In My Room

I'm going to resist the (very strong) urge to bitch about the hot lump of electronics on my lap to post about something more original and interesting. Ummm ... I'm coming up blank. Tried to go to see 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' this evening. We weren't expecting it to be sold out, yet is was even though we should have expected it, it being a Wednesday and all. I also got my hair cut. I don't think I have had it this short for at least 4 years, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was longer. I know I'll notice it more when I next wash it, although I hadn't quite got to the weighing down stage. Bouncy. I need a new website. When you are embassy's send sending out the link to a prospective client, you know it's time for a change. The problem is I have no idea what I want it to look like. Sleepy now. Can't be bothered waiting for my laptop to start working again. It's taken me three days to watch this episode so far, what's one more? <3 x

Fight For Freedom Pt 2

Apparently these muliple part posts are something I do now ... mostly I just have something to add that I don't want to put in as an edit.

I found the image from the last post on google, from a fanfic site. The story was about a day in the life of SuJu, and how Donghae had walked in on Siwon in the shower. It ended in them going to church together. I found this highly amusing.

Omo! I skipped ahead a few chapters. You can read it here if you want ... its not great, just funny. Fangirls amuse me.

I just wanted to share that, not really sure why, now that I have.

Don't underestimate how hilarious this was to me.

<3 x

Fight For Freedom

To all of the British men who use the smallest amount of sunshine as an excuse to take their shirts off in public,

Unless you look like this...

... we really don't want to see.



Kind regards,

The Female Population

니가 맘에 들어

I think I'm turning Korean.

My laptop goes off, and I scream 'YAH'! at it.

I want to call my mum, I shout 'Omma!'

I keep using 'aish', 'omo' or 'aigoo' instead of 'oh my god' (they all have slightly different meanings).

I think 'otoke' (what should I do) literally all the time.

I use Korean greetings and phrases just as much as the Japanese counterparts, and often interchange them.

I can commonly be found chanting random Korean words, namely 'Annyeonghaseyo, Kamsahamnida, Sarangheyo' (Hello, Thank you, I love you).

Basically, now my parents understand me even less.

I have also discovered they do not appreciate 1am Korean lessons. You probably don't either.

<3 x

PS While I was looking up the romanicised spellings, I found this website. I can see how every single one of these phrases would come in useful, especially the last one.

Some Day Pt 2

I jinxed it. Homehub started working and then Laptop went off in a huff. So, while I wait for it to cool down enough to turn back on, I'll share some bittersweet news.

SuJu will be releasing their sixth album *YAY*... Right before Leeteuk enlists for his (somewhat overdue) mandatory military service. *NAY*

I went from being incredibly happy to nearly in tears. First Heenim and now Teukie?? Nooooo!

South Korean military, stop stealing my boys!!

<3 x

Some Day

I'm having effing home hub troubles again. Ironic really, seeing as all day my laptop has been turning off, and now it's finally settled down, the homehub keeps turning off instead.

Sigh, first world problems or what?!

I've been having one of those 'why can't reality* be real' days again. Regardless of the whole rarely having to go to the loo and looking perfect everyday thing, I so want a rich man to fall for me unconditionally. Obviously I'd play it cool first, let him to a bit of chasing, and then other rich eligible men would also find me irresistible, but in the end they tell me to go to the first guy cos they know he's the right one of me. Everyone lives happily ever after. Doesn't that sound utterly unrealistic and yet so perfect? It can't all be a happy straight forward road or it'd be boring. Oh and not that it's all about the guys being rich, obviously they have to be super hot too ... And I guess nice and all that, but there is always some degree of douche factor in the male lead.

Basically, I just want a happy ending already. I'm seriously starting to think my 'one' is dead already.

<3 x



EDIT: Fantasy, I want fantasy to be real. Reality is already real, much to my disappointment.

Shock

There was something I was going to post about today, but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was.

