Opinion counts is coming to you from sunny Mallorca! I am sitting here on my brothers iPad which he allowed me to borrow (thank you) in order for me to blog whilst I was away. I have been here for less than 24 hours with Kitty (my boring girlfriend) and I must start with this very annoying occurrence.
We decided as it was our first day away we would spend it in the sun, so as you do we have sat on a sun lounger in the basking heat for little over 3 hours so far. Kitty has an annoying habit of tanning very easy, (I think it is down to her bright fluorescent orange bikini) and as a result she is extremely brown head to shin from as little as 3 hours of sunbathing! Of course I have not heard the end of this with her boasting "I can't believe how brown I am". On the other hand I have brown arms but apart from that I'm as white as snow. You may be thinking my description of kitty's tan is peculiar as she is only tanned to her shins. He legs below the shin do not seem to be playing along with the rest of her body and therefore she does look slightly silly. However I am sure this is an issue a few days of sunbathing will sort out. This evening we are down to the marina for a meal and a few drinks before going exploring tomorrow when we have rested up a bit.
Our journey here was kitty's first plane journey ever, and she was nervous but she survived, even though I was certain on making her think before the flight we were likely to crash. I will leave you with a little story of our trip to the supermarket today. In order to make cocktails whilst we are here I tried to get some mint leaves. We could not find them so tried to use my little Spanish and hand gestures I knew to ask. This did not go down well and the man had no idea what I was on about. I resulted in getting a toothpaste bottle with a picture of mint leaves on and pointing to them. Still it had little effect so our quest goes on to find them.
Finally because I am here with kitty I am allowing her to have a short paragraph in my blog, to say a little something to you guys whilst she is away. She's very appreciative of this staring role and I have high expectations. Sorry if she is boring! Here she goes!
Kitty - unlike Alex I won't bore you with too much of what I've done today. The best part of today has to be my amazing tan!! Alex is very jealous but has too much of an ego to admit it. My first plane journey ever wasn't as scary as I had thought, luckily for me :). Short and sweet and I know you'll all be thinking its far better than Alex could ever have written :p.
That's all for now be back soon and I hope your enjoying being at home!
I have been waiting to see this movie for a while, and I finally saw it the other day! Here is my review, just click the link below. I hope you are all well and you enjoy it.
Yes the much anticipated return of opinion counts is finally here, after many weeks of absence due to A-level examinations. Now, I know you are all sitting here reading this with a similar feeling to when your favourite series on television has just returned... sheer excitement and pleasure. This is just like a new series, with a similar concept but new content. HURRAY I hear you scream, Blogs, Podcasts and Live shows are all back! Along with In other news, Picture of the week, Song of the week and much more. So without further a due lets get started with the unbelievably anticipated (slight exaggeration) OPINION COUNTS - SERIES 2.
As you are all aware I have just finished my A-level examinations, and to get the boring exam talk out of the way I thought I'd start with this. You will be pleased to hear that my examinations went well in the most part with only a few moments of mind numbing, head scratching blankness. I am making sure that I keep my mind distanced from the results of my exams in order not to worry and just enjoy my summer. For any of you that took your A-level examinations or any other examinations during the last month or so, I hope they went well for you and you get the results you all hope for.
Anyway to more interesting news, since my examinations have finished I've been enjoying the relaxing side of life, having lie in's every day, listening to music, watching films, going to the gym and going to work (If you can call that relaxing..). A particular highlight has been the option to see my friends whenever I want. On the evening I finished, 6 of us went to the pub for a meal and a catch up which was nice due to the fact we had seen little of each other for the last month or so. Yesterday (Saturday), I got the train into Birmingham with my Girlfriend to go holiday shopping. We are going on holiday together on Saturday to Mallorca for 12 days, I can't wait for the lovely weather and beaches and booze. It will be a test though as I've never had to put up with her for any longer than a few days, so 12 days could be a struggle! I'll let you know how I'm getting on whilst I'm over there via Opinion counts abroad! WHAT..... your mouths wide open with shock, YES opinion counts is coming to you from sunny Spain.
Back to the topic in hand of shopping in Birmingham. As men we know, shopping with Women can be a nightmare, however Kitty has a very Male way of shopping that goes as follows:
Walk into a shop.
Keep a consistant pace whilst looking at the items and only stop when something takes your fancy.
Pick the things you want and leave.
If there is nothing of interest keep the constant pace and leave within the shortest amount of time possible.
Now I may be being stereotypical but from my experience with shopping with other women mostly my mum shopping usually goes as follows:
Walk into a shop
Stop at almost every item in store and comment on it "Why would anyone wear that it looks like a bin bag", "I used to have one of those back in the 80's" , "I like this but it just isn't me".
Grab around 15 items and try them on, even though they are only buying a few things.
Man finds the nearest seat.
Women comes out of changing room "What do you think, does it make my ass look big"
Man replies "You look lovely" of course 90% of the time this is a lie.
Women comes out of shop empty handed.
So as you can probably tell I'm quite lucky to have a girlfriend that shops like man, making my shopping experience much more enjoyable.
I also went into Hollister to buy a few things. They had a sale on which made me whip out my card and spend more than I anticipated. Whilst I was in there I realised that everybody who worked there was attractive. I came to the conclusion that Hollister's Job description was as follows:
"We are looking for a hard working, good looking individual who can work in a team of other good looking individuals. They must also be able to fit into all Hollister clothes and be sociable and helpful to customers and other employees alike. Finally it is essential that they like Carrots in order to work in almost pitch black conditions. Ear plugs are given out to successful applicants to insure they do not get damage to their ears due to the extremely and unnecessarily loud music"
I don't think I'd be able to get a job there, as I don't like carrots ;)
Moving on, Tonight (Sunday) I am off to see Man of Steel, which I have been excited to see for a while and tomorrow I am in work. I have my leavers prom on Tuesday night, which should be good as it will be the last time we are all together before we go to university. Apart from this my week will consist of chilling and going to the gym before I jet off to Mallorca on Saturday.
Now you know what I've been up to lets move on to 'IN OTHER NEWS'
Andrea Begley won the Voice UK last night. Many people believed that it was a sympathy vote because she is partially sighted, but I do believe that she had the best voice in the competition. The show aims to focus truly on the voice of contestants and as a result although she may not have the 'pop star' attributes, she was a worthy winner. Read the story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23017112
2. Wimbledon starts tomorrow, which means that my eyes will be glued to the T.V. Andy Murray the British number one, aims to keep his cool during the competition. He is well known for his tantrums during matches, hitting rackets and talking to himself. Lets hope he can keep his cool and win the tournament this year. I'll be cheering him on from Lichfield. Read the story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/23011187
That's all for 'In other news' this week. That's all from me for now, I'll leave you with Song of the week, which is by Imagine Dragons and it's called radioactive. I have not been able to get it out of my head for the last couple of weeks so I am sure you will all love it.
Opinion counts will be back soon, so until then have a fantastic week and I hope you enjoyed blog 21.
I've made a little trailer for the return of opinion counts at the end of this month. It took a break whilst I was doing my A-level exams but it's coming back strong! So have a watch of the trailer and get excited for it's return.
