Walking to Tescos today when I had a sudden realisation that I am now a grown up!!!
Why did this epiphany happen today?
No particular reason I was just having a little think, (which I often do when i'm walking somewhere and haven't got my ipod on to drown out my thoughts).
And I thought back to when I was 16 and just starting college (so that would be 1996). Life was exciting starting college, left school, making new friends, i was an 'adult'. Obviously I am well aware that I wasn't an adult but in my head I was.
My life revolved around college, seeing my friends and going out.
My biggest worry was if Blur or Oasis would get to number one and if that lad fancied me or did he fancy my best mate!
I thought people my age (32) were boring! From my experiences with my parents and their friends all they talked about was houses, kids, their job... blah, blah, blah!
And it hit me my 16 year old self would hate me! Here I am walking to Tescos to get some bits in for tea, then i'm going to go home hoover, fetch the washing in and cook tea!!!!
OH MY GOD!!!!!
Now I don't really think i'm boring. I like my life as it is now.
I see my friends, i spend time with my boyfriend, i go to concerts, the cinema etc.
It's not as if i sit at home day in day out doing fuck all!
But it is definatly not what I expected my life to become.
Now lets be honest who at 16 imagined what their life would be like in their 30's and thought they'd be rich?!
I certainly did. I thought i'd leave college, get an amazing job working with animals (that didn't happen), save loads of money and by now I would be living abroad as the female David Attenborough or Steve Irwin!
So when did it happen? When did I decide I liked nights in, and not going out drinking till i pass out?
I mean obviously I did that at 16 onwards. Me and my friend April were talking the other week about a night of a college disco (yes a college disco. The drinks were SO cheap). Anyway myself, April and our friend Dawn had all chipped in for a bottle of Southern Comfort. Me and April drank all of it cos Dawn decided she didn't like it. We then went up to the student union and proceeded to finish off the bottle behind the bar!
Now i can guarantee if me and April did that now we would probably be ill for a week with a hangover!
I think being part of a couple in many ways makes you boring as well. because you become content to spend your nights in with that special someone and are less inclined to go out get drunk and make a complete tit of yourself!
So when did my life change? When did conversations about babies, marriage, divorce, buying a house etc. Become part of my everyday vocabulary?
As i've typed this and gone off on a bit of an odd slant and not really come to some grand conclusion as to why i suddenly became a grown up and therefore dull!
I find myself wondering if i would go back to being a 16 year old?
And the answer to that is no. I may have become boring to anybody in their late teens/early twenties. But i wouldn't swap the confidence i have. And the fact that i no longer have to prove myself to my friends or anybody.
My life is definatly not what i expected but at least i'm happy (most the time).
Monday 13 May 2013
Tuesday 7 May 2013
Something Getting You Down?
I was thinking today about how people with depression are viewed in the 'real world'.
Yes I know technically everyone's all tra-la-la-la-la you have depression that's fine I understand.
But do you?
Today I spent an hour doctoring my CV to cover up employment gaps from when i've been struggling with depression. I've even edited my Uni course information to cover up the fact that I had a mental breakdown and ended up having to take a leave of absense from my degree.
Is this really the society we live in? Where people with depression still have to cover up the fact that sometimes they find life a bit too hard to deal with?
It really isn't right. I would love to leave the gaps in my CV and then say when asked yes i suffer from depression. Yes there are gaps but no it doesn't make me less able to do my job. In fact in my opinion it makes me more able to do a job because i'm so determined that depression won't rule my life!
I haven't always suffered from depression but I have always had a melancholy side to my personality. My therapist asked for my earliest memory of feeling sad and I can rememeber hugging a teddy bear at aged about 5 or 6 and crying because i would never know my great grandparents properly!
(They did in the early 80's).
But apparently that's not usual behaviour for a child.
However i grew up and i don't remember being introverted as a child or teenager. I had a major blip when i was 13 when i came to school one day and nobody in my group of friends would speak to me.
And i don't mean that they ignored me a bit i mean when i spoke to them they turned their backs on me!
To this day i still have no idea what happened. I know i wasn't into make-up and boys like they were all i wanted to do was go home and play on my SNES or go out and play in the fields by my house or look after my animals.
The day that happened i went home and cried my eyes out to my Mum begging her to let me change schools. She refused and said i had to go back i couldn't let them win. And i believe that made me stronger and made me care less about what people think of me!
So i grew into my 20's fairly confident but i'd have my quiet moments where i'd feel sad for no reason and lie on the floor staring at the ceiling for hours.
And to be honest I always felt i was going mad and that if i told anyone that i'd be locked up!
So i kept my opinions to myself till i was 25(ish) then i decided i would try going to a therapist see if that would work. I decided i just had issues i needed to get off my chest and that would clear things up.
We talked about my parents divorce, my friends abandoning me. But none of it made me feel better.
My paranoia that had always been there in the background became more prominent. And eventually i abandoned the therapy idea.
I started to think i was being followed, that people i brought pictures off of had planted bugs in them! That if i texted my friends and they didn't reply they were talking about me and laughing about me.
I became very withdrawn and decided that the answer was i NEEDED to quit my job as that was the problem!
It worked for a little while and I got a new job at Derby City Council in the catering department.
The first 2 weeks there were awesome the boss was on holiday and everyone i worked with was lovely. The job was a piece of piss compared to my old one!
But then the boss came back and she started picking on me. EVERYTHING that went wrong in the kitchen was my fault. I even got blamed for a fight she had with her husband!
All this coincided with my Grandad being told that there was no hope for him with his cancer. And i had to come to work and put up with her crap whilst watching my Grandad deteriorate!
Anyway I needed the job so i put up with it my Grandad died and i discovered the answer at the bottom of a bottle of Vodka. Every night i'd go home and have a couple of drinks and it'd make me feel numb.
Again i withdrew from everyone and my paranoia came back BIG time!
I did go to the Doctors this time. But their answer was anti-depressants. But i didn't like how they made me feel so i decided that i would be fine on my own!
I started going out with my boyfriend and although i had my low moments i ambled along relatively well.
But then my job started to get to me. The attitude of my boss made work conditions unbearable. She hated anyone to have a laugh or any fun whatsoever in the kitchen. And it made me so tense all the time! Luckily (i suppose) i got put on hospitalities a lot and so the order and structure of that helped me loose myself a little bit. I'd shut myself in the hospitality room and just get lost in my job.
I didn't help for long. Again i tried therapy. Thinking that i just needed to get some more issues off my chest.
Only this time the therapist was terrible i really felt that she didn't care what i was saying and was just there for the money. (And at £60 a session, she was not cheap)!
She actually ended up making me feel worse about myself and i ended up not attending sessions and actually staying home in bed!
Again i struggled on and decided the answer was I needed to quit my job and go to uni! So i did.
