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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
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4:09 am
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Hampton & the Landlord are made of House Inspection Fail. They were meant to come round this afternoon for a house inspection. After two days of frenzied tidying, guess what? Yup, they never turned up.
However, this is not really much of a worry, because for possibly the first time in about two years, we have a (moderately) clean and (reasonably) tidy house! Even my room is tidy(ish)! There are still isolated spots of untidiness separated by wide expanses of freshly-hoovered carpet, but this is a vast improvement on the usual state of affairs, which was isolated islands of carpet surrounded by oceans of mess.
The secret now, I think, is to keep it that way. Let's see how long that idea lasts. ;)
current mood:  tired
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| Friday, July 18th, 2008
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5:12 pm
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It's a very odd feeling, seeing a bloke who looks exactly like a male version of a woman one happens to find extremely attractive. ó_0
;)
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And to increase today's total randomness, I have just seen a bloke cycling past work pulling an advertising hoarding.
Advertising a Christmas Party in the Globe Bar next Friday night.
The bloke is dressed as Santa.
In July.
Something tells me this might be the year I snap and do a Vyvian-style rant in the middle of a major city centre mall when there are just [#unspecified] shopping days left to Xmas.
current mood:  exanimate
current music: The Bible, "Graceland"
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10:44 am
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| Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
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5:47 pm
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| Sunday, July 13th, 2008
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10:12 pm
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Last night was absolutely great fun. Went down to Dublin to do a guest DJ spot at Dominion, and had an absolutely brilliant time. :)
( The Playlist )
Damn fun, and I will definitely be looking to do that again some time in the not too distant future if they'll have me. :)
current mood:  accomplished
current music: Killing Joke, "Sanity"
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2:24 pm
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| Thursday, July 10th, 2008
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9:17 pm
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This is IMDb’s top 25 all-time box office hits. Bold the ones you saw in theater, italicize the ones you saw some other way instead, and leave the unseen ones alone.
19 out of the 25 could be considered Science Fiction/Fantasy, and another 3 are borderline. I wonder does that tell us something about the movie-goig audience...
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5:59 pm - The most evil fabric?
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| Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
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5:26 pm
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I have reason to believe that the phrase "Use your Archaeological Imagination" might just pass into fandom history...
current mood:  amused
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| Monday, July 7th, 2008
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11:22 pm
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Now, I'm no expert on international law, but I reckon that the point where Simon Mann's defence fell down was when he described Mark Thatcher as the "mastermind" behind the attempted coup...
current mood:  meee-ow
current music: Warren Zeevon, "Werewolves of London"
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1:54 pm
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I've to get root canal treatment. :(
NOT happy about this.
In better news, I'm beginning to get a bit excited about DJ'ing at Dominion this coming Saturday. I'm planning on heading down mid afternoon (2pm or 3pm), getting dinner somewhere then finding a comfy chair or several in the bar. :) It will be fun, oh yes, it will be fun! :D
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| Sunday, July 6th, 2008
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7:05 pm - Dental Ow!
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I am currently eating food completely on the left side of my mouth, as the right side just hurts too much, even through 400mg ibuprofen, 1,000mg paracetamol and 16mg codeine.
The cause of this pain has been identified as an abcess under the upper right 2nd premolar, and a mouth ulcer on the gum just above the same tooth, neither of which the emergency dentist could really help me with. Joy. I am now blitzing these with antibiotics (Metronidazole), mouthwashes and salt water on top of the antibiotics. Needless to say, I am feeling slightly queasy with the amount of painkillers I've consumed over the last few days.
Tomorrow when I get in to work I'm ringing dentistry at the Royal and seeing if they can slot me in at all (hopefully to get this damn tooth out, as it just hasn't been right since early last year when I had to get it filled 4 times in as many weeks).
current mood:  sore
current music: Steve Martin, "Be A Dentist"
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3:49 pm - Exterminiren! Exterminiren!
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| Saturday, July 5th, 2008
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5:24 pm
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1 hour 16 minutes to MAXIMUM EXTERMISQUEE!!!
Just a *little* bit excited. :D
current mood:  excited
current music: Sonata Arctica, "Weballergy"
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| Friday, July 4th, 2008
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4:01 pm
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On the up side, I have just seen Purdey Joanna Lumley walking past the office after getting her honorary degree from Queen's, and looking every bit as gorgeous as you would imagine she would.
current mood:  impressed
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3:48 pm
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I am currently discovering the joys of abcesses.
Combined with the joys of my own dentist being on holiday until July 20th and not having an opening until the 23rd.
I think a visit to the emergency dentist at the City is in order for tonight...
current mood: the pain!!!
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1:52 pm - Noted on ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kateorman's journal...
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| Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
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7:04 pm - All we know...
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1:03 pm
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Oh Rapture, Oh Joy, Oh Wonder of Wonders.
