Today's been a long day. My niece's fotball team won (2-0) against some Finish team in their first cup game. Weee! We followed her into the empty school building where she and her team's supposed to stay the weekend.
Then I took a long walk to get my bike, that I'd planted at the football ground where they'd played. When I finally got home I was really tired. My cellular had finished recharging, I took a shower and had a quick meal. Gosh, I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast. Sweet fish sticks with mashed potatoes and some lettuce leftovers.
So, now I'm at my fiancé's apartment, chilling. We've taken care of the washing machine, now just waiting. It's been a really hot day. Although there was suddenly some thunders in the sky earlier today. "A local storm", nothing more. Lasted around fifteen minutes of my niece's game. However. Now I'm chillin', listening to Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back In Town" (1976).
Tomoz..
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Travellers' day
What a day..
It started early in the morning. I was just sitting in the kitchen having breakfast, when I noticed a [noticeable tipsy] little fellow on the window-ledge. He didn't really seem to know where he was at, nor what he was doing there. The fact that he has this known little sting to protect himself made me take cautious action. I simply put a glass over him.
At first he didn't seem to mind. I studied him while eating my breakfast. His seemed to get nervous, starting bouncing his sting haphazardly against the glass, like he wanted to hurt me(?). When he seemed to realize that he could not penetrate the glass, he went down to ground level. There, he actually liberated himself from what seemed to be excrement. Tiny little drops of something brown appeared on the white ground surface. Wow, this is the first time in my life that I've actually seen a bee do a poo-poo.
The next curious coincidence was when I was out. My beloved fiancé was in the shower, when she suddenly spotted a peeping little fellow. They began a small chitchat, and she did her best to avoid spilling water on his firm body. Although she took this amazing opportunity for a snapshot.
Wow, these little traveling fellows seem to be all around us. My fiancé has told me that spiders usually live in roof tops and suchlike. Also, running into spiders in your apartment is a good sign, since it indicates that there is no mold whatsoever (spiders hate mold). Wow, you learn something new every day.
It started early in the morning. I was just sitting in the kitchen having breakfast, when I noticed a [noticeable tipsy] little fellow on the window-ledge. He didn't really seem to know where he was at, nor what he was doing there. The fact that he has this known little sting to protect himself made me take cautious action. I simply put a glass over him.
At first he didn't seem to mind. I studied him while eating my breakfast. His seemed to get nervous, starting bouncing his sting haphazardly against the glass, like he wanted to hurt me(?). When he seemed to realize that he could not penetrate the glass, he went down to ground level. There, he actually liberated himself from what seemed to be excrement. Tiny little drops of something brown appeared on the white ground surface. Wow, this is the first time in my life that I've actually seen a bee do a poo-poo.
The next curious coincidence was when I was out. My beloved fiancé was in the shower, when she suddenly spotted a peeping little fellow. They began a small chitchat, and she did her best to avoid spilling water on his firm body. Although she took this amazing opportunity for a snapshot.
Wow, these little traveling fellows seem to be all around us. My fiancé has told me that spiders usually live in roof tops and suchlike. Also, running into spiders in your apartment is a good sign, since it indicates that there is no mold whatsoever (spiders hate mold). Wow, you learn something new every day.
Football
My niece is coming to play in the local fotball cup this weekend. She's gonna stay in town the whole weekend. Fun, indeed. Havn't seen neither her nor my sis for quite a while now.
Yesterday I was actually out in the sun for almost an hour, waiting for the washing machine to finish. Felt good, although I get awfully tired by lying in the sun. Had to boost myself up with a cup of coffee.
Yesterday I was actually out in the sun for almost an hour, waiting for the washing machine to finish. Felt good, although I get awfully tired by lying in the sun. Had to boost myself up with a cup of coffee.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Movie: "Butterfly on a Wheel" (2007)
Wednesday. Weee, sun is still shining. It's been like this for almost a week now. Finally, I guess. However, this morning I decided to wear jeans instead of shorts, meaning it felt just a little bit colder outside. Yesterday night, we watched a really great movie.
Wow, the best thriller I've seen in quite a while now. This is really worth seeing. The story is about Neil (Gerard Butler) and Abby (Maria Bello), the perfect couple. He's a well-paid account salesman for a major firm. She's a freelance photographer currently "on hold" slash between two jobs. They have a doughter, Sophie. Nothing can ruin their happiness.. Not until Tom (Pierce Brosnan) comes into play. This may seem like just the usual hostage thriller, but it's a bit more than that. The first scene that took my breathe away was the one with the suitcase filled with money (you'll see). From that moment, you begin to understand that shit is pretty much off the hook in this picture. Go see this one, immediately.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489664/
http://www.iconmovies.net/butterfly/
Wow, the best thriller I've seen in quite a while now. This is really worth seeing. The story is about Neil (Gerard Butler) and Abby (Maria Bello), the perfect couple. He's a well-paid account salesman for a major firm. She's a freelance photographer currently "on hold" slash between two jobs. They have a doughter, Sophie. Nothing can ruin their happiness.. Not until Tom (Pierce Brosnan) comes into play. This may seem like just the usual hostage thriller, but it's a bit more than that. The first scene that took my breathe away was the one with the suitcase filled with money (you'll see). From that moment, you begin to understand that shit is pretty much off the hook in this picture. Go see this one, immediately.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489664/
http://www.iconmovies.net/butterfly/
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The bathroom spider!
