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'Time travel is like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guidebook. You've got to throw yourself in, eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers... or is that just me?'

bookmarks:
laoise autobio (discoveries in my 28th year)
fiction (rooms)
television (Christmas watching 2024)
about me (a personal alphabet)
music (favourite songs)
  • potato and green bean salad
  • pea and spinach salad with ricotta
  • egg fried rice and peas, pak choi and scallions
  • curry with turmeric rice
  • Pea & asparagus soup
jul 3 2019 ∞
jul 23 2019 +
  • omelette mix in a jar - spinach, sundried tomatoes, cheese
  • healthy snack fridge bin - grapes, berries, string cheese, babybel, apples, clementines
  • microwave porridge with coulis (frozen berries), apple kompott, cinnamon and raisins
  • sliced apple with cinnamon and peanut butter in a jar
  • cheesy quesadilla
jul 3 2019 ∞
jul 3 2019 +
  • parkway drive - ire
  • parkway drive - deep blue
  • cane hill - smile
  • neck deep - life's not out to get you
  • the devil wears prada - zombie ep
  • the devil wears prada - transit blues
  • mayday parade - a lesson in romantics
  • a day to remember - common courtesy
  • moose blood - I'll keep you in mind, from time to time
  • northlane - node
  • aiden - knives
  • good charlotte - good charlotte
  • good charlotte - the young & the hopeless
  • panic at the disco - a fever you can't sweat out
  • coheed & cambria - the afterman: ascension
  • avenged sevenfold - avenged sevenfold
  • slipknot - vol 3: the subliminal verses
dec 26 2016 ∞
jul 3 2019 +
  • lie alone, it's all you can do now, and hear me drone about the things I can't change (the story so far)
  • you're the reason why I can't listen to those same songs I used to (real friends)
dec 28 2015 ∞
dec 28 2015 +
  • hanging basket for spider plant
  • aloe vera
  • english ivy
  • pothos
  • chinese evergreen
  • Warneck dracaena
  • peace lily
  • Heart leaf philodendron
  • zeezee plant
  • rubber tree
  • boston fern
  • jade plant
may 30 2015 ∞
may 30 2015 +
  • panic at the disco - a fever you can't sweat out
  • tegan & sara - sainthood
  • a day to remember - common courtesy
  • we are the ocean - cutting our teeth
  • coheed and cambria - good apollo I'm burning star IV volume one
  • mayday parade - a lesson in romantics
  • senses fail - let it enfold you
  • moose blood - I'll keep you in mind, from time to time
  • japanese voyeurs - yolk
apr 23 2015 ∞
nov 14 2015 +
  • battersea park
  • oxford street
  • tibits
  • monument to the great fire of london
  • british museum
  • hyde park
  • maritime museum
  • brockley market
  • deptford market
  • vegan bakery in camden
  • london dungeon
  • art tour at the national gallery
  • highgate cemetery
  • ice skating at winter wonderland
  • old operating theatre museum
  • borough market
  • forbidden planet, 179 shaftesbury ave
  • coach & horses
  • waiting room coffee bar deptford high street
sep 12 2014 ∞
nov 14 2015 +
  • edamame
  • saien soba ramen
  • mushroom onigiri
  • yasai cha han
jun 5 2014 ∞
jun 5 2014 +
  • world war z
  • dawn of the dead
  • resident evil
  • shaun of the dead
  • the walking dead
  • jennifer's body
  • 28 days later
  • 28 weeks later
  • REC
  • REC 2
  • I am legend
  • the zombie diaries
  • deadgirl
  • night of the living dead
  • the returned
mar 16 2014 ∞
mar 30 2014 +
  • get into uni
  • get a case for my nexus
  • read 20 books in 2014
  • take more selfies
  • know everything there is to know about everything
  • read more comics
  • get a cute little book lamp
  • watch every episode of futurama ever
jan 13 2014 ∞
sep 12 2014 +
  • foot-in-the-door effect - small request first, once that is accepted put forward a larger request
  • door-in-the-face effect - ask a large request, then once that is rejected your smaller requests sounds more reasonable so is more likely to be accepted
  • anchoring - people rely heavily on the first piece of information offered when making decisions, this is very difficult to avoid
mar 7 2014 ∞
mar 10 2014 +

niue:

