How Sez Sees It

It has been a couple of days so I have had a chance to digest this and think about why England have been booted (literally) out of another football tournament. On Monday night (27 June) the nation sat down in front of their TVs expecting England to go through to the Quarter Finals of Euro 2016 in France. After the final group game it looked like England would have to play Portugal and the nation was concerned about this. Although Portugal had been sub-par at times they were still a force to be reckoned with. Then, at the last moment, Iceland scored a goal and went through in a position to play England instead. This seemed like a gift from the football gods as the side is made up of part-time players and the assistant coach is a full-time dentist! Within a few minutes England were awarded a penalty and it was put expertly in the back of the net by Wayne Rooney. It looked like this was the flood gates opening and it would be the first of many goals for England that night. Then, the u...

I am in mourning for my future, my unborn children's future and those friends of mine who were just slightly too young to vote this time. Last night it was announced that Britain had voted to leave the EU and all based on a pack of lies. Even this morning Nigel Farage of UKIP has been on national television and admitted that the Leave claim of £350 million a week into the EU which could go to the NHS was a lie. He actually sat there and said that. Already we have seen the pound plummet to a 31 year low. The last time the pound was this low was 1985. I was born in 1986. I have literally never known it to be this bad in my entire life. I am 30 in November. Cameron has already said he is standing down in October. As if the country were not fucked enough this morning he is adding more uncertainty into the mix, but really he has nowhere else to go. He should never have called this referendum in the first place. Then for him to stand on TV and cry is just as big an insult to the co...

Today we get to make the biggest decision for a generation. I have heard a lot from both sides but I knew before this all began that I would be voting remain. For me it is simple. I want to ensure that my future is secure. Actually I want to ensure that when I have children their future is secure. Also, through the music scene I am involved with I get to meet people of all ages and there are people slightly too young to vote who will be affected by this and they are good people so I am voting remain for them. I want to see a country that has a strong economic future with trade links to some amazing countries is Europe. I want free travel, the right to work where I want, the human rights I have lived my life with, the equality/diversity, the environmental stuff and all the other wonders that come with being part of the EU. I have been through it all before though so I will not go into detail about the stuff that will affect the whole country. Instead I will reflect on my personal ...

So last night I am not going to lie. I became very down heartened by my cosplay. This might seem odd in light of a vlog and blog on creativity where I seemed to embrace that activity. I was looking at Instagram and there were all these amazing cosplayers who had been doing it for years and were really talented. They looked so much like the characters they were trying to bring to life and I was amazed by what I saw. Their costumes were so professional and the settings were amazing. I was in shock by it all. The other problem was that I was very tired and cranky. It was a long and very difficult day at work and I really felt low at the time. Not the best time to go checking out other people's work. When I first started cosplaying I did it for a laugh. I did it because it seemed like a fun thing to do. I just enjoyed dressing up and doing my make-up. Then I noticed that my follower count on Instagram went up and I was getting more likes for cosplay than anything else. Then I start...

I always used to believe that I wasn't very creative. The reason for this is that I always thought someone creative was like an artist, author, musician or playwright. I never realised that creativity could be almost anything and be found anywhere. Creativity is actually anything you are inspired to do. This can be found anywhere and at any time and it is really up to you to make or do what you want to do. It made me realise that I am far more creative than I realised. As many people know I am in to cosplay. I am not great at sewing or anything like that so I either put together cosplays from items of clothing I own or can buy or from costumes made by others. This is not cheating in my eyes as I am still creating a character and I am still putting a character together. My preference is for human characters that often wear clothes that anyone would wear. There is my Misa or L for example. I have ordered a costume for Grell and the good thing was that I could use part of it for m...

This year is especially bad for hay fever as I have mentioned several times now. It is really, really annoying me now though. I have tried almost everything I can think of: Local honey Showering every evening to wash pollen out of my hair Not drying my clothes outside when there is a high pollen count Lozenges for my throat One a day non-drowsy hay fever tablets Piriton Beconaze Gargling with salt water Keeping windows shut at night It is doing my head in now. I just don't know what else to do. As I sit and type this I am having trouble seeing because I want to rub my eyes some more. I want to stick a knife up my nose and have a good scratch and I want to tear my throat out because it is so itchy. I am also fed up with my ears as several times a day I can feel an itch in there too. It is so annoying! I really hate this time of year. We have just got over the tree pollen and now we are on to the grass season. It doesn't help that outside where I work they just...