edinburgh (big post)

I finally have something interesting to post about! Andy and I went up to Edinburgh for a couple days at the end of term. I was far too full of germs to see family but it was good to see the city as a tourist for once. So we hung out round Princes Street Gardens...

...did the museums...

...ate at a SOCIAL BUSINESS, I was so happy...

...escaped the winds for many pints...

...did the Grassmarket...

An Andrew in his natural habitat

...did the Scotch Whisky Experience and saw the world's largest private collection of Scotch Whisky, over 10,000 bottles collected over 4 decades by Claive Vidiz...

...also had a drink in their bar, it was rude not to (discovered 'my' whisky - a Dalmore 12yo)...

...did the Camera Obscura...

...and did the Castle. Walking up to it and looking without queueing to go in, naturally. We spent our last night at the Stand comedy club and had a bit of a hungover train journey yesterday.

'No one hurts me unpunished'

Home now. It's good to be warm and have a fridge full of food to hand. Wishing my other not-in-the-real-world-yet student friends a good Easter hol.

hakuna matata

I think Saturday day just gone is up there in my best Saturdays ever. After almost a decade of waiting I got to see the Lion King on stage (the tickets were a present for Andy but were really a me-present..I'm far too like my Dad like that). We had seats in a box (some of the cheapest seats in the house dontcha know there jackson (hi keri)), and a member of the cast came into it for the opening of the second half to swing a pretend bird around. Impromptu trip to the BM in the morning to check up on the Elgins and see if this here doggy had a name written on his statue (sadly he didn't but it felt cool doing real-life dissertation research). Andy also found the penny farthing he'd been looking for all his life but decided it was too awkward to transport back on the train. 

brownies

My Mum visited today to take me out to lunch and deliver these pre-ordered goods..her homemade brownies. I don't know anything quite like them. She also brought me freshly made blueberry pancakes and enough pies to feed a family for a year from my Granny. We also ran the tea man on the market out of stock. So glad the good weather came back for a day, I was beginning to feel like my punishment for watching too much TV this term was an eternal winter. Trying my hand at Zumba in college tonight...could be interesting for everyone involved..

1 second a day

On the recommendation of my friend Marie I downloaded the app 1SE, which allows you to film 1 second of your day everyday for a set period of time and then mashes it into one video. I think it's a great idea. The app's a little slow in functioning but the end result is really cool. I've done a month so far and aim to do a year (a lot of exciting stuff happening in the next year - it would be cool to catch it all in this way). Sometimes I forget and upload some text or a photo instead. Here's Jan-Feb:

If you're interested here's the 1 second a day video of the guy who made the app. It made me teary.

pigeon

puppies for christmas

I got to see my friend Matthew be awarded the 2013 Varsity Karate trophy yesterday which was pretty cool. Other than that I haven't been up to much at all - and in the misery of my essay this weekend I cheered myself up by watching people getting puppies for Christmas on youtube. These two were my absolute favourites, they just make me want to blubber. (Aunt Ailaine - I've given you my warning, you will cry if you watch these). Heavily hinting at next year's Christmas present if anyone's wondering. That's all folks. #lamepost #youtubeaddict.

 

nikki noo

My littlest sister is 16 today (horrifying). Happy birthday Nikki Noo :D This is her in Cats last year and as MJ when she was much lickler. She would hate me for putting that photo up. Tehe. Hopefully this time in 5 years she'll be playing more parts on the West End. MISS YOU NIK NAK HAVE A GREAT DAY xoxox

p.s. it's also my friend Lydia's birthday today - HAPPY 21ST LYDIA IF YOU'RE READING :D and it's my Keri's Mom's bday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOANNE.