Madam Tussaud's, TTT and an 80s meme
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marquiserachel rocked, even if Madonna looked more like Uma Thurman, even if the Beatles are only discernible by what instruments they're holding, even if it cost twenty quid to get in and a further ten for a crappy disposable camera with 27 exposures... I happen to know they've almost doubled the price, the bastards. Also: Elizabeth Taylor's dummy still has filthy breasts. They're very prominent in what she's dressed in and it's hard to ignore. The Chamber of Horrors is a bit crap because I really don't care what Dr. Crippen and The Brides in the Bath Murderer look like. Rock Circus is closed down now, and I want to know where Freddie Mercury and Ziggy Stardust etc... are. Apparently Brad Pitt's arse is squeezable. I did not try to find out. George W. Bush's waxwork actually tested higher than he did in an IQ test... Tony Blair looks suitably smarmy and tosser-ish.
Anyway, after MT we went to Picadilly Circus to eat (Pizza Hut, not at all bad) and to HMV, who did not have the Rolling Stones t-shirt I desire so badly. They did, however, have TTT, The Land Girls (which is worse than I remembered it) and Empire magazine. Regent Street was also quite cool and Hamley's continues to rock, even if they mark up some Barbie dolls over a fiver more than Argos do. Bought a Teresa doll and a dark haired Barbie. Tried to forget I'm 21 and about to embark (hopefully) on post-graduate education. Realised I don't give a shit that most of my friends got rid of their Barbies over 10 years ago. Also: nearly broke an 8-foot lego model of Darth Vader playing about with an Anakin Skywalker toy lightsabre. There's probably irony there.... Needless to say I was encouraged by my Lesser Demons and Rachel to put the sabre down very quickly.
After saying goodbye to Rachel I headed to my grandad's. Or tried. On the weekend, London Transport do a lot of engineering work that they can't do in the week. I don't mind that they closed down the quickest way to Baker Street from King's Cross- I got over that. But when I get on the Northern Line at Euston only to be told that Moorgate station is closed because of 'fire checks' I get really fucked off. Had the other bit not been closed, I coulda still got to my grandad, but the Northern line to Moorgate was the only option open. Admittedly, I could've gone to the next station (Old Street) and walked but it was already 7pm by then. So I got off at King's Cross, found out the time of the next train home (From Platform 10a!) and called my grandad to say that I wasn't gonna make it to him. I was exceedingly pissed off about it. He is the only grandparent I have left and I am his only granddaughter. I don't get to see him all that often and to be thwarted by London Fucking Transport is too much. If they'd have consistently invested in the Tube over the last decades, they wouldn't have to close down huge tracts of it every weekend. Grrrrr.
Anyway, got home absolutely knackered. Didn't go to sleep. Instead I watched The Land Girls and then, instead of going to sleep, watched all of The Two Towers. Was exhauseted and didn't wake up until about 3pm this afternoon.
A few brief TTT thoughts:
1. Eowyn doesn't suck too badly. In fact, were it not for the heavyhanded stuff with Aragorn I'd think she was pretty right-on. But there is the Aragorn crap and it makes her look foolish and simpering IMO.
2. The effects when the big dog thing drags Aragorn off the cliff thing suck.
3. The battle is amazing, really it is.
4. Legolas' famous shield/skateboard thing is just fabulous. I love the fact that he's still firing off arrows all the while, but what really crowns it for me is, after all that, he even manages to kill an Uruk-Hai thing with said shield. Legolas, Errol Flynn would be proud of you. It's just so reminiscent to me of something Flynn would've done in Robin Hood or something that it makes me want to giggle a lot. Flynn woulda done it best though...
5. Now cannot wait for Return of the King.
YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's or early 90's IF...
(bold means I've done them)
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE".
2. You watched the Pound Puppies. I recall watching it but hardly religiously.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" Iiiiiiin West Philadelphia born and raised.......
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish. I bolded this not because I did it, but because me and Rich used to think cycle shorts were the height of fashion. Skirt not worn with them by either of us!!
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer My most beloved and enduring memory of primary school discos was of me and Rich rapping along to this and skidding along the hall floor in our socks.
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock".
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars. I didn't have streamers, but I did have a bike with those plastic covers over the spokes when they were in.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales". Lurking in our house somewhere are several Duck Tales videos. It's how I learned of Gengis Khan.
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen. Yes. I think we saw it at St. Albans Odeon.
