Hex Empire

I'm in one of those I don't really want to blog moods, so this might be a little lazy games post. So this week's game is Hex Empire, so the point of

the game is to protect your hexagon empire from these four other kingdoms, with pun-based names, and you have to destroy theirs to win. 

So when I first started playing I wasn't very good and I would instantly die. And I guess that still continues to happen. But there was this one time I managed to win, after 172 moves of what I call the defense and sneak attack. Basically while the other computer characters are busy trying to kill each other you build up a great

defense, covering your tiny island, and then after a while just move step by step closer to the final team and kill them. 

For this blog I played again to get pictures to show you what it is about, basically you chose a kingdom and you take it in turn to move your men to take over the other kingdoms and when you take over capitals and the other kingdoms you gain more men to help destroy the remaining kingdoms for victory. You can

also sign a pact, which can be refused, and give a speech, or you can give up. Honestly not a massive fan of the game. And it's not just because I am bad at it, it's because I get bored by it very easily. So yeah, here are some images. 

See you in the 'morrow!

Today Is Not My Day

Normally I would blog but today I feel really shitty and I feel things aren't going right and I burnt my hand on an iron, so I just want to cry and do nothing. Sorry.

But I shall leave you with this...

What if Jack the Ripper was a Goldfish.

See you in the 'morrow!

Happy Birthday Granddad

Hello. I know today is my video day, but I am afraid that is not going to happen. It is not because I am too lazy to make a video and edit it and upload it. It is because instead I wish to just briefly talk about something else. Well someone else. My granddad. As today would have been his birthday. 

It's been weird without my Granddad, and I'm still not fully used to it, because unfortunately I did not spent that much time with him, so usually when I am round my Nanny's we all sit in the kitchen like usual and I just pretend he's in his chair watching the telly in the living room.It's just weird when I walk in there and he isn't there, to make jokes about my life, and just constantly change the channel,and to randomly shut the door for no real reason. The little things you miss. I regret not spending that much time with him, because all I have left is a handful of memories, a couple of pictures, and his mickey mouse key ring. 

When he was ill it was kind of horrible to see him change like that. He got so thin in the face and he was pretty weak. Yet he still tried to walk around the house and make tea and do things for himself. And even though he was...well...dying, his first thoughts were always about my Nanny, and if she'd be ok. I loved that about him. 

There isn't that much left to say, because it might make me all sad, and I'm not sure he'd want that. But let's just have a moment to think about your family and spend as much time with them as you can, you miss it. 

See you in the 'morrow!

This Week, That Week, What's The Difference?

Wednesday 19th: Early rise, and on the bus, with my dad, and no Emma. Wasn't the best of starts. But then I walked to school and encountered the awkward silence of the common room. Then I had double biology, where we learnt about respiration and then it was private study and conference where we didn't really have conference. Then Jessie and I went to mentor and spent ages talking about our future plans. Then lunch and then in media we were analysing Lollipop chainsaw which was rather amusing. Some people in our class were outraged by how the girl is portrayed.Then it was the late bus which I don't remember.

Thursday 20th: Got a nice lay in, did some vlogging, walked into school and it was private study, where I got notes for psychology, then it was lunch which I don't remember, then psychology where we learnt about stuff and more private study where I was not in the mood to work so just watched cinemasins. Don't really remember this day.

Friday 21st: Early start, with some chat in the common room about graphics and other things. Then Biology where we watched a video about population, and there was this family who saved their money for 2 years to be able to afford a bike, and that made me feel sad. Following this was break which I don't remember, then Media where we watched trailers for mean girls and she's the man and now I just want to watch those films. We also examined the look Miss Miah gave Champs when he said he was behind on the lesson plan. She was saying it was fine, but it had a hint of I want to kill you. 

Saturday 22nd: I had to wake up at 7am I felt like Rebecca Black but it being Saturday and not Friday. However on Friday I did wake up at 7am and I did gotta catch my bus. But anywho I had to be ups early to catch my bus to go to work. Which you read about yesterday, if not go read that one. 

