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| | IT’S the birthplace of a living legend and home to a cracking curry. | | | Thursday, November 26, 2009 (12:59 PM)
(I'm feeling excited) | | IT’S the birthplace of a living legend and home to a cracking curry.
That was Top Gear motor-mouth Jeremy Clarkson’s verdict of Middlesbrough this weekend.
Outspoken Clarkson motored into town with fellow presenters James May and Richard Hammond to record an episode of the show featuring the multi-million pound mima art gallery.
Clarkson gave his thoughts on the town - and what he had discovered since arriving.
“It’s fantastic and I have just found out that one of my living legends Paul Rodgers was born in Middlesbrough,” he said.
“That’s the single most important thing I have ever been told!”
The presenter also revealed that the previous night, the team had enjoyed “a really really good curry” at Indian restaurant Akbar’s. And James May added: “It was one of the best curries I have had for ages!”.
Motor mania had spread across Teesside late last week as word spread that the Top Gear trio were filming in and around Middlesbrough.
When the exhibition opened at the weekend, some queued from close to 5am to be first in line for the ticketless opening morning.
A total of 7,000 tickets for the remainder of the weekend had previously been snapped up by engine enthusiasts in just 24 hours.
And while all visitors were able to enjoy the exhibition, a lucky few managed to catch a glimpse of the show’s stars.
“We could have gone to Liverpool but needed to leave with the wheels still on our cars so chose Middlesbrough,” Clarkson added.
May said: “I think we have done a good job here and I hope Middlesbrough likes it.”
Jeremy Clarkson gave his own verdict on what makes a good piece of art.
“I don’t like looking at Cuban art, or Renaissance, or Henry Moore works on sheep droppings. But I do like looking at a car or any picture of one"
“I also don’t like it when people in London tell me what I should see.”
And pointing to one painting in the book and then to the Ferrari he had chosen for the area entitled The Best Looking Cars Room, he said: “This is a lot more expensive than that. And this is just an amazingly good looking car.”
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For those who dont know i LOVE cars. Yes im a petrol head :-p After watching Top Gear for many years i finally got to meet Jezza, Captain slow and Hamster........ um i mean....... Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.
When you meet people who you have admired and been fans of for years it is a true thrill when you get to see them face to face. Jeremy was all over the place, having a laugh and greeting as many people as he could. Richard was signing autographs alot and seemed happy to chat. James was abit more quiet but just as charming as he is on tv..... Very handsome too ;-)
Top gear, you have a fan for life. Thank you for making my weekend the best in along time :-)
Luv
Cat x
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| | ANother Quiz/Survey | | | Thursday, November 26, 2009 (12:39 PM)
(I'm feeling confused) | | Say something about the last person you kissed on the lips?
Um…. No comment :-p
When was the last time you were truly and completely happy?
Friday and Saturday J
What are you thinking about right now?
Random thoughts
Do you think you are a good person?
I try to be but its not fun to be good all the time :-p
Do you break things when you are mad?
No
Is it okay to kiss people if you're single?
Yes. A kiss can be a greeting.
Did you talk to your father today?
Talk…. Um, yea if you can call it that
Are you starting to realize anything?
Yes
What were you doing at 8 this morning?
Asleep
What do you hate?
I could do a list. Ignorance, abuse, hurt, greed, politicians…… the list is endless.
Do you like Mexican food?
Its ok not my first choice
What are you looking forward to in the next month?
Nothing much…. I cant wait till next year.
Do you want someone back in your life?
Yes
Have you ever in anyway, been betrayed by someone you trust?
Who hasn't? -ditto
Do you find it in your heart to forgive?
Sometimes although it takes me along time to forgive.
At what age do you want to get married?
No idea
Where were you at two this morning?
Watching TV on my PC
When was the last time you laughed REALLY hard?
Saturday
What was the first thing you thought about when you woke up?
A person
Is there anyone you want to come see you?
Not sure
Does it bother you when people bring up your past?
Not bothered.
What are you doing tonight?
Quiet night tonight watching tv
Is there snow on the ground where you are?
No
Are you happy with the choices you've made?
No
Do you usually apologize first?
No
Would you ever get a tattoo?
I sure would ;-)
Is there someone you used to talk to every single day that you don't talk to at all?
Yes
If you ended up in jail, who would be most likely to end up in there with you?
