Aren't you too old to be here?

Recap of the week, not that much happened but I felt like posting

Sunday: my brother and I went to a friends house for a Guitar Hero night, complete with pizza, alcohol and nibbles like crisps, chocolate and jelly beans. Had a good time seeing as I haven't been out in a while, or been with the people we were with since my 16th birthday party. I fail at Guitar Hero so much it's unreal. No I'm not completly retarded, but when you've got people deliberatly staring at you and wittering on about The Starudays, it puts you off.

Monday: nipped into town for a few things. Didn't spend long there but it was enough to make me remember why I hate people in this town. The general idiocity is plain obvious and the ammount of people who go out of their house looking like they should be out running or living in the back-end-of-beyond is unreal. I can't wait till I move out. Oh but I did get a cropped leopard print cardigan in the New Look sale and some hair dye, so it wasn't a complete waste of time.

Tuesday: got a haircut. I now have a straight fringe again, (inspired by Taylor Momsen) which I haven't had for two years when I had a rip-off of Joshua Von Grimm's old hair. I think I like it more than a swept over fringe that I've had since forever, I've seen loads of people with blunt fringes now but what the hell.

Wednesday: highlight of my week - the Season 2 finale of Gossip Girl. Yep, I managed to watch all two seasons in about two weeks, (or less) goes to show what a good social life I have. Anyway, (without giving anything away) I have to say that the finale was perfect. Two juicey cliffhangers plus the most wonderful final scene ever. One word: Chair. I never well-up or cry watching films or TV shows, but goddamn that scene nearly tipped me over the edge! Everything about it was spot on and it left me with a warm, fuzzy feeling inside and a huge grin on my face for about half an hour after it ended. To say I'm excited for Season 3 is an understatement.

I know in my last blog I had a bit of a rant about Ed Westwick, but seriously I love him as Chuck Bass. Episode 13 and 14 of season 2 made me a convert, just the overall acting in those two episodes is brilliant. Now if you do your research, you'll be able to figure out what Chair is all about...

As far as today and Thursday go, not much happened. Getting a stuffed Madagascar penguin from Tesco was the second best thing this week. Though I have been searching through clips of Gossip Girl (mainly Chair scenes) on youtube, finding out the names of songs and downloading the most decent ones. Currently on repeat is Stripper by Soho Dolls, a dirty, electronic, rock song from Season 1: episode 07 which I'm addicted to. I feel like I should be in some dirty, underground club when I'm listening to this.

Then we have With Me by Sum 41, (S1x07) super-sweet, edgey rock anthem which makes me think of that final scene of the episode. I've been listening to it on repeat since last night. And finally there's Signs by Bloc Party, (S2x13 one of my fave episodes) the delicate, music box intro make for a heartbreakingly sweet song with a glimmer of hope. It's also been on repeat quite a lot, I can't get enough of it.

I highly recommend that you check these songs out, they're deffinatly going on my list of 2009 summer anthems; along with Save Ourselves (The Warning) by The Blackout, I Really Fuckin Love You/Blender by The Pretty Reckless, New York City Speed by Kill Hannah, Statistics by Madina Lake and Blood On My Hands by The Used.

Now I'm going to dye my hair, download some more Soho Dolls and watch The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. Oh you should watch that film, as the sticker on the dvd box says it's part of the "Unmissable Movies" ;]

Imagine you've just seen the queen naked...

Cockrel's eyes and why I hate children at the cinema...

Started watching season two of Gossip Girl yesterday. Yep, I finished S1 in four days; time well spent I think. Had a joint realisation with my brother that there's something about Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass) that's not right. Maybe it's his eyes or his nose or his mouth...even his eyebrows, I actually think it's not right when his eyes go really small (watch an episode or a youtube clip and you'll know what I mean) The line "like cockrel's eyes embedded in a man's face" from The Mighty Boosh springs to mind. Though sometimes I think Ed looks okay and other times not so much.

Yay/Nay?

I have to say that jacket amuses me, but now I feel like I'm just looking for an excuse to slag him off..

Went to see Harry Potter & THBP today. Despite some people saying "it's not as good as the book...blah, blah, blah", "it's not as good as the other films" or "they miss too much out" I really enjoyed it. Obviously films are never as good as the books (see Twilight, but the book's not that great either) and, yeah, it did feel like they left too much out, but I like to enjoy the films and the books as seperate things. If the film completely effed up the plot in the book then that would be something to complain about.

Even though she wasn't in it a great deal, I loved Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange. I think she's got that psycho thing perfected, especially when she's running around a fucking corn feild singing something that sounds like a twisted nursery rhyme.