This morning when I was taking a shower, I suddenly noticed a tiny little creature on the wall. He/she just stood there, sort of watching over me, naked as I was. Was it overgrown? I'm not sure, but two of it's eight legs were extra long. Amazing. I ran out to fetch the camera, snapped him. I wonder how he must have reacted on the sudden camera flash. Hope he wasn't permanently blinded in any case.
A new blender.
Yesterday I had my welfare check coming. Bought ourselves a blender, to make nice drinks with lots of cream and all sorts of berries you know. Yummy. Tried it out the same evening with kiwi fruit and an apple (with a mixture 50/50 cream/milk as a baseline). Taste was.. bitter. My fiancé assisted me on a 2nd attempt, now with nectarines and banana, added sugar aswell. Tasted beautiful.
However, the blender was not really the main issue of Monday 28th of July 2008. It was something else. Sort of a meeting, a meeting that ended up miles from where we had assumed. Anyways..
"The Ways of God are Inscrutable"
Monday, July 28, 2008
Nostalgia: PC Games
I'm not one of those fanatical gamers, but I still remember when I was around twelve years old, being upgraded from the old 486DX4 computer, to a hot Pentium 166 MHz engine, opening doors to a new game experience. I still remember my first own game, so this is where I'll start from..
Theme Park
Here, you are the manager of a theme park, and your job is to build attractions and everything around it, ice cream bars, etc. Your turnover is - of course - determined by admission tickets sold. I never had time to get to be the manager of a major theme park though, the game just disappeared all of a sudden. I remember my mother being really mad about this act of mate theifery that was apparently de Facto. Which, she of course was right on. A really low blow, by someone. However, it's still a gaming memory.
Youtube: Intro
Wiki: Theme Park
Full Throttle
Here's a great game. I had actually reached like half the game before I got stuck long enough to loose interest. However, I remember this being really of the hook. I actually found the game intro on Youtube, so I post a link here below. Anyhow.. To the story. You're Ben, starting of just awaken in a dumpster. Your first move is to kick up the dumpster lid. And from here the adventure takes it's start. Really cool.
Youtube: Intro
Wiki: Full Throttle
Theme Park
Here, you are the manager of a theme park, and your job is to build attractions and everything around it, ice cream bars, etc. Your turnover is - of course - determined by admission tickets sold. I never had time to get to be the manager of a major theme park though, the game just disappeared all of a sudden. I remember my mother being really mad about this act of mate theifery that was apparently de Facto. Which, she of course was right on. A really low blow, by someone. However, it's still a gaming memory.
Youtube: Intro
Wiki: Theme Park
Full Throttle
Here's a great game. I had actually reached like half the game before I got stuck long enough to loose interest. However, I remember this being really of the hook. I actually found the game intro on Youtube, so I post a link here below. Anyhow.. To the story. You're Ben, starting of just awaken in a dumpster. Your first move is to kick up the dumpster lid. And from here the adventure takes it's start. Really cool.
Youtube: Intro
Wiki: Full Throttle
Movie: "Sunshine" (2007)
Gah!
Worst piece of film I've seen in a long time. Just a messy story with lots of fireworks if you ask me. Like I told my beloved lady after we had watched it: "I've seen fireworks in just about every aspect there is. Scenes that is ment to pull people's eyes wide open, is just another set of pyrotechnics to me. It won't fly." Besides, this story didn't bring anything. No, it's probably at least a couple of thousand(?) years till we have to start worrying about the sun. The only slightly interesting view in this movie must have been how self-centered people get in moments of press. Like, who's life is of least importance? Who is to be sacrificed? Scary, just a little bit. The only thing that kept my thoughts going when the night came was Cillian Murphy's crystal blue eyes. Can't think of anyone with such blue eyes. He has got to be wearing lenses. She tells me that Elijah Wood also has that crystal blue sea. Havn't thought about it though, seems that Frodo hasn't got the same heat in his gaze.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/sunshine/
Worst piece of film I've seen in a long time. Just a messy story with lots of fireworks if you ask me. Like I told my beloved lady after we had watched it: "I've seen fireworks in just about every aspect there is. Scenes that is ment to pull people's eyes wide open, is just another set of pyrotechnics to me. It won't fly." Besides, this story didn't bring anything. No, it's probably at least a couple of thousand(?) years till we have to start worrying about the sun. The only slightly interesting view in this movie must have been how self-centered people get in moments of press. Like, who's life is of least importance? Who is to be sacrificed? Scary, just a little bit. The only thing that kept my thoughts going when the night came was Cillian Murphy's crystal blue eyes. Can't think of anyone with such blue eyes. He has got to be wearing lenses. She tells me that Elijah Wood also has that crystal blue sea. Havn't thought about it though, seems that Frodo hasn't got the same heat in his gaze.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/sunshine/
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday!
Wow, the sun keep on spreading it's warmtm. It must really be the hottest period this summer, 'cuz - truth to be told - it hasn't been that great viewed on the whole.
For dinner, we had hamburgers.
Gosh, with a real salad setup and everything, hamburgers are really nice food. It was actually a month or so since I had my last cheeseburger on Mc'Donalds, this is so much better.