Sunday 23rd: More work and today I annoyingly had to wait ages in the city because stupid Sunday buses. But I went to see Aims at work and we had nice chats about work and I watched her make an ice cream and everything. Then finally I left and again you can read about the work side of things in the post I made yesterday. Then I went home and watched youtubes and stuff.

Monday 24th: My day off where I sorted some things out and watched tv, then started thinking about some things and got upset, which lead to today. 

Tuesday 25th: Not a good start, as I was kind of crying, but I had some people to talk to and make me feel better, when I was allowed to sit out of class. There was some weird conversations about leaving for uni, and not getting into relationship with people who has the same name as a family member or pet. It was nice, then lunch where there was some snapchat pictures, the book of life and more things. Then it was psychology which was so boring. Then home on the late bus where we were talking about injecting apples into your bloodstream.

See you in the 'morrow!

I'm A Working Girl Now

Hey, so before we get onto what this post is going to be about. I am sorry for not posting yesterday, but I was like mid post and just fell asleep and before I knew it, it was 4 in the morning. Not a lot I can do there. So I'll just leave it for the Sunday coming up. I bet no-one really cares anyway. 

So my thoughts for today are work based. As I started work on Saturday. I had to be up early, which I did not enjoy. However I was excited/nervous for the day ahead. I was sat in the office for the first hourish after getting changed into the uniform. Then I was put on drinks, and made them all day. In the morning was hot drinks, so coffees, teas, and the other variations. Then it was fizzy drinks. Where it was ok at first and I had a system. But then it got hectic around lunch and I just lost control. Like I prepared a lot of drink, then I went to go refill ice and they were all gone. Ugh. But being kept busy was more fun that sitting in the office. And I didn't make that many mistakes. In between this I had a break where I was meeting some fellow employees and getting to know more about the place. And yeah I finished at 3. 

Then I returned the next day, where I spent more hours in the office, and was a runner (I know, me running) for my trainee. So basically she took orders, I collected them. And she said I was good I just needed to improve on timing, and when it was quieter she showed me a few till things. Then we did a bit more general training and she showed me some safety things around the store, and to end the day I did a bit of cleaning. During my break on this day I was being involved in some awkward conversations. Wasn't fun. 

But yeah, I am enjoying work thus far. They all seem nice, and I think I am going to have fun. Not quite sure how to deal with the whole me being a vegetarian thing yet, but hopefully I never have to be involved with anything like that. I can just serve people and clean. On the bright side, I am getting money. So time to spend a little and save a lot. I have a big future ahead of me. Unless I get hit by a bus tomorrow. 

That's a lovely way to end this post. 

See you in the 'morrow! 

Work Worries

So you may or may not know, but I have finally gotten a part-time job. Yay the struggle is over. Well not entirely, there are some problems with some paperwork, but it should be fine. Apart from the being terrified of getting everything wrong and then getting fired for it. 

My first shift is tomorrow and I'm bugging out, and not just because I have to be up at 7 to start work at 9. I am not looking forward to being trained as I am just scared I will still mess everything up. Plus Saturday's are going to be really busy and I am afraid I wont be able to hear people properly and I'm going to get super tired and feel ugh. 

But then again I am excited to work. I could make some new friends,earn some money and gain some experience. I think it will be fun once I get used to it, but right now I am freaking! Let's pray that it shall all be good. I don't even know where to go when I get there? Like what do I do? How do I clock in? Will they complain that my uniform may or may not be covered in cat fur? How do people do this? 

Calm. 

You will be fine. 

I hope so. I'll just go in there, be myself, but less of a scared mess. Now I am sorry this was a short little post, but I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow and I will probably need a lot of sleep for it. So wish me luck! 

See you in the 'morrow!
Well Sunday, if I survive.

Memory Lane

Hello, so if you are a regular, you may have noticed that there was a slight switcheroo this week. This is because I needed to put a vlog up on this day. Why? Because it is a special post. A post that marks a year of blogging. YAY! 8256 pageviews later! We reach the 1 year mark. WOOP WOOP! So here is a little video.

