Three Coffees Later…

Okay so, Thursday didn’t go as planned. Don’t worry, I’ve got a new appointment. Believe me, as soon as I found out they’d screwed up my appointment I bolted out of there and hopped on a train to Dunkin’ – did I tell you I’m a Dunkin’ addict again? I was back when we first had one, something about their coffee just tastes amazing. I had two, and the donuts are nice too, but second to the coffee. I came home and had the motivation to organise some files which was nice as I watched some home videos from 2011. Aww, I had so much energy but was so shy! Then I caught up on Big Brother Canada and decided to try go swimming. I got back into town, but my motivation had escaped me so I phoned my mum and she was at a restaurant with her friend and graciously let me join where I had ANOTHER coffee and a gorgeous praline dessert with tonka bean ice cream – amazing. Even better, I got pizza and spicy chicken strips afterwards and came home to watch and digest all 37 Eurovision songs competing next month (my favourite is Finland). I also decided to stream it live on a whim and got all my equipment set up easily. So much so, I might do the podcast this way. Chelsea, my co-host, is a TV personality, she deserves to been seen AND heard. Thing is – we chat for hours about Scream, and in podcast form, I can edit out the gaps. I never get around to editing videos. Speaking of which, if I can, I’m going to edit a 20th Anniversary Version of The Clown. I was happy with the 10th Anniversary, but it’s in SD quality. I have programs now that can up the resolution of the DV camera to 1080p – and I think my Mac Mini can handle editing the large files! Plus, I’ve experimented with some of my own soundtrack. I have ideas, and I’d like to see them through to a finished product.

If You Watch Big Brother, You Have No Life… Literally!

Now, you know I like Big Brother. And you might have guessed from looking around my site I like horror. And I also quite enjoy Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe on BBC Four. But if one were to combine all three, what would be the end result…?

Dead Set, a six-part horror drama created for E4 by Charlie Brooker, began tonight with the first two parts airing as one. It was initially paced slowly; we got to know the housemates left inside the Big Brother house and the production crew behind the scenes – mainly Kelly and her boss Patrick (and of course Davina, playing herself), who are working hard on eviction night and showing concern at the news bulletins reporting on mounting violence across the nation. The tension soon builds, and as one of the housemates is evicted and brought into the studio, a security guard staggers into an unsuspecting crowd with a gushing neck wound. Soon, unbeknownst to Davina and the production crew, a deadly virus is spreading through the public and closing in on the building.

I found it quite awe-inspiring watching Davina having her throat ripped out, certainly the most powerful scene of the night! You luckily feel for the main character, Kelly, as she not only battles with a whip-cracking boss (who survives the onslaught by pushing a disabled man in front of him in order to seek refuge in a toilet cubicle!), but is soon battling the undead. After her initial escape is thwarted (in what was probably the height of terrifying action for Episode One – my mum certainly jumped hard), Kelly is cornered into the big brother house and has to convince the skeptical, fame-seeking housemates that their reality show is over and the real reality is that the dead people are coming back to life. It’s here we can sort of see who the survivors might be, and as with the real BB, you sort of pick your housemates (mine is Space). I’ll be eagerly following the rest of the series this week so check back for more developments as the housemates and Kelly venture out of the BB house, possibly running into the other survivors, and maybe a very hungry Davina!

Too Much Life!

I’m in a dilemma! The Sims 2: Apartment Life EP is on it’s way to me, but I’m so booked up with appointments I can’t honestly say I can’t see me playing it fully until next weekend! The upside is though that the good and bad appointments are equally measured so It’s not like I’m going to be waiting in a waiting room torturing myself with what I could be enjoying. What’s on the cards (hmm, a phrase for Susie Dent’s Origin of Words and Phrases!):

Monday: Band practice (what’s the proper way to use the word practise? I think it’s the verb). Oh yes, I’m joining a band – songwriter.
Tuesday: Hospital in the afternoon followed by a possible trip to see The Dark Knight. (possible opportunity that morning).
Wednesday: FOUR appointments and a friends’ Birthday. And the day I’ll likely watch 90210!
Thursday: Cinema trip to see The Strangers.
Friday: Big Brother Final in the evening – although I’m not supporting anyone in the final so I might just watch the very end to see the closing montage.

I’d say expect a vlog, but I’ve got out of the habit of doing them so you’ll probably just be stuck with the normal blogs.

Going to post a video blog soon, but until then just a little “Hey, go me!” news: I submitted some logo designs for Big Brother (pictured left) to a website and they are currently being displayed along with many others. Why not go check them out, and tell me what you think.

P.S. – I still can’t log in to update my site… sucks, but at least I have an answer now.