I watched the end of the Eurovison earlier, the part where they give out the scores and the UK can never make it out of single figures. I didn't see any of the performances though, so I have no idea as to what countries actually deserved their points. I was going to say that the UK would get more points if we were less of an island and more politically favourable in Europe, but then I remembered that our representative this was was Engleburt Humpledink or whatever his name is. We probably don't get points because we quite clearly don't give a crap.

Right after the Eurovision, there was a news report about the Syrian massacre, in which a load of children were victim. They showed some pretty graphic images, and even though I think it's important to not sugar coat these sorts of things in the media, it was really shocking and upsetting. Sure it was late, nearly midnight, but I bet a lot of younger people had stayed up to watch the contest. I'll bet the BBC will be getting a lot of complaints about that.

So, you watch various countries praise each other with massive smiles and fake laughter, only to be brought back to the real world with death and destruction.

<3 x

Full House

You know a drama is old when it isn't in wide screen and half of your screen is taken up by black bars of doom on either side of the picture. Of course, when I say old, I mean 2004, so at least it was in colour.

Full House is the story of a young aspiring writer, Ji Eun, who is conned out of her savings and home by her friends. To get her out of the way long enough to do this, they sent her on holiday, where she meets famous actor Young Jae. Discovering she is stranded in a foreign country without a penny to her name, she goes to Young Jae for a loan. On returning home, she finds out her house was brought by Young Jae, and after she refuses to leave, they decide to enter into a contract marriage so that Ji Eun can get her home back and for Young Jae to save face after a rejected proposal.

Young Jae being a gentleman and generously sharing his bed with Ji Eun.

You know without me saying where this is going to end up. Happily ever afters for everyone involved doesn't seem like so much of a spoiler as a guarantee in popular Asian drama. Young Jae treats Ji Eun like a slave, they fight and argue pretty much all the time, and yet, they still end up falling for each other. It took the whole series, which was frustrating, especially when it was so blatantly obvious. For some reason, Young Jae was so blinded for his childhood affection for Hye Won that he couldn't even see Ji Eun as anything more than a rice bowl until the penultimate episode, which left us with literally 5 minutes of happily ever after. Not that I wanted a load of gooey happiness, but 15 episodes of the same thing got a little boring. They fought, Young Jae demanded cleaning and food, they fought, Ji Eun left and came back, they fought, people interfered, they fought. Then happily ever after.

It was good though, and I did enjoy it. Young Jae was childish and charming, Ji Eun was so unbelievably pretty, and they had great chemistry. The house was amazing, too. I laughed a lot, although I didn't cry so no plus points there, although it really wasn't the sort of story to cry for. It wasn't so much a romantic comedy as comedy with romance. I found it particularly amusing how they tried to get around the branded clothes with just sticking tape over a letter or two, and how Ji Eun's pregnant friend looked no more pregnant than I do throughout the whole plot.

If I could look like anyone, it would be Ji Eun. She's so pretty, I hate her.

Young Jae was played by Rain, a pretty big idol star in Korea as well as world wide, starring in several American films, like Ninja Assassin and Speed Racer. In fact, Full House is often credited with kick starting the Hallyu wave. I have to admit to understanding why, although I have seen other dramas that I preferred, Personal Taste for one.

Next up is Lie to Me. I know nothing about this other than there is a screen cap of a girl crying and what I can guess from the title. Something about lying, maybe?

<3 x

Sunset

Now that I think about it, the chances of two people mutually liking each other must be pretty darn rare.

It's like this whole 'the one' thing, where there is only one person meant for another in the whole world. Yeah,  bull shit, or else pretty much everyone has settled for numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10983. There are a hell of a lot of people in this world, and I find it highly unlikely that there is just one perfect couple combination possible.

Although, I guess every time someone dies, then that's their 'one's' chance of happiness gone up in flames too. Maybe that's why some people are eternally single, their partner is dead already.

<3 x

Checkmate

I'm kind of pissed off right now. Half at other people, half at myself.

Other people for telling me what I do and don't want when they don't even know me. Myself for being me.

I don't really want to get into it too much, as I suspect the anger will turn to upset pretty quickly if I start talking about it, as it will mean admitting to myself some things that I don't think I'm ready to admit to yet.