Wild Hogs (2007)
So, my beauty princess needed a few hours of sleep, and since I didn't feel especially tired, I decided to watch this one, a comedy which she had already earlier explained she just wouldn't watch. Why? Because of John Travolta. She thinks of him as Grease, and can't see him as a "hog", or anything else for that matter. Anyways, I watched it. It was actually ok. Not like you havn't seen almost every possible comedy story there is to think of (again and again) already, but I actually laughted a bit here and there. Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen ('Home Improvement'), William H. Macy, four middle-age men riding cross country on their bikes. One man blowing up a biker bar, another man defeating his fear of women. Anyways, the downside is that I think they could have gone to a few more places. The trip is supposed to be held "on the open roads", but the quartet gets stuck on the Chili festival. Can't rate a comedy like this on a scale, so we'll drop the subject.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt486946/
http://wildhogs.movies.go.com/
Towards the end of the movie, she had woken up, heading for the kitchen. She had closed the door so I was sort of wondering what she was up to in there, until just about when the end credits started rolling. The door opened, and the first thing I noticed was the smell, mmmmmmmmmm...
Goodies at night time, so nice. We just couldn't go to sleep, even though clock was around Midnight. So, we decided to watch a movie.
Little Children (2006)
This was great. At first, I was really wondering what this was going to be like, a New Line Cinema movie with a duration time of past two hours. Anyways, none of us lost interest thoughout the timeline. You could say this is a couple of parallel stories. From the start, you get acquaintanced with a quartet of women, with the common similarity that they all bring their perambulators. So, a bounce of parents talking gossip in the park, where can this lead? Add a pedophile, just released from prison, to this - so far - Desperate Housewives looking story. Then add a forbidden affair, a former cop running his own safe neighbourhood marathon, and a couple of other things. Hang on there, this is getting interested in an own sort of way. The story is covered by the voice of someone painting a portrait on the characters thoughts and feelings, just like the voice that usually appears at the end of a Desperate Housewives episode. So, around 2h11m later, clock showed past 2 AM and we were both feeling tired. Went to sleep, fully satisifed with the day.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt404203/
http://www.littlechildrenmovie.com/
For dinner, we had hamburgers.
Gosh, with a real salad setup and everything, hamburgers are really nice food. It was actually a month or so since I had my last cheeseburger on Mc'Donalds, this is so much better.
Wild Hogs (2007)
So, my beauty princess needed a few hours of sleep, and since I didn't feel especially tired, I decided to watch this one, a comedy which she had already earlier explained she just wouldn't watch. Why? Because of John Travolta. She thinks of him as Grease, and can't see him as a "hog", or anything else for that matter. Anyways, I watched it. It was actually ok. Not like you havn't seen almost every possible comedy story there is to think of (again and again) already, but I actually laughted a bit here and there. Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen ('Home Improvement'), William H. Macy, four middle-age men riding cross country on their bikes. One man blowing up a biker bar, another man defeating his fear of women. Anyways, the downside is that I think they could have gone to a few more places. The trip is supposed to be held "on the open roads", but the quartet gets stuck on the Chili festival. Can't rate a comedy like this on a scale, so we'll drop the subject.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt486946/
http://wildhogs.movies.go.com/
Towards the end of the movie, she had woken up, heading for the kitchen. She had closed the door so I was sort of wondering what she was up to in there, until just about when the end credits started rolling. The door opened, and the first thing I noticed was the smell, mmmmmmmmmm...
Goodies at night time, so nice. We just couldn't go to sleep, even though clock was around Midnight. So, we decided to watch a movie.
Little Children (2006)
This was great. At first, I was really wondering what this was going to be like, a New Line Cinema movie with a duration time of past two hours. Anyways, none of us lost interest thoughout the timeline. You could say this is a couple of parallel stories. From the start, you get acquaintanced with a quartet of women, with the common similarity that they all bring their perambulators. So, a bounce of parents talking gossip in the park, where can this lead? Add a pedophile, just released from prison, to this - so far - Desperate Housewives looking story. Then add a forbidden affair, a former cop running his own safe neighbourhood marathon, and a couple of other things. Hang on there, this is getting interested in an own sort of way. The story is covered by the voice of someone painting a portrait on the characters thoughts and feelings, just like the voice that usually appears at the end of a Desperate Housewives episode. So, around 2h11m later, clock showed past 2 AM and we were both feeling tired. Went to sleep, fully satisifed with the day.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt404203/
http://www.littlechildrenmovie.com/
Friday, July 25, 2008
Friday!
Whoa, another weekend is here! :) Really hot day, we sat outside my apartment buildilng, eating ice cream. The ice cream started melting right away, so we had to eat real fast. Then we put a picnic blanket on the grass and just layed there. Really nice.
Almost calm also, so the ~25 degrees felt like the desert. I have to be careful though, rumours has it that the Ketoprofen gel I'm using is causing pigment changes and/or even blisters on the applied area.
Later on the day, we went to my fiancé's parents place to watch Melvin for a couple of hours. We made pizza, yummy. There was some salami leftovers that the dough couldn't hold. This probably made Melvin real happy, at least he didn't seem to have a problem with like ten salami slices, not in his dough ;) I found this old video clip from when we watched Melvin almost a month ago. Anyways, uploaded it to Youtube. Oh, posted it contemporary; in touch with the time of the shooting (in purpose of later on recognition*).
Video: Melvin up to mischeif
Shooter (2007)
Not so bad, even though it feels like you've seen the story a couple of times already. A conspiricy aiming to wack of the president, governments involved, a hero, a hero's assitent, a woman, blood. The touchy-touchy trivel was unsophisticated though. May this "Donnie" character turn himself in his grave. Nah, this one won't make it in my file. However, the good thing is that the action level is up high (at least here and there) so you will probably manage to stay awake.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822854/
http://www.shootermovie.com/
Almost calm also, so the ~25 degrees felt like the desert. I have to be careful though, rumours has it that the Ketoprofen gel I'm using is causing pigment changes and/or even blisters on the applied area.
