• Visit the Guinness Storehouse
• Visit the Natural Museum of Ireland - The Decorative Arts & History section.

To Help Me With Uni in the Future

• Get a scrapbook and fill it up with all my favourite photographs and photographers
• Film a music video for 'The Matthew Trainor Experience'
• Get some work experience
• ✔ Get some paid work
• Send a secret to Post Secret
• ✔ Volunteer at Electric Picnic

• I clean my teeth in the morning before I eat my breakfast
• I rarely have milk with my cereal
  • Except for Rice Krispies
• I wet my toothbrush before I put the toothpaste on it
• I use a teaspoon not a tablespoon to eat deserts
• I have ketchup with lasagne, I put it in the sauce for spaghetti bolognese and I use it more than I should.

• Food
  • Burger King
  • Pizza Hut (2 for 1)
• Activities
  • Dublin Wheel (2 for 1)
• Other
  • Xpert Taxi (20% off)

• Finishing the Leaving Certificate
• My Games Night
  • Losing all the games, at my own games night
  • Making a child's game, 'Duck Duck 1-2-3', into a drinking game
  • Playing 'Cranium', 'Pictionary', 'Snakes And Ladders'
  • Making Strawberry Daiquiris and leaving my kitchen in a state similar to Moaning Myrtle's due to all the melted ice
• Sorcha's House Party
  • Meeting Shane for the first time and making pizzas with him
  • Making a certain accidental phonecall
• The Wine Bar
  • Watching 'The Matthew Trainor Experience' play... without Matthew Trainor

• Mouldy Peaches Nothing Came Out
• Katy Perry Teenage Dream
• Beatles Oh! Darling

• I miss a meal.
• I wake up early in the morning.

• Betty Spaghetti
• Polly Pocket
• My Little Pony
• Spirograph
• Pokemon cards
• Pickchu backpack
• Beanie Babies

• ✔ DSLR
  • A treat for myself for (hopefully) doing well in the Mocks!
• ✔ Glasses
  • A necessity, unfortunately.
• ✔ Flight to Berlin
  • A get away with friends, celebrating the completion of the Leaving Cert.
  • A trip away with DCU MPS.
• ✔ College stuff
  • IKEA will be hit!

• Charlie and Al's Random Piss Up
  • Strange night
  • Wasn't exactly invited... But I wouldn't go as far as to say I gate-crashed
  • Did not really enjoy myself, I was in a weird mood
  • Someone was caught wanking into a tree. Whilst wearing a clown costume
• Sorcha's 18th
  • Partly organised by Alan and myself
  • Hostess made a drunken speech
  • I hit the trampoline in my sleeping bag
• Adam's House
  • The Risqué Tower was brought out
  • Dares got wilder as the night progressed
  • My camera broke
• My 18th

• One (Your Name) - Swedish House Mafia feat. Pharrell
  • Best Bit: I wanna know your name, name, name, name, name, name, know your name, name, name, name, name!
• Miami 2 Ibiza - Swedish House Mafia & Tinie Tempah
  • Best Bit: All the abbriveations! And... Scene one, everyone get in you're positions, pay attention and listen, we're trying to get this in one take, so let's try and make that happen... Take one... ACTION!
• Dynamite - Taio Cruz
• Best Bit: I'm gonna put my hands in the air. Han-hands in the aaaaair... Put your hands in the air!

• Green Apple DKNY Perfume
  • Reminds me of drama class in An Grianán Theatre with the two Roisíns, Eimear and others.
• Nivea Essential Care Chap Stick
  • Preparation for a family skiing trip.

Prom is tonight! < Note from after prom: An amazing time was had by all, all the stress was worth the fun we had on the night! Photo is of me in my dress! >

• Stressful
  • My boyfriend broke up with me and I had to find a new date... But most of the obvious options had been taken!
  • Dates were switched and such to make sure everyone had someone to take.
  • One date pulled out because of work (even thought he had plenty of notice).
  • Finally I found a date that was excited to take me. However unfortunately a member of his family became very sick. He is still taking me, though.
  • I bought the dress from American website Fred Flare and when it arrived in Northern Ireland we were greeted with a load of import taxes that we (stupidly) did not expect.

