Nothing worth blogging about, but have been keeping busy the last couple of weeks and now with some free time, have found a few blog worthy net things around. One site in particular worth checking out is futilitycloset.com. My new go to site to stave off boredom and kill time at work. Anyway, onto some other things…

The Rupublic of Molossia

The Republic of Molossia (moe-LAAHSS-eeyah) is a sovereign, independent nation, located in and completely surrounded by territory of the United States. With a total area of 9956 sRN (2.5 ha / 6.3 ac), Molossia is one of the smallest nations on earth, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in spirit. A sense of humor characterizes most Molossian people, which, coupled with the casual and comfortable western lifestyle, makes Molossia an enjoyable place to visit. [website] [wikipedia]

Republic of Whangamomona

In 1989 regional council boundaries were redrawn, with an emphasis on connected catchments. These revised maps made Whangamomona part of the Manawatu-Wanganui Region. Residents objected, as they wanted to continue being part of the Taranaki Region, and on 1 November 1989, they responded by declaring themselves the “Republic of Whangamomona” at the first Republic Day. Though the move began as a pointed protest, the town continued to hold a celebratory Republic Day once a year, during which a vote for President was held. [wikipedia]

Enviromental Space articles from New Scientist…

Phantom storms: How our weather leaks into space
Space radiation hits record high
Illegal toxic waste spotted from space

And another behind the scenes video for The Fantastic Mr Fox on how Wes Anderson videoed himself in every part and edited the performances together for his new film I still can’t wait for…

New track off the Massive attack EP coming next month. Finally.

Finally watched District 9 tonight and it was hella good indeed. Great fun story and kick-ass action, my only problem I kept thinking that the main actor was Spike Jonze. I mean, obviously it wasn’t, but I just couldn’t keep shaking off that thought. But that’s just me. Also loved the many subtle science and sci-fi references. Along with Moon, District 9 is one of the greater sci-fi film to have come out in years. Go 2009 go! And there’s still Avatar to look forward to.

Also set to check out Casablanca on the big screen this weekend and it’s gonna be awesome. Next weekend has also got a screening of The Wizard of Oz and I’m so down for that too.

Ain’t had much else to blog about this week, hence the rather quiet activity around. I keep trying to make use of twitter as an alternative, but its a service I’m not really getting that into at the moment.

Meanwhile I stumbled across this neat little article/entry and linking mostly for the first paragraph, but you can check the rest here.

My whole theory of beautiful language holds that it comes from nameless, groups of people looking for a more expressive way to say something. I’m always thankful to get a note where someone praises a sentence I wrote. But what I really want is the kind of genius that takes “I’m leaving” and turns it into “I’m ghost” and then takes “I’m ghost” and turns it into “I’m Swayze.” Seriously, what kid decided to pull “Ducat” out of obscurity (at least obscurity for us 80s city kids) and use it as easy as bread, or ends, or greenbacks? Who decided that a gun should be called a “heater” and then a “toaster” and then finally a “biscuit”?

Disappeared for a bit there. I’ve been watching a new movie pretty much whenever I’m not working and it’s been great, but leaves little time for other things like blogging as one might notice. Been keeping close to the average set out in the last post though. About 10 movies watched in the last four days. Think I might take a break tonight, but that could change later.

Meanwhile, I’ve started up a twitter account which you might notice on the sidebar. Something of a tester just for September, but so far… meh. Find it fairly redundant to be posting about what I’m doing all the time and haven’t even bothered to use the mobile phone feature cause honestly… who the hell wants to know that I’m at the supermarket or what movie I’m watching or how many cancers I’ve cured in an afternoon? I mean, asides from the obligatory stalker, but they’ve already got this blog. Mind you, if they wanna real time stalk, more power to them… the hell am I saying?

Pretty tired now, so a few links and then yeah, why not? Let’s do one more movie tonight…

The Pixies have announced a one off gig next year and I’m pretty damn keen to get myself a ticket. [full article]

A website that gives recipes on how to transform your fast food takeaways into gourmet looking meals. Definitely worth checking out. A simple favourite is a KFC meal into a chicken corn chowder amongst many others. [https://www.fancyfastfood.com]

Good ol’ New Scientist brings us 13 More Things That Don’t Make Sense.

And finally a featurette for Wes Anderson’s upcoming adaptation of The Fantastic Mr Fox. I can’t wait. Apple HD options can be found here. Else embedded below.

Woke up this morning to the sound of glass smashing. Thanks crappy garage door and insane winds combo. You’re a winner.

Meanwhile, well aware how behind I am, have taken measures to catch up on the fact that I’ve not been watching movies that much. Not as much as usual anyhow. And I seem to be buying lots of DVDs buts not watching them all. I won’t mention the exact number/ratio to the total number of DVDs, but it’s pretty bad. So the current aim is to watch about two or three movies watched per day till I’ve caught up, which ain’t too impractical of a number, it’ll just take a while… maybe a few months. (yeah, that many).

Internet has been pretty quiet the last few days and everything else in general really. Well… nothing worth blogging about. Unless you can write about writing? Pfft. Boring.

So here’s an article of pure baddassery where a man wrestled with a 12 foot tiger shark for two hours to save his friend (with pictures!) here.

And a video of epic wtf proportions…

Yeah, I’m just as confused as to why I posted that too. And now I go in search of coffee, cause Mondays suck and my head feels a little like this Gary Busey gif…

This looks good. Not gonna dub it brilliant. But it looks good.

…okay, looks pretty damn good.

My new thing to look forward to next month: Bored to Death, a new HBO series starring Jason Schwartzman as a fake private investigator and also stars the hilarious Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson. He’s the trailer and I can’t wait.

Caught Public Enemies on Tuesday which, while fantastically acted by all (especially Depp) and boasting great art and production designs, fell short on being a great film due to a lack of an interesting plot, next to no character development and the digital photography which while very cool and created some interesting shots, looked like a home movie in many other scenes and really took you out of the experience.

I was hoping for more expansion on the period and the settings, especially how Dillinger’s actions helped in the formation of the FBI and the bureaucracy surrounding it and the crime scene, but instead focused more on Dillinger going to one place, getting into a firefight, and then moving on to the next until more gunfights until he’s eventually shot.

Michael Mann’s a great filmmaker, one of my favourites in a way and as much as I enjoyed this film, it just felt empty and severely lacking afterwards.

Afterwards, returning to my car, it wasn’t quick to figure out that I had left my car lights on and my cellphone at home. But luckily knew someone working who could give me a jumpstart. Gotta stop doing that.

Also keep meaning to check out District 9 this week as well. Can’t escape the buzz surrounding it (not that I’m expecting it to be bad) and aside from Sunshine (which I love to death), it’s been years since there’s been a really, really good sci-fi film since Minority Report. Probably check it out tomorrow.

In the meantime, there’s this brilliant special article at New Scientist about the many different theoretical dimensions, leading up to string theory (which gets to be too much for me sometimes) and is a good change from dark matter, which New Scientist has been pretty hung up on recently. Mind fuckery to be read here.

Rejoice! As Depressing Comic Week returns to Cyanide and Happiness. {previous weeks here and here).

Laugh! As a man locked out of his house is forced to break back in while dressed up with a sword and ammo belt for a fancy dressed party get the armed offenders squad called out on him. [article]

Amaze! As you read the background of current music obsession, the rapper known as Cage (Chris Palko). Either through his wiki page, this feature article or this interview.

Enjoy! The website of the awesomeness that is Beck. The man has been posting some brilliant stuff, ranging from videos to interviews and all should see. [beck.com]