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Saturday, 29 December 2012
Sunday, 30 September 2012
So this is goodbye
I've seen this coming, since Monday 2nd July 2012 I've known this way coming. Goodbye.
For the past year this blog has been my life. 21/08/2011, the date I started this blog, Ipsum Observations was born. 169 posts, 8521 views, and 26 comments later and this is the end. It's strange that my blog's only a year old because it feels like I've been here forever but now it's time to say goodbye. I've not posted since last month and I feel terrible, I always have the intention of posting but I never find the time.
I don't blame work, I love work but before work I had 24 hours to work on a post, that's now been reduced to 5 hours and I still have to fit in eating, showering and tumblr. Tumblr requires such little effort and I feel like I get so much more out of that than I ever did here.
I have loved every single minute of this blog and no matter where I am in the world I will remember every single comment I received, including the one from my 'new colleague'!
So much has changed in that year hasn't it? I left college, 'changed direction', wasted almost 10 months, got a job and a haircut! Dyed my fringe blonde 'by accident'. I genuinely don't think I'm the same person that started this blog.
You'll always be able to find me, either on Facebook, Tumblr or Twitter, just follow the links below.
For the past year this blog has been my life. 21/08/2011, the date I started this blog, Ipsum Observations was born. 169 posts, 8521 views, and 26 comments later and this is the end. It's strange that my blog's only a year old because it feels like I've been here forever but now it's time to say goodbye. I've not posted since last month and I feel terrible, I always have the intention of posting but I never find the time.
I don't blame work, I love work but before work I had 24 hours to work on a post, that's now been reduced to 5 hours and I still have to fit in eating, showering and tumblr. Tumblr requires such little effort and I feel like I get so much more out of that than I ever did here.
I have loved every single minute of this blog and no matter where I am in the world I will remember every single comment I received, including the one from my 'new colleague'!
So much has changed in that year hasn't it? I left college, 'changed direction', wasted almost 10 months, got a job and a haircut! Dyed my fringe blonde 'by accident'. I genuinely don't think I'm the same person that started this blog.
You'll always be able to find me, either on Facebook, Tumblr or Twitter, just follow the links below.
Goodbye my friends.
and don't forget email! jandrews102675@gmail.com I'm available for booking as a guest speaker, I'll talk about my charity work or play guitar while you sing... don't forget me.
"If I don't make it, don't you forget about me" - Hoop Dreams (1994)
Monday, 3 September 2012
Over the summer
So over the summer something changed, or rather some things! I was going to do lots of little 'posts' in one using the dates as a basis for these but I only really have one date I want to talk about so we'll get that out of the way first.
Thursday 16th August, the day that sealed a generations future, every person my age in the country found out how they'd done in their A levels. Well, not all of them, among those few who didn't was me. I sat at work telling my friends how proud I was of them. Now the countdown begins, one by one they'll move away... sooner than I'd like that number will be counted on a hand 'til there's a thumb left with a few fingers... that thumb represents me and the thumb represents the one maybe two friends I have left, of those is Hayley, the sweetest girl you'll ever meet.
I'm so immensely proud of my friends, they've all done incredibly well and they deserve every success in their futures. Futures they've earned. I'll stay back, earn NVQ's, get to level 4 and then go to university to do business administration or a related subject. That is unless I settle in a job that I love, this is only an apprenticeship, I wish it'd last forever.
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So, that's the end of the plan. I suppose here's where I fly off on a tangent about this self-discovery that I mentioned.
It's not really a self-discovery as such, it was more a realisation of things that all came at once while sat on the bus, or sat being insulted on Tumblr.
Just over two years ago I said something that'd change the way people looked at me forever, I told them I was bisexual... now I know that 'bisexuality' isn't often accepted by the younger generations because you're just greedy and your motto is 'any hole's a goal' apparently but it isn't... or maybe it was at the start but now, two years on, and having gained the experience of what a gay relationship was like, I can honestly say that I don't know. For as long as I can remember after the relationship ended I started defining myself as straight.
I hated men, the thought of sex with another male made me sick, now... after having insults hurled at me for what I choose to post or whatever I realise that I'm a little bit of a hussy because I flirt with anyone, if you initiate the flirting, I won't stop you, correct you and apologise for wasting your time, I will flirt endlessly because that's who I am, a cheeky flirt who's too nice most of the time.
