A night out with Shona - 15/1/2011

Shona and me have been friends ever since i started Tae Kwon Doe (which is a type of martial arts) about 6 or 7 years ago. We have hurt each other, given each other black eyes and bruises, made each other cry and made each other laugh, we are pretty damn close! Which is why she is my Wife on facebook.... not that people should be going round doing that to there Wifes :) 

Shona only turned 18 2 months or so ago, and as i am up in Derbyland at uni haven't been able to go out clubbing with her, nor was i able to celebrate her birthday, so we decided that Saturday 15th would be the night we would party :) 

Got my stuff together and went over to Shona's to get ready, which first we had to decided what she was wearing as she had not decided, she had the choices of a dress which i really liked, but when she put it on and twirled her bum looked MASSIVE! which is odd, because her bum is not that big, but that dress was some evil make your bum look massive kind of dress, so that was a no, no. Then the other choice was in Shona's words "a catsuit" but was actually just an all in one piece, black with buttons down the front. Which i said she should wear, as 1) she looked good in it and 2) I was wearing a black with black and gold shorts all in one. :)

After about two hours of getting ready we headed out.
Never actually been out on a Saturday night in Milton Keynes, and i must say its different.
We got into Lloylds, and got a drink, in which some random guy in a red hoody kept trying to speak to me and i was a bit like errr go away :) and then some other random guy who asked if i could take a picture of him and his friend, and then asked if i could have a picture with him.... which i now realise some random guy has a picture of me and him somewhere out there.... bit of an odd thought...  Not long after that me and Shona were dancing away, when some random guy came up to us saying he had lost his friend, and if he could stay with us for a while, so we said ummm i guess so... then all of a sudden he suggested that i would look like one of those "gorgeous" American girls if i just whipped my glasses off and whished my hair about, which made me LOL, then thankfully his friend came back, so me and Shona was able to dicta him!!! Then after all this randomness found Bekah, as well as the others, so stuck with them for a while, in which out of no where Shona knocked off with some guy... so i was a bit like okayy then... carried on partying with the others, dancing, laughing and drinking was good fun :D

So the night pressed on made some new friends, but Bekah and that group went off home as they were feeling ill, and then the other group went off as they felt ill also. So it was just me and Shona, in which she knocked of with 3 other guys, left me standing basically by myself... which was okayy i guess, until random people started talking to me... so glad i found an old friend Reece, who spoke to for a while.. and then was left again. As well as this whilst being on my own a Polish man came over to me saying that his wife had sent him over to speak to me... in which i was a bit like ummmm alright.... yes? and then his wife came over, and they asked if i wanted to come back to there house... in which i was like Shona we are leaving! 

So got a taxi home, dropped Shona off, and then asked the taxi driver to drive me home and gave him the address, in which i was so glad i was not off my head, as he had no idea how to get there and basically had to show him the whole way, which i would not have a hell in chance if i was drunk. When i got home, my Dad had left the keys under the place where he usually does, as i had forgotten my keys, however he thought it would be clever to bury the keys, so i had to dig them out, and whilst doing that dislocated my shoulder out and back in. Resulting in quite alot of pain. 

To summarise the night. It was actually better than im making it sound, but by the time everyone had left, it got a bit boring and dry :) and i know Shona had a good night ;) 

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JOS = "I need it in my liffffffeeeee" :')

"Nessa can i get in your pants" Is the line that made me think "Crap, Jos is getting all weird with me.." but no he was being Jos and actually meant.... well basically what the picture is showing :) And that is one reason why i love him (in a brotherly/friendly way) :)


When i first met Jos, he was ill, and didn't really speak to me, so i didn't think he liked me, but then as he got better, some how, (thinking about it now, i am not sure how it happened) we just started speaking loads, hanging out, having legendary B&M sessions with Pims, and ice-cream :)


I cant wait till next year when we will be living together (also with Dan and maybe Ben if he don't go home!!) Its going to be so much fun, just chilling out every evening, because at the  moment in order to chill with Jos, i have to travel across a car pack and up a few flight of stairs, and then down a long corridor... to finally find him!! <3


