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Name: Joanna
Birthday: 6/5/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: I am soon to be Miss Joanna Murphy, Law with South East Asian Law, LLB Hons! Born June 5th 1985 so I am 21 years young. Lives between the Uk and Barbados. I've only just started writing again and will hopefully be writing for a couple of independent London based magazines come September.
I love to travel. Have been to: New York, Philly, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and just booked a flight to Barcelona for my 22nd Birthday.
Music is and will always be my first love. Death Cab For Cutie, Lenny Kravitz, Fall Out Boy, Shakira, Mary J Blige and anything Soca, Dancehall, Reggae or Zouk related.
I hate studying. Procrastination is a bitch!
Expertise: Being me...
Occupation: Student
Industry: Legal
Message: message me
AIM:  bajanmeanie
Member Since:
3/7/2006
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WOW!!
It has been a while since I have been here. Is anyone still on this thing? My dear friends, I have to admit, I have conformed to the Facebook masses. I love that website. That shit is addictive man!
So what is new with me? I am currently working as an administrator at Castle College in Nottingham. I have been here for about five weeks and they asked me yesterday to stay on for another three, which is good as I need the money J The job is quite boring, but it provides me with an opportunity to get on with law firm applications. I am still applying as I am not sure if I wanna take the one I was previously offered. I would not mind working for a regional firm, but we all know that London is where it is at.
London, London, London. I am moving to London and I am still homeless. The search has been quite trying and tiring. The girls and I are tending to split the work as follows: As I am the least busy in the office, I do the advertisement hunting when I am at work and they do the visits after work and over the weekend. I was in London this past weekend as my boyfriend was there for his graduation and I managed to get in couple of viewings with my sister. They were shit holes, man! That really depressed me, but not to worry, the girls are doing some viewings tonight and tomorrow and we now have enough between us to put down a deposit. So maybe this weekend we will get lucky and have something.
Last Weekend
Yeah, so my fella flew back from home for his graduation last week. I had the most amazing weekend in London. I met his parents and they were absolutely lovely. They took us out to dinner and the movies. We walked around London town most of Saturday, chilled and had a generally good time. Ryan and I spent Saturday night in a swanky four star hotel down in St. Pauls and moved back into the heart of the City Sunday afternoon.
Later that night my big sister and I saw Miss Lauryn Hill at the Hammersmith Apollo. This was a waste of time and money. I felt quite bad for my sister because she bought me the tickets for my 22nd birthday. Firstly, there was no supporting act. This did not really upset me too much as the warm up DJ was AWESOME! Guy played some classic RnB joints and literally made me get out my chair. I did not care who was watching me, I shook my ass and had a blastor the hour and forty five minutes it took for Lauyrn to reach the stage. My woman comes on looking like she is on crack and then proceeds to sing this song about Natty Dreads. Secondly, the sound was all wrong. The backup singers and the band were way louder than Hill so you could hardly make out what she was saying. Thirdly, the woman changed up the tempo and lyrics to most of her songs. I was like hat was the opening line to ost Ones? but what the heck is she saying??The whole theatre wore an expression like so,  . The woman damn near broke my heart, I am telling thee.
To make matters worse, I missed my train back to Nottingham. I had to leave the concert early to get this train and still missed the shit by three minutes. This could have been avoided if National Rail got their shit together. So I am sitting on the tube over at Hammersmith, getting the Hammersmith line back to King Cross and the announcer says there is a problem with the train, we have to move over to the train on the opposite platform. Ok fine, I rather have a delayed start than lose my life or be stuck on a broken down train when I am wearing my club clothes. Announcer comes over again adies and gentlemen, I am sorry for the confusion, but the train at Platform 1 is fit for service, so could you kindly make your way back to the train? DAMN YOU!! So because I lost about 5 minutes, I missed my train and had to go all the way to Derby and spend ?5 taking a cab home. By the time I got in it was 2:30 and I had to get up for 7:00  Joanna was NOT a happy person on Monday morning.
Monday to Wednesday
Work blew goats.
