There is no delight in owning anything unshared. - Seneca.

Between the almost-Siberian winter that seems to be going on outside and the three exams that I must take in the next two days, it is rather difficult to remain upbeat at the moment - frozen toes and a revision-addled brain are certainly not conducive to maintaining a good mood!  Fortunately my spirits are fairly easily lifted with a bit of cheerful music and I have spent a little too much of the afternoon dancing around my room in an oversized jumper, leggings and very thick socks.

As Spotify has been encouraging me to do so at every possible opportunity, and I have very little time or energy to post anything more extravagant, here is a sample of the playlist that has been fuelling occasional bursts of productivity in a largely procrastination-filled afternoon.  These twenty songs are hugely varied in their nature - some are long-standing favourites, while others are newly discovered gems that I cannot stop listening to,  however they are united by the fact that they have all served to brighten my mood and distract me temporarily from this rather dreary day. 

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1. Lykke Li - Let It Fall
2. Cage The Elephant - In One Ear
3. The Big Pink - Dominos
4. The Cribs - Cheat On Me
5. Florence + The Machine - Drumming Sound
6. Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
7. La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix)
8. Passion Pit - The Reeling
9. The Libertines - Time For Heroes
10. Regina Spektor - Eet
11. Animal Collective - My Girls
12. Marina And The Diamonds - Mowgli's Road
13. Biffy Clyro - The Captain
14. Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People
15. Cajun Dance Party - Colourful Life
16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
17. Kings Of Leon - Knocked Up
18. Le Tigre - Deceptacon
19. The Maccabees - No Kind Words
20. Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Right, I'm going to take my dancing self off to the kitchen to bake some chocolate brownies in a last-ditch attempt to distract myself from the three utterly terrifying exams that will monopolise the next forty-eight hours of my life.  Then maybe, just maybe, I'll settle down for an evening of hardcore revision. Ugh.

I'll be back soon, most likely in an exam-free state of ecstasy, and hopefully with some more inspired and interesting things to write about!  In the meantime, happy listening - let me know what you think?