Funky Dee

If you were an animal what would you be?

2012-03-09T00:23:00.000Z

Hey guys,

I have a job interview tomorrow and I have just been practising a few questions for it. On one of my old files of questions I found a random one called "If you were an animal what would you be?". It seems to be a random questions some people like to ask so they can see how we perceive ourselves. So when I came to it, I first started thinking about what animal I would be. I checked a few characteristics and decided I would be the Elephant. No not because I think I am fat or anything but because they are leaders, unstoppable and have great memory, which I think relates to me. Then I decided to take a random online personality test to see what came up for me and here is my result:

THE WALRUS:

These apparently benign individuals are usually easy to recognize. When you think of walruses, think of those large people sunning their perfectly rounded bellies at the beach. Or just think of Wilford Brimley. Either way, the walrus is that ruddy uncle at the family reunion who dispenses charm and off-color jokes like donuts.

Ahh, donuts! Walruses have an unrelenting sweet tooth and a weakness for home cooking, and though they might seem comfortable with their roly-poly physiques one shouldn't overdo the teasing. Underneath that thick skin is a surprisingly sensitive spirit. But still, it's difficult to embarrass a walrus. Nothing in life is taken so seriously that it cannot be laughed at. Its infectious love for life contaminates everyone who has unprotected encounters with this hearty beast.

Walruses are not to be trifled with however, and as good-natured as they appear they can be cantankerous and aggressive when slighted. Mostly however, their bark is worse than their bite and their big-hearted natures soon reassert themselves.

Although it is accustomed to large groups of people, the walrus is self-contained and respects the privacy of others. It is happiest when surrounded by the comforts of home and feels little need to travel far afield.

Although walruses perceive work to be a complete waste of time, they are methodical and consistent employees and perform best in jobs demanding reliability and an understanding of the big picture. They function poorly under deadlines and prefer careers that enable them to work at your own pace, particularly as engineers, government workers, food inspectors or managers.

You can take this test here: http://animalinyou.com/test.php

I think this describes me very well apart from when it says I think work is a waste of time. I am definately one of those people who love to work no matter what so I do not think its a waste of time so that little bit is wrong.

Let me know what you are.

Dee x

My Life's Soundtrack

2012-03-05T17:21:00.000Z

STEPS:
1. Put your iPod on shuffle
2. Press forward for each question
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.

1. How am I feeling today?
Linkin Park - Faint

2. Where will I get married?
Nickleback - Too Bad

3. What is my best friend's theme song?
Keane - Love is noise

4. What is/was highschool like?
Evanescence - The last song I'm wasting on you

5. What is the best thing about me?
Evanescence - Haunted

6. How is today going to be?
Wheatus - A Little Respect

7. What is in store for this weekend?
Staind - How about you?

8. What song describes my parents?
DJ Fresh - Louder

9. How is my life going?
Sugababes - Caught in a moment

10. What song will they play at my funeral?
Pink - Humble Neighboorhoods

11. How does the world see me?
Republic of Loose - The Telephone Part 2

12. What do my friends really think of me?
Atomic Kitten - Cradle

13. Do people secretly like me?
Steps - Tragedy

14. How can I make myself happy?
Metallica - Cyande

15. What should I do with my life?
Evanescence - Exodus

16. Will I be happy?
McFly - Its all about you

17. What is some good advice?
Pink - God is a DJ

18. What do I think my current theme song is?
John Mayer - Love song for no one

19. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Enrique Iglesias - Miss you

20. What type of men/women do you like?
System of a down - ATWA

21. Will you get married?
Linkin Park - Hit the floor

22. What should I do with my love life?
Taylor Swift - Fearless

23. Where will you live?
The Saturdays - If this is love

24. What will your dying words be?
Rachel Stevens - More, more, more

If life was a movie my soundtrack would be:

Opening Credits:
Melanie B - Lullaby

Waking Up:
Paolo Nutini - Last Request

First Day At School:
JoJo - Butterflies

Falling In Love:
Damien Rice - Accidental Babies

Fight Song:
Gareth Gates - Too soon to say goodbye

Breaking Up:
Cat Power - Sea of love

Prom/Dance:
Jamelia - 7/45

Life's OK:
Nicole Scherzinger - Jai Ho

Mental Breakdown:
Ms Dynamite - Dy-na-mi-tee

Driving:
Evanescence - Taking over me

Flashback:
José González - Heartbeats

Getting Back Together:
Amerie - One thing

Birth of Child:
Staind - Price to pay

Wedding:
Afroman - Because I got high

Final Battle:
Flo Rida - Low

Death Scene:
Evanscence - Imaginary

Funeral Song:
Katy Perry - Self Inflicted

End Credits:
Thirty seconds to mars - From yesterday

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Evanescence - Lithium

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
System of a down - Toxicity

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Evanescence - Further Away

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Eoghan Quigg - She's the one (Robbie Williams song)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Sophie Ellis Bexter - Music gets the best of me

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Gareth Gates - Lies

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Hot Chip - Ready for the floor

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Thirty seconds to mars - A beautiful lie

WHAT IS 2+2?
4... hahaha.... Taylor Swift - Together and Always

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BESTIE?
Blue Foundation - Eyes on fire

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Milk Inc - Walk on water

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Garth Brooks - Unanswered Prayers

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Garth Brooks - Much too young (to feel this damn old)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Snow Patrol - Open your eyes

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
30 Seconds to Mars - Praying for a riot

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Aserejé - The Ketchup Song

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Evanescence - Missing

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Taylor Swift - Love Story

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Eminem - Kill You

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
B5 - Shining Star

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Christina Aguilera - Aint no other man

What does next year have in store for me?
Khia - My neck, my back

What's my love life like?
Greenday - Homecoming

What do I say when life gets hard?
Robyn - Be Mine!

What do I think when I get up in the morning?
Taylor Swift - Picture to burn

What song will I dance to at my wedding?
Jessica Simpson - These boots are made for walking

What do you want as a career?
Katy Perry - If you can afford me

Your favourite saying?
Limp Bizkit - Nookie

Favourite place??
Staind - Epiphany

What do you think of your parents?
Hi_Tack - Say, say, say (waiting for you)

What's your Pornstar name??
Stonesour - Choose

Where would you go on a first date?
Keane - Spiralling

Drug of choice?
Miley Cyrus - See you again

Describe yourself:
Steps - Better the devil you know

What is the thing I like doing most?
James Morrison - Wonderful World

The song that best describes my school principal?
Gareth Gates - I Believe

What is my state of mind like at the moment?
The Killers - For reasons unknown

How will I die?
Republic of Loose - The evening

Some questions are very repetitive :S

Olly Murs @ The O2, Dublin

2012-03-03T03:22:00.000Z

Hey Everyone,

My god what fun I have had the last few days :D.

On Tuesday I dropped off Xavier with Faye and we had a quick look in our favourite shop - Logo in the city. I didn't find any nice dress for myself unfortunately so I bought two tshirts instead. We went to Aldi in Ballyphehane/Turners Cross for a couple of alcoholic beverages and then decided to head home to pack our bags. On the way home we went through Doughcloyne (Togher) and headed for the back roads. Half way through the back roads, my car ran out of petrol and we were stuck stopped, right in the middle of all the traffic which was quite busy :(. We managed to push the car off the road and onto a driveway so that we would no longer be in the way.

I called a ton of people asking for help and then started running out of battery and credit lol. We were stranded. I had no container with me or anything to walk to a petrol station so I didn't know what to do. In the end, as advised by Baptiste, we decided to walk to the nearest petrol station anyways (1.3miles from where we broke down). Baptiste said that the shop may have a container for me to use so I said I would chance my arm.

There was a lovely guy working, I believe his name was John. I asked him would he have something I could petrol into and he gave me one of those proper containers for me to use. He also let me use the staff toilet as I needed to go pretty badly due to my lovely kidney infection I have had the past week haha. He of course asked us to bring the container back and asked how far away was the car. I told him it was only up the road. What I didn't tell him was that it was up hill on the way back and I am unfit and slow haha. I did tell him I will be as fast I could lol.

So we filled up the container and paid for the fuel and headed back on our trek to the car. It felt like the longest walk ever! The container was heavy so I gave it to Faye after awhile. The hills killed me, I was nearly crawling up them. Yes, that is how unfit I am haha. We nearly got killed by cars passing by as we didn't have any reflectors on us or anything so it was hard to see us.

We eventually got to the car, filled it and headed back to the shop to give him back the container. I decided to throw another bit of fuel into the car just incase and I bought a couple of essentials that we needed for the night and we headed home.

It was late enough now, all I wanted to do was rest but the minute we came home I started preparing my ingredients for spagetti bolognese and cooked it as soon as I was ready. It take very long because I just roughly chopped everything because I was hungry and tired but it was still very yummy as always :D.

After that I made a couple of sandwiches for our trip to Dublin tomorrow and we went to my room to pack what I needed. While I packed, Faye was tidying my room because she has a little bit of an OCD problem haha.

When we were finished all that we watched a movie. I can't even remember what it was because I am pretty sure we thought it was completely terrible. I know that I predicted the killer straight away anyways. We then set our alarms for the morning.

For once in my life, I was actually on time for picking up Sarah. I am always early for important stuff like jobs, meetings etc but when it comes to meeting friends or whatever I am always late so I was shocked to be on time for once lol.

Once Sarah was in the car with her bags, I went to get some petrol to take us to Dublin. I realised I forgot the sandwiches in the fridge at home so I had to go back for them and we then proceeded on our trip to Dublin.

It felt like a pretty short trip to me, I don't know how the girls felt and I forgot to time it but we got to Dublin no problems and I found our hotel with no problems either. I knew from the previous year how to get to Heuston Station and the Ashling Hotel but this hotel was in Smithfield, where I had never been so I just went by my sense of direction. I knew the Luas stop for Smithfield was near the stop for the Ashling so I drove past that hotel. I then took a random left that I felt was in the right direction and on that road there were detour signs for Smithfield, so I followed them and they took me right to the hotel. Happy out I didn't get lost :D.

We arrived at 12.30pm, check in is supposed to be after 2pm but I said I would chance my luck and ask if we could check in now and they obliged :). We got our room keys and headed up. I think we had a nice room, it had a balcony and all. I took the liberty of dragging a chair out to the balcony and sitting in the sun while having a relaxing drink while the girls decided to go to a shop. It felt great having a bit of peace and quiet :D.

We then got ready for the concert, dressed up, threw on makeup etc. Once we were finished dolling ourselves up we headed for the Luas, which was packed as usual. It brought us to The O2 pretty fast and we stood in queue, waiting to go inside the doors. I managed to get up the front of the queue, not that it mattered or anything as we had set seating lol. The seecurity guy was very funny, he had a nice sense of humour. We saw a few people queuing up for the "meet & greet", which made me very jealous. I wanted to meet him lol.

At around 6.30ish they opened the doors. I purchased a yummy hotdog inside and a drink and then we went to find our seats. We were kind of in the middle. Thankfully nowhere near as far back as Taylor Swift but not close enough for my liking at all :(. I would love to be in the standing area but I have been to standing concerts before and I have hated them with a passion as I am quite small in height so I tend to avoid them now.

At 7.30 the support acts started. First up was Lilygreen & Maguire. I liked their sound a lot and I will defo be checking them out very soon. There personalities were great also, fun guys. Secondly we had Lonsdale Boys Club, he had a lot of energy but I didn't like any of his music, sorry to them. There was then a small bit of a break and then the star of the show came out - Mr Olly Murs! God he is so SEXY!

I listened to him very happily and took as many good photos as I could. I was so pleased to see him. The way he shakes those hips, mmmm.... He also tried to do a bit of Irish Dancing which was comical. He was brilliant. He is coming to Cork in July but I don't know if I want to go as I assume its standing. Still thinking about it. By the time I decide it will be sold out lol.

When the concert was finished we headed out with the big crowd. I bought an Olly Murs tshirt with the tour dates on the back as a souvenir and I wore it straight away :D. We then queued up for the Luas. It was a very long queue but it moved quickly. Again it was a pretty fast trip back to Smithfield. That Luas is a very handy thing I must say. We went back to the hotel then, had a couple of drinks and a chat and went to sleep.

Next morning we woke up and got ready to go shopping. We got off at Abbey Street and headed off to the Ilac Center. We met Sennan inside there for a quick chat while we had a bit of lunch. He was heading back to Donegal at 3pm so unfortunately I didn't get to spend much time with him but I was delighted to see him again. We had to say our goodbyes again so I gave him a big hug and he gave the girls hugs too even though he barely knows them lol. He is such a sweetie.

We then went shopping. I ended up trying on loads of clothes and bought two dresses and a blue Superman tshirt. I also bought a banner for Celina's 21st. After we finished shopping in the Ilac center the girls wanted to browse through Pennys so I directed to it and I headed off on my search for Petermarks. There was one near the Ilac center that I didn't notice so I went to the one on Earl street I think it was called. I only got a wash and blowdry done but it felt good to get it done professionally. I love getting my hair done in salons. Oh and its Amazon who paid for it too haha. In my third week of working in Amazon I won a competition for a one4all voucher. I had never used it so I finally used it to treat myself to Petermarks. So, Thank you Amazon :P. Now, I have one more one4all voucher to use that Bens parents got me.

When I was finished my hair, I met the girls outside Penny's. They were clearly wrecked from looking in there lol. That place is huge so I tend to avoid it. So we decided to go alcohol shopping. We had planned to look in Aldi and Lidl near Ilac but instead we went to Tescos in the Jervis shopping center. Everytime I go to Dublin, I end up in Jervis. After buying some very heavy bottles of alcohol we then got tempted to go to Lidls so headed for there and bought more alcohol. I was in pain from the weight of my purchases and the walk from Lidls back to Jervis felt extremely long even though its normally like only two minutes. I tried to go as fast as possible anyways and I took the girls to the other side of Jervis so we could hop on the Luas to go back to the hotel. Again there was no seats (as usual), this time I was dying for one but I was unlucky lol. Our hotel was only 2 stops away anyways so no harm.

We got off the Luas, Sarahs bag broke, so some stuff she bought fell out. We got some giggles from that. Then we walked back to the hotel. Again this felt really long even though its a two minute walk. Its crazy how a bit of weight affects ya. My bag of drink was very heavy though.

At reception, I told them our tv broke last night and could they have a look at it. The person behind the counter said they would send someone up soon. So, we went straight for the room and I hid the drink in the wardrobe just incase they wouldn't be happy about it. After about half an hour a girl came and fixed the tv for us so we could get our music channels back. We started drinking pretty early and we got ready around 10pm. We planned to go out late as Dublin is expensive so it would work out cheaper to have predrinks.

We left the hotel at 11.30 ish, booked a taxi through reception and headed for the Palace nightclub. The taxi man was lovely. He told us that when we are getting a taxi when we are going home to make sure to ask the driver to go through bride street and Christ church because some taxi drivers con their customers and drive them a long way to get a better fare out of them. I was delighted with this information and hoped I would remember it later.

The queue was massive for the palace. I though we were gonna be ages in it but it actually moved very fast. The security people were very cranky though. Once we got in, we went straight to the bar. They had a good amount of deals going. I ordered the vodka and shark for €4. I only used half of the shark for the vodka so I needed another one so when I was finished with that drink I asked a different bar tender could I have vodka and ice. She looked at me strange and said "vodka and ice? nothing else?" and I was like "ya just that". She didn't know I had the remainder shark so once I got my vodka I turned around and Faye instantly poured in my shark.

We then went dancing and my god I am suprised we didn't get killed haha. It was jammers. We got a small space on the floor to fit the three of us but we were being pushed and trampled on like crazy. I was pushed so much that I got dragged away from the girls and stuck in the middle of a group of crazy fellas. They were jumping alot, so much so, that a couple of times they jumped on my feet which hurt like hell. I squeezed my way through to the otherside of the dancefloor. I then went around to the side I was pulled away from, hoping the girls would still be there. Luckily they were.

I joined them again at that spot. Faye was happily meeting a fella but myself and Sarah couldn't stick it any longer so we just left Faye there and headed for the bar. I asked the barman for a tequila and orange and again I was looked at like I was an alien and I just smiled and said "My fave!" He laughed at that and served me up a lovely glass of it yum yums. We then went looking for seats as my feet were in agony. We found some near enough to the bar.

Faye was then texting looking for us. I told her where to find us and she was successful. I then told her we will be leaving soon as we can't stand it anymore. So she went back to her man for a small bit and came back to after. We headed away before the crowd, so that we would be guaranteed a taxi.

I hopped in and said "We are going to Maldron Hotel, Smithfield... if you could go through bride street and christ church that would be brilliant". I remembered it and spoke it confidently lol. I was then chatting away too him and he said that I knew Dublin well. I bluffed and said "Ah, ya have to get to know where you stay". He believed I knew exactly where I was going like. I think its hilarious because, he could of still went a random way and I wouldn't of known if it was bride street or christ church haha. The taxi only cost €9 anyways so I assumed we werent ripped off as that is a reasonable price :D.

We had another small couple of drinks when we came back to our room and chatted for a bit and then we went to sleep so we would get up in time for check out.

Next morning we got up around 11am to pack. Trying to find everything was crazy. We had way too many things. I had four bags plus my handbag, that is unreal like. Once we were ready to go we headed to reception, checked out and headed to the car.

When I unlocked the passenger door I noticed it didn't open all the doors so I felt something was wrong with the electrics. When I sat in to turn on the car I said "Please start". I turned the key and "nothing". The car was completely dead. I found the culprit, I had left the interior light on, which meant it was on for 2 days straight. Woops! We had no coverage as it was underground so Sarah went back to reception who were no help.

