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Got nostalgic for LJ just then.
When you come back and revisit the past, it's never the way you remembered it.
Onwards and upwards!
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Still here folks. Quick update, I have a new job! Now work in advertising for a Leeds agency.
Come and visit my new blog to find out more:
http://beatifnik.wordpress.com
Hope all is well!
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Phew! It's super hot. Few things happening, namely me having chronic week-long PMT and being horrible to everyone. Anyone else have this problem with the pill? I never get any PMT when I'm not on it. On the plus side... Moving into my gorgeous new flat in a month, can't wait! I'm sooo looking forward to living with the boy. Also, off to the Cosmopolitan blog awards launch in London on Thursday for work, exciting! Hope everyone is well. Posted via LiveJournal.app.
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Off to Barcelona for Primavera Sound festival at the end of the mont, can't wait.
Bad things happened, my gran died. But my family has been ace coping with and all rallying together.
Work's going well. Househunting is still ongoing. I just can't wait to grow veg in the garden and bake cakes in the kitchen and make pretty things for the walls and the mantlepiece. I've seen an ace picture by Daisy Argyle that I want to get:
I'm excited about being a proper grown up.
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Yo!
I don't really do LJ anymore, although I still read my friends page. You can stay in touch with my oh-so-exciting vida in these places:
Personal: http://beatifnik.wordpress.com
Work: http://blog.oli.co.uk
I've just started to write a fashion column for PARTYNICE too: http://partynicemag.blogspot.com/
A quick update:
Still living at the 'rents, househunting with the boy, saving money, spending said saved money going mini-interrailing in Spain next month (including a trip to Primavera!), still working at Oli.co.uk and loving it, Reading about Bandini, covering myself in fake tan, embarking on epic commutes, enjoying ongoing family drama as ever, lil bro joined the army, winning employee of the month award, not being stressed, going running, generally living the proverbial dream.
Hope everyone is well!
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I'm moving back to my parent's house for a while on Sunday. Rent here has pretty much crippled me, so I'm going to try and save up for a bit then look for alternative, cheaper living arrangements. Living alone was super rad but I think it's time to move onto pastures nouvelles.
I'm quite looking forward to spending more time with my family, going for long walks in the woods with our dog and generally moving things down a gear. Been working pretty hard (I think I do it to myself) so could do with learning to chill out and switch off every now and again. The commute will be a ball-ache, but I'm going to download lots of 'learn a language' type CDs and e-books, plus I can stay at the boy's when he's not away, and with friends one or two nights as has been the kind offer.
Another plus is that I'll hopefully spend a bit more time in Sheff with the wonderful folk there.
I saw Charlotte the other day for the first time in ages, that was ace. London Fashion Week was hard work and tiring, and nothing like as glamourous as I thought it would be. I learnt a lot and met a lot of people, but next year I'll plan it much better so I get to actually schmooze instead of run around like a headless chicken.
Right.
Onto the packing
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I'm off to London Fashion Week with work, I can't WAIT. It's going to be super amazing.
This year London, next year New York (that's my aim!). Hoping to get to Christopher Kane and Marios Schwab and see the Antoni & Alison presentation, I'll also have a wander in the exhibition and I have a couple of meetings to squeeze in too, it's going to be busssssssy! Exciting though.
Last night I was at a fashion blogging event in Manchester. I truly, truly love my job. I can't remember the last time I felt this happy, I actually did a little skip on the street in Manchester last night. I really feel like everything's coming together. I've already made some good contacts and I work with some really talented people.
If you don't already, please follow my work twitter:
@Oli_Blog
or visit my blog:
Oli blog
Work is such a huge part of my life, and somewhere I spend more time than anywhere else so I'm just so happy to be doing something I love, I'm not stressed and I find every bit of it interesting and exciting. I'm learning so much. I can't thank my girls enough for convincing me to take the job. It's amazing.
Yaaaaaaaay!
Hope all is well for everyone else!
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I wrote this yesterday but must not have posted it. Here you go:
Just been for my first outside run of 2010.
Outside running is way better than inside running. I went all the way from my flat to the gym (which was closed due to a power failure) then down to Brewery Wharf, then ran down the Trans Pennine Trail almost the whole way to Thwaite Mills. I've worked it out on Walkit.com and that's almost 5k. Well proud.
I'm doing Race for Life in summer, so starting training now. 5k at least 3 times a week. Can't wait for the nights to get lighter though. Could do with a running buddy, too, if anyone wants to join me? I don't go very fast but it feels good to get out in the fresh air and do a bit of exercise.
