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Good morning blog :) It's been a while.In the past week I've been to Oxford for a UNIQ summer school, turned seventeen, eaten lots of cake and chocolate, had a birthday party, spazzed about future cosplay ideas and found out I'm heading off to Bulgaria on Friday :).

Initially, I had really reservations about going to UNIQ - what would the people be like? Did I really want to be on my own for my birthday? Am I gonna be in way over my head with all the work? Things got worse on Sunday morning when I found out my Grandma had been taken into hospital (later shown to be a simple case of food poisoning, but it was pretty serious at the time.)

Honestly though, I think it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I had an absolutely fabulous time, I'd definitely do it over again. The city itself was beautiful, the work was engaging and interesting, the social activites actually weren't horrific, (free tickets to see the Tempest outdoors on Wednesday, anyone?) [It was actually warm and sunny, no torrential rain for me :)] the people I met were absolutely amazing and I've come away convinced about my plans for the future, at least up until Uni. Good stuff, I reckon :)

I even got an impromptu birthday party :]

(l-r) Niall, Harriet, Me, Roisin & Ruth. Before a formal 'stripe' themed disco... we didn't pay much attention to that.

Raj & I at a "formal drinks reception". (:

My improptu birthday party (clockwise) Harriet, Raj (squished in!) Nial, Michelle, Lucy, Me, Matt, Josh, Roisin, Amy, Ruth, Howard + Christa :)

All in all, a brilliant week, even if we did get trapped on a wet farm and forced to spit for about ten minutes straight! I definitely, definitely want to apply, it's likely I won't get a place, granted, but if I don't try then there's no chance (: Ah, I enjoyed it so much and I'm really glad to be able to keep in touch with everyone!

I got home late on Friday, worked Saturday and went to Nando's with my best friend Heather Cheetos DELICIOUS DAVIS! (Who had better keep away from Kari!) For once, I was the one dressed up (I wore a skirt! *everyones jaw hits the floor* We went con mis padres y mi hermano and my brother wussed out because his burger was too hot! Strangely, I looked okay when I went out, infact, when we left the table to order, we found this written in our menu:

"We fancy the bird with the blond hair." Okay, my mum has red hair, my brother isn't a "bird" and I sincerely hope that isn't referring to my dad (who's a brunet anyway). So, that leaves Heather and I. I guess Heather has a blonde fringe? Who cares, this made me chuckle :)

I would also like to quote something which will help (or might help) the understanding of something later on, "The cheesecake, it's confusing. It looks like cheese, it is cheese... but it's really tasty, like chocolate." Oh how I adore my best friend.

After that, we headed home (Heather stopped over.) Cue staying up til about four am discussing unsavoury folk, talking baout sexy Russian starfish and generally being pricks. Oh, and getting up at ten OTL. My daddy did go out especially to buy is brioche though <3. For some reason, Cheetos & I decided to watch American Idol on a Sunday morning at breakfast. I don't know either. Enter, three violin playing triplets dressed like sparkly prostitutes. They were actually brilliant violinists, but the stripperific dance moves and voices that made your ears bleed.

"Wow... this strip act is confusing. Like the cheesecake." "Mhmm... tasty too."

After that, we went shopping and I bought a pair of gorgeouuuus heels from New Look to wear at my party on Monday night. We looked around some other places, had milkshakes and then headed off home for more sleep :]

I looooove them so, so much <3 All the pretty lace *squee*

What I did during the day on Monday is of no consequence to anyone (read as: slept) so I'll skip forward to Monday night. After a facial disaster because I can't say no to anyone, even insane hairdressers who want to tan my face and cover me in make-up and bronzer. (Ew, no) I headed off to Pizza Hut after blagging a tenner from my dad. And a lift. Which involved picking up Heather. Ah, life :)

Like I suspected, most people were slightly late and I was very, very thankful that Heather's mum had bought me an umbrella. There were thirteen of us at the table, actually (ooh - unlucky) as Jenn, Eve and Rob couldn't make it. However, everyone else turned up. Including Amy and Chris... eventually. After realising they weren't there and no one had heard from them, I was about to call Amy and check on the two of them. However, she got there first.

