Rambling For Days

Hello! It's me..
(if you don't carry on with I've been wondering if after all these years you'd like for me..to go over..everything then I don't like you) jokes sorry that was my excuse to carry on, isn't it such an amazing song though?!
Adele is unbelievably talented at writing songs and of course singing them. I'm seeing her in March in Manchester so I'm just getting ready for one of the best nights ever..hoping you share my Adele enthusiasm (if not then is it too late now to say sorry??)...if no Adele fans then there must be some Bieber ones;) Not saying I am I just know how to appreciate a really good song every once in a while, no matter how much I strain to deny it I absolutely love his recent top 3 number 1's of Sorry, Where Are U Now (he's clearly too lazy to spell..nope lame dad joke I know..I'll move on) and Love Yourself. I'm even getting to the stage where listening to it on capital isn't enough and I find myself contemplating whether to downloaded one or even all of those songs onto my phone, where am I going wrong?! Joking..he seems like a genuinely nice guy, I just have to say he's matured a lot which clearly shows in his musical change recently to more of a clubby vibe rather than just pop. Oh and before I stop this music talk, you should all go buy Blue Neighbourhood on iTunes by Troye Sivan because he is killing (in a good way) the music industry right now and like Adele he writes all of his own songs and he sidetracked into starting YouTube as well so go check out his channel. Wow ok so that was the longest introduction I've ever done, I apologise I'm just one of those people that get attached to singers, youtubers and actors as well (aka basically everyone)

Anyway, moving on to a different note. I've been exhausted from school this last week as I got up at about half 11 on Saturday then got up at 12:40 today (I checked my phone as soon as I got up) so yeah I woke up like shit half the day is gone (in terms of a school day which I'm used too). Now I try not to get annoyed because I clearly needed the sleep otherwise I would have woken up earlier so yeah at least now I'm 100% fully rested and if I go to sleep late everyday next week (very likely) then I won't be as drained as I'll have a backup from the weekend. I feel like this post is just one huge ramble, which sums up how I'm feeling right now. You know that snapchat filter with the crazy eyes then when you open your mouth it goes crazy..yep well that's the inside of my mind right now (as you can tell from the weird start to my post..sorry about that ha) It's only half a ha because it isn't that funny you know. That reminds me of celeb big brother (skip ahead if you don't watch but if you wanna be super confised then go ahead;) when Tifanny said to Gillian 'I prom' to quit smoking and then when Gillian was like what is that, she said it's half a promise (idek it just made me laugh)

I just need to do the finishing touches to make sure I've done everything on my to do list for finishing my photography coursework but I can't wait for that to be done with. Yeah I do like photography but at the same time it is so stressful with the time constraints you get (aka I could be talking about every subject in school because they love to stress us out with deadlines/tests ugh). At least next week we get given the titles for our exam work which I feel happy about because quite frankly I don't wanna take anymore pictures of anything nature related again (which is impossible for me but you know what I mean, it can put you off what you love because you over analyse it). Which is why I dropped English literature because it just started ruining a book I started off loving so I feel for you lit students out there! Back to the exam..I see it as a fresh start as it's on a totally different topic which this time we get to pick but we are restricted to the exam boards titles so let's hope there are lots to choose from/decent ones.

Since it just wouldn't be right posting this without a picture, here is one of my failed outcomes of attempting to paint in the air with glow sticks (which expired so there was practically no light coming from them so I had to use a torch to light up them) Also my hands went completely numb after this (gotta love the cold weather) So I''m one of those people that create long names for photos so I know which ones they are & this one is entitled 'weird shape using glow sticks' yep just though I'd put that out there.

This one looks like the letter G so I can't use that but I might still bullshit my way into including the bottom one by saying it's a flower with the stem coming out from the bottom..art is a wonderful subject the way as long as you explain stuff you can get away with pretty much anything (some of the time anyway)







Just a random though but I hate how recently it has been snowing then like 2 minutes later it has been sunny. It's as if the weather is as indecisive as me when I try choose between netflix and school work (Netflix always wins eventually)


Since last week's post was so long I feel like I have excuse for it to be shorter this week, I'm sure you don't wanna hear me (read me idk that sounds weird) ramble on anyway! In the unlikely chance that you do.. I'll be here again next Sunday, until then byeeee
Sophie 
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Visiting Chester Uni

Hey guys!
Hope you're all doing well.

