New IKEA desk & a Primark Cushion

After three and a half years of working from home, I finally have a desk! My problem was I didn't think I had space for one, but a friend linked me to the IKEA MICKE desk and it's a perfect fit. I opted for the cheapest chair, a SNILLE visitor's chair, because it's green and goes. It's surprisingly comfortable, and will do for now. My living room is a tad IKEA-tastic at the moment. I feel like something's missing to, like, bring it all together. Maybe I should add some more plants or pictures. I'm not very good at these things.



At the weekend, my mum picked up this London bus cushion from Primark. I've not been into Primark for years and years, and have never checked out their home section. For £4, it's a pretty good cushion. I'd been looking at bus cushions on Etsy and the ones I liked were £20+ without insert. I'm so very tempted to have a customised "Hornsey Road N19" cushion made, but I'm not sure if that'd be a little too sad.



Excuse the shoddy mobile snaps. It's been so gloomy lately, and my ancient digital camera can't handle it.

Lately-ish on Instagram

My Instagram updates tend to be of things, and not people or places. Darn, I need to get a life.



Staring contest with cat next door / Knock-off cat dress from eBay



Ruined summer as a result of buying £2.99 sunglasses from New Look / Society6 iPhone Skin



Most of my meals, these days, tend to look the same



Bears: Trouble in Paradise / Wardrobe clear out unearthed unworn bear top

Photographs from SuperHeadz 110 Book Camera

Remember this Russian book camera I received in February?



I ran a roll of film through it a few months ago, and here are the results. They're not very interesting, as I was testing the film/camera around the block I live in, but I kinda don't mind the light and shadows. This is the first, and only, time I've used 110 film. Is it generally so grainy? The film I used was bought from eBay - "Lomo 110 Colour Slide Cross Process X/Pro Film" - and I can't find it online elsewhere. Maybe next time I will use a film with regular colour, because the tone on these is a bit too off for my liking. There's not much point in uploading full-size images of each, because 110 is so wee.

May Books

Another quieter month on the reading front due to struggling with Bram Stoker's Dracula for just over a fortnight. I absolutely love the film adaptation, but couldn't get into the book at all. I'd read ten pages and then either fall asleep or find something better to do - like clean the toilet. Many of the one star reviews on the Amazon film page have been left by people who were unhappy that it's so unlike the book. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm so familiar with the film, but for me the book seems to lack passion - I didn't feel anything at all. The only part I did like was the way the ship's journey to England was described. Also, I couldn't help but read Jonathan Harker's journal entries in Keanu Reeves' god-awful "English" accent, but that's not Bram Stoker's fault.

The month began with two relationship self-help type books, which I was sceptical and slightly embarrassed about reading. However, I'd definitely recommend It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken to anybody who has been ditched - or if you've broken up with someone and aren't sure if you've made the right decision or not. If only someone had told me to read this back in November..

My favourite book of the month was Goodbye Sarajevo. A friend visited at the beginning of March and left behind her paperback copy for me to read, and I'm annoyed that I read so many books I disliked before picking this up. My excuse is that I prefer to read on my Kindle, so a real book seems like too much effort. It's the fifth book I've read centred around the siege in Sarajevo. The book was written by two sisters - the younger sister, Hana, who left Bosnia on one of the last buses leaving for Croatia, and the elder sister, Atka, who stayed behind.

The worst book I read was The Silver Linings Playbook. I'd like to see the film, so I decided to buy the book and read that first. I absolutely hated it. It reminded me a lot of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, which is one of my least favourite books I've ever read. It's so repetitive, I dislike the writing style, and there's TOO MUCH American football. To me the book reads more like someone with Aspergers rather than one suffering mental health problems following a breakdown.

On the whole, I feel disappointed with the books I chose to read in May.

New Phone = New Photo Apps

So, I kinda miss Vignette, but I quite like Snapseed, VSCO Cam and Osmo Leaker. These photographs aren't rayt interesting because my mentalism keeps me indoors. Still, Teddy enjoyed the Eurovision Song Contest at the weekend; "I've got Eurosong fever, Ted!"







(Woah, easy on the VSCO, there!)



Thanks to Krisatomic for the best photo app recommendations!

Which app/s do you prefer? Photography or otherwise.