Whilst many were obsessed with Sex and the City I have to admit I wasn't that into it. Sure I'd watch the odd episode but I'd never watch it back to back. Then I saw the films and saw how big the whole franchise was and realised I needed to watch the boxset. I am now on series 3 and I feel like Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are my best friends. We go through everything together, whilst smoking cigarettes and drinking Cosmopolitans at trendy hotspots. However in my case I'm laid in bed smoking cigarettes and drinking some Cosmo Fizz thing from Marks and Sparks...nowhere near as good as the real thing.
Why is that as humans we can get so caught up in a TV show, feeling like the characters are real and that we know them. I learnt about the psychological reasons behind that last year in my A Level class but I'm still not sure I understand it. When I have problems or I'm asked advice I often think "What would Carrie do?"...I'm pretty sure this isn't normal behaviour.
The media industry know how to cash in on these popular franchises. I noticed over Christmas that in Boots there were Sex & the City makeup sets, each one based on one of the girls. Now you can not only feel like you know them you can try and look like them too. The one thing I don't understand is how Carrie is seen as a fashion icon...I don't think I've seen her wear one nice thing yet, her shoes are horrible and she doesn't seem to own a bra. However she has an air of coolness about her which makes her so intriguing.
I've begun to realise that choosing to do Media at university has been the right choice. As I'm not studying it at sixth form anymore I thought I would stop thinking about the media and get bored of it. However I've surprised myself by critically analysing each little thing I see in the media.
My parents have gone away for the weekend and as my brother is working tonight I'm home alone. It's not something I enjoy as I get increasingly paranoid whenever I hear a slight noise. I decided to leave the downstairs lamp on so it looks like somebody is home but I'm pretty sure it looks dodgier having a light on all night. However I refuse to leave my room which probably means I should stop drinking this cosmo stuff otherwise I'm going to need the toilet.
I had the last of my January exams today...it went shockingly bad despite the amount of revision I did. Each of the questions that came up seemed to focus on the areas I hadn't spent as much time on which was incredibly frustrating. At least I can resit it in June and I hopefully will only have 2 exams so I can concentrate more. Sixth Form is going to feel like a waste of time until then as I'm teaching myself the stuff for my AS Psychology exam - something I could probably do without leaving the house. However it is probably best to leave the house once in a while otherwise I will become a hermit.
I discovered a hair removal product called Sugar Stripease on Boots the other day and after noticing all the positive reviews saying how painless it is I decided to purchase some. As I was unable to find it in any of the local stores I've ordered it to be delivered so hopefully I should have it by Wednesday and be totally hair free by Saturday when I'm having a wild night out. I cannot remember the last time I got ridiculously drunk....which for an 18 year old is pretty depressing...this what I'm drinking tonight is the first alcoholic beverage of the year!
The EuroMillions is so tempting so I bought a ticket for tonight's draw hoping that I could win something (wishful thinking)...the results aren't showing on the internet yet so if I do win (yeah right) then expect a blog about it....it'll be likely be something along the lines of "OMG I WON"
I'm hopefully going to stop abandoning this blog...I don't seem to come on my laptop enough to blog and it's frustrating doing it on my phone!
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