Band of Brothers

This holiday, me and my brother have sat and watched all of Band of Brothers. I love it, and if you haven't seen it, I think you should, even if you don't normally like WWII films!

hehe

Ever wondered what it would be like if there were no bones in your body?

This kept me entertained for ages.

A great quiz!

Boredom strikes again. So take my quiz and see how you do.

Tess!

Me and ma bro had a great time walking Tess through the snow this afternoon.


But when we got home she thought it would be hilarious to roll all over the grass and coat herself in snow before we went in the house. Yes Tess, very funny.

Special Christmas Present

My neighbours have made my christmas wish come (semi) true! They've gone away for 2 days so I get to look after my neighbour's dog calledTess. Yay!

She's quite old now, but I can remember when I used to go to their house when they still lived on the end of my street, as opposed to next door to me, for my violin lessons, when I was 7 years old. She used to get really excited and jump around at me, but when I saw her yesterday she kept coming to me for a stroke, but didn't get too excited, and then she fell asleep on my feet! Guess that's what come of being an old lady I suppose...

I can't believe how long it is since I've been in their house. Me and Robin, her son, used to be really good friends when we were little, but because we both went to boarding school we didn't spek for ages. And even now that they've moved next door we never see each other because of how our houses are set out and because we're inside most of the time. It's pretty silly because I think we'd get on quite well. Yesterday was the first time I'd spoken to him in about 3 years. Stupid isn't it?? Oh well.

I'll take the camera when we go out for a walk this afternoon and get some pictures. It's been snowing too so it'll be a bit more exciting than usual!

But first, SHOPPING! woo hoo

Merry Christmas!

If I haven't said it to you already, then MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I hope you really enjoy it!

xxxxxxx

Today

We spent most of this afternoon cleaning our new house.

Here's the front...

And here's the back...

NARNIA!

I know I went to see it a while ago, but I haven't written about it on here yet even thoug I promised I would.

I really enjoyed it, hence going twice to see it! It was a bit cheesy in places (which isn't a bad thing!!!) and was also quite funny too in parts. But, I think the White Witch wasn't nearly scary enough and was quite disappointed that there wasn't more blood (yes yes I know it's a kids film so they can't, but it just makes it so much more realistic!). But other than that it was, as Tony the Tiger says, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeaat!!

I could actually watch it again. I hope they do the others and that they're good. hmmmm

If you want to see more really good pictures click here.

The coolest thing EVER in a million years!

I've just spoken to Tom on msn and he asked me to guess what score he got when he went bowling. 2 thing about this are amazing: a) the number of strikes that he got, and b) how awesome I am at guessing. Here's the whole conversation....


Tom says:
guess what i bowled today

Becky says:
130

Tom says:
dont be silly

Becky says:
110

Becky says:
sorry i was being optimistic

Tom says:
what!?!? please.... higher

Tom says:
becky

Becky says:
what?!

Becky says:
i don't know!

Tom says:
guess again

Becky says:
227

Becky says:
haha

Tom says:
yeah baby

Becky says:
just tell me i'm no good at guessing

Tom says:
how awesomely bad ass cool is that

Becky says:
what? what did you get?#

Tom says:
two hundred and twenty seven

Becky says:
exactly?!?!?!?

Tom says:
yeah

Tom says:
shut up you didnt guess that

Becky says:
WHAT?!!?! how did i guess that exactly!!!

Becky says:
that's cooler than you actually getting that score in bowling!

Tom says:
haha yeah whatever

Tom says:
and no way is it

Becky says:
tom, how could i possibly have known it was that??

Tom says:
you couldve asked jack!!

Becky says:
are you lying to me? did you actually get 227 or not?

Tom says:
becky shut up

Becky says:
no really!!!

Becky says:
i had no idea!

Tom says:
you should be lavishing me with compliments and callin me the man

Tom says:
the don

Becky says:
i haven't spoken to jack for months!

