MAX BAGEL

Today I bought a salmon and cream cheese bagel for my lunch from Max Bagels. Its taste took me straight back to my Brick Lane life of 2009. If I'm honest, today's bagel is even better than the Yellow Shop's ones (Max, that's a huuuuuuuge compliment). Bianca, Marin and Jana, we should all go get one sometime soon, when Marin is back from her unbelievably amazing Paris experience that I'm very jealous of. 

WEEKEND VIEWS

Writing isn't my strong point. I have always been better at maths (even though I still count using my fingers) and my sister had the gift of words. But at my current unpaid job/internship I'm writing writing writing. In a month's time I'll be a writing machine.

RIVERHOUSE

I've finished my honours degree. It went well. I enjoyed it. And now I'm interning and enjoying that too.

OTHER PEOPLE'S MS PAINTS

So I scrawled the web for other people who draw on MS Paint, like I do. There are a couple but these two were by far the best. Whoever draws for MSPaint Like a Champion has an amazing imagination. He's definitely obsessed with American football but draws in crazy detail and even made a funny GIF. The second 'best MS Paint Blog' is Microsoft Paint is my Medium. I love how she draws people!

MSPaint Like a Champion:

Microsoft Paint is my Medium:

FRANCE

I have been working like a mad (read: highly focused and motivated) woman to get my thesis done and dusted. But sometimes, when you concentrate too hard and stay cooped up in a single room looking at a single computer screen you start getting a bit hazzy, like I did yesterday. To solve this problem I went for a walk which was nice. And I listened to Madonna and looked at the pretty trees. This is obviously incredibly interesting information but, if not, check out my new paint instead! 

P.S.

p.s. I'm procrastinating

p.p.s I'm currently into using primary colours and shapes (after spending some time looking at Bauhaus art yesterday)

SONGS

Sometimes I listen to certain songs, at certain points in my life, over and over again. There have been a few that I can relate to specific periods from the past. Currently I am listening to Little Dragon's 'After the Rain'. Each time I pick up my iPod I'll choose to re-listen to this song instead of finding something new. I don't often do that. If anything, I usually play my iPod on shuffle or randomly pick an artist I haven't listened to in a while / haven't ever listened to (my music predominantly comes from Simon and Yannick). But certain songs just get me. And this one has. It's great to listen to while you're driving, in headphones. And every time I listen to it, I think that 'after the rain' (after this last stretch of my honours degree) things will be great. 

Other songs I've done this to include:

Agnes Obel - On Powdered Ground (last 2 weeks of 3rd year, architecture)

Faithless - Woozy (matric final exams)

Portishead - The Rip (after coming back from South America)

Lianna La Havanas - Don't Wake Me Up (post breakup)

Underworld - Born Slippy (grade 10)

Paul Simon - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (gap year, London)

And these songs weren't necessarily my favourite tracks but for some or other reason they just got me.

Also, for comic relief, these were the first ever CDs I owned:

1. Nothing Hill soundtrack

2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way

3. Coyote Ugly soundtrack

4. Bon Jovi - It's My Life (single)

(what were yours?)

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