i am helium raven

friends in a phone box (because it was cold outside)

pimms, doritos, and mugs of tea at mine (spy the disposable camera!)

me. in liverpool. with a wonky skirt.

cardigan; vintage. blondie(!) tee; h&m kids. skirt; fat face. bag; internaçionale. very dead shoes; topshop.

basically, i'm going to university this weekend. this means i have no idea when i'll next have an internet connection, ergo have the ability to reply to comments.

and yes, i'll get round to buying a digital camera at some point, promise. i know you must all be getting tired of these disposable excuses.

wow

the reality of me moving out hasn't actually hit yet

title lyrics: birdland - patti smith

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got a lock, got a key

got some kind of vice-like grip on me

nicola of golden indigo tagged me (i'm sure i've been tagged by others, i just can't remember, apologies, i've had a weird few days), so i'm going to continue this chain as i like the questions.

Why did you start blogging?

if you know how many blogs i follow, then i think you'd get the idea that i need to give back somewhat.

Do you prefer Spring/Summer or Autumn/Winter?

i would quite happily live exclusively in jumpers for the rest of my life

What do you notice first: Smokey eye makeup, or bright lips?

Who are your style icons?

chung, poésy, bardot, birkin, dellal, lowe, tennessee thomas...

and, in terms of bloggers, carrie, caroline, alix, rumi, rhiannon, emma, et al.

Describe your personality in three words.

i've gone off the number three, will two do?

i can't remember why i wrote this. it's quite cliché.

christ, the eighth feels like a year ago, not six days.

If you had to leave the house with only one item of makeup, what would it be?

i like my eyeliner to be a nice mash up of chung and badot. liquid, all the way. currently using one of rimmel's

Which era do you think influenced fashion the most?

fashion is in flux, this question is void.

What beauty product do you always purchase?

nail polish, then i pick it off after about a day, once i've got bored of it.

i'm not going to tag people.

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demimonde

beardyman and a beach ball

i still have my wristband on (:

these photos are from brownstock festival that i attended last weekend.

still suffering from what has been dubbed "festival flu", so i reckon that marks it as a pretty good event. i'd recommend it to anyone who fancies a weekend of good music for £50.

see you there next year?

and here's a video of beardyman, he's insanely talented

(and i was awake during his entire set, shut up)

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