Racheal of Green Gables!!!

I apologise for this entry but I think I am having my yearly crisis, as my birthday looms on the horizon screaming at me 'YOU ARE GETTING OLD!'. :OD

This Sat evening I took another trip down memory lane - back to the School Summer Holidays. Every summer of my teenage years I looked forward to the annual TV airing of Anne of Green Gables - a cheesy bit of girlie TV and I loved every second of it! I went to see my gracious hostess friends, Charlie and Becky, for another of our regular video and pizza nights and there it was on DVD. I couldn't believe it!!

As I watched I realised that Anne represented the girl I used to be! 'Anne with an E' talked the hind legs off anyone, waffling on about pointless rubbish, getting lost in romance and fantasy, being overdramatic, revelling in her imagination, talking to imaginary friends, blurting out the truth no matter what the consequences and not changing herself for anyone. My mother used to compare us a lot! I was very offended then, but now I wish I had hung onto her a bit more. Well, maybe I have, a little part of her at least! I still have the ability to talk (and write!) non stop I know, so she must be still there! I want to get back that joy of fantasy and imagination so I think I might make a new resolution for the end of the year.

A past boyfriend of mine once said to me 'Life is not like the movies' and it was like a depressing dose of reality to me, but, well, now I beg to differ! I think 'Why the hell not?!'. Why can't we believe in our knights in shining armour, in true love, in unbreakable loyal friendships and embrace the beautiful world around us as the most unappreciated yet wonderful thing we have?! So my new resolution is going to be: to read more books, to watch more movies, to get a new imaginary friend, to take more pictures and to let my imagination run wild just now and again! I'm over 30 years old but who said I can't still be a kid?!

Games, a Big Old House and Stuff

Sorry I have been all quiet the past fortnight but nothing really noteworthy has happened recently!

Last weekend I popped up to Exeter to see my good Uni buddy Rachael... well, I say 'Uni Buddy', but we never actually met at Uni though we both went to Aberystwyth Uni, were in the same year, and knew some of the same people... life is just weird like that sometimes! Anyhoo... I always love to see Rachael, in some odd ways it is like visiting myself! We both share a slight obsession for house cleaning, we love the same books, many of the same films and generally we like to do the same stuff! Where am I going with this you might be wondering?! Rachael and I not only share the same name but we share the same star sign (by a day or two) and the same year of birth and I realise that together we prove that Astrology can't be all wrong! We talked about this year, which I might add has been my Annus Horribilis and she felt 100% the same. Funny really, cos my New Year's resolution was to not have another year like 2005... well, I surpassed myself! It's been far far worse! So in some way I kept my resolution... though not quite as I intended!!! Anyway, I am now keeping my fingers crossed that Rachael finds herself a boyfriend by next week! Gives a girl hope!! :O)

Whilst in Exeter I had a great weekend. Indulged my passion for historic houses once more (it's been a while!), visited an old Mill full of craft items, soaked up the beautiful British weather (what a year it has been) and then went fruit picking! It's been a while since I have been so content and I got to share it with a kindred spirit. Thanks Rachael!

The rest of the week has been pretty quiet... so quiet in fact I went out and bought myself a Nintendo DS Lite. So much for budgeting! Ah well, we only get to live once, might as well enjoy it! No fun in having money in the bank you can't spend, that's my philosophy! Of course, every time my conscience bites I just blame my friend Mark Bell for showing me the cute little dude running around in the Nintendo game 'Animal Crossing'! Damn you Bell.

Superman Really Has Returned!

Well, I have just got back from seeing "Superman Returns" and was very pleasantly surprised! Brandon Routh actually made a very credible replacement for Christopher Reeve, god rest his soul. I thought Kevin Spacey rocked as Lex Luther and the only fly in the ointment for me was the slightly wanting performance of Kate Bosworth as Lois. She just didn't have that commanding/bossy/sassy edge that Lois Lane has always had before. I'll concede she looked good on the big screen and gave a good performance as some woman in love with Superman but she was not by any standard Lois Lane. She just didn't seem to get the character - which even the girl on Smallville manages to achieve. The story was pretty good, with some good tense moment and the usual breathtaking special effects but the end felt a tad bitty to me and the momentum was a little lost. All in all an entertaining couple of hours and I think I will be adding the DVD to my Superman collection!

On a side note, I saw the trailer for the next Spiderman movie and DAMN, it looks good!! I cannot wait. It is a difficult challenge to follow a well done popular movie with a good sequel and in my opinion they have managed it once (pretty good script, story and performances), I just hope they keep the standard up.