Caught In the Twilight Zone

Since coming back from holiday, I've reverted back to a nocturnal sleeping pattern, and I really don't seem to have much control over it! The past few days, no matter how early I go to bed, my body just can't seem to sleep until about 4.30am, and I can't seem to fully wake until about 2.30pm!! This is bad, as I should be getting up early to search for jobs all day, but that incentive alone doesn't seem to be enough. I'd set my alarm for 9am, and it went off, but my initial response was to hit the snooze button. As it went off subsequently, I just kept hitting snooze and eventually just switched it off then went back to sleep! You might think that if I was awake, then why couldn't I just get up? It's not as simple as that - I was barely awake, still essentially in a dream. My mind just doesn't seem to register and my body seems to act based on the instinct "I need more sleep!". This is very bad, as I'm just making it harder for myself. I'm generally not a lazy person and I hate lying about doing nothing. It's just that once I'm in this rut, I find it hard to get out!!

On the subject of dreams, I've had a few strange ones lately; one was where I'd invited Pink Floyd round to my party and it was a great laugh - they even let me sing "Wish You Were Here". Last night, I dreamed that I was mugged by neds in a car park (probably brought on by watching "Scum" last night and also the Channel 5 documentary "MacIntyres Toughest Towns", about neds and gang warfare in Glasgow!)

On a lighter note, I've watched a couple of good films recently...

Love, Honour & Obey: This is about rival gangs in London, and seems like basically an excuse to throw together some big name British actors together into the one film. I expected it to be pants, but it is actually very entertaining stuff.
Rating: 3.5/5

Scum: This is set in a young offenders institute in the '70s, and is a very brutal, disturbing film. However, the acting is top-notch and it's very convincing - one of those ones where you forget you're watching a film. Not for the faint of heart.
Rating: 4.5/5

Both of these films star Ray Winstone, whom is a very talented actor, as I've recently discovered. I saw the film "Sexy Beast" (starring R.W.) recently, on TV (although it's also in the flat's video/DVD library), and it was very good indeed.

I also purchased the new Franz Ferdinand album, and I'm not disappointed - there are a hell of a lot of good songs on it, and I'm well impressed with it.

That's it. I'm bored... oh hold on, I'm meant to be applying for jobs....