One thing I now dread about going to see Harry Potter films is that it's inevitable that it's going to be full of little kids. If you've read the books you'll know that they do get pretty dark, (Goblet of Fire onwards - hell, even Prisoner of Azkaban was dark!) and really, 5 year olds and younger don't really need to be disturbed by seeing half-bodied, bald, scrawny-armed...things swarming onto a pile of what looks like blocks of ice, while HP tries (miserably) to fight them off. Not to mention they get out of their seats to go to the toilet so much, they miss important chunks of the film and might as well have stayed home.

I also hate little kids in general. A girl sat next to me in the cinema kept looking at me every.bloody.chance.she.got. I could see her out of the corner of my eye: everytime I got some popcorn, when I crossed my arms, when I moved my foot and even when I hadn't moved at all. And not to mention all the little kids staring at me as I walked through town. "Yes I have pink hair, yes to you I may look like that gimp from Lazy Town now please put your eyes back in your head, it's distracting."

One good thing about the film? This moment: it was full of win.

XOXO

I have a new-found addiction to Gossip Girl.

When I was still in school I found one of the 'Gossip Girl' books in our library, took it home, read it in a few days, enjoyed it, but never looked for any of the others. Shame on me! :o Then last year I heard that they'd made a tv series, buut it was only showing on ITV2 which we didn't have at the time (but now we do). One of my friends watched it but I never bothered, until now.

I spent this morning looking for episodes of LA Ink online, failing miserably becasue I either had to buy them off iTunes or watch a select few on Mega Video, which only lets me watch 72 minutes in one go before I have to wait 54 minutes to watch another 72 minutes. Anyway, then I was browsing through http://hayley.checkered-vans.com and saw one of the links on the side 'Dress Like Gossip Girl'. Clicked on it. Had a look through, typed "gossip girl fashion" into google, found some other sites then I decided to look for Gossip Girl episodes. And I realised that the guy who plays 'The other Tucker' in John Tucker Must Die is in it. I love that film.

One episode in and I know what I'm going to be watching everyday for the forseeable future ;)

Time for an overhaul & knitting for psychos...

Listening to: The Used

Reading: Kerrang!

Watching: T4 - Ugly Betty & The Simpsons, Super Nanny USA

I had a brain wave this morning. While watching Gossip Girl I was reading Star magazine and aside from reading more things about MJ and other celebs, I came across an interview with Hayden Panettiere (who plays Claire in Heroes) talking about diets and the like. It made me want to have a total overhaul, start eating healthily and actually exercise. I keep saying to myself that I'm going to start eating healthily ect, but this time I'm actually going to do it and stick to it. If it means that I can feel better about myself, be more active and loose a bit of weight, then I'm gonna get started now.

The only thing about Hayden Panettiere is she's a vegetarian, which is all fine and well, but I'm one of those people who've said that being a veggie is something they probably wouldn't do. But I suppose not eating meat isn't all that bad, right? Anyway, I'm going to start this 'diet' tomorrow and see how it goes for the week. Then I'll change some things and actually take an interest in what we buy now. After reading the diet plan, I searched for some vegetarian recipe sites and I was reminded of something I found a while ago. Then I came across this site http://justbento.com/

What is bento?
Bento (written 弁当), or obento (お弁当) to use the honorific term, is the Japanese word for a meal served in a box. Beyond that basic definition though, just about anything goes as to what kind of box or container is used, as well as what is put inside that box.

How cute are these, please? I really want to make something like that now, I've even jotted down some notes from the website so I know the basics. So this is the start of my overhaul, making healthy food that looks super cute. And I want to start making and customizing my clothes, seeing as I want to be a fashion designer. Maybe I can actually start working through some of the projects in a book I bought a couple of months ago - '200 Projects To Get You Into Fashion Design.'

I kind of want to start knitting too. I want to be able to make things like I saw in a couple of the 'Gothic Lolita Bible' issues. That's another thing I love, the whole Gothic/Lolita streetstyle in Japan. I'll probably bang on about that in another blog.

Oh knitting for psychos, anyone?

Look good, talk less, act bad

Listening to: New York City Speed (new album version) - Kill Hannah
& random Michael Jackson songs

Reading: Interview With The Vampire

Watching: Fight Club


WARNING:
This is going to be a long one, with photo spam galore.

