Monthly Wrap Up: August

I do apologise for the lateness of this. I had most of it written up already, and was just putting the finishing touches to it and sorting out some  of the wishlist and links when I got the news that my Grandma had been taken into hospital. She deteriorated very quickly once she got in there and there was nothing they could do for her other than keep her comofortable. She died at 12:30 this morning. So I hope you understand why this is late. I’ll try to get enough posts drafted for a few weeks (keeping busy stops me breaking down) but please be patient with me in the aftermath of this. My grandma has been a massive part of my life over the years and this has been a pretty hefty blow.

Monthly Wrap Up - July

The Good

♥ Jurassic World.

♥ New run of Constantine at DC comics is awesome

♥ SDCC reveals and panels and the Nerd HQ conversations! I’ve really enjoyed the Supernatural and Hannibal ones especially, not for anything groundbreaking as far as reveals or insight goes, just because they were freaking hilarious. I adore Chris Hardwick but the SPN panel was hosted by Rob Benedict and Richard Speight and putting the two of them together usually results in utter hilarity.

♥ Vikings. I’m on Season 3 now. Obsessed much?

♥ Whiteboards! They are Awesome :D

Awesomeness Around The Web

★ Abandoned Assault Course with some gorgeous photos by Crumbs in the Bed

★ Three Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty Seven Days aka, greatest anniversary post ever

★ Don't Get Sucked in by Oil Pulling aka beauty science for you

★ This piece of sheer beauty, the most epic safety video ever filmed, courtesy of New Zealand.

★ The Lead in Lipstick is Safe or more beauty science for you

★ The Trouble with Being a Blogger

★ This amazing, important and also FREE comic “A mortal woman and the Goddess Parvati fight against sexual violence in India and around the world in this epic vivid story involving the Hindu gods.”

The Bad

x Being in hospital overnight for low potassium at the start of this month. Totally glamorous right?

x The atmosphere at my PhD. I never loved it, but now it’s a really crappy place to go into.

x My gym membership just ran out. This is way worse than it sounds, honest. (I can’t renew for a couple of weeks either, boo!)

New Things I Subscribed to This Month:

+ VivaTramp

+ Can You Stomach It?

+ Laura Lejeune on Youtube

+ Explain Things to Me podcast

The Wanted

This necklace &&  this one

This gorgeous eyeshadow which I may have bought already

Inspirational words

5 Fandom Friday - Five Fictional Pets I'd Like To Adopt

1. RAPTOR SQUAD! *ahem* Velociraptor (well, Deinonychus if we're accurate, but damnit Blue)

2. A dragon. Specifically Toothless

3. A Hellhound. One of Crowley’s,

4. A Thestral.

5. Pokemon. I can’t pick one, I could maybe narrow it down to 10 or 20. I did like Pokemon back in the day.

You may have noticed I have issues. Also no shame, none whatsoever,