"Early dawning, sunday morning, it's just the wasted years so close behind..."

Title: Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground

That's so funny. The first song that came on when I switched my music on today was The Velvet Underground's 'Sunday Morning'. Even though it's not actually morning it is still Sunday.

Happy Halloween everyone! Or, Merry Samhain for all you pagans out there too!

I found this whilst I was browsing the internet yesterday for Halloween themed food. Never have I wanted to eat fingers so much in my life!

These are actually cookies! I love food that's shaped like something else. I would never have the heart to eat such culinary artwork though!

Thank God for the end of British summer time which has meant that I can get out of bed an hour later than usual and not feel guilty like I've wasted the day. I really need to get my dissertation proposal out of the way asap. It's 1000 words yeah? I'm thinking I try and get 500 out of the way today and finish it tomorrow. And just to motivate myself if I get the 500 words done by tonight, I will allow myself the night off to watch a couple of horror films. Just so I don't feel like a total loser on Halloween. I've seen loads though. I might find some newer ones online.

It's a slobbing around in the house today so I haven't put too much thought into what I'm wearing, but I can't spend all day in my pyjamas like some so I've decided on grey skinny jeans, a purple ribbed vest top that I've had for like six years or something, and a long-sleeved cream top that was a bargain at £12.99 from River Island. It's this one:

I love it. Cosy. I've put some really thick massive socks on too so my feet are toasty and I'm all snuggley.

As for my to-do list yesterday I got pretty much everything done to some extent so yay for that. Bit headachey today though. Oh well, to quote Taxi Driver "I do not believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention." Hmm, but isn't a blog just that? Self-attention? I don't know. My head hurts.

Bye for now

xxx

P.S. I found out the other day that Batman actor and Family Guy regular Adam West has a pet moose called...get ready for it...Moose Wayne! How cool is that? It's like Bruce Wayne, but with Moose.

"Where the sun never shines, I would shiver the whole night through..."

Title: Where did you sleep last night - Nirvana

Another late one. My sleeping habits have gone shocking again.

I don't really think I have a particular style when it comes to clothes. What I wear not only depends on how I feel that day, but also on what films I have been watching, and what music I have been listening too. Like, if I was listening to Nirvana (which I am now) I feel like channelling Kurt Cobain and wear a black and white stripey top, with jeans, scuffed army boots, and scruffy hair. Like this:

Another example, there's this Korean horror film called A Tale of Two Sisters which is visually stunning. Throughout the film the protagonists constantly wear dark solemn floral printed dresses and shirts, and the wallpaper in their house is the same. When I watch this film I want to have shiney hair and wear dark floral dresses with bare legs (this is usually reserved for summer time). I also want to call my sister when I watch it too. A screenshot from A Tale of Two Sisters, look at the design on Su-Mi's dress:

One last one. That cult classic neo-noir Ridley Scott film Bladerunner. One of the Replicants, Pris, has a really unique look. When we first see her she's all soggy and dirty, but her look is awesome, mad hair and all. When I channel Pris I wear black or grey long tops or mini dresses with fairly transparent tights, chokers, black boots and thick dark eye make-up. Here's an image. It took me forever to find a decent one:

When I get my camera (I should be getting a pretty decent one for Christmas) I'll upload my interpretations of these looks when I wear them. Just so you can see what I mean. My philosophy on style is just to be who you want to be. If you want to be yourself go for it, but if you're inspired to be somebody else then that's fine too. Find inspiration from art, movies and music.

Love

xxx

"I saw a boy's t-shirt today and it said 'one of us is dead', he just looked me in the eyes and cried..."

Title: One of us is Dead - The Earlies

Well my plan for getting up early failed. I knew 9am was too optimistic for a day off. But I'm up now, showered and about to get dressed. I don't know what to wear. Maybe a dress. With boots and tights and a big hoodie of course though. I like clothes. I should eat too at some point too, pretty hungry.

Today's to do list:

• Go into town, and buy; a birthday card, gas and electric, things for my housemate's birthdays, and a little something for my sister who is in hospital.
• Do my washing up.
• Tidy my room
• Do dissertation work!!!!!!!

I can see my achiving all of these, but I really need to get the first and last ones done, I need to start my dissertation proposal. 1000 words due in friday. Eep.

So I've decided that today I will be wearing; A sixties style breton stripe dress (which I commandeered from my sister's wardrobe. It's the first time I've worn it. Exciting!) , with a skinny black belt round the waist, black tights and black flats. When I go out I'll put on a cardigan and big black coat. Toasty.

Right, I'm off to make food and let my hair dry before I venture out into the cold North Wales weather.

Much love!

xxx

"Sing me to sleep, then leave me alone..."

Title: Asleep - The Smiths

I can't sleep tonight. It must be the excitement of having proper internet again. Either that or it's the Pepsi Max I had before.

So, seeing as though I can't sleep and am hella bored I'm going to make a playlist. I know, I know. Playlists are a cliche or whatever, but I make playlists of songs that are significant to me at specific parts of my life. Like a diary or something.

So here's my 'It's gone 2am and I can't sleep but I can't stop listening to these songs (30/10/10)' playlist of significant songs:

*Hole - Petals
*Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
*The Beach Boys - Feel Flows
*Cat Stevens - The Wind
*The Replacements - Unsatisfied
*Santogold - Shove It
*The Stooges - Gimme Danger
*Nick Gilder - Roxy Roller
*Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
*Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
*America - Sister Golden Hair
*The Runaways - Cherry Bomb (I love the Runaways! They're one of my current favourites)*Husker Du - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
*INXS - Don't Change
*Warrent - Cherry Pie
*Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle
*Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
*The Velvet Underground - Here She Comes Now (My other current favourites!)
*Big Star - Thirteen (I have such a crush on Alex Chilton's voice)

There's a bunch more but I'd be here all night and I would like some sleep eventually. I want tomorrow (or today as it is) to be productive as the past 24 hours have been relatively lazy.
Oops.
But yeah, I like music. I like all sorts of music, but I don't like everything. Nobody likes everything, that'd be silly. Where would we be without at least a little negativity?
Sigh, I'm gonna switch off now. I may post in the morning. I need to make a to do list. Well more like a to buy list. God I can't get away from spending money even if I really try. Even if it's just my turn to buy gas and electric or whatever it's still money. I'm going to have no money for when H&M finally opens in Bangor next month. Wah. I need clothes.

Bonsoir!
xxx

Second Post

Man, it's been ages since I last posted. Probably because I forgot I had this blog. I've wanted to do a blog for a while but could never really find one thing to focus it on, so I've decided that I'm just going to do it on anything and everything.

So it's been a pretty hectic week. Well, not hectic as in having lots to do, just hectic as in work-wise. University work-wise. All the stresses of a third year dissertation and other modules. Drag. We finally got the internet sorted though, which means I finally check my emails and do work without having to treck the whole two minutes across the road to the library. Had a really boring lecture today, about footnotes and bibliographies, hella dull. But I did get a text from my mum with this picture:

These are my puppies. Well, they're not technically mine but they are really mine. Molly is the black Staffordshire Bull Terrior puppy. She's my mum's boyfriend's dog but I spent all summer minding her. She's so lovely. The little white one is a Jack Russel, Patterdale Terrior cross named Olive. She's my sister's. I miss them.

That's all I really have to say for now as I'm gonna grab some lunch, watch The Runaways and attempt to do some dissertation stuff. Wish me luck!

Love, Alex x