O.M.G said the walrus to the Carpenter...

Errr.

Its been so long - and I'm sorry for that. You see, my internet did this little thing where.. it was really funny... it decided it wasn't going to work properly. So I havent been in the virtual world in a loooong time. Catching up is a bitch. Actually, the worst part is, as I logged on to FB to check my messages, my brother had sent me one asking me to whack £100 into his account because he is skint... I might decide the internet isnt for me if it is going to cost me £100 every time I check my emails.

I can't say no to him because he is out in Australia still and I don't want him to be all penniless and not having a good time. But seriously. Why can't boys budget properly? huh? Mental!

I hope all of you readers are well. I am currently kind of enjoying my life - love life going very well... hate living at home still.... and job is a pile of crap, buuuut make up artistry job might be picking up. I should be looking into website designs whilst I'm online.... so I must dash.

If anyone has a Linksys internet box thing and knows why my connection from it would all of a sudden be 'unsecure' can you let me know? tanks a million!

Peace out!

Sam

x

So here it is.

Yep.

Thats right, the New Year Post. Anyone who's anyone does one, right? Well, I'm not anyone, but I guess I'll do one anyway. Boom, Pow.

I have to say it was a great Christmas/New year all round for this Scumbag. Great gifts from people, which included a new camera, Harry Potter Cluedo AND a giant space hopper (hell yeah, just wait for THOSE pictures to hit the page space). What more could a girl ask for? Not much. Gosh, I'm easy to please.

As for New Year. Its safe to say I pretty much hit the mark with Beatles Rock Band. 100% when singing along to some songs. Yeah, so what? I never had the guts to venture to the 'hard' mode. But thats just scary territory. We even brought the new year in to the Journey song 'Don't stop Believing'. Which wasn't planned, but had that really cool unintentionally awesome vibe going on. Muchos fun.

So what does new year bring to the table? I'm going to try and do some cool things this year. Hopefully (fingers crossed), try to do a dressmaking course. It starts next week though and the people haven't emailed me back to say there is space available. Curse them! I also want to look into doing a new make up course. Hopefully special FX and prostetics. P'raps. The main thing I want to do this year is find a job I actually want to do. I hate my job now. Its got to that point. But if I quit I put a scuffer in the whole 'move out' plan. However... in high hopes, I could end up landing a dream job with a great salary... so I might as well see whats out there. Only thing is I have no clue what I want to do with my life. Still..! and I turn 25 this year so I'm having mid-mid life crisis talks with myself. Not good!

I hope you all had a great festive period, and new year was good and only brings hope of new things to come and new adventures for you all (but not new adventures for superman... he's already had those, he can't have more!). I'm going to try to make my blog interesting at some point. But for now I think it suits that its just my internal monologue.

Toodles.

Sam

Avatar (no spoilers, I promise!)

Woosh!

I can't believe after about 9 or 10 months of excitement, waiting for Avatar to be released, the moment (or 3 hours) has come and gone.

I can honestly say, hand on heart, that Avatar is my movie of the year. Its everything I wanted it to be and more. Of course I do love sci-fi and effects when they are well done in a film. And I love James Cameron - I can't fault him in any way with this film.

I thought the story might be hollow - just an excuse for him to show off his new 3D camera (he designed it himself don't you know?!). Even then, though, I thought I would enjoy it, but as it turns out he has also hit the nail on the head (again), with a brilliant story, fascinating characters and above all - an entirely alien universe. The attention to detail was phenomenal. Not just the whole concept of the alien planet, Pandora, but the detail in the animals and characters. Within 20 minutes I can say I forgot the 'blue people' were computer generated. It all seemed SO real, it was hard not to get caught up in it all. The story, the connection with the aliens, the battles. They were probably the most emotionally strained moments I have experienced whilst watching a film.

I hate sounding like a movie geek, but because you are so englufed in this planet and the life of the Na'vi (the race of people living on Pandora) when the battles and fighting starts its hard to watch. You are taken into the world -with brilliant 3D'an'all - and you start to feel connected with it all, and then the connection is ripped out from under you and you're left a little bit taken aback. When I was watching it I was literally recoiling in horror that the humans would even fight with the Na'vi for such a stupid reason. (Oh, come on, you've seen the trailers!)



Signourney Weaver was great in it. And it was cool seeing some of the previous James Cameron visuals come back to life in this film. I won't say what or where, but if you know his stuff you will recognise some of the stuff in it.



I will be watching it again within the next week hopefully. Just because I *have* to go see it with someone else... What a chore.. hehe. All I can say now is I really want the game. Oh yeah... and an Avatar for Christmas please... Santa... if you're reading this?



Sam

I must...

Blog!

