173. When you get sung an original song by a close Friend

Long Distance Friend want's to be a musician, whenever he is up he spends most of his time glued to the piano, however I don't think I've ever heard a song he has written (I could be wrong about this) until the other day. After a hard day of attempted revision I decided to take a break and give him a call about halfway into our conversation he mentions he has written a new song. He then sung it to me and it was brilliant (well I thought so) there were a couple of lines that to me summed up his very essence. There is something special about hearing a song someone you know well has written I have the same feeling whenever Musical Friend sings one of her songs. Part of it is pride that someone you know has created something so beautiful. Anyway it really made my day.

172. Making strange faces with a half numb mouth

I had a filling the other day (I know I should really look after my teeth better, I try) and for this the dentist made half my mouth numb which was an odd experience (one that I haven't had since being a small child). The half numb feeling is very strange half my chin and lip no longer felt like they belonged to me and so the obvious reaction is the move it into the strangest of positions and keep poking it. Best Friend came with me for moral support and I'm sure got sick of me distorting my mouth because it felt funny and the repetion of 'It just doesn't feel like my chin.' She did slip in afew patronising comments I think. Anyway although I had an exam and then the dentist the half numb mouth did amuse me enough to cheer me right up, really made me smile (even if it felt like I was smiling with half my face).

171. Ranting with someone about an old teacher

When I was younger I used to love maths one of the reasons being I was quite good at it, another being I had a brilliant teacher, a really brilliant teacher. That all changed when I was about 14 and started GCSE's we got a different teacher. I would relay to you the reasons why she put me off but this is a happy blog so I'll move on. The other day someone who was also in my maths class brought her up and we both started sharing our side and it was beautiful. There is something special when you connect with someone over something like that, we both thought we would end up doing maths until we got her as a teacher. Knowing there is someone who feels the same about something is always lovely, being able to rant with them, almost better. Really made my day.

170. The end of a loaf of bread as toast

When I was really little I didn't like the crust of bread then (and I think it was when someone told me it would make my hair curly which it still hasn't) I started to really like the crust. There is something about it thats just beautiful and so the piece at the end of the loaf is brilliant because it's all crust. I have to say it's most fantastic toasted and covered in butter there is nothing else quite like it, I had it at Best Friends house the other day really made me smile.

169. Brilliant clues for 'Who's in the bag?'

For those of you who don't know 'Who's in the bag?' is a game where you pull famous peoples names out of a bag and try and describe as many as you can under timed conditions without using their name. This is hilareous normally mix it with a couple of glasses of wine and you get a side splitting game. Some of the classic's of our game include:
-"The french lesbian that got burned at the stake" Joan of Arc (not actually a lesbian)
-"The clever one" Einstein (someone actually got it from this)
I wish I could remember more, they will come to me later I'm sure.
There were also amusing parts when people say things wrong I was victim of this put under pressure at the last minute to describe Martin Luther King I ment to say "empowered black people" however I missed off "empowered" so I said "black people" to which Literary Friend shouted "slaves". It was political correctness gone mad, we will definitely be bringing it out at future parties. Really made me smile.

168. Defying peoples expectations and enjoying 'The Godfather'

My film taste is a little particular I prefer cheerful films with happy ending. I was brought up on Disney and my Mothers favourite genre Rom-Coms. Most children get a range as they have the Dad who enjoys action adventure or scary horror or general mans films which gives them a love of all the genres. As my Dad is not really a film watcher and prefers plays I am lacking this childhood. Although I did get to the classic action adventure family fims like Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter my introduction to other genres was somewhat lacking until Best Friend came along. She is the biggest film nerd I know and without her there are thousands of films I would never of seen, I like to think my taste is getting slightly broader due to our friendship. I still like to close my eyes during the horrible scene but I'm taking it slowly and widening my fim knowledge. This is why the other day when I was babysitting and sick of revision when finding 'The Godfather' was one of the only things on I thought 'why not?' I suprised myself when I started to really enjoy it, there is something about old films that I just love they have that edge. It was an odd film at times and I did manage to convince myself something happened that didn't because of my eye closing (it was a horses head not his leg I got someone elses authority on this) but I really enjoyed the feeling it had attatched to it. Also knowing the context of the classic quotes "You come to me on the day of my daughters wedding" "It's not personal it's business" is brilliant. Anyway it really made me smile (also telling people I watched 'The Godfather' and enjoyed it has not yet lost it's novelty value).

167. The beginning of the now useless knowledge pile

As previously mentioned it is exam time my first exam was English Literature for which I had to learn a load of quotes which I had printed out written out etc. After the exam I gathered all my Lit stuff, books, paper, revision cards etc. and started a pile (well more a messy heap) onto which all the knowlege I do not need to know anymore goes onto. It is a very cathartic feeling and looking at it makes me feel slightly better as I know it will all be there eventually. Really made my day.