The girls pushed the car as far as they could but it would not help at all, there wasn't a peep out of her. So they went looking for some assistance. I pulled open the bonnet and just waited for them. Cars passed and didn't help me at all. Then all of a sudden this guy walks past me and directs a white car as close as possible to my bumper. I then saw the girls in my rear view mirror so I assumed this was the help they found. They stuck the jump leads on and instantly the car started. I then went to pay my parking ticket and headed off home.

I didn't get lost looking for the road to Cork compared to the last time where I ended up in Liffey Valley, Tallaght and Lucan from being lost haha. I learnt from my mistakes thankfully. We decided to take the road to Tipperary and get some food. The place we went too was lovely, an Italian restaurant.

We then headed back for Cork, looking for petrol along the way. I was near to empty and the only one I could find was this manky looking place. I was puked as I only like to use Topaz but I was desperate. I didn't want to run out of petrol again. So I put in €25 and off we went. Two minutes down the road, what do I see? A fricken Topaz station... GRR!!

We drove away, with no problems, taking random roads here and there. I dropped Sarah off in Bandon town and I went to Xtravision with Faye. I had a voucher for their too that I hadn't used so I decided to use it up today. I didn't know what to buy as I gave up buying dvds and music but I found a Now thats what I called music with 3 discs in it so I just decided on that. I used to always collect the Nows before but I gave up but there is good tunes on this so I said why not, I have to use my voucher on something.

Then I headed home and myself and Faye went our seperate ways. I am now relaxing with a couple of drinks and speaking to you in lots of detail haha.

I hope you enjoyed.

See you again soon,

Dee :D x

My 24th Birthday - Trip to Donegal!

2012-02-20T22:49:00.000Z

Hey Everyone,

First of all, please let me apologise for not blogging. I know it has been forever since I actually wrote about something. All I have been doing is throwing some random crap here and there. I don't know what is wrong with me, I just haven't been in the mood to type or something. I had a ton of events to speak about, which have now all been forgotten so I am just going to talk about my most recent one now okies.

So some of ye may know that I took a random trip to Dublin last year for my 23rd birthday. Well this year my random trip was for Donegal. A couple of girls had planned to come with me but nearer the date they weren't able to so I planned to head up there on my own and meet up with my best male buddy - Sennan.

I have known Sennan since god only knows how long. I am thinking roughly 12 years but I could be completely wrong. He probably knows but I have long forgotten. He used to visit Bandon every summer for a couple of months but a good few years back, it all stopped and it became a very rare occurance when I would see him. So I missed him lots. During the times he used to come to Bandon though, I used to bully him, even though he was my best mate. To be honest, I don't know how he stayed friends with me, but he did, so I very happy with it :D.

Over the last couple of years I promised Sennan I would come to Donegal for a visit but then something would happen, stopping me from going so this time I said no matter what, I am heading up there, even if I have to go alone so I did!

I planned to leave on Saturday 4th of February at 5.30am but I ended up not going to sleep until around 3am so I left the house at 6.30am instead - wrecked tired lol.

I was driving away fine but when I got near Tipp I think it was I felt my eyes dropping so I had to pull in for a bit. I shut my eyes for about half an hour and stretched my legs in the fresh air to wake me up and then I head off up the road again.

I had directions from Google on how to get to Ballyshannon from Cork but they were all over the place. Completely wrong. I ended up taking a wrong slip road and ended up in Portlaoise. I decided to stop off there for Breakfast so I went to some random place and got a full Irish brekkie which was very yummy. I ate everything on the plate, even though I hate rashers and fried eggs haha.

Then I took some random road and ended up in Athlone. My friend Brien Mullins moved up there last summer so I text him to see if he was around so I could have a quick catch up with him but he had gone home to Cork for a bit so I just headed up the road with no clue where I was going. As Google's directions were completely wrong, I just followed random sign posts and hoped for the best haha.

I ended up in Sligo and knew I was on the right track, this was when I told Sennan how far I was and I rang the hotel saying I will be late checking in as I got lost ha. That was grand, kept driving away and eventually I recognised where I was - Bundoran. Love that place, I spent a week there 7 years ago and enjoyed it lots even though the town looks like a shithole but the coastal area is lovely. I just drove straight through thinking about the memories from 7 years ago, it made me smile.

I was very close to Ballyshannon now so I spoke to Sennan on the phone and arranged where to meet up. He gave me directions for a carpark behind a bus stop so I went looking for that but took a wrong turn twice. Third time lucky I found it haha. I then waited for him in my car and when I saw him I gave him a big hug as I was delighted to see him, even though he is like way taller than me now :( ha.

He brought me to a cafe where his mum and I can't remember his name was (sorry). I greeted both of them and sat down for a bowl of soup to warm me up from the lovely rain and fill me up from the drive. It was nice meeting the two of them. I had met his mum before but again that was 7 years ago, so I didn't remember much about her.

Once we were finished we headed to some place in Northern Ireland, Beleek or something. I don't know. All I know is that they had seriously cheap drink. It was like 10 or so minutes from Ballyshannon and I was prepared with English Pounds in my purse so it was very handy. It was a very small off license he took me too but I got a litre bottle of Archers peach schnapps, some orange WKD and Mi-Wadi all for like £13. I think that is brilliant. I was well chuffed. I am kinda puked I didn't buy anything else in there but my suitcase was fully stocked up haha.

He then brought me to his new house which is very nice, I loved the kitchen and the secret room that they like to show the visitors last. I would defo like to live in that house haha.

Then we headed off to Letterkenny, where we were staying the night. All this time by the way, Sennan was scared shitless about my driving lol. He didn't like the fact that I was driving fast in such a small car haha.

We got to Letterkenny, found the hotel pretty easily and parked up. We checked into the hotel to find that my double/twin room that I booked was actually a two bedroom apartment with a kitchen and all. Fricken AWESOME! All for €55 which was very good :D.

I changed my clothes as I was wearing my baggy comfy clothes for the driving and preffered to not look like a tramp walking the streets of Letterkenny. We headed off shopping. I was in the mood for clothes shopping but I didn't do any of that in the end. Instead I went to some posh looking hair salon and got a wash and blowdry done for the night. The hairdresser gave me a head massage and everything, I felt like a princess haha. I was expecting it to be pretty expensive but it was normal price of €18 which was great.

We then headed down the streets, just looking at random shops and when we saw lidls we decided to have a quick sconse inside there so we went in and bought more alcohol. We split the cost of a captain morgans. We then headed back to the hotel. On the way back I saw a person who I hate with all my life - Kevin Kirwan. He was walking towards me and all I wanted to do was hit him but I stopped myself thankfully. Instead, as he walked passed I said quite loudly "Asshole!". I saw him turn around and Sennan just looked at me confused.

Then for the length of time it took us to walk back to the hotel I was fuming with anger because I saw him. I didn't tell Sennan why he angered me so much until we got back to the hotel where I poored myself a glass of alcohol at like I don't know 4pm or something and just told him what the story was about him haha. Sennan made me forget about it pretty fast so all is well.

We ordered takeaway food and drank until near 12am in the hotel room. I passed out during this time and Sennan took a lovely picture of me - Thank you Sennan haha. Then we strolled down to the nightclub where I actually managed to get in, even though I was shitfaced already.

Inside the club I got two free shots at the bar because it was my birthday, I got some random manky thing and a stiffys. Then I drank lots more tequila and vodka and god only knows what else. I danced for ages, even though I hate dancing. I was so drunk it was hilarious.

Sennan said he had to hold my hand all the way back to the hotel once the nightclub finished as I was so drunk, the poor fella. He also said once we got back to the room, I just passed out on the bed again. I then somehow woke up the next morning, had changed into my PJ's during the night and tied up my hair. I don't know how I done it lol.

We then headed back to Ballyshannon, where I would have to say my goodbyes to Sennan for another length of time :(. We stopped off at some petrol station so I would have enough to get home and we decided to get food there which was a big mistake as it was pure shit lol.

I dropped him off at his grandparents place and we took some final pictures and said our goodbyes. I didn't want to leave but nothing I could do about it ha. I missed him loads the minute he was gone.

I then headed to Bundoran on my own. I stopped off there for ages just taking loads of pictures of the coast and stuff. I enjoyed it even if I was on my own. It was very peaceful. I then headed to Sligo where I knew there was a waterfall somewhere as I visited it the last time I was there so I went looking for that. I didn't think the road was as long as it actually was. I went to see the waterfall alone but random lads tried jumping into my photos and talking to me, I just laughed at them and let them do their thing lol.

I then arranged to meet Brien on the way back as he was coming back to Athlone that day. So once I was finished with my sight seeing, I headed for Athlone - this time not getting lost haha. I parked up in some random carpark, hoping Brien would know where it was and he did so all was well. We went to some chinese where we got takeaway and brought it back to his place for a catch up. He gave me a tour of the house and I stayed chatting just for a small while. He then dropped me back to the carpark in his lovely new spacious Fiesta - big difference from the last Fiesta lol. I gave him a hug goodbye and took a picture with him too for my memories and headed back to Cork with correct directions from Brien rather than Google.

I went to Donegal alone thinking that the night was going to be boring as it was just the two of us heading out together but it was one of the best nights I have had in awhile. I was absolutely delighted to see both Sennan and Brien and I hope I will get to visit both again sometime soon. Thanks for having me guys!

Dee x

Random Quiz - Results of Boredom once again

2012-02-02T01:47:00.000Z

Q: Name A Friend Who's Name Starts With An "A"
A: Aaron

Q: 4th Person On Your Missed Calls:
A: Clodagh (my sis)

Q: Do You Chew On Your Straws?
A: Yeah

Q: Do You Have Curly Hair?
A: Kinda

Q: Who Is Your Favourtie Person In Your Life?
A: Xavier

Q: What Curse/Swear Word Do You Say A Lot?
A: Fuck

Q: What Is The Last Thing You Ate
A: Chicken Ball from Local Chinese

Q: What Was The Last Thing You Said To Someone And Who Was It?
A: "Haha, ill set it away up first on my usual design den wen ive time ill change d design to suit cordh solutions" to my new friend Cathal O Rourke

Q: Do You Watch Tv?
A: rarely

Q: Ever Been Hunting?
A: no

Q: Is Marriage In Your Future?
A: maybe - not soon anyways

Q: When Was The Last Time You Said, "I LOVE YOU" And Meant It?
A: not that long ago

Q: What Should You Be Doing Right Now?
A: Sleeping

Q: Do You Have A Nickname?
A: Pigeon/Dee

Q: Who's The Youngest One In The Family ?
A: Anneisha

Q: Are You A Heavy Sleeper?
A: When I get to sleep it is tough to wake me up so ya

Q:Were your parents married when you were born?
A: Ya

Q: Do You Clean Ur Room?
A: Rarely

Q: Last Time You Used A Skateboard?
A: Ages ago, ah those wer the days I loved my sk8brd. I stil av it smwr :D

Q: Where And When Was The Last Place You Slept Besides Your House?
A: Travelodge last Fri night

Q: Best Movie You've Seen In The Past Two Weeks?
A: past 2 weeks?? umm Bang Bang You Are Dead - Recommended by Baptiste

Favorite..
1. Days Of The Week : Sat
2. Food: Italian/Mexican
3. Memory: Giving birth to Xavier
4. Celebrity: Olly Murs

Last..
1. Person You Saw : Xavier
2. Talked To On The Phone: Katrina from Zevas (work)
3. Hugged: Katie O Brien - She was down in Cork Fri night.
4. Text: to Cathal O Rourke

Today..
1. Is: Thursday as it has passed midnight
2. Got Any Plans: Not for today but going to Donegal at the weekend
3. Would Like To Accomplish? Getting a job/interview

Favorites..
1. Numbers: 56
2. Song: BriBry - Both Songs he has on Youtube (not Ross Song)
3. Love song: above
4. Color: Pink/Black/Blue
5.Season: Summer

1. Missing Someone: yes
2. Mood: bored

True or False..
I Am A Morning Person: False
I Am A Perfectionist: True
I Am An Only Child: False
I Am Currently In My Pajamas: true
I Smoke: False

Vote for me please! :D

2012-01-31T12:57:00.001Z

Hey everyone!

I have decided to enter a competition for the craic to see how far I could get and stuff.

The competition is for a chance to appear on Company Magazine's May issue. They said they are looking for girls all shapes and sizes so I said I would give it ago. Why not.

So if you could please click the link below and "Like" my pictures, I would greatly appreciate it.

http://styleinsider.riverisland.com/?p=company_entrant&id=4287

Thanks in advance,

Dee x

THE BIG ONE - Are you prepared???

2012-01-22T13:29:00.000Z

PERSONAL:

Full Name: Deana Louise Hurley
Nicknames: Pigeon & Dee
Birthday: Feb 5th
Place of birth: St Finbarrs, Cork
Where you live: Bandon
Brothers name: William (RIP)
Sisters name: Celina, Clodagh and Anneisha
Mother’s name: Margaret
Fathers name: William aka Billy
Are you the eldest: Yes
Starsign: Aquarius
Gender: Female
Studyied: BSc in Computing
College: Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)
Occupation: UPC Sales Representative
MSN Name: deanapigeon
Straight/Gay/BI: BI
How old were you when you first had Sex? 18

APPEARANCE:

Hair Colour: Blonde
Hair Length: Long
Eye Colour: Green
Height: 5ft 2"
Braces: No
Glasses: Ya
Piercings: No
Tattoos: Yes, 6 so far
Righty/Lefty: Righty
Birthmarks: No
Body Type: Overweight :(
Shoe size: It varies on the shoe
Make-up: Essence all the way!
Bra size: 38E

FRIENDS & RELATIONSHIPS:

Single/Taken: Taken
Who are you with/Who do you wana be with? Ben Livesey
How many exes do you have? 5
How many have been sexual? 4 of them were.
How far have you gone? I have done everything
Would you date a younger person? I have done
Would you date an older person? I have done
Are you the romantic type? Kinda
Would you hook up with the same sex? Yes lol
Do you still talk to the person you fell hardest for? Yes
How many true friends do you have? To name a few: Faye, Mel, Kev, Sennan & Bap....etc
Who is your best friend? Faye
How old are they? 21
Is your best friend a virgin? God No!
Have you ever seen them cry? Yes
Who do you trust the most? Faye
Who knows most about you? Faye
Whos arms do you feel safest in? Bens
Do you prefer to hang out with one friend or a group of friends? I am happy with both
Who do you talk to on the phone most? Baptiste
Do you have a good relationship with your family? Not reali
Have you been with any of your facebook/bebo friends? Yes
Are most of your friends guys/girls? Guys

TOP BEBO BUDS:
How many people are in your top list? 2
Would you kiss anyone on the list? No

Lets hear about your number one..............................

Their name: Faye Cooper
Their age: 21
Do they have a bf/gf? No
Do you know any secrets about them? Probably
Have they ever cooked for you? No
Are they older than you? No
Do you have anytin in common with them? Ya lots
When was the last time you saw them? Friday
Are ye related? No
Are ye close? Ya
Do ye have nicknames for each other? Barbie and Cindy haha
Do u have pix of dem on ur bebo? Yes
How often do ye talk in a week? Daily
Could you live with them? Yup
Why are they number one? Cz she rocks!
Have u seen dem cry? Yes
How long have u known dem? Roughly 6 years
Have you gone shopping with them? Yes
Have you had a sleep over with them? Yes
If you moved would you miss dem? ya
Have u given dem anytin? Yes
Have u done something stupid/illegal with them? Don't think so haha
Do you no everytin bout dem? Probs not.
Would you date der sibling? No
Do they have you as number one? No idea - Bebo is old fashioned now like
Have you ever made something with them? Laughter!!
Have ye fought? Only small ones
Have u gone skinny dipping with dem? Not yet
Are they on drugs? No
Do you no der shoe size? 5 I think
Have you ever worn their clothes? Yes
Have they seen u dance? Yes lol
Have u heard dem sing? Sometimes
Do ye have a special saying? Drunk on Life!
Do u no their bebo password? no
Do u no their best friend? I am her best friend lol
Do they cry alot? No
Have u met any of their exes? Yes
Have u been clubbing with dem? Yes
Have they yelled at u? Yes
Do u love dem? YES

Now about the top 8..................

