Ah 2010. Kage freaked me out this morning by telling me "Hey, G; you do realise that when the next decade's gone you're gonna be pushing 30...then think about how fast THIS decade's gone...enjoy"
She's a delightful girl.
I shall be ringing in...wait, is that right? or is it bringing in? errr daym i should know this. ok, delete as relevant;
I shall be ringing/ bringing in the new year with the lads and lasses of homefolkshire tomorrow night- Panders are taking care of Eli and we're going to Vic and John's.I'm kinda nervous- the last time i drank at Vic and John's i ended up throwing up out of a moving vehicle. COOL KID ALERT.
ALSO- in a rare moment of cool Panders have said Fozzatron can drink!it took much cajoling on the part of everyone, but the cajolement (word?not a word?for an English student i'm not all that eloquent) paid off so OH HUZZAH! shall be highlarryus to watch my young padawan divulge.
I've been trying to write a list of new years resolutions, but struggling somewhat. i dunno if it's just cos i'm reading far too much into it though. It's all for good reasons though. I mean, New Years resolutions come once a year-well done Amy- and are often seen as an opportunity to look back on yourself and analyse what you don't like about yourself and what you want to see change, and look at the mistakes you've made and make sure you don't make them again. But the things that i would usually resolve year after year having failed dismally to do so are...well, they're kinda resolved this time.
My resolutions used to be utterly preoccupied by bettering myself- i constantly considered myself not good enough or that i was just a bit of a waste of space, so i'd make resolutions like "Lose tons of weight", "try to be someone people will like", "Be more confident", etc etc- and for pretty much 19 years that was it. And genuinely for the first time ever i don't feel it's necessary to think of those things as situations that need to be resolved- which makes me smile so much it's insane!!
in the last half a year or so i turned a massive corner in my life, as after-school special that may seem, and i suddenly liked me for me. I found myself not constantly changing outfits for fear of looking too fat- i wear what i want when i want to because i want to. that doesn't sound too bad- but i used to plan outfits for hours at night thinking of ways to cover up more. Now? pfft, whatever is cleanest gets chucked on and i couldn't care less :D
Confidence is no longer an issue for me- and this is entirely down to university. the situations i was in where i had to hold my own, and the people i met who constantly let me know that i was perfectly capable of being who i wanted to have changed my entire spectrum of thinking. i know who i am now, and i stay true to it. and the difference it's made? Man, i hold my head higher every time i start to walk!!
And as far as being someone people want to like? the fact that so many of my old friends barely talk to me now shows me they were my friends for the wrong reasons. the friends i have now, and the people who like me now, as i am, they're the ones to worry about upsetting, not someone who knew they could walk all over and so that's what they did, cos that's not friendship.
and so my new years resolutions are thus;
-Be optimistic. just because one thing goes wrong doesn't mean it all will!
-Become more organised!!
-Smile at people ,even if you don't know them. not in a creepy way though :D
-learn how to play the piano
-get over your odd socks= good luck obsession!BLATES NOT TRUE!
-spend more time with all your friends
-write on your blog more, and for heavens sake keep up with your diary!!
-work harder!
-don't be so reliant on Panders et al
-Enjoy everything. just BE happy
And that's that :) it's so weird, i had no idea what i was gonna write under 'Here are my new years resolutions' until i suddenly started writing them...huh. i spose they were easier to write down than i anticipated!!
Have an amazing New Years Eve, New Years day and New Year my lovelies ^^ take care whatever you're doing and i'll see you in the new year :D
OH HUZZAH FOR THE RETURNAGE TO MY BLOGGATRON!!!
xXx
Thursday 31 December 2009
Wednesday 30 December 2009
Leave David Tennant alone!!! aka i disagree with the Daily Mail
Ah David Tennant. The man can literally do no wrong in the eyes of the British public. Unless you write for The Daily Mail- if you write for the Daily Mail than your opinion on EVERYONE and EVERYTHING changes every few articles, depending on the public feeling at the time, and how much of an opportunistic ‘let’s purposefully say things we know will antagonise people and make them talk about us more, that’s journalism, right?’ kinda person you are. In the eyes of The Daily Mail the world can do no right.
Let’s not beat about the bush here- DM dissed David. BUT up until this time they had been singing his praises- as had everyone in this fickle country. But now that he’s leaving Doctor Who, and appearing on TV shows to promote Doctor Who suddenly he’s annoying. Suddenly we don’t want to see David Tennant on our screens. ER, WHAT?? NO!!
David Tennant leaving Doctor Who- and I don’t care how sad I come across here- is genuinely devastating for people who love good TV. I’m not saying that the next series (driven by Stephen Moffat with that guy who’s face looks like it’s compiled of the material used to make Stretch Armstrong) is going to be rubbish- but Tennant has been such an amazing Doctor, and is such an incredible actor that I truly believe English telly has lost one of its best resources. The thing that gets me is just how fickle the British Public can be. People say ‘Us Brits love an underdog!’ Er, no, what ‘us Brits’ love is to build a person up ‘til their at their peak and then knock them down!! We revel in love/hate relationships with celebrities and genuine talent, and it bugs me so much!!
