Writer's Block: Spoilers Below the Cut
This question seems to be addressed to me! If one of my friends were writing this they would probably be able to write a whole list of things I have given away and spoilers that I have duly shared. But right now, the worst one I can remember is giving the Harry Potter ending away. And not for book seven, but book six. The bit where Dumbledore dies. I shouted it (I was sure I whispered it but apparently not) to a friend who had read it and a friend who hadn't, heard. She was not best pleased. All other friends thought it was a hoot though, so at least I was entertaining!
The truth is I am not a very good secret keeper. Not for the little secrets anyway, like 'I fancy XYZ'. Tell XYZ and put us all out of the pining, wallowing, hopeful misery sooner. And anythign that startes with 'don't tell anyone...' well that's just waiting to be told. But deep dark secrets I have never told. There is one actually (the only one I can still remember) that will never be told (the person who told me that told me about 15 years ago and I can't beleive I have kept it still. But that secret os one of those secrets which isn't mine to tell and if I do tell it won't be a riot of laughter.)
Today I had such a cringe worthy moment! In semonar I have to open my big mouth and say something extremely STUPID in front of everyone. Once I stopped spouting rubbish there was silence for a while and then the teacher just moved on as if nothing happened. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I thought I was over all that crap. I thought that there was a filter between my mouth and brain (apparently not). So embarrassing!!
But to make the whole thing better I went to the Uni bookshop for a browse (there is always something so comforting about books) and you will not beleive what I found. A FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING hardback copy of one of the Stephenie Meyer novels (the thrid one in the series-Eclipse). I couldn't beleive it. I have taken it as a sign of my luck changing. When I sell it (probably when the third movie is released after camping for DAYS to get some signatures on it) I will remember this day, as the day I made a fool out of myself. And I will laugh brazenly and make a fool out of myself again (I think it is inevitable. Well as inevitable as taxes are and as yet I haven't figured out a fool proof way to cheat the system. Truthfully, I haven't even tried to figure out a way. I think I should be more against 'The Man'.)
And today my door handle is finally being fixed. The latch bit never used to catch so it was always hit amd miss whether it was going to close or not. I just think the door was being all moody. But it has been fixed so now I can close the door. And our plumbing is being sorted out (I didn't even know there was something wrong with our central heating but there is-apparently the pipes with the circulating hot water have decided that they don't want to circulate hot water any more.) So our house is being repaired, which is always a good thing (that way when if falls apart I won't be here and get into trouble for it.)
And even better it is FRIDAY today. Ray of sunshine-no need for alarms to be set for tomorrow morning. I get to wake up when I WANT to. Brilliant. And the weekened means Being Human, Lark Rise to Candleford, Jonathan Ross and Hustle.
But on a more depressing note, my house mate just told me that Birmingham City Council are dropping the apostrophes from ALL their road signes. And do you know why? Because they 'believe most people are confused by them'. EXCUSE ME?!?! I don't care if we are all confused by them, correct grammar is correct grammar. This is the beginning of a slippery slope into stupidity. I am not saying this as someone who knows everything about the English language. That is laughable. My spelling is the worst in the world (it really is. I once spelt milk wrong and I was well into double figures). I have to concentrate to get things right and even then I make so many mistakes. But to get rid of it? Isn't that really defeatist? And what about all those school children out there. No point teaching them how to work a full stop either, it'll only confuse the poor idiots.
PAH
In movie news, the thrid Narnia movie is back on. Since Disney pulled out (because they only made $200 million profit-I know. Loose change) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Treder? Can't be bothered to look it up) was on the rocks. But know with filming starting later this year it will be in our cinemas by 2010 (Summer I expect). Hmm...more Ben Barnes. Not complaining here.
A new poster is oout for Watchman-it kinda looks fake, to me. I don't know but are people getting lazy with CGI? Do they not need to make it look at all real any more? (Does anyone remember the Twilight posters? What did they do to Edwrad?)
xoxo
p.s. I shall leave you all with this
Very good advice.
And I found this, a trailer for the new Ryan Renolds and Sandra Bullock movie, The Proposal. Very funny-looking forward to it!
The truth is I am not a very good secret keeper. Not for the little secrets anyway, like 'I fancy XYZ'. Tell XYZ and put us all out of the pining, wallowing, hopeful misery sooner. And anythign that startes with 'don't tell anyone...' well that's just waiting to be told. But deep dark secrets I have never told. There is one actually (the only one I can still remember) that will never be told (the person who told me that told me about 15 years ago and I can't beleive I have kept it still. But that secret os one of those secrets which isn't mine to tell and if I do tell it won't be a riot of laughter.)
Today I had such a cringe worthy moment! In semonar I have to open my big mouth and say something extremely STUPID in front of everyone. Once I stopped spouting rubbish there was silence for a while and then the teacher just moved on as if nothing happened. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I thought I was over all that crap. I thought that there was a filter between my mouth and brain (apparently not). So embarrassing!!
But to make the whole thing better I went to the Uni bookshop for a browse (there is always something so comforting about books) and you will not beleive what I found. A FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING hardback copy of one of the Stephenie Meyer novels (the thrid one in the series-Eclipse). I couldn't beleive it. I have taken it as a sign of my luck changing. When I sell it (probably when the third movie is released after camping for DAYS to get some signatures on it) I will remember this day, as the day I made a fool out of myself. And I will laugh brazenly and make a fool out of myself again (I think it is inevitable. Well as inevitable as taxes are and as yet I haven't figured out a fool proof way to cheat the system. Truthfully, I haven't even tried to figure out a way. I think I should be more against 'The Man'.)
And today my door handle is finally being fixed. The latch bit never used to catch so it was always hit amd miss whether it was going to close or not. I just think the door was being all moody. But it has been fixed so now I can close the door. And our plumbing is being sorted out (I didn't even know there was something wrong with our central heating but there is-apparently the pipes with the circulating hot water have decided that they don't want to circulate hot water any more.) So our house is being repaired, which is always a good thing (that way when if falls apart I won't be here and get into trouble for it.)
And even better it is FRIDAY today. Ray of sunshine-no need for alarms to be set for tomorrow morning. I get to wake up when I WANT to. Brilliant. And the weekened means Being Human, Lark Rise to Candleford, Jonathan Ross and Hustle.
But on a more depressing note, my house mate just told me that Birmingham City Council are dropping the apostrophes from ALL their road signes. And do you know why? Because they 'believe most people are confused by them'. EXCUSE ME?!?! I don't care if we are all confused by them, correct grammar is correct grammar. This is the beginning of a slippery slope into stupidity. I am not saying this as someone who knows everything about the English language. That is laughable. My spelling is the worst in the world (it really is. I once spelt milk wrong and I was well into double figures). I have to concentrate to get things right and even then I make so many mistakes. But to get rid of it? Isn't that really defeatist? And what about all those school children out there. No point teaching them how to work a full stop either, it'll only confuse the poor idiots.
PAH
In movie news, the thrid Narnia movie is back on. Since Disney pulled out (because they only made $200 million profit-I know. Loose change) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Treder? Can't be bothered to look it up) was on the rocks. But know with filming starting later this year it will be in our cinemas by 2010 (Summer I expect). Hmm...more Ben Barnes. Not complaining here.
A new poster is oout for Watchman-it kinda looks fake, to me. I don't know but are people getting lazy with CGI? Do they not need to make it look at all real any more? (Does anyone remember the Twilight posters? What did they do to Edwrad?)
xoxo
p.s. I shall leave you all with this
Very good advice.
And I found this, a trailer for the new Ryan Renolds and Sandra Bullock movie, The Proposal. Very funny-looking forward to it!
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