Things I'm Loving Right Now: July 2016

I have decided that because it has been so long since I was regularly blogging I should revisit the posts that I have written previously which focus on the subject of things i'm loving right now.  I am a fickle fickle person with constantly changing 'faves' and so considering the length of time since I last updated the blogisphere about my favourite things it's about time I did it again.

So anyway in the words of Maria, these are a few of my favourite things (as of July 2016)

FILMS

Recently my mother dearest informed me that she had a weekly code which allowed me to buy one cinema ticket and get another one for free, this paired with my friend's unlimited cinema card allows us to get into one movie a week for free.  This has allowed me to undertake many a wonderful cinema trips this month.  Some highlights include: 

Ghost Busters

Best film of the year

Okay so honestly previous to like 2 weeks ago the extent of my Ghost Busters knowledge was the logo and the fact that Bill Murray was one of the stars.  However, capitalizing on this Meerkat movie code Sarah and I decided to go see Ghost Buster's and within the first 5 minutes of the film I knew it was going to be a good one, I mean it was a bunch of badass ladies catching ghosts!  Then when the Ghost Busters theme began to play I realised it was not only a good film but it was also going to become a firm favourite of mine, I mean that song got me so pumped and I found myself wishing that I too was a ghost buster.  I feel  fully equipped with the know how to protect myself if worst comes to worst and my city becomes ghost infested.

The film has received a lot of unjust criticism which I think might stem from peoples distaste of the film being remade, especially remade with a female cast.  #Meninist at their best imo...

Highlights:  

• The girl power
• Kate Mckinnon
• The way it made you feel like you were a part of a big franchise/something special.
• The music

Overall rating: 9/10 

(I can't think of anything it could have done better to earn it a 10/10 but 10s are very hard to come by and are mainly reserved for Titanic)

Now You See Me 2

Now you see me, now you dont

Another film that I went to see for free thanks to the Meerkat code was NYSM2.  I loved the first film, it was so clever and action packed.  Initially it took me a while to get to grips with what was happening at the start of NYSM2 because it is a pretty complicated plot to follow but before long I was all caught up.  I'm not going to lie, I love these films but at least 96% of my desire to see this film was based off of wanting to see Dave Franco's face on the big screen... and boy did the film deliver!  I do not feel any more capable of carrying out magic tricks or tossing cards than I did before seeing this film but I guess they never claimed that the film had any educational purposes so I cant hate them for that!  I found the Woody Harrelson twin character and the new female horseman a little irritating at times (ok so the twin was 100% annoying and the girl was only like 60% annoying) but the film was really enjoyable, not as good as the first one but still great for a sequel and I would definitely go see the next one (because there will for sure be a next one, lets be real).  

Highlights

• Dave Franco and his beautiful face and his beautiful voice
• The card tricks 
• The magic and plot twists  
• Dave Franco

Overall rating: 7/10

Sleeping With Other People

Love is all around

This film is the last in the list and the only one which did not include meerkats codes or a trip to the cinema.  This was a film recommended by Beth, I was happy to watch it because it starred two actors I liked -  Jason Sudeikis (a great performance in We're The Millers which is one of my fave comedy films) and Alison Brie (who plays my fave character in community, seems like a fun gal and my only negative of her stems from my jealous of her engagement to my sweet Dave Franco, whom I may have mentioned above?).  The film was probably not that good in reality but I loved it.  It was pretty cute and had its funny moments, a classic easy watch and pretty good in terms of romcoms.  The creepy guy in the filmed turned out to be Leslie Knope's husband from Parks and Rec which was all kinds of confusing.  The highlights just include the fact that it was cute and I love seeing films that star my faves... 7.5/10?  idk

Honorable mentions: The 5 Year Engagement (again probably only good due to it starring some of my faves) and Music and Lyrics (Probably better because of the fun music and the fact that while we were watching it I was also winning a game of scrabble)  

