My Saturday involved doing my kitchen chores while singing along to loud 80s Bon Jovi and then an evening of TV entertainment which involved Strictly, awe-inspiring record-breaking Grand Prix Final figure skating*, and Red2 (I want to be Helen Mirren when I grow up ( Read more... )

Back from holiday, had a lovely time, filled with coastal walks, castles, Roman sites, and paddling (we had 3 days of proper summer weather). And wildlife and not quite getting trampled by cows (yes, there's a story there, the moral of which is never assume a footpath marked on a map will actually be usable if you're in England). There will be a ( Read more... )

Hellboy II: The Golden Army is fab! I enjoyed it even more than the original. The visuals are fantastic, I love Del Toro's aesthetic, and it's thoroughly entertaining - very funny but also quite touching in places ( Read more... )

is complete drivel, moderately entertaining drivel, but drivel nonetheless. There are some gorgeous 1940s evening dresses among the costumes though (I've been spending too much time on stylishly_yours!) and Michelle Yeoh is good. The plot reminded me of one of those roleplaying game advertures where the GM is desperate for the PCs to succeed so keeps coming up ( Read more... )

On Friday night, the Boy took me to see Stardust. I love the book to pieces and was really looking forward to seeing it, knowing that Neil Gaiman had been closely involved with it, and I wasn't disappointed. It's quite different to the book in places, but the changes work for the different medium, and it's beautifully done. I really enjoyed it and ( Read more... )

Stardust is on at the Edinburgh Film Festival on August 21st and 23rd and I think it isn't on general release over here until October. Anyone want to come? I rather fancy it :) Tickets are £7.95 but you get a 15% discount for a party of 7 or more...

Bird song on the radio makes for a very entertainly confused kitty :)

Have watched the latest Bond film (Casino Royale) and Shaun of the Dead recently - Bond entertained me and both my parents (no mean feat) and I really enjoyed Shaun... despite my famous dislike of ick in films, which tells you something about the quality of the writing - great ( Read more... )

So in summary:

PotC 3 - so-so
Dr Who The Family of Blood - bloody brilliant
weather - mostly yuk
strawberry perry - yummy
me - not overly impressed with the universe, in desparate need of exercise and getting some work done!

On Friday, Jakob and I met up and practiced T'ai Chi in the park - I'm gradually getting the 37 and 44 move form versions into my head as two seperate entities, and we did Animals too - ahhh animals ;) Also, there was comic borrowing:

Strangers in Paradise - the 2nd to last issue EVAR. I'm not going to squee at great length, but everyone should ( Read more... )

Am remembering why I don't buy new shoes very often - made the mistake of wearing them for the first time with just fishnets rather than socks, and now have two painfully raw heels just from popping into town :(

But, so I'm not just coming here to moan about basically self-inflicted ouchiness:

Looky here - new Harry Potter and the Order of the ( Read more... )