Day 6 - 31/01/2010

So today is day 6 and I think I'm doing quite well so far, I think this is the longest I've stuck at anything! But about my day, well I woke up at 11 which I wasn't happy with. I then fell back asleep and woke up again at about 3. I then went to iceland which is just a lovely place, so much cheap food and mostly it all tastes pretty nice. I bought a pizza and it had sweet chili sauce instead of the tomato puree stuff! I couldn't believe it because I love sweet chili sauce but I hate tomato puree. Basically the pizza was very very tasty and cheap. When I got back to the house I decided I couldn't take it anymore and started to clean up, in the end I didn't bother with the floor cause its just too gross. But I did all the washing up and wiped all the surfaces, took out the bins and recycling and everything. I feel better now!

I tried out some of my new games today, Legendary, what can I say about that game. Ok well first of all I judge games within like the first 5 minutes or so of play and I don't think I'll be playing Legendary very often, the controls were all clunky and confusing and the surroundings weren't very impressive either. Little Big Planet won't work on my PS3 which is really annoying, it needs to install something but it always gets an error at some point, I really wanted to play that game! Siren Blood Curse is the survival horror game I rented, I played about half an hour of that and it was quite good, I didn't really like the controls and camera and I think I'm kind of over the whole survival horror thing, but I would probably recommend it. It was creepy. Anyway I'm saving the best until last. inFamous! It is the best game! I love it, I played Prototype and it is very similar to that but it feels so much nicer and I love the whole electricity thing! I only played a little but but I'm sure I'll write more about it when I play more.

So I found out that tomorrow I have uni from 9-7! I can't believe it, that is one long day. Its some kind of media tech lecture in the morning then a few hours of programming lectures and workshops. I hate my life. Not really. But yeah more about my day. My housemate Mezza came home which is good, some sanity. Unfortunately my housemates decided they wanted to get drunk tonight and then they all went out to this party thing. But I don't care really it's more peaceful, I just wanted some peace and quiet tonight. But I'm glad things are going to get back to normal.

I'm so excited two weeks today and I get to go to my boyfriends uni to see him! It's been three weeks on Thursday since I've seen him and that makes me sad, but yeah I get to spend valentines day with him with will be nice I hope. I'm not sure what valentines gift to get him but I think I'll just go with chocolate and sweets that we can eat together, valentines day isn't that big a deal so some small gifts should be fine. The card I got him is amazing! It has a bear that come sort of the card! We have a tradition with all our cards being those tatty teddy cards (I stick to it more than he does, sometimes he doesn't get me them) He also gets me lots of little tatty teddy bears and other teddy bears which I love, we call them strange names like Francois and Henirich but I like our traditions. Anyway that's all I've done today.

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Day 5 - 30/01/2010

Hmm well the first thing I have to say today is that my boyfriend is evil, now if he reads this he will understand. Anyway today has been a pretty good day! I managed to sleep until 12 which was good as I got caught up with my sleep sort of. After I got up I went to the town on the bus to do some shopping, I need some shoes for work and I also went to get some food as well. The bus ride on the way there was more fun than normal, this lady came on with the cutest child ever she kept smiling at me, but the funniest part was when she frowned at this woman who was dressed like a man (so a lesbian) it's like she knew something wasn't right, it was very cute. Anyway black leather grippy closed shoes for women are impossible to find! I went to hundreds of shops and finally gave into the fact I may have to buy childrens school shoes instead. So I went into clarks thinking all I would find is childrens shows but they actually do make shoes for adults, anyway so I spent £35 on shoes which I'm not happy about especially as they are ugly but they were like the cheapest pair.

So after that I went and bought some noodles, and at this point I was debating in my mind whether or not to purchase a PS3, I mean I have the money, well I will have when I start work. But I wasn't sure whether or not to get it and risk not having money. Obviously I made the smart choice in the end and paid out hundreds of pounds! But I now have a PS3 which is the greatest thing ever. I got 3 games, Ratchet and Clank (the new one), Infamous and Legendary. I then went to blockbusters and rented little big planet and some Japanese survival horror game. I went to play my Ratchet and Clank game and it turns out they've given me the wrong one! The game had the case of the new game but the disc inside was of an old game. So now I have to take it back to the shop but alternatively it does mean I get to play 2 different Ratchet and Clank games.

