Now, I know I am biased a little due to my already being an unabashed sci-fi nerd, but it's basically just a fun, popcorn flick. You don't need to be a trekkie to enjoy it.
Sunday
Star Trek
Went to see it this afternoon and....
Now, I know I am biased a little due to my already being an unabashed sci-fi nerd, but it's basically just a fun, popcorn flick. You don't need to be a trekkie to enjoy it.
Now, I know I am biased a little due to my already being an unabashed sci-fi nerd, but it's basically just a fun, popcorn flick. You don't need to be a trekkie to enjoy it.
Fave Tunes - May 2009 Edition
Fleet Foxes - Ignore Dave Letterman being a fool at the beginning and just listen to the beautiful, folky sounds made by these dirty hippies. The whole album is magical.
Calvin Harris - And now for something completely different, Calvin Harris' whole schtick seems to be doing "throwback" music. His last album "I Created Disco" (which I thoroughly enjoyed, by the way) was riffing on 80's sounds. He's now moved onto 90's rave music. And yet it works, I can't get enough of this song at the moment.
Empire of the Sun - These guys dress like pretentious douchebags but the music is pretty, so I'll forgive them.
Phoenix - Oldie but a goodie. I loved this song when it came out years ago but only acquired the album recently.
The Roches - Even older still! I found out about the Roches when my high school music teacher gave me a cassette of one of their albums as he thought I would like it. He was right! Very quirky, funny and unreal harmonies....God I wish I had sisters I could sing harmonies with.
Anyway, I've been listening to them again lately as I might be running a singing workshop at my daughter's school and I needed some inspiration.
Calvin Harris - And now for something completely different, Calvin Harris' whole schtick seems to be doing "throwback" music. His last album "I Created Disco" (which I thoroughly enjoyed, by the way) was riffing on 80's sounds. He's now moved onto 90's rave music. And yet it works, I can't get enough of this song at the moment.
Empire of the Sun - These guys dress like pretentious douchebags but the music is pretty, so I'll forgive them.
Phoenix - Oldie but a goodie. I loved this song when it came out years ago but only acquired the album recently.
The Roches - Even older still! I found out about the Roches when my high school music teacher gave me a cassette of one of their albums as he thought I would like it. He was right! Very quirky, funny and unreal harmonies....God I wish I had sisters I could sing harmonies with.
Anyway, I've been listening to them again lately as I might be running a singing workshop at my daughter's school and I needed some inspiration.
Tuesday
Things I've watched lately
Time for one of these posts....
Sweeney Todd - The one with Johnny Depp. Disclaimer: it's a musical, but that's not a problem for me as I love musicals. And I particularly loved this one. It was fabulous and also, completely disturbing. Tim Burton is at his best when he does this type of visually stylised film.
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles - I've mentioned this one before, but thought it was worth mentioning again. I gave it a good review after the first season, even though it fell off the rails a bit due to the writers strike interrupting the storyline.
The second season started off promising, then the momentum lulled for a while in the middle, which apparently caused the ratings in the US to take a nosedive. A shame, because my love for the Terminator franchise made me stick with it until it hit it's stride, which it certainly did. The season finale was all kinds of fucking awesome.
Now that Battlestar Galactica is finished, I need some sci-fi to keep me going and this is the only show I can depend on for my fix. Please, please, pretty please bring this show back for a third season.
Speaking of shows I've mentioned on the blog before, I watched the first episode of Dollhouse due to my love of all things Whedon. It's terrible. I've read that it gets better, but honestly? I found it physically painful to sit through that first episode, I don't know if I can commit to any more. Sorry Joss, I'm jumping your fandom ship.
24 - Man, where do I start with this fucking show?
"But he got killed?" You say.
Kind of, but they had some super-duper technical contrived reason to how he got brought back to life, which I can't be bothered explaining now. All I will say, is that it was convincing enough for me because...aaaah, Tony.
Which leads to my next point - the season was going swimmingly so far. New twists and turns, nothing too ridiculous, good character development. The Tony storyline was great in that they faked us out by thinking he'd gone evil at the start but then it turned out that Tony was undercover and he was still the loveable old rogue we had always cared about.
Well, at least I thought so. I just watched 7x18 and now I am fucking pissed off.
