Kirsten

Lent!

2006-03-01T11:08:07Z

What are people giving up? I'm giving up irn bru! I'd give up fizzy drinks completely but I'm not allowed alcohol just now so I need something! Seeing as I average a big bottle of bru a day (I have like NO teeth!) it seemed the best one. Considered takeaways or benn & jerry's. I'm going to try and stay off them too but not sure about doing 3 things! That'll be hard. I've a friend who's giving up hair straighteners! She's not sure she'll cope!

Random

2006-02-28T14:48:58Z

Woo! I made a big step today guys, I joined my first community! (I've only really been talking to my fellow Banchorian's) Now can you guess what it is? I'd actually make you guess except you can find out on my profile! I joined the Metallica community! (Westlife was full! :P) It's great, it's full of nuts like me who love the band and can't wait for DOWNLOAD 2006!

I can't decide what's worse, lots of exams or lots of coursework! I only have one exam each semester and it's just a performance exam so everything has to be done in our own time. Its crappy, I keep having to kick myself to make me work! But then exams suck too. Hmmm I decide that they are both equally crappy!

I officially love my sister. She's moving out of her house and has a load of furniture etc. she needs to get rid of. I'm moving into a house and need to buy a load of furniture etc. I'm now getting a kingsize bed wooooo! very happy indeed!

I've been unreliably informed it is pancake day! I'm a terrible Christian, I never know when easter is until about a week before! Well why does it have to keep moving around! Isn't that a pagan calendar thing? (ah the wisdom of Eddie Izzard) Anyway I trust everybody is pancake-ing it today. And there's the age-old problem, big thin crepe-like pancakes or the yummy little scotch pancakes?

Anyway I've rambled enough for now, back to evil coursework *kick*

ketreppaz @ 2006-02-26T15:28:00

2006-02-26T15:45:25Z

Hello! Long time no...uh...type? It's not been entirely down to my laziness this time, my friend Caroline had the kindness of giving me glandular fever back in December hoorah! (at least i think it was Caroline...) and consequently was dying for ages. I'm still half dying now but I can do it standing up as apposed to bed-dependant! Seriously though I'm much better now than I was and have a way fabby-er reason for not being in touch. Wait for it...I now...own...a HOUSE! It's crazy! Next week I'm moving into a 3 bedroom bungalow with my boyfriend Nick!
Okay that's my boasting over! Other than that I've been really trying to get work done (as I missed ALL my deadlines from the fever). Plus I know have a plan for the future, I'm going to apply for a teacher training course to start next september and get my Qualified Teacher Status and be a music teacher in Leeds! It's all a bit scary though, I know I'm lucky to know what I want to do and exactly how I'm going to do it but it also means the whole 'growing up' thing. In two and a half years I could be a teacher, with a house and boyfriend. I just think it's all a bit overwhelming! Damn! The annoying thing about keeping a journal is that I can't help but sound self-involved. It's all me-me-me!
By the way Helen, i am soooooooo jealous! The Producers and Giselle!!!! I am a green monser right now!

Amusing achievement from my glandular fever = I have not been drunk for 3 months! I've only had alcohol 3 times.

Question: does anybody know much about bone-marrow donation? I enough from the leaflets but has anybody actually heard accounts on what it's like etc?

Last but not least. DOWNLOAD 2006! Metallica and Guns and Roses are headlining! I absolutely am going but don't actually know anybody else that's going yet. It is a bit pricey (£115) but if anybody is at all up for going to donnington and staying in a tent please let me know! It's going to be sooooo fab!

So I think I've rambled on in my usual self-absorbed disorganised way. Please reply guys, haven't spoken to loads of you for aaaaaaaaaages!
Love you loads!

I know i know, just double check and...uh huh....yes it is indeed ketreppaz!

2005-08-21T20:51:52Z

Woah! i know! long time no see! I believe it's been like two months? sorry, there's no excuse really! I've just either been lazy, distracted or busy! but i'm here now!

