The Films Of My Past

I woke up today with a bit of a cold so decided that I was going to have a duvet day. Well best laid plans of mice and men, my duvet day didn’t exactly go to plan. I ended up doing a load of house work, looking after a very grumpy baby then driving my hubby to Homebase so that he could work on his costume for New Years Eve.
Logan woke up with a little bit of a cold himself so understandably he has been super grumpy and cuddley all day. I don’t mind the cuddles but as I feel like shit myself I would just love to curl up and sleep. In the end I ended up on the sofa watching Willow. But my retro viewing didn’t end there. I watched Krull followed by Legend and loved every second. There is something about re-watching the beloved films of my teenage years to make a girl feel better. I loved Willow so much when I was young (the film not the little man that plays Willow)that I named my pet rabbit after it. Krull was as bad yet as good as I remembered. The blind Emerald seer is still just as creepy as I remember and I can see now where my slightly goth sense of style came from as I still want to be the widow of the web as badly as I did when I was a girl.Legend is going to need a second watch as I was too busy cringing at the off key singing and trying not to laugh at Tom Cruises awful acting and even worse costume. What kind of muppet goes in to battle wearing only the top half of your armour? I guess one that thinks he has great legs.

King Kong

King Kong = Fuckin fantastic film!!

Life, The universe and everything

Its been a little while since I've posted, not because nothing has happened more because I cant think of anything to say. I've been on holiday this past week. Its been wonderful, I've spent a fortune on DVD's and a lot of time with Charlie whom I love to bits. Having had my car breakdown on Wednesday put a bit of a downer on things but after a little negotiation with my mum I am now driving her Ford Puma, which to be honest sucks. It drives like a roller skate and is way too sensitive.

Friday 18th November ~ I worked during the day then went to Jans house to load The Sims on to her daughters PC. I had expected it to take along time but eight o'clock saw me running out the door to pick up Charlie leaving her to finish installing the last expansion pack.

Saturday 19th November ~ I had, Being a dumb ass, volunteered to work in the morning testing our now system during its roll out. What started out as a nice easy ride on double pay slowly turned in to a living hell, With everything that could go wrong going wrong in a short space of time. Cue a lot of pleading, begging and shouting. I finally left at about four, leaving behind a hell of a lot of work but hey I had a party to get ready for!. The aforementioned party was actually a wedding reception for two of Charlies friends. The evening started badly with our taxi not showing up but when we finally got there It was great. An amazingly bad Wedding band and great food. I had a wonderful time.

Sunday 20th November ~ Sundays usually see Charlie and I hitting the shops followed by the sheets and this weekend was no exception. We watched a few films. Shawn of the dead which was hilarious, Batman, a classic and an old favorite followed by Commando, all I can say is that's one big horny gay commando!

Monday 21st November ~ Lazed around with the intention of doing a lot but did nothing.

Tuesday 22nd November ~ My mum had the day off so we went to Clark's village shopping. I had a good time, didn't spend too much but did come home with new boots. Naughty naughty Lisa, must learn to control this foot wear obsession.

Wednesday 22nd November ~ I picked Charlie up from work and wee hit the mall again. Tried to go home but my car wouldn't start. Cue a panicked phone call to my dad. He arrived and after a failed attempt to jump start the car I called Green flag. I was charged Seventy two pounds just to get some guy to come out and look at it! The woman was rude, aggressive and not very reassuring. I wanted to be rescued not given a mouth full of abuse. After ten minutes on the phone a nice man was sent to rescue me. He arrived within twenty minutes and with a wave of his magic wand, or banging my starter engine with a big stick, started my car.

Thursday 23rd November ~ I really can't remember what I did. Is that bad?

Friday 24th November ~ Managed to convince my mum that I can drive her car and that I wont crash it. She said yes so off I went to Charlies. Cue great food, great films and great "cuddling"

Saturday 25th November ~ Not having a car is really starting to cramp my social life. Crawling around for permition to borrow my mums is becoming humiliating. I want my baby back!

