Just got back from seeing Cloverfield. Make no mistake about it people - what you are seeing is movie *greatness*. I'm no expert in these matters of course, but I know what I like, and this I absolutely loved. It was close to the perfect science-fiction movie - I've never seen anything so immersive, with such consistently good narrative. Don't ( Read more... )

The Big Brazil Update

( It's behind a cut - you know you don't want to read it all ! )

I turn my back on the country for a few weeks and you let Steve Irwin die !!! And from a stingray no less. It's like a Formula 1 driver dying in scooter accident ...

Yikes - looks like it's now two months between posts for me ! Now that I have an apartment with the intynet though, it should be more regular. I hope ( Read more... )

Forgive me father, it has been over 30 days since my last post ...Actually, things have been a little hectic ... you see, I live in Rio now. Well, for the next 3 months anyway. Long story, work situation, the usual kind of thing. Net result, I'm writing this from one of the most amazing cities in the world. OK, sure, it's dangerous as hell, and ( Read more... )

Don't suppose anyone can recommend a good PSP game ? I want to buy something for the plane home ...

A maid just came by to turn down the bed. This whole not-speaking-Spanish thing gets pretty tricky, particularly when someone turns up in your hotel room and starts gesturing wildly at your bed. I return geastured about needing an iron and an ironing board ... although given my dodgy mime skills, it's just as likely that someone will be turning ( Read more... )

It's intimidating coming back to LJ, like that first phone call to a friend you know you should have caught up with long ago. It adds an unecessary gravitas that makes it hard to start; Do I need to cover everything ? Where do I start ?I'm going to go with bullet points ( Read more... )

Is it just me, or does anyone else find that Suncorp-Metway add for insurance where they show that guys life progressing by scenes of him at various ages dropping onto the couch disturbing ? I mean, having his wife die during childbirth ? Not nice ( Read more... )

It's my last work-day in Chile - tomorrow I'll be running around doing last minute shopping, and going to a family reunion for one of the guys who works ( Read more... )