15. You were super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House). I don't know this exact version, but I think so. Also FLAMES.
18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear... Yup. LA Gear... two pairs of laces etc etc... Never had the light-up ones though.
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books that Ramona completed in 1st grade.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF" My brother was the Karate Kid nut, not me.
23. You wanted to be a Goonie. Not so much, although I did see it a few times.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. me and Rich were fluorescent NUTS at one point, and fluoresent felt tip covered everything we wrote/made/did at school.
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. Yes. Always. Was a right-on feminista from a young age.
27. You took Lunch Pails to school. Have no pucking clue what that is.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. Only vaguely.
29. You still get the urge to say NOT after every sentence. I still watch Wayne's World occasionally. It rocks my world, not least for the 'No Stairway! Denied!' bit and Jim being in the second one.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts. Rich had one, but I don't think I did. I think I wanted one. He's wearing his in our very last primary school class photo....... *sniffs loudly*
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band. Sorry, I've always liked proper music.
32. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up. I didn't want them to hook up or nothing, but we did used to play them a lot. I think I got a Castle Greyskull from a car boot sale once.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets. We never made friendship bracelets that I recall. We just knew we would be friends forever. And in the case of Rich and Louise, we are. *sends smooches their way*
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. Possibly. They sound familiar although not something my mum would necessarily get me.
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up" It sounds familiar, but I don't know where from. Help!
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates. Closest ice rink was in Stevenage and I went there a couple of times. Had roller skates from an early age. Still shit on them.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It. My dad made me my own with a plastic ball and some washing line material. It sucked. I got my own from a car boot eventually.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds. I don't think I ever had my own there but my brother and a girl in his class (dear Tamara!) had theirs there. The staff gave my bro the bumps and fucking dropped him.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement. More or less. Some of it is a little American.
42. Guns 'N Roses. They always fucking sucked. Slash rocks, but the rest.... sod off.
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down. Yes. With leggings.
46. Red Rover at recess Red Rover was a contact sport and the fat kid's revenge. It's called Bull Dog here. We had a nicer version called Guppie Dog cos the original was banned. In Guppie Dog you just tagged the person, not tackle them. I was an expert.
47. You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!" Was never totally into it though.
50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales. Well, for a start it's 'Rainbow BRITE'. Don't remember her so much, but I did love My Little Pony a lot.
51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. I named a suitable brown fuzzy teddy bear after him, but other than that I don't remember him well.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool. When they were cool? I don't remember that part.
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class. We didn't get SBTB until I was a bit older. I remember them but it was never huge here.
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THRU THE HEART. *checks to make sure Natasha isn't nearby.* I always thought they sucked. That hasn't changed.
56. JAMS were SO in style
57. Come on Eileen!!!!!!!! Course I remember Kevin and the boys. Toooooo ra looo ra tooo ra loooooo rey aye! Louise's favourite song.
58. Beverly Hills 90210 Remember it bu tnever watched it. There was someone called Brandon or something and that's all I know.
59. Really bad hair......... Yes. Not my own, but others... yes. Perming, frosting and lacquer should be outlawed.
PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHO GREW UP IN THE 1980s or early 1990s!!! ROCK ON!!!.. and thank God it is over!!!!!!!!!
Diamond!
The word, diamond, is from the Greek
"adamas"- meaning unbreakable or
indomitable. They were believed to render all
poisons harmless & to drive away madness, night
spirits, and evil dreams. You much like this
stone is a strong willed person. You know what
you want in life and you stand by your beliefs
firmly. You are beautiful in everyway for
others will strive to be like you in strength,
but pales in comparison. A true gem!
Which BIRTHSTONE Is, and Benefits Your PERSONALITY?
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"You must remember this, a kiss is still a
kiss". Your romance is Casablanca. A
classic story of love in trying times, chock
full of both cynicism and hope. You obviously
believe in true love, but you're also
constantly aware of practicality and societal
expectations. That's not always fun, but at
least it's realistic. Try not to let the Nazis
get you down too much.
What Romance Movie Best Represents Your Love Life?
