more pointless ramblings about my insignificant life

I called up the college I've been trying to transfer to, and bollocked them for being so incompetent, and now I've been secured a place doing A2 English Language, AS French and AS Literature, with the probability of taking up AS Photography next year because it's already been filled this year. So that's a load off my mind for sure. The only problem now is that the waiting list for taking my driving practical test is like 8 weeks, and I really want to be driving by the time I move to this college because otherwise I'm going to have to catch buses and me + public transport = not so good. Will have to smooth out the creases before September.. Maybe I could bribe someone to up me along the list so that I can take the test earlier.

But it's raining!!

What happened to the heat wave, predictors of British weather?! Huh?? HUH?

Apparently summer is over for England ;_;

My brain in recent weeks

So I made the decision, after finishing college for the Summer, to become healthy and fit by eating properly and exercising.

Usually when I make these sorts of decisions, I at least start honourably. I was like 'okay, Sophie and I will start our exercise regime on Monday, because starting at the beginning of the week is a good idea, and that means if I eat three pieces of cake on Sunday, that's okay because I am not yet trying to be healthy and it's the weekend.'

However, on Monday it was raining and we'd planned to go running, and I'm allergic to cold weather, and have an intolerance to cardio-based exercise, so the two mixed together would probably send me into anaphylactic shock and then I would die, and then I wouldn't be healthy because I would be dead. I didn't even call Sophie, or text her. I was just like 'if I don't get in touch, she'll just think I forgot,' but actually she realised that once again I was experiencing, in her own words, committment issues with jogging. I also had 3 breakfasts.

Then yesterday we actually exercised properly, for about an hour, and I felt invigorated. I was all 'YES I CAN FEEL MY FAT TURNING INTO MUSCLE ALREADY' but then after tea I started craving a sandwich, so I had one of those... then I had a bowl of Cheerios because we'd ran out of Cocopops at about half 11pm.

I thought today I could start taking this a little more seriously. I had my driving theory this morning (and passed!) and Sophie and I are going swimming later tonight. Because things were going so well, I rewarded myself with a Nobbly Bobbly.

I should have been born to a rich family

browsing www.thecorner.com is not good for me D:

I can't even afford sale items, which is sad! I've applied for every possible job and not heard anything back yet, but when I do get a job, I think I will occasionally splurge on things I covet. Obviously not these things that I shall list, because I think only when I'm getting a decent annual wage will I be able to afford these, but...

1. Antonio Marras straw hat
2. Proenza Schouler tweed blazer
3. Haider Ackermann satin jacket
4. A. F. Vandevorst belt

I don't understand my obsession with the Vandevorst belts, but I really, really want one. I love that they used variations of the same belts for their S/S10, A/W10 collections... I don't know why, it just makes me happy. XD

I'M SORRY BUT I LOVE COUTURE

I'll start off first by saying that Eva Minge is an unfortunate name, especially when you're famous and a designer, and people have to say 'this piece I'm wearing is by Eva Minge'... But I guess she doesn't care because she is rich :')

And now, onto more couture! Zuhair Murad's collection was amazing. It's seriously beautiful and I just can't imagine being able to create such wonderful things. Fashion designers just have so much talent it's unbelievable.

If I could own the above outfit, I think I would die happy.




On Aura Tout Vu had some more weird and wonderful pieces this season, that I think were mostly inspired by birds, particularly Peacocks, but if I'm wrong, that is what a lot of the pieces reminded me of, so there! This dress reminded me of the Prada's chandelier shoes actually, which is either weird, or awesome.


And I hated Margiela. I'm sorry, but I just can't abide all that animal skin! It's probably really cutting-edge and innovative from a fashion perspective but I really dislike it.


Finally, a designer I've never heard of before, Franck Sorbier, had some really gorgeous pieces, some of them with a bit of a recycling theme. I particularly liked this dress.

The end.