So lets continue on with; Ten things about Jos:
1)He comes from Stoke (but the posher side)
2)He is a twin!! (His twin, Barney, is pretty cool too, and is with Sophie, who is crazy <3 her)
3)He is a fashion student, which is damn right cool, even though when he told me i was like "crap, all your going to talk about is clothes" but actually its nothing like that, and if i am having outfit issues he is on hand :)
4)He has Ben10 bedsheets, because he is cool like that :')
5)He lives in the legendary flat 10C <3
6)His family, without me even knowing own some bike company in Stoke on Trent and are pretty big, if your a biker check it out.. http://www.swinnertoncycles.co.uk/
7)He is extremely tall, and makes me look smaller than usual, but i don't care, because i always see myself as tall as him :P (Y)
8)He knows how to move on the pole :)
9)He drives a silver car :D ROAD TRIP!!!
10)He don't like to admit it, but he is an amazing drawer.... like seriously AMAZING!!


After just those ten points, Jos is obviously someone you neeed in your lifeeeeeee :D


But just in case its not enough for people; Ten things i like.... no scrap that.... love about Jos:


1)When ever i need someone to talk to about anything, if i am at uni or not, he is there, and he don't judge me!
2)He gives out extremely good advice <3
3)He does not mind if i just come over and sit in his room when he is doing work :)
4)He ALWAYS makes me laugh, in which there is only one other person that can do that! A very rare find!
5)He gives good hugs :)
6)Juicebox ;) (just had to put that one in there, for a one on one joke)
7)The crazy adventures we have, with going out for a quiet drink at a pub and then going out in town, and road trip to ASDA!
8)His sense of fashion is right up my street, and can sit for hours on the internet looking at clothes, shoes and accessories and wanting it in our lifeeeeees :P
9)He has a way of getting people out partying with THE BROOM!!!
10)He is one of the funniest, craziest, caring and damn right good guy


:) Even though i have only known him for about less than four months, i class him as someone i can go and speak to if i ever need someone. Jos is kind of like an older brother, in which can go and party with, but know that he will be there to look out for me, and give me good advice, and i will always be there to listen and help him also. Im glad that i have Jos as a friend, 
LOVE YOU JOS :)


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9/1/2011

Was rudely awoken by the father, barging into my room in his loudest voice "Aren't you suppose to be meeting Amanda today?" .... well good morning to you to... Jeez.
After that it was impossible to fall back to sleep, so got up and got dressed, in which i put on my new Exit Avenue t-shirt, and a pair of leggings, though they were a tad see through, so i went downstairs to get a second pair to wear.... however i did not realise my mum's friend was round with her husband and daughter... so was a bit like oh excuse me flaunting around the house with my underwear on show! Ran got pair of leggings from the radiator and ran back upstairs to change into them. Then had to wait until they left before asking my mum for a lift to the city to meet my auntie. In which if you have read my previous post, time with my family is not dull! and this was no exception!
As me and my auntie live on the opposite ends of the city, she is on "John Lewis" and i am on "Debenhams", we decided to just walk through the city and meet half way. So i called her up to see where she was near, in which she said "Next" so that's where i headed... however i walked all the way to Next and didn't see her.. so called her back up in which she told me she has nearly fallen over and keeps slipping in her shoes... and we had obviously walked past each other... so i told her to stay where she was and i would come to her. In which i finally found her. In which she said "We need to go to a shoe shop, i cant walk in the city in these heels" so we went to the nearest shoe shop, and went in, but there was no shoes that she liked, and before she put her shoes back on i suggested that she try on mine, in which they fitted, so i tried hers on and they fitted, so she wore my flat boots and i wore her heels. So we had walked into a shoe shop and just swapped shoes! Which i think the people who worked there thought we were a tad strange (Y)
But we continued on our shopping trip, which was fun :) and got some DVD's and jeans :D
Then after that we had to walk to our Grandad's in which i made sure we changed shoes, because i was not walking all that way in heels! Which made me laugh as my auntie started to complain that her legs were cold now, and then when i started to put my gloves on she got a bit jealous and wanted gloves too, as it was FREEEEZING!! finally after alot of moaning we got there. and saw family. Especially baby William, who has got soooo big!! but his sooo cute and cuddly! Love him loads :) <3

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Gig at the Craufurd Arms 8/1/2011

Have not been to a gig in MK since i would have to say prodigy, and not been to a local gig for a while, so when saw that the AMAZING Exit Avenue where playing, and that i would still be in town i had to go!! The goober called Chanita, mentioned a few days ago that she wanted to go to a gig, so i asked her if she wanted to come and she agreed! 

