• avocado, plain, without anything else
• beans, especially edamame beans
• buttercream icing
• caffeinated coffee
• chickpeas
• green grapes
• kale
• mayonnaise
• melon other than watermelon
• milk chocolate (most)
• mint ice cream
• quinoa
• rice
• sweet potato
• thick-crust pizza
• white chocolate

• amber
• apples
• blankets
• bog myrtle
• cardamom
• charcoal
• chocolate
• cinnamon
• coffee
• crayons
• cucumbers
• cumin
• cut grass
• eucalyptus
• foxes
• garlic
• ink
• lavender
• lemon
• lemon balm
• mint

• New Mexico was nothing but aliens (now it's nothing but methamphetamine)
• similarly, Switzerland was a country full of death where people were killed routinely
• Ireland was legally not part of any continent
• eating Philadelphia cheese would kill you and turn you into an angel; eating Splenda would turn you into a chicken
• going to my Dutch uncle Vincent's house would somehow involve leaving the UK and entering the Netherlands, as if his house was, somehow, not on British territory
• likewise, all IKEAs were actually on Swedish property
• everyone in line to the throne would get a chance at being monarch, as if they took it in turns
  • royalty was exactly like in Disney/fairy tales, and real-life princesses (but not ...

• Breton
• Estonian
• Finnish
• Georgian
• Icelandic
• Italian
• Lingala
• Lithuanian
• Luxembourgish
• Malagasy
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Swedish
• Welsh

bold - teach me.

• big time | peter gabriel
• float on | modest mouse
• happy ending | mika
• happy hour | the housemartins
• igen og igen | nephew
• interminatamente | raf
• like a prayer | madonna
• losing my religion | r.e.m.
• move your feet | junior senior
• open arms | elbow
• sledgehammer | peter gabriel
• stay | shakespear's sister
• steam | peter gabriel
• take on me | a-ha
• the safety dance | men without hats
• tonight, tonight | the smashing pumpkins
• un'emozione inaspettata | raf
• walking on broken glass | annie lennox

• Ed Byrne
• Bianca Del Rio
  • Cherry Vine
• The League of Gentlemen (incl. Jeremy Dyson)

• bands who played at my school
  • Allstar Weekend
  • Ivyrise
  • District 3
• Johnny Clegg (27.03.2013 and 19.08.2017)
  • Tailor
  • Sipho Mchunu
  • Jesse Clegg
• Sigur Rós
• Howard Jones
  • Dan Burton (instead of...)
  • ...Men Without Hats were supposed to be there too, but they had to drop out, unfortunately
• Kodaline
  • Áine Cahill
• Nik Kershaw and Go West

• Behind The Name - name etymology
• Boil The Frog - creates a seamless playlist between two musical acts
• Colossal - art blog
• Colour Blender - speaks for itself
• dict.cc - german (and other languages) dictionary
• ESC Radio - eurovision radio
• Go Make Something - craft how-to guide
• Ident Gallery, the - television graphic design
• Name Nerds - unusual names + celtic name etymologies
• Nordic Names - speaks for itself
• Obsidian Bookshelf - writing tips
• Omniglot - languages
• Peony And Parakeet - art how-to guides
• Radiooooo - world music through time
• Seventh Sanctum - random generators for inspiration
• Springhole - writing advice
• Student Art Guide - speaks for itself
• TVARK - television graphic design - currently unavailable
• Uusi Kielemme - teach yourself Finnish

• alkanet
• bluebell
• ceanothus
• cherry blossom (or, any blossom, really)
• cornflower
• delphinium
• forget-me-not
• foxglove
• gypsophila
• hydrangea
• larkspur
• lavender
• lilac
• lobelia
• magnolia
• marguerite
• morning glory
• orchid
• rose (i like the pale ones best)
• sunflower
• wisteria

• Abigail Adams (1744, Julian calendar)
• Alessandro Moreschi (1858)
• Callista Flockhart (1964)
• Demi Moore (1962)
• Ellie Simmonds (1994)
• Emma Blackery (1991)
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821)
• Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (1986)
• Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1981)
• Kim Peek (1951)
• Kurt Vonnegut (1922)
• Lavell Crawford (1968)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (1974)
• Magda Goebbels (ahem...) (1901)
• Paracelsus (1493)
• Paul Signac (1863)
• Peaches (1968)
• Raphael Gualazzi (1981)
• Stanley Tucci (1960)
• Vincent Schiavelli (1948)

• alchemy
• animation (beyond Disney)
• architecture
• art history
• astronomy
• botany
• celebrations and festivals
• censorship
• conflicts
• conspiracy (theories)
• costumery
• counter-history
• death
• dictatorships
• different cultures
• diseases
• floriography
• geology
• hoaxes
• industrial disasters
• infamous crimes

• baby wipes
• camera
• ear muffs
• hair ties
• hand sanitiser
• headache pills
• house keys
• iPod
• lavender oil
• lip balm
• mobile phone
• money
• notebook + pen
• personal alarm
• plasters (especially for blisters)
• sanitary towel
• shoehorn
• snacks (e.g. cookies, raisins and nuts - whatever)
• soap
• Swiss Army Knife

• alexander torte
• apple pie
• banana cake
• brownies
• chocolate chip cookies
• chocolate fudge
• crepes
• key lime pie
• lemon bars
• lemon drizzle cake
• meringues
• pumpkin pie