Let Me Introduce Myself…..

Let Me Introduce Myself, Marion Raven

Apologise to those who have missed my blog(g), my crappness of bloggness knows no bounds.*

Mainly I have been boffed and perootling about with people. Now I seem to have a ton on Art and Chemicals work to be done, eep.

The highlight of the last week has been the Annual SimonG Chat Meet. Held about a million miles south of the country where there is a disturbing lack of hills. So most of my Friday was spent travelling to the meet with Katie, and from the meet Saturday night.

It was, frankly, wonderful to meet everyone for the first time. I still can’t believe how nice everyone actually is. There were jelly beans and funny card games called Flux. I got cadded by lots of luffly people (Merman, Nigel, Henners and Hutters kind half sat down hugged me), and met a giant. It was especially nice to talk to people who aren’t in the chat that often, like Jenny, (you are seriously funny girl). Mind you so is everyone else. Even being restrained from the jelly beans is funny when done by the right person, (you know who I mean, Alison). Even those who weren’t there were still included, a phone call from Katie-Jane and Nick meant they spoke to virtually everyone there at some point. I’m glad I got to put faces to names, it’s odd wondering how people will look if you can’t find a picture on their blog(g). *giggles, Ned looks a bit like Santa and yes I am that small in Real Life™. It was completely worth it, going a million miles to meet you all! I officially LOVE you all. I was touched that people seemed to know who I was instantly, but maybe that was because I was with Katie, next time I should know who you all are too.

Sunday I met my friend Liz for dinner and then went to Dominic’s house where I napped because I was tired and watched Bugsy Malone and Vic Reeves and cuddled.

Love and Huggles, Claire

*Hey Justin, you ok? You said you’ve had a rubbish week. I hope you’re ok now and feeling better, I’m concerned *hugs

I Need A Second Sunday, To Be With You. I’m Gonna Go Tell Monday This Is Something I Have To Do

Second Sunday, Jessica Andrews

I have had a fabtacular weekend!

Yesterday I set out for Manchester wearing my pretty jumper dress, despite the sky looking a little threatening and having to battle against the wind, which seemed determined to make me do a Marilyn Monroe. It tried all day, and as I had disobeyed the sacred “Shorter the skirt/dress, the bigger the underwear” rule I was rather hoping it wouldn’t blow up.* The rain we were expecting for Saturday arrived today, on and off we’ve had extreme wind, snow, sleet, and rain.

So shopping was lots of fun as usual. It started interestingly. Liz was late for the bus when it arrived, but rang me saying to get on it because she was at the next stop down. Now the bus I was catching can take one of 2 routes, one would take us past Liz. It chose the other route. So Liz was left to catch the next bus whilst I was left to wander round Manchester for half an hour before she arrived. I went to get Dom’s Valentines Day/Birthday/Anniversary present and also experienced Primark in a state if total desertion. Once Lizzy arrived we had lunch and wandered around enjoying ourselves.

The rest of my weekend has been spent emboffed. I caught the bus back to Dom’s rather than home, and we settled down for a weekend of largely watching The Simpson’s on his laptop. NEW EPISODES! From SERISE 16! The crapness of Channel Four and it’s “lets just repeat the old episodes and not play the new ones even though Fox sold us the rights not BBC2 because we promised to show the new ones and not just repeat old ones” attitude is so annoying. The Simpson’s just keeps getting funnier and funnier!
A random overnight stay happened, which was lovely, I’m rather partial to going to sleep and waking up all snuggled. It’s so lovely.
Love and Huggles, Claire

* No, it never actually did blow up, Thank God.

There’s Magic In All That You Do

I Bring It To You, Jessica Andrews

I seem to have been rather busy the last few evenings really, lots has happened. Tuesday night I was emboffed, there were lots of kisses, cuddles and a fair bit of Sonic too. All of which are most agreeable. Wednesday Liz past her driving test- YOU GO GIRL! - so I went out for a perootle around the town, with many visits to Tesco because we’d both managed to forget out purses. Last night I went to see Miss Potter with the Jesses, Zena and Liz, which was again fun.

