It's Only Flippin' Pancake Day!

A severe case of repetitive strain injury is on the cards for a nation of pancake proffesionals as every Tom Dick and Harry tries our their 'flippin' skills and gorges on their 'home made' fondant-filled fancies.

The squirrels have been working overtime as the supermarket aisles are rammed with bumper packs of 'Nutella', and the only 'juicy' lemons left are of the 'jif' variety!

I'm still to brave the 'pancak-ing' after an 8 hour shift at work ... or if i'm honest, just waiting for a time lapse in the kitchen where i wont get in trouble for sticking an over-enthusiastic attempt to my mother's lovely white coving!



~ Natalie Jane, via IPhone ~

Happy Valentine's Day

Sainsbury's has just about managed to shift it's last 'half price-buy on get one-1/3 off' Christmas card in it's seasonal sale when the 'Valentine's Aisle' makes an appearance, decked out in all it's horrifically-soppy 'cheesyness'.

Call it a day of romance or yet another commercialised, over-rated 'holiday' that involves (much like any other) alot of the 'green stuff'....but alas there's no escaping it!

Every year on the 14th day of February, women and girls-alike await with anticipation an extortionately-priced bunch of man-handled roses and a soppy verse in a card, sporting a pair of 'googly-eyed gorillas' enblazend on the front (again over-priced).

However we all fall for this day of indulgence year after year ... a guilty pleasure for millions of Brits...
All my but Grandmother of course, who refuses to allow a winged man in a nappy to dictate to her a specific day of the calendar in which she should set aside her weekly 'perm' to express her love for my Grandfather. Her outrage is usually followed by "i've been married to him for nearly 50 years! ... never mind a 'day', i need a bloody medal!"


(my tickets to 'Snow White On Ice', brought by my lovely 'Adam' for Valentine's this year)

~ Natalie Jane, via IPhone ~

Brit Wins £56m

Friday, February 12th, 2010:

A jammy British 'so-and-so' will be laughing all the way to the bank come Monday morning, with their winning Euromillions ticket burning a £56million hole in their pocket!

Our weekly 'dabble' of a whole English pound on the lottery has been a popular British habit since 1994, and is very much part of British culture, along-side a day at the races and a night at the 'dogs'.

I'm still waiting for my lucky numbers to come rolling in, after having a few small winners over the past couple of weeks, but alas no jackpot as of yet!

Let's hope the lucky Brit who is due for a payday they'll never forget wont spend it all at once!


~ Natalie Jane, via IPhone ~

Apple Mac Suites

Friday, February 12th, 2010:

And so BCU is finally dragged, kicking and screeming into the 21st century as it unveils its new state-of-the-art 'Apple Mac Suites', featuring the latest CS4 software!

(can i have a "wit woooo"?)

To be honest, it's a welcome relief to the proverbial journalism student who's been jumping between Mac to PC for the past few months, and i'm optimistic that it will pave the way for the nurturing of a new Anna Wintour in the near future!




~ Natalie Jane, via IPhone ~

Thursday, February 11th, 2010:

Media Culture: Week 1:

Today was our introductory lecture, in which John outlined issues and theories that were raised by the subject of 'culture'.

Through group tasks we discovered what our own perceptions were of our 'own cultures'. In order to do this, we had to choose a media text which we felt represented our 'cultural level' i.e. 'high culture', 'low culture', 'middle brow culture'.

I chose 'More!', a popular culture magazine aimed at older 'teens' to 30-somethings, which covers everything from fashion to fortune-telling.

I feel that this encompasses what i find interesting i.e. 'fashion', 'beauty', 'celebrity culture' and it's a form of journalism that i would be interested in a career in. It creates a platform for high-street fashion, and popular music and human interest stories. Mixed with the age of the target readership, i feel that this represents the 'cultural group' that i would fit myself into.

Hello there, and welcome to the wonderful world of ... me!

This is my first blog EVER (shock, horror!), but if you'll just bare with me, i'll try and be as 'informative' and 'interesting' as possible, and hopefully without getting distracted by something 'shiny'! :D