Getting to know you 2007

1. What time did you get up this morning? Stupid o'clock (also known as 7am)

2. Diamonds or pearls? I don't care, but when choosing a gift I would probably go pearls

3.What was the last film you saw at the movies? Pirates of the Carribean 3 (stupid film)
4. What is your favourite TV show? At the moment? Probably Supernatural
5. What did you have for breakfast? 3 Vita Brits with warm milk and a glass of OJ
6. What is your middle name(s)? Murray
7.What is your favourite cuisine? Italian (especially Lasagna!)
8. What is your favourite crisp flavour? BBQ
9. What is your favourite CD at the moment? Norma Jean - Redeemer (metal forever!)
10. What type of car do you drive? Ford Mondeo
11. What characteristics do you despise? Pride, betrayal
12. Favourite item of clothing? My smaller jeans that I can actually fit into now!
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Back to Canada or to Ireland/Great Britain (or anywhere with similar beautiful countryside views)

14. Favourite time of the day? Bedtime

15. What was your most memorable birthday? 21st, that was one big party!

16. Where were you born? Hobart
17. Favourite sport to watch? Cricket, AFL (go the Cats!)
18. Who do you least expect to send this back to you? No one considering it's on a blog...
19. Who do you expect to send it back first? See previous answer
20. Coke or Pepsi? Neither at the moment
21. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Night owl
22. What is your shoe size? 10
23. Do you have any pets? Oscar the cat
24. What did you want to be when you were little? A pilot
25. When is your birthday? March 27
26. Shampoo? Conditioner?

27. Soap? Soup?

28.Summer/Winter? Summer

29. Favourite Advertisement? I really hate all ads
30. Thinking about? Going to the gym

31. Listening to: Anberlin's "Blue for the Black Market"

********** IN THE LAST 24 HOURS ... HAVE YOU **************
Cried? No
Met someone new? No
Cleaned your room? No

Drove a car? Yes, to the gym
How many hours sleep? 8 hours

************* DO YOU BELIEVE IN **************
God? Yep

Yourself? Yep
Santa Claus? Um... no
Destiny / Fate: God's will, sure
Ghosts? A spiritual realm, yes.

********* FRIENDS AND LIFE **********
Who have you known the longest of your friends? Dan
Who do you go to for advice? For small advice, lots of people. For big issues I tend to keep them to myself
When do you cry the most? I don't really cry, but injustice makes me mad

Do you want your friends to do this and send it back to you? No, but they can leave a comment!

Hot Fuzz

If you haven't seen "Shaun of the Dead" then get off your computer, go down to you local DVD rental or shop, grab "Shaun of the Dead", sit down and watch it, and then come back here.

Welcome back.

Now that you've seen it (or, for those who are reading straight on because they had already seen it), there is little left to do except sit on your hands waiting for the 18th of July. Yes, that it when Hot Fuzz comes out on DVD.

For those who were in the hospital ward throughout the cinema run of this film (because surely that is the only excuse acceptable for missing this film), Hot Fuzz is Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's follow-up to their insane "romantic comedy with zombies." This time, it's police films that are in their sights, so think "Lethal Weapon", "Bad Boys", or any other cop film that Hollywood has dished out in the last 20 years.

Here's the official description of the film:

Top Police Constable, Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is good at his job, so good in fact, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, his superiors at the Met have decided to sweep him under the carpet. So it is that London’s top cop finds himself in the sleepy West Country village of Sandford.

With garden fetes and neighbourhood watch meetings replacing the action of the city, Angel struggles to adapt to the situation and finds himself partnered with Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), an oafish but well meaning young Constable. Just as all seems lost, a series of grisly accidents motivates Angel into action.

Convinced of foul play, Angel realises that Sandford may not be as idyllic as it seems. With his faithful new partner in tow, Angel fights to prove his instincts are correct and uncover the truth about Sandford. Is Angel simply losing his mind in the safest, sweetest village in Britain? Or is something far more sinister at work? Whatever the truth, Sandford is about to get a lot less sleepy.

Does that sound awesome or what?

Hot Fuzz very rarely slows down for breath, keeping interest throughout the entire experience. Acting is top-notch (especially Timothy Dalton as an is-he-bad-or-not convenience store owner), and there are of course plenty of references to some of the great cop films.

The bad? Hot Fuzz is pretty violent, and when I went to see it in a two-guy, two-girl group, us guys really enjoyed it, whereas the girls didn't appreciate the more grisly scenes. It's also hampered by a false ending that makes the film a bit longer than strictly necessary.

Overall, however, it's a brilliant movie and I had loads of fun. Definitely worth the cost of a rental, and if you like it I'm sure you'll be able to grab it cheap from Big W in a month or so.

Four stars

Here's how it's happening...

OK my blog is making a return, and here's my plan for how things will be in the future...

1. Theological thoughts - I've been putting together some papers that I will put up here for reading and discussion. Some of the topics I've been looking at include Dealing with Loneliness (sprang out of work with a prisoner), The Sovereignty of God (thoughts on JI Packer's book and questions that spring from it), and Biblical Manliness (what Wild at Heart got right, wrong, and what being a man is all about).
2. Movies - I hope to get on here and share thoughts about some films that I watch. I'd say that I'll do it once a week, except I don't think I'll ever scrape together enough time to watch an entire movie every week. Either way, I'll do my best and put together something interesting for you all.
3. Random shtuff - classic blog, will post stuff that I find interesting just in case someone else finds it interesting too.

So be on the lookout for the changes!

Things that have happened since I last posted here...

* Another year has come and is almost half gone.
* I have counted down to less than three months before marriage.
* I have preached a sermon and given two talks at our 2o3 youth group.
* Kevin Thompson resigned over the Tony Mokbel issue
* 8 Months and 6 days; or 248 days, or approximately 5952 hours
* The Playstation 3 is released to overwhelming non-concern
* Eddie McGuire got boned
* I travelled to Melbourne with Ness over the Easter weekend
* The Flinders St shooting
* Anna Nicole Smith died
* The iPhone was revealed
* The Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster
* Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7
* Ted Haggard resigned in disgrace
* Sydney, Australia, turned off its lights for 1 hour between 7:30pm and 8:30pm as a political statement for Global Climate Change.
* Pirates of the Carribean 3 is released
* Hitachi broke the one-terabyte barrier for hard drive capacity.
* Two screenshots from Duke Nukem Forever were released
* The Departed won Best Picture (I should watch it)
* The Australian flag is banned from the Big Day Out 2007 (and the ban is ignored)
* The War in Somalia began
* David Hicks pleads guilty and returns to Australia
* The Australian government unveils its broadband strategy
* The second season of The Chaser's War on Everything continues making brilliant TV
* Easter 2007
* James Brown dies
* The Virginia Tech Massacre
* The Great Digg revolt
* Eurovision 2007 was won (and not by Iceland... shame!!!)
* James Kim died
* Geelong have rocked in the 2007 AFL season
* Britney Spears & K-Fed divorced
* I got placed on higher duties at work
* The third season of Doctor Who began in the UK
* Snow Patrol became the first British band to get to the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 13 years
* Tony Blair resigns
* Heroes season 1 finished
* Alexander Litvinenko was killed
* Windows Vista was released
* Spider-Man 3 was released
* Opeth lose their guitarist
* The Nintendo Wii was released
* I bought a Wii
* Saddam Hussein was executed
* The entire summer cricket series
* Chinese Democracy was given a release date (which was missed)
* The 75th anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
* Shane Warne retires
* The cricket world cup
* Christmas 2006

How was your eight months? :-)