time / chase and status
marka / dub phizix
rhymes / hannah wants
triangles / logistics
contact / my nu long
boxed off / patrick topping
sleepless / wilkinson
higher ground / tnght
toulouse / nicky romero
out the blue / sub focus
workout / andy c
Sunday, 21 December 2014
Saturday, 20 December 2014
reflections//
wow i am blogging for the first time since i have started uni - ironically my journalism degree. funny how something so relevant has left my blog absolutely bereft since september!
i have now come home from uni for christmas, and i'll be here for the next three and a half weeks. i'm definitely aiming to start posting more regularly over the next few weeks an hopefully carry on when i'm back at uni.
i was reading over my old blog earlier (whilst cringing at how shit my writing/my fashion/myself in general was) and found a post summing up 2013, month by month. this year has been pretty fabulou$ so i thought i'd do another for 2014 - cliche but i can't believe how quickly it's gone.
JANUARY// my 18th birthday - the day i'd been waiting for since i was about 15 (maybe earlier). i went to brighton for my birthday and the only parts i really remember were shouting at the bouncer for not id'ing me (with legit id for the first time) and throwing up in the morning. definitely a sign of a good night. also in january i saw andy c for the first time live and he was (as predicted) amazing. good month in general.
FEBRUARY// most of february seems to have been spent on nights out, judging by my facebook uploads. this is true both financially and physically; i don't think i've ever been so well acquainted with cookies and yates in a month. i'm pretty sure i was one vodka shot away from the bouncers knowing my name and dob off by heart.
MARCH// i think i'd have to sum this up by calling it an experimental month. i stopped eating carbs to see if it would help me sleep and it benefitted me so much. my skin became brighter, i slept so much better, i had more energy.. and then the chocolate cravings kicked in. i've done it twice now, both for about a month at a time but it's difficult and expensive. finding carb free (and sugar free) foods is a lot harder than you'd assume! i think i might try and go back to it in the new year so i might do some individual posts on it.
APRIL// this was band month. i got to see my fav band don broco and that's all the matters really. i also used to be a huge you me at six fan and they were the main act of that night, and were amazing. i'd genuinely forgotten how much i loved their music and seeing them live brought it all back. i stand by the fact that their old stuff is a lot stronger but even their new songs have so much atmosphere live.
MAY// the best thing about may was probably seeing b traits at ttp. considering i'm from the edge of the middle of nowhere there's actually a lot of decent music going on here. may was also the start of my a2 exams (aka the most stressful time of my life to date). i've been reading through my twitter feed from may and it's basically me complaining about psychology revision, which i think is a pretty accurate portrayal of the month.
JUNE// i don't have a single post or tagged photo of life during june - if i didn't know better i would assume i'd been in a coma if it hadn't been for angry exam based tweets. a good thing in june? i applied for the lloyds' scholarship programme at uni (primarily on the basis that i wanted to see what their maths test entailed..oops) and got called through for a telephone interview. said interview was most definitely the worst interview i have ever done in my whole life but somehow i got through to the next stage - maybe there is a god after all.
JULY// this was holiday month. a week in fuerteventura where i burnt horrifically and then tanned over it, and then a week in tunisia which was absolutely fabulous. i had approximately 20 hours between the holidays including a 2 hour transfer each way from stansted airport which was a laugh (about as hilarious as pulling my teeth out individually). it was a pretty stressful month - i'd finished my a2 exams but spent most days near enough pulling my teeth out over potential results.
AUGUST// fabulous. there is no other way to sum up august. it absolutely flew by too. primarily because i got a*ab on my results and got into my top uni choice, but the month in general was really good. i got a call by the editor of the tab asking me to write an article for them that i'd pitched, i went to an assessment centre for lloyds' scholars and found out i got onto their programme, and on top of that i went to sundown festival and saw andy c, wilkinson, loadstar, and (my absolute favourites) chase and status. need i say more?
SEPTEMBER// i have no idea why september went so quickly because i didn't really do anything major until the 20th, when i moved to sheffield. i had a catch up with all my old friends which was great, and then moved to shef and had freshers week. i literally can't put freshers into words - i went out every night for ten days straight and was very ill after but it was all worth it. i made loads of friends who have now become my best mates at uni - freshers was amazing.
OCTOBER// settling into uni life. starting uni at 8am everyday made me one alarm ring off of suicidal at some points but i can now write shorthand at about 70/80wpm - it's not quite 100 but we're getting there! my writing also improved loads thanks to our workshops. i got a high 2:1 on my first presentation which made me even happier. i got picked to go to channel 4 and the guardian's journalism trainee days in london which were really interesting, and went out for halloween on the same night. managing to get ridiculously drunk in the space of about half an hour was mutually hilarious and concerning, depending on which way you look at it.
