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1) Following in the footsteps of a million other geeks, I've changed the text message tone on my mobile phone to the famous Transformers transformation sound. TRANSFORMERS FTFW! I caught the movie on the last day of its run because I have been too busy. I practically dropped everything because I promised myself I HAVE to watch it on the big screen. As a huge fan of the original TV series (I cried when Optimus Prime died) with DVD box sets of S1-3, what else can I say but... ILU Michael Bay! Yeah, I said it. I blame childhood nostalgia.
2) I was on leave last week and spent a very fruitful week with Tyler. He's beginning to walk so I'm mostly busy chasing him around the house. On working days I don't get to spend much time with him, and I really cherish the opportunity to do "mummy" things on a daily basis, instead of just for a short spell over the weekend.
3) The whole gay debate that's playing out in the media is so unecessary and tiresome. I know it's terrible but I've learnt to ignore it OR ELSE risk a stroke, what with all the stupidity and ignorance of the conservative "moral right". Before I buried my head in the sand, the dumbest thing I read was how we cannot allow homosexuality because gays can't breed and if we condone teh ghey, it will spread and humankind will be extinct. The stupid. It hurts.
4) Franz fans! Buy this book when it comes out! (The link to the publisher's blurb is not working atm.) Some of you probably know about this already, but for those who don't, it's as close to a definitive book on Franz as you can get. Helen has spent A LOT of time talking to the band for this. It can't be officially official but the band has given lots of input. Of course, the final say lies with the author, so Kapranos can't, um, revise history. PS. I MAY OR MAY NOT BE QUOTED IN IT.
2) I was on leave last week and spent a very fruitful week with Tyler. He's beginning to walk so I'm mostly busy chasing him around the house. On working days I don't get to spend much time with him, and I really cherish the opportunity to do "mummy" things on a daily basis, instead of just for a short spell over the weekend.
3) The whole gay debate that's playing out in the media is so unecessary and tiresome. I know it's terrible but I've learnt to ignore it OR ELSE risk a stroke, what with all the stupidity and ignorance of the conservative "moral right". Before I buried my head in the sand, the dumbest thing I read was how we cannot allow homosexuality because gays can't breed and if we condone teh ghey, it will spread and humankind will be extinct. The stupid. It hurts.
4) Franz fans! Buy this book when it comes out! (The link to the publisher's blurb is not working atm.) Some of you probably know about this already, but for those who don't, it's as close to a definitive book on Franz as you can get. Helen has spent A LOT of time talking to the band for this. It can't be officially official but the band has given lots of input. Of course, the final say lies with the author, so Kapranos can't, um, revise history. PS. I MAY OR MAY NOT BE QUOTED IN IT.