Tomorrow shall be busy, shopping in Manchester then boffs house for the evening. Ooo both shall be fun methinks!

I hope everyone is safe after this horrible wind we’ve had. I hope things are better in California Justin, I heard it was rough there the other week. Lets hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow cause I want to wear my lovely new jumper dress.

Love and Huggles, Claire

PS. I appear to have been spammed, let’s hope it doesn’t happen again, I don’t want to have to turn comment verification on, it’s so annoying.

You Have Failed To Take Into Account My Mirror Balls!

Mr Susan, The Might Boosh, episode, Bollo, serise 1

I have watched a huge amount of The Mighty Boosh today. I love it so much. It’s just so random. Chrish and I used to walk around going “look at them shinin’, tsh tsh, look at them shinin’” when we cleaned toilets and had the “tsh tsh” sprays.

Pretty much stuck all my sketchbook stuff in. This means I’m onto the next stage, when I get the time. Tomorrow is a busy day, double Chemicals, then to Rawtenstall with Mum, then work, then to boff’s. Naturally I’m looking forward to the latter immensely.

We are still no nearer to figuring out how to get to London for this chat meet. Katie’s parents says we can’t have the car and there don’t appear too be many ways of getting to it cheaply. It’s all rather stressing me out; I’m losing sleep over it now.

Also, Happy Birthday to Mollye, hope you had a good day!

Whiler perusing the delights the “Next Blog(g)” button brings, I discovered this gem of advice on someones blog(g); “Keep it Simple and Keep it Colourful”. That sums up my own attitude to life rather nicely, and it’s a lovely quote. Below is the dudes link to his blog(g).

Love and Huggles, Claire

http://isthisyourcard.blogspot.com/

We Seem To Have A Knack For Miscommunication

Miscommunication, Delta Goodrem

I have been A Good Girl and spent all weekend being arty. There are now several more pages in my sketchbook than there were to start with. Or will be once I stick it all in. that is the Next Task after blogging. Tomorrow I shall do my artist research and hopefully stick that all in.

I’ve spent the last hour tackling my Chemicals homework, which for the most part (seems) to have been as easy as pie. With a lot of help on molecular formula from Ali and Ben has taught me how to do isomers of alkanes, as we only covered alkenes on Friday. Hopefully I will get a very good mark and prove that I actually have a brain. Which would be nice.

That’s about it for the last 2 days really; it was my sister’s birthday yesterday, although she showed an annoying disinterest in wanting to do anything. I recall thisis A Phase. She is 12 and a pain enough already. *cringes at the thought of the teenage years.

Right now to deal with my comments;
Justin, meaning Justin the merkin with a girlfriend called Mollye who blogged about the Nintendo Wii, (which was the first I’d heard about it), who is the only Justin I know who thought I wasn’t talking to him. Err well I was dude. Given you’re tackling the editing thing I thought it would be useful to see someone else’s editing style. Now worries. But I only know one Justin and he comments on my blog(g), (lovely lovely person he is).

Hutters, yes I did mean THE Ian Curtis. Unless there’s been more than one famous one, in which case I don’t know….and you’re also a lovely lovely person before you feel neglected.

I think that’s all cleared up now……

Love and Huggles, Claire

PS. Again the link for those who haven’t seen it but might want to;

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=94178252&MyToken=d21fbaea-2412-48df-926c-03203743ff46

But They Sent You Away

Mandy, Barry Manilow

Before I begin I have news that will shock and alarm you, so please sit down.

Are you sat down? *checks. Good right, here goes;

My laptop has died. She refuses to boot up at all.

No don’t get up in shock, there is more. *allows time for reader to settle down again and compose themselves.

