tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-11-11:/My little spot on the internet.My Life in General.Enjoy.MokoFeed2009-11-11T15:03:30+01:00tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-11-04:/2009/11/04/paris-2009-day-7302898/unpolished-diamond-x2009-11-04T02:29:03+01:002009-11-04T02:29:03+01:00 <p><span><strong>DAY THREE - </strong></span><span><span><strong>PASTA </strong></span></span><span><strong>CRUISE</strong></span></p> <p>Slept in until half ten,which was nice <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>On the way heading back over to the Eiffel Tower and River Seine for the cruise we'd planned we spotted a Hotel called Romeo and Juliet.</p> <p>After wandering under the Eiffel Tower again we hopped on the cruise we'd planned for the day before. We paid for a pasta cruise and what a joke that was. The start was lovely; pretty scenery,nice pictures etc. But then the problems started. Basically, Jamie,Laura and I missed the entire cruise because we were inside waiting for what eventually turned out to be STILL FROZEN pasta! And on top of that, Kirsty,Gina and Gemma didn't even get the pasta they'd paid for - they got cheese and ham crepes! BOKE. All in all - rip off. The picture below is a cheery one of us,before the encounter with the fart in a trance boat guy who was badly microwaving pasta in between fannying about doing nothing. Yes I'm still bitter!</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/293/4074293_16dd2892ac_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10162"></p> <p>After we got off the boat we walked,and walked,and walked trying to find the fashion museum, or Notre Dame, whichever one we came to first. During the walk we bumped into a palace, a museum and suddenly we found ourselves on the Champs Elysees and looking up the road at the Arc De Triomphe. We kept walking down and had some crepes and fed some birds. They were cute,but the monster pigeons that followed weren't! After the crepes the walking continued and we found ourselves at the place de la concorde. Took some pictures of the obelisk and then we walked therough the gardens up to the Louvre. Turns out Jamie was lying to me about spotting Anne Hathaway's [Shakespeare's Wife] bed.Gutted. We found the fashion museum but we only got to go into the shop because the museum was shut by the time we got there. We got back there later in the week though,so all was good. After that we hit some gift shops and each bought an <strong>I LOVE PARIS </strong>jumper. Not that we're total <span>TOURISTS </span>or anything. <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> I also bought a photoframe to frame one of our group pictures in front of the eiffel tower. Then it was home for a dinner of cheesey pasta,super noodles,cheese and ham baguettes,crisps and wine. As prepared by everyone. Classy.</p> <p>We sang along to some Britney songs, pulled the curtains down by accident and there was a whole lot of <strong>I WANT YOU.....TO BE MY WIFE! </strong>Plus I had a wee breakdown over my hair (when did I turn into a depressing drunk!?) but hey,lets not go there.</p> <p>Until Next Time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Megan x</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/11/04/paris-2009-day-7302898/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-11-02:/2009/11/03/paris-2009-day-7295857/unpolished-diamond-x2009-11-03T00:33:00+01:002009-11-04T01:44:10+01:00 <p><span><strong>DAY TWO - THE EIFFEL TOWER!</strong></span></p> <p>Up, had a breakfast of cocoa pops, tea,bread and butter, pieces of orange. And some people had jelly.</p> <p><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/226/4070226_f40a9d9cc2_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10024"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/227/4070227_43666f5ff1_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10027"></p> <p>We had out first encounter with the metro, and headed to the eiffel tower.</p> <p>I took a million and one pictures of the eiffel tower from every imaginable spot in Paris over the course of the week, so I'm of course not going to include them all in this blog, but here's a couple from the walk over to the tower. A nice tourist guy offered to take some group pictures of us in front of the tower so they're here aswell.</p> <p><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/273/4070273_d7f8c46555_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10068"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/272/4070272_25dc07a2d8_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10066"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/271/4070271_d43e3b3c1f_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10065"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/255/4070255_ed9e78dfab_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10041"></p> <p><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/254/4070254_a3d9f5996e_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10035"></p> <p>On the way over the the Eiffel Tower Jamie achieved some mighty haggling. There were men peddling various goods under and around the Eiffel Tower,and they were pretty diffcult to shake once they started talking to you. So I was pretty pleased when Jamie got them at their own game, haggling for some keyrings. Initially these keyrings were</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/11/03/paris-2009-day-7295857/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-11-02:/2009/11/03/paris-2009-day-7295816/unpolished-diamond-x2009-11-03T00:22:37+01:002009-11-03T00:22:37+01:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. As promised, here's my Paris journal. No shit - taken right from the page. This is what we got up to.DAY ONE.</em></p> <p><em>[Here's the situation, if you don't know me. This October I headed off for my first trip abroad with my friends. Paris was our destination and we were there for 8 nights. Good times were had and this is going to be a blow by blow record of them.]</em></p> <p>So:</p> <p><span><strong>DAY ONE: TRAVEL</strong></span></p> <p>I was up at the early,early,early hour of around 3am, barely any point in going to sleep really, but ah well. Headed to Laura's for fourish and headed off in the taxi to Glasgow airport at about half past four. <strong>IN THE MORNING! </strong>The things I do for fun.</p> <p>Check in was at six thirty so we spent some time eating breakfast (cheese and ham toasties and a mocha from Starbucks) and taking some early morning pictures. <strong>CUE THE FIRST PIC OF THE BLOG</strong></p> <p><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/111/4070111_701007b524_m.jpeg" alt="SDC11646"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/112/4070112_f52b50c69c_m.jpeg" alt="SDC11647"></p> <p>We were, unsurprisingly given our excitement, the first ones at check in. All was fine with the tickets and suitcases, however we did have one little panic when Kirsty's suitcase went on and came up at 23.3kg on a 20kg allowance. It soon settled at 19.9kg though, so we were lucky there! <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Once through departures those who hadn't had breakfast yet snacked up, and I had a red bull, meaning after that and a mocha, I was fully caffienated and raring to go!</p> <p>Going through security - Jamie, Laura and Kirsty were the unlucky few amongst us who got frisked. It was gonna happen to at least one of us, inevitably, so better that it was three together lol.</p> <p>Flight was fine, and contrary to popular belief <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0">, I went for a pee twice. That's an improvement on last year's bathroom run in on my Florida flight (I know,I know, TMI. But those of you who know me, might understand where I'm coming from!)