Merry Christmas!!

All I Want For Christmas...

1.      A Year-round  Tan

For those of you that know me, this may come as a surprise to you….

My tan isn’t real. 

Shocking I know.

In fact, Sally Hansen is slowly bankrupting me.

2.      The willpower to stick to a healthy lifestyle.

I can never seem to last. 

I’m not totally unhealthy -  yet by day 3, my  sweet tooth screws me over and I could end up polishing off an entire chocolate cake à la Bruce Bogtrotter from Matilda.

 Not a good look.

3.      Boo,  the Dog

http://www.facebook.com/Boo?sk=wall

I mean, come on. It would actually be impossible to be in a bad mood with this adorable ball of cuteness hanging around.

....Okay, I should stop before this gets out of control.

4.       A 1H in my Social Media Class… J

(Worth a try…?)

5.        Blake Lively’s wardrobe

                                          

Exhibit A

                                    

Exhibit B

Sure, I might as well throw in her looks and figure too if they were up for grabs.

6.     My Social Life back

I wonder, come May - will I actually be able to interact in a social setting that occurs outside of the Boole Library?.

7.      A one- way ticket to J.F.K

I warned ye this was coming...

8.     Ryan Gosling

Need I say more ladies...?

All in all, a pretty reasonable list, don't you think?

Like Picking a Scab.

 I came across this amazing video on my Twitter news feed earlier today,shot by videographer Andrew Clancy.



A Year in New York from Andrew Clancy on Vimeo.

Now, having spent the last year in New York, watching this was like emotional self- harm.

I have literally been in a constant state of depression for the last two months after returning to Ireland. The initial excitement of coming home quickly wore off. The anticipated catch- ups with friends occupied me for less than a week. Nothing much had changed in Cork- at all. And I realized that I had a much better relationship with my family when I was living 3,000 miles away!

So I did what any completely sane person would do- I spent an embarrassing amount of time watching movies set in Manhattan, flicking through my countless albums of pictures - basically trying to convince myself that I never left, in denial that I actually live in Ireland. I seemed to find NY anecdotes talking about the most unrelated topics, much to the annoyance of my friends and family who eventually became uninterested with my obsession.

After a couple weeks, I began to think I was in recovery. I came to the realization that I was a Fourth Year College in UCC, no longer living in Gramercy or Brooklyn Heights. I needed to get over it. I unsubscribed to my various NYC newsletters, Groupon accounts and emails. It took a while but I eventually did the inevitable and changed my current location on my Facebook and Twitter accounts from New York to Ireland.

However, once my mouse hovered over that play button, I was done.  Looks like I’ve fallen off the wagon anyway.

Expect a few of nostalgic, New York- related posts as I hopelessly indulge my addiction.

Me, Myself and My Blog

In hindsight, I should have probably given some sort of introduction to myself. My last post doesn’t exactly show off my best qualities, some would say I come across as…well, easily distracted and impulsive. Don’t get me wrong, I totally am…but not really a great first impression..!

So, I’m Bex. I’m in my final year in college. Therefore, it’s a given that my life pretty much revolves around lectures, assignments, job applications and that brief respite at the weekend when I can pretend I’m a carefree Fresher again, when my biggest decisions were whether or go out Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday, or all three( which was the outcome more often than not.)

My blog doesn’t really have a specific topic. Don’t be misled by the title, I won’t be investigating any conspiracy theories or uncovering extraterrestrial life. I just really love anything with a pun. It was either this or “Bex and the City” but I felt I should stay away from any comparisons with Carrie Bradshaw. Something tells me I wouldn’t come out as the winner…?

Not exactly my kinda thing

 It will range from anything such as my views on celebrity scandals to fashion to random news stories I come across.

Not exactly Mulder and Scully, but if you find anything interesting (or incredibly uninteresting!), your comments are more than welcome!

Better Luck Next Time...

 My first blog - very exciting!  I sit down to my laptop, eager to present “Bex Clune” to the world of blogging. I’ll get to criticize, review, complain about, describe and praise absolutely anything and everything I want. So much to do, so little time!
I resisted the temptation to go out last night (a Thursday – which, for a student, is basically obligatory) because I wanted to make my Friday afternoon super productive. I wouldn’t tolerate any distractions. The television was turned off, I completed my assignments so my mind would be focused on the task at hand and my phone out of reach.
All ready to get started…and my mind goes blank. Suddenly I have no opinions, no criticisms, no praises or reviews – absolutely nothing to say. Hmmm, what to write about…

So I find myself casually logging into Facebook, just for a second…I mean, what harm could it do? A friend was tagged in a photo from a recent night out wearing a red dress. Gorgeous dress, I’d love to know where she got it. Just for future reference, it’s not like I’ll buy it or anything. I’m a broke college student, I obviously have no intention of going on a shopping spree! After a brief (well, 30 minute) FB chat conversation, I discover she bought it online. I’m still having no luck thinking of a blog post idea so I find myself opening up http://www.asos.com/  Maybe I’ll get inspiration for a fashion post or something? Yes! Research! That’s it!This is going to be productive.

….Ooh look, a sale!

Cut to 2 hours later. After a lot of persuading to use my dad's credit card and promises to pay back every cent, I still have no ideas for my first post. 

Thanks blogging, you owe me €150.