£1,390 1 adult return London-Auckland £199 1 adult return Auckland-Niue

bike hire NZ$14(£7.09)/day car hire NZ$55(£27.83)/day

hotel NZ$150(£75.91)/night

total for 2 w/ bikes: £4,439.26

feb 6 2014 ∞
mar 25 2014 +
  • tom's birthday present
  • mum's birthday present
  • leavers ball dress & shoes
  • comic con entry(£17.50)/train(£25)/tube(£8)/spending money
  • new wallet
jan 31 2014 ∞
sep 12 2014 +
  • buy and read a bazillion books
  • cook every single thing on my pinterest cookery board to perfection
  • have friends round for dinner
  • sunbathe with tom and music in the meadows
  • go on long bike rides
  • go to theme parks
  • go to EDM concerts
feb 22 2014 ∞
apr 24 2015 +
  • visited Iceland/Austria/Switzerland/Belgium/Luxembourg/France/Spain
  • visited the Somme/Menin Gate
  • gone sailing
  • gone kayaking
  • got my GCSEs
  • fallen in love
  • fallen out of love
  • got 1000+ followers on tumblr
  • ran 5k
  • toasted marshmallows around a campfire
  • seen the London fireworks NYE2013
  • seen MCR/LostAlone/the Blackout/Deathstars/Rammstein/Bullet for my Valentine/Halestorm in concert
  • seen Les Miserables/We Will Rock You/Saturday Night Fever/Mamma Mia in London
  • gone to a wedding
  • dyed my hair
  • done a sponsored bike ride
  • climbed mountains
jan 27 2014 ∞
dec 26 2016 +
  • file taxes
  • go to job interviews
  • drive a car to boring places like the petrol station
  • get an MOT
  • buy a tax disc
  • suck up to my boss
  • go grocery shopping
  • do the washing up/hoovering/dusting/laundry
  • look after kids
  • mow the lawn
  • go to the pub with my dull work colleagues
  • go to primary school nativity plays
  • go to ikea/home base/carpet right/b&q
  • phone important people
  • get a mortgage
  • get insurance
  • pay bills
  • get a loan
jan 25 2014 ∞
apr 24 2015 +
  • comic con
  • sims 4
  • plants vs zombies: garden warfare
  • mockingjay
  • amazing spider-man 2
jan 18 2014 ∞
apr 24 2015 +
  • eat less animal products
  • work hard - get into Leeds or Manchester
  • read more books
  • be yourself - everyone else is taken
jan 13 2014 ∞
jan 30 2014 +
  • crownfield nougat pillows cereal
  • cinnamon and banana french toast
  • blueberry and banana pancakes
  • brie and spinach croissants
  • huevos rancheros
  • tofu scramble
  • white toast with lurpak
  • cheese and onion drop scones
jan 15 2014 ∞
jan 15 2014 +
  • the devil inside
  • the conjuring
  • mama
  • the blair witch project
  • sinister
  • the ring
  • the grudge 1+2
  • the mist
  • the purge
  • the exorcism of emily rose
  • the descent
  • drag me to hell
  • cabin fever
  • the shining
  • house on haunted hill
  • the last exorcism
  • pan's labyrinth
  • cabin in the woods
  • paranormal activity 1+2
  • let the right one in
  • grave encounters
jan 13 2014 ∞
apr 23 2015 +
  • american-style blueberry pancakes with greek yoghurt
  • shakshuka and avocado
  • scrambled eggs with chopped cherry tomatoes
  • croque madame muffins and grilled asparagus
  • french toast with fresh berries and greek yoghurt
  • hash browns, poached egg and avocado
jul 3 2019 ∞
jul 3 2019 +
  • big colourful chunky jumpers
  • leggings
  • leg warmers
  • brown shearling/pile lined ankle boots
  • big soft scarves
  • plain black long sleeve t shirts
sep 16 2017 ∞
sep 16 2017 +
  • rent a pedalo in hyde park
  • parkland walk
  • see the pelicans being fed in st james' park 2:30
  • regent's canal
  • walking tour
may 31 2015 ∞
may 31 2015 +
  • mandolin/food chopper
  • chopping board with hole
  • individual pie/lasagna dishes
  • chefs knives - serrated edge, hollow edge/santoku, straight edge
  • american cup measurers
  • electric knife sharpener
oct 13 2014 ∞
oct 13 2014 +
  • 'Back off, man. I'm a scientist.'
  • 'Do you have any hobbies?' '..I collect spores, moulds and fungus.'
  • 'I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it! LET'S DO IT!'
jun 16 2014 ∞
jun 27 2014 +
  • 2 maine coon cats
  • afghan hound
  • bernese mountain dog
  • tortoise
  • french lop rabbit
may 27 2014 ∞
may 27 2014 +

