Merry Christmas .

Hope everyone has a lovely week !

What a week.

What with the pressure of Christmas around the corner, alongside 2 assessed essays due in in January, I most certainly did NOT need what happened this week. A massive bust up with my flatmate Sam made me want to move out permanently. When my parents picked me up on Friday, they proceeded straight into the kitchen and made sure this Sam knew exactly what was on their mind.
V.Scary stuff.

Anyway, I'm home for Christmas now. Don't have to worry about Sam for a whole month. Still have to worry about these essays, though. ARGH, where does it end?

Xfactor finished last night, revealing Joe as it's champion. Well done Joe, you were far better than Olly, and hopefully time will help create a true pop star out of you.

So badly looking forward to Wednesday's Royal Variety Performance. Hello DIVERSITY♥, Lady Gaga + Peter Kay. Yey, yey, yey.

Should really attempt to crack on with this essay, now. In a minute. Later on.

Eleven .

11 Of my favourite things right now;

My new rosary necklace. I ordered it from La Dama and it came today - it's red, hand woven and beautiful.

Akhenaten and the Amarna Period. The original controversy causer, you know, before Princess Diana... and Sachsgate.

My advent calendar. I don't recall ever having had a Dairy Milk one before - it's lovely to have nice tasting chocolate daily.

My 'Sims' girl. So I made this girl on Sims 2 who sleeps with every person who walks past her door. It's fun hypocritically living a life I judge.

'Maybe Tomorrow' by Stereophonics . It's possibly my favourite song right now.

The comfort the word 'Jacob' brings in Eclipse. The focus is back on Edward+Bella and impending doom right now. I hate it. Just kill Edward and be done with it.

Mikey Rupert Darcy. I feel like I've gone back in time when I hold this bear - like it's just me and him against the world.

Late night cheese rolls. They're brilliant, filling and more than likely not the best thing to be eating at ten o'clock at night; perfect.

The alarm on my phone. It does a much better job at waking me up than my actual alarm clock does - I'm going to have to set it louder.

Vaseline. I put it on my face before I go to sleep and wake up with a smooth, soft complexion. Miracle stuff.

Horses. Why are they so beautiful ? Why ? Donkeys, okapis + zebras will never compare to the simple beauty the horse brings. (Although I've always wanted a donkey since Tots TV.)

Aaaand drool .

The Jacob Black in my head is waaaay hotter in the face, but boy - does Taylor Lautner make an effort to fill the gap !

An everything post;

EAT - The name of the cute little eatery I had lunch in with my mother a week or so ago, and also had lunch in today by myself, as a break from the Christmas shopping. Cheese & Ham paninis, my absolute weakness in life.

I'm loading Superbad online to watch with tea in half an hour. I love Judd Apatow movies, and I've heard this one's good. I also need to see Anchorman. Other than that I'm all set with Apatow. Seth Rogen (another weakness), Jonah Hill, Jason Segel & Paul Rudd are basically my favourite ensemble ever. All movies should feature them. I bet they would even make Transformers II more enjoyable.

Literally did ALL of my Christmas shopping today. Only need to get the other part of Daddy's present and the BFF's present and we're good to go, Batman !

Sorry this is such a rubbish post. I'm waiting for a film to load, all the while contemplating dinner and worrying about the fact that I haven't started either of the two essays I need to do yet.

Names I love currently are; Radha Fern, Saoirse Lilac, Alba Frances, Olive Jemima & Mina Clémence. Male names are; Sacha James, Calum Ashley Wolfram & Tadhg Rupert John. Very pleased to have some girl names I love once again. (Radha, I'm talking to YOU) .

Music loves currently include lots of musicals - probably the influence of my flatmate, Emily. Moulin Rouge is a major love of late. I'm also infatuated with a song from Jay-Z's latest album, the track's called 'So Ambitious' and it's feat. Pharrell Williams. Very good, with such good lyrics from every angle. I completely understand.

Fashion loves pretty much go like this, ahem, ZARAZARAZARAZARAZARA♥
Why does EVERYTHING in their online store appeal ? I just spent £60 on presents for other people, no way can I afford anything in Zara, although I am unbelievably tempted to buy a special, silk, long-sleeved top with an intricate pattern including a horse's face. It's £49.99, so it's be a rare gift to myself. Man am I tempted. I'll try it on next week and see what I think. :)

What a ramble. I do apologise.

R.I.P

Daul Kim.
Sleep well you beautiful thing .