Wednesday 16:35 - Present
I left work a little early on Wednesday afternoon to go pick up Ryan from the train station. Ran a few errands and I took us to Nandos for dinner, went home and chilled. Thursday we saw the new Harry Potter movie, went for dinner at the Flaming Dragon and went home to take a nap before we left for the station. It is so nice being with him and loving someone and knowing they love you back 
So, back to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This is by FAR the best of the five and I cannot wait for the Half Blood Prince to start production. I am such a kid when it comes to Harry Potter. I have pre-ordered the final book and will be at Waterstones at midnight July 21st to collect it.
My graduation is next week Wednesday and my parents are flying in on Sunday. I happy. | | |
| ...When I heard "Stupid Girls" I really did not think I would like P!nk's latest album. I was wrong. I love it, well but for "Stupid Girls". She has to me one of the most versatile mainstream female artists right now.
I'm in a bit of a low mood today, but I am not quite sure why. I went out last night with Clair and some of her friends to celebrate the end of their Masters course. I did not have a good time. The music sucked and I just was not enjoying myself. I left at around 1:30 and came home, called my friend in New York and tried to sleep. I tossed until about 4:00 because I was dehydrated and had a bit of a stomach ache. I am so tired of going to the same shitty clubs, hearing the same shitty rnb tracks that are about six years old and for crying out loud I am so tired of white girls trying to "act black" and out dance the black girls on the dance floor. You are only making yourself look like an ass love. If that was perceived by you as racist, I assure you it was not meant to be. Just making a general observation about the Nottingham populace.
Good news. I am starting a temporary job come Monday. I will be working as a receptionist at the "People's First Centre". This is what I think would be the equivalent of a junior college. Anyway, it pays well, ?.50 or $12. 86 US an hour. So I have worked out I can make a grand this month. Hopefully if I go straight into another temping position after this one is finished I can make another grand. Which means I will be able to pay for some of my mum's airfare here, pay for my parent's hotel, maybe their hired car, get myself out of my overdraft, put down a deposit on my new apartment (when I find one) and still have enough money to go see Dionne in Florida or New York, wherever she may be at the time. I know that sounds like a stretch, but it is my birthday soon, so hopefully I will be getting some money which will tide me over for food and part of my rent for the next month or so.
As I said above, I still have not found a place to stay come September. I am definitely moving out of here the first week in August, so some may say I should not be worried. But alas! Two bedroom apartments at an affordable price are quite scare in London. So it looks like I will be living with my cousin and my big sister after all. My sister and I are like chalk and cheese a lot of the times, so I know it will not be the most pleasant of housing arrangements, but right now moving in as a three makes a hell of a lot more sense than moving in with a two. Honestly, I am not happy about this. But the debt I am in already and the ?2 000 I have to borrow to do this course leaves me with no other option.
What else is new? Not much, just chilling. Feeling a little anti-social actually. This dude I am talking to must be rubbing off on me. Anyways some good TV is on so I'm out.
Edit: I just came across some more pictures of me at home in February this year. Taken by my cousin, Darin. Yes, I look angry in all these pictures. That is because I was. I hate leaving home to come back to the UK. This was the morning I was leaving, 28/02/2007. The final one marks just some of the revision I did for my Trusts Law exam. I took the idea from my cousin Natasha and let me tell you, they helped so much. I will be doing them again for all my exams on the LPC.
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| So I'm still bored and unemployed. Not been doing much but sitting in my jammies. This bank holiday sucked. The weather was miserable. It rained for the better part of the day. My friend called me around 14:00 or 15:00 and was like 'Do you wanna do something...I'm still in bed, so maybe we should do something tomorrow instead.' I couldn't blame him 'cause I was in bed watching "Reservoir Dogs". So we are doing something tomorrow. Don't ask me what because I have no idea. I am heading into the City in the morning and then to campus to pay my library fine so these bastards don't stop me from graduating. Clair and I are gunna do lunch and then go for a drink, as she finishes exams tomorrow. I'm gunna meet Phil and that'll be my day. I'm so damn bored.
