I hope you all had a spooky Halloween! No matter how
you spent it. I spent my Halloween at a ‘Dismayland’ themed club night in Sheffield,
dressed at what I decided to call “pollution Ariel”. ‘What the hell is that?!’
you may well ask. It’s something I made up but it consisted of me dressed as a
mermaid in a purple vest and a pencil skirt with a cut throat of liquid latex,
tissue and fake blood plus accessories made of litter. I had originally planned
to wear a shiny scale printed skirt that I’d bought from amazon but it didn’t arrive
in time. Note to self: don’t take a risk on delivery between October 20
th
and November 9
th if you need it by October 31
st. Luckily
my friend, Liz, came to my rescue and let me wear her teal pencil skirt. I also
went to a Halloween themed night at the beginning of the week dressed as a
zombie. It was a perfect excuse to practice our skills of making fake wounds
and skeletal contouring. The picture above shows the finished results.
On Tuesday I went to the Sheffield leg of Steve Backshall’s ‘Wild
World’ tour. If you don’t know who Steve is, the easiest way to explain is to
say that he is like David Attenborough but more for children. If you’re my age
or older you may remember him from CBBC’s ‘Really Wild World’ or you may know
him from his more recent TV appearances on ‘Deadly 60’ or ‘Big Blue Live’. In his
tour he discussed his recent adventures, talking us through different animals
and basically why they’re so amazing. He also showed clips and outtakes from
his shows. I only went because my house mate is a fan of Steve Backshall and
she asked if I wanted a ticket, but ended up really enjoying it. I was sat in
the Crucible theatre surrounded by many of Backshall’s clever young fans, many
younger than 12 who probably know more about the ‘wild world’ than I ever will.
He ended his talk with a quote by George Mallory that has quickly become one of
my favourites:
“People ask me, 'What
is the use of climbing Mount Everest?' and my answer must at once be, 'It is of
no use. ‘There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. Oh, we may
learn a little about the behaviour of the human body at high altitudes, and
possibly medical men may turn our observation to some account for the purposes
of aviation. But otherwise nothing will come of it. We shall not bring back a
single bit of gold or silver, not a gem, nor any coal or iron... If you cannot
understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of
this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of
life itself upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go. What we
get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of
life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to
live. That is what life means and what life is for.”
It perfectly summed up his talk and his attitude towards
living life one wild adventure at a time.
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| Meeting Steve Backshall at the Crucible |
On Thursday evening I went to see ‘Spectre’. I am very busy
with assignments at the moment so I don’t know if I will have time to write a
review so I will sum up my thoughts now. I am a little unsure on my opinion of
it, I’m sure I liked it but I don’t know how much. Since everyone seems to be
shouting and raving about how amazing it is, enormous budget, step up from
Skyfall, Sam Mendes makes the best bond and all that I entered the cinema with
high expectations. Because of this I felt a little disappointed. The opening
scene was spectacular, Lea Seydoux made a fabulous Bond girl, Christoph Waltz
made a sinister villain and Sam Smith’s ‘Writings on the wall’ is a fitting
Bond anthem, but for me Skyfall is still the best Bond film. It’s a tough one
to beat.
I hope you’re having a wonderful week!
