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hey cats!!!

so, first of all, REALLY SORRY that i haven't posted in like a million billion years. college and christmas are kind of my excuses for that. 

BUT on the plus side, this means i have a load of stuff to post about now.

so here are some pics from my trip to london last week, in which lots of stuff happened.

^so, lets just take a moment to appreciate the fact that i met patrick wolf again and gave him some of my music and he said he'd email me. ok. yes.^

^wandering from oxford street me and my friend annie found an aquatics design centre full of amazing UV lit fish tanks and dart frogs and seahorses and wow. never realised i love pretty fish so much.^

I WANT A SNAPBACK WHY DOES NO-ONE SUPPORT THIS DECISION

^cyberdog in camden. i love the crazily loud rave music and lights everywhere and the fact that half of my outfit was glowing cus of the uv lights.^

^I bought these adorable (too big) shoes in the oxford street topshop sale (yes, i survived the masses) and added some cute holographic smiley stickers from urban outfitters (although on principle i normally boycott uo for a number of reasons). the jeans are vintage levis from rokit and the socks are also topshop.^

^some creepy doll keychains in camden^

so there are some muddled little snippets of my london trip ^^

ooh and btw, i now have ~instagram~, so feel free to follow me or just check it out or anythin! 

london

I'd say there's more for me to say about my most recent trip to London; but this is because all my Scotland stuff was mainly to do with family and was sort of an autumn escape.

My London visit was brief and hectic and generally a blur of bright colours on concrete, and I was only really there as a pitstop before and after Scotland.

The 'before' bit involved seeing my cousin Hollie, who I love dearly, and going to see Dead Can Dance in the Royal Albert Hall (which, I can confirm, was awesome) before dragging an insanely large and impossibly heavy suitcase to Scotland.

The 'after' bit wasn't longer than the 'before' bit, but we managed to fit more in. On Thursday we took the aforementioned suitcase on a little detour to Oxford Street to look for school-worthy DMs in the gargantuan Topshop there. Hell. Loud -and crap- music, pushy and determined shoppers, rude + superior shop assistants. We promptly left. 

Then sleep.

Yesterday, well. That was brilliant and reminded me of exactly everything I love about the city. First, after much begging on my part, we went to Bermondsey Street. GLORIOUS is what it is, I make a point of going there whenever I can. 

Love these buildings. Patrick Wolf did an NME shoot here once. Comparing my picture and this one really makes the height difference all the more obvious..

After the initial fangirling I always flutter into when I go to Bermondsey street, we went to the White Cube gallery to see what was going on there. Well, this was, for a start:

There were some cool installations in there, including a room with one wall with pastel cloudiness painted on it. Was very cute.

Then we were off to Tate Modern to see The Tanks. There was one installation called Light Music that I really liked; the projector contraptions were making weird clicking noises and were really cool.

After artiness came frantic Covent Garden shop-flitting. I bought some cute things in Artbox, then zoomed around a decidedly too-expensive-for-me Rokit, looked for glitter in Urban Outfitters with no luck, and tried on DMs in the DM shop. Then we had caramelised peanuts and blah and went home.

I wrote yet another 2 songs whilst travelling; the madness and excitement and relief, however short-lived, were a great inspiration.

I want to live in a beautifully crazy whirl of colour and sound, and always have that feeling of bemusement and excitement that overwhelms me whenever I am back in my hometown.

Ooh, I've gone all wistful. 

Sorry for rambling. Typing is sort of stopping me biting my nails, and I really need to kick that habit so y'know.

Sinead

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the messenger

Hello! It's been a while, huh?

I've been in London and Scotland, so I couldn't really do any proper blogging.

But I shall put up some pictures from my trip in my next couple of posts.

In other news, PATRICK WOLF replied to my tweet! Huzzah! 

I asked him about Bloody Chamber Music (his record label) and he replied with the email address for it, meaning... I CAN SEND A DEMO TO PATRICK WOLF! AND HOPEFULLY HE WILL LISTEN TO IT AND GIVE ME SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK! EXCITEMENT!

So yeah, being fueled by that, I've been writing new music virtually non-stop.

Some lyrics that have stuck with me as of late: 'Fearless fifteen first came that dream to be seen, to know love, the world and all it's stages'. It's from The Messenger by Patrick Wolf. I love it, and it feels really relevant to me at the moment haha.I recommend the song, and the album (The Bachelor). I think it's quite overlooked amongst his other works, but still as amazing and expressive and wonderful as the others.

So: prepare for a bombardment of pictures and reviews and blah.

Love

Sinead

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honey paws

on the windowsill 

henna dragon

feet + legs look vaguely manga-ish. I like the blurriness.

knightsbridge bitchz

creepers  yes

camden babes

it's me, with my bluest blue eyes.

Annie. a very dear friend of mine.

Some photos for you to take a gander at. feedback is most welcome, my pretties.

Sinead

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Reunion

So this weekend I met my fairy godmother Candy who I haven't seen for about 9 years. Also my best friend Annie. I took pictures of strangers (with their permission) for my art project... and that story is for another time, so I shall talk about ALL THE FASHION.

My beauteous new creepers with studs.

Sailor Moon Tshirt

Shiny shoes, yummmmm.

Laura Ashley shirt that is not unlike something from Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Victorian style dress -with little handbag from Rokit in Camden.

60s mint nightshirt with lace edging and white 50s skirt (my love)

Bluuuue velvet.

Pink nightie, also from Rokit. I looove it.

And some new new things...

Biiiiiiiiig earrings from Topshop.

Pastel skull necklace (also from Topshop).

On Saturday I also discovered the wonder that is Irregular Choice. SHOES WITH KITTENS ON THEM, YES PLEASE. I want some so bad. Anyway, here are some things I now own.

Love and happiness
Sinead
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