21 October 2005

12 October 2005

Back On Campus

Back in Northampton now (well i've been back for about two weeks but this is the first chance i have had to get online). All moved into the new house (which we all hate - but hopefully will hate less when we have decorated it properly).

Also finally got a new computer today which my brother and his friends built for me - custom built - you can't beat it. And hopefully soon we will have the internet sorted out in the house.

My lectures this year are so much better than last year - they are actually interesting me - it was fun on Monday when we learnt about the sexual connotations of E.T.

Anyway til we have the internet in our house - this blog is going to be a bit random with the postings.

See you later

23 September 2005

Tomorrow Is The Start Of The 2nd chance

Well it's been a year since i started University. I can't believe it's been a year, but then thinking about it does seem a long time ago when left Swanland the way i did, and then went to Uni the following day.

And tomorrow i'm moving into the house where i will be living with Lauren, Lee, Louise, Richard and Twitch.

Should be fun and loud, and VERY different from living with the others last year - for one i won't have a psycho living next to me and the hosue won;t smell of weed all the time

18 September 2005

Push The Button

The new Sugababes song is SOO good.

U can see it here (opens in media player)

CLICK HERE

17 September 2005

It Came And Went So Fast

Click on links for pictures corresponding with the events. LINKS TO PICTURES FOR STUFF HERE SHOULD BE WORKING SOON - they will be hyperlinked from certain key words - like people and places

Well yesterday was my trip to London - and as soon as we had left the TATE MODERN (we spent about two hours in there) i realised that 8 hours was just not going to be enough time to see London, we goddamitt i was going to try and see as much as i could within the short space of time (even though i'm hopefully going to go back next Saturday to meet up with Lee).

So we arrived in Euston Station at around 10am on the VIRGIN PRINCESS we jumped on the tube to Cannon Street to change to Mansion House (this is where Holly dropped her ticket on the way out of Mansion House - just before the ticket machines), so that slowed us down a little bit - she found in the end on the bottom of the stairs near the platform. So we left Mansion House and started the short walk to the Millenium Bridge. We turned onto the bridge - which looked nothing like the Millenium Bridge in Hull - but then again what could you expect .

Looking behind me there was a massive dome like structure - which was St Paul's Cathedral. Walking over the Millenium Bridge we could see right down the river toward London Bridge and infront of us was the Tate. We entered the Tate and without realising - Holly had already entered the gift shop (isn't this supposed to be the last stop of the visit in the Tate?) So we went into the main part of the Tate (levels 3 and 5 were free so we stuck to them). I was happy because i got to see some Dali pictures - the Lobster Phone and Moutain Lake (have to check the name on that one)

We exited the Tate - after i had bought a Dali book for the cheap price of a tenner - and we had fun feeding the pigeons along the river - along with two that had deformed feet.

We then took off and walked along the river towards London Bridge and we found ourselves now talking in Texan/South accents - for some odd reason (ah yes the fact that we had seen Dukes Of "Boom Shak A Lak" Hazzard the night before may have been the reason behind that. We also started following some Germans - who we eventually lost, but they took us to all the good places - Shakespeare's Globe, the bridge were the tramp was - see picture for wierd forcefield around him - (infact this was the only tramp i saw all day, and i actually saw more tramps than McDonalds).

So we got to London Bridge and we walked across the majestic structure and we walked around the side of the Tower of London. We walked then to Tower Hill Station

Got here to Westminster were we were just in time to hear Big Ben strike 2pm. As we walked across Westminster Bridge we saw The London Eye however we decided against going on it as it took half an hour and by this time we were thinking that we were running out of time- after all we did have Madame Tussaud's to go to.

So after about 5 minutes walking around there and seeing our first tourist stand selling the usual Union Jack hats etc. we got back on the tube to Baker Street (the home of Sherlock Holmes) and we walked to Madame Tussaud's. I was very shocked when we entered to see that they were searching everyone (cos i hear that the terrorists have this big thing about blowing up the waxworks - i just call that liberation - THERES A REASON THEY LOOK SO REAL. So we entered the cue - that wrapped right around pillars and stairs and onto the next level. So we had fun for about an hour in the line, thinking about what celeb we were about to meet (i wonder if my restraining orders still apply to their waxworks?? - but alas i don't think Linda Barker will ever have a waxwork - we should start a petition right now!