</p> <p>Once we'd got our luggage, which all successfully came through without having been broken into or anything, we headed off for the train into the centre of Paris. And what a walk that was! MASSIVE,MASSIVE,MASSIVE Airport, which I think we must have walked the length of by the time we actually got to the platform. On the train:</p> <p><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/151/4070151_aecc939ffa_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0001"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/152/4070152_92f7bfbd44_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10002"></p> <p>After we got off the train is where we experienced our first problem of the week. We walked, and <strong>walked, </strong>and <strong>WALKED, </strong>but apparently the directions I'd printed off to get us from the train station to the apartment were wrong somewhere and what should have taken us about ten minutes ended up taking about half an hour!! Eventually we got there though and Giovanni knew who we were and let us in. The apartment was lovely but we had little time to settle in before it was off to try and find the fashion show at the Galleries La Fayette. We found a guy who was walking there aswell and so went with him (all the while Kirsty was insisting we were going to get kidnapped and sold for trafficking!? Really glad that I didn't watch Taken before we went!). Sadly though we weren't in time and so missed the show <img src="/img/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" class="middle" border="0"> We split up into two seperate taxis, Jamie, Gemma and I in one, and Kirsty,Laura and Gina in the other.</p> <p>Once we got back in, Jamie and I went down to the shop underneath us, taking about five minutes discovering how to open the front door of the apartment block, and bought milk and sugar so that everyone could have a cup of tea with the tea bags Gemma had brought. When we arrived back upstairs the others had got home, after being dropped in the wrong place by their taxi and having to walk it home, they'd stopped off at Macdonalds on the way and this made Jamie,Gemma and I hungry. So out we headed to grab some big macs. What a lovely first meal in Paris!</p> <p><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/181/4070181_bd57fd785d_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10004"></p> <p>Other things that happened on that first day were Jamie and Gina having a sing along to We Belong Together</p> <p><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/202/4070202_5fee8ed699_s.jpeg" alt="SDC10020"></p> <p>Gina made some jelly that was put in the fridge for breakfast the following day.<br>We sang 'I've got a feeling' with the lyrics 'this week's gonna be a good week'</p> <p>Me and Jamie went to Macdonalds and bought caramel sundaes for everyone at midnight <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> they sadly came with nuts <img src="/img/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Overall, a good, but tiring first day.</p> <p>Until Next Time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Megan</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/11/03/paris-2009-day-7295816/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-11-01:/2009/11/01/i-am-so-far-behind-on-my-blogging-7288554/unpolished-diamond-x2009-11-01T22:55:24+01:002009-11-01T22:55:24+01:00 <p>I apologise for my prolonged absence, but I have the following to come (this week hopefully)</p> <p>A Day by Day report of my Paris trip (with pictures?)<br> Review of Julie and Julia, which I seen more than a month ago!<br> Review of Jennifer's Body, which I seen in Paris.<br> Review of This Is It - which I seen on Wednesday.</p> <p>And OCTOBER'S ROUND UP!....hopefully. </p> <p>See you soon. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/11/01/i-am-so-far-behind-on-my-blogging-7288554/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-15:/2009/10/15/it-s-been-a-while-7176892/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-15T19:45:03+02:002009-10-15T19:45:03+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. Sorry for the gap in my writing. I'm in a slightly less crazy place than I was earlier this week, but I think as soon as I've not got my Paris adventure with my friends to distract me, I'll be back to this crazy,upset state of mind. Oh well, I'll deal with that when it inevitably comes.</em></p> <p>My apologies for my lack of blogging.I've been more than a mess lately and blogging about it wasn't really very appealing to me. So now it comes to the night before I go away and I figured I should probably update you before I head away.</p> <p>Basically I'm currently considering leaving school - no real reasons to stay,it's only adding to my stress. The <strong>only </strong>reason I'd like to still be there is to see my friends,and I'm gonna see them on nights out etc anyway so its not as if I'd never see them.I'm not enjoying my courses,don't feel any less stressed than last year and could really do with earning a bit of money to put behind me to take to uni. So I think I'm gonna leave and try and get some work for the coming year. So that's that. Thoughts?</p> <p>In other areas, I'm completely torn between two universities. I'm going to apply to both along with some others, but if I get accepted to both I'm going to have a very hard job deciding which one to go to. It doesn't help that I've got one parent who's totally for one of the places,and one who's completely for the other. Decisions,decisions.</p> <p>And now my dinner is ready so I'm away to eat and then it's off to sleep so I can be awake at the bright and early hour of <strong>THREE AM </strong>to head off on holiday with the one group of people actually helping to keep me sane right now. It's going to be a fun filled week in Paris! And it's all kicking off tomorrow when we head to a fashion show as our first outing in the city of lights. Wish us fun,and safety.</p> <p>I'll be blogging about each day of the holiday once I get back, much like I did with my Florida holiday last year. So, faithful readers,you'll have that to look forward to,along with <span>some </span><span>MANY </span>pictures.</p> <p>Oh and before I go, for the first time in almost two years I didn't post a monthly round up at the end of September. Sorry about that, I'd been blogging every day and it totally escaped me until I really couldn't be bothered doing it.I'll shove any important September happenings into my October round up when it comes, along with September's quotability.</p> <p>Have a good week everyone, and I'll see you when I return, if I return, from Paris.</p> <p>Until Next Time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/15/it-s-been-a-while-7176892/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-13:/2009/10/14/other-than-this-7164278/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-14T00:54:29+02:002009-10-14T00:54:29+02:00 <p>I wish I could clear my mind enough to think of something other than <strong>this</strong>.<br> That way I could blog and let other stuff out.<br> But I can't,because it's all suppressed behind this stupid,stupid,stupid thing.<br> And I need to sort my head out because if I don't I don't know how to keep going.<br> Now would be a good time to step in and help me,God.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/14/other-than-this-7164278/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-12:/2009/10/12/all-i-can-say-7155956/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-12T20:13:19+02:002009-10-13T01:32:38+02:00 <p class="center"><em><strong>Lord I'm tired,<br> So tired from walking.<br> And Lord I'm so alone.<br> Lord the dark is creeping in,<br> It's creeping up, to swallow me.<br> I think I'll stop,rest here a while.</p> <p> </strong></em></p> <p class="center"><em><strong>And this is all that I can say right now<br> And this is all that I can give.<br> And this is all that I can say right now<br> And this is all that I can give, and that's my everything.</p> <p> Lord, didn't you see me crying?<br> And didn't you hear me call your name?<br> Wasn't it you I gave my heart to?<br> I wish you'd remember, where you'd set it down.</p> <p> And this is all that I can say right now, I know it's not much<br> But this is all that I can give, and that's my everything.