Later on the day, we went to my fiancé's parents place to watch Melvin for a couple of hours. We made pizza, yummy. There was some salami leftovers that the dough couldn't hold. This probably made Melvin real happy, at least he didn't seem to have a problem with like ten salami slices, not in his dough ;) I found this old video clip from when we watched Melvin almost a month ago. Anyways, uploaded it to Youtube. Oh, posted it contemporary; in touch with the time of the shooting (in purpose of later on recognition*).
Video: Melvin up to mischeif
Shooter (2007)
Not so bad, even though it feels like you've seen the story a couple of times already. A conspiricy aiming to wack of the president, governments involved, a hero, a hero's assitent, a woman, blood. The touchy-touchy trivel was unsophisticated though. May this "Donnie" character turn himself in his grave. Nah, this one won't make it in my file. However, the good thing is that the action level is up high (at least here and there) so you will probably manage to stay awake.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822854/
http://www.shootermovie.com/
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Thursday!
For lunch, I had this funny little dish which I learned to appreciate during my rough years doing military service up north. I can't think of what it resembles, except maybe big snowballs made of grey mud (ground potatoes, actually). This, filled with lightly salted meat, servered with butter and lingonberry preserve, tastes really great, can't say anything else.
Dead Poets Society (1989)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/
After dinner, I had some time of my own. My fiancé was feeling tired and fell asleep. So, I use the time to watch the other half of Dead Poets Society, a film we started watching a couple of days ago, but interrupted since it felt like a way too slowly moving cloud on a real speedy day. So, now I've finished it. It was quite good actually, didn't find any flaws. The movie as a whole was nice, it actually made lots of those (newer) films about finding your own path and still succeeding like worn-out clichés. Funny, in the beginning I thought the film was taking place in the contemporary period of the making (the shift between the 80's and 90's). It was actually not until "the spanking scene" I started to realize that this must reflect on real bygone times (probably the 50's-60's something).
"O Captain! My Captain!"
So, after she had woken up we had dinner (salmon), followed by coffee and a long walk. I believe we were out for like two hours or something. Well, the clock was close to 11 PM when we got home.
Hero Wanted (2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0977214/
So, after the long evening walk, we watched this film. I couldn't stop thinking about that worthless tv-series 'Daybreak'. Unsure of whether the main character was black (leading my thoughts to Taye Diggs) or the jumps n' bumps on the timeline. However, this worked. The final settlement was a bit muddled, I lost track of who went down, and who were still alive. Anyways, eventually it came down to match point, just as always. So, after watching it, I felt like in any case this had not been a total waste of time. After all, Ray Liotta is nice, even though you didn't see so much of him. Anyways, decided to check out some reviews on the net. It appeared that the film had flopped totally, and the foggy deathmatch towards the end had evidently confuzed more people than me. "Really bad light setting", "worst I've seen", "not even Ray Liotta could contribute on this poor script", were some of the users comments.
The EA Games cheerleader - me?
Heh, funny. A couple of days ago I answered this job ad about a post as "pep up guy" for EA Games. At least that's how I figured that this work would be like. It was about visiting different retail stores and check so that they've got the latest in EA's assortment, plus that they have the adequate knowledge about the product. Hmm, when come thinking about it, isn't this after all a job as a salesmen, just like any other?
Anyways, EA Games shouldn't have any problems selling. I mean, they're like behind all those "NHL/FIFA/NBA %currentyear%" games, among lots of others. I'd say they're one of the most well-known game developers in the world. Shouldn't be so hard to sell.
Damn, those video games has really turned a couple of knots upwards when it comes to experience - or have they? Couldn't you get the same feeling by playing an old Mario game as with.. take 'Prey' for example?
Me myself? Well I remember a couple of months ago.. I was trying out "Quake 3 - Revolution" on PSTwo. I was like "Whoa, such graphics! So awsome! Cool!", totally fascinated. Later on, I looked closer on the game cover. Then I see "(c) 2001 idSoftware" on the bottom. I was like "What?? Is this game seven years old?? WHERE have I been all these years??".
Crazy.
Anyways, EA Games shouldn't have any problems selling. I mean, they're like behind all those "NHL/FIFA/NBA %currentyear%" games, among lots of others. I'd say they're one of the most well-known game developers in the world. Shouldn't be so hard to sell.
Damn, those video games has really turned a couple of knots upwards when it comes to experience - or have they? Couldn't you get the same feeling by playing an old Mario game as with.. take 'Prey' for example?
Me myself? Well I remember a couple of months ago.. I was trying out "Quake 3 - Revolution" on PSTwo. I was like "Whoa, such graphics! So awsome! Cool!", totally fascinated. Later on, I looked closer on the game cover. Then I see "(c) 2001 idSoftware" on the bottom. I was like "What?? Is this game seven years old?? WHERE have I been all these years??".
Crazy.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The NES 8 bit console is alive!
Today was really interesting. Guess what happened. I went to take out the rubbish. When I stepped inside our block's garbage room I noticed that someone was obviously cleaning out thorough, perhaps before moving to live someplace else. You may have seen the picture before: toys, an old pair of boots, an old CRT monitor, a plate rack, etc.
However, I was sorting the rubbish, and when I reached the pasteboard section, I see a big cardboard box on top of all the milk-/cornflake boxes and suchlike. My "tech-eye" then gasps, realizing what I stand in front of. An original box for the Nintendo Entertainment System (8 bit), launched in Sweden the 1th of September 1986.
