sickly child.

Please excuse my webcam flu face. It was the only way I could put my serious point across, haha. 

I'm here to apologise. I have a complete lack on enthusiasm at the moment because I'm horrendously busy painfully attempting work and coughing up interesting things into plastic bags. Once my work is done, I'll be back here right as rain with much better content for you. Until then, all I can do is say a big fat sorry ;) My flu seems to be never ending to the point where my throat feels like its been scratched out. Oh, woe is me.

Otherwise, everything is going relatively well. I'm hideously nervous about my creative writing task :/ I guess I should give myself more credit but I'm just finding it hard to think of a plot that I fully believe in/hasn't been done a billion times over. How do you find inspiration/ideas for creative writing? I'm sure, given a few weeks, my writing mojo will be back and I'll be wacking out award-worthy texts. I jest.

I'm going to spend the rest of the day completing seminar stuff, questioning my own writing ability and watching too many episodes of Masterchef for my own good. I'll blog very soon but if you can't do without my insane ramblings, please follow me on Twitter!

H is for Happy: Things That Make Me Happy #50

Sweet lord alive, talk about life in the fast lane! I've finally finished reading the epic poem for tomorrow's 9am start. It's taken me days! Am I the only one that likes to write a billion notes as I go along? I'm massively missing the blogosphere but I've got the end of the week to revel in such delights and I may even get to see the gorgeous Lyzi so it's not all doom and gloom. I'm hell bent on going out and exploring once all my work is done so I'll hopefully have a mass of photographs for you all pretty soon.

I had my first ~proper~ lecture today complete with bearded lecturer, dumfounded moments and literary arrogance galore. It was great fun even though I felt slightly out of my depth when people were throwing extremely complex literary devices around the room as if they were commonplace in everyday conversation. I'm sure I'll become a little more confident soon! I'm going to have to be because I'm writing my first piece of prose this week before relaying it to my classmates. Good lord alive, time to get the creative juices flowing. I'm fully aware that not much of this is comprehensible but I'm on a tight schedule and I still need to tart myself for this evening's frivolity. I apologise greatly.

I'm off to nom a beany cheesey jacket potato before heading off to a UV club night. Don't you just love fluro colours and insane drunken idiots? Thank the lord for cider, that's all I can say! Here's a load of things that've been keeping me happy lately....

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What's been making you happy lately? 

My Life in Lists: Current Observations Part Two

1. vodka will always be kind to you
2. always take your key with you - the emergency man doesn't like 2am calls
3. freshers week will be the death of you
4. you make terrible first impressions - rectify them now!
5. freshers are 90% tosspots
6. celebrity masterchef will never fail to make you laugh
7. little miss la-de-da will never be friendly
8. smirnoff ice is like drinking lemonade
9. grandma + skype = winning combination
10. never go to a club sober
11. leaflets make good coasters
12. don't listen to drunken idiots
13. lose some tub
14. dubstep is terrible and you look stupid when you dance to it
15. don't try and phone your kebabby back home - they won't do delivery 2 hours away at 3am
16. some english students are terribly annoying. don't try to kill them.
17. induction week is boring but it gives you great people watching opportunities
18. anticipating starbucks' christmas coffees will never get old
19. dancing like carlton from fresh prince in a club is always going to be hilarious
20. you need to get your camera out and get snap happy
21. tuna pasta bake will always taste amazing. always.
22. falling asleep for an hour whilst you read doesn't count towards time spent reading
23. you look awful in geek glasses
24. apparently it's uncool to know all the 5ive lyrics..including the raps

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Hello! I'm just about alive. I'm terribly sorry that I've abandoned little V of late but life is pretty hectic right now. I'm knee deep in Freshers Week and my days have been taken up with boring chats and horrendously annoying English students. You know those people that take something from a poem and try and turn it into this big overarching idea without any clear evidence? Yeah, they really get on my tits.

This week has consisted of so many different things. I've been out and about, drinking far too much, disliking far too many people and rather enjoying myself all the same. I'm going to attempt to finish reading one of my texts for next week today but I know that there's far too many distractions to actually make me behave for more than five minutes. I don't really have many wild Freshers Week stories as of yet to be honest. Apart from: getting locked out at 2am, wacking out some dad dancing on the dancefloor and a shit load of drinking games. I'm going to try and dedicate some time this weekend to sitting down and sorting out the blog and hopefully wacking up some good posts for you all. What are people interested in? Wanna see my new hometown/abode/uni stuff? I was thinking of posting meals up or something? We've been creating bakes, stir frys and curries galore lately! That probably explains why my thighs are wobbling a whole lot more recently. I seriously need to get shredding.

