The Sunday Catch-Up & Electrical Current Lifestyle Favourites #10
I've been wanting to practise a novel lifestyle post service for thence long because it feels similar it's been ages as well as I've been upward to thence much, but my content schedule has been swamped! Today I'm finally sitting downwards to portion as well as I promise y'all enjoy.
I've had a genuinely great few weeks with friends as well as family! We had a solid unit of measurement occasion a lilliputian piece back, thence it was great to reckon some of my relatives that don't alive nearby as well as nosotros don't larn to reckon real often. One of the best things nearly existence dorsum inwards Birmingham has been existence thence unopen to my grandparents as well as seeing a lot to a greater extent than of them, which is something I value to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than equally fourth dimension goes on. That same weekend I went to see ane of my genuinely skillful academy friends who lately moved dorsum close me with her boyfriend. We've had a flake of a dinner as well as motion-picture demo tradition going - the starting fourth dimension time circular she made dinner for us as well as a few other academy friends I haven't seen inwards a piece as well as nosotros watched Get Out, which was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than vivid the bit fourth dimension round! Then some other fourth dimension nosotros got a genuinely skillful takeaway, had some vino as well as watched It (you tin cheque out my review below).
Another large matter for me was our business office Oscars accolade ceremony! I'd been component subdivision of the commission planning the lawsuit for months, doing everything from finding a venue with nutrient as well as a skillful drinks carte as well as a band to negotiating life-sized Oscar statues, making certain the presenters had the correct envelope... as well as blowing upward DOZENS of balloons! It went off thence perfectly, as well as ane time the awards were out of the way, nosotros got to relax as well as bask the band as well as the bar. We had such a great dark getting dressed upward as well as recognising people's achievements equally nosotros equally a few joke awards - it's ane of the highlights of the yr inwards price of piece of work socials as well as nosotros got such a skillful turnout!
It was lately ane of my best friend's birthdays inwards London, thence inwards our commons manner nosotros made a weekend of it! After everyone arrived inwards the due east end, nosotros went for a flake of a sushi feast at Sushnoen as well as had a few drinks before getting a relatively early on dark ahead of Saturday's primary event. During the daytime on Sabbatum nosotros met some other of our friends for a genuinely yummy brunch at Friends of Ours (check out the delicious pancakes I had here) before doing a spot of shopping. My friend's birthday was a solid political party thence nosotros had a flake of prep before everyone arrived, getting cocktails as well as nibbles ready. It was such a skillful dark with such a great turnout as well as a few onetime familiar faces. I genuinely remembered how awesome solid parties are - it was similar existence dorsum at university! The side past times side 24-hour interval it was boozy brunch at Clerkenwell Grind before I headed dorsum on the train.
The snowfall before inwards the calendar month meant a flake of a alter of plans for my weekend when the Beast from the East descended. We genuinely all got sent domicile from piece of work at midday thence I took a lead a chance as well as decided to caput to Oxford to reckon my friend for the weekend. Luckily everything was running fine as well as nosotros had a chilled out afternoon before I got to attend her formal dinner (which involved Latin, robes as well as people genuinely keen to accept your plates away...) as well as reckon all the people I'd been hearing nearly since she started at that spot inwards September. We also went to a Liquid Lounge mixer betwixt a twosome of colleges, which was fun. Sabbatum started with brunch at Gail's Bakery, where I think I ate nearly five different savoury as well as sweetness baked bits with my actual meal... We did a spot of shopping as well as spontaneously went to reckon the Black Panther (review below!) at Curzon because we'd both been wanting to reckon it for aaaages but everyone we'd asked had already been. It was great to sip mimosas whilst watching a film! That even nosotros did a cheese as well as vino dark with a movie, as well as some other friend joined us, equally nosotros had tickets for the TEDx Oxford lawsuit on Sabbatum (which was an all-day thing) as well as didn't desire to larn besides hard. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few to a greater extent than of our friends joined the side past times side 24-hour interval for the lawsuit as well as nosotros had a genuinely skillful day. One or ii of the speakers didn't quite connect with me but at that spot was plenty interesting materials inwards at that spot to brand it genuinely worthwhile (the topic was the brain, the take away heed as well as mental health). Though I was pretty exhausted on the rails replacement service home...
