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New Blog

2008-01-27T21:50:00.000Z

So I'm no longer updating this blog, but I've started a new one here...

http://tryingtobeagoodgirl.blogspot.com/

Check it out.

Friday Random 10

2007-03-09T09:24:00.000Z

1) Mr Jones - Counting Crows
2) Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
3) Everything Breaks - Jewel
4) She's Always in my Hair - D'Angelo
5) Out of Reach - Gabrielle
6) No Other Way - Jack Johnson
7) Dancing Through Life - Wicked Cast
8) Spin the Bottle - Juliana Hatfield
9) Katie - James Marsters
10) Surrender - Ashlee Simpson

Cultural Review

2007-03-05T22:00:00.000Z

#6 Becoming Jane Premier
So yesterday Emma wangled us tickets to the World Premier of Becoming Jane. I've never been to a film premier before so I was really excited. It started about 6:30 and as we walked down the red carpet (yes we got to walk down the red carpet) James McAvoy was signing autographs and Julie Walters was being interviewed by the press. We took our seats in the cinema and waited for about half hour (there was no goody bag which was disappointing). The film was introduced by the producers, the director and screen writer and most of the cast. Unfortunately Anne Hathaway wasn't present as she was filming in Vancouver, but James McAvoy read out a little speech she had written which was nice, they then all took their seats several rows in front of us.

I actually really enjoyed the film, it's a fictionalised version of Jane Austen's life and borrows heavily from her novels, but that's not a bad thing. Anne Hathaway's accent is flawless, she is fast becoming one of my favourite actresses. James McAvoy was heavenly. The last 5 minutes was absolutely dire and almost spoiled the film, I actually forgot where we were an almost made a sarcastic comment. Don't let the ending put you off though it's a good film and I could get use to attending premiers!

Celebrities I'm a Little Bit in Love with ...

2007-03-05T15:48:00.000Z

#6 James McAvoy
I think it’s probably wrong to admit this, but James McAvoy first came to my attention when he played the faun Mr Tumnus in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, it’s wrong because it’s a kids film, but right because he isn’t wearing a shirt! He’s been in a glut of British films recently and although I haven’t seen them all, I watched The Last King of Scotland on my flight to Australia and thought it was excellent and this is mainly due to James performances, however there are two very disturbing scenes in the film which turned my stomach, one of them involved James McAvoy’s previously mentioned shirtless chest and meat hooks, I won’t elaborate but I thought it’s best to warn you if you haven’t already seen the film. And of course last night we shared the red carpet and the cinema with him at the Becoming Jane premier which was lovely.

Friday Random 10

2007-03-02T10:20:00.000Z

1) Little Shotgun - Alisha's Attic
2) Loving the Alien - David Bowie
3) Beautiful World - Take That
4) Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
5) You're an Original - Sheryl Crow
6) If Only She Knew - Michelle Branch
7) Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan
8) The Voice Within - Christina Aguilera
9) Prove Yourself - Radiohead
10) Sunday Morning - No Doubt

Cultural review

2007-02-28T15:45:00.000Z

#5 Treats
Yet another theatre visit to document, it feels like all I ever do these days is go to the theatre, still I can’t complain. This time it was Treats a Christopher Hampton play from the 70s, according to the programme it’s a feminist play, but I’m not sure from which school of feminism. Billie Piper is Ann, who while her journalist boyfriend Dave (played by Kris Marshall) is in Iraq, changes the lock and moves dull Patrick in (played by Piper’s real life boyfriend Laurence Fox). On his return Dave is less than happy about this turn of events. It is clear Ann and Dave had an unconventional relationship, he cheated on her and mentally and physically abused her yet the relationship lasted several years, whereas her relationship with the sweet and thoughtful Patrick only lasts weeks. I couldn’t really identify or agree with the character of Ann, there is a shocking turn of events in the second half, that really upset me and my sister yet Ann seemed to take it in her stride. I was surprised at how good the cast were especially as the production has been dogged by rumours of Billie Piper being unable to cope with the demands of 8 performances a week. However I would recommend catching it soon just in case!

Celebrities I'm a Little Bit in Love with...

2007-02-27T10:16:00.000Z

#5 Nigel Barker

Or to give him his proper name "Noted Fashion Photograper Nigel Barker" is just fabulous. A model turn photographer who is no probably most famous for his turn as judge on ANTM and the reason why I want to apply to be a contestant, as despite the fact that he is married to a model, me and my flatmate are convinced that as a perk of his judging job he gets to shag the models - we devote minutes each week to discussing which girl is his "favourite". The best episode of each series by far when Nigel gets behind the camera and photographs the girls, although the episode were Janice Dickinson is also tops. Anyway I guess what I really want to say is Nigel can judge me anytime!

BTW whilst trying to find a photo for this article I stupidly discovered who wins ANTM and I'm not happy as we're only about 4 episodes in!

The Oscars

2007-02-26T21:32:00.000Z

So obviously last night was the Oscar, they are only shown on an obscure channel in the UK so I haven't been able to see them (sob!) I'm actually really upset about this as Ellen Degeneres was hosting this year and I think she is brilliant, but I got to watch the winners on TV this morning so it will a have to do.

I was delighted Helen Mirren won Best Actress, I watched The Queen on one of my many recent plane journeys and I thought it was brilliant. Although I thought it was a shame that Kate Winslet missed out for the 5th time running, but then seeing as how Helen Mirren is 66 and Kate is only in her early 30 she has plenty of time left. And for me Kate won in the dress stakes she looked divine

It was great to see Reese Witherspoon out and about after her seperation from Ryan last year, her dress was gorgeous, but I wasn't too keen on the straight hair, I think she looks a lot better with shorter/curly.

Oh and by the way I've slipped in a picture of George Clooney presenting the Best Supporting Actress Award, because I love him.

Cultural Review

2007-02-25T20:03:00.000Z

#4 Victoria and Albert Museum
On Saturday Emma and I went to see Kylie Minogue's costumes at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It's easy to forget the cultural impact Kylie has had on all our lives - well maybe that's not quite true for all of us, but as a child I did have the poster of Charlene's and Scott's wedding on my bedroom wall. Sadly the wedding dress was not in the exhibition, but her overalls were! The first room was full of her video costumes including the Spinning Around Gold Hotpants which were bought from a flea market and the White Jumpsuit from Can't Get You Out of My Head. The second room was full of her tour costumes that weren't as interesting as I've never seen her live. It's was a great exhibition and I really enjoyed it.

Friday Random 10

2007-02-23T10:41:00.000Z

1) I'm Glad - J lo
2) Hear Me Out - Girls Aloud
3) Smile - Lily Allen
4) Andy You're a Star - The Killers
5) Miniature Disasters - K T Tunstall
6) Bursting Through - Bic Runga
7) Here to Stay - Christina Aguilera
8) Valentines 98 - Alisha's Attic
9) Bombastic - Britney Spears
10) All the Young Dudes - World Party

2007-02-22T15:30:00.000Z

Since being on holiday I have developed a new addiction, it is for the Australian Soap Opera Neighbours, I've watched it on and off for years, but since having a full time job I've not been able to watch it very often. Whilst in Sydney however I managed to watch it every day and although they are at least 3 months ahead and I therefore know exactly what's going to happen, it hasn't stopped me making eveyone watch it at lunchtime now I'm back in England. So here a quick recap of what's going on:
* Paul and Lynn are planning there wedding - this is wrong a) because Paul is in love with Rosey and b) because the concept of Paul and Lynn as a couple is weird.
* Baby Kerry is actually Dylan Timmins baby and not Stingray Timmins' baby therefore Sky never needed to have revealed she slept with both brothers around the time of conception.
* Max has disappeared and so now his wife Steph is contemplating a relationship with her best friend Toadie.

What's Been Happening (to other people)

2007-02-21T15:30:00.000Z

So I’m back from my holidays finally and a full trip report including photos will be posted here in due course, meanwhile I thought I’d make a list of the things that have happened whilst I’ve been away.

