Where do I begin?
Even though we first met in September, I was expecting you years before that day.
You see, I have been told about you through others: they shared their stories about what you did to them. Some explained how they enjoyed your company, while others longed for you to disappear. But knowing this, I was ready for you and I'll admit I was slightly excited when September arrived. I had all these wonderful ideas on what I could write and after much thought I decided that we would talk about weddings.
This seemed easy at first and I was really enjoying your company, I had a Gantt chart (and don't even get me started on those!) on when I would start and finish each section. I was happy!

Until two months in, soon it was becoming apparent that there was a lack of literature available. You restricted me to what I could include and what I could write about. You may of hated Wikipedia, but personally I LOVED that site. I was really forced to search the internet and step into a place that I had never stepped in before.. The Library! You even got me confused when I needed to reference the Bible, for pity sake!
December soon approached and I pushed you to the side, I couldn't look at you any more, you made me physically sick! You didn't realise that I had other commitments to look at, and soon they become my priority.
Soon after 2014 arrived and I knew, I knew that I couldn't put it off any longer, so I gave in and gave you a second chance. I even had the mad idea of re-writing you on a new document, sorted your layout and decided that this was it, I had to get on with writing you! And yes, there were moments when I wanted to give up so much and just delete you.

I sent out the questionnaires and had an amazing response, 127 to exact when I was only expecting 60! My tutors were happy with the progress that we were making. But slowly you were killing me inside and I dreaded each day as it came. On Friday 11th April, I broke up for Easter and I knew I was on my own. You were the first thing I thought about when I woke up and the last thing when I went to sleep. Others would say that's romantic, to me that's crazily obsessive.
In fact the whole of those two weeks, I spent typing word after word about weddings, watching your word count increase and increase. You become selfish and clingy and wouldn't leave me alone, I lost my social life and the four walls of my room became my jail. Even on my birthday I spent typing at my desk, trying to get rid of you,  but you weren't having any of it!
Saturday 26th April you betrayed me so much. I thought I had finished but you chose to drag my parents along for the ride. They took you away for proof reading and even than you were a pain in the f-ing bum! Mistake after mistake, problem after problem! Some would say that's my fault, personally I blame you.
But today (2nd May), my dear dissertation, I sent you off to get marked. Despite hating you so much, I still cared for you and went the extra mile, quite literally, to get you beautifully bound.

Have a lovely journey and remember.... don't come back until June and don't fuck up!

Yours lovingly,

Becky x

P.S - I bound two copies, one to burn!

I know what you’re thinking;

 ‘Mosh-pit? You must be joking! I wouldn’t allow myself in that!’

But believe me, when your mouse is hovering over the price options and you chose standing as its cheaper, you’ll thank me.

1.       Wear sensible clothing – This may seem a stupid point, but you will be surprised the amount of people who wear 7-inch heels to stand in at a concert or wear skimpy high waisted, cheese slicing shorts. Myself, I just opt for the jeans and nice top. Don’t do what some Muppet does *cough* not me *cough*, and wear a thick coat, with a jumper underneath, because my god do you get hot easily in the crowds. And you will end up holding it.the.entire.night…

Maybe the skimpy clothing wasn’t a bad idea after all…

2.       Get there nice and early – Now some people do this so they can get as close as they can to the stage. Personally I don’t fancy looking up skirts and shorts, that’s not what I pay £25 + for. If you have a standing ticket, I like to get in nice and early to, rather more sensibly, take in my surroundings. Plan my exit for when things get wrong and nasty. Locate the bar, check. Locate toilets, check. Locate fire exit, check. Locate the bar, check! See… the important parts!

3.       Find a reasonable crowd – I don’t mean buddy up with a crowd, because I know some people can be sociably awkward, what I mean is again look around. At my recent gig, Tinie Tempah, there were a few older people there. In fact a mother with her two teenage children. Now, I know that that mother isn’t going to join in and mosh. If we stay close enough to her, but not creepy close, then no one will involve us in their ‘mental dancing.’  Once you have found a suitable area, stand your ground. Attach your feet to the floor with sensible shoes, duct tape if you insist!

4.       Position yourself near a barrier – If the crowd are more or less the same age as you, then find a barrier to stand by.  I normally go for the tech barrier, it’s in the middle, there’s nice people inside the boxed off area that can just quickly whisk me out and because they have the camera equipment, you gain an advantage to getting on the screens quicker! Down side is I’ve not tried this theory, yet.

5.       Don’t resolve to violence – I think this is one of the more serious of all of the tips. In some cases you will find that other revellers just don’t like their drink anymore and feel the need to chuck it in the air, contents and all. Or maybe, they just felt that the black hoodie they brought in was no longer needed. If this falls on you, don’t turn around and take it out on the nearest person, just go with the flow. Violence does not solve anything, and in some cases may just start the mosh process.

If you follow me on Twitter, you would have noticed that despite having a brilliant time at Tinie Tempah, I was in fact a victim of ‘drunken-sweaty-man-‘dancing’-and-bumping-into-me.’ Dancing was not the word, more stumbling; into me (did I mention that?). Every time we moved away, he would follow.

Eventually I got so pissed off that I (little me), shoved him back into the crowd while the audience cheered for my bravery! Ha – I wish! No instead, I just put my hands out to stop him bumping into me and gave him the most evil of evils.

6.       If all else fails – Join in! - Now in some gigs, standing isn’t at all that bad. There are no mosh pits to be seen, just the crowd jumping up and down to the blaring music and vibrating bass. This was the case on that night, until Tinie announced that one of the songs is called ‘Mosh Pit’ and that he wanted to see every one mosh.

 Shit!

I looked to my left, the bar had disappeared.

I looked to my right, fire exit not reachable in time.

I had lost my safety crowd. 

That bar had definitely disappeared...

I had no option, but to join in.

So next time you find you are standing in a concert, take on board these simple tips and you’ll walk away absolutely fine. I can’t promise you will walk away with no bruises though! 

Have you been involved in a standing crowd, what where your experiences?

Until next time!

Becky x

Hello Everyone!

Despite being really busy with the degree at the moment, I also decided last year that, as a gift to my blog and followers, that I would enlist the help of someone to re-design my blog.

After months of searching, and I really do mean months, I finally found someone. Kate Jordan. Now you may know this designer as Kate Hall (recently got married! Congrats!). Kate blogs over on Dairies of an Essex Girl and if you haven't read her blog yet, shame on you! Head on over now!

I wanted to find a new, unique design that was fun yet professional, and Kate has done just that.
I also thought it was time to add some new features, you will still find the pages dedicated to my reviews, weekly wishes and weddings.
Soon there will be content on the new page, 'How To'. Here I promise some giggles while you read sarcastic how to's on battling day to day life, none of the boring manuals! I am open to suggestions, so please comment below!

I hope you like the new design as much as I do, I am so glad I chose Kate and would be very happy to recommend anyone to her design expertise! This blog design is also my chance to say Thank you. Thank you to all my readers and followers. Without your support, I really would not of bothered to change my design. But I honestly felt I needed to, to say thank you!

Until next time!

Becky x