Right, so i guess being away this long requires some kind of update

Uni - I'm resitting History and Culture of Music. So that means actually writing the essay this time! "Are the terms "sublime", "ecstatic" and "transcendent" useful in helping to think about aspects of religious music?"

any thoughts? and if anybody knows particularly good phrases that impress lecturers that can be strategically inserted into an essay then please go ahead and let me know!

House - I've officially moved in! and i love it! I have now discovered the sheer brilliance of Netto and Iceland! I can buy everything I need for a tenth of the price! I've only met one housemate but we're getting along really well and I am assured that the other 2 girls are really nice. Get this though, when she first met me, she thought I seemed like quite a quiet person! Ha! she stands corrected!

Other than that I've concluded I really need a job! and that men are just waaaaaaaay too much of a complication at the moment! It never rains but it pours!

So right now i have an essay to procrastinate over, a lot of unpacking to do and some lovely men to lust over! Life isn't too bad I guess!

P.S. I swear I will do my very best to keep this more up to date now!

ketreppaz @ 2005-06-30T16:05:00

2005-06-30T15:36:10Z

York Rocks! Remind me to live here for some time in my life! It's so much calmer and peaceful! And I seem to have a stronger immunity to alcohol here than anywhere else! Rock on! I was singing in the rain the other night! And no I was not drunk! It was the pure joy of being in the rain on a warm night! Call me a freak but I love it!!!!! It's better than sunny days! Why do you think I run around in fountains so regularly!!

Aisha's been highly amusing this week too!

Kirsten: "I'm gonna buy some more sherbert tomorrow"
Aisha: "I'm gonna buy some more men tomorrow"

Indeed!

ketreppaz @ 2005-06-29T20:45:00

2005-06-29T19:45:37Z

Sorry people! I haven't been on LJ for far too long! hmmmm so I'm in York just now thoroughly livening up Aisha's life! hehe and boring her to death with men-talk! Poor thing isn't feeling so great today (not my doing! she swears she's not hungover! although we both damn well should be!!!!)
Hmm news of the month for me? I'm now going to stay at Uni! yes yes, all the reasons that I had for leaving still stand but my cunning personal tutor managed to say a few things that make me believe I'd regret leaving so I'm gonna stay. Bad side is during my "I HATE this course" phase I didn't really work hard on one module so I've got to resit one! I got enough credits but this module is a compulsory one you have to pass! Just my luck! But it's a good excuse to go back down to Leeds for a week!
I'm moving into my acey new house on Friday so woop woop! then back to good old Scotland on Saturday for a Ceilidh! woop woop again!
This room is absolutely freezing so I'm gonna call it a day here just now!

Fifteen!

2005-06-09T17:48:51Z

FIFTEEN OF YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIES:
:: The Princess Bride
:: Legend
:: Shrek
:: Robots
:: Gone With The Wind
:: The Mummy!
:: Indiana Jones
:: School Of Rock
:: Eurotrip
:: Everafter
:: Oklahoma
:: The Sound of Music
:: Rocky Horror Show
:: South Park Movie
:: A walk to remember
FOURTEEN OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS/SONGS:
:: Metallica
:: Indigo Girls
:: Shrek Soundtrack
:: Westlife
:: Phatfish
:: Muse
:: Park Stickney
:: System of A Down - Toxicity
:: Avril Lavigne
:: Greenday
:: Girls Aloud
:: Wolfstone
:: Build me up Buttercup!
:: Christina Aguilera (mainly dirty!)

THIRTEEN PEOPLE YOU’D DO IF YOU COULD:
:: Johnny Depp.
:: Brad Pitt
:: Viggo Mortensen.
:: Sam Neil
:: Liam Neeson (sometimes, I'm sorry - Shindler's List!)
:: Clive Owen
:: Cary Elwes
:: Jaoquin Phoenix
:: Brendan Fraser
:: Jessica Alba
:: Shane West
:: Dougray Scott
:: Tom Cruise

[In no particular order].