1) Britney Spears went in to rehab
2) The furniture in my lounge was rearranged
3) Britney left rehab after a day
4) My flatmate left a tap running and flooded our flat, and the one below.
5) Britney shaved her head
6) The police had to break in, and I now have new front door key
7) Kylie Minogue broke up with Oliveier Martinez
8) No one did any of the work I’d left for them to do at work
9) Anna Nicole Smith died
10) Everybody has missed me!

Celebrities I'm a Little Bit in Love with...

2007-01-29T21:46:00.000Z

#4 Robert Webb
So I'm a little bit reluctant to write this as I know this is wrong, I also know at least 3 other people who agree with me, so I'll come out and write I kind of fancy Robert Webb and what's worse is a kind of fancy him as Jeremy in The Peep Show, which is more shocking. He's a great comedy actor, he's the best thing about The Smoking Room and he was excellent in Confetti (he did spend most of the film naked which was a bit disconcerting) but he does always seem to do his best work opposite David Mitchell who sadly I don't fancy.

Friday Random 10

2007-01-26T14:11:00.000Z

1) Stoppin' the Love - K T Tunstall
2) Mary - Scissor Sisters
3) Breathless - The Corrs
4) Early Winter - Gwen Stefani
5) Pieces of You - Jewel
6) Starting Today - Natalie Imbruglia
7) Jump They Say - David Bowie
8) Outside - George Michael
9) Butterfly - Corinne Bailey Rae
10) If I Could - Jack Johnson

Cultural Review

2007-01-24T14:06:00.000Z

#3 Love Song
Last night I went to see Love Song a new play by John Kolvenbach, it was quite interesting, it was about a young man called Beane (Cillian Murphy) who is shall we say special, but all that changes one night when he is burgled and his meagre possession are stolen by a mysterious women (Neve Campbell). Kirsten Johnson and Michael McKlean play Beane sister and brother in law and steal the play, the scenes between are very funny and heartwarming. The character of Beane disturbed me, although the girls I went with didn't seem to mind, we all did agree that there was nothing to like about the character played by Neve Campbell, she was irritating and looked like a boy - although that was obviously the point. I'm not sure that this is a must see play, but it definately better than most.

Let It Snow

2007-01-24T08:24:00.000Z

So I woke up this morning and wondered if it had snown, and you now what it had, so I decided that posting a picture of the snow on my blog was more important than getting ready for work!

Celebrities I'm a Little Bit in Love With...

2007-01-23T13:49:00.000Z

#3 Adam Brody
For those of you who are not addicted to American Teen Drama and do not recognise Adam Brody, shame on you, Adam is of course universally famous for playing Seth Cohen in The OC, he has been in other things like Thank You For Smoking and he's the best thing about Mr and Mrs Smith, he is also my future 2nd husband (After George). Sadly for Adam, but good news for us girls, he recently split from girlfriend and co-star Rachel Bilson. Adam may personify geek chic and be the kind of guy your bestfriends would like and your mum would love. but he also seems like he's got hidden depth. I can't wait to see what he does now The OC has been put down.

Two Weeks to go...

2007-01-21T11:24:00.000Z

...I'm ridiculously excited today as this time in 2 weeks time I will be in Sydney it's so exciting!

Enemies of the Random 10

2007-01-20T14:09:00.000Z

When I first bought my ipod I used to listen to it on random, mainly because I didn’t have that many songs on it, but as I’ve put more and more music on it I’ve tended to listen to albums all in one go, the only problem is I tend to listen to the same albums constantly and since Christmas all I’ve listen to is The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani occasionally interrupted by Beautiful World by Take That.

The Sweet Escape isn't the worlds best album and does contain a number of ropey songs (like Yummy and Don't get it Twisted) but the brilliance of The Sweet Escape, Early Winter, Wonderful Life and of course Wind it Up, totally make up for it.

Beautiful World is an amazing album and I love all the songs although Howard Donald has a very bizarre voice and I really think he shouldn;t have been trusted on lead vocals.

Friday Random 10

2007-01-19T10:01:00.000Z

1) Life's a Bitch - Shooter
2) Take What You Take - Lily Allen
3) Youth of America - Birdbrain
4) Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit
5) Til It Happens to You - Corrine Bailey Rae
6) Honey and the Moon - Joseph Arthur
7) Harder Every Day - Ashlee Simpson
8) Morning Song - Jewel
9) Le Gouffre - De Palmas
10) ....

Unfortunately my battery died before I got to 10!

Cultural Review

2007-01-17T09:45:00.000Z

#2 Avenue Q

I went to see this last night for the second time, with a friend from work (incidentally it was her second time too) and it was every bit as good as the first time. Again the understudy played the lead female role, but she is really good so I didn't mind. The actress playing Christmas Eve has changed and the role is now being played by Naoko "Tosh from Torchwood" Mori and she was brilliant. I've been listening to the cast recording and although extremely funny it really doesn't match up to the effect of watching puppets and humans interacting. You must go see this musical if you have a chance.

Celebrities I'm a Little Bit in Love With...

2007-01-15T12:43:00.000Z

#2 George Clooney

He probably should have made it as number 1 seeing as how I do intend to make him my first husband, but David Tennant had that honour last week, so George Clooney has to be my second Celebrity I’m a little bit in love with. It all started back in 1996 when I saw ER for the first time, it was the second series of ER and I was initially attracted to Noah Wyle to be fair George still had slightly dodgy hair and was a womaniser which wouldn’t really endear him to a 15 year old girl. I did come to my sense however round about series 3 and have been enamoured ever since, I stuck with him during the 90s when he was making his shoddy films (The Peacemaker, One Fine Day) and rejoiced when he finally struck film gold (Out of Sight, Ocean’s 11) and I’m even a big fan of Solaris. I am a little too aware of the 20 years age difference and realise that we’re probably only going to get 3 or 4 years of marriage before we get bored of each other, but that gives me plenty of time to churn out a couple of children and therefore secure my future forever. Maybe I shouldn’t let George read my blog until after we are married.

Ugly Betty

2007-01-14T17:35:00.000Z

Ugly Betty has finally reached the British shores and in one word it is ace. It’s the American version of the Columbian Telenovelas Yo Soy Betty La Fea, I’m not sure how close it sticks to the original, but it is not dissimilar to The Devil wears Prada, only it’s much better. Betty to be fair is only TV ugly take away the comedy braces and she’d be gorgeous she wouldn’t even need to lose the glasses or the hair. Her outfits are dodgy, but kind of cute and Betty is such a nice person she makes up for her bad fashion sense. One of my favourite scenes was when she turned up on the first day in a poncho from Mexico assuming that it is as trendy as a Gucci poncho (this makes my sister want to cry). The supporting cast is fab, her boss is kind of hot, his Dad is played by none other than Alan “Jim Robinson from Neighbours” Dale and Ashley “Maggie from Extras” Jensen plays Betty’s best friend at the magazine. After only 2 episodes I’ve already reserved my copy of the boxset.

Friday Random 10

2007-01-12T10:32:00.000Z

So I used to do this regularly and then I kept forgetting so I stopped, but I thought I’d bring it back for the new year. For those of you who don’t know the Friday Random 10, is randomly generated by using the Shuffle Song option on my ipod - it is essentially the first 10 songs I listen to on my way to work on a Friday.

