What is the end of May 2012 already??

How has that happened? Already 27 days of May have flown past. 

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"What have I done over the last 4 weeks," I hear you ask.

"Quite a bit actually" I reply, "Would you like me to tell you?"
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May 2012: a summary of sorts. 

I completed my one and only exam.

I finished my second year of University.

I traveled home and celebrated my brothers 17th birthday.

I saw the Avengers film.

I started work as the Theatre Manager for the BBC The Great British Story: Roadshow Events. 

I visited Stratford Upon Avon.

I visited Bury St Edmunds and Ickworth House.

I visited Belfast, Northern Ireland and Mount Stewart.

I saw Damien Hirst's exhibition at the Tate Modern.

And have spent a lot of time with friends & family. 

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What have you done this past month??

Welcome to the month of May!

We are already over a week into May and all I have to show for it is a slightly different bedroom layout and the ability to increase my score on Tetris Battle!

Honestly I need my friends to come back in to my life and I need to finish this darn exam!

I hate exam season. 

Trip to the land of Irn Bru

Oh man! these last two weeks of uni are BUSY! But right now it is 6.30am and i'm about to catch a train to Glasgow! O yes people a weekend (1 1/2 days) with my family to celebrate someone's 50th Birthday :)

So excited, hence why i am awake at this hour! You guys up to anything exciting this weekend?

Reformed Whores

I have may have spent the last few hours watching almost all of Marie and Katy's 'Reformed Whores' videos on youtube.

They are a  fantastic musical comedy duo who sing some of the most hilarious songs such as 'I'm a Slut!' which is one of the funniest things I have heard in a while.

If there is one new comedy act you should watch this April these brilliant women are it :) With amazing voices and so much talent, check out their website, twitter, Facebook & YouTube.

These past two weeks have been quite hard, I sadly found out that two family friends had passed away. One was expected and we were prepared in as much as you can be, however it was still upsetting to hear the news. But with the funeral I attended on Monday (26th March) this was a massive shock, I had only found out the week prior that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and had been given 3 to 6 months. Before that had a chance to sink in and before I was able to go and say anything he passed away.

When people say things happen in 3's they aren't lying. Earlier in February a great friend passed away after years of illness and then within days of each other I find out the sad news of these family friends.

It's been a weird few weeks that have just made me think of Ratan's funeral, a brilliant Man who I have grown up with most of my life and I will always known to be part of my family. He is my Aunt's father and passed away in 2010 and whilst the rest of my family went to the funeral I looked after my young cousin who was around 2 at the time. I think I will always wish I had a chance to say goodbye properly because sometimes it does't hit me that he passed away, just that I haven't seen him for a long time.

Funerals are always sad but I just remember the good times I had with them. 

Its one of them!

WHAT I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR 2 WHOLE MONTHS! I didn't mean to do that!

Its that age old excuse of "I've been really busy" and "University work has just taken over" but the problem is that these are both true reason.

I have been busy attending job interviews and being rejected and Uni work has taken over - with a 6 month project finally happening and having to write 6 essays in the last 6 weeks!

So I know these posts seem pointless because who am I apologising too, we both know that 'these breaks'  will happen again, but these posts are the starting point and the motivation that gets me going again.

I'm sorry that when life gets busy I drop this space but at least I keep coming back!

the daily grind of a student

Can you tell i'm back at University?

Every time I come back things just get pushed back because there are so many jobs to get done.

One massive thing I have learnt since starting uni back in 2010 is that everything is down to self motivation. Replying to emails and sending emails are my biggest pain in life - because they just get left and forgotten about and then you realise SH*T i have missed that deadline or noooooo people are going to think i'm useless (which with emails I sometimes am! But don't tell people!)

Also is you are having a really bad day, best idea ever is to get together with friends and either have mad conversations via Skype or just be in the company of some funny people! Everything will feel better after that!

New blogs to read? Do you have any good ones?

I have been trying to find some interesting blogs that steer away from the world of fashion and beauty. Not because I don't want to read any of them, but there seems to be a steady stream of the same types of blogs out there.

I spent an hour today looking through people's followers and reading their blogs, in the 25 I looked at 23 were fashion related and the other two had no blog posts.

Instead of just reading news sites and political commentaries I really want to find blogs where real people talked about their personal opinions of things such as the USA elections, general news coverage and life.

Considering the internet is becoming the place where procrastinators and teenagers alike spend their time keeping up to date with the Kardashians and the World news, I would have thought there would be more blogs that have people talking about their own opinions on certain issues.

I don't mean the negative comments about the people who may enter the CBB House tonight on Channel five but more along the lines of reading peoples opinions about Obama's new Strategy for a 'leaner' US military and wether they think it is a good or bad idea. I just want to read about the books people have been reading, websites they have visited. Some original blogs that aren't about getting followers or of people trying to become fashion bloggers in the ever competitive area where they are thousands of the same blogs with different names.

I read some brilliant fashion blogs already such as The Man Repeller, Style Bubble and Coco's Tea Party and have tons listed on my blog list but now its 2012 a year of massive changes and great events, and I want to hear about them as well.

so...

...do you know of any good blogs for me to read?