50 day photo challenge: DAY 1

50 day photo challenge...

DAY 1: Your favorite picture of yourself.
DAY 2: A family picture.
DAY 3: A picture of you and your bestest friend.
DAY 4: A picture of someone you love a lot.
DAY 5: A picture of you and your sibling/s, or pet/s.
DAY 6: A picture of you on your favorite vacation.
DAY 7: A picture of the one place you want to visit the most.
DAY 8: A picture of your favorite food.
DAY 9: A picture that makes you laugh.
DAY 10: A picture of someone you really miss.
DAY 11: A picture from your favorite movie.
DAY 12: A picture of the person you have been through the most with.
DAY 13: The cover of your favorite book.
DAY 14: A picture of something you collect.
DAY 15: A picture of your favorite thing you own.
DAY 16: A picture of something that you want.
DAY 17: A picture with a quote on it that you think describes your life.
DAY 18: A picture of you making a funny face.
DAY 19: A picture of you wearing your favorite color.
DAY 20: A picture of a tattoo, or piercing you have or want.
DAY 21: A picture of either the school you go to, or where you work.
DAY 22: A picture of something someone bought you that is really special to you.
DAY 23: A picture of you doing something you love.
DAY 24: A picture of the person you can share anything with.
DAY 25: A picture from a sleepover.
DAY 26: A picture of something that terrifies you.
DAY 27: A picture of something that you love.
DAY 28: A picture from your favorite television show.
DAY 29: A picture from a night you will remember forever.
DAY 30: A picture of your favorite drink.
DAY 31: A picture from winter.
DAY 32: A Christmas picture.
DAY 33: A picture of you on your birthday.
DAY 34: A picture of you when you were little.
DAY 35: A picture of your favorite artist.
DAY 36: A picture of you at a party.
DAY 37: A picture of your favorite flower.
DAY 38: A picture of your favorite store.
DAY 39: A picture from Halloween.
DAY 40: A picture of your childhood friend.
DAY 41: A picture of your room.
DAY 42: A picture from birth.
DAY 43: A picture of your favorite actor/actress.
DAY 44: A picture of someone you wish you looked like.
DAY 45: A picture of your celebrity crush.
DAY 46: A school picture.
DAY 47: A picture of someone who makes you laugh.
DAY 48: A picture from a school dance.
DAY 49: A picture of the animal you would be if you were an animal. (Not the animal you want to be, the animal you think you are closely related to… if that makes sense?)
DAY 50: A random picture of your choice. (HINT: choose something you think describes you.)

so i knicked this one from the same awesome friend ;)
LOVE photography and i LOVE blogging so all i've got to say is WOOT!

so here it is: DAY 1: Your favorite picture of yourself.

it was taken on 17th Feb 2008 just before we left to go see Darren Hayes on the Side Two Tour in Birmingham. I was pretty ill but so happy to get to be there. There was alot going on in my life personally, away from the tour, but that night, although I was feeling like shit, I was so happy. And it shows. and I love it. I love how perfect I look.

DAY 2: 10 things you love

10 Day Meme
DAY 1: 10 things about you
DAY 2: 10 things you love
DAY 3: 10 things you hate
DAY 4: 10 things you want to say to one person
DAY 5: 10 wishes
DAY 6: 10 items you can’t live without
DAY 7: 10 important people
DAY 8: 10 of your favourite songs
DAY 9: 10 ways to win your heart
DAY 10: Final 10 words.

1. Chocolate

I eat WAYYYYY too much chocolate. I just love it. I adore pretty much every variety going, apart from cadbury’s dream. EWWWW.

2. Ireland

My beautiful Ireland. I was raised in Northern Ireland from when I was 4 until I was 18. I miss it so much. And my parents and bestie still live there. It’s the green fields, the fact you can see the stars without the pollution, and that sense of just being HOME. It’s the tayto crisps and the finches orange juice. It’s all the things that make it different. I think I will always call it home. It’s a bigger part of me than just my accent.

3. concerts

I adore gigs. Without gigs I would never get to go anywhere or have SO MUCH FUN. I get really stressed out and I have problems with anxiety but I REFUSE to let it stop me seeing the bands I love. Sometimes it’s a case of go alone or don’t go. And I will always choose to go. I’ve met some wonderful people at concerts over the years that are still in my life today. Thanks buddies ;)

4. Photography.

There was a moment I KNEW I was onto something long before I had photographer friends to encourage me. It was a photo I took of Darren Hayes on the Big Night In tour in 2006. You know when you just take a photo and KNOW its THE ONE?

Over the years I’ve taken some shots I just ADORE. Mostly of sunset. I just adore capturing the beauty of this world. I got an amazing new camera last year and I definitely wanna know how to get more out of it.

5. Music and Lyrics.

Music is my drug. My oxygen. My passion. Without it I would quite possibly cease to know how to exist. I can’t live without it. My biggest love is Darren Hayes. But he is a whole other story. The ex-lead singer of Savage Garden and the most amazing talent. And he is genuinely a lovely guy. I get annoyed when people say I only like the lead singers of bands because they are the good looking one at the front. Honestly, hand on my heart, it’s because they are the lyric Writer. They are the story teller. And of course its then with the angel voice. I’m all about the lyrics. I find myself quoting lyrics ALL THE TIME. There is a lyric for every moment and occasion by any band under the sun. I listen to a huge range of music, but pop will always be my ‘THING’. From Darren Hayes to The Killers, from The Feeling to Bryan Adams and U2.

