Skins UK: Season 5

Okay so I have to admit that I had a break from watching skins over the past couple of weeks. Sadly I was extremely busy and it was one of those things that got pushed back and pushed back again. I had not forgotten about it though! how could I, this season has been one of the best seasons so far after the turn of the deadly season 3! Yesterday I had a skinathon where I watched episodes 4, 5 and 6 (just about to watch the 7th episode) and how bloody brilliant it is! I am shocked that they seemed to have found a great bunch of young actors for a change. I have to say that I absolutely LOVE GRACE! (she is the new Cassie!... oh how I miss that girl!) with not many episodes to go until the finale I am going to give you my rundown on the characters so far (and lets see if this changes at the end!) 

Alo - Will Merrick 

Until Alo’s episode, I really did not like this guy. I know it is part of the character’s personality but the guy just seemed pointless and rather gross. I am not really a fan of the humor from him and I really was not particularly looking forward to his episode. When it was turn to see the world of Alo it was really nice to see him grow up at the end. His mother is an absolute bitch and it really made me feel for him (because my mum is so great!) but yes I have to admit that under all those grotesk clothes and extremely pale skin lies a guy that I am starting to like and I look forward to seeing what happens to him in season 6

Grace - Jessica Sula 

Well... what can I say! I absolutely love this girl! she has my humor and is just as crazy as I am! I cant get enough of her. The part where she starts to dance with that old stripper woman in her episode made me laugh and then cry! I loved Grace from the start so when it come to her episode I was really looking forward to it! I even love the mum! they are a complete bunch of freaks and I am SO EXTREMELY thankful that my family are nothing like that! Hats off to Jessica Sula who plays Grace to a T! 

Nick - Sean Teale 

Okay... well this is where I have to be honest with you. I liked the guy at the start of the program because he is rather attractive (I think) and I thought he would be a great play throughout but the more I watch skins the more I think he is completely pointless and just there to aid that whore that I will speak about in a bit! I just do not think that Nick gets anything! I liked his episode where he managed to sort out his life and quit rugby at the end but I just thought “I want you to go off the rails and do something stupid like shave your head and get tattoos” I am not a fan but lets see what happens in the next few episodes. 

Matty - Sebastian De Souza

We all like the dark mysterious types and Matty is one of these! I cant say that I cared for him at the start because he was barely in it but I do like this character. He is made out to b the rather strange one yet I think he has his head screwed on more than any other character! I cant wait to see what happens with him (and if they kill him off in season 6 as they seem to do with a character... I will kill them!) 

Liv - Laya Lewis 

LOVE! LOVE and more LOVE! I think it is because I know people like her but she would be such a great friend and person to hang out with. I feel sorry for her because she seems to have many problems yet they aren't actually her problems... they are problems that she has got caught up in with other people. I liked her at the start and I am loving her at the end! 

Rich - Alexander Arnold 

I did not think I would like him at the start but that lasted about 5 mins and then I loved him. Again, I know people like this but he has such a great slow sense of humor and ends up in situations that you just WANT him to end up in for those great Skins moments! I wish he would cut his hair though!!! 

Franky - Dakita Blue Richards 

She is a lesbian!!! no she is not! but she is! Franky is the first character we meet in Skins and I would not have it any other way. I really really like her! I swear that there is far more to her than the program is letting on... YET... I will be waiting patiently to see what exactly happens to her. I even lover her look and everything that comes with it 

Mini - Freya Mavor

BITCH! - yes I know t is horrible but she is a cow and the program makes me want to see her have an eating disorder and be unhappy! I was not too into her when she was in the first episode and I actually hate the cow near the end. I hope there is some really big story for her where her life comes crashing down!... sorry but there is always one lol! 

okay so that is my roundup of the skins characters! I am sure that you may disagree but lets see how much this changes by the end of this season and the next season! Yay for skins and I cant express how happy I am for season 3-4 to be gone! 

Thank God For Westfields!

As you may know!... I am a HUGE fan or architecture and anything that is being built in London (as long as it is interesting :P) I usually know about. When I first moved to London the news was all about Westfield shopping centre in Shepherds Bush and let me tell you... Its amazing! like I said to my mother “You have not seen a shopping centre until you see Westfields” Now I have found out some more news about the second Westfield shopping centre that is being built in east London and how exciting it is! If the first one was not big enough for you (joke!.. you could die in it and it would take days to find you!) then this one will be the largest urban shopping centre in Europe. (I mean we do not care about out of city shopping centres! its all about staying in the city now anyway! This shopping centre that will be attached to Stratford International station and the Olympic park is going to be a gem. It is not announced what shops will be situated inside (apart from John Lewis, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer) but here are some photos that I have found for this “beautiful” project that I will be going down the DAY that it opens. I would like to say thank you God... Thank you Westfields!

It is SO beautiful!!!! Once it is open EVERYONE has to make a visit no matter WHAT! 

Thatmfeeling 

London's Orbit

Every time you look on London news websites of news papers I swear that there are articles on the new landmark that is being build next to the olympic stadium “The Orbit” It seems to get so much bad publicity yet everyone seems to be obsessed with this thing. Personally I love it! Its strange, striking and its very different. I have heard it being referred to as a blood clot, Intestines, alien, a broke Eiffel tower and many more but I really cant help but love the thing. We will see int he future if it holds the test of time and if London takes it under its wing and I really believe that the city will. I refer to the thing as the new Tate modern. The factory is very ugly and my first response to the building would be to take the thing down rather then convert it into an art gallery but how wrong I would have been!? The Tate is an amazing place and it shows how beautiful something ugly can actually be. Now yes I know that the Orbit is being built now and the Tate was a factory and that factories aren't designed to be pretty but it shows that just because it is not loved now does not mean it will not be loved once the Olympic games are over. Trust me on this one, I think its a lover and I cant wait to see it and use it in 2012!

I really like the design and think that when you are standing under it that it will really take your breath away and make you see this object in a whole new light. 

This is more what the Orbit looks like at the moment but it is growing fast!

A view from below. I think this is the best way to look at it! I am rather impressed!