Diary of an Egotist

Tired of these “celebs” and their overpaid ways

Ashling Cranford — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:47:27 +0000

Now, I rarely download. Barely ever in fact. And when I do it’s because it’s either a live bootleg of a concert that can’t be bought in CD form, or it’s something I already have a CD of – my hard drive is a temperamental little bitch and works only when she wants to. So say I want an album on my iPod now, and my hard drive won’t work. I’ll download said album and put it on my iPod. I see no harm in that, since I already purchased the CD, but I’m sure someone else would probably disagree with me though? I don’t download films – I despise watching stuff on my computer and rarely do it, even if it’s something I really want to see. I prefer to await the DVD/box-set. It’s also because I love having a hard copy of something. I love to see my DVD and CD collections grow. For a collector and a hoarder like myself, it’s one of our loves in life. But this all said, I felt slightly cheated the other day when Bruno Mars was cleared of cocaine possession. I had, only two weeks before, purchased his album. Then I find out that he had this coke possession case dismissed because he did some weeks in a drug education programme and some community service. So basically, I forked out twelve euro (that lets face it, I really could have used to put into savings for the new washer/dryer we need at home) of my meager wage for a guy who has so much money he can waste it by snorting it up his nose. I FEEL CHEATED! Yes, I know. I didn’t HAVE to buy music. Just like he doesn’t have to snort cocaine. But I see a major different between the two. And I’m getting very bleeding annoyed at these online ads that crap on about the evils of piracy. I no longer care anymore that the music industry is losing money, not when the money it does get goes up industry peoples nose, into their veins and into the back pockets of drug dealers.
I will never buy a Bruno Mars album again. I’ll download that shit from now on. If even that!

Will I ever learn?

Ashling Cranford — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:27:16 +0000

Ash has been bold. Yes she has. And no, it isn’t because she’s talking about herself in the third person again, it’s because she is supposed to be doing apps for university and edits for something else. She’s doing half that. I’m still working out my wording for my apps so Word is being used for that. So that’s doing. It’s the edits that aren’t being done. I was supposed to have them done and all by now. Oopsies.

See what happened there was this: I promised myself I’ll get them done and then treat myself by reading a book. My book of choice fell through – Trotsky by Robert Service turned out to be so full of bullshit, the “professional author” got Trotsky’s death date wrong. Fail of epic proportions, I hear no one but myself say. Very true. (thanks for the heads up, Syd) – so I settled on something a little different. Namely The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Ms Agatha Christie, which will quickly be followed by the first in the Hunger Games series. It’s been on my bookshelf for ages now, I thought it about time I see what the hype is all about.

But see, that’s where Ash has been naughty again. I finished Roger Ackroyd yesterday – sheer brilliant. I had some time to kill and thought ‘I’ll get two/three chapters read’, but I got so hooked I finished the whole thing. So now my edits are left because I’m reading again.

MUST NOT BEGIN HUNGRY GAMES. MUST DO EDITS AND FINISH APPS.

To, or not to?

Ashling Cranford — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:45:54 +0000

Atonement has just started. I want to watch it, but I don’t know if I can should. I don’t think I can handle the emotion. It’s so wonderful, but it breaks my bloody heart!

Movies of 2011

Ashling Cranford — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:29:06 +0000

Right so, I am just back from seeing Mission Impossible 4. (It was bloody brilliant! Go Team Tom! Funny in places and fantastic action. Top notch snizzle!) and I think it’s most likely the last movie I’ll see in the cinema in 2011, so I think it’s time to compile the list of what I saw in 2011. I have been comparing it to the list I made earlier this year, the three parter that listed all I wanted to see. Lots I didn’t get to see.

Kings Speech ***** Five Stars. Brilliant! Performances. Spot on. The story. Should have been boring but far from it. Loved this!

Thor ***** Five Stars. I fucking LOVED this!

Xmen: First Class ***** Five Stars. And this. I’ve mentioned before on here as to why so I won’t go into it again. But bring on The Avengers!!!!

Midnight in Paris ***** Five Stars. Strong contender for my favourite film of the year. In fact, I’m going to name it so. Fantastic!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part two ***** Five Stars. Right, I know Potter isn’t the best movies out there, but this was so close to being brilliant. The sheer emotion of The Princes Tale. The end. *tear* This is five stars because I dressed up and did the midnight showing. It was deadly!

The Inbetweeners ***** Five Stars. Comical. It gets five stars for that dance sequence alone.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol **** Four Stars. I love Tom. I always have. I don’t think others do action quite like him, and he does it so damn well!

Cowboys and Aliens **** Four Stars. This got SAVAGED. I don’t understand why? It was great and had everything. Cowboys. Check. Aliens. Check. Harrison Ford. Check. Action. Check. Humour. Check. Great performances…how in hell did noone like it?

Rise of the Planet of the Apes **** Four Stars. I’m beginning to see a pattern here. I am loving the action movies this year. But this one is different. It had lots of heart and the action only really kicked in near the end, but it was ace.