So yesterday was my first applicant day and first on the list was Chester. Now I applied for it basing it on the website thinking it looked cool and the course sounded good. I only just found out I've been there before when I was younger but I have no memory of it, so it was basically a new place to me. The centre of Chester where are all the shops were was lovely, I especially loved how there were shops on the ground floor them on the first floor with some having balconies. This was pretty unusual to me but it allowed there to be loads more shops which is a bonus. Here is a zoomed out our picture because if I crop it it'll look like I know the people in view and I don't, they're just randomers:

I went past something called the bridge of sighs where long ago people walked along that bridge before they were to be executed (lovely name that..) I took it before I knew the sad meaning behind it okay, I just thought it was a pretty picture (me summed up so bad):

So my first impressions of the city was pretty good but rewinding to the start of the day when I went to the university first..

I arrived there just before 11:30 where I signed in and picked up an applicant day programme. I went with my mum & dad so we got something to eat before going to an English Language/Literature/Creative Writing talk even though I'm only interested in the English Language course, some of the stuff applied to all courses like for example resources you can use their (plus it would have been rude to walk out during the middle of it but I was of course tempted) It was informative though as I met one of the lectures who I could be getting taught by if I went and she went through all the course modules in the presentation. The reassuring thing was that the guy say that if you find presentations really nerve wracking then just know it's worse a relatively small percentage of your course. I couldn't have been more relieved at that moment in time (holds self back from singing 1 moment in time..) because I couldn't think of a more terrifying thing to do than stand up and present in front of people (just no thanks) The building I was in was called the Binks building where the main reception was and where lectures and seminars are held regularly, shown below if you're interested in what it looks like:








Below is the English building which I did quite like the look of, as you can tell there's a modern feel to Chester but they have still kept the archaic architecture which I like:











There was also a students union which I now realise is a building each uni has which makes sense but again if you are looking at going to Chester (small chance because it's a small not as popular area but you never know then here..have another picture:
Studens pics







Although I did start of the day feeling very anxious, it's just when it kicks in that I'm visiting a university where I might soon be spending the next 3 years of my life and while I do try to be an independent person, like most people I still find it hard not to rely on family. I thought the change from GCSE to A Level was massive..I have a feeling the jump from A Level to University will be just as big if not way more. Aside from scaring myself into not going to uni, after the talk I went around to look at all the accommodation Chester had to offer. To be completely honest I wasn't that impressed, the first one I visited was catered so it was expensive anyway but then the room was so tiny and that's coming from someone who is used to having a tiny bedroom, so I'm not talking about a normal sized room. The others I went too was a more reasonable size but then it was self catered so it had an en suite which also meant even having your own kitchen! To me (who's no doubt an introvert) it would just be the worst because I would just isolate myself as I can do pretty much anything in my room I wouldn't need to leave (shush dirty minded people..) I know they were called studio flats so it was to be expected but a communal cooking area would be much better as it's another way to make friends as you already have the disadvantage of not meeting people when you go get food which is the bonus for people who choose to go catered. There is a perception that self catered is way cheaper but if you add in the price of buying food every week to the price of the accommodation it will work out to be a similar price to catering and also means less hassle & stress and it'll already be stressful enough moving away from home to uni without having to worry about buying food every week. Although thinking back now there was a cute set of houses which is part of student accommodation which was originally built for the teachers but then the students took over as they accepted more & more people, however as I said earlier these were the places that had everything in your room so I wouldn't want that. So I've decided I definitely want catered accommodation with a reasonable sized room & price and I don't mind shared bathrooms so you know I'm not actually asking for that much. Considering it costs £9000 to go to uni that's the least I should expect, am I right guys haha?!

