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If you’re scared, hide in the toilets
I was explaining to my 4 yr old niece that I was going to see ‘Star Trek’ last night, a film about spaceships, aliens (probably bad ones) and rockets. Apparently this is what she told her parents when she got home: – I’ve never been to the cinema before – yes, I could eat sweets…
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ice Age 3 (now there’s a title I never thought I’d write)
As detailed in previous post, lots of great stuff to look forward to at the Edinburgh International Film festival, but oddly thrilled today to find out that Ice Age 3:Dawn of the Dinosaurs has been added to the list – AND Simon Pegg is doing one of the voices. I know, I know, it probably…
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Ear-gate, William H. Macy and Crochet
Blimey it’s been a bit of a month as they say. After the ear spectacularly exploded, I was left entirely deaf (I only have hearing in 1 ear normally), and it’s been an odd couple of weeks as my eardrum slowly knitted itself back together (I’m not entirely sure ‘knitted’ is correct, I’m not up…
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Things
I don’t have swine flu! I do have an ear infection though which has led to a perforated eardrum – and you know what, it is THE most painful thing I have ever had. It’s worse than broken bones or anything else I can think of. I have absolute sympathy now for babies who apparently…
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Are We There Yet?
My brave friend, Fiona (along with fellow trainees Margherita and Colette) is currently training to Hike and Bike the Great Glen Way from Fort William to Drumnadrochit (22 mile Hike and 30 mile Bike) on 2nd May 2009 – are they mad? Quite possibly. It’s been tough – they’ve had to contend with broken gears,…
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Things
Who am I again? I’m having one of those times when no matter how many hours you work in the day, you still have a HUGE list of IMPORTANT THINGS to get through. The only thing that makes this NOT TERRIBLE is that in general, they are GOOD THINGS. Thing 1) The short now has…
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Inspiration
Have you ever started writing something and you’re entirely unclear where you’re going with it but SOMETHING is driving you forward (and I don’t mean gin or chocolate)? AND that something just feels like it would need Superman and a train to stop it? I’m going to pretend that it is Superman ON a train,…
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Infinity and beyond…
You might remember that I mentioned Neil Platt and his blog about his and his family’s experiences with Motor Neurone Disease before. It’s a fascinating, moving, sometimes heart-breaking and rather witty account of someone dealing with MND. Neil talked about the stuff that a lot of us don’t want to, or can’t… in fact he…
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At the front
On the writing front, in the midst of another short which is a dark, sexy, part contemporary, part-Victorian love story with a twist. About to start work on an adapted screenplay from a scottish novel I love, and am wading through a proper first draft of a feature I started last year – it has…
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What a Feeling : Robert Webb does Flashdance
This is oh so wrong, but yet oh so right – funnier than it has a right to be. I bow to you Robert Webb. He has fantastic legs!
mandy lee 