Right so it’s just come to my attention that I only have four weeks of lectures before my second year at university is over. I haven’t worked out quite how this happened, it seems like yesterday I was starting at a fresher, and now I’m nearly two thirds of the way through. Before I know it I’ll be graduating!
Anyway, three and a bit months of summer is gonna be upon me soon and I think rather than spending it working and wasting away the days, I want to accomplish things. Hence, “The List”. This is gonna be a list of 35 things I want to accomplish in 2010, kind of like resolutions, more a “to do” list. Hopefully trying to complete the list will help me conquer my boredom. I’ll keep referring back to it in future blogs as well as coming back to this one to tick of the ones I’ve achieved.
1. Find a new flat for 2010/2011 year.
2. Pass all my exams this year with a 2.1 or higher.
3. Get a new job I actually enjoy.
4. Go on holiday somewhere new.
5. Decorate a room.
6. Sort out my music on my i-pod.
7. Organise my wardrobe/drawers.
8. Complete the Final Fantasy Games VII – XII again (0/6)
9. Eat at a real sushi bar.
10. Eat at a Teppanyaki restaurant.
11. Try a food I’ve never had before.
12. Try a cocktail I’ve never had before.
13. Have a BBQ on the beach.
14. Try and go on a proper date with Jake at least once a month.
15. Start writing letters to the friends and family I never see.
16. Start my own recipe book.
17. Go out and take random pictures around Liverpool.
18. Get re-insured on the car and drive somewhere across the country.
19. Learn a complete dance with all the steps. (Riverside doesn’t count.)
20. Experiment with hair and makeup more often.
21. Get a new tattoo/piercing.
22. Get in touch with someone you used to be close to but who’s become a stranger.
23. Go to a gig where I know all the words.
24. Finish my novel.
25. Keep my diary up to date.
26. Get my eyebrows threaded.
27. Have sex in a public place.
28. Every week put £2 in a pot. Don’t spend the money until there’s something I really want.
29. Keep my room and bathroom tidy.
30. Say yes as much as possible.
31. Stay out all night.
32. Have a pamper day at least once a month.
33. Do something romantic once a week.
34. Go camping.
35. Throw Jake an amazing 21st, make sure he has a great night.
Thursday 25 February 2010
The Flat
So I’ve been looking for a place to live next year. It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be! I wouldn’t say I was particularly a picky person, truth be told as long as it was within walking distance of town and university and had a double bed, I was content. I’m not fussed over having a bath or a garden, anything like that.
I think I’ve found the perfect place though. It’s a little pricier than I’d hoped for, though saying that it’s very luxurious for the price so I can’t complain. A studio apartment; double bed, less than 5 minutes walk from uni. A balcony, with a kick ass view. And plenty of space for people to stay over after nights out. It’s nice and light too, with big panelled windows down the whole front of the living room. A nice place to work.
So, if all goes to plan, this will be my home next year.
I think I’ve found the perfect place though. It’s a little pricier than I’d hoped for, though saying that it’s very luxurious for the price so I can’t complain. A studio apartment; double bed, less than 5 minutes walk from uni. A balcony, with a kick ass view. And plenty of space for people to stay over after nights out. It’s nice and light too, with big panelled windows down the whole front of the living room. A nice place to work.
So, if all goes to plan, this will be my home next year.
Isn't it pretty :)
Wednesday 24 February 2010
My most recent life’s philosophy is that everything happens for a reason. I didn’t used to think that way, I used to think life was a bitch and I was a particularly unlucky individual who suffered the brunt of it.
Then you hear stories. I heard one about a girl, she lived on a remote island in the Pacific somewhere, population 53 or something ridiculously small. She was out surfing one day with her friends as she often did, lying on her surfboard, using her arms hanging over the side to paddle, a shark suddenly came and bit her arm off. Her friends rushed her back to land; bleeding profusely she passed out in their arms assuming she would die. And she would have done. Such a small island lacked medical supplies to save her and different even have a surgeon. Except that on that day, the girl’s father had been scheduled to get knee surgery. A surgeon had flown out from the mainland, as well as supplies of blood, matched to the father’s blood type, and his daughters. She came in, took his place on the table and survived. Without a surgeon and the replacement blood, the exact type she would need, she would have died. Is this all just one massive coincidence? Or did everything happen for a reason.
I try and think about my life this way too. I met Jake nearly three years ago because we had mutual friends. Now if I hadn’t been friends with that group of girls, I would never have been introduced to Jake and his friends. However, Jake’s friend Karl lived in my block of flats last year. I hung out with his flatmates on quite a regular basis so I would have got to know Karl that way. Then no doubt at his birthday or even just on a night when he invited his friends down, I would have met Jake. People don’t just come into our lives out of sheer random coincidence. We meet the people we meet, and if doesn’t happen one way, it’ll happen another.