1) Miss Independent - Kelly Clarkson
2) If That Were Me - Mel C
3) Black Eyed Boy - Texas
4) Thought It Would Be Easier - Shelby Lynne
5) Fashion - David Bowie
6) Wicked Games - Chris Isaack
7) Precious Things - Bic Runga, Tim Finn and Dave Dobbyn
8) Casualty of Love - Charlotte Church
9) If You Wanna Have Some Fun - Spice Girls
10) Little Shotgun - Alisha’s Attic

Cultural Review (this is going to be another regular column)

2007-01-10T21:14:00.000Z

#1 First Episodes
This past week has seen a glut of American shows starting in the UK and so I thought I would review some of them for my blog

Nip Tuck
I'm a big fan of this show, due to the presence of the amazing Julian McMahon so obviously the highlight of this episode was his naked arse. Last series was dominated by the horrific Carver storyline, so it will be interesting to see which direction this series takes. This episode started with Sean and Christian celebrating 5000 surgeries, (Christian did this by picking up a mother and a daugther) and ended with them selling their business to Larry Hagman and his lady wife. It had an interesting plotline which saw Brooke Shields convincing Christian he was gay and in love with Sean, and a not so interesting plotline in which we discovered Sean and Julia's baby was disabled and would be born without hands (this story was only uninteresting because I hate Julia as much as I love Christian). Not an outstanding episode but it definately provided lots of fodder to be built on in future episodes.

The OC
I used to be a huge fan of The OC but found the 3rd series a little lacklustre, before I had even seen this episode I knew that it had been cancelled in the US so my expectations weren't that high, and I'm glad they weren't as I would have been disappointed. Unfortunately the writers are still peddling Ryan as a bad boy and introduced a laughable cage fighter storyline - seriously Ryan is fair to well groomed to be bad. Summer has changed from the fickle fashion and tv obsess Oraneg County girl into some bizarre environmentalist who doesn't wash - to be fair her bestfriend/step sister did go and die on her, but there is realy no excuse for this 180. The best bit was seeing Seth working in a comic book store. I really thought this series would improve with the death of Marissa, but I was wrong.

Celebrities I'm a Little Bit in Love with ...

2007-01-08T13:39:00.000Z

(This is one of the regular colums I promised, although I warn you it may turn out to be a tad boring, but basically each week I will tell you why I'm in love with a celebrity!)

#1 David Tennant
Probably best know for his role in Doctor Who, I've had a crush on David for sometime now, it all started back in 2004 when he played Casanova, I remember seeing his face grace the cover of a magazine and declaring that he was funny to look at and would not make a convincing Casanova due to his lack of hotness - but how wrong was I. His Casanova rocked and what he lacks in the conventional attractiveness stakes he certainly makes up for in onscreen charisma. I was very excited when he took over as Doctor Who and although recent scripts have been lacklustered he was still a joy to watch. As a sideline on Friday he presented The Friday Night Project on Channel 4 in the UK, and later that night I dreamt a mutual frined introduced us and we went on to date! I have a very overreactive imagination!

New Year New Blogging Resolutions

2007-01-07T11:18:00.000Z

So I've been a little bit lax in posting recently, to be fair I've been hellishly busy at work and to tried in the evenings to post, but this is no real excuse, so starting next week I'm going to introduce weekly articles so I am at least forced to post regularly, so kep reading!

Credit Card

2007-01-03T21:02:00.000Z

I've had my credit card for 7 years, this morning I phoned them up to ask if they could increase my credit limit from £500 to £1000, they sad no, and only allowed me £750, this is ridiculous, I don't understand how people get them selves into to debt, when I can't seem to get off the starting block. I was looking into applying online, but don't want to be fooled by hoax sites, so tomorrow after work, I'm going to pop into Mark's and Spencer and apply for their &More card. Fingers Crossed.

...to wear Lipstick

2007-01-03T21:00:00.000Z

(my new year's resolution...)

Oh My Gosh ... It's Almost Christmas

2006-12-22T22:39:00.000Z

So today we finished work at 4 o'clock and i then spent 4 hours in the pub, drank 4 glasses of wine, but oly spent £3 result - the last 2 days at work have been sh*t as my boss has now gone on a 3 month sabatical and she left me with a ton of work to do and a disagreeable replacement.

Anyway Happy Christmas, I'm off home tomorrow so may not post until the new year.

Night at the Museum

2006-12-18T22:18:00.000Z

Yesterday I was lucky enough to go to a preview screening of Ben Stiller's new film Night at the Museum I love Ben Stiller especially in films like Dodge Ball and Zoolander, so was really looking forward to seeing this film. Although I wasn't disappointed, this is definately a children's film and so fans of the other 2 films may not get what they expected. It is slow to start but once Larry (Ben Stiller) takes over the job of Nightwatchman at the New York Museum of Natural History it really gets going. On his first night Larry learns a big secret - all the muesums exhibits come to life, I must admit to finding this terrifying as Larry does have to contend with the skeleton of a T-Rex and some very hungry stuffed lions - there are of course rules to follow, to guarantee he survives the night! The film also stars Dick Van Dyke, Bill Cobbs and Mickey Rooney as the ancient Nightwatchmen Larry replaces, Ricky Gervais playing essentially himself as the Director of the museum and Carla Gugino as a Dosen, there are also a few surprise cameos which I won't spoil here. I would recommend this to anyone who fancies a good family film.

Christmas Party

2006-12-17T18:35:00.000Z

So nothing featured in the below post actually happened at our Christmas Party. It was on Thursday Night and rumour has it the company over spent! It was at a ballroom in the centre of London that was beautifully decorated with four huge christmas trees. There was of course a free bar (wine, beer and soft drinks) and the chance to win a long weekend in New York. There was a live band, who wore kilts during their first set and a dj. Around 800 people had been invited, but I don't think they all went! In fact it was a little unnerving, although I knew plently of people, I felt like the strangers were looking at me as if to say what is she doing here, when I'm actually a ful time member of staff. It was alot of fun, I hardly drank anything as our Christmas Lunch was the next day and when I'm hungover I can't eat. I danced and mingled and left around one o'clock. It was good but not as good as the infamous summer party.

Upgraded

2006-12-17T18:27:00.000Z

So I've now upgraded my blog, mainly because I haven't been able to post pictures recently and it's been bugging me. It looks quite nice and idiot proof, but I'm not sure whether I might regret this decision in the future.

Dear Father Christmas

2006-12-15T10:07:00.000Z

Santa Claus,

North Pole,

Earth,

Dear Santa,

I have been a good Girl. It really wasn't my fault what happened at Emma's Office party. It was Jon who spiked the punch with too much Bacardi. I can't help it if I drank 13 glasses. It was so good---smelled and tasted just like Perfume.

I thought it was funny when I put Emma's T-shirt on my head and danced the Shimmy on the Sofa while singing `Toxic'. I didn't mean to break Emma's ipod and don't know why Emma would accuse me of DUI.

I don't remember calling Roman's wife a cold cow---even though she looked like one with pink eye shadow and blue lipstick! and when I threw up on Kerry's husband's Arm, it was only because I ate too much of that Chocolate.

After all that fun, I admit I was a little tired. So I fell asleep on my way home and drove my Car through my neighbor's Bathroom. I don't think that was any reason for my neighbor to call me a pretty Dog and have me arrested for theft!

So, Santa...here I sit in my jail cell on Christmas Eve, all mean and evil. And I'm really not to blame for any of this twisted stuff. Please bring me what I want the most---bail money!

Sincerely and enthusiatstically yours,Becky (Really a nice Girl!)

P.S. It's only 12 bucks!

Get your own here http://members.aol.com/frogiearno/dearsanta.htm

The Greatest Christmas Films Ever - True Fact Part 2

2006-12-12T08:32:00.000Z

1. Bernard and the Genie
I can’t seem to stop championing the film, I only know about 5 people who’ve ever watched this and 4 of them are members of my family - one of whom had the foresight to preserve it for posterity on vidotape. It was written by Richard Curtis way before 4 Weddings and Love Actually and it stars Alan Cumming (who I’ve had a crush on ever since) as hapless Bernard who just as everything in his life is going wrong unleashes Lenny Henry’s Genie from his bottle and proceed to have the best Christmas ever.

2. Elf
This a new entry, I watched Elf for the first time this summer and I’m so glad I did. Will Ferrel plays Buddy a human who grew up amongst Santa’s elf at the North Pole not suspecting that he was any different despite the size difference! On learning that his real father lives in New York city, he leaves the North Pole to find him.

