I know I finished it over a year ago, but I love the fact that it’s possible for me to see echoes of my Masters thesis in my day to day life. A few days ago I noticed that I can see things which remind me of my greatest achievement. For example, at one point in my thesis I write about the ending of Jurrasic park; about how, when the characters are flying away from the park, they spot a bird. Obviously the point of this bit of film was to note that birds evolved from dinosaurs; but or me, now, every time I see a bird in flight in the sky it puts me in mind of my thesis, reminding me of what I’m capable of. I also get a great big kick from watching star Trek The Next generation: obviously I’ve seen all the episodes before, but every time I see Patrick Stewart come on screen, it feels wonderful to be able to cry out ”I’ve met him!” I also absolutely adore the fact that danny Boyle chose to echo the union jack parachute jump from the opening of The Spy Who Loved Me at the olympic opening ceremony in 2012. It is a link I find glorious. To see a moment of film I love and looked at in possibly the greatest thing I’ll ever write reused at such an enormous event – an event which will never come again, but at which Lyn performed at – is something I derive an inordinate amount of joy from. The fact that the opening of the Spy Who Loved Me was used as part of a type of textual play makes it highly relevant to my thesis, given that in a way it illustrates precisely the fusion of fandom and cinephilia I discuss; one of my cinephiliac moments used in a type of textual play – you couldn’t get a better fit with my thesis. To be able to see these echoes of my MA work in my day to day life, to have them remind me of what I’m capable of if I put my mind to it, is something I get find enormously satisfying.