If I was on Desert Island Discs

Desert Island Discs is one of my favourite things on this earth and the other day I was sitting on the bus and thought, what would my eight discs be? So here they are.

I'm currently pretending I'm talking to Kirsty Young.

The first song is 'Lift Me Up' sung by Geri Halliwell, my Mum always says that when I was a baby and she put on this song I would stop crying. It makes me think about my Mum and it makes me calm down to this day.

The second disc I have chosen is 'Perfect Moment' sung by Martine McCutcheon, this song also reminds me of my Mum as this is our song. Just after I was born this song played on the radio and I cannot hear it without getting emotional, my Mum and I have always been so close and it just makes me remember happy memories from being small.

The third disc I have chosen is 'Spinning Around' sung by Kylie Minogue, I cannot remember my life without Kylie's music being the soundtrack to it. My Dad always played her music when I was young and this is my all time favourite Kylie track. It makes me think of Saturday mornings with my Dad, dancing along to a concert dvd that he had. It just makes me smile and it reminds me of my Dad and that's really special to me.

The fourth disc is 'How will I know' sung by Whitney Houston, Whitney is one of my favourite artists of all time. I have always adored her music and I can't imagine a world without her music. She is a true legend and I love nothing more than belting out her songs.

The fifth disc I have chosen is 'Buy me a rose' sung by Luther Vandross, soul music has always been a part of my life and it feeds my soul. It reminds me of my family, especially my Grandad and my Mum and Luther's voice is just liquid gold. I would say this my favourite track by him, why I also love this song because one of my closest friends loves this song too and I love sharing the specialness of this.

The sixth disc is 'I'm here' sung by Cynthia Erivo from the 2016-2017 rendition of the Broadway show, The Color Purple. This song makes me feel on top of the world and whenever I am down I sing this song and it instantly gives me a new lease of life. Her voice is magical and her talent as an actor is something I look up to tremendously.

The seventh song is 'Dancing Queen' sung by Abba, this song again has always been one of my favourite songs. It is my Auntie's favourite song and it just makes me think of her when I listen to it. As I am currently seventeen I listen to this song as much as I can as you're only the dancing queen once. Unless you're my Auntie who will always be.

The eighth song I have chosen is 'Love on top' sung by Beyoncé Knowles, I absolutely adore Beyoncé, she is truly a bad ass woman who slays my existence. I can remember being about seven years old dancing to her songs in my room. This one though instantly makes me happy and I love to dance to it.

Although if I had to choose one it would have to be Kylie's 'Spinning Around' because I could listen to it all day and never get tired of it.

So I've been given the Bible and the complete works of Shakespeare, the book I would have to have is Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love. As I could read it forever and never get tired of it, I love her writing style and the whole idea of the book. I am an Elizabeth Gilbert fangirl and proud.

Now a luxury, this was the thing that took me the longest to think of. This one has been used on a previous disc, Kylie's in fact but I would like a photo album filled with pictures of me, my family and my friends. I love to reminisce and I think the album could keep me occupied for some time.

Kirsty young, "Thank you for sharing your Desert Island Discs"

Me, "It was my pleasure to"

Queue the music...

Lots of love

George x

My train story

There is not really a compiled post today as I had quite an interesting evening.

I got on the train from my usual place back to my house however the train did not stop at my station. I thought, okay, I'll get off at the next one. It didn't stop there either. At this point my phone had 1% on it, I quickly wrote the person who was picking me up's number on my hand and then that minute my phone died.

I asked the girl in my carriage if I could borrow her phone and she let me and I tried to call the number multiple times although there was no response. I then texted and about twenty minutes later I got a reply. I then got talking to a boy on the train and all three of us teamed together and worked out how we were going to get home.

We ended up taking the longest route to what we thought was Cannon Street and then ended up at London Victoria. We got off the train at the platform and walked up towards the guard and asked when the next train was, he pointed to the exact one we were on. We then got straight back on it and went back down into Kent. Going the long way again. We ended up chatting, reading newspapers and playing MASH to pass the time.

It took us 2 and a 1/2 hours in the end for a fifteen minute journey, so if you can imagine, I was really pleased.

Anyway that was my Friday night adventure, hopefully yours wasn't as eventful.

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Lots of love

George x

Finding a leopard print coat

Everyone's obsession with leopard print coats is something I can really relate to. However I can't seem to find the perfect one for me, I found this one in Rokit although it wasn't completely perfect. I'm really trying to make my wardrobe more exciting and I feel a leopard print coat would do the trick. 

Basically I'm trying to find the right mix between Pandora Sykes and Macklemore so I am still on the hunt. 

Lots of love 

George x

5 things I do when I'm feeling low

1) Listen to The Color Purple soundtrack, I absolutely love this album! Cynthia's voice automatically gives me life and makes me smile. I always sing I'm here and afterwards it just makes me feel on top of the world. Thank you for this album I don't know what I'd do without it.

2) Listen to a podcast whether it is a Desert Island Disc, The PanDolly Podcast, Jules and Sarah or Ctrl Alt Delete, I just clear my mind and relax whenever I listen to a podcast. Adore them.

3) Watch a sad film, sometimes I like to just let it all out and embrace how I am feeling because if you bottle things up it isn't going to achieve anything.

4) Watch youtube, youtube is such an escape for me and there's just something about it which calms me down. Top youtubers that I turn to are Roly, Riyadh, Estée, Calum, The Michalaks and Megan Ellaby.

5) Make myself a chocolate ovaltine, now this is one of my favourite drinks and the aroma and the warmth just makes me feel all cosy and content. It also makes me sleepy which means it gives my mind a rest.

Those are just some things I do when I'm not feeling my greatest. We all have our down days but hopefully you take some inspiration from this and think about what makes you feel zen and cheers you up. So in the future you'll know how to look after yourself.

Lots of love 

George x

Face masks, tea and a chat

I've currently got my face mask and Biore strip drinking a cup of tea so I thought to just do a chatty post where we just have a catch up. Although a rather one sided one, I'll pretend your talking back to me.

I have recently been rehearsing for my final A level drama piece, we are working on a creative adaption of Medea which I am finding incredibly interesting. If you already know the story of Medea you will understand that she is painted in an awful light however what we are trying to achieve is change the perspective and tell the story through her eyes and ask the question is she a mother or a murderer? I am really enjoying creating my own piece of theatre and it has encouraged me to think and create new ideas for writing an original play of my own.

School is alright, I cannot believe that by June I will have finished secondary school, a school I have been at since I was nine. I am so excited for the next chapter in my life however I am going to miss my school terribly.

I have just finished watching all the episodes of Sex and the City as I am going to New York soon. I have so much love for that show, it is the perfect thing to watch single. I cannot wait to explore New York and find the spots where they shot the show and live my Carrie Bradshaw fantasy. It is my first time going to New York and I can't even describe to you how excited I am. I have wanted to go to New York ever since I can remember, the majority of my favourite television shows are based or have had parts that are in New York so I already feel like I have a connection to the place. I am also planning on vlogging the trip so I hope that all works out. I am also planning on writing some posts about it too so watch out for them if you're interested.

Some youtubers I am really loving at the moment are Lucy Moon who actually inspired me to blog everyday of January, as she is uploading everyday this month, her videos are just amazing and I would love to create content as good as hers one day. Another youtuber I have recently started watching is Carrie Rad, I was introduced to her videos through Estée and she has become really quickly someone who I levitate too. Her videos and vlogs are just so up my street and they also keep me zen when I feel all hormonal (yes boys have hormones too).

We'll have to have another chat someone.

Lots of love 

George x