A little bit of Ginger spice

Becca, 21, Long time lurker, occasional poster.

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Adventures in Graduating: Packing

Packing, i have discovered, is really just a posh word for the expression "shoves random items together into any box and/or bag" . An art i feel i have truly mastered. 

Mastered so much next time i'm paying my little brother to do it for me. 

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Adventures in Graduating

I Graduate on Thursday. THURSDAY.

I think for the first time in my 21 years I'm understanding how quickly time can pass. It's a weird feeling, knowing that my life and status in society will change in one day. Ok, so maybe not a single day, but a very short period of time. 

Things are going to change- i already have a job so i'm slowly transistioning into full time working life. But aside from that it will be small things. The fact that all my friends will be so close by, the way new people will view me, the lack of student discounts (Oh how i'm going to miss swimming lessons at £2.50 and free Mcflurrys). A lot will change and i'm not too sure if I'm prepared for it. 

It's exiting but also very nerve wracking. I had the choice to stay on and do a masters- but i know within myself that right now, it's not for me and i'd only be putting off the inevitable for another year. This week was always coming, i guess it just came quicker than expected. 

Escuse the ramblings- I'll try and send out more positive stuff soon- i think i just needed to write out my fear in a hope that someone will understand it. 

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NEW DOCTOR WHO TRAILER

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*Dies From Exitement* 

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OMFGGG

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Can we get a whole miniseries on this?

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Troubles of finding a Grad Job no #23.

Hoping that the company's HR team is at their desk and replying to emails at 9pm and thus spending all night with your email inbox open waiting for a response... four hours after you sent off your application.

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This night is dedicated to everyone who believes in peace, and freedom. You know who you are. Together, we are unstoppable.

Conchita Wurst, upon winning Eurovision 2014 MY FLAWLESS QUEEN. (via otakutaicho)

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DW / Mean Girls Crossover

Requested by: likeabookonashelf

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Fantasmagorie.

Or- what is considered to be the first animated cartoon.

Fantasmagorie is a French animated film by caricaturist Emile Cohl, known as the "Father of animated film".  The film is mostly focused on a stick man and his rather surreal encounters. 

Credit to Silentfilmhouse on Youtube for the Video link. 

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I have looked into the abyss and the abyss looked back

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What has been seen cannot be unseen. 

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. 

This is edition is a 1954 Reprint by the Heirloom Library  with illustrations by Geoffrey Whitam. 

I'm a huge cliche in that if i find a book that's old, I'll buy it, which is how i came across owning this today. 

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Coventry Cathedral.

The first structure of St Michael's Cathedral was destroyed in November 1940 during the Coventry Blitz when the city was targeted as an industrial town. This attack on November 14th was code-named "Operation Mondscheinsonate" and destroyed more than 4000 homes in one night.

Over 70 years later the ruins now lie next to the current Cathedral. 

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5 simple reasons Why dogs are better than humans:

This post could literally go on for thousands of reasons, but i chose five to keep it short quick and simple. In short this is just me quickly explaining why i love dogs.

  1- Dogs have an amazing ability to eat all your food and make sure you are sticking to that diet. 

          2- Dogs don't care if you're Pretty, smart or rich; they just love you because you love them and you make them happy.

      3- Stories of your dog are the BEST ice breakers when talking to strangers.

    4- They are always there for a hug and joint nap when humans are not.

5- At the end of it all, when you've been away for months on end, they're always the first to welcome you back

    NB: musciwithrocksinit came back to visit her Northern home for Easter yesterday and was greeted by a flying ball of fur commonly known as Ruby the dog. At the time of typing, the dog still has not left her side. The love dogs give is one of the best kinds.

Disclaimer: All but the last image are courtesy of a google images raid. The last one is the author with her dog in case that was not obvious. 

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DR. Jagerbomb- or- how i learned to stop worrying and love the essay deadline.

It's 8:33pm Thursday night.

Your essay deadline is 9am Friday morning

Which means you have 11 hours and 27 minutes to finish it.

And by finish you mean start. 

Based on findings of previous experiences, you conclusion is that this scenario is not practical for reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious to yourself. 

 You have a choice- jagernation, or the invetiable all nighter.

However, you must confess, you have an astonishing idea: Do both!

Thus spend hours 8:33- 11pm doing the research and essay planning

Hours 11pm- 2am are in Jagernation. This is amazing and more jager than intended is had.

Then the remainder of the until 9am is spent finishing the essay. You submit just into the word count, with adequate referencing.

Fell proud brave solider, you have completed the first of many last minute submissions.

Now go and sleep, for you have done yourself proud.

But what is most important is what you learn from this experience.

You've learnt not too worry about the essay but to embrace it.

Not to freak out about getting a 2.1, because a pass is just as good when the essay is only 5% of your overall mark.

It's easier to do what you want, and mostly not care for the consequences.  