That worked out quite well for a little while actually. I went to Derby Uni studying Events and Hospitality management. I was based at the Buxton site. I passed my 1st year and started my 2nd. Only i started to get really frustrated with how they ran things i was a January starter so for the first half of my 2nd year i was with the people i'd been with the previous January who were then halfway through their 2nd year. Things were not going great as 1 of the modules started in september and ran over the year so i did the 2nd half 1st and then would've done the 1st half 2nd.
I got SO frustrated and decided that this was not a good Uni and i needed to switch!
So i started at a new University.
Being older than nearly everyone else by a full decade i was determined to not seem like the sad older person trying too hard. At Derby it had been slightly better as there were a couple of people close to my age.
But at Stoke i was the oldest on my course. This made me feel down as i just felt old.
But it wasn't till we went on a residential trip to Barcelona that this became more prominent.
As i didn't really know anyone well enough to share a room (I have anxiety issues), i managed to get a room to myself. So it was nice i had my own space to go at the end of the day.
I love drinking but i get really bad hangovers so i decided to turn down the invites to go out clubbing every night. (I also have a i NEED to go home reaction if i feel sick, so i decided drinking was off the table).
By the end of the week however people were visibly taking the piss out of me for being boring and wanting coffee. So although i loved Barcelona the company was terrible!
After the trip I didn't attend Uni a lot i struggled to travel and decided nobody liked me.
But i passed my 2nd year. (Just).
So back to Uni to start my 3rd year. First day back i bumped into my 'friend' Jackie who took great delight in telling me everyone on my course hated me!
This made me so anxious i was physically sick at Uni and had to go home.
Now normally people's opinions don't bother me but i was out my comfort zone and being told that made me so bad.
It got so bad that i was catching the train to Uni and then turning round and coming straight back home!
I was having panic attacks (which i had never suffered from) in fact one day I couldn't get on the bus to get home from town! I just couldn't stand the thought of being so close to all those people.
I had to be fetched from town by my fella and i cried all the way home!
It was at this point i sought medical help properly. I was struggling to leave the house and see my friends so i knew i needed help.
The answer was yet again anti-depressants but i also got referred to a therapist. I actually took my tablets this time and i was not great on them, but they helped.
I decided that they were a short term solution and that once i started therapy i would be fine as i'd learn to cope without them!
There was one problem with that theory. My therapist was an idiot. He didn't seem to actually understand depression. He had some really dumb ideas (such as i induce a panic attack at an event i'd had tickets to for a year, to see how i cope! Obv i didn't. Also embarrass myself in public. Didn't do that either). He also kept telling me about other clients. And because of my paranoid streak i refused to tell him all my problems as i knew he would be talking about me to other clients!
Fortunatly (i suppose) i broke my foot so i was unable to complete my sessions with him. So i got referred to another therapist.
She was amazing. And really helped me.
I still struggle with my depression. I have learned that it's not something that will ever go away it's just something i must learn to live with.
My therapist made an observation that it's so much effort for me to maintain what others see as a normal mood. that any major knocks to my confidence especially when i'm out of my comfort zone can shatter my mood and send my spiralling down into depression.
She's right. Sometimes it's exhausting being round people. But whereas i would've once hid myself away now i force myself to interact with people.
It's hard and frustrating but i do it.
Everytime i don't let the depression rule my life is a massive achievement.
Some of my friends don't really understand depression (but they try). I have even been told to snap out of it a couple of times but when the silly part of your brain overrules the sensible part it can be hard to do anything. So snapping out of it isn't that simple!
I'm not ashamed of my depression. If asked i talk about it, in fact i'm very open about it. But sad to say employers still discriminate against people with depression.
I'm sure they don't always mean to and i know things are getting better but wouldn't it be amazing of at the top of my CV where you put your personal statement i could put:
I have Manic Depression. I live with it every day. I am learning to control it and not let it control me.
But unfortunatly that's not the way the world works. But with more and more celebrities talking about their depression it can only mean maybe one day i can have that at the top of my CV!
Oh and no i don't call it bi-polar Manic depression sounds more accurate to me!
Yes I know technically everyone's all tra-la-la-la-la you have depression that's fine I understand.
But do you?
Today I spent an hour doctoring my CV to cover up employment gaps from when i've been struggling with depression. I've even edited my Uni course information to cover up the fact that I had a mental breakdown and ended up having to take a leave of absense from my degree.
Is this really the society we live in? Where people with depression still have to cover up the fact that sometimes they find life a bit too hard to deal with?
It really isn't right. I would love to leave the gaps in my CV and then say when asked yes i suffer from depression. Yes there are gaps but no it doesn't make me less able to do my job. In fact in my opinion it makes me more able to do a job because i'm so determined that depression won't rule my life!
I haven't always suffered from depression but I have always had a melancholy side to my personality. My therapist asked for my earliest memory of feeling sad and I can rememeber hugging a teddy bear at aged about 5 or 6 and crying because i would never know my great grandparents properly!
(They did in the early 80's).
But apparently that's not usual behaviour for a child.
However i grew up and i don't remember being introverted as a child or teenager. I had a major blip when i was 13 when i came to school one day and nobody in my group of friends would speak to me.
And i don't mean that they ignored me a bit i mean when i spoke to them they turned their backs on me!
To this day i still have no idea what happened. I know i wasn't into make-up and boys like they were all i wanted to do was go home and play on my SNES or go out and play in the fields by my house or look after my animals.
The day that happened i went home and cried my eyes out to my Mum begging her to let me change schools. She refused and said i had to go back i couldn't let them win. And i believe that made me stronger and made me care less about what people think of me!
So i grew into my 20's fairly confident but i'd have my quiet moments where i'd feel sad for no reason and lie on the floor staring at the ceiling for hours.
And to be honest I always felt i was going mad and that if i told anyone that i'd be locked up!
So i kept my opinions to myself till i was 25(ish) then i decided i would try going to a therapist see if that would work. I decided i just had issues i needed to get off my chest and that would clear things up.
We talked about my parents divorce, my friends abandoning me. But none of it made me feel better.
My paranoia that had always been there in the background became more prominent. And eventually i abandoned the therapy idea.
I started to think i was being followed, that people i brought pictures off of had planted bugs in them! That if i texted my friends and they didn't reply they were talking about me and laughing about me.
I became very withdrawn and decided that the answer was i NEEDED to quit my job as that was the problem!
It worked for a little while and I got a new job at Derby City Council in the catering department.
The first 2 weeks there were awesome the boss was on holiday and everyone i worked with was lovely. The job was a piece of piss compared to my old one!
But then the boss came back and she started picking on me. EVERYTHING that went wrong in the kitchen was my fault. I even got blamed for a fight she had with her husband!
All this coincided with my Grandad being told that there was no hope for him with his cancer. And i had to come to work and put up with her crap whilst watching my Grandad deteriorate!