I've lost just shy of a stone since new years eve - just 2lb to go. Then I have another 7lb to lose and I'll be back to my fave shape. I'm hoping to be there by Feb and just carry on the healthy living to see if I can even get a bit skinnier. I need to get to a size 10 pretty sharpish as a lot of the SS10 collection samples at work are in a 10 and there's a Poltock and Walsh dress that I reeeeeeeeally want, and an Olivia Rubin one, too.
THIN IS WIN!
In other news, I'm moving home for a bit, I think. I'll be able to save about £600 a month if I do that for a couple of months, I'm househunting to move to horsforth, I think - although nothing's concrete yet. I love living alone but financially it's crippled me.
I had an icky kindey infection this week so I'm on antibiotics and I'm not drinking. I've only drank once since new year's eve - I think that's largely to thank for losing a stone, no wine! For shame. Right, off to get Kat's telescope, shower and then maybe pop round to the boy's house for a bit.
Hope everyone is peachy!
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The Online Fashion Agency want to do an interview with me... WTF?!
It seems I may yet live to see the day when I'm quasi-famous, even if it is only for writing about clothes on the internet.
In other news, I woke up at 4am in excruciating pain, I appear to have a stupid water infection, I forgot how painful they are. No idea how it happened but must sort it out soon. I am on the cranberry juice and water but feel really feverish and it's just super painful, especially to pee. I'm sure you didn't need to know that, but hey. I think it might be because I didn't drink for two weeks, then caned about half a bottle of gin on Saturday night. Erk.
I'm loving my job, it's super sexy. I actually get paid to write, blog, tweet and facepalm about fashion all day, every day. It's seriously too good to be true. I'm so happy. I haven't felt this unstressed in about three years, it's lovely.
I've also lost 8lb since new year's eve, feel so much better for it. I've been gymming regularly and think I might take up Yoga...
Hope everyone else is peachy!
Right, must dash as I'm going to see one of Mike's bands from his record label, I think it's Thrice but I couldn't be 100% sure.
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This is what I posted this time last year:
Happy 2009, kids. May all of your dreams come true. Hold onto this feeling that you get at the start of the year. Even in grey mid-march, remember the excited little stirring in your belly when you realised the possibilities the new year can bring. Every day you wake up brings those possibilities back again, you just have to get your finger out and make shit happen.
2009 will be the year of MAKING SHIT HAPPEN.
I stick by that. 2010 will be the year of MAKING THINGS AMAZING.
01. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Moved into my own flat by myself, got a job working in fashion, left First Direct, went to Barcelona and Primavera, was a bridesmaid for Sam (although I've been a bridesmaid loooooooads of times before).
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
My resolutions were:
* Get skinny (as always) lose 2 stones by next Jan (that's reasonable, right?) - DID NOT ACHIEVE, MUST TRY HARDER
* Go to Brighton - Didn't go to Brighton, but did make it to Bristol and Bath. Brighton and Bournmouth will be 2010's cities to visit.
* Move to London (maybe) - still on the cards, although I think more like 2011
* Get a fab new job working in web management for an amazing sexy media company (see above) - DONE! Whoop. I now manage the website for Oli.co.uk
* See friends more - did lots of this with some friends, and less with others. Always high on the agenda.
* Take my mum away somewhere for a weekend and be a better daughter/sister - Didn't go away for a weekend but did spend more time at home which was nice.
* Remember how wonderful people are and don't take them for granted - Constantly working on this one
* Write a novel and send it out to agencies. It can be a thin one! As long as I do it. - Wrote 30,000 words as part of NaNoWriMo, aim to finish it in 2010...
* Get more famous (i.e. on telly for a reason this time). Didn't get on telly but am now a paid fashion blogger!
* Do some volunteer work at Flatlands in Leeds - Flatlands/Phoenix project got closed down but have put my name down to volunteer at St. George's Crypt.
* Gym three times a week (or possibly cancel gym and save gym money) - Cancelled one gym, went to classes at another, have since joined Pure Gym and have been loads over Christmas.
* Booze only allowed on weekends - Didn't really achieve this, will aim harder in 2010.
* Save at least £100 a month - Impossible now I have my own place.
* No buying coffee at work, or lunch for that matter - Did this very well, always took packed lunches in.
* Do a meal plan/bigshop at somewhere cheap instead of buying stupid stuff from Tesco - Did this too!
* No eating after 6pm unless it's fruit or veg - Errrrmm....
