thank you clouds, for sneaking up on us like ninjas.

so uh i was going to go into town and have a jaunt round the old charity shops but the FREAKIN' WEATHER spoilt that plan.

so i went to the newsagent instead and i bought an issue of company magazine, because it had emily and naomi from skins on the front and looked glossy and time wasting.

no sooner had i bought it that i realised on the front cover were the words '15 NEW SEX MOVES-and you thought you knew it all!'

no wonder the little indian lady behind the counter looked a little distressed.

Also, the magazine seemed to preach girl power and femininity and body confidence and self esteem, yet the last four pages were amblazoned with full page adverts for cosmetic surgery, with one even having a barely naked blonde orange woman with her hands on her boobs. to advertise cosmetic surgery.
don't get me wrong, i thought the magazine had some good articles and fashion tips, if overall pretty substandard, and i do like skins admittedly so i liked the articles by Kaya Scodelario, Kathryn Prescott and Lily Loveless. But the magazine was just so hypocritical in its choice of adverts, especially at the back of the magazine. along with the aforementioned cosmetic surgery adverts, there were adverts for sex chat hotlines, private portfolios and the like! i thought this magazine was for old teenagers/young adults, and while some of my age group may feel like they are priveleged to be treated like adults to be able to see this sort of thing, i still feel it sends out such a negative image. Bearing in mind, Kathryn Prescott (who plays shy twin Emily in Skins) said that "The great thing about Skins is that it's not 90210. We don't have to look stick-thin and ripped. Those shows send out the wrong messages by showing body perfect people..." So why is the magazine, that seems so self righteous, advertising cosmetic surgery!? God some people get on my last nerve. Maybe i'm just naive, and the majority of teenage girl fashion magazines are like that.

that's my little review of THAT over.

also i know i want a job. unlike most girls in my year who say they need a job. no, you want the same as me; some little extra spending money and some time out the house. not need, want. big big difference.
i ideally want a weekend job in a bookshop or Topshop. but Topshop probably won't want me because i 'don't look right.' So it's Waterstones then. Good thing i like books.

oh and FYI, drinking tea out of a mug that says 'i am bad' all across it makes me a baddass.

big love