Easter, Birthdays and the importance of discovery...

Boy!

What a weekend, eh? The weather alone has made this one amazing, however I have to say, I did have other distractions that kept me bobbing along quite happily over the past few days.

I feel it is important to say that I write to you in the middle of trying to write my 2nd to last assignment for Uni. It's a self assessment assignment and I'm not really in the mood! But alas, I figured I should take a break and blog whilst I remember, and I can honestly say this Blog every day in April has gone a little awry, I can also honestly say that writing almost every day has been a pleasure! :P

I digress, anywho. On Friday I went to a local park with one of my friends. Just for a wander and a walk. Now, I have been in this park before and drive past it a hell of a lot, but I had one of those 'What the hell?' moments, when we walked through the greens and was greeted by a HUGE expansion of grass, water, basket ball and tennis courts and all sorts of amazing-ness. I seriously couldn't believe all of this park life was on my doorstep, so to speak... OK, about 15 minutes away from it, and I never knew. I felt like I had discovered something great. My friend, on the other hand, couldn't quite grasp how I had never been there before. And I really don't know why I haven't. It just goes to show, sometimes you just don't know what good things lie on your doorstep until the sun comes out and you decide to go for an adventure!

In other news, I was supposed to go to Harrogate on Saturday with my boyfriend, but the weather said it would be thundery at some point so we gave it a miss and went to Manchester instead. I love Manchester. It's one of the best cities in the world. The buildings, the shops, the food! I would never get bored of going to town and finding new and interesting places to go. Not that I do that though. We have a bad habit of only ever hitting up the same shops. Starbucks, Magma, HMV (both on Market Street and in the Arndale centre), Fopp, Arndale food hall and Waterstones. And then either food or home... but it's the perfect day (for us) and so it was great on Saturday as the weather was beautiful. We then hit up a Nepalese restaurant for dinner, which is SO SO good and SO SO cheap!! WIN!

I guess everyone knows it was Easter this weekend but it was also my boyfriends birthday and we celebrated by eating a HUGE Easter meal and eating loads of chocolate. Diet be damned this weekend! No one should not eat chocolate on Easter. No one.

And that concludes my

holiday from my assignment. I must get back to it... really... I should...

Sam

It's finally here!

Oh! The end of the tax year... wait... no! I mean, my 2nd year anniversary with my boyfriend. It's crazy and not crazy at the same time. It feels like only yesterday we nervously sipped our vanilla lattes in Starbucks and talked for 3 hours about films and other such nonsense. And yet, it feels like we have know each other forever! To celebrate such greatness we are going to Manchester for a wander. We're taking in a movie at the IMAX (Suckerpunch, which I'm sure I'll tell you about tomorrow), and having a meal at ZiZi (one of our favorite places to eat!). I can't wait, as we've been waiting for this day for ages. :D Happy! What also makes me happy is I got an email from the Open University people, telling me not to panic and I can basically start level 2 at the end of this year if I feel like I'm ready to move on from level 1, and I can make up the missing points from level one at any of the other levels. Which might not make sense to you, if you haven't looking into how OU works, but to me, it makes sense and makes me feel like a weight has been lifted. I'm going to start level 2 in Oct. and study 'Reading and Studying Literature' , and then the year after that 'Creative writing' and then after that 'Advanced creative writing' and then see where I'm at with points etc. and do a couple of other courses to get a degree qualification... it's going to take longer than I thought and I was going to do a couple of courses at once, but I don't want to get bogged down in too much work etc... well. That's my thinking at the moment anyway. We'll see how it goes. I have to sleep now.... I must sleep. Oh so tired............... Sam

Gosh.

Psh.

I'm so bored tonight. I was going to watch a movie, but I couldn't decide what kind of mood I was in, so I have literally just been on the internet for an age, clicking on all my favorite links to see what the haps is.

My favorite links are:

HitRECord

My friends travel blog

Google Docs

Open University student page

Facebook

Youtube

Twiter

Blogger

Hotmail

Amazon

GMail

Yahoo Mail

I know you don't care, but this is literally how bored I am.

I am also currently supposed to be working on song projects with a friend. Writing and what not, but I just can't for the life of me come up with anything that would be a helpful contribution. I think I'm just in a rut tonight. Meh!

I have finished all the books I wanted to read that are in my room... kind of. I'm still in the middle of a couple of them, but lost interest so will have to go back to them at a later date, but I can't bring myself to order the other books that I want/need - as this month has already been a costly one, and its only the 2nd day!

Oops.

I'm off to London for 3 days in a couple of weeks with my lovely boyfriend . We are staying in a very swanky hotel - unfortunately the reason for the visit is to attend a funeral but we are going to try to make it a pleasant trip. But what with that and having to pay my rent/ car getting serviced this month has already turned into an expensive one... I could really do with saving the month before i go part time...

