Wednesday 24 April 2013

Human Nature or Social Networking's FAULT


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So I am sorry I haven’t posted in a while but I have had migraine and earache (major ouchy).

I have been thinking and it seems I have lost my truth telling abilities on my blog. I mean if you look at Manners and When I was younger I just wrote the truth the only other ballsy thing I have done since then was the video and I am sorry for that but I will try get back to that style of blogging when the inspiration hits me.

So this may be too much information but I am ill but I won’t go into details because it is nothing serious. I have been off university since January due to only doing one assignment due to going into hospital and I will start again in September.

 I think it is amazing how many people now feel it is there right to know every detail of my life when I haven’t spoken to them in FIVE years and five years ago it wasn’t like we were close anyway. I don’t really post on facebook nowadays I just go on it to check my course page to be nosey and peak at what I will doing next year. The amount of facebook message I have from people who have seen me in town and want to know why I am not at university (if you don’t know it’s none of your business SIMPLE). If I was posting updates about it on facebook I could understand why people would private message me but I am not. I now understand when my pregnant mates post about how everyone wants something to do with them till the baby a couple of months old.

Have social networks caused this invasion of privacy that now everyone now feels that they have a right to know what is going on in your life or is it human nature at its worse.


What did you all think of my video?

Wednesday 17 April 2013

No Longer a Chicken


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I finally did it. I made my video but it is a little tongue in cheek but raise a good point I have not made this video to bully or upset anyone on purpose. 









Technology


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So here’s a thought
How far away are you from a mobile phone?
How about a game console?  

I know irony is going to bite in the butt all through this post but oh well. I know that I am using technology to send this post but I think whenever you do a post about technology and society irony kicks in.



So I found this picture the other day online (I know the Irony) but I think Albert Einstein has a point I know that I am guilty on relying on technology for example my essay timetable for university was on my tablet with weekly reminders. However I try and cut down on using my mobile when I am around my family because firstly it’s RUDE and secondly why waste time on something that is replaceable while something irreplaceable is right in front of you. It makes me laugh when you walk past fast food places and see a group of people sat round a table that are clearly all together and their all on the phone either Tweeting, Facebooking or texting ERM hello your with a group of friends how about you talk to each other and put the phone DOWN.  I also find it rude and annoying when someone is being served by someone at the till while on the phone and commenting on the service or completely ignoring the fact that they are being served and just being plain RUDE there is no need for it. A mobile phone or Ipad or any other devise is replaceable (I know at a cost) but family and friends aren't

Take a look at these TRUE headlines

Mother Kills Baby after Interrupting FarmVille Session
22-year-old potentially faces life in prison after shaking her baby to death.
By Kris Pigna, 10/30/2010

Girl starved to death while parents raised virtual child in online game

Korean couple became obsessed with raising virtual baby while their real infant daughter lay abandoned and unfed
By Mark Tran Friday 5 March 2010

Boy murders his mother over Halo 3

 I know these are extreme but it proves Albert Einstein’s point.  

 I am not saying let’s all get rid of our technology it is more to the point of use it at appropriate times not when life is passing you by. 

Saturday 13 April 2013

The meaning of life is 42

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So today I thought that we could talk about life.

 I think too many people get hung up about something they lose themselves so to speak. I think our time on this plant is short and I don’t think we should spend time worrying about silly things. I know that we all have our responsibilities but we shouldn't get hung up on them to the point you forget to actual live. I am not saying that we should all go jump out of a plane I am saying that we should appreciate the people who are around you and that you love and even if it just meeting over a lunch break. There will come a time when the person you wanted to spend time with will no longer be around and all you will have is regret. 

Tuesday 9 April 2013

I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking - Dorothy L. Sayers


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So I just thought I would inform you all that I have had a mental block writing my book I think it is down to the fact I have decided to watch my Tudor box set.  So back to blogging I thought today I would share with you some quotes that I find inspirational.

