lozzie_h

the festive spirit

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:52:50 GMT

I realise I am procrastinating to avoid the mountains of work I am missing OTC to catch up on, but I went shopping earlier (to get materials for my project before you ask!) I was in The Ridings shopping centre and there was a primary school big band playing christmas songs and people in costumes collecting for charity and entertaining the children there, and I just felt really happy and festive and I couldn't keep from smiling.

I know I always complaining about the commercialisation of Christmas and the fact that it starts earlier and earlier every year, but it really is the only time of year when at least a few people feel they should be more giving what with it being the season to be jolly etc. I'll bet that those charity collectors got more money today than they would in June, because somehow Christmas just seems to bring out the giving side of people. Maybe it is because they feel guilty that they are spending so much money on their family and on christmas food, or maybe the sight of a snowman on stilts in the shopping centre just makes people feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Whatever, it works!

Anyway, I'm now really looking forward to Christmas. It is a time of parties, getting drunk and spending far too much money on presents and new outfits for said parties, but I think there is nothing better than my whole family sitting down together for a meal (and getting drunk together, but hey!) when we don't do it enough! Its the one day of the year where we all know where we will be and who we will be with. And its all about my Grandma cheating horrifically at Articulate and singing stupid songs and playing stupid games all together.

In short, roll on Christmas!

play fighting

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:31:11 GMT

Here is a random revelation I had today...

OK, so I was play fighting with Kieran this morning and it struck me just how strong he was. Maybe its because I don't have a sibling that I've had play fights with or whatever, but I suddenly realised that I was completely helpless at several points. Even when I put all my strength into what I was doing I just couldn't do anything that made any form of difference. Anyway, I just always thought if anyone ever attacked me that I would be strong enough to fight them off and run away or whatever, and this made me realise that I was very mistaken in that assumption. I was completely powerless and defenceless and that scared me, because I have never felt like that before. It reminded me that I'm not invincible, if Kieran had been an attacker or wanted to do something to hurt me I would have been at his mercy, and that when people tell me not to walk places alone at night or whatever that actually they are right, and that I am really in no position to be so cocky as to assume that I would be alright. I wouldn't be.

So girlies (and guys too, for that matter)basically I'm trying to say look after each other and let people look after you (I know most of us do anyway, but I just had to say it) and don't over estimate yourself in that way, it is better to be safe than sorry after all!

Women's mentality

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:50:49 GMT

Ok, all guys have basically said that they will never understand women. Well I'm sorry to say it but I have come to the conclusion that I will never understand me either, so god knows how the rest of you cope.

To put it this way, I was in a medative mood in the gym earlier as i pounded along next to two other women. The one on my left was (to put it kindly) a little overweight and really struggling and she gave up after five mins running, but I seriously commended her for getting into the gym and actively doing something about it, rather than sitting at home crying with yet another pie or raiding her savings to pay for plastic surgery for a quick fix. The woman on my right was a skinny rake, you could see every bone in her body, she had no breasts whatsoever, and she had been running for about half an hour by this point. i commend her wanting to stay in shape and whatever, but she was the absolute extreme and had clearly taken fitness way too far.

I came to the conclusion that no matter what the media portray as the perfect body, so woman will ever be happy with her figure. As an example, I was 'dieting' a lot before going to uni, losing weight and then just putting it back on again, I don't think I was ever particularly happy with my figure. I went to uni at my heaviest ever and decided to give up on watching what I ate because it made me miserable. A year on I've actually lost a stopne and a half and I find it so iroinic that i did it without consciously trying. But now I'm lighter than i've been since I was 16 or 17, and i think I'm more conscious about my body, in fact I would say i hate the worst parts more now than i did when they were bigger. Is this body image really thanks to the media's preoccupation with the skeletal model? Because while I think that this image plays a role, it really is down to your own perceptions and opinions right? I don't give a flying ferret how much Kate Moss weighs or whatever, but I do know that my thighs look big in those jeans blah blah blah.

I so admire women who say they are happy with their body shape, because it really shouldnt be something to hung up about. But just like nobody ever likes their own hair (its too thin, too thick, its curly, its too straight etc) I don't think that anyone can ever be totally happy with their own figure. I mean come on, if someone asked you about your body i bet you would say 'I'd like to be taller / thinner / more muscley' etc.

I dunno where this rant is going. I just got a bit freaked out being between these two women in the gym and seeing these two extremes and wondering how they got there, and then realising how easy it would be to become one of them. And I think this made me realise that I worry too much.

Now I'm worried that I should worry less...

Thus I have unintentionally explained why people smoke!

And bored you all to death in the process.

And confused myself.

Does anyone remember what I was talking about?

why have everything the same?

Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:45:15 GMT

right, having been wokring in my pub for nearly three weeks now, it confuses me that regulars come in and have exactly the same drink, every single time, no exception.

i really hope i never get into the mindset where i do this. i mean, there is so much more to try! why not push the boat out and try a lager rather than an ale once in a while? Its like, why go on holiday to the same place every year when there is a whole world out there to explore? OK, now and again doing something you have done before is safe because you know will enjoy it or whatever, but what if there is something out there that is even better but you are too scared or narrow-minded to try it?

who knows, baileys and lager might actually taste quite nice! ;P

long time no type

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:50:59 GMT

Hello!

Ok, so i just realised that I really have not written in LJ for ageeeees. I still read all your posts, but I guess I've just been obsessed with facebook, among other things. My last proper post was when I crashed my car and this upsets me, so here is an update on pretty much the last 6 months of my life, but shortened!

January - Well, as many of you know this was when the new year was starting out crap for me, I crashed car, so had to do the whole insurance company thing and buy a new car. Then it was back to unimaversity and sorting out our house for next year. I'm living in Wakefield with six other girls in a lovely townhouse, it will be so much fun even if we do all end up getting PMT at the same time!

Feb - Well, two days after spending yet anopther Valentine's day being bitter and twisted because once again I'm single and everyone else in the world seems to be in love or whatever, the guy I've been after since about October asked me out. Yay. Lovely fit army guy, I won't say too much about Kieran here because no doubt you will hear me blathering on about him at some point and be so totally sick of it that you will throw me from the nearest window...!

Mar - ya know, thinking back, I really don't think anything happened in March. how sad am I? It probably consisted of going out in Leeds a lot, not doing any work etc. Good times!

April - I went skiing with OTc (Officer Training Army Thing) in France. It was the craziest holiday ever. Skiing all day and drinking all night with a hundred other cadets for a week. It was amazing. Such antics ensued such as me waking up at 3am on the night that I didn't go out to find three very drunken and semi naked men in my bed (none of them my boyfriend I might add!) That was amusing. And yes, there are pictures. Partway through the week my face went pink and swelled up like a balloon because I was allergic to my suncream, lovely. Was on 11 pills a day for three days just to get rid of it! And then guess what, got back from Skiing and came down with a horrible chest infection, was ill for three weeks and didn't get to make it up to watford to see you all (which was very upsetting and annoying!)

May - Well, I had my one and only written exam which was super-duper fun, then had my practical exam where I had to work with the actors (NEVER AGAIN!) and my design presentation, both of which I worked stupidly long hours to finish. Honestly, I was in uni from 9am every morning until 10pm in the evening, and then stayed up until 2am at home working. I also did the very scary thing of 'meeting the parents'. Took a trip to Alsager for Kieran's dad's 50th and it was actually really fun, and apparently I was 'approved of'. The poor boy has yet to meet my family....oh dear.

June - Well I had all of finished my course apart from a few end of year tutorials, so spent the days enjoying BBQs, playing rounders and generally dossing around. Went on a trip to Alton Towers and a road-trip to Scarborough which was ace, I love Scarborough. Also had the OTC Summer Ball, which was amazing. Mandy, laura and Nicole came up and stayed with me for the weekend and we went to the ball on saturday night, which we all enjoyed very much and got extremely drunk on cheap alcohol.

I'm back home now, trying to find a job and generally doing nothing. On Thursday (tomorrow in fact) I'm heading back up to Leeds to pack up my room properly and then on friday I'm off on OTC Summer Camp for 2 weeks (my friends have been calling it Boot camp, which it kinda is). I'm so excited and yet terrified at the same time. I shall come back from that bruised, bitten, tired, sore etc and then go off to Morocco for a week avec laura and Mandy, so will look uber sexy in a bikini covered in bruises and looking like a victim of domestic violence. Will hopefully be spending the last week of july in Watford to see you all, Haven't seen most of you for 6 months because I was ill at easter. Miss you so much.

Oh yeah, and hopefully my parents will be going away for a bit at the end of aug, meaning I have a house to myself. I'm thinking major house party week! yay. will let you all know! you can come stay with me! yay.

I think that's all. Miss you lots. See you all soon. Hope you are having good summers!

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:21:31 GMT

hey guys, i need your help

I'm looking to go camping in summer with some friends from Uni, we want to go somewhere near a beach (wales possibly, or cornwall area, but we arent bothered) but we can't find a campsite that isnt 'quiet' or 'families'. basically we are looking for somewhere where they wont mind a group of 8 or so of us getting drunk and being loud in the small wee hours etc.

anyone been anywhere or know of somewhere that fits the bill?

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:24:48 GMT

Ladies and gentleman, this weekend I shall be doing FISH, Fighting In Someones House! It is what I have looked forward to since joining OTC! I get to run around going 'grrrr, fear me' and will mosyt probably be killed at least twice, seeing as the mortality rate when fighting in built up areas is about 90%.

On the bright side I will probably die of hypothermia rather than bullet wounds, we are sleeping outside this weekend......