166. Hearing a purple hat made someone think of me

I was just casually doing my revision (well actually I don't think casually is the word) and I got a text from a Friend saying he was sat on a bus opposite a woman in a purple large brimmed hat and he thought I'd like it. We had not been having a conversation previously it was quite out of the blue. There is something about recieving texts from people saying they have just seen something that made them think of you that is so beautiful. It really made me smile.

165. A birthday brunch of waffles bacon and maple syrup

It was Little Sisters birthday the other day and from my Grandma and Grandpa she recieved a waffle maker, this was why on the morning of her birthday she made us all waffles, with very crispy bacon and maple syrup for brunch. I have never before had maple syrup and bacon but although it was odd it was suprisingly nice. Brunch always makes my day and a brunch with waffles even more so.

164. Being saved from revision late a night by my night in shining armour on her trusty steed (well Best Friend in a car)

Revision is horrible, soul crushingly horrible (or at least I find it so) one of the awful things about it is knowing there is a period of 10 days in which there is about 6 1/2 hours of collective exam time seperated into four exams, which decided my future. It is up to me to do enough revision (and the right revision) so I know enough information to get the marks I need to go to university. This is a terrifying thought which is why I do not like revision as when I am not doing it, it's there that thought that writing this blog post could be detrimental to my future and stop me getting the grades I need (that is why I am very behind on my blog currently). The other day I was destroying my soul doing some sort of revision when I got a message from Best Friend enquiring if I would like to go on a late night drive, I did not hesitate in my 'yes'. She picked me up about 4hrs later and it was marvellous, we also picked up Best Male Friend and we all chatted while she drove us round the scenic route which has become our path. There was a moment where we thought a car behind us was following us (they also had full beam on dazzling Best Friend, silly person) we managed to lose them eventually though. There was something incredably calming about it, it was just really nice to be out with the both of them, really made me smile.

163. Watching a silly argument unravel on Facebook

There was a message created on facebook the other day and Best Male Friend said something that was taken the wrong way (it wasn't phrased delicately but it said what he wanted to say he was slightly drunk at the time I think). It was one of those moments where loads of people take offence, then added to by the classic 'calm down' comments which never really work. One of the people in the message posted a brilliant comment:
"generic anger at 'Best Male Friend' for expressing opinion different to that of the collective"
Which made me laugh as it did kind of sum up the argument. It may be bad to enjoy watching these arguments unfold but it did make me smile and it definately distracted me from my revision.

162. Righting a wrong and being forgiven whimsically

At some point in life we form a bad opinion of someone, get blindsided by prejudice, situation etc. I have difficulty overcoming the awkwardness that might possibly occur when I have to right a wrong and make a public move. To avoid this I try and see the best in people so as to not get myself into these situations. However there is someone who has been at the bottom of my friend request list on Facebook for far too long; I formed a bad opinion of him before he asked, when that was gone, I didn't know how to accept. The other day I was inebriated, I made a decision, I accepted his friend request. He is not a close friend and I can't see that changing but I did form a misjudgement and the message he sent me after this acception just made my day:
'HIM: (bitterly looking at watch) 'Bout time!!!
(ROZ shrugs and picks up a knife)
HIM: Ummm... thank you... (:^'

161. A Dramatic Drunk

Practically Sister got quite inebriated the other day ran into the kitchen crying we had a really nice chat in there then as she didn't want to walk I piggybacked her into the sitting room where everyone else was, she had a moment of 'it's odd because my hands don't quite feel like my hands... aren't hands wonderful things?'. Then an introspective moment until finally throwing up... alot, for quite a while. I volunteered for the aiding drunk duty (as it's usually me who needs aiding and I feel I need to pay my dues) which was actually very amusing as she is a drama student and she knew that what we were doing (feeding her water and holding her up) was for her own good but she did not like it and was quite verbal about it. It shows she has good projection when the people upstairs can hear her shouts of 'but I don't want to'. She is one of my favourite people on this planet and even when in as bad a state as she was she still came out with some cracking lines and really made me smile.

160. Going over to save someone from exam stress just in time for Pimms o'clock

Best Friend had her history exam the other day and the day before she sent me a message about how she needed a hug but couldn't take the time out of revision to get one. I was getting a little cabin fever so I walked over to her house and planned on giving her a hug and a couple of pieces of caramel shortbread my Little Sister had so kindly spared from the batch she made. I got there and Best Friend was thrilled to see me and invited me in for a chat (she decided she needed a break at that point). Halfway through our chat her Mum came in and offered us both a Pimms as she was just feeling in the mood and we all sat and had a really nice chat over our Pimms. I wasn't expecting to have such a nice afternoon but it was quite lovely really made my day.