Anyway I needed the job so i put up with it my Grandad died and i discovered the answer at the bottom of a bottle of Vodka. Every night i'd go home and have a couple of drinks and it'd make me feel numb.
Again i withdrew from everyone and my paranoia came back BIG time!
I did go to the Doctors this time. But their answer was anti-depressants. But i didn't like how they made me feel so i decided that i would be fine on my own!
I started going out with my boyfriend and although i had my low moments i ambled along relatively well.
But then my job started to get to me. The attitude of my boss made work conditions unbearable. She hated anyone to have a laugh or any fun whatsoever in the kitchen. And it made me so tense all the time! Luckily (i suppose) i got put on hospitalities a lot and so the order and structure of that helped me loose myself a little bit. I'd shut myself in the hospitality room and just get lost in my job.
I didn't help for long. Again i tried therapy. Thinking that i just needed to get some more issues off my chest.
Only this time the therapist was terrible i really felt that she didn't care what i was saying and was just there for the money. (And at £60 a session, she was not cheap)!
She actually ended up making me feel worse about myself and i ended up not attending sessions and actually staying home in bed!
Again i struggled on and decided the answer was I needed to quit my job and go to uni! So i did.
That worked out quite well for a little while actually. I went to Derby Uni studying Events and Hospitality management. I was based at the Buxton site. I passed my 1st year and started my 2nd. Only i started to get really frustrated with how they ran things i was a January starter so for the first half of my 2nd year i was with the people i'd been with the previous January who were then halfway through their 2nd year. Things were not going great as 1 of the modules started in september and ran over the year so i did the 2nd half 1st and then would've done the 1st half 2nd.
I got SO frustrated and decided that this was not a good Uni and i needed to switch!
So i started at a new University.
Being older than nearly everyone else by a full decade i was determined to not seem like the sad older person trying too hard. At Derby it had been slightly better as there were a couple of people close to my age.
But at Stoke i was the oldest on my course. This made me feel down as i just felt old.
But it wasn't till we went on a residential trip to Barcelona that this became more prominent.
As i didn't really know anyone well enough to share a room (I have anxiety issues), i managed to get a room to myself. So it was nice i had my own space to go at the end of the day.
I love drinking but i get really bad hangovers so i decided to turn down the invites to go out clubbing every night. (I also have a i NEED to go home reaction if i feel sick, so i decided drinking was off the table).
By the end of the week however people were visibly taking the piss out of me for being boring and wanting coffee. So although i loved Barcelona the company was terrible!
After the trip I didn't attend Uni a lot i struggled to travel and decided nobody liked me.
But i passed my 2nd year. (Just).
So back to Uni to start my 3rd year. First day back i bumped into my 'friend' Jackie who took great delight in telling me everyone on my course hated me!
This made me so anxious i was physically sick at Uni and had to go home.
Now normally people's opinions don't bother me but i was out my comfort zone and being told that made me so bad.
It got so bad that i was catching the train to Uni and then turning round and coming straight back home!
I was having panic attacks (which i had never suffered from) in fact one day I couldn't get on the bus to get home from town! I just couldn't stand the thought of being so close to all those people.
I had to be fetched from town by my fella and i cried all the way home!
It was at this point i sought medical help properly. I was struggling to leave the house and see my friends so i knew i needed help.
The answer was yet again anti-depressants but i also got referred to a therapist. I actually took my tablets this time and i was not great on them, but they helped.
I decided that they were a short term solution and that once i started therapy i would be fine as i'd learn to cope without them!
There was one problem with that theory. My therapist was an idiot. He didn't seem to actually understand depression. He had some really dumb ideas (such as i induce a panic attack at an event i'd had tickets to for a year, to see how i cope! Obv i didn't. Also embarrass myself in public. Didn't do that either). He also kept telling me about other clients. And because of my paranoid streak i refused to tell him all my problems as i knew he would be talking about me to other clients!
Fortunatly (i suppose) i broke my foot so i was unable to complete my sessions with him. So i got referred to another therapist.
She was amazing. And really helped me.
I still struggle with my depression. I have learned that it's not something that will ever go away it's just something i must learn to live with.
My therapist made an observation that it's so much effort for me to maintain what others see as a normal mood. that any major knocks to my confidence especially when i'm out of my comfort zone can shatter my mood and send my spiralling down into depression.
She's right. Sometimes it's exhausting being round people. But whereas i would've once hid myself away now i force myself to interact with people.
It's hard and frustrating but i do it.
Everytime i don't let the depression rule my life is a massive achievement.
Some of my friends don't really understand depression (but they try). I have even been told to snap out of it a couple of times but when the silly part of your brain overrules the sensible part it can be hard to do anything. So snapping out of it isn't that simple!
I'm not ashamed of my depression. If asked i talk about it, in fact i'm very open about it. But sad to say employers still discriminate against people with depression.
I'm sure they don't always mean to and i know things are getting better but wouldn't it be amazing of at the top of my CV where you put your personal statement i could put:
I have Manic Depression. I live with it every day. I am learning to control it and not let it control me.
But unfortunatly that's not the way the world works. But with more and more celebrities talking about their depression it can only mean maybe one day i can have that at the top of my CV!
Oh and no i don't call it bi-polar Manic depression sounds more accurate to me!
Tuesday 23 April 2013
What's This, What's This?!
Oh My God. Another blogpost straight after the last one.
Well i need to fit in some more film thoughts and Evil Dead needed one all to itself.
But before i get to anymore films i MUST mention the fact that i went to see Space again in early March.
The first gig was in Sheffield and the second was at Birmingham.
Both gigs were EPIC. I've been a fan of Space since i was 15 (so since 1995). The Spiders album was the first album i brought on cd. And until 2011 I had never seen them live. (I will not explain why again as I know it's well known now). Anyway so i was giddy with excitement when they reformed and had a reunion gig in Liverpool.
So when they announced more gigs obviously i jumped at the chance.
So the first gig in Sheffield was awesome. Got hugs off Tommy and Phil a signed setlist and Tommy made up a story about me punching him in the bollocks! (Never happened).
But the next gig at Birmingham was even more amazing cos after the gig i got to hang out with the band. To hang out and have a beer with a band that i have been a fan of for *cough* 18 years *cough*. Was awesome. They were all so nice and i managed to chat with everyone before the venue started moaning cos the staff wanted to go home. Thankfully because I have chatted to all of them before on twitter and facebook. I was able to not go all fangirl. But honestly they are not only the most amazing band ever. (Do not question me), but you also couldn't find nicer people.
I know it sounds so boring. I should be saying how we had an amazing after party and got steaming drunk and passed out in our own vomit. (Maybe we did, who can say)!
Anyway i had an amazing night.
Now onto the films Tommy recommended.
The first was Q (1982) which i managed to get hold of and i have yet to watch. Mainly cos i have got to watch it with the fella and we haven't had a lot of time to watch films with the 90 million tv shows we watch at the min. But i will be watching it before i see Space again so i can tell Tommy what i thought.