Instead, I'm going to ignore how it is nearly 2am and watch Full House to try and calm myself down.

<3 x

What If

I wish you could organise your posts on Blogger, so that I could put all my drama posts in one place, kpop posts in another, and somewhere for my random rambling. Each section could have links to the relevant posts, and that way, people looking for kpop won't have to see my diary posts, and readers interested in my mundane life need not get distracted with dramas and music they have no interest in.

There probably is a way to do it, but I don't know how and can't be bothered to find out. I was just thinking how much easier to read it would make this blog, which doesn't have any specific purpose other than being the storage space of my internal monologue / mental diarrhoea.

Also, the idea of ORGANISING EVERYTHING into neat little organised sections is appealing to me.

<3 x

B.U.T. (Be aU Ty)

A long time ago, I promised you a post about all the ridiculous names of South Korean bands. In honour of the Google Kpop concert that I can't be bothered staying up for, here is that post.


Pre 2008, and most band names were fairly understandable ... with the few odd exceptions.

H.O.T. - High-five Of Teenagers
M.I.L.K - Made In Lovely Kin (right ...)
SS501 - Superstar Singer 5 members as 1
F.T. Island - Five Treasure Island

Post 2008, and here's where it gets ridiculous.

U-KISS - Ubiquitous Korean International idol Super Star (Ubi wut?)
f(x) - Flower x chromosome
MBLAQ - Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality (good to know)
LED Apple - Logic Egoism Delete ... Apple. (now its meant to mean LED light ...Apple)
CHI CHI - Creative electronic House Idols Creative electronic House Idols
TWI-Light - Trend World Idol Light (bandwagoning on Meyer's Twilight I reckon)
M.I.B. - Most Incredible Busters
NU'EST - New Established Style and Tempo (pronounced New East)
B.A.P. - Best Absolute Perfect (Blond Asian People also worked)
BtoB - Born to Beat (as in the music, not the violence ... I hope)


Notable mention goes to Teen Top for their original name of 'TEENZ ON TOP' ... can't imagine why they had to change that.

Maybe next time we'll go into ridiculous fan club names!

Hmmmm, I now only have to wait 40 mins, but still, I'm not going to. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to live stream it on YouTube, but I also have to be fully functional tomorrow.

<3 x

Everything from Wikipedia. I only looked into the ones I had heard of.

Perfection / Love Like Oxygen

Sometimes, I watch videos of SuJu and SHINee and my heart hurts I love them so much.

That is all.

<3 x

Saturday

This blog went over 7000 page views today. I remain in awe that more than two people read this blog, although I suspect I only have the two regular readers. I've been getting a lot of attention from Russia this month, which is a little surprising. Hi Russia.

This evening didn't turn out how I thought it would. I found myself at home and in bed by 12, rather than in a drunken stupor at a friends house having gone for a frolic somewhere. It may be the weekend but my dear friends still had their teacher hats on, so it was a frolic in sainsburies and kicking out time before 11.  Everyone else hadn't got to the drinking stage yet, and I was told I could not drive home, and so was left with the prospect of stopping over with my hosts in bed a good four hours before me. Luckily it was early and my parents were lovely enough to come pick me up. Apparently they were fine with it because I'm 'not like [my] sister' and don't do it often.

<3 x

Dead at Heart

So I just shut down my laptop, turned off my light and snuggled down into my bed, only to suddenly remember I have yet to post this evening. Sigh. So here I am, with very little say say once again, in all the sparkling glory of the beloved iPhone post. Someone asked me why I was single today, and I couldn't help but think what a ridiculous question that is to ask. As if you're going to tell someone all the bad things about yourself that means you can't maintain a relationship, or the reason why people don't come near you in the first place. People always tell me I'm fussy. I disagree. I will admit to being shallow, but what matters to me most is someone that I feel comfortable around. My mother seems to be of the opinion I should 'learn to love' someone, but if the initial attraction isn't there, followed by a lack of wanting to be with that person, then what is the point? I don't really know how this 'oh crap I forgot to blog'post became so deep. Maybe I'll elaborate in the morning. Right now, I'm going to sleep. <3 x