My faith in this country's Justice system is now officially dead. I received a letter yesterday from my solicitor saying that the Public Prosecution Service were applying to have the date of my case moved from 16th July. Just got a phonecall call to confirm that this has been granted, and it will now be on 7th August instead.
But the best bit? It's because the Public Prosecution Service are having "Witness Availability Problems". In other words, despite Idiot Boy knowing months ago what date the hearing was, he's unable to make it. I think it's fair to say I now hold the PPS utterly in contempt.
current mood:  furious
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| Monday, June 30th, 2008
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2:47 pm - Weekend
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| Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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1:02 am - It's coming...
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| Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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6:44 pm - Blasphemy 101...
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| Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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1:41 pm - Is it Saturday yet?
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| Monday, June 23rd, 2008
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6:21 pm
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I've just realised, I didn't really post about my birthday weekend shennanigans. So here's the Readers's Digest Condensed version.
( It was a warm, sunny day in June and all the clocks were striking twelvety... )
Basically, that is the sort of birthday long weekend I would like next year kplzthnx. Possibly even with some sex thrown in for good measure. ;)
In other news: How good was Saturday's Doctor Who? RTD's best script and story so far (even if the ending had slightly too many echos of "Father's Day"). And that cliffhanger segueing into the trailer for next week! Argh! Want more!!! I can haz it being Saturday now?
In other, other news: I suppose, given the letter that I got today, that the interview can't have gone all that badly after all. References and medicals notwithstanding, and subject to there being a suitable post in the next 12 months, I have got the promotion! This be good news, this be. :D
current mood:  happy
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| Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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11:57 am
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| Sunday, June 15th, 2008
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6:36 pm
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Well, that was the most fun-packed birthday weekend I've had in a while; certainly, I don't think I've ever had one with quite as many squirrels before! :D A longer write-up will follow, maybe later tonight but more likely on Monday night after my day's jaunt to Londinium.
But in the meantime, Season 4 continues to impress. Midnight is possibly the best script Uncle Rusty has given us to date, a simple plot superby executed, with great dialogue, tremendous interplay between the various characters, and neither plot holes nor Deus ex Machina.
9/10
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| Friday, June 13th, 2008
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12:08 am
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| Thursday, June 12th, 2008
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4:17 pm
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| Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
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7:16 pm - Is it thirteen o'clock yet?
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1:56 pm
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7447850.stm
Yes, she has every right to express her views. However, what she also has, and which she has completely ignored, is a responsibility to not be stupid uphold the law, and that includes laws on equality and incitement to hatred. She is an MP in her own right, and the wife of the First Minister; there is a certain level of responsibility that comes with either of those positions, let alone both, and she has failed to meet either of these responsibilities with breathtaking idiocy.
current mood: infuriated
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| Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
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6:50 pm
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So, I have a "Keyboard Skills" test on Friday morning.
Only problem being: Friday morning I shall be somewhere over the Irish Sea en-route to Liverpool.
So I ring to get it re-scheduled.
And it is re-scheduled.
For 8:50am, on my birthday.
Which is OK, because that means I have all day then to do things I want to do.
And then there is an interview on the 17th.
At 17:25pm.
I'll probably be the seven-and-twelvetieth person they'll have seen that day, and they'll want nothing more than to hurry up and get home. Which could work for me or against me.
But either way, thinking forward (as well as back) I don't feel as nervous about this as I have done for interviews in the past.
Probaby because this one isn't the difference between "Employed" and "Unemployed", but is merely the difference between "Employed" and "Employed, with an extra few quid a month".
Whatever, it's all good. :)
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12:31 am
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| Sunday, June 8th, 2008
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3:58 pm
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Oo, last night's Doctor Who has divided fandom and no mistake!
( Spoilers... )
9.5/10
( Read more... )
Can we get back to arguing about how Davros emasculated the Daleks now, kplzthx? :)
current mood:  awake
current music: Love, "Alone Again Or"
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| Saturday, June 7th, 2008
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12:39 am - Thon Bands Meme
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10 Most Important Bands Meme
List the 10 key bands that have been pivotal in shaping your taste in music in ascending chronological order. It doesn't matter if you hate the band now or not and I realize that for some of you it'll be difficult to whittle the selection down to 10!
OK, ready? Let's go!
1. ( ABBA )
2. ( Pink Floyd )
3. ( Kraftwerk )
4. ( XTC )
5. ( Gary Numan )
6. ( Ultravox )
7. ( New Order )
8. ( The Cocteau Twins )
9. ( Megadeth )
10. ( VNV Nation )
current mood:  artistic
current music: XTC, "Love on a Farm Boy's Wages"
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| Friday, June 6th, 2008
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4:31 pm
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To everyone out there having a bad time of it at the moment (you know who you are)
*HUUUUUGGGGS!!!*
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| Thursday, June 5th, 2008
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11:28 pm - Billages
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Hmmm. The latest electricity bill has come in.