EC Versus JB .

* Please bare in mind that this has been written with evidence from Twilght, New Moon and the first quarter of Eclipse. I have no idea what happens later on in Eclipse, let alone Breaking Dawn - but these are my interpretations so far.

Several reasons why I hate Edward Cullen.

1. He is ice cold ALL the time.
2. He can't be very huggable, and therefore definitely not snuggable.
3. He insists on hardly saying anything.
4. He can read your mind.
5. He left.
6. He hates werewolves.
7. He hates Jacob Black.
8. He's ALWAYS there, lurking. Perv.
9. He's a complete control freak.
10. He assumes Bella always wants him in her bedroom.
11. He sparkles like a My Little Pony.
12. He always says the same lines, over and over again. "I need you. Be careful Bella. You'll get hurt" YAWN.

And several reasons why I love Jacob Black.

1. Because he is always 108 degrees warm.
2. Because he has a personality.
3. Because he genuinely loves Bella - he doesn't just fancy her blood.
4. Because he's tall.
5. Because he's all muscly and broad.
6. Because he broke the treaty several times for Bella.
7. Because he hates bloodsuckers vampires.
8. Because he hates Edward Cullen.
9. Because he's all dirty and good with mechanics.
10. Because he's a werewolf.
11. Because imprinting sounds like fun.
12. Because he's safe.

YES !

Take that Robsessed tweens !



Dearest Deppster's still got it !

When you hold this woven band..

Hello.
I've just bought this;



From this;
http://ladama.bigcartel.com/

Laverly. Cheap and cheerful. Can't wait for it to arrive.

Hamsa.

I want this Hamsa tattoo on the guy's little finger.
It's simplicity, it's shape. It's adorable.



It looks really sweet on the little finger, as well - but I know now for a fact that I would not get it on my finger. Placement in still uncertain right now. But 'aint it cute ?

New Moon in LA.

Some of my faves from the New Moon LA premiere.

Dakota Fanning .


Gorgeous in Valentino. What a beautiful little lady she's turned out to be. Normally child actors get a bit mis-shapen and sort of grow out of their cuteness, ending up looking just plain weird (just look at Macaulay Culkin). But Dakota's just as lovely-looking as she was in War of the Worlds.

Noot Seear .


Looking dapper in a colourful dress. She'll be in everything soon - just watch this space.

Taylor Lautner & Kristen Stewart .


CUUUTE ♥ And Kristen Stewart is smiling. Cannot believe my eyes. Jacob Taylor looks smart and dashing as always - another child actor who has turned out well. (He was the one with impeccably white teeth in Cheaper by the Dozen 2. No, I didn't enjoy the film either.)

I'm lazy.

Yet, with 5 essays due in soon, I think I can afford to be in terms of being a BAD BLOGGER.

So, I'm a published journalist. Oh yeah. Did I not mention that ?
http://www.redbrickonline.co.uk/lifestyle/catwalk-twilight-trends/

I got into the Student Newspaper, yey, yey ! But that was last week, this week I'm way too busy to even contemplate writing for it. Maybe next week.

Speaking of Twilight - New Moon comes out on the 20th. Im so Team Jacob it's physically unbelievable. JAYYYYYCUB. Woopdedoop. Who wants a pretty boy when you can have a wolf ?
I'm majorly tempted to buy this t-shirt;



Of course there were the obvious 'I ♥ JB' and the too twi-hard 'TEAM JACOB' t-shirts and hoodies, but this one is discreet, yet blatantly obvious to a Twilight fan. Niiice. Should I? I'd definitely get it in red -in time for Christmas ;)

Current name fancies .

1. Rupert John. (m - duhh)
You can blame Family Guy for this. "Rooooopert. Where IS he ? It's not like him to go wandering off." Oh Stewie.

2. Radha. (f)
It really bugs me that this is pronounced the same as major drama school RADA, however, I got overpowered today by its simple beauty. Ignoring the association, it's a pleasure to say.

3. Tamar. (f)
I pronounce it TAY-mahr, but it can also be pronounced tah-MAHR. Not sure what it is about this one, it just struck me randomly.

4. Calum Ashley Wolfram. (m)
MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - that is all I can say. Scrumdiddlyumptious. And also more than likely pretentious - wish I cared.


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Time for a catch-up .

I nicked this idea from a blog stalk over at http://thebellelumiere.net/.

