Rickman palooza - the answers

For those of you who were interested, the answers are as follows:

1.

Dogma

2.

Alice in Wonderland

3.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

4.

Sweeney Todd

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

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Die Hard

8.

Sense and Sensibility

9.

Love Actually

And the winner was Jamie, who emailed me about half an hour after I hit the 'publish post' button. He not only had all the answers correct, but also went above and beyond with the names of the characters Alan Rickman played in each. Jamie - you get to be the King of Londinium and wear a shiny hat. You're welcome ;) (Also? Bonus points to anyone else who gets that reference!)

K xx

PS. I watched Dogma this afternoon. Alan Rickman looks disturbingly like John Cusack in that movie... o.O

Rickman palooza!

I should really have gone to the gym after work today. But I was feeling kind of funky. So instead, I came home and took a nap (seriously - I'm like 90 or something!). Anyway, after my nap, I decided I was going to watch Sense and Sensibility, after my post the other day about how Alan Rickman is always Severus Snape in my head, regardless of what he's in.

Throughout the course of the movie, I couldn't help but think about how much more awesome he is in pretty much everything ever. And so, I decided it was time for a little competition. Let's be honest. It's a pretty crap competition - the prize is nothing but fame and glory. And possibly a gold star. But hey, it's my blog and I can do what I want, dammit! ;)

Let's get things under way. Oh, and no Googling allowed!

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Aaaaaaaaaaand GO!!!

Oh, also? I'd forgotten Hugh Laurie was in Sense and Sensibility. Obviously, all I could think of was this:

I'm so cool... I'll post the answers over the weekend some time, so you've got plenty of time!

K xx

Random ramblings

There's a lot of random shit going on in my head today. Let's start with the fact that I'm being stalked by The Human League's "Don't You Want Me". Which is annoying, because it reminds me of Ashes to Ashes and that - as I've mentioned before - makes me sad. I think it started in the supermarket last weekend - "Don't You Want Me" was playing on the terrible overhead speaker music. Then on Wednesday, a techno version of "Don't You Want Me" was the squat track at Pump. Then ALL weekend, I was subjected to it through ads on TV for some bizarre compilation CD that also features Britney Spears. Because they're obviously the perfect musical companions... And then tonight? Rachel and Blaine sang it on Glee. So yeah, I'm being stalked by The Human League...

Other random crap in my head? There's a new guy in the IT Department at work. He's working on the service desk. And he totally looks like he belongs on Jersey Shore. The following conversation happened between me and my roller derby playing colleague, Femaelstrom on Friday:
[new IT guy walks past wearing far too many gold necklaces, skinny jeans and a stupidly tight t-shirt]
Femaelstrom: Who's that?
Me: New IT guy
Femaelstrom: Looking like that? What does he do? [mimes bicep curls] "Hello, Service Desk. Can I help you?"
Me: I wouldn't put it past him...

So anyway, I came up with this for you. I tried to find a picture that involved barbells, but there are only so many pictures of the cast of Jersey Shore you can look at before your eyeballs start to melt out of your head. So this will just have to do:

I'm so generous... Also, if he isn't the most disgusting guy on the planet, I don't know who is. Oh, wait. Robert Pattinson, obviously *shudder*

I went shopping yesterday with the intention of buying new work clothes, because I *REALLY* hate everything in my wardrobe. And the last time I went shopping for clothes was in 2010... Anyway, in terms of clothes, all I came home with was a new casual jacket and a new pair of trousers. Because fashions are SERIOUSLY fugly at the moment. I think I only saw about two other things that I would have voluntarily spent money on, and those were only available in a size 6 (which, let's face it, I'm not).

Instead, I came home with a crapload of DVDs. You know, just for a change. Anyway, one of the DVDs I bought was Sense and Sensibility. The 1995 version. The only problem I have with it? It stars Alan Rickman. Yes, he's a genius. But all I hear is this:

Yeah. Actually...it would be infinitely more awesome if he played Snape rather than Colonel Brandon...

Now whenever you watch it, that's all you'll be able to think about, right? You're welcome.

K xx