Oooh, tough choice. Better not say :-p
Have you ever fallen asleep while texting someone?
Yes
Have you ever felt like you literally needed someone?
Not really
Could you ever be friends with the person who hurt you most in life?
No
Last person you kissed on the lips said that you were the only one they wanted, would you believe them?
Not sure
Let's test your memory, what were you wearing during your last kiss?
Clothes, haha
What is the latest you've stayed up in the past week?
3 am
What is the last nickname someone called you?
Speedy
What are you listening to?
Not listening to anything at moment
Do you think anyone has feelings for you?
No comment
Are you confused about anything?
Yup
Are you a jealous person?
No
Can you get over more...people easily?
Sometimes, depends who they are and what they meant to me
Can a boy and girl be friends without having feelings for each other?
Yes 100%
Is someone of the opposite sex on your mind?
Indeedy
Are you on a desktop or laptop?
Desktop
Do you find it hard to trust others?
Yes
Who was the last person to compliment you?
-
Have you ever walked on the beach at night?
Yes
How have you felt today?
Confused, tired and restless
Have you hugged anyone in the last 72 hours?
Yes
How much money did you spend today?
Nothing, yey me
When is your birthday?
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| | Quizzy | | | Thursday, November 26, 2009 (12:32 PM)
(I'm feeling confused) | | Describe how you feel right now in one word:
Mixed
Do you still have your Christmas lights up?
Not put them up yet
Where did you get your last bruise from?
Trapping my finger in the car door
Who last called you?
Sara
Will your next kiss be a mistake?
No idea
If you were in the hospital who would be the first to come see you?
No idea
Has anyone ever said anything that brought tears to your eyes?
Yes
Is there someone who you instantly smile when you receive a message?
Sage x Its always nice to hear from her.
What song could you listen to on repeat?
Minority- Green Day
So... the last person you kissed asks you to marry them, you say?
Woooooooo slow down!
What's the last thing you drank?
Tea
Has anyone gotten on your nerves lately?
Everyone's so full of shit, born and raised by hypocrites!
…. Had to pinch this answer from Sage, I feel the same.
Where is the furthest place you've traveled?
America. Wish it was further.
Have you ever seen your best friend cry?
Yes
Ever felt like you hit rock bottom?
Yup
What do you order from McDonalds?
Im vegetarian…. Why would I be at McDonalds! Only a few things to eat.
Last compliment you received?
Not saying :-p
Why are you confused right now?
I don’t know where to begin. Next year is gonna be a shock to the system.
Favorite food to snack on?
Chocolate or Strawberrys
What's the best concert you've ever gone to?
Green Day Wembley- Although don’t go till next year but know it will be the best
Was your New Years enjoyable?
No and this one will be just as rubbish unless I can make plans
What was the reason you got grounded for last?
Never been grounded….. And im 23 so too old for it, haha
When a friend walks out of your life, do you go after them or let them go?
Let them go, most people walk away eventually
What's the reason behind your default?
If I knew that I wouldn’t have a default
What woke you up this morning?
Alarm clock
Has a boy ever asked you for advice regarding a friend of yours?
Kinda
Do you wear the hood on your hoodies?
Sometimes
Do long distance relationships really work out?
Depends on the people
Do you have something that belongs to someone from your past?
Yes
What was the last song you downloaded?
Tik Tok by Keisha :-s
What's your television must see?
Top Gear
Who do you mostly tell everything to?
Nobody
Do you believe in luck?
No
Relationship between you and the last person you texted?
Friend
What should you really be doing right now?
Nothing to do
Nervous for anything?
Lots of things
What is something you really miss?
Happiness
How many people got your back?
Sage and James. I love you guys x
If someone were to tell you how they felt about you, would you listen?
Depends on what they felt and who it came from
What are you looking forward to this summer?
Freedom
Your best friend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you say?
No idea :-s
Have you ever cried over a text?
No
Is there someone who continuously lets you down?
Yup
Last guy to call you beautiful?
Now that would be telling :-p
What was the last thing that impressed you?
The kindness of strangers
Do you always answer your texts?
Always. Well unless im not talking to the person who texts.
What does your favorite hat look like?
I don’t own a hat :-o lol x
Would you ever camp out on a beach, under the stars?
Yea sure
Has anybody ever given you butterflies?