TWELVE THINGS YOU COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT:
:: Friends.
:: Books.
:: Alcohol.
:: Music.
:: Films
:: Texts.
:: Dancing
:: Bed
:: Hair straighteners.
:: Men
:: Sex
:: Games

ELEVEN THINGS THAT WOULD BE IN A CRITERIA FOR A PARADISE OF YOUR OWN:
:: All my friends and selected family members and the ability to seperate them when necessary
:: A computer that has every piece of music in the world! (including future stuff)
:: A cinema that has every film in the world! (including future stuff)
:: Unlimited supply of alcohol (and mixiers)
:: All the hot available men
:: My own five star hotel including gym, pool, sauna etc.
:: A club that plays different music depending what I'm in the mood for (rock, cheese, etc. and free drinks)
:: An unlimited supply of musical equipment
:: No sickness whatsoever, people will die painlessly and the only need for doctors will be for delivering babies!
:: A church
:: A beach

TENTHINGS YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT YOURSELF IF YOU COULD:
:: Fitter
:: Healthier
:: A better Christian
:: A better musician
:: More organised
:: Less lazy
:: More motivated
:: Wiser
:: More financially independent
:: Self-Sufficient
Woop! I promised Aisha I'd do this and here it is! Enjoy peeps! Sorry it's a long message, I don't know anyother way to do it.

NINE OF YOUR FAVORITE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING/ACCESSORIES:
:: Black and red dress
:: Black trousers
:: Yellow "Hula Academy" Top
:: Black T-shirt
:: Tropical orange and pink sarong/scarf
:: Pink bra
:: Red "I'm game if you've got the balls" Tshirt
:: Goth Skirt
:: My pink shoes!

EIGHT THINGS YOU WOULD DO IF YOU FOUND OUT YOU WERE GOING TO DIE TOMORROW:
:: Double check i'm goint to die and make sure it's not contagious!
:: Have Sex
:: See my parents and say goodbye!
:: Smash a musical instrument of great value! (that's not mine)
:: HAve Sex
:: Tell everyone how much I love them
:: Have Sex
:: Drink myself to death (sorry Aisha, but it is the way to go!)

SEVEN PREFERENCES IN YOUR GENDER OF CHOICE:
:: Taller than me.
:: Sense of humour.
:: Intelligent.
:: Muscular.
:: Older than me.
:: Romantic
:: Pssionate

SIX LUXURIES YOU WOULD BRING WITH YOU ON A DESERTED ISLAND (PROVIDED THAT ALL YOUR ESSENTIALS FOR LIVING WERE ALREADY THERE AND AVAILABLE TO YOU):
:: A few hot men
:: A lifetime's worth of "protection"
:: A harp
:: Felt tips and paper
:: Music
:: A swimsuit

FIVE OF YOUR FAVOURITE PHOTOGRAPHS/PIECES OF MEMORABILIA:
:: Photos of the my first Otley run
:: Prom photos
:: Photo's of my home
:: Last day of school
:: Vikki's Birthday Party

FOUR OF YOUR FAVOURITE MEMORIES:
:: My 18th Birthday Party
:: The Edinburgh Harp Festival
:: Download Festival
:: Pixie and I at Bar Risa

THREE OF YOUR GUILTY PLEASURES:
:: Takeaway
:: Alcohol
:: Cheesy Pop

TWO THINGS YOU WOULD LOVE TO DO:
:: Run a music shop
:: Fall in love

ONE THING YOU WISH YOU COULD ERASE FROM YOUR MEMORY:
:: Um...I think a lot of people know what it would be

ketreppaz @ 2005-06-08T17:07:00

2005-06-08T16:20:20Z

woo! Heya chickens! I'm still doing absolutely nothing with my life and all this free time! I did make one development though. I've signed my contact for a house!!!!!Woo!!!!!!!!! It's lovely! My room's quite small but I get a double bed!!!!!

Pixie: "It's not the floor space that matters, it's the bed space"

She was with me when I viewed it. I like her thinking!
And I get to live a stone's throw away from priceless shoes! (really cheap shoe shop! AND one of my housemates works there and has a 25% discount!), pizza hut and vue cinema! Not to mention random pubs etc. It's perfect, shoes, pizza and films! What more could I want!

