Can straight, opposite genders be just friends?

Hey guys, 

Apologies for the lack of posts recently, it's been crazy busy, but I'm back! 

  So on Friday myself and a friend went to see The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and it was far better then any other Spider-Man film I've seen, period (I'll be writing a review of it soon so look out for it). But since going to see the film, it's raised the age old question: can boys and girls (who are 'straight') be just friends? Again. 

  Yes, the person I was at the cinema with on Friday was male. Yes, he is in a relationship with a girl I know, and have come to know quite well lately. No that doesn't make us hanging out together sinister! 

  Honestly, this whole argument really, really bugs me. Seriously? Because we're both heterosexual and spend time together of course, we obviously have something going on. Obviously. 

   I mean, why is it I can spend time with a female friend in public and it be ok? How would you know I'm not secretly in love with her? Come on guys, this is supposed to be an 'accepting' generation and yet we cause speculation over a movie with the opposite sex. 

  So what do you think? Can close friends be opposite genders?

Jess xo

"The Rogues" -DC comic

Hey guys:) 

   Ok so those who know me on a personal level will know that on march 15th myself and a close friend spent the day in London, for the London Super Comic Con in the excel centre, and it was INCREDIBLE (but I'm not writing about that so I'll leave it at that). 

  As we entered into the convention we were given, along with everyone else who went, a goodie bag styled plastic bag containing the usual adverts, flyers, a beer mat advertising a comic book evaluation (ok, so I've never been given a beer mat before but nonetheless it was advertising) and a booklet with the layout and timetable for events etc. Alongside this, within the bag were two free taster comic books an AAM/MARKOSIA "the boy who made silence" (which I'll post a revue on in due course) and a DC comic "the rogues", which is -you guessed it- what this post is about. 

  Now I'm all up of the traditional styled super hero comic books, but I have to admit never really DC. No disrespect intended towards anyone who is a fan of their superheroes (by this I'm categorising superman, wonder woman and the likes) I find them usually too cheesy and child friendly orientated rather then striving for a good story, just my opinion and you can take it or leave it:P. But I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised by "the rogues". Unlike Wonder Woman and Superman, I found the characterisation of the team of Rogues to be more realistic, following the personalities of day to day people. 

 For anyone who hasn't read the comics, "the rogues" is made up of 4 guys and 1 girl: 

Brother and sister Leonard snart and Lisa snart aka captain cold and glider 

Sam scudder aka the mirror master (who by the way is Lisa's partner) 

Mick Rory aka heat wave 

And marco Mardon aka the weather wizard

Basically the story follows a group of thieves -who after several run ins with the flash decided to take drastic steps to give each a super ability using a machine called the Genome Recorder which, predictably back fired on them and had horrible affects - as they break a friend from prison only to discover a "secret" organisation have and interest in them. Do they take up there offer? Well.... I have no idea, I only have the one comic. So I'm left on the cliff hanger as well, until I can find a place that sells them.

  Seriously though, if you have any interest in superheroes or comics, even if you aren't a fan of DC you should really check them out, personally I think it'll be worth your time

Jess xo 

Music review- indie anthems

Good morning guys:) 

So I'm on a 8 hour car journey back down south today and decided I should write about a new CD I bought yesterday. 

Basically the CD is called "greatest ever! Indie Anthems: the definitive collection" really cheesy, right? Well usually I'd avoid these sort of things like the plague because 95% of the time they are the biggest bull you'll ever have heard. But I made an exception yesterday- mainly because I couldn't deal with another 8 hours of Justin Bieber, the vamps and those sort- and give it a chance (it was that or stereophonics "Graffiti on the train" but I have the vinyl so...). Plus 3 CDs for five pound? Can't really complain, even if majority were really bad. 

   But I'm actually quite impressed. The CDs include a huge variety of "indie" music, from the obvious The Killers, The Kaiser Chiefs and Stereophonics to the less well known (such as Madness and LCD sound system). And it's actually quite a good collection of songs even if they are a little older now. If you're into the indie genre then I'd reccomend checking it out:) 

Jess xo 

Summerish post.

Hello lovelies:) 

So Saturday evening myself and the family decided we'd take the dogs to the beach for a walk, and considering we're in the north east of England and it's still April, that's very brave. Or stupid. 

  But because it was the first time for either of the dogs and the dog ban doesn't come into effect until may 1st we decided to do it anyways and I just wanted share some if the photos taken during our walk:) 

Jess xo 

Cruise Fest North East Easter meet

Hello again:) 

So I haven't really been keeping up with daily posts at the moment, mainly because nothing interesting has actually happened for me to write about. But last night, I did something I don't normally do and is a 3 times a year (at most) activity, I went along with my uncle and brothers to the Easter Cruise Fest North East meet up. Technically "cruise" but I don't drive so I didn't do any cruising myself;P. 

  Basically Cruise Fest North East is a UK based cruise team owned by my uncle for car enthusiasts to meet each other and basically be social. 3 times a year the do HUGE meets for people not nessecarily part of the sites group to come along, meet people and show off renovations they have to their cars, my uncle is always renovating his cars for such things. They also do a lot of fundraising for cancer research uk during these events and others they hold during the year. 

   And usually these events are quite big, about 200 cars come along, that's not counting the number of people in each car. But last nights pushed it bigger then ever before, with well over 500 cars -we don't actually count the number of cars but the car parking space rented held 500 cars and still a few hundred ended up either parked on the grass or having to leave due to a lack of space- and a lot of money was raised for the charity, which I'm quite proud of everyone for. 

That photo only covered the rented area at the top end, so there was quite a bit left out of the photo. 

    And although I'm a little biased, I have to say the events are incredible, 100% legally done with no messing around or law breaking most people associate with cruise companies. If you're from the UK (or anywhere in fact) I'd definitely reccomend checking out the facebook account and website because it really is amazing. And if you're from the north east or even near it, I'd definitely reccomend coming along! 

Facebook account; Cruise Fest North East 

Website; www.cfne.co.uk

Jess xo 

Fashion Friday- metallic

Hey guys!

Alright-y, so recently I'm sure you'll have noticed or seen that metallic skirts, tops and dresses are on the rise in trend. Which is brilliant, if you're stick thin, but not so flattering if you're even slightly bigger then a perfectly flat stomach build and personally I'm not sold on them. 

Asos: £89.99

Personally, I think for the cost of them they actually look quite cheap and more trashy then classy, not something I favour. 

Jess xo

Fashion Friday; a day late!

Hello! 

  This week has been hectic so I didn't have enough time to write a post yesterday so here it is: 

Have any of you seen these new cut out boots that are appearing everywhere? I think I've found my new favourite spring summer item!

  I first really saw and heard about these when a girl in the year above me bought a pair and I have to admit, even I thought they were really weird. But they've grown on me and I'm so so glad that more shops have started selling them, I have a feeling they might replace my dolly shoes for this summer:) 

So what do you think? 

Jess xo