Well I guess introductions are in order..

This is my first time in the world of blogger.. or blogspot.. or whatever this is called these days. I can't keep up with all the internet trends anymore, at the age of 22 I'm already starting to feel like a veteran! I'm already seeing people who are almost a decade younger than myself enter the vast world of cyberspace and it's actually one of the scariest things, almost like one of those coming to terms with ones morality moments of clarity one seems to have at a rather alarming pace after the age of 20 has been and gone.

But enough of scary things, this is meant to be about me. However, like all internet wallflowers I'm not all that interesting. But here's a lowdown on my current life.
I'm a poor 5'8 history and philosophy graduate with no job because of a neurological condition. (boo!) I  currently spend my days in the middle of Somerset living with my Mother and my younger brother. I have a younger sister who has a baby, my beautiful niece Phoebe, who live in the next town. I have a boyfriend, Jonathan, who lives in Northern Ireland. We see each other every 4-5 weeks usually depending. He makes me extremely happy and I don't deserve him at all! I aim to make him smile at least once a day, knowing he's happy makes me feel better. He's a very special person.
So, apart from struggling to get out of bed sometimes I'm trying to make the most of my 'unable to work' stage of life. I pretty much equally split my time between reading vast numbers of books, baking or cooking and studying Early Modern History ahead of a Masters degree I'm hoping to undertake. This is all unless I start page hopping on wikipedia and loose hours reading vague articles on anything from Vladimir Putin to heart valves to unicorns. Going from that selection alone you can probably tell alot of things interest me. I get sad when I have nothing to read or nothing to help me learn. From a young age I used to devour encyclopedias, novels and leaflets. If it had words you can bet I was going to read it. My life would be a sad affair without the written word.
I feel like I'm unable to go into detail, I don't want to bore potential readers into a coma! So here's a fun fast fire round of a few things about me, like in one of those cheesy game shows that seem to be on tv before the 6 o'clock news.

• I'm currently two thirds vegan; I only have cheese and eggs to give up. I am happy with my diet, I am not going to overly preach to someone to change theirs. I'll chat about it and debate it but if you're happy that's more important. There aren't enough things left today to make people happy, assuming there was before of course. 
• I am an ice hockey fan. I support the Belfast Giants and Philadelphia Flyers. My boyfriend, Jonathan, got me into the sport. It's fantastic!
• I get sad alot and I am a perpetually anxious person. I get neurotic about things and I cry alot. Just who I have always been, however I get stupidly happy over pretty trivial things like a bunny rabbit sitting in a teapot. Go psychoanalyse me or something..
• I like fashion but am exceedingly poor and spend alot of money on second hand books. Thus I am a thrift/sale shopper. I very rarely will buy things full price. I enjoy spending a few hours mooching through charity shops and seeing what hidden gems I can unearth. 
• I am an all-round music gal. I listen to almost anything I deem good from classical to hard rock. I love putting my itunes on shuffle and seeing what strange combinations arise. 

So as I said before, I am a very average person. My friends call me weird, quirky, neurotic, excitable, eccentric, intelligent(whut?) and who knows what else! I have few friends but I do love them all dearly. Past and present. 

I haven't really decided what exactly I want to use this blog for. I've come from tumblr, which had started to get too repetitive and time wasting for me. I guess this will probably start as an all round blog: fashion, food, my life and all of those and then we'll see where I am and where it's going. 

I hope that, whoever you are, you're having a good day. If not find something to make you smile, life's too short. :)