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There's a subsection of men that I'd sleep with solely because of the trousers they wear. Olly Murs is in this subsection. I'd be really rude to him in the morning though.

The Skin I Live In My favourite thing. 9/10

I'm really enjoying Tori Amos' new song. It's kinda weird, because it's really well composed but I wouldn't call it impressive, but I just enjoy hearing it. Listened to it about 10 times over 2 days. It just feels really like she's doing it because she likes writing music. There's no attempt to be commercial or relevant. The video is so low budget too, I love. The directness of her playing piano, in the studio in her house (?), she's there, deal with. Her hair and face are so lol too. Just quite pleasant. And I'm interested to see how it fits into the songcycle of the album (It's a concept album, based around the deterioration of a relationship).

Got a few trades out the library. I read the 2000s reboot thing of the JSA's Alan Scott Green Lantern. The first issue was stunning, but only because of the artwork -- painted, and really washed out; great to look at. The rest went downhill from there. Really shit/"...MMMM*purselips*" bit where Vandal Savage resurrects his dead daughter, but actually it's just an illusion. Reading Wolverine: First Class, a combination of rewritten/repenciled stories and the original Chris Claremont late 70s Uncanny X-Men after Jean died (which I assume was compiled to go alongside the Wolverine movie). I kinda love. It's been solid/good/fine/jokes so far -- I love Siryn's and Shadowcat's feud thing over Colossus. Hey 13 years old. Hey Soviet Super Soldiers. Hey Darkstar. And the original comics are surprisingly engaging. Of course, totally different style with a complete lack of subtlety, but I actually enjoy more than a shit modern day comic (see Green Lantern). Also got Green Arrow & Black Canary, Namor and X-Force to read. And of course Maus, but that's more of a commitment, so I'll get round to that eventually.

Happy Birthday.

I'm just being Miley / writing a sort of stream of consciousness.

So for the first time using Twitter I have more followers than people I follow (447 vs 440). Am patting mysel on the back etc. What I love most is that I have a whole ream of people who I know relatively well who I've got to know through Twitter. It's the best thing. Much better than the owner of a lonely heart.

Also, I kinda resent how that video portrays the ultra-gay guy as the least queer, when actually there's so much to be said for the ability to overcome normative notions of modesty like that. It's a shame he looks awful, but that's a different matter.

I love. A dance off. So appropriate (you can't have a revolution without dancing). Although very typically American in that everyone tries to categorise and theorise (badly) about everyone involved. Just let it will be. Let people will be.

Been decorating my room, with a wall collage. Hoping to cover the whole wall eventually, making it a claustraphobic feature. (In good stuff thread because it is bringing me joy)_

Iron Man So solid. So iron. It felt like the director knew how to make an 80% movie, and didn't stray from that golden path. Funny in parts. Pepper/Gweneth was great. RDJ was great. Yes. Excited to see the second. Definitively 8/10

I really enjoyed. I like how it's not really supposed to have any meaning, just a sequence of great things to look at. I actually really like the song too. It's like Edge Of Glory, but not bad -- it's probably my 4th favourite on the album (After Heavy Metal Lover, Judas and Marry The Night / it's really hard to order the album because I like all the tracks apart from Edge Of Glory.)

So, back in Edinburgh after 2 and a half weeks in London, where I had the time of my life. Pretty much found my home in Shoreditch (once you batter hipsters out your way). Made loads of new friends, many of which seemed genuinely sad I was going away. Did loads of joke things: Went on a date with a drag queen. Randomly went to the Tate Modern with a girl I'd met earlier that day, and saw a great exhibition by Taryn Simon. Had a foursome. Watched my friend working as a helping hand for a feature-filmaking crew (they were making a film called Riot On Redchurch Street), and was an extra in one scene (just walking in the background). Got asked to leave a club for dancing too excitedly. Went to Brighton Pride. I just loved. East London feels like it could be in a TV show. You'd walk to Hoxton Square, then to Shoreditch High Street, and chances are you'd bump into someone you know, and love the feeling of. ALSO, the "beigel" (I love) shop in Brick Lane is my heartland. I want to move there.

It will be critically interesting to see what transpires after these events. Massive unemployment. Loads of people will stay off work to help rebuild. Could stimulate economic hardship enough to form a basis for wider social change (eg: the revolution is COMING. &&ShakesTambourineForEffect&&)

No, it's pretty clearly a reaction to racist police stop & search practice. All the original riot areas: Tottenham, Enfield etc etc are predominantly black. It's poor youth-police relations. Why would you not loot and riot if the whole of society is stacked against you?

Which is why you can't call it anarchy. Anarchy is a relatively well-defined school of political thought.

(This isn't anarchy FYI -- has no obvious political drive, and is largely reactionary to police violence and police racism.)

There's a great quote from Battlestar Galactica about police and the army, which is really relevant, but can't remember it. EDIT: Commander William Adama: "There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

Was in Shoreditch half an hour ago. It's fine / normal.

Mercury is in retrograde. Explains all this madness.

I like to think I'm relatively good with pop music, but why have I never heard (of) most of those songs?

Was going to go see her at G-A-Y, but didn't have the £3 entry on me, and didn't want to break a £20 note, so didn't.

Beauty And The Beast is the film I've seen most in my life. Must have watched it 20 times or so. I love.

I really want them to address the point that Cap and Human Torch are weird clones of each other at some point.

Kurtle, stop being right wing, and you'd definitely be more likely to pull girls.