Not only has my laptop died but she has been taken away to the Laptop Hospital to be fixed. In short, I am laptopless. How did I ever cope without her????? Come back to me my lovely Hetty.

Ok you can weep all you want now. It will be hard but she shall return soon. Hopefully in working order.

Sadly this places the curfew on me again; no internet after my sister has gone to bed. Sharing rooms SUCKS!

On the upside(not) as my weekend will be boffless due to his need to revise for his Maths re-sit Tuesday; I shall be busy actually doing art, because I haven’t done art and need to do art. Boffless weekend sucks ass, more than not having a laptop, this is the first we’ve spent apart since his return but needs must. If it means he gets an A then I’m happy to be back seated for a while. I saw him yesterday for snuggles, pillow fights and being pushed off the bed. Yes he finds it amusing to push me off the bed, something to do with the way I squeal….

Oh, one last thing, a bit of shameless advertising for my lovely boff. This is mainly aimed at one person, Justin. I bet that made you smile, being shouted out. My boff and his friend made a very funny video, which is on his myspace. You can reach his myspace from mine, his name being Dominic not boff. Check out the editing, and unless you LIKE Ian Curtis and don’t want to see him being made fun of I’d watch it.

Actually for you’re convenience here’s the link directly to his myspace, I’m sure he’d love your opinion. He’s the weird demon-clown thing. Normally he’s far less scary.

Love and Huggles, Claire

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=94178252&MyToken=ca13cddb-2e3a-44bf-bb44-d8bb48b69791

I’m Telling You Baby It’s Called Karma

Karma, Jessica Andrews

Here is an example of Karma for you all;

I left double Chemistry and set off to Tesco to meet my mum for dinner. Now the shortcut into Tesco means hopping over a fence and making your way down a steepish embankment. This is often slippery after wet weather, (which we’ve had lots of), and I’ve seen many people go base-over-apex down it so thought better of it. I was however cold after neglecting for once to put enough layers on, hungry and I really needed the toilet. So when I walked past a bit that seemed not so steep and not so muddy I thought, “to hell with it”. So over I went.

And on my arse I went.

One was not amused.

The clever-dumb balance was restored this evening however when I checked my email, and there was one form UCAS, (the University people for the merkins out there), so I ferreted out my application number which I will never know off by heart because it took me 13 years to learn my phone number, (only a slight exaggeration there).

I have had an offer from Chester, and not only an offer but an UNCONDITIONAL OFFER! That means folks that I have TWO university places regardless of anything. Clever little me, eh? When it comes to picking I’m most likely to choose Chester, because I like it better having briefly visited last summer. So I’m off for a celebratory hot chocolate now.

Love and Huggles, Claire

PS. Pity Chester is where Luke is. The friend my Nanna seems determined to set me up with. Methinks there will be repeated questioning of “isn’t that where that nice boy is?”

Honestly you’d think I didn’t have a boff.

PPS. I mean to blog(g) that on Wednesday but due to lack of computerness I didn't get chance. Better late than never.

When My Hope Is Gone, and I Feel I Can’t Go On, You Pick Me Up

You Give Me Love, Faith Hill

In a bid to get myself back to normality I actually Did Work today. I was still short of motivation really, but I settled down to stick some drawings I did in Bath into my sketchbook. I figure if I can get this project pretty much finished by half term, I should be ok. I also managed to speak to the teacher and hopefully I’ll have the mark structure for it tomorrow, which will help.

I also went to work, I was so tired yesterday I didn’t bother, but I managed it today. Thankfully it was only cleaning walls, which might be minding numbing but it wasn’t exactly hard work.

I’m feeling better, more like myself. Thank you for the lovely blog(g) comments people, I hope I can support you all the same way if you ever need it.

