my stuff
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things i like and other things
Where’s my stuff from Amazon? That’s what I want to know.
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I have been in a shitty mood recently, but I feel like things are getting better. Even though I have the cold and was a bit panicked that I was going to swallow that dangly thing at the back of my throat in my sleep, I am convinced that things are on the up. Funnily enough, this seems to have coincided with the weather getting slightly-better-but-not-much. I had to put the heating on last night for a bit. Where is the heatwave my friend talked about? WHERE?!?!?!?!
2 overly opinionated film reviews
I went to see chaz and the choccie factory on Friday night with Bandito. I was amazed that he agreed to come with me because things like that are generally not his kind of thing but seeing as I went to see this pile of cack with him when it came out, I had one in the bank. Now this kind of film isn’t usually my kind of film either but there are 2 important things to remember here. Tim Burton (tick) and Johnny Depp (very big tick, gold star and a ‘see me after school’). I liked it. I liked all the tim burton tricks and I thought the gorgeous one was excellent in an un-nerving, creepy and bizarre way. He is not gorgeous in any way in this film. I thought the oompas were a bit weak, and Bandito is correct when he says that the oompaloompa’s tunes aren’t as effective as the first film. Anyway all in all, a very good film in my opinion, although it is exactly what it is supposed to be which is a strange story about a strange man and a very ordinary boy. No more, no less. And it is definitely NOT a little kids film, no matter how much chocolate there is.
On Monday night we watched this pile of shite and I can’t for the life of me figure out why I got it out. I read the book and thought it was boring, so why did I think the film would be any better? I’m not going to get those 2 hours of my life back, I understand that, so there’s no point in being bitter about it but if I can stop just 1 person from wasting 2 hours of their own lives by watching it then I have done my duty. I want to like smamfa morton, really I do but she’s not making it very easy by being in films like this. Or this
A completely stolen idea because…
From Jenny’s diary today Make a list of 100 things you like in no particular order. Avoid the obvious (significant other, cake...) and be completely honest with yourself. If you try to think of things that you are curious about and inspired by, you'll end up discovering a lot about yourself and in doing so developing a sort of bank of your interests and ideas.
1. this idea of writing a list of ‘100 things I like’
2. watching people singing in their cars
3. the way sunshine makes people happy
4. seeing skate type dads with their skate type sons
5. waving
6. bloody mary’s
7. writing in pencil
8. chubby little girls
9. hailing black cabs
10. unpacking boxes
11. sending cards
12. mature cheddar on digestive biscuits
13. coffee in bed
14. hearing someone play guitar as I walk past their window
15. my new sunglasses
16. watching Spanish people talk
17. waking up on a Saturday thinking it’s Tuesday
18. remembering when I first met Bandito
19. planning holidays
20. that particular box of strawberries in my fridge (so sweet)
21. girls with bigger bums than me
22. pot noodles
23. Sunday papers
24. new hair clips
25. remembering a funny joke
26. the word hemoglobin
27. my mums laugh
28. Bandito when he’s lost in music
29. my cat when he does rabbit feet
30. going to the cinema on my own
31. camping
32. getting letters
33. having someone feel my swollen glands with cold hands
34. dresses over trousers
35. the sound of bumble bees
36. nice pyjamas
37. christmas
38. seeing someone trip over
39. inappropriate eye contact
40. thinking about my future children
41. rain when I’m inside
42. fireworks
43. sneezing
44. getting my tea cooked for me
45. red wine
46. applause
47. old photographs
48. Russian history
49. seeing people snogging
50. the thought of retiring to Spain
51. working out budgets
52. blowing budgets and justifying it
53. painting walls
54. the necklace I got for my 21st birthday
55. realising I’ve been talking in my sleep
56. lunch with the girls
57. feeling like I’m in a movie
58. getting the giggles
59. watching subtitled films and forgetting I’m reading the words
60. buttons
61. talking to myself
62. knowing all the words
63. gossip
64. cuddles
65. trying on a size 14 and it fitting
66. friends weddings
67. fairy lights
68. cider cafes in Barcelona
69. hearing babies I love say my name for the first time
70. birthdays (not just mine)
71. cycling
72. feeling satisfied
73. clouds
74. being a good friend
75. those three freckles on Banditos shoulder
76. feeling cute
77. guessing games
78. slobbing out
79. when harry met sally
80. seeing a photo of me that I like
81. treating someone
82. tulips
83. lip balm
84. looking in people’s windows
85. apple juice mixed with sparkling water
86. Fridays
87. the Nile Valley restaurant
88. wellies
89. finding money in my bag/pocket/under the bed
90. competitions
91. sausages
92. dreaming
93. snow
94. hearing wind chimes
95. the sound of the sea
96. good news
97. cheesy pasta
98. overhearing a secret
99. M’s shepherd’s pie
100. when I do a sum in my head and it’s right
Bloody hell that is not as easy as it looks! Why not have a go? It really does feel nice to spend so much time thinking about things you like.
P.S If you do decide to do this list (and if nobody does then I shall just have to tag some people), please leave me a note and tell me about it because I've discovered that another thing I like is reading 100 things that other people like. Thanks!
3:34 pm - 03 August 2005