The PS3 does take quite a while to install things but it is oh so beautiful! Anyway I also rented some films like Fox and the hound and fox and the hound 2 which I'm excited about. But yeah tonight I just made a new video, had a shower, did some washing, read my book and talked to my boyfriend. That's actually the reason I'm technically posting this on Sunday. But I haven't gone to bed yet so its still Saturday! Our conversation was really nice we were talking about engagement rings and wedding rings (not for any reason just a random conversation) and he looked up ones he would want and what ring he would give me and they were all so lovely, if we ever do get engaged I can't wait to see what he gets me! I'm now optimistic about his choices.

Oh something I forgot, I also bought a cactus. It's lovely. Anyway I'm very tired now so i think I'll stop writing but yes today has been a good day all in all I think. Especially thanks to my wonderful boyfriend.

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Day 4 - 29/01/2010

Hmm well today I'm feeling tired/very tired so I think I'll keep this to a minimum. So today I got up and basically just got ready and packed up my things to go back to the uni home. I got to the coach station and then went to Primark and bought some t-shirts before getting on the coach, however, I didn't check what kind of t-shirts they are and they ended up being really long which I don't particularly like but hey they are cheap. Anyway so I got on my coach and I decided to film my coach journey mainly cause I'm weird.

The video is stupid though I was having problems making it. It wasn't saving onto my computer so I had to mess around with it and now it's bad quality. I have a HD camcorder which is what I used but I guess it's too much for windows movie maker to handle...Maybe a mac is good for something.

When I got to London Victoria I took the tube to Waterloo to get my train home, when I got home I pretty much went straight to Blockbusters to trade in all my xbox games, I didn't get much money for them but I normally sell them over the internet. Posting is so much hastle! Anyway I tried to buy a PS3 because they come with a months unlimited PS3 or blu-ray rentals which is pretty cool and I think the console is pretty much the same price in there anyway. The one I was going to buy came with a free copy of Bayonetta which looks quite good, it's not a game I would normally choose but something about the PS3 makes it seem like a good game...Anyway they didn't have any so I didn't buy one. What an uniteresting end to the story.

Since then I've just been watching friends and I finished a puzzle that I was working on here. Now I'm going to curl up in bed and read my book. As I think I said before it is very cold in the uni house so bed is the best place to be at all possible times...Good news, The beast was here but he went out again so hopefully he won't be coming back and I can have a peaceful nights sleep. Mezza is coming back on sunday which is too long away, I need some sanity. The kitchen was and is disgusting! The floor is sticky and there were bin bags everywhere, I hope The Beast gets round to cleaning it because I really don't want to have to. (I say don't want to have to cause I can't live in the mess for too long without feeling like I need to clean it, I already took out some of the binbags) Yeah someone also drank all my milk, so I left a note on the milk saying 'If you want milk go to the shop don't steal mine' which I think will get the message through loud and clear! Or not.

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Day 3 - 28/01/2010

Hello again, so today has been a day of reflection. I've been thinking about my problems and how best to address them. But most importantly I've been thinking about the future and where life is taking me. Neither of those things are simple and to be honest I didn't make much headway with my thinking. With regards to my problems, well if they are related to people then I think the best thing is collect my thoughts and have discussions with the people in question. The rest of my problems are largely related to my future.

The way I see it I have 4 options currently. Firstly I could stick out my course at this university, try my best and then do my PGCE and be qualified for a job. Second, I could try and change universities, whether its a transfer or just a complete fresh start. Third, I could try and go back to 6th form and get another A level to give me better options for the future. Last but not least I could just quite university and try and work, see if that helps me figure out what I want to do in life.

The first option seems the most likely and straightforward path to take but I'll be honest, the university I am at does make me unhappy, what if I stick it out only to fail or drop out at a later date. The second option is just complicated, I mean transferring would be ok but then seeing as I still don't know what course I would like to do it seems that if I change universities or courses I could just be walking into the same thing again. The third option has its benefits, I can better prepare for university and maybe I need an extra year to mature but then again it would also feel like I'm taking a step backwards in life, but is it better to take one step back to open up more opportunities or keep going and feel like your not moving anywhere? The last option again I don't think would suit me.

