A life like Alice

My (usually) weekly trip to the cinema is something I cherish.  There is something exciting about seeing a film on the big screen.  I don't usually partake in eating it, but the smell of popcorn is atmospheric, conjuring up childhood memories of thrilling trips to see Indiana Jones, James Bond and Superman in their latest action filled adventures.   I still find the whole experience captivating.   The smell, the surround-sound, the big screen.   I love it.  This week’s film of choice was the new Macbeth adaptation, starring Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender .   Myself and my colleagues (being English literature/Shakespeare loving geeks) decided a wee department trip to the cinema was in order to check out the quality of the new adaptation, primarily for enjoyment and secondly to see if it is in any way usable in the classroom (can take the teacher out the classroom and all that).   Having seen a trailer on a previous trip to see Everest...

...everyone's an expert! Apparently there are more working days lost to some kind of back pain in the UK than any other condition (not that I've conducted any kind of reliable research) so it goes without saying that a lot of people have experienced back pain.  So I understand that when people find out I have back pain, then they want to let me know "I've had that too!”  But it is intensely irritating when they then proceed to tell you how to cope, how to cure, how to avoid said pain.  I don't want to seem ungrateful for the advice, but I don’t remember asking for it! You may be reading this now thinking "what a hypocrite! She'd doing the exact same thing!" And yes, I suppose I am aiming to offer some kind of (albeit paltry) advice.  But let me just highlight that although I have experienced my back problem, I do not claim to be an expert. I only hope that someone going through the same thing may find some comfort in knowing that I went through it...