It’s Not The Sea

It’s only a lake. But I’m happy with whatever swimming water I can get, and with last Thursday I also started Daring Deed No. 20.

Favourite Words in May ’12

1. heirloom. The book in the picture above is one.
2. linnunrata, Finnish for milky way.
3. flask.
4. heron.
5. robin.

Artwork Monday: The Second Time Table

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This is the second half of 11th grade. It’s far less packed than the first one, I obviously learned from that, and it wasn’t as spontaneous as the first one, too.

10 Adorables in May

 

1. Audio Books. When I was working on my costume for the RPC last month I listened to the very first Harry Potter book which my darling girl Charlie lend me. Not only had I the joy to relive the very first adventure of the Golden Trio, I also had it read to me by Rufus Beck who did the German edition and will always stay in my mind as the voice of all these characters I grew up with.
2. Gold Glitter. Somehow I’ve taken a sort of liking to golden glitter things. I fear I’ll really need a pair of instant glamour glitter boots sometime soon.
3. Performing Well at Uni. My first and only presentation for this semester is done, and I’ve done quite well, I dare say. The other tests will be exams in late June, so I’ve got some time to do all the things I want to do else than to learn Neolithic culture groups.
4. The Architectural Design of Bath Abbey. Awesome. I think I’ll need a t-shirt with a Bath Abbey print.
5. Game of Thrones. Yes, I’ve jumped onto the bandwagon. At first I found it truly horrible (the expectations were rather high as so many people around me joined the hype. I’m not so good at understanding hypes, actually.), and I still think that a good deal of the recurring characters are vastly annoying and there’s a little too much of explicit bloodshed, but actually I wouldn’t want to miss my weekly dose of epic fantasy anymore. And I might even read the books some day.
6. Self-mixed Cereals. As you can see, my breakfast is mainly made of oatmeal, puffed amaranth and chocolate oatmeal crunchies. May contain nuts (hopefully).
7. Filling a Sketchbook. (Though I’m not completely done. Yet.)
8. Gravity-Defying Land Art by Cornelia Konrads. My thanks go to achttag for this wonderful link. I think my favourites are the two small stone pillars and the wall.
9. Pipe Shelves by Possum Belly. Isn’t that design awesome? I wish I had the space for something like these! I think I’ll keep them in mind, for later homes.
10. New Soul by Yael Naim. I’ve been completely in love with the harmonies and the video for years now. I’m really fixed on things like this, and this kind of harmony with acoustics, especially piano, feels to me like the sun breaking trough the clouds.

What I Actually Do At The Moment

I feel like I’ve written rather little here lately. Actually, I just checked and recognised that I’m still good with averagely one post every five days this month, but it feels less. In good times I write twice or three articles a week, so about one per week seems not so much to me.

But don’t worry, I won’t give up the blog! (Just in case you wondered. So many blogs I loved stopped updating or even shut down during the last few months, it’s like an epidemic.)

I also feel a little sorry for my projects list. It doesn’t seem to get any better with my stacking up the ideas and projects month after month and still not finishing them. Well, I’m just rather busy at the moment – I feel like I never had such an amount of homework during my university career before! I don’t say it is a lot, it just feels like it.

I’ll hopefully be back with livelier words after my presentation tomorrow which is the “what I do” from the title. I’m reading. A lot. About early bronze age axe depots. And I’m drinking coffee. As you can see above, together with my research copies.

I hope you’re having an awesome time meanwhile!

Artwork Monday: The First Of Time Tables Drawn.

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Back in 11th grade I started not to simply write my time tables, no. I drew them. This is the first one of three that I drew during my time in Frankfurt. I actually tried to continue this habit I’d come to love when I moved on to university, but something always got in my way to finish the pictures. This semester I’ll try again.

Sartorial Saturday: University Girl

When you read this, I’m in Cologne and hopefully standing in line already for my ticket to the RPC (or Role Play Convention), Germany’s largest RPG con.

Nevertheless, I’m back again with a Sartorial Saturday and the hopes for more in the future. I found that there are several places on campus with good spots for the self-timer and enough light to take photos, so maybe I’ll be able to stick to it this time. ^^

Outfit Rundown:
- T-shirt: C&A
- trousers: Orsay
- shoes: Waschbär

It’s a rather simple look, but I love how much I can do with accessoires here. These linen trousers are a favourite pair of mine, by the way, and overall is this the kind of outfit you find me most often with lately. It’s not that I don’t like Lolita and Mori anymore, I just have to do something about my wardrobe. ^^

Accessoires Rundown:
- bag: long time ago in a punk shop far, far away…
- rubber wristbands: Emilie Autumn merchandise
- black creole/ black and silver stud: Bijou Brigitte/ christmas marke stall, probably
- Union Jack badge: Accessorize
- coral necklace: heirloom, antique
- plastic bird needle: heirloom, vintage
- hair band (sadly not really visible, but blue tartan): selfmade from a strip of fabric