Miss you all so much! Can't wait until Easter! Really wanna see you all! I'm hoping to come up to Watford to coincide with Emma's party, so please please please organise lots of fun stuff around then and then offer me shelter for the nights because I have so much to be organising at the moment that I can't think that far ahead!

random madness

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:43:31 GMT

hey, i realise it has been a long time since i updated, however i find this story very amusing and thought you could all laugh at my stupidity.

ok, so I'm seeing this guy from OTC (army) training called Kieran, and the other day I received a picture message on my phone. It was not from a number I recognised, but it was of a guy, wearing an army shirt and Kieran's gas mask and holding his bayonet. I texted back the number asking who it was. Here is when the mystery began.

The mystery texter, henceforth known as X, would not tell me who it was, however I guessed that it was Nick, one of Kieran's flatmates. However a bit later I get a message from another number and it is Nick, so X can not be Nick.

Over the next few days X keeps texting me, saying things like 'I love you' and 'you have pretty eyes'. I asked Kieran about it and he said he knew nothing, but I could tell he was lying and that he knew something.

Anyway, I was in a pub with Kieran and Nick on Nick's birthday and I get a text from X saying 'i like ur pretty white top'.....I actually am wearing white. This kinda freaked me out a bit, because I could not see anyone else I knew in the pub.

X kept texting me asking to meet up for a drink. I told him (I knew it was a him cos I called the number with a 141 in front and didnt recognise the male voice that answered) that i was not going to meet up with a random person texting me who i didnt know and wouldnt tell me their name. So X confessed that his name was Brendan.

Great!

I don't know ANYONE called Brendan.

I don't even know a BRENDA!

I asked Brendan how he got my number, and he said he got it off Kieran and that he had seen me around and really liked me, and wanted to meet up for lunch. I told him I was not going to meet him, especially if he was a friend of Kieran's, as common sense told me that it would not go down well to be seeing a guy and then meet his friend for lunch!

Anyway, Brendan then adds me on msn. This kinda freaks me out and I start having a massive go at Kieran asking why he is giving my details out to his friends, and saying that if he doesn't like me he just has to say, rather than setting me up with random stalker-friends.

Then Brendan phones me and, guess what, it was NICK all along. When he had texted me from 'his' phone, it had actually been his friends! I could not believe I had been taken in!!!! I had been getting so freaked out about this weird stalker who knew me and was declaring his love for me, and it was Nick and Kieran having a laugh all along.

Men!

You are all pathetic!

(Its funny to look back on though!)

things ARE looking up

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:03:25 GMT

well guys, after my year started so crap I didn't hold out much hope, but things are getting better.

Firstly the woman who hit me, despite doing all she could 2 avoid it, has accepted liability for the accident which makes everything ten times easier.

Then my insurance company told me that because of my new (safer!) address and postcode, I'm owed a £90 rebate on my insurance.

AND

I won a makeover worth £150 with Gloss Makeovers in London. I get hair, makeup, facial etc and then a photoshoot, with no obligation to buy the photos. How cool is that???

Feeling so much happier now!

2006, not a good year so far

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:01:11 GMT

well I have decided that 2006 is not going to be my good year. I may as well curl up in a cupboard now and just emerge in 2007, hopefully unharmed.

let me explain. as many of you know i spent new year in laura harpins bathroom, being rather ill. i shall gloss over the details, but lets just say I thought at midnight, 'oh well, things can only get better from here.' i was very wrong.

yesterday, driving home from watford, i was in a car crash and wrote off my car.

luckily i'm ok, just very stiff and bruised. got mild whiplash and im pretty shaken up, as you can imagine, but no lasting damage.

bascially what happened was i was doing 70 on the motorway, in the slow lane. it was dark and wet. the car in front of me suddenly slammed on its brakes cos he was about 2 miss his exit. i slammed on my brakes 2 and skidded across the wet ground, bracing myself 2 go up the bumper of a people carrier (who would have come off worse i wonder???). luckily i missed the car in front by inches. However, the car behind me was not so lucky.

the driver slammed into the back of me and i skidded off the road, fortunately into a well placed layby. Managed 2 miraculously stop the car and got out to survey the damage. i nearly fainted when i saw it.

my back windscreen was shattered, by bumper and boot folded in almost halfway, my boot had flown open and the bumper was hanging off. my right back wheel was jammed by the crumpled metal (although somehow my hazard lights were still working).

the scariest thing was what had happened 2 my seat. It had gone off the rollers and the back had been flung towards the back seat on the impact, and was jammed down in the horizontal position. apparently the fact that i had been clinging on to the steering wheel bracing for impact is what stopped me being thrown back with the seat. I didnt think much of it until i heard the guy in the recovery vehicle talking to the police man in the car that showed up, assuming that 'the ambulance had already taken the citroen driver 2 hospital'.....

anyway, the woman who crashed in2 me was really lovely. although it wasnt really her fault, she did all she could 2 avoid me, technically she was travelling 2 close and she basically admitted liability. we had a great chat whilst we waited 4 my dad 2 come pick me up, she told me all about the fact that she wanted 2 leave her husband...nice.

