The Muppets Film

Now, I'm a fan of The Muppets. So much so that I have a Muppets poster up on the wall of my room, right next to the Ed Hardy one and the street-racer one. When the film came out, then, you can guess how excited I was. I'm now telling you how disappointed I was afterwards.
Admittedly, the film had a few good points. Some of the lines were good, and some references brought back old memories for fans. But on the whole, it wasn't great. Firstly, Rizzo wasn't in it, and that lovable, cowardly rat is basically my favourite character, along with Sam the Eagle (who only had one line). Animal was the star of the show, with most of the good scenes centring on him. The whole human/muppet dance routine with the cheesy grins just let down the show, in my opinion. The Muppets were always good for a laugh, and whether you were 7 or 70 you were likely to laugh. For this film, the plot was boring (saving the Muppet studios? How many of their films have involved that?) and the characters were very flat. I have to say, as a fan of the old and amazing show, I was disappointed and, frankly, embarrassed by this film. I'd been telling my friends about how great they were, and then, during the film, found myself sinking as low as possible into my seat. Hard luck lads, better luck next year.

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Duck in a Glass!

Seriously, what could be cuter??? :)

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David Guetta - Paris

After listening to this in our form tutorial I have fallen even more for this song! :) enjoy! Oh and please, do dance. :)

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Comments - Again

Okay, honestly, enough with the damn spam comments. The flattery you use does you no credit, are not the deadliest snakes also the most beautiful?
Take a hint and leave websites and blogs alone for people to read and (hopefully) enjoy.

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Comment

Apologies for anyone who was looking at the Fencing post and saw the spam comment. I didn't put it up, and I don't know who did but I detest spam comments and the moneymaking schemes that go with them. I merely wanted to point out a sport that I enjoy immensely. Anyone out there who's thinking of spamming up my blog, please don't. It's impolite and dishonest to try to push your websites or companies or whatever on people who aren't interested. Thank you.

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Fencing

I've started a short fencing course in my school and I've got to say, rubbish though I am, I love it! Foil and Épée more than Sabre but really there's just something profoundly fun about learning it. As I said, I'm not that good at it; I've only had a few lessons with a smallish group of people in my year, but I think it's brilliant! Definitely something worth considering as a sport in college. I would recommend it to everyone, but then again I know that not everyone in my class feels as excited about it as I do. Still, it's a really good sport, and it's so fast! Apparently at a high level, the matches will normally be over in a matter of minutes!

The two types I prefer, Foil and Épée, are 'point' games. That means that to score a point you have to hit your opponent with the (blunt) point of your sword. The rules are very difficult and as I've already said that I'm not very good at it and haven't been doing it long, I don't feel bad about not explaining them. Mainly because I don't know them. I do know, however, that in Épée you can hit your opponent anywhere. Legs, toes, head, they all count as long as you hit with the point.

Sabre is different; in fact, one of our coaches described it as 'real, proper pirate swordfighting'. In sabre, you can use the point and the side of the blade, and you are allowed hit the person in their torso, head and arms. Don't worry, you're head is protected by a mask and you also wear a protective jacket.

Anyway, just to reiterate, fencing is awesome/amazing/fantastic and you should try it out if you get the opportunity! A lot of colleges have fencing clubs, if you are a student and interested in learning. If you want more information here's a link to the encyclopaedia of all Earthly knowledge, Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing

Please give it a go you won't regret it! Enjoy! :)

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