Month: February 2008

Just watched the final Rocky film. Wow.

I’m a sports fan and will usually find time to take a peek at all sports. Except boxing. I see boxing as one of the more ugly barbarous sports out there, it’s just two people trying to beat each other senseless, with not really that much skill involved. I admire skill in sport more than sheer power or athletic ability, so I tend to ignore stuff that doesn’t involve skill.

So what’s a non-boxing fan doing watching Rocky ? It’s not just the fight in one of these, it’s how they build up to it. This one has an old guy who’s still fighting for what he believes in but now he’s fighting out of the ring. Genuine nice guy who likes to help people out. I think when I get this one on dvd, I’ll be watching more for the out of ring stuff.

When it gets to the fight though, they show everything. Power, commitment, heart. The punches fly and oh yes – it really looks like they hurt. Which it’s supposed to … There’s a lot of censorship that goes on in action films/tv which I don’t understand. Show the effects, the full effects and you’ll show the full consequences of either shooting someone or thumping someone. And seeing those consequences (on a movie screen) will hopefully stop someone from pulling the trigger someday. There is a line between what’s suitable and what’s sick though, in terms of what some writers/directors will put on screen.

Doh – me ranting again (future blog post coming about some guy who got grief for saying he was taking guns to a party).

Rocky Balboa – has brutal action sequences in the fight at the end but for motivational power, well – I’m thinking of getting up and taking a run around the block, even though I have one pulled calf muscle and another complaining calf muscle :-). It would do me good and I’ve run off worse injuries before …

“Marie: The last thing to age on somebody is their heart “

PS Hallmark just caught my eye, they’re about to show : Blue Butterfly. Might be worth a peek 🙂

Heh heh heh – we’ve got one 🙂 Mum & Dad traded their Freelander in for a Mazda 3 and it’s a pretty good car. Nippy while still having some speed.

Nasty pedal position though …

You’re right about the Mazda RX-8: its rotary engine is a major fuel hog. Do they sell the Mazda3 in the UK? It’s got a kicky engine and chassis and the hatchback body style is HUGE inside.

It frightens me to think what fuel costs on your side of the pond. I’m hoping clean-burning diesels are more mainstream by the time we need to replace our current set of wheels.

Love Led Zeppelin! Hi, Michele sent me 🙂

Haven’t a clue what to get !

Here’s a pic of what I have now :

It has the obvious stuff – fun to drive, power, gets kiddies saying “look mommy it’s a spaceship!”. But it also have economy, reliability and more flexibility than a soft top …

So I’m now wondering what to get next, which is getting more pressing because at 9 years old, it’s starting to disintegrate. A Focus, a Golf, A N Other midsized saloon/hatchback is just plain boring. Soft top would cause me problems when I wanted to move things around. Mazda’s RX-8 looks interesting but it’s allegedly a bit of an oil burner.

Here’s another picture, feel free to join me in a “Looks Purdy!” moment :

Currently chilling to stuff off Sky plus. The testing on Monday/Tuesday was easy but it’s been really hectic since then. We’re having a big IT change next Monday and because I’ve managed to stay ahead of all the IT problems people have, I’m seen as some kind of IT guru person …

Which is fine, apart from when the questions start mounting up. There’s only so many times I can answer the same question without getting snappy 😉 I deliberately avoid working in IT support because I know I would go insane after a month. I do like helping out people with their problems, I just like to pick and choose when and who I help … I must have done ok cos I got a handshake from one of the boys in the car park saying thanks for helping everyone out. Maybe it was me not running around the corner to hide. Now wondering what we’re going to find next week …

Dinner bell just went off – gotta run 🙂

Lol – having a map open on your lap when you’re driving kinda gets in the way 🙂

I prefer the other type of navigator though. The type that’ll buy you a coffee when you stop at a service station. Plus Tomtom’s girl doesn’t have a great range of conversation …

Michele sent me back again so I thought I would comment on an ealier post.

I have a an earlier version of a GPS unit in my car – it’s called a road atlas and is 100% reliable. Batteries not required! I just don’t get on with those bossy electronic gizmos.

There are some classic tunes there but my faves from the list would be Pink Floyd and Led Zep. Trouble is when ever I think of Stairway to Heaven now it is linked to Waynes World! Remember the scene in the guitar shop? “No stairway. Denied!”

Michele sent me over to say hi.

Michele’s got me the idea for this one, it’s a Thursday Thirteen made up of songs I like the most. I’ve set myself a rule though, only one song from an artist, so I can get lots of artists on here. Otherwise it would be all Alisha’s Attic.

1 – Alisha’s Attic – The Incidentals. Guaranteed to melt the hardest heart 🙂
2 – The Bangles – Return Post. Not on their greatest hits, which is a crime.
3 – Crowded House – Four Seasons in One Day. Even when you’re feeling low, like four seasons in one day.
4 – Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here. The whole album is an amazing tribute to Syd Barrett, this one is the highlight.
5 – All About Eve – Martha’s Harbour. Also check out their Scarlet and Apple Tree Man. (bit of a slow-loader that one)
6 – Kate Bush – The Man With the Child In His Eyes. And Aerial shows she’s still well worth listening to 27 years after.
7 – Edie Brickell – Ghost of a Dog. Weepy one …
8 – Tori Amos – Silent All These Years. First track I heard from Tori, still my favourite.
9 – The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby.
10 – Suzanne Vega – Machine Ballerina. Didn’t think much of this one at first, really like it now.
(can’t find an audio/video – this one is on the Songs In Red And Grey album)
11 – ABBA – Happy New Year.
12 – Clannad – Fado. Laid back Clannad, heavenly Maire Brennan vocals.
13 – Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven.

So that’s 13 artists/groups who I adore. There’s people missing though. There’s no Peter Gabriel up there and nothing by Mark Knopfler. The ABBA song could have been any of at least 10 of their’s. I also listen to a lot of Garbage (the Shirley Manson headed group!) and some classical.

CK might like to check out I Will Find You by Clannad – it’s the theme tune to Last of the Mohicans.

Yey – I have the Thursday Thirteen code again 🙂

Muahaha – I have a Blog post all ready and waiting to go on cars …

Not going to post it just yet though cos I have a bonzer idea for a Thursday Thirteen.

Watch this space for when I get all the linkage sorted 😉