Adventure Time

  • Puhoy
  • Davey
  • Finn the Human
  • Card Wars

Bob's Burgers

  • The Belchies
  • Sacred Cow

Doctor Who

  • Human Nature/Family of Blood
  • Blink
  • The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
  • The Girl in the Fireplace
  • Boom Town
  • Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords
  • Waters of Mars
  • Planet of the Ood
  • The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky
apr 9 2014 ∞
apr 11 2014 +
  • what am I to you
  • daddy, why did you eat my fries
  • I'm just your problem
  • oh beemo how'd you get so pregnant
  • remember the time we played videogames outside, the time that cake got stuck inside a tree? remember, can you try, when I almost nearly died , without you there I don't know where I'd be
  • conversation parade
  • bmo friendship song
  • I'm a buff baby I can dance like a man
  • baby I know what you need, you want your little baby socks for your little baby feet, now baby I know what you crave, you want to poop your pants all day long, now baby behave
  • bacon pancakes
  • you got me all gummed up inside
  • young lemonhope, born from candy and glue, creator of beauty and ugliness too
mar 16 2014 ∞
mar 31 2014 +
  • adventure time hey ice king - DS
  • left 4 dead - PC
  • plants vs zombies: garden warfare - PC
  • pokemon x & y - DS
  • half life 2 - PC
  • the elder scrolls anthology - PC
  • sims 4 - PC
  • dark matter - PC
  • devil may cry - PC
mar 5 2014 ∞
apr 23 2015 +
  • listography/future listography book
  • nintendo 3DS XL red/black
  • plants vs zombies: garden warfare PC game
  • adventure time: hey ice king DS game
  • sopio deck 1
  • adventure time pyjamas
feb 20 2014 ∞
feb 27 2014 +
  • samsung galaxy sIII
  • google nexus 7
  • beats solo
  • msi FX600MX
  • 160GB iPod classic
  • nintendo DS lite
  • nintendo 3ds xl
feb 17 2014 ∞
sep 12 2014 +
  • how expensive popcorn and tango ice blast is
  • when the server doesn't ask you what flavours you want in your ice blast and just assumes you want half and half when you actually want all blue
  • accidentally kicking over a drink
  • trying to put your arm round your cinema buddy and the armrest jabbing you in the ribs
  • rude cinema wombles
  • when people just twist their knees round rather than standing up when you want to get past
  • tall people/people with big hair sitting in front of you
  • when they don't turn the lights off
  • people getting up during the movie
  • 'hi im kevin bacon'
  • 'MOVIETICKETS DOT COM'
  • expensive tickets, especially having to p...
feb 3 2014 ∞
feb 3 2014 +
  • set small goals, like starting a conversation with someone you’d like to know better or walking to the local shop
  • before you go to sleep, try zoning in on five things that have gone well during the day - repeat this each day for a week and see if you notice a difference in your general mood
  • try saying things out loud; you might start to question how accurate these thoughts really are. ask yourself why you’re thinking that and what evidence you have to support it. it can help you get some perspective
  • create your own ‘list of distractions’ which will help you to escape negative thoughts. Ideally, these are activities you enjoy but ones which require your full attention - this means you become totally focused on the activity itself, rather than on your thoughts or feelings. you ne...
jan 28 2014 ∞
jan 28 2014 +
  • doctor who
  • adventure time
  • books
  • heavy metal
  • less heavy metal
  • electronic dance music
  • sherlock
  • organising things
  • feminism
  • politics
  • documentaries
  • coffee
  • sleeping in
  • my hobbit slippers
  • spotify
  • google
  • samsung
  • costa
  • gadgets
  • mcm expo
  • horror movies
jan 13 2014 ∞
mar 14 2014 +
  • write everything down in class - the questions you have and the answer
  • type notes up/write a summary of them after lessons
  • put things in your own words
  • identify big ideas
  • focus on what's important, not getting everything down
  • eliminate question marks
  • plan essays
  • teach others
  • make notes of notes and then final notes
  • to do lists
  • stayfocusd
  • make the most of little slots of time
  • learning index cards - leitner system
  • note taking - cornell system
  • make memorable connections between facts
  • procrastination is the thief of time
jan 30 2014 ∞