Tadahhhh that was my experience of the day, I was going to go to a talk about student life there but I had pretty much heard it from people around and I thought I can always just go on student room and ask (good ol' student room) If you don't know what that is then it's just a place to ask questions about uni, school, personal stuff and just any questions about life in general, I guarantee if you have a question it will be already answered (unless it's specific to school work you're doing because then that doesn't count)

Guess what..
I asked my photography teacher what grade he thought I was currently at with my coursework (you know the one all about nature) and he really liked it and said I was on an A! I'm so chuffed because I was worried it might not be enough. I came back from collectng work at the printer and found my year 7 art teacher looking through my coursework as well as my photography teacher and I was even more surprised she actually remembered teaching me (especially as I was/still am one of the quieter kids..shout out to my homies haha sorry nope I take that back I know I ain't no drake even if I sometimes randomly speak like him..) She then presumed I was taking photography at university so I quickly and most definitely awkwardly, had to break the news to her that I was doing English instead. She was really lovely as she said if I ever get bored of English then I can definitely have a career in photography as I'm skilled at it so that's amazing that she thinks that, my response was erm okay thanks (as you can tell I'm not the best at what to say when recieving compliments) So I guess photography can now be my backup/plan b if everything else fails. I'm still optimistic though so I am going to do everything that I can do so that my plan a works.

Stick at it with school/uni/work and remind yourself that it's ok to have several breaks in between all that work! (I feel like an agony aunt or something.. just call me agony aunt soph;) on second thoughts please don't..)
I would have posted in the morning but I said to myself okay I'll watch 2 episodes of New Girl and that's enough, 1 and a half hours later I was like okay I really need to stop but who am I kidding, I can never have enough of it, such a funny show with great characters, another one of my many recommendations for you guys..the list is endless I'm sorry but now you have choice! Oh and if any of you have already watched some episodes then do you agree with me that Jess has amazing glasses, the rounder tortoise shells ones if anyone is wondering..I need them in my life!

So I rambled excessively today, sorry about that but I haven't in a while so that's my excuse:)
Talk more next week!
Sophie
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Snow Has Finally Arrived

Hey!
So I'm really happy because yesterday night it started to snow and actually settle for the first time this year! Yes I'm one of those people that love snow, I definitely prefer winter than summer. I hadn't looked out the window all night until my friend snapchatted me saying it was snowing and then I looked out and the ground was already covered in snow! I just love snuggling up inside drinking hot chocolate when it's cold after a lovely winters walk. Is it snowing where you are? Snow just makes everywhere look so pretty, this is what my back garden looks like now and I love it:

Ooh guess what, do you remember a while ago I said I would take pictures of sparklers when I had the chance aka it wasn't raining. So yesterday I did it and really good timing because it just started to snow and that would have ruined the picture to have snow in the background (first time I've said that). I made a flower but I'm annoyed at myself because I just couldn't work out how far across to wave the sparkler (I cropped it but clearly I was way out). My first flower attempt then a heart which was way easier to do. Followed by my dad's attempt of my name..I tried myself but it's even worse (don't judge okay it's seriously hard to do..why couldn't I have a name like Lea, it would be so much easier). For anyone called Lea out there, wanna swap names for a bit;)  My dad was helping as well because it is a 2 person task and look how amazing they look! (Totally gonna take credit for some when I use it for photography) The best thing about photography/art is you can take pictures of anything as long as you can make a valid link, for example my reasoning will be well I wanted to create abstract flowers focusing on the emphasis of light which genuinely links in with what I'm doing. My teacher is forever wanting my class to be more creative so if this isn't creative then I don't know what is!

 

Anyone else really hoping for it to snow more today and be a snow day tomorrow so we don't have to to school?! Who am I kidding why am I even asking, of course you are;) I only have 1 lesson so I wouldn't miss much and it would mean I don't have to help out for art day for 4 hours in my frees so I have to sacrifice my lie-in in the morning..now that's just out of order don't you think?






We got our mock results last week or the week before (yep I'm already losing sense of time) and I got an A in English when I'm predicted a B so I'm thrilled about that..especially as I want to do that at Uni so it's pretty good to get the best grade in the subject I prefer. I got C's in both Photography and Psychology but we got our second reports with comments this time and I moved up to a B in Photography which is better (still want an A so here's hoping!) I found out I was only 1 mark off a B even when I got an E in my criminal psychology but an A in my child psychology which will have brought my grade up, I got the same last year..being so close to the grade you want is just pure torture.

So to take advantage of the snow I went for a walk with my mum in Roundhay Park, it was so cold! I was wrapped up like a burrito, as you can see below, you know I don't think I've ever had a burrito, just a random thought..am I missing out? Anway I thought hey I'm not gonna feel self conscious about my red nose today, just pointing it out before one of you lot do! Now you see why I need to wear concealor especially on my nose to school. I don't tend to wear much makeup to school, mostly because I never have time and I can't be bothered, all I wear is boing concealor by benefit and the eyebrow kit by benefit and I'm done!

