That Stuff What's Good; November

November... the month that is basically December eve. All the below are what I have been enjoying for the past month but now it's November, it can't really be an October list... but all are definitely enjoyed all year round.

THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW

Hilarious. Just so, so, so funny. I love the round headed buffoon that is Karl Pilkington. I've watched all of season one and half of season two in the last week and every second was worth while. I hope Karl writes an autobiography called 'The Life and Times of Karl Pilkington'. It'd be the most amusing read ever.

RUBICON MANGO

This has to be the most refreshing drink in the world, without a doubt. No more needs to be said. Have one.

PRO BIKINI ATHLETES

Squat hard and squat deep. I don't get the hype about skinny girls, I'd much rather look like Steph Mahoe (pictured above) than Kate Moss. I'm really into lifting at the moment and my ultimate inspiration are pro bikini athletes. It's like the perfect level in between your standard bikini model and body builders. It's something every girl can work towards and if you put in the effort, you will definitely get results. And if you're bulking, you get to eat ALL THE TIME. It's all about thick thighs and massive bums. Take note.

PERI PERI

I'm a massive fan of fried chicken and haven't had any cheap chick chick better than Peri-Peri. As a standard, it's cooked fresh to order and not only do they do fried chicken, they also have peri peri chicken (surprisingly). All cooked fresh to order too. Unlike Maryland, it's hardly even greasy. It's all about ordering a number five (three pieces of original chicken, two hot wings, fries and a drink) then having an extra portion of wings on top. Hmm, dem wings.

ADD ON: I wrote this a few days ago but didn't finish it, and yesterday I went to Peri Peri but forgot my purse so only had the change in my pocket and they said I could anything I wanted and just pay whenever. WHAT SOUND GUYS.

NOTHING WAS THE SAME

Well Drake really pulled it out the bag, didn't he? What a sick album. Every track is peak, I've been listening to the entire album on repeat for the last month or so and I'm still not bored of it. I have seen some hilarious vines about Drake calling it 'aggressive' and that, when it really is a pretty tame album, but the sound is amazing. I can't think of anything that compares. It's like he's found the perfect ground between Young Money music and then pansy RnB like Chris Brown. If that makes any sense. It does to me. Props Drake.

How To Make A Delicious Sandwich

You're hungry. You want to make a delicious sandwich. Then when you get into the kitchen you realise... you don't know how to make aforementioned sandwich. WELL NOT ANYMORE. This will be, without a doubt, one of the best things that will ever enter your mouth. 

STEP 1: THE BREAD

Make sure it's fresh, soft and not mouldy.

STEP 2: THE SAUCE

Sauce first?! What is the madness? It's the way forward my friends. 

STEP 3: THE MEAT

A bit of sweet and spicy chorizo to get things started.

STEP 4: MORE MEAT

Next add some salami, preferably with a garlic kick to it to get all the flavour going.

STEP 5: SMOKED CHEESE

Make sure all of the meat is covered, none of the Subway two pieces rubbish.

STEP 6: EVEN MORE MEAT

A bit of rich prosciutto to finish off the meaty mix.

STEP 7: THE MONTEREY JACK

This might even be the most important part of the entire sandwich. Put as much on as possible.

STEP 8: THE GRILL

Make sure you watch it, get the bread nice and crispy and the cheese nice and melty.

STEP 9: THE GARNISH AND ENJOYMENT

This is down to personal preference but I recommend a bit of lettuce, maybe some sweetcorn, a sprinkling of salt and a bit of BBQ sawse.

The Things They Don't Tell You About Uni

By Gracie Bawden

So you’re at college, and you’re considering going to uni. You’re more than considering it because it is being rammed down your throat by teachers and other students implying that if you don’t go you’ll be working in Starbucks for the rest of your life. And don’t get me wrong, education is important, but it’s important also to remember that your college lecturers hold biased opinions. For a start, it looks great for the college if like 90% of their students go on to do degrees. Secondly, even if your lecturers are wonderful people who don’t care about the college statistics, they are likely to have had a very positive experience of university. After all, they have a job in their field. They’re already doing better than most. You’re probably not getting the whole picture. So here are some things, from a disillusioned second year, that they don’t tell you about uni.

1. It’s hard. Really hard. The amount of times I heard phrases like ‘A levels are the hardest thing you’ll ever do’ and ‘It’s so much easier when you get to study what you’re passionate about’ being banded around makes me feel sick. Degree level essays are harder and COMPLETELY DIFFERENT to anything you would have done before. Your opinion no longer matters. You will spend hours searching journals and library books for the opinions of people you don’t care about on subjects you probably don’t care about.
   
   
2. Most university courses are computer based. All of your homework and assignment details will be visible online, lots of your work will be submitted online and EVERYTHING you hand in will be computer processed. Computer failure will not be an acceptable excuse for missing a deadline. Even if you lose everything you have written ten minutes before the deadline, you will fail.
   
   
3. Student Finance are the spawn of Satan. Scratch that, they may be Satan himself. Dodgy website, useless phone operators, shitty attitude. There is a large chance you won’t get your loan on time. It doesn’t matter if you have rent to pay, text books to buy, they don’t care! They’ll palm you off with some ‘ask your parents for money’ bull as though your parents are just cash machines, handing it out willy nilly.
   
