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[Mar. 29th, 2008|02:49 pm] |
In working on my dissertation I came across this quote from a film theorist:
'While situations of high drama do occasionally occur, in the more prosperous countries of our world it is not often that the essential concerns of average individuals are directly addressed.'
This person has clearly never been to Canterbury :-D |
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[Mar. 9th, 2008|06:41 pm] |
Well it's been a fairly nice week, give or take. 'Death Note' is shaping up to be quite good if a little silly at times. But then what should you expect of a programme that features an apple-eating death god? 'Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages' was interesting and made John and I feel very cultured afterwards :-P Although in a question and answer session with the composer of the new score a girl asked why the film was banned on its release in 1922... Child sacrifice? Cannabilism? Orgies? Blasphemy? Possessed nuns? Makes me wonder just how desensitised we all are! And then a guy complained about the film being in colour when it was in fact tinted, as films were then... Some people are just stupid.
'Circus of Horrors' was ok last night, entertaining but nothing special. For fear of contracting myself, it wasn't as shocking as expected. Less 'horror' more 'oo that must hurt' or 'please stop singing' and 'that boob flash was incredibly pointless.' But made me chuckle here and there.
I am still completely drowned in work to do though. I'm feeling a little better about in that I think I've found an angle at which to tackle my dissertation but that's still little comfort. Am writing my proposal tonight (yes, you heard right Dan!) but I must organise my time better to fit everything in. Still have to give that presentation on Tuesday.. oo I can't wait!
So off back to work and the joys of horror films whilst John is blowing stuff up on 'Dawn of War'. But I'm sure he'll do a post and tell you all about that :-P |
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| Three Cheers for the God of Fuck |
[Dec. 7th, 2007|08:25 pm] |
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Marilyn Manson on Wednesday was amazing! After much effort on both mine and John's part we managed to get very close to the front and I was SOOOO close to touching him when he came down to the crowd but when I got closer he went off-stage. Bastard!
The set list was a lot better than I thought it would be; I expected him to play just all his new stuff but he ranged across his whole career - didn't play 'Big White World', 'Coma White' or even 'The Nobodies' which was a shame but that's just my beef. It SHOULD have been longer though - he played for not long over an hour (hour and an half tops) which wasn't enough :-(
But hearing 'Tourniquet' was great, as was some old favourites - 'Irresponsible Hate Anthem' and 'The Beautiful People' - btw, I did not die during the first but the latter most certainly hurt a lot! I also now have a greater appreciation of the new album which is actually pretty cool.
He is most certainly (still!) 6'1" + 10 inches platform shoes of leather-clad, corpse-painted, sadistic yumminess. Merry Christmas to me :-D |
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[Oct. 22nd, 2007|04:50 pm] |
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I seem to have forgotten that I've got this account recently. Ah well.
I am now 21 and that's a bit scary and although I shall kick myself for saying this in about 10 years time I do feel 'old'. Ahem. I keep thinking about what I thought 21 was all about when I was younger and I don't think I fit any of those expectations. Which is more than a little scary.
But whether it's because of the fact I have realised that I am getting older, and, along with that, that my time at uni shall be drawing to a close sooner than I'd like to admit, I've been very organised and actually started to think about what I shall be doing this time next year, even this time in 5 or 10 years. Now I didn't say I've actually done much about this (apart from paying a visit to the career's centre) but actually thinking about it practically is a result for me in its self. So go me.
My birthday was really cool though. Everyone made the effort and dressed-up for the Moulin Rouge/Cabaret-themed night at the gay bar, which Bo, Neady and Tracy all made it to (yay!) and I had a nice meal with my family the day afterwards. On Monday (my actual birthday) Cristain and Rob were very sweet and gave me money for John and I to have a meal together. And that was fantastic too :-D
As for now, I seem to be a little bogged down by everything and not sure where to start! Too much to do and not enough time to do it in it would seem.
But I would like to say thank you to everyone who made my birthday so very special and so very memorable(!) And as ever, the pictures will be up on Facebook asap... ;-) |
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[Sep. 13th, 2007|12:31 am] |
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Well I offically arrived back in Canterbury on Sunday (with Siobhan :-D :-D) which was really cool, as was Monday since Jerry took John and I on the Jack the Ripper Tour as an early birthday treat. It was VERY cool. And just goes to show how sick and twisted human nature really is... and nothing has changed really, except perhaps that we seem to have developed a sense of irony; the place where old Jack hacked to pieces his fourth victim, spewing her guts and stealing her left kidney (apparently later eating it, yummy), is now the site of a primary school's playground... Hmmm.