Here are links to my friends blogs that got me started: 
Alicia's http://allaboutmealiciaf.blogspot.co.uk/
Claire's http://clairesblogofwonder.blogspot.co.uk/
Amy's http://ameliaalicesviewsonlifeandstuff.blogspot.co.uk/
Siobhan's http://allaboutmesiobhano.blogspot.co.uk/

Hope you enjoyed my last year of blogging, and good luck with the next year, because it is probably going to be as mad and weird. If not worse. 

See you in the 'morrow!

Boring Week, Busy Weekend

Wednesday 12th: I woke up feeling ugh, and spent most of the day being ugh. I did a bit of work and watched TV and tried to feel better, and I kind of did, but no. So I distracted myself with sims. It was nice to play sims again. Mum then got me to try some different tablets to make me feel better. I almost chocked on one. It was not a pleasant experience. 

Thursday 13th: Still ill. I'm starting to get bored just sitting at home, but I physically wont be able to make it to school. So I basically did the same as yesterday. There is still no real sign of getting better. There are moments, but then the next minute it all just comes back again and I feel like a zombie. :'( I miss everyone at school. 

Friday 14th: More illness, more nothing. Yep my week was pretty boring. Don't get to excited by the post. 

Saturday 15th: I left the house!!!! YAY! I am finally alive. I was a little better but not completely myself. I left to go to my nanny's and the family had lots of chats and we had some chips, and it twas nice. Then I went home and warmed up from the cold, because I was freezing, which wasn't helping my sniffles I gained. 

Sunday 16th: I had to be ups early to get ready and ensure I had all my stuff before I caught the last bus out of Horsford. At 10:14. I hate buses on a Sunday. Anywho, I made my way to Jasstophers and we hung out for a bit, she made me tea and bread and butter. It was dorbs. Then I watched her try to put stockings on her cat, which made the cat walk hilariously. Then we played some GTA and I was a police train and Jessie wouldn't let me safely deliver some coke a cola.and it was kind of sad. But funny. Then I had to leave to go to a welcome meeting. I was made to sit on a table with some guys, and felt awkward being the only girl and they were all telling me I looked like someone they knew. Then the meeting started late and I learnt some things and found out I haven't been receiving emails I am meant to have got, and I know when my first shift is yay! Then I went home called Hal and slept. 

Monday 17th: I returned to school. Finally. However it felt weird being back. But I got an hour off because our teacher couldn't teach us. But then for my next lesson I had a major coughing fit which wasn't nice, then I saw everyone again, which was nice. Then it was psychology which was ok.. and then a it was lunch where I gave Jessie a lap dance and then went home. At home I sent Maddy a lot of snapchats. And Sleep.

Tuesday 18th: A lay in yay! But I woke up with half an hour to get ready, but I managed to do it, as well as taking a really quick shower yay! But the bus was late. But I got to school saw some peeps, went to private study failed a test, spoke to Amy about stuff, then it was lunch where we went on a chip shop adventure, and then I felt like a child that is made to entertain themselves whilst their parent and friends chat. Then it was psychology and a different late bus journey home, where I mainly complained about the new late bus. 

See you in the 'morrow!

All Grown Up

Unfortunately I am not going to talk about the Rugrats spin off, even though that was such a good show! No, instead I am going to talk about how I feel I have had some growing up to do and how weird I think this all is. Mainly because of how ready  I was to grow up as a child but now it's too scary.

So recently, I have had to think a lot about the future. Like I got a part time job, so now I can bring in my own money, and I got a bank account to store said money. But the problems with this is I'm not ready for it. Yeah I am so happy with the fact I have a job, but is the money I am going to get going to be enough for me to have my goal of moving out next year. However I just went and did the maths. I know I did maths. Making rough estimates of how much I could earn, and it seems like a reasonable amount for a start up place. 

But yeah, thinking about growing up scares me. There are so many things I have no idea how they work. I don't understand banking! I get scared of using card machines and because of this I get scared people will think I am shifty. And I don't know anything about phone contracts, or tv licences or broadband. And I need to know this stuff if I want money a phone, a tv, and wifi. Don't even get me started on taxes, and bills, and insurance. This is the kind of thing they should teach you in school. This is the kind of thing they should tell me in pointless conference. Because then maybe it wouldn't be so pointless. 