NOVEMBER// this was off to a fab start right away by seeing andy c on the first night. it was quite possibly the best night out i've had in sheffield up to this point and was absolutely amazing. we also saw patrick topping at my favourite club (fez) in sheffield, and have been there so many times since. i'm fairly sure the only other thing i've done as frequently as this was eat pizza, thanks to my mate's obsession with it (her ears practically prick up if you mention pepperoni).
DECEMBER// and here we are now! we are yet to have new year's eve which is scheduled to also be an amazing night seeing hannah wants in birmingham. it's now the 20th and i still have barely started my christmas shopping. just this week alone i've had three amazing nights out including seeing chase and status, i've swapped secret santa presents, eaten three christmas dinners with different people and now i'm finally home for a few weeks. this year has been incredible, and in particular university. is it too early to get excited for next year?
i have now come home from uni for christmas, and i'll be here for the next three and a half weeks. i'm definitely aiming to start posting more regularly over the next few weeks an hopefully carry on when i'm back at uni.
i was reading over my old blog earlier (whilst cringing at how shit my writing/my fashion/myself in general was) and found a post summing up 2013, month by month. this year has been pretty fabulou$ so i thought i'd do another for 2014 - cliche but i can't believe how quickly it's gone.
JANUARY// my 18th birthday - the day i'd been waiting for since i was about 15 (maybe earlier). i went to brighton for my birthday and the only parts i really remember were shouting at the bouncer for not id'ing me (with legit id for the first time) and throwing up in the morning. definitely a sign of a good night. also in january i saw andy c for the first time live and he was (as predicted) amazing. good month in general.
FEBRUARY// most of february seems to have been spent on nights out, judging by my facebook uploads. this is true both financially and physically; i don't think i've ever been so well acquainted with cookies and yates in a month. i'm pretty sure i was one vodka shot away from the bouncers knowing my name and dob off by heart.
MARCH// i think i'd have to sum this up by calling it an experimental month. i stopped eating carbs to see if it would help me sleep and it benefitted me so much. my skin became brighter, i slept so much better, i had more energy.. and then the chocolate cravings kicked in. i've done it twice now, both for about a month at a time but it's difficult and expensive. finding carb free (and sugar free) foods is a lot harder than you'd assume! i think i might try and go back to it in the new year so i might do some individual posts on it.
APRIL// this was band month. i got to see my fav band don broco and that's all the matters really. i also used to be a huge you me at six fan and they were the main act of that night, and were amazing. i'd genuinely forgotten how much i loved their music and seeing them live brought it all back. i stand by the fact that their old stuff is a lot stronger but even their new songs have so much atmosphere live.
MAY// the best thing about may was probably seeing b traits at ttp. considering i'm from the edge of the middle of nowhere there's actually a lot of decent music going on here. may was also the start of my a2 exams (aka the most stressful time of my life to date). i've been reading through my twitter feed from may and it's basically me complaining about psychology revision, which i think is a pretty accurate portrayal of the month.
JUNE// i don't have a single post or tagged photo of life during june - if i didn't know better i would assume i'd been in a coma if it hadn't been for angry exam based tweets. a good thing in june? i applied for the lloyds' scholarship programme at uni (primarily on the basis that i wanted to see what their maths test entailed..oops) and got called through for a telephone interview. said interview was most definitely the worst interview i have ever done in my whole life but somehow i got through to the next stage - maybe there is a god after all.
JULY// this was holiday month. a week in fuerteventura where i burnt horrifically and then tanned over it, and then a week in tunisia which was absolutely fabulous. i had approximately 20 hours between the holidays including a 2 hour transfer each way from stansted airport which was a laugh (about as hilarious as pulling my teeth out individually). it was a pretty stressful month - i'd finished my a2 exams but spent most days near enough pulling my teeth out over potential results.
AUGUST// fabulous. there is no other way to sum up august. it absolutely flew by too. primarily because i got a*ab on my results and got into my top uni choice, but the month in general was really good. i got a call by the editor of the tab asking me to write an article for them that i'd pitched, i went to an assessment centre for lloyds' scholars and found out i got onto their programme, and on top of that i went to sundown festival and saw andy c, wilkinson, loadstar, and (my absolute favourites) chase and status. need i say more?
SEPTEMBER// i have no idea why september went so quickly because i didn't really do anything major until the 20th, when i moved to sheffield. i had a catch up with all my old friends which was great, and then moved to shef and had freshers week. i literally can't put freshers into words - i went out every night for ten days straight and was very ill after but it was all worth it. i made loads of friends who have now become my best mates at uni - freshers was amazing.
