An Education

Last night I watched 'An Education', a film set in the 60's (based on a true story) about a girl pushed but her parents to go to Oxford, but who gets distracted from her goal by an older man (I have to say I preferred his friend but whatever). I don't watch films very often, especially if they seem serious or not an absolute 'must-see', but 'An Education' was really good. It did have some more lighthearted bits but the general plot was fairly serious.

The ending was a bit disappointing but the film itself was brilliant. I suppose a lot of it shows just a normal girl's day-to-day life (obviously not including meeting a man/ going to Paris etc.) but the relationship she has with her parents and her friends is definitely something a lot of us could relate to. In fact I liked it so much that I watched half of it again this evening...oh dear. Well I recommended it to my parents and they were watching it and I got hooked :P

It also gave me a bit of motivation to work, just the general message of 'You can achieve what you want' has given me a bit of a boost. Revision's hard, especially when you know you have to work and you know you want to, there's just that part of you, the lazy bit, that tells you to do something else. I suppose 'A Education' made me realise that I can go far if I work hard. Yes I know I sound cheesy, but I really am desperate for motivation at the moment!

I hope you're all ok, thanks for reading and watch this film of you get a chance!

Georgina xx

Wake up where the clouds are far behind me...

Yes, I know I should be revising but it's so sunny! I've been out a few times this week and thought my camera deserved some sun as well. I think this summer will be the one I have thousands of photos of...
These are just a few out of hundreds, not all taken by me and I have edited them slightly on Lightroom. There are some pretty b&w ones I might post too if I can find the time :)

Hope you like them,

Georgina xxx

Cut and Run

Cause I have other things to fill my time...

Day 14 - A picture of your favorite pastime.
Thinking, dreaming, sleeping. Not really pastimes but that's what I like to do.
I think loads. I've never thought of it as a bad thing really but when looking for all these photos on www.weheartit.com it was generally portrayed as something not to be done if trying to avoid stress or worry. I think it helps your worries. If you put everything to the back of your mind then nothing will be solved but thinking and problem solving is the way to go.
As for dreaming, this is a weird one. I dream loads. I'm starting to think this is medication related but I won't go into that one. It's odd. Sometimes it's nice, some days I wake up in the morning in the best mood simply because of my dream, other days I just have loads of stories to tell and things to laugh at. But sometimes I wake up feeling like rather than getting a good night's sleep, I've just been busy the whole time and haven't had any rest at all.
Sleeping is nice. Pretty much the only way to get rid of that 'I just want to curl up in a ball and hibernate' feeling is by doing that. I could sleep forever.
And now just to be arrogant and quote myself: I was walking with my friend through school earlier and she went off ahead so I tried to explain what happened and said "I always get caught up in the cloud." Even though I meant to say 'crowd' I thought it summed me up quite well.
So oui, that's all from me, I have sleeping to do and probably some thinking and worrying too, plus I will undoubtedly have lots of dreams :)

Georgina xx

Like The Wheel

Day 10 - A picture of someone you see yourself marrying in the future.

To be honest this is a bit of a cringy one, I mean how can we know who'll we'll end up marrying? As I have to make I choice I'd say either a vet or a farmer. Hopefully I'll be a vet myself so will meet lots of science and animal people :) And as for the farmer thing, I would love to live on a farm! I always tell my parents that I'll marry a farmer :P

(Ignore the actual people in the pictures, it's more of a generalisation...)
My friends always tell me that when I'm older I'll be a vet, live on a farm and have ginger kids and animals running around the place. It doesn't sound that bad to me :)

It was my birthday on Thursday, I had a really great day and got some lovely presents :) I'll posts some pictures when I get a chance. The Belgian exchange people arrived on that day too. Mine's called Catherine and she's so nice! We've had a such a busy weekend entertaining them. We went out for a meal on Friday, got quite drunk and went to a bar to watch an Elvis impersonator... On Saturday they went to Oxford then we all got together in the evening. Sunday we went shopping and a few of us met up later on. We had a a good evening just playing cards and stuff! At the moment they're all at the cinema so we get some time on our own, which is nice :)

Anyway I'll stop rambling now, just thought I'd give you a last January update :D

Thanks for reading,

Georgina xx

Times and Places

Day 06 - A picture of somewhere you've been.
I went to Venice with my mum last summer, it was absolutely beautiful and we had a great time. I have so many lovely photos, I look through them every now and again and remember how amazing it was :)

Day 07 - A picture that shows your true self.
I don't really know why I chose this one, I suppose I just look kind of happy and relaxed which is how I am most of the time. We also had a great time that day just out in the garden taking photos, simple but fun :)

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.
This is me with my three best friends on the day of our prom. We're all doing the 'LOL' face but Katie on the end has her hands backwards, love it :D

Hope you like the photos,

Georgina xx

It Will Follow The Rain

Day 05 - A picture of your favourite memory.

I pretty much have all my favourite photos stuck on my bedroom wall, the one above is of my three best friends, taken in a photo booth in about year 8. I will admit it's not a specific memory, I wasn't even there! But it's more the memory of that time. We really were the best of friends and had the greatest time, we're still close but nothing compared to then.

I decided to take a few more pictures of photos on my wall, they're mostly pretty old but I thought they looked nice all put together :) So here's a picture of lots of good memories...
Hope you like them :)

Georgina xx

Snapshot

Exams are over!!! Finally! I won't go on about them, it'll just stress me out. So I thought I'd try something new, I'm always looking for inspiration for my blog and now I have a bit more time to find it! I found this challenge on 'A Mermaid's Fashion Notebook' and thought it looked really fun.

I have to do a post with a picture and whatever else it tells me to include! I can't promise I'll do all of them and they won't be everyday but I'll give it a go, and feel free to try it too :)

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with 10 facts.
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest.
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 - A picture of your day.
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory.
Day 06 - A picture of somewhere you've been.
Day 07 - A picture that shows your true self.
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.
Day 10 - A picture of someone you see yourself marrying in the future.
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.
Day 12 - A picture of something you love.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.
Day 14 - A picture of your favorite pastime.
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.
Day 16 - A picture of someone you've been friends with the longest and still feel connected to.
Day 17 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.
Day 18 - A picture of your favorite place.
Day 19 - A picture of a habit you wish you didn't have.
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel.
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change
Day 25 - A picture of you last year and how you've changed since then
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of.
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.

I don't wanna make this post too long so I'll start the challenge on the next post (which I will do now to avoid doing any work etc.)

Georgina xx

Wonderland.

I love Winter.

Stop complaining about the cold and the snow.

It's beautiful.

Georgina x

Dreams

Just a few pretty photos for you :)

Georgina x

Ooh La

Just another load of pretty pictures to disguise the fact I haven't blogged in ages :) Enjoy...

Georgina x

Untitled

Just thought I'd share this picture with you, I really like it even if it is a bit cheesy! I would also like to point out that this is my 19th post in August which is a new record for me :) Even when I'd just started in January I only posted 16 times. It might be because it's the summer holidays but I've definitely enjoyed blogging much more recently :)

So this is when I thank you, my followers. Lots of people do this, explaining that when they started their blog they never thought anyone would want to read it and I am saying the same. So yes, thank you all very much for your time, comments and for reading my blog, it means a lot :)

If any of you have any suggestions on how to improve this blog or what sort of posts you enjoy reading and would like to see more of, then please let me know. You are the readers and value your opinions :)

Georgina xx

Huh?

Just a few pretty pictures for you to look at :) www.weheartit.com

Georgina x