On this week’s instalment of ‘why on earth do I think this is a good idea’, I gave my flatmate Imogen free reign of my camera roll, picking any photos she wants and I have to explain the story behind them. So, get ready to cringe, laugh, and be simply downright confused as to why I have these things on my phone. Enjoy my suffering!
Let’s get the embarrassing one out of the way first *face palm*. If you scroll back far enough on my Instagram you can probably still find this monstrosity. Everything about this makes me cringe: the poorly applied red lipstick, the not-so-subtle placement of the Kurt Cobain poster in the background to compliment the Nirvana top (that I still wear and love by the way, can’t really hate on that), and the fact that I thought it was oh so cool to pose with sunglasses indoors. I know for a fact that I thought I looked great in this and so edgy, which makes me cring even more. I don’t have the most self confidence with my appearance now, but at least I don’t take like pictures this anymore - suggesting at least a little bit of self-improvement. Moving swiftly on...
Had Imogen not found this I would have totally forgotten about it. I believe this was taken in the corridor of my school in sixth form, and I hadn’t been going there for very long. I remember being on my way to a lesson, or lunch or something, and there was this little guy sat in the corridor. I still have no explanation for this one, but some mad lad was clearly having a laugh placing this here. I couldn’t walk passed without snapping a pic, just for how random it was, and having not attended the school for very long, the only thing I could think was ‘maybe this sort of thing happens a lot?’ Either way it’s hilarious that this unexplainedly sits in my camera roll all these years later.
While on the topic of sixth form throwbacks, this moment captured on someone’s Snapchat is just so relatable still. I think I’d done something embarrassing when this was snapped, and whatever it was I’ve clearly chosen to block it out of my memory, because I cannot remember what it was. Or, perhaps I was just stressing about my work or exams (as per usual), and the desk seemed like the perfect place to hide away. This picture conjures so many memories; how different and younger I look, having to wear a uniform every day, a distant memory now that I’m in my second year of uni, and simply how much time I spent in that damn sixth form library. There’s happy and not so happy memories attached to this pic, but being just as much as a stress head as I was then, it proves that really nothing has changed.
Thankfully, the exposer of my phone and the reason this blog post is being made, decided to pick a picture of herself too (the least embarrassing one I have saved of her, but what did I expect lol). This picture also brings back so many memories. Not only does it give me horrific flashbacks to our far from luxury first year accommodation (look at those gross yellow walls), but also Imogen’s, and the rest of us to be honest, obsession with my other flatmate Hannah’s insanely comfy bed. I don’t know what kind of sheets and blankets she buys to make her bed so comfy, but I think we’ve all had a snooze in there at some point - we’ve even just layed on her rug because it was so comfy. With our flat kitchen being far from cosy last year, hanging in each other’s room was how we spent a lot of our time, so I guess that’s the main way we bonded as a flat over the course of first year, and I have plenty more snoozing Imogen pics where that came from. What can I say, we’re a sleepy flat.
This is quite a blurry picture becasue I was on a moving boat at the time. This is from my holiday to Amsterdam in summer 2016, easily my favourite ever holiday. This was taken while we were on a cruise around the Amsterdam canals. So many people who live there own boats, and I saw this name and had to take a pic - I have a fondness for puns what can I say. This holiday was so lovely and I fell in love with the city as soon as I got there; the river cruise being a highlight becasue I got to sit back and see all of the beautiful sites in one go, in lovely weather, feeling so happy and content. I took so many pictures that holiday because I wanted to capture every moment, this being a prime example of that.
Of all of the pictures Imogen picked, this must be one of the most confusing without context haha. This is my friend Patrick’s sixth form homework diary, after facing the wrath of my other friend Dan. Dan suddenly decided in year 13 that it’d be hilarious to steal our homework diaries, somehow mess with them in the weirdest ways, then return them the next day. Whether it be metal wire like the picture, tape, cable ties, even padlocks, allowing Dan to get away with stealing your diary was something you would end up regretting. This pic really doesn’t do justice to how weird this joke got, and I took the liberty of taking Patrick’s diary home to try and unwrap it, and this was an update pic I sent to the group chat, after spending a good few hours, unlocking padlocks, cutting tape off and untying the cable ties - and I still wasn’t quite done when I got to this stage lol. I guess we’re a weird bunch of mates but this provided us with SO much entertainment amidst the trials of A Levels, and this pic brings back all of these silly memories.
I mean I did mention that we were a sleepy flat, but now I’m realising that none of us seem to be pictured in our own beds haha. Second year is taking it’s toll on my energy levels big time, and clearly I needed to climb into the nearest bed after coming home from uni, and I guess with Imogen’s room being on the ground floor, this was my chosen spot. And of course, if you look remotely funny, there’s gonna be a meme made of you in our flat, and here we are. It’s normally me taking snapchats of Imo so it’s unsurprising she took this opportunity, and look how cute and cosy I look! Damn, I wish I was napping right now.
The first picture was already an example of me trying to look cool and failing miserably, but here’s another one! This came about when me and my best friend Rachel went to the Walker Art gallery back home in Liverpool, and saw it as the perfect opportunity to get some #edgy content for our Instagram, gazing longingly into some art. How cool. I definitely thought this was a great snap and uploaded it immediately, cringe cringe cringe. What I can say is that the amount of black I wear certainly hasn’t changed, as well as my crazily thick hair. Oh past Hannah, what were you doing mate?
As far as non-contextual pictures go, this is definitely up there with one that NEEDS an explanation. When my fellow philosophy and ethics nerd friend Anthony was coming to stay in London with me, I knew he was the one who’d be up for taking this museum trip that I’d wanted to do for a while. This is the preserved head of scholar Jeremy Bentham, who I studied at A level and know an awful lot about. Despite the fact that this is on display at my rival uni UCL and I was close to bursting into flames when I walked onto the campus, this was something I just had to see - it was one of my favourite scholars, and it was super morbid and weird; the perfect justification to go! Anthony snapped this fetching pic of me with the head, and it has to be the most bizarre thing I’ve ever posed for. Still, it was a cool experience to see such a famous intellectual in the flesh, even if he was looking a bit worse for wear. Love you Jezza.
I would actually recommend that you let someone go through your pictures (as long as you don’t have anything too incriminating), because by looking back, reminiscing and explaining the stories behind the photos, it’s a great way to relive fond, and not so fond memories. This is definitely the only time I give Imogen such a privilege though haha. I’m sure you now think I’m way weirder than you did before...oops I’ve been outed for the mess I really am.
Hope you still love me though :(
Thanks for reading lads,
H x
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