3. The Snowman
This really is a Christmas staple, the cartoon is so beautifully drawn and the music is breathtaking. It’s also incredibly sad and nearly always makes me cry. Last year our mum bought us a Special Edition DVD which included the introduction by David Bowie and the Raymond Briggs version - I still prefer David.

4. A Charlie Brown Christmas
This is a memorable episode of Peanuts, that sees Charlie Brown struggling to discover the true meaning of Christmas beneath all the commercialism. At Lucy suggestion he directs the Christmas play and which leads to Linus delivering a touching speech about the true meaning of Christmas. Although my favourite bit is when Charlie Brown chooses the best possible Christmas tree.
5. Miracle on 34th Street
Last Year I lumped both the original and the remake of this film together. However this year I will stick my neck out and say I prefer the remake. Richard Attenborough plays the real Father Christmas who get roped into playing Santa in a department store, where he meets a little girl and her mother who doesn’t believe in him, so he sets about convincing them, but gets arrested along the way. I always want to shout out I believe after seeing this film.

The Greatest Christmas Films Ever - True Fact Part 1

2006-12-10T16:43:00.000Z

This time last year I posted this little list of my favourite Christmas films The Greatest Christmas Films Ever - True Fact This year's list is on it's wayso watch this space. (In other words I'm too laszy to do it at the moment)

The Ice Bar

2006-12-09T12:04:00.000Z

I've cheered up distinctly...

2006-12-08T17:29:00.000Z

As it was pointed out to me I could eat Saturday's and Sunday's chocolates in my advent calendar now, as I wouldn't be here to open them at the weekend. Also this clip from Elf made me laugh.

Feeling Christmassy

2006-12-08T17:19:00.000Z

I was going to post today about feeling all Christmassy, but I've just had an argument with someone at work and I'm now in a foul mood and am harbouring dark thoughts about misusing staples, so I shan't post anything now and wait until tomorrow when hopefully the Christmas spirit will again be alive and well in my heart!

Mary Poppins

2006-12-07T21:07:00.000Z

So I saw my final musical of this year and that was Mary Poppins and it was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (that is the right way to spel it - I checked). It features a number of songs from the film, but also several new ones which I have to admit I wasn't that keen on. I've been told that the plot is similar to the first 2 Mary Poppins books written by PL Travers and it certainly flowed very nicely. The cast was excellent and it actually turned out that me and Em went to ballet classes with one of the supporting cast! The show was choreographed by Matthew Bourne which meant that there was to brilliant dance pieces, one with Statues during Jolly Holiday and the second with Chimney Sweeps during Step in Time. There were also some show stopping moments for example when Bert walked around the stage (along the side then upside down) and also when Mary came out into the audience at the end of the show. This wasn't the best musical I have seen this year, that honours goes to Avenue Q, but it's definately in the top 3 alongside Wicked.

He's only bloody well gone and done it again...

2006-12-05T23:27:00.000Z

...seriously though, I know I'm not exactly low maintenance, bt George oes not need to keep pimping himself out to the advertising bunnies, to keep me in the manner in which I intend to become accustomed!

Hurrah I've almost Finally Sorted my Holiday

2006-12-05T13:28:00.000Z

This all started when Emma nipped off to Italy in September, I was flat sitting for her and a little depressed that I hadn't been on holiday all year and didn't have one planned next year. Enter Jane, Emma's ex-flatmate from Uni. she's currently living in Sydney and sent an open invite for visitors and I thought why not, I sorted out the dates at work and booked off the first 2 weeks of February. Then came the trickier part, I knew I was going to Sydney for 10 days, but I wanted to go somewhere else as well, quickly settled on Tokyo. All fine I bought guide books and booked my flights on line (which I have to say was hideously traumatic, but I got a good deal in the end) and then I just couldn't be bothered to book a hotel and then a month passed and I still hadn't bothered that is until today! I have actually booked a western style hotel, but I figure after 10 days on a sofa I need a proper bed! So I'm now officially allowed to get excited!

Yeah!

This weekend I have…

2006-12-04T13:57:00.000Z

…been shopping with my mum
(she came up for the day on Saturday and we did a hell of a lot of shopping and she went home laden down with lots of goodies, we found time to have to have a lovely lunch at a French restaurant and also saw Father Christmas and some rather lovely reindeer arrive at Selfridges)

…been to 2 birthday parties in one night
(One was at a posh restaurant and there were 19 people in total and I knew about 5 off htem, I dread to think how much the bill came to, I left early and gave my host £20 towards my share, which probably wasn’t enough. The second party was very surreal as everyone was wearing red t-shirts and jeans – red was the theme – and I felt overdressed in my red and white dress, it was fun though and I eventually fell asleep on the sofa)

…gotten new glasses
(I picked them up on Sunday and haven’t taken them off since, at first because it is a new prescription I found I could judge distances or heights properly and felt really short, I’m over all this now, and keep looking at myself in the mirror – I’ve got a sexy secretary vibe going on!)

…met up with my old flatmate
(she’s been traveling and then working in Korea, we had a meal at Giraffe and a nice catch up)

The Name's Bond...Blah...Blah..

2006-12-01T11:56:00.000Z

So if I don't make it as a Magician Assistant, there is another job I'd quite fancy and that is of course a Bond Girl, actually if I'm honest I'd actually quite like to be Miss Moneypenny as although I wouldn't actually get to shag James Bond I'd get to hang out with him in the staff canteen and there would be frequent occasions to go for a swift drink after work.

Sadly Miss Moneypenny doesn't feature in the lastest James Bond - Casino Royale. I must admit I saw the film 2 weeks ago so my memeory is a little hazy, what I remember saying repeatedly after viewing, is that it's a very good film, but it's not James Bond.

Daniel Craig is ok as the Blond Bond , although his hair is really light brown, the stunts are amazing, the Bond girls are present and correct, but alongwith Miss Moneypenny it is missing, the gadgets, the cheesy one-liners, the comedy villains and most importantly you'll never be able to watch it on a Bank Holiday afternoon. But it's bloody good though.

Has He Sold Out?

2006-11-30T22:51:00.000Z

I'm not really sure how to feel about this out, I mean I still love George and the wedding is still on, but has he sold out?

The Prestige

2006-11-30T17:43:00.000Z

As a child my main ambition in life was to either drive a tractor like my Grandfather or become a magician assistant, seeing as at the grand age of 26 I still can't drive, becoming a tractor driver seem unlikely, but maybe there's still hope of becoming a Magician's assistant and after watching the film The Prestige I'm more convinced than ever this would be an ideal role.

The Prestige is set in Victorian Britain it is based on the Christopher Priestly novel of the same name and stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as rival Magician and Scarlett Johansson is there comely assistant (her wardrobe is amazing). The film is actually quite slowly paced and told in flashbacks and is packed with interesting twists, well at least they would have been interesting if I hadn't already read the book! (which in my mind is much better).

To be fair my main reason for wanting to see this film was because David Bowie was in it and he didn't disappoint, sporting a dodgy mustace and a serbian (?) accent, he was brilliant!

In short The Prestige is a Sunday afternoon film which is very good, but not brilliant.

Momentous week for King's Lynn

2006-11-29T18:02:00.000Z

For those of you who don’t know (everyone who reads this save for Emma and Charlotte). King’s Lynn is town in West Norfolk very close to where we grew-up. Not many people know about King’s Lynn outside of Norfolk but that is all set to change on Friday when Sky One broadcast their FA Cup Second Round tie against Oldham Athletic on Friday (this means nothing to me and I’ve read this article twice.

However King’s Lynn’s touch with fame started last night when the restaurant Rococo was featured in Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares on Channel 4, the programme managed to steer clear of the Chavs that hangout on the High Street and concentrated on the beautiful Tudor buildings, making me ever so slightly homesick!

I haven't posted on my blog recently because ...