The other was Mad Monster Party? a film from the late 60's featuring the voice of Boris Karloff.
And i loved it. Now i know some of you are probably wondering what i'm talking about and i urge you to check it out. Unless you're a normal person who doesn't like anything quirky or different then it's probably not the film for you.
I tried to watch it on my computer but the sound glitched so i actually brought it after only seeing 10 minutes. And i literally had a smile on my face from start to finish. I can see where Tommy drew his inspiration from as well as Tim Burton.
I want to go on and on about my opinion of it. But i don't want to ruin it for people who's interest i have sparked.
Let's just say it's amazing and needs to be seen.
I also made it to the cinema to see Oz The great and Powerful whilst i liked it. Story was good actors were good. Nods to the original good. Why oh why was there so much fucking CGI?! The 1939(ish) original didn't rely on CGI (obviously having been made in the late 30's) but to me. The land of Oz looked better in that version than the CGI'd creation of Sam Raimi's.
There were so many elements i loved in the film especially the way it started in black and white 4.3 aspect ratio and mono sound. Then when you get to Oz it becomes colour and the 7.1 (or whatever they've named it now) sound kicks in and it expands to 16.9 aspect ratio. Loved it. But the over use of CGI really pissed me off!
Also the people talking in the cinema pissed me off.
I also managed to see Finding Nemo 3D which i never saw at the cinema originally so i had to see it in 3D. My only complaint about that was it wasn't 3D enough but other than that it's a good film. *Just keep swimming*. Again i was forced to tell people off in the cinema for messing about.
I also saw Jack the Giant Slayer which i decided looked crap. But i really enjoyed. if you've seen the 1950's version it's virtually the same but with CGI instead of old school animation. But it was well acted and the special effects were good so i can definaly recommend it.
Again i had to tell someone off in the cinema.
On this occassion a dad was explaining everything that was happening to his son who i'm sorry if he doesn't understand the film he shouldn't be watching it! And i had to tell them ssh. (I didn't swear as it was a child). After my 2nd sshing the dad turned to me and ssh'd me. So not only is he teaching his child it's okay to talk in the cinema he's also teaching him to be a twat!
Grr!!!!!!!
Okay i'm all blogged out now. I may blog again soon as i still have more to say but my fingers are sore now!
Well i need to fit in some more film thoughts and Evil Dead needed one all to itself.
But before i get to anymore films i MUST mention the fact that i went to see Space again in early March.
The first gig was in Sheffield and the second was at Birmingham.
Both gigs were EPIC. I've been a fan of Space since i was 15 (so since 1995). The Spiders album was the first album i brought on cd. And until 2011 I had never seen them live. (I will not explain why again as I know it's well known now). Anyway so i was giddy with excitement when they reformed and had a reunion gig in Liverpool.
So when they announced more gigs obviously i jumped at the chance.
So the first gig in Sheffield was awesome. Got hugs off Tommy and Phil a signed setlist and Tommy made up a story about me punching him in the bollocks! (Never happened).
But the next gig at Birmingham was even more amazing cos after the gig i got to hang out with the band. To hang out and have a beer with a band that i have been a fan of for *cough* 18 years *cough*. Was awesome. They were all so nice and i managed to chat with everyone before the venue started moaning cos the staff wanted to go home. Thankfully because I have chatted to all of them before on twitter and facebook. I was able to not go all fangirl. But honestly they are not only the most amazing band ever. (Do not question me), but you also couldn't find nicer people.
I know it sounds so boring. I should be saying how we had an amazing after party and got steaming drunk and passed out in our own vomit. (Maybe we did, who can say)!
Anyway i had an amazing night.
Now onto the films Tommy recommended.
The first was Q (1982) which i managed to get hold of and i have yet to watch. Mainly cos i have got to watch it with the fella and we haven't had a lot of time to watch films with the 90 million tv shows we watch at the min. But i will be watching it before i see Space again so i can tell Tommy what i thought.
The other was Mad Monster Party? a film from the late 60's featuring the voice of Boris Karloff.
And i loved it. Now i know some of you are probably wondering what i'm talking about and i urge you to check it out. Unless you're a normal person who doesn't like anything quirky or different then it's probably not the film for you.
I tried to watch it on my computer but the sound glitched so i actually brought it after only seeing 10 minutes. And i literally had a smile on my face from start to finish. I can see where Tommy drew his inspiration from as well as Tim Burton.
I want to go on and on about my opinion of it. But i don't want to ruin it for people who's interest i have sparked.
Let's just say it's amazing and needs to be seen.
I also made it to the cinema to see Oz The great and Powerful whilst i liked it. Story was good actors were good. Nods to the original good. Why oh why was there so much fucking CGI?! The 1939(ish) original didn't rely on CGI (obviously having been made in the late 30's) but to me. The land of Oz looked better in that version than the CGI'd creation of Sam Raimi's.
There were so many elements i loved in the film especially the way it started in black and white 4.3 aspect ratio and mono sound. Then when you get to Oz it becomes colour and the 7.1 (or whatever they've named it now) sound kicks in and it expands to 16.9 aspect ratio. Loved it. But the over use of CGI really pissed me off!
Also the people talking in the cinema pissed me off.
I also managed to see Finding Nemo 3D which i never saw at the cinema originally so i had to see it in 3D. My only complaint about that was it wasn't 3D enough but other than that it's a good film. *Just keep swimming*. Again i was forced to tell people off in the cinema for messing about.
I also saw Jack the Giant Slayer which i decided looked crap. But i really enjoyed. if you've seen the 1950's version it's virtually the same but with CGI instead of old school animation. But it was well acted and the special effects were good so i can definaly recommend it.
Again i had to tell someone off in the cinema.
On this occassion a dad was explaining everything that was happening to his son who i'm sorry if he doesn't understand the film he shouldn't be watching it! And i had to tell them ssh. (I didn't swear as it was a child). After my 2nd sshing the dad turned to me and ssh'd me. So not only is he teaching his child it's okay to talk in the cinema he's also teaching him to be a twat!
Grr!!!!!!!
Okay i'm all blogged out now. I may blog again soon as i still have more to say but my fingers are sore now!
Not so Groovy Baby!
So i'm sat here in late April trying to recall everything i've been thinking ooh i must blog on that and then not bothering to.
So let's start with what inspired me to write this blog today.
Evil Dead (2013) (For the synopsis click on the link).
Where to begin I was excited from the get go when I heard about the latest in this long line of horror remakes. Yes i know remakes have been done to death but this one was special,
first of all the creators of the original were all deeply involved with it. Yes that's right Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell THE minds behind the original Evil Dead movie and it's two sequels.
These 3 men have been friends forever they created the original Evil Dead on virtually no money. The basement scenes were filmed in Rob's own basement and the roped in friends and family to help.