I'll make more for this year, namely:
Learn to knit
Learn a language that uses a different alphabet (e.g. Russian or Japanese)
Get fit/thin/healthy
Get a promotion or payrise
Have a set career plan which will involve me making lots of contacts at Oli then applying for London digital fashion jobs at the end of 2010
Excel at my new job, become brilliant and indisposable
Stay non-stressed
Keep a good work/life balance
Man up when Ted's away and do something productive with my time instead of moping
Don't drink wine
Only drink in moderation and only when out
eBay my old clothes and keep wardrobe minimal and capsule-like
Volunteer for homeless/shelter charity work
Review my finances seriously and try and get myself in some sort of order
Always take the stairs, not the lift
Read one non-fiction book per month on a subject I know nothing about to broaden my knowledge of things in general
Start shopping at the market/Lidl/Aldi for food instead of buying Tesco and Sainsburys finest ranges
Have girlie night at least once a month
Make plans to go travelling, to India or South East Asia
Visit London more
03. Did someone close to you give birth?
Ange, Alison, Jenny... Also Cookie is cheggers, so is Krystal... Everyone's at it!
04. Did anyone close to you die?
We had two family deaths.
05. What countries did you visit?
Spain (Barcelona) and Portugal. Record low for me, I think! Travel more in 2010 is definitely on the agenda. Hopefully I won't be so stressed in my new job and so will be able to do more than just a beach holiday.
06. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Maybe, for the first time in my life, stability. I've been so up and down and all over the place (both in terms of houses, jobs, etc. and in terms of mentalness) in 2009 that it'd be nice to just put the cluck in, stick it in neutral and just coast a bit in 2010. No more uphills. Except for at the gym of course.
07. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Hmm, 22nd November was Sam's wedding, that was pretty big as she was the first of my best friends from back home to get married. I moved into my own place on 1st August 2009, and thus became a proper, responsible grown up (not doing too bad so far!).
08. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year?
Getting my new job at Oli.co.uk and moving into an industry I really am passionate about, doing something that I love. A job that caters to both my geek side, my writing side and my fashionista side is pretty awesome. Now all I need is one to do with books and I'm sorted!
09. What was your biggest failure(s)?
Letting myself get too stressed and subsequently making myself a bit ill. Also not seeing the bigger picture was a bit of a fail, but you live and learn and I'm probably a better person for it.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I got my first migraine (TM). That was a blindsider. Ugh. Apart from that though, I've been pretty lucky.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Hmmm.... I got a beautiful Marc Jacobs handbag bought for me, does that count? I've really toned the spending down this year. Although my Primavera ticket was a goooood purchase.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Ted's, for being Ted. My sister's, for being strong and brave and dignified, I'm so proud of her.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
No one's, really. I don't associate with people who'd make me feel that way.
14. Where did most of your money go?
On living alone, paying double for everything but loving it lots.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Starting my new job, Christmas!
17. Compared to this time last year, are you
i. happier or sadder? Happier on the work front, deffffffo. About the same on everything else, which is good.
ii. Thinner or fatter? Fatter, ffs. Although I'm now gymming and eating healthy...
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer...
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Seeing friends. Again! Same as last year. I want to go to London more, see Cath and Treat and Heather and Chris and see my Leeds friends more.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Taking shit at work, getting stressed.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I had the quietest Christmas in ages, spent it at my mum's and spent most of it in my PJs and in bed. Lovely.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Every single day.
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Ohhhh.... I dared to move the telly into my bedroom and for a girl who doesn't watch much TV I've done a lot of viewing! Probably Ugly Betty, and of course Uni C and Come Dine With Me.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Don't hate, appreciate!
26. What was the best book you read?
I re-read everything i could get my hands on by Irvine Welsh. I also read a good book called I, Lucifer on holiday. And one called *cringe* I heart New York, which I think, in some non-literary, low-brow way, inspired me to do a lot of what I've done this year.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Oooooh there's loads! JJ No.2 was probably my fave album. I listened a lot to Florence and the Machine, Why?, Lady Gaga, Magnetic Fields.... In fact, here's my 2009 Last.fm stats (Gem <3 Records if anyone wants to add me)
28. What did you want and get?
A Ted. A new job. A new flat. A new car. A new life, pretty much. <---- that's what I wrote at the beginning of 2009. It all applies all over again. Apart from the Ted bit, he's still the same. New job, flat, car, life. Lovely.
29. What did you want and not get?
Nothing, really. I never wish for specific things in non-specific terms. And when I put what I want into specifics, I usually get it. <---- I'm leaving that the same too.
