Having just sent off my UCAS application, I am extremely nervous and excited.
Going to university is a massive change of plan to what I had in mind last year. This time last year I wanted to either go straight into work after college or start an apprenticeship, preferably in finance. During the time I had off from college last summer, I realised that the only two units I didn't get a distinction in were to do with finance, so I decided against following that route. I then asked myself which unit did I enjoy the most during my first year at college. The answer to that question was without a doubt law. Although I still felt my knowledge of law was very basic. So I decided perhaps studying law at university was the answer. I had previously crossed out the option of going to university because of the cost and because I wanted to get into work and support myself and Lily as soon as possible. But spending an extra three years studying something I truly loved really began to appeal to me. I then purchased a book that would help me to decide if studying law at university was something that I really wanted to do and was capable of. I spent many weeks trying to make up my mind, and in the end I decided that getting a real education would set a good example for Lily and could be the best option for both of us (as I'd still have school holidays off to spend with her).
I've now applied to four universities to study law, all universities are within driving distance so I plan to stay living with my parents while I study. I decided this was the best idea as it would hopefully reduce the amount of debt I rack up on living expenses and it would also mean I have other people around to help with Lily (such as picking up from school, dropping off and potentially looking after if I have work to do during weekends).
Now the excitement has realy kicked in and I'm so pumped for our future. Since having Lily my main goal has been to give her a good life, and I think going to university is another step towards that.
xoxo
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
A horror based rant
This is another random post. Sorry for the lack of flower baby posts, I'll do an update on her soon, I promise!
Being someone who is fairly passionate about horror films, I get frequently irritated by the fact that a lot of them claim to be "based on a true story". I know saying that will increase the horror and tends to increase audience sizes. But when a film says "based on a true story" please bare in mind that it's very *loosely* based on a true story. And especially ones that say "inspired by a true story" like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre you have to read between the lines. The story is completely made up, but the villan Leatherface was *inspired* by a real murderer Ed Gein.
That said, I'm planning a horror movie night on Friday with my bestest friend so I've been looking at a few trailers on Youtube. I watched three trailers for The Conjuring and all of them focus on that the film is based on a true story. Now, I don't believe in ghosts or demons or anything like that, so me being me I looked up the events that the film is based on. There wasn't much that I could dig up, apart from members of the Perron family confirming that the story is true. Of course, these family members could be being paid to say that, in order to keep the public interested. But honestly, I'm doubtful. To me it sounds like events have been greatly exaggerated. Could be a group of people hoping to make money off some story that they made up. There is no hard evidence that proves that these things happened. However, that's just my opinion and something that I wanted to get off my chest.
xoxo
Being someone who is fairly passionate about horror films, I get frequently irritated by the fact that a lot of them claim to be "based on a true story". I know saying that will increase the horror and tends to increase audience sizes. But when a film says "based on a true story" please bare in mind that it's very *loosely* based on a true story. And especially ones that say "inspired by a true story" like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre you have to read between the lines. The story is completely made up, but the villan Leatherface was *inspired* by a real murderer Ed Gein.
That said, I'm planning a horror movie night on Friday with my bestest friend so I've been looking at a few trailers on Youtube. I watched three trailers for The Conjuring and all of them focus on that the film is based on a true story. Now, I don't believe in ghosts or demons or anything like that, so me being me I looked up the events that the film is based on. There wasn't much that I could dig up, apart from members of the Perron family confirming that the story is true. Of course, these family members could be being paid to say that, in order to keep the public interested. But honestly, I'm doubtful. To me it sounds like events have been greatly exaggerated. Could be a group of people hoping to make money off some story that they made up. There is no hard evidence that proves that these things happened. However, that's just my opinion and something that I wanted to get off my chest.
xoxo
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Cruelty free
This is a slightly different blog post today!
I have recently decided to only buy cruelty free products from now on. This was inspired by one of my favourite vloggers, Lex Croucher (tyrannosauruslexxx on Youtube). I've always said I'm against animal testing, but never truly made a conscious effort to only ever buy cruelty free products. It's time for change, it's time to make a difference. Animal testing is not something that's necessary and is against the law in the European Union. However, some products that are sold in the EU are still tested on animals in other countries, so are not cruelty free.
Here are a bunch of links that have been helping me track down the brands that are cruelty free:
http://nottested.co.uk/index.html
http://www.peta.org/living/beauty-and-personal-care/companies/search.aspx?Product=5
http://www.leapingbunny.org/shopping.php
I encourage everyone to go cruelty free! It hardly takes any time or effort just to research brands that are safe to buy, so you can replace anything you're using that *does* test on animals.
xoxo
I have recently decided to only buy cruelty free products from now on. This was inspired by one of my favourite vloggers, Lex Croucher (tyrannosauruslexxx on Youtube). I've always said I'm against animal testing, but never truly made a conscious effort to only ever buy cruelty free products. It's time for change, it's time to make a difference. Animal testing is not something that's necessary and is against the law in the European Union. However, some products that are sold in the EU are still tested on animals in other countries, so are not cruelty free.
Here are a bunch of links that have been helping me track down the brands that are cruelty free:
http://nottested.co.uk/index.html
http://www.peta.org/living/beauty-and-personal-care/companies/search.aspx?Product=5
http://www.leapingbunny.org/shopping.php
I encourage everyone to go cruelty free! It hardly takes any time or effort just to research brands that are safe to buy, so you can replace anything you're using that *does* test on animals.
xoxo
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