“Should paramilitary flags been removed from northern ireland?”
I know I won’t be in northern ireland for much longer now, but this questions really interests me. I honestly think that both sides - notice, I’m not favouring “my side” (I.e. Protestants/unionists) in anyway - should remove their flags. Because if you remove this propaganda, you begin to eliminate the discrimination, ongoing hatred and fighting that is happening right now. However, I do think we should be allowed to fly our national flag without fear of being targeted/tormented because we’re proud of our nationality. I am british. I own a british passport, and I feel british. I am in no way irish, for I live in northern ireland, a british land. I feel that if I choose to fly a union jack, I should be able to do so. I wouldn’t do it to provoke anyone or start anything, I’d be flying it because I’m proud of my nationality. Now, that’s not to say that those who feel themselves to be irish, should be unable to fly the tricolour, quite the opposite. But the other side have to also do so without wanting to stimulate any type of fight. I’m not going to be narrow minded and say all unionists are angels, and republicans are mean evil people. However, when you face facts, if we fought back, we fought back because our rights were being infringed upon by republican/nationalists groups. I duno, I just think everyone here should… Not “promise” (for that, to me, trivialises a very serious issue) but something along those lines that if they fly their chosen national flag, it is purely because they are proud of who/what they are.
ANYWAY #rantover.
Cross out what you’s read, 6 is the average.
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings - JRR TolkienJane Eyre - Charlotte BronteHarry Potter series - JK RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird - Harper LeeThe Bible
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Great Expectations - Charles DickensLittle Women - Louisa M Alcott
Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Middlemarch - George Eliot
Gone With The Wind - Margaret MitchellThe Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Grapes of Wrath - John SteinbeckAlice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
David Copperfield - Charles DickensChronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
Emma - Jane Austen
Persuasion - Jane AustenThe Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
The Kite Runner - Khaled HosseiniCaptain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De BernieresMemoirs of a Geisha - Arthur GoldenWinnie the Pooh - AA Milne
Animal Farm - George Orwell
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
The Woman in White - Wilkie CollinsAnne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret AtwoodLord of the Flies - William Golding
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Dune - Frank Herbert
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Brave New World - Aldous HuxleyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
On The Road - Jack Kerouac
Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
Dracula - Bram StokerThe Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
Ulysses - James Joyce
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
Germinal - Emile Zola
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
Possession - AS ByattA Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
A Fine Balance - Rohinton MistryCharlotte’s Web - EB White
The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
Watership Down - Richard Adams
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
Hamlet - William ShakespeareCharlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
On an online quiz thing, my real age is apparently 27…. THATS 9 YEARS OLDER THAN MY ACTUAL AGE.
Whoops.
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Reposting PURELY cause I thought that stain/blotch thingy was a walrus, and was like “Is the life of a walrus THAT hard?”…
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Anonymous asked: Yes, it's me. If you do them I will. :L
… Pat two LOL
38.When was the last time you were extremely disappointed?
When Abertay’s grades were too high for me to obtain
39.Three names you go by..
Beka, Bex, Dickmilk
40.Are you currently in a relationship?
Sorta? Like I will be…hopefully :)
41.What is your all-time favorite romance movie?
Moulin rouge, love that film so so much
42.Do you believe that everyone has a soul-mate?
Yup :)
43.What’s your current problem?
I’m not in Scotland yet
44.Have you ever had your heart broken?
Oh god ayye
45.Your thoughts of long distance relationships?
You mean, normal relationships?
46.How many kids do you want to have?
Probs two :)
47.Have you ever found it hard to tell someone you like them?
LOL everytime
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at least i find myself funny
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Anonymous asked: ALL THE QUESTIONS.
Damn you Kiara :L
1.Do you want a boyfriend or girlfriend?
I think we both know the answer to that ;)
2.When did your last hug take place?
On Friday I think
3.Are you a jealous person?
Sometimes. I am human after all :P
4.Are you tired right now?
Unbelieveably :P
5.Do you chew on your straws?
Yeahhhh, but only when nervous
6.Have you ever been called a tease?
;)
7.Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?
Yush! Oh my days it was awful
8.Do you cry easily?
Nope, I cry very little :p
9.What should you be doing right now?
Writing goodbye letters…
10.Are you a heavy sleeper?
I can be, so have fun at belladrum ;D
11.Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months?
Yup :)
12.Are you mad at someone right now?
Not to my knowledge :)
13.Do you believe in love?
Yes, but not in the disney version of “love conquers all”, it can be a bitch and can take dedication and hard work
14.What makes you laugh no matter what?
Probably loldog photos :L
15.Who was the last person you talked to?
Via text? You,
In person? Mum
16.Do you get butterflies around the person you like?
Yeah, it can make me reeeally shy sometimes
17.Will you get married?
Maybe one day
18.When was the last time you smiled?
A minute ago, cause my nephew just shouted “NUNAAAAAAAAAAA!” (pronounced like “nunu” offa the telitubies, then obvs naaaaaaah at the end YE KNOW)
19.Does anyone like you?
I think so ;)
20.Do you secretly like someone?
Not secretly no…
21.Who was the first person you talked to today?
You :L
22.Who do you feel most comfortable talking to about anything?
You, brendan and my family
23.What are you NOT looking forward to?
Saying goodbye to Northern Ireland, but it’s time to go, for me anyway
24.What ARE you looking forward to?
My big move to Scotland, and my new life there
25.Has someone of the opposite sex ever told you they loved you, and meant it?
Yeahhhh, well I hope so :L
26.Suppose you see your ex kissing another person what would you do?
I don’t really care :L my ex, dee, keeps doing that and I’m like “LOL count the fucks I give”
27.Do you plan on moving out within the next year?
Yush :3
28.Are you a forgiving person?
Totes, why bother not, ye know?
29.How many TRUE friends do you have?
8…I think
30.Do you fall for people easily?
I think so, people tell me that anyway :L
31.Have you ever fallen for your ex’s best friend?
Nope… I have thought my boyfriend was att their mate…i’ma silly goat
32.What’s the last thing you put in your mouth?
;D uhmm chewing gum
33.Who was the last person you drove with?
Mum :)
34.How late did you stay up last night and why?
about midnight, cause I was making gifs and shit :L
35.If you could move somewhere else, would you?
Already am going to :)
36.Who was the last person you took a picture of?
Sam and I up the mountain :)
37.Can you live a day without TV?
Probably not, I use it to fall asleep so :P
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