Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.: Archive

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Guh. It’s approaching 11pm. I need to meet my friends at 2am so we can go to our friend’s house to wait for the taxi which will take us to Heathrow. Been trying to sleep since 9 but can’t - looks like I may as well give up and just wait to sleep on the plane, haha.

Feb 23rd

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Feb 22nd

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“You look on me as being behind the age - Well, I am! I should be sorry to be on...”

– ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ by Oscar Wilde.

Feb 19th

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Feb 19th

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Feb 19th

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Feb 19th

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greenkneehighs replied to your post: Just spent a whole day without electricity or water. BOO for sucky day but YAYYYY that you got to read ‘Salome’! :D The language was so beautiful and haunting! Really quite different to Wilde’s other plays. I feel as if I need to spend some time digesting it as I don’t think I fully appreciated it just from one quick read. Also: on Friday night I...

Feb 19th

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Just spent a whole day without electricity or...

(My student village had a power cut from 10am to 8pm-ish). And while it sucked, I have to say it was a big eye-opener. I don’t think I realised quite how much I depend on electricity. It’s been such a long day, having to battle the different difficulties. Couldn’t use the toilet in my room, or any taps, or even call my parents who are visiting tomorrow, without having to find a...

Feb 18th

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Feb 13th

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foxandfayvel asked: I'm German/vegetarian and there's loads to eat. The German 'wurst' stereotype doesn't really apply, especially not in Berlin. Don't worry.

Feb 13th

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An afternoon in the life of an architecture...

Currently trying to learn to say “I am a vegetarian” in German for when we go to Berlin at the end of the month. We’re staying in a hostel, so no kitchen, and I’ve heard Germans are big on meat, so I guess I won’t be eating much for 4 days. Also trying to decode the American scaling system which annoyingly uses inches and feet rather than the metric system British...

Feb 13th

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Feb 12th

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All I ask of you, is one thing that you never do – Would you put your arms around me? (I won’t tell anyone).

Feb 11th

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Feb 11th

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Feb 11th

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Should be seeing The Artist tonight!

Just the thing I need to cheer me up. :D

Feb 11th

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Feb 10th

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“How many seas and frontiers shall I have to cross to reach that distant day; how...”

– ‘Goodbye to Berlin’ by Christopher Isherwood

Feb 10th

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Feb 10th

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Feb 9th

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Feb 8th

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Feb 8th

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Feb 7th

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A Drinking Song

jeeprobado: de W. B. Yeats Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you, and I sigh.

Feb 6th

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