Yes
Whats your favorite band at the moment?
Green Day and Paramore
Is it awkward when you run into your ex?
No
Give me a lyric from the song you're listening to:
And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe
That don't believe in me
What's at the top of your wish list?
Anything Top Gear, I love cars!
Are you usually the comforter or the one being comforted?
Comforter
Have you changed in the past 6 months?
Yes alot
Ever feel alone when you're surrounded by people?
All the time
What's the worst feeling ever?
Loss
Craziest thing you've ever done on a dare?
Not sure
What are you looking forward to?
…… not sure
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| | Ooh, me too. Punks rule ;-) | | | Friday, October 23, 2009 (10:10 AM)
(I'm feeling relaxed) | |
You Are Punk Music
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You've thought long and hard about what mainstream society has to offer...
And you've pretty much decided that most normal things aren't for you.
You're creative, expressive, and likely to do things yourself.
You are a rebel and a fighter. You'll defend your point of view to anyone.
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| | Update- 05/10/09 | | | Monday, October 5, 2009 (1:56 PM)
(I'm feeling exhausted) | | Cancelled therapy, not taking my medication and generally fed up. That's what has been happening while i was away from Lv. To be honest im not even sure if i am back yet.
I hate october. October is a reminder of failure. My birthday is the 30th october. I have no plans. I will be 23 years old. I have nothing. I dont have a job and i still live at home. This year will be my 10th year of self harming. Im so fed up.
I am left an empty shell with my mental illness. I dont even know what it is anymore. One psych says its bipolar disorder and the other says its depression. I wish they knew because i dont have a clue. I have tried talking to people but they seem just as confused as i am. So what is the point. I have to drag up all the things i think and feel time and time again. Cant people just get that i am TIRED!!!!! I guess i want to be able to open up to someone and say this is what i think, this is what i feel, tell me whats wrong, wave the magic wand and cure me. Ha, nothing in life is ever that simple.
Anyway this is just a quick blog from me. I dont really know what else to say. I will be back on LV as soon as i can.
Also if any of my friends want my phone number as i have a new mobile phone, just message me. I am more of a texter than a talker though.
I hope everyone is well. Im sorry im not around more often. I will be back more often soon.
I miss you all.
Love
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| | VMA's | | | Sunday, September 13, 2009 (10:16 PM)
(I'm feeling happy) | | Green Day
Ok so of course i will firstly talk about Green Day who i am soooo proud of. What a great night they had! As a Green Day fan i sat and watched with a feeling of such pride and excitement. My band.... the one who i have followed for years, wins, once again! I hold my head up high and say I AM PROUD TO BE A GREEN DAY FAN..... always have been and always will be. Even if they had not won i still would have said the same. I voted for them to win best rock video so i was a part of their win :-)
Best Rock Video "21 Guns"
Best Cinematography "21 guns" Jonathan Sela
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Best Direction "21 Guns" Marc Webb
For me the best performances of the night were:
Green Day- Kick Ass Rock..... obviously my fav live performance :-)
Pink- Just a visual treat, stunning and such tallent... not to mention body strength
Muse- They performed Uprising, an overall great performance
Janet Jackson- A great tribute to Michael Jackson
As for Kanye West.... he dosn't even deserve talking about but i have to say he is a fucking idiot! He jumped on stage and spoiled Taylor Swift's win.... im not a fan of Taylor Swift be she did NOT deserve that. Kanye West has such a big head and thinks he rules everything, well he dosn't! The VMA's should be about the winners and the performances NOT the biggest loser of the night. Oh and on a backstage video on you tube he said 'give a black man a chance'....... Kanye it has nothing to do with giving a black man a chance. It has everything to do with you been a fucking idiot!
So a round up of the night. Green won all three awards they were nominated for and their performance was amazing. My next best performance was Pink. An all round good night. Some key performances and some well deserved winners. Im glad i watched it all..... and with me not going to sleep tonight (my alarm clock has just gone off and im still awake) that is dedication!
May the VMA's be remembered for the WINNERS and PERFORMANCES and NOT the stupid actions of one pathethic man.
WELL DONE WINNERS AND THOSE WHO PERFORMED *APPLAUSE*
Luv
Cat x
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| | Wuthering Heights | | | Monday, August 10, 2009 (3:33 PM)
(I'm feeling hopeful) | | A poem by one of my favourite poets Sylvia Plath:
Wuthering Heights
The horizons ring me like faggots,
Tilted and disparate, and always unstable.