It was quite a long day though and by the time we dropped Siobhanny home :-( we didn't get back till nearly 1am. And apart from that magical adventure I haven't really been up to much of note apart from sorting some things out in the house and some RockSoc stuff. And the only really interesting things to say about those two details are: 1) if there's an outbreak in bird obesity in the Canterbury area it may be mine and John's fault, and 2) the Kent Union is about as helpful as a... *insert some clever and humorously ridiculous analogy here* (it's been a long day.) Point is, they're shit.
Something random: last week before getting back to Canters, I met up with an old school friend I hadn't seen for 9 years(!) That was quite strange but in a good way since they didn't turn out to be scary/serial killer/right-wing conservatives so it was all good :-) It also proves that sometimes Facebook has its uses that don't just involve sucking two hours of my life away on each visit.
Which is what this entry will do if I don't stop soon. Good night all. |
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[Sep. 3rd, 2007|10:34 pm] |
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Well I haven't posted on here in an age so I thought I'd just mention that I'm still alive and maybe even bore you all with a few details of what I've been up to this summer :)
I got back from visiting John yesterday which was a nice and relaxing two week break from everything. We did/saw some interesting things, like a visit to Cadbury's world (very chocolate-y, surprisingly enough), a couple of trips to Wales, a picnic and there were sheep. A lot of sheep. We also climbed a very big hill - or four. And I don't mean that as a metaphorical analogy to the emotional state of our relationship; literally, we climbed the very large Malvern Hills. Which was quite an achievement (8 miles walked) and there are pictures to prove it.
John's parents' anniversary party was also very good but I don't think I want to see wine for a little while.. Although however intoxicated I was, I couldn't help that notice that given the right amount of alcohol, the right people and place, John will dance to anything :P
The rest of my summer has been quite good actually. Seen lots of home friends which has been really nice and some of us even went on a day trip to Bruges in Belgium which was fantastic. I will get round to opening my Belgium choclates eventually but they're so pretty... Only other major thing of note is that Siobhan and I went to see Muse play at Wembley Stadium which was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.! We went on the day Shy Child, Biffy Clyro and (significantly) MCR supported them and it was great. Two for the price of one :D
Being at home this summer has also been rather nifty as I think I slip back into old routines quite well and, most importantly, Marcus is so adorable. His cuteness is so distracting its no wonder I don't get anything done when I'm indoors. I'm going to miss him so much when I'm back in Canterbury.. Him and my doggie... And my friends... Oh, and my parents of course :P
Well I hope all of you are ok and enjoying (what's left) of the summer. And I know I could have put all of this riveting information into a LJ-cut but I didn't want to :-D |
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[May. 22nd, 2007|06:40 pm] |
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Today I got a pay rise. That made me happy :-) |
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[May. 21st, 2007|09:13 pm] |
It was my first day at work today and it was... ok, I think - I hope! The work is more repetative than anything, although a bit tricky. It's also weird working in an office because everything about this job is worlds away from what I'm used to and what I hope to do in life. Hmm, interesting.
I'm really tired though having got up at 5.30am so I guess I should try going to bed a bit earlier :-/
On a happier note, I have come to the conclusion my nephew is AMAZING. He's learnt to do so much so quickly, I feel like I've missed out on so much in just one day. He is so cute the way he waddles around (very reminiscent of E.T. - scary), looks at everything with a curious eye and has now taken to giving the doggie cuddles (much to Shamus' disgust). He certainly brightened my day today :-) |
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| Sometimes I could wish I could kick Shakespeare in the nuts |
[Mar. 31st, 2007|01:01 pm] |
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This week has been busy and yet completely unproductive at the same time it seems which is more than a little depressing :-/
But MCR on Thursday were quite good; they played the whole of their new album and the stage show was quite a spectacle. They then changed into 'normal' clothes for the encore and played all their old stuff to finish. That was great considering by then we had managed to get to the front because of some silly boys and their pathetic excuse for a mosh pit. So I got to the front. Of Wembley. Hah.
The last part was particularly cool because it brought back memories of seeing them years ago, in some shitty little London venue, when there was no need for special effects and no one had a clue who they were. Ah, those were the days.
Speaking of concerts - I noticed today that Mindless Self Indulgence have released a date in London now! It's on April 30th so not much good for John and I but thought that was quite ironic nevertheless.
Last night was really fun too; spent the evening just drinking and watching some shockingly piss-poor films with - thankfully - considerably better company which came in the form of John, Dan, Paul, Abi, Ali and James (for a while). Good way to end the term.
Today is very much with the sucky since everyone is going/gone home and I have to stay to finish the most annoying essay for Monday. It's quite depressing really because even if I could go and see people, I wouldn't be able to because I'm working. Sigh. Roll on Monday.
(*p.s - i'm not sure this is the right word for my mood but the icon is really odd..) |
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