Hello! My name’s Charlie, I’m a 21-year-old politics student
in his third and final year at the University of Sussex (in the ever-sunny
Brighton, England) and this is my blog. Here are a few things about me so you
know what to expect from my musings.
1.
I am a student who very much enjoys the student
lifestyle. That is to say, whilst I love nights out, partying, alcohol and all
that, my favourite part of University is the fact that it is deemed socially
acceptable to have not got dressed or even out of bed by 5pm. In the words of
that virgin media advert, I am a sofa bear. My Netflix is almost eternally
running, if it’s not then I’m probably playing FIFA in my equally lazy
housemate’s bedroom. Third year doesn’t count right?
(Image credit: Virgin Media)
2.
When I do make the effort to drag myself out of
bed, I usually find my lectures rather interesting. I’m absolutely fascinated
by US Politics in particular (despite living the other side of the Atlantic my
entire life) and will no doubt mention the colourful cast of characters they
have over there numerous times.
3.
If they sell it in HMV, I’m probably a fan. My
Christmas list every year is made up almost entirely by DVDs, CDs or (less
frequently now) Playstation games, and I don’t have much imagination
outside of these three areas when it comes to buying gifts. I’m a massive lover
of films and will happily watch anything once - favourites include the likes of
Pulp Fiction, The Wolf of Wall Street, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and
anything with either Marvel or PIXAR in the credits. I’m all about physical
ownership of music and have over two and a half thousand legally acquired songs
on my iPhone – gotta support the industry. Again, I’m not picky; I’ll listen to
most genres and judge artists on the quality of music they play, rather than
the type.
4.
I’m one of those deluded Liverpool fans. Every
year is our year, Steven Gerrard is poetry in shorts and Brendan Rodgers is the
greatest manager to grace these shores in the entire history of football. I
rank Jerzy Dudek’s double save from Andriy Shevchenko in the 2005 Champions
League Final as a greater miracle than the feeding of the five thousand and
believe that Demba Ba is the worst human alive for robbing us of the title we
so deserved in 2013/14. I expect there will be at least a few posts on my
burning passion for the Red half of Merseyside during my time at the helm of
this blog.
5.
I’m a colossal Apple fanboy, have been for as
long as I can remember. I currently own an iPhone 5 and a MacBook Pro and am
currently looking for ways to justify upgrading both to the latest models. I wake up all excited on
the morning of a new iOS/OSX release, and even more excitedly on the morning of
an Apple Event where they show off the next small iterations they’ve made to
their products. If I could afford it, I would walk into an Apple store and walk
out with everything under my arm but sadly that’s just a pipe dream on my
current budget of approximately 37p.
6.
I’m in a band. Whilst we’re currently on hiatus
as our guitarist is taking a year abroad in the US of A, ‘Five Dollar Shakes’
are planning a (small-scale) nation-wide tour in the summer. I play bass.
(Image credit: giphy.com)
7.
Finally, I have set up a business with my
long-term (and long-distance) girlfriend Chloe (who also has a blog - mojichlo.uk) and we design, make, and sell various products such as phone cases and makeup bags; they're primarily aimed at teenage girls, but we’ve seen them have a bit of a broader appeal.
I would really appreciate it if you could take the time to head over to
lamedesign.bigcartel.com and check us out – maybe even buy something for yourself
or a friend!
So yeah, that brings me to the end of this first blog post.
Wasn’t that fun! I’m new to this whole realm of the Internet, so would love
some suggestions of good blogs to check out. Feel free to follow me on twitter
as well @philosl0thical, where I’ll be tweeting about interesting things and
shamelessly (and relentlessly) plugging my new blog posts.
CUTE
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