It's been a while...
Sep 7, 2006
It's been a long time since I left university but I'm back finally. so i left uni and went to another uni to do a PGCE so I could teach english to secondary school kids. BIIIGG mistake! Nearly had nervous breakdown and quit after nine months. So then I went to Loughborough to do my MA in library and information management so I could become a librarian. I'm now looking for a job as a librarian.
Also, I moved in with my fiance (and partner of 6 years) and we're getting married in May next year. Everyone say aahhh!
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Rififi and Donnie Darko
Nov 14, 2002
On two consecutive Saturday nights, I splashed out and went to see two very different art house indie films at the Broadway cinema in Nottingham.
Rififi:
French film noir.
Lots of guys in cool hats and macks doing their gangster thing and breaking into banks.
The film is entirely in French but well subtitled so this adds rather than detracts from the atmosphere of the film, it's also 1950's and in black and white. You should not let any of these aspects put you off going to see French film noir. It was most entertaining with a fast moving plot and a bleak, moving story line. The characters were developed in a well managed manner and the way sympathy appears to be intended to change and spread is very interesting. I enjoyed it much more than I expected to.
Donnie Darko:
Indie, odd kind of film.
The plot begins as the engine of a plane which doesn't exist falls through the ceiling of the protagonist's bedroom. A diverse plot which touches on the philosophy of time travel, mental illness and still finds time to subvert the coming of a age in a America genre follows. this combined with genuinely funny moments and genuinely moving moments and really nice looking special effects makes for a beautiful film. Good all round, I thought. I was so impressed I immediately text my flat mate to tell her she must see it. You must get to it if you can if only for the weird 6ft tall rabbit with the skeletal face.
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Retribution Night Club
Nov 14, 2002
Held on a Saturday night at Leicester Square pool hall in Leicester. OK night. three floors:
One is your traditional rock club (top floor)
Second floor is a pool hall with rock music
The ground floor, I am assured is usually reserved for oldie rock music but was, on the night we visited, a cyber punk/cyber Goth night.
This consists of dance type music, (excuse my ignorance, fans of such music) and lots of UV gear.
Guide to dancing on each floor:
Top floor: Shoulder lead head banging kind of dancing
Middle floor: Just play pool. No dancing.
bottom floor: on the night I was there, they were all doing this kind of upright dancing with lots of hand motions to show off their glow sticks.
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It's been a while
Oct 10, 2002
But I'm back at uni again with my free internet access although not as much time to kill as I would like.
In my third year now and contemplating, what must seem fairly boring options to anyone who doesn't have to make the decision, whether to do my M.A. or go into human resources. (answers on a postcard. Though seriously, any suggesstions or ideas are welcome esp. from people who have done MA's and are lecturers or H.R. people)
Other than this, life rolls along well.
Please keep reading for my take on 'retribution' a new rock club night in Leicester and the french film 'Rififi' which I will be watching at the Broadway cinema in Nottingham.
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Foam Sabres A good thing or a bad thing?
Apr 6, 2001
I first read about foam sabres in 'Sword' magazine. I thought they looked quite a good idea. They're meant to be for little kids so that they can have a go at a bit of sabre fencing (or wacky wacky as one of my friends so succinctly refers to it) without any protective equipment. Two of my good friends bought some of these from our fencing club and be warned IT HURTS. When your on the receving end from a border line psychotic with determination to win and a towel it is quite painful. I had welts all up my arm and I'm still bruised a week later. Foam sabres aren't dangerous but the foam is quite stiff and a good, aggressive whack does leave a bruise.
On the positive side, foam sabres are lots of fun. As an alternative way to play on grass verges in the street (I'm sure I mus be too old for all of this by now) they are second to none. You get to play act being a pirate or something whilst getting lots of exercise and having a laugh with your friends.
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