Tom says:
the big dawg

Tom says:
the mac daddy

Becky says:
oh yes sorry i forgot that bit, i got too carried away with me being such an amazing guesser.....

Tom says:
you didnt guess that, i have it as my name

Becky says:
well done thomas i am very, VERY proud of you. you're the most amazing bowler and super cool guy that i ever heard of

Tom says:
wow cheeers

Tom says:
youd be suprised how often i hear that

Becky says:
i did guess that

Becky says:
you have what as your name, it just says 'tom' on mine

Tom says:
yeah then 227 in brackets

Tom says:
becky theres no way you guessed that

Becky says:
no it doesn't say that

Becky says:
i'm on wondows messenger, i can't see anything other than tom

Tom says:
you couldnt have guessed that

Becky says:
wondows haha i mean windows

Becky says:
but seriously, would i ever lie to you tom?? i did guess that!

Tom says:
prove it

Becky says:
how?

Becky says:
if you tell me how i can prove it i will

Becky says:
i promise you, i did guess that i swear on my life

Becky says:
i swear on your life!!

Tom says:
nah no way

Tom says:
not possible

Becky says:
and jade's and michaels and jess'

Becky says:
who else do i have to say?!?

Tom says:
i asked jack he said he didnt tell you

Tom says:
are you serious, did you honest to god guess that

Tom says:
becky did you, seriously

Tom says:
anyway seriously, how awesome is that, i got 5 strikes in a row

Becky says:
i swear tom, i guessed it

Tom says:
this is the best day of my life in ages

Becky says:
honest to God, and you know i would never say that unless i meant it

Tom says:
thats awesome bad ass cool

Tom says:
thats really weird

Becky says:
this is so awesome i'm gonna blog about it

Tom says:
swwweeeeeeeeettttt make sure everyone knows how bad ass awesome i am

Tom says:
but seriously that is cool, what are the chances ey

Becky says:
wow tom, we are actually amazing, even thoug i do say so myself....

Tom says:
yeah i know that is crazy


Wow. I never realised I was that good at guessing. How random is that!! I can't believe he didnt believe me either! How rude! Would I ever lie to you Tom??

This is what I really want for christmas...

This is my real christmas list. I want....

A Westie puppy....
A little bunny rabbit....
A ginger kitten.....
A hamster.....
.... and Oscar, Jonnys cat. I think he might be upset if I stole him though, so I'll be satisfied with looking after and playing with him for a while...


You know, I just got these pictures, apart from the last one obviously, off the Internet and said Awwww!!! really loud, forgetting that I'm surrounded by people. Now I look like a complete weirdo...

Norfolk Park Christmas Cracker!

Here's a few pictures of me and my housemates at the Norfolk Park christmas party. As you can see, we're all very silly. But that's nothing new, I'm sure.

It's oh so quiet! Shh! Shh!!

Well I’m all alone now. It’s quite sad really; being in such a quiet house makes me miss all my friends even more.

I’ve been lying on my bed in the dark, eating chocolate, listening to Damien Rice and looking at the moon. I feel so relaxed, I could go to sleep even though it’s still early. I shouldn’t though, or I’ll wake up early tomorrow and won’t have anything to keep me occupied. Somehow I find it easier to fill the time in the evening, so I might as well stay awake for a while and just sleep longer in the morning.

If you haven’t listened to this song before, then you should get it. I love it. Cannonball is also a great song.

The Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice
And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
no love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We’ll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower’s daughter
The pupil in denial

I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes

Oooh did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can’t take my mind off of you
I can’t take my mind off of you
I can’t take my mind off of you
I can’t take my mind
My mind, my mind'Till I find somebody new

Whatever shall I do???

I have now officially finished for my Christmas holiday. But I'm not flying home until Monday.....