01 Mood: Content. I'm really loving my life currently, and am so glad I made the choices I did. I set myself rules and see how I stick to them. I'm learning that my willpower is much stronger than I imagined.

02 Best thing about this week: Reading week ! Basically we get given a week of no lectures to catch up and do some actual work. So far it's working pretty well; I've copied up all my notes from scribbles to actual readable documents.

03 Last movie I saw: The Business; it's a crazy British gangster film about drugs. Seen it all before - pretty boring really. My favourite gangster film is Snatch. Hello pikey Brad Pitt ;)

04 What I’m reading: NEW MOON. I'm on Chapter 3 and I'm hooked already. Hoping to have it finished before the film. Need to hop on it.

05 Makeup lust: Dior Diorskin Forever foundation in 'medium beige'. It's on my christmas list.

06 Listening to: Kid Cudi's album. It's amazingly easy to listen to. Lovely melodies and catchy choruses.

07 Skincare Lust: I do not lust after anything in the skincare department. Maybe some black-head strips ?

08 Haircare Lust: I could do with some hairspray, I suppose. OH and shamp+cond.

09 Current obsession: CREATING AMAZING DINNERS FROM SCRATCH. Tonight it was home-made egg fried rice with chicken and peas. I am so proud of myself. Seriously. Too smug to be true. (This is coming from a girl who classed adding boiling water to pasta and placing it on a hob as cooking, trust me - I'm excelling in my new environment)

10 Aim for this week: Start Finish my essay and stay under £30. [I spent £90 last week, unbelievable.]


Hope you've all learned something, hah.

♥

Why Katy Perry is my hero;





Please get married, and have lots of ambiguous sexually-orientated, screwed-up children. :)

+ OH, and hello November, dear .

October.

... Is only 2 months away from December, and boy do I know it ! Seriously, I know some people like to get their Christmas shoppping done nice and early.. but October ? The supermarkets are crammed with advent calanders and fairy lights and stockings, and toys and tinsel and the like. The wait is the worst thing about Christmas, why prolong it to October ?

But, you can definitely tell that it's Autumn, I keep on getting attacked by leaves. Reminds me very much of this Smack The Pony sketch..



Very good :)

Funny, I didn't see any phlegm...

I'm still ill, but first, I want to describe briefly the last couple of weeks for you.

After I wrote my last post about feeling ill and eating everything orange, I went home. For a week.
I rang my mother, she booked me an appointment at home, dad picked me up, the doctor prescribed antibiotics for sinusitis, and I went home. I was so ill I can't even describe it to you. So glad that I was safe at home, otherwise I would have majorly suffered here at Uni. I could hardly stand up due to being so unbalanced.

So I got back 2 Saturdays ago, and was still a bit ill, but then I felt better and my sinuses weren't blocked anymore. Then last weekend I went home again not because of any illness, but because all the girls in the flat were going home for the weekend and I would have been as bored as a zoo animal. So I went home, too. And I came back on Monday, feeling a bit down with a cold, but otherwise fine. THEN. On Wednesday, whilst at the cinema seeing The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, I realised that my throat was REALLY sore, like I couldn't yawn or swallow without a huge amount of pain.
Yesterday was the same. This morning is similar, although I've just had some toast and it doesn't feel as bad. However, Strepsils do nothing.

Moan moan moan. I need something happy to cheer up this post.. errr.

Look, a ducky !


This is actually a blogger's pet. Don't ask me which blogger, I completely can't remember, but she has the rights to the photo. (This doesn't look good)

The Imaginarium .

... Of Doctor Parnassus .

So what did we learn from this one, children ?
1. Never trust the devil, or now you mentioned it - anyone named Mr Nick.
2. Without Percy, the Doctor would most definitely have had to settle for a midget.
3. Lily Cole shouldn't act wear heels.
4. Heath Ledger's eyes should never ever ever be blue. Idiot costume designers.
5. Blinking in this movie could cause you to lose some of the plot.

Naturally, I had to see this film; as did everyone apparently - the cinema was so packed that the girl next to me had to spray deodorant. No no, I'm quite serious.

However, if Heath Ledger had so wonderfully lived, would this film have got so much press ? Most certainly not. Would it have got rave reviews ? Most probably not. Too much happens too quickly for the average person to take in.
It is comical, though; maliciously entertaining stuff. Good old Verne Troyer to take the whole 'I want to adopt that black baby' thing. HIGHlarious shizzle.

