because charity shops are the new H&M

Went charity-shop shopping on Sunday because charity shops are the new H&M and stuff. So here are a bajillion outfit posts.

I wore this today to school. Basically I was proud of my outfit, so, you know, here are pictures!
jumper/hoodie-H&M
shirt-American Apparel
necklace-PacSun
skirt-£5! FIVE FLIPPPING POUNDS from Cancer Research UK charity shop thang
leggings-dude. you can get them anywhere. 

My first leather jacket!!! Woop. Excuse my inner poser showing through my seemingly normal exterior.
jacket which is casually LEATHER-£20 Cancer Research UK charity shop.

I LOVE THIS SCARF. OH HEM GEEEEEEEEE. IT IS GAWGEOUS.

poser.

Wore this to the theater on Saturday! Also, you can't see, but I have liquid eyeliner on...yes! I have indeed mastered the art of eyeliner appliance!
jumper-H&M
dress-new look
leggings-.
shoes-my bautifulamazinggorgeous Docs.

In motion. Never mind my retarded expression!

Fin.

-Hannah x

P.S. I THOUGHT IT WAS TUESDAY. LIKE ALL DAY.

pure joy

So, as 'yall know already (if you're one of my amazing followers, that is. If you're new here, HAAI!!), I love AlunaGeorge. Their mix of electro-pop is addicting and brilliant. Aluna has such a floaty voice and George be dropping dem beats!* gaahhhh too perfect.

Anyways. ANYWAYS.

BREATHE. WHHWOOOWHWHOO.

I don't think my fingers or brain can process this right now (this being what I'm about to talk about), so just give me a minute, if that's OK.

ALUNAGEORGEAREDOINGAGIGINLONDONYESLONDONONMYBIRTHDAYYESMYBIRTHDAYANDOHHEMGEEEITISTOOAMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me re-phrase that.

AlunaGeorge. Are. Doing. A. Gig. In. London. (Yes. London.) On. My. Birthday. (Yes. My. Birthday.) ANDOHHEMGEEITISTOOAMAZING.

I can't believe it. I am over the moon. Over da friggin' moon. SO HAPPY. JOY. SMILING. DISBELIEF.

They are doing a gig on my birthday!! My birthday!!! And my mum is awesome so she's coming with me!!! And some friends may come too (if they're parents are as awesome as mine). WOW. 

I know most teenagers would be like 'wooaahh wait up mum, YOU have to come? umm noo thanks.' BUT I DON'T CARE AT ALL I'M JUST EXTREMELY UTTERLY BUTTERLY HAPPY.

Here are some pictures of AlunaGeorge because pictures are necessary.

them just looking cute.
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OH MY GOD HER JUMPER. IT IS GORGEOUS.
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I think I have made my point.

With much joy,
Hannah

*No, I don't actually talk like this.

to remix or not to remix?

Lately I've been listening to a lot of AlunaGeorge which means I've been listening to a lot of electronica-pop-awesomeness stuff which means REMIXES bigtime. 

I really enjoy remixes. It gives a whole new side and feeling to a song, and even though originals are normally the best, remixes can be really good too. Like reallly good. So here comes the question...to remix or not to remix? And can a remix really ever be better than the original?

Observe:

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Sorry, not many examples. 

For me, ultimately it depends. Normally the original is da winner with no doubt, but...I DON'T KNOW!! AHHH.

What do you think? 

-Hannah  

why? just WHY?

I now need a polaroid more than ever. EVER.

I may need it to actually live. Like, continue being alive.

Should I make it the only thing I ask of for my birthday? Blackmail for it? Just buy it myself? (nooo thanks.)

So, before it was a concept to me. I hadn't really seen a polaroid. I just knew they were SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALODOCIOUSLY awesome. BUT NOW I'VE SEEN ONE IN ACTION AND THEY ARE MAGIC AND IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SPLENDIFULENT (yes this is a word. Just like SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALODOCIOUSLY is.) and VINTAGELY SHAMAZING.

sigh.

They are expensive.

Why?

BECAUSE LIFE IS UNFAIR AND HORRIBLE :'(

Actually life is good. Ahh cue pictures of life being good so I don't fall into a deep depression due to the lack of owning a polaroid.

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Ok I'm calm.

Calm.

CALM.

POLAROID.

I am normal.

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You share my love though, right? oohhh life is so annoying sometimes.

-Hannah

Liebster Award!

I got nominated for the Liebster award by the (amazing) Morgan! Check out her blog here. You've probably heard of the Liebster award in the modern-day blogosphere. But maybe not. It's pretty low-key.

Thank you SO much Morgan! I'm truly honored :) Well, with no further ado, let's start (look at me going off on a tangent).

So, the rules of this thing are:

• The award is for bloggers with less than 200 followers
• The nominees must link back to the blogger who awarded them
• If you are nominated write 11 random facts about yourself and answer the 11 questions written by the blogger who nominated you
• Make up 11 new questions to be answered and nominate 11 other bloggers!

11 random facts about me:

1. I am an absolute chocoholic.
2. My favourite colour is blue. Which kind of blue, you ask? Any blue.
3. I have 2 adorable pet rats. Well, everyone knows that already.
4. I play nerdy video games with my dad (don't judge!)
5. I buy a ridiculous amount of things that I never use. It's a very annoying trait.
6. I have random bursts of creativity. The rest of the time I'm pretty lazy.
7. When I'm bored in class, recently I've been doing Moonrise Kingdom doodles in the margins or colouring in my birthmarks.
8. My favourite season has to be Winter (SNOW!), but sometimes it just gets too cold and I wish for Summer. Vice versa as well, of course. 
9. I have made a promise to myself to live in New York at some point in my life. We go there every year to visit family in friends, but 1 week is not enough for the awe-inspiring Big Apple!
10. I dance. A lot. I love dancing.
11. I play guitar but I nevereverever practice.