The thing is if I do drop out whats the point, I'll end up going back at some point in the future why not get it over with now? Although I might be more prepared and ready when I'm older. There are other complications for example I need to make my decision by march time because if I stay at this uni I need to rent another house and it's all so very complicated and stressful. But hey that's what being young is about I guess.

So anyway apart from all that today has been an average day. This morning I went to the doctors, my mum booked me an appointment for 9:30 which I must say I struggled to get up for. I bought a book at the charity shop, a James Patterson book for 99p, although its got weird brown stains, its best not to question what they are I think. I bought myself my Saturday lottery ticket, surprise surprise I did not win last night, I matched 2 numbers though so I'm getting closer...

My old teacher came buy to get my xbox from me, I made some money which was nice. I have now officially held a £50 note! I packed my stuff, unfortunately I'm going back to my university home tomorrow. The next term lasts until June with only a weeks break for Easter, I think I'm going to die. Whenever I get change like 1p or 2p coins I put them in my money draw, today i counted them, I have £18 which isn't bad.

Anyway I think that's all from me, now to carry on watching CSI! I may live a boring life to some people but for the most part I'm happy with my existence and I feel sorry for people who can't be happy on their own and need people all the time.

Thanks ~

Day 2 - 27/01/2010

Well today has been an ok day, I got up at 12ish watched some CSI which was good, I'm on season 7 at the moment. I really want to know if Gill and Sarah are having an affair but I'm not going to research it online because I want to wait and see!

I went shopping in the afternoon with my mother, picked up a new hoodie, which I put a picture of on my profile, and then a couple of books. I'm most excited about the Karen Rose book "I Can See You". I read the back of that and immediately wanted it. It was only available in hard back and was £12.99 which I feel is expensive for a book but I was desperate enough to buy it! It looks good, Karen Rose is a pretty good writer, currently I'm reading her book "Kill For Me" which is part of a set of three or four? I hadn't read a book since the last Alex Rider book came out (Ark Angel) but then I went into Waterstones and saw "Crocodile Tears" was out! I bought it straight away I mean yeah its a teenage boys book series but I love it. Anyway since then I've been reading a lot more than normal and buying quite a few books. James Patterson is pretty good too and you've gotta love his chapters, some are like two pages in length!

Oh yeah I also got myself a KFC, it was very nice hot wings are sooooo nice. I think that my favourite fast food chains go 1. McDonalds 2. KFC 3. Burger King. McDonalds have the best fries without a doubt, KFCs are the worst. Anyway enough about food that makes people fat, who loves fruit! Yeah I went to Tesco and bought fruit as well...Yay for pointless information.

Anyway after that I just watched some CSI and listened to some music, life is fun. Currently I'm watching Crime Watch which in my opinion is one of the best shows on BBC, I love the reconstructions and everything. I'm weird I suppose oooh and I've got my lottery ticket for tonight, will I be a millionaire? I doubt it but it still excites me when the numbers are called. Well anyway I think that's all from me for today!

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Day 1 - 26/01/2010

Ok well here goes my mini adventure of random blogging of my life for as long as I can without giving up! Anyway so today I had a job interview for McDonalds, had to get up at 7:30 which was very stressful, I kept going back to bed at regular intervals for warmth. Uni house is so cold! Also I was very tired as I didn't get much sleep last night cause of noise, it wasn't as bad as normal the beast* turned of the bass at least. Yeah I also ended up sleeping on mezzas floor because her room is more sound proofed than my own. Anyway so I get the bus to the town and get to McDonalds, I'm not a very good interviewee clearly as he asked me if I was stressed.

I really wasn't prepared for the questions the man was going to ask me, I mean what qualities do I have, the only ones I could think of were hard working, motivated and good time keeper. As my boyfriend so nicely pointed out later the first of those two were lies. Speaking of lies when it came to him asking about my hobbies I don't think I could have been more weird/lied anymore. Because apparently i play badminton with a club now. Anyway as it stands I have got the job and I start next Friday, I have an orientation on Tuesday which for some reason is going to take two and a half hours. I have to do the overnight shifts which sounds exciting....but money is money and I love the money. I mean come on Bioshock 2 is coming out soon!

