Can somebody cheer me up please?

James Blake & Bon Iver

Hanna

I seem to be watching lots of genuinely good films recently. My latest instalment is Hanna, a film about a teenage German spy girl who is being hunted down by Cate Blanchett. It's filmed and edited brilliantly, done in such a way that keeps it interesting and fast paced. The acting is also really good. I think the plot on paper could be done terribly in the wrong hands so I have to give it to the director (Joe Wright) for turning this potentially awful script into something captivating. Trailer below.

Clearing out old memories

My parents are moving house this week :( so I went round yesterday to pick up a few bits and bobs. I discovered some interesting items on my travels, embarrassing photos of younger me, a mobile phone case with the word 'flirt' on it and more nostalgically, my old dolls house!

My parents hand built this for me for sixth Christmas. I was a bit shocked and the neglected state of it but I was even more shocked at the kind of dolls I used to play with! The grandma looks like an old man with a backwards dress and some long hair!!!? And that sorry looking baby. WTF?

I asked my mum why on earth she bought me these. Was it because we were mega poor or something? She said it was because they were the only dolls available at the time. Maaaaaannnnnn we were ghetto. I absolutely loved that dolls house at the time though, it had working lights and everything. I remember coming downstairs on xmas eve and asking my Dad what he was doing when he was gluing tiles to the roof haha!

 

LOL!

This made me smile

A jellybaby someone had stuck to a wall :) The next picture DIDN'T  make me smile though. My  housemates Canon 7D. He was kayaking in France and had all his camera equipment and lenses in a 'waterproof bag' only it wasn't waterproof, it was splashproof. This is it after he took it apart to see the damage. Saltwater had got inside and oxidised, completely ruining all of his stuff. 

Good films I've watched this past week:

Win, Win.
Rango.
Submarine.
Fast Five. (For pure action/cheese.)


Shit films I've watched this week:

Bodyheat.
97% on RottenTomatoes? What is THAT about!?

Expired film, Morocco and a bit of Carr-B-Q.

 

Jamal Edwards, Google Chrome advert

This new advert from Google Chrome follows the success story of Jamal Edwards and how he became one of the UK's leading youth broadcasters by using the web to turn his hobby into something bigger. Enjoi.

Saturday morning

Ahhh the comfort of blogging from my own bed, slightly hungover on a Saturday morning. God I'm sad! :) I do try and update this regularly though and seeing as my last blog posts were about the riots I figured I needed to write about something else.

Some friends of ours moved into their first new flat this week. Now they have the dreaded 'M' word (mortgage, shhhh) and they'll probably be popping out a few babies soon, my boyfriend and I made them a little house warming present to commerate their grownupness. Combining their last names (a la Brangelina) I typeset this cute sign and my boyfriend lasercut it out of steel and powder coated it a homely eggshell white. :P You can't see on the pic but we also added a chain to it so it hangs nicely from their wall. (I should add that if anyone would like a custom made steel sign for a cheap price then let me know!)












My friend Matt came to visit me one lunchtime this week. He's training to be an aircraft technician for the RAF so I don't get to see him very much. In fact, I don't get to see most of my friends very much because they all live in separate places too far away. This makes me sad. :( Anyway, it was great catching up with him, despite tales of his Magaluf holiday and when he left he gave me a present. It was my De La Soul cd he had borrowed yonks ago and was finally returning! But as an extra gift he had gotten me the same t-shirt :D thanks Matt!

Attention Brum folk

I'd stay inside tonight if this BBM is true. It most probably is.

http://birminghamriots2011.tumblr.com/

pisss tek

Turns out Ideal skate shop in Birmingham got looted last night. :(