Last night, when I was having trouble sleeping due to my amazing yet currently snuffly husband's snoring, I was thinking about the things that happened to me over 2010.I made the movie lover's pilgrimage to Hollywood, I sang in line to Disney's Splash Mountain with an echo microphone, I got married with a quietly romantic ceremony, I became an aunt to the world' most photographed baby (see below), I started presenting live on the radio and learned how to supress swear words, etc, etc.
Yet despite these awesome things happening the year was interspliced with my husband James' visa applications (despite what the Daily Mail newspaper might say it is not that easy to get into this country) and being what felt like 10000 mile apart (where in actual fact it was a mere 5000 miles). These rather irritating bitchslaps in the face of romance made the year also a little bit of a blur. It was for this reason that I came up with Project 52.
Project 52 is simple; I will write one blog every week (on a non-specific day) about my life which will hopefully be as interesting as it was last year or you may all be crying with boredom by February 1st. My husband is also going to do the project alongside me over on his blog, which you can read by clicking here. If you like the sound of an Army veteran with a penchant for mustard and the hots for Marvel then you'll muchly enjoy his blog.
For the first week I'd like to tell you about another project that I am working on which, if you are a regular reader of my blog, you may already know about. Back in January 2010 James and I started a film review blog called He Said She Said. We do joint reviews of cinema releases, me trying to hold back my tendancy to spill into academic ramblings and James trying hard to meet my irrational need for 100% correct capital letters.
So here we are a year later and we have decided to branch out into the world of Youtube. We uploaded our first ever (with the exception of a charity video for our local animal shelter) He Said She Said video which, despite me getting carried away with iMovie's film strip transitions, turned out pretty good:
We are hoping to have a lot of fun with both He Said She Said and Project 52 this year. I hope this somewhat meandering trail through my thoughts hasn't put you off wanting to stick around. See you next week.
Ok so here is the thing - I have a Youtube account. I like making videos. But I have to be honest... videos can take a lot of time and energy. There is the filming (in my case on a tiny digital camera), then the transferring and converting (because my .mov files aren't recognised by Windows Movie Maker) and then the editing and uploading etc. So for when I am feeling lazy then voila - I have a blog.
In a lot of ways I find typing quite theraputic. The tapping noise of fingers on keys is comforting.... that was probably a really silly thing to say, but it is true. Also when you are annoyed or upset or even ecstatically happy sometimes you want to see your thoughts in writing. This is why people keep diaries. I never was able to commit to one just for myself - but a blog is like a diary for others. So if people like reading this then I will stick with it.
So what exactly will my blog be about? Well as you know (from my blog title) I am a Nerdfighter. Don't know what that is - where have you been? Go here. So this blog will be a lot of nerdy stuff; my love of fictional characters (I my have to mention Edward Cullen more than once), my love of art, my love of reading in general, Harry Potter Harry Potter Harry Potter, my obsession with Peanuts (the Schulz cartoon strip), my love of cult television such as Buffy, my enjoyment of watching films, my ridiculous dreams about space travel, my yearning for a revival of true 50s style rock and roll, my new friends from Youtube, my friends IRL and of course my absolute devotion to Hank and John Green.
Harry Potter News:
Before I start can I just say that I visit A LOT of HP fan sites but my favourite is Mugglenet (also if you are a Harry P fan and don't listen to Mugglecast then you are missing out). Ok, plug over.
So the big Harry Potter news this week is that the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has been moved from Nov 21st 2007 to July 17th 2008.
I am sorry but WHAT!?!?!?!
When I first read this I was sure it was a joke. But don't worry Warner Bros have a really good, valid reason for this delay - they will make more money in summer. Hmmm.... two thoughts on this:
1) Who gives a fuck about your money - you are a multimillion dollar international multimedia conglomorate. Get over yourselves.
2) Right so the think that no one will go see Harry Potter in winter. Well I can understand this... I mean the Harry Potter franchise is a really tiny, obscure, unknown one. I can sympathise that Harry Potter and the HBP might pass people by.
Tossers.
Twilight News:
Just as I plugged Mugglenet I have to plug the Twilight equivalent Twilight Source which is by the same people. Again their podcast - Imprint - is amazing. Seriously. I love it.
In an amusing turn of events Twilight didn't waste time nabbing the Nov 21st release slot left open for Harry Potter. Originally Twilight was to open int he US on December 12th, but now its almost a month earlier.
Of course as a Brit this simply means I have to wait longer between having all of my YT friends and acquaintences seeing the film and me actually getting to see it. At the moment the UK release is Jan 9th. Hopefully they will move this forward - I mean Robert Pattinson (playing Edward Cullen <3333333) is British! Release it here dammit.
Vlogbrothers News:
Nerdfighters were on the news! The 888 gathering (everyone who didn't go please join me in a big crying session) before Terminus was filmed for the Chicago CBS news event:
I wasn't there but I still feel proud! Also - how funny with the OTT quotation marks for "nerdfighters".
My News:
I will end with a little round up of my own news. As some of you (who I hope are reading this - I will send everyone a link!) know my dad is not very well at the moment. He has something called papillodema which only about 30 people in the country have. It means he has pressure in his brain and causes headaches and vision problems. We know it isn't a brain tumour (phew) but tomorrow he will be having a lumberpuncture to find out what else it could be (possibly a clot). Anyway he is ok - still working and going about life normally - but it is a stressful and worrying time. Fingers crossed we can get it all sorted soon.
Also crappy news - I still haven't started my job. I will keep you posted but I am hoping for my official offer any day.
In happier news my sister's wedding plans (Nov 15th 2008) are coming along. Her dress arrived and is now hanging up in our house. It is so exciting. Next time she comes home we are sorting out hen party invitations. So exciting. But I will tell you more about this another time because I am rambling already.
Anyway please leave comment if you read this :D I love you all for actually getting through my blog. Well done. Hope you come back soon!
DFTBA, Helen xxx
P.S. Two years today since I passed my driving test!