Wow!
Me myself had the sequel bought by my mum, the (16 bit) SNES console, which came a few years later. However, I always thought that the kids who was hanging steady flat from back at "NES age" were the masters. Us "SNES kiddies" couldn't really relate in the same way to anything. However, after spending lots(!) of hours playing Super Mario World, Turtles in Time, Donkey Kong, Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat I, and other perls, I began to fancy the whole business. Half by coincidence; half by determination, I started building my own console collection. Just to make myself clear, this was at the age of eighteen, when the NES/SNES consoles were both pretty ancient. However, I have my own SNES console (which I recieved as a gift at the age of eight nine something), a NES(!) console (which I bought from a friend), a N64 console (which my mum bought me later), and an Amiga 600 console (also this bought from a friend).
The thing is, my NES 8-bit machine is of course just the console with cables. Now, I have the original box for it. Because of course, I took the box from the garbage room with me home. Some people would say this was foolishness; while some would see my thought behind it and cheer me for this piece of glorious "garbage room loot". It may be added that the cardboard box was in A+ condition, even the expanded polystyrene was as new. On top of all this, inside the box I found the original warranty receipt, date-stamped in 1990 by a known Swedish mailorder company. Also(!), this funny little thing you place the controller into; transforming it to a joystick. Like this wasn't enough, even the instruction sheet was in there. Everything original. Sweeeeeeet!
So, you better start looking for the Ebay ad where "I sell my NES console, all original accessories included, see them pictures!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System
Celebrated this with rhubarb pie with ice cream (old faschion vanilla).
We deserved this.
I'm truly the luckiest man alive; for several reasons!
However, I was sorting the rubbish, and when I reached the pasteboard section, I see a big cardboard box on top of all the milk-/cornflake boxes and suchlike. My "tech-eye" then gasps, realizing what I stand in front of. An original box for the Nintendo Entertainment System (8 bit), launched in Sweden the 1th of September 1986.
Wow!
Me myself had the sequel bought by my mum, the (16 bit) SNES console, which came a few years later. However, I always thought that the kids who was hanging steady flat from back at "NES age" were the masters. Us "SNES kiddies" couldn't really relate in the same way to anything. However, after spending lots(!) of hours playing Super Mario World, Turtles in Time, Donkey Kong, Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat I, and other perls, I began to fancy the whole business. Half by coincidence; half by determination, I started building my own console collection. Just to make myself clear, this was at the age of eighteen, when the NES/SNES consoles were both pretty ancient. However, I have my own SNES console (which I recieved as a gift at the age of eight nine something), a NES(!) console (which I bought from a friend), a N64 console (which my mum bought me later), and an Amiga 600 console (also this bought from a friend).
The thing is, my NES 8-bit machine is of course just the console with cables. Now, I have the original box for it. Because of course, I took the box from the garbage room with me home. Some people would say this was foolishness; while some would see my thought behind it and cheer me for this piece of glorious "garbage room loot". It may be added that the cardboard box was in A+ condition, even the expanded polystyrene was as new. On top of all this, inside the box I found the original warranty receipt, date-stamped in 1990 by a known Swedish mailorder company. Also(!), this funny little thing you place the controller into; transforming it to a joystick. Like this wasn't enough, even the instruction sheet was in there. Everything original. Sweeeeeeet!
So, you better start looking for the Ebay ad where "I sell my NES console, all original accessories included, see them pictures!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System
Celebrated this with rhubarb pie with ice cream (old faschion vanilla).
We deserved this.
I'm truly the luckiest man alive; for several reasons!
F o o d!
So..
I'm race-posting again! ;)
20 July 2008 - Chicken with rice
I'm really into white meat!
21 July 2008 - Hamburgers
This must be heaven!
21 July 2008 - Cupcakes
Delicious cupcakes baked by my beloved fiancé! ;)
22 July 2008 - Cod with potatoes
Fish is really healthy, considered to be the number one source of Omega 3/6 acids.
22 July 2008 - Rhubarb pie
Yummy.
I'm race-posting again! ;)
20 July 2008 - Chicken with rice
I'm really into white meat!
21 July 2008 - Hamburgers
This must be heaven!
21 July 2008 - Cupcakes
Delicious cupcakes baked by my beloved fiancé! ;)
22 July 2008 - Cod with potatoes
Fish is really healthy, considered to be the number one source of Omega 3/6 acids.
22 July 2008 - Rhubarb pie
Yummy.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Rain, rain, more rain..