Growing up is scary. But at the same time, I want to. Because I want to know what it's like to earn my own money, and live on my own, and be careful with said money, and start a family and all that shiz that comes with being a grown up. But life ain't that simple. And I wish I knew that as a kid. And I wish I spent my time as a child wanting to be a child instead of wanting to be older. Cause it kind of sucks in terms of more things worry you. 

Ah yes and that other problem of growing up. Important decisions. Like the one on my 18th. But that dilemma can be for another day. Too tired now. 

Does anyone else have the All Grown Up theme tune in their head? No? Just me? Ok then...

See you in the 'morrow!

All grown up, I really want to shout it out, all grown up, I want the world to know!

POOOOOOOOLS!

Sims 4 got pools! I know, again I am behind with the times. But this week I finally played the sims, and got it updated and got pools! Yay! I missed pools, even though I never really used the pools in the sims 3, because there didn't seem to be much interaction and it just got a little boring. Unless you killed people. DEATH BY POOL!

Actually this reminds me I never killed anyone in the sims 4 with a pool. :'( Maybe next time. 

Anywho... so the first thing I did when I got pools was make a community pool,

that all my sims could go to, meet new sims, swim and hang out. It took me like 2 hours to complete, and I shared it to the community if people want it. I think I called it Ahoy Park. Because I made the lot type a park and included all things needed for a park, and then just gave it a massive ass pool. With a pirate ship jungle gym. Which was pretty cool. 

So I took my sim to the pool, on a little date, mainly to get pics of the pool. And it was fun, they kept the splashing interaction, but now you can actually chat in the pool which is cool. Oh that rhymed. I met a friend, and I was surprised to find some people actually turned up to the pool, even though it was the middle of the night, they started to fall asleep on the benches. But yeah. Here are the images from the pool adventure!

Arriving at the pool, look at the little turtle path.

Running to the random chess table for no reason. (No running near the pool!)

Jumping straight in!

Having a good old pool natter.

Splashing!

See you in the 'morrow!

Awkward.

Back in my old room, I used to use my tv as a light source. This meant I watched a lot of random tv. And on one channel MTV I found a show called Awkward. It was the first ever episode which was good, however I missed the first half of it. And decided to (after watching the first two episodes on tv) watch the bit I missed on the internet.

However like most things you watch on the internet, I binged watched it. I somehow managed to get through the first season and a bit before I was caught up with where it was in America (where it is made). This made me sad. Because when I am really into a program I hate waiting, and it had gotten to kind of an interesting bit. But it was ok cause I just caught up weekly.

Then I had to wait for like ever until the next season came out, and I got so ragey at that one because I did not like Jenna being with that guy because she should be with Matty. I love those tv shows where you get slightly passionate about it. However when you get too passionate you get fan-girly, then extreme fan-girl and that is never good. No offence extreme fan-girls, but you have to admit some of your fan-arts and fan-fictions go a little to far. 

But yeah Awkward. It's about this teenager Jenna who just essentially gets herself into these awkward situations, for example people thinking she attempted suicide even though it wasn't anything like that. And yeah you should watch it. She used to (not so much anymore) blogs herself, and it used to be this very important part to the show, and when I first saw it, it made me want to start blogging, so I guess that is why I do this, finding Lish's post just gave me the push. 

Anywho... sorry this hasn't been that great a post, but I have been ills, so give me some credit. 

See you in the 'morrow!

(or Sunday for gametime!) 

6th Form Rant

After a weeks delay, here is a vlog! Sorry about the lighting, but I have no money to do anything about it. And I'm sorry for it all I guess. I know I'm not that entertaining and nobody really watches these. But anywho... Here you go:

See you in the 'morrow!

