Something to get me through Wuthering Heights

CONQUERED

I just finished Little Dorrit.

BOOO YAHHH BAYBEHH!!

......now, onto Wuthering Heights :/

Help!!

There's something dark in my room. Every time I walk in I am filled with an unending sense of trepidation. My feet suffer earthquakes, my eyes sting with poison. Every thread of my clothes pulls me back, back into the security to which I can never return. My fingers twist into knots like a Chinese acrobat and nerves roll down my skin in drops.

And yet I'm drawn to it like roadkill to tarmac. I cannot pull my eyes back, I have seen, I must continue. I know what lies within, the extraordinarily long descriptions, the excess number of characters and detail, the refusal to tell the story in a direct manner.

Charles Dickens, the things you do to me are cruel.

But I'm well going to finish it else I'll be proper annoyed with myself.

Someone put the kettle on, I'm getting to the end of this book if it kills me.

(it might)

tralalalala lalalala

Today is my day off. My one day off. I've worked seven days in a row, and I've got two more waiting for me. Then I'll probably put my name down for even more days, because I haven't quite worked out what I think my limit is. On one hand I should be getting loads of money, on the other I might fall flat on the floor and never get up again.. haha.

Anyway my only intention for today is to pick up the book that I've been ignoring for so long. Determined to finish that thing. My attempt to get good at reading boring books is not going well.

I've a feeling that I'm going to need more drastic measures to get me to read to the end.



Okay, I'm ready.

decisions, decisions

I could either do some packing for the leaders weekend away (which is tomorrow)...

Oorrr I could sit in my bed with my lovely book and a bag of Dolly Mixture...

I think we all know which decision I'm going to make :P

By the way I've made it to page 431 which is officially "Book the Second, Riches" - hurrah!

(the first part of the book is when they're poor & the second half is when they're rich, hence the title)

Even if the sky is falling down (dooown dooown)

Okay so I thought that I couldn't love Helena Bonham Carter more but I was wrong wrong wrong.

And Matthew Macfadyen. I can't wait until I've finished reading Little Dorrit so that I can rewatch him in the TV series (now on page 371! Nearly half way?)

Oh Enid was so good.

I just want to write Helena some fanmail but I think it may end up being so long that she would not bother reading it...

I don't really know the words to this but it entertains and amuses me.

Oh and I watched the new Doctor Who episode today which was also fabulous. I was a little reluctant to watch it simply because it takes so much out of me (the same reasons I haven't watched the latest Torchwood or that Sarah Jane Adventures episode with the Doctor in it)

It was pretty amazing though & reminded me why I love the show so much :)

Craaazy, but it feels alright.

Hitting the train tracks tomorrow, off to visit the sister.

I have so far packed some pyjamas and some socks, and I have got Little Dorrit at the ready (I'm now on page 247 of 826 - not bad!)

Britney Spears is causing quite the distraction.. Haha. Music quite often is for me though tbh.

Oh gosh.

So, what happens when you combine one of my favourite Actresses ever and one of my favourite childhood authors?

The combination of bliss and joy that is Enid - that's right, Helena Bonham Carter is taking on the role of Enid Blyton.

I don't care what people think, I always totally adored Enid's stories. I still sometimes pretend to like Ginger Beer!

So today I finished reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

For the first half of the book (about 150 pages) I was feeling a lot like this:

But I'll confess that the second half of the book was actually not too bad. Maybe I was just more in the mood for it. The book's main flaw is that there seems to be no real reason for Darcy to like Lizzy at all. He mentions that he likes her eyes and the next moment it's all "Marry me!"

Also, Jane, naming a character after yourself then describing her as the really beautiful one is not doing anything for your vanity. Just sayinngg..

I actually only read the book in the first place becuase I decided a long time ago that I would make some kind of attempt to read some of the stuff that might come in handy next year. To do a Literature degree without reading P&P seemed a bit bad. So I've done it! (It took me about a week of perseverance lol)

But seeing as I was in the mood I decided to watch the film as well. The Keira Knightley one.

She is not Elizabeth Bennet. Sorry :/ The "Mrs Darcy" bit at the end made me want to be sick.

In other newz - I went to see a play today! It was a comedy about Moby Dick. My mum can only describe it as "ridiculous", and I, being in the mood for such phrases, can only describe it as "utterly nonsensical".

It was really good though haha :P (the mermaid was a tad freaky though. I just kept thinking "I'm ooolddd Grreeeggg")

I ain't got a motorboat, but I can float your boat

Mmm. Slightly sleazy title. A good start, I think.

So this morning they released the stories that the professional writers wrote for the Waterstone's "What's Your Story" contest. Obviously I poured over the Jo Rowling entry & after some reading issues (she really should try harder with her handwriting :P) I eventually got the story, which is a lot better when you're not pausing to go "is that a g or a j?!. It was too short though ;)

Once I got over that though, I explored a couple of the other stories on the list, my two favourites being Neil Gaiman's (which is quite clever for such a short story) and Lauren Child's - which is HILARIOUS! I relate to it completely, lol! I decided not to read the ones which had difficult handwriting, simply because I think it takes away from the story itself if you have trouble reading it, despite the charming overall effect. I haven't looked at them all though, will probably do that some other time.

Twilight lol.

I used to think "I should read Twilight."

Then I followed these links & abruptly changed my mind

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I have no idea how people enjoy that series :|

It's too hot to be February o.o

Went to Local Shops today. I know. Supporting the community and all that.

And I couldn't really be bothered to trek into town.

Took round Rachel's birthday present, then dropped off 'The Spook's Apprentice' back at the Library (good read for those lazies who can't be bothered to voluntarily read adult fiction).

Then I thought I'd go for a wander up Ball Hill, take a look in some charity shops etc.

Went into Woolies to see if they had a good price on Shrek 3, but unsurprisingly it was more expensive than the Woolies in town.

Then went into three charity shops in a row to take a look at the mouldy old films that nobody wants, to see if there were any mouldy old films that I did want.

Now this is the part where my 'I-care-too-much' side arrives and messes everything up. I'd decided to buy something from at least one of the shops, because I'd feel guilty turning my nose up at everything when people put in so much time and dedication to those shops and the charities that they go to.

Sooo I eventually decided to buy 'Fantasia' - you know, the Disney film?

I honestly can't remember hardly any of it, but I know that I used to watch it all the time at Nana's house when I was a kid...

Sooo.. Yeah. It was only 49p. And it went to old people or something.

Use it well, old people. Get yourselves a sticky bun from Greggs or something.

Februuaaaryyy :D

Tried to take off glittery nail polish, but it left a sort of yellowish stain ("you look like a smoker", my oh-so-tactful mother says)

Soo I'm putting it back on for now, all the other nail polish in this house has dried up. I might have to venture into town and get a better colour, which is less smokerish.

Went to the library to get "The Spook's Apprentice" out. Tim Burton is apparently making it, and I couldn't remember if it's any good.

It is so far heh. How exciting! Can't wait to see what Burton does with it.

Also, am going out to TGI Fridays for a birthday this evening, but we're meeting at the skydome. No idea why. Thought maybe we were going to see a film, but I looked at the listings and the only films that start at 7ish were Juno and Penelope - neither of which really strike me as her sort of thing lol.

Anyway, to the nail polish!