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grracce — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:30:05 +0000

Wow, well from that last post, which I wrote while I was feeling very happy and positive, to this one, which I’m writing while feeling a bit bummed out and deflated really.

For the past couple of years, I’ve had my heart set on having a particular job. I have the required qualifications, but have been putting off applying because I want to go travelling before settling in to a proper career. Today, I found out that not only is there likely to be any openings local to me any time soon, but also that it’s now become extremely difficult to even get an interview without a masters in the subject – something which isn’t a specific requirement but is becoming increasingly desired. Upon further investigation in to this masters, I can only find 2 universities that actually do the course, and the cheapest they do it is £10,000. For the first time I think ever, I’m not feeling all that positive about my future. I know I’ll feel better about it in the morning, it just really sucks and it’s made me feel pretty crappy really. So I came here to vent.

On a more positive note – I’ve finally decided on my next tattoo, so will be looking in to where I want to go for that over the weekend.

Laters, Grracce x

I love to laugh at myself

grracce — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:56:13 +0000

So today I had one of those afternoons at work, you know when everything seems funny and you can’t help but laugh? It wasn’t just me, we all were doing it in afternoon break. I love when that happens! But then I said something to one of the others, And I think she got offended. But the thing is, it was’t anything offensive, and everyone knew it. Talking to J afterwards, it sounds like she’s one of those people who is quick to give it out, but can’t quite handle it when she gets it back. Oh well, me and J had a good giggle anyway! This got me thinking, I absolutely love to laugh at myself, and thinking about it, most of my friends do too. Clearly V just needs to learn to laugh at herself and not take things so seriously. I think if everyone learnt to laugh at themselves, the world would be a much better place to live in. As N said to me the other day, most of my funny stories are embarrassing stories – I’d never really thought about it that way, but he’s probably right. But the fact is that even if the incident is embarrassing for me at the time, I love to tell people about it because I’d rather laugh about something with the people around me than to slowly die of shame inside. I don’t know, maybe I need to remember that not everyone has the same sense of humour as my group of friends. We all spend quite a lot of time together, and so naturally have developed our own sense of humour – which is not only quite self-deprecating, but also revolves quite largely around taking the piss out of each other (in a totally innocent and harmless way). I think I’m now drawn towards people similar to this when making new friends, which can be seen with the examples of D and N, but not everyone will appreciate it.

Still, V needn’t have taken it quite how she did, but I’m sure she’ll get over it And it definitely didn’t put a dampener on my afternoon!

I always feel much more cheerful at the end of a day which has involved a good amount of laughter So I will leave you with this – Take every negative comment with a pinch of salt, don’t take yourself too seriously, and remember, laughing burns calories!

Grracce x

First post!

grracce — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:40:38 +0000

So today I made a totally random impulsive decision, and started a blog! It’s something I’ve never really considered doing before – for one thing, I’m not sure I’ll even have anything interesting to write about, and for another it had always seemed like it would be a bit of a waste as I’m pretty certain it isn’t going to be read by anyone. BUT! Here I am, writing in my own blog. Why? Because I figured it’d be a good way to sound off about things, I don’t have a diary or any other means of documenting anything. And I’m a firm believer of letting things out when frustrated, but in the least conflicty way possible (I know, I used a fake word). Also, my best friend has gone travelling for a few months – something which has left a large gap in my social calendar. So, if I’m honest, right now I’m bored. And this is the result! If anyone happens to ever stumble across this, I hope you don’t find it too disappointing. And I intend to figure out how to make this page a bit better looking soon so hopefully it won’t look dull for too long.

I think I’m kinda looking forward to being a ‘blogger’ (although I imagine not a very dedicated one!), letting my life slowly work its way on to this page. I only hope I’ll be able to find something interesting enough to talk about! Right now though, I might go watch some Arrested Development.

More to follow….

Grracce x