"Nicki, where are you! We've been looking around for ages and can't find anyone."

"We're at Pizza Hut... where are you?"

"Pizza Hut."

"*sigh* Which one?"

"The one at the Capitol Centre..."

"*facepalm* I saiiiiid the one in town - near college!"

Hilarity ensued. They got there eventually, needless to say.

                                   

We didn't take many pictures, due to shoving our faces with pizza (or pasta, if you're Lauren *glares*) and being dicks, but I put this one in here because it's just... amazing :P

I'm also very happy that Phil is now using the "facepalm" picture on facebook - despite trying to make me delete it! Alas, I couldn't as he didn't buy Susan and I dessert! The kind people at Pizza Hut stayed open evtra long so we could have dessert and gave me ballons, yaaaaaaay!

We then waited ageeees for Lauren's mum to pick her up, and discussed Digimon and sung DON'T STOP BELIEVINNNNN' loudly in the rain. Then, we trekked valiently to the train station (at this point it was only Heather, Jess, Susan, Squidge & I). My feet were very painful as Imy did not give me my trainers back =_=. To be fair, she has a shoe fetish...

So, that's about it. One last photo before I go though :] Jess drew this brilliant, all-biro masterpiece of Wargreymon [MOST BADASS DIGIMON, BITCHES!] in my card and I just had to include it because of how awesome it is :) It still looks brilliant (although not quite as fantastic) after the iPhone camera treatment, so enjoy!

                                           

Adios, amigos. I'm off to read my new manga x)

Hi :) Long time, no see Mr Blog. I always start blog posts and never finish them. I'll start with a run down of the week, then I might back track. Chronological order is for losers.

This week started out pretty dreadfully, tbh. I was tired, lonely, dealing with rain and fell out with an old friend. In a pretty big way, actually. At the time, I was really upset but it won't get me down for long. People change, life moves on. I don't need friends who upset me constantly, and neither does anyone else, for that matter. Some things don't work out, shit happens. It's called life.

Although I do have some of the most fantastic friends ever. They've kept me cheerful all week. I've got closer to certain people this week too, which makes me happy (:

Tonight, I went out for a meal with my grandparents - it's their 56th (?) wedding anniversary tomorrow and my grandad's birthday on Sunday.

I'm going off to Oxford for the week on Sunday! I'll be away on my own birthday - that's Wednesday ;D I also want to make some sea salt ice cream.

The weekend before last, I went to Manchester with Jenn, Cheetos, Susan and some other people. Cheetos and Jenn did some cosplay shots and I photobombed a bit... because I'm an evil sod. I also got a beautifulll new dress <3

Then, Wednesday to Friday I was in Cambridge/Oxford. George cracks me up, I swear, Sarah's a lovely friend and Rachel is the nicest teacher everrrr. Ice cream ftw! I'll buy it on Wednesday night <3

Tomorrow is Susan's birthday party. I'll try and update you on that tomorrow (:

Saturday to Sunday

Yesterday was Saturday (no fucking shit, sherlock!) and I went to Heather's party - I was going to blog about that, but I came home for all of about... ten/fifteen minutes!

It started off with me waking up and trying to find my work uniform. Running around like a headless chicken, I realised I need to be more organised.

I only had a four and a half hour shift and it was my last training shift. I had a few... "visitors". In the form of Cheetos, Fio, Susan and Jenn. Cheetos and Fio came purely to wind me up and we had a maock argument, in which Cheetos threatened to tell my manager about my poor customer service, to which I pointed out she and Fio weren't engaging in any custom and that I had been perfectly polite to Jenn and Susie :) (who actually bought something!)

Oh, and Cheetos, if you read this - stealing someone else's drink does not make you a customer. :)

Then I ran home. Well, to my Dad's car - he drove me home! Where I got all dressed up for Cheetos' party.

At Cheetos' party there was : Cheetos (duh), me (duh, again), Jenn, Susan, Fio (you should have assumed they came anyway, from above), Shay, Fag, Amy, Eleanor, Nicola and two other people who I'm struggling to recall right now.

To say it was fun would be an understatement.

