For quite a while I have written one of these summaries of the year type things but this year the first month of 2010 has zoomed past my eyes, so on an evening in which I am meant to be sleeping as I have work tomorrow I have decided to try and compile one.
2009 was all about....
Coffee, Libraries, A Certain White Kitten, Considering buying purple hair dye, Not going to Britain's Got Talent, A disaster phone and it's medieval replacement, Signing for a house, Missing Maria, Robert Webb in a leotard, Man on Wire, Cinema Times, Leek flavoured ice cream, So come and dance with me Michael, Patrick Wolf, Tilda Swinton, Bulgarians and Greeks, Pokemon, Nazis outside of pet shops,Micachu and The Shapes, Come Dine With Me, Tunnels, Christmas in April, Churches in Penarth, Swine Flu, Magical Orbs, Star Trek, Jonathan from Spotify, this quotation "i found myself rather attracted to a man in bondage gear with a viola tonight", the Nottingham to Cardiff Cross Country Service, Baftas and Red carpets, Simon Bookish, The Baconator, Peter Berlin, Sexy and Informative, The Aquabus, Super Hide and Seeker Rory, Final Fantasy, Summer Ball, Moving House, Tate Modern, Transformers Premier, Bad Lookalikes, Paul Gambaccini, Being taller than Dermot O'Leary, Epic Msn conversations, Crying at Sci Fi, Huge Glasses, Car Showrooms, Windows the Hamster, Wigs, Decorating, Ukuleles, Wearing Fancy Dress in train stations, Flasher Statues, Harriet the Spy, Purple Rain, Owen Pallett, Geeks, Vivienne Westwood, Doc Martens, Double vodka Man, Stars are Blind, baked beans and peas, Derek The Weatherman, John and Edward, Hideous Cardigans, Megabus vs all other modes of transport, The London Palladium, Pass the Spray, House Hunting, Tea, Placebo, Men and Models, AND FINALLY MY GRANDMA SINGING ALONG TO SHE WOLF.
Did I get everything?
To all in 2009 and things to come in 2010,
t xx
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Friday, 29 January 2010
Amendments.
My last post was tagged with "Keep your creepy sparkly dead men away from me", I'd like to point out that its less a problem with sparkles, more a problem with dead and creepy. To be honest in my book sparkles are probably a bonus.
Something and something,
t xx
Something and something,
t xx
Thursday, 21 January 2010
"Everytime she opened her mouth I felt women take a step backwards"
Last night I finally got round to seeing New Moon but as I left the cinema amongst gaggles of girls discussing how fit edward cullen was I couldn't help but feel I had missed something. Later I realised that maybe that film was one of the most terrifying films I had seen in a while.
I read the books. Didn't everyone read the books? They weren't Shakespeare, in fact I feel The Hungry Caterpillar had more complex sentences, but it was entertaining never the less. It was cheesy and unreal and I read it presuming that was what everyone thought when reading it. I even got all the way to the last book before about half way through I questioned what I had done and realised the entire story had reached a new level of ridiculous, then I threw it away and proceeded to forget the story.
Then when Twilight was release I was forced to revisit it. As far as I remember I enjoyed the film as much as I could, i was distracted by visuals and music and most of all hype. It took a second film and the hype of teenagers everywhere to remind me why I actually really don't like this. I do not like at all.
The main problem I have with the series is Bella. Its nothing to do with the flat acting that Kristen Stewart is so frequently accused of its how flat the character is. How is it possible to portray a character that only actually has two dimensions? I pity her if anything. What worries me is the way in which girls aspire to be like Bella, to have a vampire and a werewolf fighting over her, to find this perfect love that you cant live without. She embodies the typical awkwardness of a teenager and the need for acceptance but really she she is nothing more than a shell. Edward may as well be chasing after a picture of a girl for the amount of personality she is shown to have. New Moon demonstrated this to me, disguised as missing Edward she falls apart until she has another guy to lust after. She is nothing more than a damsel in distress dressed in modern clothing, and while that worked in fairy tales no girl should ever aspire to that. What ever happened to being equals girls? Did Girl Power teach you nothing?
