T-Rex – I don’t know why you make me laugh, but you do

I’m really not sure why I’m so entertained by the T-Rex meme(s) (is it one meme even if they don’t use the same image, rather just the same theme? LOL a meme theme… OK, I’ll stop now).

But anyway, it all started when I saw this little comic strip:

T-Rex does not have moves

I laughed so hard, tea very nearly came out my nose and I think I choked for the next 10 minutes trying to recover. It still makes me giggle now.

From that moment on though, I was hooked. T-Rex, you have a big fan right over here. Your short-arms plight makes me laugh but also makes me want to give you a great big hug (even though I know you won’t be able to hug me back thanks to your stubby little limbs).

Over the last few months, I’ve collected some of my favourites that have been doing the rounds on the Internet, and here they are:

 

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The Great Gatsby

I did say that I loved this movie so much that I would most likely blog about it (my poor little blog has been so neglected this year, I feel quite bad). But onto nicer topics, such as Baz Luhrmann’s triumphant return to mainstream movie making :D

The Great Gatsby poster

I was expecting a lot from this film. I love Baz Luhrmann and the thought of him teaming up with Leonardo DiCaprio again (especially now that his acting abilities are reaching critical mass) – let’s just say that my head was ready to explode. And to top it all off, I love the book! It’s not my normal thing (I’m definitely more of an epic, sweeping fantasy novel reader), but there’s something about The Great Gatsby that I just get – or it gets me, one of the two.

I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t nervous about seeing the film and whether or not my hopes would be dashed (Baz, Moulin Rouge and Leo are in my top 10 things that I love about cinema, along with Lord of the Rings, Pulp Fiction and Maggie Smith). Throughout the day on Sunday, before going to see The Great Gatsby, I had several moments of panic – what if this film doesn’t live up to my massive expectations??? Could I go on believing in the magic of cinema and movie making if it didn’t??? These were both very serious questions to me, and a hell of a lot was riding on this film blowing me away.

Thank the movie gods, it did that and more :D

Baz (yes, we’re on a first name basis in my head :P ) stuck to the story and kept in all of the most important elements that stand out from the book to me (haven’t read it in a few years, so I am going on memory a bit here). He also chose his actors very carefully – they all actually epitomised the people I envisioned while reading the book. Carey Mulligan even made Daisy a real human being, so real in fact that I didn’t want to slap her for being annoying and useless (I have issues with women in movies that are unable to make decisions and are generally useless – I usually want to slap them very hard). Mulligan’s Daisy was everything she should have been from the book – someone who is flighty and cries a lot – but she still made her substantial.

And then, of course, there is Leonardo DiCaprio :) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways! I’m actually not sure how this man has not won an Oscar yet. He must have pissed someone off at the Academy, because he should’ve been nominated for a lot more than just 3 Oscars, and should’ve won some of those to boot! In my mind, no one else could play the man described by the narrator, Nick Carraway, as such:

“He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced, or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself.”

~ Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby

And now enough gushing about Leo, and onto the look and feel of the film. Well, the attention to detail in it was special – something the lovely Baz is so good at. He creates a spectacle that fills your senses, but nothing feels like too much or out of place – not even the modern music that has been only slightly adapted to fit the time period of the film. It’s a feast for the eyes and ears, although more toned down than the fantastic Moulin Rouge. I really enjoyed seeing those elaborate, massive parties that Gatsby threw come to life. They were filled with beautiful people, glitter, streamers, champagne and an abundance of opulence.

However, my favourite scene was when Carraway arrives at the Buchanan residence and we meet Daisy for the first time. She is in this beautiful, light-filled room that has several doors open to the outside and the soft, white curtains hanging from these doors are being blown around so that you can’t really see her. You just get this feeling that a mystical creature is hiding in the light fabric, toying with you – and then she appears as a human being when her husband brutishly calls for the doors to be shut. I remember being mesmorised by that vision when reading the book, and those feelings were captured so well.

This movie has made me very happy. I want to go see it again, because I know there are a host of nuances that I missed (I’m still picking up new things in Moulin Rouge after seeing it about 50 times).

You should go see The Great Gatsby. You really should.

The Great Gatsby poster

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Poppycock

This is such a fabulous word! It rolls off the tongue so nicely and is so much fun to say :)

[pop-ee-kok]

noun

nonsense; bosh

poppycock

 

(via Dictionary.com)

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Last day in the office

So, this year has been turned a little on its head by several unforeseen events. The most important of these events is getting retrenched.

It’s weird, because I know that taking the retrenchment deal rather than fighting for the one available position is completely the right decision. I went into this year assuming that I would leave this job by the time December rolls around – I just didn’t expect it to happen quite this way, or quite this soon.

Instead of looking for another job in an office, I’ve decided to try freelancing again and see if I can get back into acting. It’s a very exciting time, but also quite a scary time.

I’m also really going to miss the office vibe and all the awesome people I’ve met at my job over the last two years. I’ve learnt a hell of a lot from this group of crazies about marketing, writing, editing and work in general. I’ve also learnt about myself and how people from a range of different places and backgrounds can come together and be good friends.

And as per usual with me, I found a Broadway song to express my emotions :) So at the risk of sounding soppy, I say to them:

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