The other day I accidentally pulled an all nighter and it was lovely. I don't really know what happened - I was reading and on tumblr for a bit and then I saw it was half three and thought, well, go big or go home.
Around four the light started streaming through the curtains and it looked so fresh and clean. Does that make sense? I so badly wanted to go outside but didn't want to wake the house up. My friend and I have arranged to meet up at about three in the morning soon though - there's something being outside when everyone is sleeping that makes you feel incredibly special and calm. No matter the weather the light is so pure and new and you can almost feel it flowing through your veins.
Coming from someone who easily sleeps till midday during the holidays, this feels weird even from me, but I definitely think getting up incredibly early is very rewarding - even if you crawl back into your bed later.
The other day I also got this cute top from the Topshop 'retro' section, where independent designers upcycle old clothes. I am in love with it and had to show you guys. It's been cropped at the bottom but because it's quite large so hangs just above my belly button - somehow it's still flattering.
Also, I also got my roll of film developed!! I was worried they would all be ruined as I had thought all the film had been rewound into the canister after I had taken all 24 pictures but it hadn't; and so some of the film got exposed to the light when I opened the back. In the end I lost about ten pictures, including some really gorgeous ones of my friend smoking, but at this point I'm not too fussed as I'm so happy with how these turned out.
this is probably one of my favourite photos, mainly because of the light flare at the bottom. The colours are so lovely and I love the quality - it's grainy but you can still make out details.
I'm so chuffed with these and cannot wait to take hundreds more and use all my money and fill up this photobook and experiment with the other cameras I've got.
I'll leave you with this cute cover of No Angels by Bastille & Ella - I really like the original but they do this cover so well.
Basically I just didn't feel I could do anything and no one wanted to hear about stuff that was happening in my life, and I just sort of curled myself into a ball of apathy and gloom. But it is officially the summer holidays now and has been for a good week, and I feel the need to make the most of this stretch of empty time as best I can.
To force myself into a good state of mind, today I bought a pack of glitter pens and a notebook - now I have no excuse for not writing down the words that leak out my brain. If I write anything half decent I might post it on here, but I'm planning to try and make some short films soon and would like to incorporate them somehow, weather, time, and friends permitting.
Ok, so recently things have happened surrounding my life;
1) I got my cartilage pierced! It hurt quite a bit and I nearly broke my friend's hand squeezing it (sorry maarji) but it was worth it and I am in love.
2) It sounds quite dumb but I've kind of given up with the whole 'straightening your curly hair till it's fried' thing. My hair has always been a big source of upset to me but now it's at a length where it isn't awfully frizzy and big when it's natural. I'm happy with it.
I'm not wearing any make up in this picture so I look pretty horrendous and it's a good few months old but I like the colours and the composition.
3) Sun's Out, Buns Out. Recently the weather here in Scotland has not been freezing and grey, which has been a pleasant change. In celebration, the twin bunlets made an appearance. You can't really see in these pictures but I like to do this style when my hair is a little dirty as it helps keep the shape better. I think these little hair clips are so sweet; I got four in a pack for a pound in Primark.
(gpoy but my eyeliner game is strong so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
4) Mhor Festival Fun! I couple of months ago I also went to a foodie festival with my family and my bestie n her fam. It was such a laugh and a nice way to end our study leave. There was an art installation when we were there called the mirror room, so we went to check it out.
5) A Family Affair. My uncle Dom got married! We drove five hours down into England to see the ceremony, which was on the summer solstice. It was lovely and warm, and all the guests rode from the bride and groom's house to the private garden on a fantastic vintage bus. Apparently it was one of two in the world, and the only one that functioned.
After the ceremony we went back to the house for the reception and my cousins and I proceeded to get rather tipsy on pear cider and make ourselves ill thanks to the tuck shop full of sweets that had been set up for the younger children. There was a lot of frankly awful dancing by the older guests due to the great sound system set up outside I have a pretty massive extended family and they live all over, so it was nice seeing people again.
Basically everyone there is a result of these two - gran & gramps. How trippy is that?
Bride Kerri in her flower headdress after the ceremony
The old bus had some killer furnishings.
Dom's brothers, sister and dad (my uncles, aunt and grandad - my dad didn't take part b/c he didn't have time to learn the routine woops) performed a song on bells. That is a thing that happened. It was so long.
6) No school for like 2 months hell yeah~
I'm going to America in a week or two - I am seriously so excited. I've been to France, Italy and Germany before, but that's about it - nowhere outside Europe. America is so foreign to me and I cannot wait to experience it - I'm bringing as many cameras as possible!
Speaking of which, I just filled up my first roll of film on one of the cute old cameras I bought at a fair thing the other week. My friend and I came across and old man sitting by a tarp covered with all kinds of weird electricals and spent a good half hour rifling through it. In the end I got four retro film-taking cameras, a camera case and three unused rolls of film for £3 in total. Best day ever.
I also thought I'd update you guys on the (slow) progress of my Wreck It Journal again. I love pressing flowers so this was quite easy to put together. The big orange flower is actually an offcut from Kerri's bouquet, which I thought was so pretty - it matched her headdress.
So yeah, I'm going to try and update this a little more often as stuff should actually be going down in my life. Thank you to everyone who has said nice things and sorry for not responding or anything ily!!! To round off here are some rad tunes that I've been obsessed with lately.
