Happy One Year Anniversary England

Exactly a year ago today I arrived on these shores. Here's to (hopefully) another year. (Though of course it's a year and nine months if you include my blissful days in Oxxxfford).

The prettiest song ever....

that I've dedicated to all my crushes (at least those since 2007). Fact, I fell in love with this song on the plane to England for my Oxford time.

Another fact, I saw My Morning Jacket open for Doves in Rochester way before they were big. I'm so hipsta!

Saddest Song Ever!!!

Tears. Their true love is so apparent in the video! (both Lancelot and Guinevere and Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave obvs).

best photo of myself ever

Best (worst) morning ever

My morning started off with disaster after disaster.

A rundown:

1) Woke up at 645 (set my alarm for 710) and within two minutes started worrying about a document that I thought was on my bedstand. Couldn't find it. I must have thrown it away. Disaster.

2) The lid broke on my new semi-expensive facepowder and about 1/3 of it spilled on my carpet. Left it there for me to clean up tonight. It also got all over my other makeup products and my makeup brushes so when I put the powder on my face it coated my face a lovely orange hue and I had to start over.

3) I was then in a hurry to get to the tube and jumped on without really checking it was the Bank branch of the Northern Line. I realized I was on the Charing Cross branch two stops after my last opportunity to transfer. I was on the tube through about 6 stations without realizing I got on the wrong lane. I then had to transfer twice and get on the most crowded Northern Line train I've ever been on. Like, unbelievably crowded. Like, no ability to move crowded.

Since then things have been pretty calm. I pray they remain so. Oh how I pray.

Thanks to Kate Nash for writing another theme song for me

I know mah girl Mercedes (who's now livin' it up in the amazing nation of Scotland!) blogged this song a while ago and the album has been on my spotify, but I didn't listen to the whole of Kate Nash's newish album. Well today I felt inspired to listen to the last track and I felt so connected to it that I bought it on itunes.

I could post some lyrics but then I'd feel too creepy. Great.Song.

mah new beat

Robyn is seriously a genius. Both Body Talk 1 and the new Body Talk 2 are masterpieces. Here's my new jam from Body Talk 2.

AMAZING!

Blenheim

Blenheim was lovely. A gigantic estate with gorgeous grounds, like seriously the nicest manmade lake I've ever seen. They also sold delicious pastries. AND they had a deal where if you bought a day pass you could convert it to an annual pass. So now I can return to Blenheim over and over again for a whole year! Happy days.

Yesterday and my weekend in Worcester were good for me. Living in London you can easily forget you're in England. I just get caught up in the anxiety traps I get my mind into and I forget how lucky I am to be living here. While I often think about the fun my friends are having back home, when it comes down to it, they can't take an hour train and be in the English countryside at a historical palace. So there.