2006-11-28T11:40:00.000Z

Reason #43
I’ve been hanging out with Britney, Paris and Lindsay.

Reason #127
I’ve been reading my tour guides in anticipation of my holiday

Reason #12
I’ve been trying to finish watching Angel Series 4 on DVD (It’s dragging)

Reason #156
I’ve been doing my Christmas Shopping Online

Reason #94
I’ve been busy at work

Reason #33
I’ve gotten out of the habit.

Normal service may resume tomorrow...

We're Gonna Scooooore Tonight

2006-11-15T12:46:00.000Z

So the above is a reference to one of my favourite songs from Grease 2, I would have posted the video from youtube, but thought that might be considered in some circles as lazy posting, as yesterday’s post was Gwen Stefani’s video.

Anyway back on topic last night we went bowling with work and it was ace, we were assigned teams, I was with a couple of girls I know well and a couple of guys I didn’t, and we played two games, our combined score after the first game was one of the best, however the affects of the free drinks and pizza severely affected our results in the second game and although I scored 2 strikes, many a round ended with straight gutter balls.

After bowling we headed to a local pub, I insisted I was only going to stay for half an hour, almost 3 hours later I went home! It was a very good night and although work tended to dominate the conversation, it was in a good way, with everyone laughing and joking about stupid rumours rather than a lot of bitching.

Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up

2006-11-14T10:59:00.000Z

I am completely loving this song, I've got it on repeat on my ipod. It did take a little getting use to,and the Sound of Music sample is a little hard to swallow, but it is fab nonetheless.

We are Roller-skaters

2006-11-13T15:13:00.000Z

When we were kids Emma and I formed a dance troop known as the Twin Twanglers, unsurprisingly we were the only members of the troop, although I think we may have played different characters. As well as an impressive aerial display on our swing set, one of the routines was on roller skates, we would skate up and down our patio executed sharp turns and singing “we are roller-skaters, look at our skates yellow and blue”.

Anyway the reason I am mentioning this is because on Friday Night I went to a Roller Disco for a friend’s birthday. It was quite good fun and luckily I didn’t fall over, in fact I rediscovered my passion for roller-skating and on Saturday whilst in a shoe shop I did almost invest in a pair of roller skates. However as good as it was, it was also very strange, there were 3 dance floors and none of them really played any commercial music, the skates were plastic and very heavy and the floors were actually quite misused and covered in holes taped up by gaffer tape. I also found the concept of skating and drinking odd and slightly irresponsible and to top it off, there were a scary amount of professional skaters who must go there every weekend. While it wasn’t bad for a one off, it could in no way match the brilliance of your own private Karaoke Booth.

Man, it's a slow day at work

2006-11-10T12:32:00.000Z

Help!

2006-11-09T14:06:00.000Z

I'm in the midst of booking my holiday next year and I'm going to be in Tokyo for 2 days and 3 nights and want advice on where is the best place to stay would be, price is a bit of a problem as I don't have lots, but I do want to stay somewhere nice, so please suggest places quickly!

Another Week, Another Celebrity Divorce

2006-11-08T14:17:00.000Z

I must admit to enjoying reading in the British Tabloids in recent weeks the bitter war between Heather Mills and Paul McCartney, I think because in my mind Heather Mills has somehow merged into my soon to be ex Stepmum. All the outrageous reports of violence during the marriage have kept me entertained for hours.
I must admit to enjoying reading in the British Tabloids in recent weeks the bitter war between Heather Mills and Paul McCartney, I think because in my mind Heather Mills has somehow merged into my soon to be ex Stepmum. All the outrageous reports of violence during the marriage have kept me entertained for hours.It will surprise no one who reads my blog regularly to hear that I am thrilled Britney Spears has finally gotten rid of Federjerk. My sister called me at 8 o’clock this morning to make sure I was watching GMTV when they where discussing the break up – of course as I’ve got my finger on the pulse I read all about the spilt last night on t’internet so it wasn’t a surprise. I think you have to hand it to Britney, as me and my sister where both saying at least she has 2 children by the same father in wedlock, he may not be an ideal parent, but at least she kind of got things right. I can’t wait for her album and of course her inevitable wedding to Justin.

Bonfire Weekend

2006-11-07T22:14:00.000Z

This weekend I went back to my parents and had a lovely weekend. On Friday my mum and stepdad met me off the train and we went for an Italian.

On Saturday me and my mum went shopping and I bought a new winter coat thanks to my Grandma. This Sunday was Bonfire Night, but back home in Norfolk we celebrated on Saturday Night on Old Hunstanton Cliffs, actually me and my family relaxed with drinks in the pub next door and popped outside for the displays only rather than actually joining celebration on the cliffs as it was cold, the fireworks were lovely I've posted one photo here, but there are a few more at my other blog sometimes I don't.

On Sunday as there were problems with the trains and we couldn't get one all the way home, my mum and stepdad drove us to Ely which part of the way back and we had a delicious Sunday lunch.

Cannes here I come

2006-11-01T17:12:00.000Z

It has been confirmed at work today that I get to go to the next TV market in Cannes in April and I am very excited. As there were 3 contenders and only 2 places it was never a given I’d get to go, despite me making it blatantly obvious that I wanted to go at every possible opportunity. The decision was actually made by picking names out of a hat, mine was the second name drawn and if I hadn’t of gotten to go I would definitely sulked a little bit this afternoon, instead I am already be consulted on my flight and accommodation choices and daydreaming about meeting George Clooney!

2006-10-31T16:31:00.000Z

Happy Halloween

Today I was going to write a post about my favourite Halloweeb Episodes of TV Shows, but I've come down with a cold and really don't feel up to it, so instead I'm posting the opening sequence from Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin.

Enjoy!

Shopping!

2006-10-29T17:07:00.000Z

So today I went shopping despite the fact I'm hideously into my overdraft, I justified my trip by reasoning, that I get paid on Tuesday and any money I spend won't come out of my account until then and so I bought...

...some new towels. This was actually a brilliant purchase I got 2 face cloths, 2 hand towels and 2 bath towels for less than £10 at Marks and Sparks...
... I bought a beautiful wrap dress from a new shop called Leila, it's very silky and kind of resembles a dressing gown but I love it...
...and finally some bath bombs from Lush, I got a Green Wings and a Ne Worry Pas, one of which I will be enjoying later...
... I also bought a News of the World and a cartoon of Cranberry Juice, which I didn't feel were worthy of a photo. I won't be doing my accounts until Tuesday night though!

Cultural Review

2006-10-27T20:35:00.000Z

There's a few things that have caught my eye recently and so I thought instead of writing several posts I thought I'd just write the one, so here goes:

Marie Antoinette
Last week I went to see Sophie Copola's Marie Antoinette and I loved it. To start with it looked visually stunning, it was filmed on location in Versailles in France using the real locations, the costumes, accessories, and cakes were amazing and were often displayed to their full potential in montages. Kirsten Dunst and infact all the cast played their roles with American accents, which on reflection was better than have them put on faux French accents. The film portrays Marie Antoinette as a sympathetic character it displays all of her decadence, while also showing that she wasn't entirely to blame for the downfall of the monarchy. However my sister didn't enjoy the film at all she found it too arty and overstylised, the film is completely style over substance and I think this is why I liked it so much. I won't go as far as recommending it to anyone just in case, but I'm definately buying it when it comes out on DVD.

Torchwood
On Wednesday the first 2 episodes Torchwood got there terrestrial airing on BBC2. Torchwood is a spinoff of the highly successful Doctor Who, the second series of Doctor Who was laced with references to Torchwood a mysterious government agency that cleaned up after extra terrestrials, the main lead is Captain Jack Harkness who was briefly one of Doctor Who’s companions in the first series of Doctor Who. I totally loved it, it’s set in Cardiff and most of the cast has lilting Welsh accents including the female lead Gywn, a female police officer who get entangled in Torchwood. It’s a post watershed show and to prove this it is heavy on the swearing and the sex - which isn’t a bad thing, the plots are still fairly cheesy but highly entertaining. It’s not for all Doctor Who fans, what with the swearing and the sex, but it is quite brilliant and I would definitely recommend watching it.