Hate You

I used to say I want to throw my laptop out of the window. I have since decided that it can stay here. Instead, I will throw myself out the window. IT IS ANNOYING WHEN IT TURNS OFF IN A SUDDEN HUFF. In other news, my father brought a new laptop today. £500 on a Sony Vaio. I laughed at him and told him they were shit. Mostly I was just pissed off that he could justify £500 on a new laptop when I can't justify half of that. Or rather, I won't. Not just yet. It can still last for about 45 mins at the moment. I still haven't quite got the hang of going to bed earlier when I have to be up earlier. <3 x

Let's Dance

I find myself faced with the same dilemma as I had yesterday.

It is late, I should sleep, and yet I am awake and want to watch Full House. I had the decision made for me yesterday when the Home Hub wanted to be smashed up, but so far this evening, everything seems to be working, meaning I have to make the choice. Sigh.

I just spent 15 minutes trying to think of something else to write, but I'm coming up blank. Literally a quarter of an hour just staring at my screen. The only things I could think of were tweet sized, and this is clearly the wrong place for them.

So instead, you can have Junsu's new song. It is about a spell from Harry Potter. At least that's what used to come up first when you googled the song title.

From JYJ's Youtube

I find it highly amusing.

FYI, the girl at 1.55 isn't so much a girl as Junsu in drag. I suppose its cheaper than hiring an actress, especially when they probably blew their budget on fire, fake snow and non-Asian back up dancers.

<3 x

Sapphire Blue

I'm so tired, but I'm not sleepy. It's a strange combination. I feel very aware that it is 2 am and I should be thinking about getting to sleep, especially seeing as I can get on with the bride now rather than faffing around with turning the staps inside out to make loops, and yet I quite want to watch the next episode of Full House instead.

I picked my Gran up from the hairdresser today, and he had dyed his hair bright blue, and I mean BRIGHT blue. For someone on the wrong side of middle aged, who's clientele are primarily old women after their biweekly shampoo and set, that was a brave move ... half of them probably had heart attacks. Anyway, as we were driving home, I realised she hadn't plugged in her seat belt, she was just holding it to look like she had. I did an emergency stop and refused to carry on until she had done it properly. My mum reckons she must be feeling better if she's reverted to rebellion. I think she's just crafty.

In other news, don't eat a load of junk and drink a load of coke, and then hula hoop to work some of it off. Wait a bit first, or it will just make you feel sick. Still, 5 mins is better than nothing.

Also, thank you for ... well, you guys know.

<3 x

EDIT: Aish! Well, it was 2 am, before the homehub crapped up. On the one night where my laptop isn't playing up :(

Resignation

It's weird watching a Korean TV show and having Boyzone pop up in background music. You kind of think they wouldn't have spread much further than the UK and Ireland, maybe America at a push, but South Korea? Impressive. In other news, its really depressing when yet another doctor says they cant help and you just have to live with it. Laptop has shut down in a huff again, and I can't really be bothered to mess around with iPhone posts, so that's all you're getting this evening. <3 x

Dream High

I was worried I wouldn't be able to get this post to you this evening. If you are a regular reader of my blog you can probably guess why.

Yup ... my laptop clearly wants to get thrown out of the window. EDIT: Okay ... it actually just screamed at me, in a little electronic voice. I'm starting to think its possessed.

Anyway, so I have just finished watching Dream High. I think. I wasn't a huge fan of the ending; it felt like something was missing, almost like I had fallen asleep and missed a scene or two, which I am fairly certain I didn't. I started watching the special, which seemed to be some sort of concert, but I got about 2 minutes in and couldn't stand the screaming any more.

Dream High is centred around the students of Kirin Arts School, a training academy for pre-debut idol stars. Hye Mi, a stubborn and emotionless girl, is forced into doing whatever it takes to attend in order to pay off her fathers debts, and even pushed away her best friend, Baek Hee, who becomes her bitter rival. Sam Dong is a country boy who knows nothing about modern music, but falls in love with Hye Mi. Jin Guk, Hye Mi's forgotten childhood friend that got him through a difficult time, in return, tries to help her. Pil Suk has an amazing voice but is overweight and completely head over heels with Jason, the most popular and talented of the school. These students are watched over by Teacher Kang, the only one who will believe in them.

