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"You sheep stealing bitch!"
Jul. 19th, 2010 04:43 pmI'm a bit fed up today so I've put Alphabeat on as a remedy. It's working a little. It's a shame really as I've had a really nice weekend. Work is being a bit up or down though which is the problem really. On Friday I found out that I'm the only person to apply for my own post so I should be ok. Now they just need to ascertain whether I need an informal interview as it's a grade higher. Good news I guess even if I really do want to do the job. Still, they're interviewing for the new manager position tomorrow and if Eleanor doesn't get it then I'm going to be managed by someone I don't like. I don't even want to think about it.
Anyway, on Friday we went to see Britain's Got Bangra at the Playhouse. It was brilliant and there was an excellent mix of audience members. I don't even just mean 'ethnics', there was a great mix of young and old too which made a refreshing change from our point of view. The plot was slightly pointless and predictable but the music and dancing was so captivating that it didn't matter. And it was really funny. Occasionally I felt that I missed out on the odd Punjabi in-joke but it wasn't very often. The time line was 1970s until the present day and the way that they transformed the music from traditional Indian music and moved it through the ages was really very good. So yes, it was really enjoyable. The only thing missing was the more cultural struggle aspect which I find really interesting.
Saturday was a lazy day, much needed. We watched It Happened One Night, one of only three films to win the 'big five' Oscars. I've vowed to watch more old films as there really are some good ones - like this one. It's quite simple in its premise but it's very funny and the on-screen chemistry between Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert is brilliant. Although the stories around Claudette Colbert make her seem like a diva. Apparently she was quite the star then (funnily I'd never heard of her, although I've since learned that she's in Cleopatra, but still) and demanded double her usual fee to star in film and after filming she declared it the worst film she'd ever been in. bet she didn't distance herself from those Oscars afterwards though. Film stars are so interesting aren't they. They're such big celebrities and it's a kind of celebrity that is quite old. there's nothing quite like it. TV and modern music is too young for it and arts, like theater, don't create the same kind of celebrities such as Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward.
Anyway, I digress. I finished off Monkey Island 2 at the weekend too. The new spoken version is as brilliant as ever. I've perhaps unwisely started to play Dead Space. I'm not sure my nerves can take it. I'm having to ration myself to playing it in spurts because it's doing me in. I don't think I've played a horror game since Resident Evil 4 and even that was less scary, more action. This is killing me though!
On Sunday it was the Waterfront Festival. It's much nicer than the dragon boats as it's much more family orientated. They were doing falconry and jousting at the Armouries so we went to see both. they were very impressive. I'll try and put the films up on Facebook when I get a chance. Afterward we went and met Charlotte and went round to Bev's for actual socialness. Crazy. Bev's looking after Vikki's rabbit while she's on holiday so we played with him for a bit. Bev's flat it rather nice. Big windows which let the light in. Then we went back to ours for tea and chats. I didn't realise but Bev's totally made with her new law job. She's going to be a barrister and had to get through a huge application process but now she's in she's made for life unless she fucks it up (which she won't). It sounds amazing. I'd made apricot and yogurt cookies which went down a treat too and we played Wallace and Gromit's Fleeced board game which was hilarious - "You sheep stealing bitch" may have been shouted at one point. Not by me I might add.
Oh, must add that I've finished reading 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea which I really enjoyed. It gets a bit episodic near the end but I was surprised how easy to read it was and it's generally very engaging. A very good read.
Anyway, on Friday we went to see Britain's Got Bangra at the Playhouse. It was brilliant and there was an excellent mix of audience members. I don't even just mean 'ethnics', there was a great mix of young and old too which made a refreshing change from our point of view. The plot was slightly pointless and predictable but the music and dancing was so captivating that it didn't matter. And it was really funny. Occasionally I felt that I missed out on the odd Punjabi in-joke but it wasn't very often. The time line was 1970s until the present day and the way that they transformed the music from traditional Indian music and moved it through the ages was really very good. So yes, it was really enjoyable. The only thing missing was the more cultural struggle aspect which I find really interesting.
Saturday was a lazy day, much needed. We watched It Happened One Night, one of only three films to win the 'big five' Oscars. I've vowed to watch more old films as there really are some good ones - like this one. It's quite simple in its premise but it's very funny and the on-screen chemistry between Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert is brilliant. Although the stories around Claudette Colbert make her seem like a diva. Apparently she was quite the star then (funnily I'd never heard of her, although I've since learned that she's in Cleopatra, but still) and demanded double her usual fee to star in film and after filming she declared it the worst film she'd ever been in. bet she didn't distance herself from those Oscars afterwards though. Film stars are so interesting aren't they. They're such big celebrities and it's a kind of celebrity that is quite old. there's nothing quite like it. TV and modern music is too young for it and arts, like theater, don't create the same kind of celebrities such as Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward.
Anyway, I digress. I finished off Monkey Island 2 at the weekend too. The new spoken version is as brilliant as ever. I've perhaps unwisely started to play Dead Space. I'm not sure my nerves can take it. I'm having to ration myself to playing it in spurts because it's doing me in. I don't think I've played a horror game since Resident Evil 4 and even that was less scary, more action. This is killing me though!
On Sunday it was the Waterfront Festival. It's much nicer than the dragon boats as it's much more family orientated. They were doing falconry and jousting at the Armouries so we went to see both. they were very impressive. I'll try and put the films up on Facebook when I get a chance. Afterward we went and met Charlotte and went round to Bev's for actual socialness. Crazy. Bev's looking after Vikki's rabbit while she's on holiday so we played with him for a bit. Bev's flat it rather nice. Big windows which let the light in. Then we went back to ours for tea and chats. I didn't realise but Bev's totally made with her new law job. She's going to be a barrister and had to get through a huge application process but now she's in she's made for life unless she fucks it up (which she won't). It sounds amazing. I'd made apricot and yogurt cookies which went down a treat too and we played Wallace and Gromit's Fleeced board game which was hilarious - "You sheep stealing bitch" may have been shouted at one point. Not by me I might add.
Oh, must add that I've finished reading 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea which I really enjoyed. It gets a bit episodic near the end but I was surprised how easy to read it was and it's generally very engaging. A very good read.