But that being said, I wouldn't, at this very moment in time enter into another relationship with a male, or anyone for that matter... I need to get my head around who I am before anybody else can, that's not to say that sometime in the future, I'll meet somebody and fall head over heels for them and this post will have been wasted but for now, being single is the best option (I'm lying to myself, I really genuinely want a girlfriend whom I can cuddle while we watch The Aristocats or any Disney film)
So, like I said, it wasn't really a self-discovery because after pouring all my thoughts into this post I've realised I'm still none the wiser as to who I really am, only time will tell. Kids are a definite though, to die without child is my biggest fear.
Thursday 16th August, the day that sealed a generations future, every person my age in the country found out how they'd done in their A levels. Well, not all of them, among those few who didn't was me. I sat at work telling my friends how proud I was of them. Now the countdown begins, one by one they'll move away... sooner than I'd like that number will be counted on a hand 'til there's a thumb left with a few fingers... that thumb represents me and the thumb represents the one maybe two friends I have left, of those is Hayley, the sweetest girl you'll ever meet.
I'm so immensely proud of my friends, they've all done incredibly well and they deserve every success in their futures. Futures they've earned. I'll stay back, earn NVQ's, get to level 4 and then go to university to do business administration or a related subject. That is unless I settle in a job that I love, this is only an apprenticeship, I wish it'd last forever.
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So, that's the end of the plan. I suppose here's where I fly off on a tangent about this self-discovery that I mentioned.
It's not really a self-discovery as such, it was more a realisation of things that all came at once while sat on the bus, or sat being insulted on Tumblr.
Just over two years ago I said something that'd change the way people looked at me forever, I told them I was bisexual... now I know that 'bisexuality' isn't often accepted by the younger generations because you're just greedy and your motto is 'any hole's a goal' apparently but it isn't... or maybe it was at the start but now, two years on, and having gained the experience of what a gay relationship was like, I can honestly say that I don't know. For as long as I can remember after the relationship ended I started defining myself as straight.
I hated men, the thought of sex with another male made me sick, now... after having insults hurled at me for what I choose to post or whatever I realise that I'm a little bit of a hussy because I flirt with anyone, if you initiate the flirting, I won't stop you, correct you and apologise for wasting your time, I will flirt endlessly because that's who I am, a cheeky flirt who's too nice most of the time.
But that being said, I wouldn't, at this very moment in time enter into another relationship with a male, or anyone for that matter... I need to get my head around who I am before anybody else can, that's not to say that sometime in the future, I'll meet somebody and fall head over heels for them and this post will have been wasted but for now, being single is the best option (I'm lying to myself, I really genuinely want a girlfriend whom I can cuddle while we watch The Aristocats or any Disney film)
So, like I said, it wasn't really a self-discovery because after pouring all my thoughts into this post I've realised I'm still none the wiser as to who I really am, only time will tell. Kids are a definite though, to die without child is my biggest fear.
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Welcome Home!
The title is a little misleading because as you're reading this I'm either in a tent so intoxicated that I can't move or being the sensible one who's picking up after everyone else!
Well, as I write this I have Paloma Faith playing and it's currently 3:09am, exciting right? Wrong, I was tired for about five minutes before and now I'm just being super-productive, if only I had somebody to share this productivity with...
Alas, that was not where I announced I got a girlfriend over summer, funnily enough 37.5 hours a week at work leaves very little time for socialising unless you're some kind of 'adult'.
No, but I am at the paralympics finally! I'm sure the 'me' that's there would say it's been an amazing experience so far, I'll let you know when I arrive home or soon after!
I just thought I'd pop in and say hello because it's September 1st, summer is officially over meaning it's back to blogging. I've not sorted a schedule out like I should have but I'm going to try and have a blog post at least once a week.
In other news! I told you readers on Twitter last month that there was some news! here it is! My sister and I, being best friends have decided to start an all new blog together. Sadly you can't really find her on the internet at the moment because when I told her to start a blog, she didn't. So yeah! Candyfloss and Coconuts should be going live some time in October with any luck...
