Little Miss Rendell

So many people ask me why I have such a huge amount of passion for rugby and there are so many reasons for it. The first being that it was something that I grew up with. One of my earliest memories is watching an England match with my mum who was screaming at the telly as a penalty didn't go our way, something many of my friends and family witness me doing now I'm older and understand the game. However, my family only ever watched international matches and it wasn't until I was in year 11 that I embraced the club side of rugby. The superficial reason this passion began for club rugby was my love for the player Owen Farrell. To this day he is my favourite and I did fan girl a lot when I met him. Whilst watching an England game the stats came up on the screen and highlighted each players club. Saracens is who Farrell played for and continues to play for today. BT sport had just began to show premiership matches on the TV so I sat down to watch, supporting Sarries for Farrel...

It has been a long while since the last time I posted on here. I have been facing some writers block along with completing my degree, but I'm back now. Now I have free time, not chained to my laptop writing endless essays, I've binge watched a lot of TV. The most recent series that I have watched is Thirteen Reasons Why and I have some opinions on the latest season that I wanted to share. If you have not watched it yet please do not read this as this post will contain a lot of spoilers. I want to begin with the only big negative that I took away from this season. The season concludes with Tyler arriving at the school with an array of guns ready to shoot his fellow classmates. The process in which they showed Tyler's progression to get to this state of mind was well acted and written, making you feel empathy for Tyler and willing him not to go through with his hideous plan. However, the aspect that the creators did not shed a light on is how Tyler came into possession of ...

If you know me then you'll know that any conversation that isn't overly sarcastic, a debate or small talk makes me slightly uncomfortable and awkward. What I've wanted to say to my housemates, that I'm about to relay in this post, has either come out through drunken messages or sarcastic comments. I just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you. The last few months have been the hardest time I've ever had to go through. Excusing my parents, who were also amazing in supporting me, the girls I live with witnessed me at my worst time and they kept me going. With nights out to distract me, watching my ugly cry and always there to hear me discuss the same thing over and over. I really don't know what I would have done without them. So Catherine, Sim, Jen, Ellie and Charlotte thank you for everything. I love you all. Now I will revert back to the awkward sarcastic friend everyone knows me to be haha.

Just a small update for you all, a few posts ago I wrote about how I went to an open day at City University of London. After a few weeks of thinking I threw caution to the wind and applied. When I sent off my application I really didn't expect to get anything from it, I just didn't want to regret not going for it. I'm so glad that I did as I got an interview which I went to a few weeks ago! The interview day was so much fun! I tackled all of my transport nervousness, even in rush hour, to get there which was an achievement in itself. Then throughout the day I spoke to experienced journalists, I got to go out and find a story in London and write a pitch for it and we were given so many more tasks that challenged me. I had such a great day but with limited spaces I was just grateful to have this interview experience to take with me next time I applied for something. They said they would let me know a few days after and... I GOT IT!! I am studying a masters next year (if I...

Logan Paul has hit headlines this week for all the wrong reasons. The successful YouTube star is usually in headlines for his subscriber count or funny videos but this week has seen the public calling for his channel to be deleted. Throughout this post I'll talk about Paul and his response to his actions but also I will have a discussion upon where this leaves the platform of YouTube. If you are not aware of what Paul has done I will give you a brief explanation. A few days ago Paul, who has over 15 million subscribers, uploaded a video which featured a dead body. The YouTube star saw an opportunity to gain views and publicity by visiting an infamous forest known for suicide whilst in Japan. Aokigahara was featured, Paul went as far as to film a recently deceased body. He has since apologised in a video and tweet but many do not think this is enough. Many are petitioning for his channel to be deleted and famous YouTubers have not shied away from the issue. Casey Neistat has sent ...

5 years ago something happened in my personal life that changed who I was. If you have been reading my blog for a while then you'll know what this is, if you haven't take a break from this post and skip through and have a read. Everything that happened then made me a stronger person, something I am grateful for at this particular moment in my life. Everyone around me said at the time that everything happens for a reason. Losing the person who was closest to me at the time, not through a circumstance out of our control but through them voluntarily walking away from me was the worst thing I could imagine. I ignored everyone who said that to me. What was the reason behind me losing my brother, my confidence and my family unit as I knew it? I think I've finally figured out what the reason was for this: to make me a strong and independent person. Now if someone hurts me I can deal with it, knowing that even when the most important person was taken away from me I was able to su...

As you all know I suffer with anxiety. Not so much social anxiety, I'm okay in a room full of people but if I'm put on the spot or made to do something new I freeze up and get so nervous. For example, when I was in my first year of University I had to take the train and I would have had to change trains along the journey. I started to have a panic attack and didn't go. That's why my break through yesterday was a big step in the right direction. I've been thinking about doing a masters in Journalism and the best place for this, in terms of contacts and location, is City University of London. I booked a place to the open evening and tried to persuade my friends to come with me. They didn't have the money to spare which meant that I had to go by myself. Alarm bells went off in my head. Having to go to London on my own, negotiate the tube by myself and when at the open evening I would be put on the spot to ask strangers questions I needed answers to. I reassured m...