Best bits though:

• Susan walking out of the women's toilets and straight into the mens. Cheetos, Jenn, Fio and I nearly pissed ourselves.
• *spills coke* "I'm wet! I'm all wet! I can feel it in my knickers!"
• "KEEP AWAY FROM MY SISTER, DAMMIT!" "...I love you!?" "BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP NOW."
• everything else!

Especially a certain something :D

Then, some bad stuff happened on the way back, but it's allllll good now! :) However, I ended up arguing over the phone to my mum and staying at Heather's (not because of the argument).

I love spending time at Heather's seriously! We pissed about pretty much all night with a bag full of sweets :) and talked until about two thirty or something ridiculous.

We woke up at 4.57 am. WTF. We went back to sleep and got up at half eleven ;D Then we ate breakfast and watched Lilo and Stitch <3 I love kids films too much!

I came home to find out my Grandma has given me TWO hair curlers and my old DVD player back (my TV with DVD broke) and that I was getting my parents old telly. (They got a new one about two weeks ago? Maybe three.)

Now, I'm excited for... well, everything :) & playing matchmaker mwhahahahaa!

Y'know what, Maths can go to hell.

I'll copy the markscheme or something tomorro, maybe. Right now I don't care about the consequences or the fact it won't help me learn. I hurt. I feel really teary and emotional too.

Let's back up a little, this morning, my bus crashed into another bus. It wasn't a big crash or anything and I walked away thinking I was completely fine. Later on in the day though, I started getting pains in my neck and back and feeling a bit dazed. Then I started crying over stupid things and just generally being a twat. Now I just feel... eugh. The only thing I really remember is the windscreen shattering. I think I'm afraid of broken glass, aha.

On a brighter note, I'm really excited about this Extended Project Rachel told me about. I'm definitely going to give it a go. I might do it on a Chemistry based subject, to further my university application with knowledge, or maybe do something completely different, like life in fascist Spain.

I really, really don't know what to get a certain someone for her birthday. I wish she'd just tell me because I really want to get her something nice.

I'm also really excited about the fact that Rob and co are going to expo too... and staying at the same hotel as us!

50 things I love.

So yeah, a more positive version of yesterdays "50 things I hate".

1. My family.
2. My friends, in general.
3. Heather/Cheetos.
4. Ellie.
5. Katy.
6. Sandi.
7. Clara.
8. Police hats.
9. Sexy Americans in police hats.
10. Accusing my darling husband of stealing my dresses.
11. Harry Potter!
12. DIGIMON! DIDJERMUM.
13. Card Captor Sakura.
14. TouyaxYukito - my favourite ship ever!
15. Green Day.
16. Going to see Green Day on Wednesday.
17. Having a job.
18. The fact I am actually going to London Expo in October!
19. When I like someone and by some weird twist of face they're crazy enough to like me back :3
20. CHOCOLATE <3
21. Alcopops. So sue me, I'm a pisshead.
22. That feeling when you crawl into new, clean sheets after a long, hard day.
23. Every now and then acting like a girl. :')
24. Travelling.
25. Languages.
26. Sciences.
27. Inside jokes with wonderful people who never fail to make you smile.
28. Mocha coffee.
29. Fruit, veg and salad. Yes, I'm weird.
30. Sunshine - it just makes the days seem happier.
31. Rainbows.
32. Thunderstorms.
33. Being by a beach or in the countryside.
34. Shopping. I'm a girl, what can I say?
35. Pigtails!
36. HOEEEE!?
37. Lady GaGa. Oh yessss.
38. Banoffee pie. Hence the blog title.
39. Cheesecake!
40. Hair bands. And clips, bows etc.
41. Bright colours!
42. Polka dots!
43. Really comfy shoes.
44. When I make someone else smile. :)
45. Milkshakessssss *gulp*
46. Insulting people I truly adore.
47. Late nights and early mornings.
48. Gigs.
49. Pepsi Max.
50. Life.

All done :) This took so long it's untrue.

50 things I hate.