A Week To Remember

Wednesday 5th: My only full day at 6th form. I remember walking to school with Harvey in the cold and he found change in the coffee machine someone had forgotten to take. And we sat in the common room, while I revised for biology test I had first, and everyone walked in all cold and wet because it had started raining. Then it stopped as I walked to biology. The test was ok, and I think I got a reasonable grade from it, but I was really tired today as for some reason I woke up at 4:30 and stayed awake. But then it was break where the common room was too crowded so I went into the study center. Then I had study so I did some Media work, before...pointless conference! In conference today, we watched someone's EPQ presentation (that was half an hours worth of work I could be doing gone) Then we had a talk about world war one, because of remembrance day. And I bought this poppy bracelet, but at lunch I gave it to Megan because her sisters didn't get one for her and I felt bad. I know I'm such a good person :P Then there was more things which I don't remember. (There was group mentoring before lunch, where we filled out a sheet of what went well in the first half term, I ran out of things so just said the fact I was still here was good). Then it was  double media where we were working on coursework, which was a little boring. Then the late bus home with Amy where we had random chats about things.

Thursday 6th: I got a really nice lay in, and managed to watch The Strain and shower and get ready for school on time. First I had private study where I did some retake stuff, then it was lunch which I do not remember for the life of me. Following this was psychology, where I didn't do the set work, and instead did more retake things. Then it was yet more private study, where I was singing Disney songs.Then headed back to school for there was an open evening, and found a Siobhan and Giancarlo who told us the room was locked and we found a Hannah who got us help but we could find all the stuff, but we waited for pizza, and nothing so the group split to do different things, and I decided to wait for pizza as well as take on the role of door opener. Then still the promised pizza by our psychology teacher did not arrive. And neither had our psychology teacher, so we were all a little panicked. But she arrived, we got our pizza, and the open evening began with a slow start. I held some rats, spoke to a girl about her hello kitty trainers, and spoke to Mr Galley about The IT Crowd before going home and eating some pasta. 

Friday 7th: I was so tired, and not in the best of moods. But I went to school and sat through two hours of biology where we gave our presentations on limiting factors of photosynthesis, which I had completely forgot about. Then break, which I never remember, and media where we were doing more coursework. Then I got to go home, yay! Where I watched some tv and thought about taking a nap. But instead watched youtube and blogged and then got into this thing which I don't want to talk about but it messed me up. 

Saturday 8th: I went to go see my Nanny and we had some chips which were so good and we all got in a group call with Hal for like an hour telling her how we missed her and just general chitchatter. Then I went home and watched some youtubes.

Sunday 9th: Just basically slept for the day.

Monday 10th: My day off. Today I went out for a birthday meal for my grandad. We went to the castle carvey and we all obviously had a carvery (I had the veggie option) and we had a nice time chatting about family and jobs and things. And it was nice, and I then went home and did some vlogging. Which you can enjoy in later weeks. Then around 7ish I started to get this pain/lump thing in my throat and my ear hurt and then I just got really hot and faint. and I had no idea what happened, and it stayed like that for the night, so I had trouble sleeping. 

Tuesday 11th: Remembrance day. This morning I felt terrible. I think I have the ElPlague. Tell your friends, be very aware. The ElPlague is coming for you. So I took the day off school, did some work, watched some tv, had the moments silence (might have been a little late as my clock decided to stop but I guess I still had that moment. I got my bank card activated today, and I found out when my welcome meeting at my possible job is, so it was pretty good. Then I watched youtubes and played sims.I am feeling a little better, it comes and goes. So I guess I will just see how I feel in the morning for if I go to school. Ok after formatting this I have gotten worse. WHY?!

See you in the 'morrow!

Why Do I Even Blogger?

One of the problems I seem to have with this blog, is that I think of all of these things that I could do, and most of the time I never do them. Now this is usually down to not having the time and effort. Because I am at 6th form, I can't do things when I am there, and when I get home I am just too tired. And it sucks because I love blogging (most of the time) I enjoy the escape and the way it helps me let out anger, when I have the occasional rant, or when I talk about something I refuse to say in person. 

It's not like my blog is really popular or anything, so it's not like I have to fulfill some kind of demand to do all of these crazy things. But sometimes I hope that I could become a famous blogger or youtuber because of this, like Pewdiepie, or Dan and Phil, where they get paid to make the videos and they are paid for just spending some time forgetting about the rest of their worries to entertain themselves and others for a few minutes. In a way I want that to be my fall back. Because at the rate I am going I am never going to find a stable job. A career I am proud of and that makes me happy. But I will never be popular enough. Which is why I guess my mind thinks of the creative things, to try and gain more of an audience so I can become youtube famous.