6. video games

I adore video gaming. I have since I was old enough to remember. I remember so vividly the xmas I got a gameboy (the first big brick) with tetris. A few years later my sis and I got a PS1 for xmas. Not only did my love of gaming take off, but also my love of CDs. Because finally I could play them on the PS1. we didn’t have enough money for a CD player. Currently I have a PS2, PS3, Xbox, Wii and a Nintendo DS. I still play the PS1 in Ireland as it’s the only console I have there.

7. cinema

Movies are art. And it took me a long time to realise that they are escapism too. I adore all sorts of films. From the Art House to the commercial. I will always have a weakness for kiddies films and rom coms. I’m a big kid and a romantic at heart. I love a movie that I can laugh my ass off at or one that I can just sit and marvel at the romance. Or one that can fuck my head up. I don’t like horror films, they tend to just bore me or make me laugh in a ‘you can’t be serious’ kinda way.

8. Graphic Design

I adore graphic design. Over the years since I started in 2005 I’ve got a lot better from the primitive paint to using Image J and Paint shop Pro. I still want photoshop damn it. I’m a perfectionist and most of the times it doesn’t work out how I like it. The ones that I start without any idea where they are going are always the best. The ones were I start of with an image in my head of what it wants to be I’m never happy with.

9. Tony Parsons

He is one of the best authors around. And I adore his work. Because he isn’t afraid to make sure it is well researched and honest. Truth hurts kinda honest. It’s about love, and relationship and life. I cant explain it, but in order for me to read a book I have to believe in it and get lost in it, and Tony parsons makes that so easy.

10. London

Love it. I was born in London. I lived there for the first 4 years of my life. Sometimes when I walk around Leicester square I feel like I’m home. Just for a split second. If I didn’t live in Nottingham I would definitely be living somewhere in the London area. London is a source of passion and a source of fun. I adore it. And I adore what the tube stands for. The freedom to go wherever you want. I miss London. London was a place I became accustomed to in 2007 when I started going to Darren Hayes warm up shows in Soho. It was kinda the start of freedom. And realising that I could go wherever I wanted without anxiety holding me prisoner.

Day 1: 10 Things About You

DAY 1: 10 things about you
DAY 2: 10 things you love
DAY 3: 10 things you hate
DAY 4: 10 things you want to say to one person
DAY 5: 10 wishes
DAY 6: 10 items you can’t live without
DAY 7: 10 important people
DAY 8: 10 of your favourite songs
DAY 9: 10 ways to win your heart
DAY 10: Final 10 words.

I knicked this blog from a friend because it was an awesome idea.

1. I collect stamps. It’s terribly uncool to admit but there you have it. It started when my cousin gave me his collection when I was young.

2. When I was a kid, I was a total day dreamer. Still am.

3. I have an amazing memory for all sorts of shit. Phone numbers, gig memories, dates photos were taken, that kinda shit. Ask me to remember what I needed to do today and I will have no idea. It will be written on the back of my hand so I don’t forget. Sometimes I still do.

4. I trust easily, love freely, find it hard to forgive, but never forget.

5. I cry at songs and movies. Normally when I RELATE. Sometimes it’s not happy or sad tears just overwhelming emotion of CONNECTION. Music is a HUGE part of my life. I couldn’t live without it.

6. I'm a complete freak for a comedy called ‘bottom’. I could pretty much quote you the whole of most episodes. My sister and I quote it at each other ALL the time.

7. I am seriously untidy. It’s not mess its organised chaos. Seriously. When I tidy I can’t find shit. Like my glasses case. I remember putting it somewhere ‘safe’ before xmas.

8. I’m hopeless at making new friends. All my friends either find me or I find them online. I have few friends in my everyday life and I hate new situations. I want to change. I can come across as a bit anti-social but really I want to be a part of it. I’m painfully shy but when you know me I’m a total CHATTERBOX.

9. I’m a total photo whore. I take photos everywhere I go. I’m a total tourist LOL. It’s capturing a moment. It’s art. It’s beauty. It’s escapism. It’s this feeling of achievement when you get that really great shot and just know that’s the ONE. It’s this feeling of being inside your own little world in tune with the earth’s beauty.

10. I want a boyfriend this year. There I said it. Enough of being single. Enough of hiding behind the ‘I’m independent’ or ‘I’m selfish’ excuses. I’m actually not selfish. I would give you the world if you deserved it.

One thing...

One thing I will learn: how to continue to grow.

One place I will go: Somewhere I’ve never been before.

One habit I will break: Being to quick to cut ties with people.

One habit I will cultivate: believing that things will work out. There is no need to stress. You can make it happen. Somehow.

One relationship I'll repair: I will continue to work on friendships that need it.

One thing I'll attempt: to back up my laptop more often. Eek.

One thing I'll throw out: Stress. End. Of.

One thing I'll acquire: The new Darren Hayes album.

One thing I'll eat more often: Rice. Love it. Don’t eat it often.

One thing I'll eat less: Crisps.

One thing I'll drink more: Orange Juice.

One thing I'll drink less: Alcohol.

One email I'll send, or phonecall I'll make: an old friendship that needs repairing. I will offer to meet up.

One resentment I'll get over: cross words said between friends. Let the past go.

One thing I'll change in my finances: To Save some money for the Darren Hayes tour.

One thing I'll do more of: planning our tour with Darren Hayes. Haven’t had to do that plan in a while. So excited.

One thing I will never do again: Let anyone tell me I can’t be who I am.

Hurts - Nottingham arena - photos