Pixie sent me this rather cool icon to put up but sadly I can't seem to get it to go on, there's some kind of error occuring. But to give you a hint, it has a picture and the letters IHOP which stands for something! Anybody got a guess? Not you pix! I'll give you a clue, there's a wheelchair in the picture!

Aish, I am gonna have to do that fifteen thing but I'm afraid I don't know how create a link away from the post so it'll have to be a very long post. I'm so proud one of my photo's made it! Thank you hun!

Anyways, that's enough of a ramble just now.

P.S.

2005-06-03T22:58:55Z

May I just point out tarbrethilien is probably really really chuffed about her visit to Leeds! She'll probably never leave!!

Haha!

2005-06-03T22:54:43Z

Haha! I wondered when somebody would notice that! Thanks Aisha! Also I haven't had much to comment on in my life just now. I've finished exams, I'm leaving Uni, I've just turned nineteen and I am romantically involved with a 35 year old man named Lawrence. Yes, yes, shock horror for those who didn't already know but just to get it out of the way he contacted me via internet and he's a web designer for a gay community website. Yes, yes, he may only be after one thing (as apparently all 35 guys contacting 18 year old girls are?) but question, what are half the guys our age after? Indeed. I can guarantee you, he's sound.

Anyway, Pixie is over to visit just now. You may wonder where she is but lets just say she's a bit preoccupied just now!

One development is that I won't be living with creepy Ben anymore! Woop!!!!!!! Don't ask where I'm living now, it's still an unknown!

I'm needing some input. I'm going to be at a party where I'll need to think of some really good dares. Anybody got any? Or drinking games? Please share!

Musicals!!!!!!

2005-05-18T11:53:02Z

Helen! I just noticed your "Music People - The Musical!"!!!! That would be hilarious!!!!!!!!!!! Mind you remember our last musical attempt! (do you have the music for that? I totally can't remember what I wrote!)

Anyway! You've inspired me! Even if we don't actually try and write a musical I want to see what kind of story it'd be if we did!

Hmmmm, we'd need love, action, tears and trauma.
Where would the love interest be? Haha! A love triangle between me and aisha over Iain! That would be hilarious!!!!!!!!!
Any ideas? for stories or songs or just random things!

Post Script!

2005-05-18T08:54:21Z

Can I also just point out that you guys are currently rubbish writing so far! I thought you guys wrote everyday etc. And so far Helen and Pixie are the most frequent. Shame on you all! Get writing! I don't care if you have exams! Get writing! Or I'll set Helen lose on you! (I assume you would oblige me Helen!) or worse! I'll lock you in the dungeon...sorry, basement with Creepy Ben!! Mwahahahahah!!!

Limericks!

2005-05-18T08:47:17Z

haha! funny you should mention limericks! Especially about Aisha!
I have a friend known as the SOQ
Who likes to go running amock
She ties men to chairs
If they don't like her hair
And she loves anything that has a lock!

(note: I could have found much worse words to rhyme with SOQ! I was kind!)

And when I was York, Aisha and some of her made block-mates helped write this lovely limerick about a certain pixie we all know!

There's pixie who has purple hair
Who parades herself in the streets bare
She shows off her bum
But coveres her tum
And shaggs all her men on a chair!

(random + rude! I think we were drunk!)

Hmmm, I think we're gonna have to write some more for people! I'm gonna have a think about this!

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DAMN! Why aren't there enough words that rhyme with Helen!?!?

I have a friend Helen who's arty
And boy does she know how to party!
And she always dreams
About Peppermint Creams
And occasionally packets of smarties!

(Sorry it's not scandelous enough! I don't have enough scandal on you!!! Will have to change that!)

Capital T! Woo!!!!!!!!!! What else do we no longer use? I assume you are still a pirate/mermaid/etc...
Remember killing people with flame throwers and strangling them with their intestines! You were such an innocent child! And walking up waterfalls at your house!!! I sincerely hope you are coming to mine in the Summer Helen! Especially as you weren't able to be at the original one last year!
Woo! More procrastination! This evening I'll be able to say that I am halfway through my exams!!!!!! WOOP!!!! Then I will be