<br> And this is all that I can say right now, I know it's not much<br> But this is all that I can give, and that's my everything. </p> <p> I didn't notice that you were standing here.<br> I didn't know that that was you holding me.<br> I didn't notice that you were crying too.<br> I didn't know that that was you washing my feet.</p> <p> And this is all,this is all that I can say right now, oh I know it's not much,<br> But this is all that I can give, yeah that's my everything.<br> This is all that I can say right now, I know it's not much<br> But this is all that I can give,yeah that's my everything.<br> This is all that I can say right now, oh I know it's not much,<br> But this is all that I can give, yeah that's my everything.<br> Yeah that's my everything.<br> Yeah that's my everything.<br> Yeah that's my everything.<br> Everything.</strong></em></p> <p class="center"><em><strong>x</strong></em></p> <p class="center"><strong>All I Can Say - David Crowder Band<br></strong></p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/12/all-i-can-say-7155956/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-08:/2009/10/08/i-m-going-to-learn-to-cook-7127946/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-08T23:05:01+02:002009-10-08T23:05:01+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. How's the mouth Kel? I'm doing good and am <strong>majorly </strong>excited for my trip to Bradford to see my film screened in a film festival. But anyway,that's tomorrow. Today was a good day. Went to the Edinburgh College of Art Library to get some info for my AH English dissertation. Then headed back into school for dramaramarama. Just been to see the higher shorts and I must say that they were better than what we put on this time last year. Now for today's main news item....</em></p> <p>I'm going to learn how to cook. I'll not be doing it every day because,y'know,time. But every so often I'll post a wee story about my needless to say, interesting, adventures in the kitchen. I figure I'm going to be moving away soonish,I'd better learn how to look after myself. That means learning to cook,clean etc. I decided to start with cooking because it's the most appealing......</p> <p>Moment of the day: Drama shorts.</p> <p>So my question to you today: Any beginners cookbooks you'd reccommend? Or recipes?</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/08/i-m-going-to-learn-to-cook-7127946/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-07:/2009/10/07/new-media-7120624/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-07T20:47:49+02:002009-10-07T20:47:49+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm doing good, but am shattered. Kirsty and I went up to Robert Gordon Uni open day today. It was good, with some things being better than Stirling,others being worse. Overall I can't currently make up my mind between the two of them. I guess I've got some time.</em></p> <p>So, today I thought I'd write about how much media is changing,particularly online media. We all get tv online now, whether thats through legal sources such as iplayer etc, or through illegal streaming. I'm trying to decide whether this is a good or bad thing.</p> <p>Of course the internet allows for cult followings and fame to develop quickly. It provides a medium for shows that might not have anywhere else to go (see Dr. Horrible) and lets people access a wider variety of programmes and information in the form of video than ever before.</p> <p>Thats all good, and it was all good, whilst it was a seperate thing to youtube. I thought it was all fine and dandy as long as youtube was a project of its own, youtubers themselves weren't making money off of it. Tv online could be seperate from youtube and they wouldn't cross over. Now though, there's the so called 'youtube celebrity' and people making money off youtube. The youtubers have sold out a bit really, and it upsets me because youtube COULD have been this alternative, non-profit [for the users] thing to come to to get away from the growing online media.But alas, all things come to money in the end.</p> <p>This is just a rant really, I've strayed far away from my original topic and I can't remember where I was trying to go with this.<br>Sorry.</p> <p>Moment of the day:Singing along to various songs,actions included,with Kirsty on the way home from Aberdeen.<br>Question of the day: How many of your tv shows do you actually watch on tv anymore, do you watch a lot online or?<br>My answer:I watch almost everything online nowadays.</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/07/new-media-7120624/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-06:/2009/10/06/isn-t-life-a-bitch-sometimes-7113765/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-06T22:17:18+02:002009-10-06T22:17:18+02:00 <p><em> Hey all, hope you're well. Nothing much to blog about today except I read this kind of ironic story earlier. It's not funny, but kind of makes you think, isn't life a bitch.</em></p> <p>So there's a news headline "Robbed,Beaten and Shot:Bad Week for this OAP".</p> <p>I thought <strong>YOU DON'T SAY.</strong></p> <p>Turns out the guy was eighty, which makes it sad. But here's how it went.</p> <p>The OAP in question got broken into and beaten up, the theif then proceeded to steal some stuff from the old man. As if the poor man's luck wasn't bad enough, a few days later after recovering the man was at a self defence class learning to use a gun and his son <strong>SHOT HIM IN THE HAND! </strong>Bad luck,or bad luck? The irony of this just made me think : isn't life just a bitch sometimes?</p> <p>Kirsty just told me another story that, despite being kinda sad, made me laugh.</p> <p>A woman is sitting in her car outside a dough or bread factory (or somewhere) and she hears a loud noise. Then something hits her in the back of the head and she feels like she's been shot. She feels the back of her head and it feels like her brain is falling out, so she sits there scared for six hours,holding onto the back of her head until finally she realises that she wasn't shot,her brains aren't falling out and in fact she was just hit in the back of the head by a big lump of dough. <strong>Yes, you read correctly. DOUGH. </strong>Again I say, life's a bitch.</p> <p>Moment of the day: The 'firedrill' at lunch.<br>Question: Will any other readers come out the woodwork and answer my questions? <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"><br>My answer: TBC.</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p><em><br></em></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/06/isn-t-life-a-bitch-sometimes-7113765/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-05:/2009/10/05/and-pose-7106813/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-05T22:53:15+02:002009-10-05T22:53:15+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. Today was a good day. Again. My life is pretty good at the moment.</em></p> <p>Started off well, just doing some note taking first period. Then in second period Kirsty and I registered for the Robert Gordon Uni open day, and looked through tips about Disney Land Paris. We also checked out how close we are to the Sex and The City Paris hot spots (pretty close it turns out <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0">).</p> <p>Third period was S.E and we had a talk about safe driving, The powerpoint was harrowing, and the statistics made me scared to start learning to drive. But I liked it that for once I came out of S.E actually thinking it was an hour decently spent.</p> <p>Fourth period onwards was pretty uneventful.</p> <p>The main good part of today was this evening spent at Kirsty's. Monday nights we always go to Kirsty's and tonight we all brought our new clothes for Paris and paraded around, fashion show style, showing them off to each other. It was fun and really got me in the mood for the adventures abroad that are soon to come.I really,really can't wait. I love the fact that of all the 'groups' in our year, we're the first ones to go away together properly. Like abroad together. It's going to be so good. I keep hearing from every angle that I'm going to love Paris, I guess in <strong>eleven </strong>days time we'll see if that's true!!