If you'd like to feature on either of the blogs in some form then just get in touch and I'm sure I can sort something out, we'd really love guest posts over at C&C because right now we're at a bit of a loss as to how we start this whole thing however A Beautiful Mess's resources have been super helpful and we hope you love it! More to come on C&C as things develop.
How was your summer darlings? I realised who I was, I went on a little bit of a self discovery trip to nowhere over the summer so that'll be detailed in my 'Over the summer' post that's coming very soon!
Tell me how your summer was in the comment box below, I promise to read every comment and reply to them in some fashion, probably late!
See you soon!
Jacob x
Well, as I write this I have Paloma Faith playing and it's currently 3:09am, exciting right? Wrong, I was tired for about five minutes before and now I'm just being super-productive, if only I had somebody to share this productivity with...
Alas, that was not where I announced I got a girlfriend over summer, funnily enough 37.5 hours a week at work leaves very little time for socialising unless you're some kind of 'adult'.
No, but I am at the paralympics finally! I'm sure the 'me' that's there would say it's been an amazing experience so far, I'll let you know when I arrive home or soon after!
I just thought I'd pop in and say hello because it's September 1st, summer is officially over meaning it's back to blogging. I've not sorted a schedule out like I should have but I'm going to try and have a blog post at least once a week.
In other news! I told you readers on Twitter last month that there was some news! here it is! My sister and I, being best friends have decided to start an all new blog together. Sadly you can't really find her on the internet at the moment because when I told her to start a blog, she didn't. So yeah! Candyfloss and Coconuts should be going live some time in October with any luck...
If you'd like to feature on either of the blogs in some form then just get in touch and I'm sure I can sort something out, we'd really love guest posts over at C&C because right now we're at a bit of a loss as to how we start this whole thing however A Beautiful Mess's resources have been super helpful and we hope you love it! More to come on C&C as things develop.
How was your summer darlings? I realised who I was, I went on a little bit of a self discovery trip to nowhere over the summer so that'll be detailed in my 'Over the summer' post that's coming very soon!
Tell me how your summer was in the comment box below, I promise to read every comment and reply to them in some fashion, probably late!
See you soon!
Jacob x
Friday, 3 August 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis has left the building
One final post before I go off for the summer It's another stupid, soppy post brought on by the recent releases of Maroon 5!
I've had the album on repeat since my friend Hayley recommended it. It isn't really a soppy album but I don't know, it's made me consider some things in my life that aren't really very important to anybody but myself but when have I ever been one to keep things to myself. Sometimes, usually most of the time you people who read my blog are my only friends.
So, the album just makes me wish I was in love, just to be in a couple would be fantastic right now... working with grown ups probably doesn't help considering none of them are single... One just got married and another is getting married next month!
I just want to be grown up, married with children already. Do you ever get that feeling? Probably not because the people I know who read this blog are currently in super happy relationships.
It's almost that time where people my age are going to get ready to go to university... I'm thinking that maybe it's a good idea because maybe distance will make the heart grow fonder. I feel like I'm growing apart from some people that we're the closest friends I had at one point and it's awful especially when they start disliking each other.
Growing up sucks!
See you in September
Jacob xx
I've had the album on repeat since my friend Hayley recommended it. It isn't really a soppy album but I don't know, it's made me consider some things in my life that aren't really very important to anybody but myself but when have I ever been one to keep things to myself. Sometimes, usually most of the time you people who read my blog are my only friends.
So, the album just makes me wish I was in love, just to be in a couple would be fantastic right now... working with grown ups probably doesn't help considering none of them are single... One just got married and another is getting married next month!
I just want to be grown up, married with children already. Do you ever get that feeling? Probably not because the people I know who read this blog are currently in super happy relationships.
It's almost that time where people my age are going to get ready to go to university... I'm thinking that maybe it's a good idea because maybe distance will make the heart grow fonder. I feel like I'm growing apart from some people that we're the closest friends I had at one point and it's awful especially when they start disliking each other.
Growing up sucks!
See you in September
Jacob xx
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Summer, summer, summer time! Summer time!
If you're anywhere but Blackpool you'll be experiencing summer, that beautiful time where the sun comes out, you find a lover and you have an amazing time. Here in Fleetwood/Blackpool it's raining and it's windy... not really summer at all!
