Gold on the Ceiling.

I know this is old, but after seeing it on Rude Tube last week, it's pretty much been in my head non-stop and I'm not really sure what to do. Damn The Gregory Brothers and their ability to make ridiculous yet catchy auto-tuned songs, I only just go 'The Bed Intruder Song' out of my head.

I figured I would do this post now to save further mish-mash, but I haven't been up to too much, you know, due to being ill and tired. My eBay selling was a great success and I spent the last hour of selling counting everything down like a sport, it's kind of weird how some people literally snipe their way in last minute. It's been a bit of a weird week anyway hasn't it, weather wise, it's been stupid, one day it's all duvet and curling up, the other it's t-shirts and being outdoors, I don't get it.


Sadly, I received a rejection letter from Alamy on Thursday, I guess I have to say I'm gutted but if I let rejection get me down, I'd literally never be anywhere. Despite the jobhunt being very slow on the ground due to me having the flu, I've found a few good leads, so all I can do is keep my chin up, all I really want at the moment is my sniffly nose to clear up before my next potential interview.

Being ill hasn't been too bad, I mean it's meant that I've been able to slow down and relax a bit, which is at least something as I can't remember when I last felt like I could do that and I've got a surprising amount of things done. Things that have been less cool about being ill is having a kitten who loves toe-mice waking you up every five minutes, but when she's not being annoying she's ever so pretty and lovely.

As I guess you can gather, this week as been incredibly uneventful, but I went with Moon to Costa on Thursday and placed dismally in the pub quiz that evening, probably one of the worst ones we've done. As Moon had an interview on Friday, I was home early and picked up packaging supplies from Poundland, which I don't think I'll be doing again, as the materials were pretty inefficient, and I'd generally say I'm pretty good at wrapping things. Everything got done regardless though, I just hope they don't disintegrate on their journeys.




My mum dug out this old necklace and gave it to me yesterday, I quite like it and it's a bit different to the other necklaces that I have. I'm really liking collared shirts at the moment, but maybe I'm behind and a bit of a fool.


Here is how my nails look at the moment, I'm a smart cookie and I recognise that they're really similar to ones that I posted last week but I don't care too much. Part of me does think that I should attempt some different designs but I like this mix-up. I put some Barry M Body Glitter over the top of a few of them, but I'm not sure how I feel about it as it's not really the right texture. I saw on her Glossybox review that Kim over at Sweet Monday used the BM eyeshadow to go over the top and that's something I might try next.


If you follow me on Twitter, you might have noticed that I said I felt like Santa once I'd finished packaging everything, I hope this photo clears up why I said that. I was super worried I would get a ton of dirty looks but luckily the Post Office was practically empty to so I didn't fel too guilty about holding up people's Saturday.


These are my cushion inserts, this photo makes them look like bags of salt, but I'm sure that they're definitely cushions. I got them from this eBay seller, they took just under a week to come, and I reckon if I wasn't feeling so eager, that probably wouldn't have been a problem.
I found The Black Swan issue of Little White Lies which I bought at the beginning of last year and have noticed that my collection is looking pretty nice. I love Little White Lies, but this made me remember how pretty their covers are.

I'm so looking forward to making these cushions; I think a night of that, pasta for one and Take Me Out are on the cards, that doesn't sound too shabby to me.

Misc.

Yesterday, my new favourite film magazine, Little White Lies held a Twitter competition to win a beaut gold foil-block print of The Tree of Life by illustrator, Joe Wilson and I won one! I should definitely get round to watching The Tree of Life now, it's been on my 'films to watch list' for ages.
So, long story short, this should be making it's way to me pretty soon:

(via Church Of London on Flickr)

In other news, I have been persuaded to abandon creating a website from scratch once more due to an invite to join DPG.com. I already know a few photographers that use it and it has a really simple and easy-to-upload-and-maintain system, as well as being fairly customisable it seems like it could be right up my street. So when I have the time that's what I'll be working towards, if my domain name stops giving me minor grievance.

I also thought I would take the time to share these photos with you from the dribs and drabs that I've taken in the last few days, like I mentioned in my previous post I haven't been snapping that much, but I thought that here was as good a place as any to put them.



I've been spending a lot of time thinking about the squirrels that live down The Cut, it must be such a stressful lifestyle, living practically on a railway line and being so small.
Here is what my nails look like, I used this tutorial for the Picasso/Motel-inspired onces. I did have that design on each nail but I got a bit fidgety. Emma, the girl who does the nail art tutorials on the Motel Rocks blog also posts some really neat designs on her own blog, a great blog to visit for nail-art envy.


I start the internship tomorrow, I'm surprisingly calm, I've spent nearly all day playing The Sims 3... really.

Little White Lies - Drive edition.

Those who are regular readers may have read that I now love Drive and pretty much everything about it, from the cinematography to the soundtrack.
Before watching the film, but knowing I would have to resist reading it, I bought the latest edition of Little White Lies.


"LWLies is a bi-monthly, independent movie magazine that features cutting edge writing, illustration and photography to get under the skin of cinema."

And it's beautiful, I love it. I love the paper-weight, I love the graphic design. Urgh, I think I loved this issue nearly as much as I loved Drive. I also love that I pretty much agree with everything Little White Lies is saying, it's very rare for me to find a magazine that contains reviews that I don't want to chuck away, we clearly have similar taste in film.

I bought the Jan/Feb edition Black Swan issue, and I did enjoy it, I just was never able to get another issue after that. I think I may spend money wisely and subscribe because it's lovely. I really like that it's not too hipster as well, that aspect of it really appeals to me.




The current issue of Little White Lies is now sold out in stores, but it can still be viewed online, along with other back issues and you can also still purchase a copy at the Little White Lies online shop.

Little White Lies also sells prints, which are just as beaut, I have my eye on the Steve Zissou one, but for the next 24 hours you can get 10% off a print of the current Little White Lies cover of Ryan Gosling (below), just use the code: LOVEGOSLING10.

(via Little White Lies on Facebook)

Little White Lies print shop