Touched by a match, they might warm me,
And their fine lines singe
The air to orange
Before the distances they pin evaporate,
Weighting the pale sky with a soldier color.
But they only dissolve and dissolve
Like a series of promises, as I step forward.
There is no life higher than the grasstops
Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind
Pours by like destiny, bending
Everything in one direction.
I can feel it trying
To funnel my heat away.
If I pay the roots of the heather
Too close attention, they will invite me
To whiten my bones among them.
The sheep know where they are,
Browsing in their dirty wool-clouds,
Grey as the weather.
The black slots of their pupils take me in.
It is like being mailed into space,
A thin, silly message.
They stand about in grandmotherly disguise,
All wig curls and yellow teeth
And hard, marbly baas.
I come to wheel ruts, and water
Limpid as the solitudes
That flee through my fingers.
Hollow doorsteps go from grass to grass;
Lintel and sill have unhinged themselves.
Of people the air only
Remembers a few odd syllables.
It rehearses them moaningly:
Black stone, black stone.
The sky leans on me, me, the one upright
Among the horizontals.
The grass is beating its head distractedly.
It is too delicate
For a life in such company;
Darkness terrifies it.
Now, in valleys narrow
And black as purses, the house lights
Gleam like small change.
Luv
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| | Been Bipolar | | | Saturday, June 20, 2009 (12:27 PM)
(I'm feeling numb) | | Bipolar
Ok so yes i am Bipolar as many of you know. I have felt ashamed sometimes of having this disorder but i know i shouldn't. It limits me alot and to some extent i hate it.
I have been in the lows now for 6 weeks.... all varied stages of depression. I have blocked people out, avoided situations and got more and more affraid of the outside world. I feel like im in a shell. That shell been my bipolar. The bipolar is so hard to break through, i chip away tiny pieces but somehow it comes back twice as strong.
Bipolar for me is abit like a journey i have no choice on. Like been shoved onto transportaion and been forced to stay on untill the disorder lets me go...... only to pick me up again weeks later.
Friendships for me are hard. I trust very few people. I am as polite as i can be and as good a friend as i can be when in a 'normal' mood stage..... but catch me in depression and you could well face the cold shoulder. I want people to understand that i do not push them away on purpose. When im low i dont function right and i lose all interest in the things i used to enjoy, including friendships. I lose the ability to socialise. When i slowly raise out of the depressions its only then i realise how distant i have been. I want to be the friend that never leaves your side and is strong till the end. Truth is i feel quite useless as a friend, i feel like i could never hold down a strong friendship because of this f**king illness. Oh and believe me i hate that word.... illness..... to me it means worthless, incapable etc, etc.
I have this label. Cat the one with bipolar..... well thats the label i see on myself. I suppose it could be alot worse but it haunts me. Im so very aware that the bipolar disorder i have is the biggest psychatric (prob not spelt right) killer. I get suicidal thoughts often, very often. I must point out they ae only thoughts but still very soul numbing all the same.
The highs of bipolar i get maybe four times a year, possibly more. I spend like crazy and have ideas, plans, travels.... more extreme than you may think. I sleep maybe 3-4 hours a night for 2-5 weeks. I spend money i really dont have to spare, i plans trips everywhere, i want to speak to everyone, i make impossible promises....... i basically feel and try to be super human. Of course this dosnt last. Eventually things move all too fast, my mind is racing but my body and state of mind just cant keep up....burnout. A sudden crash and its 12-18 hours sleep a night and blocking out the entire world. I was burning energy i didnt have. The thing is though i sometimes love the highs, the mania/hypomania. I sometimes crave the highs, especially now when im still trying to get through the lows of depression.
I do have a psycharity apointment but not untill 28th July.... long time to wait, so im just riding these feelings out. I have been getting alot better these past few days so fingers crossed im comming out of the depression, although i can never be sure.
Anyway this blog was just a chance for me to try to explain a slight fraction of what i can. Also to say that i do appreciate everyone. I may not be the most active of friends and believe me that hurts me but all i can do is try.
Thank you for all your comments, gifts, videos, messages.... just everything.
Thank You
Luv
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