I don't feel like it's been a busy week but I seem to have a lot to write about so that's interesting! Although this week is looking like a bit of a review-y post so that could be why. As it's nearly Crimbo I'm gonna use this opportunity to plug my wishlist and paypal in case anyone wants to send me monies or prezzies! I also sent out a few Christmas cards to people this week so hopefully you should all get those soon! Well, not all, I didn't send that many!
I woke up at Blayn's on Tuesday and found out that apparently beer makes my wisdom teeth grow so I've been nursing mouth pain for a week with a nice cut along the inside of my cheek. I thought the best solution to this would be to get a piece of metal jammed through my face and finally got my labret re-pierced. I first had it done when I was sixteen but had to take it out when I started an apprenticeship because it was getting really sore leaving it out for 12+ hours a day then putting it back in.
Look at me finally figuring out how to do eyebrows
So, on Saturday I headed out to Durham again with mum to go to Buzzin' Guns (Incision Body Piercing lives in the back) for my piercing. If you live in the area, I cannot recommend these guys enough for your body mods. Also, I'm pretty sure there was a photo of someone I went to school with on the wall!
So Punk Rawk
It was a bit of a mission as mum doesn't really do the whole piercing/tattoo thing so she went and mooched around the shops while I headed up alone. This is the first time I've been out in public alone since moving back here, which in itself would have been stressful enough but add to the fact that only six days earlier I'd seen S in that very place... yeah not fun. There was a bit of a wait in the studio and every time the door opened (a lot because fag breaks are Very Important, apparently!) I had a heart attack thinking S would be standing there.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about seeing S last week. Obviously, there was the terror and the crappiness but I also felt kind of vindicated in a way. I've had weeks of Care Co-Ordinators telling me I'm not trying hard enough because I don't go out alone, ignoring my protests that it's for my safety but now I'm allowed to do the Told Ya So dance at them. They've also featured heavily in my dreams since then (more than usual, if you can believe it!) but there's definitely been a... shift of sorts. As awful as the experience was, I think in a way it's kind of grounded my subconscious and they're now more manageable, I suppose. This is probably the closest I'm going to get to closure so hopefully now I'll be able to move on as much as it's possible to do so. I'm trying really hard to look at the positive of the experience - I survived, after all! Though it is a conscious effort sometimes not to completely spin out of control.
Salt water & tea, let's see if I manage to drink the right one!
The piercing itself wasn't a problem - I thought going through the scar tissue of last time would hurt more - but as soon as I got out of there all the tension that had built up at the thought of seeing S again made me throw up. Good times.
*casually crops out hat hair*
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The next day we headed up to The Shire to see nana and Peter after their holiday in Portugal. They brought us back a dancing lizard fridge magnet and a fig & almond cake! As ye do. The ingredients list was very informative: figs, almonds. We had Sunday dinner while we caught up. I truly believe ambrosia (the food of the Gods) was just crackling. So good. They always make the best roasties and Yorkshire puddings and this time we had roasted carrots and parsnips as well. Quadruple yum!
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I was a bit wary of their reaction to my labret as Peter referred to my nose ring exclusively as my 'nose bogey' for the better part of five years. Not entirely sure where else he gets his bogeys but y'know... Aside from a perfunctory 'EUGH' when I walked in nothing was said so colour me very relieved!
All in all it was a really chilled out day, we talked about their holiday and plans for Christmas over a glass or two of wine before heading home to veg out on the couch. I'm afraid that's it for notable outings this week, been a pretty lazy one all in all what with mum being exhausted with LastWeekOfTerm-itis. We did put the Christmas tree up and I accidentally managed to decorate the cat as she decided to sit under the tree, resolutely refusing to move no matter how many times I tripped over her!
Now onto the telly! I finished my rewatch of Breaking Bad and I enjoyed it far more this time around. The first time I watched it I got a little sick during Season 4 & 5 - though it picked up at the end - but this time I appreciated every single episode. I also developed a newfound respect for Skylar and Marie as well as the hip and groovy soundtrack! I'm not going to waste your time telling you it's good because I don't think anyone in the world has said it isn't. It was great to revisit the characters I loved and I left it long enough that I thoroughly enjoyed the fabulous script and all it's twisty turny bits.
I also rewatched Now You See Me with mum (who hadn't seen it) because we'd been watching ITV's The Next Great Magician and I thought it would be a fitting end to the series. I've always loved magic, I don't care that it's not real I just love the skill involved, the hours of practice it takes to build these amazing illusions. It doesn't matter that it's a 'trick', in fact I think that makes it better because it means that a lot of work and effort has gone into it, not just a supernatural ability. Now You See Me encapsulates that, only using effects to further add to the sense of wonder and amazement. The script and cinematography are fantastically slick and I can't wait to see the sequel.