A twosome of weeks dorsum I had the chance to larn to an lawsuit with Stila for their novel Spring collection (you tin cheque out my review of their liquid eyeshadows here), which was lovely as well as a great chance to reckon some of the Birmingham bloggers. I genuinely met Dorota from Beauty Drama Queen off the dorsum of that for dejeuner - she's totally lovely as well as I experience equally though nosotros receive got a lot inwards mutual inwards price of where nosotros are with our blogs as well as working total fourth dimension with it, thence definitely cheque out her weblog if y'all don't already read it.
After the Stila lawsuit I headed dorsum to Manchester for a flake of a long weekend. I was lucky plenty to live invited to the Titanic Spa with my mum, which was incredible as well as simply what I needed - I'll live doing a post service on it after inwards the month. The next 24-hour interval nosotros went for a spot of shopping at the Trafford Centre, had brunch as well as went to the motion-picture demo theater before an even with a Dine inwards for Two from M&S (I never fille this because it's such skillful value!) The Dominicus was Mother's Day thence nosotros headed to ane of my favourite places inwards Manchester for dejeuner as well as Prosecco: Evelyn's, which has such a skillful alternative if you're vegan or vegetarian.
Current Lifestyle Favourites
Black Panther | I simply receive got thence many feelings nearly this cinema but I'm going to bear witness to write a coherent paragraph on it here! I'll assume y'all know the basic details: technological clandestine African kingdom, a struggle for the throne, a magical metallic everyone wants to larn their hands on etc. I've genuinely struggled to larn excited nearly superhero movies inwards recent years; they've simply felt thence same-y as well as uninspiring... but thence along came the Black Panther with novel faces, a vivid even out as well as an incredible novel setting (I'm thence over dreary, rainy skyscrapers). The plot is real potent compared to other superhero films as well as the world-building is effortless. It's almost similar superhero meets Shakespeare meets Afro futurism. I can't tell y'all how refreshing it is to reckon an almost all-black cast (Martin Freeman plays the 'reverse-token who doesn't progress the plot much' inwards a pretty self-aware way) as well as a positive portrayal of Africa. All of the actors are great; peculiarly Michael B. Jordan, Letitia Wright as well as I also receive got to tell Andy Serkis was pretty impressive equally ane of the blood-red herring villains inwards a rare alive activity performance. The settings, the effects, the mythology, the costume design, the sense of humor - simply everything comes together to brand a fantastic cinematic experience. It also makes real existent points relevant to the globe nosotros alive inwards as well as (unlike a lot these kinds of films) introduces a lot of grayness morality, which keeps things interesting as well as makes y'all think. It's definitely breathed life dorsum into a genre I was form of 'over' equally good equally hopefully paving the agency for to a greater extent than ethnically various films to live greenlit inwards Hollywood.
I, Tonya | If y'all haven't heard of the infamous incident Tonya Harding is famous for thence larn as well as Google it NOW, because y'all couldn't brand it up! This is a darkly comedic biopic features lots of 4th wall breaking as well as is framed with a serial of interviews with those involved inwards what happened. Essentially it follows Olympic skater Tonya whose woman parent is pretty abusive inwards her pushiness to brand her a star. Tonya is widely derided equally existence 'white trash' as well as non the form of individual the USA wants representing it on the globe phase as well as has to piece of work at a diner inwards betwixt competitions. Her personal life is also out of command due to her volatile as well as abusive human relationship with her husband. I know a lot of people think this cinema glorified Tonya as well as made her out to live innocent but I didn't larn that from it; both at the start as well as the halt it's pointed out that this is her version of events as well as her constant commentary that various things 'weren't her fault' is pretty much a running joke. Both Margot Robbie (in an amazing transformation) equally Tonya as well as Allison Janney equally her woman parent are vivid inwards this film.
It | If y'all desire onetime schoolhouse scares with a overnice dose of nostalgia as well as sense of humor thence definitely sentinel this Stephen King horror adaptation! It tells the even out of a town terrorised past times a monster that emerges ane time a generation to prey on children - who are the solely ones that tin reckon it. It takes the shape of whatever they fearfulness as well as commonly appears equally a super-creepy clown. The even out revolves around a grouping of kids who create upward one's take away heed to hunt it downwards as well as destroy it. In some ways it's also incredibly dark - all of the children receive got other terrible things going on inwards their lives; there's bullying, abuse as well as grief all inwards the mix.
