New everything...

My life is completely different to how it was a week ago. I started a new job in a new city and moved into a new house all in the space of about 3 days. That's a lot of new for a person who isn't all that comfortable with new. The house is nice, in a nice quiet area near all modes of public transport. Close enough to the city centre and just a short commute to work. I've met one of my two new housemates. He's a chef from Romania. Nice enough guy. The other girl is moving in next week.

I survived the first week of my new job (just) and am left with mixed feelings. There is a LOT more expected of me in this job than my last. I'm doing things I haven't done since college, and while this is only a good thing in terms of getting good experience, I feel clueless most of the time and it's stressing me out! On top of this, there's the whole first impressions thing- getting to know new colleagues and all that 'but do they like me?' crap.

I just need to remind myself that it'll get better. I'll get used to it. Everything will fall into place. Right?

Easier said than done, though.

Day 26- what you think about your friends?

My friends are the pink icing on an otherwise quite boring sponge cake. They are the turkey in my club, the orange jelly in my Jaffa cake......... Old friends, new friends, friends in other countries that I've only met a handful of times but still consider good friends, childhood friends I've grown apart from and hope to get back one day.....A shockingly cool group of people. Each one different and unique but all united under an umbrella of awesomeness. 

I'm fairly easy-going but it takes a while for me to become good friends with people. So the chums I have now, I really cherish.

They say you are who your friends are. I'm very very OK with that.  :)

Things are going to be different now....

New job starts in a week. Don't have anywhere to live yet which is a little unsettling but things will fall into place. This job is the first good thing that's happened to me in months. I've been on such a downer since graduation, hearing about all my friends getting jobs and buying cars....And I was stuck at home working 2 days a week. But enough of all that crap.

For the first time in my life, I'll be making decent money (the money is better because I'm a locum). About bloody time too! Didn't go through 17 years of education to draw the dole. So that's all I wanted to say. Yay. :)

Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are.....

Happy:  - More Than A Feeling - Boston

               - Show Me The Light - Mystery Jets

Sad:        - The Village Green Preservation Society - Kate Rusby

                - Wake Up - Arcade Fire

Bored:     - Baptism - Crystal Castles

                 - Paparazzi - Lady Gaga (Metal Remix by bliix)

Hyped:    - Ego - The Saturdays

                 - Radioactive - Kings of Leon

Mad:        - Lithium - Nirvana

                 - Omen - The Prodigy

This is the kind of shit I do when I'm bored.

WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

 Nope.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED AND WHY?  

 A few months ago. Probably feeling sorry for myself in some way.

 DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? 

 Yes. It's neat and it's mine.

 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? 

  Turkey.

 DO YOU HAVE KIDS? 

No thank you.

 IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?

A question I ask myself all the time. I think so.

 DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?

Too much.

 DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? 

Yes. It was touch and go for a while but yes.

WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?

Yes.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?

Crunchy Nut Feast. (The devil's breakfast)

DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?

Not if I can help it.

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?

 Mediocre in that department.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?

Strawberry Cornetto.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE ?

Their body language.

RED OR PINK?

 What?

WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?

 Self-doubt, thighs.

WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST ? 

My Granny.

    

WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?

 Black, no shoes.

WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE ?

A Figroll.

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?

Supertramp- Goodbye Stranger.

IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?

Purple.

FAVORITE SMELLS?

 Freshly cut grass, coffee, petrol.

WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?

 My paternal parent. aka 'Daddy'.

FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?

Basketball, men's diving, gymnastics.

HAIR COLOR? 

Red; natural.

EYE COLOR?

 Hazel.

DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?

No.

FAVORITE FOOD?

Indian, Jaffa Cakes.

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? 

Both.

LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?

Life As We Know It.

WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? 

Not wearing a shirt.

SUMMER OR WINTER?

Winter.

HUGS OR KISSES?

 Both.

FAVORITE DESSERT? 

Warm apple crumble with custard.

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? 

 Dear Fatty by Dawn French.

WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?

I don’t have one.

WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? 

X-Factor.

FAVORITE SOUND?

Golf/ Bowling strike.

ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? 

Are they mutually exclusive? Beatles.

WHAT IS THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?

Florida. It's about 4000 miles from home.

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?

Yes. But it's a secret because it would blow your tiny mind.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

Ballinasloe, Galway, Ireland.