Don't ask me about what happened directly - because I'm a bit fuzzy around the edges. Basically, Lily Cole's character turns 16 and therefore belongs to the devil because of a deal her father did with him several billion years ago. Blah blah blah. In fairness, it should be fairly straight-forward, but then throw in Heath Ledger's character, Tony, and it seems that the whole plot is completely thrown out of the window. Who is Tony? Don't have a clue. Even HE doesn't have a clue until a quarter of the way through the film. Some sort of horrid past, some sort of scheming future. We're onto a winner in the 'I'm so lost I could cry' department.

With Heath dying and all of that drama, Johnny Depp became a version; creating a romantic, swoon-worthy, magical magician character. Mmm. Jude Law was pants. Sorry, he was. The best Jude Law has ever acted was in A.I. -as a robot. Shame.
Colin Farrell scared me, and I have no idea why. Maybe it was his unstoppable force of a character, or maybe it was his shocking similarity to Heath that unsettled me. Whatever it was, it left a bad taste in my mouth, and I'm a Farrell Fan.

Heath's accent was well dodge! Haha. Artful Dodger I should make that. Boy. He was wonderfully wonderful, but also kind of boring. I felt like he wasn't given enough time in his life to shine in the movie - the parts in the Imaginarium would have highlighted his character more, sad he didn't get to film them. But then if he did, would this film have been so wonderfully weird ? The Deppster would have been absent for sure, and that would have been a damn shame. But then, Heath's absence from the Imaginarium was more than depressing also. We'll never know.

Happy ending, though. Lily Cole (who has shockingly large breasts) marries Anton (a weedy, but kind of cute performer from her father's troupe) and has a wee ginger child. Awww. Father sees from window and is happy. Awww. Percy the 'vertically-challenged' one gives the trampy father a job. Awww.

Heath's dead. Nope, still stuns me to silence every time.

I'm tired.

Sleep, perchance to dream.

I'm ill. Seriously ill. I've got a very certain, very deadly form of Flu ( NO, I DO NOT HAVE SWINE FLU, BIRD FLU, OR ANY OTHER PANDEMIC ). I just feel like death.
Quite truthfully.

On a more up-beat tone, my course is going swimmingly. I'm really enjoying it. Got quite a bit of homework though, which I aim to filter through tomorrow (too ill today to concentrate properly, plus, I'd only cough up my guts all over my work).

I just want/need to sleep. You don't cough or sniff when you're asleep; you're oblivious to everything when you're asleep. This is a plan, I will get right on it when I'm done with this post.

You know what? I'm majorly over-excited about the romance blossoming between Katy Perry and Russell Brand. Unnecessarily so. I just can't imagine a cooler couple (apart, of course from Mossy&Deppster). Oh yeaaahhh.

I knew this post would be diabolical. I just needed an update and so updated addressing my life, current state of mind and shrivelling care for anything apart from myself on this merry day.

Night.

Right then.

I'm writing this uber quickly before my meeting for Redbrick University newspaper.

Just had to say... HOW AMAZING DOES FREJA LOOK IN THE TITLE ? Fabulosa ! I feel guilty not putting her as number one on my model countdown. Shame.

Anyway, Freja Beha Erichsen, everybody. ♥

Wow.

I'm severely late in updating this thing.

Basically, I'm moved into University. Everyone is super dooper lovely and the course seems fandabbydosey. My room is getting more personalised by the second and my money is dwindling drastically. Remarkabley, I've managed to get a new phone which is all shiny and pretty and perfect; but I can't really use it because I want to transfer my number over from my Pay As You Go phone to it. Stresssssy.

Lectures start for real next week. Expect next to NO posts for ages until I get used to the routine of HARD WORK. Haha.

Freshers Week is taking the piss. Nights out are lovely. But EVERY NIGHT ? For SEVEN DAYS? I'm about ready to die. Seriously. More accurately, my FEET are ready to die.
The nights have been fun, though, with the UV-Neon Rave party being my highlight. Last night was a swish club called Mechu. The night before was a whopping huge club called Oceana. [I think they're a chain club - I think there's one in London, too]
Tonight it's Gatecrasher. Can't wait. Gatecrasher has always been described as the best nearby club, so I'm excited to finally go.

I've joined the 'RedBrick' society; which is the University newspaper. Going to a meeting on Wednesday and then hopefully, I may get to write for it !! Brilliant. I've discovered through some research that when looking to be employed for a newspaper/magazine - they will always ask you if you wrote for the Unviversity newspaper - so I've got my foot in the door :) If acting doesn't work out .