Its been about a month since my last blog... I think I said something about something about something about changing my ways and trying to be more feminine. I haven't failed, so much as not really been bothered to try. Although I have been looking at trying to get a nice dress for new year. Mission is a complete failure. I think this is why I have such trouble finding nice girly things. Because I have such a specific picture of things in my mind that when I go shopping etc. I can't find anything I have imagined. I am the sort of shopper who will only buy something if it slmost literally screams "BUY ME, TAKE ME HOME!". It doesn't happen often.. what was the last thing I got... Oh, a delightful pink dressy coat from ASOS. Of course... all the buttons fell off on first wear. Oh, how my faith in clothes diminishes each day.

Speaking of shopping. Who has finished their Christmas shopping? Anyone? ANYONE? I can tell you who has. ME! aha! Yes, get in! All but 1 gift I have got, and this last gift is very small and I know where to get it etc. I just havent been to collect it yet. I'm very proud of my purchases this year. I feel I have spoilt many of my family members, and friends. I know I have spoilt the Old Boyf. but I feel he deserves it for being so cute to me all the time. Awww. Bless.

I also have a new faith in internet shopping. Not only have I got all my gifts, I bought them ALL on the internet, and they all arrived within a few days of the purchase. Now, why would anyone trek to the shops when they get that kind of service? Who knows. Its brilliant. I have also wrapped them all (well, attempted. Wrapping never was my strong suit). I am feeling very smug. Sorry!!

I've been addicted to Twitter of late. I think its because I have found some people I find really interesting that I have managed to follow. Always nice. Plus, I got my first Direct Message on there the other day, from Amber Benson no less. (An actress). Which I found utterly refreshing that someone would take the time to thank someone for following them. I don't know why people don't do that more often. People should be nice to other people. The end. There is nothing to gain from being a cotton headed ninny monger. Is there? No. There isn't.

I'm babbling now, because I'm delusional with cold. Brrrr.

I will blog again before Christmas, although I don't know what about. I need to start blogging about actual topics, and not just reel off whats in my head. Oh, Oh, I know. I will next blog about Avatar, as I will be seeing it on Saturday in the IMax cinema! 3D baby! AWOOHOO!!!

Toodles,

Sam

A new dawn and a new day

Yeesh.

I had a moment today. With myself. Wait... that sounds rude, and kind of gross.... lets take it back a step.

I had a moment today, where I realised something. I can change my life. Which isn't really anything big, or new. But I just realised I can actually do it.

I really don't like the way I dress most of the time. I dress out of nessesity, rather than getting any kind of enjoyment out of it I just wear whatever I think will disguise this or that.

I have been trying to lose weight my entire life, but to no avail. At the moment I'm pretty positive I can do something about it. I know I can, but its about fitting it in with everything else in my life and sticking to it etc. So I have decided that in order for me to accomplish the task of losing weight and getting fitter, I will find pictures of clothes I want to be able to wear and aim to buy them and look good in them at the same time.

I'm always the casual person in the group. I wear heels, but these days its only every now and then. My basic wardrobe is Jeans and a top.

By the end of this year (yes... THIS YEAR), I will have bought at least ONE skirt and a pretty top to wear when I go out.

I'm going to change my wardrobe and my lifestyle. Because I can.

I'm a PC and I'm 24 and a half years old...

Sam

Is it just me, or did it just get really cold?

Brrr.

Its insane how cold its gotten over the past few weeks! Mental!

I never remember where I was up to on my previous blog, apart from the fact that it was mostly about the name of the business me and my sister are setting up. Which is sorted. We have a name. Although its not the name I wanted, I just thought best go with it, because I couldn't come up with anything else. So its all sorted. And my certificate came through today, confirming I am a make up artist. 5 months or so later. Jeez. Talk about waiting around for a piece of paper. But is all good, now all I need to do it get the insurance sorted and I may possibly register with Mac. Once I get back into doing makeup again, as I haven't had as much time as I would have liked to practise, I will probably start up a new blog page (another? I know... I just can't help it), to show off pictures... (I'm still undecided about doing this though... good job I no longer have to make my own decisions)

October was a great month by the by... Halloween. Woo. I put on such a good party. I never like hosting anything because the event is never as good as I imagine it will be. Too much pressure to be good usually means I can't enjoy. But this time it worked out so well and it was better than I thought it would be! Picture of me in my outfit below:

Well... not a full picture. But that's basically it. Me as Alice in Wonderland. Although I'm sure Alice didn't drink this drink. If I recall... was part of the punch I made diluted with gin. Why do I do it?? In case you are wondering. The clown looking thing in the back ground is my boyfriend... clowns!! I'm sure he did it just to freak me out. Nasty!!!

Things have been going quite well recently. Although I do have the urge to quit my job. My brother went to Australia a few months ago for travelling/ working fun. And so I don't have a brother around. However, one of my brothers friends works with me, and for a while he was my surrogate little brother (depressing when a little brother is 21 years old...). But now HE has up and left me to go to Australia. So I'm feeling all itchy feet'ed to start something new, or just do something fun. As per usual. But I never know what! That's my life I guess!!!