I've been prolonging the inevitable really because the truth is that I've become so uninspired and just bored with blogging since I started work, I never have time to write which means when I get home and realise that I have to post it's a little heartbreaking. Then at weekend I wake up all proactive but by lunch time I've grown tired and everything is more appealing than writing a post.
I'm not leaving, not forever anyway. Sadly though I'm only here to let you know that I'm taking a little bit of a break... a summer hiatus if you will. Not like Fall Out Boy's hiatus because we've all just started accepting that it's over and we'll all joke about it pretty soon.
America's suitehearts, I must confess! Away from Fall Out Boy lyrics I really do apologise for doing this to you in what I suppose is blogging prime time.
I'll spend the summer coming up with new ideas and things to blog about and then I should be back in September some time with a whole big comeback planned.
I'm sorry everyone...
Bye bye babies!
I've been prolonging the inevitable really because the truth is that I've become so uninspired and just bored with blogging since I started work, I never have time to write which means when I get home and realise that I have to post it's a little heartbreaking. Then at weekend I wake up all proactive but by lunch time I've grown tired and everything is more appealing than writing a post.
I'm not leaving, not forever anyway. Sadly though I'm only here to let you know that I'm taking a little bit of a break... a summer hiatus if you will. Not like Fall Out Boy's hiatus because we've all just started accepting that it's over and we'll all joke about it pretty soon.
America's suitehearts, I must confess! Away from Fall Out Boy lyrics I really do apologise for doing this to you in what I suppose is blogging prime time.
I'll spend the summer coming up with new ideas and things to blog about and then I should be back in September some time with a whole big comeback planned.
I'm sorry everyone...
Bye bye babies!
Sunday, 22 July 2012
It's Sunday again! This week hasn't been incredibly eventful but here's a round-up of what's happened!
So, it's technically not my hair it's my sisters but tonight we cut it and ombre-d it! I don't have an amazing picture, mainly because I don't have an amazing camera but instagram will suffice! I didn't realise the quality was quite so awful! I'll try getting another one tomorrow in better light but you can get the basic gist of what we did. I saw we but I just washed caught the hair and washed it afterwards... The most important parts!
It's all very lyrical this week isn't it? Also very hairy... in a very roundabout sense. This one isn't about hair, it's about London! As you can probably guess from the title, it's almost time for London again. This time we've got to go for training and to collect our uniforms! We got the date this week so we're off to London again on the 18th of August! I'm pretty excited, the actual event is getting pretty close too!
I was also speaking to a friend from London this week and we're going to try and meet up! This is going to be super exciting considering we've never actually met, it doesn't seem like it though, EXCITING!
This isn't strictly lyrical, if at all! Nor is it really about this week but it's an ongoing thing or it would be if people participated! http://ipsum-observations.blogspot.co.uk/p/sponsor.html here's my sponsor page. On there you can use the promo code "Ipsum001" to get a completely free ad on my blog. It could be to test the waters if you liked or just a free spot to get your little known blog some publicity. I really don't mind who uses them. You could be the complete opposite of me, I'm just trying to help other bloggers get out there!
Friday, 20 July 2012
Hello, today's a little bit of a personal post! It's all about music. We all listen to music, music means something different to everyone and here's my outlook on how music has affected my life.
Growing up I went through pretty much every phase teenagers are supposed to go through, chavs, goths and so on. I probably went through them a little earlier though because I went through them with my mum! From an early age my mum was a bit of a music freak, that's probably because my uncle was a DJ.
She listened to anything and everything from Slipknot to Don Williams. I listened with her and that was me growing up. Don Williams, or rather classic country music played a big part in my childhood. Usually Don Williams and Dolly Parton.
As a child I went to bed between 5pm and 6pm, in winter it was fine because it was dark and I could go to sleep. In summer though, it was still light for three or four hours. I was still incredibly active so I was running around or in bed reading. My mum however was still downstairs on the computer playing solitaire with music playing. Don Williams and Dolly Parton have become sort of a comfort blanket for me.
I just put Good Ole Boys Like Me on for the first time in a while and I wanted to curl up and read about Ting-a-ling the little fire engine! It's a little bit sad that I've grown up and these memories are just that, memories. Some of them fading the older I get. Don Williams and Dolly Parton won't be fading any time soon though.
