An Overview

I really haven't been posting to this enough, probably because my laptop has been messing up but I do enjoy it so I should do more. I thought I'd give you a brief overview of things at the moment. The first week or so of the summer holidays I felt really at a loss, without a job and being off school for so long it was kind of like I have so much free time and I should be enjoying myself because it's the summer holidays but I just wasn't in particular. At the moment I feel much better, I now have a job which means money which is always nice, there are so many things I want at the moment, I might make a post about it, a couple of bags, some clothes and jewellery I have my eye on. Also it was my birthday yesterday (I'm now 17) which was so lovely. I had to work most of the day but then I went out for a meal with my friends and it was so nice, just really good company and food and presents, everything was just lovely.
I didn't have any plans in particular today so I've just been in watching terrible TV which was nice and relaxing but I do have work tomorrow, it's only a 5 hour shift though which, compared to my consecutive 9 hour ones, seems pathetic.
I just feel much better about everything at the moment so I shall attempt to post more often,
All my love,
Em
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The Great Gatsby

Studying the book in English Literature has definitely given me a much larger appreciation for Fitzgerald than I would have had just reading The Great Gatsby in my free time, he is so unbelievably clever and describes things so wonderfully I didn't know how they were possibly going to make the film as good. The director Baz Luhrmann is fantastic anyway, he directed Romeo & Juliet and Moulin Rouge, two of my favourite films and you could tell he was really well suited for Gatsby as Luhrmann really does everything over the top and that's exactly what Gatsby needed.

I went to see it on Friday night, one hour actually after my English Literature exam in which I wrote an essay on Gatsby. And I have to say, it was perfect. The adaptation of the book was spot on, leaving out things that would have been boring on screen and then adding to things to make them so much better than they were in the book, every shot was beautiful, the whole thing was perfectly edited, filmed, acted, staged. everything.
I loved it.
Leonardo DeCaprio (Gatsby) was excellent, no one else could have played it and I actually have new found love for Nick Carraway (Tobey Maquire) and Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton),  two annoying characters in my opinion in the book.
I would without a doubt recommend anyone to see it, I will be again, even if you haven't read the book it is beautiful with an incredible story and soundtrack.
5/5
Em
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The Dreaded Exercise

I've always wanted to do more exercise and be fitter, basically lose weight I guess but also just be generally healthier and with a soft spot for food I doubted this was going to happen much with food. I'm quite good at having salads and not that unhealthy meals when I want to but if I want a brownie I'll have a brownie I just don't care that much. But recently we got an exercise bike which my Grandad had sitting in his garage so I asked if I could take it and I've been doing oddly well! I've done at least 30 minutes everyday for a week or something now and then before that I had been going on walks a lot with my Dad. I still don't feel like I can see a difference which is annoying but I mainly don't like my legs and wanted to change them but I'm still happy I've been doing it. I was just making this post because I'm about to go and use the bike and thought I haven't posted on here in a little while and would. I might also try and find some healthy recipes for stuff or something and start a couple of posts about that but I don't know yet.
So I hope you're having a good day I'm just happy it's Friday.
Peace and love and all that
Em
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Good Afternoon

This holiday from school has been mainly revision for me, exams are coming up and so I've either gone to the library or Costa or just stayed at home but I have done some revision of some sort. But not today, today is a day of doing nothing, it is a day of duvet hugging, TV watching, chocolate eating glory. And so that is what I shall do. This blog post is probably as productive as it's going to get!
Whatever you are doing today, whether it is as beautifully unproductive as me I hope you enjoy it!
Love,
Em
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How eggciting

Easter is here people. Whether you go full religious route or just eat a incredible amount of chocolate I hope you are having a lovely day. I woke up to a bag in which to do my Easter egg hunt with so i'm happy (picture). I don't really have much to say today I just felt like making a post.
I'll talk to you soon as I'm getting into blogging at the moment, if anyone is even reading this. I don't know but I enjoy it nonetheless so i'll carry on!
Em
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I'm in a good good mood, a good good mood.

If you understood my reference to The Vaccines song 'Bad Mood' in the title then I congratulate you on your fantastic music taste. So anyway I just thought I'd write a quick post before I go out as I'm just in a really good mood. It's actually really sunny today, It's probably cold but it's sunny so I don't care. I'm going to reading today to shop which will be nice and I just feel really happy about all my friends, I just feel quite loved at the moment which is always nice! So yeah! Just thought i'd let you know, I don't want to lose this good mood now because I can think of a couple of things that could bring it down so I'm trying to focus completely on the good and just be happy today.
Plus I've broken up from school now. THANK GOD.

