I like waking up to emails on my BlackBerry. Sad but true – it makes me feel connected and busy and that’s the best way to be in my mind. I especially like waking up to emails like the one I got this morning, telling me that my blog – this humble little website – had been featured as one of the “10 Awesome Student Blogs You Should Follow” on freelancestudents.co.uk!
You can see the others on the list here.I would like to congratulate my fellow finalists and thank the folks over at Freelance Students for promoting my site.
I would also like to say a great big hello and welcome to any new folk who may have found their way here through said article. I hope you enjoy laurapatricia.co.uk, and I would like to invite you to join my little community by interacting with my website if you wish. Leave a comment, drop by and see me on Twitter, whatever. I love to hear from readers and see what you think of my little corner of the interweb.
As for my loyal followers, well, I am sorry for ignoring you guys lately. I am moving house, yet again, and its been a busy few weeks (when is it not?) I promise I’ll be back with an update real soon!
Thanks for stopping by folks!
Well, dear readers, tomorrow is my birthday. I will be turning 22, and, thanks to my birthday falling during the summer time, this is the first birthday I will ever be spending without my parents and sister!
I have nothing majorly exciting planned yet for the actual day, but I am having a dinner out with my friend Amy (who is coming down from Aberdeen) and some other folks on Saturday, going home for drizzle cake and presents with the family next weekend and then having a joint bash with another girl on the Sunday that week, so don’t think I’m not celebrating! I like to think that the boy will take me out to dinner or something, but we’ll see.
Anyway, I just thought I’d commemorate the big day with a brief blog post. (more…)
Yes, it’s official, laurapatricia.co.uk has been online now for six months! How time flies.
Back in February, when we ‘launched’, I was still a student fighting deadlines and a dissertation. Last month, I graduated (and yesterday, my student discount card got rejected for being out of date). Back thenm I had never ever been on, or even remotely interested in Twitter; now I have Tweetdeck. When I uploaded my first post, from my good old studio flat, I was wearing at least six different layers (I remember because I spent the entire winter wrapped up like this trying to stay alive), but I am writing this entry wearing nice summery clothes, which now live with me at Adam’s.
So yeah, a lot has changed. (more…)
Yes, that’s right, I am *that* person. I am writing this blog on my BlackBerry as I sit on the bus.
I just thought I’d fill you all in on what’s been happening in Laura Land. I have, as ever, been neglecting this blog for the sake of other projects. Well, that is to say, at least this week I have been. Last week it was neglect for the sake of a holiday in sunny Norfolk!
Which was lovely – I had a really good time with Adam’s family (ha, no, not that one…), and I enjoyed the relaxation and scenery. We stayed in a cosy cabin (with all mod cons, of course) in the woods overlooking Fritton Lake and did all the Enid Blyton-y things like pitch-and-putt golf and fish and chips by the sea. The really good news is, because his parents decided to purchase a cabin of their very own, I get to go back in August!
So, nicely relaxed, I made it back in time for a manic week! On Monday, I started my new job, temping three days a week for the Council. Tuesday was supposed to be a day off to do all the things I had to do, like answering emails and laundry, but I felt ill so didn’t actually end up getting much done. On Wednesday morning I had an interview for a more permanant position at a publishing house in Chichester; I am awaiting news of that one, rather nervously because I know I would absolutely adore the job! In the meantime I went back to my temp work today, and am now catching up on one more thing – updating my blog – on the way home. Whew!
Anyways, there’s my stop! Catch you later!
I am happiest when I am busy, so I have started a new side project!
When I joined Twitter, I followed all the key dog press outlets in the UK, hoping they would update regularly and that I could get all my canine news from them. However, none of them tweet half as much as I would like them to, despite there being a lot going on in the world of dogs. This is probably because they are busy putting out papers and magazines, writing high quality articles longer than 140 characters in length; but I get most of my news from a Twitter feed these days, and I know other people out there do too. (more…)
Whew! I have just found a few minutes to post here – forgive my absence. A lot has been going on this week and website-updating was, as ever, near the bottom of my list. I am going on holiday tomorrow, so unfortunately this will have to be a fly by posting (pardon the pun), and then I am off to set some stuff to auto-upload while I’m away, so you people don’t feel neglected any more. Just some old poems I’ve got kicking about, but they had to go up eventually so I figured it may as well be now. Let me know what you think.
So, where have I been? (more…)
Hey all, I hope this missive finds you well. I have had a manic week recovering from Crufts – so many exciting things are going on that it’s hard to keep up! Between the radio show, coursework, meetings, the dissertation, and attempting to maintain some semblance of a personal life, I’ve been running around like a crazy headless chicken!
The first big piece of news is that Pugwash News Issue 39 hit the shelves this week. It was a 24 page bumper elections issue, and had very little to do with me; as I was away I left it in the capable hands of my team, and they did fabulously with it. My ego was a little bruised, but I was very glad to see the work they produced and to know that when I go at the end of this year it will be left with people who will look after it well. Pick up a copy if you’re around Portsmouth, and if not you can check out all the articles on our website (link’s on the right). Issue 2 of the magazine is also coming out soon, so keep an eye out for that. My article ideas for the third and final issue are progressing – watch this space. (more…)
