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Yesterday I had the good fortune to join the masses in Sandton to cheer on Bafana Bafana. Usually I’m not big on these kinds of events, but this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and one would be a fool to pass it up. I joined my colleagues in walking to the Southern Sun hotel where the bus would emerge from. Walking there you could not help but be swept up in the spirit of it all, vuvezelas sounding off everywhere and people dressed in Bafana Bafana colours as far as the eye can see. It truly was a great experience, and I’m glad I got to experience it.
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Enjoyed the silence…
Oh boy, it’s been almost half-a-year since last I bothered updating this blog. It’s shocking really!
You know how it goes. You kind of lapse into a non-update period, and then it all seems like too much effort to update and explain yourself. That’s where I was. Can’t say I feel awfully guilty, although I probably should.
So, what’s been happening on my end? Not really an awful lot. Watched a bunch of movies, played a lot of games, and finally managed to start and finish LOST. That in itself is quite an achievement I would say!
Looking to the future. Friday the FIFA World Cup starts. I’m sure it’ll be lovely, but I’m not a sports person as such. I hope South Africa manage to showcase everything that’s great about this country though.
In August we’re going to the UK and France for our vacation. Everything’s in place except for our Visas, but we’ll be getting those sorted soon. Then it’s just a matter of waiting it out. Can’t come soon enough, that’s for sure.
Work-wise… I moved to Sandton, still doing the same work, just in another place. Traffic’s much worse, but one gets used to it. However, with the launch of the Gautrain, I might finally be able to use public transport to come to work. Will give it a bash and see how it goes.
And that’s pretty much all I have for now. I might go into detail on some things as time goes on, we’ll see.
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Mass Review Update
I’ve been lazy, and have neglected my blog. Bad boy! Here’s an update though.
| Title | Date | Rating |
| Movies | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | 16/01/2010 |  |
| Natural Born Killers | 17/01/2010 | |
| The Lovely Bones | 21/02/2010 |  |
| Jurassic Park III | 26/02/2010 |  |
| District 9 | 27/02/2010 | |
| Alice in Wonderland (3D) | 07/03/2010 | |
| Inglorious Basterds (Blu-ray) | 07/03/2010 | |
| The Invention of Lying | 14/03/2010 | |
| Surrogates | 27/03/2010 | |
| Gamer | 28/03/2010 | |
| The Hangover | 28/03/2010 | |
| Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs | 04/04/2010 | |
| Zombieland | 04/04/2010 | |
| Labyrinth (Blu-ray) | 25/04/2010 | |
| Iron Man 2 | 01/05/2010 | |
| 1408 | 02/05/2010 | |
| 9 | 06/06/2010 | |
| TV | ||
| LOST Complete Series | 30/05/2010 | |
| Games | ||
| Darksiders | 19/01/2010 | |
| Bayonetta | 24/01/2010 | |
| Mass Effect 2 | 11/02/2010 |  |
| Bioshock 2 | 20/02/2010 | |
| Heavy Rain | 28/02/2010 | |
| F.E.A.R. 2 – Project Origin | 14/03/2010 |  |
| God of War III | 22/03/2010 | |
| Battlefield Bad Company 2 | 27/03/2010 | |
| Splinter Cell: Conviction | 02/05/2010 |  |
| Alan Wake | 06/06/2010 | |
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Star Trek
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10 January 2010 – Sunday
Score – |
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2009 – The music that was
The start of a new year is always a good time to look back and see how things went. In particular, I looked over my Last.FM profile to see what was most listened to last year. Here is my top ten albums and top ten artists, according to Last.FM. I excluded two NIN bootleg albums, as they were collections of all songs performed during certain periods, and therefore one listen-through was enough to put it in the top ten, and I don’t quite think that’s fair. Without further ado, here’s the lists:
| Top Ten Albums 2009 | |
| 1 | Nine Inch Nails |
| 2 | Ladytron |
| 3 | The Black Hotels |
| 4 | The Parlotones |
| 5 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| 6 | VNV Nation |
| 7 | Muse |
| 8 | Pixies |
| 9 | The Killers |
| 10 | Rammstein |
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| Top Ten Albums 2009 | |
| 1 | Ladytron – Velocifero |
| 2 | The Black Hotels – Films for the Next Century |
| 3 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz! |
| 4 | Muse – The Resistance |
| 5 | Ladytron – Witching Hour |
| 6 | The Parlotones – Stardust Galaxies |
| 7 | Dear Reader – Replace Why With Funny |
| 8 | Tenacious D – Tenacious D |
| 9 | Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown |
| 10 | Die Heuwels Fantasties – Die Heuwels Fantasties |
Local music at least made a decent showing on my listening chart, which I feel good about. It’ll be interesting to see what 2010 holds in terms of new music discovery!
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Up (Blu-ray)
| 1 January 2010 – Friday
What a delightful movie this was. It’s definitely one of Pixar’s most mature movies to date in my opinion. The start of the movie was thoroughly depressing, and it almost had me in tears! Fortunately things became a bit more light-hearted from there onward, but it retained the premise that it set up in the start all the way through. I’d say that Up is now my favouritest Pixar movie to date, pushing Monsters Inc. into second place. And man, I would love for my dog to have a collar like that! Score – |
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Movie Review Roundup
Quick update before the year ends. Brief and to the point:
14 November – Death to SmoochieÂ
29 November – Spirit
29 November – Sunshine
30 November – Adventureland
5 December – Monsters vs. Aliens
6 December – The Prestige (Blu-ray)
20 December – Avatar 3D
27 December – Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
27 December – In Bruges
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Law & Order
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Cheeseburger on a trampoline
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This is pretty neat: Actors Reprise Their Iconic Roles, Without Costumes.
Click the link for more!
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