I can't believe how easy it is to meet people and get on with people. It's insane. We definitely have one of the most social flats - there is nearly always someone in the flat that is a friend of a friend and then they bring all the people from their flat who then bring all the people from their courses etc etc...
It's great being in the 'party flat'. Especially when I want to go to sleep.

I can't wait to get cracking with my course; it's SO BLOODY INTERESTING. Seriously. We're doing a project about an archaeological site called Sutton Hoo which is unbelievably fascinating. Had a miny taster session on it today. I'm going to get reading the book on it. Yep yep. Yey yey.

♥

Guess

...Who has passed her driving test ?

Mmmhmmm :)
Oh yeahhh. I got 6 minors, but minors-shminors. I PASSED !! Can't actually believe it. Utter fabulousnous .



Vroom vroom vroom .
I'm very impressed with myself. Seriously so . Let's get driving !

Holy Slacker Batman !

I'm about ready to scream with excitement. 13 Days until I move into Uni. Wow wow wow.

Screw punctuation Hellyeahs who needs punctuation at an amazing purely and accurately honestly amazing moment in my life like this

I will have to start punctuating eventually, however; if I plan to pass my degree. (Which I most certainly do)

I think I need to start buying housey-crap. Duvet sets, egg-timers... you know the story. I think I need to start considering parting with some money.

I spent approx. £130 on books on Amazon.co.uk today. All from the recommended reading list, I'll assure you. Waste not, want not. I only bought 9 books. Scandalous.

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My driving is at a level now where I'm majorly cocky. Seriously cocksure. I will just zoom about, blah blah. I know the roads, blah blah. I know the rules, blah blah. I know who has right of way, blah blah.
Hopefully my test will run smoothly and I will obtain a disgusting pink driving license instead of the reasonably attractive green one. It's a lovely shade of green; like watered down grass .
I just want to get going, which is a pointless emotion considering I don't actually own or require a car at this stage of my life. I'll just nick Mum's for a few hours at the weekend and go for a drive, pick up a friend, turn up the volume.

My, what a bollocking boring post. Should I liven it up with a picture ? Yeahh. Better .


'ello there Daria, poppet .

Moss .

I miss the days when Kate Moss looked like an alien. When Johnny Depp loved her, and all was right with the world .

Lindsay Lohan's got a new tattoo ...

.. and it's AWFUL.




It quotes Marilyn Monroe saying ' I restore myself when I'm alone '.
Wow. Inventive. It mirrors her other arm in which she has another Marilyn Monroe quote, something about how everyone deserves the right to twinkle, with the same shitty multi-coloured dots. Shitty shitty shitty. Dude, that's for life.

Photos courtesy of PerezHilton.com.

A Name Post...

...Because my blog has been really lacking them of late. Jeez, I haven't posted a name post for most likely decades. Sue the thought.

Girl names are officially out of the window. Hands down. Out. I can't have any daughters ever, because their birth certificate will most certainly read 'Baby Girl Surname'. Boys however...

I really, truly, honestly doubt that I have ever loved a name more than Sacha. It is just..so.. perfect. Crazily so. [I desperately need to point out that on a girl, Sasha/Sacha is all Bratz doll fugliness, unless we are of course talking about the model Sasha Pivorova, or the First Daughter; Sasha Obama who I'm sure will grow up to be a fine young woman.]

Sacha is love. Sacha, Sacha, Sacha. Like peanut-butter on thick, starch-loaded white toast. Nevaehly.

So Sacha is in right now [like you didn't guess], along with the old-time faves Calum and Tadhg. My love for Rohan has dwindled, but still exists; just in middle name form.

I can't bare even heading towards the girl name forums right now. Lord knows they'll all be talking about every name that has an accent mark, because, you know; that's so 'exotic' and 'legit' . Yeahhh, because every European forum is built up of hardcore accuracy.

So. Sacha - yes :) Anything girly - no.

I think I'll just name my daughter Wankélie and be done with it.

Oh My....

MY PLACE AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN CONFIRMED !! WOO YEAH.

Can't actually believe it. Must have got my grades :)

I went with..

The Buffalo ring. Hopefully it'll arrive soon :)

Tomorrow is results day. Results day is tomorrow.

PLEASE make everything okay for me anyone who's up there and watching over me. [Grandparents - that means YOU.]

