Is it so wrong to have thoroughly enjoyed an 'unabashedly camp' gay folk-cabaret chanteur performing with his mum, aunt and sister? Rufus Wainwright will, one day, be my gay husband. Please send your 'get well soon' cards to the usual address. All donations appreciated ( Read more... )

Blech. Am getting a little scared, as have been having sporadic bouts of nausea over the past couple of days. Be this a sign of a relapse into sickness all over again, my soul is going to pack up and move out of this body. With exams coming up, and the celebratory end-of-school shenanigans, I really don't want to see me cascading back into ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon was one of those little reminders that crops up like a house-elf, saying 'oh, so you like summer after all!'. During my only free of the day, I did sit under a tree in the field, having a green thought in a green shade. And 'twas bliss indeed ( Read more... )

You have to ignore this part if you still want to see me as remotely intelligent ( Read more... )

Ah, the sixth form revue finito-ed itself nicely this afternoon, despite a few good people forgetting their lines and a few morons doing the same thing. I think that I perhaps enjoyed playing Andy Pipkin/Mrs Curtis a little too much (the leather chair was just so comfy!), but our collective scriptwriting efforts earned us bottles of vino, so all ( Read more... )

Crazy day. Stupid day, in fact ( Read more... )

Today, I have been mostly winning arguments against my dad concerning the banning of the islamic headscarf in French schools. That'll learn him to think twice before tackling a Guardianista feminist who's been doing her research. This smugness has led to me typical cliche score-boardness: *coughs proudly* Adolescent:1, Parent: 0 ( Read more... )

It makes you wonder exactly how Vanessa Paradis got away with the video for 'Joe le taxi' - dodgy sweater, crappy effects and persistent loss of eye contact with the camera. Not unlike the 'ding ding dong' video, in fact ( Read more... )

Item: In the thunderstorm this afternoon, the drain in front of my house overflowed again, and now the driveway is bestrewn with sewage. Oh, yum ( Read more... )

Picture the scene: Last minute costume-finding for Becky and Stacey's fancy-dress 18th party proved interesting, in that I had roughly 10 minutes to grab something from the shop. I chose (to be Elizabeth Swann in 'Pirates...' - and I did wear my mucho-blingalicious 'Aztec gold' necklace) a big, green velvet dress with...wait for it...a bustle. ( Read more... )