25/11/2013 - outfit of the day

just keep truckin' on 

lovely coffee date with my Pops, to get my camera fixed (the guy in the store simply clicked something and it was all good again...) and to just look around the shops at all the Christmas stuff! :)

24/11/2013 - polyvore post #1

Made a polyvore account for outfit inspiration, boredom and making pretty sets of my favourite outfits. These three sets are based on outfits I've worn in the last two weeks that were favourites...

dress to depress

cold days short dresses

keep it simple

24/11/2013 - outfit of the day

like an apple on a tree

hiding out behind the leaves

I was difficult to reach

but you picked me

parka, h&m, price unknown; jeans, h&m, £29.99, converse, limited edition double tongue, £70

beanie, primark, £3.50; cardigan, primark, £10; sweatshirt, h&m

23/11/2013 - outfit of the day

Went for a lovely walk into my town today to look at all the Christmas decorations in the shops and went for a coffee and breakfast with my family. The weather is perfect at the moment - chilly and fresh but not windy, and best of all, not icy. I hate ice. Walked through the churchyard to get home and stopped so my partner could take a few photos of my outfit :)

I always look so sad/grumpy in photos!
parka, h&m, had it for years - can't remember the price; dress, asda, £16; docs, secondhand

the churchyard is so beautiful in autumn

20/11/2013 - bad girls do it well mix

bad girls do it well 

dope girls doin dope stuff

m.i.a // bad girls

iggy azalea // change your life

miley cyrus // do my thang

azealia banks // 212

foxes // youth

grimes // oblivion

lorde // lux 400

the knife // heartbeats

m.i.a // come walk with me

die antwoord // cookie thumper

yeah yeah yeahs // zero

enjoy x

ps. I can't believe it's almost December what the hell am I doing with my life

19/11/2013 - gravity

"Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney). But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone."

For someone with anxiety and agoraphobia, 'Gravity' was maybe not the best choice of film to see. The last film I saw at the cinema was 'Monsters University' with my 5 year old cousin and my anxious fear of cinemas did not cross my mind once - I was too busy being blown away by the beautiful scenery in the film that would go over the heads of much of the young audience, but back to Gravity...

From the outset, Gravity is uncomfortable. Not in a way that will stop you from watching, but in a way that you can sense something very bad is going to happen (pretend you haven't seen the trailer and you know nothing about the film prior to stepping into the cinema). I'm sick of seeing films advertised to be in 3D yet have only one or two decent 3D moments. However with Gravity, I truly regret not choosing to view in 3D, as this is a film that was made for just that. 

We meet the team, Ryan Stone, on her first mission in space after 6 months training. Matt Kowalsky, a space veteran on his last, soon to retire and a third astronaut whose time in the film is short. They receive a warning from NASA that a Russian missile has destroyed a satellite, and they are soon to meet a meteor shower of satellite debris. Not to worry though, Kowalsky assures Stone, obviously trying to settle her nerves. However when they are met with the aforementioned shrapnel, there is a lot to worry about. Stone's tether is severed and she is flung off into the darkness, spinning and unable to stop. 

The CGI at this point is beautiful. The backdrop of Earth and its clouds silently moving across the sky, the sun rising over the atmosphere in the constant night-time of space. It's almost hard to believe that it is CGI. 

What I love about Gravity is that there's no backstory on the characters to begin with, no real introduction. You're just there, out in space, with them. Only later in the film do we get small glimpses of Stone's life on Earth, and little to none of Kowalsky's. The only focus is Stone's situation at hand - that she is in space, disconnected from Earth, with a small supply of oxygen that is quickly running out. And for a film with only one character (for the most part) there is constant dialogue, whether it's Stone talking to herself, trying to contact NASA or the brief hallucination.

It's rare for a film to be set in space while also in a modern setting and without an alien in sight. Though what's probably more chilling than facing other life in space is facing that you are, in fact, all alone. At one point Stone mutters to herself "I hate space" and after seeing Gravity, so do I.

19/11/2013 - outfit of the day

top, french connection; shorts, moto @ topshop; cardigan, primark; boots, dr martens

chain, ebay, 99p

and a better view of my make-up from today, actually lined my whole eyelid for once...

I'm also wearing a sample I got of Killer Queen by Katy Perry today, which is lovely! I give it like a 7/10, it's fruity and feminine but a bit strong for me and not...fresh enough. I like fruity fragrances that also have a nice fresh smell that doesn't give you a headache, which I feel like this might. But "review" aside, the advertising and the bottle for this perfume is beautiful!