1. Faye Cooper
2. Sennan McShea
3. Ben Livesey
4. Kat O Leary
5. Aisling O Sullivan
6. Daniel O Connor
7. Brian Corrigan
8. Orla Lenehan

How did you meet #3? College
Would #2 and #5 make a good coupe? They are both crazy so probs lol
Would you kiss #7? Maybe :P haha
Do you love #4? Ya
How did u meet #4? Supervalu
Is #5 nice? Yup she crazy
Is #7 in a relationship? No
Have u kissed #1? Yes
Who makes u smile? Faye & Ben
Who u closest to? Faye & Ben
Who do u wish to be closer to? Sennan
Last time u saw #4? Ages ago
Do u see #3 alot? Yes
Does #7 love u? He better! haha
Describe #4 in 3 words? a funny drunk
Best time u had with #2? Old memories in Deerpark
Who is the loudest? ME ME ME!!! and Faye
Do u no #6 bday? no
Which ones have u hooked up with? Ben & Faye :P
Do u wana kiss #4? no
Who do u spend the most time with? Ben & Faye
Would u hook up with #5? Ya lol
How old is #1? 21
Who do u tink about the most? Ben
Whats your relationship with 6? Buddies
Tell us a funny moment between u and #8: Cant remember but that girl is insane!
Tell us about #7? He is one of my best male friends, I love him dearly!
Who have you vacationed with?Where? Kat - Lanzarote
How old is the oldest? I think that would be Ben at 22?
How old is the youngest? 19 I think
Have u ever been really pissed off at any of them? Yes
Do u love any of dem? Yes
Why is #1 in that spot? She rocks!
#2 comes over to your house and tells you they love you, your reaction? I love u 2 :L:L:L
All the people in your top 8 are in the one room, whats going on? PARTAAAYY!!!!!!! :L:L:L
Which one have u known the longest? Sennan

FIRSTS:

Best Friend: I tink Lydia Johnson
Pet: Snowy (Cat)
Concert: Enrique Iglesias
Love: Stephen Ahern
Surgery: Op on my eye at the age of 3
Piercing: at the age of 19
Award: some baby award
Sport: TaeKwon-Do
Vacation: If u dont count d UK it would be Barcelona
Crush: Brendan Deegan
Kiss: Conor O Donovan
Do u stil talk to that person? No
Credit card: Prepaid one
Job: Supervalu
Boyfriend: Stephen Ahern

LASTS:
Thing you drank: Coke Zero
Song listened to: Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
Time you cried: Fairly recently but cant remember why.
What u do for your last bday? Went to Dublin - Donegal for next one :)
What were u doing at midnight last night? Chatting to Baptiste, Kevin and Steve :)
Person you hung out with: Faye & Kevin
Person you called: Mum
Person who called you: Mum
Person you text: Ben
Person who text you: Ben
Time u recieved flowers: A rose from Enda - Valentines 2008
Person you kissed: Ben
CD Played: Don't play CD's anymore
Person you said I love you to: Ben
Food ate: Spagetti Bolognaise
Time u saw your mum: Last night
Book you read: Bullied by Christopher Smith
What was your last convo about: Old Memories :)
Time you were drunk: New years eve I think.
Date u were on: Rugby Match with Ruairi (before Ben) would be the last one.
Party u were at: Stuart McGrainors 21st (even tho we didnt no each ova lol)
House u were in: Bens
Person u danced with: Faye most likely
Person u yelled at: Ben I think
Person who told you they loved you: Ben
Person who was in your bed: Ben
Person who saw you cry: Probably Faye
Person who went to the movies with: Faye
Person you went to town with: Faye
Movie you watched in the cinema: New Years Eve :)
Instant msg: Steve Matthews

FAVOURITES:

Movie: John Q
TV Programm: Dexter
Colour: Black & Pink
Rapper: Eminem
Male Band: Metallica
Female Band: Evanescence
Male solo artist: Olly Murs
Female solo artist: Taylor Swift
Actor: Liam Neeson
Actress: Eliza Dushku
Song: Nothing else matters - Metallica (plus alot more)
Restaurant: Nakon Thai - Douglas
Brand: Anything
Store: Logo
Subject/Module: Anything involving Photoshop
Animal: Cat
Book: Cecilia Ahern's and JK Rowlings books
Magazine: Computer/Tattoo ones
Scent: So...? Desirable Perfume
Sound: Music and Laughter
Food: Italian and Mexican
Number: 56
Boys name: Xavier
Girls name: Jaycee
Month: February :P
Beverage: Coke Zero
Alcholic Drink: Bulmers/Tequila
Holiday: Lanzarote
Day: Saturday
Season: Summer
Memory: Debs

PREFER IN THE OPPOSITE SEX:

Hair colour: Dark
Hair length: Short to medium
Age: Around my age
Eye Colour: Blue
Body Type: Not pushed
Cute/Sexy: Cute
Lips/Eyes: Eyes
Hugs/Kisses: Both
Tall/Short: Tall
Outgoing/Shy: Outgoing
Easygoing/Serious: Easygoing
Romantic/Spontaneous: Both
Sensitive/Loud: Not sure
Hook-Up/Relationship: Depends on the person
Sweet/Caring: Both
Trouble Maker/ Hesitant One: Not sure
Boxers/Briefs: Boxers
Where would you go on a date: anywhere - I like something different like the my rugby match one :D
What is the one thing you notice about the opp sex? HAIR :)

5 YEARS AGO

1.) How old were you?: 18
2.) Where did you go to school?: Colaiste Na Toirbhirte
3) Where did you work? Supervalu I think
4.) Where did you live?: At home
5.) Where did you hang out?: Riverview Shopping Center and the Playground
6.) Did you wear glasses?: Ya
7) Who was your best friend(s): Kat, Ruth and Mel
8.) How many tattoos did you have? None
9.) How many piercings did you have? None
10.) What car did you drive? My mums Seat Cordoba
11.) Had you been to a real party?: Yes
12.) Had You had your heart broken?: Yes
13.)Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?: Taken then Single haha

2 YEARS AG0:

1.) How old were you?: 21
2.) Where did you go to school? Cork Institute of Technology
3.) Where did you work?:Nowhere
4.) Where did you live?: Stil at home
5.) Where did you hang out?: Class Parties and College lol
6.) Did you wear glasses?: Ya
7.) Who were your best friend(s)?: Ben, Ronan etc
9.) How many tattoos did you have.? 2 I think or 3 maybe lol
10.) How many piercings did you have?: 1
11) What car did you drive?: Seat Cordoba
12) Had your heart broken?: No
13. Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?: Taken

THIS MONTH:

Have you made a new friend? Yes
Fallen outta love? No
Laughed until you cried? Perhaps
Met someone who changed your life? No
Found out who your true friends were? Already know
Is there something you want to tell someone? Maybe
Have you kissed someone on your top friends list? Yes
What website have you visited most? Facebook (NOT BEBO)
Been to school/college/work? Work
Coloured something? No
Been drunk? Yes
Had sex? Yes
Gotten close to someone? Yes

TODAY:

What day is it? Sunday
Where are you? in bed haha
What can you see out the window? its behind me and im too lazy to turn around
What ya doing? This and talking to Steve
Are you lonely/tired? Bored! haha
How u feeling? Hungry
Talking to anyone online?who? Steve
Currently Eating: Nothing
Currently Drinking: Nothing
Currently Typing: This
Currently online? DUH
Listening to: Music on youtube
Thinking about: My answers for this
Wanting to: finish this
Are you stressed out? No
Name someting you would love to eat right now: Nakon Thai Red Curry nom nom nom!!!
Get any compliments today? Yes
Are u happy? Yes
Are u moody? Yes haha
Where are ur family? Downstairs
3 things you did today? woke up, went to toilet, back to bed lol
What time did u wake up? about 11am ish
What is beside u? My UPC notes, assignment etc
Have u speaked to someone u liked today? Well I like my friend Steve like!
Did u buy something? No
Get sick? No
Sing? Yes
Talked to an ex? No
What colour shirt you wearing? White
Angry with anyone? No
What should you be doing? My assignment

FUTURE:

Want kids? Have one!
Want to be married? hmmmmm not sure yet
Careers in mind? Graphic Designer
Where do u want to live? US/Canada
What car would u like? Lambo/Porshe
Next vacation: Gran Canaria or there abouts

BELIEVES:

God: No
Devil: No
Miracles: No
Love at first sight: No
Soulmates: dno
Ghosts: No
Aliens: No
Heaven: No
Hell: No
Angels: No
Kiss on the first date: Depends if I liked the person or not
More than a kiss? On 1st date no!
Horoscopes: Kinda
Yourself: dno
Santa: No
Same sex marraige: Its der choice
Sex before marraige: ya

PREFERS:

Pizza/Pasta: Both
Jeans/Dress: Both
Rich/Happy: Both
Shower/Bath: Bath
Gym/Music: Music
Family/Friends: Friends
Kiss/Hug: Both
Drugs/Alcohol: Alcohol
Diamond/Pearl: Diamond

HAVE U EVER:

Kissed a stranger: Ya
Had alcohol: ya
Smoked: no
Ran from home: ya
Broken a bone: ya
Got an xray: ya
Been with someone: ya
Broken someones heart: ya
Dumped someone: ya
Cried wen someone died: ya
Cried at school: ya
Danced infront of the mirror: ya
Told a lie: ya
Tripped on mushrooms: no
Done ecstacy: no
Been arrested: no
Kissed a picture: ya
Fallen asleep in work/school: ya
Held a snake: no
Ran a red light: ya
Suspended from school: ya
Expelled from school: no
Been fired: no
Sang karaoke: ya
Laughed until someting u were drinkn came out ur nose: ya
Caught a snowflake on ur tongue: ya
Kissed in the rain: ya
Sang in shower: ya
Been on TV: ya
Sat on a roof top: ya
Thought about ur past with regret: no regrets!
Been pushed into a pool fully clothed: no
Passed out from pain: no
Stayed in hospital overnight: ya
Shaved ur head: no
Slept naked: ya
Blacked out from drink: ya
Played pranks on someone: ya
Done an all nighter: ya
Felt like killing someone: ya
Made a bf/gf cry: ya
Been in a band: no
Shot a gun: Fake one ya
Played strip poker: ya
Bungy jumped: no
Donated blood: no
Been to a concert: ya
Kissed same sex: ya
Drove a car: ya
Stole: no
Been dumped: ya
Been in a fist fight: ya
Snuck out of your/someones house: ya
Had feelings for someone who didnt have dem back: ya
Hugged a stranger: ya
Crushed on your neighbour: ya
Hopped from school: ya
Slept in a bed with the opposite sex: ya
Lost a friend: no
Been on a plane: ya
Been to an island: ya
Slept in until 3: ya
Played dress up: ya
Made a snow angel: no
Been lonely: ya
Kissed more dan one person in one night: ya
Felt an earthquake: ya
Got detention: ya
Been in a car accident: little one
Hated the way u look: ya
Made yourself puke: ya
Crawled through a window: ya
Been lost: ya
Been to the opposite side of the country: ya
Cried yourself to sleep: ya
Made love in the woods: ya
Had a dream u married someone: ya
Glued your hand to something: ya
Got ur tongue stuck to a pole: no
Too scared to watch a horror alone: no
Been told your hot by a complete stranger: ya
Been easily amused: always
Laughed so hard you cried: ya
Cheated on a test: ya
Forgotten someones name: ya
Done something stupid drunk: ya
Gone to the cinema: ya
Made love to something not human: no
Failed a class: ya
Choked on something: air
Cheated on a bf/gf: ya
Celebrated 4th July: no
Cut your own hair: ya
Made a parent cry: ya
Cried over someone: ya
Dated someone more than once: ya
Been very ill: ya
Broken a CD: ya
Been cheated on: dno
Kissed someone and regretted it: no regrets!
Been depressed: ya
Threw up over drink: ya
Camped: ya
Been to a nude beach: no
Had a stalker: ya
Worn your best friends clothes: ya
Had a haircut: ya
Bought condoms: ya
Streaked: no
Taken a vacation: ya
Been to NYC: not yet
Watched porn: ya
Spun until u were so dizzy u couldnt walk: ya
Screamed so much u lost ur voice: ya
Had a medical emergency: no
Been onstage: ya
Cursed at ur parents: ya
Flashed someone: ya
Made out: ya
Been in a police car: no
Had a death experience: ya
Been in a sauna: tried and failed
Been in a hot tub: ya
Swam in the ocean: no
Fell off your chair: ya
Sat by the fone all night waiting for someone to call/text: ya
Saved msn conversations: ya
Saved emails: ya

DO YOU:

Have low self esteem: ya
Get online alot: ya
Sleep with the room door open/closed: closed
Have a curfew: no
Have a cell fone: ya
Like taking pix: ya
Like being in pix: ya
Have your own pool: no
Ever wear shirts to show ur belly: no
What about the cleavage: ya
Like picnics: ya
Like school: no
Like filling these out: sometimes
Share a room with anyone: no
Have your own PC: laptop
Have a crazy side: Its my only side
Speak any other language: small bit of Spanish lol

WHAT...

Is the one thing u wish u could change about ur life: Lose weight!
Would u do with 1000 spoons: try make something
Was the biggest dare u have done: Not sure
Is your biggest fear: Water and Fire
Is your greatest strength? my ability to be strong under any circumstance
Is on your dresser: my 32" TV
Do you wear on in bed: T-Shirt and Underwear
Does your room look like: Big and messy
Is the blondest thing you have ever said: Too many to think of
Did you do yesterday: got my car fixed up a bit :)
Is something you do alot: Talk, Sing, Drink and Go online.

OTHER:

If u cud pic d temp of the outdoors 4 d rest of the year what would it be? lukewarm
If you could have one super power what would it be? dnt need a power :D
Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? ya
Are you allergic to anything? chocolate
Is there someone that you consider to be the hottest guy/girl in your College ? Ben
If u were 2 eat 1 type of food in the world for the rest of your life what would it be? Italian
Most embarassing CD you own? SClubJuniors
F you were born the oppisite sex what would your name be? Cillian (mum loves the name)
Are you more of a mommys or daddys child? None
Scariest dream? Dying
Best dream? Ones where I am cuddling up with someone I really like
Who makes you smile? Ben
Are you a good driver? Yes lol
Where was your bebo pic taken? Cork
Does the person you like like you back? Yes
Is there someone you want to be with right now? Yes
Had more than one bf/gf at the one time? No
Have a secret from someone? Yes

FILL THE BLANKS:

Summer is FUN
School is for SOCIALISING
Friends are like FAMILY
Dogs are for LIFE
Braces are METAL
All boys are INTERESTING IN THEIR OWN WAY
All girls are BITCHES HAHA
American idol is CRAP
Spongebob is the COOLEST!
I cant believe I TOLD KEVIN THINGS
I like wearing BLACK CLOTHING
Beer is AWFUL
I'm as fat as an ELEPHANT
I have too many CDS/DVDS/GAMES
I like eating THAI RED CURRY
Sex is GREAT
Bebo is a place to CHECK OLD MEMORIES
Surveys are BORING BUT I DO THEM ANYWAYS
Skinny Dipping is NOT FOR ME
Gays are JUST LIKE THE REST OF US
Family is not as important as WATER
Before I go to sleep I CHAT ONLINE
I was really embarrassed when SHOWED BAP YOUNG PIX HAHA
Bush is AN EEJIT
Boys have big FEET HAHA
I hate CIGARETTES
Crying is for SOOTHING PAIN
Marraige is A LIFETIME
Swimming is SCARY
I would do anything for ALCOHOL HAHA
I wake up at NIGHT
I fear LOTS OF THINGS
I bought a DRESS :S
I drink ALOT
Mondays are TIRING
I Love BEN
I Feel HUNGRY
I Hide MY TUMMY
I Miss LOTS OF THINGS
I Know TOO MANY PEOPLE
I Think I SHOULD TAKE A HOLIDAY THIS YEAR
I Am MYSELF!
I Have 6 TATTOOS
I Wish I COULD LOSE WEIGHT
I Dance IN CLUBS
I Cry WHEN I AM SAD DUH!

THE END

In 2011 have you...

2012-01-22T12:25:00.001Z

lost a friend?
No

had your heart broken?
No

had a stalker?
Yes - Kevin Keane :P

done something you've regretted?
No

lost someone?
As in people died? 2 of my gran uncles passed away

were involved in something you'll never forget?
Yes

visited a different country?
No

tripped over a coffee table?
No

dyed your hair?
Yes

came close to losing your life?
Yes - Damn asshole who drove AT me, don't know how I managed not to get hit!

read a great book?
Yes - Bullied by Christopher Smith (Short)

saw one of your favourites bands/artists?
Went to Taylor Swift with Faye = BEST EVER!!!

did you meet anyone special?
Yes

do you like someone now?
Yes

Friends and Enemies
is dat a question?

did you make any new friends this year?
Yes

did/does anyone dislike you?
Probably - there loss haha

did you make any new enemies?
Not sure - I don't think so to be honest.

did you resolve any fights?
Yes

did you grow apart from anyone?
Nopes

do you have any regrets when it comes to your friendship?
No

All about YOU!...

did you change atall this year?
Yes I became way more girly than usual - take longer to get ready when I go out.

did you get your hair cut?
Yes

did you change your style?
Only at night, daytime is the same

were you in school?
College up to May.

did you have a job?
Yes - Amazon :)

did you drive?
Yes

did you own a car?
Yes

did anyone close to you give birth?
I know people did but I cannot remember who haha

is 2011 a good year?
Oh definately!! Great times were had :)

do you think 2012 will be better than 2011?
I don't see why not

i confess that in 2011 i .....
...
made out in/on a car?
No

kissed in the snow?
No

celebrated halloween?
Yes - I was a Zombie :)

had a good relationship with someone?
Yes

done something you've regretted?
No

OTHER

painted a picture?
No

wrote a poem?
No

cut in a line of waiting people?
No

told someone you were busy when you weren't?
Yes haha

partied to celebrate the new year?
OH YES!!!!

lost something/someone important to you?
No

lied about how old you are?
Always haha

TipTap.com Personality Test Result

2012-01-20T23:16:00.003Z

Your personality type:

Undercover Agent

As a member of the Undercover Agent Family, we bet that you're a natural leader. You are creative and intelligent, but also decisive. You are both charismatic and insightful, and nothing brings you more satisfaction than innovating and working on novel problems. As someone who is both well informed and well read, you enjoy passing your knowledge on to others. You're also great at motivating others to move in new directions.

You typically notice the illogical and inefficient elements in procedures and policies before your coworkers. You also have the ability to use these insights to develop and implement comprehensive systems that solve organizational problems. Furthermore, because you are a charismatic speaker, you can be very persuasive when presenting your ideas.

Your greatest strength is your enterprising nature, especially with new business ventures and projects. You know well how to adapt any theory or idea for practical use. You do not have time for unimportant and trivial matters, but neither are you overly serious. In fact, you are exactly the type of person who is known for playing practical jokes and who likes to push boundaries when trying to get a laugh.

Get to know me :)

2012-01-16T00:55:00.000Z

As I haven't blogged in a LONG LONG time, I am going to let you get to know me by answering random questions that I found on my old Bebo blog. Obviously, they will be severely updated since I answered them on Bebo lol.

