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.

Star Trek is what could be called a reboot or even an alternative universe story of the original Star Trek franchise. We follow a young Kirk and Spock, with some time travelling hi-jinks thrown in. I’ve never been a huge Star Trek fan, so this new take on the franchise was extremely enjoyable for me. Star Trek has a rich history, but that also makes it hard for a casual viewer to penetrate all of it, and personally I think this reboot is exactly what the franchise needed. A lot of long-time fans don’t share the same opinion, and I can understand where they’re coming from too. It really is hard to please everyone all the time.

Score – ]]> http://broken.co.za/blog/2010/01/13/star-trek-2/feed 0 http://broken.co.za/blog/2010/01/04/2009-the-music-that-was http://broken.co.za/blog/2010/01/04/2009-the-music-that-was#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:30:21 +0000 Broken http://broken.co.za/blog/?p=610 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:

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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!

Up is Pixar’s 2009 entry to their ever-growing catalog of superb animated classics. I missed seeing Up when it was in the cinemas, so I avoided any discussions about the movie, and went into it knowing only the bear minimum.

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!

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14 November – Death to Smoochie 

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