Though she be but little, she is fierce!
William Shakespeare

All the worlds a stage,
and all the men and women merely players:
they have their exits and their entrances;
and one man in his time has many parts,
- William Shakespeare

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
 – Anton Chekhov

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
 – John Lennon

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
 – Oscar Wilde

Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain. Do not be that stain.
 - Unknown

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
 - Marilyn Monroe

Here are just some quotes that I have found over the years and have around my room I do not want to get all preachy but I think sometimes a quote can help you through times or help improve your mood.

If anyone’s has any quotes they find inspiration please feel free to share 

Monday 8 April 2013

MY HERO


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I would like to introduce you all to my Hero. She may not be superman but she is stronger.


This is my Grandma she has been the biggest inspiration in my life this lady had cancer THREE times and beat it she also had THREE heart attacks but yet she still saw the world for all its joys and happiness. I was lucky enough when I was younger to spend as much time as I did with my Grandma because my Dad was in the army which meant that we moved around a lot and so I wouldn’t be in the way I would go on a little holiday to My Grandma’s in Sutton. In 1997 my Grandpa died and it was also the year that my Aunty (my Grandma’s daughter) got married, my Grandma being the person that she was did her grieving and put on a brave face for the wedding, even though she only smiled for a couple of photos she was there being brave.

 In 2003 I moved to Boston Lincolnshire and my Grandma moved in with us which was the best thing that had happened in my life to but I was foolish enough not to realise it at the time.  During the years that followed my Grandma and I use to play tricks on each other and my Mum whenever the house used to go unusually quiet my Mum would get paranoid and try see what we would be up to which usually would be mischief. I remember she always use to have the right words to say whenever I needed to hear them when I was being bullied she really was my rock along with my Mum.



In 2007 my Grandma got cancer for the third time it was a hard blow for us all but we soon got to work on kicking cancers butt this time her treatment was more severe than the times before and the chemotherapy started to make her weak it after a couple of small does in hospital it was realised that the chemotherapy was killing her but as soon as they found out it was stopped but luckily the cancer had been beaten and she was put in remission.

Through the years we had our fair share of fights with each other because we were just so similar in so many ways and both as stubborn as an ox (Her words). I remember one day I was in her room living room with her and I was a little upset and she just turned to me and said ‘Lauren be as free as a butterfly don’t let anyone cage you and don’t be afraid to fly’ the words have stuck with me since. We had this on-going joke for year where she used to call me a ‘horrible child’ and I would call her a ‘horrible Grandma’ but there was never any truth or hurtful meaning behind it.



 When I was younger I wasn’t able to say Grandma so I called her my Marmar and it stuck till December 1st 2011 at 3.45pm this was the day that my Marmar was taken away from me. The day before she died she said her last words to me and they were ‘I love you god bless my horrible child’


Not all heroes wear costumes and masks and not all heroes need super powers but her strength and determination has made me the strong independent young woman I am today and I would not change anything that happened in them 10 amazing years because I knew she loved me and supported me not matter what and even though I said I didn’t want to be there when you passed I was glad I was because I got to tell you how much you meant to me.     



If Roses grow in heaven

Lord pick a bunch for me

Place them in my Marmars arms
and tell her there from me
Tell her I love her and miss her
and when she turns to smile
Place a kiss upon her cheek
and hold her for a while
Because remembering her is easy
I'll do it every day
But there’s and ache within my heart
That will never go away.


Sunday 7 April 2013

Rest in Peace


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Today's blog is serious and I would like to share with you something that has recently happened in my life. 

I think I have lost my spark for blogging and I would like to share with you why I think it had disappeared. A week ago a close friend of mine committed suicide. I am part of an on-line gaming community and have been for the past eight or so years but I met Fred around three years ago he lived in Canada and was a great member of the group. Even though I never had the chance to meet him face to face I spoke to him almost every day and we bantered and abused each other in a funny way. Fred was due to come over in the summer and we planned a whole week of joking around and him teaching me how to cook American/Canadian food. Last weekend I went to Manchester to watch Rocky Horror on stage I came back home on the Sunday I was home for four hours before we got told the news and everything seemed to stop for a split second next thing I knew tears were rolling down my cheeks.  The minutes that followed after the news team speak was silent everyone in the squad was in a state of shock. Even though we had never met and were miles apart we had helped each other through tough times again and again. Yesterday you were cremated at 6pm our time and again team speak had never been so quiet and on our Facebook page we created a video of all our favourite memories of Fred. I find it amazing how someone you have never met can have so much impact in your life. No matter how many times you have dealt with death each individual death will affect you in a different way. 



