My recent absence from LJ has been due to three things ( Read more... )

A few months ago, I was whingeing to anyone who would listen that my life had come to a standstill, nothing was changing and nothing new or exciting would ever happen to me ever again. A part of me knew that eventually I'd remember those thoughts and smile, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that now so much is happening I varely have time to ( Read more... )

After months of househunting, it is something of a novelty to have an entire weekend free to spend as I like. So, this weekend I ( Read more... )

I went to see Eclipse the other day - mainly to make fun of it and enjoy Jacob's abs, of course. But after I came out of the movie I spotted a poster for a movie which will come out in September - Tomorrow, When the War BeganMy first reaction was "Oh wow, I can't believe they actually made a movie of this." My second was "Oh my God, they'll ruin it ( Read more... )

So, I woke up at 4 a.m. today to watch the soccer. It was an awesome game which saw the Socceroos play really well against a tough opponent and score two excellent goals. They still didn't get through to the next round, which is kind of sad, but at least they went out on a high note ( Read more... )

... Does anybody else out there think the writers of Merlin are shamelessly and directly targetting slashers? I have never seen a show more obviously catered for the creation of slash fanfiction.

Also, yes, I watch Merlin. *hangs head in shame*

... I just got lost in the desert for a while. And now I'm back to Life As I Know It, without even a day to catch my breath - and into the busiest term I've done so far. In the little free time I have left, I'm working on changing Life As I Know It, or at least where Life As I Know It sleeps (i.e. I'm looking for an apartment). So with all of that ( Read more... )

I went to see Avatar again, and it's even better on the second viewing. I could now ignore the scientific improbabilities and just enjoy the story - and I have to say, it's not a bad one. Simple, yes - but coherently told, with likeable characters and set in a beautiful, original world. The great thing is, even though the graphics are well and ( Read more... )

Okay, so I had my doubts about Avatar. When I first saw the trailers, I wondered if it was based on a video game, because that's what it looked like to me. And in my experience, movies based on video games (or comic books) are rarely all that great. But anyway, last Friday, my mum decided she wanted to go to the movies, there wasn't anything else ( Read more... )

I thought I'd share the following exchange from Facebook, because I thought it was rather funny - mainly in the Twitlight-fan-missing-the-point-completely sense.

( Screencap under the cut )