April 2012
11 posts
Holding hands for the last time.
19/11/1997 - 29/04/2012
My best friend, and first love.
Work Station #2
After a fruitful day spent staring at my computer screen and tutting about the volume of other students’ headphones, I am now crammed into the dingy corner of my bedroom I call my office.
Of course, the evening I have planned is bound to be industrious, but to assist me in my studious endeavours I have:
A glass of Dr. Stuart’s Slim Plus tea to counteract the McDonald’s a...
Work Station #1
You know deadlines are looming when it’s a struggle to get a seat on the sixth floor of the university library. Here’s where I’ve spent the morning, and where I’ll be until my Papa comes and collects me at five o’clock.
I have:
A Royal Gala apple for 47kcal of brain fuel.
My bicycle notebook, which I write all my secrets in. (She’s filled with secrets.)
My...
March 2012
3 posts
Kate Bush Christmas Special 1979
Some choice screencaps:
[Looks promising]
[The show opens with “Violin”, aka everyone’s least favourite K.Bush song, but the outfit makes up for the poor song choice]
[“Rolling The Ball”, which was parodied by Alan Partridge]
[BABE]
[Rascal, drag queen and baby. Sure]
[“Riddle of the brown dust” - good headline]
[Why did Beyoncé not...
February 2012
1 post
January 2012
3 posts
Minor Epiphany: Facebook makes you stupid, boring...
Before I took the bold step of deactivating my Facebook account, I had been feeling increasingly lonely and isolated in the evenings. My daughter would be asleep, the dishes would be done, something mindless like Don’t Tell The Bride would be on television, and I’d feel sort of empty and uncomfortable while scrolling through my News Feed. Viewing Facebook made me feel so inadequate....
Hello, 2012.
Some of my favourite things about the Christmas and New Year period were the amount of time I got to spend with Violet. I had no impending coursework, I hardly worked at all, and she let me sleep until nine o’clock most mornings. We had late, unrushed breakfasts for a change, and spent our afternoons watching films and eating.
Christmas Day was blissful, although the mild (almost warm)...
December 2011
3 posts
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE VOL. III: ME, ME, ME*
*Christmas and birthday combined Bumper Edition
Fans of Scottish indie superhero Edwyn Collins will remember how he suffered a massive brain haemorrhage in 2005, but they might not know that his miraculous recovery was aided by extensive art therapy, including a project where he sketched a bird a day. Liberty have taken these lovely illustrations and created a range of fabrics and homewares,...
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE VOL. II: YOUR MOTHER*
*or your Aunt/Grandmother/any other female
I absolutely adore these Anthropologie snowglobes. I’ve seen tutorials for similar things online before and it’s definitely something I’d like to try when my daughter is a bit older. I just know they are the sort of thing my mum would go crazy for. The mason jar is £32 and the adorable salt shaker is a cute twelve bucks.
I am so...
