carpe diem

Wow, this feels weird. It’s been around three months since I last posted on here (I’m...

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:51:51 +0100

Wow, this feels weird. It’s been around three months since I last posted on here (I’m still surprised quite a few of you still follow me, haha), and as much as I miss talking to some of you and following your posts, I’m really glad I left. My life’s busier than it’s ever been right now, and it’s nice not being on the internet all the time (I can feel my 15-year-old-self judging me already). In the last three months a lot has happened. I’ve turned 18, completely ripped up the life plan I’ve had for years, started to cope with the panic attacks I’ve been struggling with, and started watching Game of Thrones. I don’t know which one I’m more proud of (probably GoT).

If you ever want to talk to me, whether it’s about TV shows (the very nice e-mail I just received was all about Doctor Who) or dealing with stress, I’m always available here.

I hope things are good with you, and if they’re not, they will be soon.

Spiral Down

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:39:18 +0000

Spiral Down

As contradictory as this is probably going to sound, I’ve decided to carry on posting only...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:02:00 +0000

As contradictory as this is probably going to sound, I’ve decided to carry on posting only when something lovely and big has happened in my life.

So, here goes. I’ve been given an offer from Nottingham University! It’s my first choice so I wouldn’t mind at all if any of the other universities I applied to didn’t want me. My mum’s happy because it’s only two hours away by train, and she really enjoyed the campus when we went (I think she’s planning weekly visits already).

I met John and Hank Green on Sunday! I went to a talk John was holding about The Fault in Our Stars (if you haven’t read it already, PLEASE do), and Hank was there too to sing many of his brilliant songs - Book Eight is definitely my favourite. The two hour wait for the signing was more than worth it for the short time I got to talk to them both, where I mentioned how I brought my mum with me and she now thinks they’re incredibly funny, to which John said he was happy that people of other generations like him too.

This Saturday I’m off to France for the week to see my French exchange and work in a primary school. I think I’ll miss my dogs the most. Them and beans on toast.

I swear, my life has never been this exciting before.

I’ve been on this website for just over three years now, and in that time I’ve met...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:24:00 +0000

I’ve been on this website for just over three years now, and in that time I’ve met wonderful people and discovered some brilliant things (I owe Breaking Bad to you all). I was 15 when I made my very first Tumblr and I’m almost 18 now. I shared my opinions, advice, my loves and my heartaches. I feel like I’ve changed and grew more than I could ever have imagined, and I owe part of that to all of you. I’m not going to delete my blog because I would undoubtedly regret it moments later, I’m sure of it. Instead, I’m not going to post anymore (don’t be surprised if I get the sudden urge to share something with you), but I’ll check up on my favourite blogs every once in a while. I hope you all have lives full of kindness and laughter.

Here’s to the next three years of my life.

"It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read."

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:44:58 +0000

“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”

- Lemony Snicket

Toby Harvard

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:37:00 +0000

Toby Harvard

Crash

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:44:00 +0000

Crash

Break

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:51:29 +0000

Break

"The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad."

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:33:38 +0000

“The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad.”

- Jonathan Safran Foer

Night and Day

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:26:30 +0000

Night and Day

Sea of Jellyfish

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:40:26 +0000

Sea of Jellyfish

Colour by Jillian Thoman

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:31:40 +0000

Colour by Jillian Thoman

Even if you’ve never heard of McFly, you have to admit...

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:39:43 +0000

Even if you’ve never heard of McFly, you have to admit that this is the most heart-warming speech someone could ever give on their wedding day.

I promise you, you will cry (in a very good way).

Tom Collins

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:39:11 +0000

Tom Collins

"When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly..."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:15:21 +0000

“When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you.”

- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Beach

Dylan Boyd

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:07:53 +0000

Dylan Boyd

Airborne by Toby Harvard

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:46:43 +0000

Airborne by Toby Harvard

White Sky

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:34:36 +0000

White Sky

"I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat, and the..."

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:12:38 +0000

“I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat, and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavour of naval uniforms. I will love you as a child loves to overhear the conversations of its parents, and the parents love the sound of their own arguing voices, and as the pen loves to write down the words these voices utter in a notebook for safekeeping. I will love you as a shingle loves falling off a house on a windy day and striking a grumpy person across the chin, and as an oven loves malfunctioning in the middle of roasting a turkey. I will love you as an airplane loves to fall from a clear blue sky and as an escalator loves to entangle expensive scarves in its mechanisms. I will love you as a wet paper towel loves to be crumpled into a ball and thrown at a bathroom ceiling and as an eraser loves to leave dust in the hairdos of people who talk too much. I will love you as a cufflink loves to drop from its shirt and explore the party for itself and as a pair of white gloves loves to slip delicately into the punchbowl. I will love you as the taxi loves the muddy splash of a puddle and as a library loves the patient tick of a clock.”

- Lemony Snicket

Open

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:44:24 +0000

Open