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Well hello there!

It appears to have been 2 months since my last blog. For this I can apportion the blame to 3 conveniently sized scapegoats

1. Technical problems – my 13 month old laptop spluttered and died, annoyingly when just over a month out of warranty. I tried the whole sales-of-goods act malarkey to no avail, so thanks e-buyer and HP, you buggers *shakes fist* – you are two companies I will steer clear of in the future. Anyway a few days ago I took delivery of a shiny new Acer laptop which will hopefully outlast its predecessor; handily this one comes with a TWO year guarantee, so I expect it to last 25 months, before coughing, belching, and finally vomiting out its harddrive circa June 2011.

2. The third part of my blog’s title “Crap health” covers this scapegoat but I’m not going into details cos it’s frankly too depressing. There was an arse of a month followed by a change in medication followed by another arse of a month, and now I’m still probably around the rectal area, but there you go. That’s a metaphor by the way – as far as I know my rectal area is not top of the list for cause for concern

3. Apathy – I would elaborate but meh.


Anyway, hopefully normal service will be resumed soon, and by normal service I of course mean infrequent grumpy updates to be read by 4 or 5 people. Hurrah!

So Films, life, Crap Health and General Musings over the last 2 months.

Hmm, films I’ve seen reduced to synopses of no more than 5 words:

The White Ribbon – German. Lack of ribbons noticeable
Inglourious Basterds – Let’s kill Hitler, babbles Tarantino
Zombieland – Shaun of the Dead? No
Gojoe – Who, What, hey? Fell asleep
Hollywoodland – Affleck acts. Yes, really.
Pickpocket – Not Oliver Twist you silly
It Happened One Night – Classic Hollywood. Gable and Colbert
A Might Wind – Not Spinal Tap, but okay
Fast Food Nation – Cheeseburger would be more memorable
The Men Who Stare at Goats – Should have stayed a documentary
Sanjuro – Yojimbo character returns. Mixed results
Messrine Parts one and two – le French gangster. Tres bien
Paris Je T’Aime 18 stories. Some are good.
Eight Legged Freaks – Scarlett appears. Nothing much else
The Road – Depressing, depressing, depressing. But good.
Flightplan – The Lady Vanishes? Not close.

So that’s the films. I’m not talking about the crap health, because that would just be depressing and maybe too personal (maybe I should change the title of my blog to Films, and none of your bloody business) which just leaves life and musings, of which I’m having difficulty recalling any.

We had an election didn’t we, and some parties won and some didn’t whilst I stayed awake until 5 am before giving in. If this election has taught me nothing else, it’s that two men in their 60s, David Dimbleby and Jeremy Paxman, have many times more energy than me. But then, as crap health suggests, I knew that already. So I didn’t really learn much from the election. Except the Eng Democrats didn’t gain any seats and for that I am glad, especially after being called a Nazi and a twat by them on twitter with no provocation.

Hmm, I bought some pyjamas….I went to the loo a few times...twittered nonsense..

Okay, you haven’t missed much really.