But that isn't why I started this blog. I started it because I thought it can be my escape, my saviour for when I am angry and sad. As well as a way to remember the good times. Because I was never the best at keeping a diary. I started this so in however many years I can read them all through and remember some things I would have probably forgotten, things that would make me smile, things that I would remind the guys about. That's why I blog, and that's why I'm not entirely bothered if nobody reads this. Because I'm not really writing these words for you, they are for me. To keep me sane in my mad world. However I guess I'm not that sane am I? 

However recently I have been finding that I am spending most of my free time thinking about blog stuff, and never do much for me. Like I never play sims because I think that time is better spent doing blog stuff. I hate that. But I think taking away blogging wouldn't be great either. Plus I might be starting a job soon, so I am going to run out of so much time. Maybe I need to rethink things. To find a way to make it easier to do everything I want and need to do. 

See you in the 'morrow!

Tetris Battle!

Yet more games! I had my heart set on talking about the Sims but like last week I have had no time to play it. But I found a beloved facebook game. Tetris Battle. Please note, I am very tired, so it will probably seem very lazy. But at least I am posting. Also I have no idea why but half of the screen cut off, I tried zooming in and out and it made no difference. And this irritated me greatly. But I still managed to play fine, so I guess that is all that counts. 


So I started by playing the all new versus thing they added, which seemed no different to the previous 2 player battle thing they had.  And obviously because it was new I started off with a low ranking. So I played against a random facebooker, but

honestly I think they are all made up computers, which are complete and utter bullshit. Why? Because I was winning. I was smashing the shit out of the computer, then last minute they somehow managed to pull back and beat me! WHAT?! How does that even work? It's unfair. I played great throughout the entire fucking game. Ugh. 

Therefore I decided to move on to the marathon thing, where you basically just play Tetris. I still cannot get to level 15 which is like the target. But from level 8 it goes too fast and I have slow reflexes. I am proud of the score I got though after not playing this game for years. I might play this more often now, because I love tetris. 

See you in the 'morrow!

Facebook Posts

You may or may not remember a while ago, I showed some old tweets of mine. Well I decided to reminisce some more, and looked back at old facebook posts. This again will probably be another mini series following alongside the twitter ones. 

 What a lovely starting post. I clearly took a quiz to find out when I am going to die, after Hal took one and it must have shown I would out live her. I seem so nice.

 A lot of these seem to be about Yoville. Hi, so imaginative. 

 I can probably say without doubt the person I am probably talking to is no longer my friend. Sad to think of that really. 

 Ugh why couldn't I have been more specific?! I am so intrigued by this whole big "luv" thing. Also I am very irritated by my grammar. 

 Apparently I was as random then as I am now. WOOOOOOOOOP!

 Was I high when I wrote this? UGH UGH I used lol. Someone go back in time and slap me round the face. 

 Yet more Yoville. I think I had a serious problem 5 years ago.

Awww I was craving someone's attention :') however I put 2 instead of two. I'm happy that I have matured away from this in the years that have passed. 

 Wow that duckface. 
Wow that word I created.
Let's bring smexey back. 

Oh Halloween. I spoke about this pic before. You can read about it here.


















Now this is just a bunch of emoticons.

 Help what Elli? Your lack of the correct use of the English Language?

Apparently I love you. This is probably true. Probably. 

 Why is my mind confused? What is happening? Why couldn't I give more details about my life!?



See why am I now sad? Does it have anything to do with the next post? Cause I would be pretty sad about that.

Oh but it's ok now because apparently he returned. Also that spelling of officially. 12 year old me was precious. 

Yet more YoVille.

Apparently, I was lucky in love. From what I recall I assume this is about my relationship with Jonny. Well past me you were wrong! You are lucky now though. Cringe.

Why did I need to find out my exact age?

I guess that should do for my first little Facebook installment. Stick around for some more cringey 12 year old me, then find out if I get better with age.

See you in the 'morrow!