I just noticed that I don't actually have any kind of official introduction to myself on here.So,out of boredum and because I like to talk about myself just a little bit,I'm going to do the official intro to me,my world,my friends,my likes,dislikes etc.Not sure where this is going to go.I'm just typing as it takes me so apologies if this lasts....long.I am also not as big headed to think that anyone will actually care,but I just feel like doing this so here it is.My life in words.

Beginnings

Being the drama-kid that I am I of course had to make an entrance and decided that said entrance should be three months early.Due in December I surprised everyone by arriving on the 20th of September 1992.I caused more than a little trouble and a couple of times people wondered whether I'd make it but hey,I'm a fighter.Lack of a fully developed immune system wasn't going to stop me! :))

Family

I have two fantastic parents,one irritating though cool enough brother,three lovely grandparents [my mum's mum died in 2000],one aunt on my mothers side and three uncles on my dad's side.I have a total of 3 cousins,all from my dad's side,and loads of second cousins,all from my mum's side.

We have a complicated history and I've never met a high number of the people I'm related to but we are a family none the less.

Friends

They mean the world to me.Honestly,they keep me sane.I have a group of school friends who I see on a daily basis during school time and almost the same during the holidays.I also have a second group of close friends who I go to church with.

Schoolies

Kirsty - She's my oldest friend.We were best friends through primary school and shared lots of good times.We drifted apart slightly when we got to high school but then again,most friends do.We're still really close though.We enjoy a lot of the same things and she understands my dvd habit.She's got a great sense of humour and we tend to find the same things funny.She's also good for giving rational and realistic advice.She won't lie to you or try and make a situation sound better than it is,she'll give you her honest thoughts and opinions on it.Which I appreciate.She's pretty special - has a love for fashion and art and a burning desire to go to New York.Unlike some people who are full of big ambition but have no determination to do it,I see her actually achieving what she wants to do in life.I love her for her determination,honesty and humour and she genuinely does bring a smile to my face most days when I'm feeling down.

Gemma has been my closest friend since about second year,though we've drifted apart a bit as of late.But people change,maybe we just don't have as much in common any more.But whatever the case may be,I still value her as one of my best friends and appreciate all of the times she's listened to my moaning about stuff.We share a love of Buffy and I hounded her for about a year and a half,constantly borrowing her videos and dvds until I got my own ones.She's got her own sense of humour,which I don't get sometimes but she makes me smile anyways.One thing I love about her is that she finds the littlest things in life fantastic.Something I wouldn't even notice she'll appreciate.Gemma shares my love of tea and some of our best conversations happen over a cup,or five,of tetley.We've spent many a weekend at Pitlochry having fun adventures and getting ourselves lost.In general we get on pretty well...most of the time :))

Laura - We were friends for a bit at primary on and off.It's not that we ever fell out,we just didn't really muck about with each other.She was really quiet back then.Goodness knows what happened!Now she's the loudest girl you'll ever meet.She is hysterically funny and when she's teamed up with Jamie,there's no stopping it - they'll have you in stitches within minutes.Funny as she may be,Laura's also another good advice giver.She's good at listening to what you've got to say and pointing out the positives.Also,when you're on msn to her,she'll send you countless hilarious videos which I like because youtube is one of my favourite online places to be.She's often at the root of many of the quotes in my monthly round up as she constantly comes out with hilarious one liners and quotes that I find so funny.All in all,she's pretty cool is our Laura :)

Jamie - Only started hanging around with him when we reached high school but I can't imagine it any other way. It just feels like he's always been there with his great smile and overall cheery approach to life. He manages to make everything that bit more positive and he can set us all off laughing with his funny antics.Jamie likes films and he's another person who understands my strange dvd thing.At sleepovers he's always the one up late with me,chatting until the sun comes up about government conspiracies or big brother or just anything in general.When Jamie's not there it really feels like we're missing something.He's like the heart of the operation :] Jamie with his funny fingers,non stop comedy and fantastic hugs is one of my closest friends and I really can't imagine things without him.

