I have been a doll at Hallowe'en for the last three years running
First year
Second year
Third year
No guesses on what I will tonight.
Love a bit of fancy dress!
Monday, 31 October 2011
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Motel Rocks
If you've ever properly checked out the Topshop concession (in the basement of the big Topshop in Oxford Street), then you may have stumbled upon the clothing line Motel.
A few years ago, this line were known for their floral dresses and skirts, but over the last few years, the brand started focusing equally as much on trousers, shorts and tops, with even a section on their website selling more vintage-y clothes.
They have some great clothes, and even have a blog :)
I'm a also part of their 'Street Team', so thanks to a super-duper-amazingly-uniquely-official-special code, you guys can get 20% off ALL full priced clothing from their website!
'Like' my Facebook page here to get the code, and then log onto the Motel website to take advantage of it! Go on, it'll take you, what, less than a minute?
A few years ago, this line were known for their floral dresses and skirts, but over the last few years, the brand started focusing equally as much on trousers, shorts and tops, with even a section on their website selling more vintage-y clothes.
A few personal favourites:
They have some great clothes, and even have a blog :)
I'm a also part of their 'Street Team', so thanks to a super-duper-amazingly-uniquely-official-special code, you guys can get 20% off ALL full priced clothing from their website!
'Like' my Facebook page here to get the code, and then log onto the Motel website to take advantage of it! Go on, it'll take you, what, less than a minute?
Simples
Saturday, 29 October 2011
Alexa Meade
This girls covers people and objects in thick layers of acrylic paint before photographing them to look like just your average painting.
'...by using paint as a mask that mimics the surface attributes of my source materials, I repurpose the common codes of painting.'
Mixing painting, installation, and photography, as the three-dimensional forms are collapsed in space, taking on a 2D appearance in the prints.
'...by using paint as a mask that mimics the surface attributes of my source materials, I repurpose the common codes of painting.'
Friday, 28 October 2011
Life in a Day
I'd never heard of this film before this afternoon, but I can definitely say it's worth a watch.
My french friend posted a link on facebook, quoting "Do yourself a favor and watch this movie. It'll be streaming for free all day on Youtube," so i thought yeah, why not.
It was brilliant! Not like your ordinary Hollywood blockbuster. Kevin MacDonald directed and Ridley Scott produced it, but the main protagonists were us - the people.
On the 24th of July last year (2010), thousands of people from around the world submitted videos on to Youtube, showing a typical day in their life, creating over 4500 hours of footage which Kevin MacDonald then reduced down to a 90-minute documentary about a single day on earth and what it means to be human in the world today.
We see black and white, illness and health, adults and children, night and day, different religions of the modern world, different languages, different accents, peoples' opinions, peoples' life-stories, pregnancy, wealth, poverty, sadness, happiness, births, deaths...the things that surround everyone on this planet during their lifetime all reduced to an hour and a half.
It's a heavy one, despite there being no real plot. You follow a small section of hundreds of different people's lives at a random part of their day. You don't find yourself getting attached to the characters, even in the sadder scenes. What you do instead, is follow the continuity of the day, starting in the middle of the night, through waking up, having breakfast, going about their day, having dinner, and going to bed.
But the real reason I adored this docu-film was because I often find myself asking questions like, "I wonder what people are doing in China right. now?" or "Who else is having corn Flakes at this precise moment in time?" From 90 minutes of watching this, the answer seems to be anything and anyone.
Another 'why didn't I think of that' moment.
My french friend posted a link on facebook, quoting "Do yourself a favor and watch this movie. It'll be streaming for free all day on Youtube," so i thought yeah, why not.
It was brilliant! Not like your ordinary Hollywood blockbuster. Kevin MacDonald directed and Ridley Scott produced it, but the main protagonists were us - the people.
On the 24th of July last year (2010), thousands of people from around the world submitted videos on to Youtube, showing a typical day in their life, creating over 4500 hours of footage which Kevin MacDonald then reduced down to a 90-minute documentary about a single day on earth and what it means to be human in the world today.
We see black and white, illness and health, adults and children, night and day, different religions of the modern world, different languages, different accents, peoples' opinions, peoples' life-stories, pregnancy, wealth, poverty, sadness, happiness, births, deaths...the things that surround everyone on this planet during their lifetime all reduced to an hour and a half.
