Valentines

Okay... I'm a sucker for it.
Admittedly for the past 5 valentines I have been with one man or another so maybe I've forgotten what it's like to been alone on this day. I really don't buy into this whole commersialisation thing. It is what you make it; no-one is forcing you to spend tons of money on crap. Its suppossed to be about doing something for your other half, so just cook them dinner and be nice to them for the day, jeez...!
Everyones been talking about it at Uni.
The single people are doing the 'so commersialised' thing- no, your just single on valentines day, shut up.
The coupled up people are all arguing and falling out with their other halves... putting too much pressure on the day, it doesn't end well.

Me, well, smug as a bug in a rug, i may be, but.... I'M BEING WHISKED OF FOR A WEEKEND AWAY AT THE SEASIDE BY MY WONDERFUL SOON-TO-BE-HUSBAND!!!

I'm a brat, get used to it :)

I hate the gym

I hate the gym and i think i'm dying...

I got to the one hour mark and was like, 'I'm not that tired yet, why not do another hour?' .
                       ...I hate myself for this.

Serves me right for skiving for two months really :(

Amsterdam

A mouse lived in a windmill in old Amsterdam
A windmill with a mouse in and he wasn't grousin'
He sang every morning, "How lucky I am,
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"

I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
A little mouse with clogs on
Well I declare!
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
Oh yeah

So i've been away in Amsterdam with my University course mates and lecturer (who spent the week stoned, but thats another story). We spent a week staying in a 'StayOkay' Hostel (which by the way i'd highly recommend) and organised lots of meetings with various important people in the arts world in Amsterdam. 

I particularly enjoyed the 'Boekmanstichting' Arts Library where i was able to find some really interesting books about independent arts projects grown across the Netherlands and Scandinavia and also some good books for my dissertation centred on Arts Education.

We also visited people at the arts council, arts department at IN-Holland University, the new *huge* library on the warf, took the ferry to north holland arts warf etcetc...

I really like Amsterdam, this particularly surprised me. I had the whole 'red-light district' and 'stag-party' shithole city idea. I didn't even realise there was an arts scene... is that my naiveity again? Anyway i am so taken with the place that can really see myself living there.

"Iam amsterdam".... I love Amsterdam!

Happiness

A friend from school recently got back in touch with me; We were never close but were involved in a lot of similar stuff. She sent me a message on facebook:

"Hey Iz, bit of a weird subject but I noticed we're interested in the same sort of things...getting married and having babies young etc, just thought I'd share with you a family on YouTube that I subscribe to. Lora, the girl, began by posting video blogs of her first pregnancy and now they update every week with all types of videos... This is the link to their YouTube page if you want to check it out! Just thought you might enjoy watching them too! :) Hope all is going well with your wedding plans and everything, I am incredibly jealous! xxx"


This family is so cute. They got engaged at 16, married at 18, Pregnant at 19 and second child at 22. They blog fanatically to prove to the world that this prejudice against young marriages is unfounded.


I fully support them and their mission to show the world that age is just a number. It is so horrible when your on the top of the world and (i know its yucky) so in love and ready to marry, and you just face this wall of criticism and skeptics. Here's to Lora & Layton x