Hahaha

I'm in awe of the film Taken.

You know that thing movies do, where the high-tech Government agency gets a crappy, pixelated image, loads it into a computer, presses a few buttons, and magically derives incredible quality and detail out of what previously was a couple of pixels?

Taken does the same. Except this is on a common photo-printing booth in the street and with a single button labeled 'process'.

Liam Neeson manages to find the face of the man holding the camera phone reflected in a sign in the background. It starts off as a shapeless blur > a few zooms and one press of the 'process' button later and you could photofit him.

Right down to his untrustworthy, European smile.

It also has a rooftop phonecall-triangulation scene, a I'm-cocking-my-gun-which-means-I'm-being-extra-threatening moment, and a bad guy getting hit in the face with steam from a broken pipe.

In the film's defense, when it does come down to just Liam Neeson kicking the crap out of filthy Europeans, it does so extensively.

Things that are great about Mama Mia

The insane male casting:

• Pierce Brosnan - cannot sing.
• Colin Firth - cannot dance.
• Stellan Skarsgard - a grizzled, somewhat-terrifying physical presence in what is otherwise a campy film.
• Dominic Cooper - creepy, creepy, creepy, creepy.

Any scene in which he kisses his fiancé feels like attempted rape.

WoW

I almost feel obliged to return to World of Warcraft just because of the sheer amount of hard work those fellows are putting in to it.

In the recent update they introduced achievements, haircuts (I really need a haircut), zombie hordes, talent trees for pets, harbors. . .

They can't be getting much sleep.

Chocobo breeder

I have a new blog and a new purpose in life.

Chocobo Breeder - A blog dedicated to the making of large, rideable birds.

You know what really grinds my gears?

People who use the phrase 'Sue me' after saying something very mildly controversial.

No wonder everybody is lawsuiting everybody else left, right, and center.

The Moment of Truth

Does anybody remember that game show hosted by Cilla Black from the late 90's where a member of a family had one week to master one skill? And if they mastered and proved it on the show, they got like a car and a holiday and a new house and a Sega Gamegear home entertainment system?

I kindof wish I had those incentives.

I need to learn the names, three and one letter abreviations, polarities, pHs, and structures of all 20 amino acids. By monday.

I feel I should say something to get this noble endeavor officially underway.

'Alright, it's tea-time, chaps!'

That'll do.

Get out of my head

I can't get enough of caramelldansen.

The presence of dancing anime schoolgirls just elevates it to the level of crack cocaine.