Estimated units to end of May: 11,200 + change.
Actual units: 13,500 + change.
Number of units over estimate: 2,300-ish.
Price per unit: 11.11p
Amount undercharged for this quarter: £255-ish
Bah.
Admittedly, it has been 6 quarters since the last proper meter reading, but still, that's a hell of a lot over for a household of four people. Will have to make a concerted effort to see just where we are wasting electricity and turn that around.
*nods*
In other news, I am going bedwards, as I have to be up and in work at stupid o'clock tomorrow morning. Good night, and may your gods go with you.
current mood: tired
current music: Dave Allen Theme Tune
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7:36 pm - Londinium
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My day's jaunt to das Kapital on June 16th would appear to be taking on some form of structure. In fact, it is actually in danger of being called a plan.
After flying in to Stansted at horrendously.early o'clock and getting Stan Express into Scouseland Street, I will be bimbling around the Doctor Who Exhibition at Earl's Court for a couple of hours, before heading to East India Quay to meet my cousin for lunchings. I am then free from approx. 2:30pm until shortly before 6pm (when I have to get the train back to Stansted) to meet up with people for pints, hot chocolates, walks along the Thames embankment, gratuitous sex, geeky conversations, that sort of thing. ;)
current music: Ian McNabb, "Merseybeat"
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11:00 am
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Looking for something to do this coming July 12th? Tired of the parades? Want to get out of the country? Well, I may have just the thing, because it so happens I'm doing a guest DJ spot at Dominion in Dublin on Saturday July 12th.
So, who's up for an invasion of An Phoblacht? :D
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| Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
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8:29 pm - RIP
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Goddamit, the line-up in the Great Gig in the Sky is getting better and better every day. :(
RIP Bo Diddley. One of the greats.
current music: Bo Diddley, "Who Do You Love"
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| Sunday, June 1st, 2008
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3:31 pm - First reaction
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Wow.
I think I'm with the majority of my f'list in thinking this about last night's Doctor Who. Let's just hope Part 2 is as good - a "Family of Blood" to it's "Human Nature", and not (for example) a "Satan Pit" to it's "Impossible Planet".
In other news, Awwwww! Want one!!! :)
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| Friday, May 30th, 2008
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1:59 am - Holy Frak!
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Have just watched Battlestar Galactica S4.01 through 4.06.
Brain go head melty now, kthnxbye. :)
Absolutely frakkin' awesome! :D
current mood: impressed
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| Thursday, May 29th, 2008
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2:00 pm - Congrats
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Last night was the QUB Society Awards. Congrats to 'Slayers for getting Society of the Year and Most Involved Society, and extra-special congrats to QUB SWOT (Students Working Overseas Trust) for winning Best Event with the Fashion Show in February. I like to think (in my own little self-deluded World of Mike) that I contributed just a teeny-tiny-wee bit to its success. :)
current mood:  creative
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| Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
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5:06 pm
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Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real places, names &/or objects, but nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person you got this from has the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. And Have Fun With It!!!
1) 4 LETTER WORD: Mist
2) BOY NAME: Martin
3) GIRL NAME: Maharet
4) OCCUPATION: Miner
5) A COLOUR: Mauve
6) SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Mittens
7) BEVERAGE: Midori
8) FOOD: Melons
9) SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Mr Muscle
10) A PLACE: Mannheim
11) REASON FOR BEING LATE: Meteor strike!
12) SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: MONKEY!!!
current mood: tired
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| Monday, May 26th, 2008
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9:05 pm
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1:51 pm - Only me!
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| Sunday, May 25th, 2008
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1:59 pm - Hoopy...
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| Saturday, May 24th, 2008
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5:33 pm
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| Friday, May 23rd, 2008
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10:46 pm
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5:22 pm - Today
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I are be mostly doing overtime in the office (audio typing). Likely, I'll be doing similar all next week, as well as bringing at least one tape home to do over the weekend, though it won't get in the way of Euroviz!
Speaking of Euroviz, here's the next in the series of the Best of Last Year. This one was Sweden's entry: The Ark, "The Worrying Kind"
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10:33 am - Indiana Jones
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In brief
This made me feel like a teenager again*. Yes it's a bit silly in places, yes it's completely OTT, yes Cate Blanchett's Russian accent is terribly cliche'd, but it's the first movie from the "Lucasfilm" stable since "The Last Crusade" that I not only haven't cringed at but have actively enjoyed virtually from start to finish. Everything you expect from an Indiana Jones movie. If you liked the first 3, you'll like this. :)
8/10
* Some people would say I feel like a teenager all the time. This may be true, it all depends on the teenager... ;)
current mood: amused
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b00bies!
naughty
