Geeks rejoice

I have decided to purchase two tickets to just about everything that is going to happen in Oxford’s New Theatre for the year 2010 and some music gigs at the academy which you can still get tickets to at the moment. If you can stand my smell you can claim the listed spare ticket for face value (Usually £20). So music gigs at the o2 academy (you buy yourself from the links):

Ocean Colour Scene – Tuesday, February 2 at 7:00 PM
Europe – Monday, February 22 at 7:00 PM
Ash – Sunday, May 2 at 7:00 PM

And comedy gigs at the New Theatre on George Street:

Duncan – Dave Gorman – Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop … – Wed 17 Feb 2010, 20:00
Emma – Jimmy Carr – Rapier Wit – Thu 18 Mar 2010, 20:00
Anna – Ricky Gervais – Science – Wed 24 Mar 2010, 19:30
Anna – Dara O’Briain – Mon 24 May 2010, 20:00
Spare available – Mark Watson - Wed 17 Nov 2010, 19:30
Emma – The Armstrong and Miller Show – Thu 18 Nov 2010, 20:00

Some of these comedy shows have additional dates but in most cases they seemed sold out or I certainly couldn’t get one. You can order your own tickets ofcourse and then we just meet up before/after for a pint.

Go on then. You know you want to at least see Europe.

Seriously. Go see it if you are going to, and lets face it you have to. Go see it. You will help us fix the financial crisis for good.
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Seen it? Good. I sat through it for three hours and at one point I was looking to find my key so I could scratch the surface. But it is so paper thin that there is nothing to scratch at. I was madly slashing at the air. Like a monkey might if Cameron had put a banana into this and strapped the 3D googles on tight.

It is entertaining don’t get me wrong. You will go there and be diverted for 9 hours. Just, look past the whizzbang 3D and truly gorgeous visuals and you will find a universe of thin archetypes. With a plot that isn’t just sign posted but actually appears to pause entirely to hold up a sign with “we are here”.

I think at one point with the “fighting terror with terror” line we actually saw the whole computer game being compared to the war in Iraq. It appeared as though the republican space rangers from Grand Theft Auto IV have been employed to attack the ewoks or the forest in Princess Mononoke. There is literally nothing in this film you have not seen before.

Stunning visuals. But redefining of cinema? Hells to the no.

I think this film’s official title is; Harry Potter – and the forest of monogamous dreams.

Hello,

Another year is swinging to a close. I have been up in Huddersfield at my sister’s for Christmas. I got rather good at hacking up firewood and developed the “balloonerang”. The patent for which would describe it as;

The application of a balloon in a way designed simply to tire a child out requiring no movement on your part.

To replicate you simply blow a balloon up and then hand it to a child. Encourage them to go find a person in another room. They should trot through and then release the balloon to show the magic trick of it flying erratically. Then trot back to get it refilled with air. My nephew George did this for *hours* and eventually passed out asleep for 12 hours. Job done.

So that was nice. I have now come back to Oxford and am finding the house sans Helen and Tink to be rather cold and empty. Myself and Angela are having a joint birthday weekend celebratathon this year. Just made sense to have a house party before heading into town so I have that to look forward to.

Predictions for 2010; Margaret Thatcher will definitely shuffle off her mortal coil, the conservatives will win a general election, 24 will get more ridiculous and more addictive, and I will weigh 10kg less by this time next year.