so my car got carted off 2 a ploice depot. i had 2 take a breathaliser test, which i passed and got 2 keep the blowy tube thing (!). the police recommended i went 2 A and E so my parents took me. They put a collar on me and i had three xrays because of the speed i was possibly doing on impact they had 2 make sure there was no damage. the docotr who saw me was so so so so fit and i was like 'omg this is so embarrasing, i have mascara marks under my eyes from where ive been crying!'

anyway, everything checked out fine so i just have 2 take painkillers. my back and neck r really stiff and i hav some bruising from my seatbelt, but the worst thing is the shock. I was so lucky that i was on my own in the car, if i had had anyone sitting behind my seat...

i guess thats the worst thing, i keep thinking 'what if...', which i know i shouldnt but it is still really scary.

so now i have the wonderful task of insurance claims and finding a new car. jolly good.

as i said before, hopefully from now this year can only get better!!!

merry xmas

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:00:24 GMT

hey guys

i would like 2 take this opportunity of thanking edd 4 his hospitality when i visited last weekend, he took me in and gave me a bed for a night (ditto dom btw, but we just kinda crashed in his pool room).

anyway, i hav been crap and not sent cards this year, so i would like to wish u all a very merry xmas. i hope u all get excessively drunk, eat far 2 much food and spend the day watchin lame but entertaining films on tv.

love u all

Laura

p.s. i have just rediscovered the magic of 'my little pony' - however i may not be saying this in a weeks time when i am sick of my sister constantly playing ONLY that on the DVD player. That and Jimbo....oh god, kill me now!

guess hu is back????

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:35:34 GMT

hey guys

ok, i fianlly have internet! woot! so here is an update on what is ahpp-enin 2 me in the last 3 - 4 months!

went 2 uni

am loving uni

joined the army

am loving the army

i actually have joined the army btw, im in Leeds University Officer Training Corps. I can now fire rifles, survive in the great outdoors with very little, sleep under a piece of fabric, ambush the enemy, patrol the area, walk 2 miles in 1/2 hour with a 35lb bergan on my back and a rifle in my hands, secure a platoon harbour and drink beer like a man! it rocks. The drama diva has gone hardcore, lol.

i was wondering the other day, have i changed since being at uni? i can't really tel. I don't think you can change when u r at uni, just circumstances make your persaonality evolve. I mean, essentially, you are the same person, and goin 2 uni doesnt alter the experiences u hav had before uni, so do you really change?

anyway, that is, essentially, months of thought and experiences in a few select lines. Obviously more has actually happened 2 me, and i hope i have thought about more than just this. I just thought i would let you all know that i am still alivbe and have not been struck down by a renegade scally. lol.

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:24:00 GMT

OK people, I am officially moving! My room is taken up by two boxes, one for stuff I am also taking to Uni and one for Non - Uni stuff. It is so hard to decide what I wanna take.

Anyway, I shall be moving to a place far far away called Wiltshire, and I am very near StoneHenge. So anyway, I shall expect you all to phone me saying "Hey, I really wanna see that historic monument known as Stone Henge, could I possibly come and stay with you in the holidays as well?"

In return, expect a phonecall form me saying "Please, i really need to hang out with friends other than my cousins. Can I come to Watford and sleep at your house for a night?"

So there we go. I shall be moving to 32 Stone Close, Winterslow on friday. This road shall henceforth be known as Wisteria Lane, because like in Desperate Housewives it is perfect, with neatly trimmed lawns, immaculate hedges, clean cars, good little children playing football in the street and housewives dressed in two-pieces and pearls arranging coffee mornings.

I wish I was joking.

They are gonna get a shock when we move in. My dirty car. An enormous and noisy dog. My sometimes very vocal sister. My Dad "Pruning" the bushes then leaving the debris on the lawn for days...

We shall be popular.

I can't help it, I have nothing better to do!

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:21:45 GMT

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Laura
2. Hughesie
3. Boozy

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
I have many varied ones, the most recent being
1. BoozyLozzie
2. Lozzie_H
3. Lozzie_bighug

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My lower legs
2. My eyes
3. My middle finger on my right hand...it bends at a really funky angle!

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My bum
2. My upper arms
3. My middle finger on my right hand...it bends at a really freaky angle!

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. English
2. Welsh
3. Outter Mongolian

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Scary films
2. Spiders - I just don't like the way they move!
3. Jess's elbows - they are dangerous dammit!

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Air
2. Water
3. Mascara

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. jeans
2. rugby shirt
3. I'll leave the rest up to your imagination.....

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:
1. Bon Jovi
2. Andrew lloyd Webber - Yes I know, but the man is a musical genius!
3. Elton John - Come on, he rocks! He is such a great musician

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. respect
2. champagne and strawberrys.....
3. the guy I'm dating to be straight....

