Dirty Laundry

To misquote the Beastie Boys, living at halls is such a drag. Don't get me wrong, my flatmates are lovely, the building is convenient for lectures and my room is a damn sight better than what I had in my first time as a fresher, but there are a few annoyances. These include the fact …

Allocated seating: Anxiety at the Cinema

The Vue cinema has changed it's policy on seating recently, in that they now give you a seat number to sit down in. I kinda get why they're doing it, it's something to do with people buying tickets online, but I miss the free and easy "sit wherever you want" system. When I saw World …

An ancient evil awakens

My mental jukebox is a labyrinth of songs, theme tunes and jingles. At random intervals one will spring into the foreground, maybe in its entirety or maybe just a couple of lines or a riff, but they're always rattling around somewhere in my head, waiting for me to give them a spin in my head. …

The most annoying thing in the world?

Okay, so I've written about this subject before (twice actually) and I apologize if this just sounds like an grumpy old git whinging about technology, but it infuriated me and this is my blog, so I'll write about what I like. This is a plea to WH Smith, for the love of any deity you …

Ego and self-pity

So, I'm going through some pages on Tumblr when I stumble across a post that mildly aggravates me, and I was just going to reblog it on there with a snarky comment, but I thought I should probably explain why it annoyed me so much. Basically someone had put this up: Now, I get the …