Films and Outside

[slemslempike]

Is the "update your journal" link from userpages text now or is my bit just broken?

I went to the cinema twice, to see Transamerica, which was lovely, and just really wonderful, and Confetti.
At which I cried harder than at anything recently, both in the cinema and then in the car afterwards because it was just awful. She got a nose job because they told her she would win if she did, and that she wasn't pretty enough for them, and then when she tried to fix it it turned out awful, and then they didn't win because of it. I hate Jimmy Carr even more for this. He played the judge who fixed the competition, and I hate him anyway for being a twat. And then Guy-from-Green-Wing was being really nice about it, and everyone just pretended it was a good nose, and it was terrible and she knew it. But probably the thing that set me off most was the wedding planners (who were really lovely) shouting at them that it wasn't their fault they didn't have enough friends to come to the wedding, and then not being able to afford to fly her family over because they'd spent all their money on the horrible nose job. But then thingy-also-from-Green-Wing was very lovely and sweet and naked, which slightly made up for the horror of the tennis couple.

Last night I watched Never Mind the Full Stops, which was mostly just dull, and partly insufficiently pedantic. Also, panellists putting an apostrophe in a possessive "its" isn't them being caught out, it's ridiculous ignorance when you're appearing on a programme about punctuation and language. And if asked the question "what is a malapropism", saying "oh, pineapple of perfection" is not an acceptable answer, ecen if you know about Mrs Malaprop. That could just as easily have been an example of obsessive alliteration, or using fruits inappropriately. I was thoroughly disappointed, not least because awful Carol Thatcher was on it.

We have flowers and herbs in our yard. I even helped to plant some of them. I am not really a gardeny/outside person, but they look really nice. Happily our collective outside creature distastes compliment each other, so that I cannot do worms, but am happy with snails and spiders, Jen is not particularly impressed with snails, but doesn't mind most other things, and Alice is not happy about spiders, but will do woodlouse for me when I accidentally uncover them under the washing machine. Oh, and we got an email quote for the washing machine! I was so happy. I hate calling people and asking them about things like that, and they had a website so we just sent in a query and they responded without anyone making me feel stupid for not understanding technical things.

Comments

[felinitykat]

Oh god the nose job! That made me tear-up too! As did the bit when he was in the counselling and saying "so, I'm just wondering how long it'll take before she gets fed up and leaves me". Looooovely lovely Stephen Mangan.

[alltheleaves.livejournal.com]

See last night's TV in The Guardian for a very scathing review of Never Mind the Full Stops. Grrrrr

[notmarcie.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, I cried a little bit at Confetti too, I certainly got all lump in throaty at the tennis wedding and also at the Nudist wedding.

I don't know if I will be able to watch The Smoking Room again now and Peep Show definitely has a double meaning now that both "Sophie" and "Jez" have been naked together, what a betrayl of Mark's trust !

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

I love yours!

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Using fruits inappropriately! I love you.

I won't watch anything with Jimmy Carr in. I think he's foul.

[lsugaralmond.livejournal.com]

Clearly I am quite heartless because I didn't cry at Confetti and actually found the tennis couple quite hard to believe and a bit irritating. But, it is perfectly possible that I was just blinded by my love for Jessica Stevenson.
I badly want to see Transamerica but can't persuade anybody to go with me so think I will just go by myself this weekend.

[jekesta]

ICON LOVE:):):):) Flowers and herbs FULL OF SNAILS I hate them I hate them oh. Also I found a slug. But I killed it with the broom. Almost accidentally. You are upstairs. I imagine you are all having intellectual discussions about books.

E-mail washing machine repairs! WE SO LIVE IN THE FUTURE.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Stephen Mangan was great. That counselling bit was devastating too, but at least he wasn't mutilated because some stupid magazine man didn't like his nose.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Yes, I read that at the train station, and it covered all my points! The mark of a good review. It was just dire, and I can't think how someone let it on TV.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I made it last night! I am trying to make some for you now that I have photoshop, and I will as soon as I find the bit I am missing.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Oh, the weddings were great. I loved the tennis bit where they ran forward and backwards to do their vows. And I was really miffed that no-one said "love-all"! I would have marked them down for that failure.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Thankfully he wasn't it it all that often, and when he was it was the right kind of awfully smarmy. But he is vile.

I can't believe that they gave him an EXTRA point for that, not just one.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Totally heartless, I'm afraid! But Jessica Stevenson was quite lovely, especially when she wanted her dad to be there but felt she couldn't ask.

I went by myself to see Transamerica. I quite like going to the cinema on my own. I would really recommend it.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

WEll done on the slug! We were upstairs. You came and found us and liberated Liz and Sarah from the books. Well done you. I will have my revenge though.

FUTURE!!!

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

That is so so what happened and that's great! You're great. Doug is just lovely lovely.

Sarah adores the colouring on your icon there. (She is allowed to have opinions on icons. Apparently.)

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

Oh good. I didn't manage to see never mind the full stops and it seems like I didn't miss out (and it doesn't deserve capital letters). In the interests of pedantry, though, your outside creature dislikes probably complement rather than compliment each other...

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, oops! And this is why I'm not on a programme! I usually know that one though. Never Mind the Full Stops is to be avoided.