Dirty Laundry

I’ve never read any of Sarah Dessen’s books, but...

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:40:47 +0100

I’ve never read any of Sarah Dessen’s books, but they are apparently fantastic! The book blogger community goes mad for her!

Long time no post, Tumblr!

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:23:48 +0100

It’s been a long time guys! I’ve been trying to set up a book blog (find the link below this post) and so far I’m doing pretty well! I’ve had nearly 3,000 visitors in less than two months and I’ve managed to get in touch with a few publishers :) I think that’s where my enjoyment lies at the moment, but I’ll pop in here every now and again just to say hi and do some non-pressured blogging. I miss some of you over here! Come and follow me on my book blog (http://www.karlareads.blogspot.com) and make me happy, or at least comment..?

I’m decorating my bedroom tomorrow, I’ve got gorgeous Laura Ashley bedding, wallpaper and book ends so I’ll update with some pictures if you’d all like to see? Also I might do a vlog so you get a better idea of me, what do you think to that? Want to ask me some questions so that I have something to say/answer lol?

2:1 in my University degree!

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:54:47 +0100

So chuffed with it :D

Karla Reads

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:31:00 +0100

Karla Reads :

Click the link if you are interested in reading reviews on YA and fantasy books! It’s my new blog and I aim to review everything I read. Some followers would be extremely encouraging so spread the word for me!? Hopefully when it gets up and running I will be hosting competitions with books as prizes :) I’m taking part in ‘waiting on’ Wednesday - a weekly meme on book blogs that showcases up and coming releases that we’re looking forward to (first WoW to come tomorrow).

So please check it out. I love being part of the book blogging community and talking to fellow bookworms so feel free to comment on the site on anything you like! All of my contact info is on there also :)

Hope to see some of you there!

I really love your mac purple case! so sorry about your old mac though..I know how it feels to lose something of sentimental value and some things couldn't just be replaced easily even if it's just material-wise. Your post actually inspired me more to invest on a macbook. x :)

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:19:00 +0100

Wow thank-you! Haha, I had been thinking about buying a cheaper Windows PC for a while, maybe a DELL or something, but then when my MacBook Pro died I realised there is no way I could live without the Apple operating system haha. Sounds silly, but I guess it’s what you get used to.

Luckily, my boyfriend is a second year computer science student so knows his way around computers moderately well, and he managed to extract my old hard drive from the dead MacBook Pro and set it up in a portable casing, which meant that I could plug it into my new Mac and transfer all of my photos and music! It’s the best thing that could have possibly happened because I had three years worth of photographic memories on that thing!

So yeah, now with the pretty purple case and all of my photographs back on this Mac, it’s finally starting to feel like it’s my computer :) I would definitely recommend buying a MacBook, from personal experience, I can honestly say that they are easier to use than Windows and seem to have less problems. The only downside is, it seems to be harder to get such things as games etc for Mac in England, but there’s always a way! x

Possibly the nicest drink in the world, and I’ve only just...

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:56:39 +0100

Possibly the nicest drink in the world, and I’ve only just discovered them today! Saw it advertised at cinema and my sister reassured me that cold coffee was lovely, but I still wasn’t convinced. My mum brought this home from Asda today and oh my god! It tastes so yummy! I thought it would become sickly but I think I could drink it all day, everyday, it’s so creamy and smooth haha! I’m definitely buying a large one next time I’m in Starbucks, I think I’m hooked :)

Feeling lethargic.

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:08:47 +0100

I’m in the mood where all I want to do is sleep for days on end. I think I need new glasses because my eyes are killing me at the moment and I’m struggling to focus, this is causing problems when all of my days consist of looking at a computer, TV screen or book at the moment. Chris has gone to make popcorn and is playing Dirt 3 on the Playstation and I’m sat her watching close to shut eye.

Rain makes me tired.

That point in the Summer.

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:43:07 +0100

I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve had around five weeks off university now, that’s including exam leave, and I’m bored! I miss having something to do and I miss having some pressure on me to get things done to a deadline. On one hand this is frustrating me because I actually have nothing I can do like that and on the other hand it’s really making me think about the future; my masters will definitely provide me with the pressure I crave in terms of deadlines but I also feel like I’m ready to step out of education now. I received a letter of acceptance through the post on Monday stating that I would be allocated a place on the Masters course if I achieved a second class degree, I thought the entry levels were a 2:1 or higher, but this just says a second class degree which I’m assuming to mean just a 2:2 or higher, which I’m definitely on track for!