I'll follow this up in a bit with 50 things I love (:

1. Periods. Seriously, guys out there - you have it easy. Getting randomly and extremely pissed off for a few days and then bleeding non-stop for a week. Not fun. And the stomach cramps. Just, no.
2. Hypocrites. You know who you are.
3. Being patronised. Seriously, try to patronise me and I will chew you up and spit you out.
4. Loneliness.
5. Stubbing my toe. Painful.
6. When the laptop charger falls out.
7. Travel sickness.
8. People who constantly complain about their parents without good reason. Mum wasn't happy with the fact you went out and got absolutely shitfaced and the police came round? Your fault, your problem. Grow the fuck up.
9. When you're in the car, a great song comes and hey, guess what - you're at your destination. Same on foot with iPods.
10. Discrimination of any kind. Not cool, guys.
11. Having such pale skin that I burn within minutes.
12. When it's hot and rainy. At the same bloody time.
13. When your knickers actually do get twisted or up your bum. This can't just be me.
14. You like me, I like you... you're already with someone. Not cool.
15. People spelling genius wrong. Oh, the irony.
16. Anyone who thinks Digimon is just a cheap rip-off Pokemon. Did not do the research.
17. Maths exams.
18. Exams in general.
19. Coursework too, for that matter.
20. Homework.
21. Numbers that aren't multiples of five with volumes.
22. Burnt toast.
23. Days when the sky is overcast and gloomy.
24. Twihards. Oh so much.
25. On that note, most die-hard fans of any nature or fandom.
26. Looking for a comb and somehow finding myself staring into the cold light of the fridge.
27. Being uncoordinated and clumsy. It's not cute, it's dangerous.
28. Dirty glasses.
29. The fact we never have any fruit in the house.
30. Bananas that are gooey.
31. Making typos constantly. I'm losing my tooth enamel. Oh, and I had to go and correct this twice.
32. Most other atheists. Sure, you have the right to not believe in God but other people also have the right to believe. As long as no one's trying to invoke religious hatred, can't we all just get along?
33. On the other side of the coin, people who are overly religious and won't let you forget that their religion is right and you're going to burn in hell if you don't convert.
34. Being skint. 'Nuff said.
35. The fact I currently do not have, nor will I ever have, real glittery fairy wings. My life sucks.
36. Chain mail.
37. People with no manners.
38. When you're so focussed on a really hard question in an exam and BAM, someone starts hacking their guts up.
39. People who seem to pay no attention to the world around them. There's 24 hour news these days, there's no excuse for your ignorance.
40. Pluto not being a planet. I'm being serious with this one, does this mean Sailor Pluto is no longer a Sailor Senshi? HELP ME! 40
41. When you really need the toilet but you're having an important conversation with someone and try so hard to hold it in.
42. Needing to wee in exams.
43. The fact I'm pretty much dependent on technology. Like the rest of today's youth.
44. People who drink out of the bottle. Rank!
45. Arnold Clark motorstores. Second hand cars have always been cheaper than their new equivalents. Stop trying to make a virtue of it.
46. My lack of Hogwarts letter/attendance.
47. The England flag we got in The Sun. I'm not unpatriotic, it's off-centre!
48. The Sun. Most tabloids, actually.
49. People who can't handle or listen to a reasonable argument and sometimes just agree to disagree. You're wrong, go home and deal with that fact.
50. The D I got in Art. I'll be honest, I regret it. It is a laugh though, I suppose.

alejandroooooooooooooooo

Kind of rhymes with nandooooooooos!

So, we went to Nandos afterall. I had never been before but it was really, really yummy :) However, the extra extra hot sauce was actually rather mild. Seriously, get us a hotter sauce, you big wusses.

I also drank way, way too much coke. I had about seven large glasses, which is actually an awful lot. But, seeing as a "bottomless" glass is £2.10 it worked out at 30p a pop! I really, really should have stopped at five though OTL.

Heather has an interview at McDonalds <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! What I wouldn't give to be able to work alongside my best friend. (:

Tomorrow, I have my second shift at work and I'm going to be trained by a girl called Suki. I have no idea who she is. I hope she's as nice as Matt was and that Matt enjoys Download festival. :)

I've also been watching waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much Sailor Moon lately. MOON PRISM POWER!

she's not broken, she's just a baby;