She listened to anything and everything from Slipknot to Don Williams. I listened with her and that was me growing up. Don Williams, or rather classic country music played a big part in my childhood. Usually Don Williams and Dolly Parton.
As a child I went to bed between 5pm and 6pm, in winter it was fine because it was dark and I could go to sleep. In summer though, it was still light for three or four hours. I was still incredibly active so I was running around or in bed reading. My mum however was still downstairs on the computer playing solitaire with music playing. Don Williams and Dolly Parton have become sort of a comfort blanket for me.
I just put Good Ole Boys Like Me on for the first time in a while and I wanted to curl up and read about Ting-a-ling the little fire engine! It's a little bit sad that I've grown up and these memories are just that, memories. Some of them fading the older I get. Don Williams and Dolly Parton won't be fading any time soon though.
So, I was a teenager once, only just escaped the evil grasp of kidulthood! What with all the "it's so unfair" and "why is it always me" I barely had time to sleep! Music kept me awake, for those first few years of being a teenager came the 'goth/mosher' phase. My Chemical Romance, Green Day, and Tenacious D! I was the height of cool. While looking back on this time and laughing I still enjoy the music, some of it anyway.
Getting old came with new music. It wasn't always new music per se, a lot was from the 1960s or the 1980s so you know, nothing new there. The new music that did come along included Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga. I managed to stay faithful to music from my past by keeping Busted, McFly and Darius (Pop Idol) on my 'mp3 player'!
I had quite a womanly taste in music during my youth. Then came the delightful age of 16, the age of discovery so to speak. During this year I discovered a whole new side to music thanks to a teacher! I discovered The Drums. If you haven't heard The Drums, you should go and listen to them now! (That's the first song of theirs I heard.) It was also the year of YouTube! I discovered The Midnight Beast and The Medic Droid thanks to Rachael!
My teenage years were fantastic when you look back at it like this!
So, here we are, the year is 2012 and I'm back into country. I don't think country music ever left my heart but modern country is here to stay! Along with classics of course. With the banjos and harmonicas come Adele and Paloma Faith! They're incredibly beautiful and so is their music.
Share your music tastes in the usual fashion, commenting!
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Ipsum Observations around the world!
Hello everyone! You're either all reading this from my blog, StumbleUpon, or Bloglovin' so I thought I'd give you all a cheeky look at where I am in the world!
First though, I just thought I'd let you all know about my ad sale, or rather giveaway! The first five ads to feature on my blog are completely free. If you get over to my adshop now and use the promo code Ipsum001 your ad will be completely free! A 30 day ad spot for nothing, you'll even get a shout out when you ad goes live on all of the following places!
So, first of all there's Facebook! So, I created this page last night so it's not amazing but if you look up above at the facebook banner you'll get a cheeky preview of the new logo which I'm currently hating on, I'm sure I'll grow to love it though! If you head on over to the Facebook page you'll be able to see it in full. Check it out, I'd love it if you could like the page too.
Here's the second one! Twitter, now this isn't strictly blog associated but it is my twitter and I tweet about the blog so what's to stop you following me! I'm usually a pretty angry tweeter so apologies if you're caught in the warfare with children on the bus or just the bus in general, seems to be the place I'm most content, and most angry! Ah well, here's my Twitter, follow? I usually follow back too!
Now, I debated with myself about adding this to the list but I'm on Tumblr and I don't post anything that I wouldn't want my parents to see, you're not my parents but I'm still scared of changing your opinion of me! So here is my Tumblr account!
Last but by no means least is bloglovin'! If you don't know what bloglovin' is then you're missing out! Basically it collects all your favourite blogs in one place and lets you read the posts without having to go searching all over the internet! You can follow me on there and it'd be amazing if you did!
Monday, 16 July 2012
StumbleUpon
So, I noticed this morning that I'm starting to get views from StumbleUpon! This is fantastic, or I think so anyway.
StumbleUpon was always a bit of a mystery, I never knew exactly what it was so when I clicked on sign-up an hour ago I hadn't a clue what I was getting into. Now though, I'm really impressed with this magical website, I'll be using this for inspiration when it comes to blog posts but for now though I just thought I'd let you all know the joys of StumbleUpon!
Let me know what you think of StumbleUpon! Comment below!
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