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My sister and I at Times Square, New York. 2013

I'm Joe, an 18 year old guy currently living in a small village in West Cork, Ireland. I'm not a huge fan of the countryside. When I was a small boy I used to do a lot of exploring with my friends in the forests around our houses and playing a lot of games outside but as soon as the internet came into my life I pretty much stopped going outside. All of my time was either spent on the internet, eating, listening to music or reading. But now that I'm a bit older and I like to think a bit maturer, I've developed a taste for the city life. This summer I'm moving to Cork City with one of my closest friends, Kitty. Hopefully we can both get a job to pay the rent. If not then it'll be one heck of an adventure. As my mother says, "you'll be broke most of the time but you will have one hell of a time". I hope she's right! After summer we're both gonna be in college and be broke again! 

Up until three years ago I didn't have any interest in my appearance. When I was fifteen and in third year, I took an hour bus ride into the city with two of my friends and I was dressed in a tracksuit pants and a cheap jumper that was pretty ugly. I walked into Topman and bought my first pair of proper jeans, a hoodie and a shirt. I guess you could say that's where my interest in fashion started. I got home and Googled fashion for guys and the website Lookbook.nu came up on the search, so I clicked into it and spent hours browsing through all the different styles for men.

I'm pretty much interested in anything, really. I like to try everything at least once whether it be extremely adventurous or something small like try a new dish I've never tasted before. If I had to choose three of my favourite things in the world then I'd have to pick going to gigs as my favourite thing. I've been to quite a few gigs in the last year or so and plan on going to a lot more. One of my favourite bands played in a few small venues around Ireland and I saw them twice in one week. My friends and I got to meet the lead singer in Kerry after the gig! I always seem to get something from a gig that I go to. I managed to get a setlist and poster from the Bombay Bicycle Club gig in Kerry, the guitar pick from The Vaccines and one of the drumsticks from The 1975! 

Secondly I'd choose Bon Iver. I'm absolutely in love with everything about this band. Their lyrics, the vocals and just everything about them is amazing. I remember hearing Skinny Love when I was in first year and immediately got hooked on the band. I listen to them most nights when I go to sleep and quite often throughout the day. 

Thirdly I'd have to go with travelling. I've been lucky enough to see most of Europe. My dad works as an aircraft technician all over Europe so we go out to visit him every now and then and my sister is cabin crew for Aer Lingus so my family and I get cheap flights! I went to New York for only 60 euro last April!

I've made this blog for both myself and everyone else. I haven't got a real plan as to what I'm going to post on here yet, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. There aren't many male bloggers out there so one more won't do any harm. I will mostly blog about products that I use/try and give my honest opinion on them but I will also throw in some OOTD posts, photography of mine, maybe review an album if I love it and pretty much anything that I like.

JM