• Overheard Conversations
• The Nicest Things People Have Said To Me/Done For Me
• Most Memorable Parties
• Life Cheat Sheet
• ✔ Meals I'll Be Able To Make For Myself In College
• The Best Advice I've Been Given
• ✔ Things My Friends And I Discuss
• Places I've Explored
• Funniest Moments

• Housing in the area is allocated depending on your job.
• Polar bear signs show mark the area that is safe to walk around without a weapon. If you go past these signs then it is highly recommended that you are accompanied by a guide with a weapon because of the threat of polar bear attacks.
• If you feel that you are in danger of being attacked by a polar bear you must first shoot warning shots (shoot in the air) in the hope that you scare away the polar bear and don’t have to harm the animal.
• There are more snowmobiles than cars.
• You are expected to take off your shoes when entering any building on the island, this includes, restaurants, shops, hotels, museums.
• Each year there are many more babies born in the September and October months beca...

Places in Ireland that I need to visit one day, taken from this web page: http://www.hillmanwonders.com/top_1000/i...

Ireland

• Aran Islands
• Blarney Stone & Castle
• Cliffs of Moher
• Dingle Peninsula
• Newgrange
• Ring of Kerry
• Rock of Cashel
• Skillig Michael
• Trinity College Library

Northern Ireland

• ✔ Giant's Causeway

• The Skate Park
  • On partly sunny days with Shauna and Aoife.
  • With downpours when we'd take cover under some structures in the playground.
  • Before it had been publicly opened so no kids were there whatsoever and it was just bored teenagers.
  • Before I started going to house parties and I was still very innocent.
  • Summer holidays of 2007.
• Elaine's Garage
  • When the LOFT closed and there was nowhere else to dwell we'd head to Elaine's.
  • We stayed in the huge garage mostly, which had a trampoline.
  • I'd usually be sitting on the tramploine chatting, prank calling and of course, bouncing.

• People are always looking for an excuse to talk about themselves.
• A little alcohol goes a long way in helping people forget about being embarrassed.
• I have a major interest in other peoples experiences and personal stories.
• I always want the details when people drink to something.
• I always feel kind of boring when I play, because of all the outrageous things people admit to doing! I feel bland in comparison!

Short term:

• A photo a day over the Christmas holidays

Medium term:

• Upgrade my Canon
• Get some paid portrait work

Long term:

• Get explore on Flickr

• MacBook Pro
• Adobe Photoshop
• ✔ Video Camera
• Books
  • ✔ Advertising
  • Self-Improvement
  • Media
  • Film
  • How-To
  • Listography

• Archaeologist
  • Even learnt how to spell it because my parent's challenged me, saying that if I want to be one when I grow up then I'd have to know how to spell it.
• Marine Biologist
• Advertising Executive
  • This has been my ambition since the latter part of secondary school and it still is.

• Realising that a library book is over due, and the fine goes up by the hour, scrambling to go bring it back, only to find that I left all my shoes at Alan's apartment so I have to walk in high heels over to the library, with massive blisters still hurting from the night out before.
• Walking in the pouring rain over to the bus stop, only to find that the marathon is on, so that road is closed, having to walk for ages across the UCD campus, to get to a bus stop and have to wait for ages for a bus to come, as it was a bank holiday.