What they created was one of the greatest horror films ever. In fact you can argue that Evil Dead was one of the last true video nasties.
Gore, gore and more gore. It was even banned in this country. Do films get banned now? Do they bollocks. (Well not here anyway).
Anyway back to my yay Evil Dead remake rant.
So the original men were involved. Sam Raimi hand picked the director (a relatively unknown) and the cast were all virtually unknown (with the exception of Jane Levy Suburgatory).
And it was to have no CGI and rely on old school special effects. So obviously it ticked all my boxes.
Now I have said before i really dislike CGI i think film makers now rely far too heavily on it and it's made them lazy. Yes i said lazy. Instead of trying to create the effect they want they just get the actor to stand in front of a green screen or interact with a tennis ball on a pole. So yeah lazy.
Ray Harryhausen created some fantastic effects without the aid of a computer on his Sinbad films and Clash of the Titans etc. And to be honest i think they look better than a lot of films today.
Anyway i digress. Evil Dead.
So it was with great excitement i took my boyfriend to see Evil Dead last night. (He wanted to see it but i was more excited).
Apart from the tossers sat behind me who kept saying what was from the original and this is that to do with the original. (More on them shortly). I enjoyed it.
The acting was good David's girlfriend was a shit character, i actually forgot there was a fifth person in it at times.
The special effects were fucking awesome. There was lots of blood and gore. Their were the obvious and not so obvious nods to the original.
But it lacked something. It wasn't until I was talking to J on twitter last night via DM that i finally put my finger on it. he said that it was too serious. And you know what he was right, the original was gory and the special effects were amazing (for the budget). But everything about it was almost cheesy and camp. The close ups of Bruce's face, the scary yet funny demonic girlfriend.
The new Evil Dead will do well, in itself it is a good film, but it lacks the fun of the original.
*shakes head* come on Sam, Rob and Bruce and make Army of Darkness 2!
Okay so back to the twats behind me in the cinema.
They really pissed me off but the fella hates it when i tell people off at the cinema so i kept my gob shut. Then when when we were leaving and i was telling him about the knobs behind us talking constantly. He not only didn't notice them but said it's not my job to police the cinema. They've paid the same as us and if they want to talk during the film let them!!!!!!!!!
What the fuck! So i asked him when he went to the cinema as a child with his parents they let him talk during the film did they? To which he replied that no they didn't.
When did it become okay to go to the cinema and talk during a film. My boyfriend pointed out that it's not a library! Erm, no it's not but when i was a kid you messed about or talked at the cinema and the ushers told you off.
So what i want to know is do any of you talk during a film at the cinema? And do you think it's acceptable?
Okay rant over.
Hope you all go see Evil Dead as it's worth a watch.
So let's start with what inspired me to write this blog today.
Evil Dead (2013) (For the synopsis click on the link).
Where to begin I was excited from the get go when I heard about the latest in this long line of horror remakes. Yes i know remakes have been done to death but this one was special,
first of all the creators of the original were all deeply involved with it. Yes that's right Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell THE minds behind the original Evil Dead movie and it's two sequels.
These 3 men have been friends forever they created the original Evil Dead on virtually no money. The basement scenes were filmed in Rob's own basement and the roped in friends and family to help.
What they created was one of the greatest horror films ever. In fact you can argue that Evil Dead was one of the last true video nasties.
Gore, gore and more gore. It was even banned in this country. Do films get banned now? Do they bollocks. (Well not here anyway).
Anyway back to my yay Evil Dead remake rant.
So the original men were involved. Sam Raimi hand picked the director (a relatively unknown) and the cast were all virtually unknown (with the exception of Jane Levy Suburgatory).
And it was to have no CGI and rely on old school special effects. So obviously it ticked all my boxes.
Now I have said before i really dislike CGI i think film makers now rely far too heavily on it and it's made them lazy. Yes i said lazy. Instead of trying to create the effect they want they just get the actor to stand in front of a green screen or interact with a tennis ball on a pole. So yeah lazy.
Ray Harryhausen created some fantastic effects without the aid of a computer on his Sinbad films and Clash of the Titans etc. And to be honest i think they look better than a lot of films today.
Anyway i digress. Evil Dead.
So it was with great excitement i took my boyfriend to see Evil Dead last night. (He wanted to see it but i was more excited).
Apart from the tossers sat behind me who kept saying what was from the original and this is that to do with the original. (More on them shortly). I enjoyed it.
The acting was good David's girlfriend was a shit character, i actually forgot there was a fifth person in it at times.
The special effects were fucking awesome. There was lots of blood and gore. Their were the obvious and not so obvious nods to the original.
But it lacked something. It wasn't until I was talking to J on twitter last night via DM that i finally put my finger on it. he said that it was too serious. And you know what he was right, the original was gory and the special effects were amazing (for the budget). But everything about it was almost cheesy and camp. The close ups of Bruce's face, the scary yet funny demonic girlfriend.
The new Evil Dead will do well, in itself it is a good film, but it lacks the fun of the original.
*shakes head* come on Sam, Rob and Bruce and make Army of Darkness 2!
Okay so back to the twats behind me in the cinema.
They really pissed me off but the fella hates it when i tell people off at the cinema so i kept my gob shut. Then when when we were leaving and i was telling him about the knobs behind us talking constantly. He not only didn't notice them but said it's not my job to police the cinema. They've paid the same as us and if they want to talk during the film let them!!!!!!!!!
What the fuck! So i asked him when he went to the cinema as a child with his parents they let him talk during the film did they? To which he replied that no they didn't.
When did it become okay to go to the cinema and talk during a film. My boyfriend pointed out that it's not a library! Erm, no it's not but when i was a kid you messed about or talked at the cinema and the ushers told you off.
So what i want to know is do any of you talk during a film at the cinema? And do you think it's acceptable?
Okay rant over.
Hope you all go see Evil Dead as it's worth a watch.
Monday 18 February 2013
I'm sexy, i'm cute, i'm popular to boot!
What an interesting couple of weeks i've had since my last post. And by interesting i mean pretty dull!
However several things stick out in my mind. First of all i went to see Hitchcock with my friend Kelly. And I have to say it was so good.
Anthony Hopkins was amazing and very good as Hitchcock. Now i admit i haven't seen very many of Hitchcocks films and it's been a while since i watched Psycho. But i thought all the actors and actresses involved in this film about the making of Psycho were amazing. Although they were portraying famous actors of the 50's and 60's you do feel that they weren't trying to imitate them as much as play them in their own way. Let's face it at the end of the day you don't really want to see an actor/actress imitating someone else you want them to bring something of their own to the role. And i feel that's exactly what they did.
As it has been a couple of weeks since i saw the film I can't give a very indepth review. But anyone that hasn't seen it should definatly give it a watch.
