Fifty Nine: It's July.

"'If you knew it would hurt me then you must have known you were doing something wrong- you don't even make sense!'"

Belle/Hannah - Secret Diary of a Call Girl

I'm really only writing this blog to let you know for every day in July I will be posting blogs here as part of Lydia's JEDI July (Journal Every Day In, in case you were wondering. Nothing to do with Star Wars.) project, and then I shall be back over here.

But before I go, I wanted to do some updates and stuff, starting with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You can watch the trailer here, in HD and widescreen and that fancy stuff,if you wait for it to load. First of all, I'm excited as I knew I inevitably would be (despite the fact that no one else seems to share my exictement...) but also a little nostalgic because it's all coming to an end. Though the second part isn't until July next year. 

In other news, I'm now done with exams. I'm pretty sure I've failed English Language, I don't really care about Critical Thinking and I don't know about English Literature, so if I get my results and I end up going to Greenwich, I wouldn't be entirely surprised. And I'm feeling a little bit better about going there since we went for the Christening, but it's still not Chichester.

I forgot to mention in my last entry that I'd also read a book called Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma. It's about a brother and sister who fall in love.I was a little sceptical at first, as I really couldn't imagine being in love with my brother, but it's a good book.

Anyway, I think that's everything, so I'll see you next month...

B xxx :)

Fifty Eight: Oh hello.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

Eleanor Roosevelt

I didn't really mean to not update this blog for about three weeks...it just sort of happened. For your patience, I reward you with a list of things I have been doing lately:

-Exams. Are actually not going too badly- I have been remarkably calm in the last two. Last one is on Thursday.
-Books. I finished reading Friends Like These by Danny Wallace at work. I found it funnier than Yes Man. Today I finished reading The History of Love by Nicole Krauss- don't let the title confuse you. Though it is a confusing book and I only realised about 3/4 of the way through how all the characters are related. I'm now reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven, which is so far proving interesting.

-Work. Lynda (aka my now ex-manager) left Oxfam. Planned to write a blog on it, but thought I might save it for JEDI July in case I run out of things to talk about.

-I was also saving a blog on relationships, which I might do in several parts, either for JEDI July or for BEDA (this year happening in August).

-Omegle. I have now been on several times, the first with Lydia, in which we met some perverts (as expected), a man from New York and tried to convince someone we were underwear models.
-Doctor Who. I wasn't too sure about the episode with James Corden in it but I ended up liking it because it showed another side of the Doctor. This week's episode...I was happy but suspicious that Rory was back and I'm glad that Amy remembers him and I don't know how the Doctor is going to get out of the Pandorica, but he's the Doctor. He'll get out. And Amy can't die, because according to Issue 420 of Doctor Who Magazine, she's coming back for the next series. All in the all, I've liked this series but I think the Doctor needs to wear these more often:

-Christening. Was lovely. Pictures on Facebook and some others on my tumblr.
-Speaking of tumblr, I'm doing a project over the summer called indievisual sum up my summer, in which you basically take a picture every day between June and September. You can find more details here. I haven't really had the time to think about what I'm taking pictures of, though I think this one turned out well.
-Summer plans: write more, do more art, sort out stuff for uni, work at Oxfam, read more, go to the beach, generally relax.

Right. Off to go and eat dinner and then film night later.

B xxx :)

Fifty Seven: On a more positive note...

This is going to have to be quick.

Right. First of all, Doctor Who. How could they kill Rory? I was a bit against from him from the start as I was intrested to see where Amy's and the Doctor's relationship was going, but ever since Amy's Choice, I've wanted Amy to be with him. I didn't want him to die. There isn't really a decent picture of him anywhere, but this is as close it gets:

It was my favourite episode since the first one.

In other news, I went to see this last night:

I loved it. It was dancing perfection. I loved the dancing, the music, the dresses. I'm envious of all of them.

Haven't read many books lately, going to order some off amazon soon.