So we entered the first room - and who was the first celeb that we saw?? - well i think it was actually George Clooney - but the first celeb that we had taken was - SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR - after pondering whether it was her or not. Turning around i was like - DUDE! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stood together - LOL - then i wondered where Jennifer Aniston was - later found that she was stood with Tom Cruise. Who else did we see? Well we saw Nicolas Cage, Colin Farrell (who looked quite good actually), Kylie on all fours, a rather bad Britney from the MTV days with the I'm A Slave 4U stage, Sir Patrick Stewart, Chris Tarrant, shared crisps with Gary Linekar - had a thing with Madonna (who we only knew it was her because it said on her champagne bucket, Elle MacPherson, John Travolta, posed with Penelope Cruzho was no longer standing with Tom Cruise, Posh and Becks were quite good, watcvhed people sit down for dinner with George Clooney, shook hands (albeit not Shaky Hand man style) with Tom Cruise, sat and hugged Ant & Dec, got head to head with Graham Norton, did the drama pose with Jerry Springer, danced with Barbara Windsor, Pasty from Ab Fab, called J Lo a slut, took a proper papparizzi picture of David Jason, Arnold Swarzneggar, flew with Superman, Harrison Ford (Indiana), sat with Steven Spielberg in the directors chair, laughed and joked with Robin Williams, got a scarily real pic of Whoopie Goldberg, Sean Connery - the best bond, Pierce Brosnan (2nd best bond), Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, sad pose with Charlie Chaplin, Madam Tussauds, Bush and Blair, some random Hallo that i foget the name of but i know it was Kim Jong Il - i SO wish it was, angry Hilter (was he ever happy?), William Shakespeare, The Beatles, kissed the Queen's Mother whilst trying to steal her bag, Pope John Paul, David Beckham , Michael Owen, Johnny Wilkinson, X factor judges, Richard Branson, Einstein, Van Gogh and Pablo Piccasso and then it was into the Chamber Live - oh after having to sing a song to move on (i forget which one i sang now - Holly can u remember?)

The Chamber Live - was quite jumpy - oh and i will never forget the woman at the beginning - WHERES MY PRESENT - Holly why wasnt we dramatic and got like I DONT KNOW PLEASE DONT KILL ME I DIDNT MEAN TO FORGET IT - SPARE ME! Then at the end there was Mrs, Ruin it for everyone and Hypoventalate. Then that was over and it was back on the tube to Euston and we got the Virgin Train back to Nuneaton. Overal it was a very good day - made better with the weather. I had my first experience with the tube - which i was very impressed with - why can't every city have one?

On the train home (which only took an hour) i decided that i was going to go back the following week to see Lee (flatmate from Uni) and stories from that will follow soon.

LINKS TO PICTURES FOR STUFF HERE SHOULD BE WORKING SOON - they will be hyperlinked from certain key words - like people and places

10 September 2005

My Heart Of London

Well i haven't posted about the adventures of last weekend yet - but don't worry it's on the way.

But for now - im going back. To London. Yep i loved it so much i'm doing all again a week after. Well okay maybe not ALL again - i'm doing the places i didn't see last week. BASICALLY west London because the lines to that side were shut on the tube.

So anyway - speak to you later and we'll see if the world stops at 2.15pm on Sunday - i take it everyone knows what that means

Spice Up Your Life

Take the quiz: "Which Spice Girl Are You?"

Ginger Spice (Geri)
Hey, youre like ginger!!! youre cool and lots of fun to hang out with. youre the life of the party and you always be yourself no matter what!

03 September 2005

The Day Has Finally - Virgin Trip To London

Holly and I have been waiting for this day for a while - it was talked about back before Easter i think.

Well i have a trusty map with me of the entire Central London provided by Fiona - thanks - and i am armed with a budget of about £100.

Also armed with my camera - here i go

30 August 2005

We've Entered The Liquid Generation

You guys SOOO have to check this website out - it's so funny.

love suck my news feature

and the Lindsay Lohan cartoons are always funny

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/home.asp

26 August 2005

"It's Been A While"

*Scary Movie*

well it has been a while since i last posted on here, and so many things have happened.

i have become experimental photographer (having temporarily dropped the writing) and if go to my DA page you will see what i have been up to http://simonsenlis.deviantart.com/gallery/

I've also dyed my hair - it is now Cosmic Blue with Blue COLOUR FX in it. Well it was time for a change really - and i'm liking it.

I went back to Hull last weekend - and it was great. We had a really good night on the Saturday and if you can see from my DA there is some really interesting photos that i took in Position nightclub.

I didn't realise how much i really missed Hull until i went back this time. Just the little things - like actually having a HMV to go into (although Nuneaton is soon going to be gettting a HMV - i think it opens Sept 1st), Herbies sandwiches, hearing other people talking like i do. it's just the little things really.

And this time next month i will be in the new house in Northampton, i will be a resident of 133 Adnitt Road, and i will finally be living with Lauren, Lee, Louise, Richard and Twitch. To be honest i can't wait. Lauren said "welcome to the world of colour" andthat she's going to help me with my colouring when we're living together. It's going to be a recurring theme i think. My next i want is - Red - but i want a deep warm red rather than the BRIGHT red that thankfully went wrong - god can you imagine me with bright red hair? i'm quite liking my blackblue hair at the minute. i wish it didn't make a mess in the bathroom though - or at least you could see the mess as soon as you've done it, unlike leaving it cos it doesn't look a mess then hours later it looks a mess cos there's dye EVERYWHERE.

Anyway im going to get back to photographer and getting to think what to do next. I'm thinking Wilderness!

15 August 2005

The Feud - Pick Your Side

God knows what they are fighting over but it seems that even channel 4 have chosen a side in the feud. In the new addvert for Simple Life 3 (recorded before the rift), they introduce the show as starring Rich girl Paris Hilton with her less wealthy friend.