Love and Huggles, Claire

One Day At A Time

Going South, The Alice Bands

Since I went to Bath I’ve been on an emotional yo-yo. Admittedly since I came home in October my moods haven’t gone from completely hyper to crying my eyes out alone, but I am still struggling somewhat to maintain the even keel I used to. Prior to Bath I was blissfully happy, I had the most wonderful friends in the world, loved sixth form and the hard work it entailed, had a job that paid well, was convenient, all my friends did and frankly was lots of fun too and somehow I’d managed to acquire the loveliest boff in the world. I had a defined path, I knew what I wanted.

The only shadow was Bath. I knew for a long time I didn’t want to go, but I went anyway. Giving it a shot would have been the advice I got anyway, so it made sense to keep my fears to myself and try it.

It didn’t, as regular readers will know, work. I spent a month in utter hell.

I came home, and hoped that would fix things. It didn’t. I prayed the return of Dominic would somehow magically restore my self confidence and perma-happy self. It would appear there is no quick fix for the after effects of Bath.

Since Bath I lost the vast majority of my confidence in my work and my abilities. For a long time I considered myself unattractive, I didn’t seem to register on people radar, so I threw myself into work and being GOOD at things, at pretty much anything. So sitting in a classroom three times a week feeling SO stupid is something I’m unhappy about; I’m not good at not being good at things. To find Chemsitry such a struggle shook the little confidence I had left.
Since Bath I lost my direction, I picked a nice safe course that I know I can be good at. I have no idea where I want to go next year, I have so little interest and motivation for anything it’s frightening. Frankly the thought of university is terrifying. More accurately the thought of it being like Bath all over again is terrifying.

I’m not used to being devoid of motivation, intelligence or confidence. The last 2 years I have spent on a total high, for the reasons listed at the start of my blog(g), so to feel so depressed is even more depressing, I had further to fall.

The last couple of days I finally spoke to people, (the people namely being Dominic and my mum.) Bottling things up until they explode into a spell of tears and depression is not good, but is annoyingly the way I seem to deal with big things.

I feel better having talked to people, and I know that eventually I’ll get my confidence back and I won’t be so scared. It might just take some time.

Love and Huggles, Claire

A Little Bit Stronger, A Little Bit Wiser Than A Year Ago Today

A Year Ago Today, Delta Goodrem

Ooo look everybody the first blog(g) of 2007. Where on Earth did it go? Last year I mean.

I am an obsessive diary keeper. Aside from my two bloggs I also keep a written diary, which takes the form of an A5 notebook which I write in daily. Daily meaning if I happen to be out late I catch it up later, (hopefully), but unless I am dying I never ms it. I’ve been doing this for years now, since Juneish Year 8ish, which is about….*does Maths….errr….well 7 going on 8 years, and I have approximately 35 diaries. I love reading them, it’s amazing how much I have changed. So here is the question, what was I doing a year ago today?

Answer; “It’s done, I finished my final piece…it looks perfect”

I was referring to my final piece for my A Level Contextual Studies which was a buggar in the end. NEVER EVER sew round bubble wrap, it will send you bonkers. Having said that it did help me find my style somewhat, I learnt how I like to work from it.

Hmmm seems to have been an interesting week;

2nd; Finished final piece
3rd; went shopping and bough my rose tshirt which I love
4th; Dom appears to have been trying to match me up with some dude called Josh….Oh the Irony!
5th; I saw King Kong with everybody, I had this to say about it;
“Incredibly long but not a moment of spareness. Not sure I liked it, it may have been enthralling but it had too much violence and scary bits” (I am a wuss, and I seem to have forgotten the sick humour that made me giggle.)
6th; I apparently tackled that hill in Ramsbottom, (laugh away merkins at the name), on a driving lesson and didn’t stall, God how I hated those lessons.
7th; Finally did something about my first ipod, who’s battery refused to last more than 30mins. Poor Esmeralda was replaced for free by Perdita shortly after this date.
8th; I titled this entry “The best laid plans of mice and men” after Katie and I spent FOUR hours getting to the Trafford Centre.