Sorry its been so long guys, I have been very busy working. I have so much for you all to catch up on. Hope to tell you all soon.

Here we go with the questions.

This one is called:

"100 pointless questions but if your bored sure, why not?"

1)Are you really ready for 100 questions? yup
2) Was your last meal a mistake? Nope although I think I ate too much
3) Do you believe in a god ? No
4) Who did you last say I love you to? Bap as he found a song I loved very much when I was younger.
5) Do you regret it? No
6) Have you ever been depressed? Yes
7) Have a best friend? Yes - my biatch - FAYE!
8) Are you a boy or girl? Last time I checked I was a girl.
9) What is your current status? Taken
10) How do you want to die? HAPPY and in a weird way :P
11) What did you last eat? Toasted wraps - yummy.
12) Play any sports? Umm that would be a no unless you count sexual activities.
11) Do you play an instrument? My voice is an instrument right?
12) Do you bite your nails? Unfortunately yes
13) When was your last physical fight? My last physical, hmm, I think that was the one with my family not that long ago, regarding me trying to get away from them.
14) Tom from MySpace is about to go to jail, what’s your first thought? I am subscribed to him on Facebook, god only knows why, I don't remember doing it.
15) Do you have an attitude? yes
16) Ever been in love? Yes
17) What is your real name? Louise McKenna haha only messing... Deana Louise Hurley
18) Like reading? I just read a short book for first time in years, I used to love reading so much but my laptop took over.
19) Are you gonna get high later? No
20) Do you hate anyone at the moment? Hate is a strong word so no I do not, I dislike people but not hate
21) Do you miss someone? Yes, alot!
22) Who is your best friend's uncle's cousin girlfriend's daughter's boyfriend? Best friend is Faye, that is how far I can go haha.
24) Do you tan a lot? No! I am as pale as a ghost, people are always telling me I look sick :(
25) How exactly are you feeling? Happy! Because of that song :D
26) Ever ate food in a car while someone or yourself is driving? Indeed I have both driving myself or as a passenger.
27) Have you ever started a rumor? God no! I have been a victim of them though.

There seems to be numbers missing :S

30) Are Barbie & Ken bad influences on people? YES! YES! YES! I am assuming they have had some influence on me because Faye keeps calling me a barbie! NOT GOOD!!! lol.
31) Do you regret anything from your past? I regret nothing
32) What are your political views? Dont have any
33) Do you want to have kids? I have a beautiful boy - Xavier :D
34) Ever kissed somebody that name start with a N? N....hmmm...amm... I dont tink so... but I cant remember right now. Give me a few names starting with N and I might remember.
35) Do you type fast? Yes, I use all my fingers :D
36) Do you have piercings? Got my ears done twice but now they are closed up.
37) Want any more? No way!
38) Can you spell well? Most of the time.
39) Do you miss your past? Some bits yes
40) What are you craving right now? Bulmers
50) What should you be doing? Sleeping before my first day at my new job.
53) Does somebody love you? Xavier does yes :P
54) What is/are your favorite colour(s)? Black, Pink & Blue!
55) So are you liking this survey? Pfft! It is something to do.
56) Do you like someone? Very much so yes!
57) Do you have trust issues? Depends on the person. I think I can read people well enough so that I know who I can trust.
60) Do you have a good relationship with your parents? Not really.
61) Are you secretly in love? I am not secretly no, he knows
65) Is this survey too personal now?! Pfft! No
67) Should this survey stop? Its not 100 yet is it?
68) Have you ever walked outside completely naked? No haha
69) Do you think you're a good person? Sometimes
70) Do you believe everything happens for a reason? I suppose so.
71) Do you take showers? baths!!!
72) Last time you had a nice bubble bath? the ova day :D
73) What is bothering you? My weight!
74) Have you ever done drugs? Prescribed yes
75) Do you play the Wii ? I own one but haven't used it yet as I have no room.
76) How do you feel about Wal-Mart? Never been in one.
78) Who has inspired you the most? Myself :P
79) What is your favorite quote? A smile is a curve that sets everything straight
80) Are you excited you're almost done with this survey? not to pushed
81) Are you mean? yes haha
82) Can you keep white shoes clean? not a hope
83)Have you noticed this survey stopped getting personal? nope
84) Do you believe in true love? Yes
85) Are you proud of the person you've become? In some parts
86) Do you wanna change? Just my appearance
87) Who was the last person to make you mad? Had a little tiff with Ben if that counts.
88) Do you like the outside? Yes, I feel free and more relaxed when I am outside.
89) Are you currently bored? yes
90) Do you want to get married? before Id say no but now im not sure, maybe i spose
91) Ever fail a class? NETWORKING urgh I hate it so much
92) Are you hungry? Not really
93) Do you have a bank account? yes
94) What makes you happy? Xavier, Ben and my great friends - Faye, Kev, Bap etc :D
95) Would you change your name? Never! Even when people always pronounce it wrong.
97) Are you paranoid? Slightly
98) Do you watch the news? only if the parents have it on
99) What is your zodiac sign? Aquarius
100) Do you like subway? Tis edible I suppose lol.

Very random questions there. Until next time.

Goodnight!

Dee xx

Night out in Clonakilty

2011-11-16T00:03:00.000Z

Hey Guys,

So randomly at literally last minute I decided to join Faye, Sarah and Aoife for a night out in Clonakilty on Saturday, November 5th. It was so random that I didnt get time to get my hair done, so I just threw on a dress, some quick makeup and headed out with my hair just washed, letting it naturally dry in the air.

I drove out after 10pm and the town seemed very quite. I decided to drive rather than drink so that I would have a way home and stuff. I met the girls in Phoenix bar, in their new location since I had last been out there. We didnt stay there long because it was very quite. So we headed across the road to where Phoenix used to be, I cant remember the new name of the place.

It was way busier in there. We sat at the bar, near the dancefloor. The girls were crazy, Faye and Sarah was the most drunk out of the three of them, especially Sarah. All night she kept shouting "YEAAAHHH BUDDAAAYYY!!!". I hadnt a clue what she was saying, so the other girls had to explain it to me.

We danced for a good bit in there and had a great laught, taking many pictures and just watching the girls make a fool of themselves. Nights are so funny when you are a sober person watching drunk people haha.

We then headed over to the Venue nightclub. This is where I used to always go if I went out in Clon but tonight it was like a funeral inside there. I swear to go there was so little people it was unreal. We stayed for a few songs and decided to get out of there. As well, the fellas inside there were very pushy and annoying, so persistent in getting you on the dancefloor for a score. Sickening.

We then went back to the new Phoenix where we had to cram through crowds to get to the dancefloor part. It had gotten way busier than earlier. We decided to stay there. I danced for the rest of the night, only sat down at small periods of time. Faye sat down for most of it, she looked very tired and Sarah kept falling over. They were hilarious to watch.

We had fellas flocking on to us again here but we all basically pushed them away. I couldnt understand why the girls were refusing them when some where cute. The girls are single like, I am the only one that is taken so I have a reason to push them away but the girls can do as they please with a guy. I didnt get it haha. I kept trying to get Faye to get with this cute fella but she kept refusing. Tut tut haha.

After that, I sat into the car, drove 100meters approx and parked up. It was literally across the road haha. We all got out to go to the chipper and got a bit of munch to keep us going lol. When we had our food in our hands and heading back to the car, there were more guys annoying us. While I was sitting in the car I saw a fella trying to get into the back of my car so I gave out to him, telling him to close my door and get away from my car. He didnt listen so I got out, got agressive. I pushed him away from the car and told him to get the fuck away from it and leave us alone. The girls were skitting at this.

I sat back into the car and the guy decided to come up to my window and do something to the car. I cant remember what he was doing but I rolled down my window and punched him in the gut a few times and told him to fuck off again. He then sat on my bonnet where I beeped at him and finally he got the message and fecked off. I hate shit like that. I am a very angry person so that shit will not go past me. The girls where having a great laugh at it though lol.

Sarah and Aoife then left to get there arranged lift so I drove Faye over to the library carpark where she was going to be collected by her mum. I couldnt bring her home as I didnt have enough petrol. We chatted there for a bit and noticed a couple having some "fun" against a wall in a dark area. Anytime a car came into the carpark, they shone a light on them but it didnt stop them lol.

All in all, even though I was sober, I had a great time but I dont think I will go out in Clon again for another while as it was too quite for my liking.

Slan go foill,

Dee x

Cork Zombie Walk

2011-11-13T10:42:00.000Z

Hey Guys,

Soz been so long, been busy with work and shit lol. I don't know if I told you I was going to be doing the Zombie walk in Cork but I did it and it was lots of fun.

We started off by getting ready in Bens house. It took around three hours to complete and we destroyed the bathroom lol.

Once we were all finished, we tried to scare Xavier but it didnt work, instead he looked at us like we were eejits haha. We then went out to the garden to take a few photos. Before we got into the car we decided to act zombie-like while cars passed. I noticed a cyclist was going to be passing us so once he passed us I scared him with my zombie actions. He looked and said "Jesus Christ!!!" It was hilarious.

We burst into laughter and then decided to head to the city. We were stuck in traffic in various different places and got a range of reactions from cars next to us. So many people were laughing at us, telling us we had something on our faces and stuff like that. Lots more people asked us were we working in the nightmare realm haha.

We then walked through the city, heading for the opera house, again getting alot of strange looks while we passed people. We then got to the opera house where there was loads of zombies waiting outside. A few people took pictures of us and we took some of them. Some parents asked us to jump in for pictures with their kids and all, it was gas!

Then our leader spoke to us, telling us our route and off we went. We went from Lapps Quay to Macurtain Street to Patricks Street to Grande Parade to South Mall to Oliver Plunkett Street and to The Sextant Bar. It was hilarious, we all acted pretty well and there was many cameras taking pictures and videos of us. We scared many people it was great.

We then got free food in the Sextant and a free drink. We stayed for a small bit and then headed back to Bandon. We started drinking in my house while topping up our makeup. Sarah and Aoife joined us and then we got a spin down to the Plunkett. We spent most of the night there, taking plenty pictures with all the people that were dressed up. Then we headed clubbing and had lots of fun. I cant remember much of what happened during the night because I got pretty drunk haha.

So ya that was it, it was tonnes of fun and I look forward to doing it again next year if it goes ahead.

See ye again soon,

Dee x

More pictures can be found on my facebook

Waterford 8.10.11

2011-10-10T01:05:00.000+01:00

Hey Everyone!

So I hadnt been out in ages so I decided to make it special once I got out, so I picked a place that never fails to please me - Waterford. Everytime I go out there, I have an awesome time so I just had to go.

Faye and Sarah came with me as usual, they are great girls, I always enjoy their company :).

The weekend started off with me meeting Faye in Dunnes on Friday night to buy alcohol. We came out with a pile of drink, looking like alocholics to be honest haha. Then we chatted for like 6hours strait in Dunnes Carpark. They close at midnight so when we saw all the lights go off at this time, we freaked coz we thought we would be locked in so we drove out and parked a little bit up the road to finish our conversation. We didnt stay there long. Faye was turning insane due to sleep deprivation so she was shouting at the cars passing telling them to "Schlow Down!!" <-- (My attempt of writing that in a culchy accent).

Then I went home, I originally planned to watch an episode of Dexter but for some reason my body told me to check Dylans site, so I obeyed it and checked it. I immediately saw a link to "Ideas please" so I clicked on it and saw that he was looking for ideas on updating the website and stuff. So I sat there for about half an hour going through his site and deciding what I would want to do to it if it was mine. I turned on my light, grabbed paper and pen and started drawing and taking notes. When that was done I opened up photoshop and through an image together of what I had drawn on paper. I came up with something that was similar to what he has already but just that bit different and more appealing and I sent it to his email. I also contacted him on Facebook to let him know that I had submitted an idea for him to review.

He liked the ideas and he was very greatful for the effort I had put in to doing it and he told me he has other ideas to go through aswell and that he might put some ideas from each person together or whatever to make it into something that he likes. So, I was happy with his feedback, and I look forward to the day when he has it updated so I can see what has changed and stuff.

I went to sleep after I had that done, didnt bother with Dexter, I was too tired lol. I told the girls to be in Bandon for 10am and we will leave for Waterford. I met them both down town and we went to a pharmacy to buy some of our favourite makeup that was half price. I got 4 pieces of make up for under a fiver. AWESOME!

Then we headed off for Waterford. It only took us an hour and a half to get there, which is good, but it meant we were to early for check in. So, we went shopping! I parked in a shopping center carpark, Beat Fm were there doing something so it was very crowded and noisy but looked like fun. We went to a few shops and I bought a new dress for the night, even though I had bought a new blue one the week before in Cork haha. We had lovely food in T&H Doolans again, we went there the last time too and once we were finished we headed back to the hotel.

We checked in and once we were in the room, I opened my alcohol and started gulping it down haha. We ordered Chinese for dinner from a place we found on Just-Eat.ie, I got my usual Thai Red Curry, which was absolutely scrumptious and the girls got stuff too that they enjoyed aswell. I love the website, it is great when you are away from home because you dont have to be driving around looking for the perfect spot ya know. It is very very handy!

After that we drank some more, whatched the Xfactor and then decided to get ready at like 10pm ish. I was fairly tipsy but managed to get my make up right, including liquid eyeliner that I had never used before, I even did it for Faye like. Weird lol.

We then went to the reception and chatted to Neville and Chris behind the counter, and ordered our taxi. They were great craic altogether. We got the taxi to let us out near Escape. We went into some Cocktail bar where I got a two captain morgans and a monster for €10 which is a good price. I downed them as fast as I could coz the bar was quite so wanted to go somewhere better. I also downed Sarahs bulmers coz she wasnt drinking it lol. That was probably the point where I got to drunk lol.

We then went strolling around the place looking for a banklink so I would have money for the club. The first one we got to was out of service so we had to walk further for another one which gave me moeny, yay! We then headed to the club - The Foundry! We got free entry because we got some flyer off some one on the street earlier, so that was handy and all drinks, no matter what you got was €2.50 inside there. AWESOME!

I dont really remember much about the club, I know it looked nice and the bathrooms where cool but all I remember really was drinking plenty of Tequila and falling on the floor twisting my ankle. I have no memory of leaving the club or getting home so the rest of this story was told to me by the girls ok.

We came out of the club, got a taxi straight away from somewhere and headed back to the hotel where we chatted to Neville and Chris again. Waddy the security guy was there too. Faye or Sarah nicknamed him "Mi-Waddy" after the drink. We then went into the hotel room. Supposedly I turned on my laptop, was on it for like a minute and then I was on the floor asleep. The girls didnt know what happened me, they said one minute they were texting away and the next minute they see me face down on the floor, out for the count!

So, not knowing if I was ok or not, they "left me for dead" as they kept saying today, to go get food haha. Sarah tried to get herself kidnapped while at the shop and then they came back and Faye decided to check if I was breathing haha.

Somehow, during the night, I woke up, managed to change into my pyjamas and plonk myself into bed, without blankets and stuff and I woke up at 9.30 the next morning wide awake. I decided to put my alarm on for 11am just incase I went back to sleep but the other two woke aswell so we stayed up chatting, we were all wide awake at that hour, kind of strange. This was when they told me everything about the night. We also had a search party for my bra but unfortunately couldnt find it so one of the cleaners are probably puzzeled about finding a bra in the room now lol.

Thanks girls for leaving me for death haha... Love ye!

We then decided to go to the funfair in Tramore but when we got there it was gone! I thought that place was open all year around so I was looking forward to it but it was gone so we decided to head home for Cork and browse Mahon for a bit.

Mahon was crazy busy, there was traffic everywhere! There must of been something on that we didnt know about haha. We went to Halfords first to get wipers for Fayes car and then we went over to Mahon point to have a look in shops and have a bite to eat. Then we visited Ben as it was his birthday so I wanted to see him and of course Xavier aswell. Xavier was delighted with the balloon and car that I brought home for him but was even happier when he got to beat me up with the balloon haha. He loves to beat up mommy!

We then headed back home and I tried to change Fayes wipers for her. I managed to get the old wipers off but for the life of me I couldnt get the new ones on so I had to call on Ken to do it instead. I watched him do it so that I would have an idea of how to do it the next time :).

It was a great weekend all in all, I love those girls and cant wait for our next outing in Galway :D.

Talk again soon,

Dee x

September is over - and you thought I was pregnant!

2011-10-04T01:23:00.000+01:00

Ok maybe some of you didnt believe it but alot did lol. Heres the thing, I posted, roughly a month ago that "I am 2weeks gone and craving tomatoes". I got a lot of congratulations and my mother was shocked to be getting well wishes down town aswell, because I didnt warn her. I suppose it was a test to see how long it would get to my mother from Facebook, as you know I find it annoying when people spread shit, just from seeing things on Facebook. This one didnt bother me though because it was planned.

It was all part of raising awareness for Breast Cancer. Last year nearly every girl on Facebook received a message, telling them to do something on their status that would confuse the fellas reading it. Alot of people participated and it made it into news headlines. I cant remember the exact thing it was last year but it was good anyways.

This year it was the same thing but different. This year we had to write something that was related to our birth date. The month was how many weeks you were gone and the day was what you were craving. In my opinion I think January should of started at like 10weeks and worked up from there instead of working up for one week because I am in February meaning I was 2 weeks gone. Who has cravings at 2 weeks? I didnt have cravings during my pregnancy with Xavier, not one thing like.

These are supposed to be kept secret so the boys wont figure out what they mean but no offence to the ladies who participated in the event, it said it was until the last day of September. I particiapted, but now I dont want people to actually think I am pregnant for real when I am not. It was for the month of September only sorry.

