THE AWKWARD GIRL'S GUIDE TO LIFE
By Amber
By Amber
Sometimes the internet depresses the hell out of me, you know that? This isn’t a personal observation, by the way: I’m not talking about the way people treat me on the internet, specifically. And, OK, it’s true that the past couple of weeks has been slightly above average, in that I’ve …
They say you should never talk about politics or religion, and for the most part, I try to stick to that rule. I kept silent (here on the blog, at least) throughout the Scottish Independence Referendum, for instance: not because I didn’t have strong feelings about it, but because I found …
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about my Instagram-related pet peeves, but of course, Instagram isn’t the only social network with the power to annoy me, is it? They’re ALL annoying, in their own special ways, so today I thought I’d turn the spotlight on Twitter, and tell you …
Does anyone here follow JK Rowling on Twitter? (Er, I’m going to assume quite a lot of you said “yes” to that: she has something like a kazillionty-one followers, I’m not stupid…) JK Rowling is actually one of only a few celebrities I follow on social media, and I follow her, …
By Amber
I almost deleted my Facebook account last week. I got as far as setting up a “dummy” account to manage my blog pages from (I have a Facebook page for each of my blogs: they do drive traffic to the sites, so I don’t want to get rid of them, but …
Last week I managed to make someone completely lose their mind, just by deciding I didn’t want to follow them on Instagram any more. We’re talking full-on name-calling and freaking out, as the person accused me of being a “child” (I know you are, but what am I?!), told me to …
Following on from my posts on Things Redheads Are Sick of Hearing and Things People With Pale Skin Are Sick of Hearing, today I’m looking at some of the most popular myths about Scotland and the Scottish. Here are some things people say about Scotland – and why they’re wrong… …