Inception

..wow. My sister treated me to a trip to the cinema last night to finally see Inception and my god was it worth the wait. I also have a new found love for Tom Hardy.

Monkee

I want a pet monkey. 

Or a meerkat. I'm not fussy.

Third day without facebook and I have to say I feel really good about it. I had a conversation yesterday about the effect facebook has on you - how you feel obliged to check it every day, often multiple times, just in case somebody has left you some sort of message that normally isn't particularly important anyway. It's nice to be rid of that feeling, and to be talking to people properly without the dependence of a website. However, let's see how I feel in a week!

Last night I went out in London with a good friend who I hadn't seen in a ridiculously long time. On top of being excited to have a huge catch up, I was doubly ecstatic as I hadn't been to an actual club in about a year, let alone one in Leicester Square, bang smack in the middle of London town. I had an incredibly fun night, filled with drinks, chats, laughs and plenty of dancing. And stumbling in at 5.30 this morning, with the first morning buses going past - that felt amazing.

facebook shmacebook..

Today I finally did something I've been wanting to do for a while - I deactivated my facebook account. I started realising how much other peoples lives are thrown in your face, people who you would never normally care about otherwise - so many lives broadcast for all to see. Even people you do care about - why should facebook be the only means of finding out what's going on? If you really care, pick up the phone. It's more on a personal level, as I'd like to spend at least a couple of weeks only communicating via phone or email, as too many people, myself included, become quite antisocial relying only on facebook for updates and brief impersonal chats. So I guess you could say it's an experiment - let's see who I don't hear from now that there isn't the ease of a comment box or a reminder from facebook to 'send Leanne a message'.

I decided to come back  to London last night as I was really missing my family and friends, and being in Farnham so much was getting increasingly boring and lonely when people weren't about.  So at 9pm I jumped on the rail replacement bus, to start an almost 3 hour long journey. I got in, made myself a cup of tea and passed out, and woke up this morning really happy to be back. I'll be in London for 2 weeks, to get a huge dose of family (particularly my nephew), friends, nightlife (anyone from Farnham will know what a novelty clubs become!) and art - plenty of gallery visits and strolls around London. Following that, I'll be off to Creamfields, my first ever festival, with 2 of my best friends - I have a feeling it is going to be pretty epic!


I really need to cram in some dissertation research somewhere..

First attempt at homemade crisps.

Verdict: not quite crispy enough but tasty nonetheless!

Get Organised

Me and Mat finished making a calender today. We spent so much time saying "We need a calender, we really need a calender" and being annoyed when we couldn't find any we liked or frowning at the prices. Eventually we realised, why not save a lot of wasted money and just make one. Each month has a picture of someone or something that means a lot to us, so it's definitely cheerful as well as very cheap.