OMG
INTERNET HAS BEEN ACHIEVED! It only took about two weeks of whining to get my dad to do something about it. BUT NOW WE HAVE IT! (no more going to uni or cycling through the snow to the old house, yay)
1. I read To Kill A Mockingbird yesterday and I thought it was perfect. Kind of heartbreaking (The trial, Boo Radley, "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'") and well, awesome (ZOMG Atticus! Calpurnia! Miss Maudie!). But I might be wrong. I mean, I'm not really knowledgeable about American Lit. WHY didn't we get to read this book in English classes instead of, I don't know, Like Water For Chocolate? But my teacher would've probably ruined it (like she ruined Pride and Prejudice and Beloved. Too. Much. Analysis.)
2. I need to see the movie. Gregory Peck as Atticus? Yesplz.
(My mother also wants to see it.
My brother:"Who is Gregory Peck?"
My mother: "A wonderful actor."
Me and mum at the same time: "He was so handsome!"
Me: Wow, this is awkward)
3. I so get Terry Pratchett when he mentioned (in Hogfather) how people don't love winter, they love the protection against the cold. It's really easy to see this when you don't have any heating in the living room and kitchen (floor heating problems. Will be fixed in a few weeks). I really wish this hadn't happened in the coldest winter in 15 years. :(
4. Lack of internet led to me devouring an insane amount of books. I just want to say that when it comes to London phantasmagoria: China Mieville's Un Lun Dun >>> Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Sorry Neil, but Neverwhere was kind of boring and mediocre. It took a while to get used to Mieville writing a YA book (I'm still baffled about this) and the start wasn't the best but ZOMG, it became awesome very quickly. (Also, I think it's nice to note that the main character is the UnChosen, an awesome London girl named Deeba Resham and it passes the Bechdel test a thousand times.). The book was genuinely funny and imaginative and the characters are frankly more interesting than the characters in Mieville's adult books (still love them, though).
5. We had to hand in our Tchaikovsky music. The next piece we're going to play is... Rodeo (by A. Copland). It's for the annual Mother's Day concert. I, uh, had to get used to the idea of playing rodeo music (after all the Romantic music we played) but it's actually pretty good. It also has several viola sole! (This always factors into how much I like a orchestral piece. XD)
6. We have cable again! This means we have BBC 1 and 2 again! My brother and I think Total Wipeout (hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram) is one of the most hilarious shows we've seen recently. (Seriously)
7. Sorry to the westerosorting people for not being there during Family Feud. Couldn't make it and didn't expect it to happen so soon. :(
1. I read To Kill A Mockingbird yesterday and I thought it was perfect. Kind of heartbreaking (The trial, Boo Radley, "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'") and well, awesome (ZOMG Atticus! Calpurnia! Miss Maudie!). But I might be wrong. I mean, I'm not really knowledgeable about American Lit. WHY didn't we get to read this book in English classes instead of, I don't know, Like Water For Chocolate? But my teacher would've probably ruined it (like she ruined Pride and Prejudice and Beloved. Too. Much. Analysis.)
2. I need to see the movie. Gregory Peck as Atticus? Yesplz.
(My mother also wants to see it.
My brother:"Who is Gregory Peck?"
My mother: "A wonderful actor."
Me and mum at the same time: "He was so handsome!"
Me: Wow, this is awkward)
3. I so get Terry Pratchett when he mentioned (in Hogfather) how people don't love winter, they love the protection against the cold. It's really easy to see this when you don't have any heating in the living room and kitchen (floor heating problems. Will be fixed in a few weeks). I really wish this hadn't happened in the coldest winter in 15 years. :(
4. Lack of internet led to me devouring an insane amount of books. I just want to say that when it comes to London phantasmagoria: China Mieville's Un Lun Dun >>> Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Sorry Neil, but Neverwhere was kind of boring and mediocre. It took a while to get used to Mieville writing a YA book (I'm still baffled about this) and the start wasn't the best but ZOMG, it became awesome very quickly. (Also, I think it's nice to note that the main character is the UnChosen, an awesome London girl named Deeba Resham and it passes the Bechdel test a thousand times.). The book was genuinely funny and imaginative and the characters are frankly more interesting than the characters in Mieville's adult books (still love them, though).
5. We had to hand in our Tchaikovsky music. The next piece we're going to play is... Rodeo (by A. Copland). It's for the annual Mother's Day concert. I, uh, had to get used to the idea of playing rodeo music (after all the Romantic music we played) but it's actually pretty good. It also has several viola sole! (This always factors into how much I like a orchestral piece. XD)
6. We have cable again! This means we have BBC 1 and 2 again! My brother and I think Total Wipeout (hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram) is one of the most hilarious shows we've seen recently. (Seriously)
7. Sorry to the westerosorting people for not being there during Family Feud. Couldn't make it and didn't expect it to happen so soon. :(