Detroit | This was form of a downer to sentinel after we'd been super-empowered past times Black Panther before inwards the day! However it's an of import historical cinema I'd encourage anyone to sentinel nearly the 1967 Detroit riots. It's non tardily to watch; it's ii as well as a one-half hours of existence anxious as well as on border with the tension simply escalating as well as escalating from a hard opener as well as thence throughout the residuum of the run time. In a motel, several rogue constabulary officers essentially interrogate as well as agree hostage a grouping of mainly dark people. The province of affairs escalates as well as the officers laid about to bear witness as well as comprehend upward what has happened. It's essentially a punch inwards the tum inwards the shape of a cinema as well as was released lastly yr on the 50th anniversary of the incident, which for me was a sobering reminder that this all happened inside living memory.
Atlanta Monster | I'm seriously into my truthful law-breaking as well as I can't believe I'd never heard nearly the events of 1979-1981 inwards Atlanta. This podcast investigates the Atlanta kid murders, with each episode putting a different chemical factor of the even out nether the microscope. Between these years, at to the lowest degree 28 children as well as 2 adults were killed inwards the city, all dark as well as by as well as large betwixt the ages of ix as well as 14. Based on largely circumstantial evidence, a homo called Wayne Williams was convicted of the adult murders, thence the residuum of the killings were thence attributed to him as well as the instance was closed. I e'er discovery that the most fascinating truthful law-breaking stories agree upward a mirror to the lodge they were committed inside - otherwise, I suppose how would someone larn away with it? The areas covered include: the events surrounding Williams' arrest, whether at that spot could genuinely receive got been solely ane individual responsible, the forensic evidence, the racial tensions with the constabulary inwards the urban substance at the fourth dimension as well as the desperation to larn a conviction. If you're interested inwards truthful law-breaking thence this is an absolute must-listen as well as all the episodes are similar a shot available.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race past times Reni Eddo-Lodge | This mass evidently has a championship that makes y'all sit down upward as well as accept notice, addition it's a real quick read thence I'd recommend picking it up. In United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland there's a definite lack of discourse nearly race, peculiarly inwards comparing to the US. This mass essentially tells the history of race as well as racism inwards this province from pre-slavery to today (including what's been brushed nether the carpet). It simply lays out the employment inwards a agency that's accessible, concise as well as pose into context with existent life examples. My solely existent occupation organisation is that it mightiness live 'preaching to the choir' because to pick upward this mass you'd receive got to receive got a degree of wokeness, thence the people who would genuinely practise goodness from it volition in all probability never read it.
Revolut | I'm seriously trying to larn my finances inwards monastic tell as well as this has been a godsend. Essentially it's a pre-payment card that comes with an amazing app that breaks downwards just what y'all pass your coin on (you tin also select ii currencies thence y'all tin pass abroad whilst travelling without getting a rubbish telephone commutation charge per unit of measurement or transaction fees). It genuinely has been enlightening as well as has helped me empathise where I genuinely demand to discovery less expensive ways of living, which did incorporate a few surprises for me!
A New Blog Look | You may receive got noticed I've spruced things upward around hither a lilliputian bit! I did genuinely similar my onetime await but I was having a few technical issues as well as unfortunately the individual who made it is no longer active inwards weblog design, thence I took the chance to invest inwards something new. I'm genuinely happy with it; it's clean, functional as well as visual, which is what I genuinely wanted. I promise y'all similar it besides as well as discovery things tardily to navigate.
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It was lately ane of my best friend's birthdays inwards London, thence inwards our commons manner nosotros made a weekend of it! After everyone arrived inwards the due east end, nosotros went for a flake of a sushi feast at Sushnoen as well as had a few drinks before getting a relatively early on dark ahead of Saturday's primary event. During the daytime on Sabbatum nosotros met some other of our friends for a genuinely yummy brunch at Friends of Ours (check out the delicious pancakes I had here) before doing a spot of shopping. My friend's birthday was a solid political party thence nosotros had a flake of prep before everyone arrived, getting cocktails as well as nibbles ready. It was such a skillful dark with such a great turnout as well as a few onetime familiar faces. I genuinely remembered how awesome solid parties are - it was similar existence dorsum at university! The side past times side 24-hour interval it was boozy brunch at Clerkenwell Grind before I headed dorsum on the train.
