Great day for students of art!

Cass art student day!  What a day!  Everything 50% off along with a fabulous goodie bag full of arty treats all packaged in their slick purple totes.  Sure, i might have waited two hours, but that enormous glow across my cheeks as I proudly slung my freebies over my shoulder was well worth the agnsty wait.  Included was a kit for an alien pupppet show!  Should be airing shortly... can't wait!

Ladies who dominate

Damn, some girls need to chill out. Whilst talking to a manager of an accounting firm, he informed me that the ladies at the top of their game were the ones' to look out for, especially when it came to evaluating the office.  This is because high-level accounting positions seem to still be male-dominated so any lucky lassie to have a high up position is hard as boots and a lot less than chilled out!  He said if a tax inspector comes to question your accounts you'd better pray it's a man, cause those chicks ain't gonna let nothing slide: imagine your mum inspecting your room before you've got relatives to stay.  I shudder to apply the same demon to any high power position.  It does seem to reflect a view of women as being less competent or easily replaceable or softer spirited or i dunno, but it's something a bit scary and totally not sexy.

Coraline

So Coraline should be another level of creepy considering i have the disposition more pitiful than the cowardly lion but it has to be said that this really striked me as being shockingly dark for a childrens' film.  Don't get me wrong though!  The stop-motion animation was a treat for the eyes and the music quite dark and satisfyingly chilling.  For those who don't know, it's about a girl called Coraline who moves house and her parents' are very busy and stressed out and have zero time for Coraline.  In her boredom she eventually finds a portal to a parallel world where her 'other mother' lives, originally a paradise but as time progresses you see how she is trying to trap Coraline in her web of deceit and lies with an ultimate aim of keeping her there.  It's impossible to appreciate how much work has gone into this mini masterpiece