While struggling to find something to watch I stumbled upon a quirky little comedy called Detectorists. Think Outside Edge/Hot Fuzz (minus the violence) meets Time Team. I wouldn't say it's laugh out loud funny, though there are moments, but it's very well written and very English. It has a really good cast and the script is packed full of throwaway lines and stupid conversations that you will definitely have heard down the pub. I really enjoyed watching it in a chilled out, cuppa tea and slippers sort of way.
What I really want to talk about, though, is Netflix series 3%. If you haven't heard of it it's a Brazilian Portuguese show in the same vein as Logan's Run and Hunger Games with a touch of Exam for good measure. It's been in my to-watch list since it came out but I kept putting it off because the synopsis just doesn't do it justice. I finally put it on last night and ended up staying up 'til 4am without even realising. I do love my dystopian future stories and 3% doesn't bother with a big explanation of what happened to the world, it just jumps straight into the action. There's an incredible array of characters all fighting to make it to The Offshore for a better life. Everyone is so interesting and fleshed out, there isn't a token bitch or a hot chick in sight; they all have a story. I mean, they're all the hot chick, including the guys, but that's besides the point! I'm totally hooked and will definitely be watching the rest tonight, every episode is packed with plot plot plot and I don't want to spoil any of it because it's so intricate and exciting to watch. There are both sub and dub options so don't worry if you don't speak the language (I certainly don't!), though I do find it strangely easy to understand. I made Mel watch it with me and I think she got just as into it as I am.
I better go now anyway, mum and I have been watching Crystal Maze on Challenge and she's about to have a hernia because of how useless they are!
Xx
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I was a bit wary of their reaction to my labret as Peter referred to my nose ring exclusively as my 'nose bogey' for the better part of five years. Not entirely sure where else he gets his bogeys but y'know... Aside from a perfunctory 'EUGH' when I walked in nothing was said so colour me very relieved!
All in all it was a really chilled out day, we talked about their holiday and plans for Christmas over a glass or two of wine before heading home to veg out on the couch. I'm afraid that's it for notable outings this week, been a pretty lazy one all in all what with mum being exhausted with LastWeekOfTerm-itis. We did put the Christmas tree up and I accidentally managed to decorate the cat as she decided to sit under the tree, resolutely refusing to move no matter how many times I tripped over her!
Haute Cature
I also rewatched Now You See Me with mum (who hadn't seen it) because we'd been watching ITV's The Next Great Magician and I thought it would be a fitting end to the series. I've always loved magic, I don't care that it's not real I just love the skill involved, the hours of practice it takes to build these amazing illusions. It doesn't matter that it's a 'trick', in fact I think that makes it better because it means that a lot of work and effort has gone into it, not just a supernatural ability. Now You See Me encapsulates that, only using effects to further add to the sense of wonder and amazement. The script and cinematography are fantastically slick and I can't wait to see the sequel.
While struggling to find something to watch I stumbled upon a quirky little comedy called Detectorists. Think Outside Edge/Hot Fuzz (minus the violence) meets Time Team. I wouldn't say it's laugh out loud funny, though there are moments, but it's very well written and very English. It has a really good cast and the script is packed full of throwaway lines and stupid conversations that you will definitely have heard down the pub. I really enjoyed watching it in a chilled out, cuppa tea and slippers sort of way.
What I really want to talk about, though, is Netflix series 3%. If you haven't heard of it it's a Brazilian Portuguese show in the same vein as Logan's Run and Hunger Games with a touch of Exam for good measure. It's been in my to-watch list since it came out but I kept putting it off because the synopsis just doesn't do it justice. I finally put it on last night and ended up staying up 'til 4am without even realising. I do love my dystopian future stories and 3% doesn't bother with a big explanation of what happened to the world, it just jumps straight into the action. There's an incredible array of characters all fighting to make it to The Offshore for a better life. Everyone is so interesting and fleshed out, there isn't a token bitch or a hot chick in sight; they all have a story. I mean, they're all the hot chick, including the guys, but that's besides the point! I'm totally hooked and will definitely be watching the rest tonight, every episode is packed with plot plot plot and I don't want to spoil any of it because it's so intricate and exciting to watch. There are both sub and dub options so don't worry if you don't speak the language (I certainly don't!), though I do find it strangely easy to understand. I made Mel watch it with me and I think she got just as into it as I am.
I better go now anyway, mum and I have been watching Crystal Maze on Challenge and she's about to have a hernia because of how useless they are!
Xx
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