I had this conversation with my nana and my mum yesterday:

Nana: Nuggies.

Me: No.

Nana: Buggies.

Me: No.

Nana: Huggies.

Me: Nana, they're a type of nappy!

Mum: Think about it; they're jeans and leggings.

Nana: Juggies.

Me: No,they're jeggings.

Nana: Oh, jeggings! I remember now.

B xxx :)

Fifty Six: Probably TMI.

"And you tell me life's a bitch

But I don't really think you get this

And I wish that I'd not let you in any more

And I wish that I'd been a bit fussier about the kind of people that I let

through the door..."

Why I shouldn't have let you in- Tom Milsom

I'm currently listening to Tom Milsom and vaguely paying attention to  film on the background called 'Stuck on You' which so far is alright, I suppose. Though why they chose Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear to play conjoined twins I really don't know, because they look nothing like each other. Obviously they're not meant to be identical, but hey, they're meant to be related.

On another film related note, my brother and I watched about half an hour of The Dark Night before deciding that it was rubbish. I still have another film to choose for this month, so if you've got any recommendations, open fire. It's now June, so I can choose two films for this month. Recommendations please.

College is rubbish at the moment, and I can't wait to never have to go back. I skipped double Critical Thinking today last Wednesday to have lunch with Helen and talk about a whole bunch of things that are bothering me. It was good to have a different perspective on things. Anyway, we ended up going back to college to hang out with Katie, who was revising for her exam and we had a laugh pointing out the random things in her science textbooks and noticing the certain floral underwear of girls with practically see through skirts. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what I spend my spare time doing. Although I've now officially left and it's half term and then study leave, I'll still be going back for revision sessons.

Exams are getting scarily close and if I'm not revising, then I'm worrying. I only have three of them (or two if you don't count Critical Thinking, which I don't. I'll turn up, but I'm not revising for it) so it could be worse and this time next month I'll be done. It's two weeks to my first exam (English Lit) and I'm panicking because I don't know anything. I'm surrounded by paper with notes about quotes and themes and stuff and none of it seems to be going in. The truth is, I've partly given up. Although I may do okay on English Lit, English Language is impossible. I know I'm probably going to end up going to Greenwich and although I don't really want to go to uni there, at least it will be further away from home.

And now to the reason why currently at the moment as to why I want to be further away from home. Yes, you guessed it, it's a boy related thing (primarily). I really liked him. Think I still do. I'm pretty sure he hates me and it's my fault, simply because I over reacted to something. I was wrong, and as a result of that, he said some stuff. A conclusion of this is that I don't think people should be allowed to walk into your life, mess you around and then walk out again; I don't understand how you can stop caring about someone. I don't have my feelings on a switch.

Anyway, so I'm a little stressed. Oh, and Jayne Geary (aka Key Skills teacher) has put me on Amber. There are no words that express how little I care about that subject, and is fairly low down my priority list.

I promise another blog soon that's more 'normal'.

B xxx

NB: This entry has taken quite a long time to write and was in fact written over 6 days. Just so you know.

Fifty Five: Attack of (sort of summer related) Google Images.

 

Inspired by owlssayhooot :)

B xxx :)

Fifty Four: Alriiiiggghht?

"They say all's fair in love and war

But this war's not fair

And my heart's still sore..."

They- Tom Milsom

Hello. So it's been a week since I last wrote an entry, and I did promise a 'normal' entry with stuff about books/exams/the summer/other general updates, so...


I suppose a good place start would be last Friday, when Lydia and I went to a gig at Southampton Solent Uni's Student Union*, to see Alex Day, Eddplant and Tom Milsom. It was odd seeing them irl- these are people who I’ve been watching for the past couple of years on YouTube and it was just...weird. However, they were good. I mean, really good. Pictures are on Facebook, but for the sake of it:

It's not the best picture but it's the only one I took with all three of them in it. I was bit apprehensive about going but I’m really glad I went. I did a little bit of Michael McIntyre skipping afterwards but I soon stopped because I was aware I was being embarrassing :P

Saturday was ‘work’(aka Oxfam). I finished reading ‘Yes Man’ by Danny Wallace**. Remember that for later. I had to work with someone who I don’t particularly like***but it actually ending up being okay. Went home, watched Doctor Who. Thoroughly confused my mum and nearly me, but I managed to work it out in the end. Not going on my favourite episode list, though I preferred it to the last episode.