There has been lots of it. I mean, it rained the whole yesterday, and when I woke up this morning the ground was still wet. Well, can't say they didn't warn me. Like a couple of days ago, all they seemed to talk about on the weather report was the "massive precipitation" that was about to follow. Strange, I though I heard the same weather guys talking about a high pressure sweeping in from Russia, resulting in a smaller heat-wave. Well, rain drops falling outside the window is kinda cosy when it all falls down, hrhr.. *laughing at my own artifice*
The Prestige (2006)
This story takes place at least a century ago. Acutally, I can't find the epoch written down neither at IMDb nor in the Wikipedia article. Anyways, a long time ago.. Barden (Christian Bale) and The Great Danton (Hugh Jackman) starts as friends, almost concurrently deriving their status in the trade of magicians. So, (as often) the hunt for glory - externally triggered by a little mishap - makes our friends go seperate ways. From here on, everything will be a contest for pride and glory, with no boundaries for it's cost. The big picture was sort of messy in the beginning-middle, which is sometimes just ment to be. Near the end, everything turned obvious, and it was so(!) well made. Perhaps a bit slow someplace in the middle, but it doesn't add up so the film will lose it's gage, holding Top #250 (#88) over at IMDb.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/
http://video.movies.go.com/theprestige/
Paranoid Park (2007)
This didn't fly so well. It's a story about this sort of reservered young skate kid Alex, who accidentely causes the death of a security guard. How did this happen? Well, it's really not so interesting why, 'cuz it's more about his state of mind while bearing this horrible experience(!), without telling it to anyone. Side characters are his girlfriend, who seems to be more into the conjugal part that him, his friend Jared, and actually not so many others. The story was kind of dull, not really interesting. After I'd seen it I thought to myself: Wow, they could have cut this ~1h20m film into like half it's lenght by just shorten down those repeated scenes which is more likely to cause a yawn than comprehending Alex state of mind while working on his issue. So now I read that director Gus Van Sant found his actors over MySpace. Heh. Beware.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0842929/
http://www.paranoidpark.co.uk/
The Prestige (2006)
This story takes place at least a century ago. Acutally, I can't find the epoch written down neither at IMDb nor in the Wikipedia article. Anyways, a long time ago.. Barden (Christian Bale) and The Great Danton (Hugh Jackman) starts as friends, almost concurrently deriving their status in the trade of magicians. So, (as often) the hunt for glory - externally triggered by a little mishap - makes our friends go seperate ways. From here on, everything will be a contest for pride and glory, with no boundaries for it's cost. The big picture was sort of messy in the beginning-middle, which is sometimes just ment to be. Near the end, everything turned obvious, and it was so(!) well made. Perhaps a bit slow someplace in the middle, but it doesn't add up so the film will lose it's gage, holding Top #250 (#88) over at IMDb.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/
http://video.movies.go.com/theprestige/
Paranoid Park (2007)
This didn't fly so well. It's a story about this sort of reservered young skate kid Alex, who accidentely causes the death of a security guard. How did this happen? Well, it's really not so interesting why, 'cuz it's more about his state of mind while bearing this horrible experience(!), without telling it to anyone. Side characters are his girlfriend, who seems to be more into the conjugal part that him, his friend Jared, and actually not so many others. The story was kind of dull, not really interesting. After I'd seen it I thought to myself: Wow, they could have cut this ~1h20m film into like half it's lenght by just shorten down those repeated scenes which is more likely to cause a yawn than comprehending Alex state of mind while working on his issue. So now I read that director Gus Van Sant found his actors over MySpace. Heh. Beware.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0842929/
http://www.paranoidpark.co.uk/
Monday, July 21, 2008
These people helping or harming this tree?
It was raining heavily outside. I spotted two guys coming out of a truck, one of them holding a saw. Then I saw a half broken branch on the dwarf birch outside. These folks decided to amputate. Well, since I'm no tree expert I can't say for sure, but it felt strange watching the naked twig on the trunk when they were done. Funny, how they left just as fast as they had arrived.
I wonder how they would have reacted if they'd seen me, standing there in the window with a flashing camera. "Shit, he's gonna report us!" or something, they must have thought. My imagination had time building up this mad man's scenario, where these men returned to the scene of the crime, knocking on my door, dressed like Cable Guy, slaughtered me, blam, no witness; no evidence. Case closed!
I wonder how they would have reacted if they'd seen me, standing there in the window with a flashing camera. "Shit, he's gonna report us!" or something, they must have thought. My imagination had time building up this mad man's scenario, where these men returned to the scene of the crime, knocking on my door, dressed like Cable Guy, slaughtered me, blam, no witness; no evidence. Case closed!
Two movies! :)
Death Sentence (2007)
Starting with this. A real nerve-thriller featuring Kevin Bacon Nick as Hume, a family father with a well payed job, a wife and two loving sons, house and a nice car. Let's say the all American dream. Nick is following his oldest son Brendan to watch his hockey game, and when they're driving home afterward something terrible happens. Something that soon to come turns Nick into something entirely else but a man whose usual days contains a desk and risk assessment. Now, he's one pissed off man seeking revenge. The movie was really great. Evidently made by the same director like Saw, interesting. Lots of the scenery in the film felt like playing GTA San Andreas though, especially during the car park chase. However, really great film. Go watch it!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804461/
http://www.deathsentencemovie.com/
King of California (2007)
Not as good as I'd thought it would be. I can recall when this one had it's premiere, lots of people talking about that they couldn't wait to see it. Therefor, I was sort of in eager expectation. Worth? Nah. It's about Michael Douglas as a mind-tripped man with a teenage daughter who's running around him, not sure about who really looks after who. The whole story is about a treasure hunt, even though the finish semi-tells that it would be something deeper beyond. Nah, I don't buy it. The event that was most interesting to me was that on Charlies porch I actually recalled the flower that I've seen here in town, being faschinated of, mostly because it looks like a more-known-flower under some strange form of mutation. I've snapped a photo of those so I'll show them later on. Anyways, not sure if I can recommend this movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388182/
http://www.firstlookstudios.com/films/king/
Starting with this. A real nerve-thriller featuring Kevin Bacon Nick as Hume, a family father with a well payed job, a wife and two loving sons, house and a nice car. Let's say the all American dream. Nick is following his oldest son Brendan to watch his hockey game, and when they're driving home afterward something terrible happens. Something that soon to come turns Nick into something entirely else but a man whose usual days contains a desk and risk assessment. Now, he's one pissed off man seeking revenge. The movie was really great. Evidently made by the same director like Saw, interesting. Lots of the scenery in the film felt like playing GTA San Andreas though, especially during the car park chase. However, really great film. Go watch it!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804461/
http://www.deathsentencemovie.com/
King of California (2007)
Not as good as I'd thought it would be. I can recall when this one had it's premiere, lots of people talking about that they couldn't wait to see it. Therefor, I was sort of in eager expectation. Worth? Nah. It's about Michael Douglas as a mind-tripped man with a teenage daughter who's running around him, not sure about who really looks after who. The whole story is about a treasure hunt, even though the finish semi-tells that it would be something deeper beyond. Nah, I don't buy it. The event that was most interesting to me was that on Charlies porch I actually recalled the flower that I've seen here in town, being faschinated of, mostly because it looks like a more-known-flower under some strange form of mutation. I've snapped a photo of those so I'll show them later on. Anyways, not sure if I can recommend this movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388182/
http://www.firstlookstudios.com/films/king/
The (open) Matroska container
Really sweet. First time I came across this new file format was a couple of months ago, when it occured over some High Definition media floating around on the net. I was at first confused, since this wasn't something I was familiar with. After some reading, I began to understand that .MKV is the beginning of a revolution.
