Caught by the fuzz

[magictreehouse]

Well I've been having a jolly old time in York and although me and James only went there on Thursday night and came back on Saturday it feels like we've been away for ages, which is a good thing obviously. I met James at Leeds station after work and then hopped on a train to York, getting there about half 6. I'd had a bit of a silly day having forgotten my train pass and then I forgot to use my railcard for my ticket to York, silly that I am. Anyway, we made to York and found our Travelodge no problem. It's in a really good spot actually, not far from town and round the corner from Clifford's Tower. Handily we walked right pat the cinema we wanted to go to on the way there so we didn't have to wander around until we found it. The one problem with York is that nothing is in a grid system, all the streets are curved so finding anything is impossible, even with a map! We dumped our stuff at the hotel and then headed out again, to Cafe Uno for tea which was really nice. Yum yum. The dessert was especially good, I had an ice cream sundae. Mmmm. 

Then we wandered to the very good yet a bit pricey cinema to see 'Science of Sleep'. Hooray! Now, after reading middling reviews for it I was a little bit worried. However, I should really learn to ignore people in general because any middling reviews were completely unfounded. I just think when your pretentiousness gets in the way of just enjoying a decent film you're really in line for a slap, and I'll happily be the one to give it to you. And it's not just me, I mean I like indepedent cinema more than James, and he really liked it too so there. Just how cute is Gael Garcia Bernal? When he was crying I just wanted to give him a hug..among other things, honestly, that films made me a little besotted with him So cute! And he acted it perfectly. In the wrong hands it could have been a little rubbish but he's got brilliant comic timing and well as being ultra versatile. He's such an underated actor, and he speaks a crazy amount of languages! Mr Gondry did me proud too, really putting his talent for camera work and ingenuity to full effect. I just really loved it. There were a few bits that I didn't get though, especially the ending where I just didn't understand why he was saying such horrible things but for the most part it was really great.

On Friday we started the day surrounded by old biddies at Fenwick's cafe for breakfast. Y'know, it still amazes me that even though me and James have been going out for so long (it occurred to me when we got to York that it was 2 and a half years ot the day that we'd been together, bizarre) there still stuff to be said and things to be learnt about each other. It's cool though, and reassuring in lots of ways. After fruit and pastries we wandered around the shops for a good while. I picked up a few things in sales. I got 'Maus' (mmm, graphic novels), Ash and Saint Etienne Best Of's (Ash because after Chantal mentioned them I realised that they used to be dead good and hadn't listened to them for ages and Saint Etienne because it was £3.60 and it's nice to have all the singles on one compilation *is obsessed*), and two Sarah Waters books. I shall be reading those *very* soon. Speaking of reading, I've finished my Anime book which was pretty hard going but interesting and now I'm reading Kay Smallshaws 'How to Run A Home Without Help' which was the gift Sarah got me when I left the library and it's very amusing, hehe. I got some Mr Men cards too so I did pretty well in terms of sale items :D Although I did go in the Japanese shop trying to buy the Autumn and Spring lucky cat displays to

Then we went and had lunch by the river Ouse (not the best name for a river is it?) on the pleasantly titled 'Jude Dench Walk'. That one made me smile I can tell you. So yes, yum yum, and after that we went on a river tour! Which was great I have to say. The tour guide was very funny and we got to see lots of stuff and lots of lovely ruins and buildings, a disappointing amount of ducks in general although there were loads of geese about. The irver was actually a foot or two higher than normal so the boat couldn't leave off its noraml platform. After the boat ride we went on the York wheel. It was great doing touristy things on Friday because it was so quiet. Saturday was crazy busy in comparison. Anyway, the wheel was lovely. York's really flat from the air and it's always lovely to see Yorkminster from a different angle, it really is a wonderful building, and York's a lovely place. 

We had more of a wander about the shops, again, York's really good for little shops so it's joy to just have a look around really. Then we had a rest at the hotel, I would have played the DS if James hadn't got there first, honestly, that boy. For tea we went to Bella Italia, which we'd seen earlier in the day and had to re-trace our steps to find it again :s And that was lovely. I went for the ice cream for dessert again. So much food! Thankfully, the rest of the evening was spent in the cinema again! We went to see 'Hot Fuzz' this time. Again, I don't understand any bad reviews I've read, see above for what I think about that. It was great, so funny. I thought it was funnier than Shaun of the Dead with a sense of humour that was a lot broader. The wordplay and action comedy was brilliant and I enjoyed it a lot. I guess there's not much more to say than that is there?
 
We only spent half a day in York on Saturday having really done everything we'd set out to do and it felt weird that we'd been away for so short a time, it felt a lot longer. We spent last night watching TV Burp and Desperate Housewives and then drank wine and played trivia, we'd picked some pop and TV and film ones up in a sale at Smiths. It was a great way to spend an evening, I really like it. Relaxed and yet really funny at the same time. I got beaten spectacularly though, but only because I'm rubbish at TV and film.

Today we're not doing much. Although I have to say that something weird was going on outside the house. Twice now James has said that he's seen ponies at the wasteland you can see from our kitchen window. And each time I've gone to look there's been nothing there. So after teasing them that he was seeing things today I finally saw them! Two cute Shetland ponies in our own back yard! I have no idea where they come from either. Hopefully, I'll seen them being led away from the yard sometime soon :D