Archive for October, 2006

halloween 06

I went to a fantastic Halloween party this weekend, unprepared for the level of dressing up that actually happened at the party – the call to costume was taken very seriously!

Partly I blame this on the fact that usually when people in London say that a party is fancy dress, most of the blokes just don’t bother because they know most of the blokes just won’t bother.

But then the other reasons are:

a) The party was full of foreigners and Americans, who are always tend to get more enthusiastic and full on about any party occasion that the Brits*

b) I’m a lazy git

*except when british blokes get a chance to dress up in womens clothing – then you cant stop us.

My room, sans Winnie and Piglet

My room, sans Winnie and Piglet, originally uploaded by chillfinn.

Winnie the pooh, Winnie the pooh, what could I do, I didnt think the girls would like you. Toodle-loo.

Real beauty

All is not as it seems, check out the mad photoshop skills

Little Miss Sunshine

After a summer of excruciating, tedious, bland and generally sh*t blobkbusters (I haven’t been to the movies apart from once since I returned from Down Under), I’m really glad that semi-independent movies like this one are gracing our screens again. It’s one of those little gems about dysfunctional families, growing up, getting old and going on a roadtrip of self discovery.

Most of the movie will have you laughing, even though most of the time it is dealing with serious issues such as suicide, death and the horror of beauty pageants for children. Serious types will probably say it’s a bit shallow and contrived, and I’ll agree that it lacks any real depth, but at the end of the day it made me smile. Hah!

Great performances all round, but for me the standouts were Alan Arkin as Grandpa, and Abigail Breslin as Olive.

Autumn is here

Yessir, it’s definitely arrived, bringing that fresh little chill into the air. To mark the occasion i made a quick autumnal theme for this blog, passes the time and keeps the skills sharp…hope you like it!