I don't go much for contemporary fiction and I really don't read the Latest Hyped Literary Fad, but I picked up Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and I enjoyed it. Though it's by no means perfect, it does have a several awesome things going for it ( Read more... )

Dear London,

I did not move here for 35 °C weather. I moved here so that I could wear awesome coats and pretty scarves and woollen hats and knee high boots.

No love,

Ben

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Shows I am no longer watching: The Secret Circle. Boooooooring.

Shows that have one more episode to get their act together: The Vampire Diaries. Aimless. Muddled. ( Read more... )

This is about a documentary called Bill Cunningham New York. Actually, it's a plea to watch a documentary called Bill Cunningham New York. For some of you, knowing that it's about an eighty year old photographer who has been chronicling New York's street fashion for decades will be enough to induce you to seek it out and watch it: you like fashion ( Read more... )

Last night I had a thought: wouldn't it be great if boots were like four wheel drives?

Seriously. Think about it ( Read more... )

Ha ha, I haven't even moved into my accommodation yet (I'm still staying at a hostel) but nothing will keep me from Parks and Rec! NOTHING!

( My favourite show is baaaaaaack )

1. I don't like the London Underground ( Read more... )

Once again I have totally failed to go to bed at a decent time.

But! Check this out! It's Mental Floss's "22 Fascinating and Bizarre Classes Offered This Semester". Choosing just four I'd like to take is hard but I've narrowed my ideal course load down to:

Wordplay: A Wry Plod from Babel to Scrabble at Princeton University

Obsessed with Words ( Read more... )

Apparently we have Joseph Gordon-Levitt to thank for Arthur's wardrobe in Inception:

You know, I gotta say when I first started working on Inception, some of the drawings they showed me of their ideas for that character was uh sort of schlubby, sort of like, well he’s the tech guy, he runs the machines, you know, so maybe he should be wearing some ( Read more... )

This is a random little Inception ficlet for cunning_croft who is lovely and kind.

if we play our cards right we can be more than friends | Inception Arthur/Ariadne | G | 356

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'SpongeBob' is in the Microsoft Word dictionary but 'chéri' gets the red squiggly line beneath it?

Priorities: way to have them.