• had my modules for third year assigned - very happy with them!
• got a job!
• Tom's birthday: he opened presents in the morning, then we went to the gym where he got his programme and I did a run on the treadmill. then it was time for the cinema to see The Mummy with his mum. we then went for a drink before going to the arcades on the pier, and then went to dinner together before meeting his friends for drinks and a few rounds of pool until midnight or just after.
• my first tip at work, a man who sought me out after my section was given to someone else so I could run food. he stood in front of me and asked someone where I was because I'd taken my glasses off and he didn't recognise me, then he gave me the tip and held my hand with both of his and told me I was doing well, we all have to learn, and not to be nervous.

• throwing the windows open during a storm
• blankets and cushions
• new underwear
• going out for breakfast
• Cadbury's chocolate (the best chocolate)
• being kissed on the forehead
• endless cups of tea
• friendly neighbourhood cats and dogs
• coffee that comes in sachets
• plants (I own a dozen or so)
• witches from the 90s (the Halliwells and the Spellmans)
• buying stationery that I may never use
• active wear as lounge wear
• when people know you at the gym/pool
• shaved legs
• mango lassi
• eating vegan when possible.

• doing famous people things
  • Ed Miliband
  • Rhod Gilbert
  • various Downton Abbey cast members
    • William, Mr Molesley (actually this was more a casual encounter really?), Michael Gregson
  • Simon Bailey (post-Jersey Boys)
  • Sandi Toksvig (women's march x1, QI x2)
  • Alan Davies (QI x2)
  • Holly Walsh (QI)
  • Matt Lucas (QI)
  • Romesh Ranganathan (QI)
  • Liza Tarbuck (QI)
• doing every day people things
  • Giles Brandreth
  • Linda and Pete from Gogglebox
  • Martin Freeman

• basking shark
• great white shark
• greenland shark
  • many are blind
  • they live for hundreds of years
  • they swim really, really slowly
• hammerhead shark
• sand tiger shark
  • though they send a shiver down my spine
• tiger shark
• whale shark

• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Dirty Dancing (1987)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
• The Goonies (1985)
• Heathers (1988)
• Labyrinth (1986)
• Look Who's Talking (1989)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Splash (1984)

• positives
  • a clearer conscience
  • possibly less digestive issues
    • I may be lactose intolerant?
  • less junk food
• things standing in my way
  • current living situation
  • family meals; I'm already the only vegetarian, I don't want to be more of an inconvenience
  • no enjoyable cheese substitutes
  • cost of substitutes and vitamin supplements
• etc.
  • I will continue to eat honey. I must support the bees.

• adopt an animal
• be adopted by a strange cat (twice)
• fall in love
• finish secondary school
• finish sixth form
• go on the London Eye
• go to the London aquarium
• learn to swim
• learn to use chopsticks
• midnight release for a Star Wars film
• move to London for university
• move to the coast for a summer
• see a favourite band live
• see a live television recording
• see a performance at Shakespeare's Globe
• see Mamma Mia! live
• visit another country
• win a competition
• win on the claw machine

• Ada
• Arabella
• Araminta
• Beatrice
• Birdie
• Bobbie (Roberta)
• Bronwen
• Cecily
• Ebba
• Edith
• Emilia
• Frances
• Frida
• Georgiana
• Guinevere
• Hebe
• Ianthe
• Irena
• Isidora
• Josephine
• Juniper

• lilou
  • alisha (misspelling of alicia), 'noble'
  • alisha (arabic name), 'protected by god'
  • louise (french), 'famous warrior'
• 19/06/1996
• gemini (and it's obvious)
• just under 5'6"
• blue/green/grey eyed
• not sure if hair is blonde or brown
• vegetarian
• animal lover
• literature student
  • "talented writer"
• northerner/londoner
• in a relationship (10/06/16)
• anxious, depressed (diagnosed)

• 10 Things I Hate About You
• The Aristocats
• Beetlejuice
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Cool Runnings
• Dirty Dancing
• Ghost
• The Goonies
• Grease
• Mamma Mia!
• Mermaids
• Mulan
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• The Princess Bride
• Pulp Fiction
• Reservoir Dogs
• V for Vendetta

things we've done.