Match Bar, Central London
On Thursday I went on a date here, don't get too excited it didn’t work out, but I thought I’d review the bar as part of my cultural review. Like most bars in town the music was ridiculously loud and not condusive towards conversation. I had to shout to be heard and occasionally zoned out of the conversation as it was easier than listening. The bar was busy and it took ages to be served, the cocktail list was impressive, but the cocktails weren’t as impressive as other places and tasted a little premixed rather than freshly blended, it was expensive, but no more so than other bars of this ilk. I think deep down I’m a pub girl I like dirty little pubs where the drinks are cheap and the music is inobtrusive, I’m not a big fan of classy bars as to me they never seem very intimate. If you like this kind of place you’ll love Match Bar if you don’t you won’t.

Make Me a Supermodel

2006-10-25T17:05:00.000Z

For years American’s Next Top Model has been the best reality show about models on tv and unfortunately Britain’s Next Top Model really resembled a poor distant ugly relative, thankfully Channel 5 have started showing there excellent Make Me a Supermodel recently and it’s almost as good as ANTM. Make Me a Supermodel is actually dominating the TV schedules at the mo with hour long shows 4 nights a week on normal telly and countless spinoff on Cable . The competition is between 6 girls and 6 boys which adds an interesting dimension, I have my favourites in both groups (Marianne and Albert) and several I hate (Kerry and Josh). Last night I was in the audience of Make Me a Supermodel Extra on Channel 5’s new cable Channel Five Life, I would like it stated on the record that I am not that big a fan, one of my friends works on the show and got me tickets, but it was fun. I’ll let you know who wins.

Broken Mirrors

2006-10-23T15:02:00.000Z

Last night whilst plucking my eyebrows (Sorry if that’s too much information) I knocked over my mirror breaking it in to two pieces, I was absolutely gutted as not only have I destroyed my mirror I am now facing 7 years bad luck. I’ve always been terrified of breaking mirrors, so have been desperately hunting the internet for cures, apparently I can either touch each of the broken part to a gravestone, burn the mirror (or at least blacken the edges) of throw it into running water. As tonight is the first night since the incident the method I’m going to use to reverse my misfortune, is to light 7 white candles and then blow them all out in one go on the stroke of midnight tonight, however I’m a little worried that with my new bad luck I’ll end up setting fire to something!

Wireless Nightmare

2006-10-21T11:05:00.000Z

So if you're wondering why I haven't posted for a while it's because every spare moment I've been on the internet recently I've been trying to set my laptop upi as Wireless, I bought a USB key thing, I've changed all the settings on our router, but can I get it to work, no I bloody can't. It's so annoying as I was really looking forward to surfing the internet from the safety of my bedroom. Well that's not going to be happening now and PC World better take back the USB thing or else there will be trouble!

While the Cats Away

2006-10-17T10:40:00.000Z

Last week at work was bliss as the majority of my co-workers where away at a TV market, although there was plenty of work to be getting on with while I was away, and I always arrived on time and left on time, I was guilty of taking long lunches.

This has of course changed now they are all back and there is a ridiculous amount of work to do, it is nice though as I have people to talk to again and I quite like be crazy busy!

Wicked The Musical

2006-10-14T22:56:00.000Z

So it was a bit late coming, but here is my review of Wicked:

Firstly I would like to take back evrything nice I said about Daddy Cool, it's not that Daddy Cool isn't enjoyable it's just that when you compare it to Wicked you realise that Daddy Cool is just a night out whereas Wicked is an event. I've been looking forward to going to see Wicked for months and I was not disappointed. The production has taken over the Apollo Theatre in Victoria London, and when I say taken over I mean it, there are several OZ Dust shops selling everything from fridge magnets to monkey! the programme is truly beautiful, but pricey and there are even special cocktails in the bar, the anticipationbefore the show is incredible. The theatre is ideal as despite the price of the tickets you get a good view from everywhere.

The musical itself is based on the book by Gregory Maguire and tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West. The songs are brilliant and although on the first hearing none standout as break away pop hits, they are all catchy and I've been humming them ever since, the cast are exceptional, especially Idina Menzel (who won a Tony Award in 2004 for her protrayal of Elphaba on Broadway) Helen Dallimore as Glinda and the dreamy Adam Garcia as Fiyero, the costumes and set are pure Disney, even though they had nothing to do with the production. The audience seemed to be made up of Americans whopping and cheering along, which although not the British way of doing things, added to the ambience. I honestly cannot wait to go and see it again - which I hope to do soon as Will Young is rumored to be joining the cast!

Wicked

2006-10-13T09:21:00.000Z

I went to see Wicked last night the review will be coming very soon, but while you are waiting here's a clip of my favourite song Defying Gravity.

Daddy, Daddy Cool, Daddy, Daddy Cool

2006-10-12T14:45:00.000Z

As you may have read on my sister’s blog last night we went to see the West End musical Daddy Cool, It’s main stars were Harvey (from the So Solid Crew) Javine (The one who didn’t get into Girls Aloud) and Michelle Collins (who is most famous for playing Cindy Beale in Eastenders despite leaving the soap 9 years ago). Ms Collins was our main reason for going as she is good friends of my sister’s boss. I didn’t know anything about the musical apart form the fact the above 3 were in it and it was based around the hits of Boney M. I have to say it wasn’t at all bad, it was an interesting mix of disco and rap music blending the familiar songs of Boney M with today’s rap culture, the story was essentially a watered down version of Romeo and Juliet and very easy to follow, the great thing about it was there was not a real lead character and several members of the cast got to shine in their own solo. Although I wouldn’t recommend anyone to rush out and go see it doesn’t mean it wasn’t any good afterall it’s the first musical I seen this year that ends with a medley (and I’ve seen 4 other musicals so far this year). Off to see Wicked tonight I really can’t wait.

ANTM

2006-10-09T20:26:00.000Z

I love America's Next Top Model, they are showing Cycle 6 in the UK at the moment and it's ace, tonight was the makeover episode which is always my favourite as you can put money on the fact that there will be one girl who has beautiful long hair which will all be chopped off and dyed a completely different colour. Tonight's episode did not disappoint with Jade the undiscovered supermodel having an epi as she didn't like her makeover. Unfortunately whilst trying to find a photo to go with this post I stumbled across who won the series - I promise not to tell you Emma!

One Year On

2006-10-07T21:19:00.000Z

I was quite surprised to realise that I have actually been a member of blogger for exactly one year today- this is my 262th post. I didn't think I was going to like it here, but I am now addicted to sharing my thoughts and views with the whole world and I've met some great people on her, to celebrate I'm even going to start using a real photo of me, so you can all see what I really look like.

Robin Hood

2006-10-07T20:58:00.000Z

Tonight saw the first episode of the BBC's new drama Robin Hood, I was looking forward to it as the BBC were hoping to target the Dr Who audience (namley me) but I was apprehensive that I wasn't going to enjoy it. The good news is I did. The episode very much layed the ground work for the rest of the series, it started with Robin returning from the Crusades and claiming his land and peasants back from the evil Sheriff Nottingham, of course things didn't go smoothly when 3 of Robin's peasants were going to be hung for theft, and Robin had to choose whether to let them live or die. The cast are all great - they are of course very pretty but that's never a bad thing and story flowed very nicely, there was also a great little cliff hanger at the end which guarantees I will be tuning in next week.