The snowfall before inwards the calendar month meant a flake of a alter of plans for my weekend when the Beast from the East descended. We genuinely all got sent domicile from piece of work at midday thence I took a lead a chance as well as decided to caput to Oxford to reckon my friend for the weekend. Luckily everything was running fine as well as nosotros had a chilled out afternoon before I got to attend her formal dinner (which involved Latin, robes as well as people genuinely keen to accept your plates away...) as well as reckon all the people I'd been hearing nearly since she started at that spot inwards September. We also went to a Liquid Lounge mixer betwixt a twosome of colleges, which was fun. Sabbatum started with brunch at Gail's Bakery, where I think I ate nearly five different savoury as well as sweetness baked bits with my actual meal... We did a spot of shopping as well as spontaneously went to reckon the Black Panther (review below!) at Curzon because we'd both been wanting to reckon it for aaaages but everyone we'd asked had already been. It was great to sip mimosas whilst watching a film! That even nosotros did a cheese as well as vino dark with a movie, as well as some other friend joined us, equally nosotros had tickets for the TEDx Oxford lawsuit on Sabbatum (which was an all-day thing) as well as didn't desire to larn besides hard. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few to a greater extent than of our friends joined the side past times side 24-hour interval for the lawsuit as well as nosotros had a genuinely skillful day. One or ii of the speakers didn't quite connect with me but at that spot was plenty interesting materials inwards at that spot to brand it genuinely worthwhile (the topic was the brain, the take away heed as well as mental health). Though I was pretty exhausted on the rails replacement service home...
A twosome of weeks dorsum I had the chance to larn to an lawsuit with Stila for their novel Spring collection (you tin cheque out my review of their liquid eyeshadows here), which was lovely as well as a great chance to reckon some of the Birmingham bloggers. I genuinely met Dorota from Beauty Drama Queen off the dorsum of that for dejeuner - she's totally lovely as well as I experience equally though nosotros receive got a lot inwards mutual inwards price of where nosotros are with our blogs as well as working total fourth dimension with it, thence definitely cheque out her weblog if y'all don't already read it.
After the Stila lawsuit I headed dorsum to Manchester for a flake of a long weekend. I was lucky plenty to live invited to the Titanic Spa with my mum, which was incredible as well as simply what I needed - I'll live doing a post service on it after inwards the month. The next 24-hour interval nosotros went for a spot of shopping at the Trafford Centre, had brunch as well as went to the motion-picture demo theater before an even with a Dine inwards for Two from M&S (I never fille this because it's such skillful value!) The Dominicus was Mother's Day thence nosotros headed to ane of my favourite places inwards Manchester for dejeuner as well as Prosecco: Evelyn's, which has such a skillful alternative if you're vegan or vegetarian.
Current Lifestyle Favourites
Black Panther | I simply receive got thence many feelings nearly this cinema but I'm going to bear witness to write a coherent paragraph on it here! I'll assume y'all know the basic details: technological clandestine African kingdom, a struggle for the throne, a magical metallic everyone wants to larn their hands on etc. I've genuinely struggled to larn excited nearly superhero movies inwards recent years; they've simply felt thence same-y as well as uninspiring... but thence along came the Black Panther with novel faces, a vivid even out as well as an incredible novel setting (I'm thence over dreary, rainy skyscrapers). The plot is real potent compared to other superhero films as well as the world-building is effortless. It's almost similar superhero meets Shakespeare meets Afro futurism. I can't tell y'all how refreshing it is to reckon an almost all-black cast (Martin Freeman plays the 'reverse-token who doesn't progress the plot much' inwards a pretty self-aware way) as well as a positive portrayal of Africa. All of the actors are great; peculiarly Michael B. Jordan, Letitia Wright as well as I also receive got to tell Andy Serkis was pretty impressive equally ane of the blood-red herring villains inwards a rare alive activity performance. The settings, the effects, the mythology, the costume design, the sense of humor - simply everything comes together to brand a fantastic cinematic experience. It also makes real existent points relevant to the globe nosotros alive inwards as well as (unlike a lot these kinds of films) introduces a lot of grayness morality, which keeps things interesting as well as makes y'all think. It's definitely breathed life dorsum into a genre I was form of 'over' equally good equally hopefully paving the agency for to a greater extent than ethnically various films to live greenlit inwards Hollywood.
I, Tonya | If y'all haven't heard of the infamous incident Tonya Harding is famous for thence larn as well as Google it NOW, because y'all couldn't brand it up! This is a darkly comedic biopic features lots of 4th wall breaking as well as is framed with a serial of interviews with those involved inwards what happened. Essentially it follows Olympic skater Tonya whose woman parent is pretty abusive inwards her pushiness to brand her a star. Tonya is widely derided equally existence 'white trash' as well as non the form of individual the USA wants representing it on the globe phase as well as has to piece of work at a diner inwards betwixt competitions. Her personal life is also out of command due to her volatile as well as abusive human relationship with her husband. I know a lot of people think this cinema glorified Tonya as well as made her out to live innocent but I didn't larn that from it; both at the start as well as the halt it's pointed out that this is her version of events as well as her constant commentary that various things 'weren't her fault' is pretty much a running joke. Both Margot Robbie (in an amazing transformation) equally Tonya as well as Allison Janney equally her woman parent are vivid inwards this film.
