Photo Friday "Sunset"
31 July 2004, 11:36
Permanent Link | Comments [1]The Thursday Thirty
29 July 2004, 17:05
We interrupt our regular program for an exercise in gratuitous indulgence…
30. Favourite Movie(s)? “The Exorcist” and my battery of Japanese horrors
29. Favourite Colour: Red, although I do have a soft spot for pink
28. Favourite Food? Roast spuds (with gravy). You cannot go wrong
27. Pet(s): Husband
26. I would nominate as a holiday destination: Morocco and Mexico - they’re next on my list
25. What talent do you wish you had? Being able to sing and play the piano at the same time. Actually, either of them would be nice
24. 3 most precious possessions? Husband, Engagement Ring and Nikon 5700
23. Favourite Artist(s): Tori Amos, Radiohead, Dave Matthews Band, Utada Hikaru and Sarah McLachlan
22. Favourite Song(s): At the moment, “Eden” by Hooverphonic or “The Sky is Falling in” by Radiohead
21. Embarrassing moment: Crapping my pants out of nervousness when I was 8 during a physical culture (don’t ask) performance
20. Perfect Job: A presenter on a TV travel show. Like Catriona Rowntree. I want her job
19. If you were to be stuck on an Island 3 famous people you would choose? Hugh Jackman, Orlando Bloom and Husband ‘cos I do like a good bitch-slap
18. What were you in a former life? An Irish Potato Farmer
17. Three words to describe your dress sense? Conservative with (a) twist
16. Favourite part of your body? My Clav (Clavicle, people)
15. Favourite Smell? Woodsmoke
14. Whose poster did you have on the wall growing up? Gil Gerard (as Buck Rogers) and Christopher Atkins. Lord help me
13. Favourite Memory? Seeing soon-to-be-husband waiting for me on the beach at our wedding
12. Your Fear? Blue Japanese child-ghosts jumping on my bed at night
11. All-time favourite TV Show Due South
10. If you can be one animal, which one would you be and why? An arctic wolf, so I could go a-hunting alone in the snow
9. Most adventurous thing you have done? Get married
8. If your apartment/house of fire what 3 things would you take? Husband, photos and lap-top (for digital photos)
7. First famous crush? George Harrison and Bill Mumy (Lost in Space), both when I was 5
6. Favourite Book: “Wild Swans” by Jung Chang
5. Favorite Fruit? Mango
4. Favourite Drink? Anything alcoholic and strong… like Kahlua, Drambuie… no, just anything alcoholic
3. Where were you born? Newcastle, NSW
2. Three words to use by others to describe you? The 3 C’s - Crazy, Creative and Certifiable
1. Favorite desert? Desert? Dessert? Right now, I would quite like to go to the Sahara and get me some cherry pie…
Permanent Link | Comments [1]Natsukashiiiiiii! Ne!
27 July 2004, 17:34
The Japanese know how to make a good horror film. They also know how to make it funny. Even if it that was not their original intention.
The second half of “Chakushin ari” (“One Missed Call”) was really scary. Creepy. It was also the funniest thing I’ve seen in a very long time. It was like “Ju-on”, “Ringu”, “Dark Water” and a bad J-Dorama all rolled into one. Cheesy, topped off by a cheddar-packed J-pop aria by Rui (who, incidentally, also stars in the film) - “Ikutsuka no Sora” for the closing credits. No J-Horror is complete without one. “Chakushin ari” was truly fabulous.
The Forum was pretty packed out for last night’s session. If we’d seen the movie in Japan, there’d be horrified gasps around every corner. In Australia, there were titters and belly laughs all round (as well as a few well-earned pant-crapping shocks).
Japanese acting is seriously O.T.T. When we lived in Japan we became immune to it. It even became cool. Here, it is what it is. Hysterical. Embarassing. But with the bit of distance we’ve had from Japanese TV, I find it hard to believe that the producers of “Chakushin ari” didn’t make it funny on purpose. Not funny in a slap-stick way, rather, golden expressions and melodramatic stating of the obvious.
It makes me wonder if we’d have found “Ju-on 2” as scary if we’d seen it at an Australian theatre. That movie gave me nightmares for 2 weeks. In Australia, who knows if it would have made me crap my pants laughing.
Permanent Link | Comments [4]Photo Friday "Mother"
24 July 2004, 18:52
And why the hell not? Seems like a recurring theme amongst the hoards at the moment. In the last year, 8 close friends/family have either popped a cherub or announced they were up the duff. What gives, people?
Theme Thursday "Sadness"
23 July 2004, 17:54
...in other photography news, I’ve been trying to get off my arse and into the new 26 Things project. But with New Job and Magical Mystery Tours this is proving heartily difficult.
If you love a bit of a shutter-challenge, 26 Things is a top-shelf project. Only 8 more days before upload…
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