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. I am telling a lie
2. This is the truth
3. This is not a lie, neither is it the truth

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX(es) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Smile
2. Height - they HAVE to be taller than me.
3. Forearms - they have to be muscley, but not too much, and be not too hairy and really soft skin, you can just see the veins in the arm and they should be nicely tanned...

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Reading / writing
2. The arts - acting / paitning / singing....
3. Doing stupid quizzes on LJ and the like

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. go to uni and get it over with, the waiting is the worst part
2. eat a huge piece of chocolate cake
3. go to the toilet...

THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING/YOU’VE CONSIDERED:
1. Vet - decided this was not the best career choice as I don't actually like the sight of blood...or biology for that matter!
2. Actress - Doesn't everyone wanna be an actress / singer / professional dancer at some point in their lives?
3. Production Designer - watch this space...

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. A dude ranch in Texas
2. Australia
3. Egypt

THREE KID’S NAMES YOU LIKE: (I’ll list 3 boy and 3 girl names)
1. Cameron / Camryn
2. Oliver / Rhianna
3. Josh / Faye

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Live
2. Swim with dolphins
3. See the valley of the kings

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1. I look at womens arses/figures and comment on them out loud
2. I like playing football
3. I drive at about 85 - 90 mph on motorways (I freaked Dom out a bit actually)

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK:
1. I like pink
2. I am attracted to men
3. I lack a penis

That took up some valuable time. Time I hsall never get back. Yet the fruits of my labour are here for all to see. I feel that this has been a productive waste of time.

Goodnight my fellow chuckadees.

Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:12:31 GMT

OMG I just saw Team America and it was hilarious! "Rumpleteazer held me down and I was raped by Mister Mistofoless" i nearly died laughing! The doorbell rang in the middle though so I missed the sex scene (I rented it on Front Row), how typical is that!?

I can't believe it took me so long to see the film!

I have been renting films like every night because my rents are away. Have so far watched 'National Treasure' - entertaining, I only actually rented it to watch Sean Bean though, and Vanity Fair - really rather strange and a bit pants. Next on my list is Dear Freddie - it looks quite sad but has Gerrard Butler in it (aka The phantom of the opera - swoon)....how shallow am I?

Off to see Charlie and the Chocolate factory tomorrow. I would say just for Johnny Depp but he looks freaky in it, so I'm actually just watching it for the chocolate. Mmm, chocolate...I may go and make myself some of the hot variety.

I wish I owned a hot chocolate fountain...but REAL chocolate!

How fat would I be?

Tim Boardman would have a field day...I would soooo love to ahve lost loads of weight when I next see him so he has to eat his stupid arrogant comments the bastard!

There, I feel much better now!

Put your hands together for Mr Pilgrim please

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 17:54:53 GMT

I would just like to express my congratulations to the cleverest person I know. Ben Pilgrim. (Turn to Page 20 on the free Watford Observer for more info). Basically he did really well at this international chemistry competition, and sat a five hour theory exam and a five hour practical exam, and got a bronze medal. The guy really is a genius!

On a different note the Edi preview went well, despite Jess allowing half the audience to see me getting changed, so wiv my skirt around my ankles.... Part from that it was great!

I won't be around for a while now....cos I'm off to Edi land early saturday morning! Yay!

Love you all, please phone us on results day so we can chat etc. Missing you all!

Guess who is back...

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:14:58 GMT

Blondie is back! I am once again blonde, curtesy of Dom's Dad. He wanted me to be blonde for my aprt in the play so I now have short blonde hair and I love it!

Seriously though, it was amazing. I went to this posh salon in St Albans with Niki and Caroline and we had our hair and nails done (for a huge discount cos basically we have this deal with the salon and newspapers that advertises the salon and the show....looong story but you get the idea, like a sponsorship deal). ANYWAY.

So I'm sitting having my hair done by TWO people, and then a third is doing my nails. I'm brought fresh juice on a silver palter with biscuits and offered wine! I had a french manicure, hair restyle, full head of foil highlights, wash, cut and blow dry, then some amazing hair products (ALTERNA - they cost like £30 a bottle!) all for FREE!!!!!

It was wicked. I felt like a star!

Got the preview tonight...wish me luck. I have to repeatedly kiss a guy on stage, agree to sex on a chair and swear til I'm blue in the face in front of my parents. I'm not nervous in the slightest...ahem!

meh, nothing better to do

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:55:36 GMT

Name: Laura Grace Christine Hughes

Birthday: 25th October

Birthplace: Wrexham, Wales

Current Location: home computer

Eye Color: sumtimes grren, sumtimes blue, sumtimes both.

Hair Color: blonde/brunette/blonde

Height: 5'8" or so - tall enough to find too many men too short

Right Handed or Left Handed: righty, altho i'm lefty when it comes to sports, like i prefer to jump off my left foot and lead wiv my left, how odd!

Your Heritage: technically i'm welsh because i was born in wales and my dad is welsh. w00t!

The Shoes You Wore Today: trainers, cept i took them off for rehearsals because i'mm taller than my 'love interest' anyway, and wiv trainers wiv a one inch sole it just looks comical.

