Shameful.

It's been over two months since I last bored you with my life stories. Fear not younglings, I'm back... again! Muahahahaha! >:D

I have to confess, the past two months have been nothing but busy, busy, busy... Here's a quickfire list in a diabolical attempt to excuse myself:

1. Uni work. This has been DREADFUL. It's one thing looking forward to term one being over, but actually looking forward to my final project over what I'm doing now...? Yeah, it's not been kind to me. Bleh.
2. I visited Ashford.
3. I visited Poland for a few days and expanded my linguistic horizons, met some lovely people and saw some beautiful places. Great trip! :)
4. Uni work... again.
5. Overtime at work (oh, I'm working in the bakery now... yay!)
6. Christmas shopping.
7. Listing several useless things on eBay and actually making quite a nice profit.
8. Uni work *sigh*
9. Radio shows on Tuesdays (12-2 ON RADIO LAB)
10. Several trips to the hospital (not at my expense, don't worry ;) )

Truthfully though, parts of my uni work have been incredibly enjoyable indeed. I've produced a magazine with my friend James, and it really re-ignited my passion for graphic design! I've decided that I want to make a magazine for my special project now, to let my creative juices flow and hopefully land me in a media design job. Who knows, though - I've got so many ideas up my sleeve for when I graduate that I'd be happy with whichever way I went!

I've FINALLY got myself an icing kit for baking, too! :D I'm actually considering posting a few of my baking shenanigans on here for you all to have a look at - I'm not a very frequent baker, but when I do decide to get out the mixing bowl and electronic whisk, I have a whale of a time. I'm actually making some cakes for a charity bake sale at work on Friday so I may post a few pictures then... Keep your eyes peeled! ;)

Now, I should really stop procrastinating and get on with my Ethics essay. (4,000 words to go... ugh >.<)

Until next time, peeps!

<3 x

Ambrosia, sweet Ambrosia...

Oh, Ambrosia rice pudding, I haven't had the pleasure of you coating my tongue in your sweet milky goodness for so long...

Yes, that sounded dirty. Yes, I know what Ambrosia is a euphemism for. I DON'T CARE. I LOVE rice pudding!

I really do wonder what Ambrosia were thinking when they gave themselves such a name. Sure, it may well be the name of the Greek gods' special drink but we all know the main use of the word in today's society! Ah, I digress.

Anyway, rice pudding. It's such a simple concept, cheap to buy and cheap to make, yet it fills my stomach with smiley faces and happy riffs! The milky coating and the delicate grains of rice are truly a match made in Heaven... Yum! I may or may not have just waded my way though an entire can... oops. Ah well, life is for living right?

Speaking of life being for living, I watched a touching video this morning that was really thought provoking. It was a video of Steve Jobs delivering a speech to university graduates back in 2005. Seeing him up on a stage, telling young people to live life as if they would die tomorrow was heart-wrenching. Not only this, he spoke of his relief of having overcome his pancreatic cancer on the first occasion that doctors discovered it. The world makes no sense sometimes - a man who was an utter genius and worked hard throughout his life to succeed in the technology market only really just saw his intelligence begin to come to fruition. His legacy will live on forever in the world of technology!

x

Bye bye Otis...

One of my furry friends departed for the hamster afterlife this week - on Thursday evening I found Otis fast asleep in her bed, never to wake up again. She might have been a nibbly little bitch at times, but I'll miss watching her circus acts more than anything else - I taught her the ways of the ninja very well!

Rest in peace little buddy! <3 x

Black out the sun...

"Turn all the fruits into bitter wine, it was only sweet when you were mine..."

I love these lyrics. Guess what? They're from Darren Hayes' new song, 'Black Out The Sun'! Wooooo! :D it got its first play on Radio 2 yesterday morning, hosted by the strangely Wogan-like Ken Bruce.

"That's a good song, isn't it?" he said as it came to its dramatic ending. Oh yes it is! I much prefer it to Talk Talk Talk, I have to say - although it's a catchy song, this one seems to have a lot more soul and emotion, which is what our Darren is renowned for...

