What I'm Listening To: July

Hey guys,

Glad you could stop by. Apparently you guys like these posts so here is another for you to enjoy. This post will most likely be short so maybe I'll pre-write next weeks and make it a little longer. Before I get into this post, if you would like to read my last 'What I'm Listening To' post, click HERE. And if
you like to read last Sundays post about camping, then click HERE.


Onto the tunes..

Miley Cyrus - Malibu
Katy Perry - Bon Appetit
Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
The Black Keys - Weight Of Love
Bastille - Good Greif
Generation X - Dancing With Myself
Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You
Jason Derulo, Nicki Minaj - Swalla
Cigarettes After Sex - K
Liam Payne - Strip That Down
Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Beiber - Despacito
DJ Khaled, Justin Beiber, Quavo - I'm the One
Maggie Lindemann, Cheat Codes X CADE (remix) - Pretty Girl
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms
Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y
Kehlani - Gangsta
Panic! At The Disco - Bohemian Rhapsody
Camila Cabello - Crying In the Club
Haim - Want You Back
Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry
Nick Jonas - Champagne Problems
Alex Turner - Stuck on the puzzle
Martin Luke Brown - Into Yellow
Maddie Baillio, Ariana Grande, Dove Cameron - Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now
Imagine Dragons - Thunder
Train - Play That Song
Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls
Harry Styles - Kiwi
Lucy Spraggan - Dear You
Auli'i Cravalho - How Far I'll Go
DNCE - Truthfully
Charlie Puth - Attention
Kesha - Woman
Rita Ora - Your Song


So that's pretty much it. They are the songs I am currently living life to at the moment. I must say, music is getting better and better.
I hope this maybe gives you some new songs to listen to and maybe love. I know I do.

Again, I know this is very short but maybe next week will be longer, for those of you who prefer reading haha.

Adios amigos!xo

First time camping.

Hey guys,

As always before I get into the post HERE is a link to my last post where I spoke about my Love Island predictions. And can I just say, it finishes tomorrow and I am definitely not emotionally ready. Anyone else?

As you can tell from the title of this blog post, I tried something new recently.

On Friday my friend, Hannah, suggested to me that I should go camping with her and her 'explorer' group. Immediately I rejected. That is two new things that I, for certain, knew that I'd have to face - Camping and new people. My dad even joined in trying to persuade me to go. Don't get me wrong, I thought about it. I have wanted to try camping for a while now but when they're new things involved I really think about my decision.
I eventually had to tell her that I would think about it because she wasn't going to stop going on about it. I did think about it a little.

However on Saturday I had a bad day. Not drastic but I was stressed, anxious and felt very 'small' (that's the only word I'd use). First off I had a dream where I put petrol in my car, but as it was my first time I was a little nervous, making sure to ask my dad if everything was okay and he didn't respond. Making me panic - because of the whole 'if you put the wrong petrol in you could ruin your car' kinda thing.

My mum, bless her, shouted me asking if I wanted cheese on toast for breakfast which obviously awoke me. Boy did I snap. I don't like getting up as it is but I was so stressed from my dream that I woke up in the same state of mind. I have never experienced this before but now I get why people hate their partners when they dream they cheated. I get it.

When I finally got out of bed and got dressed, I realised that my chest hurt a little, like I had been scratched. So I look, turns out my favourite bra had betrayed me. The wire had poked out and scratched me as I put it on. God damn bras...

I soon got over that because getting a new bra is pretty cool. It makes you feel good. I'm sure all of you women out there know what I'm talking about. But I also noticed that my Psoriasis was already flaring up, just from that.

I got downstairs and apologised to my mum and explained my dream to her. She was cool about it, probably used to the fact that I don't like getting up inn a morning. But then I had to chose to either wait in for a family member that I don't really know or interact with or to drive my sister down to work and feed her dog. I obviously chose to drive, for one I love driving and two, I wasn't feeling human interaction that day and didn't really want to 'pretend' to enjoy it. But yes, I go and everything is okay. I even snuggled with the dog and then came home. Or I tried to. There was a car in my normal parking space. I panicked. A car behind me was not being patient so I went round the block and pulled up at the bottom of my road. I call my mum basically as stressed as I've ever been on the edge of balling my eyes out. In the end I had to park half on the pavement and near a corner which I HATE doing. I walk in the house and the family member is about leaving.

So I basically panicked again and brushed past him asking how he was and went into the kitchen and yes, balled my eyes out.

All these little things just made me have a meltdown but I soon got over it. I convinced my mum to drive down to get me some new bras. Turns out, they didn't have any I liked and the ones I did, they didn't have my size. So it kinda just slowly kept going downhill.