Your Weakness: ioan gruffudd....swoon

Your Fears: fear, and someone trying to eat my best friend (who is a duck, incidentally....see orevious entry regarding my odd duck dream)

Your Perfect Pizza: NO DUCK! ANYTHING BUT DUCK!

Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: realistically? lose some weight before uni cos I've put on laods recently and I feel really fat. in my dreams - marry iaon gruffudd and buy a mansion in wales where we live happily ever after.

Your Most Overused Phrase: i love < insert new crush here>

Thoughts First Waking Up: shit, more rehearsals

Your Best Physical Feature: eyes, maybe? I dunno. I'm in a "I don't like myself much" mood atm, so possibly not the best time to ask me. I do quite like my chest tho...

Your Bedtime: whenever someone drags me off.........wink wink

Your Most Missed Memory: you know, i can't remember......

Pepsi or Coke: either, coke at home, pepsi when i'm eating out...

Mc Donald's or Burger King: both are disgustingly fattening but equally delicious

Single or Group Dates: date? whats that? don't remember EVER having been on one of those.....

Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: mef, either, xcept the sparkling one which is mingy!

Chocolate or Vanilla: vanilla with chocolate

Cappuccino or Coffee: are you forcing me to chose which is better? cos neither is worth saying anything about!

Do you Smoke: nope

Do you Swear: not much, i hav 2 a lot in the edi play, which i find really awkward....bit like sex on a chair really

Do you Sing: i try, i fail mostly

Have you Been in Love: no...any offers?

Do you want to go to College: yes, but im scared too

Do you believe in yourself: no, lauras are just myths, like mermaids, the dodo and fat free desserts...

Do you get Motion Sickness: no

Do you think you are attractive: not recently, put on too much weight

Do you get along with your Parents: freakishly well

Do you like Thunderstorms: yeah, specially when im in a plane!

Do you play an Instrument: not well enough to type about

In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: i wne tot zante for a week, what do u think?

In the past month have you smoked: if i don't smoke how can i have smoked?

In the past month have you been on drugs: nope

In the past month have you gone on a date: i don't go on dates, i am asexual and unattractive

In the past month have you eaten a box of flapjacks: no

In the past month have you eaten sushi: never have, never will, fish sucks

In the past month have you been dumped: u have 2 date sumone 2 be dumped right?

In the past month have you gone skinny dipping: no...well...not unless u count the time with the five guys in the lake in st albans...but we dont talk about that....

In the past month have you stolen anything: the hearts of thousands

Ever been drunk: surely this question has already been asked?

Ever been called a tease: not recently

Ever been beaten up: no

Ever Shoplifted: no, shops are rather heavy these days

How do you want to die: happy

What do you want to be when you grow up: an adult

What country would you most like to Visit: egypt

Number of things in your past you regret: having no regrets

Have you ever hurt someone: they were unable to let me know if i had hurt them after i punched their teeth out...

Has anybody ever hurt you: yes, but then they were submitted to the previous question

Do you have a best friend: yes, i wear them with my best jacket, like a fashion accessory

Are you somebody’s best friend: hope so, i'd like to be the best at something....

Do you keep secrets: shall i tell you a secret? I do keep secrets. but u cant tell anyone...its a secret....doh!

Are you very secretive: see above

Do you lie: course i do, i'm lying now. or am i?

What one person do you wish to be closer to: physically? i answered that many questions ago, but shall say his name again, because i love it....IOAN GRUFFUDD!

Do you have anyone you'd die for: yes

Whats your favourite number: i dont do favouritism, makes me feel sorry for all the 1s left out!

Whats your favourite smell: my nose

Number of drugs you have taken: i find counting difficult, must be the drugs....

Number of CDs you own: see above

Number of Piercings you have: see above

Number of Tattoos your have: see above

Favourite alcoholic drink: i thought i said i don't do favourites.

In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: i give in, prefferably white, red just looks mingy

Favourite Hair Color: anything, colour is something to be enjoyed.

Smell: freshly laundered socks....im bored of this now

Good or bad dress sense: bad, makes me feel like i look good!

Boxers/thong seen or not: seen, but briefly, on the floor is the best place......

Plug Plug Plug

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:10:45 GMT

Hey guys, I though I would advertise a really wonderful event taking palce in St. Albans on 3rd August.

It is the one...

The only...

YES! The preview of 'The Reality Checker'.

OK, sorry if that was a let down, 'TRC' is the play Niki and I are in during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Niki is also the all singing all dancing Stage Manager, and Jess is ASM, Dom is lighting....so EVERYONE you know who MATTERS!)

Anyway, as it is far easier for many of you to see the St Albans show rather than visiting us in Edinburgh (but please do!) I wish to cordially invite you to see it. It is a pretty good show and entertaining (I play a super-bitch-whore, with emphasis on the whore...but you will have to see it to find out!)

So anyway. 7.00pm at New Place, St Albans (V near to Dom's), then drinks in town afterwards?