You've learnt to act with your friend Dr.Jagerbomb to create a good essay, with only a few mistakes.

But most of all...you have learned to love the deadline and the thrills it gives you. 

Go celebrate this in someway that you did an essay like that, because, well, these things happen to you. 

(NB: This is not a re-telling of the author's life- she is far too anal for this kind of far-out essay wildness. This is however a compilation of events from the author's many experiences of friends' deadlines)

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Life lessons from South Park. Embracing the weeks of darkness. #love #southpark #comedycentral #relationship by zak_lethal http://instagr.am/p/WjNdZHx_OL/

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In Which Tattoos are not evil works from hell but in fact rather brilliant works of art when done properly.

I’m going off on a tangent from my usual postings talking about this, but sometimes I find a topic that I want to give my perspective on and a part of me refuses to quit until something is posted. Thus this post is born.

I wanted to give my perspective on a topic which I've found people to either love or loathe, and that’s tattoos. Yes, the things you get permanently inked onto your body.

Tattoos today have emerged into a much different experience for us than what they were historically ( a different post completely), becoming a form of art and can even is considered a form of fashion. And because this post comes from my perspective I can’t help but give a biased opinion on tattoos as they are today, an opinion which becomes even more biased once I reveal one crucial factor: I have a tattoo.

It’s something which people who don’t really know me that well (and even some who do) find odd to learn about me for the first time, probably because I’m 5’2, like to wear dresses and haven’t got a criminal record? Or is that generalizing people who don't? Honestly, I’m not sure if there would still be considered a stereotype of people who do get tattoos since they've become more main-streamed these past few decades, but from my experience there is still some confusion as to why certain people DO get them.

I guess this leads onto why I got one, and probably why most people do; it’s because tattoos are a personal art. Literally, you are placing art onto your body, and what you get almost becomes a symbol for you, your beliefs and your life as a being. Be it a rose, a tiger, or the name of a loved one. Tattoos are a lot more than needless drawings placed upon your body and a lot of thought and care should go into the creation of them.

I emphasize the should in that last sentence though because even I have to admit that often very little thought or meaning goes into creation of some. I've known people go on endless bouts of tattooing sessions just because they felt like it, giving no regard to what they were getting or why.

I mean for me, getting a tattoo was a very personal experience, I thought for a long time about what I wanted (I’m not even shitting you here it took 18 months for me to decide) and when I did I took a lot of care in choosing the right design and I made to sure that who I got to do the drawing was well experienced to do so. In the end I was very happy with the result and over a year on I still am. I think what I’m trying to point from this is that as much as tattooing is a form of personal art; it is also a form of personal responsibility. Picking the right tattooist and tattoo design are rather important. 

I think the critics to tattoos do have some reasoning behind their arguments, if all you've heard is horror stories about people getting tattoos at 14 from their mate Dodgy Dave down the bike shop well then why not be put off? If someone wants to get a tattoo then at least think about why the rules are in place. UK law states that you have to 18 to get one, which is a law I’m ok with. I wanted one from the age of 15, and I used to hate this law, but in retrospect I’m glad it’s in place. Ideas can change and I think by setting the bar at 18 it gives teenagers a a chance to finish growing and time to decide what they want doing. I mean if you want a tattoo from a young age like me, you’re most likely going to get one. But the legal age at least gives some time to think before it’s done.

People say that a tattoo will look horrid once you age, but truthfully that can be said for most of our bodies. If we all stayed young into our 70s so would our tattoos, they only “sag” because we do. I don’t think that thinking about what I might look like in 20-30 years’ time should be a prime concern when getting one. If anything when you’re older a tattoo should provide a service of reflection in the nicest way possible no matter how bad it looks when you’re 86 and no longer have the abdomen of an ironing board.

Overall, my argument for tattoos is…why not? I know this is just a small biased perspective but I think tattoos when done properly and correctly are very good creations and works of art which can be often overlooked by the small percentage of bad works. If people want tattoos then make sure you at least follow the rules, it is your personal art and it at least deserves proper treatment so that critics don’t have a reason to be critical.

 They can mean so many things to so many cultures and I find them to be interesting, each one in itself could almost be considered a small story into the individual that got it, sort of like images into a biography of them. I could go on for a lot longer into the culture and meanings but I won’t since this is an almost essay length post which I only meant to cover briefly.

To those who hate tattoos and never want one, well you kind of should have stopped reading long ago but if you still are then thank you and I hope to have at least given you some understanding as to why people get them. To those who are still unsure, my suggestion would be to think long and hard, maybe try a temporary tattoo and see how that goes. And my fellow inked people: well I have to admit it we are kind of awesome, web-five! 

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The Peter pan statue in Kensington gardens.

J.M Barrie chose the location and even the sculptor to make the Boy who never grew up come to life, and the statue was finished in May 1912.

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Winter shot!!