Gina - Gina,Gina,Gina!Our resident lawyer and peace keeper.Gina is always up for a bit of good fun and comes out with some hilarious stuff at times.Dancing around to I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor at her birthday sleepover this year is one of my fondest memorys of time with Gina.And before anyone says it - no it was not because of the wine :)). She's another rational thinker who's great for advice.She's also really intelligent and so she's great for helping with school stuff,particularly maths.She helped me revise for my maths exam,well it kinda turned into watching Cruel Intentions but,what we did revise,helped me.She should teach.I swear.She's another one that gives good hugs and appreciates my filmy ways.A great girl.

Churchies [this is only 2/8 of us but these are the pair I'm closest to]

Kelly - I kinda knew her for ages but we weren't really friends until roughly the start of last year.Now it's just another one of those things when you're like why wasn't I friends with this person before now.She's offered me some great advice over the past year and a half,and put up with a lot of my moaning about one thing or another.She's the one I go to to talk about my faith.She always offers answers,doesn't dodge the questions - which I like.Kelly and I have many a long conversation which always comes round to one specific topic :)) She appreciates the value of good tea,in fact she's the tea-iest person I know,possessing numerous tea pots - I am jealous.She's funny,kind,gives good advice and on top of all that - great hugs! :)

Andrew - What to say about Andrew?Well he's funny.It seems I've said that about all my friends,I hang around with a funny group of people.He always has something to say about every situation,usually a something that gets me laughing.He is another one who gives great hugs,and weird as this sounds,I like the way his shirts feel :)) it must be his fabric conditioner or something.He is the guy to talk to about history.Honestly,he knows lots.Its interesting and has on more than one occasion been very useful.He is the co-creator of our 'Forever' actions and I be forever sorry for the time I dragged him up on the stage to do them with me :)) Andrew is my dance buddy too - always up for a wee waltz around the hall. Overall he's more than a little cool :D

If you're not on this list,don't be offended.These are just the people I feel closest to,I still consider other people friends :))

School

I really enjoyed Primary School,particularly primary seven.My Quallie is still one of my favourite memories.It really felt as though we were all friends.

First two years of high school I hated because I wasn't in classes with any of my friends.Also because some of the people in the class that I done all my practical classes with were just idiots and so our class never got to learn anything and always got held back after school.I had to make new friends which was good because I met some of the people I now consider to be great friends of mines.But I still really hated first and second year.

Third and fourth year were really enjoyable.I enjoyed all of my subjects,particularly drama and media studies.At first drama was a bit scary because I didn't know many people in the class but by the end of the course we were all sad to say goodbye to each other.We had some fun times on that stage and in the props cupboards :)) Cornflakes,pirates,guns,wooden swords,wedding dresses - oh the fun.Media studies was great for third year because we done nothing lol.Then fourth year became a little more stressful because we had to fit in all our nabs and our production but we got it done and production was really fun,although exceedingly stressful.I loved all my other subjects aswell.Prelims went fairly well and exams went ok.I didn't put that much effort into revision to be honest and I have a feeling thats gonna show in my results.

I'm on the verge of starting my highers.I picked Media Studies,Drama,English,Maths and History. Goodness knows why I'm continuing maths,it's kind of expected I suppose.

Hobbies

I like love am obsessed with the work of Joss Whedon. I fell in love with his show Buffy The Vampire Slayer and from then on have just slowly collected everything he's made :)) I have so far enjoyed Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Serenity and hope that come next year, I will also enjoy Dollhouse [I am so excited about that!]

I also spend a lot of time watching and collecting other dvds.I love buying new films.It's like a fix for me,were I a junkie. I tend to not buy films as soon as they are released, but rather buy them a bit further down the line when their price comes down. Call this cheap, but it means I can get more for my money :]

I absolutely love going to the cinema.I love the whole experience from the trailers to the end credits.