Please come, we need an audience!

Love you all!

xxx

Water Fighting Randomness

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:52:45 GMT

Hello everyone.

Well, that was random. I just had a waterfight....

With my mum and dad.

You see, it all started when my muma nd I both needed the loo. See, we only have one toilet in our house so it was a mad scramble up the stairs which Mum won. She then proceeded to pee very loudly making lots of loud sighs to rub it in. So i got a flannel and soaked it and when she came out I flicked the water onto her.

I go into the loo and before I come out I hear whispering. I peer around the corner to see my Mum and Dad with full glasses of water hiding around the corner. I retreat into the bathroom and lock the door, Mum throws her water and misses.

Then ensues a "sitting it out" contest between my dad and I. Finally I come out and he threatens me with the water. I am forced to go down on my knees and beg for mercy. However when Mum comes upstairs to see I knock the water out of Dad's ahnds...all over Mum.

Dad refills his glass and chases me out into the garden. I run to the trampoline only to find that Dad and Mum have the hose.

Much bouncing and water follows. (For the guys out there - I was wearing a white t-shirt...happy now?)

Anyway, to cut a long story short I got drench, from head to foot, and am now contemplating pneumonia. Lol, jokes, it was actually such good fun.

Random.

But fun.

Does anyone have a shotgun...

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:26:24 GMT

Because if so the use of it, including bullets, would be much appreciated.

Picture the scene.

I am in my garden, sunbathing.

Reading Marian Keyes.

In my black bikini.

My bikini from two years ago which is thread bare and falling apart.

I am only wearing said bikini because my others are in the wash after Zante.

Having neglected to put sunblock on my knees, they are both pink enough to pass as lobsters.

To combat the sun on my knees, I have tied sarongs around my knees so that the rest of my legs are still in the sun but said knees are protected.

One sarong is green, the other pink and purple.

My hair is a mess.

I am wearing no makeup.

Get the picture? Imagining it? Good.

Because who comes strolling into the garden but a family looking at our house (which is on the market - any offers much apprecaited).

In this family is possibly one of the fittest guys I have seen in the area in quite a while.

And I am in my bikini, with sarongs tied around my knees.

Oh the shame!

(cries hysterically)

I'm Back!

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:19:52 GMT

Hey guys

I literally just this minute got back from holiday, OMG i had the bestest time!

Firstly our flight was like 1 in the morning, just our luck that gatwick chose that night to test their fire alarms, non stop, for nearly half an hour. it was painful.

Then at Zante airport (the size of the sixth form block, incidentally) it took nearly two hours to offload our luggage. Not bad when you consider that the guys two or three flights before us had been waiting nearly three and a half hours!

Our resort was so lovely, really quiet but with a few clubs down the road, lots of really nice bars and restaurants and a two minute walk from the beach. Lagana (the clubbing area) was a 5 min taxi drive away. Having experienced Greek Taxi drivers I am no longer afraid of going in cars with Scott or Kate, to be honest they are pretty damn safe drivers after drivers in Greece!

So EVERYWHERE we went the waiters hit on Nicole, which was hilarious and we took several pictures. Most restaurants gave us free drinks, desserts etc, and at this one place where we went for lunch on three occasions the waiter actually invited us in for a free drink without a meal! (He had an ulterior motive in that we think he wanted us to take his niece out into Kalamaki with us - but the drinks were still nice.)

Now for the first night. We just stayed in our resort because we had had about an hours sleep in the last thirty odd hours, so our first BIG night was our second night.

Lets just say we went a bit crazy and I was the only one who did not throw up at some point, although fair play Laura threw up after having mixed painkillers with copious amounts of alcohol, Mandy threw up from watching Nicole being sick and Nicole threw up because she was pissed off her head. But still, I'm proud of myself.

On the Saturday, our second day, we took a boat trip called "Sunkissed Cruise" which was a tour of the island with swimming stops. At the first stop we all jumped off the boat and swan towards the beach (it was quite a distance). I had literally just stood up knee deep to wade the rest of the way when our rep Panos yelled for us to turn back cos there were jellyfish in the water. Mass hysteria ensues.

The sensible thing would have been for me to wade the last three metres to the beach, but I swam back about a hundred metres or more to the bnoat with the others. I'm actually well glad I didn't go onto the beach...

Basically a man aged 70 on the beach had a heart attack. We don't know if it was the shock of the jellyfish or the strain of the swim, but when we got to the boat and looked back we could see them doing CPR on him. Now I've done emergency first aid trianing at work, so I knew it was pretty bad when they were doing CPR for ages, probably about 10 mins or more. Whilst this is happening people in the water are panicking and our rep Panos nearly got drowned helping two girls. Apparently he also got really badly stung by the jellyfish (which aren't deadly by the way).

