Going Too Fast

Aside from today's other post, I haven't posted for soooo long.  I think it's a mixture of things that's caused this unintentional break, but mainly I think it's because I've been kinda busy, and also a little uninspired.  Bit of a rubbish combination, really.  Some of the things that have been going on (and therefore distracting me) include:

Losing some weight and cracking out the flimsy and floaty summer dresses I've been afraid of wearing.  This is a pretty big deal to me, to be honest.  Bare legs are not something I've been comfy with for a while and making a shift in my mentality is both challenging and fun.

Sorting out my hair colour.  My attempt at red hair didn't initially go to plan due to my (trusted at the time,  but now not trusted) botching it up royally and making quite the mess.  This was pretty upsetting as a) I like my hair and b) I keep it in good condition, so to have all of that ruined (and me paying £100 for the privilege) was deeply frustrating.  

I finally put my trust in another stylist, and we're not on our way to getting the colour I originally wanted!  The Chinese food was my lunch that day.  It was yum!

Due to a particularly difficult day at work, and the insane heat here, ice cream is now a better friend than ever.  It's how I roll during tough/hot times.

A visit to Bristol, just for fun.

Finding a pair of 1960s earrings that I feel like I've been searching for for ages has made me veeeery happy indeed.

I'm feeling rather inspired right now, and have been drawing all day (new Sharpies have helped) and I hope this inspiration trip continues....!  Now I'm off to a quiz about historical failures!  I'm really excited!

xoxo

A Stirring Song

I'll be honest.  I forget most Sundays to put A Stirring Song posts together.  Oops.  But today, I was obnoxiously singing along to the song below and thought "this is today's stirring song!" and the post was born without any 'reminders.'  Yay!

I love The Mamas & the Papas.  I am well obsessed with their insane vocals and I just love the warm feeling their music evokes in me.  I particularly adore Mama Cass Elliot's vocal, and the song I've had on repeat all day and have been bellowing with all the confidence of a professional singer (I don't have the vocal, mind) is 'It's Getting Better.'  Ahh, this song is a dream.  Listen!  You'll agree I promise!

So?  Did you like the song?!

Happy Sunday!

Gwyny xoxo

London Lowdown

This post is a totally disorganised one with crappy iphone photos!  I would apologise, but as most venues don't allow anything better than a point and shoot in for gigs, this will have to do!  This annoys me to no end, as the only digital camera (other than ones on my phone) I've ever owned and used is a DSLR (is that weird?) so I don't know how to use a compact camera, and it makes little sense to me.  Plus I constantly lift the camera to my eye as if it has a viewfinder.  Ah well.

The point I'm trying to make is that I end up taking better photos with my iphone than with my compact.  For some reason the iphone tends to pick up light better than my compact samsung one.  

So, in conclusion (!) this post is essentially a run down of why I was in London this past weekend.

Good times were had by all!xoxo

My tickets for Fri and Sat night

Gruff Rhys (be still my beating heart)

Pretty stage set up at the Royal Festival Hall

The gig was part of Brynfest, and it was Gruff playing his latest album, 'Hotel Shampoo' in its entirety.  Hence the 'hotel' themed stage set up.

Gruff always uses placards.  My favourite (the photo didn't come out well) was 'Ape Shit.'  Haha.  Twas an instruction to 'go ape shit' with applause and admiration!

Salted caramel ice cream.  Food is central to achieving a good weekend.

Lots of lights whilst on the night bus

Prettiness at the V&A Ballgowns exhibit

Photos were prohibited (don't tell anyone I broke the rules) so I had to take them sneakily and hastily

That feathered number is Daphne Guiness' 

Brian Jonestown Massacre.  I HAD to be at this gig.  Momentous.  I hope I get to see them play again, but you can't guess when amazing bands will tour!

Sorry for the bad quality, but at least it's a (grainy) glimpse into the weekend's activities xoxo

Ballgowns and Rain

I hopped on a train this past week and headed to London in order to a) visit one of my closest friends who's just moved there b) have some intense and incredible music experiences (I had two gigs on the itinerary) and c) see two of my other friends and tell them how much I miss them and leave them with plenty of hugs (even though Nicole is the opposite of tactile, I insist that we hug.  I'm a bossy friend I guess)

The weather was schizophrenic to say the least, but I didn't care that much as I was only there foe the specific reasons listed above.  Whatever.

I really didn't take that many photos, even though I lugged my camera around everywhere.  I guess I'm still a little self-conscious about pulling out my big clunky DSLR for every small thing (even though my bestie would argue I whip it out at the most ludicrous times.  Her life is totally documented by me, much to her annoyance.  I think she'll thank me one day.)

This guy was incredible...though I did find it slightly creepy to be honest.

Some snaps from the V&A where we saw the Ballgowns exhibition.  It was magical!

My dress with its psychedelic print

Traffic cone installment at the V&A entrance.

Did you guys have a lovely weekend with crazy weather?! xoxo