Have you ever made a new friend, then looked on their facebook or something and found out you’ve got mutual friends? Ever invited a random friend to a party only to find he/she knows someone else there.
Its things like that that make me believe life doesn’t just happen, things are meant to happen. I’m not saying we have no control because we do. I chose to be friends with that group of people. Had I not chose that, I wouldn’t have met Jake til later. No matter what road you take though, if something’s meant to happen then I think you’ll meet it on both paths, at some point or another.
Then you hear stories. I heard one about a girl, she lived on a remote island in the Pacific somewhere, population 53 or something ridiculously small. She was out surfing one day with her friends as she often did, lying on her surfboard, using her arms hanging over the side to paddle, a shark suddenly came and bit her arm off. Her friends rushed her back to land; bleeding profusely she passed out in their arms assuming she would die. And she would have done. Such a small island lacked medical supplies to save her and different even have a surgeon. Except that on that day, the girl’s father had been scheduled to get knee surgery. A surgeon had flown out from the mainland, as well as supplies of blood, matched to the father’s blood type, and his daughters. She came in, took his place on the table and survived. Without a surgeon and the replacement blood, the exact type she would need, she would have died. Is this all just one massive coincidence? Or did everything happen for a reason.
I try and think about my life this way too. I met Jake nearly three years ago because we had mutual friends. Now if I hadn’t been friends with that group of girls, I would never have been introduced to Jake and his friends. However, Jake’s friend Karl lived in my block of flats last year. I hung out with his flatmates on quite a regular basis so I would have got to know Karl that way. Then no doubt at his birthday or even just on a night when he invited his friends down, I would have met Jake. People don’t just come into our lives out of sheer random coincidence. We meet the people we meet, and if doesn’t happen one way, it’ll happen another.
Have you ever made a new friend, then looked on their facebook or something and found out you’ve got mutual friends? Ever invited a random friend to a party only to find he/she knows someone else there.
Its things like that that make me believe life doesn’t just happen, things are meant to happen. I’m not saying we have no control because we do. I chose to be friends with that group of people. Had I not chose that, I wouldn’t have met Jake til later. No matter what road you take though, if something’s meant to happen then I think you’ll meet it on both paths, at some point or another.
Monday 22 February 2010
Start a brand new story...
Okay I've decided to make a new blog since I was reading my old one and I only right about the bad things. Its a pure diary of depression. I don't want that to be my life; I don't want people to think that's my life. So.. new blog, fresh start - happy things.
Most reading this are probably going to find this first blog boring cus its going to be about me and well if you care enough to read my blog, you probably already know about me but then sometimes you find your friends suddenly spring things on you; "You've been dating who? You're working there? When did this happen?" Then you wonder how you've missed this information but you don't want to ask your friend for clarification and seem like a shit friend because you should already know - right? We've all been there so I'm saving you all the trouble by telling you this now :)
Sally Elizabeth Genevieve Davies. Ok no-one in their right mind calls me by my full name, its mostly just Sally or Sal. I used to hate Sal but its actually grown on me now, I like being called it without having to ask though. If people close to me call me Sal I guess its a sign of affection from them, they feel comfortable with it - and that makes me happy.
AGE
19, nearly 20. I'm quite looking forward to being 20, it'll be scary to leave the teens but at the same time theres something so adult about 20. I guess its kind of empowering.
LOCATION
Born and raised in Liverpool, England. I lived with my parents up til the age of 18 in Crosby and have since moved out into my own flat; student accomadation called Atlantic Point in Liverpool City Centre. Though next year I'm looking to get my own studio apartment somewhere in the city centre, we'll see how it goes.
OCCUPATION
As you might have guessed from the accomadation, I am first and foremost a student. I'm studying for a BSc (Hons) Degree in Psychology and Biology. I don't have a job at the moment I earn most of my money selling bits and pieces on ebay. Occasionally I do the odd bit of modelling if times are desperate. The past summer I worked for BUPA as a Carer to people with mental illnesses. It was incredibly demanding, both physically and emotionally, but I also enjoyed it. Especially if patients improved. There's a massive sense of satisfaction if you can come home from work and know you've made a difference in someones life. It also helped to reaffirm that being a Counselling Psychologist is what I want to do when I leave uni.
PARTNER
Mr Jake McCreith. We've been going out nearly two years now, sometimes I still have to fight to actually believe it. Our story was by no means a love at first site. We met, we were friends, we kissed a few times, we fell out, we were enemies, then summer 2008 we came together again and it just seemed right. He's not just the man I love, he's my best friend. I go to him for everything, to make me laugh, to wipe away the tears.
I love spending time with him, whether its curled up on the couch watching a movie or just lying in bed. He's the only person I can be completely myself with. We've been through so much together in the past that I don't think the future can bring anything we can't conquer.
I love him :)
KIDS
None. I do want them someday but right now I enjoy socialising too much.
FAMILY
Well two parents, still together. My dad's a photographer, my mum's a midwife. She's from Dublin so that's were the majority of my family still are; my family's not massive though really anyway, whether here in Liverpool or over in Dublin. I have one brother Tim, he's three years older and graduated last year and is now working for Rolls Royce. It makes me feel old knowing he's not a student anymore. Makes me feel older knowing in a year and a half, neither am I.
PETS
Jake and I have two bunnies together. It kind of started with him nicknaming me Bunny, early on in the relationship I'd get cuddly toy bunnies, chocolate bunnies... then one day I got two real fluffy bunnies. Simba and Storm. Simba's the big white fluffy one and Storm's the little grey one.
FRIENDS
Well as I mentioned, I consider Jake my best friend. I don't think you can be that close to someone and not call them your best friend really. On top of him though there's plenty more.
Katie would probably be my best friend next to Jake, we've been friends since day one of reception when we both had the same lunchbox, The Lion King ones (hers was blue, mine was orange). We went to different high schools and different universities so we're not as close as we used to be but nevertheless I still consider her as a best friend and I think its a testament to our friendship that we can remain such close friends without hardly seeing each other.
Then there's my flatmates; Paul, Charlotte and Conor. They're pretty much the ideal flatmates and we get on really well. In a way we're all quite different but then at the same time click on so many levels. Times can be hysterical whether were out or just goofing around in the flat. We haven't even really known each other that long but I'm so glad I got to know them because I really love them they're such good friends. To consider them so highly in such a short space of time has to say something.
Then coursemates. Being a small course; there's only 18 of us, we all get on with each other. I'm closer to some more than others of course; Kim, Christina, Saira, Lee (sorry if I've missed anyone) but its good, we all share the same lack of enthusiasm for most of the topics so spend the lecture chatting about irrelvant things or, my personal favourite alternative, down in the pub.
People from Crosby, well in terms of high school friends its only really a very small handful I still speak to, Liz, Luce and Joe. That's it really. And even then we don't see each other half as much as I'd like. I fell out with everyone else I was close to in high school, but I've long since moved on and it didn't take me long to realise I was better without them. Mostly I hang out with Jake's friends and their respective girlfriends when I'm not at uni, most of them are really nice anyway and we all get on.
ABOUT ME
I don't know how to describe myself. I'm not a girly girl who worships all things pink, but I'm not a tomboy either. I think I'm a nice balance. I love dresses, I'm actually a little addicted my wardrobe is full of dresses, mainly from Jane Norman. I love shoes too, and shopping, and chick flicks. But then I also love action films and computer games and in reality I'm a massive geek.
Personality wise I'd say I am a nice person, I go out of my way to help people whether they're my best friend or someone I only just met. I'm quite shy and really only open up once you get to know me though. I don't like confrontation so try to be agreeable but that's not to say I don't stand up for myself or things I really believe in. I hate injustice. I'm also, unfortunately, a worrier. If it can be worried about it will be worried about. I'm trying to work on this problem since it'll probably leave me with massively high blood pressure. Oh and on that topic, I'm unlucky with health. I break... easily. Don't tell me to drink milk, I do. I could drain a whole farm of cows and I'd still snap doing something retarded. Just wrap me up in bubble wrap :)
.... and for now that's it. I shall try to update this as frequently as possible. Thanks for reading.
Most reading this are probably going to find this first blog boring cus its going to be about me and well if you care enough to read my blog, you probably already know about me but then sometimes you find your friends suddenly spring things on you; "You've been dating who? You're working there? When did this happen?" Then you wonder how you've missed this information but you don't want to ask your friend for clarification and seem like a shit friend because you should already know - right? We've all been there so I'm saving you all the trouble by telling you this now :)
This is one of the most recent pics of me. I like to dye my hair frequently, I've been everything from bleach blonde, jet black, pillar box red. But I'm sticking with brown for a while ... adding the occasional streak here and there, because you know, I can't be too boring.
I may decide to cut it short soon. At first I thought I wouldn't have the balls - what if I chop it off and I hate it? But then I figured, its hair, it grows back. There's no use regretting something that will fix itself.
NAMESally Elizabeth Genevieve Davies. Ok no-one in their right mind calls me by my full name, its mostly just Sally or Sal. I used to hate Sal but its actually grown on me now, I like being called it without having to ask though. If people close to me call me Sal I guess its a sign of affection from them, they feel comfortable with it - and that makes me happy.
AGE
19, nearly 20. I'm quite looking forward to being 20, it'll be scary to leave the teens but at the same time theres something so adult about 20. I guess its kind of empowering.