Oh well!

I might go to sleep so when i wake up I can eat marmite on toast and have a massive cup of coffee... and I just remembered I'm working until 6pm. Brill!

Sam

Ah... to blog.

Errr.

(Sorry if this is now rushed, I just wrote a whole blog and it deleted itself.... grrr)

I haven't been up to much since my last blog... which was a million years ago it seems! Life has its little twists and turns which keep you preoccupied - and there have been many highs and many many lows this year so far - but we just have to pick ourselves up and carry on - which is something I'm particularly good at, so I'm gonna continue this blog like I never left!

I am off on my jolly hols on Wednesday, so I took it upon myself to book tomorrow off work to do some clothes shopping and pack and stress about all the things I'm sure I will forget to pack etc. I guess the most important part is having a valid passport. Which I do.. so I'm OK - right?! hehe.

This is the first holiday with my man-child - which should be interesting! We are off to Florence - I have been before and love it, but the reasoning for my lovely boyfriend wanting to go was nothing short of romantic. Hannibal was set there. That's right - my boyfriend wants to go on holiday to a place a sicko murderer, albeit fictitious, went. He's a keeper, is he not? haha.

When I get back from the sun and rain (which I think is forcast - great!), I have to seriously look into getting a new laptop - this one hasn't worked right since someone (stop staring at me..), accidentally deleted a serious piece of coding from the main computer brain, thus breaking the entire thing, and having to then patch up the coding by copying it from my dads computer and pasting it onto my laptops brain cells in hopes that it would start working again. which it did. Just not properly. So I will be looking for one which is shiny, new and has the ability to save more than 2GB worth of information on it! I mean, 2 GB? How 2008! Also, I will be needing Microsoft office as I will be needing to write essays and stuff because.... drum roll... I am starting an Open University course in October. I can't remember if i mentioned it in the last blog, but I'm doing History of the Arts, which is the 1st part of a degree. I will choose my actual degree course in the 2nd year me thinks, as I can mix and match for now. Fun times though!

I know what you're thinking. Another course? Well.. yeah! Of course! excuse the pun! You'd think with all these courses I do I would be a little smart... I'm not. I'm as dumb as I look! ZING! oh... I zinged myself. ouch!

Anyway, enough about me! Here are some sites I have been on of late:

One - is a site run by the talented actooor Joseph Gordon Levitt, and its basically a collaboration site, where writers, directors, musicians and artists can go and pool ideas to make a finished project. Its a great idea. I haven't contributed yet, as everyone who is on there is pretty amazing at everything. I like to watch what gets created though... maybe one day I'll get involved! hehe.

Two - its so good, and so bad at the same time! Sadly, I, like many other women in the world (and some men, I guess) - will miss The Hills now its finished. But the almighty Lo Boswell has her own website. Its a bit of tat, but its fun to go on when you're bored and looking for something to waste your time on!

Three - isn't new, its not big, and its not clever. But I'm back into tweeting in a big way! Follow me for stupidness and boring comments such as : Its night time! (which I haven't ever used, but just might tonight!).

In other news - I'm already planning my Halloween party and I'm currently trying to decide what my new layout on this blog will be - which is why its so plain at the moment.

Listen up - I'm back (for now), and in a typing mood.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sam

Its time like these.

Yep.

I was walking home today and realised all my relationships are good at the moment. It was quite satisfying. Which is cool.

I am tired. But I don't really mind today. Its Sunday, which is the best day to be tired.

It's been one of those weeks, where everything has been kind of stressed, and fast paced, but really good at the same time because I felt like I have achieved something this week. I got a couple of new Cd's the other day. Dolly Partons new (ish) album 'Backwoods Barbie' (surprisingly very good!), and Prince 'Purple Rain'. I love bargain bins, they just add to a good shopping trip.

Things with Le Buff are good. I think I was nice and let him see me every day this week bar Monday and today.... I am trying to be sweet to him. Hehe. We kind of had one of those weeks where we had a heart to heart and now feel a little bit closer. Which is nice. I like talking to people and feeling like something was gained from the conversation. I don't think it happens enough when you talk to people. Its usually just for entertainment value that I have conversations - you know, its the friendship thing where you just talk and it doesn't mean much, but it does... but this week I have been having real conversations. Its strange that I know when these 'real' conversations occur. Surely one should have these all the time, but I guess that's not really true. Huh...

