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Ok, so here it is – 25 things that you didn’t know (and didn’t need to know) about me…
1. I cracked my head open on my 18th birthday and had to go to hospital for stitches whilst my mates celebrated. I had my A-level results the next day
2. I am a Leo and think it says a lot about me
3. I have 12 first cousins on my Moms side of the family – 11 of these are girls
4. I am a perfectionist and don’t like it when people only do half a job of something
5. When I was younger my parents always took me caravanning – when I am older I am definitely getting a caravan
6. I love music and I love camping yet have never been to a music festival
7. I am an only child
8. When I was younger, toys that I owned include a Thomas the Tank train set, a microscope, a metal detector and one of those gadgets you can use to tune in to what air traffic control are saying (can’t remember what it’s called now)
9. I have a pet rabbit – the fourth rabbit I have owned
10. I have never been in love
11. I used to be able to write 100wpm shorthand but haven’t done any for about three years
12. When I was a child, I released my pet hamsters into the wild because I couldn’t bare to keep them after they ate my other hamsters
13. I used to play the piano, not very well, but always wished I was more musical
14. I buy lots of books but don’t always get around to reading them
15. I was a member of the Young Ornithologists Club (my Dad’s fault) but I am grateful that I can tell a sparrow from a sparrow hawk
16. I hate uncertainty but am quite indecisive
17. I am a big fan of Elvis Presley. I blame my mom for this. I have pictures of him in my flat
18. I love my flat but there’s no place like home. My flat is about 2 miles down the road from my parents and I visit them most days
19. I’ve celebrated New Year in Time Square, New York. It was cold and involved lots of standing around. I was with my aunt and four cousins – my aunt and three cousins went back to the hotel before midnight
20. Some people say I am bossy – I kind of am, but I call it organised
21. I am rubbish at remembering things – not things to do, but things that I have done, or heard or seen or said or read and I find it really frustrating. I wonder if it’s an evolutionary thing and i’m not meant to remember?
22. My parents are the most important people in the world to me and the best thing is I love spending time with them. They make me laugh, they make me feel secure and they constantly help me to grow and give me the space to be myself whilst always being there
23. I have been bought up as a catholic but don’t share all catholic values and haven’t really made a decision about religion
24. I love Twitter and the opportunities it has given me to meet people and do things that I might not have done without it
25. I already know the second song I want at my wedding (Everlasting Love by The Love Affair). My husband to be will hopefully help me pick the first!
So there you go – 25 things you didn’t need to know about me. It took a lot longer than I thought – I think that’s a bad thing!
My very special friend Zoe White sent this my way and now that I have done my bit, I am passing the burden to @citizensheep @lovelychaos @anthonyherron @jamiepotter @iheartjoan
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.
EDIT – I thought 5 meme victims was enough but it seems this is meant to go to 25! So here’s another 20 – @mikenolan @deplorableword @gabysslave @john383 @karenstrunks @stevecarpenter @matmannion @dotbenjamin @danux @chrisunitt @tomabbott @tracyplayle @supercoolkp @crisbrown @benjaminbrum @urbanfly @sleepymeuk @robynslingsby @pezholio @jim_b
I’m still here.
It’s been almost a month since my last blog entry – apologies for the absence. It’s been a funny time – since completing the CIPR Diploma I needed to give my brain a bit of a rest (i’m not sure it is fully recovered yet!)
The trouble with not blogging for a while is that it’s hard to know what to blog about to break the drought so I thought I might just start with a round-up of what I have been upto whilst I have been ‘away’ .
- Went to the CIPR PRide Awards where the University won a gold award in the Public Affairs category for the Warwick Commission (read the press release)
- Went to see Blood Brothers at the Birmingham Hippodrome (tweet)
- Went to the inaugral Birmingham Social Media Cafe
- Went to London for Halloween/my mates birthday (tweet)
- Went to Chatsworth in the Peak Ditrict for a week with my parents
- Went out in Birmingham for cousins birthday (tweet)
- Went to London for another mates birthday – Slim Jims in Islington followed by Lucky Voice karaoke
So, that kind of brings me up to date…
Now that I have broken the drought, I will try to think of something more interesting for next time.
So I have resigned myself to the fact that, like April, July is going to be pretty much…
We received our CIPR planning assignment on Monday 30th June and progress so far has been slow. It’s a pretty tricky assignment and being busy with work I just haven’t made much headway with it so it’s time to knuckle down!
I have lots of things to look forward to in August so that should keep me motivated. I’m making a note of them here so that when I am struggling with the assignment and feeling miserable I can remind myself of the fun to come!
