on a fave.

So here's a bit of a fave image.



There's something so well composed about it. Not to mention the alien-like beauty of the model Sasha Pivovarova.

-Jenny

on tobacco

What IS it about smoking? There is some remarkably good about it.

-Jenny

on fashion hype

If I had the money, I think I'd probably like fashion more. If I weren't surrounded by what is basically, diluted fashion, everyday- I think I'd also probably like fashion more.




For the last few days I've had to walk around in a lurid pink T-shirt endorsing Matthew Williamson's new collection for H&M and yet I'm still asked 'Do you work here ... ??'. And they even wait for me to actually answer, despite having obviously clocked my haribo ensemble. Anyway, so Matthew Williamson... I think I've always admired the red carpet pieces over the last few years, spread over many 'hot looks' pages in various fashion and gossip magazines. But H&M... really? I honestly think 90% of the womenswear at H&M is ugly and bland. And now H&M have probably paid Williamson a fortune for him to produce his 'trademark' styles and patterns and put them onto cheap material. But everyone has gone mad for it. Even that sweaty nylon material dress- however much deodorant you plaster onto yourself, with that nylon you WILL be the sweaty body odour lady for the latter part of the night.

However, having said this. The sweat could be well endured if you could pull it off like this.


(photo credit: WENN.com)

Sigh.

-Jenny

on being at the final stages of a mammoth read

There's nothing quite as satisfying as finishing a good 1000 or so page book. In fact, I think this is probably only the third time I've achieved such a feat. The first was Hugo's Les Miserables, then painstakingly Modern Architecture since 1900 - (it was good.. but painstaking all the same, if only for the shoulder ache it caused for having such a heavy book in my bag) and now Dostoevsky's The Karamazov Brothers.
Admittedly I've been a bit leisurely, and it's taken enough time for me to lose a whole load of the story's momentum and meaning. Sigh- as is life. Either way, I highly recommend it! It's BETTER than Crime and Punishment, by a long long shot.

-Jenny

on cutting books

A few photos from my portfolio:

I think the fact that perhaps this project may have helped me gain admission to university is license enough to cut up literature, especially if it involves Richard Hammond's autobiography and that sequel to the 'Da Vinci Code'...
This on the other hand, I do feel a little guilty about.

It was a gothic German antique volume which I bought for a couple of Euros in Berlin last year. I reasoned that it was unlikely I'd ever read it (German GCSE is hardly adequate) and therefore the best use for it would be to make 'art' out of it. Carving a figure resembling a woman was stupidly mundane and a little cliche- I think I almost resent myself for it.

9 weeks left of work until I leave, the count is on.

-Jenny

obligatory greetings

Hello blogging world. This is my little window to export various elements of my life into for no real underlying purpose or reason.



Despite going to the dentists to find I had an infected gum, I proceeded to be particularly gluttonous and let my good friend Charlotte bake me scones.



These photos are taken with an awful (what an old photography tutor used to call 'snappy snaps') digital camera. I'm hoping I can buy a budget, but better, dSLR soon- though I am unsure on which models are best. I also have a penchant for film based photography, though not so much for the price of film and developing...

Oh, and despite the mentioning in brackets- some more lovely photos from said photography tutor Chrystel Lebas:





Now I shall venture to bed and to ibuprofen.

-Jenny