I have also re-read the Shifters series by Rachel Vincent. What a brilliant set of books they are.
This was probably my 5th (at least) read through of them and they still make me laugh and cry. even though I know exactly what's going to happen and how it ends I still enjoy reading them and once again I couldn't put them down!
They follow the ups and downs of the main character Faythe Sanders and her family and friends who are all Werecats.
I'm not going to give an indepth review of them as i want you all to go out and buy them and read them. But let me just say this forget Bella from Twilight (or as i like to call it Twishite) and Sookie from True Blood and read about a character who doesn't rely on the men in her life for help!
At the weekend I completed a s1-3 rewatch of Misfits now I admit that when the character of Nathan left I was very apprehensive about this Rudy character. I have to say on rewatching it his character has grown on me. Especially in the episode where he hears the ice cream van and goes running off like a small child. Anybody who hasn't seen this show should give it a watch. It's one of the best British shows for a fair few years and it's very funny.
Now i'm well aware that my blog seems to give quite vague reviews of things. Now while i'd love to give indepth reviews of everything I do actually have other things happening at the moment but i promise to do more indepth reviews in the future.
Lastly last night i started a rewatch of Mile High it's a Sky 1 show about Cabin Crew and after 5 episodes i'm really enjoying it. I brought the boxsets when they came out in 2004/5 and have to admit haven't watched them since! I will say more when i've watched a bit more.
That's all for this entry folks.
However several things stick out in my mind. First of all i went to see Hitchcock with my friend Kelly. And I have to say it was so good.
Anthony Hopkins was amazing and very good as Hitchcock. Now i admit i haven't seen very many of Hitchcocks films and it's been a while since i watched Psycho. But i thought all the actors and actresses involved in this film about the making of Psycho were amazing. Although they were portraying famous actors of the 50's and 60's you do feel that they weren't trying to imitate them as much as play them in their own way. Let's face it at the end of the day you don't really want to see an actor/actress imitating someone else you want them to bring something of their own to the role. And i feel that's exactly what they did.
As it has been a couple of weeks since i saw the film I can't give a very indepth review. But anyone that hasn't seen it should definatly give it a watch.
I have also re-read the Shifters series by Rachel Vincent. What a brilliant set of books they are.
This was probably my 5th (at least) read through of them and they still make me laugh and cry. even though I know exactly what's going to happen and how it ends I still enjoy reading them and once again I couldn't put them down!
They follow the ups and downs of the main character Faythe Sanders and her family and friends who are all Werecats.
I'm not going to give an indepth review of them as i want you all to go out and buy them and read them. But let me just say this forget Bella from Twilight (or as i like to call it Twishite) and Sookie from True Blood and read about a character who doesn't rely on the men in her life for help!
At the weekend I completed a s1-3 rewatch of Misfits now I admit that when the character of Nathan left I was very apprehensive about this Rudy character. I have to say on rewatching it his character has grown on me. Especially in the episode where he hears the ice cream van and goes running off like a small child. Anybody who hasn't seen this show should give it a watch. It's one of the best British shows for a fair few years and it's very funny.
Now i'm well aware that my blog seems to give quite vague reviews of things. Now while i'd love to give indepth reviews of everything I do actually have other things happening at the moment but i promise to do more indepth reviews in the future.
Lastly last night i started a rewatch of Mile High it's a Sky 1 show about Cabin Crew and after 5 episodes i'm really enjoying it. I brought the boxsets when they came out in 2004/5 and have to admit haven't watched them since! I will say more when i've watched a bit more.
That's all for this entry folks.
Tuesday 5 February 2013
That'll put Marzipan in your pie plate... Bingo!!!
Well, well, well. February... How did that happen. Just over a week and it'll be Valentines day. Time has flown by.
Hmm, what have i been doing that is of any interest to you? Not a lot basically. Been busy attempting to be a grown up and look for a new place to live. I have a permanent headache!
But, other than that I have of course found time to start watching The Following and I have to say so far so good.
It stars Kevin Bacon (who i love anyway) as an ex FBI agent who tracked down a serial killer and put him behind bars. Sounds kind of crime of the week doesn't it? Well it's not.
The killer may be behind bars but his crimes don't end there shall we say. And so I don't spoil it for you we'll leave it at that.
If you haven't checked it out you SO need to.
I've also started watching Spartacus War of the Damned The final season of the Spartacus story.
As always lots of sex and lots of blood. The opening episode was good and i can't wait to see how this season pans out. I can't say a lot about the episode overall really other than it's brilliant. And you should watch.
I could write a really indepth review of the ep but I hate people spoiling things for me so I won't. And it's easy enough to find spoilers if you're so inclined.
I have also recently read Kim Harrison's latest Hollows story Ever After as always Ms Harrison did not disappoint. You can almost feel the series drawing to it's conclusion but every book so far has been unputdownable.
I remember when I first discovered the series back in 2004. I had a leaflet for a book club called The SF and Fantasy book club. And Dead Witch Walking was one of the books in the introductory offer of 5 books for £1. I can't tell you what the other 4 books were because they were read and then donated but that one book made me a fan of Kim Harrison. It's got a kick ass witch in it. Excellent storytelling and it always leaves you wanting more.
Again I don't want to give spoilers as I hate to do that. But if you haven't tried the Hollows series you most definatly should. Forget Twishite and Sookie Stackhouse trash. This is what you should be reading. Witches, Demons, Vampires, Pixies it has the lot and characters that you really feel for.
So if you haven't checked the books out, what are you waiting for. You're online, there's a link to the first one above. Go buy it.
I said GO!
Hmm, what have i been doing that is of any interest to you? Not a lot basically. Been busy attempting to be a grown up and look for a new place to live. I have a permanent headache!
But, other than that I have of course found time to start watching The Following and I have to say so far so good.
It stars Kevin Bacon (who i love anyway) as an ex FBI agent who tracked down a serial killer and put him behind bars. Sounds kind of crime of the week doesn't it? Well it's not.
The killer may be behind bars but his crimes don't end there shall we say. And so I don't spoil it for you we'll leave it at that.
If you haven't checked it out you SO need to.
I've also started watching Spartacus War of the Damned The final season of the Spartacus story.
As always lots of sex and lots of blood. The opening episode was good and i can't wait to see how this season pans out. I can't say a lot about the episode overall really other than it's brilliant. And you should watch.
I could write a really indepth review of the ep but I hate people spoiling things for me so I won't. And it's easy enough to find spoilers if you're so inclined.
I have also recently read Kim Harrison's latest Hollows story Ever After as always Ms Harrison did not disappoint. You can almost feel the series drawing to it's conclusion but every book so far has been unputdownable.
I remember when I first discovered the series back in 2004. I had a leaflet for a book club called The SF and Fantasy book club. And Dead Witch Walking was one of the books in the introductory offer of 5 books for £1. I can't tell you what the other 4 books were because they were read and then donated but that one book made me a fan of Kim Harrison. It's got a kick ass witch in it. Excellent storytelling and it always leaves you wanting more.
