I watched Revolutionary Road last night, under divided expectations. On the one hand, a Sam Mendes film with DiCaprio and Winslet is bound to be good (and I had the benefit of looking retrospectively at all the praise it was awarded when it came out). On the other hand though, my whole family hated it. I say hated it. I think they despised it.

It was superb! Absolutely superb. I'm not going to review it or anything as I rather missed the boat, but it was the most ballistic look at suburbia. And best of all, it was relatively cliche free (interestingly, the affairs that crop up on both sides of DiCaprio and Winslet's fragmenting marriage are displayed unflinchingly, and then left as loose threads, part of an embroidery of family life that unravels with disturbing speed and force.

Otherwise, I'm pretty sure I will change the look of the site. It's just boring now, and I do want to make room for comments. Seeing as only I read it, it's not like there is going to be a whole heap of outrage over it either. So I will do that soon, and perhaps post up here my ideas. This is really just to keep the blog on track until something interesting happens in my life - I'm mainly just working and reading. Tomorrow I hope to start going on Kerrigan's book in preperation for next year. Excited about it, as his other work has always been excellent, and a bloody good read, and it will also pacify some growing demons about my ability to take the step up for next year. Off to hunt for a new design now. Turrah.

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"The circle of human knowledge, illuminated by the pale, cold light of reason, is so infinitesimally small, the dark regions of human ignorance which lie beyond that luminous ring so immeasurably vast, that imagination is feign to step up to the borderline and send the warm, richly colored beams of her fairy lantern streaming out into the darkness ; and so, peering into the gloom, she is apt to mistake the shadowy reflections of her own figure for real beings moving in the abyss.

Sir James George FrazerThe Golden Bough

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I'm a 23 year-old student in London Cambridge London, studying English Literature Law. It's hard to really think of anything truly personal I can put here that might give you some idea of who I am, so I will just tell you that my favourite Shakespeare play is Richard II, my favourite chocolate bar is Snickers, and I have a bit of a thing for instant coffee, especially if someone else makes it for me.

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