Puss in Boots **** Four Stars. Better than the last two Shrek’s! Can’t wait for it on DVD. “Ooooooooooo”

Tinker Tailor Sailor Spy **** Four Stars. No fuck it, it gets five stars. It had nothing, NOTHING but fantastic acting and it kept me spellbound.

The Help **** Four Stars. I was not ready for the emotional punch this one gives. I did actually cry.

Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows **** Four Stars. I am debating whether to give this five stars because I enjoyed it so much. It was by far better the first one. More action. More humour. And it didn’t have the bogged down, jam everything in feel the first one had.

Bridesmaids**** Four Stars. This made me laugh. I didn’t have the highest of hopes for it because it looked like one of those gross out comedies that I’m not overly fond of, but I found it wasn’t.

Bad Teacher **** Four Stars. Pleasantly surprised by how I enjoyed this.

Hall Pass *** Three Stars. I think I need to see this again to judge it. I laughed lots at it. I wonder if it holds up the second time?

Unstoppable *** Three Stars. This was the first movie of 2011 and it was a good choice. Very exciting and fun to watch.

Black Swan *** Three Stars. I know I am perhaps in the minority but I don’t get the “fantastic” of this movie. I found it too cliched. The only thing that saved it for me was the performances.

Horrible Bosses *** Three Stars. Very humorous. Would have liked to see it again.

Captain America *** Three Stars. As Marvel movies go, it’s not the best one. But good enough.

Transformers 4 *** Three Stars. It may get an extra one. It was exciting, action packed, better than the second one because the visuals were better, but it still dragged on a little.

The Guard – *** Three Stars. As it began I thought I’d hate it, but this little gem of an Irish movie was great.

Johnny English – *** Three Stars.

Jane Eyre *** Three Stars. I give it three because I need to see it again. If, by going on my viewing of it in the cinema, it would get two. I don’t want to give it two because, visually it was splendid, but the leads just left me cold. I didn’t get the love. And I certainly didn’t get Michael Fassbender as Rochester. Very sad indeed.

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 – *** Three Stars. Better than the last two films in the franchise, but still lacking that magical sparkle what was the first one.

Paul *** Three Stars. Humorous but in no way up there with the best Frost/Pegg can offer us.

Your Highness – *** Three stars. Hilarious! In a weird ass way.

I am number 4 – *** Three Stars. This was a fun watch. The book isn’t that fantastic, nor is the movie, but it did have its moments and you did care about the characters.

Unknown *** Three Stars. It had its stupid moments but I enjoyed it.

What’s my number *** Three Stars. It was good. Similar to, but much better than Friends with Benefits. Some real funny bits saved it.

Hangover 2 ** Two Stars. I was close to giving this a three, but thinking about it, really, two is good enough for it. It didn’t hold up to its predecessor, despite being an near exact replica.

Chalet Girl ** Two Stars. My girlie crush and my man crush. It was what I expected: mediocre. But still I enjoyable. And Felicity Jones is only going to get better.

Fast and Furious 5 ** Two Stars. So bad, it didn’t even have enough of the fast cars that could have saved it. Instead it had bad acting, cheesy lines and worse action.

Morning Glory ** Two Stars. Oh Rachel McAdams. You can do so much better! You really can. You too Harrison Ford. It was just a little too boring.

My week with Marilyn ** Two Stars. Again, very boring. Everyone is shouting that Williams is a shoe in for an Oscar for this performance. I don’t agree. She was good as Marilyn, I give you, but I’ve seen her give much better performances.

Arthur * One Star. Oh Russell Brand. What the fuck?

Crazy Stupid Love * One Star. Boring. Boring. And did I mention boring?

The Green Hornet * One Star. Poor, very poor. Even by Seth Rogen standards.

Friends with Benefits * One Star. I cannot say how much this bored the arse off me because I am currently trying to repress the memory. So dull! Contender for the worst of the year.

39. And I think two seen twice. Not bad. Up on last years 36.

It’s here…

Ashling Cranford — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:18:34 +0000

Christmas Countdown: 1 day to go

Ashling Cranford — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:06:35 +0000

I kept this one especially for Christmas Eve. <3

All together now: “It was Christmas eve, dear. In the drunk-tank…” I J’adore!

Christmas Countdown: 2 days to go

Ashling Cranford — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:53:47 +0000

This time a Potter related one. Potter is for always, not just for Christmas.

Christmas Countdown: 3 days to go

Ashling Cranford — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:47:29 +0000

The Hobbit trailer

Ashling Cranford — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:00:59 +0000

I had another argument with my parents over dinner (peace and goodwill to all men, my hole!) so that has somewhat sullied this.
The first trailer for the long awaited adaption of The Hobbit.

Gollum at the end *shiver* *cheers* Can. Not. Wait.
When you see it first, you are just transplanted back to the Shire with Frodo and old Bilbo. Then comes Freeman he just slips so perfectly into it all. He was born to play that part! I think I need a Lord of the Rings day someday soon over the Christmas.

Christmas Countdown: 4 days to go

Ashling Cranford — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:25:44 +0000