Cage the Elephant's music videos are always so weird but I love them so much
Ok this kills me seriously it's so good
Hope you're all having a great summer, lots of love
Hello sweeties, how is life treating you? It's currently half past midnight and a school night for me. Things are wobbly.
It's odd. I feel like summer is brushing against my fingertips, tantalizingly close and yet still out of reach. I cannot wait for the complete absence of any responsibility whatsoever and hopefully not-awful weather. My last exam is this Friday. I hope it goes well but also I do not care at all about anything so can't wait to be done with it all. I don't get it, myself - there are too many hormones and thoughts and feelings and aches and voices whizzing around my body that I feel entirely unprepared to take exams that will define my life and make choices that are going to be my future.
Unlike many young people and like many others, I don't really.. thrive on any of my subjects at school. There's nothing I excel at, nothing I'm known for that can be quantified or summarized with a grade on a sheet of paper. I feel intelligent, but my results don't reflect how I feel. Am I dumb, or not good at taking exams? Am I bad at most academic things, or do I set my standard unrealistically high? Am I mentally stable enough to deal with the chemicals flooding my body whilst planning my life path or will I burn out? idk.
Aside from all that Teen Angst, I made a wee playlist thing with some songs I've been obsessed with. Excuse the duvet cover that is literally older than me.
I also thought I'd document my Wreck It Journal on here that I got in London. I only started it recently but these are a couple of my favourite pages.
This was so insanely relaxing to do. Just put on some really loud music and find a nice pen and circle stuff till your heart's content.
I also did the 'draw with glue' page. I know it's all blurry but the glitter was so pretty and looked a lot less interesting when it was completely focused. Look how calming it all looks!
Also I got these adorable shoes I gotta show you guys. They were only six quid and every time I internet window-shop I see places selling them for so much more and feel so smug.
I'm pretty sure I had a pink pair with flowers on them when I was about four but whatever, I love em.
I will always be in love with this song by Lorde, and I don't get why there isn't enough hype about it. It's not available on itunes and there are no official music videos for it. I love this one though - it's stuff like this that really hypes me up about film making and lighting and mise en scene and all that jazz.
Speaking of film making, I finally put the dumb short film we made on youtube. It's been on vimeo for a while but I think it's safe to say most people use youtube a lot more. I'm mad because I can't choose the thumbnail for some reason but I'll sort it out later. Enjoy!
Hello dolls, how are you? I am in the midst of an exam tornado. One down, three to go. I'm taking a break to do this, which I've been avoiding for quite some time, so sorry if it's a bit long.
In the Easter break we went to London for a few days, which was awesome as the weather was so nice. I took my books with me but didn't get much done - too tired! I think one of my favorite parts was when we went to St Paul's cathedral. It was odd because we've been to London quite often but never done much of the whole sightseeing thing. Anyway, it was gorgeous. Like, I was overwhelmed by the sheer size and beauty of it. COMPLETE ARCHITECTURE PORN LOOK.
We somehow managed to skip the massive line by going in through the 'easy access' entrance (who knew?) so my mum and I climbed up thousands of stairs and eventually came out in the largest part of the church. It was amazing. It was just so vast and detailed you just had to take a minute to absorb everything. Here are some (illegal) shots I got - you're not allowed to take picture of this but because they want you to spend money on buying their postcards but we did it anyway. Oops.
Just at the top of the dome there's this second, much smaller one. You can see into it a little from the balcony we were standing on, but you can't actually get to it. However, when we ascended to stand on this balcony at the highest point of the cathedral, there was this weeny porthole - it looked down through both domes to the floor below. It was pretty cool, but the funniest bit was watching an Italian mother grip her little boy tightly so that she could lean over and get a good look.
It was nice at the top, albeit very windy and a bit grey.
We also went to the Museum of Natural History, like we do every year. There was an exhibit about volcanoes and tectonic plates which was really interesting - most of all because it largely focused on the earthquake that happened in early 2011 in Japan. I was there with my mum because she was working with robots for her photography piece she was doing and we actually narrowly missed it by about two weeks. Scary Stuff.
We also went to Martin Creed's exhibition, 'What's the point of it?'. I quite enjoyed it because it bordered between pretentious and hilarious. Some of my favorite pieces included and piece of blutack stuck to the wall and a crumpled up ball of paper.
The best part was definitely the balloon room. It was exactly half full with massive white balloons, and the static was awesome. It was a lot of fun.
My little sister not looking too impressed. We had a great time, honest.
We also stopped by Cybercandy - the mecca of all sweetshops. I got these Hello Panda biscuit things that I am in love with. They're so cute! They have pandas on them! Playing sports!
look how high def this is omg I can nearly taste them
Also had to buy some knock-off Breaking Bad sweets because how could you not.
Grabbed these on our way to the till as I'd heard about them before. I think they're American as I've never seen them anywhere else in Britain but holy smokes they are so good.
Finally we popped into UniQlo because why not and I got this cute oversized shirt with this wee logo. Happy Kitty.
So that was my dumb overview of London! It happened like two weeks ago so I feel bad but whatever. I'm on study leave now and when my exams finish I'll have another two weeks free while everyone else finishes up, so I'm looking forward to that. Hope you guys had a nice Easter and aren't too stressed about exams!
This is such a nice song, I love it. It's not on youtube but you guys have to listen to Sohn's new single Tremors, it's so good - like crazy good.
- Kit xxx
ALSO SORRY IF I ONLY REPLIED TO YOUR COMMENT NOW I DIDN'T SEE THEM AND I FEEL BAD ILY
