Whoops :/

Over 2 year since my last post? Time sure does fly... So what's changed? well, I graduated from university with an upper second class honours degree back in June 2014 and I then found a job 3 weeks later (unfortunately not quite the subject I studied but hey who's complaining?). Unfortunately this meant I had to leave my home town of Glasgow and move up to Dundee alone... 15 months later and i'm still alone! but at least i've got a job...right?

Adjusting to this move has been interesting, there's been some good days and some utterly soul destroying dark depressing days but you just have to take everything as it comes. Interestingly enough partway through 2014 my entire friend-base completely changed and I very much learnt who my real friends were and who I could trust and not trust. This was also a bit of an upheaval if i'm perfectly honest but ultimately now I know this change was for the better and even though at the time it was difficult, it has made me happier. That and i'm saving a shit tonne of money on not having to buy so many Christmas presents this year... silver lining and all that!

On the 19th of February this year I finally passed my driving test too! only 5 years after taking my first lesson in Glasgow and miracle of all miracles I passed with zero faults or minors... don't know how the hell that quite happened but owning my own little car certainly makes the journey back to Glasgow and travelling to different locations for work an awful lot easier.

Since my last post in 2013 I have certainly embraced the whole comic con scene and now regularly travel to conventions (by myself may I add) and enjoy the different experiences these weekends have to offer. For the first time this year at the huge convention in London during the summer I went in Cosplay as Arwen the elf from Lord of the Rings, the only thing I would say about that is a corset, full length velvet dress and a packed convention hall in the middle of July is very warm!

Although I for the most part am enjoying myself and taking each day as a new adventure as is life there is always sadness just around the corner. Through my culling of fake friends I found that there really was only 3 people who I truly trusted and loved. These 3 people had been there for me, made me laugh, shared in my happy moments and all held some place dear in my heart.

On the 28th August 2015 at around 7am I received news that my good friend James Thomson had been found dead in his flat. He was only 43.

My heart broke. I still struggle to come to terms and believe that he has truly gone and left us. Sometimes I forget and if something funny or unusual happens I pick up my phone to text him and then remember that he'll never answer, that he's gone. Not a day goes by that I don't think about James and what happened to him and the wish that I had just picked up the phone and messaged him the night before like I had planned, but it slipped my mind...and he slipped away...

I can only hope that one day we'll meet again. I will always love and miss you Mr Thomson.

Goodnight my friend xxx

OOPS I Did It Again :/

Good day readers, here is your annual update :) Reading back from previous posts once again I do come across as a right moany cow don't I? Well i'm pleased to announce I haven't changed one bit :) Apart from the fact I now attend comic conventions and stalk actors more than usual... and I may have developed a slight obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch, but I mean, who can blame me have you seen him? D: But where to begin? Firstly, I am now a tattoo'd person, I have 2 tat's one for my love of AC/DC and the other the love of all things Middle Earth manifesting as the dragon Smaug. I may have flashed the Smaug tattoo (which is on my chest) at Billy Boyd, but he seemed to like it so... Piccies? :)

I am now in my 4th and final year at university *gasp* how on earth did I make it this far? I can just about see the finishing line and it's all very scary. This will be working in a hospital in 1 years time...I'm a pink haired crazy woman man! But I must admit I'm looking forward to just getting the studying all done and out of the way and get stuck in to the big bad world. It does seem that from starting primary school from a young age it's just a continuous learning curve and then you work until you die. Told ya i'm still my good old cheery self :P I also know that I had said I would try and post reviews to every concert I attended but I seem to have failed on that mission as a lot of blog opportunities seem to have passed me by. But I promise to blog about Black Sabbath when I see them in December! OZZY!!! YEAH! What else is there...what else? Oh yeah, earlier this year after being single for 5 and a bit years I found a boyfriend, who I then promptly split up with after a few weeks...then I found another boyfriend, who I then also split up with after just a few weeks. So I have came to the conclusion that I am going to end up a wee old spinster with hunners ae cats. It just seems that i'm destined to remain single, I dont get the whole lovely dovey smush and it's been well and truely documented by my friends that I am a synicle old so and so but I dont particularly care. I'm young! and free! and I have the whole of my life to settle down and get married and sprout out kids, I think people put too much emphasis on settling down and what not but I'm happy with my own company and so for this moment in time i'm happy for it to stay that way. Also i'm slightly in love with Thorin Oakenshield so... yeah. Finally my latest adventures seem to be attending comic con's, and they are amazing! absolutely amazing! I ventured down to London for their film and comic con and I met the Hoff!! :D amongst many others and at Glasgow Collectormania I met 3 of the actors from The Hobbit, they were all such gentlemen and I love them all. I may eventually get the pictures up but considering it's taken a year and a half to update this we shall see...

The Blog of Epic Rants

It's been a while since I've had a right good moan on this blog so I don't want any of the non existent readers to feel deprived.

As I have previously mentioned. I am at university and I thought that once you prove yourself intelligent enough and demonstrate effective people skills you are in an environment with peers just like you. The subject matter i'm studying is very patient based and dealing with vulnerable, sick people who need genuine and compassionate staff who take time to help.