• Absolut Fringe
• Amateur Photographer travel photo
• DCU photography competition
• Photographer of the Year (Hybrids)

• Moshing to Pendulum
• The lead singer of Friendly Fires’ cute dancing
• The legend security guards that were dancing during Friendly Fires’ and Jimmy Eat World’s set at the Vodafone stage
• Plan B’s beat-boxer and Plan B’s set in general
• Calvin Harris playing ‘Bounce’ during his DJ set
• Everyone getting on each other’s shoulders during Two Door Cinema Club’s set
• Beyonce singing ‘Halo’, nearly bringing tears to my eyes
• Seeing one of my all time favourite songs, ‘Everlong’ being performed live by the Foo Fighters
• Lead singer of Weezer messing around with the camera equipment on stage

And...

• ✔ Donnie Darko
• WALL·E
• Monsters Inc.
• Finding Nemo
• Edward Scissorhands

I'm planning to buy myself a DSLR as a reward for completing the mocks (since I lost my old camera). I'll have the whole midterm to go mad taking photos in a few weeks...

• Something that makes me smile
• A secret hideout
• Sunset/sunrise from my garden
• Family photo
• Celebrations
• Ignored part of my bedroom
• Unexplored area of my neighbourhood
• Surprise shot
• Alcohol
• Summing up myself

Number one worry for the weekend escape: cost!

• Hostels
  • The Circus Hostel
    • Price: €23 (4/5 beds)
  • Riverside Lodge
    • Price: €22 (4 beds)
  • Raise a Smile Hostel
    • Price: €9.90
  • Jugendgästehaus Lichterfelde
    • Price: €15 (dorms)
  • Sunflower Hostel
    • Price: €20.50 (3 beds)
• Flights

• 06/01/2011
  • Woke up early to go to Derry with Mum.
  • Sat in the car and snoozed listening to the Zane Lowe in a rare morning slot on Radio 1.
  • Got a croissant and hot chocolate in Starbucks and sat for a while doing Physics calculations.
  • Sat in the library with my box of cue card notes, I probably looked like a geek but I proudly highlighted them regardless!
    • Random Derry girl: 'I wish I was that organised'
  • Lunch at Fitzroy's with Mum and Dad.
    • Was going to be adventurous but instead got the chicken goujons again! They're just so good!
  • Bought the final instalments for Alan's a...

• Magick
  • Polish paramedic
  • That's how his names pronounced (not sure how it's spelt)
  • Brought Polish vodka
  • Wants to be an inventor
  • Spent some time in the shed with my dad, apparently inventing
• Dominic
  • A monk
  • My dad's cousin
  • Told interesting stories
  • Left with a box of Miller (that was left over from my party)

• ✔ On the floor
• ✔ On a bed
• ✔ In a shopping centre
• ✔ In a supermarket
• On a tree
• At the top of the Eiffel Tower
• On a beach
• In the rain
• In the snow
• In a cinema screen
• In the back seat of a car

• Spaghetti Bologonese
• Egg Soufflé
• Cheese and Egg Toasties
• French Bread Pizzas
• 2 Minute Noodles

Plan B

• Chinese Takeaway
• Subway
• Dominoes

On October the 6th I will officially become an adult. Yup my eighteenth birthday looms and it is somewhat frightening! I've compiled this list of things to do before I become an adult so I can recall what it's like to be immature and childish! The photo is of my mum and I when I was 13!

• Blow a bubble from bubblegum (bonus: Hubbabubba branded bubblegum)
• ✔ Blow bubbles
• Make Rice Crispy buns
• Play dress up (bonus: in my mothers closet)
• Wear my mothers make up and spriz her perfume
• Climb a tree
• Get a piggy back (bonus: from my father)
• Jump in puddles
• Draw a picture of my family and the house we live in

In General

• The guy's previous relationship record, is a good indicator of what he's going to be like with you.
• Guys are just as shy about making a move as girls are. (Kevin's wise words).
• It is possible to become best friends with an ex after a break up. However it takes time and it depends on how the relationship ended.

About Myself

• I do not care for clingy boyfriends. I would consider a guy clingy if he was:
  • ^ Not allowing me to chat to my friends when we are in a big group without him being strapped to my waist.
  • Sending texts at awkward hours and then freaking out when he doesn't receive a reply straight away.