TV

Community

cool cool cool

Okay so I obviously love watching tv shows (#TVTaughtMeHowToFeel) and after finishing Orphan Black I needed something new to watch.  I had heard good things about Community and decided to give it a go, it was super easy to watch but I wasn't that into it until about half way through season 1.  I can't remember the exact point that the show became a firm favourite/obsession/way of life but it really escalated quickly - from my sister and I making up our own Troy and Abed inspired handshakes to us renaming one another to Abed and Annie in one anothers phones... I also may have considered buying an Annie Adderal Tshirt.  Basically it's about a community college study group (although at times it doesn't really seem to be about that at all).  It's so original and spends full episodes paying homage to famous films/sitcom tropes/breaking the fourth wall/creative episodes - there are musical episodes, claymation episodes, bottle episodes, puppet episodes, video game episodes, documentary episodes... It does get a little* crazy sometimes and goes way too far from time to time but it always finds it way back to the perfect balance of fun, funky and fresh.  So far there have been 6 seasons so now we are just waiting for the movie #Sixseasonsandamovie

*by a little crazy I mean it gets really crazy town banana pants.

Highlights

• Troy and Abed  in the Morning 
• Annie and Jeff (its so wrong yet so right #20YearAgeGapGoals)
• The paintball episodes
• Joel Mchale
•  The musical numbers
• Dean Pelton and his many many costumes

Honourable mention: The Office US - I'm only on season 3 thus far so I cant really give it a full review but its hella fun, stars so many great peeps and Jim and Pam give me life! 

MUSIC

Probably the best way to cover the music section is just to list the new songs currently in my spotify playlist, the songs I'm getting turnt up to rn if you will?

Drake - One Dance

Drake ft Rihanna - Too Good

Drake - Controlla

Gwen Stefani - Cool

Kate Nash - Merry Happy

Matt and Kim- Daybreak

Nina Nesbitt - Chewing Gum

Shura - What's It Gonna Be?

The 88 - At Least It Was Here

Charli XCX - You - Ha Ha Ha

Galantis - No Money

Honorable mentions - Marina And The Diamonds whole album Froot...

And Ellie Goulding is still 10/10 of course.

OTHER

You get 2 pig pics because they are so cute

Pokemon Go - Hella fun app that gets you out and about exploring the big city, catching pokemon one step at a time, risking getting run over due to lack of awareness of your surroundings.  Catching about a million and a half of the same Pokemon and doubting the existence of the few Pokemon you have actually heard of

Pigs - Pigs are just the darned cutest little (and many times not so little) animals out there.  Their little snouts and trotters.

little piggy 2 just wants to live a long piggy life

Vegetarian living - So I went from full on meat eater, to vegan to vegetarian.  I'm loving the meat free diet, I look at meat in a completely new way now and struggle to see how I ever ate it in the first place.  I now feel more worthy to declare myself as an animal lover.  One day after it becomes more accessible I would be more than happy to live a completely cruelty free diet life but currently I have found vegetarianism more achievable.  

The moral of the story is that Drake is actually very good and 2016 is probably the year of rap music (in my humble and very musically educated opinion)

Peace out, good vibes

xoxo

Things I'm lovin' To Watch Right Now

Good morrow fair gentles...  It has come to my attention that in my previous blog post I was sorely mistaken when I stated that I would be back in the blogisphere on the reg.  There are two good reasons that I have not been blogging it up down on the tennis court like yeah, yeah:

1. I have been super busy with university (ugh lame)
2. I have done roughly 0 blog worthy things since I last blogged (Actually since the summer hahahaha its funny because its true, my life sucks hahaha laugh through the pain.

The rumors are true... I'm back

So anyway, I decided that in keeping with the 2016 tradition of the world giving people what they want (Leo got his Oscar, the cast of friends had a reunion of sorts, cats continued to exist and the existence of mermaids was confirmed -lol jk mermaids arent real or at least thats what the government want us to believe!) I have decided to return to the 21st century type writer and chronicle my life again - this will also be a great assistance to the forward thinking being that decides to write my biography.

Tbh a lot of the things that I'm loving right now are fairly similar to the things I was lovin in October because like an dolphin I am also a creature of habit - dolphins are undoubtable creatures of habit because for the past 400 years there has not been one report of a dolphin choosing to leave his or her comfort zone, the ocean, for a life on the land.  Silly little vegan sharks, bless em!  And since I haven't really done much of interest as of late I narrow this post down to things that I am loving to view right now.

