Viva Pinata: Believe

Okay so this is one of the funniest things I have seen in bloody ages.



It helps if, like me, you think that Horstachios are cooler than Master Chief I suppose. Makes me want to go and hang out with my Cinnamonkeys again after too much time spent chasing strippers around Liberty City.

Indiana Jones and the Killer Ants...

Would have been a better title I think. Course - Indy IV has opened up a whole can of worms. I know people that liked it. People that loved it, and people that have started compiling lists of all the things they hated about it...

Personally, I thought it was great. Not without its flaws, which I won't go into in any great detail, in case there is anyone left who hasn't seen it, but the fridge, the monkeys and the tenuous justification for swordfighting were three.

I loved other bits though - including the ants - did I mention the ants. Killer ants are always great, one of my favourite episodes of MacGuyver ever is based on killer ants, and is totally awesome...



MacGuyver rocks.

So anyway, back to Indy IV, all in all, pretty pleasing, very silly and very cleverly adapts to a 65 year old action hero without any Roger Moore style stunts. Harrison Ford was never all that co-ordinated or athletic a runner to begin with so there's no loss of continuity when he tries to run - interestingly, in one of many nods to the previous films - Indy isn't so good at outrunning Indians anymore...

Anyway - I've started giving away plot details now so I'd better stop - my advice? Go see it and decide for yourself, it's definitely one of those films.

Wail!

Wail!
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Deader than a dead thing what is very dead. In warranty though. Hopefully Microsoft's wonderful customer service will see me right.*

Ah well, at least I still have my gamecube - Wind Waker anyone?

* What? - they might be monitoring the interweb for references to RROD...

Me and Bob Dylan...

Stag Do

Stag Do!

I went to Bristol and drove mud buggies and watched really tiresomely boring football match (thank you Steve McClaren), and tried to make balloon animals...



And that is all...

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Mike's New Suit

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Weekend in the Country

Six get over excited...

Bike Riding!



Setting Fire to Stuff!



Launching Rockets!



Ah, what fun we had...

We also played with sparklers!

Gramps' 80th Birthday Video

Available now from all good DVD stores...

It's on Google Video - so give it a couple of days and you'll be able to download it...



Hooray!

Found A Video Of Mike...

And he is in a, shall we say, compromising position.

The things you find when you're fixing Dad's media player. I'll keep quiet about the other stuff I found squirreled away. For now.

Anyway - first he'll have to explain this one to his sisters...



I think the impressive thing is definitely her ability to not spill any booze. Top Marks!

In my defence here: Mike's at university now which means he's plenty old enough to have the piss taken out of him via the internet...

Laura & Dave Got Married!

So - I spent a lovely day in Kent, Meopham to be precise, and ate pig on a stick and particularly delicious pig skin...

Laura and Dave are now Mr & Mrs Hollinshead, which I think suits them:



A very happy couple, and whole bunches of congratulations for them...

There were fireworks too!



It was the best time...

Anyway - lots more pictures in this lovely Flickr set: Laura and Dave's Wedding

Oh, and Ross - never give me Rum again...

Band of the Royal Grenadier Guards

Rather surreally playing Mambo No. 5...



Pretty funky though - don't forget to put your speakers on!

Very Busy Weekend...

So anyway - it was Ray's birthday this weekend, and after that had all settled down we had a fun packed Sunday afternoon in London...


Some people made a very nice tower:



And then a big old fancy creation with 5 towery bits...



The whole affair was pretty crazy...

Jumping like a loon...

Hey hey, so I've been in Guernsey for a couple of weeks and am now doing more experiments with YouTube - here's a clip of me hurling myself in to the sea.



Commentary of a very skittish sort provided by the panic stricken Ray, honestly - I've jumped off that thing more times than most people have even been in the sea.

Should be some more pictures of my hols over on Flickr before too long, probably before you get round to reading this at any rate...