So I hope you have a lovely day and if you don't then I hope you do tomorrow or the next day.
Shine bright like a diamond.

Haha there is no way I'm signing off like that, diamonds don't shine they reflect.

Peace out.
Em
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Picture of the day

I haven't done one of these in a while, but this is one of my favourite pictures. I literally just saw it 30 seconds ago and thought i'd post about it because it's awesome. I just love all the colours but then I love the idea of the fire and nature it's just two completely natural things and it looks beautiful and yet it's killing the plant so it seems almost dark. I just love it.

Em

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Oh Captain! My Captain!

I just finished watching Dead Poets Society. I don't even know what to say about it. It's impeccable, the whole idea of it just I love and relate to so much and I think everyone should see it. I would review it properly and maybe I will in the near future but I'm too emotionally unstable right now! One of those films like Into the Wild and One flew over the cuckoo's nest where I turn it off and i'm still sat there sobbing.

Carpe diem
Em
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Comedown Machine

So The Strokes are back, their new album 'Comedown Machine' was due to be released 26th March and tonight two of the tracks 'tap out' and '80's Comedown Machine' were going to be released for the first time on Radio 1 by Zane Lowe. Instead the whole album has been leaked online so of course I listened! Come on! It's The Strokes. I did want to wait to own the actual CD to lie in bed and listen to the whole thing back to front but so many people on twitter and tumblr were going crazy for it there was no way I was waiting that long. So here we are, my friend Josie and I were talking about the album and she said 'we would write the best review' which obviously is why I am writing this for you now. I just had an urge to put my Strokes based ramblings into writing. It would also be quite nice in years to come when i'm like 'oh I wonder exactly how I felt when comedown machine came out, if only I had blogged about it or something!' and I shall reply to my older self who apparently now talked to herself with 'aha! I believe I did'.
Obviously many people are sharing opinions on twitter as that's what people do and some include

'Thats #ComedownMachine done! Atm it just sounds like a collection of songs rather than an album, but theres some cool stuff on it'
'AMAZING. #ComedownMachine'
'Strokes Strokes Strokes Strokes all the time i need to listen to your music is never quite enough #TheStrokes #ComedownMachine'

Yeah so people seem pretty happy. As an obvious Strokes fan i'm happy people are enjoying it but (now is time for my rant) some people just don't seem to appreciate them for their music. I feel like The Strokes are one of those bands which just are so talented but in such an unconventional way, they do not conform to usual commercial expectations, they don't interview much, plaster their merch everywhere etc. But people whose tweets include 'im having a stroke hahah hhh' seem to be missing the point. They're not talking about anything to do with the music and more seem to like The Strokes for various other reasons which completely ignores the sheer talent they possess.
So anyway, rant over now as I've been a little hypocritical so far, I'll start to talk about the music.

I've always loved Phrazes for the Young (Julian Casablancas- lead singer's solo album) and Is This It (debut) is obviously fantastic as everyone is aware but this album manages to create 11 incredible songs but all in their own right. Is this it and Phrazes were great but each song was slightly similar to the next. In Comedown Machine you can hear so many little differences between each song and yet none feel out of place. As Josie said 'it's like some kind of magic that makes you feel completely different'. Each song has it's own feel and story that manages to take you to some other place. When you're listening to it, it doesn't feel like 2013 or England or anywhere, it's like a musical out of body experience where each song takes you somewhere different. All the Time takes you back to Is This It and the skinny jeans lazy music feel, but then Call it Fate, Call it Karma is like you're being sung to as you try to fall asleep.
It is truly impeccable.

I find this with The Beatles as well where if you listen to their early stuff and then listen to newer songs you can hear so clearly how much more intelligent they have become, the intricacies in the music is far more obvious and yet when you're listening to the songs you don't even focus on any of the instruments they just blend together really well to just create one solid song. That's another good thing about The Strokes they are never arrogant with their instruments, no one is overpowering anyone else. Albert and Nick don't constantly break into guitar solo just to prove that they can do it, because that's not what they have to do, they know they're good, we know they're good and so they don't need to prove it.

So I'm going to try and wrap things up before I ramble on for years, basically what i'm saying is 5/5 go buy it, appreciate the music.

Em
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Art and things as such

I feel that kind of nothing and everything at the moment, you know when nothing is happening and nothing is good and at the same time you feel as if you have enough inspiration inside you to paint the entire word. I think i'm just going to read.
Love
Em
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