ET phone PAUL! ...(ok, I was trying to make this work....its not but I'll go with it!)

Well I FINALLY got to see it ! The amazing new Simon Pegg and Nick Frost epic that is

Paul.

YAY!

Such a good film! Pegg and Frost play two very British sci-fi geeks who are on a comic con mission to see all the American UFO sights that are famous, e.g. area 51. There trip takes a suprising turn when they are driving on are 51 and crash into....Paul. A very modern alien. Seth Rogen voices the magnificent Paul, with Frost and Pegg being at there usual best. They have to run from secret agents after them, a VERY religious lunatic father and try to get Paul to safety. For the past 60 years, Paul has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. When he discovers he's been taken prisoner, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town-a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Frost). Its a very clever film, they take the image of the alien on eath to a whole new level. Giving it a sense of badassery (yes that is a word...as of now).

I highly reccomend this film to all of you. It's not quite Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz in term of action, but it has a kind of its own and its AWESOME! creating our favourite nerds, into intergallactic heros. And all you lovely people who thought it was part of "The Blood and Ice cream Trilogy" ...alas it is not. That is for another fabulous film. Which is EXCITING =D.

I give this film a -

Its a good film :)!

Now for all you wonderful Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Star Wars fans heres something that is MIGHTLY cool -
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1949406

Its funny ! watch it !

Just a mini story to brighten your day !

I wrote this story a while back for creative writing. We all had to pick a place, a character and a time of year. We then put the in a jar, mixed them up and picked different ones. I got =

1. A Medieval Fair
2. A teenage girl
3. Bonfire night

It was a cool exercise and we had to do it in 500 words. So here you are kind people in blogger land. Let me know what you think !  Give it a try its fab for writers block !

Bonfire Night

Picture it, if you will dear reader, late November 5^th, in the middle of a field and everyone dressed in medieval costume. That’s right. Medieval costume. My name is Jessica Mason and I have been bullied into taking part in the Dalton bonfire night and medieval festival. Just brilliant. Tonight is a big event and a MAJORLY humiliating one for me. I can’t believe that I have been roped into doing this!

On one side of the field an archery tournament. Arrows flying through the air, very nearly hitting the surprisingly close stalls, scaring the poor old ladies serving food and tea to cold looking by standers. There is every kind of stall that you can think of. You name it we have it. The smell is amazing, floating across the breeze enticing the customers to have a look. Adjacent to the archery is a jousting pitch. I say jousting. Its not proper hard core with lances-that-could-kill-a-man jousting but long poles with cushions on the end, so no one gets too hurt. The horses and knights all dressed nobly, with a surprising amount of ale being ingested.

Now, I am sure you are wondering why I find all this humiliating. The event itself is fun, don't get me wrong. Why it is humiliating for me, is that I have to be one of the “damsel in distress” characters. I have to sit in a make shift castle, and wait for the jousting to finish in order to congratulate the winner. Fabulous.... I think not.

On the plus side, I can see it all from up here, even if I do feel like a total idiot in this dress and pointy hat. I see the fireworks getting together. I can watch them fantastically up here. As the fireworks kick off, so does the final of the jousting tournament.

I love bonfire night. The children write their names with sparklers in the air whilst the sky lights up in a mass of every colour imaginable. A giant crash from below attracts everyone’s attention as a man falls from his horse with a thud, ending the tournament. I can FINALLY get out of here! Walking down the incredibly rickety stairs, I opened the door to come face to face with the winner of the jousting.

“Well done my lord, how can I ever repay you for saving me” I recited, praying for this to be over with.

 “Well, My lady. You can do me the honour of joining me in eating a giant pork and stuffing baguette from Miss Bowes stall” He replied, taking off his helmet. A purple firework hit the air spreading across the sky. His eyes lit up in the light. Maybe tonight wouldn’t be so bad after all.

 By Abbly Bartonia (aka Abigail Barton) - 14/03/11

My Dedication to the Magnificent Jasper Fforde !