Sam Dong and Jin Guk fighting over underwear. It amused me.

I said to begin with that I was afraid this wouldn't be my sort of thing; far too High School Musical and Fame for my taste. Yeah, I was right. Kind of. There was a lot of singing and dancing and general american-ness about it, but I felt the plot was much deeper, which was a very good thing. Each character had problems to overcome, from debt and childhood abandonment to serious illnesses and rape. Pil Suk, not so much, she just had to loose weight to have a chance at a career and for Jason to realise he liked her, which annoyed me a little. Although the entertainment industry is centred on appearance so at least it was honest. All these deep issues did mean the production must have got through a hell of a lot of tear stick, and although everyone on the screen cried all the time, I did not. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it was sad - mostly when Sam Dong was having a hard time, that near broke my heart - but for the most part, I found a lot of the emotion a bit soft and unnecessary.

Mixed in with all the tear stick, there were some really funny parts and I did enjoy the way the plot and the characters developed. Sam Dong was adorable, but there was always something between Hye Mi and Jin Guk so you were never really sure who to cheer for. The Pil Suk and Jason sub plot was so cute, and once again, literally everyone got their happy endings, even the teachers. It was a good series, I can see why it was so raved about and I would recommend it, I will just most likely forget all about it soon enough.

There were a lot of famous people in it. Most of the cast are prominent in music as well as drama, such as Jin Guk and Jason being from 2pm, Hye Mi from Miss A, Baek Hee from T-ara, and Pil Suk being more commonly known as IU. Leeteuk and Eunhyuk from Super Junior made a cameo, during which I fangirled majorly.

Next up is Full House. I know of the name, but that's about it. I gather it is one of the older dramas that deserves its place on the most popular charts, kind of like Nobuta Wo Produce, ranked because of more than just pretty faces and popular actors ... but then again, it does star Rain, probably the most famous Korean Idol of all.

<3 x

One More Chance

I was inspected today. It literally made me lose sleep.

The bride and her mum came to 'visit' the dresses. I strongly suspect they used to word 'visit' to try and not scare me, when in reality it was more like 'check up on and judge'. From what I can gather, they were both happy, so that's nice. I even got two hugs from the brides mum, so unless I completely mistook a murder attempt, then that's got to be a good sign, right? Sure, they are still a long way from being finished, but at least they got to inspect my progress at a stage where the end is at least in sight. A tiny smudge on the horizon, but visible none the less.

So that was my day, and then this evening I went to a comedy club in town. It was funny, I laughed, but I have to admit to finding these things all very samey. Its the same concept every single time ... say the 'f' word a lot and talk about sex. A little variety would be nice, that's all.

In other news OM NOM NOM FUDGE.

<3 x

Don't Stop Can't Stop

Time seems to move so much faster at night than it does during the day. I literally have no idea how it got to nearly 3am.

I don't have much to talk about today. I had a really lazy morning and spent most of my afternoon playing The Sims rather than doing the dresses. I have kind of hit a moot point until a delivery comes. I do need to look for crystals and beads though to add to my current collection for the detailing on the bride. That can be my task for the weekend.

Fudge and tea seem to have replaced any semblance of a healthy diet. I blame my mini uni reunion. We literally spent a whole day drinking tea and the only money I spent was on fudge. Damn good fudge, mind. I am either going to have to cut down or do a hell of a lot more hula hooping ... probably both. I really should stop eating so late at night, regardless of the box of fudge next to my bed.

Diet starts Monday.

<3 x

Time

I was fangirling SMtown this evening when something grabbed my attention.

EXO only debuted this year ... and yet their YouTube page was made back in 2006?!

That pretty much blew my mind.