I'd best go bury my head between the pages of The Odyssey! Hope you're all well. Little V will be back up and running properly very soon. I promise ;)

snap happy #32: my week in photos

Cute retro ice cream van - it was far too blustery for one! | Harbour | The lighthouse in its America's Cup glory | Beach Pantry selling gorgeous smelling doughnuts | Watching the Korean's sail to victory! | Blurry leftover pizza snack snap | These made me feel a whole lot better

I'm well and truly out of the whole blogosphere loop at the moment. We've still only got one internet port so Luke and I are currently battling for use of the net; it's not a pretty battle to have with a blogger/serial tweeter! One of my best friends has just left and I doubt I'll see him again before he returns to Aus so I'm pretty low about that.Why is it that the nice ones always find a way of drifting off?! We had an awesome couple of days watching the sailing, shooting zombies, eating too much fast food and chatting about budgie smugglers. It has been lovely and quite educational - especially for one housemate who actually had no idea that they celebrated Christmas in Aus. Thankfully, he's not on a Geography degree!

Tonight is going to be a quiet one so I'm going to utilize my time and catch up on Masterchef and QI. Priorities, as ever. I'm also going to cook up some jacket spuds oozing with beans and cheese 'cause lets face it - they really hit the spot. I've got to attend boring induction things tomorrow before embarking on Freshers week. If I die, I want you all to know that there's no other way I like to procrastinate more than to read all your blogs and post photos of my life up here on Little V. What's everyone been up to? I want a good natter! I'll be back tomorrow with a H is for Happy post.

My Life in Lists: Current Observations

- addicted to my fisheye flat peephole!


1. life is pretty awesome
2. men will try to dance with you until you point out your boyfriend. don't feel bad for them!
3. the disco room will always be the best bet - even if it means you have to dance alone
4. if you can't style it, get it refunded! bye bye high waisted shorts
5. charm really is dead
6. the 'no swearing' rule within the international drinking rules will end up making you consume a lot of alcohol
7. it's shit living near beeping traffic lights
8. people watching is a free educational past time to enjoy and not be ashamed of
9. sausages for lunch will always hit the spot
10. even though you feel you need to, don't tell buskers where they're going wrong
11. the amnesty international man doesn't want to help you find the postbox
12. 24 hours without Internet feels like torture these days
13. my family will never grasp how to have a nice normal skype conversation
14. wherever you go, there's always some z-list celeb to gawp at - michael collings from BGT, ahoy!
15. simply owning a vagina will let you off such things as the beer bong and monkey chug
16. you will sit through a whole load of shit films in your lifetime. don't let it get you down!
17. sorting out your itunes library isn't the sort of productivity you're after
18. living with a boy isn't that bad...once you get past the toilet issues, trips to GAME and xbox time.
19. never spill your drink...drinking out of a sweaty shoe really isn't worth it
20. never use your knowledge of Westlife lyrics to impress people

It's that time of the year where the hours zoom past without warning and the teabags start declining rapidly due to my incurable need for a nice mug of tea. I'm happy as that Larry bloke people talk about right now. The flat feels like home and I think I've already made new mates. I had my first night out last night which was eventful. I will always fail at Ring of Fire and I will always find myself drawn to the disco room despite the fact all my mates consider themselves way too cool for that! I think all this change is exactly what I've been needing. I feel me again. I feel like making a song and dance out of everything (:

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I hope you've enjoyed my little list today. I thought it was the best way of catching you up on things that've been happening to me lately/things I've been thinking about! My best friend, Nibs, is down tomorrow so we are gunna have a bit of fun before gracing a house party for beer pong and frivolity. I'm feeling on top of the world. I'll see you Sunday for another Snap Happy - although, at the moment, the majority of the photos on my camera are of Luke's rather badly stubbed toe!

hometown glory

- old blurry shot of my new hometown. good, i know. 


Hello! I'm alive, well and nearly settled in to my new hometown. These past few days have been a whirlwind and I know that the real fun hasn't even begun yet. My shoulders are aching to buggery but it's all been worth it cause our little pad finally looks like home to me e.g I've covered it in all my Disney shit. The past few days have all been about sorting the flat out and purchasing goodies so it's nice to just be able to sit down with my laptop and glass of Pink Lady apple juice and blog. Little V definitely feels like a home to me wherever I am!

I skyped the family last night which resulted in lots of laughter and confusion. Who knew it could be so bloody difficult to work a webcam/talk one at a time?! Mother took it upon herself to give me an update on Embarassing Bodies. I really wish she didn't! Disappearing fanny? I honestly don't know how people bring themselves to watch that programme! I've taken up another hobby thanks to my new flat - people watching. One of my favourite things to do is lie on my bed and watch all the non-suspecting people walk by. I'm definitely going to have to use it as a muse for something because some of the sights I've seen have been priceless! Anyone else a secret people watcher? My favourite place to people watch is the airport; Mamabear and I find it fascinating to guess where people are flying off to! Sad? Maybe. Entertaining? Definitely.

