| Editorial - 28 October 2004
American elections are approaching at break neck speed, only a few more days to go until
november 2nd (I'll be at a Rammstein concert that evening - that should be fun). Let's all hope - for the sake
of both americans and the rest of the world that Bush looses this election. He's one of the most crappy, bad,
lying, dishonest, dumb and arrogant presidents that country has ever had. I am really sorry, but I have not a
single good word for that man. What has he done that was done both good and right ? Nothing. You may consider
removing Saddam in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan a good thing, but it has cost more lives and money than
anticipated, the people in both Afghanistan and Iraq are not better off right now (maybe in the far future but
he and his team haven't thought things out so far ahead) and the world isn't safer. On the contrary, there have
been a lot of assaults on US soldiers, civilians have been murdered, other countries bombed (Spain for instance),
oilprices are skyrocketing (if it keeps up I'm paying double the price from what I paid in the beginning of 2004
and I will have to let my car in the garage and start taking the train or I'm paying 40 euro a week just to get
to work), more and more people in America are without health insurance or jobs and whatever Clinton managed to save
in order to lower the deficit is like tripled under Bush. Only in the wrong direction ... Bummer innit folks ?
There goes your pension out the window. By the way, do Americans know that this war in Iraq is costing them around
650 dollars a year per person ? That's the amount of funds Bush asked Congress. And all it's buying is the killing
of over a thousand sons and daughters stationed in the deserts of the Middle East. Editorial - 22 October 2004 Only on more day to go and this health thing is over. Gotta admit everything felt better when I could have some cooked veggies starting day three. And that my 22" screen has been delivered only a few hours ago was cool too. Took my mind of things. Editorial - 19 October 2004 What the hell have I gotten myself into ? Ellen wanted to do a detoxication for the body. That's
one week of a special diet in order to cleanse your internal organs. The first day you get to drink water and fresh
fruitjuices, day two includes fresh fruit to eat. Day three includes raw vegetables, day four cooked ones and rice.
Day five adds nuts, seeds and lentils and day six rye, wheat and yoghurt. To conclude the week with fish on day 7. Now
let me tell you that day one made me cranky for not being able to eat something, day two made me go nuts with all the
fruit I had to eat and now - the beginning of day three - my stomach's howling, refuses another glass of water and wants
a big dose of belgian fries, a steak, some pasta and steamed vegetables ! Gimme gimme gimme ! Editorial - 11 October 2004
Oldie of the week : "10.15 Saturday Night" The Cure Last seen movie : "Collateral" : If there hadn't been a "Lost In Translation" this year, this would've been the movie of the year for me. Unbelievable. I was hooked from the first minute to the last. Tom Cruise oozes a sly, seemingly slightly warm personality until the cold interior breaks through. His performance as a hitman is really menacing to say the least. At first likeable, then slowly graduating into something repulsive. His counterpart - the cabbie held hostage - is played by Jamie Foxx. A surprising choice given his comedic background, but as he showed potential in "Any Given Sunday", not an unlikely choice. Standing his ground against Cruise, Foxx mangages to turn this ordinary boring cabbie into someone you know you'd get along with. Some have praised this movie for the simple fact that it's a Michael Mann movie - the genius behind Heat and The Insider - but that it's a bit disappointing that he seems to be opting for some cheaper Hollywood twists, plots, endings (I'm not telling which one), but I didn't find that to be the case at all. Given the character-changes of the two main characters (gee, that sounds dumb) it's not so weird at all. In the end : rent it, see it, buy it. "Big Fish" : entertaining yet not so remarkable Tim Burton tale. The last few years he sticks to directing other people's stories and some of the magic just isn't there. Coming from any other director, this would be quite wonderful (albeit that another director probably wouldn't make this movie the way it looks), but now it's another minor disappointment. And for once ewan McGregor isn't as good as you think he'd be. He's to smug and slick and optimisticly smiling all the time - just what the role needed, but it doesn't make a likeable character. Albert Finney on the other hand is wonderful as the dying old man telling the stories. Doing this week : hopefully putting together some Star Wars Lego I got on Ebay for almost nothing. Editorial - 4 October 2004 This morning I forgot to shave, was dumb enough to ring the doorbell while I knew Sigrid
would be asleep (sorry about that again), took a wrong turn, had to wait in traffic because two cars had driven
into eachother and were blocking the road. Then the garagedoors wouldn't open and I had to walk around the
building making me even later. Sounds bad ? Yup, still didn't lose my slight grin. Ain't it great what a short
holiday can do ? darkman says sleep tight |
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