OCTOBER// settling into uni life. starting uni at 8am everyday made me one alarm ring off of suicidal at some points but i can now write shorthand at about 70/80wpm - it's not quite 100 but we're getting there! my writing also improved loads thanks to our workshops. i got a high 2:1 on my first presentation which made me even happier. i got picked to go to channel 4 and the guardian's journalism trainee days in london which were really interesting, and went out for halloween on the same night. managing to get ridiculously drunk in the space of about half an hour was mutually hilarious and concerning, depending on which way you look at it.
NOVEMBER// this was off to a fab start right away by seeing andy c on the first night. it was quite possibly the best night out i've had in sheffield up to this point and was absolutely amazing. we also saw patrick topping at my favourite club (fez) in sheffield, and have been there so many times since. i'm fairly sure the only other thing i've done as frequently as this was eat pizza, thanks to my mate's obsession with it (her ears practically prick up if you mention pepperoni).
DECEMBER// and here we are now! we are yet to have new year's eve which is scheduled to also be an amazing night seeing hannah wants in birmingham. it's now the 20th and i still have barely started my christmas shopping. just this week alone i've had three amazing nights out including seeing chase and status, i've swapped secret santa presents, eaten three christmas dinners with different people and now i'm finally home for a few weeks. this year has been incredible, and in particular university. is it too early to get excited for next year?
Friday, 12 September 2014
uni homeware haul //
if there were a competition for 'which undergraduate student can buy the biggest load of 'stuff' for their room in 2 weeks' then i'm pretty sure i would place first (or a very close second; there might be someone out there with a bigger hoarding obsession than me). considering the average room in halls is pretty small, i was lucky i opted for the 'deluxe' bigger option. although with the amount of trinkets and cute bowls i've bought, an entire flat may be more appropriate. i've always had a love for unique things - charity shops are slowly becoming my second home. saying that, the majority of stuff i've bought here has been from abroad, or lucky picks from homeware stores. i'm considering it all to be a good use of money, but there's a high chance a lot of it will end up pointlessly sitting on shelves in my room, but isn't that the point?
i think the excessive candles, considering they're classed as a fire hazard, may have been a low point during my shopping escapades.
i think the excessive candles, considering they're classed as a fire hazard, may have been a low point during my shopping escapades.
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| Buddha statue - wilkinsons |
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| Orange candle and jar - Tiger |
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| Cactus candles - Tiger |
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| Patchwork cushions - Camden stall |
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| Paisley/Patterned cushions - Charity shop |
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| Orange bowl - Tunisia |
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| Glass mini jars - Tunisia |
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| Gold/brass candlesticks - Charity shop |
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| Blue ohm/sunshine print throw - Camden |
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| Black and gold throw - Charity shop |
Sunday, 17 August 2014
hunger of the pine//
alt-j have a new song out and it's amazing - listen out for the ever unexpected miley cyrus
(this is the perfect song to listen to in this weather - it's currently verging on hurricane strength wind and rain here)
Saturday, 16 August 2014
Mini 'I got into Sheffield' haul //
Well! Here we are! Slightly overdue I'll admit, but nonetheless here. In case the title of this post didn't 100% give the game away, i got my predicted grades (or a variant of, anyway) and got into my top university choice, the University of Sheffield and studying journalism. It is safe to say i am a very happy georgie right now.
When i say a variant of my grades, i mean that in one case i exceeded my grade, and in another, got the grade below. i'm kinda pissed about the grade below, but either way i'm into sheffield which was the aim anyway. my grades in the end were A* english language, A psychology and B in media. Those of you who actually know me in person will be equally bemused at the fact that i got higher in psychology than media, despite being predicted an A all year for media and barely scraping a C when it came to psychology essays. i guess overall spending my evenings in the local university library paid off - or there's some unfortunate person with my realistic grade and i got theirs by mistake. we'll never know.
Either way, i decided to have a mini celebration. i'm trying to convince myself that these are things i will now need for university (i'm sure the rips in the jeans will be great for keeping my knees warm in sheffield) but realistically after a few months of hard work it was worth it anyway.
so what did i buy?
Topshop 'mom' white ripped jeans
H&M stripe top
Topshop midi rings
Topshop gold chain necklace
River Island simple bangle
I did actually attempt to find links for each of these, but the H&M top seems to have vanished off their website, as have the Topshop jeans aside the petite ones (let's pretend there's links there). Now all i need is more results so i can go shopping again, hmmm.