feb 27 2014 +
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  • lasagne
  • mushroom lasagne
  • root and lentil casserole
  • bechamel sauce
  • carrot, cumin and kidney bean burgers
  • macaroni and cheese
  • tofu scramble
  • cheese and onion drop scones
  • carrot pancakes
  • risotto - mushroom, roasted corn and smoked paprika, pea and parmesan
  • roasted butternut squash with spiced caramelised onions
  • brie and spinach croissants
  • pancakes
  • tomato pasta sauce
  • soup - butternut squash, apple and cashew, sweetcorn and red pepper, carrot butternut squash and coriander
  • croque madame muffins
  • green bean and goats cheese puff
jan 23 2014 ∞
jul 3 2019 +
  • coconut curry with cucumber raita
  • pak choi pasta
  • tomato & pesto pasta
  • sprout pasta
  • Cauliflower pasta
jul 3 2019 ∞
jul 23 2019 +
  • fat walrus
  • mother flipper
  • fleet kitchen
  • tibits
  • bubblewrap waffle
  • doughnut time
  • homeslice
  • bella napoli
  • maxwells (to try)
  • bone daddies (to try)
  • tatami ramen flat iron square (to try)
  • ugly dumpling (to try)
  • the breakfast club (to try)
  • where the pancakes are flat iron square (to try)
jul 3 2019 ∞
jul 3 2019 +
  • when i come around - green day
  • destroyer - parkway drive
may 3 2016 ∞
dec 26 2016 +
  • spinach
  • avocado
  • vine tomatoes
  • corn on the cob
  • lemon & lime yoghurt
  • mango
  • strawberries
  • blueberries
  • broccoli
  • sweet potato
  • aubergine
  • courgette
  • butternut squash
  • portobello mushrooms
may 17 2015 ∞
may 17 2015 +
  • tofutti cream cheese
  • violife pizza cheese (tastes like leerdammer)
  • moo free hazelnut nibs chocolate (tastes exactly like ritter sport oh my god)
  • amy's kitchen mac & cheeze
  • sheese cream cheese
apr 15 2015 ∞
nov 14 2015 +
  • vegetable gyoza
  • miso soup
  • pumpkin korroke
  • vegetable tempura
  • avocado maki
  • cucumber maki
  • tamago nigiri
  • inari pocket nigiri
  • vegetable hand roll
  • edamame beans
  • banana and chocolate harumaki
  • strawberry cheesecake mochi
  • chocolate mochi
jun 5 2014 ∞
jun 5 2014 +
  • take my hand and never be afraid again
  • awake and unafraid
  • I am not afraid to keep on living
  • I've lost my fear of falling
  • I'm trying to let you know just how much you mean to me
  • you're not in this alone
  • for all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me
  • this broken city sky, like butane on my skin, stolen from my eyes
apr 17 2014 ∞
apr 24 2015 +
  • 'Lemon gives by taking... and cares by yelling.' (Lemongrab - You Made Me)
  • 'I am reading the wall. They are wall words.' (Lemongrab - Mystery Dungeon)
  • 'How do I look?' 'LIKE THE DEVIL!' (Finn/BMO - Davey)
  • 'Who wants to play video games?!' (BMO - Rainy Day Daydream)
  • 'Yes, Finn. It goes in my butt.' (BMO - Holly Jolly Secrets)
  • 'No, I do not play such games... with Jake.' (BMO - Card Wars)
  • 'Greetings, creator!' (NEPTR)
  • 'Creator, I am eager to commence the creation and propulsion of pies forever, but my pie-hucking appendage is... malfunctioning, and my oven lamp is cold, and my tank treads do not roll! They only do skids! Why, creator? Does it please you to watch me struggle?' (NEPTR - What Is Life?)
  • 'Jake! You found Neptr! I am the ultimate...
mar 16 2014 ∞
apr 9 2014 +
  • doctor who
  • adventure time
  • torchwood
  • breaking bad
  • game of thrones
  • the sarah jane adventures
  • the walking dead
  • the simpsons
  • outnumbered
  • my mad fat diary
  • 8 out of 10 cats
  • mock the week
  • live at the apollo
  • horizon
  • panorama
  • frozen planet
  • come dine with me
  • broadchurch
  • hustle
  • waking the dead
  • new tricks
feb 25 2014 ∞
jul 3 2019 +
  • 27th February - Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
  • 4th April - Divergent
  • 11th April - Oculus
  • 18th April - Amazing Spider-man 2
  • 25th April - The Quiet Ones
  • 24th May - MCM Expo
  • 30th May - Maleficent
  • 6th June - The Fault in our Stars
  • 4th July - The Purge: Anarchy
  • 18th July - Jupiter Ascending
  • 21st November - Mockingjay pt.1
  • 17th December - The Hobbit: There and Back Again
feb 12 2014 ∞
apr 24 2015 +
  • jack monroe
  • laurie penny
  • nicki minaj
  • tina daheley
feb 4 2014 ∞
may 3 2015 +
  • confirm offers - leeds + mancs
  • apply for student finance
  • apply for accommodation
jan 30 2014 ∞
apr 24 2015 +