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I'm with CitizenED on this one. I was quite happy when the girl didn't live. Obviously I wasn't happy that somebody died, but I also like films that don't wrap things in up in a nice 'everything will be alright in the end' type of way. That way you don't always know what is coming. I think the first time I saw a film like that was watching 'The Wicker Man' as a student. (As aside I am quite a generally happy person and don't always look for unhappy endings!) OK, I'll go back to avoiding 2 Days in Paris then.

Also a la Dulwich mum, I'm now dipping my remaining easter eggs in peppermint tea. Mmmmm.

Blimey! Now I'm even more lost but then I can't listen to the sound files at work so it's just tables of squiggles. I think whether it's "my family is" or "my family are" depends on the context i.e. are you talking about your family as one big mass or a collection of people.

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So much better when both sides are right :) I never understand those pronounciation symbols in dictionaries.

Hmmm, I always say dio-sis for diocese...

Yep, The Orphanage is definitely on the list to see. Another good Spanish civil war ne is Butterfly's Tongue. Two Days in Paris? Is that the Julie Delpy one? I've heard it was on a similar vein to but not as good as the Before Sunrise/Sunset. But maybe I'll give it a try after all.

That's a great film. My boyfriend refused to watch it because he thought it was purely fantasy which he's not into at all. But with the whole Spanish civil war story in parallel, I think he really missed out. Somehow they managed to blend two very different types of film into one.

If it's this Friday you're looking for, my friend's boyfriend is running this night over in the Clapham borders. it's in a bar so not a full on club experience but does get pretty packed later on. http://www.inhale.org.uk/diary/?ih=ih2_755

I once spent a delightful evening with a Mancunian friend shouting b*stard at each other to try and decide whether it was harsher in a northern or southern accent. Unfortunately we couldn't reach a decision...

I've gone for buying a new battery to keep my trusty old SE phone going. Without phone upgrades factored in, the contract is cheaper. But then I only use it for a bit of talking and a bit of texting so not much point spending money on features I don't use. "Depends on what your needs are" is definitely right.

My colleague had it done before Christmas and swears by it. He's still having to put drops in daily because his eyes get very dry but he feels that is worth it for not wearing contacts. However I have a good friend who has a degrees in both Orthoptics and Opthamology and he said he would only recommend it to people whose eyesight was so bad they couldn't move without their glasses i.e. couldn't see well enough to get themselves out of a burning building and the like. He says your eyes will continue to change and so you'll probably need it done again and he's not convinced there's enough evidence in it's favour just yet. He can also be a little bit cautious about things. So it's up to you whether you really want to be rid of your contacts that badly. Personally I like my glasses, especially since investing in more than one pair.