January Blues

So here we are again... January, apparently the most depressing month of the year. For me it's not really that depressing just stressful, as all of my coursework is in for the end of the month and I has sooo much to do it's cray-hay! Just expect very sporadic, if any, posts from me. Anyway, I hope you are all not feeling too blue, it'll all be getting better and warmer and soon the summer will be here and freedom will be upon us!

Throughout these pasts few weeks surrounding Christmas I have really displayed a sense of introversion, cooping myself up in the house and doing work, thinking. This thinking has lead me to staying awake for ages at night and writing out some of these silly thoughts. Sometimes I wish I would stop doing that and let my head go blank as it really just takes up so much time and effort, and in the end, when I wake up, I've changed my mind about everything it's so ridiculous. Luckily my Rookie Yearbook Two has kept my mind off of 'serious' matters which are filling my brain and letting me explore others avenues and think up different scenarios, I don't know I'm just such a goober.

Au revoir

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Nico

I hope you all are snuggled inside right now, as for me it is just disgusting weather and going outside is as uninviting as eating poisoness frogs... Yeah, I know. Whilst I've been inside I've been having a little browse around in the musical section, seeing I haven't bought any music in just so long! Already knowing about her from Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties" I have really been loving the music of German singer Nico. She has such a low husky voice and frankly is so endearing, just listening to her album Chelsea girl actually does make me want to go out and buy it. What lead me back to her was the green line bus scene in The Royal Tenenbaums as not only is it a lovely scene between Margo and Richie, it also has Nico's voice lightly sprinkled on top of it, making it all the more romantic. 

Seriously peeps? Can you not hear that magic, there's just such consistency to her voice and the song.

 

Supernatural Meaning

As you all know I love my jewellery, and this especially includes rings! Heck I've been collecting rings for almost four years, which is a long time for me. Over that period of time I have collected 44-45 rings, with a selection of them going missing, which I am still really sad about, leaving me with a mere 42, I know right, that's hardly any. Anyway over this festive period (I feel a bit cheesy calling it that...) two new rings seemed to have found their way into my clutches and I have been obsessively wearing them for the past week or so.

The first one is the eye ring (on the right) which I received from mumma Panda for Christmas. I like to think of it as a cousin to the Turkish Evil Eye, a symbol which I would imagine a lot of you being familiar with. If not, it's basically a blue rounded pendent with a white dot in the centre enclosing a smaller black dot, making it look like an eye. It's used as a pendent to warn off evil and keep the wearer safe, which I think is real nice of dat eye. Seeing as eyes are also my favourite organ in the body and has a general pleasing aesthetic and I am super happy to be parading round my little peeper to keep my protected.

The next ring is known as a Claddagh ring (on the left) which fell into paws from my lovely sister, who spent a lot of her time in Ireland and bought this ring when she was very young. Not needing it anymore she passed it onto me. I've been wanting a Claddagh ring for a while, however never knowing when to buy one, but that has made me so happy as having hers feels a lot more special and since it's a real Irish one it's also more traditional. For those of you who also are not sure what a Claddagh ring is, they are a traditional Irish ring, first made in the village of Claddagh in Ireland and represent love, friendship and loyalty (the hands are friendship, the heart is love and the crown is loyalty). I decided to photograph it upside down as I wear it the way my sister taught me (sounds like a Beyonce song...) when one wears it so the heart is pointed outwards it means their heart is not taken or in modern terms 'I is available!' and when in love it's worn so the heart is pointed towards the wearer. Seeing as I am not in love at the moment I wear it upside-down. Whereas my sister wears hers the right way round.

I do love rings, but I adore rings with meaning as there is a certain air about them which makes them all the more fascinating. Much like my friend has a pendent my friend and I bought her which she never takes off, including one her boyfriend bought her, or like a ring my mother gave me which I never go a day without wearing. These kinds of pieces are so lovely to have as they symbolize something more than just consumerism (gettin' deep here!), they give you a more sentimental eye for those few things which cannot be replaced by money.