It's a heavy one, despite there being no real plot. You follow a small section of hundreds of different people's lives at a random part of their day. You don't find yourself getting attached to the characters, even in the sadder scenes. What you do instead, is follow the continuity of the day, starting in the middle of the night, through waking up, having breakfast, going about their day, having dinner, and going to bed.
But the real reason I adored this docu-film was because I often find myself asking questions like, "I wonder what people are doing in China right. now?" or "Who else is having corn Flakes at this precise moment in time?" From 90 minutes of watching this, the answer seems to be anything and anyone.
Another 'why didn't I think of that' moment.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Here's a theory
I have found a brilliant website.
The fun theory is it's name. Sponsored or created or whatever by Volkswagen, it's aim is to change the way people act, by making mundane, everyday things fun!
The fun theory is it's name. Sponsored or created or whatever by Volkswagen, it's aim is to change the way people act, by making mundane, everyday things fun!
"Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better."
this is the best one
To end on a low note - bit disappointed at the scarce amount of videos there are on the website.
But to properly end on a high note - it makes me feel there are so many things we don't even think about doing, even though we do them everyday, that could be made a hell of a lot more exciting!
But to properly end on a high note - it makes me feel there are so many things we don't even think about doing, even though we do them everyday, that could be made a hell of a lot more exciting!
The Assassin
I just watched the first episode of Derren Brown's new series called The Experiments, and I have no idea how to feel.
He basically chose one guy from a group of volunteers who wanted to be on his show (I applied, btw, I just forgot to send the application form off...) and manipulated him, by doing what he's best at, into killing my absolute idol, Stephen Fry!
By the end of it I had tears in my eyes - not because I was happy or sad or being manipulated by the powerful music at the end, but just cos that's what happens when I get scared. I don't really know why it scared me - I guess it's something to do with fear of the unknown, cos it is completely unknown to me how Derren Brown always pulls of his tricks so perfectly AND gets away with it. I'm sure the majority of things he does for TV is illegal.
Go watch it. And while you're at it, watch The Heist which is equally as incredible.
So I've managed to mention two of my idols in this post, now I need a reason to mention Russell Brand...done.
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Losing my bloginity
So i decided i needed to start a blog.
I'm a bit of a 'part-time blogger' anyway for a vintage fashion website called Rewind Vintage Affairs, which sells second-hand vintage designer clothes. It's good stuff.
I decided I need to start a blog of my own at 2.30am last night(/this morning?) but couldn't come up with a name for it. I asked my friend Max for a bit of help (as he's a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to a good old blog) who came up with some beauties, "It's not all about tits and pyramids" being a personal fave. But I went with Alex in Ponderland. (Nothing to do with that TV series Russell Brand did a while back which showed random videos of kids falling in lakes and creepy old men dressed up as death following the kid into the water...although I do love a bit of Russell Brand)
I thought I could use this blog to do some venting, ranting and general pointing-out-of-obvious-or-obscure-things. Or just as a more productive way of spending my time on the internet. (I can hear all your thoughts, you dirty dirty people.)
Either way, it's more like a diary for my weird thoughts and discoveries. Should be fun :)
I'm a bit of a 'part-time blogger' anyway for a vintage fashion website called Rewind Vintage Affairs, which sells second-hand vintage designer clothes. It's good stuff.
I decided I need to start a blog of my own at 2.30am last night(/this morning?) but couldn't come up with a name for it. I asked my friend Max for a bit of help (as he's a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to a good old blog) who came up with some beauties, "It's not all about tits and pyramids" being a personal fave. But I went with Alex in Ponderland. (Nothing to do with that TV series Russell Brand did a while back which showed random videos of kids falling in lakes and creepy old men dressed up as death following the kid into the water...although I do love a bit of Russell Brand)
I thought I could use this blog to do some venting, ranting and general pointing-out-of-obvious-or-obscure-things. Or just as a more productive way of spending my time on the internet. (I can hear all your thoughts, you dirty dirty people.)
Either way, it's more like a diary for my weird thoughts and discoveries. Should be fun :)
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