So without further ado here are the things that I am loving to watch right now...

TV

1. Some opening thoughts on Netflix

I can only assume she is talking about Netflix UK

Netflix continues to be a big part of my life, however; there is no doubting that the way the head honchos over at the Netflix headquarters abnegate us Brits of all of the best TV shows is sheer tyranny.  Sure they like to tease us a little, make us feel appreciated and special but Netfix are 100% corporate fuckboys!  They find give us How I Met Your Mother, How To Get Away With Murder, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and (for any poor people who have not been able to escape the trainwreck that this show has become) they gave us Pretty Little Liars too.  We see their offering and even though we know they have so much more to give we decide to commit, maybe we can change them!  We decide to sign up for the month free trial which is basically the TV subscription of a date and then afterwards we agree to pay £6 a month but... the next thing you know you are sitting there waiting for them to update their TV show selection feeling like you slept with them and they never called you back, you feel cheated and used #classicfuckboys.  Eventually you accept that this is just how things are but you can't cancel the subscription just in case one day they decide to give you want you want and deserve ...  

2. Grey's Anatomy

The Carousel Never Stops Turning

Grey's Anatomy is a wonderful, magical gem of a show!  It's about Meredith Grey working her way up from surgical intern to legit surgeon and the people she works with at Seatle Grace Hospital (AKA Seatle Grace Mercy West Hospital AKA Seatle Grace Mercy Death AKA Grey-Sloan Memeorial Hospital AKA the only hospital in the world where the surgeons are more likely to die than the patients).This show has everything you could ever want in a TV show; happiness, sadness, tragedy, death, cute couples, suspense, death, explosions, surgery, carousel metaphors, infidelity, death, eye candy and miracles.  It's a just such a good show and even after 12 seasons its still just as strong and true as it always was.  To sum up I was forced at gunpoint (just like many doctors on the show) to pay £60 for the Grey's boxset because Netflix UK has been denying me of this show, the same as denying me of a basic human right if you ask me!  It's a small price to pay to be able to step into the lives of the worlds most talented and attractive surgeons (actually it was a huge price to pay, also now I'm broke).  I basically eat, sleep and breathe Meredith Grey and co. I briefly considered applying to med school but decided to settle for just playing Mer in a home video version of Grey's which is currently underproduction and stars myself and B.  

Rating of my fave Grey's characters:

1. Meredith Grey
2. Arizona Robbins
3. Derek Shephered
4. Mark Sloan
5. Amelia Shephered
6. Callie Torres
7. Lexi Grey
8. Jackson Avery when he is part of the Plastic Posse  

Rating of the worst Grey's characters  

1. Erica Hahn (SP? WHO CARES? Of all the people to survive why her!!?)
2. The Plane that crashed that one time
3. Adele Webber (Richaaaaard Pls)
4. The truck that killed McDreamy 
5. Jo Wilson
6. Dr Burke
7. Every character during their musical numbers in that godawful musical episode

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Rating 10/10

Best Method of viewing Binge Watch so either Netflix US or DVDs

Fave Episode Season 6 final 2 episodes

Worst Episodes The musical episode 

Best Character Meredith Grey

Worst Character Ever = Erica Hahn. Current = Jo Wilson 

Best Couple Meredith and Derek. Callie and Arizona

2. Parks and Recreation

We all fell into the pit

Another show that Netflix UK is denying me of!  How do the ownders of Netflix even sleep at night!? (Probably on a bed of money because this is the 21st century - if you don't have a Netflix account are you even living?  Also considering everyone hates the fact that Netflix UK is pretty awful nobody can bring themselves to end their subscription, and so instead we wait and wait and wait hoping one day it will pay off and Netflix UK will be great again.  Okay so Parks and Rec is basically about Leslie Knope (who is the most adorable human beings ever) and the people she works with in the Parks department, its a documentary style sitcom like The Office.  Highlights of the show include the fact that it is set in a town that basically worships a tiny horse; Anne and Leslie gave a new meaning to friendship goals; Chris Pratt is the lead singer of a band called Mouse Rat and so much more.  The first season is a little slow but it gets better and better as each season progresses.  It's a really cute feel good show that's easy to watch and you end up caring about the characters a lot more than you initially think you will.   I started watching this show many moons ago, cant remember why I ever stopped watching it but I am 100% invested again. I only have a season left and I'm starting to mentally prepare myself to say goodbye to all of the characters

Rating 8/10

Best Method of viewing It's super easy to watch either as a binge or not.  