Anyways, at first I didn't really understand the term. Well, to be precise it was the difference between 'compression format' and 'file container' that was a bit unclear to me. Now, after lots of reading, I began realizing that different compression formats (i.e. H.264/Xvid) can be fitted into a Matroska container (.MKV file), aswell as in a - traditional - .AVI file. Interesting, indeed. Unfortunately, not many (none I think, actually) portable media players on the market is supporting the Matroska format, yet. I wonder how long it'll take before it get's as world-wide standard as AVI. We'll see..
Meanwhile learning about all this, I ran over a really sweet GNU/Open Source transcoding application. For those who want's to experiment with different video/audio compression methods and suchlike, check MediaCoder out.
http://www.matroska.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
Sunday, July 20, 2008
A dish, a movie, and a tube of gel..
Her parents were celebrating their wedding day, so she had dinner with them. Me myself made an easy plate of pasta and meatballs. Sometimes less is more! :-)
I've also started on my one-week gel treatment for my forearm.
I hope it'll do me any good.
So, the evening film was 'Cashback' from 2006. The plot stated that this was a film about a guy getting all depressed after his break-up, he developes insomnia and starts on the night shift at a local supermarket to use this "extra eight hours" wisely. Once he's there, his imagination starts running wild. Not so strange, taking into consideration that he hasn't slept for weeks. Anyways, the film was rather entertaining, funny in the way some Brittish films manage to cut it. Also good stand-off points in i.e. don't give up in pursuiting your dreams. A memorable quote from the film:
"The bad news is: Time flies;
The good news is: You're the pilot!"
Go see this one the next time you're thinking about a romantic comedy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460740/
http://www.cashbackthemovie.com/
I've also started on my one-week gel treatment for my forearm.
I hope it'll do me any good.
So, the evening film was 'Cashback' from 2006. The plot stated that this was a film about a guy getting all depressed after his break-up, he developes insomnia and starts on the night shift at a local supermarket to use this "extra eight hours" wisely. Once he's there, his imagination starts running wild. Not so strange, taking into consideration that he hasn't slept for weeks. Anyways, the film was rather entertaining, funny in the way some Brittish films manage to cut it. Also good stand-off points in i.e. don't give up in pursuiting your dreams. A memorable quote from the film:
"The bad news is: Time flies;
The good news is: You're the pilot!"
Go see this one the next time you're thinking about a romantic comedy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460740/
http://www.cashbackthemovie.com/
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Friday in the country
Weekend, nice..
First, we watched 'Mr. Woodcock', a comedy with Billy Bob Thornton and Seann William Scott. Actually quite fun all the way through. Perhaps a bit following the standard route of these sorts of films, but still entertaining. A little fun, this film is directed by the same person as 'Lars and the Real Girl', someone who (according to IMDb mini-trivia) "made television commercials for fiteen years".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419984/
http://www.woodcockmovie.com/
Then Berglund called, all of a sudden. He was going to stay at his parents house in the country over the weekend. His parents was in Gothenburg so he'd feed the cats, cut the grass, etc. So, he asked us if we wanted to come along. Sounded like a good idea. So we went. We ate tacos for dinner, a dish none of us had eaten for like an eternity. Delicious!
After dinner, we decided to see a movie. Berglund's parents had this modern tv box with possibilities of renting movies using only the remote control. So, we zapped through the range of titles, not sure about what was good or bad. Guess this is the downside of not having IMDb next over your shoulder. Anyways, as I (stupid) declared "foreign (non US/SWE) productions is often underrated, we should give that one a try!", seeing a title "Dungeon Girl". So we picked it, only to discover a really slow start. Loads of b/s that didn't make much sense. After approximately fifteen minutes the playback hung up. Stupid boxer system. Gah! So, since that film wasn't that interesting (at all) anyways, we didn't give it any more tries. Instead, we picked a DVD from a film cabinet in their livingroom. The dice fell on 'Wasabi', a action-comedy featuring Jean Reno. It was quite entertaining all the way. Jean Reno is a violent cop in France, getting suspended after punching the police commissioner's son to the hospital. So, today, as I get back to civilization and got the chance to look that crap movie up on IMDb, an average rating of one dot something does not surprise me at all. Shitty video..