God, if you exist... help?

Santa ?

I'll need all fingers crossed, and your toes too, that I get into Birmingham tomorrow.

Breathe, breathe, breathe.

ETA; Buffalo ring arrived today :) It's too gorgeous to be true. I may even post pics ..

Hmm.

I'm going to need you lot to help me decide.

Stag Skull Necklace?



or



Buffalo Ring?

I want them both. Could I buy them both? At around £20 a piece I really shouldn't buy them both... but there aren't many in stock of either and I neeeed one .

My First Blogger Award !!

Courtesy of the very lovely Beth of http://amore-fashion.blogspot.com/ for tagging me for the 'Awesome Girl' blogger award!



(The rules for this award:
- List 10 random things about yourself
-Tag 10 other bloggers with the award (write them a comment so they know they've got it!)
-Link the person that gave you the award)

Right then, 10 random facts about myself ;

1. I can recite all of the dialogue throughout Pirates of the Caribbean.

2. I really do have a passion for ancient history and want more than anything to attend Birmingham University in September to study it in further detail.

3. I want to either be an actress in LA or a fashion journalist in London. I'm going to attempt them in order. :)

4. I will not ever own a pet bird, fish or rodent because I think living in captivity is the biggest crime on the planet.

5. I own TWO genuine pairs of Ray-Ban sunglasses. Aviators and Wayfarers. I had a great 18th birthday :)

6. The three most expensive items I have ever bought are my PSP, iPod and phone. None cost more than £150.

7. The most inspirational people to me are; Jane Goodall, Will.I.Am and my parents who during their 50-ish years of life have made good wealth and most importantly, have found happiness in episodes of Come Dine With Me. [I also find Heath Ledger inspiring... but he's a wee bit brown bread.]

8. I have recently had my left ear pierced in my third hole. I absolutely love it.

9. Although I always seem to want a lot on this blog, I actually only want 3 materialistic things in life; A wall of books, a SMEG fridge, and a cat.

10. My favourite breeds of dog are Daschund and French Bulldog.

The 10 bloggers I am going to tag with this award are..

1. http://olsensanonymous.blogspot.com/

2. http://www.deeelightful.com/

3. http://www.am-lul.blogspot.com/

4. http://rantingsofafashionaddict.blogspot.com/

5. http://vintagelollipops.blogspot.com/

6. http://researchtattoos.blogspot.com/

7. http://childhoodflames.blogspot.com/

8. http://letmejustgetmycamera.blogspot.com/

9. http://randompoemstoahorse.blogspot.com/

10. http://www.withasianstereotypes.com/

These blogs are brilliant. I love them all :)

50,000.

...views, babaay !!

Time for a celebration...



Chanel, anyone ?

Wonderland.

Current favourite advert.
Love it.

NEARLY THERE!

Come on 50,000 views !! Only around 50 more views to go !!

Err..

MICHAEL JACKSON
LADY GAGA
BRAD PITT
MADONNA
TWILIGHT

Err...

BRITNEY SPEARS
SEX
YOUTUBE
FACEBOOK
TWITTER

Hopefully that'll bring people along. Spit spot !!

So, dude.

Why am I so unbelievably bad at updating this thing recently?
Rubbish.

I'll start off repenting by showing you these lovely Jil Sander shoes, photo courtesy of JakandJil.com. Aren't they architecturally unimaginable?



Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous.

The Lovely Bones.

Words cannot describe how excited I am for this film. Please, please, Mr Jackson; do the book justice.

...

Athazagoraphobia:
The fear of being forgotten.

Fascinating.

The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100.

01 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - x
02 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien -
03 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte -
04 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - x
05 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - x
06 The Bible -
07 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte -
08 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell -
09 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman -
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens -

11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott -
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy –
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller -
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare -
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier -
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien - x
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk - x
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger -
19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger -
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot -

21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell -
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald -
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens -
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy -
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams -
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky -
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck -
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll -
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame -

31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy -
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens -
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis - x
34 Emma - Jane Austen -
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen -
36 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis - x
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini -
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres -
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden -
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne -

41 Animal Farm - George Orwell - x
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown -
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving -
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins -
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery -
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy -
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood -
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding -
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan -

51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel -
52 Dune - Frank Herbert -
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons -
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen -
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth -
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon -
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - x
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley -
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon - x ♥
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez -

61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - x
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov -
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt -
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold - x
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas-
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac -
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy -
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding -
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie –
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville - x

71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens -
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker -
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett -
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson -
75 Ulysses - James Joyce -
76 The Inferno – Dante -
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome -
78 Germinal - Emile Zola -
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray -
80 Possession - AS Byatt –

81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens -
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell -
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker -
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro -
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert -
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry -
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White - x
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom -
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton -

91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad -
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery -
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks -
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams -
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole -
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute -
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas -
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare - x
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl - x
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo -

TOTAL: 15.
That's fairly depressing.