Actually this is fascinating….my life is really rather interesting. If you don’t mind I shall peruse this some more

Love and Huggles, Claire

“I quit show business and committed myself to advancing the rights of the vertically challenged”

Miss Piggy, as the Good Witch from the Muppets in Oz.

Ok so I haven’t blogged properly for how long? Did you miss me? This will be last blog(g) of the year, because tomorrow I’m at my boff’s house to welcome the new year with him. Woot!

I’ve had a wonderful couple of weeks, spent mostly with the boff and over Christmas. Which is probably all I’m going to share…

Thinking about it I’ve had a wonderful year in general really. If you exclude The Incident that was Bath, it’s probably been the best year of my life so far. I hope everyone else can say the same thing.

Right I’m going to pay full attention to “The Muppets in Oz”, possibly one of the funniest films of the year.

Happy New Year everybody!

Love and New Year Huggles, Claire

“They can put a trailer in munchkin land but can’t make a magical shoes comfortable, go figure”

Merry Christmas Everyone

Happy Christmas to everyone that reads my blog(g). I hope you have had a wonderful day and that you got everything you wanted, and all your Christmas wishes come true.

Love and festive Huggles, Claire

Baby It’s Almost Too Much, I’m Helplessly, Hoplessly, Recklessly Falling In Love

Helplessly, Hopelessly, Recklessly, Jessica Andrews

Finally got a spare moment to blog(g)! I have been rather busy the last couple of days. Mainly I have been emboffificated. In fact I think that might be all I’ve done really.

It’s so wonderful to have my darling back, we’ve had an amazing couple of days, there’s a lot to catch up on. I’m deliriously happy to have him back. Yippee!!

You know I’m going to leave it, because although I have loads to say it’s not anything I’m going to blog(g). See you next time I blog(g) folks!

Love and Huggles, Claire

PS. I love my Dominic.

HE'S GOING TO BE HOME IN ONE HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE'S GOING TO BE HOME IN ONE HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

love and huggles, Claire

PS, What is wrong with Britney Spears Justin? Hmmm??? Don't make me come over there!

Tell Me My True Love Is Here. He’s All I Want Just For Me, Underneath My Christmas Tree

My Only Wish (This Year), Britney Spears

I do not appear to have blogged for a couple of days, oops. In a nutshell I’ve been to see De ja vu, which was brilliant, and during which Jess slept on my shoulder for most of it. Most people were back from uni, so it was the first time I got to see people like Phil, Eddy and Jess Milly for a while. We had an interesting encounter with some chavy-sluty girls far too young to be drinking at the cinema bar but obviously had been allowed to. Ever heard of ID Mr.Bartender?

Yesterday I hunted for a pair of silver shoes to go with my dress, only to be left with no choice but a pair of cream ballerinas. The problem with having feet that are not only impossibly tiny but also between shoe sizes means buying shoes is difficult. Cream ones went nicely with my dress, especially as I managed to get jewellery to match. I do love being colour co-ordinated.

Today I have spent putting up decorations and finishing the last 2 scarf’s I was making. They need trimming and the stuff dissolving off tomorrow, but they are pretty much done. I also might wrap some presents tomorrow too, I could do with keeping busy. the house is all Christmasfied and looks brilliant. Lot's of sparkly bits and shiny lights.

Those of you who are smart enough to be counting will know my darling boyfriend is due back from India tomorrow. “So why aren’t you excited?” you ask.
Well it dawned on me that a flight from Bangalore to Leeds is about 14-16 hours, plus checking time either end, plus getting back from Leeds, (2 hours depending on traffic), means that as my boff’s flight home is tomorrow, he might not actually be back till early Tuesday morning.
I am deliriously excited about him coming home already, but I would like to sleep tonight, so I’m trying not to be overly excited until tomorrow. If he does get back late Monday night/early Tuesday morning I suspect I won’t see him till Wednesday. *taps fingers impatiently. Frankly I don’t care, I want him back in the same country so I can talk to him.

