Thursday, 29 October 2009

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

I am now a coffee drinker


I never thought that I would ever be able to stomach the taste of coffee, let alone enjoy it. The smell has always made me want to be sick on the closest thing to me.
Now in my twentieth year, I am finding myself drinking gallons of the stuff a week. Due to, initially, the need to stay away and get my uni work finished. But the weird thing is i'm beginning to like drinking it. Whereas normally I have to hold my nose and hope for the best. The other day the words "I really fancy a coffee" actually came out of my mouth. This is the start of yet another unhealthy addiction.

P.S I like mine black with two sugars.

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Twilight, its good to look at.


Am I the only person who is not obsessed with Twilight? After a lot of time wondering why every female I know (and the occasional male) is completely obsessed with Twilight, and more to the point, Robert Pattinson, the actor who plays the lead role of a mysterious, teenage vampire Edward Cullen. I belatedly decide to see what all the fuss was about. As recently, with the release of 'New moon' I have found myself feeling like an uninvited member to a secret club of which everyone else seems to be a member.
I was quite excited to be watching it as, i thought, it must be a really good film if everyone else loves it so much. I have to say that I was a little disappointed, the story line is floored and i thought that a lot more would happen to the characters.
Having said this I completely understand the why the entire female population seem to be in love with the character, Edward Cullen. As I, watching it found myself being drawing in, the unusual eyes, the perfectly styled hair, the flat face etc.
I can see this film influencing fashion in the way it makes the vampire thing seem cool and sexy where as before it was a bit cliche. And most men now want the 'Edward Cullen hair' and his sophisticated grey coat. Also the character of Victoria, who has quite a small role in this film, has quite a good look going on with the Fur shawl and the the long curly hair.
I have to say i am now a fan, and find myself looking forward to watching 'New moon' even if it is just to look at the perfectly form features of Robert Pattinson.

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Not quite everything, but pretty good.




I recently visited The museum of everything, on the corner of Regent's Park Road and Sharples Hall Street, Primrose Hill, London. The museum of everything is unique in the way it displays artwork of the untrained, You wont find any priceless masterpieces created by some famous artist, only really interesting, quirky pieces, created by someone who just likes sitting in their room and being creative, for fun. And fun it was.
I was intrigued by the name as I found it quite difficult to find, and wondered to myself, how could this museum possibly have everything in it when its so small that I cant even find it? Anyway I eventually found the quirky, handmade looking entrance set back from Sharples Hall St. I was greeted by a man sat in a little kiosk adorned with little lights, he handed me a leaflet and pointed me in the direction of "everything", as opposed to the sign which read "nothing"(made me giggle.) I went up some little stairs and through a little door and came across a cove in which i saw a dozen, intricately made sculptures staring back at me. The ones which caught my eye where brightly coloured and made from little balls of fabric, fascinating.
The place is only small and everything seems to be squished in, which I liked about it, there is no wasted space. And there is an 'unfinishedness' about the place, like wires hanging out of walls and stuff, which adds to its charm. I found myself interacting with the work as each piece was either around a corner, through a whole in a wall or so high up that you had to to work to be able to see it.Add ImageAdd Image
The drawings where superb. some simple and childlike, others were obsessively drawn to the point where you needed a magnifying glass to see the detail (which were provided).
And most rooms were themed and even had appropriate music playing. In particular the room which was almost a religious shrine. The work featured was by Rev Howard Finster, Beautiful, naive, religious drawings which put a smile on my face, although some were quite scary.
In The museum of Everything, Everything had been thought about by the creators, and although small, it was a feast for the eyes and had Everything I needed to be truly inspired, and it it shows that anybody can create a piece of fantastic art, and that art doesn't have to be technically good, in fact sometimes the less perfect the better, it's more interesting that way.