Sunday 26th November ~ Got up way too late to do much, that my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Off to Charlies in a bit.

Beware the moon

This weekend was once again spent in the arm's of my love discussing bad plots and playing hide and seek. Movies were watched and pulled apart as always. We ended up having a werewolf evening of sorts, starting with Gingersnaps : unleashed which was better than expected but not as good as the first. Second came Gingersnaps Back which was odd to say the least as I had seen the previous two movies it was hard to put in to context. Finally we watched The Howling which I had not seen before and once again I hate to say I fell asleep halfway through. On Sunday we watched Brotherhood Of the Wolf which I really enjoyed. Although its in French the subtitles didn't distract from the film and its a film I'm currently searching out on Amazon. After that we watched They Live! Which id never heard of before and was surprised by how well it was done. Alien invasion can be a difficult plot to pull of without coming over very tacky and although our hero sported a very dodgy mullet it was believable.

The long way round

I've been looking forward to this weekend for roughly six months and it didn't disappoint.
Friday night came and went with a lot of singing, a lot of bizarrely named cocktails and a decent amount of pasta. It being my friends birthday, she was very drunk but I was very sober as I had to get up freakishly early the following morning. I arrived at Charlie's hyped on too much sugar and girly company and proceeded to fall asleep halfway through KING KONG. I didn't even see them make it to the island, one for another time again. Must stop falling asleep halfway through films. Charlie, who must have been having very lewd thoughts decided to wake me up and for reasons best kept to myself I didn't get back to sleep till about half past three, which wasn't good as the alarm clock was set for seven thirty.
Saturday came to find me very tired and blurry eyed which was understandably bad as Charlie and I were off to Birmingham for the bike show. I'm a motorbike lover and having been practically raised on them, this show is one of the major events of my year. I relish getting a good look at the new models and actually being able to get on them is almost orgasmic. This was Charlie's first show and he gamely came along with me, not really sure what to expect. He's now in lust with a Harley nighttrain along with any Ducati that crosses his field of vision. It was a wonderful day but very tiring. The journey home felt like it took forever and both of us couldn't wait to get out of the car by the end. Nice hot delivered Chinese food put an end to the day with me once again falling asleep at roughly seven, halfway through Texas chainsaw massacre 2. We didn't wake up again until about half past eight Sunday morning, even Charlies snoring didn't wake me.

Sunday was a wonderfully lazy day as I barely have the energy to think let alone much else. A quick trip to morrisons, bacon and egg English muffins and a few good films. The Incredibles (my choice) and The Fly (Charles choice) both I really enjoyed.
Work on Monday, in at seven, someone save me.

Creative block

Why does Monday have the ability to kill any joy left from the weekend??

Had a great weekend though, Charlie and I really enjoyed the hidden and haunted tour thingy we went on on Friday night. Not quite what I was expecting but I wasn't disappointed, I learnt a little more about the place I've spent the last 26 years but did end up with aching feet and a headache. Added bonus though, all that walking made me ravenous so BK was truly justified. On Saturday we managed to get out of bed obscenely late which buggered our plans a little but we made it to the pub at half past five so alls well that ends well. Had a nice chilled evening with some of Charlies friends, I still don't know them very well yet but they are all very welcoming. After leaving the pub we all headed for Nicks house but as we all had different modes of transport we agreed to meet up there. As Charlie and I were walking back to the car park I was taking the micky out of him, begging him not to drink as I cant stand the noise he makes thowing up. Just as another couple walk past us he declares in a rather loud voice " I won't drink, I'm going to give you such a rodgering later!". I'd never laughed so hard, I was bent double trying to breath.
Sunday was wonderfully uneventful, We indulged in the four "F's" a great deal and now I'm shattered.
My post has finally arrived woohoo I'm now the proud owner of all four "ring" movies in there original Japanese.
Still waiting for my job application though.