</p> <p>Moment of the day: Our cross dressing,bear all fashion show.<br>Question of the day:Top European destination to visit and why?<br>My answer:Rome-History.Pizza.History.Pizza.Ice Cream.</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/05/and-pose-7106813/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-04:/2009/10/04/failure-on-project-blog-7099776/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-04T23:31:50+02:002009-10-04T23:31:50+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. Well I officially failed on this blogging daily project after exactly twenty nine days of continuous daily blogging. One day short of a month! But - I do have a good excuse. Yesterday I was at Stiling Uni open day all day and then came in with a migraine, woke up and threw up, then forgot all about blogging because I was feeling ill. So that's why my record has been ruined. So in this blog I'll cover yesterday and today. </em></p> <p><span><strong>YESTERDAY</strong></span></p> <p>Yesterday morning Mum,Dad and I set off to explore Stirling University, as on paper it's my top place to go. We set off about 9am and after arriving and registering, we settled into a carefully planned (by me) schedule for the day. It went something like this:</p> <p><em>Introduction to the University talk</em></p> <p>What I got from this was there's a lot of flexibility in terms of choices and you can take modules from pretty much any subject in your first two years before settling on your degree subject properly in third year. This is to give you the chance to change your mind, which I like.</p> <p><em>Accommodation and Catering talk</em></p> <p>In words it sounded great, the tour later on however made it seem less so. I was put off a bit by the fact that they didn't give you any prices in their talk, but further investigation reveals for your basic room its gonna be about £80 a week. A little steep for what we later were given a tour of....Catering - you feed yourself or pay pretty high prices for the on campus eateries.</p> <p><em>Study abroad talk</em></p> <p>One of the main things that made Stirling appealing to me was the opportunity for most of the degree choices to study abroad for either a semester or a year. They've got options to go to lots of places in Europe, as well as places further a field like Austrailia and Canada. From what I gathered, you pay the flight but when you get there you basically only pay as much as you would if you were here. So if your fees get paid here - your fees will get paid there. However, that means you'll be paying for accommodation, but I assume you get guaranteed accommodation in the Uni as an international visitor.So that is a really appealing option for me.</p> <p><em>Film,Media and Journalism Studies talk</em></p> <p>As this is the department I'd be studying in, this is the department whose talk was top of my list to hear. From what I seen there is a great opportunity for you to do practical work, along with a lot of flexibility to pick up modules relating to the career you're looking to get into. The guy who gave the talk was very passionate about the subject, knew what he was talking about in terms of technology and seemed very friendly. The head of the department was also friendly,if a little quiet. It just looked like a very well run and appealing department in all ways.</p> <p><em>Tour of campus and accommodation</em></p> <p>Well the guide was awful. He moved too quickly,not waiting for the line of people behind him to follow and spoke so that nobody could hear him. The halls themselves looked like prison blocks, both inside and out. But I suppose you can't expect five star luxury. They were liveable and I'm sure with some of my own pics and posters, a wee room there would look fine. I just expected a little more for your money.</p> <p>Overall, the Uni measured up to my expectations and after seeing it is still my top place to go. It's incredibly beautiful aswell. Stunning trees and hills all around, aswell as being situated round a lake. It's really breathtaking. We kept seeing rainbows all day and my mum was like "this is a sign you've to come here Megan!" haha. I was thinking that too though....</p> <p>As you've read above, the rest of yesterday consisted of a migraine and sickness so not much else to report.</p> <p><span><strong>TODAY</strong></span></p> <p><span>AM</span></p> <p>CHURCH was great today. Would've been more enjoyable if my throat wasn't killing me and I could stop coughing for more than five minutes. Jamming session afterwards was good fun, and it was good to sing some newer songs. Looking forward to singing them in church sometime soon. Also got the news today that two more people have come forward for Baptism, so now there's three of us <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><span>PM</span></p> <p>WORK  was also pretty good today. A bit hectic because of stock take, but not bad. Met two of the Christmas Temps - Sarah and Joe. Joe was really lovely and reminded me of Eric a bit. And Sarah was ok, though seemed like she didn't really want to be there. Pizza before stock take was good aswell. And then counting,counting,counting for a couple of hours wasn't too bad. All in all. a good day today.</p> <p>My my mum has Uni on the brain, and I'm slightly worried about how we're going to pay for it all. But oh well, people do it every year I suppose. Its just we're about a thousand pounds above the line where you get any help with anything, so I'll be getting like the miminum of financial support.. It's always been the same.</p> <p>I'm away for an early night, got another busy week planned and then it's getting ready for Paris and off we go! It's only like twelve days to go now!</p> <p>Moment of the day: Mum getting up and singing with us on stage <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"><br>Question of the day: Is two jobs to try and pay for going away for Uni a stupid/bad idea?</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/04/failure-on-project-blog-7099776/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-02:/2009/10/03/money-money-money-must-be-funny-7087876/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-03T00:03:05+02:002009-10-03T00:03:05+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm good but insanely tired and with a very very sore throat. I've had an overall good day today, but something mortifying happened to me.....<br></em></p> <p>I was shopping this afternoon, just for some bits and pieces. A gift, some tops, some books and other little knick-knacks. So I was halfway down the shopping list and in H&M picking up the tops I needed. I get to the desk to pay, hand over a twenty and the guy goes:</p> <p><em><strong>'sorry but I can't accept this'</strong></em></p> <p><strong><em>'excuse me?' </em></strong>says me<br><em><strong><br>'yeah,these notes aren't in circulation any more, so i can't take it. take it to the bank and they'll exchange it for you'</strong></em>....just like that,blurts out the till guy.</p> <p><em><strong>'ummm ok.' i said 'but i only just got given it in a birthday card....</strong></em>' says i</p> <p><em><strong>'sorry about that,but I can't accept it. have you got any other way to pay?'</strong></em> says sales boy.</p> <p><em><strong>'yeah,i'll just pay by card.....'</strong></em></p> <p>the usual akward card machine etiquette follows, him blatantly trying to distract himself as I put in my pin....two minutes later as the reciept prints</p> <p><em><strong>'sorry,but your card's been declined'</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>'you're kidding me?'</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>'no i'm sorry,this isn't your day is it. we'll try again....'</strong></em></p> <p>.........</p> <p><em><strong>'sorry but it's still being declined. have you got any other cash on you'</strong></em></p> <p>and so he has to take one of the tops off the bill and i hand over a tenner.