But the biggest thing that annoys me about this Article on the Daily Mail site ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1239280/How-Doctor-Who-little-help-Hamlet-took-BBC.html) is this section here;
"Yesterday the BBC came under fire for freezing out young acting talent by giving audiences an overdose of Tennant.
Conservative MP Nigel Evans, who sits on the Culture Media and Sport select committee, said: 'The BBC's public service remit was always about bringing on fresh talent.
'Sadly they seem to have got themselves stuck in the rut of chasing ratings and going populist.
'Relying on such an overkill of one particular person is freezing out a lot of opportunity for a lot of up and coming people.'
He added: 'Even the most dedicated fan might have thought that the BBC was turning into the David Tennant Corporation.
'I know thanks to digital TV we have 200 channels, but 200 channels of David Tennant doesn't seem to be much choice.'"
Ok, there are SO many things wrong here it's insane. I'm gonna cut it down into sections;
1) Ok, does everyone remember the ridiculousness that was the 'war on old age' that apparently happened at the BBC when they decided to replace Arlene Phillips- a no doubt talented woman who, let's face it, is oldish and had appeared on every other series of 'Strictly Come Dancing' up until that point, with Alesha Dixon- a young, talented woman who had only appeared as a contestant. So, this would be an example of giving young talent a chance to appear on Tv...so they weren't freezing out a lot of opportunity for, let's face it, an up-and-coming person, yes?
2)What, so because David Tennant is 38 and has appeared in Tv shows on the BBC before (perish the thought) he suddenly doesn't count as 'up and coming talent'?? He's one of the most talented actors we have in Britain, and he's not even reached his peak yet!!he's now in a TV show in America, and has been appearing in many films since having left Doctor Who- surely this counts as up and coming??
3)A lot of his appearances have been based on the promotion of Doctor Who- so unless these guys want some serious continuity errors to occur, surely it makes sense to have THE ACTOR PLAYING THE DOCTOR PROMOTING DOCTOR WHO??
4)'Sadly they seem to have got themselves stuck in the rut chasing Ratings and going Populist' says Conservative MP Nigel Evans, a man who despite his status as a committee member for Cuture Media and Sport is probably reading these opinions from cue cards hidden in his cuffs, and is certainly not jumping on any sort of bandwagon by attempting to comment on one of the most popular Tv shows in history? nah, MPs don't do that...they don't talk about things they don't understand under the assumption that if their name is seen next to something relatively popular then they too shall become popular by association...that never happens...
5)'Even the most dedicated fan might have thought that the BBC was turning into the David Tennant Corporation' Er, no...I don't . And i'm a dedicated fan. I'm probably not the most dedicated fan- that'll be the crazies with his face photoshopped in their photo album labelled 'Our Wedding'. But until i read this article it'd never occurred to me that he was appearing a lot. His final episodes of Doctor Who are being shown- he's not going to crawl into a cave is he?!
6)'I know thanks to digital TV we have 200 channels, but 200 channels of David Tennant doesn't seem to be much choice.' Ok, who is this guy?? i mean, i'm prone to exaggeration and will happily admit but if you're a politician TRYING to make a serious statement for people to actually take into consideration you don't follow it up with a sweeping statement that rings of sarcasm!!! i mean, i know i did.but i'm a 19 year old student. sarcasm is my only means of conveying ANY kind of emotion
7)IT'S DAVID TENNANT!!!who on god's GOOD EARTH complains about David Tennant being on the TV a lot??? IDIOTS!!THAT'S WHO!!
8)He's an Actor. A popular actor from a popular show. He's only doing his job. Leave the poor bugger alone.
I hope this came across as a reasonable argument, and not just the ranting of a young woman, besotted and annoyed. I do fear that the latter comes through that little bit more though...
xXx
Let’s not beat about the bush here- DM dissed David. BUT up until this time they had been singing his praises- as had everyone in this fickle country. But now that he’s leaving Doctor Who, and appearing on TV shows to promote Doctor Who suddenly he’s annoying. Suddenly we don’t want to see David Tennant on our screens. ER, WHAT?? NO!!
David Tennant leaving Doctor Who- and I don’t care how sad I come across here- is genuinely devastating for people who love good TV. I’m not saying that the next series (driven by Stephen Moffat with that guy who’s face looks like it’s compiled of the material used to make Stretch Armstrong) is going to be rubbish- but Tennant has been such an amazing Doctor, and is such an incredible actor that I truly believe English telly has lost one of its best resources. The thing that gets me is just how fickle the British Public can be. People say ‘Us Brits love an underdog!’ Er, no, what ‘us Brits’ love is to build a person up ‘til their at their peak and then knock them down!! We revel in love/hate relationships with celebrities and genuine talent, and it bugs me so much!!
But the biggest thing that annoys me about this Article on the Daily Mail site ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1239280/How-Doctor-Who-little-help-Hamlet-took-BBC.html) is this section here;
"Yesterday the BBC came under fire for freezing out young acting talent by giving audiences an overdose of Tennant.
