Prince of Parkour (as it's being fondly called in our house) was not quite as good as I'd hoped it would be, but it was still quite a lot of fun. The quality, really, was all Jake. If he wasn't leaping about entertainingly (and I really do like parkour, especially as a logical expression of a character in a computer game whose base skills were ( Read more... )

Dee's guide to successfully surviving a party at her house (having now done so - it's only taken me seven years to perfect the method...):

• In-progress hydration! It's kind of a sign that I'm getting old that I really do need to institute the glass-of-booze / glass-of-water policy, but at least I'm not at the requiring-a-berocca-before-bed stage;
  
• Get ( Read more... )

Having now turned 30, I would like to refer everyone to the wisdom of Gabe Saporta (no irony here) via crazybutsound. The man says it like I think it. (...well, not word for word, but the gist is the same ( Read more... )

What I want - what I really want - out of life at the moment is a pair of red tights. I like scarlet or vermillion, but I'd settle for blood or even burgundy. But can I find them? HELL NO. This season's colours are apparently pink, purple and blue, which for someone like me leaves no options once I've bought the requisite Gabe-Saporta-purple (and ( Read more... )

We went to see Kick Ass last night. And, look, it was fun and pretty good, but there are only really two points that I think deserve to be noted:

1. I don't know how much it was changed from the source material (it feels very comicbook, not just in subject matter but in structure) but I was pretty bemused that it was a Mark Millar story that didn' ( Read more... )

I think the defining moment of this film was when I leaned over to the Male and said, "Why did that just happen?"

He didn't answer, unless you count gurgling.

( It's all a metaphor? I hear your mother's a metaphor )

We finished watching season one of ( Being Human (spoilers for same) )

1. From the Ashes. Because duh. *G*

2. ( Burn Notice )

Went to see Avatar on Tuesday night. Some preliminary notes: I haven't been this unexcited to see a big new spec release in a long time; I hate 3D; when they're talking about breaking box-office records, does that include a factor for the way 3D tickets are more expensive than regular tickets (especially on cheap day, when they are no cheaper than ( Read more... )

I suppose it must be nearly the end of the year. I put up the Christmas shrub (while listening to extremely loud Rage Against The Machine, as is traditional) and there was a mildly exciting Adelaide Test (give us our fucking Clark back, you dimwit selectors!) and I fly up to Queensland on Saturday. I'll still be around, but I won't be around, ( Read more... )