That was the main problem I had but there was something else I found kind of creepy. How old is Bella? 18. How old is Edward? 17? No wait 109. He might look pretty but that most definitely is a creepy age difference. Its not as if this isn't bought up either yet the characters seem to completely ignore this. He is manipulative about it as well with that whole you must marry me thing. No one describes it as romantic when someone is well and truly under the thumb and I refuse to see this in the film. It was never romantic, he sneaks into her room and watches her sleep, he practically blackmails her into marrying him. If anything Bella should be getting herself a restraining order rather than planning a wedding, yet its all forgive because he is pretty and sparkly. The idea of vampires (don't get me started on that) in this film is that they are beautiful which lures in their victims...or in this case captive women.
I know its just a film but there are far too many people I know who have a crush on Edward Cullen. The film is aimed at girls who are likely to be getting into their first relationships and that's not a good view of the world to have. I wouldn't have a problem with thinking Robert Pattinson is hot, but when someone turns to me and goes "I don't really see it when he is being himself, but when he is Edward its a a different matter" I want to scream. Goodbye being equals, Hello sparkly dead men.
Vampires and Rants,
t xx
I read the books. Didn't everyone read the books? They weren't Shakespeare, in fact I feel The Hungry Caterpillar had more complex sentences, but it was entertaining never the less. It was cheesy and unreal and I read it presuming that was what everyone thought when reading it. I even got all the way to the last book before about half way through I questioned what I had done and realised the entire story had reached a new level of ridiculous, then I threw it away and proceeded to forget the story.
Then when Twilight was release I was forced to revisit it. As far as I remember I enjoyed the film as much as I could, i was distracted by visuals and music and most of all hype. It took a second film and the hype of teenagers everywhere to remind me why I actually really don't like this. I do not like at all.
The main problem I have with the series is Bella. Its nothing to do with the flat acting that Kristen Stewart is so frequently accused of its how flat the character is. How is it possible to portray a character that only actually has two dimensions? I pity her if anything. What worries me is the way in which girls aspire to be like Bella, to have a vampire and a werewolf fighting over her, to find this perfect love that you cant live without. She embodies the typical awkwardness of a teenager and the need for acceptance but really she she is nothing more than a shell. Edward may as well be chasing after a picture of a girl for the amount of personality she is shown to have. New Moon demonstrated this to me, disguised as missing Edward she falls apart until she has another guy to lust after. She is nothing more than a damsel in distress dressed in modern clothing, and while that worked in fairy tales no girl should ever aspire to that. What ever happened to being equals girls? Did Girl Power teach you nothing?
That was the main problem I had but there was something else I found kind of creepy. How old is Bella? 18. How old is Edward? 17? No wait 109. He might look pretty but that most definitely is a creepy age difference. Its not as if this isn't bought up either yet the characters seem to completely ignore this. He is manipulative about it as well with that whole you must marry me thing. No one describes it as romantic when someone is well and truly under the thumb and I refuse to see this in the film. It was never romantic, he sneaks into her room and watches her sleep, he practically blackmails her into marrying him. If anything Bella should be getting herself a restraining order rather than planning a wedding, yet its all forgive because he is pretty and sparkly. The idea of vampires (don't get me started on that) in this film is that they are beautiful which lures in their victims...or in this case captive women.
I know its just a film but there are far too many people I know who have a crush on Edward Cullen. The film is aimed at girls who are likely to be getting into their first relationships and that's not a good view of the world to have. I wouldn't have a problem with thinking Robert Pattinson is hot, but when someone turns to me and goes "I don't really see it when he is being himself, but when he is Edward its a a different matter" I want to scream. Goodbye being equals, Hello sparkly dead men.
Vampires and Rants,
t xx
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