Rest In Peace Fred

The tears and sadness we now feel are a small price to pay for having you in our lives but you will continue to live on in our memories and you will never be forgotten Rest In Peace Fred

Friday 5 April 2013

CHICKEN


Hey guys
Okay I have still not done the YouTube video I keep talking about I think it’s safe to say for the time been I have chickened out and will not post one. I think this is due to the fact that I cannot think of an idea to go with do I want to vlog, try nail art tutorials or horror make-up  I think I just need to pick one and go down that route but horror make-up seems the way to go because it’s an area I've focused on before. So here a picture of the horror make-up I played around with today.




Believe it or not this only took me 10 minutes to do but with drying time would take about half an hour. I did use a different foundation to my actual skin colour so it would be more viable. I also ran out of fake blood and gelatine which would have made it better looking and added to the effect of muscle underneath.  

Thursday 4 April 2013

a little bit of everything


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So instead of trying to make a YouTube video yesterday I ended up going doctors and being told I have an ear infection and on top of everything going on right now it was just the icing on the cake. Since November 2012 I have been taking five different tablets and now I am taking antibiotics. NO I am not looking for sympathy I just thought I would share a little of my life with you. So tomorrow I am going to attempt to make a video of a makeup tutorial for a female Dr Jekyll and Hyde I tried it today and here’s a picture for you all please have in mind this was just a quick run through and I will post a proper picture tomorrow.

so here's with red contacts


and here's without 


I have also been a busy writing a book I don’t know if it will ever get published one day but it’s a fun thing to do which I may end up posting about in the near future. 

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Plan of action

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Tomorrow I am going to attempt to make a youtube video if it completely fails I think it will make a interesting post on here. I am past the point of letting people judge me if i even just make one person smile making a fool out of myself then i dont mind.  I am not sure if it will be a Makeup tutorial or a Vlog.

Lauren x
PS here's a duck face for you all

funny out look



Hey Guys

Today’s blog is a light hearted look on what girls go through to impress others.

1.       Waxing - it bloody hurts

2.       Trying to get the perfect hair
 

3.       Shaving - if you’re a wimp or not stupid enough to try
4.       Beauty treatments - anyone seen pics of a vampire facial


5.       Underwear shopping - its stressful when nothing fits right
6.       Fashion – no I don’t want to wear this
7.       Make-up - when is it too much 
8.       Fake tan – I want to be a bronze as this
9.       Technology
10.   We get friend zoned too


Monday 1 April 2013

ROCKY HORROR


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Sorry I didn’t blog over the weekend I went to see Rocky Horror in Manchester which was amazing not only was the show one of the best I have seen the fans were so welcoming and friendly. I also think that it was could how the cast recognised people Oliver Thornton ho is playing Frank’N’Furter knew hardcore fans name and while a group of us were talking to Roxanne Pallett she remember two people who she had seen in Birmingham. So today's post is going to be a picture post. Oh and I have also just been informed by a friend that my picture was up on the daily mail site with Roxanne Pallett.


 
Rhydian - Rocky
Kristian Lavercombe - Riff Raff
Joel Mintague - Eddie and Dr Scott
Ceris Hine - Columbia
Oliver Thornton - Frank'N'Futer
I told Oliver that he was my first Frankie and he replied 'I popped your Rocky Horror cherry how did it feel?' all I managed to say was AMAZING!!!
Roxanne Pallett - Janet 
Roxanne was so sweet and I didnt realise that we stood and spoke to each other for half an hour outside the theatre.