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| Good day Xanga,
Xanga, I am bored now that school is over and I am job hunting. I applied for like seven jobs online today and will just have to wait until Monday for someone to get back to me. Someone from the agency called about a job at a pharmaceutical company starting Tuesday, but never got back to me on the details. I'll just go down to the agency first thing Tuesday and find out what is going on. It was paying well also, ?.50 or $12.89 US an hr, 37 hours per week. I just need an income, man. I am also gunna hand out my resume in the City come Tuesday and go from there. Something will come up, I am praying and something must happen soon.
 So Summer (if that is what you can call 55蚌 19蚓 shitty weather) is
finally here and I am all about the Summer body. I don't need to lose
any weight (Size 2 US size 6 UK) but because I lived in the City
instead of closer to campus this year I have not been walking as much, I have lost a lot of the tone in my arms and legs. My stomach is still
pretty flat and when I tense I have the whole ab line formation going,
but for some reason I wanna be totally fit by the end of Summer. My
friend has found me a healthy eating plan, which isn't really much
different from what I eat now, so sticking to that should not be so
hard. I drink a lot of water, grapefruit juice, orange juice and have hot lemon water in the mornings and at night. I don't eat anything fried, except the KFC when Clara and I feel like eating crap. I mostly George Foreman grill and boil my food. Lots of grilled salmon and chicken breast, mashed or boiled potatoes, pasta, sots of veggies and salad. Alcohol will be an issue for the next week or so as all our friends will have finished finals and we will be partying non-stop from Wednesday and it is my birthday in a couple of weeks. And now finals are over I have even less excuse to eat junk food. He also found me a great website where I can get eating plans,
workout videos/demonstrations and various exercises. I cannot afford to
go to the gym, so this is the cheapest way of getting in shape. I was
going to use weights for my arms, but talked with Dario and was told
workouts with my pilates bands and activity balls will work my arms
enough, as I just want tone not muscle. So instead of buying weights, I
purchased the above set. This combined with roller blading in the basement and daily walks should give me the healthy body I desire. If anyone reading this works out, please leave me any advice and tips.
My hair, what am I going to do with my hair for graduation? When I was
home over Christmas, I got streaks put in it. Now I have put a
semi-permanent colour in it. My hair has gone kinda rustic coloured,
but I swear it is mutating. Everyday when I look at my hair in the
sunlight it has gone a different colour. Right now I am blogging right
by my bedroom window and I can see a tinge of copper, a tinge of red, a
little burgundy. It kind of looks like that colour "Copper Sunset" most
girls were wearing about six years back, but not quite. I'll have to
take pictures of it later so I can shows you guys exactly what I mean.
But as I said, it changes everyday. I was in the City on Thursday and
caught a glimpse of it in a car mirror and it looked almost firery red.
My hair clearly has a mind of its own. I think I am going to go to
Vidal Sassoon or Icon and get it done for graduation. The latter salon
do a great job, but I stopped going because it was far too expensive
($120 to get my hair relaxed, are you kidding me woman?!) I think I am
going to wear a black and white dress so the red will have to come out,
but this is subject to change. Not matter how much this woman annoys
me, I am quite tempted to do this to my hair. Once the ed washes out of
my hair, I'll have the colouring right. Although my hair has grown a
lot over the past few months, I'll still need a layered weave. If I compare my hair with the above picture. I have just enough hair to work a shoulder length do - I wish I stopped cutting my hair like three years ago when I said I would because it would be as long as hell now. As I
said, I really like the look, but it will probably be far too expensive
for me to work.
What else is going on? Not much? The fella has gone home for Summer and will not be back until July. I spent Sunday through Tuesday with him and then saw him off at the airport and made my way back up to Nottingham. Ive mostly been lazing around and reading. I am currently reading "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shirver. So far, I have not found one bad review and quite a few people I know have read it. I am about a quarter of the way in and it is pretty captivating. So I am gunna go curl up in front the TV and read some more. Later xxx
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| In the words of my good friend Dionne, "Look how mi done now!". Praise Jesus the degree is over. Exam went well. I focused on three topics and they came up  . I've been bumming it since Friday. Been to see Justin Timberlake...ok i started this post like 12 hrs ago. There is alcohol in my stomach now. Finish this tomorrow xxx
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