</p> <p>I then spent ten minutes worrying why my card had got declined and realised it was because I'd bought adapters for Paris on it this morning and totally forgot that would've brought my balance down.</p> <p>Btw,I then proceeded to buy a birthday card with the twenty he'd rejected. Seems some places still take them afterall. Unless the girl didn't know what it was.</p> <p>Anyhoo, aside from that mortifying incident,today was good. I got some books for AH English and a phrasebook for Paris. <br>Then I got a gift for my friend whose party I was invited to as I came out of Waterstones after getting the above mentioned books.</p> <p>And I'm just in from the birthday bash now. Good times.</p> <p>Moment of the day:Ashton:Hansel and Gretel....zzzzzzzzzzz  <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="middle" border="0"><br>Question of the day: Most embarrassing encounter you've had in a shop?</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/03/money-money-money-must-be-funny-7087876/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-10-01:/2009/10/01/hold-for-applause-7080102/unpolished-diamond-x2009-10-01T21:10:19+02:002009-10-01T21:10:19+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm doing good! </em></p> <p>Today was spent <strong>entirely </strong>in drama, 12 hours straight of running around and lighting and sound and techie stuff. Fun. No really,it was. I was sick twice, but aside from that things were great today.Things were also very,very tiring though so this is gonna be short and sweet.</p> <p>Rehearsals all went fine and I think that by the time we were ready to perform, everyone was feeling good about their own pieces.</p> <p>All the plays went well, no glitches. Until we got to mines!!!!</p> <p>The followspot went off at one point that it wasnt supposed to, and then came back on, making the mistake blatantly obvious. And then the person on sound played a piece of voice over meant for the NEXT play, over the top of my play.....TWICE! Despite me being right next to her telling her it wasn't the right time to do it.</p> <p>But my play looked good, and nobody forgot any lines or messed up any movement.</p> <p>I really did enjoy everyone's plays, and they all came off fantastic. It's a shame that, aside from our exam, thats the last thing we'll do on the that stage.</p> <p>So then, aside from a couple of tiny errors, that weren't on my part so I can feel fine about it, although they did both happen during my play (!), things went very well tonight.</p> <p>So with the most stressful part of the course over, I can start to concentrate on my AH English dissertation. Yay.</p> <p>Kelly, I've been thinking about you, and hope your mouth isn't too sore.</p> <p>Moment of the day: Warm ups before the performances, dance party in ms lundy's room, foooooood.<br>Question of the day: Emmm.....tell me a random fact about yourself?</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/10/01/hold-for-applause-7080102/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-30:/2009/09/30/the-show-must-go-on-7072794/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-30T22:46:53+02:002009-09-30T22:46:53+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. Today was majorly uneventful so there's nothing really to report.</em></p> <p>Basically today was spent doing the history work thats to be completed for Friday and then freaking out about drama for the rest of the time. NOT FUN.</p> <p>Alongside the fact that Ms. Lundy has shoved a bunch of younger kids in the lighting box with me for the show tomorrow, it turns out they don't even know what they're doing, and so today was spent teching everything all over again in order for them to pick up the cues. Therefore, I have no job left. Nice. I'm still gonna go down for my bow though. <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>The show is tomorrow, and so far, nobody seems to know what they're doing.....this is going to be a mini disaster. I bet you this time tomorrow all will be fine, but currently it just doesn't seem like it's going to come together.</p> <p>Oh well. They'll clap no matter what, so I'm just counting down the hours till the show is over and I can rest easy.</p> <p>This time tomorrow we'll know the outcome! Oh! Speaking of outcomes! I don't know if I mentioned this yesterday but I got my media appeal so now I have AAAB instead of AAAC <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Woop!</p> <p>Moment of the day:Watching White Chicks at Kirsty's<br>Question of the day:Best kind of pizza? (we're ordering into the school tomorrow because we're not leaving before the show and I'm trying to decide what to get)</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/30/the-show-must-go-on-7072794/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-30:/2009/09/30/he-doesn-t-make-junk-7066131/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-30T02:07:34+02:002009-09-30T02:07:34+02:00 <p><a href="http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=849dc7c803281df74bb2"><a href="http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=849dc7c803281df74bb2">http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=849dc7c803281df74bb2</a></a></p> <p>A little skit I found that really spoke to me tonight about particular things I'm feeling.</p> <p>Everyone feels this way sometimes, and I'm sure if you watch it through, it'll speak to you aswell. </p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/30/he-doesn-t-make-junk-7066131/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-29:/2009/09/29/frustrating-7065774/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-29T23:26:25+02:002009-09-29T23:26:25+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. Today I noticed some strange, but in <strong>most </strong>cases frustrating, things.</em></p> <p><strong>1. </strong>Bus Etiquette<br>Why is it that on a bus, people shy away from you when you sit next to them if you're a teenager? I've done an entire post on this in the past, check it out if you want my full opinions on this.</p> <p><strong>2. </strong>Queue jumping done by your superiors<br>Why does the headteacher feel it's ok to skip the entire queue of people waiting to get a snack, even though she's not got a class starting in ten minutes that she has to hurredly throw the food down her throat for.</p> <p><strong>3. </strong>People being entirely unsatisfied all the fucking time!<br>I've lit and teched and worked my arse off for my AH group, and today I felt entirely taken advantage of as a number of them decided it would be effective to shout things at me when I was busy trying to do three different things at once. All because they didn't feel I was doing it quickly enough. Well excuse me, but I was working without a cue sheet or a script in front of me, on technical I had NEVER done until that point. That's just underappreciation. Not as if I've stayed like an extra three hours every day for the past week to light all of your plays or anything, not as if you've all fannied about every time we've had a rehearsal for my play. Seriously, I think we might have killed each other by Thursday night. Cannot wait until this unit is over now, not least because I <strong>hate </strong>my play.</p> <p><strong>4. </strong>UCAS<br>Stupid,stupid UCAS. And personal statement - I don't know what the hell I'm doing!</p> <p>Moment of the day: Watching Chloe's play all the way through and seeing it go well<br>Question of the day: The way you effectively deal with individuals who are causing you intense unneccesary stress, when talking to them about it will cause an argument of the ages.</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/29/frustrating-7065774/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-28:/2009/09/28/baptism-7058140/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-28T22:45:40+02:002009-09-28T22:45:40+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm doing good but seriously think I'm suffering from insomnia. I haven't slept properly in weeks and this past night just got to sleep at about 6.30am, when i was getting up at 7.30. Needless to say I was a bundle of joy today.Anyway, I've got a few questions for you...