Every girl that congratulated me on Facebook, I think I messaged them all saying I wasnt pregnant and sending them the event, so if I didnt send it to you (girl) sorry. All the fellas that congratulated, I just played along. Except when I was down town the other day and was congratulated by an old friend, David. I laughed and told him it was all a game.

So thanks for all the congratulations, apologies for the inconvenience.

Here are some pictures of the activity (click to view larger):

THE EVENT

REACTIONS

Love ye, Dee x

Want to help me out?

2011-09-30T18:01:00.002+01:00

I noticed on the back of one of my packs that Johnsons are looking for people to collect their empty packs of wipes. For each one they receive, they will give 2c to a charity. I know that doesnt sound much but it all adds up. 500 packs is €10 so think of it that way. Whats more, it helps the enviroment because they will upcycle these into other great products.

So I am asking you, who ever lives near me that uses this product, to give me your empty packs so I can collect them and send them in to Johnsons for charity. I am going using a cardboard box at home and filling them up with as many as I can so please help out.

I DO NOT get any profit from this, just the good feeling of helping the enviroment and charity.

Let me know if you can give me any or feel free to start collecting yourself. Here is the info:

http://www.johnsonsbaby.co.uk/our-world/

Cheers guys!

Ps. you can contact me via the contact page above or on many social networks, just search my name.

Deana Hurley

The Xfactor

2011-09-26T18:29:00.000+01:00

I was going to wait until this ended but era what difference will it make really. I would probably be saying the same thing about it anyways.

I have always been a fan of this show, it would be one of my favourite shows to watch on TV. It has always been great but this year I feel it is much better. I think the main reason I am loving it so much is the change in judges. I was skeptical to hear that there was going to be new judges this season and was not looking forward to the show at all.

But, the judges are brilliant, they seem to be getting on very well, they are like a small little family. It is great to see. I love the fact the Gary is kind of taking on the Role of Simon, his attitude is awesome and I love the way he has no fear in saying the truth or approaching people. I thought it was hilarious when he approached the Michael (Jackson) fella on stage when he lid down and wouldnt move. I think he is a real genuine guy. All of the judges are. The four of them are very honest, I really like them. They didnt have to talk to the guy that didnt get into bootcamp and each one of them came out to speak to him and let them now what to do for next time. That was very nice. I feel if that was the old judges, they would of just let him be to get angry and abuse the camera.

Best of all is that they have OLLY MURS doing the XtraFactor. I absolutely adore him so I enjoy watching him alot but I am very jealous of that girl who got a kiss, dance and big hug from him. Lucky person she was. I will be going to see him in February so cant wait :D.

The only thing I dont like about them is Kelly Rowlands accent. I dont know, the way she talks is just irritating but she is funny and down to heart so I grin and bear it and enjoy the show.

My favourite act of the show SO FAR is Janet from Northern Ireland. She has an amazing voice and she gives me goosebumps everytime I hear her sing. She reminds me of Diana Vickers from a previous show and I hope she gets very far. We shall see. Good luck JANET!!

So ya I am loving the show this year, check it out for yourselves if you havent done so already. I am sure you will enjoy it. At least we are not listening to random shite about Cheryl Cole now. Thank goodness.

Good luck to all the contestants, the competition is fierce this year.

Cant wait for the next episode.

Deana

Stuff I would like to have (25 Pictures) Part 8

2011-09-21T17:52:00.000+01:00

T Shirt

Vest for Xavier

Pacman T Shirt

Foldable Keyboard

Spongebob PS Controllers

Monitor, Scanner & Printer All In One

T Shirt

Pyjamas

T Shirt

Pen - Paper - Computer

Harry Potter Crests

Harry Potter House Bookmarks

Harry Potters Wand

Hermiones Wand

Dumbledores Wand

Ron's Wand

Marauders Map - Harry Potter

Cushions

Chocolate Snakes & Ladders

Pacman Coin Box

Portal Socks

Mario - Tequila Sunrise flavoured Icecream (Yum)

Taco Holder

T Shirt

How to Create a Blog

2011-09-09T23:55:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys,

So yesterday I was asked how do I create a blog, so in this post I am going to give you the very basic steps on how to set it up. If you have any questions, dont hesitate in asking me. Buttons or links that I press will have a pink background around it so you can easily follow me through the steps.

1. Go to www.blogger.com, the picture below is what you will see. You can sign in using your Google/Gmail account if you have one already or if you dont you can click "Get Started". For this tutorial, I clicked the Get Started button.

2. The Get Started link will bring you to the following page, where you enter a few details such as your email, password and username, stuff that will be used later on when you login. Click continue when it is all complete.

3. You will then be brought to your Dashboard. Here you will see the list of blogs you have set up (after they are set up) and where you can create a blog, edit your profile etc. As we are starting from scratch you dont have an existing blog so click the "Create Your Blog Now" button to start your first blog.

4. Once you click that button you will be brought to the following page where you name your blog and give it a url. Press continue when complete.

5. You will be then asked to choose a template. I always choose simple and later customises it when I am ready, but feel free to pick any of the other templates if you wish.

6. Once that is done it will tell you that your blog has been created. Here you can start writing by clicking the "Start Blogging" button.

7. It will bring you to a page where you can write a new post. You enter the title and the text in the main field that you wish to see appear on your blog. Read the picture for more info. Click "Publish Post" when complete or "Preview" if you wish to see what it looks like before you make it public.

8. Once published you can view it by clicking the "View Post" link.

8. This is now what your blog looks like, what the public will see. That is it, your done. You can click new post on the top right of the page if you want to write something new and more.

EXTRAS:

1. Design, if you click on the design tab you can customise how you blog looks. Below is the page elements view, this is where you can move objects around in your blog, upload a banner, edit how posts will look and more.

Next is the Template Designer. Here is where you can completely change the background colours, text colours, everything and anything really to make your blog the way you want it.

Next is the Edit HTML tab. If you have any bit of knowledge you can edit how your blog looks through editing it with HTML code.

2. Settings is where you can edit things like the title, url, publishing and more. Just browse through the tabs and you will see the many things you will be able to change.

3. Last but not least, STATs. I check this page out a lot. I like to know where my views are coming from and stuff like that. Obviously when you start off you will have very low starts but it will start climbing everytime you post.

So thats about it really, these are the very basic steps, if you want help with anything else, just ask me, you can contact me via the contact page at the top of the blog.

If you don't like the templates that blogger supplies, check out some from here: http://btemplates.com/. I think it is a great site and it is where I got the template for this blog. A word of warning though, some templates can be difficult to customise to your taste so either choose a simple one from the site or have a bit of HTML knowledge so you can edit things within the template. I edit the HTML alot for the Nordfox blog and occassionally for this blog.

I hope this tutorial helps you set up a blog, let me know how you get on so I can have a look at your blog. Have fun. Check out the blogs I helped set up in the Friends page at the top of the blog. The Nordfox one is my favourite because I made the banner and customised the colours to match it. I also made the banner for the Vigo site and like it very much but I havent put alot of time into that blog compared to Nordfox.

Thanks for reading,

Dee x

Beware of Scams!!!

2011-09-07T11:41:00.001+01:00

I saw this post written by Tony Mansfield on the Facebook Advertiser group and I decided to pass it on to you, just incase the following happens to you. Always be careful when it comes to your computer and more.

"I want to take this opportunity to warn all my customers, (and friends), that there are a large amount of 'phishing' scams on the go at the moment.

One of the most worrying is to receive a telephone call from a man or a woman, usually with an indian accent, claiming to work for, amongst others, Microsoft, Norton, Globaltech, Global IT support, Support PC online, and many other names. They are currently claiming to be based in London at 124 Baker Street. ( In case you are interested, that address is for a branch of Costa Coffee!)

The scam is, they will say that your computer has been sending out error messages and they can help you clean your computer. They use all sorts of tactics, saying that they can identify your 'IP address' from the error messages. They will tell you that non of the anti virus programs work on this problem, only THEY can help you.

They will then ask you to turn your computer on and to run a program called eventvwr.exe. They will then ask you what the logged events are to 'prove' that something is wrong. Then you will be asked to connect to the internet and go to a website and click on a link to run a program that will give you a number. If you give them this number, they will be able to access your computer!

What they then do is 'examine' your pc and secretly install some software, then they say that they can 'clean' the pc for a payment which you have to make there and then on your credit/debit card. If you don't pay up, your computer crashes, never to work again! If you give them your card details, they get your money! but they also ask for your date of birth, this then enables them to phone your bank, report that you have forgotten the pin, and because, they can quote your DOB, they can alter the address which the bank sends the new PIN to!!

So, in short -

If you get a call like this, DO NOT turn on your computer, DO NOT tell them ANY information about your self OR your computer. They can be VERY assertive, if in doubt just hang up!

Sorry this is so long but I just wanted you to be clear on the way this works.

This link - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres

explains all about it."

Hope this helps people be more aware.

Good Luck,

Dee.

TIPS:

Use http://whocallsme.com to check unknown numbers that come to your phone.
Ask the caller to tell you what system you have: brand name, model, serial no, etc. - If they are unable to supply you with this information, then they are definately fake.

Dropbox

2011-09-06T12:18:00.000+01:00

http://db.tt/MfyHkxg

Hey Guys,

Are you looking for a file sharing site? Well Dropbox is the one for you! It is the best site I have used for file sharing anyways.

The best thing about it is that the whole thing is FREE!!! You just sign up as you would with any other site with you basic information, email and password and you will then have an account. Simple as!

You get 2GB free when you start off but you can also earn more by completing all the steps and inviting people to use it. I currently have 8.75GB on my account, which is brilliant.

Once you have your account set up you can start using it straight away. You can create a folder for stuff you would like to have access to all the time or folders that you want your friends to add files. You can use the folders given on the site or create your own. I have used some of the folders given, but I have made alot of my own too. I currently have 9 shared folders. This is where I set up a folder and invited one of my friends to use it also. I usually name them according to the people who use it such as "DeeBen, DeeFaye, etc". You can also set up a folder for more than just you and one friend, it can have as many people as you want, such as your college class, sports club etc. I used to have one with my college class called "COM2" but I am finished college now so I don't need it. But it was a great place to put in our study notes so we all could access it from any computer.

All this can be done online but another great thing about dropbox is that you can also do it if your not online. Follow the steps on the website to download the program to your desktop. Once you have it downloaded you can access it freely on whatever computer you installed it too while you are offline. You can put more files into the folders and they will sync away while you write up that essay, college project or whatever you get up to.

This is all brilliant, especially for college students. If a lecture asked you for an assignment because you forgot to email him, just log on to Dropbox and find it from the folder you put it in and download it and give it to your lecture. Then you wont be in trouble. Whats more, if you delete the file by accident, you can go on to your Dropbox account online and restore it back into your folder. It is truly amazing.

This is what Dropbox says:

"Dropbox makes sharing and collaboration easy, so it's perfect for school:

Be the savior of your project team or study group! Use shared folders to save your group's work to everyone's computers.

Emailing files to yourself sucks! Just grab that essay from Dropbox when you're at the computer lab, or on the go.

Accidentally delete your thesis at 3 in the morning? No problem! Dropbox makes it a snap to restore your magnum opus."

So if you would like to try it out. Click on this link: http://db.tt/MfyHkxg. It is free so why not. Trust me, you will be thanking me when you do.

Have fun,

Dee x

Slices of Life (2010 Movie) SPOILER ALERT!!!

2011-09-06T03:01:00.000+01:00

I never planned to review anything in my blog but I just can't let this one pass. Seriously.

This is the WORST movie ever made!!! It is just plain terrible. The acting is ridiculous and the 3 stories are so drawn out and boring, you're sitting there saying "Get on with it!". Its ridiculous.

It is about three different aspects of life:

1. Work Life

2. Home Life

3. Sex Life

Work Life is about a guy who just got a Computer Programming degree and is upset about being lonely and that nobody likes him so he infects people with this virus that a different guy made to make people like him. It all goes wrong and there is the smallest zombie type apocalypse going on. The make up and "effects" are extremely terrible in it. It doesnt look one bit realistic.

Home Life is about a pregnant woman with a useless violent husband that kidnaps and kills children. She starts seeing her future child in ghost form who helps her find the most recent missing girl that is missing and helps her kill the husband. This was where Ben fell asleep because after a few minutes into that story, you could clearly predict what was going to happen so we just wanted the movie to get on with it. Before Ben went to sleep, he asked if we could skip this part and for some unknown reason I said no. So he went to sleep.

I decided to keep watching it just so I can laugh at how terrible it is.

Sex Life was about a girl who was being raped and molested by her uncle for many years. Her brother comes home to finally witness it and she ends hitting the uncle with a frying pan and thinking she has killed him so they go on the run. They took his car and headed as far as they could go on the amount of gas that was left in the car. When they were running out of gas they pulled off the highway and coincidently find another car parked on the road. Then they notice a man is hurt so the girl tries to help him and the boy goes into the house looking for help. He comes back out after finding nobody and decide to bring him to hospital. He is kept in so they head back to the house to gather up food and money to help them out.

They hear noises from the basement and decide to go investigate and they find a young woman locked up. She shares her life story and she goes to have a bath. The boy and girl (I should of taken note of their names) went searching the house for blankets and stuff and find weird drawings and stuff in the basement. It was this point where I realised, they shouldnt of released the young woman. The boy went upstairs looking for stuff and comes across her coming out of the bath. She tells him to have sex with her so they do and her downstairs area eats him. If you have seen the movie "Jennifer's Body", its the same thing, kinda. The man that was in the hospital came home to find her killing the boy so he shoots her in the head. Then the girl hears all the comotion and comes to the rescue, killing the man, not realising that she should of kept him alive.

While she hugs her brother on the bed, she sees that the young womans below area is moving so she stands up and watches it. Then a weird looking creature comes out of it and goes into her, making her the new host so she turns into a slut and goes back to her uncles place and kills him by seducing him.

I think that story was the best of the three but still it was seriously terrible. The in between bits that are in a motel where a girl is seeing these stories through a book, just doesnt make much sense and it ends quite weirdly so I was kinda confused.

All in all, it was a terrible movie and a complete waste of time. Sorry for explaining the story, I rarely review something so I have no idea how to do it lol. If you want to save some time in your life, dont ever go out of your way to watch this. Seriously, you will regret it. It is terribly quality, terribly acting, terrible effects, terrible everything basically.

Do you know what? It was like something that you would get as a college project submission. It was that bad. I cant express how bad it is like haha.

TERRIBLE!!

Thanks for reading,

Dee x

Stuff I would like to have (25 Pictures) Part 7

2011-09-05T01:05:00.000+01:00

22 Carat Vodka

Who Dares Burns Hot Sauce (Heat Scale: 10)

Dave's Burning Nuts (Heat Scale: 8)

Twister Beach Blanket

Gorillaz Tripod

Chocolate Pizza

Garlic Crusher

Giant Gummy Bear

Universal Charger

Pacman Alarm Clock

Pacman Mug

Pink & Gold Vodka

Giant Gummy Worm

Pacman Cookie Cutters

Pixel Hand Oven Gloves

Media Center

Emergency Universal Charger

Tattoo Stencils

Beer Coolers

Chili Chocolate

Ghost Pepper Chili Flakes (Heat Scale: 10+)

Harry Potter's Wand with Light Tip

Harry Potter Artifact Box

Hermione Granger Artifact Box

Ron Weasley Artifact Box

Google Docs Unleashed

2011-08-31T23:09:00.001+01:00

Hey everyone,

So I watched a video today about multiple things you can do in Google Docs. I love learning new things so I was delighted to be able to watch this for free courtesy of www.appsumo.com and www.howtogeek.com.

I have been a subsriber to HTG for many months now and love everything they send to me through email. I get amazing tips from them so I knew this video was going to be good.

I am not sure if you have to be a HTG subscriber to see the video, but I do know you have to enter your email before you are brought to the purchase page and video page. So here is the link if you want to check it out:

CLICK HERE

There are seven videos in total.

1. Introduction

2. Fetch External Data

3. Alternate Method of Fetching Data

4. Fetch Data at Regular Intervals

5. e-How Case Study

6. Building a Minimum Viable Product

7. Google Gadgets

It is presented by Paul Hontz from www.thestartupfoundry.com and Tom Critchlow from www.distilled.net. In the introduction they give a brief description about the video and what they will be discussing.

Section 2 you will learn how to obtain RSS feeds, How to use the Import functions, filter data through "If" statements and more.

Section 3 you will be given an example of JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) and learn to apply API's to URL's and a few Google Doc scripts.

Section 4 you will learn how to collect specific data from source code, layer codes into scripts, make multi function scripts and much more.

Section 5 shows you how to pull data in contect of keywords and a couple of other things.

Section 6 is about stringing codes together and how to trigger scripts through Google Forms.

Finally, Section 7 is about Gadgets. They show you how to insert a Map into a spreadsheet and publish it to HTML. This is my favourite because I can definately see myself using this one. If you have a blog like myself, you can put a gadget into a spreadsheet and then right click it to publish it to HTML and it will give you the code that you can add via HTML to your blog or similar with webpages. It is awesome!

When you finish off watching each section you will see a few links after it. You will find a link to download the full video to your PC, an MP3 version of the video and a Transcript version of the video which is absolutely brilliant if you need to refer back to them again sometime. You will also be given links to examples of what you saw in the video and a few resources.

I really enjoyed the video and I cant wait to get stuck in to the examples and trying my own things out. I would like to thank HowToGeek and AppSumo for letting me watch this free and I look forward to any other tutorials I receive from them.

If you are not a HowToGeek subsriber, I would recommend you do it now, they are brilliant!

Good luck and enjoy the video if you watch it.