Monday, 11 August 2014
T Minus 67 hours//
today, i am stressed.
i think it's a given really; results day is on thursday. it's funny how those two little words can have such an effect on the entire student population (except, of course, those of us who were intelligent enough to realise a BTEC was a better choice, along with scottish students who find out before us brits) and that a few size 12 letters on a sheet of paper can have such a profound effect on someone's future.
that's the way i look at it anyway.
i've told my mum, my dad, my friends and whoever else pretends to listen that if i don't get into my first choice university (Sheffield, of course) then i'm going travelling to thailand. realistically, i'll cry, moan, complain, and then end up going through clearing and moving elsewhere in the uk. i don't want to go anywhere else.
i'm pretty sure that somewhere, on a distant corner of the earth, is a statistic proving that 99.9% of students hate their insurance choice.
i'd love to back up my argument by saying that i don't like my insurance choice based on a bad experience there (read: 6 hours of delayed trains and torrential rain) even though it's still a good university. the problem is, it's not sheffield. it's like when you love shopping, and you're given a £50 american apparel voucher. then someone takes away your voucher and replaces it with a new look one. it's still good (unless you detest new look like me) but it's not quite as good as itshould could have been.
(check me out experimenting with text effects there wahey)
either way, i have my alcohol at hand. i've already accepted i'm not going to sleep the night before, so i've got my kopparberg, my chocolate and my boxsets ready. i didn't sleep the night before AS results, despite the fact i was in turkey and (in my mind due to the time difference) i got my results two hours before everyone else, so the chance of me sleeping the night before A2 results is about as likely as me winning the lottery. hopefully somewhat more likely is my getting into sheffield.
as a self confessed control freak, the next 67 hours may potentially kill me.
i think it's a given really; results day is on thursday. it's funny how those two little words can have such an effect on the entire student population (except, of course, those of us who were intelligent enough to realise a BTEC was a better choice, along with scottish students who find out before us brits) and that a few size 12 letters on a sheet of paper can have such a profound effect on someone's future.
that's the way i look at it anyway.
i've told my mum, my dad, my friends and whoever else pretends to listen that if i don't get into my first choice university (Sheffield, of course) then i'm going travelling to thailand. realistically, i'll cry, moan, complain, and then end up going through clearing and moving elsewhere in the uk. i don't want to go anywhere else.
i'm pretty sure that somewhere, on a distant corner of the earth, is a statistic proving that 99.9% of students hate their insurance choice.
i'd love to back up my argument by saying that i don't like my insurance choice based on a bad experience there (read: 6 hours of delayed trains and torrential rain) even though it's still a good university. the problem is, it's not sheffield. it's like when you love shopping, and you're given a £50 american apparel voucher. then someone takes away your voucher and replaces it with a new look one. it's still good (unless you detest new look like me) but it's not quite as good as it
(check me out experimenting with text effects there wahey)
either way, i have my alcohol at hand. i've already accepted i'm not going to sleep the night before, so i've got my kopparberg, my chocolate and my boxsets ready. i didn't sleep the night before AS results, despite the fact i was in turkey and (in my mind due to the time difference) i got my results two hours before everyone else, so the chance of me sleeping the night before A2 results is about as likely as me winning the lottery. hopefully somewhat more likely is my getting into sheffield.
as a self confessed control freak, the next 67 hours may potentially kill me.
Sunday, 10 August 2014
topshop sale festival wear//
rucksack
mesh vest
oversize shirt
denim bralet
kimono
shorts
necklace
jelly shoes
festivals are quite possibly my favourite things ever. i'll be honest - aside a stint at reading festival last year (and also early bird camping) all my festival experience has been a one day type of thing. that's not to say it's limited - i've been to slam dunk a few times along with smaller festivals. this year i'm hitting up (check me, getting down with the kids) shakedown festival and sundown. creamfields was looking to be on the cards but my friends are on holiday, which did cause a slight issue.
my absolute dream of a festival would be to go to global gathering, or edc in vegas. i have a great love for house/ dnb music and after seeing andy c live, it's come on even further. sadly, this year is not the year for me to go to either, so i'm drowning my (financial) sorrows on current sales (topshop i'm looking at you)
these are just a few things i found (and possibly added to my basket) which i thought would be perfect for festival weather. the jelly shoes are a no brainer, along with the rucksack. i'm seriously in love with the pattern of it ahhhhh.
the shorts are pretty versatile and are perfect for '25 degrees and listening to some random indie artist i've never heard of before' which could then be changed with nude tights, your best 'festival' shoes (i'm pretty sure that's an oxymoron) and a cute crop top. hence where the denim one comes in!
the trick with festivals is to learn the art of layering; one minute it could be pouring with rain and the next, 30 degrees. layering means saving yourself the effort of trekking 40 minutes back to the tent, whilst simultaneously dodging hordes of drunken teenage girls and the odd steward. layering a crop top under a mesh shirt, followed by a checked shirt (maybe leave the kimono this time) paired with shorts and (if you're more weather conscious) tights, means you'll be fit for whatever the english weather decides to throw at you!
or, alternatively, go to coachella or somewhere where there's destined to be permanent delicious weather.
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