So why have a group of 5 bullies within the course who clearly lack these skills been allowed to carry on their antics for so long? From nasty messages in December to trying to punch my friend and finally threatening physical violence over Facebook.

Well, now the 2 ostracised course mates have the last laugh.

With the latest incident consisting of a Facebook slogan stating, and I quote "That one person in the class you just want to smack in the face with a brick." with the reply from another bully "I can think of more than just a brick! haha." It seems they have forgotten that lecturers can actually see what messages are being exchanged.

It also seems as if they forgot that our governing body the Society of Radiographers have a policy about harassment/bullying and appropriate disciplinary actions which are to be taken should events arise. Surely they didn't forget the lecture were we all signed documents binding us to obey the rules of professional practice... no?

Oh well, I guess they must have forgotten about that. Shame the Dean of the school is getting involved now too. Such a shame...

But that is only 1 rant. 1 more to go folks!

Although I am 19 we all still consider friends who have been through near enough everything together best friends. I 'had' a best friend who was one of thee most difficult people to get along with in the world. She moaned, and slagged you off to your face, told you you looked like a man and generally just had a terrible attitude and personality.

I was this persons only friend for 8 years, I stuck by her as she got bullied in secondary, stuck by her even when I was also targeted by the bullies purely for being her friend. When in a nightclub if a guy came and started talking to me at the bar she would get insanely jealous and storm off to the toilet for no other reason than just being jealous because she wasn't getting any attention from the men.

It disgusted me, but I continued being her friend.

Well, this 'friend' suddenly got a boyfriend 2 weeks ago and has dumped me completely. After all I have done for her she's decided that getting a man in her bed is more important than a long standing friendship.

It has saddened me just how shallow this person is but you know what?

Fuck it. Once again I'll have the last laugh when the relationship ends and she can learn her lesson the hard way.

It's Friday :D

I realise it's been quite a while since I've been here once again. I almost have some sort of an excuse, two weeks ago I survived staying in nursing accommodation up in Dundee and working in nine wells hospital. Well, that was an experience and I think I lost about 20 lbs with lack of food and water. Yeah, the drinking water was contaminated with White floaty things in it, it was pretty rank.

I haven't been to any concerts recently but that shall change next month when I go see the AC/DC tribute act Hells Bells once again. I love those guys, they are well awesome.

One concert I am certainly looking forward to though on the 12th of June is Tenacious D :D I have loved this band since 2nd year in secondary school, not as much as AC/DC but it's still a good love.

On Sunday I am getting my charitable side out once again and will be participating in the sports relief mile dressed as mr blobby and my friend as Noel Edmonds....I have just checked the weather forecast and Glasgow is due to be a scorching 18 degrees on sunday. I am going to melt. Oh god.

But it's all for a good cause yes? So our suffering will not be in vain, hopefully.

This is going to be a rather quick blog though as my grandad is in hospital. Sad times. I will be going to visit him now.

His kidneys are failing as is his heart and just about every other part of him as well.

I always seen to end these blogs on a cheery note, don't i?

The Boys Are Back In Town

On Thursday the 19th of January I went to go see Thin Lizzy at the Barrowlands in Glasgow and as promised, here is my opinion of the night.

I'm not going to lie though, they were pretty amazing. But to start off I should talk about their two support acts Triggerfinger and Cult.

Triggerfinger are a Belgium band and when they first walked on stage with their sharp suits and in the case of the base player a pair of sunglasses automatically everyone though 'who the he'll do these guys think they are?'. But when they started to play their music, my god they were amazing. The lead singer and guitarist of the band Ruben done things I have never seen being done to a guitar before and there was so much passion in their music. Everyone may thought at the beginning that they were a pretty lame band but by the end of their 30 minutes the whole audience was cheering. I would certainly recommend going to see them if they ever play in an area near you, they sort of have a style like Muse but don't, it's hard to explain. Go see them anyways!

The second support act was called Clutch and I had heard great things about this band, one person even said that they would blow Thin Lizzy out of the water so I was curious to see if that really was the case. Sadly, they just didn't live up to my expectations after everything I had heard abut them. I think it was purely down to the fact that they were just not my kind of music, I can't describe their style but it's almost like what System of a Down would sound like if they went Indie. A lot of the younger members of the audience really enjoyed the performance and even got a mosh pit going but the old rockers didn't really enjoy it and I was with them.

But now for the main event. Thin Lizzy.

I seen them last year at the O2 Academy and they were pretty good even though I couldn't see anything since I was in the balcony and had a seating ticket. This year I promised myself to get a decent view of the concert and somehow managed to squeeze myself right down the very front against the barrier. For me, that was exciting in itself.

They came on playing 'Are You Ready' which is a brilliant song, but Iw as very surprised that the audience didn't go absolutely mental and start jumping all over the place but that was okay, it meant I got some absolutely amazing pictures.

They played all their classics, Jailbreak, Waiting For An Alibi, Boys Are Back In Town, Black Rose and they were all pretty amazing.