After my surprisingly quick interview (lasted about 10 minutes) I went back to uni home to find the two finger beast and friends still passed out in our living room, the kitchen looked even more disgusting than ever. Anyway then I packed up my essentials and bought my ticket back to my home city by coach! The journey was fun...2 and a half hours of the new You Me At Six album as I hadn't gotten round to updating my mp3. I fell asleep for some of it but not the boring part. I fell asleep on the way out of London but then luckily woke up in time to catch an hour and a half of fields and sheep. You gotta love sheep, especially the black ones!

So anyway then I got home and since then I've just been relaxing on my laptop and reading my book, Kill for me by Karen Rose. I really do love a good murder/crime book. Side note: Dr Pepper is the best drink! I've been browsing the internet looking for the new games that I want to play, I'm really excited for Bioshock 2, Dantes Inferno, Aliens vs Predator, Skate 3 and Dead Rising 2. The last two aren't out for a while but I'm still excited. I'm kind of intrigued by the new mario game fr the wii as well, I might give that a rent when I get back to uni. More game stuff, well when I get my PS3 I'm so gonna play Ratchet and Clank!!!!! I think the PS3 has better exclusive titles, I mean the Gears of War games were good but PS3 wins it for me. Plus Sony were the pioneers in the Crash Bandicoot series, they can't be beaten in my opinion. On my wii at the moment I'm loving the Warioland game shake something? Cant remember the full name but its good.

I really want someone to bring out a pokemon game on the wii or any console like the gameboy ones, so like having pokemon red or blue or saphire or whatever but on your TV. That is my dream that someday that will happen! I know what I'm getting my boyfriend for our anniversary now, Final Fantasy 13, it comes out on our anniversary so its perfect! Anyway I'm gonna go now and watch some episodes of House. I could ramble about TV forever on here now but I'm going to leave it at that for today.

Thanks ~

*the name two finger beast comes from two things, one he talked about masturbating with two fingers when he was young because you only need two when it was small and the beast thing just comes from the rap I wrote for our house rap battle.

Introduction

First let me begin by writing a little bit about myself, my name is Francesca and currently I am 18 years old. I started university in September and moved from my home town to the city of London. I am studying Games Technology which is basically computer programming but supposedly more fun...I don't live in halls because I didn't get a place but I do live in a rented house with 3 other people. I have a lovely boyfriend who is studying chemistry at university. He's very clever and gorgeous and lovely. My hobbies include computer games (obviously), badminton, extreme sports, reading, puzzles, TV, comics, doing childish things and making money. But who doesn't enjoy that.

Well that's the basics sorted, now I think I'll move on to the finer details...Ok so living in London it's actually quite fun there's many things I enjoy about living in/near the big city. For one I find London a lot less intimidating than my home city. Whats there to be scared of in London, the buses talk! Need I say more.

Um well university, sure its going ok so far, I just completed semester 1 and I think I passed all my modules. I'm sort of confused with life when it comes to university and the degree I'm doing and then the future and where it will all take me and such. As much as I like computer games and the idea of making them the course isn't motivating me as much as I hoped. I was thinking about finishing my degree then doing a PGCE afterwards to become a primary school teacher but I honestly have no idea! I hate the future.

Moving on, so my housemates yeah they are all cool I'm having some issues with one of them because he can't seem to understand that bass does come through the walls and floors and things and that not everyone wants to go to bed at 7am, especially when they have tests or job interviews the next day...Basically he's quite unreasonable and an absolute pig, he eats and takes what isn't his and I don't know what he's been doing in the kitchen lately but I don't want to touch anything in there...My other two housemates are really nice though we do lot's of random things like have rap battles and decorate each others doors and dress up like gangsters and things its very fun in my house. Our neighbours are a bit annoying they are an old couple and you make the slightest bit of sound they complain, normally its only when my annoying housemate is there they complain, pattern? Ok to make this easier annoying boy housemate will be known as "the beast" nice boy housemate as "hoh romeo" and nice girl housemate as "Mezza". If you look on my dailybooth account which there will be a link for somewhere I expect I will upload some pictures of our fun times at some point.

As a closing for my introduction I shall just say that I enjoy many movies and lots of music. I own a wii and xbox 360 but we all know the PS3 rules, I shall trade up soon!

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