Being an English Lit student, I am forced to read some unspeakably bad books (Samuel Richardson's Clarissa...*shivers*) and some pretty cool books (Margaret Atwood!). However, in times when it gets to much you just have to revert back to the books that make you smile.

And this is why,  dedicate this blog to the wonderful and mental works of Jasper Fforde!

He is truly awesome. His work is so unbelievably unique I have never had some much fun reading a book before this one. The Eyre Affair is the first in the series and it introduces the character of Thursday Next (yep thats her name) who is single, thirty-six, a Crimean War veteran and a literary detective who lives in London with her pet dodo, Pickwick. Which is always a good character set up for a novel!  The story line is fast-paced and loaded with action, but never forgets to wink at the audience. Acheron Hades is quite a villain and Thursday Next is a superb heroine.

The series as a whole is just one massive bundle of randomness ! its amazing ! I would highly reccomend it ! And as one critic described it...
"The Eyre Affair, is so clever, so loopy, so unabashedly ridiculous that students who hated Brontë's classic will be glad they read it, after all. And, needless to say, Jane's many fans will find this time-bending cloak-and-dagger romp a pure delight. (...) This is about as much fun as you can have in the classics section without being thrown out of the library." - Ron Charles, Christian Science Monitor

And thus here ends my dedication to Jasper Fforde :)!
Give it a try peeps !

Reading Week :) ! HUZZAH! now for severe procrastination !

Well, its technically not reading week till next week, but my lessons have been cancelled so YAY HOME TIME! My dad came and picked me up yesterday at about 6pm and we made the epic journey from Bath to Ulverston, arriving home at about 10.30ishpm. Was a mega journey.

ANNNNYYYYWWAAAYYYYY... moving on to some random things that I think is pretty cool.

Firstly, Cornish pasties have been given protected status by the European Commission. Yep, its true. And I think its a reall good idea. Last year I lived with two people from Cornwall, and was educated in the difference between a home-made and a shop-bought pasty, and damn straight the home made ones are better.  Pastys can still be baked elsewhere in Britain but would need to have been prepared in Cornwall.

Another thing that I found weird and quite interesting is this.... Moving the UK's clocks forward has always been controversial. Now the government's new tourism strategy, due out in the next few weeks, is expected to suggest "double summertime" .... Say What?
It would see clocks move forward by an hour from GMT in the winter and a further hour in the summer, to match Central European Time, meaning lighter nights but darker mornings (AND LESS SLEEP DAMMIT!!). The opposing arguement is from Scotland. They say that for years the case in favour of DST has struggled because of Scotland. If it was introduced some of the northern-most areas would not see daylight until 10am during the winter months. Opponents argue this would increase accidents and make farmers' lives harder.
What do you guys think? I personally think it wouldn't be a good idea and agree with Scotlands arguement. But what do you guys think?

And on a final note. This weird and wonderful story from Brazil.... 

A woman in Brazil was shocked to find an alligator hiding behind her sofa after heavy rains flooded her house in the town of Parauapebas, in Para state..... thats right... AN ALLIGATOR !!!! and whats even scarier is she said she was alerted to the reptile's presence by her three-year-old son, who was patting its head.... WOW! how weird is that ! The firefighters said the family was lucky the reptile was not hungry!

Well, thats all I have time for today, as I have to actually do some work at some point in the day.

On a final note, I just want to dedicate this part of my blog to those currently suffering in Christchurch due to the devistation that hit on monday. Heres hoping that people are found and that as many people as possible are safe. My thoughts are with you all.

Happy Valentines Day ALLLLLLLLLL!

This is my Valentimes Day Card to all you lovely people in the land of Blogger :)
Hope you have all had a great day :) <3

Doctor Who Blogging Goodness...Series 6 !

Note.... The will be spoilers in this as its about series 6.

If you don't want to know..

LOOK AWAY NOW !!!
....I SAID NOW !!!