</em></p> <p><strong>For those of you who are not baptised or do not follow a faith<br></strong>From (for want of a better term) an 'outsiders' perspective, how does Baptism sound and look to you. I mean baptism as an adult or teen, not a baby. What do you think it represents and do you think it's a strange practice? Your general thoughts on it?</p> <p><strong>For those of you who are baptised<br></strong>What did you do in the lead up to it to prepare yourself,anything different from usual or?</p> <p>The reason I ask these things is that I lately decided to get baptised and really am just trying to figure out what I'm going to do with myself spiritually in the run up to it, maybe so that I'm in a strong enough place to be able to give my testimony at the service.</p> <p>So I was just wondering on your general opinions on Baptism.</p> <p><strong>Moment of the day: </strong>Becca: How nice a name is Sanna? Megan: What,like,Sanna-wich? (I don't think she heard me though so SHHHH!) <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"><br><strong>Question of the day: </strong>Do you know of any songs with lyrics fitting to baptism that I could reflect on?</p> <p>Until Next Time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/28/baptism-7058140/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-27:/2009/09/27/harvest-7051755/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-27T22:33:03+02:002009-09-27T22:33:03+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm doing good but have an INSANE amount of work to be doing and my play goes on on Thursday and I don't feel that it's nearly ready enough. But hey, there's a few days of rehearsal left yet, so, the show <strong>will </strong>go on.</em></p> <p>So today was harvest sunday in my church and as is usual at this time of year we got to focus a little on how lucky we are compared to some. I think thats a little untrue sometimes, I mean just because we live in a western country, doesn't mean there aren't people starving. But anyway.</p> <p>My attention was brought to something I have never even thought about before. In some places that are currently involved in conflicts or have been recently, the fields that would have once been  used for farming are now riddled with landmines and bombs, just waiting to go off if the workers ever dare try to work the land, which is most times the best fertile land for farming.</p> <p>Now it strikes me that this is a disgusting thing for any country to inflict upon another. As if death in the actual fighting isn't bad enough, or if fighting occurs within a country by people of differing opinions, they have to add to the civillian casualities by intentionally leading to them practically starving. It's clearly intentional and very disgusting because a country will of course not surrender in a war situation because of the welfare of its people, if that were the case wars would never be fought in the first place.</p> <p>It just made me sick watching video footage of bomber planes destroying crops and farmland and putting farmers lives in even more danger.</p> <p>Ah what a mess we've gotten things into.</p> <p>Moment of the day: Watching X Factor with Mum<br>Question of the day: What was responsible for the collapse of the provisional government in russia in 1917!? This history essay is driving me mad!</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/27/harvest-7051755/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-27:/2009/09/27/182-7046586/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-27T01:50:58+02:002009-09-27T01:50:58+02:00 <p>Hey all, hope you're well. </p> <p>Nothing to report today,except I'm currently KINDA drunk for the third saturday in a row.<br> That's not a good thing,A. because it's draining me of money and B. because it's fattening!<br> Not that there wasn't reasons: Week 1-hen night. Week 2-Birthday. Tonight-Wedding.<br> It's just not really that good,considering I'm 17.</p> <p><strong>btw</strong></p> <p>NOTE TO SELF: DON'T DRINK WINE. IT DOESN'T AGREE WITH YOU.</p> <p>So there we have it <strong><u>DAY TWENTY TWO</u></strong></p> <p>No moment or question of the day because I can't be bothered. I really only done this post so I can keep going with this daily blog thing. </p> <p>Until Next Time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"><br> <strong><br> Megan x</strong> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/27/182-7046586/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-25:/2009/09/25/the-purple-dress-7040737/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-25T21:13:55+02:002009-09-25T21:13:55+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm feeling ill again,but hey,what's new there. It seems I'm actually feeling well less of the time than I feel ill as of late. But today brings good news!</em></p> <p>THE PURPLE DRESS FINALLY FITS ME!</p> <p>I bought this fantastic purple dress for taking to Paris with me earlier in the year, and at the time it didn't close. It was the only one of it though and was a great price (I won't even tell you how cheap!). It really was too pretty to miss and so I bought it with full intentions of slimming down to fit into it for October.</p> <p>The past few weeks I've been trying to be healthier and slim down to try and fit into it and low and behold,after not that much effort on my part I must say, it finally fits! It sits nicely and despite the zip being one of those buggering tiny things that always get caught at the seams, it's going to be great fun wearing it in Paris.</p> <p>Now to keep the weight off and slim down a little more.</p> <p>Moment of the day: The zipper sliding into place on <strong>the </strong>purple dress <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"><br>Question of the day: Favourite TV show that's currently started/starting back?</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/25/the-purple-dress-7040737/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-24:/2009/09/24/no-added-colours-7033130/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-24T19:15:05+02:002009-09-24T19:15:05+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. Today was a good day. Drama performance is coming together and I'm starting to actually enjoy Advanced Higher English. I've reaaaaaally got to get a move on with the Adv Higher History work though. Anyhoo, my thoughts for </em><strong><span>DAY TWENTY!</span></strong></p> <p>Well today I realised, isn't it sometimes a bit of a turn off when products say 'no added colours'. I mean, take coke for example.Do you really want to know that the natural colour of the drink is that dirty water brown colour? I mean really?</p> <p>And the same goes for various foods and drinks, list some in the comments if you like.</p> <p>It's enough to put you off sometimes.</p> <p>Anyway, that's it for today because I'm rather shattered from drama rehearsals that lasted until SIX OCLOCK! Seriously, school finishes at half three! Can people not work a bit quicker than that!?</p> <p>Moment of the day: Ms. Lundy telling me my work was good <br>Question of the day: Most awful coloured food and drinks that say 'no added colours'</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/24/no-added-colours-7033130/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-23:/2009/09/23/nothing-to-report-7027069/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-23T20:22:48+02:002009-09-23T20:22:48+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. Me too. </em><strong><span>DAY NINETEEN</span></strong></p> <p>I have nothing to report today - except that I'm currently terrified because my show goes on a week tomorrow and I've not had nearly enough rehearsal time with the actors. I was trying to rehearse today but then people who were playing with the lights kept leaving us in blackout and then wouldn't come down to rehearse the movement piece. Nobody has any idea what they're doing and it's slightly worrying. I'm really gonna have to push for a full rehearsal next week.