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it's the middle of the hottest month of the year and tonight when i went out i wore not only my woollen hoodie but also my long winter coat. also woollen. thank you wellington ( Read more... ) -
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i've been taking the opportunity over this break to watch a crapload of telly. so reporting back from the couch -
itazura na kiss [lit. mischievous kiss]. perfect shojo, by which i mean deeply disturbing from a feminist perspective. basically it follows the story of an emotionally retarded but tall, handsome boy with an extremely high IQ and the ( Read more... ) -
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film soc for the last three weeks has been the holy jackpot of korean movies. first we had Forbidden Quest, a not-so-serious historical tale of pornographic novels, betrayal and happy misogyny (the betrayal, however, for a movie that managed to work in references to bulletin boards and "don't try this at home", was surprisingly affecting). Then we ( Read more... ) -
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chaffers new world is now selling bella italia cheese.
i may have gone a little cheese crazy. -
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on saturday, in the interests of being more social AND sociable, i went to the film Prague with a couple of friends. i was a bit alarmed by the write-up (his wife cheats on him but he's tolerant) but thought it was worth a punt - at least it was danish ( Read more... ) -
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it's official, i get to go to the supermarket only when in optimum mental condition. tonight i managed to wander off with someone else's trolley somewhere between the garlic and the fruit strings (there was a new variety! shaped like marine creatures!) and it took me until i unpacked the trolley at the checkout to notice that my vegetables were not ( Read more... ) -
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oh heavenly choirs of angels sing! skip beat 13 was delivered to my mailbox today. -
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so on a brief look-through of the film festival programme, the following have got me excited ( Read more... )