Sunday I went to town. Found some £20 jeggings in the sale at Topshop. Bought a white top for the summer from New Look. Thought about ‘Yes Man’ some more (told you you’d need to remember it) and decided that the next question someone asked me, no matter how ridiculous it sounds. So I was walking through West Quay, waiting for someone to ask me something. Now, although I said ridiculous, I was thinking more along the lines of someone asking me the time or handing me a leaflet. Anyway, I wasn’t really paying attention and was thinking about lunch, when a man asked me how old I was****. When I told him I was 19, he told me about Love Film and I ended up signing up. I don’t know how, but I did...he was a very nice man; he asked me about college and uni and told me he had a sister doing a Masters degree in English, so we had a talk about that. I got my first dvd today, though I don’t remember choosing anything in particular...I’ll open it up and see what it is. Oh, it’s The Black Knight. I’ve heard of it but never watched it...I’ll watch it on Thursday, probably, so I’ll give my verdict then.


Books...or rather, book. I read Slam by Nick Hornby the other day. I liked it better than About A Boy, although the bit in the middle was weird. Haven’t really had a chance to read much else apart from books for English Literature. *try saying that when you're drunk. Also, the place it was actually in was called ‘The Venue’. Most unoriginal name ever. And it was on the third floor. Who puts a bar on the third floor of a building? And right by the stairs...


I’m watching the latest Come Dine With Me. One of the boys just said (and yes I did rewind to check this) “A good surprise for me is, maybe, if a fit little six inch lady would have popped out the cake and done a little dance on the top.” That’s 15.2 cm. I know very few people who want a lady the same size as a small ruler.

There’s only this week and next week and then it’s half term, and after that...two weeks of study leave before exams, then Alicia’s christening (mentioned in the last entry, I think) three exams, babysitting and freedom. I’m alright as long as I’m busy. I’m always alright. Anyway, on that not so cheerful note...

B xxx :)


**A good book, though it's not really the book of the film. Read it and you'll see.
***She's just a bit patronising. I've been doing my 'job' for four and a half years, and she acts like it's been four and a half minutes.
****I've just realised how dodgy that sounds.

Fifty Three: My Top Ten

Apologies for the last entry - I didn't actually post it, in case you were wondering, my email account got hacked and sent something to every email address- including the one I use to post on here. Which I actually think I've used twice.

"It's completely terrifying but it's so so exciting

He said I was brilliant and I could change the world

So many places I've been; there's so much more to see

We've got galaxies and planets and moons

And an awful lot of running to do..."

An Awful Lot of Running- Chameleon Circuit

Anyway, various things have been happening since the last proper entry, and I don’t really want to talk about any of them, so…


Top 10 Favourite Doctor Who episodes (in no particular order):


1. Series 1 Episode 1 "Rose"


On this list because it's responsible for introducing me to Doctor Who. I liked Rose- she seemed to be naturally curious about things.


Quotes of the episode:
The Doctor:...I'm the Doctor, by the way. What's your name?
Rose: Rose.
The Doctor: Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!

2. Series 1 Episode 9/10 "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances"


Hello Captain Jack :D Also, it became tradition in our house to knock on the door and ask ‘Are you my mummy?’. Aliens in gas masks- brilliantly simple.


Quotes of the episode:
Rose: Should that be a red alert?
The Doctor: That's just humans. By everyone else's standards, red's camp. Oh, the misunderstandings-all those red alerts, all that dancing.


Captain Jack: You just handed me a piece of paper saying that you're single and you work out.