You know when something just seems so perfect/sweet/immense/beautiful that it makes you feel all tingly and teary eyed? I love that feeling, these are a few of the things that do it for me...

• In the car/train/bus coming into a major city and seeing the bright lights fly by. The atmosphere and the anticipation of events to come. This is almost always best at night.
• Looking into the offices with wide windows in big cities, seeing the people working and imaging what their lives are like.
• Seeing people walking on the streets of a city and wondering where they are going. Seeing their excitement as well if groups are making their way to an event like a concert.
• Being told in person by someone I like that they have feelings for me and what they like about me.

The following are different ways that I've heard people express kissing someone. Most I have literally heard people say, a few are ones I've heard from movies and such.

• To pash
• To snog
• To go with
• To shift
• To suck face
• To meet
• To make-out

• A beautiful and touching song like 'Heartbeats' by José González. Other songs from the album Veneer have the potential to make me cry, also.
• A powerful song which has an intense moment in it, for example 'Drumming Song' by Florence and the Machine, 'Dakota' by Stereophonics.
• A film which has something upsetting going on to the characters teamed with a heart-breaking sound track and stunning imagery.
• A film that ends on a bitter-sweet note, when the main character has gone through a lot but there's hope for the future.
• A real DMC (Deep Meaningful Conversation) with a close friend, when I learn something shocking or upsetting.
• Laughing with my mum for so long and with so much enthusiasm that I end up teary eyed.

• A Diana F+ CMYK camera
• A vintage Polariod camera
• ✔ River Island skinny jeans
• ✔ A hamburger phone Juno style
• ✔ A Keri Smith journal, Wreck This Journal
• A book on making your own patterns

Encanta Panda

• My favourite fictional characters
• The fictional characters I am most like
• My favourite films
• Funny quotes from my old diary

• ✔ Sell my things at a car boot sale
• Sell stock photos
• Get hired as an events photographer
• Sell items on Ebay
• Sell my old DVDs and CDs on www.musicmagpie.co.uk
• Use http://www.crowdspring.com & http://99designs.com/
• Use http://www.constant-content.com
• Use http://gigwalk.com
• Use http://shutterstock.com/
• Use http://squidoo.com/

• There are more pleasant people out there than rude
• People who don't want to donate first can be persuaded
• Flirting helps
• I can miss a meal on the job and it doesn't really affect me at the time, it's only when I've finished that I become a grumpy bitch

• Films
  • Superbad
  • Easy A
  • Sweeney Todd
• Social Studies Lecture
• Kings
• Never Have I Ever
• Duck Duck 1-2-3

• After Hours - We Are Scientists
• Dakota - Stereophonics
• Tonight, Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins

• Would you rather...
• Would you *insert name of person*
• Other people
  • People we love
  • People we dislike
  • Our crushes
• If our group ended up like how it did in Friends, where nearly everyone coupled up, who would end up with who
• Films, books, TV series
• The past
  • Funny stories
  • Epic nights out
  • The scandal at parties
• The future
  • When's the next party / night out going to be?
  • What it's going to be like when we go off...

• I'm unable to talk to them with out them thinking that I'm flirting with them.
  • Okay, I probably am.
  • But that's not the point.
• Unable to flirt with them without them thinking I want their babies.
  • I don't.
  • I don't want anyone's babies thank you!
  • I'm probably just having a laugh.
• Think they're hotter than their girlfriends.
  • Maybe they are.
  • But no girl wants to feel like they're the ugly one in the relationship.
• Ignore people.
  • They pretend not to know your name.
  • They act like you are a crazy person or a...

I took the questions that I should pay most attention to from 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind.

• If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
• When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
• If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
• You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?
• What’s something you know you do differently than most people?
• If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?

It is December. There is a thick layer of snow outside. But God damn it I'm gonna write a summer to-do list anyway! It'll give me something to look forward to...