Back on the boat we watched at they got the guy into a speedboat and brought him back to the boat, then we headed off for the nearest port. We were all told not to go on the bottom deck. We got to the port and the ambulance didn't come for ages. We later realised this was because it was too late, the guy had died on the beach. I had kinda known that, seeing as I knew how CPR has like the tiniest chance of bringing someone back to life, especially if nothing happens in the first two minutes. We decided to cut out boat trip short and got a refund cos the atmopshere on the boat was so different after that tradegy. We still had a good time on the holiday, but can you imagine that poor man's family?

Anyway, on a lighter note Lagana was fantastic. There were clubs where the barmen were topless (OMG they had the best bodies) and they encouraged girls to dance on the bar, which was hilarious. We took it easy the rest of the night, esepcially after the first night fiasco.

One night they had a traditional greek evening at our hotel and we learnt Greek dancing, it was hilarious!

Yeah, as you may have guessed I basically had the msot amazing holiday for ages and it was fantabulouso! Sorry I missed the leavers dinner and such, I gather it was a good night though!

Much love!

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:42:30 GMT

Hello. Or rather goodbye.

I'm going on holiday in less than an hour.

Just thought I would tell you all that.

Enjoy being at home...

In the rain...

I'll think of you all, I really will!

Hehe!

Tim Burton kicks ass!

Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:00:23 GMT

So I saw Batman Begins last night, and wow! Just wow!

After the four previous Batman films, by different directors and with different actors getting progressively worse as time went on, Burton was effectively picking up a dead donkey and trying to make it do circus tricks...

I tell you that donkey can now breathe fire!

Batman Begins is a dark and more sinister film, dealing with Bruce Wayne's experiences in between his parent's deaths and becoming Batman. What was ingenious was that you actually saw him building the bat cave and other menial things that we take forgranted in the other films.

The crimes going on were a lot darker and more evil, without such comical and colourful villains such as The Joker and The Penguin, who are more fantastical than realistic. It always used to surprise me that in comic books and films where the superhero has no special powers other than his intellect that the the villains were so "abnormal". The Scarecrow is a viable villain and is portrayed in a very clever way, see it to find out...

Gone are the gay and camp innuendos and, thankfully, the PVC nipples on the batsuit and the lingering shots of plastic clad arses. Thank goodness. Instead humour is derived from repeated lines in different situations, particularly from Morgan Freeman.

Christian Bale is superb. Any actor who loses 70lbs by starving himself to be in one film (the machinist), and then heads to the gym to put on 100lbs of muscle to play batman has to be worth his weight in gold. His performance is calculated and deep, supported by strong (if not slightly type-cast) performances from the likes of Liam Neeson (who is fantastic), and Michael Caine.

However Katie Holmes seemed to fall short in her role as Bruce's childhood sweetheart. Even though the character is fairly two dimensional, successfully filling the role of "damsel in distress" and "Batman's weakness" in the style of MJ in Spiderman, Lois in Superman etc, Holmes doesn't make the character seem credible.

The special effects are amazing, although I thought the car chase went on too long, although I know that many/all men will disagree with me here! And I was happy to note that this Batman costume allowed the actor to actually move their head without having to move their shoulders too, as was the cause of much mirth for me in other Batman films.

All in all it is a fantastic and uplifting prequel to the Batman saga, and happily is left open for a sequel. I don't want to give too much away, just go and see it for yourselves. It really is worth the price of the ticket and more, even though I got in for free using my connections voucher, w00t!

On another note,

I dreamed that Chris Ball and his "posse" tried to mug me last night. My dog was trying to fight them off and they kept hitting him. They stole my bag then came back 20mins later and returned everything minus £20 in my purse.

Elliott then showed up with a horse box and leading a white horse, saying not to ask him how he had got this horse but he needed somewhere to put it. How random!

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:33:54 GMT

Hello everybody.

So, this weekend was pretty weird and kinda upsetting for me. We went to my grandparents in wiltshire and looked around houses because basically my parents want to move down there. We looked around these houses (one which my parents fell in love with and is, incidentally, the best party house I have ever known!) and the estate agent was like "Well this is the second bedroom for your eldest daughter here" at which point my parents say "No, she is getting the box room because she will be going off to uni and only be here for the holidays" at which point it really brought it home to me that a. I'm going to Uni and leaving home and B. when I come "Home" if they move there I won't know anyone and will be forced to get my cousins to introduce me to their friends, who will comprise of either 16 year old girls or a load of layabouts who swig beer and landscape gardens!

Then I was also a silly girl this weekend and went oputside in the sun. To be fair I put on sunblock, but then went in my grandparents pool so it washed off. My shoudlers are agony and I have a red head because I didn't think to put sunblock on my parting. It is extremely painful and I have learnt to tie my hair back WITHOUT a parting in future, hwoever fat it makes my face look!

Holiday in nine days, w00t!

English synoptic was today, and Im actually really pleased with it. Only thing I'm slightly worried about is that I talked about trying to find Narnia through a wardrobe in the last question...do you think the examiner will just dismiss me as crazy and give me sympathy marks?