I went to the sleepover I was worried about. I had fun. It was a much more relaxing environment because the two most annoying girls weren’t there. I was with people that I had known for quite a while and we all got on and just… had fun.
When I first got there Rose, Ime and Jasmine were sitting around just talking and stuff so I managed to fit in with that quite easily. Then we went out and sorted something out to eat. Rose had told me she was worried about food on the phone because when she goes to Jasmine and Ime’s houses they make a massive effort on food and do something posh and sophisticated. She was worried because she can’t cook despite having done food tech and got an A* on her coursework, lol.
Shopping was… interesting. Ime is very difficult to shop with, but it’s funny. She won’t buy anything unhealthy, because they’re all de-toxing and losing weight for prom and she won’t buy anything that is from different countries because of the air miles and pollution. So… that wasn’t easy. It was kind of funny though, I even made everyone laugh about it at one point with a stupid comment which was kind of surprising. Usually when I say stupid stuff I just get ignored or given funny looks.
On the way back we were talking to this other girl at the bus stop and this scary drunk man came up to us and started telling us how he was a warlock but it was white magic not black and that garlic is good for you and that we should all eat garlic. He then proceeded to eat the garlic that he had. On it’s own. Ew.
So yeah… then we went back to Rose and cooked and ate and after that drank a bit of lambrini and the lush red stuff. We went out for a bit after that down to this Veer Island place. I was kind of worried about it because it’s a teeennyyy bit scary but it turned out the drunk people there were very friendly. This guy called Devon came to talk to us for ages and told us how he did all his GCSEs while stoned. He still got a B in maths. The world is an unfair place.
So we were out for a while, then we went back to Rose’s and watched this French film, Priceless with Audrey Tatou in it. I have decided that I want to look like her. She is too beautiful and it’s really unfair.
Then we slept.
This morning me and Rose watched Garden State, the Zach Braff film I was on about. It’s immense. It is truly, truly amazing and I absolutely loved it. I loved the message that it had and the humour in it and I thought that Natalie Portman was amazing. Especially when Large first goes back to her house, like, the way she talks is so natural. I want to be like her character, Sam. Another thing I liked about it was that Sam was individual in a subtle kind of way. She was just who she was and her unique-ness was shown through her personality, not the way that she dressed. I loved that because at the moment the only way people seem to express individuality is through dress sense and I don’t believe that someone is truly unique if they feel so insecure they have to ram it down your throat constantly. She was just who she was and I loved that about her character.
So soundtrack is brilliant as well. It goes so well with the film and just… I just loved it.
I’m sorry I didn’t describe that well. But yeah.
Here’s the trailer.
I get so excited about stuff. I love it when I see something like Garden State, or hear a peace of music or read a book that I love and I feel so happy. Nothing makes me as happy or as inspired as something like that does. It just takes you away from your life and your problems and gives you a focus. It provides a source of comfort even when you’re not watching it and just gives you this floaty feeling that nothing else can. Stuff like this just makes me feel more… alive? I don’t know. I wish other people got as excited as I do. I know they probably are, but it always seems to be me going on about how amazing it is every five seconds for hours afterwards. Most of the time I can’t put it into words beyond “amazing”. It makes me want to thank the person that made it like a million times over so I can try and get across like… a tenth of the gratefulness that I feel for them having made something that makes me feel completely happy.
Stupid, right?
Track: Screening Process – Lauren Fairweather