- Saturday 2nd August – Leaving Party for Sam and Mark (colleague and her husband who are moving to Brighton)
- Wednesday 6th August – Pickle Jar Communications‘ 1st Birthday Party
- Thursday 7th August – University of Warwick Staff Summer Party
- Saturday 9th August – Nottingham for final CIPR Diploma teaching session
- Tuesday 12th August – Mom’s Birthday
- Wednesday 13th August – Mom’s twin sister (Mag) coming over from Dublin
- Saturday 16th August – My Birthday – there will be a whole weekend of celebrations for this but I haven’t got round to planning it yet!
- Monday 18th August – Going to see Mary Poppins at Birmingham Hippodrome
- Friday 22nd August – Cousin Laura having baby (if not earlier!)
- Saturday 23rd August – Casey Leaver’s 30th Birthday
- Tuesday 26th – Friday 29th August – CASE Annual Conference in Brighton
EDIT: this list is not exhaustive – I shall be adding to it!
So, bring on August when I will feel more like this…
EDIT: I also feel that August might need a theme tune so am open to suggestions…preferably in the form of links to YouTube please!
I realise that my last three blog posts have been a bit heavy going about my CIPR Diploma so here’s a bit of entertainment…
I recently discovered “The Astrology Songs” by Harvey Sid Fisher – “twelve hits describing the special qualities of each sign in the Zodiac”.
You can hear clips from all of the astrology songs on YouTube and they are very entertaining (although I can’t say that they are necessarily accurate!)
Lyrics:
I’M A LOVIN LEO LION
BORN UNDER THE SUN
I’M A LOVIN LEO LION
I CAN DO WHAT CAN’T BE DONE
CERTAIN TO SUCCEED CAUSE I’M A SPECIAL BREED
EVERYTHING ABOUT ME IS RIGHT
YOU KNOW I AM THE FUN SIGN YOU KNOW I AM THE SUN SIGN
YOU KNOW I AM THE LIGHT
I’M A LOVIN LEO LION
DON’T PUT ME IN NO ZOO
I’M A LOVIN LEO LION
I WON’T DO NO TRICKS FOR YOU
MY ROYALTY CAN SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE TO RICH FOR MY BLOOD
I ALWAYS AIM SO HIGH I WILL BE REACHING FOR THE SKY
AND I’LL GET STUCK IN THE MUD
NO WITTICISM IF THE JOKES ON ME
SHOW CRITICISM IF IT’S COMPLIMENTARY
MY VANITY LOVES FLATTERY
I’M A LOVIN LEO LION
A WINNER WITHOUT FAIL
I’M A LOVIN LEO LION
FROM MY MANE DOWN TO MY TAIL
A FLAIR FOR FASHION AFFAIRS OF PASSION
SOMETIMES IN SECRET AND SHAME
I NEED MORE SEX THAN MOST IT’S JUST A FACT NOT A BOAST
AND IF YOU LOVE ME WE’LL DO THE SAME
I’M A LOVIN LEO LION…
Full lyrics and audio clips can be found on Harvey Sid Fishers website. Let me know whether his description of your zodiac sign was accurate…
Another busy few days ahead but busy is good.
Tomorrow I am off to London for a CIPR Education and Skills Sector Group conference, New Challenges, New Opportunities The Role of New Media in Crisis Communications. I am expecting it to be a good day. It has been organised by a former colleague and Director of Pickle Jar Communications and she has managed to secure the Director of Web Communications from Virginia Tech University in America – i’m sure I don’t need to remind you of the tragedy there last year. It will be really interesting to hear from their point to view how they handled it – i don’t think a University can ever be fully prepared for something like that to happen so it will be reassuring to see what lessons they learnt.
On Saturday I am in Nottingham for the sixth session of my CIPR Diploma. At the moment we are working towards for our second assignment – the Planning Assignment. We haven’t been given the assignment yet but basically we will be expected to develop a communications plan and rationale at just over 5000 words. Aapparently this is often a crisis communications situation so i’m hoping tomorrows conference will also be good preparation. The deadline is Friday 1st August so I exepct I will be knuckling down in July (but partying hard on the weekend of 1st August!).
After my course on Saturday I am then travelling across to Keele University for their Homecoming Reunion. I graduated from Keele in 2003 and don’t think I have been back there since maybe 2004 so I am excited and sentimental about returning. I spent three brilliant years there with brilliant friends and I am really looking forward to walking around the campus and remembering the good times spent sat out on the lawns of Keele Hall, drinking in Lindsay Bar and partying in the Union.
Then Sunday I will be coming home to sleep.





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