I go through this cycle with Glee. It's ridiculous, and twee, and the song choices are getting worse and worse, and I don't really like any of the characters, and I don't know why I'm watching. And then I bitch about why I'm still watching when I don't know why. And then the next week? I watch all over again ( Read more... )

There's this new advert for a Samsung Galaxy Note (I think that's what it's called, it's a smartphone, in any case). Channel 4 on Demand are playing it over and over (they have about 3 ads they play on loop and change once every 2 weeks), so I've seen it a fair few times. And it's interesting to analyse who it's aimed at ( Read more... )

I just saw an ad for a TV show on FX called 'Pimp up my wife'. What. the. fuck? WHAT. THE. FUCK?! I can't even...

Things that made Sam angry today ( Read more... )

Hello, livejournal. It's been a while. For someone who currently has nothing to do, I seem to have an evergrowing to-do list. There really should be a post of epic proportions to chronicle the last few weeks, but to be honest, that sounds too much like hard work. Things you need to know ( Read more... )

Belated Happy Birthday to randomtimes! Apologies, your birthday reminder email got lost in a pile of flail.

Since my head might get chopped off for this at Haven, I want to mention the latest ( XF2 spoiler )

I'm worried Mary is going to beat me up when I tell her that a) I just saw St Trinians and b) I quite liked it.  Honest!  It really wasn't half as offensive as I thought it was going to be.  It was even very funny in places.  There were elements that made me raise my eyebrows, but there are elements like that in pretty much everything.  I was ( Read more... )

If you know the London Underground, you will be well acquianted with the posters that line the escalators. Often people stick notes over these posters, mostly obscene or promotions for something. But two of the posters side-by-side lining the wall at King's Cross show a women before and after a breast enlargement. The sticker over the 'enhanced ( Read more... )

I’m at home in Wolves for a couple of days, as Suzie needed to collect some stuff from her parents. My dear mother’s reaction when I told her I was coming home? “Oh good, you can sit round your sister’s house whilst the workman are there, keep an eye on things.” Yeah. Great. Thanks for that ( Read more... )

( Because someone, somewhere, gets it. And his name is Joss Whedon. Big Damn Hero. )