January 2012
3 posts
Life Update
Had a lovely Christmas! Was actually at work on Christmas Day but I really enjoyed myself, it reaps it’s benefits! Was poorly for New Year though which wasn’t great. Caught little Philip’s flu and spent the whole night coughing and sneezing and was in bed by 12.45!
Finally dropped that god awful course at university! HOORAH! Had the intention of reapplying for the course...
Studio Update
Had the first of our studio sessions yesterday and it went great! Got the main ingredients down for the first three songs and they’re all going in very different but amazing directions. ‘Cowboys & Indians’ was first and we’re all loving the sound of that one already, ‘Inside In’ is sounding very Fleetwood Mac, which for me is absolutely ideal. We just got...
December 2011
11 posts
Christmastered
Christmas shopping is DONE! Have spent a fortune on my mum, brother and loved ones but nothing makes me more ecstatic than putting smiles on their lovely little faces. Really digging Debenhams this year. I usually find it manic and super-consumerfied at Christmas but I’ve been so busy this year that it was really convenient and quite reasonably priced in terms of offers on cosmetics and...
Anonymous asked: I'm glad you're back, I love your blog, its so natural. University is not the be all and end all, there's more to life. =) xx
incognito.
It’s been a heck of a few months! I apologise profusely for the neglect I’ve displayed since September. A number of factors are to blame for my tumblr absence, a few of them simply being the stress of being a student enrolled on a course meant for people who are dramatically more intelligent than you are, working three (now two) jobs and generally having no spare time or joy in life....
November 2011
2 posts
MUST BE MY LUCKY DAY
Woke up at half past six this morning (on my day off) and switched on BBC News only to find out that Black Rhino’s have been announced extinct in the wild. I’m not one of these wild animal loving activists, but I get very upset when I hear about issues like this, where animals are hunted and murdered for their skin and body parts. I strongly disagree with the killing of animals for...
October 2011
1 post
TIRED OLD POST
Apologies for lack of, well, anything. Feel like all life has been sucked out of me recently, have no inspiration musically, creatively, in life in general. Walking around, going to uni, working. Feel like a ghost.
Will hopefully be back on track soon. Think I’m still suffering from holiday blues. I get like this in the changing of seasons, from warm to cold. HANG IN THERE.
September 2011
18 posts
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INDIAN SUMMER
It’s such beautiful weather in the UK right now which is so unusual for late September, especially up here in the North! I started University this week and it’s been lovely exploring the campus and just generally being in the city when it’s so warm and sunny. The only downside is that I can’t sleep when it’s so hot in my bedroom (hence the 2am post!).
My student loan...
STUDENTNESS
Finally sorted out my student finance (touch wood!), so should be fully imbursed early next week. Now the only thing is budgeting! I quit my main-income job this time last week and am currently working my notice, so I’ll be pretty much reliant on my loan. I have books to buy, which I have a feeling will cost my around £200 over the course of the year, I have to budget in bus fares, lunches...
TRAVELERS I MET AND LIKED
Ever feel like you’re just floating through life without doing anything pivotal or important? Had been feeling that way for a rather long time. Not gigging, hardly socialising due to copious amount of homework and exam prep. Up until my birthday, I hadn’t really done anything worth note in months. It’s sad to say it, but I noticed when it became apparent that I hadn’t been...
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LITA HELL
Managed to slip on the wet ground when getting out of my mum’s car earlier and I snapped the heel of one of my beautiful Lita’s. GUTTED ISN’T THE WORD. Going to go and see what the cobbler can do but it doesn’t look good. Disaster.
Serves me right for buying cheap shit off eBay instead of saving up for the real thing I suppose.
MONEY MONEY MONEY
My reading list for University is monstrous! I opted for the Amazon ‘pre-owned’ route and it still amounted to a finger singeing £180. This student loan really is going to be necessary rather than an excuse to indulge in countless adventures to the non-sale racks of Topshop, excessive consumption of liquid luck and other debauchery on similar levels of materialism. I both love and hate...
HOME
That’s right, I’m back. Have had the most amazing 10 days of my life in New York. Manhattan is more fantastic than I ever expected; the skyline, the architecture, the history, the atmosphere… and of course the shopping! Managed to spend every penny of my savings and it felt GOOD. Decided to let the humanitarian hippie in me lapse for a week so I could just enjoy being a glitzy,...
August 2011
29 posts
NYC
I’m leaving in a few hours to go to New York, flights are okay as of yet, just a case of waiting it out. Typical a hurricane hits right when I’m about to go! Glad to hear there are minimal casualties and the city is back to it’s normal working order… ish. SO! See you in a week and a bit Mr Tumblr.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
AUGUST TOP FIVE
LLYMLRS
Handful of Fashion
Cats and Rocking Chairs
Give Me More
She’s Called Claire
Catch Up
In the past week I’ve accepted a place at Newcastle University to study Ancient History, started packing for New York, worked my arse off at the pub on derby day and Real Radio Towers, advertising for a Northumbrian Water campaign, climbed a mountain, played rounders for the first time since middle school (and was bloody good if I say so myself), stashed $850 to spend next week, burnt a...
INSIDE PHOTO
Have been working on the album art in advance for September and have decided on the inside photo, but not on which edit of it to use. The filters used and the overall colourings of all of them would go well with the theme but I’m just not sure which looks best so feedback would be nice as once a decision is made, there’s no going back. So… 1,2 or 3?
INSPIRATION
I’ve had a musical dry spell for a few months now and haven’t been able to write anything new. I think with college and A Levels dictating my life for so long I got off the ball and haven’t quite worked out how to jump back on. Today when I was tidying my old room I found a book of lyrics from about a year and a half ago. Those of you who’ve followed this blog for a good...
TIW
Topshop black brogues, dark brown chinos with maroon belt (both from Zara), Primark Men’s basics t-shirt in a charcoal brown and New Look charcoal cardigan. Also carrying my coral red postman satchel and wearing coral lipstick to match!
YIWW (yesterday I was wearing)
KG Desert Boots, black sheer tights that were probably from Primark, a black H&M bodycon skirt, Topshop orange sheer shirt and khaki jumper with elbow pads from Zara. AND I CARRIED MY NEW RI BAG WHICH IS THE BEST THING EVER.