*SPOILER ALERT* Tony WAS really evil all along*SPOILER ALERT*
It's not just because I love, love, LOVE Tony that this little development pisses me off. It's because it completely reeks of "stunt-writing", for the sake of putting a "twist" at the end. Just to get all M. Night Shymalan up in the joint. This is not true to the character AT ALL and it completely makes everything else that has happened in the season (or in fact, THE ENTIRE SERIES) so far suddenly become pointless. I WAS INVESTED, GODDAMMIT.
There are still 6 episodes left to go in this season, so I am hoping the writers can find a way to explain the hell out of this development. The way things are going now though, I don't think I'll be tuning in for season 8.
Sweeney Todd - The one with Johnny Depp. Disclaimer: it's a musical, but that's not a problem for me as I love musicals. And I particularly loved this one. It was fabulous and also, completely disturbing. Tim Burton is at his best when he does this type of visually stylised film.
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles - I've mentioned this one before, but thought it was worth mentioning again. I gave it a good review after the first season, even though it fell off the rails a bit due to the writers strike interrupting the storyline.
The second season started off promising, then the momentum lulled for a while in the middle, which apparently caused the ratings in the US to take a nosedive. A shame, because my love for the Terminator franchise made me stick with it until it hit it's stride, which it certainly did. The season finale was all kinds of fucking awesome.
Now that Battlestar Galactica is finished, I need some sci-fi to keep me going and this is the only show I can depend on for my fix. Please, please, pretty please bring this show back for a third season.
Speaking of shows I've mentioned on the blog before, I watched the first episode of Dollhouse due to my love of all things Whedon. It's terrible. I've read that it gets better, but honestly? I found it physically painful to sit through that first episode, I don't know if I can commit to any more. Sorry Joss, I'm jumping your fandom ship.
24 - Man, where do I start with this fucking show?
- The first season is some of the most compelling, exciting television you will ever watch in your life. If you haven't seen it, watch it now.
- The second season is kind of ridiculous (in a fun way), but the good thing that came out of it for me was that Tony Almeida was suddenly incredibly smoking hot.
- Season 3 ramps up the ridiculous levels to 11, so much so that I would often scream at the television "are you fucking kidding me?". However, the smoking hotness of Tony Almeida keeps me glued. It also helps that he is also an awesome character that keeps me emotionally invested in his and his lovely wife, Michelle's, well being.
- Season 4 is OK, but almost a caricature or itself. It's actually gotten to the point where you are more surprised when people live instead of die. Also? No fucking Tony until about the halfway point. WHERE'S MY PRETTY, SHOW?
- Season 5 - Didn't watch it. Do you want to know what my lame reason was? They killed Tony about 5 or so episodes in. With the show declining in quality by that point anyway, killing Tony gave me no reason to watch.
- Season 6 - see above. Not interested and from what I've read around the web, this season was a true low point for the show in terms of quality.
"But he got killed?" You say.
Kind of, but they had some super-duper technical contrived reason to how he got brought back to life, which I can't be bothered explaining now. All I will say, is that it was convincing enough for me because...aaaah, Tony.
Which leads to my next point - the season was going swimmingly so far. New twists and turns, nothing too ridiculous, good character development. The Tony storyline was great in that they faked us out by thinking he'd gone evil at the start but then it turned out that Tony was undercover and he was still the loveable old rogue we had always cared about.
Well, at least I thought so. I just watched 7x18 and now I am fucking pissed off.
*SPOILER ALERT* Tony WAS really evil all along*SPOILER ALERT*
It's not just because I love, love, LOVE Tony that this little development pisses me off. It's because it completely reeks of "stunt-writing", for the sake of putting a "twist" at the end. Just to get all M. Night Shymalan up in the joint. This is not true to the character AT ALL and it completely makes everything else that has happened in the season (or in fact, THE ENTIRE SERIES) so far suddenly become pointless. I WAS INVESTED, GODDAMMIT.
There are still 6 episodes left to go in this season, so I am hoping the writers can find a way to explain the hell out of this development. The way things are going now though, I don't think I'll be tuning in for season 8.
Monday
Cargo Bike is now SOLD!
We sold the second cargo bike to a guy who accosted me in the street while out riding ours. He said he'd been wanting one for ages! Lucky break!
In fact, one of the funnest things about our cargo bike is all the reactions we've been getting. Teenagers either giggle with their friends or shout out "Cool bike!" sarcastically. Cyclists smile at us as if to say, "Well done, I approve!". Then, there are lots of points and stares from the general public as we glide by.