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Like there was ever any doubt in my mind.
marquiserachel rocked, even if Madonna looked more like Uma Thurman, even if the Beatles are only discernible by what instruments they're holding, even if it cost twenty quid to get in and a further ten for a crappy disposable camera with 27 exposures... I happen to know they've almost doubled the price, the bastards. Also: Elizabeth Taylor's dummy still has filthy breasts. They're very prominent in what she's dressed in and it's hard to ignore. The Chamber of Horrors is a bit crap because I really don't care what Dr. Crippen and The Brides in the Bath Murderer look like. Rock Circus is closed down now, and I want to know where Freddie Mercury and Ziggy Stardust etc... are. Apparently Brad Pitt's arse is squeezable. I did not try to find out. George W. Bush's waxwork actually tested higher than he did in an IQ test... Tony Blair looks suitably smarmy and tosser-ish.Anyway, after MT we went to Picadilly Circus to eat (Pizza Hut, not at all bad) and to HMV, who did not have the Rolling Stones t-shirt I desire so badly. They did, however, have TTT, The Land Girls (which is worse than I remembered it) and Empire magazine. Regent Street was also quite cool and Hamley's continues to rock, even if they mark up some Barbie dolls over a fiver more than Argos do. Bought a Teresa doll and a dark haired Barbie. Tried to forget I'm 21 and about to embark (hopefully) on post-graduate education. Realised I don't give a shit that most of my friends got rid of their Barbies over 10 years ago. Also: nearly broke an 8-foot lego model of Darth Vader playing about with an Anakin Skywalker toy lightsabre. There's probably irony there.... Needless to say I was encouraged by my Lesser Demons and Rachel to put the sabre down very quickly.
After saying goodbye to Rachel I headed to my grandad's. Or tried. On the weekend, London Transport do a lot of engineering work that they can't do in the week. I don't mind that they closed down the quickest way to Baker Street from King's Cross- I got over that. But when I get on the Northern Line at Euston only to be told that Moorgate station is closed because of 'fire checks' I get really fucked off. Had the other bit not been closed, I coulda still got to my grandad, but the Northern line to Moorgate was the only option open. Admittedly, I could've gone to the next station (Old Street) and walked but it was already 7pm by then. So I got off at King's Cross, found out the time of the next train home (From Platform 10a!) and called my grandad to say that I wasn't gonna make it to him. I was exceedingly pissed off about it. He is the only grandparent I have left and I am his only granddaughter. I don't get to see him all that often and to be thwarted by London Fucking Transport is too much. If they'd have consistently invested in the Tube over the last decades, they wouldn't have to close down huge tracts of it every weekend. Grrrrr.
Anyway, got home absolutely knackered. Didn't go to sleep. Instead I watched The Land Girls and then, instead of going to sleep, watched all of The Two Towers. Was exhauseted and didn't wake up until about 3pm this afternoon.
A few brief TTT thoughts:
1. Eowyn doesn't suck too badly. In fact, were it not for the heavyhanded stuff with Aragorn I'd think she was pretty right-on. But there is the Aragorn crap and it makes her look foolish and simpering IMO.
2. The effects when the big dog thing drags Aragorn off the cliff thing suck.
3. The battle is amazing, really it is.
4. Legolas' famous shield/skateboard thing is just fabulous. I love the fact that he's still firing off arrows all the while, but what really crowns it for me is, after all that, he even manages to kill an Uruk-Hai thing with said shield. Legolas, Errol Flynn would be proud of you. It's just so reminiscent to me of something Flynn would've done in Robin Hood or something that it makes me want to giggle a lot. Flynn woulda done it best though...
5. Now cannot wait for Return of the King.
YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's or early 90's IF...
(bold means I've done them)
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE".
2. You watched the Pound Puppies. I recall watching it but hardly religiously.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" Iiiiiiin West Philadelphia born and raised.......
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish. I bolded this not because I did it, but because me and Rich used to think cycle shorts were the height of fashion. Skirt not worn with them by either of us!!
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer My most beloved and enduring memory of primary school discos was of me and Rich rapping along to this and skidding along the hall floor in our socks.
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock".
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars. I didn't have streamers, but I did have a bike with those plastic covers over the spokes when they were in.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales". Lurking in our house somewhere are several Duck Tales videos. It's how I learned of Gengis Khan.
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen. Yes. I think we saw it at St. Albans Odeon.
15. You were super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House). I don't know this exact version, but I think so. Also FLAMES.
18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear... Yup. LA Gear... two pairs of laces etc etc... Never had the light-up ones though.
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books that Ramona completed in 1st grade.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF" My brother was the Karate Kid nut, not me.