Went online to get tickets, which they were suppose to be £5 each advance, and £7 on the door, so going online and getting them was cheaper obviously... well online they charged a booking fee of a £1 so in the end it was only really £1 cheaper! :/ Wasn't that impressed but hey it was Exit Avenue so it was well worth it (Y)

Went and picked Chanita up at 7, and drove to Craufurd.. which we arrived a bit early.. but we soon bumped into old friends such as Dean and Lucas, and went into the bar and got drinks, which are now damn expensive!! After we sat down met more old friends such as Nick, and then embarrassingly saw old art teacher from secondary school, who lets say, saw in a very different light. Teachers are always more amusing when there drunk!

So the first band....:

Shadow Factory i think they were called.

They weren't that amazing, the structure of there songs need working on, but they were okay, and looked like fun, however Chanita noticed that the drummer sat with a very very straight back which made him look funny when he was drumming.

After the first band, we went back to the bar to get some more drinks, in which Chanita tryed her first ever strongbow bless her :) and i saw a very close old friend who was working the bar which was pretty trippy. 

Second band.....:

Wearewolf, when they first started were EPIC! mainly because the lighting was amazing, and the guitarist had some damn right cool lights on his left hand which looked amazing when he was playing. However there epicness was ruined when the sound was poorly balanced, and the band had no stage awareness and was bumping into each other as they bounced around the stage. Though they were pretty damn epic at the start. (Y)

After the second band me and Chanita took the journey to the toilet, which really did smell BAD!!! but the nicer ones were out of order so had to use the smelly ones... in which Chanita described her toilet as smelling like the seaside with the snails... dunno what seaside she has been to! LOL Whilst the third band was setting up and doing sound check, the smoke machine was tested, in which me and Chanita saw this random guy attempting to blow the smoke away from him, which was funny if you were there. Just some random guy standing at the front freaking out about the smoke and trying to blow it away from him!!! 

Third band.....:

Midgar!! Were amazing! :) Even though it made me laugh as they were all on stage for sound check, then they all put there instruments down walked off the stage, stood at the side and then came back on, took there instruments and started playing... didn't really see the point in it. But they were the best band compared to the other two, the structure of there songs were amazing, had good sound, good lighting, vocalist was nice ;) (Y) They were very good!!

Next on was Exit Avenue!!! The band i had come to see!! :D and when they came on OMG they were AMAZING!!!! <3 

Whilst there epicness was playing away, me and Chanita were laughing un-controllably at this girl who was dancing... well more like twisting... but was funny! As well as that the mosh pit which happened behind us (as we were at the front) in which Chanita had never experienced in her life, and i gave her the advice to  just push back, but instead she decided to just fall into me, in which if she was a random person i would have pushed her right back into it all, but as she had the worried look on her face i let her slam me into the stage and onto the speaker (Y) Ouch! All good fun :D  

Then after the gig i finally got my Exit Avenue t-shirt from bass player Mitch and a nice hug from him too :D

Drove Chanita home and then got home and just slept :) 

Forgot to mention, mine and Chanita's ears are now ruined so goodbye music career, and the way everything was miced up really did annoying me :) 

Must say miss going to gigs and just chilling :) 

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Night out 6/1/2011

First night out in MK since being back from Uni. 
6.00pm Planned on getting ready at Chanita's house so then her mum could drop us off up town. So went off to ASDA to get some alcohol for pre-drinks and then went to Chanita's. In which we poured some drinks, had a quick catch up and turned on the tuuunes!! In which Chanita has the MOST random taste in music EVER! Had some G-tunes on which we went back to our old ways of dancing in her room like idiots, and booty shaking it and popping it... and then a few songs later... Swan Lake came on... which i looked at Chanita and she looked at me and was like errrr lets skip that shall we! So after an hour or so of dancing around and singing we decided we should start getting ready! 
Make up and hair was the first to be done... then nails... then outfit! BANG after an hour or so pretty much ready... We then decided to take some pictures, however Chanita's webcam didnt have a timer so had to do full body shots alone.... :)

So us! :)

Now pose with a prop

Posing with a prop

After all of this, Bekah arrived and we were set and ready to head off to PARTAY! We got to Oceana, got drinks and begun! In which Chanita did her first ever tequila shot, which made me chuckle as she was pretty gone after that!! As well as that Chanita had to wear my roll up shoes as her feet were killing her massive big heels! though Chanita has feet that are 2x bigger than mine, but she managed to squeeze in :) Then near the end of the night, we decided to go Groove... for reasons im not going to mention on this blog.! 