Conservative MP Nigel Evans, who sits on the Culture Media and Sport select committee, said: 'The BBC's public service remit was always about bringing on fresh talent.
'Sadly they seem to have got themselves stuck in the rut of chasing ratings and going populist.
'Relying on such an overkill of one particular person is freezing out a lot of opportunity for a lot of up and coming people.'
He added: 'Even the most dedicated fan might have thought that the BBC was turning into the David Tennant Corporation.
'I know thanks to digital TV we have 200 channels, but 200 channels of David Tennant doesn't seem to be much choice.'"
Ok, there are SO many things wrong here it's insane. I'm gonna cut it down into sections;
1) Ok, does everyone remember the ridiculousness that was the 'war on old age' that apparently happened at the BBC when they decided to replace Arlene Phillips- a no doubt talented woman who, let's face it, is oldish and had appeared on every other series of 'Strictly Come Dancing' up until that point, with Alesha Dixon- a young, talented woman who had only appeared as a contestant. So, this would be an example of giving young talent a chance to appear on Tv...so they weren't freezing out a lot of opportunity for, let's face it, an up-and-coming person, yes?
2)What, so because David Tennant is 38 and has appeared in Tv shows on the BBC before (perish the thought) he suddenly doesn't count as 'up and coming talent'?? He's one of the most talented actors we have in Britain, and he's not even reached his peak yet!!he's now in a TV show in America, and has been appearing in many films since having left Doctor Who- surely this counts as up and coming??
3)A lot of his appearances have been based on the promotion of Doctor Who- so unless these guys want some serious continuity errors to occur, surely it makes sense to have THE ACTOR PLAYING THE DOCTOR PROMOTING DOCTOR WHO??
4)'Sadly they seem to have got themselves stuck in the rut chasing Ratings and going Populist' says Conservative MP Nigel Evans, a man who despite his status as a committee member for Cuture Media and Sport is probably reading these opinions from cue cards hidden in his cuffs, and is certainly not jumping on any sort of bandwagon by attempting to comment on one of the most popular Tv shows in history? nah, MPs don't do that...they don't talk about things they don't understand under the assumption that if their name is seen next to something relatively popular then they too shall become popular by association...that never happens...
5)'Even the most dedicated fan might have thought that the BBC was turning into the David Tennant Corporation' Er, no...I don't . And i'm a dedicated fan. I'm probably not the most dedicated fan- that'll be the crazies with his face photoshopped in their photo album labelled 'Our Wedding'. But until i read this article it'd never occurred to me that he was appearing a lot. His final episodes of Doctor Who are being shown- he's not going to crawl into a cave is he?!
6)'I know thanks to digital TV we have 200 channels, but 200 channels of David Tennant doesn't seem to be much choice.' Ok, who is this guy?? i mean, i'm prone to exaggeration and will happily admit but if you're a politician TRYING to make a serious statement for people to actually take into consideration you don't follow it up with a sweeping statement that rings of sarcasm!!! i mean, i know i did.but i'm a 19 year old student. sarcasm is my only means of conveying ANY kind of emotion
7)IT'S DAVID TENNANT!!!who on god's GOOD EARTH complains about David Tennant being on the TV a lot??? IDIOTS!!THAT'S WHO!!
8)He's an Actor. A popular actor from a popular show. He's only doing his job. Leave the poor bugger alone.
I hope this came across as a reasonable argument, and not just the ranting of a young woman, besotted and annoyed. I do fear that the latter comes through that little bit more though...
xXx
Thursday 24 December 2009
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Geek Crushing
Standing in the library, and i catch a spotty nervous guy (SPN) looking (read staring) at me;
Me:Er, hey- you rite?
SPN:(flustered) Is your hair naturally that colour?
Me:What? Oh, right, yeah no i dyed it.
SPN:It looks cool
Me:Really? Ah, cheers that's nice of you to say
SPN: You look like Jean Grey
Me:Huh? What X Men styley?
SPN: Yeah!Wait, you know who Jean Grey is?!
Me: Chhyeah. Well that's why i dyed my hair in the first place- i try and base my whole look on her, to go along with my telepathy and telekinesis
SPN: (looking shockingly impressed) REALLY?!?!
Me: No.
Ah, crushing a geek's spirit (sigh)... all in a day's work for the ultimate Geek's ideal woman...
xXx
Me:Er, hey- you rite?
SPN:(flustered) Is your hair naturally that colour?
Me:What? Oh, right, yeah no i dyed it.
SPN:It looks cool
Me:Really? Ah, cheers that's nice of you to say
SPN: You look like Jean Grey
Me:Huh? What X Men styley?
SPN: Yeah!Wait, you know who Jean Grey is?!
Me: Chhyeah. Well that's why i dyed my hair in the first place- i try and base my whole look on her, to go along with my telepathy and telekinesis
SPN: (looking shockingly impressed) REALLY?!?!
Me: No.
Ah, crushing a geek's spirit (sigh)... all in a day's work for the ultimate Geek's ideal woman...
xXx
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