You ask why is this relevant? Well because then I get a message from Hannah 'Are you coming?'. I tried to reject but she is a very persistent person. She rang me when I got home trying for the final time for me to go and at this point I knew I'd regret not going and I would be more annoyed at myself. I decided to flip a coin and it landed on me going. So I was going.

I can honestly say I am glad I eventually got over myself and went.

Despite it being hella awkward with everyone, I enjoyed it. It was raining through the night and t sounded beautiful on the tent. I loved it. I could happily fall asleep to that each night. Late in the day I actually helped with the car show (that was the point of going camping, to help at a car show). I must've woken in a better mood because I eventually happily spoke to people that I didn't know. They asked where the entrance and exit were and I already knew the answer because Hannah had been doing it all morning, which made it easier. At one point I had to help park cars on  my own because Hannah had to sort something out and a bunch of cars came at once. But I did it. And I did it right! I was actually quite proud of myself.

So if you take anything from this long-ass post, try something new that you are afraid of. I did (thanks to Hannah) and I ended up enjoying it.

Adios amigos!xo

Love Island Predictions.

Hey guys,

So as always I will leave a link to my previous post HERE where I rambled about Baby Driver and how much I enjoyed it.

Love Island. If you don't know about this show, you may leave now and go back under the rock you've been under. Seriously though, if you have no idea what this is I'd be shocked. Basically it's a reality TV show with people trying to 'find love' - and win a big sum of money if they last until the end.

I personally quite like the show, everyone else I know hates it but still. I think it's quite interesting and funny at times. Okay maybe I'm addicted to the show but that doesn't matter right?

I'm devastated that it is coming to an end. I think this is the last week its on so I thought why not say what I think of the remaining couples and who I want to win. So enjoy.

There's no order to this but I'm going to start with my least favourite couple. Mike and Tyla. I thought her and Jonny were quite cute but she also did start to become unhappy which is never good - obviously. When Jonny left I thought that she had genuine feelings and would maybe leave in a few days with a recoupling. But it turns out that the next day, Mike re-enters the villa and she's as happy as ever. So honestly now I just think she's putting on a show. As for mike, he just seems very laid back but not in a good way. I just don't think he's having much of an impression as the others.

Sam and Georgia are quite cute. It's still early days for them but I do see them being a cute couple. They both make each other laugh which is always a bonus in any relationship I think. Maybe after a few days, they could become a strong couple in the villa, who knows.

Alex and Montana. Where do I start. They're both beautiful people. To me, they both seem like genuine people. Montana is hilarious I must say, she just has some great 'one liners' that have me laughing and I think that's why a lot of the public will like her. I love these two and they're one of my favourite couples but I cant help but think that there is a chance it's just a show. I don't get that vibe from them but I just think they could get away with it.

Chris and Olivia have had so many arguments already bless them. But that makes me think that there is a genuine connection with them. Tonight they became officially together and it was quite cute to be fair. Even though I watch it alone I did 'awww' at Olivia when she was telling Chris her list. Even though they were little things, they obviously mean something to her. For a while I thought it was just a show with these two, especially how Liv was debating on choosing Mike or Chris for the recoupling. But recently I have grown to like them. I think they have a good shot at being in the top two couples, easily.

Camilla and Jamie are hella cute. I think they are so well suited and they both deserve to be happy. Well I know Cam does, poor girl. She's been through some things in the villa but she's definitely had an impression on the public. She 100% seems honest and genuine, and like she isn't even bothered about the prize money. This just makes me love her more. They are both very intelligent people and you can see that they both just 'get' each other. Its so sweet and I can see it lasting outside the villa too. These are in  my personal top two favourites just because they're just so cute and they seem so well suited. I cant even imagine this being an act from either of them so if it is, I will be surprised.

Gabby and Marcel are amazing. These are my other favourite couple. They both seem like they're both on the same page and care for each other deeply. These two have been official for a while and even though they've had a few bumps they always talk about it like adults and move forward. To me they seem to have the normal issues like jealousy which shows they're another genuine couple to me. If they didn't care for each other at all, they wouldn't get jealous. But I think I want these to win. I hope they win, they deserve it.

Kem and Amber have been through quite a lot just like Chris and Olivia. And yet I do really like them both. Kem is bloody hilarious. Even his bromance with Chris is cute. However I do get a vibe from Amber that it could be for show but I also highly doubt it. It could have just started like that and they've just actually found the connection with each other. With these two I think they will be very popular with the public in the final episode too. Personally I just like Kem as a person, I think he deserves to be happy so I hope that Amber is being honest.