30. Favorite film of this year?
Urrrrrmm.... The Hangover was quite good. I've totally dropped off the film thing now.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 27 (argh) and I had a few friends over to mine, then we went into Leeds and danced to Christmas songs and drank Tequila. It was pretty fun, I'm not big on birthdays though. plus I've been super boring in terms of going out this year.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More cashflow in the second half of the year to help with the flat would have been nice, but other than that I'm pretty happy with it all.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Coloured tights, tulip skirts, Gaga hips, big shoulders, Shoe boots, High end handbags, cocktail rings, GLITTER and chunky plastic jewellery. Cocktail wear all day, every day basically.
34. What kept you sane?
Myself, funnily enough.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Florence off of Florence and the machine, probably.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
None really. I'm starting to get a bit fed up of this whole recession thing though. Sort it out. I know we're not technically in it anymore but everyone is still walking around like a big bunch of miserable bastards.
37. Who do you miss?
Old friends. London people.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Hmm, not sure. Kim at work was pretty ace. And finally went for a pint with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92) vinnatron ! :D
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Be honest with yourself about what you want, and try to be honest with other people about it. <--- that was last year's, god I was much wiser then! This year's was probably.... "Don't change for other people or circumstances. Put yourself out of your comfort zone and learn new things and when the going gets tough remember, you can still do anything you put your mind to if you believe that you're positive and fabulous then other people will believe it too." Waffly, but that's what I learnt.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Damn you's a sexy bitch" (David Guetta feat. Akon). OBVIOUSLY.
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Christmas has been amazing.
Father Christmas brough me an iPod Touch and a beautiful Marc Jacobs handbag, I love it! Had lots of Christmas fun, seen loads of old friends and family and now back in Leeds, lazing and off work until next Monday! Yes!
Hope you all had a fab yuletide too :)
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I started my new job today and it's bloody AWESOME.
As soon as I walked into the office I almost squealed with delight but then realised I am meant to be scary digital management type woman with career focus, grace and poise. That said, I did a little giddy dance in the toilets when I was out of sight. The building itself is terribly old fashioned, pretty ugly and reminds me of school, it's really sixties.
But... The office is basically covered in clothes, racks of clothes, mannequins with bits of fabric on them, there are piles of Vogue and Elle and InStyle everywhere and the buyers just shriek at each other saying things like "On trend!" "Seasonality!" "Sequins!" "Yah!". In a good way. My team seems really nice, it's tiny (me, one other girl who's my manager and two web developers). There's also a guy who works on the next desk called Andrew who I'm sure I recognise from the heady days of the Fav. They all seem really ace. My first jobs are: - Read latest editions of Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle, Instyle, Look, Grazia (SERIOUSLY. I GET PAID FOR THIS)
- Compile a plan of trends/topics for the blog for 2010 that I want to cover, then decide who else I want to write for the blog as well as existing bloggers
- Plan in video podcasts for the site for next year
- Arrange new homepage layout for fabulous new designer range in partnership with Enviornmental Justice Foundation (see, Fashion AND ehtics!)
I think I'm going to like it here...  In other news, my old team from fun direct gave me a wonderful send off on Friday at the Sky Lounge/City Inn in Leeds. They bought me a beautiful Pandora bracelet with some really sweet charms. I drank my own body weight in champagne cocktails, it was fab. I'll miss them, but after today I definitely feel like I made the right move. The new office is a lot quieter though, even with the radio on! I did have a little mental/emotional wobble on the phone earlier with the boy, but I think it was just because I'm tired and gutted that I won't get to spend any time with him at all until a few days after Christmas, pretty shitty but I suppose that's the price I pay for being a business WAG. I'm dead proud of him having such an ace job but just wish it didn't take him away for such long periods of time. I'll be reet, it's just that it'd be nice to have him here to cuddle up to and hang out with for more than one or two days a week. Ho hum. Other than that, everything's peachy. Anyway, back to my ACE JOB> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tomorrow I shall mainly be reading fashion websites, researching trends and planning how I can send the site into the fashion stratosphere... YEAH!!!!  I've also decided it's time to actually get serious about losing weight. I've joined Puregym in Leeds and have been quite a few times (even despite the snow) and I started WW again today. Might seem silly doing it at Christmas but I figure this way, I won't have as much hard work to do in January. I want to be easily into a size 10 by the time the next sample outfits go up for grabs at work, they only come in small sizes so no more tubton town! No more wine, no more take away, no more snacking on shite. From here on in it's all about breakfast, salad, soup and GIN. BEING TINY IS GOING TO BE HUGE IN 2010, you heard it here first, kids. |
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Festive to do list.
