Author Archives: WeatherGrrrl

I Sold My Soul on ebay

Posted on 20/5/2010 by WeatherGrrrl

Viewing faith through an atheist’s eyes by Hemant Mehta. This is a very odd little book. A sort of guide to improving the church going experience from an atheist point of view. Huh? I understand that being a member of … Continue reading →

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The Hurt Locker

Posted on 14/4/2010 by WeatherGrrrl

Tense. So these kind of movies always make me incredibly tense and this one is no different. As the movie unfolded the question that came to mind was, ‘wtf is the west doing in Iraq?’ The entire situation makes no … Continue reading →

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Student Art Show Entries

Posted on 14/4/2010 by WeatherGrrrl

This year I submitted two sculptures to the juried student art show and both of them were accepted. The first piece is called, Entangled, and was made as part of the Fabric as Form class. We were each given 2.25 … Continue reading →

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Favourite Advert of the Moment

Posted on 24/3/2010 by WeatherGrrrl

So this first aired during the 2010 Super Bowl and has fast become my favourite ad. Mostly they’ve aired shortened versions of the original but every time it comes on I actually watch this ad rather than fast forward over … Continue reading →

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A Single Man (includes slight spoiler)

Posted on 24/3/2010 by WeatherGrrrl

Brilliant. This has to be one of the most gorgeous movies of all time. The images are stunning and beautifully represent the emotional journey of the main character over a single day. Colin Firth is amazing and fully deserves his … Continue reading →

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Posted on 19/2/2010 by WeatherGrrrl

Overrated. All the money is clearly on the screen, shame they didn’t spend any on the script. I so wanted this to be good and kept hoping to be drawn in and absorbed by the story but you really do … Continue reading →

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Legion

Posted on 19/2/2010 by WeatherGrrrl

Erratic. Well, this movie sure is all over the shop, from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again. It doesn’t seem able to make its mind up what on earth it is. Paul Bettany has never been better lit … Continue reading →

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The Roman Polanski Non-sense

Posted on 11/10/2009 by WeatherGrrrl

I haven’t blogged on these events till now because it seemed to me that so many had lost their heads for some unaccountable reason that they were bound to come to and renounce their support for Roman Polanski. Looks like … Continue reading →

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On rape culture

Posted on 11/10/2009 by WeatherGrrrl

At Shapely Prose there is an article, Schrödinger’s Rapist: or a guy’s guide to approaching strange women without being maced, written by guest blogger Starling, that has much that is right on the money and should be read far and … Continue reading →

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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Posted on 3/10/2009 by WeatherGrrrl

The Beeb has finally sorted out the rights issues for Desert Island Discs so it is now available on the iplayer. *does happy dance* The only way to listen up to now has been live and I was not up … Continue reading →

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