august favourites!

HAPPY SEPTEMBER EVERYONE!!!

I am SO excited for autumn! And very happy that summer is ending and it's finally cooling down a bit. I'm already wearing thick tights, dresses and cardigans and you can't stop me! I normally go by astronomical seasons meaning autumn begins for me on September 22nd this year but meteorological seasons say autumn has already begun so might as well make the most of it.

September has come very quickly this year and I'm kind of scared that it's coming up rapidly towards the end of 2016 but I'm just going to try and enjoy the build up to October when it really gets autumn-y.

I haven't really done a proper monthly favourites post in ages and I want to try and make them an actual monthly thing as they're some of my favourite youtube videos and they're lots of fun to write as I enjoy rambling about things I like.

ALSO I went over 900 pageviews??? That is crazy I seriously still don't really believe people read my posts.

TV

Skins - My brother convinced me to watch this with him because he loves it and now I love it. It's essentially a drama about kids during their 2 years doing A-Levels so every 2 seasons new characters are introduced. It's a really interesting layout but we're only on season 2 so I don't really know if I like it or not! It's also quite a strange show at points and most episodes I find myself thinking "what on earth" at least once.
My favourite characters are (of course) Sid and Cassie and I also adore Chris, Maxxie and Posh Kenneth is just brilliant. And I love Peter Capaldi, Danny Dyer and Shane Richie so I loved them all in it! I thought what they did with Danny Dyer was hilarious as he's normally a "big, hard man" so having him in the role he was in was too funny to me.

Bojack Horseman - I am a broken girl after watching this show. I'd already seen the last episode of season 3 when my brother had it on but it hit me just as hard this time. I was just covered in goosebumps.
It's a strange show and I'm not sure how to describe the premise but it's basically an anthropomorphic horse actor who was on a big show in the 90s is now struggling to get back on his feet. I'm still baffled by how incredible it was and its ability to go from hilarious to leaving me on the verge of tears in just a few minutes. For example, season 2 episode 8 is pure hilarity but season 2 episode 10 just hits you.
I love all the characters so much, they're each unique, hilarious and brilliant in their own ways.
It deals with some really difficult and hard topics whilst still leaving you laughing your head off and I couldn't recommend it highly enough.
I'm already watching it again with my mum this time as she wanted to watch it and I still love it just as much!

Films

Zootopia/Zootropolis - I don't watch films a whole lot but I still can't get over how amazing this film was. It's about a rabbit called Judy Hopps who becomes the first rabbit police officer and has to prove herself but holy crap it's so good! My mum doesn't normally like animated films but even she adored it.
I'm not even sure what to say about it apart from: go and watch it please! I don't want to set your expectations too high but I did love it and would 100% recommend it, it's quickly become one of my favourite Disney films.
I've wanted a tsum tsum for so long and I finally got one and it was Bellwether and I love it SO MUCH.
This is kind of a spoiler so if you haven't seen it maybe don't read this but I LOVED the scene with the sloths in the DMV it was so hilarious and I was laughing my head off.

Finding Dory - I wrote a whole blog post on this so I won't go into it too much but I thought they did a great job with this sequel and to sum it up it felt nostalgic of the first film but it still felt new and like its own film and I really did love it.

Paranorman - this was on E4 or something the other day and since I've been meaning to watch it for a while I decided to and I was not disappointed. There were a few times where I got a bit distracted but overall I just enjoyed it a lot. If you're like me and love films like Coraline I don't really doubt that you'll love this film too. It's funny and clever and entertaining and definitely got me into a Halloween mood too early and I just loved it.

Music

Hunky Dory by David Bowie - I don't really know how to talk about music but this one's definitely a good album. I'm a big fan of David Bowie's slightly strange sound so I loved this. And I'd have to say my favourite songs are probably of course Life on Mars?, Kooks and Oh! You Pretty Things.

Folie a Deux by Fall Out Boy - Have you seen that Tumblr post that says "true love is the album you played on repeat for a month"? Well that was Folie a Deux. I don't think I've ever played an album so much in a short space of time ever in my entire life and even especially asked for this particular CD for my birthday (as I normally just write a massive list and my mum will just buy some things from it). I don't think I could choose a definitive favourite song but currently I'm loving She's My Winona, Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet and 20 Dollar Nose Bleed (thanks for the really long song names, Fall Out Boy).

YouTubers

Mimei Land - I love Mimei and her other channel too but I've just especially just been loving her more vloggy videos recently. They're so pretty and interesting and beautifully edited and I couldn't recommend them highly enough. They're also really nice and relaxing to watch and put me in such a good mood.

ITheMasterOfDooMI - If you've seen Akidearest's Q&A videos then you may recognise Doom's amazing voice. He basically just makes hilarious short lil' gaming videos and has a very nice voice so if you like funny gaming videos commentated by a person with a nice voice then subscribe to Doom! (Or Cryaotic y'know I'm not your mother although I do love Cry a lot too)

simply_kenna - I'm pretty sure she popped up in my recommended and the pretty thumbnail drew me in. Her videos are so beautiful and aesthetic-y and if you love autumn then I have little doubt you won't enjoy her channel. She's so relaxing to watch and I would be lying if I said I haven't been binge watching her videos throughout August.

Other

Rookie - Rookie is an online magazine that writes about a whole load of stuff including loads of things about growing up with advice and things like that. I always forget about the existence of Rookie but every few months will come back to it and binge read it like there's no tomorrow. It just really helps with not feeling alone and is very nice to read.

Button - This is a strange one but for my birthday I got this Attack on Titan themed alpaca on amazon and it is so adorable. I named it "Button" and I love him so much I take him everywhere with me and he's just SO CUTE! I got a blue one but they don't seem to have the blue ones anymore? But the other colours look really nice too so it's cool. But you have no idea how tempted I am to buy them all in all the different colours they have because they're just my favourite things.

Barry M Showgirl Extra Lengthening Mascara - I've been wanting a new mascara for a while and this one is both cruelty free and affordable so of course I bought it! It just makes my lashes look really nice and I'm normally awful with mascara but I've been finding the wand on this one so easy to use. I just think it's amazing and for £4.99 I am very happy with this purchase.


And that's everything! Thank you for reading this blog post and I'll see you in the next one.

Goodbye :)