Cross Out What You’ve Done

Graduated High School.
Kissed someone.
Smoked a cigarette.
Got so drunk you passed out.
Rode every ride at an amusement park.
Collected something really stupid.
Gone to a rock concert.
Helped someone.
Gone fishing.
Watched four movies in one night.
Gone long periods of time without sleep.
Lied to someone.
Snorted cocaine.
Failed a class.
Smoked weed.
Dealt drugs.
Been in a car accident.
Been in a tornado.
Done hard drugs (i.e. ecstasy, heroin, crack, meth, acid).
Watched someone die.
Been to a funeral.
Burned yourself.
Ran a marathon.
Cried yourself to sleep.
Spent over £200 in one day.
Flown on a plane.
Cheated on someone.
Been cheated on.
Written at least a 5 page letter.
Gone skiing.
Been sailing.
Cut yourself.
Had a best friend.
Lost someone you loved.
Shoplifted something.
Been to jail.
Dangerously close to being in jail.
Had detention.
Skipped school.
Got in trouble for something you didn’t do.
Stolen books from the library.
Gone to a different country.
Dropped out of school.
Been in a mental hospital.
Watched the “Harry Potter” movies.
Had an online diary.
Fired a gun.
Gambled in a casino.
Had a yard sale.
Had a lemonade stand.
Actually made money at the lemonade stand.
Been in a school play.
Been fired from a job.
Taken a lie detector test.
Swam with dolphins.
Gone to sea world.
Voted for someone on a reality TV show.
Written poetry.Read more than 20 books a year.
Gone to Europe.
Loved someone you shouldn’t have.
Used a coloring book over age 12.
Had surgery.
Had stitches.
Taken a taxi.
Seen the Washington Monument.
Had more than 5 IM’s/online conversations going at once.
Overdosed.
Had a drug or alcohol problem.
Been in a fist fight.
Suffered any form of abuse.
Had a hamster.
Petted a wild animal.
Used a credit card.
Gone surfing in California.
Did “spirit day” at school.
Dyed your hair.
Got a tattoo.
Had something pierced. 
Got straight As.
Been on the Honour Roll.
Known someone with HIV or AIDS.
Taken pictures with a webcam.
Started a fire.
Gotten caught having a party while parents were gone away

10 Things I Can't Live Without

1. Computer- technology happily replaces the absence of organised religion in my life.

2. Internet connection - (duh).

3. iPod - them tunes is sick yo.

4. Phone (A texter not a talker. Don't call me. Ever. Also, it's both my watch and my alarm.)

5. Comedy - laughter is the best medicine. (Though I'll admit I've never tried morphine)

6. Friends - they are truly the cat's pyjamas.

7. Rowntree's Tooty Frooties - sugar is the key to lasting happiness. I think that was the quote.

8. Hairspray - All the ladays who prone to frizzay through your hands up at may!

9. Shoes.

10. Oxygen. Apparently.

Shitstickles!

I'm so pissed off! I'm trying to register to work as a radiographer in the UK and just found out it can take up to 3/4 months for the application to be processed. Jesus. That's totally made my day. :(

Plus, on top of that, if I don't get some decent post-graduate work experience here soon, it will probably be very difficult for me to compete in an already highly competitive jobs market over there. 

Ideally, I would love to work in London or Edinburgh. If all goes well that's where I'll be this time next year. 

Thank you economy, you've fucked me over once again.

Bernard Pivot Questionnaire

I've watched a good few episodes of Inside the Actors Studio on YouTube. At the end of every interview, the presenter asks a kind of personality questionnaire invented by Bernard Pivot. It's quite interesting hearing people's answers. Here are the 10 questions with my answers:

What’s your favourite word? 
Phosphorescent/Zeitgeist

What’s your least favourite word? 

Ointment

 
What turns you on? 
Funny people

 
What turns you  off?  
Politics

 
What sound or noise do you love?  
Golf club hitting a golf ball

 
What sound or noise do you hate?    
Hoover/ringing telephone

 
What is your favourite curse word?  
FUCK!

 
What profession would you like to attempt?  
Comic actor

 
What profession would you not like to attempt?  
Salesperson

 
If heaven exists, what you like God to say when you arrive at the pearly gates?   

Surprised to see me?

I love Hugh Laurie's answers:

 

Boredom strikes

Things I know

I haven't actually written much on this blog so far. I'm more the visual type so I automatically prefer pictures to text. But anyhooo....I thought I should write something. Because that's the point no? 

I've often heard writers say you should write about 'what you know'. Well, I'm fairly certain that 'what I know' is unlikely to inspire or even interest much. But then again, I find it hard to care. So here it goes. 

I know:
 

- How to take and interpret x-rays.

- How to make ass-kicking pancakes.

- A lot about comedy.

- How to draw cartoons.

- How to annoy my twin.

- What I'm having for dinner later.
- How to shoot and score free throws in basketball.

- How to navigate the subway systems of New York, London and Athens.

- How to avoid a fist fight.

- How to detect insincerity.

- How to edit videos.

- How to be a total slob and a neat-freak.
- How to switch efficiently from one to the other.

- That God doesn't exist.

- When to shut up.

Testing....1,2....

Testing....a one, a two, a one, two, three, four-

Hi there. My name is Joanne. Not Jo, or for love of Jesus not Jojo. Cheers. ;)

If you're here by accident, the bouncer will show you out. We'll say nothing more about it.

If you mean to be here, I must question your morals but I welcome you nonetheless.

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