At Groove we were dancing all innocently and then some man started dragging us up on to this stage thing... which we were a bit like errrr.. Bekah escaped but the man went over to her, so in my drunk state i said to Chanita "lets just stand here behind these people we are safer here" Then some random old man started saying something to Chanita and laughing, which was creepy, and then this guy who was standing next to the DJ man, started staring at me and pointing and then came over to me and asked if i wanted a drink, which was when me and Chanita moved somewhere else, but he came down onto the dance floor and started dancing near us and jumping up and down, which was strange yet funny!! Then we saw some random odd couple, a girl who looked like a boy who was really really small, dancing with a tall decent looking boy, which was weird... and then he gave Chanita the eye... but it was too late after that weird move! lol


3.30am end of the night, called a taxi and went home, me, Chanita, Bekah and Adam who we found at Groove. Got into the taxi and went to Eaglestone first to drop Chanita and Adam off as they lived next door and then went to Bekahs to drop her off and then drove to Oldbrook to drop me off... in which i was left with the creepy taxi man, who was telling me that he sometimes goes to car parks, locks the doors and sleeps... which i was a bit like errrr.... Then he had listened to our conversation about Chanita having to get up at half 6 for 6form and he was saying that she might not sleep, if she is going home with that boy, they might put a film on and uno... and i was like ERRRRR NO.... there not together... they just live next to each other... Was so glad to get out of that taxi!!


When i got home though i craved some cheesy chips sooo much! I felt as though i was a druggie who had gone cold turkey!! so the next morning, i attempted to make some, though they weren't as good as the usual ones, they had to do and satisfied my cravings enough! 


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The dramatic day out with the family 3/1/2011

Time with with my family is never dull.
Going out for lunch with my mum, nan and auntie. Turn up and order food, my auntie goes to get a table and then after i told my mum what i wanted i went to get sauces and cutlery and went to sit with my auntie... in which when i got to the table she had also took a load of sauces as well, so our table ended up looking like this...

A load of vinegar, a load of ketchup and salad cream... me and my auntie attempted to hide it all with our drinks, but it didn't quite work as the waitress face when she brought over the hot drinks was in amazement. In which we then saw her re-stock the sauces. Then the food came, though my nan's and aunties food took a little bit longer, in which when it did come, my auntie had ordered salad with hers... however there was no salad, so she complained to the waitress, in which the waitress seemed a bit narked about, as we were sitting far far away from where the food gets brought out from, even though there were many tables we could have choose from. So five minutes later she came back out with a MASSIVE plate of salad!! In which in the end my auntie only ate the cucumbers from it, and made me eat the rest of it, with the help of the tons of salad cream we had stocked up on (Y)
However that was not all... all of a sudden my nan started choking on something, which made a tad of a scene with nearly knocking over the table of food, in which me and my auntie both at same time had just taken a sip of our drink, and as the table was knocked went to laugh in which we both started choking as well, and then as i turned to try and get out of my chair i smashed my head into the wall next to me, which made my nan and auntie laugh more causing them to choke more... while all this was happening, the cafe we were in was quiet  except our coughing and laughing and my mum was just sitting there laughing. (Y) After the coughing incident my nan went to the loo, and as she came back she was telling us about this couple who were in her way and as she passed them made a comment or somewhat.. then my auntie started to bitch about them, in which my nan looked at her and went "SHHHHHH" and then whispered "that's them over there" and they had been sitting behind us and had heard my auntie bitching about them! (Good one Mand :P) LOL

After our dramatic lunch, I went and hung out with my auntie, in which we looked at very very old embarrassing pictures, in which i am going to say, i looked like a complete TROLL!! and not being vain and all but im sooooo glad i don't look like that anymore!! Seriously, it looked like i wore a tent as clothing!! Shame on my mum for letting me look like that! LOL
Then we decided to take photos and hope that in 10years time we don't look back on them and start crying with laughter because of how bad we looked!! As well as that, i showed my auntie a site in where i edit my pictures, which we had fun with....

