Listen closer

I like hearing songs through several walls and a closed door, it makes then different and exciting. Like hanging off the end of your bed and seeing the room all upside down, like an unexplored mirror country.
That wasn’t really the point of this post, though. Nope, I feel I ought to play catchup because I [...]

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Wedding Belles

Last night on Channel 4. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy it, but I really did. It had heart, man. Or should that be, hen. By the end of the two hours I was thinking in a Scottish accent. I especially liked Michelle Gomez, formerly of Green Wing fame. It was beautiful at the end because [...]

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Ahhh… Amelie :)

My favourite film in the whole universe is on Channel 4 tonight at 10.40pm. Amelie. If you haven’t seen it and live in the UK, you have no excuses. You must see this film!

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I like Dr Wick…

Susanna: I’m ambivalent. In fact that’s my new favourite word.
Dr. Wick: Do you know what that means, ambivalence?
Susanna: I don’t care.
Dr. Wick: If it’s your favourite word, I would’ve thought you would…
Susanna: It means I don’t care. That’s what it means.
Dr. Wick: On the contrary, Susanna. Ambivalence suggests strong feelings… in opposition. The prefix, as [...]

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Children of Men (and more lyrics… sigh)

Today my mum finally allowed herself to be dragged (with much forward planning) to see Children of Men at the Prince Charles. I’ve already seen it once on my own, and thought she would enjoy it so was happy to go again. It’s a great film, and if you haven’t yet seen it I urge [...]

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Prime suffering years!

I enjoyed Little Miss Sunshine a lot, and I often remember this quote and smile:
Dwayne: I wish I could just sleep until I was eighteen and skip all this crap-high school and everything-just skip it.
Frank: You know Marcel Proust?
Dwayne: He’s the guy you teach.
Frank: Yeah. French writer. Total loser. Never had a real job. Unrequited [...]

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Catchup

A very long in-depth post is in order, if I’m to catch up with all of the stuff that has gone on since I last wrote here. But I don’t much feel like writing one. That would entail reliving the past week or so in all it’s glory, and I don’t think I could stand [...]

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Only castles burning

On Wednesday at Rob’s I made a million cups of tea for the parade of guitar students who traipsed dutifully through his kitchen for their lessons. And in between that, I watched American Beauty, one of many videos I had ‘donated’ to the kitchen – to balance out the huge array of bad action movies [...]

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Amelieeeeeeeee…

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I looked at the Prince Charles website yesterday. They are showing Amelie, on the big screen. Again. Except this time it’s a special charity screening. Oh thank you thank you thank you. Someone is smiling on me…
*high fives God*

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The heart of the dark

Today was a very interesting one, considering all I planned to do was go to the cinema and maybe take some pictures on the way if I felt like it.
When I got to Leicester Square I wondered if I might see Rob busking, but there was no-one playing there. It’s always weird going about the [...]

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