My entertainment (Jonny and Faye) are leaving me today so I'm going to be alone all evening and all day tomorrow! (ok so it might not seem that bad but i spend EVERY night at their house, often until about 3 in the morning - it's going to hard coping without them). But I suppose I might be ok. I could do some work and I need to tidy up and pack. It's Jess' birthday on sunday so it's her party on saturday night which will be good fun. To delay boredom further, I've decided to visit my little sister (hehe, did you get that? I don't have a little sister, just an older one that is literally little...) in Leeds on sunday. I'll stay there the night and then travel to Manchester airport together on monday morning. woot woot

But, Oh, what joy is mine! I shalst be as bored as a biscuit crumb (cause, to be honest, what fun do they ever have??) from this very night onwards for a whole 24 hours! I copeth not too well when I am unfortunate enough not haveth my dear friends for entertainment. What shalst I do? If I were to do some work, I shouldst be even more upset througheth mineth boredom.... eth....

Enough of the weird language.... I'll go now... ciao for now Squirrels!

Toodle pip!

Christmas Shopping

I went to Meadowhall today (uni lasted for a total of 20 minutes, so me and jess took advantage of it and got there early!) but only bought one thing. RUBBISH. So when I got back to Sheffield I decided to pop into town and bought loads of stuff all in about 10 minutes. I realised that I started to get slightly carried away so decided to stop (i.e. stopped myself from buying a present from me to myself, which was a big shame. Maybe another day....).

I was trying to count up what I spent (I've been using my card, so haven't really kept track) and thought 'hmmm maybe it's a good idea if I stop now' and then remembered that I haven't actually paid for any of my main presents for my family (minus one) yet. Oops. Oh well, I guess I don't spend that much money the rest of the time, so one shopping spree is allowed, right? And anyway, none of it is for me, so that makes it ok too. I'm just too generous, that's my problem. hehe

Still stuck on brilliant ideas of what to buy me for christmas?? Here's a few tips:
- beautiful, lovely, pretty earrings
- somewhere that I can keep my beautiful, lovely, pretty earrings
- ultimate disney cd (yes I know I'm sad, there's no need to tell me)
- some kind of music player type thing (like an mp3 or something (not a rubbis one, I want one that holds A LOT), or if you're feeling extra nice, an ipod)
- choclate (tip: welcome all year round at Chez Beaky)
- a nice belt
- a new bag. Actually, 2 new bags. One bigger one for carrying stuff to uni in, and one smaller, general one
- a dog. Too ambitious?? hmmm. Possibly.
- ok, a hamster then. That's smaller and easier to look after...... Is asking for 2 hamsters pushing it? Or how about a cat? ..... Yes, I'm definitely pushing it now.
- a guitar
- knee-high stripy socks. Because you can never have too many.
- Phil collins CD............ What?? ................ There's nothing wrong with that!

If you've already got me my present, then don't worry, I'll accept and like anything that you give me. If you still feel bad that you haven't got what's on my list, then just get me one of them as well. Getting 2 presents is perfectly ok by me. Hey whatever! Go all out! Get me 3 presents!! I wont complain! Or 4, or 5, or 6............

The smallest things make me excited......

For example this. There's a nice exhibition thing int he university reception with lots of wonderful pictures, I could stand and look at them for hours. I think it's a bit late to change my degree to architecture though, isn't it??

And it's a shame I'll have left Sheffield by the time it's all finished. I'll have to come back just so I can see it all done. Yay. Ooh and you never know, mine and Faye's super master plan that we just dreamt up (*wink, wink, nudge nudge*) might be great!! haha


In other news...

I really need to get some credit on my phone. I haven't had any for weeks and it's just getting ridiculous!

I used to wonder....

..... where I got my silliness from, but now it's certain that I got it from my mum. I even have evidence for you. It's from an email that she sent me today.

Exhibit A

'Daddy is getting more concerned about the snow that's forecast to start on Friday and not stop. I have to have a contingency plan to get you all home. Hope you've got some good shoes and a map!'

haha very funny (just so you know, it takes 2 1/2 hours to drive, nevermind walk!)

