First Night

If you and I meet up
and have a fabulous evening,
I will try and match you,
for the rest of our relationship,
with my image of
that fabulous evening.

But you are all sorts of other things.
And when I find that I then
can’t match up the magic
of that fabulous bubbly first night
to our second night I become
depressed and disgruntled

and I start hating you.

From an interview with Rupert Everett in The Metro. By Rishi Dastidar.

Be mine

Why’ve you got so many pictures of Maria –
she your girlfriend or summat?
Yes, she is.
So have you had sex with her?
No.
Have you felt her bazookas?
No.
Well obviously, it being your girlfriend
you’ve kissed her, yeah?
Not yet.
Well mate, in England
it’s sorta like a tradition
for, like, a girlfriend to kiss her boyfriend
so it sounds to me like you’re not actually with her
you just like her.

In Poland you mustn’t kiss to be together
and to think only about one thing.

But mate, we’re not in Poland:
this is England.

Dialogue from Somers Town (2008). Submitted by Marika Rose.

NOOMA is there for us

We can get anything we want,
from anywhere in the world,
whenever we want it.
That’s how it is
and that’s how we want it to be.
Still, our lives aren’t any different
than other generations before us.
Our time is.

We want spiritual direction,
but it has to be real for us
and available when we need it.
We want a new format
for getting Christian perspectives.

NOOMA is the new format.
It’s short films with communicators
that really speak to us.
Compact, portable, and concise.

Each NOOMA touches on issues
that we care about,
that we want to talk about,
and it comes in a way
that fits our world.
It’s a format that’s there for us
when we need it,
as we need it,
how we need it.

The blurb on the NOOMA series of films. Submitted by Marika Rose.

Seriously

Please, I need help.
I’ve had marital problems
Honey, I think it’s time that we start talking about a divorce.

Larry, we’re gonna be fine.

…professional, you name it
Larry, we’ve received a number of letters denigrating you
and, er, urging us not to grant you tenure
I need help

We’re gonna be fine.

I’ve tried to be a serious man
We’re gonna be fine.

I’ve tried to do right, be a member of the community
We’re gonna be fine.

Please, just tell him I need help, please?
We’re gonna be fine.

I need help.
We’re gonna be fine.

The rabbi is busy.
He didn’t look busy.
He’s thinking.

From the trailer for A Serious Man, 11 May 2010. Submitted by Marika Rose.

Ecce homo

This is the man.
What does the man think
of grey and white?
The man likes grey
and white, of course.

“Man should be brave.”
Ah oui. And what
does he think of blue?
It’s perfect.

French Connection window display in Leeds, 9 May 2010. Submitted by Marika Rose.

This house

Council is example of bureaucracy gone mad
Council devoid of common sense
Different rules for different folk
Planners are sterile bureaucratic vandals.

Gateshead planners are philistines
Gateshead planners think 400 votes count for nothing
Thank you –
Not surprising to have more local support than elected councillors.

The buffoons
Can’t see
Won’t listen
Don’t speak

Your local councillors
Who do they think they work for
Council’s abuse of powers lamentable
Council are not even handed
Councillors are devoid of grey matter.

Wrong use of power
Planners cannot loose face
Surprise surprise this lot want our votes

This house is detrimental to the area.

From signs plastered all over the windows of a house in Gateshead, 4th May 2010. Submitted by Marika Rose.

Paternity

You
must be able to declare that
you
are the baby’s biological father,
or
married to
or
in a civil partnership
with the mother,
or
living with the mother
in
an enduring family relationship,
but
are not an immediate relative,
and
you will be responsible
for
the child’s upbringing,
and
you will take time off work
to
support the mother
or
care for the child.