I'll leave it at that 'cause I don't want to bombard everything with info. I'll be back later this week with some photos or a list. I'm off to go and chill before nomming on a Chinese 2 course meal (with side!) that we bagged from M&S. High class student eat your heart out! Tomorrow sees my first night out - lets hope I manage to survive!

h is for happy {w49}: things that make me happy

This is a scheduled post because I'm currently enduring a car journey with my mother and her interesting radio station preference aka Sad FM. Thanks for all your lovely comments on my last post! I read through them all and found them extremely comforting. Today is all about moving in, buying food, shooting zombies, buying cushions and having a film night with my man friend! I'm pretty darn excited for it. We really want to make the flat a 'home' so we'll no doubt be filling it with quirky items/anything superhero related. Yes, we have mature taste. Mamabear is piling us off with a huuuuge swag bag of snacks because she knows that I can't be truly happy without a stash of Pringles and some Jammie Dodgers in my belly. I'm high maintenance, shoot me! Here's your weekly dose of happy:

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It's merely to protect my little 'H is for Happy' series.

snap happy #31: my week in photos

Typical shoe pose | The beautiful bride and groom. The groom was signing the book in this photograph..it does rather look a lot like he's taking a nap though | Myself at the wedding. Looking like a chubby bear for some reason! Silly hips | Blurry drunken fun at the Harvest Home | A compilation of drunken antics á la Bee! | My new zebra scarf | I'm addicted to hoisin duck wraps | Fountain | Looking at the droplets | Beautiful Brazillian bridesmaids | Can't beat a good old prawn cocktail! | My handsome man and the pretty venue 

~ All my thoughts are with those affected by the devastation that took place ten years ago to this day. It's a tragedy that I still can't quite comprehend the scale of even now. I visited Ground Zero a few years ago and the pain of the attacks was still beating through the ground and I felt overcome by emotion. All my prayers are sent their way.

Hello! REMEMBER ME?! As I type this, I'm surrounded by my life in cardboard boxes and I'm feeling a mixture of nerves and excitement. I've got billions of questions flying round my head and it's really off-putting. Will people like me? Am I gunna weep like a child for my Mamabear? Can I still remember how to write coherent sentences? Will my new bed be bloody awful?

It's finally hitting me that I'm finally heading off to university. After a terrible gap year, I cannot wait to put my head in a book and get some serious essay work done. I'll be regretting saying that within about a month, granted. I haven't got a clue what to pack next and I don't even think I'm ready to leave just yet but, I'm sure it'll all work itself out. I just want to meet new friends, wake up not knowing what happened the night before and blossom into a much better person. In some ways, it's almost as if moving away gives you a chance to re-invent yourself. University is going to be one big adventure but it's one that I can't wait to tackle. Lets face it, it can't be any more shit that this gap year has been! I've already had an awkward, 'so what did you do in your gap year' conversation with a new coursemate. I didn't know whether to just lie and say I'd been volunteering in an African village or whether to just say, 'I was diagnosed with a life long illness, suffered depression and remained unemployed for the most part' and be done with it! Haha. Oh, life.

I can't write a little catch up without mentioning just how amazing Luke's brother's wedding was. There is no way I can convey just how much the beautiful couple mean to me. From the violinist playing 'Use Somebody' to my boyfriend's gorgeous speech...it was all perfect! I just know that they're going to be so head over heels in love for the rest of their lives and, for me, that's something I envy more than anything. I was unofficial photographer for my 'father-in-law' for the day so I'm sure I'll have some better photographs soon. I'm moving tomorrow so I'm not sure when I'll get to post next as I'll be unpacking/settling in etc but I'll just and update ASAP. Thanks so much for sticking by me this past year, it's not been an easy one but you lot have made it as nice as it could be. All in all, life is one big ball of excitement at the moment and I hope that you lot will stick with me and the next part of my life! I'm feeling pretty perfect right now.

P.S I guest posted for my favourite lady, Lyzi, the other day. You can see that HERE.

snap happy #30: my week in photos

Ebony's charity shop foam clogs! My espadrilles sadly died today due to the terrible rain | Ebony and I | You can't beat lunch for under £3. Especially when it usually consists of 90% cheese | Just a little part of my goodies from Zoe! | Only Grandma's have j20's in their fridge! | This little ladybug wouldn't leave me alone | The pond looked gorgeous because all the petals had fallen | Pretty little bee | My childish scrawls

Life is interesting when the majority of it is packed up in boxes ready to go to your new 'home'! I've been enjoying a little time away from the ~interwebz~ over the past few days and it's been lovely. I've been over fed by Grandma, perused the charity shops with Ebony, chilled out with Luke and nerded up on my reading list. The other night, I turned off all communications and just sat and solidly read my book in a couple of hours. It was such an overwhelmingly nice feeling; especially as I immersed myself in a hot bubble bath straight afterwards. 

This week is more than likely going to be all about the wedding of the year on Friday. Move over Wills and Kate! Luke's brother and his fiancé are to be married on Friday and I cannot wait. They're such lovely people and I just know that they're going to be so so happy with each other. There's not many people who you can say that about these days! I'm going to be wearing this dress. It's so beautiful but I'm now stressing about what colour accessories to go for. Anyone got any ideas? Luke and I have written a little reading that he's going to read during the service. It's rather sweet!

I had to throw away my summer espadrilles today because the rain and boozy Saturday night left them in tatters. It was such a sad feeling to just dispose of my summer in such a way but I think I'm ready to embrace some autumnal clothing. I've already purchased a gorgeous scarf, new coat and a blush pink jersey tee. I'm planning on adding a pair of shoes and a pair of berry coloured jeans to my wardrobe courtesy of my overdraft. Oh, what it is to be eternally skint! I'm off to go and pack some more things!