Thats right, the inner nerd in me has finally exploded. It was going to happen sooner or later but here is my first Doctor Who blog :D!!! YAY !!
Right here we go. Matt Smith is bringing us in to series 6 (I say series 6, its actually series 32) with the lovely Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) with some KICK ASS action !!!

Things to expect this on coming series-

1. The return of River Song - will we finally find out who she is ? and what she is going to do to the Doctor ? Apparently according to sources her character will truly been shown this series *does happy dance*!!!

2.  What monster will be attempting to take over the world this series ?

• The Silence will appear (will be interesting how they will do that one).
• Nazis will make an appearance. (? that I didnt expect!)
• At least one Ood will make an appearance.
• Sontarans will appear.
• Cybermen will appear in Demons Run.
• Pirates will appear (most likely in episode 3 by Steve Thompson). WHICH IS JUST EXCITING !!!!
• The monsters in the opening two parter are said to be "the scariest monsters yet".
• Episode 9 will feature life-size dolls.
• Episode 5 and 6 will feature incomplete clones.
• Originally it was reported that there will be no monsters from the classic series returning this year.

3. Steven Moffat has claimed he is only writing 6 episodes, including A Christmas Carol. There remains confusion over the other episodes he will write. However it has been confirmed that he will write the two parter, opening episode. Confusion remians over the other three episodes he will write, as it been rumoured he will write both parts of the cliffhanger episodes and both parts of the finale.

4. Last but not least... the mortifying truth that....

There will be a three-month wait between the series split.....

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WHAT !! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME DOCTOR WHO GODS THAT BE !!! WHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *weeps* Not impressed.

Ah well, at least it will keep us on our toes I guess *wipes away tears*

Hope you enjoyed my Doctor Who blogging! There will be plenty more !

Woooo! Blog Award :D!

Well this is cool !! I've been nominated by the lovely Miss La Mer, who is awesome !, for a blog award ! How cool :)!

it is the ...

Which is pretty damn cool !
Ok so The Rules are:
1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass it along to 7 blogs you have recently discovered and enjoy.
4. Leave your recipient a note, telling them about the award.

Ok, well here goes !

1. I am Northern. And proud of it. I dwell in the tiny town of Ulverston in the Lake District. (note - its not actually black and white imagine it in colour !)

2. I am a big Doctor Who nerd. Literally, NOTHING can beat it. David Tennant has been my Doctor, however I do love the Tom Baker series.

3. I love comedy and think that Lee Evans is freakin hilarious !!! I have a long list of other comedians who I love however he is top of the list!

4.  I would love my blog to get out there for people to read and for me to be able to read more peoples stuff! so if you are reading this and know of any cool blogs feel free to send me a link because that would awesome!

5. I am so happy that I have a truly amazing boyfriend, Dan. He's put up with me crying, winging, cranky, happy and generally being weird. He should have a medal, the flippin Victoria Cross. He is awesome in everyway, absolute nutter and always picks the right moment to put the kettle on :) ! love you dude <3  

6. My sister. Ah. How to describe her....... nuts. Completely out of her tree at times. But shes execptionally awesome. If I ever need a laugh I can turn to her and she will no doubt endveour to do something that makes her look like a tit to help me feel better. Hope you are reading this gayface, sending you lovage from Bath.

7. I have a brilliant set of friends. Both in Bathland and in the glorious homeland of the North. You all have made me tres happy, and you are all absolutely brilliant. I wouldn't swap you guys for the world. Sending love to all over the UK to make everyone smile (or vomit however you view this somewhat soppy blog :P)

My blogs I am nominating for this award ARE.... drum roll please !!!  -

http://llydecke.blogspot.com/
http://naoko-aka-nelie.blogspot.com/
http://therajoyce.blogspot.com/
http://sew-misunderstood.blogspot.com/
http://landofshimp.blogspot.com/
http://www.misfitsvintage.com/
http://www.kidinthefrontrow.com/

 Congratters to all !