</p> <p>Aside from that, nothing to report.</p> <p>Moment of the day: Getting home at the end.<br>Question of the day: What do you do when you're stressed but stuck in a working environment? Like when your head feels ready to explode in school for instance?</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan </strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/23/nothing-to-report-7027069/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-22:/2009/09/22/a-little-friend-shaped-hole-7021263/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-22T23:30:40+02:002009-09-22T23:30:40+02:00 <p><em> Hey all, hope you're well. I disovered today that there's a feeling I sometimes have, a very paticular feeling that I've not been able to detect the root of until today.</em><span><strong>DAY EIGHTEEN: <br></strong></span></p> <p>Well I've noticed on some days that I have this strange little feeling niggling in the back of my brain. It's not the kind of thing that you're always aware of, more the type of feeling that if you're just off in a wee daze thinking about stuff, you're likely to notice.</p> <p>I think the root of it is this: I'm kind of always a bit sad when one of my friends is missing from the daily mixture at school. Today one of my friends wasn't there and I distinctly had a sinking feeling in my stomach this morning when I realised that was gonna be the case for the day. It's like, when we're all together at once we have such a good time but if any one person is missing from the mix, we aren't a full group, and to me its a noticeable loss, even if it's just for a day.</p> <p>It kind of feels like there's a little hole somewhere, a friend shaped and unique hole that only the person who isn't there can fill. I realised today that we each bring something different to my group of friends,and that we work well together. We gel great, unlike some groups of 'friends' in the school, because we're honest and don't take things too seriously. You can always have a joke in my group, but be assured that if its needed, serious conversation will be there.</p> <p>You might think I've been posting a lot about my friends as of late, and it's true, I have. But that's because this blog is a reflection of whats going on in my mind, and it just so happens there's been a lot of little things over the past wee while that have really just shown me and made me realise how big a part of my life my friends actually are.<em><strong> </strong></em>Call me soppy, but I really do need them and therefore miss their presence a lot whenever any one of them isn't there.</p> <p>So, moment of the day: Billy Connolly's performance at the Usher Hall this evening kind of blew me away.<br>Question of the day: Favourite comedian/s?</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/22/a-little-friend-shaped-hole-7021263/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-21:/2009/09/21/it-s-all-good-until-you-notice-7013590/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-21T23:12:30+02:002009-09-21T23:12:30+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. Not much to report today. </em></p> <p>I spent the majority of the day in town with some friends, holiday shopping and generally having a good time until my feet started aching.</p> <p>I discovered today that I can endure most things, but when my feet start to ache that's me - I'm in a bad mood. It's fine until you <strong>notice </strong>it, because once you've noticed it you can't not notice it, if you know what I mean? And all because I was trying to prepare myself for walking in heels in Paris.</p> <p>On that note - it's less than four weeks to go, and I probably still don't fit into that dress [if anything, it's even less likely to fit me now. I'm kind of scared to try]. That means its mega excercise for me over the next four weeks, anything to try and slim me down. Swimming, yoga, sit ups, walking, cross trainer,dancing. Everything I can.</p> <p>Wish me luck. Oh also, any reccommendations for excercises that burn fat quickly?</p> <p>Moment of the day: The discussion about noses and elbows on the bus home from town<br>Question of the day: The form of excercise that least irritates you?<br>Day's until Paris: 24?</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x </strong></p> <p><strong>p.s - we're on <span>DAY SEVENTEEN</span><br></strong></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/21/it-s-all-good-until-you-notice-7013590/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-20:/2009/09/20/i-had-the-best-day-with-you-today-7006482/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-20T23:06:59+02:002009-09-20T23:06:59+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm fantastic, but utterly shattered. My 17th Birthday was so enjoyable and I can't even put it into words. Therefore, I'm just gonna list the most memorable bits.... (in no particular order btw, just as they come to me. Comment with any I've forgotten):<br></em></p> <p><strong>1. </strong>All the singing along to various songs<br><strong>2. </strong>Particularly all the Taylor Swift sing a longs<br><strong>3. </strong>The numerous 'performances' me and Jamie done <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"><br><strong>4. </strong>Taking <span>lots </span>of photos<br><strong>5. </strong>Jamie:"Polly put the kettle on my vodka" <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"><br><strong>6. </strong>Hoedown Throwdown (i know haha)<br><strong>7. </strong>Jamie (about to down his drink): "To nicola and ella who are no longer with us" <br><strong>8. </strong>Our wee Jacko memorial/tribute<br><strong>9. </strong>The Way You Make Me Feel......as made famous by Megan and Jamie<br><strong>10. </strong>Thriller....as above.<br><strong>11. </strong>Realising that we're going to see Taylor Swift on a TUESDAY night <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="middle" border="0"><br><strong>12. </strong>The failed attempt to play cards<br><strong>13. </strong>Jamie asking me if I felt like I had to hold back because everyone else was drinking - just to make sure everyone was alright. That made me <strong>LOL.</strong> Since when was that ever the case <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"><br><strong>14. </strong>The walk to Ashton's and back<br><strong>15. </strong>The chats at the end of the night<br><strong>16. </strong>The webcam picture <br><strong>17. </strong>The games me and Jamie played on msn till twenty to six :O<br><strong>18. </strong>The fantastic happy birthday sing song and present I got from my work - they're awesome!<br><strong>19. </strong>Looking through the pictures today and realising how much fun I actually had last night<br><strong>20. </strong>Spending some quality time with mum and going to see Julie & Julia</p> <p>Overall this birthday was fantastic and for definate my favourite one ever. I knew that I didn't have to plan a big 'do just to celebrate my birthday because I knew that if I just got my friends together and put a bit of music on things would turn out interesting. 'Lo and Behold, my amazing friends proved me right and blew my mind with the antics last night/this morning. Love you all <em><strong>x</strong></em></p> <p>Moment of the day:Too many to count....the entirity of last night/this morning<br>Question of the day:Your best Birthday ever and why?</p> <p>Until next time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><em><strong>Megan x</strong></em></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/20/i-had-the-best-day-with-you-today-7006482/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-20:/2009/09/20/happy-birthday-to-me-6999707/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-20T05:40:43+02:002009-09-20T05:40:43+02:00 <p>I just had the best night ever.<br> I intend to bring in my Birthday like this every year from now on.