We went to see Submarine last night and it was most excellent. April heard great reviews about it but couldn’t find anywhere local to go and see it. In the end the easiest place for us both to meet was the Curzon cinema in Soho.
But before that we went to a newish Mexican restaurant called Wahaca
http://www.wahaca.co.uk/html/1_restaurant4.html
Most excellent, 90% of the food on the menu was unpronounceable so we bravely opted for a sharing platter for two. As a score I’ll give it 7.5 out of 10, a Mexican Wagamamas would be the best way to describe it.
The Curzon was pretty cool too, lots of arty types in there plus a bar where you could take your drinks into the viewing with you. You don’t get that at the Tunbridge Wells Odeon.
A quote from IMDb
“15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.”
This pretty much sums it up but doesn’t describe how funny it was, I wouldn’t describe it as a laugh out loud film (although I did on numerous occasions) but it was very witty and very well made. Hats of for Richard Ayoade, it really is worth making the effort to find a cinema that’s showing it as I’m sure you’ll all enjoy it.
IMDb Rating: 7.9 / 10 (594 votes)
SC Rating: 82 / 100 (1 vote)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440292/
My people call me the dude. I share my teachings in the passages below... (along with many typos, grammatical errors and lazy writing)
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Putting Weldon on the map
The Shoulder in Mutton in Weldon (my dad's village) has won an award from CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale). That’s great news and should help it prosper as it’s had a load of different owners over the years since I used to frequent there and for a while was going to get converted into flats.
I used to go there when I was 16 or so with a couple of my rugby mates and their dads. It was a sh!t hole then and probably still is now but at least it serves good beer…
I used to go there when I was 16 or so with a couple of my rugby mates and their dads. It was a sh!t hole then and probably still is now but at least it serves good beer…
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
eek, my poor skin
Just been looking at the weekly forecast in Morocco (we're going in a little over 3 weeks and it's 40 degrees Celsius on Friday. I hope it cools down a tad soon. Average temperature is a more managable 25 at this time of the year.
Cheeky gits
I received an e-mail this morning from McAfee the anti virus company. They said that they had automatically renewed my subscription at £62.16! Cheeky gits! Looking into it the default option is to automatically renew. Cheeky gits!
I surprisingly managed to get in touch with easily using an online chat facility and managed to get a refund and also greater than 50% discount. I've now paid £22 for the year. Although I was initially annoyed the discount is pretty impressive and meant I don't have to source a new programme and avoid conflicts like the ones I had with my stereo getting blocked by me having more than one anti virus software on my old laptop (Kris fixed it for me)
They're still cheeky though. I can imagine 90% of people would have paid the full price and left it like that. Bloody cheeky gits!
I surprisingly managed to get in touch with easily using an online chat facility and managed to get a refund and also greater than 50% discount. I've now paid £22 for the year. Although I was initially annoyed the discount is pretty impressive and meant I don't have to source a new programme and avoid conflicts like the ones I had with my stereo getting blocked by me having more than one anti virus software on my old laptop (Kris fixed it for me)
They're still cheeky though. I can imagine 90% of people would have paid the full price and left it like that. Bloody cheeky gits!
Monday, 28 March 2011
Maybe I should update my cv
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I'm still a Jedi
We filled in the census (online) yesterday and once again I stated my religion as Jedi. If you asking me to take 10 minutes out of my 'busy' day then you'll have to expect me to take some time out of yours.
Are women really that different?
I was chatting to the girl that sits next to me at work this morning about what i'd been up to at the weekend and mentioned that I had a shot in my friend's Porsche. I told her that it was really good fun but way too fast for me. Her first question was
"What colour was it?"
Jeez!
"What colour was it?"
Jeez!
Saturday, 26 March 2011
Best steak ever...
No really, it was the best steak I've ever had. . It had better have been though, cost me £52!!! Probably didn't need the massive squid as a starter though. Best chips too! Thank you Hawksmoor.
Friday, 25 March 2011
Argh! Why won't you work???
I've just finished a major load of work for head office and all I have left to do is upload it to their group website. The bloody files won't transfer across. Stupid system. I’d e-mail them across instead but the files are massive.
Thursday, 24 March 2011
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