girlofprey

I am back from my holiday.

( My holiday )

And I did have a plan to not do anything much today. But I ended up going to the doctor's to get a sick note, getting some toothpaste and Welcome To The Punch on DVD, and finished the night by catching up completely on Coronation Street with my parents. So. I have things to say about Coronation Street, but some of it is long, some of it is just about how beautiful David is, and some of it is just keysmashing, so I'll maybe leave it for another night. Oh, and also I came home to a letter yesterday saying that they'd set a date for my ESA hearing. 27th September. So I can look forward to that. Yay.

I hope you have all been great, I've sort of caught up on my flist, but not on everything. If there is anything vital you think I should know you should probably tell me now. Otherwise, hello.

Is the new update of LJ making everything look fuzzier. Or is it just my eyes? ETA: Never mind, I think I've had an Internet Explorer update since yesterday. It is in fact Microsoft that's conspiring to make sure I can't read anything.

I started Mass Effect 3 yesterday. ( Spoilers ) Those with an interest in proceedings might be happy to know I kept my integrity.

And today I went to see Welcome To The Punch, a film starring James McAvoy and Mark Strong which have been looking forward to for at least a couple of months. And I really enjoyed it. The last film I went to see because it was a British cop drama and I thought it might be slashy was Blitz, I think, and I was sincerely hoping it would be better than Blitz. It was. And quite slashy, although in a strange, sparse sort of way. I will admit that it wasn't great with its female characters, but apart from that I would totally recommend it. If you like guns and things blowing up and cops looking sad about things.

And before the film I saw a trailer for Trance, another film coming out soon starring James McAvoy. I kind of wasn't that interested in Trance, which might be because people talked about it as 'the new film out starring McAvoy', ignoring Welcome To The Punch and the fact it has Mark Strong in it, which instantly makes it probably superior. Also I think the way Trance was always described sounded quite boring. But the trailer sort of made it a little more clear that this is a film that is ALL ABOUT HYPNOSIS, which is sort of one of my favourite things, and it's coming out on my birthday. So maybe I will give it a try.

Also trailered before Welcome To The Punch: a bunch of films that managed to make explosions look boring. But one that might have Cole Hauser in, so is forgiven for things. Also there was a Diet Coke advert, which instantly made me understand the people complaining about the new Diet Coke advert. However, I don't really like the constant association of 'diet things' and women, but it did suggest that the marketing people might believe that women might want to see a film with guns and explosions in it, or that they would understand that this was a film with James McAvoy AND Mark Strong in it, despite the guns and explosions. Will wonders never cease?