Day 8(b) Derby here I come

I am on day 8, that is eight days with a consumption of 25ml of jagermeister and 1200ml of lager only. Feeling really good. Although I'm aware it was around this time that I was feeling really good about it last time. When I get that anxiety in a couple of weeks (which I expect as I would normally self medicate myself to avoid it) I have a choice whether to return to alcohol to avoid it or power through it. Not knowing how long it will last makes it a scary prospect but I suspect that when/if I come out the other end it will be an amazing feeling of achievement. So I will try my very best.

Today I am off to Derby to attend a talk called 'A little porn, a little torture' which, anyone who knows me even a little bit will know, is right up my street. Research-wise that is, not practice.

After this I will be going to the cinema to see Scream 4, I am suitably excited. I was too young to see the original at the cinema  and I don't remember if I could have seen Scream 2 and 3 on the big screen. Both were so rubbish it wouldn't have been worth bothering. However as it has been such a long break between the last one and this one (11 years) it suggests they may, MAY, have had time to improve on things.

One curious thing to note. The first three are certificate 18, so in fact I wouldn't have been able to see any of them when released. This one however is a certificate 15. The question begs: is it less violent, less scary, less sexually explicit (although we never did get to see Campbell's rack) or has the threshold of what justifies an 18 certificate changed to the extent those boffins at the BBFC will allow much more exciting fare to reach the eyes of our 15 year olds? Past precedence suggest the latter is true, as what would have been deemed terrifying 100 years ago would now be considered tame. It is, however, quite exciting to potentially witness this change in such a short time that is 11 years. I may just have to watch the first three again to compare, for research purposes obviously....