Talk next week, byeee
Sophie 
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Welcome to 2016

Hey people!
Hope you're doing good and your first days back at school/uni/work weren't as bad as you imagined.

Right, so I know celebrity big brother isn't everyone's cup of tea (I couldn't sound more British if I tried) but there's been a lot of controversy regarding a certain person so if you have no idea what I'm about to talk about then..you're welcome for keeping you up to date with current events;) Basically, this American politician called Winston (I don't care enough to know/to google his second name) set himself up for a lot of hate to come. As in his introductory video before he entered the house he said and I quote "I could cope with a homosexual in the house..I guess I'll just have too and with my back against a brick wall all the time". I mean come on, first of all he may be able to cope with homosexuals but in no way will they come close to even tolerating him. Then, to make matters worse they played a game using quotes from what some celebs had said and they had to guess who said what quote. Winston's came up and he said gay adoption is like child abuse and then the whole house freaked out (to nobody's surprise).

(I totally didn't just split the paragraphs to make it seem like I didn't ramble on..again I'm sorry about my ranting)

It's just unbelievable and the worst (yep it gets worse) thing about it is he claims he isn't homophobic yet he compares gay couples adopting a child to child abuse (definitely not homophobic at all...rolls eyes) He just infuriates me but I was so glad when he was kicked out by all the other contestants when they heard the quote he said and then Emma grilled him in the interview after. She did an amazing job considering he was being a stereotypical political meaning he would avoid answering the actual question at all costs. Then to top it off on celebrity big brother's bit on the side (also known as CBBOTS ofc) he got another grilling from Rylan Clark who presents the show. So Winston said I'm glad to be a black American able to express my own opinions so in response Rylan said I'm happy to be able to be a gay British guy with an amazing job and hoping to have kids in the future with my husband, this made me incredible happy. Even better (yep just wait), so of course he was trying to "justify" himself which went a little something like this; clearing failing miserably. I got on well with Christopher (he was one of the 2 gays in the house) and he borrowed a vest from him and he didn't judge his sexuality (wow big achievement mate, please do keep talking..just the constant thoughts running through my mind) and Rylan's comeback of you're not gonna catch gay from a vest was purely brilliant. So I'm sorry because I did try to keep this short but I find it hard to restrain myself when I'm talking about one of my favourite reality shows!

However I do want to address something which is just that I'm so glad a wider majority of the population don't care about people's sexual identity, just as long as you love each other and are happy then great. It just frustrates me when even in this day and age (wow that makes me sound old) have views that are just so outdated! Like we have evolved massively as before there would be be no Christians that were openly gay but now there is and that's wonderful, like that irrelevant man thinking religion is an excuse for being homophobic was atrocious and utter bull(shit). Why can't you just be happy that people are happy together?! What a great community the LGBTQ+ is, ugh it just fills my heart with joy to see now how widespread acceptance is for gays, trans, bi etc.

I still haven't used my bathbombs I got off friends for Christmas but my mum had a bath the other day and used the luxury lush pud one and the colours were amazing so I had to capture it:

So in the holidays I watched Guardians Of The Galaxy with my family and omg it was such a good film. It also had the best soundtrack which fit perfectly with every scene which was a bonus. So if you like action/comedy films then this a must see for you! (I apologise for sounding like an advertiser but you just have to trust me on this one that it is just so damn good).

Last week I got some new shoes in the January sales and they are called vintage floral vans. I've always wanted a pair and now I know they're going to be my go to pair of shoes to wear. Size 5 fit me well luckily because often I'm size 5 & 1/2 which is so awkward because nobody does half sizes so if I really want to wear a pair of shoes often I have to wear insoles because I'd rather get too big then getting too small and end up damaging my feet. Since I take a picture of pretty much everything (no wonder why I'm always running out of storage on my phone) then I thought I'd take a picture to show you:

Aren't they just beautiful?! (feeling the heart eyes emoji right now)
Now I have this pair and a pair of bright pink vans. Yep, I'm definitely a person who loves pattern and bright colour, I just get so bored of bland colours like black and white. Unless they are combined together because I have some black and white skinny floral trousers from Topshop and they are lovely. Recently my new favourite clothing has gotta be patterned trousers, which is great because I'll wear them at home mostly but because they are fairly smart casual it means I can wear them for sixthform which is good as I'm always running out of clothes to wear. I started off sixthform planning cute outfits to wear the night before yet now fast forward to 2 years in where I wake up in the morning and end up throwing any jumper I can find and some black jeans on (that look like trousers so I can get away with them) and rushing constantly so I don't miss the bus. Oh how times change..