I haven't been to the cinema that much this past month... I did go and see An American Werewolf in London on the 30th of October at the cinema and it was brilliant! On the big screen!!! I love it when the cinema does a classic movie every once in a while, because you don't get stupid kids sitting in the row in front of you being loud and annoying! Mainly because the only people who go and watch these things are fans of the film already. If that makes sense?

I'll tell you what I did see though. Jennifer's Body. I don't know why I had any kind of hope for it being a good film, because it was the same writer as Juno (Overrated), but it really fell flat on its face. And it wasn't even Megan Fox who ruined it. She wasn't that bad... really! But its just the script. And the lingo. Why this woman who writes these things thinks she has to come up with slang words that no one would ever use is beyond me. I can only imagine she is hoping one of these lame, idiotic phrases or words is going to catch on and do what the word 'fugly' did for Mean Girls. But it really ain't gonna happen! Ranting. Always ranting!

I am already excited about the New Moon movie. I am not watching any of the trailers though, because they aren't teasers any more, they are **spoilers**. And I hate spoilers. So I have literally been sitting in the cinema with my eyes closed, hands over ears, humming. Just so I don't see or hear anything that would ruin the film for me. I'm a huge fan. Although not a band wagon fan. I liked it before the movie. (yeah, I said it!) Which is why I seriously can't go to see it in the first 2 weeks, because sitting next to annoying girls throughout the film would only damage my calm. And my calm is the only thing that keeps me from smashing the room up sometimes.

I'll leave you with no thoughts or anything. Although... I strongly urge you to watch Let The Right One In if you like vampire movies. It totally reinvents the genre if you ask me. Its subtitled, but don't let that put you off. Definitely one of the top 3 films that's been out this year.

Toodles!

Sam

Its so hard to be consiously creative

Grrrr.

Its been a while again. But not as long as before so its OK in my mind. HA!

Thinking of something in a creative manner has never been my strong suit. I mean. I would class myself as the artistic type, but its more of an accidental kind of creativity. I am so crap at planning something of value. Which is why I am having such a hard time trying to pick a business name for me and my sisters makeup business. Its driving me insane actually, because I can never stop trying to come up with a name. Even when I think I'm not doing it, I am... which is a pain in the backside, if you ask me. Which you didn't. But there it is anyway!

You see, the business mobile phone has been purchased. And the business cards are almost finished, design wise. So all we need is a business name... something make-up-y and beauty-like... but its so hard to come up with something that's not cheesy or just plain crapola!!! Once we have this name, we can print cards. Advertise. Set up a website. Set up the email address. So its a damn nightmare. Because so much stock is going to be put into this name. I need some help. Please. Someone just start suggesting something and maybe if we pool our inner thought demons, we can come up with something half decent!

In the mean time. When I'm not trying to think of 'the name', I haven't been up to much. Well. I went to London for a quick trip with some girly pals of mine. Which was nice, but exhausting, so it was lucky I took the following week off work. Which again, was exhausting. But still. SO worth it, because I got to chill out. But I have to admit, I have been a bit down the past few weeks, because my friends (even though they haven't said anything to me properly), think I am ditching them to spend time with my boyfriend. Which I'm not. Because I always try to see them when I can, its just when they do want to arrange something, I'm usually already pre-booked with something or someone else. Which isn't my fault, but I know they kind of see it as me consciously not spending time with them. Its a pain. Because that's what happened with one of my friends a few years back, and now we don't see her. And a passing comment was made the other day that there might be 'a similar situation' going on. Which I didn't even know about until it was said, and as soon as it was said, my mood hit an all time low. Its just a bit crap. Because I don't think people realise how hard it sometimes is to fit another person into your life and try to re-jig everything else to fit around that. I'm still trying to find the balance, and I'm a little upset that that hasn't been acknowledged. But Hey Ho. That's life.

I don't really like Facebook at the moment. I don't really like Twitter either. But with FB, its the constant updates of what people are doing on the Internet. Not what they are doing in general. Its more of an annoyance at the fact that everyday I get little updates saying someone has completed a quiz, and these are their results. OR someone has completed another level of this game... and THESE are their results. I don't care. Because it seems these people have way too much time on their hands, playing stupid games, and I'm both annoyed and grouchy... Its the classic feeling of feeling like you're the only person on the damn thing that only has time to do a quick wall post to someone for a catch up, and then naff off to do something real. In the real world. Like bake a cake. Or darn a sock. ha.

Its Autumn again and I love it. Although it makes me sad that this time last year I was in Paris. But... I love British autumn. I need to go taking photos before its all over. Its almost Halloween too, and I have been planning a kick ass party, with strobe lights, and fake graves, and... that's pretty much it, but it will be good. Now all I have to do is actually bring it all together somehow and make it happen. But, like they all say. It'll be alright on the night. I hope.

I'll keep you posted. You give me business name ideas!

Go.

Sam