Dee :D

Vigo - Cork Band

2011-08-24T02:46:00.000+01:00

Would you like to listen to instrumental group from Cork??? Click the link below to hear some of their music.

SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/vigoband

Stumble: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AJCzEn/soundcloud.com/vigoband

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vigo/236501979724531

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/572786424#!/572786424

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhee

Email: daniel.131090@hotmail.com for any information.

Good luck to them and I hope you like them.

Dee x

Stuff I would like to have (25 Pictures) Part 6

2011-08-23T15:36:00.001+01:00

T Shirt

Pourer attach on

Spoon measure

Baby bed attach on (woulda been brill when xavi was younger)

T Shirt

Measure Tool

Colourful Shoes (for every occassion)

T Shirt

SD Holder Case

Colouring Pencils (Wall)

Skull & Bones Icecubes

T Shirt

Hoody (for Xavier)

T Shirt

Hoody (for Xavier)

T Shirt

Cork night out!

2011-08-22T04:02:00.000+01:00

So randomly the other day I asked Faye to join me on a night out in Cork, even though I am seriously broke. I havent had a proper night out in ages so I wanted to get some energy out of me before I get my start dates for Amazon. Needed some winding down :).

So the plan was, due to me being up in Passage, I would call down home to collect some clothes and make up and bring Faye to Bens house, where we would get ready. I cooked dinner for the three of us - Grillsteaks served with chips, onions, mushrooms and a Garlic & Peppercorn Sauce. Nom nom.

That reminds me, check out my new blog if you havent done so already: http://deanaskitchen.blogspot.com.

Once dinner was finished and we were after getting ready we headed to Dan's house. My hair drove me insane because I washed it and as usual, once it was dry, it looked greasy. I am so sick of it, I am considering going bald at this stage. Like how often does it happen when someone washed their hair, its still greasy afterwards. Sounds weird to me. Always happens to me, urgh, I have asked many different hairdressers about it and nothing seems to be working. Agh!

We got lost trying to find Dan's house so we had to ring a couple of times for directions. Once we got there and headed inside to meet the lads, we were instantly hyper. I have no idea why we were so hyper but we were anyways. The lads thought we were drunk even though I just drove there like lol.

Instantly we started drinking glasses and glasses of vodka. I do not like vodka but when there was no tequila, it just had to do haha. It got me quite merry anyways lol. Then we ordered a taxi to the city. Dan had forgotten there was 5 of us so only ordered a car, meaning there was no room for one. So they told me, Faye and Steve to hop in and Brian and Dan would order another one.

We were heading to the Slate to keep the boys happy but Faye wasnt allowed in because it was over 23s so we got our way and headed for the Brog instead. YAY! We like the Brog, but the boys arent keen. I had a strange craving for Kopperberg so I ordered the Strawberry & Lime one. I usually don't like the taste of this unless I am seriously drunk, but my body wanted it this time so I got it and it was yummy haha.

It ended up being the only drink I bought inside the pub, I just couldnt be bothered going up to the bar to be honest. I was quite happy just sitting down, taking random pictures and what not. I remember at one stage, Brian had come back from the bar with a fresh bottle of Heineken for himself and it wasnt on the table 2 minutes and Faye knocked it over. There was very very little left in the bottle. Brian was not happy about that. I woulda went mental if it happened to me like haha.

After many photos and plenty random stuff, Faye decided she wanted to go to a club. I am really not keen on clubs any more, I much prefer a late night bar like the Brog and similar. I suppose its the fact that I don't wanna waste my money on an entry fee, when they will be getting enough money off me for drinks. Plus, I just cant be arsed dancing anymore haha.

Faye knew this so she said she would pay for me to go in so I said fine we will go. I wanted her to be happy so I said why not. Once again, the name of the place was changed. The last time we were in it, it was called Society, now its called the Blue Room. All I have to say is: "It will never be as good as it used to be when it was called G2 and/or the Qube (I think). Those were the good days. Now its shite lol. They even took away the pole! What were they thinking like! haha.

More random pictures were taken there and again I didnt bother going to the bar for a drink so I spent very little, yay! I let Faye do whatever she wanted while I just sat at a table chatting to Brian. I seriously just don't have the energy for clubs anymore, they bore me haha.

Era, Faye had fun so all is good. We then went looking for food. I wanted my Abrakebabra but the boys didnt wanna wait in the queue. I thought the queue was a reasonable length but they didnt like the length at all. So we decided to check Fast Als, who also had a small queue in my opinion but a long queue in the boys opinion haha. Then the boys decided to go to Tescos and buy some frozen pizza that we could cook at home. I was like fuck it why not. So we headed back to Grande Parade to hail a taxi. The crowd was busy enough there so we decided to hail one on south mall instead and we got one fairly fast.

The taxi man was lovely and he was listening to cool music. I told him I liked it and he told me it was Gospel music. Now, you know me, I am not a religious person, but I genuinely liked the music he had on. He told me the name of it and everything. I might actually try and find it. I think it was called "Wow worship" but I am not 100%. Weird for me to like that kind of music but I suppose it could be because I was in a School and Church Choir for many years so its just stook to me lol.

He dropped us off near Tescos so we headed in and went shopping for pizza. Steve was picking up 4 boxes, I was like wtf lol! He then put 2 back and bought 2 instead lol. Then we walked back to Dan's house. I was walking on my feet and the ground was wet haha fun times lol. When we got to Dan's house we forgot we didnt have a key or anything. Faye and Dan were still trying to get a taxi in the city so myself and Brian tried breaking into his house instead haha.

There was a small window open in the front room so I pulled it open more, climbed up on the windowsill and reached down to try and open the bigger window so one of us could get in and open the door. Unfortunately there was 2 handles for the big window, I was able to reach the top one but couldnt get near the bottom because I am so small. I tried using the pizza boxes and everything. Then Brian tried it because he is much taller than me and he nearly had it. He had used a pizza box to pull up the bottom handle, he actually had it but it just wouldnt open. Then Dan arrived so all was good.

I think it would be hilarious if neighbours saw us trying to break in. What would they be thinking like haha. We are lucky no one saw because the guards probably would of been called which would of been funny haha. We went inside anyways, settled into the front room and had some yummy pizza. We stayed up until like 6.30 or 7am. Eventually Steve and Brian went to their own homes and Dan assigned me and Faye a bedroom. I was in his brothers room which was very very comfy. I did not wanna get up the next day because I was so cozy haha.

Eventually I decided I should get up, so I did and the got Faye and Dan up. I think it was roughly 2pm or after it when we got up. We then searched around the house for items belonging to us, wondering how stuff got in some places because we couldnt remember putting them there lol. I found my bangles in a weird position, the thinner bangle had mysteriously merged itself inside the thicker bangle, it was quite weird.

I spent ages then trying to seperate the two bangles. Faye and Dan tried also but no luck. I even tried doing it with a knife and bashing it off the floor. No luck, eventually after countless of attempts with the knife and more I got them free and was delighted haha. I am suprised I didnt stab myself haha.

We then decided to leave so I could collect Xavier. We said our goodbyes to the Dan and Steve and headed off for Bens house. We got changed and packed up Xaviers stuff and put him into the car. We said our goodbyes to Ben and headed back for Wilton. I love a restaurant in Wilton Shopping Center. It is called Patonis, has beautiful food, so everytime I am around, hungry and have money, I will go in there lol. We didnt realise how late it was when we arrived until we actually got to the place so we were expecting their soup to be gone but luckily they had some left for us.

As usual, the soup was absolutely gorgeous. Its one of my favourites from them but if you ever want to try the place out, I would also recommend trying their Garlic Burger, it is just devine lol. I got Xavier a baby bowl and he was having great fun flirting with the waitresses and what not. He kept waving at them, then acting all shy, it was hilarious. He refused to let me feed him, he wanted Faye to do it. Everything was Faye with him once she arrived the day before like.

There was one point before we went to Dan's house that myself and Ben went to the shop and brought Xavier and we left Faye to get ready and stuff. When we put Xavier into the car, he was pointing in at the house and saying "Faye!" because he wanted her to come lol. I think he might fancy her or something. Its gas.

We then went for a small shop in Tescos because I needed to get him some baby wipes because he was running low. Of course, everything he saw, he wanted. Things like cars, tigger, octonauts, balls etc. He wanted everything, hilarious. lol. I pretended I was gonna buy them for him because he wouldnt let me put anything back but at some points through the store, I secretly hid stuff on shelves that he couldnt reach. He was left with the tigger thing in his hand. While we were just entering the chocolate aisle, he spotted a boy with the same ball as he had picked up and I hid away and he actually chased after him to get it off him. He just left go of my hand and started chasing the boy shouting "ball" haha... Funny child. I then came back to me, giving out about the ball so I was like "oh he is a bold boy, he stole your ball" and he nodded lol. Then while we were looking at the chocolate aisle, he spotted a white chocolate bar so he dropped tigger and picked that up haha. I decided to buy him that.

Faye took him to the mechanical cars in the shop while I paid for the stuff. He was enjoying himself away on a noddy one. Happy out with Faye at his side. I spotted a machine with toys in it next to him and saw that one of them gives out a wand/touchscreen pen from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. I instantly wanted this because I am obsessed with HP so I inserted my money and I got Hermione's wand. I wanted dumbledores one but what harm, maybe next time I am in there haha.

After that then we just headed home. Our plan, for when we start earning money is that we will be having wicked nights out in Galway, Donegal, Athlone, Dublin and Waterford and next summer a foreign holiday, hopefully. The reason we want to go to these places is because Valerie is moving to Galway, I promised Sennan I would visit Donegal, Brien has moved to Athlone, we wanna celebrate Daire's liver transplant in Dublin and Waterford is just tradition. So hopefully we will get to have these nights out :).

So thats it guys, I hope you liked and feel free to check out my other blogs and like my facebook page pwease and thankies :D

Dee xx

I wanna see your face!!!

2011-08-19T02:32:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys,

I wanna see your faces! Sounds weird, don't it? lol. Well I have created a Facebook page for the appreciation of this blog. Just a place that will be updated when I write new posts and a place for ye guys to hang and chat to me if you wish. Go ahead, check it out and hit that Like button.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/FunkyDee/176753222397961

A little task I would like ye to do. Get out your camera, hold up a sign saying "FunkyDee" and take a picture of yourself or your dog or whatever really. Then go to the Facebook Page and upload the picture there and tag yourself of course. I think it will be nice to see who is reading my blogs and just get to know ye a little bit. Go on! Have some fun! :D

Look forward to seeing what ye have for me

Dee xx

Stuff I would like to have (25 Pictures) Part 5

2011-08-19T00:25:00.000+01:00

Pacman Hothead

Music Pillows

U Shaped Pillow

Large pillow for sunbathing lol

M&Ms Cake

Iphone Cushion

Desktop Fan

Portable Scanner

PI earring

Key finder

Personal Trainer

Laptop bag organiser

Rucksack organiser

Car sun visor organiser

Karaoke Mics (songs are on them)

Iphone Apps Fridge Magnets

Bottle opener Iphone cover

Harry Potter cushions

Chocolate bedding

Yellow keys - keyboard

LED Scrolling Licence plate cover

Desk Closet (I suppose you can call it that lol)

Slide to unlock undies

Laptop table

Happy T-Shirt

Timoleague Fancy Dress

2011-08-18T18:26:00.000+01:00

On Sunday, I was bored at home so decided to go to the Timoleague fancy dress. Like Bandon, they have an annual festival like ours but 10 times better lol. It seems that the villages are amazing and Bandon is just going down hill these days. Its crazy, coz our festival used to be great. Sad how things have changed.

It was supposed to start at 8pm. We had left at 7:50 so I assumed we would be late and would miss some of the action. Luckily, it hadn't started when we got there, infact, it didn't start until 8:45. I stood in the same place as last year and started videoing.

It started with a police bike, followed by the Carrigaline pipe band and a few old cars and tractors. The first entry of the fancy dress that passed us was a girl with a tent over her body, representing a new tourist office that I presume will be coming to the village. Then people doing dancing on ice followed which to me was quite terrible. They needed more imagination to be quite honest. After that was some hairy guy on a bike, with no signage or anything so I was wondering WTF! lol. Then there was something about the Queen and Obama visiting which again was boring. Followed by "ICA Bootcamp" taking care of the rioters. Then there was one about some mystery bingo thingy, followed by some lesbians in a lovely car lol, followed by 2 girls dressed as Jedward. Then a one that was about some teacher/principles last day in a school, which wasnt too bad, it had a bit of comedy in it anyways.

After that was something about some gay thing which I just didnt understand at all. It was just 3 fellas sitting at a table and some girl videoing them, who looked like she was shamed of her life being in the parade. You can see she is hiding her face in my video. After them was some guy hanging off a tractor which was pretty random, and he looked quite comfortable. Then there was a traffic hold up which drove me mad because I cant pause video on the camera so had to continue the video as it was.

One of my favourites was a team who were helping the Chilean miners. They had Bin Laden pulling the miners out of the pipe, which was quite cool. I think it was very creative and I hope they got somewhere in the competition, although they were very very drunk. After them was some girl doing "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". After that my video stopped and all I could do was take a couple of pictures. I was puked. If I could pause my video it would of been fine. Or if I had a bigger SD card lol. I think I will buy both a bigger SD card and camcorder someday in the near future.

After that was a girl dressed as a Garda woman and riding a horse. Mum felling in love with the horse and Xavier kept pointing him out. She was followed by 3 girls on another 3 horses, which were really beautiful. Then my favourite was the last one. There was 2 cars in it. The front car had Obama in the back seat and the back car had a bunch of terrorists ramming the front car. I am puked I couldnt record this because it was very funny, although it was very very loud and made Xavier cry lol. One of the terrorists were jumping on Obamas car and everything. I really liked that one.

Before the parade started and afterwards, I met a few people that mum spoke to and stuff. Three of those people looked at Xavier and asked "How old is she?". I was like "HE is 20 months!" I really don't understand how people can mistake Xavier for a girl. Ok he has longish curly hair, but its a boys length like, doesnt look one bit girly. Plus he is nearly always in blue clothes, shirts or tracksuits that no mum would put on a baby girl like. It really confused me. It happens all the time like. When I am in restaurants, shopping etc, it always happens. Someday I will scream out "HE IS A BOY!!!" Get it right people lol.

So ya, that was my weekend last weekend. I will uploading the fancy dress video on youtube soon and once it is done I will put in here for ye guys to see.

Enjoy,

Dee xx

Stuff I would like to have (25 Pictures) Part 4

2011-08-06T17:44:00.000+01:00

Facebook Cushion

Kitkat, Dairy Milk and M&Ms Cake

Superhero Clothing

Harry Potter Bedroom

Keyboard Wall

Super Mario Mushroom Slippers

Superhero Heals

Hellow Kitty Key Caps

Hello Kitty Temp. Tattoos

Hello Kitty Hair Clips

Hello Kitty Socks (I <3 HK)

Hello Kitty Scarf

Hello Kitty Bag

Spock Vest (for Xavier)

Jack Skellington Bag

Jack Skellington Night Light

Jack Skellington Bag

Pumpkin Soother (for Xavier)

Finger Glow Lights

Skull Bib (for Xavier)

Skulls Bib (for Xavier)

Smiley Faced Headphones

Twister Bedding

Photoshop Salt & Pepper

Colourful Keyboard

The PhotoFiltre LX Project

2011-08-04T23:20:00.000+01:00

So recently a friend from college asked me if I would like to do a swop for swop ad on our blog/sites. I immediately agreed and made a graphic that I wanted him to use. I finally got an end result after many ideas and it now sits nicely on his site at: http://www.photofiltre-lx.org/index.html.

He hasnt made a graphic for me yet so I can't advertise his site through a button yet but feel free to click the link above and check out what his site is all about.

If you are experienced with C++ programming, the project is looking for your help! You can find the latest source code here: http://www.photofiltre-lx.org/development.html
If you are interested in helping out with the project, use the contact page on the site or contact Dylan Coakley on Facebook for more info.

I also submitted the site to stumbleupon so make sure to give the page a thumbs up! http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2NPT6L/www.photofiltre-lx.org

I wish him the best of luck with his site and hope he gets lots more traffic. I hope I get more traffic too haha.

If anyone else would like to do the same thing. I will gladly oblige.

I also added buttons for my facebook, twitter and youtube accounts if you wish to check them out. Feel free to add me as a friend and what not.

Dee xx

Stuff I would like to have (25 Pictures) Part 3

2011-08-03T22:01:00.000+01:00

Hello Kitty Car (I WOULD STEAL IT)

100 games for the workplace

Weight Chopping Board

In the ground trampoline

Bad Ass Soother (for Xavier)

Bad Boy Soother (for Xavier)

Batman Vest (for Xavier)

Batman in Training (for Xavier)

Clock for Nocturnal people

Flash Vest (for Xavier)

Superman Vest (for Xavier)

Crime Scene Scarf

Green Lantern Vest (for Xavier)

Gryffindor Mug

Gryffindor & Slytherin Mug

Happy Bunny Plasters

Happy Bunny Mints

Smiley Face Ice Tray

Hello Kitty Bag

Hello Kitty Plasters

Hello Kitty Wallet

Hello Kitty Hat & Gloves

Hello Kitty Purse

Hello Kitty Wallet

Hello Kitty Purse

Miss Bandon (Week)

2011-08-03T02:26:00.000+01:00

Monday, July 25^th

I received a message on Facebook asking if I would like to enter the Miss Bandon Pageant. I had a quick think about it and decided to say yes.

Tuesday, July 26^th

I called down to the previous winner (Helena) for an application form and to give her a passport photo. She didn’t have it on her so she told me to call back later. I told her I was going to Cork, so I would call in after.

