Anyone who read the Gamespot UK board in the forums last week will know I have not been having a very good time recently. From bad movies to bad news my life has been as near as it can be to a living hell. I have been planning on blogging about it over the week but I have been putting it off, more scared about the damage it would do me to read the end results rather than the damage it would do to regular readers of my blog as for only the second time in my so far short life have felt pure anguish. Pouring that kind of emotion in to a blog just didn't appeal to me but now I feel a tad calmer I think I will share what had happened to me through my blog.

It all started off the Thursday before last when I went to the cinema to watch a movie. Be Kind Rewind to be precise. I have been looking forward to it for months with the interesting concept of a magnetised man walking in to a video store and erasing all the tapes plus it has Jack Black in it, who added an interesting wackiness to what would have otherwise been a mediocre School of Rock. That is one of the points where this movie fails, Jack Black is not let off of the leash to do his thing. He just reads from the script instead of having any fun with it leaving just an actor in the role, not Jack Black. The movie was also very boring. It is advertised as a comedy but unless some occasional moments of crudity makes you laugh then you will be falling asleep towards the middle of the film. However what ticked me off the most (although a lot of people will disagree) is the way the movie changed the history of the great jazz legend, and one of my musical heroes, Fats Waller. Credit where credit is due it was nice to hear his music played at moments in the movie but that is not enough to make me forgive altering Fats' history and then pretty much saying, 'Hey it's our movie, we can do what we want!' I myself would have rather have seen a movie about Fats' real history as he had such an amazing story. As an example, like how he was kidnapped by Al Cappone to play at his daughters wedding and Fats was payed a lot of money for it! Overall the movie was really disappointing.

So at this point in my blog you are probably thinking that so far my tale does not sound that bad and that I should not be whinging, but it gets worse...

So I'm on the final leg of my journy home from the cinema, thoroughly disappointed and wanting to get home as soon as possible so I was minding my own business. The problem is a group of youths thought I was up for a game of chase! So instead of leading them straight to my door so they knew where I was if they wanted round two I had to run around the block to lose them. It was an unwelcome adrenaline rush but I hated to know what would have happened if they caught up with me, hearing stories of how gangs of rowdey kids have charged people and killed them with fists and feet or knives if the poor person was lucky. Even if they didn't want to gut me like a fish they were definately wanting to put me through some kind of pain so I kept on running. In the end they gave up and I hope they didn't see my face as I'm not up for a rematch. The chase has certainly changed my view of yob culture being overblown.

So now we fast forward to last Monday. I was starting to get over the pursuit and I was heading off to my Dad's flat for the first of my three day visit. I was reading my book and listening to the Star Wars soundtack that he purchased for me on his face melting stereo system when my Dad let the major blow land. A long time family friend and a woman I had been brought up to believe in as a grandmother was moving up to Scotland to live with her family after her husband died two years ago. I was rather distraught and am still on the verge of tears about it even as I type now. Monday was the last opportunity I would get to see her again so we went to visit her only to find that she had gone. We waited for two hours but she still did not arive home and her son went to look for her. Like I have said I have not recovered from the blow yet but the pain is starting to ease now.

So now to the next day. I went on to the internet at home as my Dad had to work on the tuesday due to a new shift pattern. So to get my fill of movie news I went to www.IGN.co.uk only to find that Metal Gear Solid the movie had a popcorn munching director behind the helm and the live action Star Wars tv series had been delayed to 2010! Not as bad as the news I had the day before but it was bad news all the same :(

Anyway thats it. I have got my inner demons out. So now it's all over all I have to say to balance the mood see saw is Happy Easter! A time to think about bunnies and chocolate and....crucifiction :? So I hope you had a great easter and take care of yourselves!

Thanks for reading my rather depressng blog. I will make it up for you with my next one, promise! :)