Exhibit B

'Lots of love,
Mama xxxx**xxxx***xx***xxxxxxxxxxx***xx*x*xx***(kisses in the snow!)'

Yes, yes I know it's very nice, but you have to admit, very silly too. hehe

*sigh*
I love my mummy.

YAY!

Finally got to go and see Narnia today. How exciting. Will write more about it another time, I can't be bothered to now! I just thought I'd better post something incase you thought I didn't love you anymore.

Thing you didn't know about me #17

(I think we're on number 17 anyway...)

My span of concentration lasts for 40-45 minutes. Once it gets past that time I start staring out of the window thinking random thoughts. 9 times out of 10 my thought trail leads to food - well there's a surprise for you!

Usually, (actually it depends on the degree of boredom) it takes me about 10 or 15 minutes to be able to sit down again and work, but seeing as I am in the library now, I don't have anyone that I can go and talk to and annoy, so I've been sat at the computer doing pretty much nothing in my break. I still feel bored of doing that work, even though I stopped about 50 minutes ago. tee hee. And oh! What luck! It's time to go.....

Wish me luck in my presentation!

Christmas is here!!

Well, not quite yet, but near enough. Today it is 'Number 77 & 78s Christmas Dinner'. I'm so excited about it (yes yes, I know I don't live in either of those houses, but I'm special so I've been invited). It's going to be so much fun, that I think I might even wear a Santa hat.

I've been so stressed over the last couple of days, but I've handed in one of my reports this morning and I've got my presentation this afternoon, so once that's all completely out of the way I can paaaaaaaaaarty! Woo hoo!

Oooh this dinner is gonna taste so gooooooood!

There's just nothing like it...

There really is nothing like going home so late that the birds are already singing. I've done that the last 2 days, and quite surprisingly, I'm not really tired at all! I don't regret it either, I had a really nice time, because I did something that I haven't done for a long time. I chatted. Well, actually on Saturday night we watched Family Guy the movie, two family guy episodes and charlie and the chocolate factory as well as chatted a little bit, but last night we just chatted (and watched family guy at the same time tee hee). I don't know why I haven't done anything like that for a long time, but I think I've learnt more about Jonny and got to know him better over the last few days than I have done my own housemate over the space of 3 months!

It's got me thinking. I think in life everyone has loads of friends that they really enjoy being with, but there aren't really that many people that you can sit and have a proper conversation with. I mean real conversation. I spend most of my time in pointless conversation with hundreds of different people that doesn't actually mean anything and isn't important, but it's so interesting when you can sit and really get to know a person.

I think this is so true:

If you can tell someone anything without thinking that it might change their opinion of you or that they wold think you were weird, then then they are a true friend. But I think the real decider isn't what happens when you're talking, but in the silences in between. If you know you could both sit for 5 minutes in complete silence and then suddenly start talking again about something completely random and it's not at all awkward throughout, then you can really know that you feel comfortable with that person. Awkward silences are a definite no no. You should never feel like you have to say something to keep it going.

I'm so lucky that I have people that I'm like that with. Christiana is my best friend. Even if we don't speak to each other for 4 months, as soon as we do speak or see each other we pick up where we left off. I find that real friendships don't take much effort to keep up, because time doesn't ever change them. There's no need to constantly stay in touch, because they already know that you love them, there's no need to keep saying it.

Christiana isn't the only one I've got either. There's Michael. And Jess. Jade. Alex. Johnny. I could go on...

I'm so lucky.


Why am I being so soppy today? What's wrong with me?? he he

Ever get that feeling?