3. Series 2 Episode 4 "The Girl in the Fireplace"


I loved Madame de Pompadour. Slightly crazy woman, but good for her for kissing the doctor. Also, that horse. And banana daiquiris. I also would like a spaceship with windows to certain times in my life.


Quotes of the episode:
Rose: Oh, here's trouble. What you been up to?
The Doctor: Oh, this and that. Became the imaginary friend of a future French aristocrat, picked a fight with a clockwork man... Oh, and I met a horse.
Mickey: What's a horse doing on a spaceship?
The Doctor: Mickey, what's pre-revolutionary France doing on a spaceship? Get a little perspective!


4. Series 2 Episode 12/13 "Army of Ghosts/Doomsday"


If you didn’t cry (or almost) when Rose left, then you’re not human. When they said Cybermen and Daleks, I was a bit put off, but I think it worked well enough. Also, the episode responsible for the catchphrase ‘Allons-y’.


Quotes of the episode:
The Doctor: Who you gonna call?
Rose: Ghostbusters!
The Doctor: I ain't afraid of no ghost.


The Doctor: I like that, "Allons-y". I should say allons-y more often. Look sharp, Rose Tyler, allons-y! And then it would be really brilliant if I met someone called Alonso, 'cause then I could say allons-y Alonso every time...


5. Series 3 Episode 8/9 "Human Nature/The Family of Blood"


I really felt for Martha in this episode- the Doctor said to her "Don't let me abandon you" and she felt that he had completely. She had to watch him fall in love with someone else, and that kills. As for the Family themselves, they were alright I suppose. Those scarecrows were a bit weird though.


Quotes of this episode:
Tim Latimer: He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever. He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe. And... he's wonderful.


6. Series 3 Episode 10 "Blink"


This episode is unbelievably clever and is a bit like piecing together a jigsaw. Aliens that turn to stone when they see you- they could be anywhere. Realistically scary.


Quotes of this episode:
The Doctor: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect... but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey... stuff.


7. Series 4 Episode 6 "The Doctor's Daughter"


I loved Jenny, she was more or less how I pictured her. I wasn’t too sure about those weird creature thingies (feel free to correct me if you actually know their name. I may Google it later).


Quotes of this episode:
Donna: You are completely impossible!
The Doctor: Not impossible... just a bit unlikely.


Donna: He saves planets, rescues civilizations, defeats terrible creatures... and runs a lot. Seriously, there is an outrageous amount of running involved.


8. Series 4 Episode 9/10 "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead"


River Song is like Marmite- you either love her or you hate her. I’m intrigued by her and can’t wait how to see how she features in future episodes. Though it was interesting in the Series 5 episode with her in.


Quotes of this episode:
Mr Lux: Oh, for heaven's sake! Look at the pair of you, we're all going to die here and you're just squabbling like an old married couple!


9. Christmas Special "The End of Time"


I didn’t want him to go. You probably didn’t want him to go. So why did he have to go? I already talked about the first episode of the two in this blog entry.


Quotes of this episode:
The Doctor: I'm going to die.
Wilfred: Well, so am I one day.
The Doctor: Don't you dare!
Wilfred: Alright, I'll try not to!


The Doctor: I don't want to go.


1o. Series 5 Episode 1 "The Eleventh Hour"


Best first episode ever. That’s all I have to say.


Quotes of this episode:
The Doctor: Can I have an apple? All I can think about—apples. I love apples. Maybe I'm having a craving. That's new—never had cravings before…


The Doctor: Of course you're not scared. Box falls out of the sky, man falls out of box, man eats fish custard, and look at you! Just... sitting there.


The Doctor: Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run.


Amy Pond: I thought... well, I started to think you were just a madman with a box.
The Doctor: Amy Pond, there's something you better understand about me, 'cause it's important and one day your life may depend on it. I am definitely a madman with a box!


Normal entry with stuff about books, exams, and the summer at some point.


B xxx