Getting Glammed Up and Sitting on the Fence

So this is the fence. Keeping my mouth shut, preserving opinions to myself, holding onto those great comebacks and infamous opinons.

All to make other people happy.

Is it worth it? Yeah, probably. Will I be able to do it? I wish I had a solid answer.

So, in the words of the great Lemony Snicket

...

“The world is quiet here”

Song in the title:
That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UX0p7uAW2s)

Get Me Out of My Mind

It's official. I have gone mad.

Today was the most mind-nimbing day of my entire existance. I laughed once. Once. And that was at lunchtime, giggling at some poor Year 7 child. And I laughed at the mental image of myself dressed as a Welsh Cake, but that's another story...

So anyway, today was dreadful. I did not learn anything, I did not benefit anything and I certainly did not enjoy myself. I can't wait to get out of this hell-hole of a town.

But something, deep within the distances of my mind, is speaking to me. "Welcome to the Real World".

Song in the title:
Thnks fr th Mmrs by Fall Out Boy(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWHf_vYZzQ8)

Strange Things

Seems to be a new Facebook Fad. Thought I'd post mine here...

1. I have a dog called Oscar - who would have been called Nugget, had my sister had her evil way lol
2. My New Year’s Resolution is to read more - I'm off to a good start :)
3. I can't understand people who don't read. No offense, but I think that ignorance of the gift that is literature is absurd lol
4. I'm doing 5 subjects in school - English, History, Media, Drama and Film Studies. Don't know what I'm gonna drop next year.
5. I love songs/books/films that make me cry more that I love ones that make me laugh or smile. Weird that.
6. I don't understand sheep. Not the animals, but people who follow others around.
7. The same for fence-sitters; speak up and voice your opinions you swines!
8. I'm outspoken, probably too much for my own good, but I wouldn't change it for the world.
9. I have a dreadful taste in television. Big Brother, Jeremy Kyle, Ricki Lake and other makeover/reality/car-crash crap over-populate my life. But I only watch 2 of the soaps; Eastenders and Coronation Street.
10. I once had a brief obsession with entering TV call-in competitions. I won an iPod off the kids TV show Smile along with 2 CDs - Pop Party 3 and Santa Sings haha
11. I've been on Nickelodeon and sat on a couch with Lolly and Bogey the Puppet. Fact.
12. I met Prince Charles once. He seemed overwhelmed.
13. I don't have a middle name, and I'm sort of glad of that fact...
14. I was so scared of the hairdressers when I was younger that my mum used to reward me with a Jelly-tot after every snip of the scissors haha
15. When I went to see Bean: The Movie, I had to leave the cinema because I was scared of the part when they nearly discover him with the painting in the cupboard. I was 5.
16. I love observing strangers; not in a stalker way, just picking up on other people's eccentricities when on buses etc
17. I did my work experience in the Odeon Cinema for a week. I have not touched popcorn since and never plan to again.
18. I am extremely voyeuristic and nosey; celebrity gossip magazines/websites are an essential part of my day-to-day diet.
19. I occasionally frequent the gym, sauna and swimming pool of Bridgend Recreation Centre. It's a bit of a shit-hole with terrible customer service, but I love it...
20. My favourite Sub is a 6 inch Meatball Marinara with onions and lettuce. Yum.
21. I was in a film called Life & Debt. Singing and making shocked facial expressions, it sealed the future of my acting career. NAAAAAAAAAAAT
22. My favourite "Friend" is Chandler. Or Rachel. Or Monica. But it's definitely not Ross.
23. I love nothing more than laughing until I'm crying and it hurts, and only about 3 people/things can make me do that.
24. I love sarcasm and irony.
25. I want my childhood back.

Song in the title:
Strange Things by Randy Newman(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRNo1NYiUOg)

Why Should I Worry? Why Should I Care?

It's official. I am sick of people hounding me with their problems. I am now able to place electrical appliances next to my head, as I shall hold a shoulder to cry on no more.

Now I know you're probably thinking that I'm being ignorant, heartless or self-absorbed or possibly all of the above. Well think again. I've given advice to many of my friends since a young age and I have been happy when my guidance works out for them - happy not only for the party involved, but also for myself. I have listened to my peers when they have experienced hardship and pain through various causes. But now, enough is enough and this is why.

It started off well; I'd offer advice to friends if they so requested and I'd hope that my advice would prove useful to them. Then it was my turn. Asking one of these peers for advice myself or simply confiding in them with a problem, I would often (and from one person in particular - ALWAYS) get an "Ah stop worrying" or a slow, declining "Ah right..." trail-off.

And that's just the start of it.

To some people, I became a sympathetic earpiece to their issue-laden mouthpiece and, unfortunately, I got taken for granted and made advantage of. You realise that people are doing this when you notice that they only communicate with you in order to moan about how unfair their parents have been or something else as trivial. And some of these conversations were too laughable to be genuine, when often the person was obviously in the wrong and was too stubborn to admit this to themselves or accept it when I politely stated the obvious.

So there we are. No more advice!

.....

But I really do enjoy making people happy...

Song in the title:
Why Should I Worry by Billy Joel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbHZZbDY8-M)

Here's to you, this one's for you...

"You don’t like me, I don’t like you, it don’t matter
Only difference, you still listen, I don’t have to
In one ear and out the other, I don’t need you
Your words don’t stick, I ain’t perfect, but you ain’t either"
- Kill the Lights by Britney Spears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65kfHonrqQE)

Song in the title:
Hey There Delilah by Plain White Ts
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_m-BjrxmgI)

I bet you think this song is about you...

Just something I wrote; I think most people have felt like saying this to someone at some point in their lives. I know I have.

You’ve got the swagger of a hero
But the substance of a sponge
You say you’re open-minded
But you never take the plunge
You state your family values
Like an allegiance to the throne
But your bullshit makes my skin crawl
When your name comes on the phone

Your problems are so trivial
You’d make a drama from spilt milk
Your life’s been so protected
Childhood wrapped around in silk
You are a closet racist
And a secret homophobe
So why do I still love
I really need to probe

Song in the title:
You're So Vain by Carly Simon
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48emaMVhnBU)