I’m in the middle of upgrading to Wordpress 2.1 so please bear with me and normal service will be resumed shortly.
Might take a while as I decided to do it in between putting up a curtain rail and tidying the kitchen cupboards out…
That is all.
I was going to link every single blog i voted for on the 2006 bloggies awards page but then i got bored after the political blogs and gave up - sorry to those of you who missed out on this once in a lifetime opportunity but you can blame the people at Bloggies for having a ridiculous amount of categories and making yours so far down…
I am frankly shocked and appalled that my own fascinating meanderings were not considered bloggieable (?) by the general public and either of my readers.
Anyway go vote
I feel I must also apologise to those of you who I trimmed from my blogroll (as some of you will no doubt whinge or feel unloved) but with all the latest additions I had to take action against all those who didn’t bother to link back to me on their own blog. Tough love I know and if you want your link back then earn it by reciprocating and giving my ramblings more exposure dammit!
by Mark Haddon is an excellent read, I’d also reccomend you check out the Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger if you are doing any travelling or need a book that will suck you right in fast and hard and not let go till you have read it the buggery out of it.
I’m currently reading Phillip K Dick’s collection of short stories including Minority Report - I think that one was made into a film by some hotshot hollywood upstart. They are pretty neat but nowhere near as awe inspiring as Valis or some of his other works.
What else is new? Well I’ve been working on the website for 3angle films the company I recently started with a couple of my more talented comrades. Keep your eyes here for the release of said website later this week!
Also of late I started messing around with internet dating / friend finding websites. It’s the latest craze for me since playing poker online and I wanted to know which ones were worth fiddling with and which ones were absolute pony. You can currently find yours truly’s hopeless profiles on Faceparty.com and also meetic but you can find my profile on there for yourself… If you know any other good ones I’m up for it in the name of uh, research. Yes academic pursuits - thats my watchword.
If this isn’t the Funniest Blonde Joke Ever I’ll eat Brown Toast.
(And the jokes on you because I actually Love brown bread… - Peep Show)
Another restless night,
waking up in haze,
Two months now,
since we went our own ways,
maybe more for her…
I can’t go another hour,
with her in my head,
twisting up my days.
I wish I were dead.
No, not really.
I can’t make it happen.
This thing I desire,
All I ever wanted,
turns to ash in the fire,
burns me too.
So what now?
Move on, forget her.
Easier said than done.
Chin up, bite down,
Keep it together,
I guess it wasn’t meant to be forever.
You know its bad when you start making up songs about it, still I kinda like that one - I think the next set of verses should be more positive. Maybe I can add to it later when I can actually relate to that.
In other news the new Belle and Sebastian album sounds great. The Life Pursuit is out February 6th 2006 on Rough Trade Records.
On Saturday I was an angel shining fair
You shone louder, longer
You put my shine to shame
Put me to shame now
Put me to shame
What is it I must do to pay for all my crimes?
What is it I must do?
I would do it all the time
I just watched Before Sunset and I was completely mesmerized. Having watched Before Sunrise a couple of nights previously, I have something to compare it to and I can see how far Richard Linklater has come. Now Sunrise is a good film, I’d have definately included it in any list I compiled of my favourite films, Sunset however, storms straight in as my numero uno.
Besides the form of the film (it takes place, pretty much in real-time) the dialog, photography, the acting, everything comes together to show just how much Linklater has matured as a film-maker. You can see how his influence has developed looking over his previous work with films such as Slacker and Waking Life. Its a triumphant work and you could plan no better weekend than one spent with the Before Sunrise/Sunset films basking in the glow you get at the end of each part - of course it does help if you are something of a romantic.
The films have reinvigorated me somewhat as Linklater was one of the directors who inspired me to get into this line of work in the first place. I had began to wonder if he had gone off the boil and perhaps was not living up to his early promise. Before Sunset has made everything right in the world though.
P.S. I have developed a major crush on Julie Delpy as a direct result of the final scene.