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  • 100 Days to Change // Day 10 – 15

    100 Days to Change // Day 10 – 15

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    January 10/11/12/13/14/15 2016

    This week was a strange one. We woke on Monday morning to the news of David Bowie’s death. I wrote about this here. I wasn’t even sure if I should publish it or not but I’ve received so many lovely messages and comments on Facebook, here and on my personal profile, I’m really glad I did. Music plays an important part of people’s lives and the outpouring of response backed that up.

    I wasn’t feeling 100% this week, it’s cold and dark in dreary London. This week I wanted to make sure that I would make one decent change. It might sound a little stupid but I made sure that I brought lunch to work every day.

    It’s really easy to get a bit lazy and buy a ‘meal deal’ from Boots or Tesco etc., but to be honest making sure you have lunch done saves cash! If a meal deal is £3 or £4, even if you buy lunch once a week, that would work out at £192 per year, if you work 48 weeks. If I have to, I’d much rather get a morning coffee after my commute than get lunch. It’s all these little expenses that can eat into your bank account and London is expensive enough.

    So, five days in, I think I can call the lunches successful and have planned to do it again this coming week.

    I’ve also made an effort to try to a different dish, something I normally don’t make. I normally make veggie curry with McDonnell’s curry sauce. Anyone from Ireland, not living there will tell you that this is Ireland’s best kept secret. What makes it even more awesome is that Tesco in Lewisham always have tonnes of the stuff. Yummy. Recently myself and Tahlula went for a quick bite in Feng Sushi on the Southbank. They had a very similar dish with udon noodles so I decided to give it a go, served in a bowl. Beautiful, warm and tasty, perfect for a cold winter’s evening.

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    Udon Veg Curry by Nessy

    As if David Bowie dying this week wasn’t enough, the very lovely Alan Rickman joined him.

    I’ve always loved him, such a good actor, from Love Actually to Die Hard, but I think he’ll remembered by most as Snape in the Harry Potter films. Me, I’ve always Dogma. RIP Alan Rickman.

    It really was a week when many people looked at their own mortality, their heroes aren’t supposed to die. Life is short, we need to make the most of it while we can.

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    Alan Rickman as Metatron in Dogma

  • Red State: Movie Review

    REDSTATEKevin Smith goes for a more serious guise in Red State, which he has claimed will be his second last ever film. ‘Silent Bob’ has gone for a gritty look at religion and it’s by products in what has been called a horror film.

    I’m not sure why but I do respect Smith, I love Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob and respect that for Red State, he has chosen to go down the independent road.

    Down to the story: We’re introduced to three high school kids in middle America, one of whom, sees a religious protest at a funeral of a local gay kid.  Smith brilliantly uses a class room scene to show us what the area and the kids’ lives are like. The trio of sex curious teens respond to an online ad and go on a road trip to get laid.

    Of course it goes wrong, they have landed themselves slap bang in the middle of religious freak land and either tied up or in a cage. Lovely! Smith’s writing and direction here is nothing short of brilliant, beautifully building up the story.  Whether it was the content of the film or the script I’m not entirely sure but I found myself getting more frustrated as the story went on.  (more…)

  • Red State hit screens on September 30th

    REDSTATEKevin Smith‘s tenth film hits screens here on September 30th. While most of us will know Smith for Clerks,Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob, Red State though, is a little bit different.

    Red State looks to be a thriller with a slight claustrophobic feeling, set around a trio of teenagers who respond to an invitation for online sex. They end up getting a little more than they bargained for as they face death at the hands of Christian extremists.. If Tarantino says it’s good, we’re in for quite a ride.

    If you’re on Twitter, @thatkevinsmith is definitely worth following