I know the training process is long and hard, but to have the names and dual language concept in place 6 years prior to debut is just unbelievable. Only a couple of the boys would have even been with the company then. I would have thought that it was misleading, like a sub-channel of SMtown that shares the originals sign up date, but f(x)'s page wasn't made until 2011, so it can't have been.

There was another random little snippet I was going to share with you in this post, but I have completely forgotten what it was.

Have a picture of a kitten hugging a potato instead.

 From Google but orginally seen on Twitter

I call it Kitato.

<3 x

On the Road

I really don't mind driving on my own ... in fact, I quite enjoy it. That's the main reason why I don't really let distance stop me from going anywhere. Like today, it took me just short of three hours to meet an old friend in 'middle ground' which took her half the time. In retrospect, it wasn't really fair, but I can't say it bothered me much. As long as I have my music and manageable traffic, I am quite content.

However, driving on the motorway in heavy rain is a little scary. It was so bad that I couldn't see the lights of the cars around me through the spray, let alone the cars themselves. It takes a lot of concentration trying to keep an eye on three lanes of traffic when it is pretty much invisible.

I drank a lot of tea today. The caffeine got me through the early morning, 3 hours sleep and nearly 6 hour round journey ... but had been totally spent by the time it came to The Avengers. A lot of people have been raving about this film, and I can see why. It has pretty much everything; action, humour, hot men, hot girls, general epicness ... but I have to admit that all I could focus on was their poses. They're based on comic book heroes, I get that, but something that looks epic in print looks a little silly on film. You have big, strong, muscly biceps, I noticed, you do not need to stand with your arms at right angles. Ironman on the floor, head hovering about 5 inches off the floor to be level with his spine? It just looked uncomfortable. Also, Banner gets angry and swells up, ripping all his clothes but whats covering the crotch area ... No wonder he is pissed.

It has been a long day. I got into bed and rather than collapse, I watched the other half of Dream High. I kind of feel like I should eat something, but doubt I have the energy to eat let alone prepare it. I'm awake, just energyless , if that's a word.

<3 x

Tick Tack (Out of Time)

I was just battling with my laptop, trying to make it turn back on so I could finish watching the episode of Dream High that I was in the middle of, when I realised I have to be up in 5 hours ... it's probably supposed to be a sign or something. I am not good at this whole getting up early crap. I never have been and doubt I ever will be. I know when I'm awake, I'm awake, but it does concern me slightly that I'll somehow fall asleep on the motorway. I know I won't, but I can't help being a pessimist. When your mum says goodbye to you like its the last one whenever you go on a journey outside our postcode, it kind of seeps through. Anyway, I best sign off here and pretend to sleep for a couple of hours before I really sleep ... For a couple of hours. After trying to plan what to wear, I have decided I really need new clothes, so lucky in heading into a city then, is it not? <3 x

Venus

Online shopping is hard ... especially when you literally want one thing, but have to trawl through pages and pages of other stuff to find items to make up the order to get free shipping.

I got really excited the other day when I happened to check YesStyle, a favourite Asian website of mine, to discover that they now stocked Liole Beyond the Solution BB cream. I have had Skin79's Hot Pink Super Plus Triple Function Beblesh Balm in my basket for a looong time, but I was always waiting for Liole to come in so I can test the two BB creams I have heard most about for myself. I also really wanted to try Watery by Missha, but I strongly suspect I may have missed the boat on that one.

I know BB creams have exploded all over the place now, but I remember first hearing about them from Bubzbeauty about 3 years ago, and I have been dying to try them ever since. I'm not really interested in the ones coming out here, I don't think we have enough experience in BB just yet, and it seems there is a lot of bandwagonning going on, so better to stick with the Asian brands that have been going strong for years and really know what they are doing ... even if one of the main factors is skin whitening (I don't go out in the sun, I'm white enough).

So, my problem now is that I have £30 worth of product in my basket, and another £59 to make up to get free shipping, or else pay £9 p&p which I ....

Ahem ... I now have £58 in my basket, and need another £31. Skin79 Gold Version and Liole Water Drop kind of fell in there too.