LOCATION
Born and raised in Liverpool, England. I lived with my parents up til the age of 18 in Crosby and have since moved out into my own flat; student accomadation called Atlantic Point in Liverpool City Centre. Though next year I'm looking to get my own studio apartment somewhere in the city centre, we'll see how it goes.
OCCUPATION
As you might have guessed from the accomadation, I am first and foremost a student. I'm studying for a BSc (Hons) Degree in Psychology and Biology. I don't have a job at the moment I earn most of my money selling bits and pieces on ebay. Occasionally I do the odd bit of modelling if times are desperate. The past summer I worked for BUPA as a Carer to people with mental illnesses. It was incredibly demanding, both physically and emotionally, but I also enjoyed it. Especially if patients improved. There's a massive sense of satisfaction if you can come home from work and know you've made a difference in someones life. It also helped to reaffirm that being a Counselling Psychologist is what I want to do when I leave uni.
PARTNER
Mr Jake McCreith. We've been going out nearly two years now, sometimes I still have to fight to actually believe it. Our story was by no means a love at first site. We met, we were friends, we kissed a few times, we fell out, we were enemies, then summer 2008 we came together again and it just seemed right. He's not just the man I love, he's my best friend. I go to him for everything, to make me laugh, to wipe away the tears.I love spending time with him, whether its curled up on the couch watching a movie or just lying in bed. He's the only person I can be completely myself with. We've been through so much together in the past that I don't think the future can bring anything we can't conquer.
I love him :)
KIDS
None. I do want them someday but right now I enjoy socialising too much.
FAMILY
Well two parents, still together. My dad's a photographer, my mum's a midwife. She's from Dublin so that's were the majority of my family still are; my family's not massive though really anyway, whether here in Liverpool or over in Dublin. I have one brother Tim, he's three years older and graduated last year and is now working for Rolls Royce. It makes me feel old knowing he's not a student anymore. Makes me feel older knowing in a year and a half, neither am I.
PETS
Jake and I have two bunnies together. It kind of started with him nicknaming me Bunny, early on in the relationship I'd get cuddly toy bunnies, chocolate bunnies... then one day I got two real fluffy bunnies. Simba and Storm. Simba's the big white fluffy one and Storm's the little grey one.
FRIENDS
Well as I mentioned, I consider Jake my best friend. I don't think you can be that close to someone and not call them your best friend really. On top of him though there's plenty more.
Katie would probably be my best friend next to Jake, we've been friends since day one of reception when we both had the same lunchbox, The Lion King ones (hers was blue, mine was orange). We went to different high schools and different universities so we're not as close as we used to be but nevertheless I still consider her as a best friend and I think its a testament to our friendship that we can remain such close friends without hardly seeing each other.
Then there's my flatmates; Paul, Charlotte and Conor. They're pretty much the ideal flatmates and we get on really well. In a way we're all quite different but then at the same time click on so many levels. Times can be hysterical whether were out or just goofing around in the flat. We haven't even really known each other that long but I'm so glad I got to know them because I really love them they're such good friends. To consider them so highly in such a short space of time has to say something.
Then coursemates. Being a small course; there's only 18 of us, we all get on with each other. I'm closer to some more than others of course; Kim, Christina, Saira, Lee (sorry if I've missed anyone) but its good, we all share the same lack of enthusiasm for most of the topics so spend the lecture chatting about irrelvant things or, my personal favourite alternative, down in the pub.
People from Crosby, well in terms of high school friends its only really a very small handful I still speak to, Liz, Luce and Joe. That's it really. And even then we don't see each other half as much as I'd like. I fell out with everyone else I was close to in high school, but I've long since moved on and it didn't take me long to realise I was better without them. Mostly I hang out with Jake's friends and their respective girlfriends when I'm not at uni, most of them are really nice anyway and we all get on.
ABOUT ME
I don't know how to describe myself. I'm not a girly girl who worships all things pink, but I'm not a tomboy either. I think I'm a nice balance. I love dresses, I'm actually a little addicted my wardrobe is full of dresses, mainly from Jane Norman. I love shoes too, and shopping, and chick flicks. But then I also love action films and computer games and in reality I'm a massive geek.
Personality wise I'd say I am a nice person, I go out of my way to help people whether they're my best friend or someone I only just met. I'm quite shy and really only open up once you get to know me though. I don't like confrontation so try to be agreeable but that's not to say I don't stand up for myself or things I really believe in. I hate injustice. I'm also, unfortunately, a worrier. If it can be worried about it will be worried about. I'm trying to work on this problem since it'll probably leave me with massively high blood pressure. Oh and on that topic, I'm unlucky with health. I break... easily. Don't tell me to drink milk, I do. I could drain a whole farm of cows and I'd still snap doing something retarded. Just wrap me up in bubble wrap :)
.... and for now that's it. I shall try to update this as frequently as possible. Thanks for reading.
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