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Summary of 2010 and Hopes for 2011 anyone?

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011


Summary of 2010

January 2010 - 
Not much really occurred within this month.. was mainly just exams, and year 12 re-takes... So im going to skip January as a summary because from as much as i can remember nothing happened!! :) Moving on...


February 2010 -
This month  was actually pretty good. Joined the gym with Chanita, and Angela. Which proved that i actually enjoy working out, especially when after being able to relax in the sauna or steam room. As well as the laughs had when there, especially with Chanita when we added some new workouts to our pretty intense routine, and then showing Angela them. Oh and how can i not forgot the Abs Attack class that me and Chanita were talked into going, which lets say i have not laughed so much in my whole life, my abs hurt so much the next day!! Miss the treadmills, the cross trainer, the bikes and the weights that killed but was gooood!! Good times!! As well as that the start of many crazy parties begun.. 


March 2010 - 
Hmmmm... March... in 2010... was mainly full of messing around in sixth form, having laughs, walking round city with mainly Chanita, and Gym. Oh and i also got my first ever job working at Clinton Cards, which gave me something to do, even though i bunked off sixth form a bit to go in and do shifts, but it was worth it :) Was not a bad month, but yeah not much interesting happened. Just alot of laughs :) 


April 2010 - 
Was the same as March... Except within April, went on an amazing residential with Youth Cabinet, even though in the room i was staying in with Jess and Sally, there were scary massive pregnant spiders, it was still fun :) With the footballers to check out at lunch ;) But yeah April 2010... it had a few minor bumps and downs, but it was still good :)


May 2010 - 
Was the start of exams! Even though i only had one re-take (AS Music Technology) in May, in which me Chanita and Chloe, revised like MAD before the exam, and still remember Mikey trying to help us by singing Bon Jovi - livin on a prayer. And the old examiner woman falling asleep in the exam room = LOL 
If i can remember as well, it was lush weather in May :) Which was a plus, was a stressful month with revising for exams to come and having an exam.


June 2010 -  
June was a month of stress!!! had so many exams to revise for, coursework to get in, and my A2 Music Technology exam coming up, as well as my sisters 15th. The only good thing about June was the weather was amazing, was sunny yet had a breeze as well as the end of sixth form, :D


July 2010 - 
Was a taster of what was about to come! The weather was amazing, Chilled out most days, saw friends nearly every day, the world cup was on, which meant parties, had my black tag grading which i passed :D and Prodigy gig, which even though i got so bruised from all the mosh pits i randomly ended up in, stinking like beer and passing out due to heat and getting smacked over the head by a bottle and missing the start of prodigy (Sorry Luke :P) it was the BEST GIG EVER!!!! 


