally and physically worn out, I can no longer know what I am typing, I am going to go upstairs, take my brain out of my head and put it to bed for a few days...okay? ANY problems...I don't care cos I am awesome!

YAY...Short blog post...but hey, I DID IT! *celebrates* IF You're interested...watch the video at the end of this blog :)

Yours,

 hormonal bag

Winter is coming...Quick...lose your basic grasp of skills...

A dog looking forlorn in the white stuff...

Snow, a great time of the year for parents and children alike. 

Unless you are a motorist in which case snow is the first sign of madness. The call comes through after that one spec of white frosted perfection falls onto your warm tipped nose and a frenzy begins where they are the most important person in the world.

Travelling to the cinema along the frosty streets, it was clearing up, going to see Harry Potter with the parents before taking the 3 hours long trek back to my house. The film was awesome, it was the second time i had seen it and it still gets me!

HOWEVER what I did not expect to see was the five foot of snow that had covered the ground since I had been sitting down...ah not a problem right? wrong!

It was a mere ten miles from the cinema to the train station but the roads were gridlocked. We were travelling at 1 mile an hour if not moving backwards. The people behind us were giving you no room to manoever if you wanted to change course because they were sticking to your back end fearing to move far from the flocking traffic.

Creeping towards the station the maniacs were out in force. You sit in your car, patiently waiting in a queue then some moron coming out from a car park cuts in front of you forcing you to stop to let the MORONIC SKODA owner push his way into the traffic. Not content enough with this he aimed to pull out into the lane to the left of us, then deliberately pushed into our lane! He stops the traffic moving just as an ambulance wants to get past...well done, OBSTRUCT the ambulances who are taking the patients of stupid car accidents caused by people like you!

Don't let your stupidity leave you bleeding at christmas
think safety!

Most people tried their best to pull over, you know the nice, humble beings that know that it is not just them that wants to be somewhere... most of these drivers however were thwarted by a jeep that was trying to bypass the queue and go up the kerb to get to the front...in his 4x4, should be no problem right?
WRONG - he couldn't get up the kerb but was bashing into cars trying! Idiot!

TWO ambulances go past and you wonder why so many deaths and accidents happen at christmas? BECAUSE....brain dead morons who think that they are the only person that wants to go home...wrong, we all do. We value our lives so drive safely and take care or you won;t get to see Christmas!

When I did get home...there was the gut-wrenching sound of Hannah and her ball and chain cracking their bones. I could literally feel it in my guts and it makes me squirm! ARGH! :(

Now...for your own amusement...an idiot making a snow angel... =D (that might be me muahahaha)

Yours 

the hormonal bag

Deadlines loom too fast!

Oh my god, when you first start university you think ah I will have enough time to do every piece of work because you'll start on it the second you get it right??


So wrong... I have completed 5 pieces of work 2 months early and still do not seem to have enough time to do the rest...I need to work faster! Tonight I have come up with an idea for a news story and written 800 words of my presentation for monday!
I have my NaNoWriMo deadline looming too and I have another 15,000 minimum to complete by 30th November!
Busy, busy, hormaonal to the max. I keep having angry outbursts because of being stressed or upset or like a fail.....blah!

Hannah - she is awesome...GOTH = cool

Upon request I will introduce the character from my previous blog; She is a house mate, I met her in my first year at university in Creative writing...in honesty? I was in awe, she was wearing amazing clothes! I tried to pluck up the courage to talk to her in the first lesson but I was a speck of dirt on the soul of her awesome Goth boots, why would she talk to me?
No, I left that lesson feeling demoralised and embarrassed by even looking upon her face. Skulking back to my dorm room I paced slowly, not looking where I was going I stumbled into the person in front of me, apologising I looked upon the face of Hannah herself. I knew that fate had given me another chance....words vicky, come on words...'I like your shoes' - her reply? 'Thanks'.
Our encounter ends.
Anyway, I managed to get a grasp on reality and talk to her, she is awesome. First conversation basically consisted of 'I like tim minchin and david tennant' -Hannah - 'Cool me too, friends?' Me - 'yeah!'
SCORE!
Anyway I live with her now so that's awesome, she came along with her lovely boyfriend too. So we have a full house and I have friends! At last, I am no longer a lowly insect traipsing towards my apparent, untimely and lonely death!

Will update when I next have a chance!
I will not fail you!

Another rambling from your 

                 hormonal bag

Bonfire night...the retraction

Amazing scenes from MK

OK so you guys listened to me rant about how much I did not like fireworks displays on the 5th November.
However, the boyfriend, you know the old ball and chain...totally wrong image he is the light of my life, erm basically took me to Milton Keynes to see the organised fireworks display on Sunday. It is the larget privately organised display in the UK and cost up to 3 million pounds to stage.

When I got there it was like being at a cattle drive, everyone going one way but not actually getting anywhere. Following the herd came to mind but when we got to the perfect location, amongst the muddy bog that was the field (it wasn't that bad).


The crisp chill in the air made for a lovely change to the frost bitten weather we have been having and there was no breeze making the smoke trails left behind from each firework create a fantastic magical spider  web of smokey haze.

FINALLY at 7:30pm on the dot, the fireworks began and ignoring the slight musical hitch where the music did not kick in for a couple of seconds, the display was amazing. Never before had I seen such a well timed display. With each song that followed on from the first the firework fit in with every element of the music whether it be the lyrics or the melodic tones it provided.

The first song was rule the world by Take That, it was awesome. Songs also included were Teenage dreams by Katy Perry and New York by..oh god I will have to look that up...

Sparklers were banned...but this was pretty

By the end I was wondering why I did not like such displays, then it came time to leave. We all formed a sacrificial mass all heading to the ONE way out - a tiny little bridge, probably not meant to hold all this weight. Getting to the bridge was tricky. NO joke I spent twenty minutes being pushed, prodded and poked trying to get to the exit. I can't say that part of the night was fun but it was rather amusing watching people walk ten minutes through a hedge maze only to find there was no way out and having to come straight back again.

My face for the entire night was one full of wonderment and awe, I had never seen a display so perfectly executed and I am anticipating and looking forward to the New Year fireworks in London, Bring on 2011!

By the way...20,000 words out of 50,000 minimum for NaNoWriMo..YAY:
Enjoy the taster of the Milton Keynes 2010 Fireworks display below =D

Yours, a slightly mellowed out

hormonal bag