Ever get that feeling that you wish you hadn’t told someone that your blog existed because now they read it so you can’t really say whatever you want to on it anymore because they know what or who you’re talking about? There’s something nice about a blog that only strangers read, you’d never be worried about them judging you. You could let out your inner most secrets too, and it wouldn’t matter. The Story of My Life is well and truly public, so I can’t do that anymore. Even worse, not only can everyone see what I’ve written recently, they can dive into my past, to before they know me in person, discovering things about me that I would never expect or want them to know (if there's someone reading this and they know what i mean by 'Spoon', then aaaarrrrggghhh!!!). Hmmm maybe I should make another secret blog where I can tell my secrets to the world. Or maybe I should learn to be less afraid of expressing myself properly to people around me. There are very few people in this world that really know me. If you think you’re one of those who do, you’re probably wrong. Aside from my family, of course. But then, I don’t like that my parents read this either. I don’t know why, it just feels strange, not like they’re spying or anything, just that, I dunno, it’s just weird, that’s all.

We love united, we do!!

I’m sat (yes mum I know you always tell me it’s ‘I am sitting’, but I don’t care) at my computer in my room trying to do some work, and all I can hear is football hooligans chanting in the stadium. They must be extra loud today, I’ve never been able to hear them this far away before! Crazy!

He he I think someone just missed the goal, I heard a big ‘Oooooooh!’

I think it’s Sheffield United against Sheffield Wednesday too, so it could be messy afterwards!

Another survey yay!

Quite a few people have been posting this recently, so I thought I'd have a go too. You never know, you might learn something wonderful and new about me!

1. What is your full name? HRH PrincessRebecca Joanne Harris

2. What color pants are you wearing? english pants or american pants?? well, english pants are black, and i'm wearing jeans (as usual!)

3. What are you listening to right now? The sound of about 100 other people typing and a low muttering of various conversations around the room

4. What was the last thing you ate? cheese spread sandwiches. I promise you, I'm not really obsesses with cheese!

5. Do you wish on stars? I am a star! It'd be pretty silly wishing on myself, wouldn't it?!

6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Pink with sparkles that smells pretty. Same as Gilly.

7. How is the weather right now? Miserable. It's starting to get dark already and it's only 3pm

8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Hmmmm... Think it was Adrian on wednesday actually. I don't use my phone very much.

9. Do you like the person who sent this to you? I wasn't sent it, but I just read Gilly's and yes, I like her!

10. How old are you today? 18 years, 3 months and errrr quite a few days (can't be bothered to count!)

11. Favorite drink? MIIIIIIIIILK!!

12. Favorite sport? I'm not very sporty, but I really like tennis and also a bit of squash. haven't played for ages though

14. What color is your car? I've never even had one driving lesson!! What happened to question 13??

15. Siblings? Steven 24, gemma 22 (mental age 8), sarah 20 (mental age 6). That would make my mental age 4. I think that's quite generous.

16. Favorite month? august because it means birthday and holiday!!

17. Favorite food? Chicken broccoli gratin, chocolate, fish finger sandwiches, jam sandwiches, chicken tonight (country french), swiss gateau, bacon butties, bratwurst mit pommes und mayonnaise, anything else that has mayonnaise on it. The list is endless. I find the action of eating so satisfying. I really do. I'm lucky I'm not really fat!

18. What was the last movie you saw? Saw II. Don't watch before bed.

19. Favorite day of the year? 8th august - start buying presents now!

.20. What do you do to vent anger? grit my teeth, dunno really. Hmm what do I do? Eat??

21. What was your favorite toy as a child? Playmobil all the way baby! We had the victorian mansion!! WOW

22. Summer or Winter? summer definitely, I don't enjoy the cold AT ALL

23. Hugs or kisses? both

24. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate. No actually, both!

25. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? Well, no, seeing as this isn't even an email. Leave me a comment instead. Actually, you can email me if you want to!

26. What are you sorely lacking in your life right now? hmmm some food, my tummy is rumbling and a hug. But it has to be a special hug, of the alex or michael variety.

27. If you could ask Santa for ONE THING what would it be? Ioooh... the worlds prettiest earrings ever

28. When was the last time you cried? i don't know actually, not for a lnog time. I'M HAAAAAAARD haha. Actually, was quite weird, nearly burst into tears yesterday, but i didn't.

