“Fur pillows are hard to actually sleep on” 4:55 PM Aug 1st via web

“I love me” 6:12 PM Jul 31st via web

“THAT MEANS TOAST IN SWEDISH!!!!” 6:26 AM Jul 31st via web

“I jog in Lanvin” 12:17 AM Jul 29th via web

Kanye West joined Twitter and made that shit fun again.

Follow him. Or, erm, me.

“In the end, Maya is postmodern: she can’t really make music or art that well, but she’s better than anyone at putting crazy ideas into motion. She knows how to manipulate, how to withhold, how to get what she wants.”

Diplo on M.I.A., quoted from a recent article in the New York Times that has caused quite the media shitstorm. Journalist Lynn Hirschberg basically slams M.I.A.’s much publicised political agenda as a misguided gimmick – harsh, but when combined with quotes from Jimmy Iovine and Richard Russell, as well as lots of detail on Argulpragasam’s undeniably fascinating life story, it makes for pretty interesting reading.

Check it out here.

Me ‘n’ Suz P goes together like peas and carrots. Read a little gem of an interview with my ever so talented and driven buddy over here (sample quote: “I’m a sucker for a dude with fucked up teeth. Gold tooth. Cracked tooth. Half a tooth. Fanged tooth. Missing tooth. All drive me crazy”) and check out her blog over here.

My boy Ollie just redesigned his website and it’s looking pretty noice. Ollie is super-talented – as well as studying at CSM, he takes sick photos, designs all manner of lovely, functional things and makes beautiful, bespoke wooden rings like the one you see on my hand in the pic above (monogrammed and errrrrthang.)

Keep an eye on him.

Avid readers (!) of this blog may have noticed that I’ve been pretty slack about updating it recently. In fact, very slack. I could launch into another rant about all the books I have to read right now (soooooo many books), my severely compromised attention span and the degree that I’m certain will kill me in the end, but you probably don’t care. Instead, here’s a selection of five blogs that I like and thought I’d share whilst I get organised enough to start blogging regularly again. Some you may be aware of, some you may not. Either way, I suggest you read them. But obviously still read mine too, please.

1. Jezebel

For intelligent, witty feminist commentary on contemporary news and media. Sister site of Gawker. Aimed at women, obvz, but I think men would appreciate it, too. Or at least, non-chauvinistic ones would.

2.Louise Haynes

Somehow the simultaneous antithesis and embodiment of Jezebel’s feminist ethos. Absolutely fucking hilarious. Resolutely NSFW.

3. Gwarizm

Crooked Tongues writer Gary Warnett seems to know a lot of stuff. How does he have time to hold down a job whilst simultaneously absorbing vast amounts of information about/writing indepth commentaries on streetwear, media, film and music? Who knows. He’ll definitely teach you some shit you didn’t know, though.

4. Award Tour

If you don’t know about Phillip Annand, his clothing label, and his ‘Good Times’ blog, then maybe you should. Award Tour is a streetwear brand with an inspiring ethos, and this translates into a well-written blog that is infused with the energy of its author. It’s not often that a blog makes you wanna get up and do shit, but somehow this one does.

5. Garance Doré

Often referenced (no doubt to her great annoyance) as the girlfriend of The Sartorialist. I love The Sartorialist as much as the next girl but there’s only so many photos of old Italian men in immaculately cut suits that I can take. I think the fashion on Doré’s site is much more accessible for young women. Nice illustrations and more words, too, for those who appreciate them – albeit slightly nonsensical, translated-from-French ones.

On the ‘Monkey-Minded’ post below, I realised that I forgot to provide a link to the origins of Alain de Botton’s article and then I thought that I probably should, ’cause it came from somewhere pretty interesting (depending on what you find interesting, of course.)

The School of Life a self-described ‘new social entreprise offering good ideas for everyday living.’ That translates into a small shop in Central London offering programmes, lectures and services focusing on new ideas and solutions of how to deal with modern life. I live near the shop and walk past it often and it’s presence seems to give out good energy to the street on which it’s situated (Marchmont Street, in Bloomsbury.) I’m yet to partake in any of the classes but am definitely going to do so in the near future (Sample talks include: ‘How To Find A Job You Love’, ‘How To Fill The God-Shaped Hole’, ‘How To Make a Difference’). ‘The School of Life’ is such a genius concept and, like all the best ideas, such a perfectly simple one.

In the meantime, here’s a link to the shop’s blog, which is fast becoming my new favourite. With writers, philosophers and staff members writing on topics like style, gratitude and mutuality, it’s a million times more mentally stimulating than all the other fraff I seem to spend my time absorbing from the net. Happy reading.