Frankie & the Heartstrings at Fibbers.

"Ridicule is nothing to be scared of."

For Halloween (early I know, but I like planning) traditionally I have dressed as a male. Last year I was a highwayman (Adam Ant style, of course). Our theme this year is fairytale, so I thought that maybe I'd be Prince Charming. Here are some costume ideas. Any other ideas?

Frankie and the Heartstrings new video! 'Ungrateful'

Oh my GOD, it's beautiful! I can't handle how much I love them! I cannot wait to see them in York and Leeds. Here it is!

Arthur Rackham

Nothing tastes as good...

Weight loss. I'm back on the wagon, but not obsessing over it (I believe you should still enjoy yourself). Over the summer I have managed to lose a stone and honestly I'd like to lose another one. I've always been average weight-wise, not really fat or skinny. I'd like to feel more comfortable in my clothes or a bikini, so I'm going to tone up and size down. The Wii Fit has worked wonders already, so I'm going to keep at that. I'm really into running, but due to my asthma taking a turn for the worse over the summer I've had to cut down on that (gutted). I walk loads, every other day I always do half an hour to an hours worth of walking. I'm still going to eat whatever I want when I'm out with my mates, it's just what I'm eating when just sitting around could be... healthier. So there we have it. Any dietary tips?

More photos from my travels...

There is meaning in everything I own.

Books. I think that I had never picked up a book then I wouldn't be the person I am today. Books have influences my thoughts, my dreams and my personality. Above are a few of my favourites (plus two graphics novels). The small leather book you see is an old poetry books I got in a antique shop for £1.99. It is written in both French and English and dates back to 1916 (previous owners wrote theirs names and the date inside, it travelled from France to English during the first World War). This book, The Spirit of Man, is filled with prayers, verses, sonnets and philosophies. It is pure excitement for me, I love anything that has a potential story to it.
There is also Oscar Wilde there, but I have previously expressed my admiration for his words. Now, I know I never stop talking about him, but there is Bret Easton Ellis. I have both Imperial Bedrooms and American Psycho there for very different reasons; Imperial Bedrooms is signed by the man himself; American Psycho is the first Ellis book I read.
Arkham Asylum is up there because of how beautifully illustrated is. V for Vendetta is there because it plays on that whole 'on man's terrorist is another man's freedom-fighter'. I love V because it makes you question what you would do if you lived in a dictated state.


To the untrained eye my room at university looks like a charity shop, but to those who know me know I keep these things for a reason. I'm sentimental. I still have my 18th birthday card from my brother (I don't want to forget what his hand-writing was like). The teddy you see on my shelf belonged to my Aunty when she was a child. The plastic flowers were held by Florence Welch. The mask and musical egg were given to me by my father. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that I like to be reminded every day by everything I've ever known or done. Looking at these things are like looking into my soul and having all my love and memories reflected right back at me. They are important to me.




Star buys! Leather satchel, 35 euros (from somewhere in France). Leather shoes, Topshop £55. Keep Calm and Eat a Cupcake poster £2.75, SU at university. Vintage books poster, £1 (I can't remember the shop name!).

"The moment I met you I saw that you were quite unconscious of what you really are, of what you really might be..."

I am currently re-reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. The truth is that Lord Henry and Dorian Gray are both some what heroes of mine (Put the two together and we have Oscar Wilde, clearly). The copy of the book that I have acquired has study notes in the back which I have finally decided to read along side the book. I must shamefully admit that I know very little about the Oscar Wilde Trials, but while I was browsing through the notes I came across thee most truthful and beautiful speech about love. When Wilde was asked on trial if his reference to 'the Love that dare not speak it's name' (in chapter 10 of Dorian Gray) meant 'unnatural' love he replied with the following:
"The Love that dare not speak its name" in this century is such a great affection of an elder for a younger man as there was between David and Jonathan, such as Plato made the very basis of his philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare. It is that deep, spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It dictates and pervades great works of art like those of Shakespeare and Michelangelo, and those two letters of mine, such as they are. It is in this century misunderstood, so much misunderstood that it may be described as the "Love that dare not speak its name," and on account of it I am placed where I am now. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it. It is intellectual, and it repeatedly exists between an elder and a younger man, when the elder man has intellect, and the younger man has all the joy, hope and glamour of life before him. That it should be so, the world does not understand. The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it."
To be frank, no one could true argue against this. It is sad that the primitive and uncertain views on homosexuality througout the ages has subjected individuals into being made to dignify their love and suffer for it.

It's been too long.

I haven't had the internet for almost the entire summer. Even so, I've been pretty busy. Here's some photos of some of the places I have visited.