And that's all of them! That took a while... Overall I think it will be between Kem & Amber, Gabby & Marcel, and Camilla & Jamie. But it could be down to any of them, they're all very strong couples. But I will be either voting for Gabby and Marcel or Camilla and Jamie.

Who knows, maybe it'll all change in this next week. All I know for sure is that I'm going to miss being in bed for 9, no matter what. I have no idea what I'm going to do next week, probably cry.

Anyways that's all for this post, I've rambled about nothing this entire post so I'm sorry if this was a waste of your time. Hopefully it wasn't but hey ho.

Adios amigos!xo

Baby driver!

hey guys,

This post is brought to you from my lovely and reliable iPad. Long story short my laptop is downstairs and so is a spider. Therefore I am staying away until said spider has been taken care of. But yes, expect a few spelling errors - and a shorter post.

This week I went to go see Baby Driver, and I must say it is one of the best films I have ever watched. From the trailer I thought it was a good concept but worried that there weren't going to be much more to be shown. You know those sorts of films I'm talking about.

But boy, was I surprised. It was amazing. I won't give any spoilers but it made me laugh, 'aww', and almost tear up a little - a few times. So it definitely had an effect on me that's for sure. I'd honestly happily watch it again, and again, and again.

I think it's going to be one of those films where you've watched it a few times, but you still laugh and have your favourite parts. I'm definitely going to buy this on DVD. Yes DVD, not digital download because lol. It'll be a film that you watch with friends when watching a load of films with pizza, or when you need a feel good film.

I was also very satisfied with the ending. Another thing I was a little worried about. Again, I don't want to give spoilers but it's sad and almost fair. For two separate reasons. I think if you've seen the film you'll know which too parts I mean. A bit before the ending something happens and it's kinda sad but I do think it fits in nicely with the story line, definitely makes you feel for the character. And then later on it's 'fair', I honestly don't know what other word to use.

I was extremely impressed with the film, it's a good one. I also heard that the director heard one of the songs (used in the film) years before and had the idea of a car chase. So he literally made a film around a song. I think that's pretty impressive. The whole soundtrack is honestly amazing. I listened to it today while driving and it was one of the best things. I think they're better when you know the scenes they're from but that's for you to decide.

GO SEE THE FILM GOD DAMMIT.

Adios amigos!xo

End of the college year!

Hey guys,

I'm hoping this post isn't that long so I can sleep more but who knows what will happen. If it happens to fall short, feel free to read my last post HERE.

In my last post I mentioned how the college year was coming to an end and finally I have finished for summer! FINALLY. Not that I am looking forward to the sweaty, sleepless nights and bug infested rooms.

It hasn't really sunken in yet but oh well. Friday was a pretty cool day. Luke (my tutor) bought us in different types of biscuits to much on while he made us compliment each other. I honestly thought this was such a great activity for him to chose to do. I honestly didn't really look at mine until I was leaving because I wanted to see everyone else's reactions first. Turns out that one of my compliments was a favourite too which made me feel all good.

I think in this day and age its hard for someone to compliment others. Especially in person. Some would just assume they're maybe being sarcastic, its definitely ran through my mind a few times. However I do think its important to make others feel good. Say for example you think a dress suits someone, tell them. Even if you've never seen them before in your life, and probably wont ever again. Tell them. It'll make their day. Hell, maybe even their year!

I know a lot of people - British especially, cant take a compliment. For example, 'You look lovey today'. And a classic reply is 'oh don't be silly'... Almost like you cant agree. Just smile and say thank you! Maybe compliment them back.

Its okay to think you look nice. Its okay to think you have a great body. Its more than okay to agree with a compliment. I have been told that I look nice and normally I'll say, 'I know right! Thank you!' But then they laugh and reply with 'wow..' or 'I love me, who do you love?' so I understand why we typically just refuse to take any sort of compliments. But hell why shouldn't we love ourselves? I am getting side tracked here but I think it should be spoken about a lot more.

Anyways, yes it was such a cute activity and I think it was a great way to end the year. He is definitely one of the best tutors there and deserves more recognition.

I already feel ready for next year now. I still have no idea what to specialise in yet but even when I go back, I have a little bit of time to decide. I just want to really push myself. This year I was unmotivated and trying to figure out if I liked it. I was happy with passes,  even though I know I can do a lot better. Next year, I'll nail it.

I've changed and developed a lot as a person this year and I'm quite proud of myself. Last year I was very much more reserved and self conscious than I am now. I still take a while to get comfortable but still I think I have improved. I don't think there is a better group than the one I had this year. They were all so kind, no one ever had a bad word to say. There were no drama, we were all calm and having a lot of laughs - thanks again Luke.

Its been a great year and I'm excited for what next year will bring.

Adios amigos!xo