Chocolate, Eddie Izzard, Amelie, fic (these are a few of my favourite...)

Things I have learned about chocolate:

• If you give it up for a week, and settled into an agreeable life without it, do not suddenly eat as much or more as you would have before. You will feel sick.
• Lindt chocolate truffles are indeed tasty, but so rich that if you eat more than one, you will feel sick (see above).
• Either my Mark's and Spencer's 'mosaic' had been in the shop for a long time before last night, and went all hard and yucky, or M&S are just not so good at the Belgian-style chocolate (though the 'Swiss' is quite tasty. Yes). Also, when eating good, Belgian-style chocolate, dark is better than light. Particularly when that light is white, which should never EVER be eaten. Ever.

So no, the chocolate part of last night did not go so well. But it was still good, because I rented wonderful DVDs - Eddie Izzard and Amelie, mmm. And four for a fiver - still not sure how I managed that. ( Eddie Izzard-style 'spoilers' )

And then Amelie, which is colourful and lovely and sweet, yes. Very good. ( spoilers spoilers spoilers )

But though it was good, not a wrong note anywhere, it was not particularly life-changing, which was disappointing. It felt a little bit too much like a cartoon sometimes, and though I identified with 'does not play well with others', shy Amelie, with her boy problems, she always somehow turned around and was a machiavellian genius, which was confusing. Hmm. Still, it made me want to go see Paris. And learn how to make plum pudding. And live a prettiful, colourful life of risks, which led to my going upstairs and finally finishing the tiny, original(ish) pieces I wanted to submit to the uni creative writing magazine, which I will post here too, for perusal. Enjoy.

( Disenchanted )

 

( Beauty )

 

I have submitted them already, so don't worry about destroying my writing career with unhappiness-making (though constructive) criticism. My housemate, who is all 'poetry boy', seems to like them anyway, so...yes. Feedback at will.