The one when the film is better!

Hiya my loves...

This blog is a little different to others, its neither beauty nor lifestyle focused but indeed is something that is very much a controversial topic of conversation.
For as long as I can remember I have always considered books to be way better than their film adaptations and had yet to be corrected. What I always preferred was that I could read a book and imagine that character how I wanted them to be not what the casting director wanted them to look like. On some occasions they got it very right but in others completely wrong... I'm still hating the casting of the entire Twilight trilogy. But nonetheless the books are always more immersive and exciting to me, the thought of holding a copy of a good book gets me very excited!
On a completely unrelated note... thoughts on fifty shades if you've seen it? I was disappointed, and not because I think the book has literary credential, but behind all the kinky sex theres a pretty decent story line going on there! And, not to mention, whose not in love with Christian Grey? As for the film, I had low expectations (I was pretty much there for Jamie Dornan) but they jiggled too much of the chronology and that bugged me a little. But anyway... onwards...
I had read Cecelia Ahern's originally titled 'Where Rainbows End' or you may of seen it as 'Love Rosie'. I love Ahern as a writer, I own a lot of her books and PS I Love You will forever be a favourite! Very briefly, its about two childhood friends whose lives get very complicated and uncertain as they try to stay in touch... I hope I didn't give anything away! I didn't really rate the book. The book has a lot of twists and turns and the storyline is very complicated and you wouldn't expect half of it to happen when it does!  Its all in the format of emails and is a little difficult to get in to but I still managed to read it in three days! Then I found out that they had made a movie and finally got round to watching it today! First up, I loved the casting, it got better than Sam Claflin as Alex, but Tasmin Egerton as Sally was incredible and I loved seeing her in this film! They have very much simplified the story line to be a lot easier to follow and they skipped so much of the boring bits to make it less tedious! I would recommend the film this time and absolutely loved it, such a great story line too!
Let me know if there are any books/films that you have enjoyed one over the other, I would love to see what you guys think!
Love and hugs
J xx

PS, here is a pretty picture of Jamie Dornan just to keep you going

A beautiful specimen of a man

The one with the Benefit Roller Lash

Hello everyone!

First up, thank you for the support over the last blog post, I hope it helps you and helps with any confidence issues!

So... I got my hands on the Roller Lash by Benefit today! Ahhhh its so pretty so here goes a quick blog post on my thoughts!

The one when its me

Oh hey, theres a picture that is indeed me!

The one with the Liebster Award!

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I was nominated by the lovely Bébhinn to do this so without further a due I shall answer her questions and then you should go check out her blog! It's a good'un!

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The one where I live in Ikea!

I cannot remember ever getting excited when going into Ikea. We went in often since we lived only an hour or so away from one and I have had Ikea furniture in my room for a long as I remember but trips there never excited me. However, since uni and especially since having my own flat, I LOVE it! I think there are Ikea’s all over the world but if your unsure what they are they are basically a MASSIVE store that sells flat pack furniture and all things home ware and décor. I’ve been twice in the last 3 months and have come out with arms full of goodies on both trips. The market place at the end is my idea of heaven seeing lots of pretty things to jazz up my new flat and I have so many things that have zero purpose! Like a jar that has one of those hook and catch lids? Sure you know the ones. If I had brought a few I could put pasta and rice and stuff in it but I have just the one. Not entirely sure what to do with it. sits on my dressing table a bit lonely so if anyone has any functions for it please leave them in the comments! I just seem to get a little bit excited by seeing all the sets together and just wanting that kitchen and lounge and bedroom and study to look just like they do in the store! It’s impossible however. One, you will never be able to put it together quite the same. Two, my student budget wont allow for me to do it and three, name me one kind architect who has designed a house will equal square rooms! Thus, the better and more suitable option is to just live in side it!

The one with the online dating

Good day to you all!

I would like to impart some wisdom on what is becoming a particularly popular online presence, that being the world of online dating. My room mate and I joined a website called POF, acronym for the website Plenty of Fish. First issue I had was right there, I kept wanting to call it FOP, to which a flop this whole experience has been. But nonetheless I signed up and completed the online compatibility and personality tests which brings me to issue two, it took an hour and a half to complete just these tests. Add this on to the extra 45 minutes to resize the photos and find a suitable and not at all pretentious username and you've taken 2 hours plus to create a profile. In this time, I could have gone to a bar in central London and met someone in the flesh. Not by judging someone wholly on a picture.

Issue three comes from the personal description part of this whole set depreciating process. Im not entirely sure if this is just me but I had the issue that I needed to write enough to not be considered a fake profile, but not as much to come across as a psycho who shares their life history online! Rewind to the part where empty personal descriptions make me wary. An empty one makes me extremely nervous. I feel like the person who has written it is not in fact a 22 year old trainee lawyer but a 50 year old sex slave ring leader. Call me Anxious Annie or Cautious Clare but i've seen too many CSI's to trust an empty personal description box.

Issue four: photos, both my own and others. My photo choices are not very varied. I'm not extremely photogenic and shy away from the camera pretty much always. So finding a photo of me that I like and is not one of me where I'm gurning in the background is extremely difficult. Especially since I'm morally outraged and against selfies. And then onto the topic of other people's photos, if you put up one photo that is a black and white head shot, then I will assume your a creepy 50 year old. Put up 5 selfies, and I will assume your a self-obsessed prick. And put up 5 photos of you out on nights out, topless with 7 girls, then I know your a self-obsessed slut.

Issue 5: The whole concept of online dating. That your basing your decision on a picture. I am guilty of this and is a reason I hate myself, and try not to but thats just something I have to accept is a reality. Even dating in real life, I hate judging someones personality based on what they look like... ugh hating myself for writing this but its the harsh truth! But during the online dating process, theres a part when this judging is intensified by a hundred. On POF there is a app and on this is a part called 'Meet Me' where a series of photos come up to which you respond with a Yes or No. I hate this with every inch of my being and the whole idea is so self depreciating! Won't continue with this rant as nothing more will be written through angst.

Issue 6: First dates. You literally have no idea who you are meeting up with. They could be anyone, you don't have any idea if they actually look like their picture and you could be kidnapped right there off the streets. Adding another name to my list here, Suspicious Sally. Also, the other end of this, is the fear that you are not what they got from your pictures or personal description and that there will be the awkward 'ahh nice to meet you stranger who has a capability to look completely different in person than on the photo'.

Issue 7 is the last but most infuriating point, that people just drop off the face of the earth! I was texting someone for about a week, promises of meeting up and had spent the whole week talking to each other. He managed to find and add me on Facebook and we had plans to meet. Then, out of nowhere, did not get a good morning text and never heard from him again. My stalker tendencies have kicked in and made me not delete him off Facebook but nonetheless frustrating!

So I hope you have enjoyed my imparting wisdom. And I depart telling you this, don't bother with the hassle of it all! Go out, meet a person not a CV and don't fret about the complications of it all!

Love and Hugs

Anxious Annie, Cautious Clare and Suspicious Sally
xx

The one with the christmas gifts and the sale buys!

Good day to you all! 

I have a heffer of blog for you today as instead of splitting this into christmas gifts and shopping bits I thought it would be easier to combine the two! Especially since they would be very odd length posts as there is a lot that were gifts and only a few bits that I brought. Links are all in the picture captions! Also, apologies for the photography, the sun did not want to cooperate but I hope these are not too blurry or dark!