cinema review

Angels ,

Today I saw 'Pressure' - a film following James Stagg, a Scottish meteorologist who was chosen to predict the weather for June 5th, and famously persuaded Dwight D. Eisenhower to delay the D-Day invasion. I would rate the move a solid 7/10. It was enjoyable, interesting and slightly cheesy, but not so much that it made me cringe (which most movies do). 

Stagg is a genius, and well-known around the country for his expertise. Irving Krick is an American meteorologist who has predicted weather in North Africa and America, but never in Europe before. Krick uses historic logs of weather to predict the future weather, which he calls is completely sunny and perfect conditions for an invasion.

Stagg, however, disagrees.

He finds storms heading to France, which would ruin the whole attack. Eisenhower and his team laugh at Stagg's proposal to delay D-Day until the 18th of June. After countless arguments and eternal persuasion, Stagg finally gets Eisenhower to delay the attack. Meanwhile, Stagg finds out his wife is missing. 

Bye, Divas ! 

ANGELS ,

Does anyone else agree that this week has been the longest week ever? I'm absolutely exhausted from the week, and so I'm taking this weekend to relax and be 'lazy'. 

I think that a lot of people take the word 'lazy' as scroll on your phone, lie in bed all day, watch TV and don't answer the door. For me, a lazy weekend is just taking things slowly, but still going out, cooking food etc... So today I'm going to see a movie and walk around central London. 

This seems like the opposite of a 'lazy' task, but to me this is a break. I'm always rushing around to get to different places, and so just slowing down and walking when there's no end-goal is super relaxing to me.

Also - my birthday is next week?! It feels like this year has gone by so quickly. It feels crazy. I'm nervous for my birthday because that is the day the dreaded Harry Styles presale happens, and I am going to get tickets. Whether they're nosebleeds or VIP packages, we need to see him again!!! 

Tears for Fears is opening, (Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Head Over Heels, etc.) which is crazy because they're my Dad's favourite band. 

Bye Divas X

angels ,

 Today marks 25 years since the tragic attacks in New York City to the World Trade Centre on the 11th of September, 2001. I thought I would post something in honour of the innocent lives that were taken during this event - many of which were lost in order to save others. 

The North Tower was attacked at 8:46am, and the South Tower at 9:03am. Many only had the option of burning, jumping or passing out from the smoke. 

344 lives from the New York City Fire Department were lost, along with 2,977 citizen deaths in total.

It is important to honour the victims, families and witnesses of this tragic event, which should - and will - never be forgotten. 

Bye , Angels X

angels ,

Good Evening, Angels X

If anyone knows me, they know I love Harry Styles. Not just love. I have posters on my wall, I can name every song 0.5 seconds in, and I know what blood type he has. So, I would call myself a fan. And just because I'm disappointed about one aspect doesn't make me not a fan. I feel every time I mention this my fellow Harry fan friends are like, 'Oh my god, you're such a fake fan!' Being fan doesn't mean agreeing and loving everything that your idol does. You can be frustrated about some things as well. So here it is:

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Harry Styles announced his 2027 Together, Together tour yesterday, and I was overjoyed. I am still overjoyed at the thought of seeing Harry again. What makes me slightly annoyed is the fact that no dynamic pricing will be used this time round. In February, when Harry's tickets for the first round of Together, Together went out, it was dynamic pricing. Some seats would be £80, whereas the ones right next to it would be £120. This was because of the different views, whether they were obstructed etc. 

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This tour, there are set prices per seating area. This is annoying because many fans couldn't go last tour due to the high dynamic pricing. The standing tickets were tricky to almost impossible to bag, and the only affordable to the majority were the nosebleeds, which went for about £90 - £100. The average worker would obviously not be able to pay for these. 

I will not disclose how much was spent on my last Harry Styles concert, but enough to make everyone who I have told audibly gasp. By the time I entered the website, the only tickets left went for about £300 - £400. There were no nosebleeds left, no standing left, only the VIP packages and the extremely expensive tickets. So now Harry isn't using dynamic pricing and he is handing out a selection of £20 tickets, it's frustrating that the money I spent before on those seats for the same show coming to Wembley again for 2027 will be cheaper.

Oh well! Anything for Harry. X

BYE DIVAS !

reading

 I want to write about this because it was something I found striking during my English Lit class today. I was amongst eleven out of my class of thirty who was currently reading a book. And in a survey my school posted, only 36% of my school were frequent readers. That's just crazy to me.

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Reading shouldn't be a chore. It should be for pleasure. Not just a way to build fundamental growth, but a way to dive into different realms and imagine things for yourself. You can design characters in your head, map out the different scenes and just really immerse yourself in the words. 

I genuinely think you're not cool if you're against reading. There's a girl in my class who was making fun of us eleven who read, when in reality it's just sad if you're spending your time doomscrolling on TikTok when you could be reading. I won't be mean and assume she spends her time doomscrolling, but she sure doesn't possess much political opinions or debatability on certain ideas.

It is wrong to call someone politically unaware, because a lot of the time people don't form ideas on events mostly because they don't want to think about it. Maybe because they have family involved, or they themselves have some sort of personal connection to the affair - or it could just be that they don't want to think about wars and famine and corrupt governments. 

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I just personally love creating booklists, talking about books, writing reports on books and getting cosy in my bed with a good book. If people don't read, society dies. Society is unable to flourish if everyone is being influenced by social media. 

It makes me really sad, this literary crisis we are facing. Some of my fondest memories are getting stuck in some really gripping books.

Little Women is one of my favourite books, and it pretty easy going. It is definitely one of the easier classics, so if you are reading this blog post and thinking 'Geez, I haven't read in ages!' go and buy a copy of Little Women, put your phone on Do Not Disturb, place it in another room and read. 

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make-up routine

Morning Angels,

 I thought I would show you my make-up routine for this morning's post. 

                

I usually use Nars concealer, but recently my one ran out and I can't exactly afford a new one on top of everything else just yet. I also don't always do this routine - this is if I want to do a full face. I usually just do concealer and mascara if I want to go natural. 

I also use eyebrow glue, but I couldn't find a good photo for it. 

I'll post later, angels.

BYE DIVAS!!

reflection

 Hello angels ,

Why was today okay? Like, I was expecting to be super tired, but tell me why I came home and actually did my homework without any procrastination?? Today was actually a good day - I had quite boring lessons but I like where I'm sitting in all the different lessons, so it's chill. 

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If you follow me, you will know that I love One Direction, especially Harry Styles - and recently Harry posted a pop-up on his website where you put in your address and he sends a letter ! Some fans have already received them. I have not yet, but I'm so excited to! 

Posters from him have been appearing in cities such as Berlin, Madrid, Toronto and London with the date '10.09.26'. I'm so excited, that's in two days. And you know what that means? A 2027 tour. I was freaking out that he wasn't going to do London, but thank the lord - posters finally appeared in London. 

Tonight I'm going to have pesto pasta for dinner. OMG I need to talk about lunch for a second. We queued 40 minutes at school to get in, and then we had two minutes before our lessons started, so the staff suggested we pick up one of the sandwiches or very quick meals, so that we can eat during class, but they looked so dry !! I'm so mad, and I'm praying tomorrow will be better.

My hair looks terrible from the rain.

BYE DIVAS !!!!