<br> Love you all x </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/20/happy-birthday-to-me-6999707/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-19:/2009/09/19/all-the-young-dudes-6997260/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-19T17:39:57+02:002009-09-19T17:39:57+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm much better, although after waiting a week for my headache to go away (which it did yesterday) I went into work and got hot and dehydrated that I ended up with another one! Just my luck. Aside from that today was a good day. By the way, no particular reason for the title of today's post, I just like the song. <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br></em></p> <p>I feel very loved, and slightly embarrassed after a lovely encounter at work today. When we do birthday parties at Build A Bear we have this bell we ring to get everyone in the shop's attention to sing happy birthday to the birthday person. Well as its my birthday tomorrow my fellow bear builders decided it would be funny to grab me and ring this bell just as I was about to finish, encouraging the whole store to sing happy birthday to me. It was a bit embarrassing at first but once I got over that, it felt really nice.They presented me with a card and gift, which I've not opened yet. Got to love the OT Bear Builders <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> <strong><em>x</em></strong></p> <p>So I'm gonna reflect a little on what the last year has taught me. Basically I think I've matured more over the past year than I have ever before, I've learnt a <strong>lot </strong>about myself and know myself,my opinions and my dreams and fears better than I ever have. I've got a clear path I want to follow for the next few years and I'm content with pretty much every aspect of my life.(Can you tell I'm on a happy today <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0">)</p> <p>I'm posting this now because I don't think I'll get the chance to do it later because I have friends coming to bring in my birthday with me. But anyhoo, I'm feeling happy today.</p> <p>Moment of the day:The happy birthday chorus from my bear building friends at work.<br>Question of the day: What's made <strong>your </strong>day a happy one today?<br>My Answer:See above.</p> <p>Until Next Time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><em><strong>Megan x</strong></em></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/19/all-the-young-dudes-6997260/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-18:/2009/09/19/fresh-6993809/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-19T00:42:15+02:002009-09-19T00:42:15+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm feeling pretty much better, minus still feeling a little bit sick and the occasional sneeze. Today I spent some time getting my head around some stuff and I'm feeling all fresh, so here we go, </em><span><strong>DAY FOURTEEN. </strong></span>.....<em>wow,two weeks of blogging every day alread....</em></p> <p>So firstly and most importantly, I started a fresh with God. It's been kinda quiet between Him and I as of late, and today I was sorting through some old papers and found all my old sermon notes. Looking over them I realised that as of late there's really been something missing in my faith, and coming back and surrendering it all to God again today brought back that feeling that I was missing. So, good stuff on that front.</p> <p>Secondly, I refreshed my room. It was in need of a good gutting out and a scrub down, and so today I decided to rearrange everything and chuck out everything that wasn't needed. It took like four hours, but eventually I got there. It was kind of theraputic, throwing out things that I've kept for ages for comfort, and that I really don't need any more. It made me feel as though I'm free to start collecting memories afresh, instead of harbouring the bad feeling that's built up over the past two and 3/4 years. I love the feeling of having more space - it makes me feel like I can think more and relax more and generally just have more space to breath.</p> <p>Thirdly, I refreshed my attitude to the hair situation. Over the past week its gotten progressively worse up one side of my head, and that pissed me off. But ultimately, I realised today, it's probably not one of those things that's just going to go away. It's going to stick with me and keep testing me so the sooner I come to accept it as a part of who I am, the better. It's a horrible thing that often makes me feel horrible about myself, but I have come to fully realise that it is a part of me, it's not something foreign and outside my contorl. Yes, I can't control how it goes,what comes out or when, but I <strong>can </strong>control how I let it effect me. And I realised today that that's the key word <strong>LET. </strong>If I let it turn me into an unconfident [is that even a word?] shadow of myself, it's won, if I don't,it becomes only something that effects my appearance.And after living with this for almost three years you come to realise that appearances <strong>really </strong>aren't everything.</p> <p>So then, today was a good day. I'm feeling positive and like I'm on the verge of a new chapter. I'm away to watch Watchmen:Tales of the Black Freighter and try and fix the bushyness of my hair so that I don't have to wash it again in the morning. Why do I always sit with a towel on my head for a ridiculously long amount of time before I decide I want to dry it? I never learn.....</p> <p>Moment of the day:The completely calm feeling I had after clearing my head,my heart [spiritually], and my room up.<br>Question of the day: What do you do to calm you down, or make you feel chilled out? <br>My Answer:Clear out old stuff.....I can only do it when a certain mood takes me though.</p> <p>Until Next Time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/19/fresh-6993809/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk,2009-09-17:/2009/09/17/a-little-bit-of-chekhov-6986801/unpolished-diamond-x2009-09-17T22:26:43+02:002009-09-17T22:26:43+02:00 <p><em>Hey all, hope you're well. I'm finally actually starting to feel a bit better - it seems that a bit of fresh air today done me good. </em></p> <p>This afternoon I ventured out to Dundee with my AH drama class to go and see Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". For the course we need to have studied two live productions by particular playwrights and directors in order to write about them, and also to put the director/actor theory we see on stage into practise in our own practical exams. So I couldn't miss it as it was required, even though when I woke up this morning I <strong>really </strong>did not feel like going.</p> <p>Interesting to note is the way the sad and tragic tone that this play adopts, despite the humour and farce it contains. Yes there are sad elements, but I found it overall to be pretty entertaining and so questioned the sad tone a little. I did read though that when Stanislavski directed this he directed it as a tragedy, and that Chekhov was not pleased about this at all due to the comedy it contained. Since then it seems directors have always had to either walk a line or choose between directing it in a tragic or comedic fashion.</p> <p>As my first experience of Chekhov, I found it to be very enjoyable and definately worth seeing if you get a chance.</p> <p>The downsides of today were the severe nausea that running for BOTH trains made me feel, and the lack of water I drank due to the fact that the trolly didn't come around.  But hey,I seem to be able to keep warm for more than ten minutes at a time now - so lets say that the more severe nausea is an improvement?</p> <p>Moment of the day:Getting away with kids tickets on the train by convincing the ticket man we were going to see Alladin <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"><br>Question of the day:Favourite show you've seen in the theatre,and why?<br>My Answer: We Will Rock You.....It's the most electrifying show I've ever seen on stage.</p> <p>Until Next Time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Megan x</strong></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://unpolished-diamond-x.blog.co.uk/2009/09/17/a-little-bit-of-chekhov-6986801/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>