Sara

2006-10-07T20:56:00.000Z

Sara is one of my best friends, we met on our first day university, she lived in the flat below me and we've been friends ever since, the only problem is she lives in Cheltenham and I live in London, so we don't get to see each other that often. This isn't normally a problem as we speak quite regularly, we actually schedule in chats so we can guarantee a good hour long phone call without any interuption, but since August we've been rubbish, we either keep forgetting to call each other or schedule something else during the same time period, today for example instead of calling Sara at 5 I decided to hang out with my sister! We rescheduled the call for tongiht, but instead of actually speaking, she is watching a film with her boyfriend and I am watching Extreme Makeover with my flatmate, we are both useless. Hopefully we'll be able to catch up in the week.

The Turkey Song

2006-10-05T10:11:00.000Z

This my friends Stephen's Dad, this song has been haunting me on and off for the past 18 months - it's brilliant I know it's a little early, but the campaign to make this Christmas No.1 starts early, please rate this highly on You Tube and if your on My Space why not add him to your friends http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=115009734

Primark

2006-10-04T20:24:00.000Z

Tonight I went to Primark - for those of you who don't know Primark is a budget clothes shop in England that has some amazing bargains if you're prepared to put in the time.

I bought a pair of shoes:

A brown skirt and top:

And a red top and belt:

All for only £27.50 amazing.

Email Posting

2006-10-03T13:41:00.000Z

The problem with Email Posting is that I keep forgetting to remove my work signature – complete with email address and telephone number, so instead of being a quick and hassle free way of posting at work, it actually becomes a lengthy and annoying process of having to log in an edit the post after all!

Random thoughts about Tonight

2006-10-03T13:33:00.000Z

So I’m meant to be flathunting at the moment, but my addiction to My Space (you so knew I was never going to be immune to it’s evil lure) has meant that I spent all my lunch hour making new friends rather than looking for flats. To be honest though I looked at 2 places last night and didn’t get home til 8:30 and I can ill afford to be out again tonight as I have a huge pile of ironing sitting in my bedroom and next to no clothes in my wardrobe, also tonight I need to go to the supermarket which is such a chore as there is no longer a supermarket on my way home so I’ll have to go out of my way! Anyway I’m sure it’ll be worth as I’m currently dreaming of pie and mash…

My Space

2006-10-02T21:06:00.000Z

Ok so I'm trying to become addicted to MySpace again - also because me and my sister both have a page now and I want to have more friends than her! So if any of you have MySpace pages, please become my friend:
http://www.myspace.com/iwanttobemarykate

Life is a Cabaret

2006-10-01T20:27:00.000Z

On Wednesday this week I went to see Cabaret at the Lyric in Picadilly. I've been a fan of the film for several years and have wanted to see the stage production for just as long.

This revival stars James Dreyfus, Shelia Hancock and Anna Maxwell-Martin and is tremendous. The story is very different to the film for starters Sally is English and loses her job at the Kit Kat club very early on, the love affair between the young Jewish couple is replaced with that of an elderly land lady and one of her tennants who turns out to be Jewish. Set against the Nazis rise to power the musical is sometimes violent and depressing, it is also very decadent with full frontal nudity and leather, the bittersweet relationship between the elderly couple provide a stark and much needed contrast from these other two themes.

The cast is very good, although I did feel at times that I was watching a drama school production, albeit a very good one rather than a west end play.

This is my fourth musical so far and next week I am off to see Wicked - I can't wait

Love It

2006-10-01T20:14:00.000Z

What is Wrong with George Clooney's Hair?

2006-09-26T21:21:00.000Z

I still haven't recovered from the shock of the below picture, LondonCareers.net is one of those free magazines they give out outside the tube, I don't normally take them, but today I was tempted as they were carrying an interview with my future husband George Clooney, however I was shocked and saddened to see that George has gone out and gotten himself a middle-aged man's haircut - and not a sexy middle-aged man's haircut:

Seriously what is with the fringe? Further evidence of this worrying state of affairs can be found inside the magazine proving that the bad hair isn't just a one off:
Everyone I questioned at work agreed that he couldn't make the style work for him and although I haven't called the engagement off just yet (mainly because a) I haven't met George and b) he hasn't proposed) I have had some very black thoughts!

Holiday

2006-09-26T15:46:00.000Z

Talking about holidays – although I don’t know that we really were – I’m planning a holiday to Australia next year although it is dependent on a number of factors:

a) Emma’s Friend’s Jane leeting me stay (this is the most crucial)
b) Being able to get the time of work
c) Getting a bonus at work to pay for the flights

I’ll keep you updated on the progress.

Home from Home

2006-09-26T15:40:00.000Z

So this week I am staying at my sister’s flat, those of you in the know, will know that Em is in Sorento with her boyfriend until Friday, I think they were both a little paranoid about leaving their flat empty and also knew I hate my flat at the moment and so asked me to stay at theirs for a couple of nights. It’s actually lovely having a place to myself, I’m keeping it clean and tidy and it’s great to be able to watch what I want to watch and not have to wash up before I start cooking, although I think the novelty may soon give way to loneliness so I’m not planning on finding a flat for one anytime soon, I think I’ll have another stab at flatsharing.

David Bowie on Extras

2006-09-23T21:03:00.000Z

As promised David Bowie singing on Extras - the best bit of the whole series

On The Move

2006-09-23T20:48:00.000Z

I decided to give flathunting a whirl, my year long contract ran out in July, but as I was changing jobs I didn't want the upheaval of moving at the same time, so 2 months later I've decided it's time to move - that and the fact I can no longer stand the mess in my current flat. I haven't bothered to hand my notice in yet, which is actually posing a problem as everything I've seen so far has been available immediately, but I've not lost heart and have already lined up another viewing for tomorrow.

Insult to Injury

2006-09-21T21:05:00.000Z

As a few of you may know it wmy birthday last month, and at work it past unacknowledged, to be fair I've only been there a few months and nearly everyone in my department was away. Today and yesterday however I have been running myself ragged trying to organise my boss' birthday gift, to be fair she has been with the company 10 years and it was the big 4-0 so it neede to be good, I think everyone signed her cared and she was dead chuffed with the Dr Hauscheka products we bought her and everybody liked the cake so all in all it was a job well done. Plus has the day off tomorrow so I can actually have a bit of me time at work!

It's Happened

2006-09-21T20:46:00.000Z

So tonight was David Bowie's episode of Extras and to be honest it wasn't that good. The genius behind the first series of Extras was that it was a minutely obseved comedy about "Supporting Artists" the problem is that now Ricky Gervais' character Andy Millman is enjoying relative success the novelty/selling point of the show has all changed it's almost as if they should rename the show. In tonight episode there wasn't so much as a film set in site. Andy bumps into Bowie in a bar VIP section and Bowie becomes inspired to write a song about him - this bit was inspired and I hope to put a clip of it up on my website as soon as someone else post it on you tube. Despite my misgiving there are some very funny moments in this show just not enough.

Christmas is coming

2006-09-19T20:47:00.000Z

Not a word of a lie, it's mid September and you can already buy christmas chocolates in the supermarket, it is crazy and wrong - that said I am currently trying to arrange a day with my sister to go Christmas shopping and see a matinee of Mary Poppins and I'm trying to decide whether to invite friends to Ice Skating or Lucky Voice so maybe the chocolate is just what I need!

New Year's Resolutions - Part 2

2006-09-18T20:17:00.000Z

1) I am not going to drink alcohol I broke this one before I even started and have already had far too many hangovers this month already
2) I am going to be on time for work everyday I've been quite good with this one and have been only 15 minutes late every day
3) I am going to take more photos I haven't taken any photos since my birthday but the photos I have taken are now developed and in an album
4) I am going to learn how to play golf and become a pro I've been to the driving range once, but was surprisingly good
5) Start going to Ballet Classes again I've only been once, but the class was really hard
6) Eat more healthily I have a heathly lunch but my evening meal has alot to be desired
7) Write more whether it's my blog, a novel, a screenplay or a poem, I'm going to write something new everyday This was never really going to happen
8) Make more friends, apparently the older you get the harder it is to make friends This is going quite well as I'm getting on really well with the girls at work

The Devil Wears Prada

2006-09-17T10:25:00.000Z

On Thursday we went to see a preview screening of The Devil Wears Prada, I've never read the book, but was fairly excited as I liked Anne Hathaway in the Princess Diary films. The film was good not brilliant, but not bad. The film is about a girl called Andy who becomes the Personal Assistant of the Magazine Editor at Runway magazine. Her boss is a bitch who makes ridicoulous and sometime unacheivable requests, as the film progresses Andy beomes more involved in her job neglecting her family and friends and becoming like the girls in the office she used to critise when she first started working there. In my opinion, the plot is a little clunky and contrived - it's definately a chick flick, but the clothes and accessories are amazing. I'd say wait for video though, although I'm definately going to go out and get the book.