IMDb: Wasabi (2001)
IMDb: Dungeon Girl (2008)
Today Saturday, before we left, we went down the arable land (just a few yards from their house), looking on all the sheep that were there on pasture. Really wonderful, I think it's the first time in my life I've seen so many sheep at once. Like fifthy sheep, just wondering around. When they saw us, they came close to the fence. I actually succeeded patting a couple of them. Especially some of the younger sheep had not yet developed the sense of caution for human being. However, when we left, they followed us as far as the fence let them. Funny, really. Wish I had brought my camera.
First, we watched 'Mr. Woodcock', a comedy with Billy Bob Thornton and Seann William Scott. Actually quite fun all the way through. Perhaps a bit following the standard route of these sorts of films, but still entertaining. A little fun, this film is directed by the same person as 'Lars and the Real Girl', someone who (according to IMDb mini-trivia) "made television commercials for fiteen years".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419984/
http://www.woodcockmovie.com/
Then Berglund called, all of a sudden. He was going to stay at his parents house in the country over the weekend. His parents was in Gothenburg so he'd feed the cats, cut the grass, etc. So, he asked us if we wanted to come along. Sounded like a good idea. So we went. We ate tacos for dinner, a dish none of us had eaten for like an eternity. Delicious!
After dinner, we decided to see a movie. Berglund's parents had this modern tv box with possibilities of renting movies using only the remote control. So, we zapped through the range of titles, not sure about what was good or bad. Guess this is the downside of not having IMDb next over your shoulder. Anyways, as I (stupid) declared "foreign (non US/SWE) productions is often underrated, we should give that one a try!", seeing a title "Dungeon Girl". So we picked it, only to discover a really slow start. Loads of b/s that didn't make much sense. After approximately fifteen minutes the playback hung up. Stupid boxer system. Gah! So, since that film wasn't that interesting (at all) anyways, we didn't give it any more tries. Instead, we picked a DVD from a film cabinet in their livingroom. The dice fell on 'Wasabi', a action-comedy featuring Jean Reno. It was quite entertaining all the way. Jean Reno is a violent cop in France, getting suspended after punching the police commissioner's son to the hospital. So, today, as I get back to civilization and got the chance to look that crap movie up on IMDb, an average rating of one dot something does not surprise me at all. Shitty video..
IMDb: Wasabi (2001)
IMDb: Dungeon Girl (2008)
Today Saturday, before we left, we went down the arable land (just a few yards from their house), looking on all the sheep that were there on pasture. Really wonderful, I think it's the first time in my life I've seen so many sheep at once. Like fifthy sheep, just wondering around. When they saw us, they came close to the fence. I actually succeeded patting a couple of them. Especially some of the younger sheep had not yet developed the sense of caution for human being. However, when we left, they followed us as far as the fence let them. Funny, really. Wish I had brought my camera.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Lunch!
Tuna with Crème fraîche, garlic, salt 'n pepper, plus a little bit cream to spice it up even further.
Yummy!
Yummy!
Physical ailments - what a wasteland
Gash, my sitting-too-much-behind-the-computer issue with a minor (chronical?) inflammation in the strings in under my forearm keeps bugging me. I've heard about those anti-inflammatory gels (*) that is supposed to help. I'll head straight for the pharmarcy today.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketoprofen
Then we have my beloved queen and princess. She's been having this pollen allergy which causes her eyes to swell, something she thinks is really irritating. I've tried a few Google strings to find the best eye drops for this matter. Unfortunately, I'm no doctor.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketoprofen
Then we have my beloved queen and princess. She's been having this pollen allergy which causes her eyes to swell, something she thinks is really irritating. I've tried a few Google strings to find the best eye drops for this matter. Unfortunately, I'm no doctor.
Movie: "Lars and the Real Girl" (2007)
Must be a difficult part to play. Last time I saw Ryan Gosling was in 'The Notebook' a couple of years ago. However, this was a real odd movie. When I first read the short plot, I figured that it was about this lone wolf who meets a girl over the Internet and.. you know.. the whole story in it!
Now, this was not what I was expecting to see. Lars (Gosling) is a lone wolf, but you will soon notice that there are underlying factors in this, so it's not an easy thing to deal with. Lars is rather good-looking, so that isn't the problem. Take Margo for example, a girl sitting only one office booth away from Lars at his work, she's really reaching out for him - in vain. Oh, the garage where Lars lives in, is the garage of the house where Lars older brother lives with his pregnant woman. Karin is worried about Lars health, whereas his brother Gus tries to put his worries away in a locker, or at least he tries not to show them. However, one day Lars informs them that "he has a visitor" - this wonderful girl he has meet. Wow, finally. Lars seems to have finaly came out of his bubble. So they cheer, until they find out that Lars new girlfriend is in fact a sex doll; which he treats as like it actually was a real human being.
Interesting.
6/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/
http://www.larsandtherealgirl-themovie.com/
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Goodies!
As you probably know I've developed a mad love for these [American style] cupcakes. So, here we go again. My fiancé is undoubtedly the best cupcake patisserie in the whole wide world. Salute!
A scrumptious toast is neverless wrong.
Cheese, onion, bacon, scramled eggs, yum!
A scrumptious toast is neverless wrong.
Cheese, onion, bacon, scramled eggs, yum!
A pair of dinners
Hehe, just thought that would be a sticky subject line for two dinner photographs. Nothing more, just good, tasty food that gives you that happy feeling in every inch of your body.
Lasagne (16th July)
Flint steak (15th July)
Lasagne (16th July)
Flint steak (15th July)
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