I also enjoy reading.I used to do this more,it was like a bed time relaxation thing for me.The time I used to spend doing that has been taken up more and more now with dvd watching but I still always have some book or another on the go. My favourite author is Darren Shan - I seem to have a bit of a thing for vampire centered stuff don't I? I swear that's only coincidence, I just love the way he writes and love how his stories always center around his characters and that he's not afraid of an unhappy ending. I am currently greatly enjoying his most recent series, The Demonata, and hopefully looking forward to seeing him again at the book festival this year.

Another favourite past-time of mines is to listen to music. I utterly adore good music, and detest any of that 'new' stuff that the 'orange generation' [girls who wear WAY too much foundation so that they look orange] listen to. If it doesn't have actual instruments,its not music in my book. I'm kind of a punk-indie-rocker,although I'll listen to pretty much anything thats got good guitar.Queen are my all time favourite band and I frequently resent being the age I am,wishing I was older so that I could have had the opportunity to see Freddie Mercury perform live. I also often blare the Sex Pistols,The Foo Fighters,Adam Ant, Nickelback,The Ramones,The Arctic Monkeys,U2,3 Doors Down,April March,The Clash,Me First and The Gimme Gimmes,Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Titch,Guns N Roses,KISS,AC/DC,Katy Rose,The Killers,Stevie Nicks and of course,as any self respecting Brit should,The Beatles.

Favourites

Foods - Scampi and Chips, Ice Cream, A Good Burger
Drinks - Cold Irn Bru [I am Scottish after all!],A good cup of tea [I am also Brittish :))]
Film - Pulp Fiction [Call me cliched,but Quentin Tarantino writes fantastically!]
Directors - Quentin Tarantino,Tim Burton and of course Joss Whedon.
Tv Shows - Buffy,Angel,Firefly,Lost,Heroes
Authors - Darren Shan,Cecilia Ahern,J.K Rowling,Torey Hayden.
Actors - Johnny Depp,James Marsters,Gerard Butler,Ewan McGregor,Samuel L. Jackson,John Travolta
Actresses - Uma Thurman,Alyson Hannigan,Amy Acker,Joan Cusack

Pet Hates

Bananas!They're utterly disgusting and make me sick.
Not to mention scare the shit out of me for some unknown reason.

The tragedy in and of the world.Why do the good people often seem to suffer and the bad people often seem to triumph?Why do things like murder,rape and child abuse have to happen?What is the point of natural disasters?

Bad music!Stuff that has no meaning or instruments is a waste to me,though I quite understand that other people enjoy it.

Greed - If the world was without greed,I swear all its problems would be solved.And I don't just mean greed for money or food,but greed for power,land etc.

Conformity - People should not conform just because they're told to.It takes the fun out of things ;D

Bad Movies - Films that drum fake,albeit pleasing,ideologies into their audiences drive me mad.I hate being lied to and hate the fact that I can come out of a film thats just told me a certain thing looks good and then feel bad about myself because I'm not that way.The fault there may very well be with me but I don't think mainstream cinema helps much.

Hopes For The Future

Next Few Years I want to achieve good grades in my highers,have a good last year at school then go on to study something film or television orientated at Uni.

Career Well,call me a dreamer,but my ultimate dream is to make it as a movie or television director, maybe both.I don't have to be directing summer block busters or hit long running tv series,I just want to make good stuff thats fueled by the characters and that deals with real life issues.

Travel I want to see pretty much everywhere in the world and eventually hope to relocate to the big bad city of Los Angeles.

Other Marriage is an option,though not a necessity and certainly not any time soon.Kids however,are a no no. I'm sure you'll think that most teenage girls would say that,but I definately mean it. I want a career.If I were to have kids I'd want to be able to give them my full and undivided care and attention.I,however,don't want to do that.Call me selfish but I want my money and my time for myself and/or me and my partner.I want to work for most of my adult life,not raise children.And quite frankly,I'm not down with the pain and the stretch marks and all that jazz.

So thats me in a rather big nutshell.If you've read all of this then go on yourself :)) and thanks very much. I just wanted to talk about myself for a bit, so now that that's over with I'm off to bed to watch some Joss Whedon Work.

Until Next Time
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