Shameless

I didn't ever see this. I think I got a couple of glimpses of Shameless but my first clip was of Frank (although I didn't know him at that point) and he seemed like a pissed loser. Well he is but the entire show - Series 1 and 2 and the Christmas Special have been great. The characters are wholseome. I have noticed that in the first series, everyone was pretty much involved with everything. Whereas in series 2 different characters are more involved in differetn espisodes. There are some people who do seem to disappear without further explanation. Overall, Shameless is horribly good. A impression of an underclass life on a estate somewhere near Manchester. I hate using the term underclass because actually there is a family unit, togetherness and support. They get by. Of course real hardship isn't obvious. It's inferred. Petty crime is the way of life. And covering up for each other. They do awful things and yet here I am championing them to be able to get away with it. I have to ask myself about that. Yet I empathise with the mess that they are representing. I have not lived this directly, however I have witnessed it closer than I ever imagined when I stayed on the estate in Poplar. Wow that was a frightening place. A's bike was nicked. The life never worked. It was dodgy and I am not or never was scaredy cat. I was very aware of everything around me. Anyway I didn;t experience the hardship. I was earning good money and there for the relationship. It was another odd situation really. A was living there with his cousin and her nurse friends. A great flat, on two levels - high rise block. I am not sure how his cousin had the tenancy but she di and I never asked but always wondered. Later she left the flat and moved into nurses residence. That was strange. Anyway back to Shameless. I suppose the characters are at times charicatures and yet in their exaggerated portrayal is a lot of realism too.
I am looking forward to series 3.











The love story between Steve and Fiona is really lovely. And it makes it ever so special as in real life Jame McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duffie are a couple and have been married since 2006. He has been quoted as saying he married the woman of his dreams. Certainly I find myself wanting them to celebrate their togetherness in the series and wasn't really feeling it between Fiona and Craig. That intensity is really there.

So whilst I am awaiting the arrival of Shameless 3 and 4 I will watch Atonement, which is I would say the big film for James. Although he was in The Last King of Scotland before that and actually he played a similar role of clever conman if I remember that correctly. I didn't rate the film overall.

Still very ill!! Hating it. Can feel a negativity in my thinking  the cabin fever feel that turns into what's the point. I do not want my mood to lower just because of a flipping flu. Life stinks. I can feel myself teetering on the cusp of thinking blackly and desperately holding onto all that is good and great in my world. It is what is it and to observer this right now seems a real challenge. This is what seems to happen to me. I don't like it. I guess nobody likes to feel ill or depressed. So Atonement - ha ha just to brighten the mood. Actually maybe I will watch Inglourious Basterds instead as it's meant to be comedy and will be a little lighter than Atonement, when I am feeling grief and loneliness.

Bye for now
Bliss
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