Tut tut not even mentioning her name

her name is NICOLE RICHIE if they have forgotten!!!!!!!

And no matter of slimming pills will stop my love for her.

And in the middle is LINDSAY LOHAN - actor, singer, and presenter (god i remember her doing the MTV show - terrible especially when she randomly used to burst into rapping on stage - i was like OH MY GOD)

Anyway pick your side!

Either Paris "i dont like Tinkerbell anymore cos she's not a puppy anymore"Hilton
or Nicole "do u wanna pop some slimming pills with me?" Richie




09 August 2005

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN ACTION

It's been a while since i last saw Manchester United play - thinking back it was the FA Cup Final against Arsenal in May - and what a sad day it was.

But we're back, the start of the season is here and our first match is under way.

Look at my special Man U blog - for results/goals and stuff.

HOME BOY RETURNS

I'm coming home.

I'll be returning to the homeland of KINGSTONG UPON HULL on the 19th August for three days.

PREPARE FOR MY RETURN!

03 August 2005

Trapt In The World Beneath The Floor

It's becoming a recurring theme to tell you (the people) about new bands that i've been scoping.

This week's i've discovered a band called TRAPT. They are along the same kind of stuff as LostProphets - which is making me like -because i love the LostProphets album.

Anyway - if you wanna check them out go to:

http://trapt.com/site.html

In Love With A Piece Of Technology

I've had my MP3 player for about 12 days now - and i'm stil (in the words of Ronald McDonald) LOVIN' IT.

I've got about 1,000 songs on it so far which is only like a 1/15 of it's capactity.

So far i have the following artist on it (i'm transfering ALL MY CD's so there are some bad ones here):

Aimee Mann
Ash
Athlete
Avril Lavinge
Basement Jaxx
Blind Jackson
Catatonia
Daniel Bedingfield
Emma Bunton
Evanescene
Franz Ferdinand
Geri Halliwell
Girls Aloud
Goldfrapp
Green Day
Gwen Stefani
Hard-Fi
James Blunt
Javine
Kaiser Cheifs
Kasabian
Keane
Kings Of Leon
Kristian Leontio
Lost Prophets
Maroon 5
Melanie B
Melanie C
Michelle Branch
Natalie Imbruglia
Natasha Bedingfield
Nelly
NickelBack
Phil Collins
Rachel Stevens
Razorlight
Robbie Williams
Scissor Sisters
Shaznay Lewis
Sheryl Crow
Snow Patrol
The Boomtown Rats
The Calling
The Editors
The Killers
The Libertines
The Magic Numbers
The Streets
The Strokes
The Subways
The Thrills
The Undertones
The White Stripes
The Zutons
Will Young


And still many to go. In fact i'm sitting with a lot of soundtracks and compliations at the minute - so my artist count is going to go up severely because some of them will contain only one track - but still.

Anyway i think everyone should get on of these MP3 deals - i hooked mine up to my speakers today - and i've already put my CD player away. It sounds so impressive and unique. And on shuffle - sounds amazing - playing up to 1,000 hours worth of music (for fact loving people) it would take a month and a half to play at the songs (non stop) - all full capacity.

31 July 2005

Soliders Throw Bottles At Steps

HAHAHA i found this. Geri talks about her gig in Oman just before we went to war with Afghanistan. And she recalls how the soliders were throwing bottles at STEPS. i found this HILARIOUS. Whereas they embraced Geri with open arms.

If you wanna hear it go to and it's about 5 mins in. Have fun with it and laugh out loud

30 July 2005

Kemal is Evicted and Orlaith WALKS

http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1633

thankfully Kemal got evicted last night - but i feel cheated that Orlaith has walked anyway. All those fans of Orlaith (including me ) who voted to kick out Kemal - money wasted.

but it begs the question - is there going to be a new housemate? It's normal practice to replace a housemate if they walk. Or will they vote back in an old housemate? I'm saying Maxwell to go back in! or Lesley - oh how we miss her. Or Sam - she was funny

Editors

Just a quick post to advise you to check out Editors.

Great new band - ive seen them in Northampton a couple of times. They played Soundhaus and i think the union.

Check out songs Lights, Blood, Fingers In The Factories and Fall in particualr.

Blood is the current single and the album is called The Back Room - invest in it.

There's a link on this page

28 July 2005

X3

After all the upheval in directors over the last few months, X Men 3 is officially a "troubled production". Let's just hope that they can bring it back together and deliver in time for next year's release.

26 July 2005

MEET MINI SAFFI


Mini Saffi's debut on Big Brother Posted by Picasa

It's Mini Saffi on Big Brother 25/07/05. The housemates won the task and had the decision to either play with this incredibly cute cat or have fags and booze. Naturally they decided to go for the kitten.

And for people who don't know - this is what my cat used to look like when she was the same age - ahh takes me back to the first days with Saffi.

Miss you Saff

Spread the Mini Saffi love by making your cat have Mini Saffi's - Holly i know you've done this already - cloning Saffi haven't you?!!