Thinking back over the past year at not just my own life but at friends. Most of my friends have gone to UNI now but they complain that they come back and everything has changed. Which made me look at something so simple.

Me and my best friend Bob... This time last year I was a lazy art student at college who spent every night in the pub getting drunk. I was shy and had a really weird dress sence. I seemed to keep picking looser boyfriends who would just use me and life was quite boring. My best friend Bob was on the dole and was an alcoholic. He didn't want a job and was quite happy being out of his mind all the time, getting drunk, being on dole, starting fights and being a nobody. Then we made friends... Now he has a job, a car, and a life... He hardly drinks, doesn't fight, we're saving up to buy a house together and he's got his life on track. As for me I'm still an art student but life is crazy I'm always doing something which is good. I'm the loud, insane, crazy, hyper, out going, honest, down to earth one of the group. Funny how a year can change some one. This past year I've lived in 9 different houses. I've had 5 different boyfriends and one girlfriend. I've had enough of alcohol and now its the small things that matter to me. I've sorted out my debts, moved on from my horrible childhood and got some where with my life.

Life and people are forever changing. The point to write this "news" is simply to say "believe in yourself, take everyday as it comes, do something, be someone... don't let anything stand in your way... you may lose a lot but find yourself"

Imogen