Again I don't want to give spoilers as I hate to do that. But if you haven't tried the Hollows series you most definatly should. Forget Twishite and Sookie Stackhouse trash. This is what you should be reading. Witches, Demons, Vampires, Pixies it has the lot and characters that you really feel for.
So if you haven't checked the books out, what are you waiting for. You're online, there's a link to the first one above. Go buy it.
I said GO!
Tuesday 22 January 2013
These are Rhosgobel rabbits. I'd like to see them try.
Well as you may or may not have guessed from the title I have seen The Hobbit.
I have seen it twice now both times in the new HFR 3D (Higher Film Rate 3D) and both times I was impressed.
Obv. more so the first time I saw it.
But since seeing it I have to say it does really seem to be a Marmite sort of film. You either love it or hate it.
There are purists who have read the book saying they've changed too much, added too much etc. But I've read the book and I think it's quite accurate. Not the most accurate book to film adaption I might add but yes there are 1 or 2 extra bits. Having never read the Unfinished tales I can't say whether or not any of the extra scenes are written by Tolkien himself. I do know Jackson has made some bits up as the book had characters going off and doing other things in the book and whatever they go off and do is only hinted at. So he has taken some creative license.
There are of course always going to be people who have nothing but complaints about a film. I read one womans blog and she complained mainly about the length of the film!
I'm sorry but when you look at cinema times the length of the film is usually listed right next to film times. So if you don't want to sit through a long film, don't go to the frickin cinema!!
She also complained about the scenes with Radagast in saying she didn't feel they drove the plot forward and were unnecessary. Not every scene in a film is needed to drive the plot forward sometimes a scene is just there to entertain. She argued that the film should have been shorter and Jackson should have done an extended cut for the dvd.
Now for those of you that have seen Jackson in interviews or read interviews you will know he makes his films for a cinema audience. He doesn't want people sat at home watching them on the small screen, that it takes something away from the magic of the movie. And do you know what, you really can tell. The panoramic views in the movie and the detail is fantastic. And come on lets be honest why wouldn't you go to the cinema to see a film like this?! It makes the most of the sound system and the detail on a bigger screen is amazing.
And add to that a brand new (in this country at least) form of 3D. A higher film rate so it is more true to what the human eye sees. Why wouldn't you jump at the chance to see it?
Again you have people moaning about 3D, and all I can say to them is if you think 3D is rubbish then you clearly haven't seen a good 3D film. What people don't bother finding out before a cinema visit is that some films are filmed in 3D and some are converted. And on the whole it is those that were converted to 3D that have made people anti-3D. Obv. some people hate the glasses (mainly glasses wearers). Then there are those films that were filmed in 3D but nothing is coming out the screen at you so there is no point in bothering seeing it in 3D.
Previously to seeing The Hobbit the best 3D cinema experience i had was seeing Kylie in her Aphrodite tour at the cinema. That was so good you actually thought people were standing up at the front. With The Hobbit this was repeated things came out the screen at you but not in a shock value way trees came out the screen, smoke trickled out the screen.
It was amazing. My boyfriend also saw the film in 3D but he saw it in standard 3D and whilst impressed didn't understand why I was so blown away by it. But he did enjoy the film.
So that's my Hobbit rant over. Now let me tell you about two other films I have seen recently.
The first was Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D.
This is a sequel to the 1974 classic so it followed directly on from the end of that film. Which was good. Now i'm not going to give away plot details, that would be mean. Let me just say
1. It is SO cheesy.
2. It has a clever twist, and
3. It is NOT 3D enough.
But other than that I enjoyed it.
The other film I saw was Les Miserables. I was blown away, again i'm not going to say too much about it as that would be mean. But i loved it very surprised at Russel Crowe's singing ability. He always reminds me of Oliver Reed for some reason. (And for those of you who-ing at that name IMDB him).
Anne Hathaway has a brilliant voice, and i did cry.
Definatly recommend people going to see it.
Well that is all for this post. I've waffled on long enough. More soon.
I have seen it twice now both times in the new HFR 3D (Higher Film Rate 3D) and both times I was impressed.
Obv. more so the first time I saw it.
But since seeing it I have to say it does really seem to be a Marmite sort of film. You either love it or hate it.
There are purists who have read the book saying they've changed too much, added too much etc. But I've read the book and I think it's quite accurate. Not the most accurate book to film adaption I might add but yes there are 1 or 2 extra bits. Having never read the Unfinished tales I can't say whether or not any of the extra scenes are written by Tolkien himself. I do know Jackson has made some bits up as the book had characters going off and doing other things in the book and whatever they go off and do is only hinted at. So he has taken some creative license.
There are of course always going to be people who have nothing but complaints about a film. I read one womans blog and she complained mainly about the length of the film!
I'm sorry but when you look at cinema times the length of the film is usually listed right next to film times. So if you don't want to sit through a long film, don't go to the frickin cinema!!
She also complained about the scenes with Radagast in saying she didn't feel they drove the plot forward and were unnecessary. Not every scene in a film is needed to drive the plot forward sometimes a scene is just there to entertain. She argued that the film should have been shorter and Jackson should have done an extended cut for the dvd.
Now for those of you that have seen Jackson in interviews or read interviews you will know he makes his films for a cinema audience. He doesn't want people sat at home watching them on the small screen, that it takes something away from the magic of the movie. And do you know what, you really can tell. The panoramic views in the movie and the detail is fantastic. And come on lets be honest why wouldn't you go to the cinema to see a film like this?! It makes the most of the sound system and the detail on a bigger screen is amazing.
And add to that a brand new (in this country at least) form of 3D. A higher film rate so it is more true to what the human eye sees. Why wouldn't you jump at the chance to see it?
Again you have people moaning about 3D, and all I can say to them is if you think 3D is rubbish then you clearly haven't seen a good 3D film. What people don't bother finding out before a cinema visit is that some films are filmed in 3D and some are converted. And on the whole it is those that were converted to 3D that have made people anti-3D. Obv. some people hate the glasses (mainly glasses wearers). Then there are those films that were filmed in 3D but nothing is coming out the screen at you so there is no point in bothering seeing it in 3D.
Previously to seeing The Hobbit the best 3D cinema experience i had was seeing Kylie in her Aphrodite tour at the cinema. That was so good you actually thought people were standing up at the front. With The Hobbit this was repeated things came out the screen at you but not in a shock value way trees came out the screen, smoke trickled out the screen.
It was amazing. My boyfriend also saw the film in 3D but he saw it in standard 3D and whilst impressed didn't understand why I was so blown away by it. But he did enjoy the film.
So that's my Hobbit rant over. Now let me tell you about two other films I have seen recently.
The first was Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D.