Fave Episode Undecided as I haven't finished the show yet - However the telethon episode                          was fun as was every episode with a town meeting... Basically TBC.

Worst Episodes Something from season 1

Best Character Chris Trager?  Again TBC

Worst Character Crazy Ira and The Douche (Just found them so annoying) 

Best Couple Andy and April, Ben and Leslie and Chris and Anne.

3. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

They alive dammit it's a miracle 

It's basically about this girl (Kimmy) who was kidnapped and kept underground for 15 years living as part of a cult who being rescued and adapting to life in New York City.  With her childlike wonder and enthusiasm she meets lots of fun people and gets into random situations.  Its a super stupid show with an average first episode but it really does improve and I couldn't stop watching.  The show is 100% quotable and introduced the world to two of the most catchy songs that have ever existed: Pinot Noir and The theme tune.  There is only one season out so far, and god bless all that is holy it's even on Netflix UK, so it is definitely worth the watch.  There isn't too much more to say about this show because you kind of have to watch it to understand the hype.

Rating 7.5/10

Best Method of viewing Weekend (or one day) binge.  

Fave Episode Probably Kimmy Goes To School because Piot Noir

Worst Episodes The First One

Best Character I Like Kimmy, Lillian and Mrs Voorhees

Worst Character Maybe  Xanthippe Voorhees 

Best Couple N/a

4. SNL

I made left one extra hole for it's hopes and dreams

Okay So I don't Legit watch SNL but I have gone through a phase of like binge watching SNL clips on Youtube and found some firm faves.  B and I tend to differ on which ones we like as I am a big fan of kristen Wiig's charcters Sue and Penelope whereas she just found them annoying.  Firm fave clips that I would recommend everyone to watch are:

• High School Theater Show with Elizabeth Banks
• The Real Housewives of Disney
• Being Quirky with Zooey Deschanel 
• Taylor Swift's roommate clip and parent driver's clip
• The Ryan Gosling clip about being abducted by aliens where he has a breakdown.

5. How I Met Your Mother

Haaaaaaave you met Ted?

 I want to clarify that I still love How I Met Your Mother but I dont want to go into it too much because I already spoke about it in my last post.  Basically it is the best comedy show there has ever been - yes even better than Friends and that is a truth fact!  It's about a man in 2030 telling his kids the story of his life in New York living with his friends and all the decisions he made that led him to meeting their mother.  I am also a solid supporter of the shows finale and I think the show might even be better than salmon and cream cheese bagels.

Rating 10/10

Best Method of viewing All day every day (but as a binge first time round).  

Fave Episode So hard to choose! Maybe Sandcastles In The Sand?

Worst Episodes The from the final season that was set during one slap...

Best Character IRobin Scherbatsky(AKA Robin Sparkles), Ted Mosby and Marshall           Erikson

Worst Character Maybe Zooey or Stella because they are evil 

Best Couple Ted and Robin, Robin and Barney and Lily and Marshall.  

 

Film

1.The Walk

He alive dammit it's a miracle

This film tells the true story of how great CGI and one man's love for wire walking resulted in a movie scene which almost gave my dearest mother who is terrified of heights a panic attack... I can't remember the last time I wanted someone to come down from a wire so badly.  It's a really great film that is completely worth committing 2 hours of your life to because the second half which focuses on how Phillipe Petit and friends attempy to illegally rig a wire between the twin towers so he can do the worlds most dangerous wore walk.   I was 100% invested in this film, I completely forgot that it was cgi, I screamed multiple times and I remembered how much I love Joseph Gordon Levitt. 9/10 - would recommend.

Honourable mentions worth a shout out are:

• How To Get Away With Murder
• Deadpool

The moral of the story is you don't kick a dressage horse after a failed pas de deux

Until next time

xoxo

Queen G