#creative-wanderings

Ten - only ever see the sun rise or the sun set?

Sunset, Like I'm going to be up early enough to make use of the sunrises :)

Eleven - only ever wear stripes or polka dots?

I wear stripes a lot more than I wear polka dots, but that's because I rarely find polka dot stuff that suits me, I think I'd go for polka dot because then if anyone was like "dude, why are you wearing that? It doesn't suit you?!" I can be all like "tumblr curse man, I have to" and forge a new style where polka dots suit me.

Thirteen - carry a pocketwatch or a monocle on you for the rest of your life?

Pocket watch for sure. It's functional, looks dapper as balls, and my eyelashes are far too long to sport a proper monocle.

Feel bad I didn't acknowledge your nice new haircut now... :P

7) What dates from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

I like this question, there's so many to chose from! Imma go with just positive ones because they're the one's I'd prefer to be remembering at the mo and also only ones where I can actually remember the date it happened.

21/6/13 Stepping out of my last A-Level exam (it was further maths FP2) and it having not gone as appallingly as I expected, The weight that was lifted off my shoulders at that moment was incredible. We had a 6th form party that evening as well and even though some of my best friends couldn't make it because they still had an exam left it was an excellent night. I got behind the DJ decks and had the most fun playing to all my mates.

16/8/13 This day was a whirlwind of stuff, I woke up characteristically late and in a mad panic logged onto UCAS to see that I'd been accepted into UCL for my physics course, I was in a state of absolute elation while my mum drove me to school and there I picked up my exam results. I didn't get to hang out with friends for long after though as I had packing to do, that evening I was beginning three weeks of train journeys across Europe with Jazz with a journey to Heathrow. I packed all day and in the evening went out on the town with my crew, at about midnight my mum picked a slightly tipsy me and Jasmine up from outside the club and drove us to London to start our journey.

21/9/13 This is the day I moved into my halls at university, it was a pretty emotional time but the excitement held me together, I met a bunch of really lovely people and I immediately felt at home. A this point I had no bearings and hadn't had to make friends for a very long time but 'hey, what course are you on?' came in very handy at that night's garden party.

15) What did you get really, really, really excited about?

A ton of stuff, this year has been probably the most exciting yet!

University, London, halls, living by myself, getting my scholarship, traveling Europe, Leaving my crappy job as a KP at a café, getting a nicer job at Waitrose, leaving my job at Waitrose, starting student radio, seeing my family for christmas, finding tables to decorate my room in London, seeing some amazing bands, and undoubtedly many many others.

18) What do you wish you’d done more of?

I wish I'd done more art, I wish I'd expressed my feelings to people more, I wish I'd done a longer stint traveling, I wish I'd done more revision for my A-level chemistry exam even though it was what i needed to get to UCL and no one will care it still stings that I got a B because of my arrogance, I wish I'd done more exercise because then maybe my back wouldn't hurt so much, I wish I'd done a better job of keeping my ego in check, I wish I'd done more work for the most recent set of exams, I wish I'd done more things.

30) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?

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but for serious, I go for function over form for the most part, however I'm partial to a nice baggy collared shirt, skinny black jeans, smart shoes, thick knit jumpers, I've started wearing a hat on occasion.

I awno, preppy hippy? lanky 20's pirate? you call it.

7 - What last made you laugh until you cried

At Bestival, me my Mum, her friend Kara, Harley, Tristain and Kate (all lovely people by the way) were sat in the back of the very small camper van we have and we were throwing polystyrene plane glider toy things at each other and it was just too much fun. It was either then or while watching a comedian on the sunday evening of Bestival who devised a plan to fuck over supermarkets by taking a single avocado through a self checkout and put it through as 1,000,000 avocados and then waiting for the supermarket to drastically over order avocados in order to buy them cheap. "you have to spend money to make money"

13 -  Favorite memory from this past summer

Well it's definitely going to be from travelling but there's so many to chose from! Imma have to say watching the sun set at the beach in Brela, Croatia. That was the ending to an amazing day and it was one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen.

22 - Lyrics to my favourite song

Hmmm, this is a tricky one but I'm going to go for Tom Waits' Green Grass

"Lay your head where my heart used to be Hold the earth above me Lay down in the green grass Remember when you loved me

Come closer don't be shy Stand beneath a rainy sky The moon is over the rise Think of me as a train goes by

Clear the thistles and brambles Whistle 'Didn't He Ramble' Now there's a bubble of me And it's floating in thee

Stand in the shade of me Things are now made of me The weather vane will say... It smells like rain today

God took the stars and he tossed 'em Can't tell the birds from the blossoms You'll never be free of me He'll make a tree from me

Don't say good bye to me Describe the sky to me And if the sky falls, mark my words We'll catch mocking birds

And that Heralds the end of sloth day, aye it wasn't a full day but we had fun none the less. Join me again at an unspecified time in the future for another day of wonder and awe.

J.W.