No middleground: Be good or SUPERBAD!

It's made massive waves when it hit cinemas (a breakout hit if you will) and it's now available on DVD. If you haven't seen SUPERBAD yet, you're missing a whole lot. If you have seen it, I'm sure one thing you'll take away, if its the only thing you do, is "Mr Pinnochio Suit" himself, Fogell aka McLovin. Newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse nailed the character to the "T", with every "i" being dotted along the way as well. Apparently the now famous ID of said character floated around in pre-buzz format. Initially it was just Fogell. Interesting...wonder when the McLovin started?

Sidebar: If you're looking to see Christopher Mintz-Plasse again, this time in another guise, expect to be amazed. He's set to play a character called Red Mist in a movie adaptation of the violent comic book called Kick-Ass. Below is a still of one of the scenes. Red Mist is the character not looking at the camera. For more news on this and other interesting movie & TV developments, including GI Joe (I can't wait to see this one) news, check this link:
Morning Spoilers

Is it just me or...?

I've been wondering this for a minute now (ok, much more than that, but you catch my drift, right?). Were South African rugby international Victor Matfield and French football international Robert Emmanuel Pirès (currently with Villarreal C.F.) separated at birth or during toddlerdom perhaps? Just a thought...

When words fail...

It's pictures/stills such as this that humble me. When you realize that your significance in this world isn't greater than anything else out there, but rather as significant. That you are part of a bigger picture. A part of the sum of a whole. You are one with those around you.....or we should at least try to be. In this ridiculously busy lifestyle of ours (thanks to cell phones and many other nifty gadgets for speeding things up......I like me some gadgets too, but it gets a bit much when you look at the impact it has on your life) we don't often "One Republic" (i.e. stop 'n stare) enough. These images attempt to bring us back to basics. If anything, let it spark your mind to realize that life is worth more than the day to day regularities. Life is about the interaction. Life is about being intune......with yourself and your environment. "Note to Self: smell the freshlyground java in the next week"

PS the still is of Upper Arrow Lake, British Columbia (USA)

Welcome to the Jungle!!!

So what can we say....well, for starters........A Whole Lot. South Africa has a new-look cabinet (political for those not too sure which I was referring to). The United States has recently elected a president who seems to embody the hopes and dreams of many previously disillusioned citizens who finally feel ready to rebuild (Mr Barack "Yes We Can" Obama). The Global Economy is still in a major downturn which is reminiscent of many historically huge dips as the cycle repeats itself every decade or so, yet investors still can't seem to remove the emotion from it all (note: do like Warren Buffet - remove the emotion from the equation and think level-headed). And we are nowhere near alleviating global hunger and poverty, though catchphrases still abound.

The Rich-Poor divide keeps growing to the point of utter ridicule and shock/horror. And just when you think you know it all and you see that mist evaporate before your path, you get pulled right back into it. Sometimes you just want to vent in the hope that the world heeds your call of frustration. Sometimes (Yes, Sometimes) commonalities make us feel better about ourselves and our situations. In these testing, yet interesting "insert Chinese Proverb" times we live in, one thing's for sure......change is going to happen (it is the only constant after all), we're still going to resort to escapism, and we're still going to try and make our way through this concrete maze. Now's as good a time as any. Wouldn't you agree? Welcome to the Jungle (cue Guns 'n Roses)!!!



Sidebar: speaking of Guns 'n Roses, is it just me or does supposed new "Chinese Democracy" album seem as much of an urban legend as does Dr Dre's "Detox" or as mythical as democracy in China? Things that make you go "Hmmm".