My work makes me really angry at times
Thank god i only have 11 days 2 hours 15 mins left
nuff said
Monday, February 16, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Nathan "Nigella" Goldfrapp's Grand Cookoff
So i've decided to start a new blog dedicated to journalling my cooking adventures.
Its all photo flashy and will detail how to make my yummy creations step by step!
http://nathannigella.blogspot.com/
Check it all y'all
Its all photo flashy and will detail how to make my yummy creations step by step!
http://nathannigella.blogspot.com/
Check it all y'all
Monday, January 19, 2009
When Buffy is replaced by a cute british boy
Ok so i have started watching this new british drama/action/fantasy show called Demons, and as i have now watched two episodes i think that is enough to judge how this show is going to pan out in the series.
So its a vamp/demon hunter show. So it's a monster of the week format.
SO the story line is that a teenage boy (who is quite cute, but not as hot as the guy out of legend of the Seeker) is a regular teenage boy until his godfather shows up. His Godfather reveals to him that he is last remaining descendant of the Van Helsing line and it his duty to hunt the Demons, who in this show are referred to as Freaks. I'm not entirely sure why the Van Helsing line is located in England... but i'm just going to ignore that fact for the moment.
Oh and he has to hide what he's doing from his Mother... as she doesn't know, and she didn't know about her Husband doing it either.
There is also the love interest, who is a childhood friend and the main denies any feelings, that gets caught up in his escapades.
The Blind empath who can play amazing piano and is very knowledgable who is obviously going to fall in love with the main guy as well, with much scraging between the two women to ensue.
So its a pretty standard formula there. it really does sound very similar to Buffy, just British.
Acting wise its not very good. The Godfather has this awful american accent and so unconvincing. A lot of his lines are delivered wrong and sound very awkward. Actually all across the board i'm not that impressed with the acting. THis being said they are new characters so it may take another couple of episodes for them to settle into the roles. I'll have to wait and see.
Special effects wise its odd. The demons are either CG's in or done up in makeup... but the ones done up in make up look really dumb. Not sure what's going on there. Once again we'll wait and see if they get any better with the art direction of the series.
I think what erks me about it is the lack of backstory in the scripting. They write plot points in, but then it gets confusing because they says things about it and because they havnt fully explained its story. Point being the Priest that they go to for help in the second episode. apparently he's dead, but its hard to tell cause when the topic is bought up the anwser is vague as to wether he is or not.
All of this being said i'll probably still watch it. Its dumb entertainment really. something to watch when i don't need to think. I'm interested to see how it pans out. If they take into a more story driven narrative or if they keep it as monster of the week (more than liely the latter i'm thinking)
While the resemblance to Buffy is pretty apparent I don't think it will end up being a clone of the show. I am waiting for them to introduce some long lost cousin, who is inevitably better at Hunting than the main character, and will make him reconsider his need to hunt Demons. Maybe he will have some random religious related name *cough*faith*cough*
So its a vamp/demon hunter show. So it's a monster of the week format.
SO the story line is that a teenage boy (who is quite cute, but not as hot as the guy out of legend of the Seeker) is a regular teenage boy until his godfather shows up. His Godfather reveals to him that he is last remaining descendant of the Van Helsing line and it his duty to hunt the Demons, who in this show are referred to as Freaks. I'm not entirely sure why the Van Helsing line is located in England... but i'm just going to ignore that fact for the moment.
Oh and he has to hide what he's doing from his Mother... as she doesn't know, and she didn't know about her Husband doing it either.
There is also the love interest, who is a childhood friend and the main denies any feelings, that gets caught up in his escapades.
The Blind empath who can play amazing piano and is very knowledgable who is obviously going to fall in love with the main guy as well, with much scraging between the two women to ensue.
So its a pretty standard formula there. it really does sound very similar to Buffy, just British.
Acting wise its not very good. The Godfather has this awful american accent and so unconvincing. A lot of his lines are delivered wrong and sound very awkward. Actually all across the board i'm not that impressed with the acting. THis being said they are new characters so it may take another couple of episodes for them to settle into the roles. I'll have to wait and see.
Special effects wise its odd. The demons are either CG's in or done up in makeup... but the ones done up in make up look really dumb. Not sure what's going on there. Once again we'll wait and see if they get any better with the art direction of the series.
I think what erks me about it is the lack of backstory in the scripting. They write plot points in, but then it gets confusing because they says things about it and because they havnt fully explained its story. Point being the Priest that they go to for help in the second episode. apparently he's dead, but its hard to tell cause when the topic is bought up the anwser is vague as to wether he is or not.
