Chocolate and Vodkanow permanently moved to chocolateandvodka.comThe Dark Is Rising: Innocent children's book brutally slaughtered by film-makers- July 31, 2007 I don't think I've ever got so wound up by the film adaptation of a book that I've found myself struggling to express myself. But from what I've read today about David L Cunningham's adaptation of Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising, the second book in the eponymous sequence, well, I'm horrified almost to the point of muteness. I first read The Dark is Rising sequence when I was about 19 or 20, introduced to them by someone I met at university. They didn't form a major part of my childhood (I...http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/31/3130475.html Is that burgundy, or more a sort of plum- July 29, 2007 At last! After gathering a sample of pretty much every shade of burgundy card available in London, I've finally found exactly the right one! Yes, I will admit that I've been on a bit of a mission, and yes, perhaps I've been a bit more rigourous than maybe I needed to be, but I am a perfectionist at heart, and I really had to find the right shade of burgundy card, to match the burgundy mulberry paper and the burgundy ribbon. Of course, none of these burgundies are going to match exactly the...http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/29/3126843.html The ring!- July 25, 2007 It's come! Finally! Yay!!! Kevin brought home some bubbly, and cooked a lovely meal and, just when I was least expecting it, he came round to my side of the table, got down on one knee, and re-proposed! Of course, I re-accepted. It's amazing to finally have the ring after so long. The stones are just so beautiful - now and again I catch them sparkling, and it surprises me every time. Kevin made such a good choice. And, of course, I can't help playing with it - it'll take a while to get used.http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/25/3118083.html Weird day today- July 24, 2007 I had such plans for today, including lunch plans, that all went for a Burton when I noticed at about 10.30 that I couldn't read. My heart sank. I hate migraines, and the first sign for me is that I lose the ability to see what's in the centre of my field of vision. Shortly after, I get visual disturbances, then if I'm lucky, it clears up. If not, I get the headache, and maybe the nausea. Got all three today, and spent three hours in bed, feeling crap and trying to sleep. Eventually, hunger...http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/24/3115224.html Day Watch- July 22, 2007 In the autumn of 2005, I was out on a second date with a rather lovely American guy that I'd met a month or so before. That Sunday, we'd arranged to meet for lunch - which is always a fairly safe bet for a second date, given that one can make up an afternoon engagement if one needs to escape. But lunch went well, and we went for a wander around Covent Garden, had dinner, and finally found ourselves on Shaftesbury Avenue outside the Curzon Soho. Some Russian film called Night Watch (Nochnoi...http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/23/3111588.html |