Monthly Archives: April 2013

W is for… Wonderfalls #AtoZChallenge

W is for… Wonderfalls

I’m not sure how many of you will have heard of Wonderfalls. Just one season of 13 episodes, this was a wacky little show that reminds me of the BBC kids series Shoebox Zoo in some ways though this is much odder.

Jaye works in the Falls souvenir shop at Niagra Falls when inanimate objects start talking to her and guiding her to act based on their often cryptic warnings.

This was a fun and quirky series that was probably always destined to be cancelled too soon.

And a quick nod to Wizards of Waverley Place

A Disney channel show about three wizard siblings; Max, Alex and Justin. When older they must compete to become the only wizard in the family. For now they go to school, work in the family restaurant and learn what they can about magic.

I think my favourite character is Hugh Normous who they meet at Wizard School – he thinks he’s a giant and just has really small things around him to try and feel bigger.

So, do you remember Wonderfalls?
If an inanimate object started talking to you how do you think you’d react?

Posted in April A-Z Challenge, Film and TV Reviews

V is for… Victory #AtoZChallenge

Apr 26

Posted by kirstyes

V is for… Victory

Today’s post was going to be called ‘Value the Personal’ but I think I’ve already made the point that I think it is important to value personal experience, opinion, biases etc etc in research so instead I’m going to share a short personal PhD victory.

Today I had supervision, my overarching research question finally looks good – my sub-questions need tweaking because I’ve made them too closed and they need to be open! There are too many of them so I get to cut some out for the time being. I consider this a victory. I feel comfortable with what I have down.

Wish me this as an ongoing feeling.

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Posted in April A-Z Challenge, PhD

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Tags: A-Z 2013, supervision, Victory

V is for… Vampire Diaries #AtoZChallenge

Apr 26

Posted by kirstyes

V is for… Vampire Diaries

Like the Secret Circle, The Vampire Diaries is based on a book series by L.J. Smith – again the TV series differs from the books (and now someone else has taken over the book series – be careful with the early deals you make writers) but hopefully we’ll get a few more seasons together and maybe some of the book plots will come in.

This series isn’t just vampires, we have werewolves, witches, hybrids, hunters. Everyone is conflicted – there is no clear good vs evil.

Although the entire cast is gorgeous the big draw for me watching The Vampire Diaries has to be Damon Salvatore (played by Ian Somerhalder). I definitely ship Damon and Elena (Delena!). Damon is the ultimate bad boy but Elena does bring out the best in him – he can still be an arse though.

Image by hm14 on fanpop.com

I have only recently learnt what shipping means – ‘Shipping, derived from the word relationship, is the belief that two characters, fictional or non-fictional, are (or will be, or should be) in a romantic relationship.’

I refer you to Team Edward vs Team Jacob (I was on Team Jacob)
Harry/Hermione vs Ron/Hermione – It was always Ron
Stefan/Elena vs Damon/Elena – I think in the books this is more balanced for me but in the TV series Damon all the way.

Doing this challenge made me realise I hadn’t yet bought season 3 on DVD. That has been rectified.