*I never realised just how strongly scent is linked with memory. A couple of mornings ago I used a perfume that I hadn't touched in over a month, and so many memories - not to mention emotions - came flooding back to me: London in the springtime, the beginnings of a new relationship, languid mornings, homemade meals, everything about my boyfriend that I miss so, so much.
*It scares me somewhat when I witness a change in someone and it is unclear whether this change is for the better or the worse. I begin to wonder whether I'm seeing them differently than everyone else is.
*I have determined that two months of not having cracked open a textbook has rendered me absolutely incapable of doing so ever again.
*Every morning I have been waking up feeling filled with such dread at turning on my laptop, logging into my homepage, and discovering that another bombing has occurred in the city that I love. Strangely these horrible occurrences that now seem de rigueur have made me love and miss London even more than I already am.
*The other night I fell asleep holding a framed photograph of my boyfriend. I stared at his smiling face, at each minute pixel of that image, dreaming that the pixels would merge, take shape, forming someone tangible that I could touch and hold, and I missed him so much that I ached. And then the photograph became just a photograph again, and so the dream was shattered.
*Bermuda. Tomorrow. Some things, I think, are well worth waiting for.
See you all in a week.
26.7.05
oh, crystal ball, crystal ball
save us all
tell me life is beautiful
mirror, mirror on the wall
oh, crystal ball, hear my song
i'm fading out, everything i know is wrong
so put me where i belong
identity
>masters student at the university of oxford
>enjoys frequenting beautiful places
>fancies getting lost in london for a day
>fascinated by art, food, design, and style
>in love with her knight in shining armour
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a day in the life
today04.09.06 > i took a day off, got my hair cut, and went to selfridges -- am waiting for revisions from my supervisor for the final draft of the dissertation. maybe i'll be able to print, bind, and hand it in early?
i_ have been winding down
high rotation_ muse, supermassive black hole
now playing_ legally blonde + legally blonde 2
in the works_ dissertation -- it's nearly finished
craving_ cookie dough ice cream
satellite_ mild and sunny, 24c
wishlist_ red high heels (can't find a perfect pair)
obsessions_ my dior ring (a present from daniel)
can't wait_ to enjoy my last weeks in london for now
highs
+getting pampered
+being almost finished
+last days as a student!
+spending time with friends
+an unexpected bowl of udon
+being filofax-organised
+all things girly
lows
-the thought of leaving
-peeling nails
-'executive' hobbit houses
-shapeless everything in autumn collections
-25 mph winds on balcony
-figure placement in LaTeX
written in the stars for aquarians on 04.09.06:
jupiter's harmonious link to mercury is most encouraging. it doesn't promise you an easy time, an unmitigated success or a breathtaking encounter with a source of deep inspiration. but neither does it deny you any of the above.
andrea the shopoholic recently bought:
>clinique mild liquid face soap
>mini flip flap plant
>book: the yummy mummy's survival guide
>book: how to walk in high heels
>filofax mini organiser
i've been thinking about:
>moving and relocating to bermuda
>what still needs to be edited in my dissertation
>maternal instincts
places to eat/drink:
seconds, please:
>duck/coriander/watermelon salad at eight over eight
i last fed my ipod on 04.09.06. latest additions:
>album > muse: black holes and revelations
>album > hotel costes: costes
>album > hotel costes: la suite
i'm . how are you?
talk
little black book
04.09.06 hair appointment at hari's08.09.06 mum and dad arrive in transit in london
14.09.06 mum and dad arrive in london
15.09.06 dissertation deadline
17.09.06 return to toronto
??.09.06 relocate to bermuda
09.10.06 anticipated work start date
??.10.06 trip to uk for oxford graduation
21.10.06 oxford graduation ceremony
22.10.06 daniel's birthday
22.10.06 return to bermuda
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- two weeks later
- home
- leaving on a jet plane
- snapshots
- I've been busy. Apologies. Mad busy. Busy busy ...
- catching up
- geekdom and lightbulbs
- highlights
- a fine line
- days like these
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