I can't believe the X Factor live shows begin next week! The long, inevitable countdown to Christmas has begun. Not that I'm complaining, I love the live shows. Even if I do get way, way too invested in certain acts and get embarrassingly over-anxious for them when they're in ~*OMG danger*~. I j'adore the new judges, so I feel this year will be a ( Read more... )

So far a big disappointment.

They should do a clip show of Let's Dance for 'Insert Cause' Relief entitled Comedian Dragfest, starring Robert Webb, Rufus Hound, Russell Kane, Noel Fielding, and a worryingly large number of others. And lo, it would be fabulous.

There's lots to dislike about Argos. The way that around Christmas it closely resembles the Somme. The way you can't ask any questions about the stuff in the catalogue because nobody knows/cares. The daft little pens that never work properly. The way the numbered queue on the screen by the collection counter bears exactly zero resemblance to the ( Read more... )

So we know who the villains are going to be (Catwoman, Bane) and we know who's going to be playing them (Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway). I'm surprised by the amount of people kicking up a stink about Anne Hathaway playing Selina Kyle. Have we learnt nothing from being proven so completely and utterly wrong about Heath Ledger as the Joker? Can I see her ( Read more... )

I just finally got around to watching the John Hurt BBC production Whistle and I'll Come to You that aired around Christmas.

Holy shitI think we all find the idea of dementia terrifying, losing your mind and your self while your failing body lurches on and on without you. This was a really horrible ghostly take on the condition... what happens to ( Read more... )

I think star signs and the zodiac are a lot of wank in general. And yet I find myself oddly irritated that they've come up with some new thirteenth sign, switched it all around, and apparently I'm a Virgo now. Bugger that, I'm a Libra. God knows why I feel so adamant about this, because it's utterly meaningless. Still... hands off my star sign ( Read more... )

It's been ages since I posted. I've been really sick, sadly despite my Christmas recovery I had an almost immediate relapse afterwards. Back to full health again now though, thank god ( Read more... )

Despite being horribly sick and virtually completely bedridden in the run up to Christmas, I got my own mini festive miracle in the form of a recovery in time for the day itself. So I got my delicious Christmas pud after all (even if that was more or less all I could eat), and lots of great presents (the entire Jeremy Brett 'Sherlock Holmes' ( Read more... )

MATT WON. I was totally pulling for him. They were all pretty great, but I couldn't deny a sneaking soft spot for the dubious hat wearing man-ho from Essex. The mass group hug at the end was very sweet as well. Now to promptly forget about the lot of them, in classic X Factor style. Although, this year I could actually see some of them having a ( Read more... )