I’m really doubting my money situation, even though I know I have to money to pay for my tuition fees and my dad (touch wood) seems to have got his act together and is sending me some money to live on weekly. I just feel like everything is going to be tight and now I owe my mum £1,000 for my MacBook Pro as well (that she said I can pay back when I have the money and am working), which doesn’t help the feeling of overwhelming stress! I want a job. Really badly. It would help so much in feeling like I’m not completely skint and would pay for things such as car MOT and insurance, but finding one in this city is near on impossible - my sister is on the look out for me, even if it’s just picking strawberries in a greenhouse for minimum wage; it’s something.

I want to do some writing, I’m craving academic writing. I’ve just installed Microsoft Office on my Mac and it’s made me want to type (hence the lengthy post on here!). I might start writing lengthy book reviews on my other blog, actually thinking in terms of academic reading skills and also post them on Goodreads - You never know, something might get picked up! Haha. I’d love to do that type of thing for a living; I enjoy reading, thinking and writing, so a job as a reviewer, critic or typist would be fantastic - where the hell do I start there?!

New Purple case for my Macbook Pro. I caved in and paid £25...

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:25:48 +0100

New Purple case for my Macbook Pro. I caved in and paid £25 because I couldn’t find them any cheaper :( But it does look pretty and it completely protects the top and bottom of the laptop. Got my old MacBook Pro back as well, the shop had had a delivery literally as we walked through the door so it was really good timing. Chris is going to try to remove the hard drive so that I can connect it to my new one and transfer all my stuff; photos, videos etc. (Don’t ask me how he’s going to do it, I have no idea, he’s like a computer nerd so…).

New MacBook Pro.

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:06:38 +0100

Mine had well and truly died unfortunately - the logic board had gone and that was going to cost around £500 to fix, which wasn’t worth it on a machine that was over three years old! So my mum has leant me the money and we’ve been to buy a new 13” MacBook Pro, which is pretty, but I don’t feel the same way about it as I did for my original :(

MacBook Pro down!

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:55:34 +0100

So this morning when I went to turn my mac on, well, it didn’t. And so I took it into the apple store in town after Chris had done some research to see if they could fix it, no luck, so it’s been sent off to be looked at to see what’s wrong and I will hear from them at anytime during the next three weeks!! (sad face). So it’s highly plausible that I won’t be posting much on here until my mac is back by my side. I can post from my phone, which is what I’m doing now, but the iPhone Tumblr app is far from nice to use. Bare with me folks, I will be back, even if it means buying a new MacBook!

I'm bored tonight.

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:19:55 +0100

I hate having nothing to do on a night, usually I have company from my boyfriend. Tonight is going so slowly and there’s nothing on telly, so I’m actually contemplating going to bed, yes, going to bed at 9:17 to just sit there, warm, reading for hours. Also trying to explain the Sims 3 to my mother is just close to driving me insane:

Her: “Oh you can have fat sims!”

Me: “Yes, you can make them fat.”

Her: “I didn’t make them, I mean the ones sat in this cafe.”

Me: “Yes, they come on the game, other sims do live in the same neighborhood you know…”

Her: “But they’re not mine are they….?”

Conversations like this last too long, and I end up getting very high rate.

"Print will never die. There’s no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically..."

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:13:15 +0100

““Print will never die. There’s no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages and not worrying about dropping them in the bath or running out of power. I also find print books objects of beauty.””

- J.K. Rowling, Words with JAM magazine (via magicworks)

My plans for the rest of the night:

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:35:04 +0100

I’m going to go and have a relaxing bath in a minute with a lot of bubbles, then when I’m squeaky clean I’m going to sit and watch Popstar to Operastar, purely because McFly are performing on it, I couldn’t give a crap about the actual content because I don’t like opera and the people taking part are only vaguely recognisable at best. Then, because I’m gutted that Coronation Street isn’t on, I’m going to probably read another long chapter of the book I’m reading - I can probably finish it tomorrow - and then I’m going to go and sleep. Tomorrow I’m popping into town early with my mum, we’re basically going in for opening and then coming home so that she can write her school reports and I can go to Chris’ for another day of nothing no doubt. I’m traveling all the way into town just to spend money on a bookmark, they better have one that I like because I hate borrowing things and want my reading experience to feel personal again, a bookmark adds to this in my opinion, although I highly doubt I will leave Waterstone’s with JUST a bookmark, so many temptations will be present! :)

I'm so obsessive when it comes to Muller Fruit Corners.

