Firstly, let me start by saying that I completely accept and even ENCOURAGE you all to defriend me due to my looooong spell of absence. You are totally, totally justified if you do. My main excuse for being so effing GONE is just...life. I know I know, lame, right? But it has been a pretty hectic few months? weeks? I don't even know how long it's been.

I have officially left school (although I'm going back in September for some extra qualifications...don't ask), had my final prom, said goodbye to friends I've been educated with since the ripe old age of THREE; I have been working full time, I have managed to get myself in a car crash (no one was hurt, except for my poor little car and my security in the driving ability of others! DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD IS NOT OKAY, ASSHOLES), Michael Jackson died and Panic split up what the actual hell, and my friend of 8 years moved to Canada today. And I have missed a hell of a lot on these here interwebs that I cannot apologise enough for. *makes pleady forgive-me eyes* All in all, I have decided that life is a stressful, complex thing that I most definitely am not mature enough to wrap my little mind around just yet. We should all just sit around and drink tea and watch the first season of the OC or something.

To diffuse this general depression at the somewhat random yet definite suck that life manages to petulantly throw about, let me show you some pictures of what I once was. I have been a (glorious!) redhead since roughly February, but as of today, the red hair is no more :( I am actually surprisingly upset about this. I keep double taking the mirror. ( r.i.p. badassery )
ANYWAY. To try and wheedle my way into goodbooks LJ-over, I thought I'd upload some lovely music to try to persuade you all that I'm a good person really. :D?

Minus the Bear - Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo
Contrary to what the title suggests, this song is not dumb, stupid or funny. It is in fact merely brilliant. Kind of grungey but undeniably awesome. I listened to this song constantly with my best friend driving around the country lanes where we live to and from exams and to and from magnificantly fun times that I will always treasure.

Absent Elk - Cannibals
Just a really solid, fun slice of indie pop that makes me smiiile.

Two Door Cinema Club - Hands Off My Cash, Monty
Another generally awesome song.

VV Brown - Shark in the Water
DEAR GOD I love this song. So so so so so good.

Rosi Golan feat. William Fitzsimmons - Hazy
I definitely listened to this a lot after the Grey's Anatomy season finale :') Ah hem.
Let's bypass the coolness of that admission and focus on the prettyness and cute of this lil acoustic number. It's pretty damn cute.

Also, if you didn't know, La Roux's album is literally fantastic. Gimme a nudge if you want it. I can't pick a favourite song which is very trying :(


Anyway, hello! This is me resurrected. I hope you guys are all well and jovial and listening to some fantastic songs of your own ;D
EDIT: As I posted this entry 'You Are Not Alone' came on my shuffle. It was pretty creepy, but I'm going along with it. You are not alone, flist!

- I just watched the film Bent and it made me cry :( Not even at the ending which I was kind of expecting, but when the two men are standing in the yard touching without touching :'( Honestly, this was something I hadn't ever really considered before - the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust - and I don't know why that is. I don't knowww, it was just heartbreaking and the performances were great and ugh D: Friday nights in, seriously.

- It was the finale of Skins last night! Boo hiss, it kind of sucked, whatever, my bb Cook was amazing♥ I love him and I want him to not be sad or cry or be fucked over by everyone ever again mmkay writers? Mmkay. I love him :( He tries so hard. Idk, they just need to make him haaaappy. I also need more skins icons >:( People also need to upload all of his scenes ever to ytube, just sayin'.

- It is so weird driving everywhere! I can't believe how bad I am at parking, though. Like, it is horrific. I am ashamed of myself. But I'm getting there! I feel safe enough to drive people around so, you know, at least I'm not killing anyone. (Just yet.)

- We discussed homo-eroticism in WWI lit in class the other day, and it was wonderful. Owen's poetry remains stunning and my favourite always, beauty continues to be found in the most absurd and horrific of places. I love literature so hard♥

Right! Off to reply to emails I have failed at replying to (I am a terrible, terrible person) and to attempt to write more BBB. I love that I receive new presents from letters I received at crimbo time (oh, you!!♥_____♥). Pictures of my new reddddd hair sooooon! I hope you guys have a good weekend. Link me to something pretty/funny/shamelessly fanviddy? *bats eyelashes*

Today is awesome as the two weeks of sun that we've had means that it's officially spring, there's the new Gaslight Anthem video for 'Great Expectations' on my TV right now, it is Skins and THE TWINSSS episode tonight, and I passed my driving test today!!

Oh man, I was so freaking nervous. Like, it is really hard to have good clutch control when your *foot* is shaking! I crapped up the hill start which was the first thing the instructor asked me to do (rolling down the hill is not okay) but I was so obviously nervous and told her, and I guess she decided it was minor-worthy. I AM SUPERSTOKED AT THIS NEW FOUND FREEDOM. I have driven around all day singing along to my ipod in the sun and life is great. ♥

Off to read some great fic and work out on my step machine, because I need to lose like, 2 stone for this summer :(

STILL SUPER STOKED, THOUGH

I love Comic Relief :) I love that for this one day a year the whole of Britain just lets itself go crazy and doesn't care about looking stupid for this one big cause, it's sort of amaaaaazing. I've been watching the live show and French and Saunders doing Mamma Mia was PRICELESS, as was James Corden's pep talk to the England football team, ahahahaha. ilhim♥ (proof of his awesome.) although the promotional videos make me cry. i'm donating extra online right now.

We had a bunch of events on at Sixth Form to raise money and it was just one of those daaaays where everyone was in a fantastic mood and acting silly :DDDD We all dressed up to raise money; my favourites were the giant condom (200% bigger!), the dudes who sewed themeselves together, my friend Joe who was BananaMan, and I'm not gonna lie, mine was fucking amazing. I wore a giant box (cut out armholes ARE HARD at 8 in the morning) and covered it in cereal packets, and had a plastic gun, and was a cereal killer :DDDDDD ahahaha IT WAS SO EPIC. There was also a sixth form gross food eating competition, with knock out rounds and countdowns and like 100 people crammed into the titchy media room, cheering while people systematically left to puke. My life! Even my mum went to work dressed up today :) She was a panda!

We had our Leavers photo yesterdayyy. It's the end of an era, and I really love like all 100+ people in my year, I've decided. They are all amazing. I'm going to miss them like fuck.

I don't know, I'm in one of those moods where I just want to hug everyone and smile and blab on and on about how amazing life can be. ALSO SOMEONE TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT A MINDFUCK SKINS WAS LAST NIGHT, seriously WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS THAT? Someone else tell me to stop liking the new Oasis song as well, ugh :(