In other Hayes-related news, I got my ticket for October's London concert through the post yesterday morning. Can. Not. WAAAAAAIT!

Now, onto the more serious stuff. I joined the gym last week! Now Mr Bannatyne is also making money out of me too, along with the other thousands of people tossing their cash into his saggy pockets... But, if he helps me to tone up a bit, I will know that paying him for the use his super-duper machines was worthwhile.

Also, I managed to sell some of my old stuff on eBay this week! In total I made about £114... Not bad for stuff I wanted to get rid of, if I do say so myself! ;)

...Meh. I feel too tired to blabber on for you guys today. Apologies. Maybe if I find the energy some time soon I'll update you all again... Maybe. ;)

<3 x

Inappropriate?

I am astounded by the new things that I learn every day. Guess what my lesson for today was?

Holding the arm of another person in a photograph is inappropriate.

Eiiish. The funny thing is that this comment was made indirectly to me - get this - in a PHOTO TAG on Facebook. Really, I ask? I couldn't think of a more cowardly method of putting a point across, especially as the "tagger"'s identity is hidden... There's a "report" button on Facebook y'know. Use that if it really disgusts you to an unworldly length. I don't expect everyone to approve of the choices that I make in life, but please - is it really any of your business anyway? Especially when the "offence" is so trivial...

Another thing while I'm docked in Port Rant - if you live in Luton, under no circumstances sign a tenancy contract with a guy named Glen Wright. He's denied me half of my deposit money back because "my door lock was broken". Bullshit! It was in perfect working order the whole time I lived there. I lived there for a WHOLE YEAR. But, as always, it's my word against his, so my chances of getting my extra money back currently stand at ZILCH. Ah well. Who needs money right? ...

*tumbleweed*

Apart from the above, everything is pretty spoko in the world, I guess. I'm currently preparing some of my old junk for sale on eBay, which I hope will be another person's lost treasure! Keep an eye out, stuff under the username "lamoore5" will be shortly hitting your screens.


Do widzenia!

<3

This evening, I am a soapbox jockey.

Uh huh. I'm back on it again.

Today, I am addressing an issue that always leaves me utterly perplexed.

Picture this: it's a normal evening on Facebook, nothing much out of the ordinary is happening, so boring, so soooo boring... and then BAM! An atrocious post like THIS appears on your feed:

"Ugh, I hate my job, I just want to be appreciated for what I do, so traumatic AHHHH whinge whinge moan moan my managers are all pricks BLAH"

What. The. F%£k.

Why oh WHY do people deem it even SLIGHTLY acceptable to bitch about their workplaces on social networking sites when, get this, they have all their MANAGERS as friends?! You must have to be seriously stupid! It's like rinsing mouthwash, spitting it out and then rinsing again - a complete recipe for disaster which leaves a bitter taste in everyone's mouths!

KCOREVNRINVRINEVRdc'nroeclv <<< (anger spasm)

...I need to lock myself in a fridge for a couple of hours.

-_-

OH MY GOSH.

I had a huge surprise awaiting me when I got home from work last night.

Remember my little hamsters, Otis and Spud? They're really not Otis and Spud at all. They're both GIRLS.

Picture this: about three weeks ago, I had to separate them because they were literally fighting until the death. The usually docile, innocent and cuddly Spud was the more aggressive hamster in the fight, too. I was worried that he (well, SHE I guess) was going to be aggressive with humans... So, I decided to introduce Spud to Adam's hamster one day just to see how she reacted. Surprisingly, they loved each other straight away. Then the humping commenced!

I'll be honest; I thought it was hilarous. I teased Adam for days because he had a "gay" hamster, completely oblivious to the fact that my darling Spud was really a female... You know exactly where this is going now, right?

Yep, you guessed it. The surprise I came home to last night was... FIVE BABIES IN THE CAGE.

Meep. Although it was a shocker at first, I'm now incredibly excited at the thought of seeing minute, pink wriggly things growing into fluffy little baby hamsters! :D

So, who wants one when they're ready to leave Mummy? :P

<3 x