5 Reasons to love Jennifer Lawrence

Since she won an Oscar everyone has been jumping on the "I love Jennifer Lawrence" bandwagon - and who can blame us after that charming post-Oscar media Q&A session?

Jennifer Lawrence love has been spreading since long before that - I first started noticing her hilarious quotes on Pinterest towards the end of last year.

Here are my top five reasons to love Jennifer Lawrence:

1. Because she references Mean Girls in her acceptance speeches

via s a m m i on pinterest (cannot find original source)

2. Because she still doesn't quite get how famous she is

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3. And the novelty clearly hasn't worn off

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4. Because of this photo

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5. And because of this glorious compilation by BuzzFeed

Which includes gems like this:

And this:

And this:

Read the full post (all 25 great Jennifer Lawrence moments, with gifs) here.

She is SO great. 

The best things on the internet, lately

Oh sweet, twisted and sometimes terrifying internet, I don't know what my life would be without you. Here are some of the best things I've seen online in the last few days:

This song. So beautiful, and for once the live version is way better than the studio one. 

This. THIS. (Found on Pinterest, with no link back to a source.)

Rabbits hairpin (available on Etsy) just in time for Easter. 

I am currently fangirling in an embarrassing fashion over Season 4 of The Vampire Diaries. Everything about this scene (from 4x08) - the song, the angst, the speech - it gives me ALL THE FEELS. Can't even handle it. 

And lastly, my number one favourite thing I have seen on the internet this past week (possibly ever):

You're welcome.

One for the weekend: Things to be happy about

• This post by BuzzFeed, which is still the best thing I've read all week
• Mexican food at Wahaca tonight, burgers and milkshakes at Byron tomorrow
• The end of the week of intense deadlines
• A week closer to the Easter sundae feeding frenzy my sister and I are planning at Harrods' Ice Cream Parlour
• A week closer to a visit from my favourite Swiss/French immigrant
• Chocolate Philly cream cheese on crumpets (chocolate cheesecake for the poor and lazy)
• The fact that my friends all love talking about food as much as I do
• My hyacincths which I planted a couple of weeks ago are flowering on my windowsill and they smell amazing
• Ellie Goulding's Halcyon, which I have been listening to for two weeks and with which I am still not bored
• Pinterest, for being responsible for my finding gems like this:

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One for the weekend: Something to read

One of the things I love best about living in London is that even though it takes ages to get anywhere (this place is so huge!), at least I can get absorbed in a book while someone else does the driving.

My sister loaned me her copy of Donna Tartt's The Little Friend which I have been devouring for the last few weeks. I read The Secret History by the same author years ago and still count it as one of my favourite books, but The Little Friend has surprised me - I think I may love it more. I have a serious writer's crush on Donna Tartt, and have spent much of this novel in complete awe at her gorgeous, spellbinding way with words and the ingenuity of some of her metaphors and comparisons.

It's not just beautifully written though - it is an exciting, intense mystery with thrilling action sequences as well. I haven't quite finished it and it's taking great willpower not to stay up all night to find out what happens.

Go read it, go now!

PS. St Paddy's Day this weekend! Going to be getting my green on and visiting Porterhouse in Covent Garden for their celebrations.