Labyrinth Drinking Game

2006-09-13T20:22:00.000Z

I was watching the Labyrinth the other day and wrote this:

1 shot …
If Hoggle is called by another name (ie Hogwart)
When Jareth (David Bowie) appears - to celebrate
If David Bowie sings, 2 shots if dancing is involved
If Sarah complains about her brother or stepmother
If anyone wears a mask - 1 shot per mask
If Ludo says his own name
If Sarah takes something for granted
Whenever you see a Goblin
Whenever someone says Sir Diddimus
If there is a reference to time or you see a clock

2 shots …
If anybody loses their head
If Sarah takes a wrong turn
If Sarah is offered a drink or food, Finish the Glass if she accepts the offered refreshment
If Hoggle helps Sarah
Whenever Sir Diddimus rides Ambrosis
Any mention of the Bog of Eternal Stench, Down the Bottle is any one ever ends up there
If Sarah bribes/blackmails Hoggle into helping her

Finish the Glass …
If Sarah thinks she’s outsmarted the Labyrinth
If David Bowie plays with crystals
If Sarah has to choose between 2 doors

Down the Bottle …
If Sarah says the Labyrinth is a piece of cake
If Sarah refers to Hoggle as her friend

Empty the Table …
If David Bowie has to encourage his Goblins to laugh
If Ludo summons the power of rocks

Congratulations Britney Spears

2006-09-12T19:59:00.000Z

According to reports on Perez Hilton's website, Britney has given birth to her second child, a boy as yet un-named, who has been born 2 days before the birthday of her first child - so a very quick turnaround there, this is another photo from the infamous Harper Bazaar shoot that saw the final nail in the coffin of my love for Britney Spears!

Email Posting

2006-09-12T08:53:00.000Z

A few of you may have noticed that I haven’t been posting as much as usual and this is down to my new job as I actually have to now work for a living rather than surf the internet all day. Also I sit next to my boss and she’d notice if I posted during the day. However I have found a way around all of this – email posting. It’s great I can pretend to be writing a proper email, but actually be writing a post. I can’t include photos though and they may look a bit messy, so most nights I’ll have to tidy them up a bit, but it’s a small price to pay to be able to express myself once again.

Sugary goodness

2006-09-12T08:30:00.000Z

So yesterday one of my colleagues came back from a holiday in the states and intead of bringing back the requisite peanut butter m&m (you can’t get them in England) he brough us Reese’s Pieces almost as good as m&m, and oreos filled with peanut butter and chocolate – so good. I don’t know why we can’t get sweet like this I the UK, peanut butter only seems to come in jars and kit kat chunkys.

Princess Nikki

2006-09-06T21:06:00.000Z

So despite being hellishly tired I have stayed up this evening to watch Princess Nikki, which is basically the British version of the Simple Life, but with Nikki "Who is She" Grahame from Big Brother 7 instead of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. The opening credits were brilliant as it was a new version of Hey Mickey - Hey Nikki, I'll try and get them of You Tube tomorrow. This week she is working on a sail boat off Folkestone, and 5 minutes in and she's already moaned alot. I don't think it will ever match The Simple Life, but it will pass the time.

I'm so excited

2006-09-05T20:26:00.000Z

Hold Me Closer Tiny Dancer

2006-09-04T21:49:00.000Z

I've taken up Ballet again although to be fair I'm not sure how long it will last as the class I took was really scary, it was a General class and I thought I'd be fine, but the teacher just told us the names of the steps rather than demonstrating and I seemed to be one of the only people who did get it right away - if at all. I couldn't help comparing it to the class I took at the beginning of the year whic seemed like so much more fun - mainly because the Brazilian teacher was always trying to compare ballet to buddism or relationships, whereas the woman tonight didn't talk between excercises or go round and correct your positions. Technically though it was a better class so I might go back next week.

K-Fed Teen Choice Awards

2006-09-02T20:19:00.000Z

Is it wrong that I love this clip, it is horrible on every level and it certainly make me love Britney again, but the pop up video quotes are inspired.

New Year's Resolutions

2006-09-02T19:01:00.000Z

So I don't really believe in making resolutions on 1st January as although it is the start of a new year technically I always think my birthday is the start of my new year, so I've made a few resolutions:

1) I am not going to drink alcohol (much, well everything in moderation, but I'm not going to binge drink)
2) I am going to be on time for work everyday (so never going to happen)
3) I am going to take more photos (With my lovely new digital camera)
4) I am going to learn how to play golf and become a pro (In a bid to meet and marry George Clooney)
5) Start going to Ballet Classes again (and I intend to drag my sister along)
6) Eat more healthily (until my money runs out!)
7) Write more whether it's my blog, a novel, a screenplay or a poem, I'm going to write something new everyday
8) Make more friends, apparently the older you get the harder it is to make friends.

I think that will do for now.

My New Blog

2006-08-31T20:59:00.000Z

I've started up a new blog to showcase pictures from my new digital camera. I hope you like it.

Karaoke Rocks!

2006-08-31T20:36:00.000Z

Last night I organised a Karaoke night for our birthday, I hired a booth in Soho for 2 hours and invited some of my best friends, it was a fantastic night, we started out by having a japanese meal, we then went on to the Karaoke club where we sang our hearts out, my top tunes were No Doubt: It's My Life and The Pretenders: Brass in my Pocket. Needless to say lots of wine was consumed, and there were a few sore heads this morning!

Busy Week

2006-08-29T19:26:00.000Z

So it's mine and Em's birthday week this week and it's been a busy one, it started last Thursday when our parents cam up to stay and we went to see Evita in the west end, I've wanted to see the stage production ever since seeing the film with Madonna 10 years ago so I was very pleased, however the lead actress had a very heavily accented voice which was hard to hear, but I thought both the leading men were excellent.

On Friday I went shopping with my parents in central London and I picked up some new Clinique makeup, which was excellent and then in the afternoon we went to Buckingham Palace and saw the Queen's dresses which were lovely, in the evening we went to a French restaurant for dinner which was yummy.

On Saturday our stepdad got us up early to drive back to Norfolk, he made the mistake of stopping off at a huge Tesco for breakfast and then had to wait over and an hour for us girls to finish shopping.

On Sunday we went out for a delicious Sunday Lunch at a local restaurant and then opened the majority of our birthday presents, which was weird as we've never really been encouraged to open presents before our birthday before.

On Monday we had lunch with our Dad at a local Italian which was lovely, and then we got the train back to London.

Finally today (our actual birthday) me and Em went to London Zoo, which was brilliant and then we went to Harrods Christmas department. I'm having a quiet night tonight as I'm going out with friends tomorrow night.

I will post some pictures once I've figured out this whole digital camera malarkey!

8 Simple Rules

2006-08-23T20:27:00.000Z

So I've recently become addicted to 8 Simple Rules, it's on ever day between 8-9pm so I've watched 6 episodes in the past 3 days, it's brilliant, I'm still on Season 1 so John Ritter is still in it as the father, I love the fact that neither of the girls look like their parents, one's a blonde and one's a curly red head and I love how in real life the younger daughter is actually 4 years older than the older daughter, I love how the mum does the voice for Leela in Futurama, I love how the son wants to own a monkey and then gets one and I love that John Ritter was once in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.