• Visit IKEA with friends
  • Buy stuff for college
  • Play hide and seek
  • Act out the scene from (500) Days of Summer
• ✔ Go to Oxygen
  • ✔ Survive the 4 days!
  • ✔ See some amazing bands live
• Go on a road trip with friends
• Visit Berlin
  • Day: touristy sightseeing
  • Night: clubbing and partying
• Visit the beach
• Go to prom

• Daphne Scooby Doo
• Misty Pokemon
• Little Red Riding Hood
• An angel
• Dorothy The Wizard Of Oz
• A witch
• A peacock

Alan dished the dirt on Twitter...

• Ok, Andrews tweet about secrets yesterday inspired me. I'm about to drop the secrets, Gossip Girl style
• You might recognise some of your own but don't worry, no names will be mentioned. Hold on to your hats, here goes:
• In the past few months we've had three pregnancy scares within people we know
• There was a not-as-secret-as-you-thought threesome!
• SomeoNe we know has been getting good grades for a year due to their 'special relationship' with a teacher
• Someone was sprung for masturbating to pictures of their friend on facebook
• A couple we know broke up because the guy is gay, but very few people know that he is
• Someone is not into foreplay, it's straight in-and-out!

• Europe
  • England
  • Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • France
  • Spain
  • Norway
  • Italy
  • Austria
• Australasia
  • New Zealand

• Taking the Driver’s Theory Test
• Tidying my room
• Helping around the house more
• Helping my brother with study
• Getting rid of my old clothes
• Getting a job

• Smiles from people I don’t know
• Hugs from a friend
• Reading a good book/watching a good movie – even if it makes me cry
• Surprises
• Sitting in a room lit by fairy lights
• Singing/miming into a hairbrush
• Wearing an outfit that makes me feel pretty and confident
• Dancing in the street or in clubs
• Exploring a city
• Sunsets over the ocean
• Having a rant once in a while
• Getting ready for nights out
• Writing down whatever comes in my head, either in my journal or my Listography
• Eating raw cookie dough until I feel sick
• A good laugh watching comedians (Lee Evans especially)
• Grilling a friend on his/her love life an...

Ireland/Northern Ireland

• ✔ Dublin City University - Communication Studies - 435 Points
• ✔ University Of Ulster - Communication, Advertising and Marketing - A1A1A1A1

England

• ✔ Goldsmiths - Media and Communications - ABBBB
• ✔ London Metropolitan University - Promotional Media
• ✔ University Of East London - Communication Studies
• ✔ University Of Chester - Advertising

New Zealand

• Auckland University Of Technology - Communication Studies

That I Recieved (The names in italics are the people who gave me the present).

• Packard Bell laptop for Christmas (see this posts picture). Mum and Dad
• Birthday DVD with funny videos of the antics of me and my friends included. Sorcha
• A framed picture of Shauna and I, that she drew herself. Shauna
• A handmade bracelet. Aoife
• Duck Party Cranium Board Game. Alan
  • We pissed ourselves laughing when we saw it in Tescos and I absolutely loved it!

That I've Given

• Ticket to Paramore at the 02 in Dublin (split gift).
• Sumo suit (split gift).
  • Well we (Sorcha and I) thought it was a good idea but the person we got it for did...

There have been brilliant drunken moments that I've been a part of, whether it was me who was wasted or one of my friends!

• Sorcha
  • At Kevin's party she was quite a state. As soon as you pointed a camera at her, though, she would act completely sober. It was so frustrating! Anyway I filmed her during the night and straight away the smile came out and she pretended to be sober! I asked her to say her ABCs and she started, stressing every letter, "Aaaa... Beee... Ceee... Deee!" Then I asked her to walk in a straight line whilst saying her ABCs. "Aaaa... Beee... Ceee..." she stomped in a somewhat straight line before toppling ON TOP OF ME! And guess what... I got it all on camera! It's so coming out at her 18th this summer!
• Matthew