HELLO LIFE. YOU ARE MINE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

I know it's 26 (and 27 in one minute) days into January, but this is my first bloggy type blog. I've been mega busy! This means two things. The first thing it means is that I have been going out WAY TOO MUCH. And by TOO MUCH I mean THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH, BUT DEFINITELY A LOT. The second thing it means is that I have been VERY VERY productive :D And for this reason I am proud.

But right, here's something I want to talk about.

Ages and ages ago I applied for work experience at ITV. And by AGES ago I mean like nine months ago. And then SUDDENLY the other week I heard back from them and they were all "Oh, so why do you want work experience with us?" I was well surprised because not gonna lie, I'd pretty much forgotten I ever applied. So I emailed back telling them. I explained that I've done quite a fair bit of work experience already (relating to the stuff I did at Shed Media, a production company for all the main channels) and that I'm striving to do more etc etc because I eventually want to be a TV presenter and know that it's vitally important I understand the entire industry and not just onscreen etc etc and that I have passions outside of presenting and want to learn more about those/show off what I can do to ITV. Which I thought was quite good >.< But then I got an email back yesterday and they said that as they can't offer me any onscreen experience, I haven't got through to the next stage.

This REALLY narks me off.

I'm being REALISTIC about the career I want. And aside from that, I'm GENUINELY interested in so much more than JUST presenting. Why else would I put so much time and effort and love into the other things I do?! I told them this in my application. I would be more than happy if they gave me constructive (or at least valid) criticism for my application. But I really don't feel that the reason they gave me for being unsuccessful was acceptable.


BUT! I am not going to dwell on that, because I have been successful elsewhere in my never-ending quest for fuelling my obsession with the Media :D

As I'm sure everyone who's been reading my blog (or watching my vlogs or who knows me at all) knows, I am an aspiring TV presenter. But I'm not one of those girls who is like OMG I WELL WANNA BE ON TV and then just sits around hoping someone will approach her and say "Oh hey, wanna be on TV?" I'm (to quote my mummy) a GO GETTER. And I don't just mean I GO and GET food from the cupboard (not all the time at least). I mean that I feel like I want to chase my goals and interests, because they're not going to chase to me.

As much as the long term aim is TV presenter, I have many hobbies that I invest a lot of time into. The first is this, blogging. I've been blogging for YEARS. Four years on this blog and I think 3 years on an MSN Space that is now lost in the realms of the internet. I've always been interested in journalism, and this is the way I touch upon that. This semester in my Media course I'm doing a module called Intro into Journalism, because if I'm entirely honest, I know journalism is a career I would like to have at least for a while one day. And my journalism tutor (who I have only met once because our first lecture was last week and who is called Wayne) told me that my blog is not a piece of journalism unless it has an AUDIENCE. Which is a very good point. And I don't have a big audience so it's not journalism, but I know that blogging CAN be journalism so I really wanted to channel that into something more productive. So I put on my GO GETTING hat and I found a very cool company that gives work experience to young creative writey type people and I emailed them and they were like OH HI (plus some other words) and I've been asked to blog for a website! The website is actually so cool and so relevant to me, it's for young people who live in London. Of which I am one of! So I really think (hope, ohgod I so hope) I will be able to write something that they'll want to publish. And the best thing is that it's bloggy! Which is perfect for me, because I love writing blogs so much. So I'm very, very happy! And I'm also proud of myself, because it's 27 days into the first month of 2011 and I'm already being productive outside of my academic shizzle at university!

The SECOND awesome thing about this blogging that I'm doing for this website is that I get to take PHOTOS. I'm not even joking, I get to do PHOTOJOURNALISM. I'm somewhat OBSESSED with photography. I'm never without a camera. Ever. I'm never without at least 16gb of memory in said camera (and then a spare memory card usually too XD) Or cameras, I should say, as I own several. Point and shoot. DSLR. Camcorder. I'm obsessed. I want documentation of my life. I think that's why I'm so into vlogging, blogging, photography, filming and Tweeting. It all is a form of documentation and memory-making. I also love sharing experiences. I want to show and tell.

Which is why this blogging experience for the website is so perfect for me. I'm SO excited to get started. Feeling on top of the world if I'm honest. Proud of myself, optimistic, and still enthusiastic about how everything is panning out (:

So that's that. It's not even February yet and I'm off and away, full steam ahead. Determined as ever, and making the most of living (at last!) in one of the most famous, gorgeous, influential, inspirational and exciting cities in the world.