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:43:00 +0100

In the main yoghurt part when all the yoghurt gathers around the edge, it grosses me out. I have to scoop it all into my yoghurt and then mix it around until it is completely smooth otherwise I can’t bring myself to eat it - I hate lumps.

Hey guys! It’s me :) Planning for a comfy day today in my...

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:00 +0100

Hey guys! It’s me :) Planning for a comfy day today in my shorts and boyfriends t-shirt. I’ll probably make progress on my book whilst Chris plays L.A Noire on the Xbox. It’s one of those games that are really interesting to watch, even though he is rubbish at picking the right direction ;) I thought the book was going to turn out pretty boring for a while, but now I’m about 100 pages from the end and it’s all getting a little bit more exciting! I wanna know what the hell is going to happen, and if what I’m hoping will happen, does. I’ve vacuumed the downstairs of the house this morning and its made me so feel so much better, so I’m actually in a pretty good mood. Going to get some fatty food for dinner and revel in what’s left of my ‘student’ life (possibly).

Watching the sad episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:25:00 +0100

The one where her mum dies. I haven’t seen this one in ages and had forgotten how brilliantly it was shot! The use of silence is just genius.

My mums a teacher and is on half term.

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:53:26 +0100

This annoys me. She’s here too much, I’m used to having (almost) my own space during the day and I actually like getting up to a empty house. When she’s off work it feels like the house is cluttered even though it’s only me and her. She’s forever walking around and spouting a running commentary out loud about what she is doing at that moment in time: “going to have a coffee”, “the weathers lovely, I’m going to sit outside”, “uhh, Coronation Street is on the TV!”. It gets so annoying after a while, because, to be honest, I don’t really care to know everything she is doing or thinks. She also does this really annoying thing where if she is watching something on the TV and has an opinion on it, she will voice said opinion (which I don’t mind) but then constantly look for reassurance after, like: “God he’s a horrible man … isn’t he?”, like her opinion isn’t valid if somebody else doesn’t back it up! She’ll do this about four or five times throughout a half an hour program, it really grates on me. I think maybe my subconscious is telling me I need to move out soon. The littlest things annoy me at the moment.

Powercuts are hilarious.

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:22:00 +0100

The power just went out and now the whole world seems to be going crazy. Car alarms are going off left right and center, the internet failed, computers, if plugged in failed, TV sets lost function. How would the world cope without electricity? I find it quite funny how now, even though the power is back on, all I can here is car alarms and house alarms screaming at full volume and because sky hasn’t fully loaded back up yet I now how to watch The Wanted do some weird dance, in very odd shoes, at a bowling alley on T4, hmm.

I haven’t been on Tumblr in what seems like forever! (lost a follower, sob!) But the weather has been so nice and I’ve been out trying to top up my almost existent tan lines :) (this is the moment when I pray sky will load because Jessie J has just come onto my telly. Quick, somebody shoot me or turn over!). So yeah, hello all of you - I’ve got a new theme to try and spark something in me to write, but I’ve realised I’m just talking drivel so I’m going to say over and out now. Goodbye.

I had a dream last night.

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:59:00 +0100

It’s not unusual for dreams to stick in my memory, and I’ve had a fair few weird ones, but I found the one last night to be particularly odd and so I set out to find a meaning to the bit that sticks in my memory most:

The dream was during my wedding to my boyfriend and everything was going wrong. First of all my hair just would not stay in and it was raining outside, which for some reason I had to stand in, therefore I was soaked. Then I decided to take off my wedding dress (no idea why) and for some reason I wasn’t allowed to put it back on because it was rented and part of the rental agreement was that once the dress was taken off, it counted as a end to the rental period. So there I was, at my wedding, with messy hair, soaked clothes and a lack wedding dress, only to then find that I had misplaced my shoes! I went and asked one of my best friends who was a guest at the wedding, if I could borrow hers and she said I could. I tried them on and they were massively too big for me, when in real life she is only a size larger than me. In the end I ended up walking down the isle in normal, everyday clothes and bare feet. Finally got to the actually getting married part and the wedding got cancelled because basically every single guest (apart from a few) got arrested for being prostitutes! And their pimp was at the wedding as well and turned out to be one of my friends from college! How strange is that dream!

The bit that really sticks in my mind and was emphasised in the dream was the fact that I had lost my shoes and tried on a pair that were too big for me so I looked up the meaning of this:

Loss of shoes: foretells desertion or divorce.

Shoes that are too small or too big: signifies complexes within you.

These meanings are unbelievably accurate with me at the moment. I love it when that happens and it’s made me want to keep a dream diary!