August 2010 - 
The start to a new world!! Turned 18 AT LAST!!! Watched everyone else turn 18, and turning down invites to go out clubbing, that i finally was able to go out and PARTY!! My 18th was incredible and love all my friends and family who made it so amazing, on my actual birthday (7th) had a garden party, in which the garage was decorated with lights, banners and pictures of me as a baby, BBQ was burning away and the sun was shinning, ring of fire was played, and hide and seek in the dark and drunk was crazy :) Then the next day went to TGI's and clubbing which OMG... WOW is all i have to say, met people who i used to know and became the group i went out with :) As well as that happening in August, also went to London with Chanita and Ryan which was a long day but was fun :) Then results day.... THE MOST STRESSFUL DAY EVER!!! woke up at 6am, got onto UCAS, and there i sat for 3 hours constantly refreshing the page and waiting to see if i had got into Uni.... then at about 8.30ish... there it was... "You have been accepted into the University of Derby" I literally RAN down the stairs i exclaimed in excitement to my mum "I DID IT! I DID IT!! I GOT IN!!!!!" Then at 10am went into Sixth form with Chanita to pick up results... in which was not what i expected.... Me and Chanita both looked at each other and laughed then started to cry.... Had done sooooo SHIT!!! I was so confused on how i had got into Uni, as i did not have the requirements that they had wanted.... I rung my mum up to tell her and she came to see me, we then spoke to the head of the sixth form, who really annoyed me, kept on congratulating me for all the work i had done in youth cabinet, etc... and was not focussing on the main point until i looked at him and was like "You are not listing to me! What am i suppose to do?" Thats when he saw i was not messing around, he looked at the results and said that he "did not understand how i got how i got, considering my predicted grades" and in his words "outstanding reference" He then mentioned, "maybe they have made a mistake, i mean you could stay on and re-take, ignore it and go off to the uni, or call them up, but bear in the mind, if they have made a mistake, they may reject you" It was a risk i had to consider, go off to Uni in hope that it was not a mistake, or call them up and ask them... I decided the only way i would feel secure (which if you don't know me, feeling secure is a BIG thing i have to feel) So i rang UCAS first... explaining my situation and asking if it has happened before, they said they had not heard of my situation before... and said to ring the Uni. So i did... It took me half an hour to get through... and when i did i felt so sick, i kept playing the conversation in my head... I explained to them, that i have got a place at the Uni, but i had reached no where the requirements they wanted, and had they made a mistake... It was silent... the woman on the other end, asked for my name, i felt like hanging up, i didnt wanna know, but i said my name, and she put me on hold, those few mins felt like years had passed... She came back... this was it... she said the University was well aware of my grades, and that they too were confused on how i had achieved so low, but i had definitely got a place, as they had looked back onto my GCSE's, my predicted grades, my Reference and Personal Statement, and accepted me on those terms. I thought reading that i had been accepted was the best feeling ever, but that, was the best feeling i had felt. To think exams i had done 3-4 years ago, a reference and a personal statement got me into Uni. I went home and had a BIG glass of Champagne. That night i went out clubbing and got very, very, very DRUNK!!! and stayed out until 6am thanks to Bethany :P And as soon as Chanita finally turned 18 everything was going so well :)
August a month of partying!!! and meeting old new friends, such as Sean, Charlie, Bethany and Roberto. (Y)


September 2010 - 
Well September was the month were clubbing picked up, and partied as much as i could, saw as many friends as i could. Then on the 19th of September everything i started i left, and moved to Derby. I had only turned 18 4 weeks ago and was already moving out... felt so un-real. I didn't feel that sad when moving out, more excited. The car was packed full of boxes, and as i turned the key into the door, my new life begun. Was a long day, the parents car had broken down, so they stayed longer than expected whilst waiting for the AA to come, and then when they were leaving, Ryan showed up to see me and say goodbye as he had been in Nottingham, was so weird seeing my Parents and my best friend from first school drive away... Then that month was partying, getting punched in the face, getting freshers flu, trips to the walk in centre, starting lectures and meeting new people, such as the amazing people in FLAT 10C :)


October 2010 -
Starting to get into a routine, and still meeting new people :) But yeah October was not any different from 19th September onwards, was just getting used to life on my own, handing in first assignment and partying! 


November 2010 -
Such a horrible month,  the November blues hit me, and it hit me hard! started to want to go home, and the thoughts of failing my A-levels hit me, and i started to think that i shouldn't be at Uni. My Dad said he would bring me home if i wanted, where as my Mum told me to get up and sort it out. Which i thank her for, because it did get better. Got first assignment back and got a B- and everything that had happened before with exams, i just didn't care, and Uni started to become fun and got good :)


December 2010 -
Went home for the first weekend in December, and was a crazy weekend with babysitting the gorgeous baby cousin, and gaming with the goober Chanita :) Then on the 12th the amazing Superhero party for Bens birthday in the legendary flat 10C Love all you guys :) Finished first ever semester on the 17th. Then on the 18th i went home for Christmas... which even though a month ago i wanted to go home, when the day came i didn't want to go. But now i am home, i am starting to get used to being home, and i know that when the day comes its going to be hard to say goodbye to the parents and MK again... but it shall all be okay :) 
Christmas was good this year, not any arguments = a plus and new year's eve was good, was not hectic, but was fine, because i HATE new year eve,  worst day of the year i think! 


So to summarise 2010 i think that for me, its been eventful, obviously some months i haven't said much... but some things are left unsaid and i know what went on and how good and how bad things got, and overall 2010 was a learning curve and was epic :) 




Expectations of 2011:


To have fun as usual, to not think so much into things, because doing that just causes downs, and having someone special to spend and share the year with! Please? 


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