✩ My 2013 ✩

January:
- nothing much happened in January, except for meeting lovely new friends and having a blast.
- noticed my first stomach symptoms

February:
- stomach symptoms continued
- went to Italy 

March:
- was in Italy for a week
- came back home and was admitted into hospital because of severe stomach pain
- stayed in hospital for slightly over a month

April:
- was in hospital
- got diagnosed with PTLD (post transplatic lymphoproliferative disease) or more commonly: cancer
- got out of hospital and into post-hospital care

May:
- sick leave
- started feeling better
- partying

June:
- Switzerland for two weeks
- got more diseases and spent another week and a half in hospital

July:
- started getting panic attacks from hospitals
- stayed in hospital three times for one night
- Switzerland, where I met some of the loveliest people and saw some old pals <3
- was extremely suicidal

August:
- got home again from Switzerland, because of panic attacks
- saw a shrink who helped nothing
- was depressed to the point where I told my dad to hide everything that I could use for suicide

September:
- started tutoring at my university, had something in my life to keep me going
- started feeling better about my mental health

October:
- England

November:
- came back from England
- got admitted to hospital for high fever
- spent three weeks in hospital
- got together with my ex

December:
- got anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication as well as sedatives
- had to put down my best friend, my beautiful collie Bali

Today's Outfit and Make Up

Geek Chic Cosmetics: The One Ring and You Best Pray I'm Dead

Little Red Riding Hood

In a course of American literature, I was made to read Angela Carter's version of Little Red Riding Hood - a few short stories in her collection "The Bloody Chamber".
It made me realise a few things about the story, that I had read many times as a child, and I never liked the story until I read her version of it.
It makes the wolf and the girl both into two quite distinctly unpleasant characters and makes them in a way a couple - two lovers. It's a feministic reading of the fairytale, but even to someone who prefers not to read too deeply into feministic literary theory, this story struck me hard in my heart.

Photos from Tumblr.

Weights weights weights

I bought wrist weights from Fitnesstukku.fi and started using them as ankle weights here at home. Both are 2 kilos, but it still feels like nothing yet. Hopefully soon, after running the stairs up and down all day long, I'll start noticing my muscles getting tired. Of course they won't get tired with me just sitting here and writing this, so I'll keep this short and just show you the picture:

Makeup Review: Geek Chic Cosmetics

Geek Chic Cosmetics is by far my favourite indie makeup brand, and this was my second order from them. I have already done one review in my previous blog, but I think a new one is in order.
First of all I only ordered colours I needed - colours I would use on a regular bases or that would emphasise the ones I already have.
Second of all, I ordered a lot of make up, the whole set of Lord of the Rings, so I'm not going to name them all.

However, I have tried to keep them somewhat in order when you see the swatches on my arm. Some aren't as visible as others, since they are very pale colours. But I only used a small amount and they are extremely pigmented.

So on to the plusses and minuses!
+ easy to order
+ fast order delivery
+ free swatches with order
+ very pigmented colours
+ loads of glitter
+ a huge amount of colours to choose from

- packaging is a bitch - the envelope is very tight and each colour is sealed with plastic (I broke my nail trying to open them)
- company in the US - border control wants a piece of the cake so big orders equal big taxes

Here to the website of Geek Chic Cosmetics: http://geekchiccosmetics.com