My New Year Challnge - Watch 52 Films Which I Hear A Lot About But Have Never Actually Watched

So, the idea is that this year I will watch 52 films (maybe more) which I have heard a lot about (either from family or the internet) Most of these will be films which lots of people watch, some may not be so well known. I want to have quite a broad range of films so I will watch quite early classical black and white films to modern films incorporating all genres (hopefully) At the end of each week I will post a short review about the films and the name of the film to be watched in the next week.
This is just a little bit of fun but also an easy way to watch these films as I can organise certain times during the week for this activity. All part of my master plan to become more organised!

Heres wishing you all a happy new year, and heres hoping that 2013 is better for you! (it is certainly going to be better for me)

Dreadlock Birthday!

It was my one year dreadlock birthday on the 26th of May, I didn't manage to bake a cake like I promised myself. My dreads and I have had our ups and downs, like most relationships. And after pondering whether to just get rid of them I have come to the stage where I am comfortable with the way they look. They no longer want to join together at the roots and though I have still got a lot of loose hair, im happy with the way it looks. I did spend my dreadiversary with good friends (we had a picnic) as one of them was moving away so she could go to university. The rest of us still have a year of school (optional) before we leave for university.

Fifty People, One Question

Fifty People, One Question

What would you do?

Happy Birthday and Orwa the Elephant

I turned 17 yesterday. I had a great day and recieved many nice presents (mostly elephant themed) and had a lovely meal out with my family. I don't feel any different being 17, though hopefully I will get used to being older. Should also be recieving my provisional licence soon, I have been wanting to drive since I was 14 :) A friend of mine actually adopted an elephant for me for my birthday, which was a lovely surprise. The video above is the rescue of the elephant I adopted, called Orwa. I found a load of info about him on various different sites.

Baby

"Hi Mommy"

Just something for you guys to think about.

Rammstein!

Dad recently went to a Rammstein concert with his brother and a couple of friends in Newcastle. He had no previous knowledge of the band and didn't even want to go. I had heard of them and had often listened to their songs but struggled to get dad to listne to them. So it came as a surprise when he returned from Newcastle completely converted. He now listens to them every day and is thinking of learning German. What an incentive! So at the moment our house is Rammstein obsessed, this is a good thing!

This is a photo dads brother Jim took of Till Lindemann swinging an arrow of some sorts across the stage. It was one of the only photos that came out reasonably o.k. Dad also mentioned that they were in complete shock all the way through the concert, because of their amazingness and couldn't help but bang their heads to the beat.

Also this man here is gorgeous, he is the lead guitarist of Rammstein. His name is Richard Z. Kruspe <3 German perfection itself.

And then just one of the whole band :)

Women's Day

Throught I would post this as a celebration to Women's Day and also as a reminder of an essay that I wrote as part of my final grade in history on the Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain! Glad that it is finally over with and I can just enjoy women's rights!

Also saw this quote on the internet today in relation with Women's Day and thought I would post it since it is from the truly fabulous Ville Valo:

'Women are always beautiful.'

Isn't he just the sweetest? :)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

                                                             "You know what a turtle is?"



It has to be said, im not an avid fan of sci-fi but there are some books and films in that genre that do occasionally interest me. I recently watched bladerunner for the second time, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and then I was surprised to find the book 'do androids dream of electric sheep' in the small school library today. I have just literally read the first couple of pages, I can already tell that I am going to enjoy it. I might even become a sci-fi fan! So, do androids dream of electric sheep?