29. What is under your bed? a suitcase, some plastic bags, a calender lots of other things i've forgotten about probably

31. What did you do last night? went to cu, the to the old monk for a drink with faye, dan, joel, luke, rochelle, james and megan and then we errr... we, err..... went to the library in the middle of the night and we messed around and gave each other back massages and had fun with my blog and made fun of joel for stalking me on my blog (note: he's not actually a stalker, don't worry!) and we had lots of fun and then we went home and went to bed. We're not sad really, i swear...

32. What are you afraid of? nothing. I have no fear. As I said, I'M HAAAAAAAAARD

33. Plain, buttered or salted popcorn? any

34. Favorite car? bobby, my mums little blue corsa

.35. Favorite flower? red roses... obviously

36. Number of keys on your key ring? 5. 3 are all the same - for my suitcase, i can't be bothered to take them off cos i'll lose them, then one for my front door and one for my bedroom

37. How many years at your current job? Job?? What job?? I don't do anything all day other than laze around and eat, I'm a student!!!

38. Favorite day of the week? Thursdays, even though it's my busiest day (doesn't make sense, does it?). I always have the most fun on thursdays with my cu buddies. Actually Tuesday was very fun this week. And wednesday. I think monday was too. Lets just say I've had a fun week, shall we?

39. What did you do on your last birthday? went to tgi fridays for a meal and i had to stand on my chair while they sang to me and then went out into leeds with some friends. We had a party in the car on the way too which included decorations, birthday/party/generally cheesy music and cake with the coolest candles on EVER (they were bright colours and were kind of 'twirly' iif that makes sense)

40. How many provinces have you lived in? none. I've lived in 2 counties (3 if you include south and west yorkshire as being different - the other was hampshire) and nordrheinwestfahlen, which is in germany. Can't remember what they're called, but its's not a state i don't think. Or a county

41. How many cities have you lived in? Osnabruck, Leeds/Bradford (was right in between them), Winchester and Sheffield. hehe when I wrote bradford just then I wrote breadford. Must be a sign that I'm hungry. Time to go!

One last thing....

I know everyone will think that I'm completely obsessed with posting things tonight, but I just wanted to say one last thing.

It's about Michael. I love him. I actually love him. I miss him soooooo much. He's so wonderful, he really is...

Michael says:
(he put a picture of a little rose)

Michael says:
i was thinking about you today

Princess Becky says:
really? why? how lovely

Princess Becky says:
i luuuuuuuuuuurve you

Michael says:
about how great you are

Michael says:
nighty night beaks

Princess Becky says:
night night love you georgie xxx


Thing is, there's no reason for me keeping on saying I love you, because he already knows it.

Introducing....

My stalker....


This person has been on my blog about 1 million times since he discoverd it on Monday.

I'm quite worried. Maybe I should run home now and lock myself in my room until it's safe to come out.

Do you have any idea who it is??

What about you, JOEL?? Hm??? Explain yourself!

Uh oh

I think I've got myself a new nickname. Another one to add to the ever growing list. It's not good. I even answered to it a minute ago... oops.

It is......

CHEESE


AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

I think it might stick too. (it's from the weekend away, just in case you're a bit slow...)

Oh dear. I thought Beaky was bad...

I'm not even a member of Cheesus either!! What's going on!?!

Introducing.....

FAYE!

Faye is my new wonderful friend at uni. I just thought that she needed to be introduced, because you've met all my other friends in the past but not Faye yet. (actually, I've never properly introduced my best friend, Christiana, which is a bit silly really! I will do sometime in the near future....) I'm afraid I don't have a good picture of her to put on here, so you'll have to make do with imagination for the moment!

Essential Faye Facts:
- she's insane, like me
- she loves pride and prejudice, like me
- she loves hot chocolate, like me
- she is a very bad influence, like me!