Old ladies seem to be drawn to it like a fly to shit. Seriously, the most curious have been sweet little old ladies who come over and quiz me and the kids like we've just arrived from Mars. Of course, they do it in a very nice way and I really don't mind. I've always been a bit of an attention whore anyway, as you should know by now.
In fact, one of the funnest things about our cargo bike is all the reactions we've been getting. Teenagers either giggle with their friends or shout out "Cool bike!" sarcastically. Cyclists smile at us as if to say, "Well done, I approve!". Then, there are lots of points and stares from the general public as we glide by.
Old ladies seem to be drawn to it like a fly to shit. Seriously, the most curious have been sweet little old ladies who come over and quiz me and the kids like we've just arrived from Mars. Of course, they do it in a very nice way and I really don't mind. I've always been a bit of an attention whore anyway, as you should know by now.
Thursday
The Latest Internet Fad
Although Facebook/Myspace and Twitter have passed me by (I just don't get the appeal at all), I am on board with the latest trend.
Omegle
Probably because unlike the other things, this is completely anonymous so there's no harm done at the end of the day. I've had people chat to me thinking I was a guy, and so I just let them believe it. It's given me an interesting look into how people treat you differently when they think you're someone else.
On the positive side, I've had fascinating conversations with people from Sweden, Austria, France and of course, the USA.
On the negative side, there are a shitload of trolls all ready to take advantage of the anonymity factor. Personally, I don't mind them so much. I can give as good as I get.
Who knows? I've probably chatted to you already!
Omegle
Probably because unlike the other things, this is completely anonymous so there's no harm done at the end of the day. I've had people chat to me thinking I was a guy, and so I just let them believe it. It's given me an interesting look into how people treat you differently when they think you're someone else.
On the positive side, I've had fascinating conversations with people from Sweden, Austria, France and of course, the USA.
On the negative side, there are a shitload of trolls all ready to take advantage of the anonymity factor. Personally, I don't mind them so much. I can give as good as I get.
Who knows? I've probably chatted to you already!
Saturday
Bike Stuff
I don't need to blog any more because it turns out Cesca is my own personal PR machine. Bless her. Fair enough that someone else updates the details about my life, seeing I'm so damn slack about it.
Anyway, our new cargo-bike is awesome. I have been riding it almost every day. I love the fact that I am:
a) Getting exercise (My cycling enthusiast hubby always thought it was hilarious that people would hop in a car to drive to the gym.) I am developing buns of steel.
b) Saving money on petrol. Yes, I am possibly the stingiest person you know.
c) Helping the environment by not producing noxious gases every time I go out.
So, are you in Christchurch and would you like to buy a Christiania-style cargo bike? Because we actually have a second one in our possession (still in it's boxed, kitset form though). We had 2 shipped over because splitting the difference on shipping was a hell of a lot cheaper than paying for just the one to come over. We can pass the saving onto you! Please check our listing on Trade Me if you are interested. Included is a photo of me with all the kids in the bike.
Anyway, our new cargo-bike is awesome. I have been riding it almost every day. I love the fact that I am:
a) Getting exercise (My cycling enthusiast hubby always thought it was hilarious that people would hop in a car to drive to the gym.) I am developing buns of steel.
b) Saving money on petrol. Yes, I am possibly the stingiest person you know.
c) Helping the environment by not producing noxious gases every time I go out.
So, are you in Christchurch and would you like to buy a Christiania-style cargo bike? Because we actually have a second one in our possession (still in it's boxed, kitset form though). We had 2 shipped over because splitting the difference on shipping was a hell of a lot cheaper than paying for just the one to come over. We can pass the saving onto you! Please check our listing on Trade Me if you are interested. Included is a photo of me with all the kids in the bike.
Tuesday
The best thing to ever come out of Youtube
If you have ever recorded yourself singing or playing an instrument and posted the results on Youtube, there is good chance you are included in this beautiful thing of amazing awesomeness.
I am serious when I say that, in my opinion, this is the best thing that Youtube has ever been responsible for, so click that link. Now I need to work out how to rip audio so I can put it on my ipod.
I am serious when I say that, in my opinion, this is the best thing that Youtube has ever been responsible for, so click that link. Now I need to work out how to rip audio so I can put it on my ipod.
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