I love all of my friends at the moment. I had a realisation that all my friends are here right now, almost. And if not here, then some where out there, but contactable. Which doesn't always happen as people drift in and out of the social network of life sometimes, but right now I feel everyone is in reach, and I pray I don't let that slip for a while, because I like knowing that there are people out there whom I can connect with and hang out with and talk to and stuff, and its easy, and not a chore. Yeay for friendships!

I just had coffee and hung out with an old friend and it was fun - we are going to be doing a new project which is basically for our creative sides. She is a writer and me a photographer, so we are going to try to incorporate that into a new blog - the link will probably follow once we get it sorted out. But I am well and truly excited about the prospect of creating something. I haven't felt like that in a while. More.... frustrated at my lack of enthusiasm and inspiration. But this will be good. And force me to take more picture. Which I HAVE to find time to do. Its vital I do it, for my mental health... I am trying to buy a new camera from someone at work at the moment. I say 'trying'. We have an intranet at work with a buy and sell notice board, so someone puts what they are selling on it, and its up to you to email them to say you want it. I am pretty sure I was the first person to email him about it, so I hope i get it. I ain't even haggling on the price. No sir. I am full pricing it up. Fingers crossed I get it, because its the joy of a new camera that's keeping my spirits up at the moment. My other camera is amazing, but its bigger than your average camera so not good to carry around for long periods of time. This new one is slightly smaller, and will hopefully mean I can take it around with me and be snap happy without feeling like the self conscious photog.

I am also going to try to contribute to my friends project. A book about good things. So a list of the good things in life. I am trying to conduct one now, which reminded me of a project I was gonna do, which was to make all my friends draw a picture.. a self portrait or a picture of something they like, or something that describes their personality and put it in a book. Or write a poem or something... I like the idea of collaborations. So I might set something up for that. I hope. But knowing me I will forget! Curses!

Planning to be very busy this week. But I need to start going to bed earlier. 3 am every morning this weekend is not good for you. I can tell you that for free. Sleep more. Yessssss.

Sam

One more time

Mmm.

We don't stop.

Guess what? Guess what? I am the worst time keeper in the world. And I can't manage time either. So I can't manage it and i can't keep it - I guess the only thing to do is let it go and if it loves me it will come back...? Is that the rule? I am officially letting time go.

Its been over 2 months since I blogged, and to be honest, its because I couldn't be bothered to blog. I lost the love of it. I wanted to write, but I felt what I was writing was, well, dull. And of no importance to anyone but myself. Blogging is a selfish thing isn't it? But on a whole I do try to entertain. I think I lost the sparkle of it all along the way. Sad. I know.

But I'm back. Nothing extremely exciting has happened. Um... lets see, since April I think... Well, I have been working. No change there. Got together with a guy. Who is now officially the boyfriend, but me and my work colleagues have titled him B'f (pronounced buff, as if you didn't know!). Yes, its been fun. It was also my birthday on the 1st June. Which was good, and pleasant and all the things birthdays should be.

Friends, gifts, hugs, kisses and people forgetting, and then remembering and feeling bad about forgetting. As per then.

The only thing that has changed really is my room is a mess (wait.. I said change... that's not a change Sam!). I have a new musical instrument. A ukulele. Woo! And more DVDs. Which is good. I am also suffering from a cold. A bad, bad cold.

I was getting it last week (not swine flu, stop panicking. Stop it, I can see it in your eyes. Don't worry!), but decided that I couldn't have it then because I had a shit mad busy week and an even busier weekend at York races for a Hen Do. (a classy one, mind). So yeah, my body listened to me. it hit me hard yesterday and even worse today. Cut to scene: Sam sitting at her lap top in her PJ's. Obviously not been to work today....

I am hoping that me 'resting' today means tomorrow I will be better, because I have a date with a boy which must involve kissing (it must, no 2 ways about it), and on Saturday I have to be in top form for seeing Transformers at the IMax in Manchester. So. I have given myself today to catch up on rest and all my Internet obligations. Which made me sad.

I love Internet obligations. To tweet or not to tweet. Sadly, more often than not I don't. Because when i use the Internet its just to email the Bf and that's pretty much it (one track minded girl now... erm... not). But I have realised I have to make time. So one day a week I will blog. I will. I must. But when? God knows. Again, whats with time. Where does it go? I always complain about time, but I seriously can't fathom a way to use it to my advantage. Ah well. Never mind, eh?

I will probably go now. Go and sit and take more tablets and hope that this is it for the cold. Ooh, an invite to the cinema.. should I? I would feel bad to go when I couldn't go to work... but... but.... I want to go. Damn it. I will have to ponder this for a while. Anyway. Its good to be back, and I hope at least one person other than me reads this.

I will return in a few days to update on the Transformers movie. Its important you all know what I think of that whore Megan Fox. hehe.

Sam