   
4. When your loan does come through, there is a large chance it will not be as much as you anticipated. There is a large chance you will have to get a job in order to be able to eat and other important stuff. But guess what?…
   
   
5. University is a FULL TIME job. Yes, you get a lot of ‘spare time’. In fact you may get as little as 5 or 6 teaching hours a week but unless you want to fail miserably, you will be spending the rest of your time doing independent work (or at least curled up in the fetal position crying about said work)
   
   
6. Uni lecturers are there to help. And a lot of the time, they want to (though it is worth mentioning, some definitely don’t). But they are busy people. Despite the fact that you are paying £9000 a year to be at university, they will only be able to see you to discuss your work at a time that suits them. Bearing in mind that lectures and seminars really aren’t there to help you with your assignments, it can sometimes feel like you’re very alone.
   
   
7. Some degrees are undeniably easier than others, and some undeniably hold less worth in the real world. You might love to study what you’re passionate about, but ultimately you have to ask yourself if it’s worth the stress and money. Equally you should consider whether it’s worth doing something you hate, just because you think you’ll earn loads of money at the end of it. Chances are, if you hate what you study, you’ll hate the job that it leads to.
   
   
8. You will have a weekly existential crisis due to all of the above.                                                                                             

It’s not all doom and gloom. You will be thrown into groups of people you’d never normally associate yourself with, and you’ll come away from it with fantastic friends from all walks of life. You’ll get to see a city you’ve possibly never seen before, and understand what it feels like to have the privilege of two homes, two places you love, two sets of people you love. You get to spread your wings without fear of poking your parents in the eyes, do things you’d never get away with at home. You get to learn stuff! And that’s pretty frickin’ awesome, when you actually think about it. But it all comes at a cost. And it’s definitely worth considering a lot more deeply than I did. It seems like one minute you’re whacking your details into UCAS and the next you’re having a breakdown, crying into the pages of a pragmatics and semantics book. It’s far too easy to forget to take a breather and consider what you actually want from life, when you want it, and the best way to get it.

Five Songs to Listen to Whilst Moody

The 'Angry' Moody

Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit

The 'Just Leave Me To Die' Moody

Asleep - The Smiths

The 'It Always Happens To Me' Moody

Youth - Daughter

The 'PMS' Moody

Resentment - Beyoncé

The 'I'm so damn lonely' Moody

Sloe Gin - Joe Bonamassa

What Does Your Drink Say About You?

Drinking... everyone does it. Your friends do it, your parents do it, your lecturers do it. But the question is, what does your drink say about you? Every time you order a drink, people will look at it and automatically make a judgement of your character, and this is what they think.

Grey Goose

Celebrity drink-a-like: Drake 
Typical quote: "Hey baby, got VIP tonight; you, me, party. Pick you up at 8, wear something sexy.'

Jack Daniels & Coke

Celebrity drink-a-like: Kid Rock 
Typical outfit: "I got this t-shirt back in '94 at a Guns N Roses gig. I haven't washed it since."

Vodka & Energy Drink

Celebrity drink-a-like: David Guetta 
Typical quote: "Let's get steaming and party til 6am! Actually, fuck that, let's never stop partying!"

Sex On The Beach

Celebrity drink-a-like: Regina George, Mean Girls 
Typical quote: "This is like, totally delicious! Just what I need after the improving my bod session I had earlier... I mean I ran for like, 20 minutes!"

Scotch

Celebrity drink-a-like: Lord Sugar 
Typical quote: "Agreed, the economical state of the current climate is abhorrent. Tof tof."

Guinness

Celebrity drink-a-like: Sean Bean 
Typical quote: "I stand for justice... not mercy."

Gin & Tonic

Celebrity drink-a-like: Nick Clegg 
Typical quote: "I'm quite the introvert, you know. Politics is only one of my interests, I also like... erm... mathematics."

Carlsberg

Celebrity drink-a-like: Jay, The Inbetweeners 
Typical quote: "Hmm, that bird is well fit. I'd well do that. Hey man, check that bird!"

Water

Celebrity drink-a-like: CM Punk 
Typical quote: "It's all about being straight edge man, I don't wanna poison my body."

Wine

Celebrity drink-a-like: Ernest Hemmingway 
Typical quote: "I love the character development of Scout throughout To Kill A Mockingbird. Truly striking novel."

Ale

Celebrity drink-a-like: Foggy, Last of the Summer Wine 
Typical quote: "In my day, we used to have to eat peanuts for dinner and wash our clothes in the river, you kids don't understand how good you've got it."

Vodka & Lemonade

Celebrity drink-a-like: Every fresher in every film or programme ever made 
Typical quote: "Being a fresher is wiiiiicked, let's get wasted."

Pimms

Celebrity drink-a-like: Millie, Made in Chelsea 
Typical quote: "Being English is so wonderful, let's go out for afternoon tea and then go and ride our horses. I want to ride Paddington Rover today."

Martini

Celebrity drink-a-like: Brian, Family Guy 
Typical quote: "Yeah, so I was driving round in my Benz when
phone rings
Sorry, I have to take this, it's business."

Bloody Mary

Celebrity drink-a-like: Roger, American Dad 
Typical quote: "Can you make it a triple? My hangover is refusing to leave today."

Rum

Celebrity drink-a-like: Captain Jack Sparrow 
Typical quote: "I was only arrested for assault once... and it was all a misunderstanding. He misunderstood what 'don't touch me' meant."

Tequila

Celebrity drink-a-like: Penny, Big Bang Theory 
Typical quote: "Salt, lemon, shot, shot, shot, lemon, shot, salt, lemon, shot... taxi."

24 Inspirational Quotes To Get You Through The Day

Life is hard, there is no denying that.

Sometimes you just wanna sack off work and stay in bed.

Sometimes you just wanna skip uni and go and get drunk instead.

Sometimes you're that sick of your situation, you just wanna run away.

WELL, my dear readers, I'm hear to tell you it's going to be okay.

Here's a collection of inspirational quotes from musicians, writers and some pretty wise people.