It | If y'all desire onetime schoolhouse scares with a overnice dose of nostalgia as well as sense of humor thence definitely sentinel this Stephen King horror adaptation! It tells the even out of a town terrorised past times a monster that emerges ane time a generation to prey on children - who are the solely ones that tin reckon it. It takes the shape of whatever they fearfulness as well as commonly appears equally a super-creepy clown. The even out revolves around a grouping of kids who create upward one's take away heed to hunt it downwards as well as destroy it. In some ways it's also incredibly dark - all of the children receive got other terrible things going on inwards their lives; there's bullying, abuse as well as grief all inwards the mix.
Detroit | This was form of a downer to sentinel after we'd been super-empowered past times Black Panther before inwards the day! However it's an of import historical cinema I'd encourage anyone to sentinel nearly the 1967 Detroit riots. It's non tardily to watch; it's ii as well as a one-half hours of existence anxious as well as on border with the tension simply escalating as well as escalating from a hard opener as well as thence throughout the residuum of the run time. In a motel, several rogue constabulary officers essentially interrogate as well as agree hostage a grouping of mainly dark people. The province of affairs escalates as well as the officers laid about to bear witness as well as comprehend upward what has happened. It's essentially a punch inwards the tum inwards the shape of a cinema as well as was released lastly yr on the 50th anniversary of the incident, which for me was a sobering reminder that this all happened inside living memory.
Atlanta Monster | I'm seriously into my truthful law-breaking as well as I can't believe I'd never heard nearly the events of 1979-1981 inwards Atlanta. This podcast investigates the Atlanta kid murders, with each episode putting a different chemical factor of the even out nether the microscope. Between these years, at to the lowest degree 28 children as well as 2 adults were killed inwards the city, all dark as well as by as well as large betwixt the ages of ix as well as 14. Based on largely circumstantial evidence, a homo called Wayne Williams was convicted of the adult murders, thence the residuum of the killings were thence attributed to him as well as the instance was closed. I e'er discovery that the most fascinating truthful law-breaking stories agree upward a mirror to the lodge they were committed inside - otherwise, I suppose how would someone larn away with it? The areas covered include: the events surrounding Williams' arrest, whether at that spot could genuinely receive got been solely ane individual responsible, the forensic evidence, the racial tensions with the constabulary inwards the urban substance at the fourth dimension as well as the desperation to larn a conviction. If you're interested inwards truthful law-breaking thence this is an absolute must-listen as well as all the episodes are similar a shot available.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race past times Reni Eddo-Lodge | This mass evidently has a championship that makes y'all sit down upward as well as accept notice, addition it's a real quick read thence I'd recommend picking it up. In United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland there's a definite lack of discourse nearly race, peculiarly inwards comparing to the US. This mass essentially tells the history of race as well as racism inwards this province from pre-slavery to today (including what's been brushed nether the carpet). It simply lays out the employment inwards a agency that's accessible, concise as well as pose into context with existent life examples. My solely existent occupation organisation is that it mightiness live 'preaching to the choir' because to pick upward this mass you'd receive got to receive got a degree of wokeness, thence the people who would genuinely practise goodness from it volition in all probability never read it.
Revolut | I'm seriously trying to larn my finances inwards monastic tell as well as this has been a godsend. Essentially it's a pre-payment card that comes with an amazing app that breaks downwards just what y'all pass your coin on (you tin also select ii currencies thence y'all tin pass abroad whilst travelling without getting a rubbish telephone commutation charge per unit of measurement or transaction fees). It genuinely has been enlightening as well as has helped me empathise where I genuinely demand to discovery less expensive ways of living, which did incorporate a few surprises for me!
A New Blog Look | You may receive got noticed I've spruced things upward around hither a lilliputian bit! I did genuinely similar my onetime await but I was having a few technical issues as well as unfortunately the individual who made it is no longer active inwards weblog design, thence I took the chance to invest inwards something new. I'm genuinely happy with it; it's clean, functional as well as visual, which is what I genuinely wanted. I promise y'all similar it besides as well as discovery things tardily to navigate.
I promise you're having a lovely Bank Holiday weekend!
What receive got y'all been doing, watching, reading as well as listening to lately?
What receive got y'all been doing, watching, reading as well as listening to lately?
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