I am pretty sure I don't need 4 BB creams, and yet, I can't seem to make myself remove them.

I have heard amazing things about both of the Skin79 ones, although apparently they can look a little ashy at first, just until they oxidise. Liole Beyond the Solution has much the same response as Skin79 but without the ashy look. Water Drop is supposed to be very light on the skin without much coverage, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

I don't know. They'll all probably sit in my basket for a while until I see something else I want ... or decide to make friends with someone in Asia that will send me them for free (Yes, I'm still up for swapping western/Asian goods, people of Asia *hint hint*).

In other news, this sleepiness is completely messing with my body clock. I literally spend all day and all evening struggling to stay awake, and as soon as I get into bed ... BAM ... wide awake. It'd be more understandable if I was sleepy all day because I was up late, but I think I'm up late because I was sleepy all day. Sigh.

<3 x

Back to Tomorrow

Today was really weird.

To start with, I didn't wake up until midday. MIDDAY. It's not like I had a late night or didn't sleep well, but for some reason, it was that late before I could even open my eyes long enough to see the time. I'm not much of a morning person, that's no secret, but I do normally wake up at between 8 and 9, even if that's not when I get up. But midday? I was shocked.

From that point on, I have felt crazy tired. So sleepy that I felt ill. I'm not poorly, I haven't been doing anything particularly active or stressful, and I clearly slept well, so I have had no reason to be so exhausted, and yet, I couldn't shake it off all day. Which is awkward when you are doing the family rounds and have to at least feign perkiness rather than curling up on the carpet.

I googled it. I doubt I had insufficient sleep and it is highly unlikely that I am jet legged. I do not abuse drugs. I don't think I have narcolepsy or sleep apnoea, as I don't recall collapsing or not breathing. I'm not depressed, neither have I developed a tumour, hit my head or damaged my central nervous system ... well, not that I am aware of, anyway. Anaemia*, however, does seem a more likely cause. I'll just self diagnose with that. One of my more sensible self diagnoseses (I don't even care that it's not the right plural, it sounds funnier), and plus points for being non-fatal.

In other news, guess who woke up as soon as she got in to bed?

<3 x

* Blogger autoed that to Armenia. Armenia is the cause of my sleepiness.

Buzzer Beat

I just remembered I forgot to post. Like I'm sat in the dark having literally put myself to bed already. In my defence, I turned my laptop off in a huff and was therefore somewhat distracted. Unit had done this think it does sometimes, where the finger mouse pad thing just stops working. You're swooping your finger all over the place and all that happens is everything gets highlighted ... And that's if you're lucky. More often than not you can't do anything until it sorts it's self out, hence shutting down in a huff. In this particular case, I had somehow opened a new window that I was unable to close, while Dream High played on, unviewable and untranslatable. I was not impressed. Anyway going to sleep now. <3 x

Unbreakable

This morning, I was woken up by the most effective alarm I have ever known.

Imagine the scene ... you are fast asleep, when a strong smell seeps into your subconscious. It is so foul that you wake up. You check around you, the door is shut and there is nothing to indicate the source of the smell being in the vicinity of your bedroom. You decide that someone who had been eating too many sprouts must have had an emergency trip to the toilet. Disgusting and inescapable, you bury your head under the duvet to try and wait it out, but it only blocks part of the stench that seems to be getting stronger rather than dissipating. You crack a window, but all it does it make you cold. You take a hint from B.A.P. and spray deodorant everywhere, but the odour burns through it. Eventually, you contemplate escape options as it occurs to you that you would rather jump into molten lava than remain encased in this stench. And you are up.*

The above occurred before 7 am this morning, and was not a ploy to rouse me from my beloved bed. It was, in fact, the discovery of a load of mouldy beans that stank out my whole house, and it was over an hour after they had been disposed of that the air was even semi breathable again. It was not a pleasant experience, especially so early in the morning. Jumping out of the window, regardless of the consequences, isn't the most ideal first thought of the day.

What was worse was that my father, owner of the worlds most sensitive nose, didn't notice a thing, despite being the one to hide said beans and forget all about them.