It really is sad that Phil Lynott is not here anymore but Ricky Warwick does an amazing job. He doesn't try to sound like Phil but does his own twist on the songs and they still sound great.

But something quite freaky happened. Earlier on that day coming home on the train I was speaking to my friend and saying that when I went to go see Behemoth the bass player spat on me twice. At Thin Lizzy I noticed that I was getting slightly wet but was too busy watching the Damon Johnson the guitarist and Ricky Warwick. Then near the end of the concert I just happened to turn to look at the Bass player Marco Mendoza and witnessed as he spat everywhere... and it showered down on me. So that's why I was getting slightly wet...

I wasn't as bothered about being spat on by Marco because he is so cool and damn sexy on stage. So really, that could of been the highlight of my night. But it wasn't.

I caught Damon Johnsons guitar pick :D and I also met Ruben from Triggerfinger. Unfortunately a fellow fan mistook me as his girlfriend.... awkward... >.<

So, in conclusion go see Thin Lizzy and go see Triggerfinger but don't bother with Clutch unless you like proper chaos and can't understand what the singer's saying.

It's The End of the World As We Know It

Happy New Year everyone! 2012 woo!

It's the beginning of the end If you believe the Mayan calander so last night I celebrated New Year by going out clubbing with one of my oldest school friends, her sister and a few German guys?

Usually at New Year I always stay home with my mum and dad so not being with them at 12 o'clock watching Jools Holland was a little sad I guess, but I phoned them inside the girls toilet pretty much wrecked so that kind of made up for it.

We ended up in a club called Firewater which does pitchers of cocktails for £7.50 so with us making a collected kitty of £140 it's no wonder much of last night was a blur. I'm happy to report though that the music in Firewater was to my liking, plenty of Rolling Stones, T-Rex, Led Zeppelin, Meatloaf and one AC/DC song.

Unfortunately our little party encountered a drunken psycho in the ladies toilet who was hell bent on starting a fight with one of us. even though we tried to see if she was alright due to the blood pouring from her left foot. It ended up a cat fight with the oldest person in our group bitch slapping the lassie. I'm not gonna lie, she did deserve it.

Also, please remind me to never, ever have a sausage supper at 3 o'clock in the morning because I absolutely detest battered sausages and for some reason I feasted on it last night. I woke up this morning tasting nothing but grease, blehhhh!

The festivities last night though were tainted with sadness as we received a phone call at 7pm to inform us that my Great Uncle Russell had died.

He battled lung cancer in 2010 and beat it but sadly late 2011 doctors discovered that it had now metastasised to his other lung. The chemotherapy and radiotherapy was just too much and his lungs packed in. Cancer doesnt discriminate, it'll attack anybody.

But this is what I'm training to do, to become a therapeutic radiographer and help cure people of their cancer. I pray though that one day soon a cure will be found.

But until then R.I.P Uncle Russell, it was a pleasure knowing you.

Lock Up Your Daughters

As promised here is my opinion of last nights concert at the Cathouse in Glasgow.

First of all I shall start off with the venue. PersonallyI love the Cathouse, it has a relatively small stage but the performers can make do with it. The floor space is pretty good too with the option of a 'balcony' (2 steps leading off from the dance floor) and some leather seats. The interior of the cathouse is very... Black with chains hanging from various banners and metal cages enclosing some of the seating area. Think torched chamber style and you're in. But I still love the Cathouse due to all these things, and no, it's nothing to do with the fact that I have met the owner of the Cathouse twice and in both occasions he nearly crushed me to death with a bear hug.

The band in question was AB/CD who are an AC/DC tribute act, specifically a Bon Scott tribute act who tragically died in 1980 (R.I.P Bon). What was unusual this time however was that the band brought along a support act which I have never seen them do before. I know the singer is getting on a bit and this could possibly be the reason why to spare his voice, and his dodgy hip.

The support act was called Stuntman Mike and I don't usually like support acts but was pleasantly surprised. To me, they sounded just a step below how System of a Down sound. The instruments and music sounded quite heavy but when the singer started singing he sounded more like the guy from My Chemical Romance. I think they are promising and best of all, they're Scottish :D

But now for the main event, AB/CD. A usual the guys were on top form, however I thought that during one of the songs, it may have been Riff Raff the drummers beat started to get a little quicker than it should have but a quick glare from Angus sorted that out.

What I would say about this band though is they are a strictly Bon Scott tribute therefore they only play Bon Scott songs much to the disappointment of one fan in the audience who requested Thunderstruck which is a Brian Johnson song. Things you can expect to hear at this concert are songs such as Livewire, Riff Raff, Downpayment Blues, He'll Ain't a Bad Place To Be, Highway to Hell, Whole Lotta Rosie, It's a Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock And Roll, Let There Be Rock and Ride On.

More songs than that were played last night but I cant quite remember them.

Overall, I would certainly recommend paying them a visit next year at the Cathouse in Glasgow. The music is excellent and the singer certainly brings Bon Scott back to life once again.