There was a massive thunderstorm on Monday, right after I'd got caught outside in one on Sunday, that left us with no internet access whatsoever for four days. I swear I've never been so bored in my entire life. It made me wonder how the hell we managed without the internet, we probably spent all day watching tv or dvds which I think I did. But what about before tv, dvds and the like? People probably sat and talked, listened to the radio, did housework, read a book...went outside, goddamnit. Gah, thinking about it's making me dizzy, I'm so glad I live in a world that would go into shock if the internet suddenly died. (touch wood)

On Thursday we went to Edinburgh, just for an overnight stay, nothing major. Spent Thursday wandering around the city, climbing up steep steps, looking in an art gallery that really did nothing for me, going up a steep bank, nearly dying, eating carrot cake in a little cafe at a table next to an American woman, going to the Camera Obsura & World of Illusions, running away from Andrew trying to give me an electric shock after handling the plasma ball, buying a penguin glass, climbing up 287 steps of death in the Scott Monument, taking photos of gargoyle heads and seaguls, sitting on a platform watching some hobos wishing I was as cool as them, taking candid photos, sitting on a bench, going to an Italian restraunt, keeping the little Italian flag that was stuck in my burger, going back to the hotel, watching Friends, Bones, The Big Bang Theory, Big Brother (N), Channel 4 technical fail, channel flicking some more, two episodes of Family Guy, ten minutes of The 40 Year Old Virgin, end of Scars, more of The 40 Year Old Virgin then going to bed at half 12.

Scott Monument - 287 steps of death all the way to the top. And a gargoyle that looks a bit high.

In the Camera Obscura, the Infinity Tunnel: wall of mirrors with hunderds of coloured lights that makes it look like they go on forever. So pretty.

Me with some fibre optic lights. "Hello, this is Cthulu calling about your soul..."



Andrew going up a stairwell in Scott Monument

A random seagul that I had to take a photo of

The cool hobo musicians that I wish I was as cool as. But they don't beat the hippie dude we saw on Friday, with his dreads, sitar and joint in mouth. I know what I'm gonna be when I'm older...

The ah-mazing penguin glass and Andrew's crappy photography c:

"Captain Cabinet, trapped in cabinets, can he get out, will he get out, 'course he will"

Techincally a wardrobe, but who am I to challenge the wisdom of The Mighty Boosh?

Fail

Friday: wake up at 7:30 to the sound of Mat Devine of Kill Hannah singing Love You To Death as my alarm tone, watch Gilmore Girls 8 till 9 (L), a cereal bar for breakfast, get washed & dressed, put face on, do hair, put things back in my bag, watch some Desperate Housewives, go out at 10ish, Disney store, buy a Jack Skellington pen set and a mug for Xmas, wander over to New Look, get a dress, get a skelleton rib tshirt for £5 in the sale, go to Burger King to eat what is technically breakfast, wander around some shops with Andrew for a couple of hours, complain about the fact that a really nice dress from Topshop that was £50, go to H&M, River Island, go to HMV and buy Fight Club, go back to the car and set off home, listening to my mp3 while reading Let The Right One In (multi tasker), stop at some little seaside town for a walk or a sit on the sea wall, start back home again, finish reading LTROI, start Interview With The Vampire from where I left off about 4 months ago, get home, empty my bag, watch Fight Club, someone comes over to fix the internet, eat late, get back on the internet, totally shun the end of Fight Club, catch up on the happenings in the world, download some Michael Jackson songs (y), watch TV, go to bed about 12.

I loose connection with the world for four days, come back and find out that The Used are playing in Newcastle in September AND Yashin are playing in Newc' in Novemeber! Now all that I'm waiting for is Madina Lake and Kill Hannah to announce UK tours. I'm going to try and go to all of them. £16 for The Used, £12ish for ML & KH as a guess and £6 for Yashin = skint Faye. It's gonna be about 50 for all four, not including booking fees.

Recession? What recession?

Oh, and I have to say that the shiny new version of New York City Speed is simply amazing. So much better than the other version, which was great anyways. But I'm so, so exited for Kill Hannah's new album. It makes me sad that Jonny(aka to me at least Skinny)'s no longer in KH, but at least he's working on stuff with a new band. See how amazing the Kill Hannah Kollective is for news and updates? Oh and free, exclusive mp3's of new KH material.

Dearest Skinny,

I, along with many other KH fans, will miss your presence in Kill Hannah greatly. But I'm looking forward to hearing your new band, Polar Moon. So it's a win-win situation really...which means this may have been kind of pointless.

Dearest KH,

GIVE US A REALESE DATE PLZ

As if it's 7:35pm already. Where has this day gone? Where has this month gone even? Or this year? I mean it's July already for f's sake. I get my GCSE results in a little over a month, DO NOT WANT. Is it weird that I'm actually worried about opening that envolope? Probably not, but I guess people will expect me to be calm about it. Pssht whatever, they know nothing.

Oh goddamn I'm hungry. I think I need food...

Something else about Michael Jackson on tv tomorrow. Might watch it.

Yes, I'm that sad.