Curiosity killed the...English student

I'm more than a bit curious about how my day will pan out for the first day of my Men's Health trial! As long as I don't spontaneously combust I have this To Do list...

Outfit

I have a zillion ideas, all of which look much better in my mind than they do on my bod. I want it to be smart but also funky and comfy, at the moment I have simple dark purple top, high waisted black skirt, huge bag (just to carry those things you 'might' need like spare tights, mints, tissues by the truck load, phone charger...) and matching accessories (a ring the size of Pluto. On another note, why do men always hate those?Hmm)

Travel

Tickets need to be pur-chased for three days tomorrow! Once you have those tickets there is no going back. Remember not to loose/scrunch/dribble on them when you fall asleep on the way home.

Feature Ideas

Fore armed is fore warned, right? I know I'll be asked to come up with a lot of pitches and send them over in a specific format, so I'll be thinking, writing and re writing them all down today and tomorrow! Take some pressure off the fizzing brain.

Nose

Check out their whole webpage, read previous subjects, have a look through the forum and generally make myself Men's Health.co.uk Master Mind. Not too much pressure then?

I'm sure there are many things my brain fart is making me forget...this list i'm sure will be added to tenfold!

Gin and Giggles

This was the feature I helped most with...

Workie Scum

Hopefully I can start working my way up the list of contributors.... :)

Sending e-mails asking huge magazines to employ a lowly student doesn't normally work; however out of the zillion I sent one wonderful magazine did get back to me offering me an interview. I was stunned, excited, stunned and then bricking it.

My granny always says "You don't ask you don't get". Them old'uns know a thing or two, don't they?

The role is editorial contributor for Men's Health. I'll be joining them in old Landaan Taan (without the attempt at and Nooorf Landan accents I might add) on Friday the 7th of August.

Now, I'm not holding up much hope for this, it is only my second experience in the editorial environment so I'm going to give it 100% and take everything I can from it!

I have been reading and re-reading the work specification sent through from A, the lovely lady who will be my boss for the length of my interview. I'm familiarising myself with the website constantly, have signed up for their e-mail newsletters and have been reading the constant stream of forum updates; it seems they have a very lively group of regulars.

Their offices are right in central London, so should be much easier to find than those of Front, who were hidden away in a mystical street I'm sure even Santa can't locate.

During my time there they have offered to buy three pieces of work off me; one per day and I'm ecstatic about this! I sincerely hope my noggin can keep up with my enthusiasm and I can really impress them!

Erms, Ahhs and Haha's

My brain is mashed potato today.

Today I walked into my local Co-Op to buy some last minute "we-live-in-the-country-so-everything-closes-at-four-might-need-pizza-or-ice-cream-tonight" supplies. Along with the inevitable Sunday buys like 4 million cal Phish Food I got the latest issue of FRONT.

Right there in black and white is my name under "workie scum", a strangely proud moment of mine I must say! The usual guy who calls in the products had yet to strike gold with blagging any gin for their boozy test feature so I has been on a mission...
Some of the higher end distilleries and companies got an flowery edited version of the big blag, needless to say I didn't mention it was called "Wasted" and their lovely gin would be marked out of five and probably likened to poop of some kind.

What amazed me was the speed at which the PR companies send out their packages; there was a biker man rather muffeledly asking for me within a few hours, in his hands were jingling bottles. Great, along with gin came smiles in the office. Sadly the replica they were going to make of me out of empty bottles has yet to be made, but i'm still holding out hope...

Of course the official taste test was an office full of twenty somethings getting drunk on a Friday afternoon, but who am I to complain; it's great to see something in print using my quotes and products I'd used a bit'a nouse to get! Right there in black and white was what I had been preparing for since my teens, booze reviews..."It's okay on the way down but the aftertaste is something like an old sock, or licking an old piano". Tears of joy at this point.

Sure you'll agree my review was very professional.

Book Reviews

Good Morning :)

The lovely ladies sent me a mock-up of my review of Belle De Jour-The Intimate Adventures of a Call Girl.

Their audience are women on the go, so all the features have to be "work break safe". This proved a bit tricky when discussing one of the most sexually frank and risque writers going...

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrum

My boyfriend loves anything with an engine, I am indeed a car widow!

This was one of the more amazing cars that he got to test out, the KTM XBOW. We're soaking, freezing and hugely happy about it!