• first date: Jersey Boys; kissing at every landmark
• first trip together: Wales
• late birthday presents
• went to London Aquarium
• meeting his family
• went to the zoo
• Halloween: Pulp Fiction costumes
• bonfire night: Victoria Park
• "I love you"
• six month anniversary: Winter Wonderland
  • Trainspotting Live the next day
• the midnight release of Rogue One
• "we're a team"
• new year's kiss
• went swimming together for the first time
• Valentine's Day
• he met my mother
• Easter! so much chocolate

• dried pineapple
• crowded tubes
• crowded pools
• crowds
• writing in books
• loud neighbours
• cold tea/coffee
• the fact chocolate is bad for me
• the right wing
• being out in the rain
• pen smudges
• bra shopping
• oversleeping
• GTA police chases
• long nails
• fictional animals in peril
• new underwear + surprise period
• water in your goggles
• Romantic poetry
• my own procrastination

• to eat one's friends has always seemed to me to be the epitome of ill manners.
• I refuse to partake in something that is the result of senseless and commercialised violence.
• I am lucky in that my survival is not dependent on the consumption of meat. I am aware this is a privilege.
• nor is my survival more important than the survival of other lives: I am not superior.
• there is no logical way to distinguish between the animals one should and should not eat. (if you wouldn't eat a dog, why eat a cow?)
• no one ever got food poisoning by eating broccoli.
• meat is pretty bad for you (according to the WHO).

• doing other, less pressing tasks
• making cups of tea or coffee
• napping, or going to bed early
• playing Grand Theft Auto V
• playing with the cats who sometimes hang out with me
• reading books other than the one I'm supposed to be reading
• scrolling through social media (must stop)
• seeing if there are new books at the charity shop
• snacking or eating lunch/dinner
• taking long showers
• tidying my bedroom
• watching 90s television
• writing lists

• books
  • R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone
  • Stephen Fry, The Ode Less Travelled
  • David Mitchell, Slade House
  • Irvine Welsh, Filth
  • Agatha Christie, Murder is Easy
  • Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
  • Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
  • Agatha Christie, At Bertram's Hotel
  • Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds
• etc.
  • my cafetiere
  • cup patterned with cats and climbing plants
  • small, painted, wooden elephant
  • a mug shaped as an elephant with a compar...

• alcoholic drink: cranberry juice and vodka
• animal: all of them
• artist: Vincent van Gogh
• author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• biscuit: fig rolls
• book: Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
• chain restaurant: Pizza Express
• cheese: cheddar
• chocolate: milk
• coffee: latte
• colour: pale blue, like this
• comedian: Sarah Millican
• dessert: chocolate fudge sundae
• film: Dirty Dancing
• Friends character: Chandler
• fruit: tomatoes
• holiday: christmas
• ice cream flavour: chocolate
• kitchen utensil: my cafetiere
• make up brand: Barry M

• he tells me I'm the most beautiful girl in the world
• he is honestly my best friend
• my pets love him and I consider this to be a very good sign
• he took me to see Jersey Boys (for the fourth time) on Valentine's Day
• he puts up with my changeable moods and frequent influxes of tears
• he has become teary over how much he loves me before, several times
• he buys me plants all the time because he knows how much I love them
• he also buys me a lot of chocolate
• we use ridiculous nicknames for one another
• he makes phone calls for me and comes to doctors appointments because he knows they make me anxious
• he has an imdb page, isn't that cool?
• he puts my favourite shows on for me even...

most recent first.

• Lyn, who swims at my pool and is training for a triathlon, and who is apparently much older than she looks because she uses phrases like, "for many years," and, "twenty years ago." I aspire to be a little like her.
• the girl in Boots who found the best foundation shade for me and asked me about my boyfriend (who was wandering through all the make up) and our relationship. she said, "he didn't go far, did he?" and when she asked, I said we'd "only" been together for 8 months at the time, she said, "that's practically marriage these days!"
• Jimmy, the owner of Istanblue Restaurant. He asked our names, shook our hands, gave us baklava, asked about our new plants, and gave us popcorn for popping.
• Beetlejuice the dog's other owner.
• all the wonderful dog owners at the Women...