Monday
Start new job as fashionista to the stars (in a way)
Drive to and from said job in snow without becoming ensconced in horrific RTA
Post Christmas cards
Get home, watch special future episode of Hollyoaks
Go to gym
wrap presents
Tuesday
Enjoy second day of new job
Get home
go to gym
wrap presents I inevitably didn't get round to doing on Monday
Wednesday
Last day at new job prior to Christmas
Go to buy festive essentials from Sainsos
Load up car with said festive treats, champagne, presents, etc
Go to gym
Watch Home Alone one and two
Thursday
Christmas eve! My favourite day of the year
Get up, go to gym
Drive home for Christmas listening to festive songs
Go out down Swints, behave with poise and grace, drink only three glasses of champagne as to not result in horrible Christmas morning hangover
Be home in bed for midnight
Friday
Christmas day
Open presents
Eat Christmas dinner
Drink and be merry
Fall to sleep watching Christmas telly at 8pm
Saturday
Boxing day
Open to suggestions - this will be the first boxing day in about 10 years that I haven't had plans for.
Hopefully wake up well rested and full of the joys of the season (or at least in the mood to get a bit rummied)
Sunday
Meet Heather for tea and mince pies
Drive back to Leeds
go to post-Christmas indulgence gym session.
Possibly pass out.
Monday
The boy returns from his Christmas exile after being sent away by his horrible company who have no regard for the Christmas season nor any concept of allowing people to actually see each other and spend time together for more than about two seconds a week.
Have lovely Christmas day II at my flat
Give him his awesome presents
Tues until 30th
laze around, eat, drink, be merry, try to work out a bit
31st Jo and Ben's wedding at Hazlewood castle
1st January 2010 New year, new start. New career, new direction, new me.
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OH GODDDDDDDDDDD.
I miss Cath. I miss being a mess.
I probably still am, but it was much for fun being a messy mess, than a together mess.
Being grown up is proper NO FUN> I leave this job, after 4 years, on Friday and start my new one on Monday...
WE SHALL SEE! x
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You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out. :)
First Name
Gemma. I love my name. I found out when I was about 17 that it meant not only 'gem' as in jewel, but also 'bud' as in flower in Italian. I get Gem from most people, which I like. Gems from my old friends and Critch/Critchers at work.
Age
26, soon to be 27! It's my birthday on 8th December, same day that John Lennon was shot. Maybe explain my dissing of The Beatles.
Location
Currenlt living in Leeds, and I've been here for four years. I' originally from Swinton, which is a small town near Rotherham/Sheffield. I spent uni living in Sheffield and that's where my heart is. If I ever grow up and settle down, I'd move back to Sheffield in a heartbeat. But first, London. That's the plan, London 2011. At the moment, I'm living by myself which is kind of a big deal for me, as I've never done it before. The bills are crippling, but I love my own space. I live in a converted factory building in Leeds city centre, in a one-bedroomed flat. It's awesome, apart from the fact that it doesn't have a bath, just a shower.
Occupation
WELL! I've spent the last four years working for first direct. I worked as an Internal Communications consultant then got a new role working as a Digital Marketing Manager (basically looking after the website). I adore what I do. I get to create iPhone apps, facebook pages, twitter feeds, make pretty banners, etc. I love it, I get to be really creative and there's a lot of innovative stuff going on. HOWEVER! I've just landed myself a brand new shiny job! I'll still be managing a website, but this is for Oli - http://www.oli.co.uk - so it's shoes not savings, handbags not home insurance and fashion not finance! I am so, so, so super excited! I'll be increadibly sad to leave a lot of good friends behind, but this is an amazing opportunity and a step into the industry I want to work in.
Partner?
Yes! His name is Andrew Edward Paterson, or Ted for short. He's amazing. Such a gent, great fun, very smart, a brilliant friend and super hot. I can't believe I still feel like this even though we've now been together a good while. He's a management consultant so he travels a lot and is away most of the week, which I think makes it super special when he comes back, because I miss him like mad when he's not there. He also dresses really well, which is a massive bonus. He's ace! I'm very, very happy.
Kids
Nah. I'm really not bothered about having kids. At all. I think if it happened in a few years I'd go through with it, but not now. I certainly wouldn't plan any. I have a gorgeous two year old god daughter called Lyla Rose and that's enough for me.