I know I said I'd share a load of kpop acronyms today, but that can wait until I have nothing else to share. Today, you get stink.

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*Unless you're me, I just thought about it a lot.

DoraDora

A few posts ago, I talked about the rivalry between U-Kiss and B.A.P. and how B.A.P. won out for me. I do stick by that. I found 'Power' to be much more addicting to begin with, but now, its 'Doradora' that I can't stop playing.

Sure, it's not as hardcore and somewhat lacking in murder and deodorant parties, but there is something in the video that just makes me keep coming back*, and something in the song that just needs to be replayed over and over again.

I love the little foot dance they do when they sing 'doradoradora etc'. I'd learn it, if I could ever be bothered ... or if it was possible to look as cool doing it as they do.

I'm going to leave this post here. Maybe, tomorrow I tell you what U-Kiss stands for and how ridiculous the acronyms of Kpop names are getting.

* No, its not all the hip thrusts ... OK well maybe a little bit

Rondo

You know what's more exhausting than you think it will be? Having a bath. Makes you feel pretty pathetic when you get up from lying down in water for an hour and have to have a sit down.

You know what's annoying? Having water stuck in your ears so you can hear every breath you take inside your head. Kinda makes me want to stop breathing.

You know whats loud? My effing laptop.

You know what's infuriating? HOW IT KEEPS FREAKING TURNING ITSELF OFF.

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Shake It Up!

Being ill sucks, and I seem to be doing a lot of it lately. I think I pick up every tummy bug going around, as this is the second time I've caught one in about six weeks.

Obviously, being ill and being a human, I have to spread my misery to the rest of the world, so if you didn't know I was poorly sick, you do now.

I don't think people ever grow out of wanting their mums when they aren't feeling well.

I'm not going to catch up on all the posts that I've missed, that would take too much of my already limited supply of energy, so I'll just quickly sum up the hen do seeing as all I've done today is sleep and lounge around being poorly.

First off, why do people go to CentreParcs time and time again? I do not see the attraction in going somewhere to spend extortionate amounts of money on the simplest things and be surrounded by people all the time. You couldn't walk down the street without nearly being hit by a bike, relax in the lounge without someone walking right past the windows, or go in the pool without being kicked multiple times. None the less and for the most part, it was a good weekend.

On the Friday, we all arrived and chilled out over dinner, which came in three courses due to the shittiness of the ovens. First course - pizza/chicken nuggets and rice. Second course - chips. Third course - chips. We then presented the hen with her uniform for the weekend and went to book the table for the following night and played a round of bowling (round of? Game of? Just bowled? I don't know.) I pretty much think we went straight to bed after that, or at least everyone else did, I text people until they fell asleep.

On the Saturday, we waited for people to arrive and then had a game of mini golf, which I had never played before, so had no clue how to calculate my score. In the end I guessed at 18 which I think was probably about right. After lunch we climbed some trees and others jumped off trees and we all just generally got achey. It was terrifying, and I was so glad that Rachey and Inki were there to talk me through it. I'm glad I did it, but I don't ever wan to do it again. £30 to literally shit myself was not a good deal. We then went swimming, and I have to admit, the pools would have been pretty awesome if about 500 people less had been in them. After heading back to the 'villa' to get ready, we played a few games, made the hen dress up even more, and then went for dinner. It was an American place, which in my experience are only good for cocktails and desserts, but I had something Mexican which was pretty good. The day visitors went home, I had a wee heart to heart with the chief and we played at the disco until it closed ... at 12 ... on a Saturday night. Hardcore, right. What's even more hardcore is how we played Articulate when we got back.

Sunday was a super lazy day, which you can judge by how I was the first one up. Me. I would confidently guess at being the one to get up latest, excluding the hen. We drank tea and ate biscuits in our PJ's until about two, and then headed to the pool again. After that, we ordered take away and had just received it when the power went out, so ate our food by phone light. We tried to do our last minute searches and wees in the dark, and then we left, the power returning literally as we drove out of the car park.

The end.

Tired now. Sleep.

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