This is a sequel to the 1974 classic so it followed directly on from the end of that film. Which was good. Now i'm not going to give away plot details, that would be mean. Let me just say
1. It is SO cheesy.
2. It has a clever twist, and
3. It is NOT 3D enough.
But other than that I enjoyed it.
The other film I saw was Les Miserables. I was blown away, again i'm not going to say too much about it as that would be mean. But i loved it very surprised at Russel Crowe's singing ability. He always reminds me of Oliver Reed for some reason. (And for those of you who-ing at that name IMDB him).
Anne Hathaway has a brilliant voice, and i did cry.
Definatly recommend people going to see it.
Well that is all for this post. I've waffled on long enough. More soon.
Monday 7 January 2013
Am I the good slayer now?!
Welcome gentle viewers.
Did we all enjoy the Remember Cindy tweetview.
Have to say although it was brought about by an incredibly sad event I really enjoyed the tweetview.
It helped me to realise just how much Cindy was loved and how much she will be missed.
The fact that so many people took part is amazing, I know that not everybody watched the episodes we chose (Thankyou Not_JohnStamos for letting us know Cindy's fave's). I do know that everybody watched something Whedony or Xenay (yes that's a word now) or just something they know Cindy liked.
There was such an out pouring of love from so many people even Eliza Dushku joined in by re-tweeting some of our tweets and tweeting her own Cindy memory. That alone i'm sure would've made Cindy very happy.
And i think Cindy would've enjoyed our memorial to her, and i'm sure she'd have found it hilarious that i got put in twitter prison for tweeting too much!
On the whole the episodes we watched were awesome, but i'm sorry Narna your choice of Xena episode was SO bad! I know why you liked it but you do know if you'd have been watching that with us we would have mocked you. (In a good way of course).
Again thank you to everyone who joined in with Remember Cindy it meant a lot to me that so many people cared and I know it would've meant a lot to Cindy.
On Saturday night there was mention of doing the Remember Cindy event annually, her birthday has been suggested as a good time. So if anybody would be up for that let me know and I will keep you informed in future posts.
In other news my boyfriend is off to see The Hobbit tonight after I told him he NEEDS to see it. He really wanted to see the HFR 3D version but as it doesn't start till 8 and he has to get up early tomorrow they're just seeing the 2D version.
Will give you his verdict and what I thought tomorrow.
That's all for now, back to courier waiting.
Did we all enjoy the Remember Cindy tweetview.
Have to say although it was brought about by an incredibly sad event I really enjoyed the tweetview.
It helped me to realise just how much Cindy was loved and how much she will be missed.
The fact that so many people took part is amazing, I know that not everybody watched the episodes we chose (Thankyou Not_JohnStamos for letting us know Cindy's fave's). I do know that everybody watched something Whedony or Xenay (yes that's a word now) or just something they know Cindy liked.
There was such an out pouring of love from so many people even Eliza Dushku joined in by re-tweeting some of our tweets and tweeting her own Cindy memory. That alone i'm sure would've made Cindy very happy.
And i think Cindy would've enjoyed our memorial to her, and i'm sure she'd have found it hilarious that i got put in twitter prison for tweeting too much!
On the whole the episodes we watched were awesome, but i'm sorry Narna your choice of Xena episode was SO bad! I know why you liked it but you do know if you'd have been watching that with us we would have mocked you. (In a good way of course).
Again thank you to everyone who joined in with Remember Cindy it meant a lot to me that so many people cared and I know it would've meant a lot to Cindy.
On Saturday night there was mention of doing the Remember Cindy event annually, her birthday has been suggested as a good time. So if anybody would be up for that let me know and I will keep you informed in future posts.
In other news my boyfriend is off to see The Hobbit tonight after I told him he NEEDS to see it. He really wanted to see the HFR 3D version but as it doesn't start till 8 and he has to get up early tomorrow they're just seeing the 2D version.
Will give you his verdict and what I thought tomorrow.
That's all for now, back to courier waiting.
Tuesday 1 January 2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR (and then Kiss)!
Happy new year to all my readers.
The post's title if from a film, but what film?!
No prizes for guessing just a sense of achievement!
Right onto business, at the weekend Friday 4th, Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th.
We are going to hold our #RememberCindy viewings.
Now as I am trying to include everybody in the viewings I have been struggling to pick a time to do the viewings.
Obviously being on UK time myself I don't want it to be so late UK tweeps will be in bed, or so early that US tweeps will be at work or busy.
So after much thought I have decided that we will hold one viewing on Friday night at 10pm UK time.
Then the other episodes on Saturday night. As i know a lot of shows are starting back in the US on Sunday after the Xmas break and it's All new Lost Girl for the Canadian tweeps (Head in hands and cries cos I have to wait).
Anyway I thought we'd start at 9pm UK time on Saturday (if that's okay for everyone)?
So the episodes are:
Friday 10pm (UK time):
Or if you just want to join in with the shows you like. We will have a 10 minute break between each show so that people can have a fag (cigarette), cup of tea/coffee (other beverages are available), or pop to the loo.
Or of course you can start at whatever time you want, just as long as you watch those episodes in that order and tweet about it.
The idea is for as many of Cindy's followers as humanly possible to watch these episodes at the same time. As an face to face gathering is impossible we are having a virtual gathering.
So happy viewing Gentle Viewers. #RememberCindy xxx
The post's title if from a film, but what film?!
No prizes for guessing just a sense of achievement!
Right onto business, at the weekend Friday 4th, Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th.
We are going to hold our #RememberCindy viewings.
Now as I am trying to include everybody in the viewings I have been struggling to pick a time to do the viewings.
Obviously being on UK time myself I don't want it to be so late UK tweeps will be in bed, or so early that US tweeps will be at work or busy.
So after much thought I have decided that we will hold one viewing on Friday night at 10pm UK time.
Then the other episodes on Saturday night. As i know a lot of shows are starting back in the US on Sunday after the Xmas break and it's All new Lost Girl for the Canadian tweeps (Head in hands and cries cos I have to wait).
Anyway I thought we'd start at 9pm UK time on Saturday (if that's okay for everyone)?
So the episodes are:
Friday 10pm (UK time):
- Xena; One Against an Army (s3),
- Angel; Five by Five (s1),
- Buffy; Dirty Girls (s7),
- Dollhouse; Epitaph 2, (s2),
- Lost Girl; Original Skin, (s2).
Or if you just want to join in with the shows you like. We will have a 10 minute break between each show so that people can have a fag (cigarette), cup of tea/coffee (other beverages are available), or pop to the loo.
Or of course you can start at whatever time you want, just as long as you watch those episodes in that order and tweet about it.
The idea is for as many of Cindy's followers as humanly possible to watch these episodes at the same time. As an face to face gathering is impossible we are having a virtual gathering.
So happy viewing Gentle Viewers. #RememberCindy xxx
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