And the Winner is ....

NUMBER 1
Daria Werbowy






Just the best ever ever. Gorgeous, flawless and bringing sexy back long time.
I'd like to inform you that to chose a winner between Daria and Number 2 - Erin Wasson was incredibly difficult, so I had to go with the model I have loved the longest, and Daria won hands down. Maybe next year, Wasson ;)

Birdy scull.

Did anyone else notice that in the Harry Potter films, that the rather evil yet brilliant character, Bellatrix LeStrange was wearing a Pamela Love bird scull necklace?




See? Find these gorgeous necklaces plus many other interesting pieces at http://www.pamelalovenyc.com/

Goldie.

She seems to be getting quite some attention of late, so I'll show my favourite piece of her collection.

This denim jacket. The attention to detail on the back is exquisite. I simply adore it.



Denim Trapeze Jacket by Goldie. £125.
http://goldielondon.com/

WANT, please.

Clutch by Alexander McQueen, courtesy of blogger, Knight Cat.

Rings included ;)

BOOKED.

Practical driving test booked. Pleased, excited and scared.

Sorry for being such a shiteous blogger of late. I'm not entirely sure what has come over me, but I'm pretty certain it has something to do with the fact that my priorities look something like this;

Learning to drive > work > re-reading Harry Potter.

Maybe, possibly.

So, even fashion hasn't got a look-in this month, because on top of my priorities [see above] I've got this unbelievable, overwhelming fear of August 20th when I receive my A-Level results. It's truly terrifying. I just want to relax, check online to see that Birmingham have confirmed my offer, and then stroll into school to see what grades I've earned. That's all I want.
I've booked the day off work just in case my biggest nightmare becomes reality and I need several hours of begging time to convince Birmingham that I am a million times better than my A-Level results and to let me in.

STRESS.

Right then, I'm aware I haven't posted my Number 1 top model yet. Stay tuned, I'll show her off next post. :)

Thanks for bearing with me.

Hello August.

Well, I PASSED my Theory exam ! Good, good, woo, woo. It was yesterday at the brilliant time of 8.00 AM. Obviously a genius plan. Anyway, I passed and can from now on totally relax. Or so I thought.

RESULTS ARE A MERE 18 DAYS AWAY. I seriously might just cry at the thought.

So I'm trying to distract myself with socialising, work and reading the last HP book again, clearly alongside playing Sims.

Really boring really. :)

Oh, and a sneak peek at our NUMBER 1...

Inspiration.

The last few days have been odd. I've been from hysterical midnight depression to a private fear of having Swine Flu to being... mellow. Curious.





These pictures are my fashion inspiration this week.

Hawgworts.

Yeah, so naturally I went to see Harry Potter with my own eyes last night with the fam. It was actually really funny. Surprisingly so. Well, it was until bloody Daniel 'I'm so grown up' Radcliff ruined it with the pincer nonsense. NOTE TO DANIEL; You're no Cpt. Jack Sparrow, son.
Anyway..

I felt they over-did the whole Hermione/Ron situation. When reading the books, you got an inkling, but you never really realised what was going on between the two of them until the last book, and then everything made sense. The film completely ruins this element of some surprise by making it so unbelievably obvious it's ridiculous. Plus, because of the next-to-nothing mention of any love between the two in the previous 5 films, it comes some-what out of the blue and hits you immediately; when Ron tries to wipe some toothpaste off Hermy's face. It's cringe-worthy.

Lavender was brilliant, although I imagined her as a brunette. Luna was amazing, absolutely love her. Neville, for someone so crucial in the final book, didn't say a word. Not a word. Poor guy... even Seamus got a line (I think?).

Draco was magnificent. Very well done Mr Felton. Brilliant. Star of the film. Yeah, yeah, yeah. If only he could sort out his walk, we might have a rather decent actor on our hands.