23. You wanted to be a Goonie. Not so much, although I did see it a few times.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. me and Rich were fluorescent NUTS at one point, and fluoresent felt tip covered everything we wrote/made/did at school.
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. Yes. Always. Was a right-on feminista from a young age.
27. You took Lunch Pails to school. Have no pucking clue what that is.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. Only vaguely.
29. You still get the urge to say NOT after every sentence. I still watch Wayne's World occasionally. It rocks my world, not least for the 'No Stairway! Denied!' bit and Jim being in the second one.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts. Rich had one, but I don't think I did. I think I wanted one. He's wearing his in our very last primary school class photo....... *sniffs loudly*
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band. Sorry, I've always liked proper music.
32. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up. I didn't want them to hook up or nothing, but we did used to play them a lot. I think I got a Castle Greyskull from a car boot sale once.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets. We never made friendship bracelets that I recall. We just knew we would be friends forever. And in the case of Rich and Louise, we are. *sends smooches their way*
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. Possibly. They sound familiar although not something my mum would necessarily get me.
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up" It sounds familiar, but I don't know where from. Help!
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates. Closest ice rink was in Stevenage and I went there a couple of times. Had roller skates from an early age. Still shit on them.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It. My dad made me my own with a plastic ball and some washing line material. It sucked. I got my own from a car boot eventually.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds. I don't think I ever had my own there but my brother and a girl in his class (dear Tamara!) had theirs there. The staff gave my bro the bumps and fucking dropped him.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement. More or less. Some of it is a little American.
42. Guns 'N Roses. They always fucking sucked. Slash rocks, but the rest.... sod off.
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down. Yes. With leggings.
46. Red Rover at recess Red Rover was a contact sport and the fat kid's revenge. It's called Bull Dog here. We had a nicer version called Guppie Dog cos the original was banned. In Guppie Dog you just tagged the person, not tackle them. I was an expert.
47. You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!" Was never totally into it though.
50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales. Well, for a start it's 'Rainbow BRITE'. Don't remember her so much, but I did love My Little Pony a lot.
51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. I named a suitable brown fuzzy teddy bear after him, but other than that I don't remember him well.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool. When they were cool? I don't remember that part.
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class. We didn't get SBTB until I was a bit older. I remember them but it was never huge here.
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THRU THE HEART. *checks to make sure Natasha isn't nearby.* I always thought they sucked. That hasn't changed.
56. JAMS were SO in style
57. Come on Eileen!!!!!!!! Course I remember Kevin and the boys. Toooooo ra looo ra tooo ra loooooo rey aye! Louise's favourite song.
58. Beverly Hills 90210 Remember it bu tnever watched it. There was someone called Brandon or something and that's all I know.
59. Really bad hair......... Yes. Not my own, but others... yes. Perming, frosting and lacquer should be outlawed.
PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHO GREW UP IN THE 1980s or early 1990s!!! ROCK ON!!!.. and thank God it is over!!!!!!!!!
Diamond!
The word, diamond, is from the Greek
"adamas"- meaning unbreakable or
indomitable. They were believed to render all
poisons harmless & to drive away madness, night
spirits, and evil dreams. You much like this
stone is a strong willed person. You know what
you want in life and you stand by your beliefs
firmly. You are beautiful in everyway for
others will strive to be like you in strength,
but pales in comparison. A true gem!
Which BIRTHSTONE Is, and Benefits Your PERSONALITY?
brought to you by Quizilla
"You must remember this, a kiss is still a
kiss". Your romance is Casablanca. A
classic story of love in trying times, chock
full of both cynicism and hope. You obviously
believe in true love, but you're also
constantly aware of practicality and societal
expectations. That's not always fun, but at
least it's realistic. Try not to let the Nazis
get you down too much.
What Romance Movie Best Represents Your Love Life?
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Like there was ever any doubt in my mind.
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Date: 2003-08-31 19:34 (UTC)My joke of the moment, courtesy of Mark Lamarr:
"Kylie Minogue's new waxwork is in Madam Tussaud's in a special Australian theme room. She's next to Jason Donovan.................... who has to stand there all day pretending to be made of wax."
*Former Jason fan pisses self with laughter*
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Date: 2003-08-31 19:39 (UTC)But speaking of the lifelike-ness, I hae images of being stuck in there after closing. Positively scary. It would be great for a murder mystery thriller, being stalked and not knowing which were real...
*has creeped self out*