It's nearly spring...
Well..it's been a strange start to the year but luckily things are hopefully looking better - I've been ill for 6 weeks with numerous strains of bacterial colds and the like. I'm feeling better so lets hope this lasts..especially with the first signs of spring popping up everywhere in the shape of daffodil and tulip stems.
It's been a bit of a panic recently since I haven't been feeling well enough to get on with my work - those three 5000 word essays needing to be done and my project essay only still in the planning stages. I'm hoping this week will be a breakthrough and I can actually get on with it. No more wasted hours watching Charmed episode DVDs ;) I'm doing Gender and Society and Humans and Other Animals this term - my last proper term of courses. I think my spring holiday will be full of panicking and working really hard - at least I have 5 weeks!!
Anyway, I've been really out of it - when you start the beginning of the year its all feeling fresh and exciting but by february you just feel like it's just the same as it was last year. Yes I know, it's cynical to think like that, but theres always this huge build up and then its back to work/uni and into a routine again...but I'm looking forward to spring!! Perhaps I have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) - as studies show that theres a higher rate of depression during the dark cold winter months. I certainly feel better even just going for a stroll when the sun is out and the flowers are all popping up around you.
I'm home this weekend - my sister has yet another boyfriend since the summer and she's much happier with this one. In fact, they are going on their first date to see Fun with Dick and Jane subtitled at the cinema today - I'm happy for her because they are fairly similar and get on well - plus she gets the ever important butterflies when she gets to see him :-) Butterflies are important - I still get them with my boyfriend (whether he knows that or not!) - I think its a good thing because it kind of shows that you're still excited to be with them and theres still a physical and mental spark between you.
Apparently one of my sis's friends has been to see Memoirs of a Geisha and says its nothing like the book, pretty Americanized and everything. This is someone who happens to be mad about Japan and Japanese stuff - she wants to do Japanese Studies at Uni and has learnt Japanese..and wants to work there. I've read the book by Arthur Golden and it's one of my favourite books ever. The film doesn't show what a Geisha is meant to be like, which I suspected as it's made in America and uses Chinese actors and actresses. It looks stunning, but looks aren't everything, I find that films with some depth at least are more interesting than ones that just look good.
It says alot about Hollywood - it either makes really good Oscar winning films about human beings etc or it creates blockbuster fodder that doesn't challenge the existing boundaries and insults the intelligence of the audiences. Sure, some of it is entertaining but they don't stay with you for long. At the time, people get excited about them but feel let down when they go to see them. I blame hyped up advertising. Some really good small budget films with fantastic acting and interesting stories are often swamped by the Hollywood offerings around at the time.
Well...I guess it's just a typical characteristic of the West that money and demand often come first rather than quality. There are some really good actors/actresses out there, and I'm not talking about the ones that get roles because they apparently 'look good' or they sell the films they are in. It's a shame that films and entertainment rely so much on looks rather than talent...but I think thats another argument for another time :-D
It's been a bit of a panic recently since I haven't been feeling well enough to get on with my work - those three 5000 word essays needing to be done and my project essay only still in the planning stages. I'm hoping this week will be a breakthrough and I can actually get on with it. No more wasted hours watching Charmed episode DVDs ;) I'm doing Gender and Society and Humans and Other Animals this term - my last proper term of courses. I think my spring holiday will be full of panicking and working really hard - at least I have 5 weeks!!
Anyway, I've been really out of it - when you start the beginning of the year its all feeling fresh and exciting but by february you just feel like it's just the same as it was last year. Yes I know, it's cynical to think like that, but theres always this huge build up and then its back to work/uni and into a routine again...but I'm looking forward to spring!! Perhaps I have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) - as studies show that theres a higher rate of depression during the dark cold winter months. I certainly feel better even just going for a stroll when the sun is out and the flowers are all popping up around you.
I'm home this weekend - my sister has yet another boyfriend since the summer and she's much happier with this one. In fact, they are going on their first date to see Fun with Dick and Jane subtitled at the cinema today - I'm happy for her because they are fairly similar and get on well - plus she gets the ever important butterflies when she gets to see him :-) Butterflies are important - I still get them with my boyfriend (whether he knows that or not!) - I think its a good thing because it kind of shows that you're still excited to be with them and theres still a physical and mental spark between you.
Apparently one of my sis's friends has been to see Memoirs of a Geisha and says its nothing like the book, pretty Americanized and everything. This is someone who happens to be mad about Japan and Japanese stuff - she wants to do Japanese Studies at Uni and has learnt Japanese..and wants to work there. I've read the book by Arthur Golden and it's one of my favourite books ever. The film doesn't show what a Geisha is meant to be like, which I suspected as it's made in America and uses Chinese actors and actresses. It looks stunning, but looks aren't everything, I find that films with some depth at least are more interesting than ones that just look good.
It says alot about Hollywood - it either makes really good Oscar winning films about human beings etc or it creates blockbuster fodder that doesn't challenge the existing boundaries and insults the intelligence of the audiences. Sure, some of it is entertaining but they don't stay with you for long. At the time, people get excited about them but feel let down when they go to see them. I blame hyped up advertising. Some really good small budget films with fantastic acting and interesting stories are often swamped by the Hollywood offerings around at the time.
Well...I guess it's just a typical characteristic of the West that money and demand often come first rather than quality. There are some really good actors/actresses out there, and I'm not talking about the ones that get roles because they apparently 'look good' or they sell the films they are in. It's a shame that films and entertainment rely so much on looks rather than talent...but I think thats another argument for another time :-D
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