Brothers / Sisters
One sister, one half brother, one step sister, one step brother. We've all got different mums/dads apart from me and my sister but, amazingly, I get on with all of them. My sister (Laura, age 24) and I never used to get along, but since we've grown up she's one of my best friends, one of the funniest people I know and has been through so much shit and come out tough and smiling that's she's a real inspiration. She's a special needs teacher. My little bro (who's over 6 foot tall, somehow!) is called Sam and he's just turned 20. He's been a bit of a tearaway, but seems to be levelling out now. He's just moved to Leeds with Yazmyn, his girlfriend and he's joined the army. My step sis Nicola is 22 and is super straight-laced and has just bought a house with her boyfriend. Shaun, my step bro is 19 and gets stoned a lot, but he's into good music and is a nice kid. I've done okay in the faimily lottery.
Pets
I'm really not a fan of animals at all. We always had dogs at home when I was growing up, and had a lovely dog called Danny, and now my mum has one called Scooby, but I've just never wanted one.
List the 3 biggest things going on in your life
The job change is a huge deal right now. I'm so siked to be doing what I love (working in digital) and moving into the industry I want to be part of (fashion). It's just a very big step into the unknown, as I haven't worked anywhere other than first direct since leaving uni. Scary, but in a good way.
Living alone is a big deal too, I suppose. I've learnt a lot about myself, mainly about getting on with myself. I'm quite prone to being blue when I'm alone so these last few months have been a bit of a crash course in being okay. It seems to be working out, though.
I don't know about a third one. I'm seeing a doctor about my hair which has mostly fallen out over the last year for reasons yet to be discovered, but that's not a massive thing really. I'm still writing and have recently finished a novella called Everyone Disappears, as part of NaNoWriMo but it needs a lot of tweaking. It's a variation on Alice in Wonderland, set against a backdrop of squats, art collectives and nightclubs. Hmm, what else? A lot of my friends are buying houses/getting married/getting engaged which makes me question my stance in life, but it's okay. I dunno. Everything's going pretty swimmingly at the moment.
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I have a new job!
Looking after the website for www.Oli.co.uk
Super siked!
I leave first direct on 18th December after 4 years... Mixed feelings but generally super-excited for my new life in FASHION!
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[27 Oct 2009|09:59pm] |
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Hello lovelies, hope you're all still well and good.
A few things to tell (probably loads but can't be arsed...)
Andrew got PAVEMENT TICKETS for me so I go to see them next Monday, how amazing is that?! What a lovely boyfriend. Also, Pavement are headlining Primavera next year, so that'll be double awesome. Can't wait.
Work is still work, no change really. I really like working for Sara, my new manager and I'm getting a lot more creative freedom, which is great. I'm doing a lot more spare time writing too, which brings me on to NaNoWriMo http://www.nanowrimo.org - National Novel Writing Month starts on Sunday. This year I'm well prepared with a great plan and lots of tea bags. Just 50,000 words to write in 30 days... Eeek! Excited though.
I love this time of year. Autumn is the month where everything seems to shine bright with the promise of the next couple of months being amazing.
I'm loving MistaBishi http://www.last.fm/music/Mistabishi at the moment - kind of dreamy drum 'n' bass, nothing like I'd normally listen to, but it's really struck a chord, especially the Matrix remix of From Memory. Going to see Grizzly Bear and Mew soon which I'm looking forward to. And Wax:on is back, so I'll try and make some of them.
I've started going to gym classes four times a week, a mix of circuits, boxing, step and aerobics. Combining this with some swimming and I'm feeling like I could actually be getting back into slinkier clothes after the chunkiest summer in my history. Ugh.
I'm still living in my little flat in town, by myself and I'm enjoying it, even though I do annoy myself with how messy I am. Don't know what I'll do when my contract comes up in January though. I fancy a change of scenery. London, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh, who knows. Pretty fed up of this old town, although there are some fabulous people here.
Roll on the German Market and change my mind...
Right, I'm super full of blueberries, ginger and pinapple smoothie so off to bed I go.
xx
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[17 Aug 2009|01:09pm] |
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Fair purveyors of fine LJ action, I need your advice!
I'm looking to book a last-minute holiday in September for some sunshine. But I'm at a loose end about where to go.
Can anyone recommend a holiday destination/hotel/resort?
I'm mainly looking for sunshine, somewhere to read lots and have the odd cocktail. The world is my oyster, but my budget is about £400.
Go go go!
Thank you in advance!
xx
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