It’s nearly over! I can’t believe how fast nearly three months has gone. He’s gonna be home sooooo soon. YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Love and Huggles, Claire

Tomorrow Is Only A Day Away

Tomorrow, Bugsy Malone

HE IS HOME TOMORROW!

Love and Huggles, Claire

Time Goes By So Slowly

Hung Up, Madonna

The first proper blog(g) for days methinks, although I haven’t got a lot to report really. I went to see Happy Feet with Liz the other day, it was BRILLIANT! Seriously cool, I love the mix of CGI and actual real lifeness used. Seriously it’s brilliant. It isn’t terribly funny but there’s more of a plot to it, it nearly had me in tears at one point. But then again I can cry at anything….

Don’t know if I said but I did actually get 5 marks on that Chemistry mock, but the teacher that marked was surprised I’d sat it to start with. Well I wasn’t given any alternative. What was I supposed to do? Sit there twiddling my thumbs for an hour?

Neways here is a picture of me in the dress without my head looking like a lighthouse. Although I do appear to have my eyes closed. I’m gonna go before I have a meltdown. Seriously, FOUR MORE DAYS and it’s going at a snails pace. I am going crazy.

Love and Huggles, Claire

No Matter How Many Miles Stand Between Us This Is Love

Last Night On Earth, Delta Goodrem

Ok I was gonna blog(g) all about the last 2 days but ohhh nooo, Justin goes and tags me! So now I have to tell you five things about me that you may or may not know about me. Nuts.

1. My Dad smokes a pipe. I am terrified to the point of tears just thinking about it that one day he will die of some smoking related disease.
2. I used to get D’s and B’s mixed up as a child, to the point where my Mum made me a little card with a teddy sat on the word “Bed” so I would be able to tell them apart. I grew out of it, but still have the card somewhere. Now I just can’t spell anything at all.
3. My underwear has little gold and red sparkly reindeers on it.
4. I used to want to drive a purple train when I was younger.
5. I’ve gone up a bra size in the last six months.

Sorry, at short notice that’s the best I can do. I will also be blogging another pic of my dress without me looking like I have a lighthouse for a head. Charming Justin, a real confidence booster.

Right I tag Hutters and Liz to do the same thing. SO five things the general public may not know about you.

Love and Huggles, Claire

Does my butt look big in this?

This is a very bad photo of my potential dress for the reuion on Monday. Please let me know what you all think. Ta!

We Want The Same Things, We Dream The Same Dream

(We Want) The Same Things, Belinda Carlisle

ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEVEN DAYS UNTIL I GET MY BOFF BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CAN YOU TELL I’M EXCITED?

Yes of course you can, because all those who read my blogg are supremely intelligent people. There is also the fact I’ve been banging on about Dominic’s return for what, about 2 and half months…I am SO excited I think I might EXPLODE. Next Monday, as Katie put it, I will be “radioactive”.

(I like that word used like that, to describe something unbelievably exciting. We’ll add that to the dictionary, along with rat-arsed to means something broken, and the word boff to mean boyfriend.)

I digress. I cleaned faster than I’ve cleaned for a long time and spent a lot of it singing random snippets of songs I know, much to the amusement of my bosses. I think they might abuse the fact I have so much energy this week.

Ok, I shall go do more Chemicals homework before I actually explode.

OH OH, I remember what I was gonna say. Did I blogg when there was ten days to go? *checks. Yes I did, and I forgot to put in what I’ve been planning on putting in for aaaages. So for anyone who can be fluffed, December 8th blogg has an addition to it, in the form of a quote. Please read, it might make you laugh, (no promises though).


Love and Huggles, Claire

PS. Thanks for poking me to watch your blogg Justin. It was soo cool and had me laughing my tush off, (as all your Vlogs do), when I was supposed to be doing my Chemicals homework.
PPS. Yep Hutters, all my uni choices are within about 50miles of home. VERY close.

PPS. Someone sedate me please.