Day 08

Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why

Take more photos - Starting with something I'll enjoy, but for many reasons in the past months I've lacked doing. Therefore, this month I will try to challenge myself with taking as many photos as I possibly can. I suppose the change of location within these few weeks will help me get a range of photos will be very handy as I go to an English seaside on friday, Disneyland Paris in 3 weeks and Lourdes a couple of days after that!

Be more optimistic - Unfortunately I've got myself in a hole, being ok with being pessimistic which isn't exactly great. But in order to not bring people around me down and to smile more I want to raise my spirits and awareness - always a good thing.

READ!! - For A2 starting in September I need to read Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr Jeykll and Mr. Hyde and Carol Ann Duffy's 'Rapture'. I've only read fully Dr Jekyll and I'm up to 138 in Captain Corelli's so I'm rather panicing that I won't get it all done because I'm extremely slow at reading!

Day 7

Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

This fortunately leaves me with a few responses, and to be honest I wouldn't want to leave any of them out because that makes me feel like they are unworthy or less then whom I choose to place under this heading. I think the main four would include my Nan, Mum, Michael and Dita Von Teese.

My Nan and Mum are ovbiously the ones that have helped me learn and grow, but the challenges they have brought to me will help me forever and therefore I thank them dearly. Challenges are difficult and annoying in some cases but these ones are only things needed to face, and better off learning them when younger - being able to fall with support of others - then older and less dependent. They also share this overwhelming bubbly personality which can cheer you up even when your most stubburnly annoyed - believe me it's happened many a time!

Michael has been in my life for 2 and a half years and yet has become the most prominant person next to my close household family. The weirdest yet most glad apart of our relationship is the fact my family loves him almost as much as me; in the words of my nan "he's a part of the furniture". As he is the most prominant he's the most annoying, friendly, funny, stupid, clumsy, silly, lovable and happy person I know, and the little things he has done for me is just as good as the big things we've pulled eachother threw - 'cos we know a blooming lot can happen in just two years. Also; Michael - sorry for being the least soppy person ever, loveyou!

Ah, Dita Von Teese. Thanks to her 6years ago (? I think six years ago) she opened up a world of such beauty and magnificance. Little ol' me didn't actually realise what would happen after being told about her. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't have discovered (here comes the lis, hold on guys):

Burlesque
1950's fashion and hair styles
Mr. Pearl
Jaguar S-type 1963
Chrysler New Yorker
Pasties
Stockings
Wiggle Dresses
Elegance
(Cheesecake) Pin Up
Alejandro Jodorowsky
ect.

And what would life be without all that? Actually looking at that list has actually made me realise how much of my life now has been altered after knowing all those things - I like it!

Day 06

Kinda Cheesy Story Alert!

Two and a half years ago Micahel and I were on the phone; awkwardly chatting ect. I had to keep running around from room to room because my house was full of family and one of my close friends, Jennifer was also there. Why was this a problem? Mainly because all the people there are very nosey and any sign of anyone liking someone else they will cling onto for dear life and want to know everything! I could not suffer that torture so when my room was empty I went in there, when the front room was empty - I went there and so on; there was even a time when I went in the bathroom to escape! Anyway, Michael said 'I was like Wonderwoman' flying around everywhere and we some how got onto calling him Superman, and there was a massive time when we kept referring to us as Superman and Wonderwoman, it's still a cool little memory for us anywho, so that'd be why Superman and Wonderwoman are my favorite superheros.

Change of Plan

2 posts ago I said that I would be finally spending a day out with my camera and my Michael finally after ages of wanting but not having time. That did happen - my camera, my michael and I went out. The only thing was that I was not behind the camera; I was in front of it?! This may not seem weird to you; the reader, but for me being quite self-conscious and not proud of my skin I would never have thought any time recent I'd be getting in front of the camera and whatnot. However, saying this, it was a really good day! I did get some photographs myself between the modeling which I still need to edit and play around with myself but Michael has edited his already and uploaded them on his deviantart: www.ekimvonburrin.deviantart.com I like the range he got; for uploading 6 he hasn't kept the same tone throughout - I thought it was quite clever.

Here's a snapshot:

Day 5

Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to

One of the best places in the whole world. I think I was the happiest girl alive when I went to Disneyland Florida with my grandad, aunt and mum when I was 6. I literally clung to the walls when I was told we had to go back on the airplane! I hope to go back in the near future.

Today

I cleared out my wardrobe in start to clean my room out properly head to toe; to be honest, now I'm regretting it. The phrase 'it looks like a bomb has hit this place' really has been put into practice. I have a clean wardrobe but my room has got rubbish all over it which I'm going to continue tomorrow - looking forward to that! Although the upside is it's like I have discovered this whole new wardrobe because I discovered clothes I has previously loved and forgotten about (or lost) and so now it feels like the moment you come back from a huge shopping trip and have loads of new outfits - it's amazing!

Talking about clothes and I have just recently confessed to being an Ebay addict - I'm not sure if to buy this polka dotted one shoulder playsuit. I've not previously owned a playsuit because I've always seen them as 'not me', however this item is so adorable I fell for it straight away - the only thing stopping me is the fact it's a playsuit. What to do? What to do? Just have to sleep on it I guess!

I am rather excited about the fact after I'm cleaning my room I will be going on a long-awaited photography outing to the cornfields and such-like. Hopefully I'll get some good shots, feels like ages I've taken a couple of hours/a day to just do my photography - too excited! Although I'm still waiting on my Holga 120N camera which I'm praying will come before my holiday next week. Fingers crossed.

Day 4

Day 4 - A habit that you wish you didn’t have

I think I have many but the one that irritates me so much, and yet is the most common, is biting me nails. I will quit and succeed but I have terrible nerves and so when they kick in I fall back into biting my nails which is most frustrating.

Day 3

Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
I was going to put a couple of photos here of friends because I have never got the chance to get one of all of them together but then I decided this one was the best and one of the most important so I'll just dedicate this to my Korinnian :D