I headed off to Cork with mum, Clodagh, Anneisha and Xavier. I planned to have a quick browse in Pennys to see if I could find any maxi dresses suitable for the events. I found one in there for €7 and one in New Look for €12 which isn’t too bad. I also found another one in New Look for €15 but couldn’t afford to buy it.

Once all shopping was done, we headed home. I called into Kevin O Leary’s straight away and was told that I can collect the form at the event tonight. No bothers, I rushed home and headed over to Ruth’s house because she was going straightening my hair.

Got that done and finished off getting ready in my house. I through on the black maxi dress that I had used for the ball in CIT and put on a bit of makeup.

All was well and good apart from the fact that the back of my dress kept falling down so was constantly showing my “love handles” lol. I headed down to the hotel to meet the other contestants, committee and judges. I saw the girls sitting down so I went over to them, sat down and chatted away. There were 4 girls there and I recognised 3. Sinead, Becky and Sandra. The other girls name was Tara.

Helena came over to us and explained what this event was about. After awhile the event started. It was an awards ceremony, I suppose you could call it that. A woman named Theresa McCarthy was to receive the citizen’s award for Bandon. This is a great award and rewarded to the most active members of the community. Theresa deserved this award for definite. I know her since I was young because I was in something similar to the Irish Girl Guides, I think it was Cubs and she was one of the leaders. I also did Brownies, but I can’t remember if she was involved in that.

Theresa is very well known in the town, she is a great leader and loves to get involved so this award was definitely for her. The ceremony included her walking in to the room while we were in silence and we clapped when she entered and had a guy singing “Congratulations”. You could see she was in total shock. They immediately brought her up to the stage and a few people gave speeches about her work and how much she meant to them. They also had 2 arm chairs and a table on the stage. Theresa sat on one of the chairs and the MC sat on the other. An interview process took place, kind of like something you see on TV where the host asks the guest a lot of questions about her life and achievements and stuff.

It was a very moving ceremony. I thought it was so lovely that Theresa received this award, as I’ve said, she really deserved it. I am honoured to be a part of this. Also before the event started a photographer took a picture of the 5 of us :D.

Wednesday, July 27^th

Becky called over to my house at around 1pm to ask me was I going to the Roller Disco. I hadn’t planned it so I said I will have to check if I can get a babysitter and let you know then. So I rang my mum to find out if she could mind Xavier and she said yes, so I text Becky and told her that I would be going down. We decided to walk down at around 1.45pm. Of course, my dogs, Lady & Sasha followed us all the way down, running in front of cars and everything. I tried my best to get them to go home but no they were very stubborn. I rang my mum when I was on castle road, telling her about it and asking her if she could collect them. I told her to collect them at Mace carpark because they would follow us down there. When we got to the skating place there was a bunch of kids there. It was very busy. The dogs followed me inside the building and everything, I told Becky that if anyone asks, they are nothing to do with me haha.

Eventually Becky noticed that my sister Celina was outside with her car so I walked outside and sure enough the dogs followed. So she picked them up and got them out of my way. Myself and Becky then waited for all the kids in the queue to be finished and I approached the girl running it telling her that we were Miss Bandon contestants and that if she needed any help we are here. So she seemed delighted that we were there and instantly said “feel free to put on skates and play with the kids” so myself and Becky said why not and went over to get our skates. The place is very well organised, she was on the till, another girl was putting on everybody’s skates and another girl would walk around the skate area watching the children.

We got our skates on anyway, meanwhile the girl in charge had told a photographer that we were here so he said that if we fell at any stage that he will definitely catch it haha. So Katie O Callaghan, Ruth’s niece, who lives across the road from me, made it her business to try and trip us haha. She was gas like, she would pull us very fast and then try put her foot in front of us to trip us. Eventually I had to tell her it was very dangerous because we were helping other kids skate, so if we fell, they would fall, ya know. So she stopped anyway.

We skated around for ages, helping the little ones skate by holding their hands and picking them up if they fell. Then the photographer came over and took a picture of Becky with 3 kids and me with Katie. He also said he took a few pictures of us skating. The joys haha. After awhile then I noticed Megan from my terrace was looking in over the wall looking quite bored. She had enough of skating and was just very bored, so I suggested a game of air hockey and she instantly agreed. So I came out of the rink and played a game of air hockey with her.

I noticed a lot of kids were gathering around the till where the girl in charge was. She was giving out glowsticks to the children. Each person got one for their wrist. Then Becky came over with a necklace made out of glowsticks, which was pretty awesome because I love glowsticks haha. I was sitting down playing away with Meg and all of a sudden there was a hand going around my neck. It was the girl in charge putting a necklace of glowsticks on me. It was fab! Haha.

While myself and Meg were playing air hockey, there was a little girl watching us from the skating rink. So when myself and Meg were finished I asked her if she wanted to play and she said yes. So she came out and sat down with me to play the game. She told me her name was Denise and that she was quite good at the game. So we started off with the game, the scoreboard goes up to 9, so she asked, what are we playing up to and I said 9 or 10, so she said 10. I was like ok no prob, myself and Meg played up to 10 aswell. Then half way through the game she asked if we could play up to 15. So I said yes.

Then Becky came over suggesting we go home soon so we could get ready for the meal tonight. I said ya, we can leave after I finish this game. So I carried on with Denise and it finished with 15-13 to me. I think she has 13 anyways. Can’t remember now.

Then, because it was raining a little bit I rang my mum to find out if she could collect us. She was down the road in a shop so that was very handy. We walked up to her, hopped into the car and headed home.

When we got home, I instantly went looking for something to wear for the meal tonight. I had nothing. I asked mum if she had anything, but nothing really suited me. So Celina handed over a dress to me and said try that on with a belt. So I put it on with one of her belts and it looked fine. So I was happy out with something to wear.

Mum showed me the evening echo newspaper because there was a picture of us in it from the previous night. I felt I looked awful in it and the other girls were lovely but shur what harm.

I went into Sinead to check if she was ready and she was, so we headed up to Siobhan (who is in the committee) and got a spin down from her. We met Sandra outside and we chatting away for a bit and then we headed inside. Gillian (another committee member) asked me to sit down the far end of the table on the inside so I did and she asked the others to sit in specific places to. It was so that judges and committee members could sit between us.

At first, I sat across from Helena and Sandra and had Theresa (judge) sit next to me and Rachel (judge) sit next to Sandra. They were all near enough to talk to so I chatted away to them for the amount of time they were there. We ordered our starters and received them. Most of the people there ordered spring rolls but I had to be the odd one out and order the spicy mushrooms. You know me now, I love my spicy stuff so had to try them haha. They were absolutely divine. Then while the main courses were coming out Theresa switched places with Padraig (another judge) so that all the judges could talk to all the girls. So we chatted away to him too. We got our main courses and that was yummy aswell.

After the main course we were chatting away and then we were asked to sit in the middle of the restaurant for a photo. Padraig got to sit in between all the girls, so I am sure he was delighted with that lol. Myself and Sandra were in the front again and the photographer took so many photos that my face started hurting from smiling haha. They also got us to take photos looking at Padraig which I think would be a pretty cool picture :D.

We then left Ho Kees to head over to the hotel for the Brainiest Pub Quiz. I love that quiz, I usually help out in it every year but we had found out that it had been cancelled due to only two teams turning up. We said we would go over anyways to show our faces.

We chatted away to the committee and had the one drink. Four of the girls (including me) stayed for a good bit, because we were having a grand time talking away. We got on very well, which is brilliant. Siobhan actually said that it was very nice that we were all getting along because last year there was a lot of bitching.

Helena asked the four of us to get our headshot pictures taken for the night of the final. She was like c’mon, who will go first. None of the girls wanted to go first so I jumped up and I stood there and got it done. My hair was awful looking though so I asked her when she was doing the other girls could she do mine again perhaps. She agreed so that was fine. Then the rest of the girls got their picture taken. Sinead, being so lanky knocked my drink when she got up which was hilarious haha. The poor guy in the hotel had to clean it up lol. He then brought me over a small glass of Bulmers to make up for the spilled drink which was very nice of him. Once I was finished my drink we headed off. I can’t seem to remember if we walked our not lol.

Thursday, July 28^th

I was up early enough to get ready for the Picnic that I thought was on. I went to the hairdressers to get my hair cut because it was quite bad. By the time she was finished cutting and straightening my hair it looked so much healthier. I was delighted with it anyways.

Then mum brought me home so I could have a quick bite to eat before the picnic started. When I was ready to go I went next door to check if Sinead was ready and sure she was so mum brought us down. I told her we were going to the picnic so we headed to the place across from Kevin O Leary’s. We were then confused why nobody was there so I rechecked the leaflet to find that I had the wrong event in mind. It was the Kids art competition instead.

We helped put out the chairs for the kids to sit on and gave them blank pieces of paper and colouring sheets of paper too. We then walked around checking if all the kids were ok. I hovered over a table chatting to all the kids there, finding out what they were drawing and giving them ideas if they didn’t have anything in mind. There was a couple of very good artists at that table. One girl didn’t want to enter her pictures even though I thought they were brilliant. I knew her name and age so I asked one of the committee members if I could submit it for her without her permission. She said yes, she said I am sure she would be happy if she got a prize. So I handed it up for submission.

Once all pictures were submitted Gillian got the kids to play musical statues. She asked us to tell the ones that move they are out when they do, so we had to walk around judging them, to see if they were moving. I felt really bad about saying they were out and even when you did anyway, they would come back in to dance five seconds later haha.

Then Gillian got us all to judge the art. Myself and Sinead took the Ages 10 and up. It was a very tough thing to do. We picked out the like best 10 and found it very hard to choose the best 3 out of that. We found the winner very easily but for second and third place we found it very hard so we asked the rest of the girls for their opinion. Eventually the three were chosen. Then Gillian announced the winners of all the categories and Helena presented them with their prizes. The 3 winners from our category were all sitting together so they must have all been friend’s haha. Weird.

Then myself and Sinead walked home to get ready for the kids cinema night. Again I didn’t have a clue what to wear so again Celina handed me a dress. I wore it with leggings because it was only a kids thingy, didn’t want to be too dressed up. Sinead’s mum dropped us down and we were on time but it seemed the movie had started early. We went in anyways and sat upstairs. There was nothing for us to do while they were watching it. So we chatted away for a bit and watched the movie for a bit. It was very warm inside there, which was making me a little sleepy.

I noticed Padraig had come in downstairs so I waved at him and he waved back. Sinead went out to get some fresh air because it was so warm so he came up stairs and sat next to me so I chatted away with him again. Once the film was over, we helped with the clean up.

We then asked Helena what we should wear for the battle of the parish’s tomorrow night. She told us something we would wear to a wedding. I have never been to a wedding so I hadn’t a clue so she suggested a cocktail dress. I didn’t have any cocktail dresses so I came home worried about what to wear. I text around my friends to see if they had anything and Ruth came to my rescue. I went over to her house to try on a few things, she had beautiful dresses so I picked out my 2 favourite ones and took them home. I then tried on a dress I bought years ago for a friends 21^st. I tried it on a few months back and the zip wouldn’t close so I didn’t think it would fit me but I decided to try anyways. I got it on but when I looked at the zip I said there wasn’t a hope that it would close. Celina tried and she got it WOHOO! I said I would wear that one for tomorrow’s event.

Friday, July 29^th

The only thing we went to today was the “Battle of the parishes”. Only a small crowd turned up to see it but the talent on the night was very good. The winner – Mairead McCarthy was amazing. The first song she sang was a song that she wrote herself. I am after hearing it three times now so far and I absolutely love it. She definitely deserved to win.

After that we headed over to Brady’s pub for a couple of drinks. We danced for ages and we saw that it was some mans birthday so we dragged him to the dancefloor also. We had a great time and didn’t go home until late.

Myself and Sinead ended up staying awake until around 4.30 in the morning lol.

Saturday, July 30^th

We were well wrecked for the Teddy Bears picnic today. It started at 11am so I was kind of hoping that it would have been too early for the children to turn up but when we got to the venue we saw there was a big crowd. I was going mad that I couldn’t go back home and hop into bed haha. Sinead decided to go to Kevin O Leary’s for brekkie, so we shared a breakfast roll which was very yummy. Then we headed back over to the picnic area and helped with giving out goodie bags to all the children.

DJ Fabian was playing music for everyone. He was very good, he got everybody dancing which was so much fun. It woke me up anyways haha. He was also well able to handle the kids. I would definitely recommend him for any parties you have lined up. He is brill like.

When that was over we headed up to the town hall to put on our cloaks. It was in association with the “Bandon in the rare old times” event. We were given a cloak each and were told to walk around the town informing people about the heritage centre and the person who makes the cloaks.

A lot of people in the town seemed very interested about the cloaks and the heritage centre. We got a tour of the place and I thought it was pretty cool and would recommend everyone from Bandon to go up there and have a look at it.

Then we had to hand back the cloaks and head down to the kids talent show. Again there was amazing talent at that, I really don’t know how the judges chose the winners. All of the kids were so good and I really admired the amount of confidence each one of them had. Helena was one of the judges and she had been taking pictures all week so I offered to take pictures of all the contestants at the talent show for her.

Her camera was dying but luckily it just died at the very last person so I had managed to get a picture of them all. Then I let it rest for a bit and when DJ Fabian was getting all the kids to dance I had enough battery for that too and enough for pics of the girls dancing too. We had great fun all day but it was very tiring. I was wrecked anyways.

Then we went home to get ready for the Adult Fancy Dress. I had no idea what to wear so mum handed me a dress she had bought that day for herself so I ended up wearing that. We headed up to the Kilmichael Bar to meet up with the committee and stay out of the rain. Then we were put up on an oldpickupp truck, where we had to sit on hay bales covered in a white sheet.

It was lashing out of the heavens so we were given blankets to cover our legs but I was most worried about my hair. All the girls were frozen with the cold but I couldn’t feel it. We were driven around the town, had to wave at the crowds outside pubs and just have fun. I didn’t really worry about the rain after awhile, I just kind of forgot about it.

Then, when we had to get off, there was no steps so the driver and Dan had to lift us off the truck. I was seriously worried about this because I am very heavy like but they managed it anyways, thank god. Lol. I then headed to the Plunkett and Bradys with the girls for an hour or so. They begged me to go to the hub but I wasn’t in the mood, I was too tired so decided to go home to bed instead.

Sunday, July 31^st

The big day!

The night before we had been given the times of when we would be getting our hair done so I didn’t bother leaving the house until it was time to go to the kids fancy dress. Then we had been told that Linda from Hairline wanted to talk to us. I assumed she just wanted to talk to us so she would be prepared about what wanted done to our hair so I headed down with Tara, Sinead and Becky. Myself and Becky walked in the door first so she told us to sit down. I knew then that she wanted to do our hair so I gave her the picture I wanted to get done and she worked away on me. I felt so pretty and girly when she was finished. It was like I was going to a debs or something.

I then waited until she was finished with Becky. Once she was finished we headed down to the Muga for the Family Fun Day. The kids fancy dress was over very fast so we found everyone down in the Muga enjoying themselves. We apologized and explained the reason for missing the fancy dress. They understood and we told them that Linda wanted the other girls who weren’t done to head up as soon as they could.

We got some BBQ food first and then the girls headed off to Hairline to get pampered. Myself and Becky stayed back to help out with the fun day. We danced with the kids and stuff like that. Enjoying the music from DJ Fabian once again. Becky left me dancing on my own at one stage but I didn’t care, I just kept on dancing haha.

Then we asked if we could go home and get ready because we had to be back down in the hotel for 6.30. They let us go anyways so we were delighted to have the time to get ready. Once we were all pampered and ready to go, my sister dropped the four of us down to the hotel. We met Sandra inside and Siobhan then brought us into a private room while we chatted and waited for our names to be called for interview.

In the meantime, Linda from Hairline came in and touched up all our hairstyles to make sure they were perfect. While we waited for our interviews all the girls were really nervous but I was just sitting there, calm as I could be. For some reason, I didn’t feel any nerves inside me. Once of the girls asked me how I was so calm and I couldn’t give her an answer because I didn’t know.

My name was called out last and I felt like I had a grand chat with the judges. I suppose I was well used to that sort of thing from job interviews lol. I then had a couple of drinks and went outside to practice my song with Sinead.

I felt it was ok so then went back in and just waited for the night to start. Once it started, the night just flew by. One minute I was sitting happily in the back room and the next minute I was being escorted on stage by Murty. Again, I still wasn’t nervous so I just spoke away to the host with no worries.

Then he announced to the crowd that I had a party piece so I said yes I will be singing and warned the audience that they may need to put in their ear plugs now haha. And away I sang. I felt like my voice was very shaky and I couldn’t see the words on stage because the lights were shining through the sheet so at one point I went wrong in the words. I didn’t let it get to me. Instead I picked a point I knew and just carried on from there. The audience sang with me and all so that was great.

We were allowed come out for the break then and a few people told me that they never knew I could sing haha. They told me I didn’t sound shaky at all so I was delighted with that lol. I then sat down with Annamarie for the remainder of the show. I was absolutely delighted that I got to see the Mr Bandon Contestants perform because Murty was just absolutely hilarious. I would have cracked up if I had missed that.

When they were finished I headed back into the room and all of a sudden we were being escorted back on stage to hear the results. I was shitting it now. Finally nervous haha. Then he read out “In third place is….. Representing The Plunkett Inn is Deana Hurley!!” I was absolutely delighted. For a girl who never thought she would enter a competition like that, I was so happy I had got somewhere. I didn’t know what to do though, I was standing in the middle of the stage going “umm…” hahaha.. Then Helena came up with gifts for me and congratulated me on stage. Then they announced Becky in 2^nd place and the winner was Sandra. I was happy with the results. Then we had to take many pictures of course haha.

