It has been a summer of discovery for me this year. By this, I don't mean that I've been lucky enough to discover a new species of animal, be part of a maiden voyage across the seven seas, stumbling across a long undiscovered island nestled in the far reaches of the northern hemisphere. Sadly I also do not mean that I have discovered a way to bypass Prince's Spotify ban, and thereby listen to something other than 'Stare' via this particular steaming medium (I got a bit excited when Spotify started playing Prince yesterday, only to release that it was playing songs I already own via iTunes).
Whilst all of these would be pretty cool discoveries, I more mean that I have learned a few things this summer that I didn't already know. I thought I'd share some with you.
1) Coal and charcoal are not the same thing. Like, seriously, why did no-one tell me this before? I though charcoal was just a fancy BBQ specific name for something which was just, well, a relaxed diamond. (Pssst, I just googled the whole coal/diamond thing and also discovered that diamonds don't form from coal. Read all about it here.)
2) Nobody creates purses/wallets with enough space for the number of loyalty cards the average person holds in contemporary times. I have basically stopped resisting shop assistants. If you say no to the question, 'would you like 15% off your next purchase and a free gift on your birthday?' then you get looked at like a crazy person. As people are pretty much already looking at me like a crazy person for singing the entirety of 'Call Me Maybe' without messing up one lyric whilst browsing the shop displays, it's best to just go with the flow.
3) Tesco very rarely has soya natural 'yoghurt', raspberries and soya white chocolate in all at the same time. And this isn't cool when you're trying to make dairy free white chocolate and raspberry muffins!
4) When it rains, I buy more. Shops = shelter.
5) Richard O'Brien would almost definitely wear a leopard print boob tube if he was a woman. (Although I'm not sure he would buy it for £1 in the sale at H&M).
6) When you accidentally follow someone to a social event, it's best not to announce to them that you followed them. It freaks them out. And also somehow means that you end up accidentally seeing them everywhere and paranoid that maybe you are following them... (For all I know Derren Brown is behind all of this...)
7) Two cinema trips in one day is absolutely fine. Two bags of popcorn probably isn't...
8) The Bob Marley theory extends beyond the realm of music. If you want to watch the X Factor without adding the disclaimer 'it's my guilty pleasure', much prefer dancing to running and think taking selfies is super fun then don't sweat it. People are always going to tell you that what you like is silly, so as long as you don't say the same things about the stuff other people dig, you can just be happy that what you like is cool, simply because you like it* :) (Read my blog post of 2011 on The Bob Marley Theory here).
*Obvious exceptions apply - this is about tastes as opposed to moral issues.
9) Nothing quite fills the hole left by Gossip Girl. Which, yes, I realise I got into WAY too late.
10) I have way more chance of being a ukulele rock star than a piano rock star, even if I have yet to master the art of strumming patterns.
So, there you have it, my summer of discoveries. I definitely would not call that wasted time! What did you discover this summer? How to get rid of flying ants? How many fun facts about Prince you can withstand before needing to wallop me over the head with a cushion? The best book you've ever read? Leave me a comment and let me know :)
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