The Random Ramblings of Lauren

Hello bloggersphere! If any of you saw my last post, and are currently expecting this to be my tell-all insight to the disaster zone that is my life, then I'm sorry. But it's not. I will get round to growing a pair and posting it, I promise! But in the mean time, I wanted to share a recent revelation... Because I've realised I have this pretty huge character flaw, and it's one that is proving rather detrimental. For you see, I'm incapable of comprehending the true hopelessness or impossibility of a situation. Allow me to elaborate... When I was a child, my amazing and inspiring father insisted that there was nothing in the world I couldn't achieve, if only I wanted it enough. In fact, it was encouraged and enforced as a mindset so often, that before long it became a game. Young, naïve Lauren would try and think of ridiculous, insane and impossible scenarios, and my dad would respond by hypothesising ways to mak...

Hello there, world wide web... So it's the last day of August, and I didn't want to ruin my current streak of monthly Blog updates! But, in truth, the thing I need to talk about is without a doubt the hardest thing I will ever have to write about. So much has changed since my last post to you all. The girl who wrote of falling foolishly in love less than a month ago, feels a whole world away from the girl writing to you now. A few things need to be said, need to be cleared up, and I need to be as open as I can about what's in my head. Because that way, maybe I can stop letting it consume my thoughts and move on from torturing myself with what-if's. Maybe I can give myself a shred of hope of getting back to myself. And so, something as meaningful and close to the heart as I aim to share with you all, takes time. And tissues! I promise that something is coming. Hopefully it'll be worth the wait, and you can be entertained by the iro...

Well hello there! So, I'm trying to keep a little bit more up-to-date with my holiday posts... I'll write a general update and upload some photos when I get the chance, but for now I just HAD to share our experience of the Boracay night-life the other night. Because on Saturday, we had one of the truly most epic (ironically) nights out ever. It was honestly beyond imagination. Here's why... We began the evening watching the sunset with daiquiris and drinking games by the hotel pool (which resulted in me being pushed in the pool, but I was too happy to care!). As the cocktails got stronger and our moods got giddier, we skipped on out on a bar crawl across the breach front bars and enjoyed all our favourite drinks at dirt cheap prices. And I'm talking like, 60p for a spirit and mixer. Insane. After that, a stop off at my favourite bar of the whole island - Victory Divers Bar. The guys there were so cool and we had such banter. After a few drinks they had ...

Hey there, fellow readers! So, as I mentioned in my previous post, this month I've been off broadening horizons and richening my appreciation of cultural diversity, through travel! And it has been AMAZING. It was my intention to take some time out each day, to write a little update of what was happening and how we were getting on. But, to be quite frank, I got so captivated in the beauty of the landscape, fascinated by the culture and lost in the lifestyle over there, that it completely slipped my mind! So this is just a suuuuuuuper quick post, cos I have a little spare time whilst my best friend (who is almost more of a girl than me) finishes doing his hair. We are in Boracay at the moment, which is the most stunning little island in the Philippines. And we're off out tonight to a party on the beach which promises to be quite unforgettable. And then off quad biking around the island tomorrow. Busy busy! So, instead, here are just a few little snaps of my trip ...

Hello bloggersphere! For this month's post, I was unsure what to write about. My upcoming holiday, maybe. Or the pro's and con's of my flatmates. Or even a post on a sport I'm currently involved in. I wasn't sure. But then the decision was made for me when I checked my inbox and saw that - hurrah - someone had messaged me about my blog a while back and I never realised! Which made my day, cos it means that people are actually reading instead of just clicking on it accidentally, which is what I tell myself sometimes. Anyway, this is what it said: "Hi lauren. I like your blog! My friend knows you and showed it to me. You write really well its interesting to read. You should talk about your own life some more though they are your best posts. The PR stuff isn't as interesting. Keep it up Joan." Thanks for your message Joan! Here's a little background... The PR element of this blog was actually a requirement of my university ...

If anyone reading this is currently buzzing with the excitement and romance of Valentines Day spirit, then I would advise you stop reading now. Because this next post is my attempt to point out exactly why Valentines is a load of hype over what is actually, a very average day. If you're reading this and either single, in a crummy relationship, or have little hope for plans tomorrow, then you're not alone. Welcome to the dark side. So it's Valentines Day!!! But wait, because I'm sorry to be a scrooge but I'm not sure I understand this hype. Valentines Day is one day a year that couples are forced to show their partner that they still care about them, while masses of singletons sit around sobbing in self pity and surrounded by constant reminders of the fact they are incapable of sustaining a stable relationship. I have a major gripe with the over-importance and pressure placed on partners to make that 'extra effort' for their loved ones. It become...

Ahh, Lostprophets. If like so many of us, you went through a stage in the last decade of listening to angsty punk rock music, wearing more than your fair share of black eye-liner and considering yourself ‘misunderstood’, then the chances are that you will have heard of the band Lostprophets. In their prime, the Welsh punk rock band were adored globally and enjoyed sold out tours. They achieved two top ten UK singles alongside several awards for best British band, best single, best live act, and best album, to mention a few. And if somehow you hadn't heard of the Lostprophets then you probably will have now, thanks to the recent media craze over lead singer Ian Watkins and his appalling criminal behaviour. In late 2012, Watkins was charged with a number of sexual offences against children. Up until recently the artist has furiously denied such allegations, insisting in May of this year that he would “fight to the bitter end to clear his name.” (The Guardian...