A little bit of Harry makes me go maaad

Harry spam, for Kaitlyn ;D

Blah blah blah and stuff

I am now going to randomly obsess over my favourite films for no particular reason. You should know (my imaginary readers) that due to my (weird) personality I tend to take my love of things to a drastic, obsessive level that is possibly/probably not healthy... But it keeps things exciting :D

First, a list of my favourite films (I like lists):

• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell, 2001)
• Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
• Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
  
• The Dreamers (Bernardo Bertolucci, 2003)
• Rent (Christopher Columbus, 2005)
• Party Monster (Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, 2003)
• The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan ,2008)
• Les Chansons D'Amour (Christophe Honoré ,2007)
• Rhinoceros Eyes (Aaron Woodley, 2003)
• Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell, 2006)
• Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008)
• Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947)
• A Guide to Recognising Your Saints (Dito Montiel, 2006)
• Pride and Prejudice (Joe Wright, 2005)

You may have noticed that I have good taste in films ;D Out of the films listed, I've memorised the scripts (and most of the camera angles) of 10 of them. The rest are working progresses ;)

But aside from my slightly creepy memory, that remembers pointless things rather than useful ones...

I love all these films for mostly different reasons. None of them are really very similar, other than recurring themes such as homosexuality, Michael Pitt, subtitles, and often really good clothes, and I have no particular guidelines to what kind of film I like, other than the abhorance of anything to do with Westerns (with a few exceptions). I don't really know where I'm going with this, but it's just kind of recommending films, because most of these have changed my life in some way (sounds a bit dramatic, but it is true! I can't imagine anything more inspiring than the messages through Jonathon Larson's lyrics in Rent (albeit sometimes desperately rhyming words, the songs overall can easily speak to anyone listening hard enough), and Bee and I once went through the entirety of Hedwig, for some reason, during a GCSE Biology practical-based exam that was being supervised by a rather pathetic substitute teacher, and still managed to get A's. I don't know what this proves, but it proves something!)

... I lost my train of thought again. But yeah! Check out these films, especially: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rent, Party Monster (and the book! by James St. James), Fight Club (and the book by Chuck Palahniuk), and Brokeback Mountain.

:)

Fall 2010 Couture

Okay, I know I said that runway posts are boring, but I love couture. So. Much.

Also, I found out about the style.com Lookbook (how I did not notice it before is beyond me, because I virtually live on that site, but whatevs) and hopefully by the end of this post I will have figured out how to copy it here so you can look and I won't have to spend hours uploading loads of pictures of my favourite pieces.

When I was looking at Chanel, I was like 'this is kind of bland, and I hate those boots', but then about maybe a quarter of the way through I was full of apology, like 'okay I take it back, Karl you are a God', and have learned not to judge a collection by it's opening pieces ;)

Christian Dior was just beautiful, nearly all the pieces were amazing (not a huge fan on the mohair cardigans and skirts, but they were literally the only downside to John Galliano's masterpieces). It's funny how we avoid clashing colours a lot of the time, when in nature they are so prominent, as was shown in this collection. I was actually in awe at how closely the materials resembled the flowers from which they were based. It's quite possibly one of my favourite collections so far, and a wonderful tribute to Christian Dior himself.

I was really looking forward to Elie Saab's collection because I loved his last one so much, but I wasn't as inspired this time around. I did love the transition from pale pastel hues from Spring to the firey reds and burnished oranges of Autumn, but I can't say I loved all the velvet.

Givenchy was just in a league of its own. All 10 pieces were stunning, breath-taking pieces of art, and I won't even begin to describe how much I love them, because I don't think I'll ever stop.

Most of Valentino was beautiful, but some of the pieces reminded me of awkward, unflattering bridesmaid dresses, which can never be a good thing; and of course, Armani was beautiful as usual, but I was so distracted by Jac's hair that I could barely focus on anything else. Also glad that Karlie Kloss is still opening and featuring in a lot of the shows, because I love her :D

And here is my lookbook!

OMG NEW CAMERA

test shots from new Nikon D80 :D