All of this being said i'll probably still watch it. Its dumb entertainment really. something to watch when i don't need to think. I'm interested to see how it pans out. If they take into a more story driven narrative or if they keep it as monster of the week (more than liely the latter i'm thinking)
While the resemblance to Buffy is pretty apparent I don't think it will end up being a clone of the show. I am waiting for them to introduce some long lost cousin, who is inevitably better at Hunting than the main character, and will make him reconsider his need to hunt Demons. Maybe he will have some random religious related name *cough*faith*cough*
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
What year is to bring
So it's the start of a new year. And I've had a think about what i hope to achieve this year.
I'm not one for making resolutions, mainly because I think my life doesn't need to be improved as such, but there are some goals I want to reach.
I want to complete my planned trip to UK in August.
I want to get a better job, hopefully in the federal public service.
I want to gain my car licence so as to make me more self sufficient.
Move out of home, with a strong possibility of moving to Melbourne.
These four main goals I believe are very achievable and if i do achieve them this year I will be pleased with my progress
I'm not one for making resolutions, mainly because I think my life doesn't need to be improved as such, but there are some goals I want to reach.
I want to complete my planned trip to UK in August.
I want to get a better job, hopefully in the federal public service.
I want to gain my car licence so as to make me more self sufficient.
Move out of home, with a strong possibility of moving to Melbourne.
These four main goals I believe are very achievable and if i do achieve them this year I will be pleased with my progress
Like a sponge squeezed of all water... part 2
So the next day we decided to head out to Wet and Wild, or as Keir likes to call it- Moist and Merry.
This was not as enjoyable as we thought it would be.
We arrived around midday and got into the grounds all safely and stuff. There were people everywhere, this should have tipped us off immediatly.
So we line up to go on one of the basic waterslides not realising that it would take us over 30mins just to slie down a hot tube at 10k/m per hour... quite anticlimatic.
Next we decided to head to the wave pool for abit... which didnt have any waves in it. It wasnt untill after we had gotten out of the pool after a while that we found out the pool worked in 10 minute cycles.
So we wondered round for a bit.. seeing that all of the rides and slides had massive line ups for them, and we really couldnt be bothered to wait, so we went and got some lunch and left.
This park probably would have been more enjoyable on a less busy day, but due to it being a time when every young family was out to sit under an umbrella while there child was half drowning in a puddle of urine, sweat and water, it was just too full of people for us to bother sticking around.
that night being NYE we headed back to Brisbane and got some takeout from a excellent little indian place then headed back to Keirs for a bit. From there we headed out to a house party in this beautiful house that fronted the river. From the house we could walk down a short slope with a path lit by candles and bush rising around us onto a private pontoon on the Brisbane river... it really was beautiful and almost breathtaking.
So we did new years in style. Which was nice instead of my usual NYE tradition, which is me asleep before the year even changes over.
Today we chilled out. Nick and i went to see Slumdog millionaire which was touchign film about a boy and his life growing up as a pauper in Mumbai and beyond and how he could win the big load on Who want to be a millionaire.
All this time i have been having multiple showers just to watch the layers upon layers of sweat that seem to be appearing on my skin.... by the end of this i had better have the most beautiful skin in the world.. or else.
This was not as enjoyable as we thought it would be.
We arrived around midday and got into the grounds all safely and stuff. There were people everywhere, this should have tipped us off immediatly.
So we line up to go on one of the basic waterslides not realising that it would take us over 30mins just to slie down a hot tube at 10k/m per hour... quite anticlimatic.
Next we decided to head to the wave pool for abit... which didnt have any waves in it. It wasnt untill after we had gotten out of the pool after a while that we found out the pool worked in 10 minute cycles.
So we wondered round for a bit.. seeing that all of the rides and slides had massive line ups for them, and we really couldnt be bothered to wait, so we went and got some lunch and left.
This park probably would have been more enjoyable on a less busy day, but due to it being a time when every young family was out to sit under an umbrella while there child was half drowning in a puddle of urine, sweat and water, it was just too full of people for us to bother sticking around.
that night being NYE we headed back to Brisbane and got some takeout from a excellent little indian place then headed back to Keirs for a bit. From there we headed out to a house party in this beautiful house that fronted the river. From the house we could walk down a short slope with a path lit by candles and bush rising around us onto a private pontoon on the Brisbane river... it really was beautiful and almost breathtaking.
So we did new years in style. Which was nice instead of my usual NYE tradition, which is me asleep before the year even changes over.
Today we chilled out. Nick and i went to see Slumdog millionaire which was touchign film about a boy and his life growing up as a pauper in Mumbai and beyond and how he could win the big load on Who want to be a millionaire.
All this time i have been having multiple showers just to watch the layers upon layers of sweat that seem to be appearing on my skin.... by the end of this i had better have the most beautiful skin in the world.. or else.
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