159. Two long phone calls in one night

On this particular day I was half expecting to have one conversation that night as it had been mentioned previously but about an hour before that was supposed to happen Long Distance Friend posted on my status 'I may call you :) but not just yet' (this in itself was exciting because I'm usually the one who calls) about 45 minutes later he calls we have a short chat and I tell him about the other phone call and he says I can call him back (a good feeling I am hardly ever the one who gets to say that). The other phonecall was with The Ex who I am now friends with, we hadn't had a chat in a while so it was really nice catching up and the conversation at one point swayed to Harry Potter, the mark of a good chat. Anyway after we stopped chatting I gave Long Distance Friend a call (it took me about ten minutes to actually get him as his phone was being silly) and we talked for ages, I won't tell you how long just to keep you in suspense. It was a lovely night and it quite destracted me from the looming menace that is exams, really made me smile.

158. Having my Old Friend in the passenger seat while driving

As previously mentioned I am not a great fan of driving (excusing reason 151) although recently it has not been as bad (probably because of reason 151). This occured to me while driving Old Friend to rainbows I noticed she wasn't speaking much and she said it was because she didn't want to distract me from driving which was the first thing that made me smile then she later made a comment about how I wouldn't back into the shed again (I lightly bumped it a couple of months ago the car was fine) as I parked in a different spot. There is also something different about driving someone who can't drive themself. When you have a passenger who can drive although most of the time they are not judging you they do notice the things you do wrong or liberties you take. I don't know why driving with her in the passenger seat made me smile there were alot of factors but it really made my day.

157. A reminder of how it was when just the two of us went to the cinema

My friendship with Best Friend started with a cinema trip... well in a way; we were both close Friends with a girl who we no longer see, she was the reason we knew each other and we had arranged a cinema trip with the three of us, this Ex Friend never turned up (she had started to become unreliable but that is another story). Even though we didn't really know each other that well we decided to go anyway, in time it became our thing, the cinema was our place, we went all the time, just the two of us. Over the past year or so people started joining us on our trips, now it's something we do with a group of us which is brilliant, but occasionally it's nice when it's just the two of us, like it used to be. We went to see X-men: First Class the other day and it reminded me of how it used to be, really made me smile.

156. Getting texted by a fellow insomniac

I was casually watching trailers (alright obsessively watching trailers, I was in one of those moods) and it got to four in the morning and I got a text from Best Friend saying that she had started the book I lent her at babysitting and couldn't put it down and now it was four in the morning. I think she had assumed I would be asleep so would get it in the morning but my sleeping pattern is extreamly erratic and so I was up, it's nice to know that there is someone out there who is also having trouble sleeping. The insomniac world is a lonely place company in sleeplessness is always appriciated, the texts really made me smile (also the fact that she said if she loved me any less she would irrationally blame me for her lack of sleep).

155. Watching two Friends discuss what they think will come up on the top ten songs of Bon Jovi

My Musical taste/knowledge mainly comes from my Friends and although I have basic knowledge of Bon Jovi (meaning I have a couple of Best Friends favourites on my i-pod) other than that I don't really know much about him. This probably contributed to how amusing I found watching Best Friend and Musical Friend discuss the songs they thought would be top, and the ones they wanted to be top, of the top twenty Bon Jovi song list (it was a program we had on in the background at a Friends house). There is something I really love about watching people talk about something they love, it's like all of a sudden they light up, really made me smile.

154. The appreciative looks you get when wearing a suit and red top hat

My Good Friends Dad used to take us (Me, Her and Best Friend) to the gym twice a week (one of those being early on a Saturday morning which was tough going sometimes), he took a group of us to centerparks one summer, he organised a 3 day trip to London as a GCSE celebration, he has thrown cocktail parties for us and much more... So when last year he invited Me and Best Friend to his wedding we were very excited and promised to save the date. This proved problematic when Practically Sister accidently organised her party for the same day however that hitch was slightly solved as I went with her on her actual birthday family meal (also see reason 153). I decided that as my 'date' for the evening was Best Friend one of us needed to wear the suit so I boldly stepped forwards (actually I just really wanted an excuse to wear a suit and take my Top Hat out for a spin). There was, at one point, a worry that I might not get the suit in time -as I did leave it a little last minute- however, it came and it is beautiful. Wearing a suit to a posh wedding (well we went to the party after the wedding actually but it still counts) was truely wonderful, it opened my eyes to what a hassel dresses can be. One of the best things about it was the smiles it raised, to paint the picture I was wearing a black fitted suit with a dark red shirt, a bright red top hat with a black feather in it and red shoes, I think you can guess at the looks (it was quite a posh do). It felt glorious I will definitely be wearing my suit again, it really made me smile.

