The Golden Compass Movie Website

I have been playing around on The Golden Compass website. I am very excited about this film, mainly because I really like the story, despite it being set in a cold place, and also because if you judge it on the trailer, it's looking promising.

The best part of the website (apart from the fact that it comes in like 25 languages) is the bit where you can find your own daemon. In the stories, a person's daemon is this actual physical animal that sort of represents their soul and can talk with them and stuff. So on the website you have to answer 20 questions and it decides what your daemon is. I tried to answer the questions as honestly as possible, but they were some questions where I could probably answer different things on different days. Anyway, so today, here's my result:

"Your profile reveals that you are relaxed, modest, sociable, inquisitive, and fickle. You are therefore matched with the Fox Daemon. Your Daemon Elleron is one of 27145 fox Daemons within the total Daemon population of 428852".

That's about 6% of Daemons. I like the name Elleron. So what about you?

The other thing I did was play around on the alethiometer on there. Obviously I asked my question of the day: am I really crazy? The three pictures that I was drawn to were the owl, the lightning bolt, and the angel. It turns out that the owl could mean winter, night, or fear; the lightning bolt could mean; inspiration, anger, or fate; and the angel could mean disobedience, messenger, or hierarchy. Then the blue arrow moved to the pair of compasses, which stands for measurement, mathematics, or science. Excellent, so I think this means I will have to do the assessments to find out. Lyra eat your heart out. Not that I'm actually using it to make decisions or anything...

Wow, so much fun on one website, heehee.

And finally, I love love love the song and video of Tom Baxter's Better. You can see it here...I'm confused as to what tube station they're filming at, but anyway, it's just lovely.

Some random stuff

I am feeling pretty psyched. I don't really know why. Hopefully it's nothing to do with the fact that I may well spectacularly write-off this weekend. I should at least try and pretend it's going to be calm. But really, it's the last wedding weekend of the month, and my cousin is getting married, and we have a three hour gap between the wedding and the reception in which to cause mayhem. In saris.

I pondered a "prime number" theme to my life, in that I would only contemplate dabbling in trouble on prime number days in month, similar to what I do with the Tuesday and Friday veggie thing. But I'm not sure I can stick to it. Plus, really, if I was going to do it, patently the prime number days would be the sensible days, giving me twice as many days to cause trouble in.

We watched this tonight. My mother was obviously enthralled. I admit, it was nice it kinda worked out for the people on it, but I'm still staying well clear.

And finally, I love Open Your Window by Reverend and the Makers, please check it out, and it's a great video too!

Two Good Days

Yes, I have had two good days in school. Surprising stuff.

Sure, there have been fights and staff politics and detentions and ICT problems and lost exercise books and kids bunking lessons and running around like a mad thing and constant attitude, but on the whole they've been good. Maybe I am just learning to cope better....?

Hmmm, no, scrap that. Coping is not entirely featuring prominently in my life at the moment. Well, I'm not not coping, but I feel kinda weird. Like I'm not really me. I've had this before but still don't really know what it is. Strange. Maybe I am a medical curiousity? Or maybe it's just the flu.

I have had a spectacularly little amount of sleep due to the continuing specialness that is insomnia, and I think this has led me to take everything in my stride. Possibly because I can't be bothered to let anything get to me. Kids quacking in my lessons, bitching about each other, shouting and swearing across the corridor, talking about illegal substances etc. - all have been subtly ignored. As one of the PE staff said to me today, I am a machine.

But even machines occassionally malfunction. I think it may be time to take that first ever sick day!

Before you start thinking I'm being a nutter, don't worry, I'm pretty much fine, just a lot in my head. Clearly more in my head than Nelly Furtado....check out these lyrics from "Say It Right":

In the day

In the night
Say it right
Say it all
You either got it
Or you don't
You either stand or you fall

Ruuuubbbbbbish. How am I not earning more than her?! That said, "Give It To Me" (Timbalanda feat. Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake) is wicked, diss chat and great beats.

And also, thank you Jade for putting up with my ridiculous questionning about musical theory...it's starting to make sense!

I'll leave you with this from a comment from another blog: "If you don't know who you are, a classroom, like a boxing ring, is a painful place to find out." Deep.