Right, so I wanted to take pictures of sparklers yesterday but it was raining when I tried so I couldn't because I didn't want to damage my camera but I swear I'll have done it by next Sunday. Hope you all have a good week!
Talk soon
Sophie 
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Happy New Year

Hi everyone!
It seems crazy to me that now I can say we are in 2016..that just doesn't seem right to me. I know I'll still be writing 2015 all the time at school, it will take me a while to get used to the new year. Hope you all had a great Christmas and celebrated the last moments of 2015 doing what you love with the people you love!

I certainly did, I'm not the party type person so I just stayed at home with family playing board games (it got very competitive let me tell you). The game we played was called Catan and I did it.. I won!! I was pretty chuffed, it's basically where you have to collect enough resources to build roads, settlements then eventually cities. It's really good so if you're looking for a good board game because personally even with all the new technology we have I don't think board games have died out yet, then I recommend this one. Whereas my brother went out partying, we are honestly complete opposites, I do love to go out and party just only on special occasions and not all the time, I mean I'm still too self conscious to get drunk with my friends because we're around other people who I don't like/know. I get tipsy just not drunk, it's probably bad but the first time I'm going to get proper drunk will end up being on my girls holiday after I finish sixthform (because if that isn't the time to get totally pissed, then I don't know what is). We are thinking about going to somewhere in Spain, we just aren't sure specifically where yet, anyone have any ideas? We want somewhere we can party at night but also somewhere that is fun to visit during the day and a decent hotel, all of that at a cheap price is harder to find than you'd think so I appreciate all the help I can get!

Ok so I got a bit too excited when my unicorn onesie came in the post a few days ago, I did let out a scream (I can just feel everyone judging me..pls stop). I have reason too because oh my god it is the comfiest thing I've ever worn, the cutest thing and I am just totally obsessed with it. Even to the point that I've persuaded some of my friends to get one as well, if you're interested in what it looks like in case you want one then check it out down below:
It also has a tail which you can't see and a mane as well as the horn which of course you can see. So now my onesie collection consists of: a reindeer, polar bear and now a unicorn onesie to add to my collection. I love to get a new one every year, see I restrict myself I'm not that badly addicted..yet;) I feel like this poster I took a picture of when I went to a cafe with my mum is so relevant right now: guys I did it, my life potential has been fulfilled at last

(sorry but snapchat saw it first, I don't know if you'd want my username but if you do just ask below and I'll reply with it so I know you actually want it)

The downside was that after putting on my onesie I had to get back to my psychology revision which wasn't how I really wanted to spend my holidays. Although I needed to start someday as I know I'll end up being busy again or just getting distracted from work.. as we all know how easy that is *cough* Netflix. My main focus of school work was psychology revision and photography coursework. So as long as I did a fair bit of them both then I'd be happy..as well as binging on The Vampire Diaires of course. I mean how else would I survive revision;) Kinda bad but I finished all of season 6 of TVD in just over a week..think that's a new achievement for me! It was so good, sad about what happened but I don't want to ruin it for anyone if you get to watch it. (Warning-have tissues at the ready, I was bawling)

Now is the moment of truth, who looks better in the unicorn onesie, me...or my cat! Yep you heard me right, as if she couldn't get anymore adorable, here she is (clearly loving life I must add)

As if you haven't seen enough of my cat being cute, here is another from Christmas day of her hiding under the carpet when we were opening presents.
(Maybe she was in protest because we didn't get her anything, we actually did try but there was nothing good)







Guys, something heartbreaking happened yesterday, I got that dreaded text saying I'd ran out of 3G and it doesn't get renewed until next Saturday! How will I survive, I guess I shouldn't have watched that YouTube video using 3G, why is YouTube so damn addicting.

Enjoy the last week of the holidays! Quick question but does everyone start school again on Tuesday? The reason I'm asking this is because I have a friend who doesn't go back until Thursday and I found that so unfair, at least we have Monday off.
Until next week, byeee!
Sophie 
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