I had a lot of people congratulating me so that was very nice. Once all the meeting and greeting was done I headed over to the Plunkett to let Sean know but he wasn’t there. Instead, my mum made DJ Donal announce it to the whole bar when I walked in haha. I spent the rest of my hours in there and again didn’t bother going to the hub because I was too tired.

Monday, July 1^st.

We had thought that only the winner was needed for the last event today but just to be on the safe side, I decided to text Helena and ask her if she needed the rest of us. She told me it would be nice if showed our faces so I got up and got ready to go up there. I was delighted that I could throw on my runners instead of the other pairs of shoes lol. I was comfortable :D.

I walked up with Sinead. Chatted with Sandra and Helena and helped hand out glowstick bracelets to the children. I told them I wouldn’t be able to stay long because Xavier was on the way home from Cork and I wanted to be there when he got back.

A few minutes later I got a phonecall saying that they were here so I had to leave to see my baby. I had missed him terrible and he was all shy with me when he saw me first. It didn’t take him long to get used to me again though so it was fine lol. He was back to his normal self in no time.

I then went for a meal with Annamarie in Padraigines at 9pm. She insisted that we got starter, main and dessert. I was seriously stuffed after it but my god it was yummy. We then hung around town for a bit chatting away until mum collect us around 12.30am I think. Lol. Thanks Annamarie for a lovely evening, I really enjoyed it.

On a final note:

I would just like to say that if there is any girls over the age of 18 reading this blog. I strongly recommend that you enter for Miss Bandon next year. It’s an absolutely great experience to have and you get to meet some wonderful girls who you will be friends with for ages. I was a bit reluctant about doing it at first but I am so happy I did do it. I came 3^rd like. That is just brilliant. I know a lot of ye are thinking “I wouldn’t be able for that” or “I don’t have the confidence for it” or “I am not pretty enough”. Don’t think that. I felt I wasn’t pretty enough and I still came 3^rd. It is seriously not as bad as people think it is. It is actually just a week filled with fun and laughter so I strongly recommend enter it!

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed.

CLICK HERE to view Richard "Murty" O Regan (Mr Bandon) singing Lady in Red.

Deana xox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqBLnUf_9zs

Stuff I would like to have (25 Pictures) Part 2

2011-07-23T21:47:00.000+01:00

Mini tiered cake tray

Deep Cupcake Tray

Cupcake & Icing Tray

Triple Lasagna Tray

Mini Donut Tray

Popsicle Cookies

Heart Cake Tray

Bug Tray

Self Charger Cable

Chocolate Keyboard

Socket Wall

Artist Set

Bed Chair

Login Undies

CTRL ALT DEL Cushions

Triple Screen Laptop

Geek Undies

Geek in Training (For Xavier)

Meh Hoody

Superheroe building blocks (for Xavier)

Superman Vest (for Xavier)

Superman in Training Vest (for Xavier)

Swiss Army Knife with USB Drive

Tim Burton Playing Cards

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VOTE FOR ME PLEASE!!! Xoxox...

2011-07-19T23:38:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys,

I am not sure how many of ye know about my tough times at the moment. It is a long story that once its all fixed I might tell you all about it so you know what the hell has been happening to me. Long story short, my life has gone to shit, I am clinically depressed and need and ultimate night out. I cam across a competition on Facebook where you upload your fave party pictures to be in with a chance of winning tickets to any Irish music festival for me and 10 mates. This is the break I have been looking for, the ultimate outing that will let me forget all my sorrows for a small bit, let me have a bit of fun for a change. I seriously need something like this so I ask you to please click on each photo below, allow access on facebook and vote for each one. I beg you! The more votes the better my chances obviously. The only problem if I win is that I will find it hard to choose 10 of my friends lol... But I will deal with that if it comes to it.

Thank you in advance for your votes. I am not sure if you can vote more than once but if you can, please do!

Cheers,

Dee xx

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Protect Yourself!!!

2011-07-15T18:05:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys,

So the other day I had a severe virus on my laptop that snook in past my antivirus and firewall which was quite strange.

I studied in a Computing Course for 4 years so made many friends who know exactly how to protect and fix their computers so luckily I was able to contact them for help in getting my laptop back in working order.

The antivirus programs I have used in the past have been:

Norton

AVG

Microsoft Security Essentials.

Each one has so far let a major virus on to my computer so I am now trying AVAST Antivirus. By the looks of things, it seems to be the best free one out there at the moment and it was highly recommended by my friend Ronan and www.cnet.com.

So, if you want to protect your computer, I would urge you to install the following programs/addons onto your computer.

AVAST Antivirus:

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Malware Bytes:

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WOT Add On:

http://www.mywot.com/

AD Block Add On: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

(This is chrom version so if you use something else just google Ad Block or Ad Blocker and it should be the first link that will appear)

C Cleaner:

http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER

Ok so with my antivirus what I do is run it once a week and do a "Quick Scan" and every 1-2months I will do a "Full Scan". Also I keep it updated so make sure to check for updates regularly. I usally update the software before I scan so ya.

With MalwareBytes I will do the exact same process as the antivirus above. Make sure to keep it updated.

With WOT I have it installed on Firefox and Chrome so whenever I go onto a site that is not trusted a big message will appear telling me that the site is unsafe.

With AdBlock(er) it blocks most ads that would appear on websites so where I notice it most is on Facebook and Youtube. There is no more ads anywhere that I used to see them regularly, which is great!

CCleaner I use to remove programs I dont want anymore. There is four tabs on the left hand side of the program:

Cleaner,

Registry,

Tools,

Options.

When I run the program it opens up at the "Cleaner" tab so I click the "Analyse" button on the bottom, lets it finish and then clicks the "Run Cleaner". This gets rid of things like your internet history, cookies etc. So it frees up a bit of space. Then I go to the "Registry" tab and click "Scan for issues", when that is complete I click on "Fix selected issues". This will ask you to save this to a folder incase you need to go back to those settings or whatever some other time. So I usually save this in my D: Drive instead of my C:. If you dont have two drives on your computer, save it on to your C: Drive, external harddrive or a flash drive. Up to yourself really. Then I go in to the "Tools" tab and get rid of any programs I do not use anymore to clear up even more space. This process looks very similar to the windows add and remove programs so you should be able to use that no problem.

Ok, so I hope this helps you get yourself more protected.

Have fun & Be Safe!!

Dee xx

My trip to Roscommon (Longford)!!

2011-07-10T02:30:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys,

As you may or may not know, I got another job recently. Well I started training last Monday and it was a lot of fun. Infact the interview was lots of fun too.

The interview was a group thing where there were around 16 of us sat in a circle. The boss man came in and told us to talk to each person on our left and ask them a bunch of questions and later he will come back and we have to give a presentation about them. So I had to ask a guy a load of questions and another fella had to ask me a load of questions. It helped us break that silent barrier and made us get to know each other a little. When it came to the time of standing up and talking infront of the group a few people seemed nervous but I stood up with great confidence and spoke about Jack (the guy on my left). After all that there was a short individual interview with the bossman and we had to get our picture taken for badges if we were successful.

Then we were sent home and it wasn’t until early last week that I received a phonecall about the job. It was their head office in Dublin who rang and the woman on the phone informed me that I had received the job and asked if I could start on Monday.

I was excited about this, I couldn’t wait for Monday to start. I went in on Monday at around 11am to find 5 other people there for training. I recognised 3 people but the other 2 were from other interview sessions. We were all sitting in silence for I’d say a good half hour and then someone just perked up conversation and we all started chatting away. The receptionist informed us that the bossman was going to be late so she told us to have a look at all the tips around the wall. So we all stood up and took notes from the sheets of paper on the wall.

Eventually the bossman arrived and brought us into another room for some training. It just felt like hours and hours of chat. We had a good amount of fun just chatting away to each other and to the bossman. It was great craic. The 6 of us really got to know each other there and I felt like I made a few new friends which is always a plus. The bossman asked myself and another girl to go to Roscommon the next day with 2 lads and go working up there. This meant we would be staying up there in a holiday home. This made me very excited, I could barely sleep that night because I couldn’t wait to get going. Plus I was going to be the one driving in a company car :D.

The next morning, I arrived in the office for 10am, suitcase following behind me lol. I was very excited. They showed me what car I was going driving. A 2010 Hyundai i30, 1.8 diesel. Nice! Lol. I was sitting around waiting for people to get ready and for the other girl to arrive. She didn’t turn up due to food poisoning so it meant she was being replaced with another guy, meaning I was heading up to Roscommon with 3 lads I have never met before haha. I didn’t care anyways, I just wanted to get out on the road.

Then all hell broke loose. There were 2 guys in the office that would be travelling with me. One of them was dragged into a private room by the bossman. He ripped the head off the lad. It was unreal. He was just eating the head off him about something that had nothing to do with him. It was a disgrace to be honest. Like I was a new person, I shouldn’t have had to have witnessed this on my first day. Ridiculous! I wanted to pick up my suitcase and run out of that office right there and then but I decided to ignore it and do what I had to do.

I drove to Ballincollig with the 2 lads to collect the other lad that was coming with us and then we headed off for Roscommon. It was a great trip up. The lads were hilarious, had great craic with them. I instantly felt comfortable with them which was awesome.

We got up to our holiday home which was actually in Longford not Roscommon but we were due to go to Roscommon alright to do a few doors. We settled in to our house, picked our rooms and relaxed for 5 minutes and then headed out to work.

The rain was unreal, lashing out of the heavens so I wasn’t looking forward to getting out in that. The boys didn’t care about it they were raring to get going lol. We picked a couple of estates and I went around with each of the boys just to see what it was like and see the difference between all their pitches. They basically said the same thing but all had different styles. They wanted me to give it a go myself but I didn’t feel ready. I wanted to take their pitches home and practice first.

So once finished in the estates we headed to Tesco’s and bought a few drinks. We then headed back to the house to put our feet up, have a few drinks and just chat and have fun. I gotta say the lads made feel very welcome, it was like I’ve known them for years. They were sound as a pound. I ended up drinking for a bit and going to bed a tad late. I decided to practice while falling asleep haha. I think I nodded off a few times through the sentences but shur what harm.

One of the lads woke me the next morning to get up, so before I decided to go for a shower I wrote down my pitch without looking at notes and I felt ready to get out on the field. I then had my cold shower. Yes Cold! Haha, the lads said I was mad for doing that but meh, it woke me up lol. We got a phonecall from the boss then telling us if we didn’t get our targets he was going to dock us an hour’s worth of money which is ridiculous. This really cut my motivation, I was excited one minute, next minute I felt pressured and just didn’t feel ready for it again.

When we got to the estates I decided to just try. I went to a good few houses and dialogued a few people but didn’t get any links. The boss was doing more and more stuff that kept pissing me and the lads off. I can’t go into full details because it wasn’t directed at me it was directed at the team and one of the individual lads. Let’s just say, it was ridiculous what was happening and I just couldn’t hack it. Also the lads were ringing around the other teams asking them how they were getting on and they were having the same problems. One team informed us that all the people I had trained with had quit or been fired after just one day. This didn’t make me feel safe. I could be fired too like. Plus, I really liked those guys so when they told me they were all gone it actually upset me. I didn’t let it show of course until after a couple of estates. I waited until Tom and Cian got out of the car and spoke to Blaine about my issue.

I ended up crying my heart out to the poor fella, telling him that what was happening was really hitting me even though the boss wasn’t directly attacking me or anything. What was happening was so bad it just made me very upset and I just wanted to go home. So I told him everything through lots of tears. I was the driver so I felt bad about wanting to leave the boys because I felt I would be leaving them in the lurch so that’s why I hadn’t said it out sooner because I just did not know what they would have to do without me. He then asked me to speak to the girl in the office about it so I had to repeat it all again to her with even more tears. It was just a total mess. I didn’t want him to tell the other lads about it but in the end he had to because they were asking me why I wasn’t getting out of the car. Instantly once the lad told the other lads, they understood and left me at it. So I just drove them around the place instead. They did make me feel better, because I was seriously upset but like those lads are hilarious so they didn’t find it hard to cheer me up so thankfully they helped me out a bit.

Once they finished work I dropped them off in the centre of the town because they wanted to go out for a few drinks. I couldn’t afford to go out drinking so I told them to ring me and I would collect them when they are finished. I needed a bit of time to myself anyways so I was better off going back to the house alone. I stopped off for takeaway pizza in some chipper first and managed to get a second one for free. So I ate one and kept the second one for the lads when they would get home. I then sat down and watched a bit of TV, mostly the horror channel. Haha, that’s a great idea, watching horrors alone in a house and town you have never been to before lol. I didn’t get scared anyways, infact I was falling asleep, just waiting for my phonecall from the lads.

Eventually, I got the phonecall from Cian asking me to pick them up, so off I went. I blared the tunes up for myself and found the 3 lads on the main street of the town. They were quite drunk haha. Tom was the worst one I would say lol. It was like having 3 noisy kids in the car with me lol. Pure lads anyways haha. I brought them home and they enjoyed my cold pizza and we turned on the TV and I joined them for a few drinks aswell. We ended up staying up til after 5am, after destroying Cian in marker and everything. It was good ole crack. It was daylight when I hit the hay lol.

I woke to find Cian splashing water on me. I said “Oy, you bollocks!” and he was like “ah hello look at me”. I was then like oh ya I forgot haha. He was covered in marker, it was hilarious, poor fella lol. We all got up, got dressed, got the house ready and Tom informed me we were heading down to Limerick. I was confused about why we were going to Limerick but I said ok anyways. Once we were ready, off we went.

I was fairly cranky after getting to bed so late, so because Cian is a total backseat driver, he drove me insane. I got very angry and I started giving out to him and telling him to shut the fuck up and everything haha. I don’t think the lads expected that of me but that’s what happens when ya piss me off lol. We got to the Limerick office and parked up. Blaine was on the phone and afterwards he told us the fabulous news that Darren (the boss) had been fired. We were all delighted. So they were in no mood to work, they decided to bring their bags to the hotel and go out to celebrate. I obviously wasn’t going to join them. My parents had agreed to collect me in some shopping centre there so I tried my best to find that. Some fella in a shop told me that it was too far to walk so he gave me directions for the bus stop and the bus number that would take me to there. There was a fine big long queue for the bus but I waited and got on when it arrived. I ended up getting off at the wrong stop and had to walk just an extra couple of minutes to get to the centre, what harm. I found my parents inside and I went to a café to relax with a nice glass of hot chocolate.

It was great craic meeting the lads, and I will miss them. I wish I liked the job more so I could go roaming with them every week, but unfortunately it just wasn’t for me. I hope they will have great fun without me anyways lol.

Dee x

VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

2011-07-04T05:36:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys,

Another bit of help I need from ye. As you know I am trying to promote my design company so I have called to you for help on the name etc. So far I am just using Deana's Designs until I find something I adore. I made a business card the other night so tell me what you think of that. Now I am trying to create a simple logo. I have 3 to choose from (above). What I did was put to "D" letters together with 3 different fonts that I liked. I flipped one of the letters to make them look like they do above. So what I want to know from you is what you think of either one... Which is your favourite? 1, 2 or 3? I like them all so cant really choose lol...

When the winning logo is selected, it will appear above the text: "Deana's Designs". If you need me to make the 3 of them up seperate with that text underneath so you can choose better, let me know and I will do that.

Comment below or contact me here:

www.facebook.com/deana1988

www.youtube.com/deanapigeon

www.twitter.com/deanapigeon

www.bebo.com/deana1988

deana.hurley@mycit.ie

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Dee.

Stuff I would like to have (25 Pictures)

2011-07-03T01:53:00.000+01:00

Dark Arts T-Shirt

Jasons Mask (Friday 13th) T-Shirt

Good Girls Do Bad Things T-Shirt

Gryffindor T-Shirt

Harry Potter T-Shirt

Nude T-Shirt

Secret Compartment Watch

YouSuck T-Shirt

Ghostbusters chasing Pacman Ghosts

Binary T-Shirt

Melting Rubix Cube

16 Port USB Hub

Cookie Monster Cupcakes

Glow in the dark keyboard stickers

Vampire soother (for Xavier)

Science T-Shirt

7 Hub USB Port with Switches

Bazinga! Hoody

Facebook Stamps

Superhero Vests (For Xavier)

Spice Apron

Ctrl Alt Del Cups

Guitar picks puncher

Computer Hoody

I need your help!

2011-06-25T14:43:00.000+01:00

Helllo again guys, back so soon lol.

Right, with the past few months I have been wanting to advertise my business a bit more and well I cant do that without a logo. I presume you have seen my logos for VoodooDee Designs and FunkyDee Designs. Well I am not too keen on those names so I want something else. I have been trying so hard to think of names but I just cant come up with anything.

My favourite ones so far were DH Designs and DLH Designs. Its simple and perfect but I checked google and these names are taken. I would love to eventually have my own website when my business grows more so when that happens I need the name available to me as a domain. I know if I find a name that is available there is a possibility that the next time I check it will be taken but I dont really mind that. Its usually a dot.com address that comes up so I am sure an IE address will be available for me and if anyone claims I stole there name I will just show them proof that I have been using this name long before it came out on google. Or something like that.

So what I need from ye are a ideas. Feel free to send me plenty of them. I don't care how many. Just pile them on. I might buy ya a pint in return when I start earning money again haha.

So here are my ideas - available or not:

Available:

FunkyDee Designs

Funky Designs

VoodooDee Designs

Pigeon Designs

NOT Available:

Voodoo Designs

DH Designs

DLH Designs

Thanks in advance for anyone who helps. :D

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