A guide on how to be a lovely house mate

I've just started my second year at University and it's always a nervous and vulnerable time. In the most  intrinsic of terms you live with folk that you have known for a little less than a year and within the upcoming months they will see sides of you that normally would be swiftly hidden away, the very greatest of your ugly crying and snorting laughter. It's terrifying but also the kind of insane frightened energy that is all at once one of the most; beautiful, uplifting, freeing and wonderful feelings ever. I truly feel like these are not just people that I live with but my family, a sense of home when I'm away from everything that is seemingly commonplace to me.                                                                                                                                                      This quote perfectly illustrates the essence of my new home; 'Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.'- Sarah Ban Breathnach 
 So, I thought that I would write a post detailing the ways that you can be a fabulous housemate and avoid the tiny, petty arguments over the rightful owner of the last piece of brownie...

1 Never underestimate the power of a baked good, cake is like currency in housemate terms.

2 Lend money and never expect to be paid back- that taxi fare just isn't seeing you ever. 











3 Never stay in the bathroom for an extended period of time a.) It's frustrating for the other housemates,     b.) The pee dance gets old very quickly and c.) People will start to wonder what you are actually doing in there. 

4 Never be the housemate that clocks alcohol intake-You're not the local GP.

5 Real talk after a night out is always needed and helpful. 

 





















6 Know when they need their space, it's normally when John Mayer is on and fraught Skype calls are being made.  

7 But sometimes, you do just need to snuggle it out. 

8 Quite simply, just clean up after yourselves, otherwise this is the reaction you will receive towards your germ ridden plate. 









9 Crazy dancing is always a fail proof way to feel better/vent that frustration and goof around like housemates should.

10 PARTY ON 

Soundtrack: Back to School

September is such an odd month, it's a time for frenzied searches for pens and the despondent feeling you have when you see that your alarm has gone from non-existent to 6am. This soundtrack is dedicated to the power walk down the corridor, the not so subtle glances at a newly found crush and early morning starts that make you feel like a zombie.

1  Alone-Trampled by Turtles
2  Fly-Nick Drake
3  Cadillac- T.Rex
4  She's a Mover-Big Star
5  How are you? - Cheap Trick
6  I know I'm not wrong- Fleetwood Mac
7  Another Sunny Day- Belle and Sebastian
8  Spend the Night- Abby Bernstein
9  Posters-Youth Lagoon
10  Super Rick kids- Frank Ocean ft Earl Sweatshirt
11  Summer...It's Gone- Grandaddy
12  Jelly Bird- Laurel Collective
13  Wake up Shake up-Blair
14  Days-Television
15  Cheerleader-Grizzly Bear
16  Infinity Guitars- Sleigh Bells
17  Bad reputation- Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
18  On the next One-Jay Z ft Swizz Beatz
19  Million Dollar Bills-Lorde
20  We're the Kids- Parade of Lights
24  You make my dreams come true- Hall and Oates

10 reasons Wes Anderson should direct my life

'That's the kind of movie that I like to make, where there is an invented reality and the audience is going to go someplace where hopefully they have never been before. The details, that's what the world is made of '.- Wes Anderson  

Wes Anderson is a director who truly inspires me to embrace all of  the oddness and quirkiness of myself, his characters have a spirit who define this not as an abnormality but a trait to be celebrated and explored. They exist in their own world, one that is ethereal and original which creates a unique film- a candid exploration of life in all it's peculiarity.                                                               The visual is a focal element of the Anderson universe but this never eclipses the spirited and ardent emotional facets of the story, this is why he is so influential and one of  my most cherished directors. These are the reasons Wes Anderson should direct my life:


1 Everything would be beautiful and filtered in a colour scheme dependent on the juncture in my life.

2 Cute animals would be a fixture of life and would often result in comical deaths.

3 Being strange and different is celebrated and above all embraced. 

4 My fashion would be vintage, cause jealous double takes and be copied for Elle spreads.

5 Dramatic music will score the most triumphant and saddening times of my life.

6 Being moody is seen as a natural state and an emotion that doesn't need to be 'fixed' .

7 Going on adventures is chaotic and beautiful.

8 The dancing is never choreographed and so comedy dancing becomes the only way.

9 Families are painted in a true to form dysfunctional mess.

10 Romantic entanglements are fittingly awkward and adorable.