Questions from Morgan:

1. Have you ever had a recurring dream or nightmare? - Yeah, I do quite often! I would give an example but I can't think of one. Oh how I annoy myself sometimes...
2. What's your biggest fear and why? - I'm afraid of bees. I don't know why. It isn't some deep psychological scarring or whatever. I haven't even got stung by one before! It's just I hate the noise they make and the fact that they can hurt you. I'm such a girl.
3. If you could punch one historical figure (dead or alive) who would it be and why? - Probably King Charles I. He was such an idiot. He basically started the English Civil War alone.
4. If you could be famous for anything, what would it be and why? - Being able to eat as much chocolate as I want without feeling sick or gaining weight. OK, not really. Maybe I'd want to be famous for blogging or being an artist. Or owning the worlds biggest collection of DMs. Fame seems pretty horrible though.
5. Who is your idol/hero and why? - Tavi Gevinson. She is just amazing in every way. I know that it's kinda wrong to idolize people as, you know, they are still PEOPLE, but the fact that Tavi is a human with flaws actually makes her even more great. I should probably stop writing before this becomes irritatingly fan-girly.
6. If you were to magically wake up one morning with the power to see the future, what would you do and why? - I would see what I look like in the future. Just curious. Also, I would want to see what the current trends are in 30 years from now.
7. Favorite color of nail polish? - Hmmhmmhmhmm. Blue, I have to go with. Dark blue.
8. Favourite drink? - Milkshakes, lemonade or hot chocolate. Thick hot chocolate. 
9. What song is currently stuck in your head? - Um. I sing to myself a lot during the day. And nothing springs to mind. Can I change that to 'What song have you been listening to?'? This.
10. What is your favourite film and why? - Moonrise Kingdom. 'Nuff said.
11. If you could be best friends with anyone, who would it be and why? - Probably Suzy Bishop. Or Tavi. But I'm kinda in a tie with wanting to be her or be her BFF. This is hard.

My questions:

1. What fashion era gives you most inspiration?
2. Back in time or to the future? Where would you go?
3. Favourite song right now?
4. Cats or dogs? Why?
5. If you could meet anyone in the world, who would you choose? Why?
6. Why did you start blogging?
7. Who is your idol?
8. Favourite colour?
9. What's at the top of your wishlist?
10. Favourite artwork? (painting, sculpture etc.) Why?
11. If you could bring any fictional character to life who would it be? Why, and what would you do with them?

I nominate: (THIS. IS. HARD.)

Aesthetic Junkie

And I'm still trying to find myself

It's the Jodster again!

rabbit

This is a good blog. You should read it.

The Genie of the Lamp

Birdie wears a tie

Rosie + the wolf

oh, no. it's emily!

blank bones

young souls

-Hannah

  

ice, ice, baby

I went ice-skating today for a birthday party (shout out to Myah!). One thing I've learnt today is that I am a natural skater. I swear I was, like, a gold medal Olympic star in my past life, or am destined to be one in the future. This is me:

Oh my god, I'm joking. I'm pretty bad at it. But whatever - funtimezzz. I fell over at least twice (it's actually quite painful!) I couldn't get up myself, so I was just casually sitting on the ice smiling at myself like: 'silly me'. I would draw a picture to illustrate the scene, but honestly I'm not bothered.

It fascinates me how people can figure/ice skate properly! It looks so natural and majestic and easy (it's not easy. At all.) It must take so much practice. 

Rookie did a whole article basically about figure skating and its wonders. Then again, Rookie has a whole article about everything. You can find it here.

On a different, shamazing note, I HAVE NO SCHOOL TOMORROW. It's not even because of the snow! It's because the heating isn't working! YAAAYY. FATE, I TELL YOU. FATE!!! I'm going to try and squeeze in everything I haven't done yet snow-wise - sledging, a full throttle snowball fight, making snow men/creatures/works of art and possibly snow cones (because why not!!!).

I'm going to go finish decorating the exterior of my Suzy Bishop shrine.

-Hannah

despicable ME

So, I've watched Despicable Me twice. It's funny and cute, but, you know...it's not Moonrise Kingdom. The one thing I always remember is the theme tune. I mean, it is actually a pretty damn good song! Honestly, let me show you. (No, I'm not weird...me? wuuut.)

-Hannah

random photography

My Moonrise Kingdom poster! Crying of happiness. It is so perfect.

My tassel garland I made with the wonderful inspiration and instruction of ROOKIEMAG (of course). The DIY is here. 

This is just random, really. Basically this is the front of a card I got given ages ago by a family friend in New York (shout out to Andrew! :) and it looks cool, so...

Dawn and I xx 

you don't snow you're beautiful

Yes, cheesy blog post titles all round! It doesn't even make sense. Or even qualify as a pun. Whatever, I have an excuse of being tired and ill.

So, it was SNOWING yesterday! I had to take some pictures. Simply had to. It was brilliant and white and cold and lovely. Oh, how simple frozen precipitation can elate a soul! Anyway, here are some fantabulous snowy pictures I'd like to share with y'all!

I like the effect of this. My garden looks so pretty in the snow!

Snow-flaked hair 

ARE THOSE STAIRS NOT GORGEOUS?

Me...oh dang my depressed pose face.

My lurrvely docs after trampling the snow for a bit

So, that's that! I cannot explain my love for snow. It's just so brilliant.

-Hannah