Perfectly tolerable.

Well I'm writing this as I'm in the mood to write a blog, but I don't really have anything planned to say, so I guess its just gonna be a bit of a splurge.

Um well I finally handed in that bloody extended essay that's been haunting me since about last September. I have no idea how well I'll do in it because I was just so fed up with it by the end, but once it was binded properly it looked really impressive! I also got back my two essays from before Easter, and got 69 one one, and 70 on the other (ie. a first and one off a first!), so so so so so so pleased! If I can finish the year on a high 2:1 I will be ecstatic! I know what you're thinking right now, all I can hear is blah blah blah, so I'll move on.

So last night it was the monthly Cock Soc, for those of you who don't know what this is yet, shame on you. Cocktail society, £1.50 cocktails for whatever cheap alcohol they can chuck together, its sooo bloody sweet. Then they give you those candy necklaces and the amount of sugar and alcohol just makes you feel really really sick. Combined with the cheesiest music known to man it is one hell of a night. Its normally fancy dress too, although we didn't do fancy dress this time, was meant to be Easter Bunnies (read: Sluts) and Wrestlers (read: excuse to show body off), there were so truly terrifying costumes and many a man in tights. Not that I'm complaining obviously! It got to about half one, and we decided we should probably go soon, cos I had a nine o'clock lecture this morning (which I made it to!) anyway, we did the usual, 'We'll leave at the next average song . . . we were still there half an hour later, I can't remember all of what was played, but it definitely included, Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger, The Killers - Mr Brightside, Pendulum - Slam, Dolly Parton - 9 to 5, S Club - Reach, Rihanna - Please Don't Stop The Music and more. Anyway, eventually went on the Grease medley, not that I don't love Grease, but I've heard it so many times in my life, one fewer isn't going to hurt!

Ah, good times. Anyway haven't been up to a lot else, just bits of work and procrastination and dossing in front of iPlayer, 4oD or films. I'm hooked to I'd Do Anything now, its so bad, I love musicals so much and well its just addictive and rubbish to be honest. The Oliver's are too cute and I have to be honest I still giggle at the prospect of Graham Norton and Andrew Lloyd Webber looking for Nancy's (joke done to death yet? I expect so). Anyway I love Jessie and her accent is soo adorable and her hair! Oh and Niamh (I think that's how its spelt, because she is sooo gorgeous, and Samantha cos she's just cute. Ahah, waffle waffle.

Just watched Pride and Prejudice (the 2005 version) again, seen it so many times now. I love it so so so much. I love the story, I've read it at least twice, I want to read it again sometime soon actually cos I haven't in ages. The characters in it are brilliant, I love Elizabeth Bennett to bits, easily my favourite literary heroine, she's so intelligent and sarcastic and beautiful but also a real person, with her faults. And lets be honest what woman doesn't want to find her Mr Darcy. I only learnt today why its called Pride and Prejudice, Darcy being the Pride and Elizabeth the Prejudice, alright laugh at me for being slow to catch on, but I love how they both finally overcome those and ahh happy ending! It always annoys me when people read Austen and say there's no sex in it, the film for example is a U, but to me that's missing half the point. The book is teeming with sex, there is so much sexual tension that had I been in the plot I'd probably have exploded or raped someone. I mean fair enough the film is a U cos kids don't pick up sexual tension, which actually was downplayed in the film as well, but seriously, IT'S FULL OF IT!


Anyway this adaption is so perfect! The cast are brilliant in their roles, I'm not a huge Knightley fan in general but her in this, and Atonement (don't start on me Matty, its a good enough film, but not on P and P level for me in terms of enjoyment) sold her to me as a serious actress. And Matthew Macfadyen (the dude from Spooks for those of you who don't know), is a very steamy Mr. Darcy who does the whole social ineptness perfectly. And I'm not normally a Donald Sutherland fan either but, he is sooooo good as Mr. Bennett. I could go on and on, Judi Dench is amazing as always in her minor role, and Simon Woods (who I have finally worked out I know from Rome) makes a very lovable Mr. Bingley, oh and the dude who plays Mr. Collins, Tom Hollander is perfect. I could actually go on forever, but I won't.

But I have to mention the scene, in the pouring rain when Darcy first tells Elizabeth he loves her, and she is all mad with him for fucking up Jane and Mr. Bingley. This is quite possibly one of my favourite scenes in a film ever. I'm not sure quite why I'm drawn to it so much. Darcy looks so damn hot, and the rain is melodramatic cliche at its best. I don't know, I'm no film director but it seems so perfect, so dramatic, so wonderful. And wow at the scenery! Ah I hope someone knows what I'm on about, Kayleigh was just a bit like, eh? Just watch and see yeah?



Ah I now have the biggest urge in the world to watch Rome and read Pride and Prejudice again, and with that I'll leave you fine people be.