Ginny was rather annoying in this one. Her bland face was made even more bland with bland clothes and bland lines. Ginevra Weasley is a feisty little thing in the book; the only girl of seven children, a survivor of You-Know-Who- just like the main kid. The film makes her out to be a no-body. Poor girl.

My favourite person in the whole wide world the film, Dean Thomas got very, very little attention. Bummer. I thought with the whole 'he's snogging Ginny' thing that he might get a line or two. I distinctly remember him and Ron having a heated argument in the book, I think Ron even punched him (?). None of this is in the film. Ron accepts it and moves on and again, the situation is back on him and Hermione and Hermione lusting after Ron (why?) and Ron being completely oblivious and saying her name whilst unconscious. Super.

So in summary; Dumbledore dies, everyone cries, Dean needs more lines, Draco needs a new walk and the film ends abruptly. Fabulous.

18 years old + 200th post.

So, yeah, I'm 18. What about it ? HA.

Basically, when you are born, you go through this terribly fun stage called childhood, when no-one expects anything from you and you are left to your own devices to play and be a bit mad and go around saying what you like because you are young and sweet and innocent and you are terribly amusing. Then you go through a darker stage called adolescence where you are expected to decide important things, experience things and get bad skin. This stage is awful and completely contradicts all the happiness experienced in the first stage. Stage three is adulthood. I have no idea how this stage goes considering I'm only on my 3rd day of it. I wonder if it'll be worse than stage 2? Considering this is longest stage, lasting until about the age of 50 when you hit the 4th stage; the menopausal years, and then the final 5th stage when you are 60; the free bus-pass stage.

You know what? Fuck it. I'm living in the now.

Adulthood-whey. Drinks ahoy, I'm technically legal to do anything, apart from, you know, dealing drugs... and murder.

Miss Miller.

Sienna Miller for Hugo Boss' new perfume.



She might be generally known as a husband-stealing slag, but you can't deny her beauty and overall coolness. Plus, she will always be a favourite of mine due to her shockingly-good impression of Edie Sedgwick in Factory Girl. I also liked her in Casanova. I also well fancy her.

My favourite couple ever.

Please re-kindle the love. You both know you want to.

Altivolus

Altivolus = Latin: soaring, flying high

I MUST remember this word.

Love affair with Mr. Kane.

What a special and wonderful man you are for creating these beautiful tees/dresses. Gorillas, arguably one of the most impressive living creatures this world has ever seen, alongside it's monkey pal; the mandrill, printed onto a plain black piece of clothing. Utter genius. I still find it remarkable how people will pay short of a hundred dollars for a plain white t-shirt from Alexander Wang. But of course, how silly of me, it does have a front pocket.
If you're going to pay a lot of money for a t-shirt, surely it should have some element of interesting print on it? I'd be much more happy buying one of these shirts for just short of 200 smackaroonies, than a couple of plain jane ones (with a front pocket).


[Don't get me wrong, I love Alexander Wang as much as the next person, and I find his designs innovative - I was just drawing comparison.]

My..

It's been a jolly long while since my last post. Apologies those of you who are counting.

So, I'm ridiculously excited about Harry Potter. I really am :) DEAN THOMAS ! ♥



Want his babies much?
MINE. YUM.

Anyway....
I am severely bricking it about August 20th. Seriously, I might just die. But before August 20th is July 17th. IT'S ON FRIDAY PEOPLE !! 18 At last !!
I've asked for Ray-Bans + a book on Edie ♥
I'm going out for dinner with friends and then on to somewhere to rave it up. Probably. ;)

OOOOO.

NUMBER 2 !!
Erin Wasson.







Effortless chic seems to sum up Erin's style quite accurately. Such a beauty, with such edge.

Oh boy.

The word 'devastating' can't quite express how heart-breaking little Paris Jackson's few words for her Daddy were. Quite honestly the most important few words we heard all night.

And Shaheen Jafargholi? A star in the making. Brilliant performance, kid.

♥

WANT WANT WANT

Gold Griffin Claw - Black Pearl by Matina Amanita. A snip at £255.00. Yeahhh. Bollocks.

All faiiiine.

I'm not getting a Blackberry. I don't need one. Simple. :)

Believe it or not, not getting one has made me so more happy. No stress, no no.
However, August 20th is looming. It's looming I tell thee. Failure? FAILURE?

AARGH.