Josephine Laurence

 Last weekend, I saw the Andy Warhol exhibit in San Francisco at the De Young museum. It was incredible to say the least. I was astonished by the pieces that he created as well as the influence he had on the music and art scene at the time. It was fun to go with my Mom because she already had a vast knowledge of his pieces and philosophy. Unfortunately, I was in a different position.

Although she explained his pieces and ideas as throughly as she could, I felt that I needed to do some research on my own. I ended up renting a few films on him but was unable to find “Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol”. Fortunately, I found it online available through Borders.com. I used this Borders Discount and received free shipping on the DVD.I am excited for the DVD’s arrival so that I continue to find out more interesting information about this talented artist.

College books. The only thing dreaded about starting a new college semester. For the past three years, I have been buying my books at the University book store; no discounts, sales, or deals. Is it just me or are you mad about this as well?

I recently registered for a Business Law class and the cost of the textbook was $150 in the college book store. Luckily, this semester I was smarter and did some online research prior to my purchase of the Law textbook. My boss recommended I check out Borders.com. He said they had some borders codes deals going on so I decided to take him up on it.

I found a coupon for blank off, blank off, and blank off. They can all be found here. Along with my code, I got free shipping because my order was over $25. Borders is definitely making college more affordable. Check it out yourself and educate yourself in deal saving! ha

What annoys me is commercials that blatantly lie… I’m sitting here in my hotel room, happily watching Eamon and Ruth on This Morning and the commercials come on… Now I am actually quite a big fan of commercials, as allot are strokes of genius… Kick boxing bears for Salmon, Feel my Fork.. brilliant…. however Mascara adverts are an entirely different kettle of fish… Why advertise a product that gives you a false eyelash effect, when clearly the model in your advert is wearing false eyelashes… I mean, it’s the false eyelashes that are brilliant, not the mascara, so why not make false eyelashes instead and advertise though, because people, that’s what we really want to know, where can you buy the bloody things from!! AHHHH!!!!

 Talking about This Morning, is it me or is the presenter Paul Ross completely under valued? Whilst his brother Johnathan Ross seems to always steal the lime light, Paul seems to float along and never really get the praise he deserves…. Paul I think you are brilliant… although, I do think your brother is brilliant too.

 It must be hard always being compared to your sibling…. No wonder rivalry comes into play. I’m glad I’ve never had to compete with my sister, we are completely different from each other and do completely different things for a living… I would hate it… I mean take Kylie and Danni Minogue… How would you feel if you was Danni!? Although she now has a good career on the X factor, Kylie, you can’t help but feel is the one that is seen to be the most successful… I wonder if there is any kind of resentment…

 Oh and mentioning the X factor, I am very excited about the start of it tomorrow… I know you may think that I am very sad to actually be excited, but I LOVE the first programmes where they travel around the country doing the 1st stages of auditions… I mean I don’t mean to sound like a bitch, but some of the contestants are unreal… After the 1st few programmes though, I do tend to loose interest… And how good does Cheryl Cole look? I think she is great and incredibly beautiful… shame she married such a Pratt who clearly doesn’t appreciate what he’s got!! I mean if I was married to the male equivalent to Cheryl Cole, you’d never want to bloody cheat. That’s typical of men though (sorry boys), taken things for granted, thinking the grass is greener, or simply getting a kick out of the chance of being caught…. And you always get caught…. In the end…

 I’ve just noticed that I haven’t actually written on my blog for about 6 weeks… God time flys!! So what have I been doing?? Well… not that much… I went to Ibiza…. Which was amazing… If you have never been, you really, really have to go! It’s beautiful and so much fun!! Last year was the 1st time I had been and it was sooooo good I ended up going twice, and the 1st chance this year I was back! Amazing!!

I am very please to say, that I have always just landed myself a new football show, so make sure you look out for it! It’s called ‘The Sweet FA’, and is basically a football show based around the 5 London clubs…  we’ll be there reporting, interviewing fans, being complete dickheads… I can’t wait… So if you are a fan of Arsenal, West Ham, Fulham, Chelsea or Tottenham and you go to the home games, make sure you look out for us!!

 Right, I’m off to the gym… See ya x

The thing that i love about summer is that you can go out and not wear a coat… you’re outfit always looks soooooo much better without one!

Also, everyone seems to be so much happier…

On the down side of course, your feet need alot more maintenance than usual and it increases the perv level in members of the opposite sex…

I think it’s because women wear a lot less clothes when it’s hot, but guys seriously… staring only makes girls feel particularly uncomfortable… it’s not nice… and won’t entice us to go for dinner/drinks/your bedroom with you…

Also sitting on my balcony of an evening is becoming increasingly difficult due to the number of mosquitoes on my case… seriously… what do you want from me… blood?

Went too see Avenue Q tonight in the West End… possibly the crudest musical in the world, but non the less, hilarious… another strong recommendation from me… slightly shocking though, so brace yourself!