153.Throwing a not-so-suprise party (well more a small gathering of people)

As previously mentioned it was my Practically Sisters birthday the other day and as I was not able to go to her party I decided to throw her a suprise party for the day before it. I set up my fake plans with her a while before saying me Best Friend and Good Friend (who were also not able to attend her real party) would take her out for a meal. However I didn't send out the message about the party until two days before it was supposed to be occuring. I was also told that one of the invitee's had brought it up on facebook infront of her on that same day ruining the suprise part (I carried on with the illusion anyway). It was not as big a party as I originally planned but it was a really nice evening we went down to get chips and just chilled out chatting, listening to music and eating cake. We did the whole jumping out at her although that also didn't quite go as planned as my signal apparently wasn't heard so I had to cough very loudly until every eventually jumped out. Although there were quite afew hitches it still made me smile.

152. Pre-viewing a Friends very exciting birthday present

It was Practically Sisters birthday the other day and in the morning I took her eggs so she could make pancakes (even if I did have to rush off afterwards to go to the cinema so did not get any of said pancakes) and then went out for a beautiful Birthday meal with her family and her in the evening. On the way home her Sister brought out the birthday present they were going to give her (well half of it). It was placed in a little gift box, it was her brothers old I-phone which he had broken the screen of so their present was to get it fixed. The other present which I didn't see was a wand television remote (how cool?) anyway knowing about a really exiting present is almost more fun than getting one (I said almost). I could really picture the reaction and when I saw her with it the next day she did a very excited jumpy thing it really made me smile.

151. Driving late at night with an Amusing Drunk in the back

I dislike driving, the feeling it gives me just makes me uncomfortable, I started driving more than a year ago now and the other day is the first time I have really enjoyed it. I don't know what it was I picked up Best Friend and that was alright a couple of mishaps then we went to pick up Best Male Friend (who turned out to be in the shower so we went back home and then came back again later). We had been on a beautiful walk through the countryside near a local stately home and decided that I was going to pick them up at 9 and we were going to go on a midnight drive and then have midnight pasta. We sat round just chatting for a while (as it needs to be midnight to go on a midnight drive) and when it was nearing midnight Best Male Friend gets a call from his Best Friend [who is now going to be refered to as Amusing Drunk] (Best Male Friend went to a different school before coming to ours and Amusing Drunk still goes there and so although we have met Amusing Drunk before we don't know him that well) from a party asking if he could stay at his house and if it was possible could Best Male Friend walk and meet him, I offered to pick him up and off we all went. This apparently is the first time Amusing Drunk has been this drunk before and it was wonderful we mentioned the midnight drive idea and he jumped at it. The whole time he just would come out with these brilliant lines he kept asking where we were going and then was suprised when we said on a midnight drive and would ask if we were really doing that, he was texting people saying he was being abducted by a murderess, he kept saying "oh my god" and most often would follow that with "I'm embarassing myself aren't I, I'll stop talking". I don't know exactly what it was but driving just felt right (and it wasn't just the drunk in the back as I enjoyed the driving before that. Anyway we then came back and had midnight pasta, definitely one of the nicest unexpected evenings in a long time (I literally got a call half an hour before going on the walk asking if I wanted to go and all this happened as a result of me saying yes) really made me smile.

150. A late night phone call from one insomniac to another

Most nights I have difficulty falling asleep at a sensible hour and after midnight it tends to get pretty lonely (although usually I find things to watch/read/do). The other day it was about one in the morning and I commented on something she had posted on facebook about five minutes later I get a message on my wall:
"Hello my lovely, if you're awake and not up to much at home atm fancy giving me a ring? I'm not managing to get to sleep so I'd love a chat if you're up for one."
So I called her and we had a really nice chat for about an hour, she couldn't get to sleep as there were people outside her window causing a racket and I was just in normal insomniac mode. There is something lovely about chats late at night, you feel closer to the person, well I know I do. It really made my night.

149. A spontaneous dinner party

My Little Sister is the main chef of the family and the other day her and my Mother were walking round the supermarket doing the weekly shop when they came across crispy duck and pancakes. At first they were just going to by the ready made stuff but then they decided why not get a duck and DIY it. I helped cook the pancakes Little Sister did the rest and we invited Best Friend round to enjoy it with us (we also invited Practically Sister but she couldn't make it). When I woke up in the morning I didn't realise I would be having a dinner party with duck pancakes, rose wine, elderflower jelly (simply divine) and brilliant company, it was wonderful. Afterwards we sat on the sofa and watched X-Men: The Last Stand a lovely end to a lovely evening (even if it doesn't quite fit in with the dinner party ambiance). The whole evening really made me smile.