Film Club Fridays
Good Vibrations



Yesterday was my un-birthday (I turned exactly 21 and a half) so Sophie and I celebrated by going to the cinema and then having plenty of gins. As my headache is finally beginning to subside I'm just about managing to squeeze in my weekly film post before the clock strikes midnight.

Good Vibrations is an inspiring bio-pic about the life of Terri Hooley, the godfather of the Irish punk scene. Set amidst the war, poverty and desolation of Belfast from the 60s through to the 80s, the film captures the escape from misery that music provided for many young people, and how Hooley made so much possible for them. The film itself was super feel good and had a lot of laugh-out-loud funny moments, something that definitely grabs me in a film. Sophie and I left the cinema feeling like we were born in the wrong era and wanted to go smash some shit up. Or at least find ourselves a couple of leather-clad rebels to cause mischief with.

Check out the trailer:

You should definitely go and watch it if you get the chance, the soundtrack is killer, as you can probably imagine, and the story is really powerful. We were both suitably impressed, and I'm sure all of you will be too. This evening calls for films and sweets in bed as Sophie and I postpone our dissertation stresses for one more day, promising ourselves that tomorrow will be super productive. We'll see how that goes.

Tuesday I accompanied my beautiful friend in the Silver bridesmaid dress, Becki, to her brother's wedding in Doncaster. I wore this floral maxi dress, from New Look surprisingly (I'm not usually a huge fan) with signature 90s-esque ebay goodies. I'm super pleased with the dress cause I'm sure I'll get plenty of wear out of it on the beaches of Malta when I go with my family in the summer. I also wore my Litas, but it was difficult enough getting these couple of pictures!

The wedding was lovely, and I can't thank Becki enough for inviting me. We drank a lot of red wine, blew a lot of bubbles and danced to a lot of slow romantic songs, it was as pretty as a picture. We'd decided to get the last train back to Sheffield as we both had university the next morning, which ended up being a really funny little adventure, both of us stumbling across the centre of Donny, looking for the station, in heels and pretty dresses, screaming Taylor Swift lyrics and yelling at each other in Scottish accents. Loads of cuddles for Becki for being such a babe.

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Film Club Fridays
DIRECTOR: Wes Anderson

This week, rather than review a new release I've decided to pay tribute to one of my very favourite directors, the fantastic Wes Anderson. Stylistically, you don't get much better - I don't think there is a single director with a more recognisable house style. Everything is so very very aesthetically pleasing, central and well framed. I have a special adoration for the tracking shots which fill almost every single one of his films. In terms of content, I love his take on the "dysfunctional family" and the humour is pretty much spot on for a collection which deal with some surprisingly sensitive issues to say that on surface level they're cutesy and fun.

I find it really hard to pick a favourite as they're all so wonderful, but I think it's probably a toss-up between The Darjeeling Limited and Moonrise Kingdom - if you haven't seen either of those, make sure you get them watched. I had the pleasure of catching the latter at the pictures, on a particularly hot and sunny day, not at all well suited for the cinema - but it was totally worth it. I keep promising myself that I'll buy a copy on DVD and force all of my Anderson-loving friends to watch it with me.

Check out how adorable it is:

I could bore you with pages upon pages of wonderful words on this glorious man, but I'll keep it short and sweet. An Anderson-Marathon is definitely in order for a lazy day off from writing in the not too distant future. In other film related news, I am now officially a member of LOVEFiLM again! They're running a special offer at the minute where you get 3 months for the price of 1, which for the online package that I have is only £4.99, so it's a steal really! If anybody is interested in getting this couple of months free, a friend of mine works on commission for them, so it would be great to help him out by letting him pinch you as a sign-up. (How cheeky of me).

A face not fit for public viewing, but I had ANOTHER fringe-trim, ain't it pretty.

A belated Happy Easter lovely readers! I was fortunate enough to hit 100 GFC followers whilst I was away but some little tyke has backed out so I'm back down to 99, rats. That being said, a big thank you to my now unofficial 100th follower Dani from Floral Danielle (I urge you check out her fantastic blog).

Dorset was exactly as I hoped it would be, a perfectly rejuvenating escape, which was over far too quickly. It was lovely to visit a couple of beaches, spend a little time with my extended family and do a lot of sleeping-in. It wasn't warm, but we did get sunshine on a couple of days, the South is always pretty magical. By avoiding any kind of work for almost a whole week now I've put even more pressure on myself for my return to Sheffield on Sunday, but it was inevitable really - I'm useless at being organised. I'm actually looking forward to getting back now, which is mainly down to a couple of very pretty faces that I'm beginning to miss quite terribly. Only a few days until the wedding too - I finally bought my dress! I'll post photos after the wedding so you can see my date and I looking fly together, but its a summery floral floor-length number, and I'm very pleased with it! Once I've been paid tomorrow I'm planning on scouring the net for a tikka or headpiece that will arrive super quickly!

My Dad has recorded a documentary on Radiohead for me to watch this evening, over another handful Baileys coffees; perfect.

March 2013

1| One of the many adorable old pictures I found of my Mum and I on Mother's Day

2| Reunited with my ladies at Easter

3| My adorable cat has taken to dishing out kisses, super cute

As I'm off to Dorset in a sec (yesterday by the time this is published) I've scheduled a round-up post for you; gotta keep the blog ticking over while I'm away at my grandparents and the internet is a foreign concept. I'm going to get really good at sudokus and be completely up-to-date with Coronation Street, fantastic. 

I'll be frank with you, I've had a pretty rubbish month as a whole, especially towards the end. That being said, I've had loads of support from good friends and family, and of course my adorable ball of fur Millie - I know I've thanked you all 100 times already, but honest to god you're all amazing and I love you loads. Less than two months until I've officially finished university and get to move on to pastures anew, which may be completely terrifying but I think I'm ready to embrace some change. This coming month promises an absolute mountain of university work, plenty of sleepless nights and stress-induced panic attacks, but fingers crossed I'll get everything under control and life in Sheffield will be much brighter. I think my little trip to Dorset, then a few more days in Nottingham will give me a lovely little breather before the madness that is to come.