So for all of you that had thought that I had gone off the radar, you were probably correct… The past 5 weeks have been hectic to say the least…

It’s been my Birthday…. AHHHHHH!!!!

I have been off Globe trotting to Cannes for the film festival…

Monaco (just missing the Grand Prix, doh!)

and then finally got back last week from the land of the plastic Gangster known as Marbella….

Oh and of course filming my show PodfinderUK, where a new episode has just been released… you can find it at www.podfinderuk.mevio.com (shameless plugging but I like it!)

Phew, talk about not having time to have a scratch and all that…

So anyway, last night I went to the cinema with my mum to go and see the long anticipated film Sex and The City, and I can honestly say, that it met all of my expectations… I loved it! It had everything, laughter, tears and I even felt my little heart break on more than one occasion… I am  truly a fan… apart from not being in my 30′s just yet, I am a single girl, living in the city, with a big group of girlie mates, living the life, dating the men, going to the hot places in town and going through the motions and for some reason, watching the film triggered off some unexpected thoughts that I haven’t stopped mulling over in my little blonde head all day….

I got to thinking about my self and as to why love never quite works out for me… To me, I am a great girlfriend… I cook, clean, love, am not jealous, believe in live and let live… but love always seems to end up going bad… Is it me? The men i go out with? or is it just not my time yet? I used to believe in fate and destiny, but as I get older I’m starting to get more cynical…. I have always thought that Mr Right would one day come along and sweep me off my feet and ride off into the sunset with me, but it seems to be Mr Wrong coming along, time and time again, and instead of being swept, I keep getting trampled on and I just can’t understand why… I mean, I’m not saying I’m perfect… I’m terrified of commitment, not in the sense that I can’t have a boyfriend, or am scared with living with someone, I’m talking about real commitment, babies, mortgages, marriage…. it scares the living crap out of me… I think it’s because I associate all these things with being a proper adult, and I’m so not in that place yet… I’m not sure I ever will be…. I’m also terrified of someone trying to control me. I used to date this guy who was very mentally manipulative… He called me names, would try and turn me against my friends and generally made me feel pretty shitty about myself, and for a while, he had me. Thank god that in the end, I was apparently so ‘awful’ that he eventually broke up with me, which in retrospect is the single, nicest thing he ever did for me, and set me free from the awful relationship. It took me about a year and a half to recover myself from that blow, and ever  since I have promised myself that know one would ever do that to me again… and they haven’t… the only problem is, that as soon as any guy tries to tell me what to do I resist… well, not even resist… I rebel and usually do the complete opposite… If my skirt is to short, I’ll wear a shorter one, if someone wants me to stay in, I’ll stay out all night…. I know it’s wrong, but surely someone who loves me would want me to… well, just be… me?? So maybe I am contributing to my own downfall in the love life department, but surely, somewhere, there must be someone who understands and gets me… isn’t there? I see so many destructive, controlling relationships and frankly… that’s not how I roll…. and is there anything wrong for not wanting to just settle because everyone else has? I have been considering using this eHarmony promotional code after a friend’s success… We’ll see.

Originally I am from a medium sized town out in Kent where everyone, grows up, goes to school, makes their friends, gets a job, then marriage and then 2.4 children, and if you don’t do that people think there must be something wrong with you…  Sometimes when I go home, call me paranoid, but I can feel people looking down there nose at me…. Why hasn’t Jo got a boyfriend? Oh, Jo you really should think about settling down? So Jo, when are you going to meet a nice man? So Jo, did the last one not work out for you either (sympathetic face always follows)… but what’s wrong in wanting more? I don’t want to just settle for someone…. I want someone who gets me, supports me, doesn’t judge… To me not wanting to enjoy your life, to rush into having children, to be willing to settle for anything less than your dream mate, to be content with just getting by… that’s wrong… for me anyway… there is a whole world out there that exists out of the mundane routine of the 9-5, so why not go and see it. live it. Whilst you have the chance to?? What’s wrong with that??

I dunno but it’s not only in my love life that I have put under the microscope over the last 24hrs… I have always seen myself as a good person.. I’m caring, considerate, not jealous of others and not overly competitive… I have always thought that if you acted kindly to others then that would eventually be re-paid but I honestly think I’m being sold short… It’s as though, for ever nice thing I do, someone else gets ahead in life and I’m starting to think when is enough, enough? Do you stop being kind? Do you start becoming a go getting bitch just to get where you wanna be in life? Or do you just take your chances and let it slide?

I don’t know if I could ever be horrible or vindictive to succeed, but it seems this is the quality you need in order to make something of yourself…. It’s always the attention seekers (who are generally riddled with insecurities), or the fake people that always seem to get noticed, whilst the modest, secure and undramatic ones amongst us seem to be dis-missed and swept under the carpet… It seems unfair… but i suppose that’s life… I don’t know if I like it but I can’t see a way of changing it…. for now.