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[00:05:21] five hundred miles just to see a halo. says:
i fell in love with writing again recently. i've written 35,863 words of the story i was telling you about.
[00:05:13] breadcrumbtrail says:
have you stuck with the stuff you showed me a while back?
[00:05:21] five hundred miles just to see a halo. says:
i've taken bits out. sometimes i over-discribed things like dickens...
[00:06:15] breadcrumbtrail says:
its a bit like choosing what finger to cut off trying to edit, but eventually you end up stumpy and liberated.

i love everything about the film 'juno,' but especially the script. diable cody is a fantastic script writer.



BLEEKER
You don’t have any
reason to be mad at me. You broke
my heart. I should be royally
ticked at you, man. I should be
really cheesed off. I shouldn’t
want to talk to you anymore.

JUNO
Why? Because I got bored and had
sex with you one day, and then I
didn’t, like, marry you?

BLEEKER
Like I’d marry you! You would be the
meanest wife of all time. And anyway,
I know you weren’t bored that day
because there was a lot of stuff on
TV. The Blair Witch Project was on
Starz, and you were like, “Oh, I want
to watch this, but we should make out
instead. La la la.”

in the late afternoons we went out for dinner and every night i seemed to have the best dessert ever, when the evening rolled around, we localised like champs. 

our hotel in barcelona was beautiful. right in the heart of las ramblas, we cruised the winding streets until we knew them like the back of our hands.

i am pissed off for three reasons. one of which i will not elaborate on because it is personal, the other two i will, however, discuss as they're slightly more...trivial:

my reasons are: firstly, maria sharapova is out of roland garros after dinara safina beat her and secondly, the crowd at roland garros were so hostile during said match that i just want to kick something. arghh.

sharapova was on the fringes of a place in the quarterfinals, serving for the match and one point away from victory in the only grand slam she hasn't yet won when safina hit a backhand winner at 5-3, 40-30 down, took that game and won the match 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-5), 6- 2.

the crowd at suzanne lenglen court became nasty when sharapova served at 2-3 in the final set. the majority of the 9,900 capacity crowd booed when she called the chair umpire to check a line call on the baseline. when it didn't go her way, the hostile crowd then cheered.



they also applauded when she sent a forehand shot in the net at the next point. during the following games, sharapova let out loud screams of frustration and repeatedly beat on herself, swearing whilst berating herself after the crowd cheered some of her missed serves.

something needs to be done about the jeering crowds, it happens quite a lot and for a major sporting event, it's not right that this isn't dealt with. i mean, it's certainly not a rare occurance when the french open crowd turn nasty; spectators at roland garros are famous for making their opinions known to the players and this is the second year in a row that sharapova has been booed off in the so-called city of love.

one of the reasons i love watching her play is because she is such a tough player, her concentration is immense and her mental focus on the game is second to none. she only seemed to let the crowd affect her twice during this tough match: once when the crowd wouldn't stop doing the mexican wave in the last set and then again when she left the court with her head-down to a chorus of boos.

however, like i said, she may have the mental focus of a london guard, but in the post-interview she came across generally down-beat. she sighed, "i can't please everyone, it's not in my job description. i'm an athlete. i go out there and i fight my heart out. if they're hostile, then you know, i mean, they paid the ticket to watch me, so they must appreciate me on some level, right?'' to which the interviewer did not look convinced and replied, "not really. they're entitled to their opinion.

could he possibly make her feel any worse? what an idiot.

1. chocolate.
2. justine henin.

world no. 1 seed justine henin announced her retirement from professional tennis on wednesday, "with immediate effect" !

as maria sharapova is currently seeded no. 2 in the world; henin's retirement means that as of monday the 19th sharapova will reclaim the world number 1 ranking, which i'm thrilled about, but at the same time, i'm still dissapointed that henin has retired, especially right before the french open -being on clay- where she plays exceptionally well.

anyway, i guess she can start spending all of that prize money she's earned in her career.

i think i'd buy an island with it... or a segment of the moon.

xbox 360 > playstation 3.

even though i'm going travelling this summer, in the back of my mind -somewhere - i wanted to make it to the wimbledon finals too, i was hoping that maybe, somehow i could get a flight to london for a couple of days from wherever i'll be in july....and i mean, i knew it'd be an extortion-ate thing to do - what with the already expensive three-month holiday - but i reallyreallyreally had my heart set on going to wimbledon this year...until i just logged on to the box office and -UGH, HAMAGAD- had my dreams shattered prematurely:

Sat, 5 July: Ladies Final £1150.00!!!!
Sun, 6 July: Mens Final £2450.00!!!!!!

is that even legal?!

Recommended Film: Espíritu de la colmena, El. (The Spirit of the Beehive)
I am going to urge you, no, in fact beg you to watch Víctor Erice's 'Espíritu de la colmena, El.' (The Spirit of the Beehive, 1978)
It is a completely flawless work of Cinema: It is artistic, innovative, inspiring, tragic, Political, beautiful.

The film is set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and centres around Ana, a sensitive seven-year-old who lives in a rural Village named Castille. Traumatised after watching "Frankenstein" Ana begins questioning her older sister Isabel about life and death, to which Isabel replies that Frankstein is real and inhabits a nearby barn. Although Ana is scared, she is also fascinated by the mystery of the Monster and thus devotes her time to looking for it, which leads her to discover a fugitive soldier, whom she believes to be the Spirit of Frankstein.

The film can be viewed and interpreted on whichever level you want, which I love. It is not pretentious. On the surface 'Espíritu de la colmena, El' is a portrayal in to the imagination of a child whose family is struggling to cope with post-Civil War life. However, the film is also laden with deeper Political meanings. Similar to recent Spanish success 'Pan's Labyrinth' the film juxtaposes the fantasy of a child's mind and the harsh brutalities of War and reality. The bees in the film symbolise the subservient Spanish people under the cruel leadership of Franco, and the beehive can be seen as a metaphor for the isolation of post-War Spain . Ana and sister Isabel represent the two groups - Republican and Nationalist- that fought in the Spanish War, and the encounter of Ana with the fugitive soldier can be interpreted as the impossibility of the two groups uniting: the two can not exist in the same World.

There are brilliant and incredibly brave metaphors - it is remarkable that the film even dared to address Franco's cruel leadership before his death - in the film that make it genius, but it is the story of Ana's childhood discoveries that make the film a masterpiece. PLEASE watch it!

Still not convinced?

Well...hmm...I don't know what else to say...OK, Ana Torrent (who plays Ana) is without doubt the best child actor I have ever seen! No question about it, she gives that Dakota Fanning a run for her money.

Also -an intriguing but tragic fact - Luis Cuadrado (the film's Cinematographer) was going blind at the time the film was shot which adds an interesting look to the film, the long amounts of time he spent on every shot is almost like he was savouring the view whilst he could. He, unfortunately, later went completely blind and commit suicide.

unprovoked flower bud-related fights are fun.

on the bus home from work, i overheard somebody saying, "i hate having a kingsized bed and being the only one in it" and it made me feel sad.