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I still haven't got those beautiful brogues because I'm very skint.
I also won't be going to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist on Friday because I completely forgot about this celidh I'm going to to raise money for a [second] trip to Russia at the end of the year. :(

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Finally, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is here!
It comes out in the cinemas on Friday, so I'm going to try to grab some friends and make them come watch it with me next weekend. Possibly even on Friday, the day it comes out.

Also discovered that Little Boots is playing on a Friday, so I should be able to go after all! My friend Daisy says she'll come with me and we shall have splendid fun.

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I've noticed that my posts are becoming less and less frequent - seemingly in direct conjunction with the decreasing amounts of spare time I have to myself these days. I've got prelim exams in less than five weeks and my teachers seem to be freaking out more than I am (I had thought this was a good thing, but now I'm not so sure...). I've surprised and scared myself greatly by working out a strange timetable through which I have a subject a night to revise. I'm turning into such a freaking geek. And they're not even proper exams! The real things are in May. That's when I'll need to start freaking out big time. If my teachers ask, I'm just saving myself for when it really counts.
I'm also pissed off because Little Boots is coming to play a gig in Inverness (that's near where I live. No, I don't expect you to have heard of it) and it's even free, but it's right in the middle of my prelims. Chances are I'll have an exam the next day so it's highly improbable that I'll be able to go. :[





1) little boots from her myspace page 2) never mind the buzzcocks from google imgs [: 3) my friend and i worked out the other day that mgmt stands for management. he thinks they started out in the 70s but i don't believe him. i don't think they were out of nappies in the 70s..? also from google imgs 4) i wasn't all that impressed with s/s runways this year, but marc jacobs failed to disappoint me yet again! from elleuk.com 5) star trek: the next generation - just threw that one in for fun [: from google imgs

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I'm ill again.
My throat is actually so sore you wouldn't believe it. Even the soothers aren't helping :[

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My new favourite website is daytrotter.com
It's basically an entire website dedicated to giving people access to free music by new and unknown bands - and just some really cool, famous, generous ones too. When bands are on tour, they can go to the Daytrotter studios and record around four songs, which are then uploaded to the site and available for free download. There are people like Death Cab For Cutie and Tilly And The Wall, as well as relative unknowns like OFFICE, Film School and The Octopus Project.
It's brilliant! Not only are there hundreds of awesome new bands that I'd never heard of before, but there's also access to unreleased tracks by some of my favourite bands, as well as a blog about up and coming artists and articles about each and every band and singer featured on the site.

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My favourite singer atm, Little Boots, has been named the BBC's Sound of 2009. She's amazing, I'm currently in love with her song Meddle - and have been since I saw her perform it on Live With Jules Holland last year (haha, I say last year, but reallyt it was only a month or so ago!).
Little Boots' song Stuck On Repeat also happens to be iTunes' Single Of The Week this week, so you can download it free - but you might want to hurry because I'm not sure when this week technically ends (is it Friday or Sunday? I can never tell!).

I'm afraid I must dash because my sister's not well and is trying to get to sleep in the same room that I'm busy typing away maniacally in, but I'd just like to say Anne Frank's Diary finished on BBC One tonight. If you missed it, get your butt over to iPlayer now because it was absolutely brilliant. I was in floods at the end of the show tonight - it was so moving and emotive. Just the story in itself is so romantic, yet horrific and so sad, but the way the actors portrayed it seemed to make it even more heart-rending (if that's possible!).
It moved me so deeply that I'm going back to read the book again. It's horrible to think of the things those people went through, but at the same time I find it intriguing to find out about them; their stories and how on earth they managed to cope.

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The BBC's showing a TV adaptation of The Diary Of Anne Frank. I watched the first episode this evening and was struck by the emotion the actors conveyed through their performances. I last read the book quite a while ago, but even in the first episode managed to remind me of the beginning of Anne's story, whilst still retaining the emotion and terror that must have been going through the minds of her and her family.
I'm hooked already, and I've only seen one episode. I'll be glued to the TV for the rest of the week!

The series is five episodes long and is airing on BBC 1 at 7.30pm every night this week.

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It must seem to you like I've completely forgotten about Christmas and New Year already. I promise you, I haven't forgotten, I just didn't have much to write about it. However, I've changed my mind, so here's my list of favourites from 2008 and things to look forward to in 2009:

The Year That Was;

Favourite Band/Musician: Yelle/Rediscovering Joy Division and ABBA
Favourite Designer: Marc Jacobs
Most Memorable Event: Travelling to Russia with my friends and meeting some of the most incredible people.
Best Purchase: Gin&Tonic jacket in Ireland
Best Gift: Daisy Perfume for Christmas
Favourite Book: Double Cross by Malorie Blackman/The Resistance by Gemma Malley/City Of Bones and City Of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Favourite Film:The Big Blue (I know it's an old film, but I saw it for the first time last year and it's now one of my favourite films, so I've decided it counts)
Favourite Website: lookbook.nu
Favourite Person: Alek Wek. I read her autobiography last year and she's the most beautiful, brave and inspiring person you can imagine.
Favourite General Discovery: Myself. I know it sounds stupid and cliched, but this year I've met people and been places that have helped me to discover who I am and that I don't need to follow other people to fit in.

The Year That Will Be;

Favourite Up & Coming Band: Chester French (yes, already quite big in the US, but I think they'll be big in 2009), Little Boots and Imelda May.
Favourite Up & Coming Designer:LIFEwithBIRD
Most Anticipated Book: City Of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Most Anticipated Film: Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist (I think it's already out in the US and I'm not sure if it'll be in cinemas here, but I read about it in Nylon and I'm determined to find it on DVD somewhere...)
Generally Looking Forward To: Skiing in France with friends I don't see often, sixteenth birthday, generally having a year to remember!

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I really want;

asos.com lace-up brogues.

I went into town today and couldn't find a pair of brogues anywhere, which I found quite strange because women's brogues seem to be all over magazines and runways at the moment. A bit weird, but I'm OK 'cause got home and found these asos ones. I'm going to order them presently.

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pages from my scrapbook;


img 1 (from top left): "bubbles" by organicplaid.deviantart.com; the white rabbit from alice in wonderland; family photograph from 1999; "i love my penis" chewing gum box; my aunt's jacko monkey in my sunglasses; van gogh postcard; wilfred from brambly hedge (cut from birthday card from my sister). img 2: all pictures cut from vogue magazine, october 2008. img 3 (from top left): me and my sister learning to ride a bike; kings of leon; "the wrong beds" by roger mcgough; me, my sister and our cousin about nine years ago; picture from vogue october '08; bus ticket; lily cole (cut from an m&s ad in vogue october '08).