16 Blocks

Last night I ended up watching 16 Blocks with Bruce Willis and Mos Def. This is an awesome film, don't read this if you haven't watched it!

The story is about a cop who has just done a full nights work and then is asked at the end of his shift to escort a witness to court, the court is 16 Blocks away from the precinct and he has less that two hours to get him there!

We find out that the character that Bruce is playing has a bit of a drink problem and is at the end of his police journey! Bruce carries the character really well - and its not like any other role that I have seen him in before, theres non of the usual Bruce grimaces or 'wrong move' looks on his face...

The co-star Mos Def has an annoying voice all the way through the film, it sounded very put on, apologies Mos if that's how you really talk... It did grate on me a little bit... And there are times throughout the film that I found myself shouting shut the f**k up at the TV, the tone does get better further on, especially when there is some gun battles :)

We find out during the film that it was a setup and that Mos Def is to be assasinated on the way to the court, the attempt to kill him is thwarted by a semi-drunk Bruce Willis, who makes a stop at a liquer store, while he is in the store they try and kill the witness, although Bruce is too quick for them and pops a cap in the back of one of the assasins head just before he was about to do the same to Mos Def! The film goes into slow-mo at this point and we see a fraction of that bad ass Bruce as he takes out the rest of the mob...

The rest of the film is a race against time to get Mos Def to the court on time with many twists and turns along the way... Its definatly one of those classic action suspense films that you have to watch with a slight tear jerker ending!

Awesome!

15th November 2005

What is the significance of this date the 15th of November 2005? At around 13:27? Your thinking why the hell is he asking this question at 03:30ish in the morning... Well the answer is this; I went to bed at my usual time of late! Set my alarm clock to wake me up in the morning as I do everyday, time reads 23:30 date is 21st August 2007... I fall asleep - I then wake up about 20mins ago to go pee after waking suddenly from a bizzare dream, I check my phone to make sure my alarm is set and yes you guessed it my phone is now displaying this mysterious date and time... So why? Normally if my phone goes weird on me I lose everything and have to re-sync all my data and contacts such a chore!

If anyone knows what happened on the 15th November 2005 at around 13:27 I'd ne happy to hear from you!

Goodnight!

Macradobe

Well I went to the Flex seminar/pdf/ajax held at tiger tiger in london today and it was a massive eye opener for me, really interesting in the latest developments in the flash player and associated technolgies. Twas also introduced to the concept of Apollo, the ability to take the RIA experience from the web and to the desktop cross platform including linux.... I see a challenger for the Director market however I was unofficially told that the next verion of director is being developed, looking forward to that as long as they intergrate the Flex / ajax technology as it will be a true RIA experience and not a PIA as I currently call them (Poor Interactive Experience)

I'm pretty hammered after the free bar that Adobe laid on... So I better log off till I regain consciousness! Hope I spelt that correctly - always dan ;)

TV and the like

Made it, massive attendence. I think I was responsible for starting the queue that's stretching down tottenham court road!

I hear you asking what for - what's this crazy fool on about - I got shortlisted for an interview to go an a tv programme called Get Me The Producer, not sure if I would call it short - long by the look of the queue!

15 minutes to go and the queue is getting longer by the second, I hope it doesn't rain as I haven't come prepared eek!

Wish me luck!

Digital ghetto

Coming back from my by-weekly meeting with the department of social services when I was confronted by an army of musical terrorists, yes that's right the 1980`s ghetto blasting hood are back this time with a digital companion 'the ipod' and a nice set of battery powered Bose speakers!

Blasting out their urban vibes, to the not so cheery commuters, singing their hood rap to the likes of Snoop DO double G - and NWA - 'Fuck The Police' !

Only one man was brave enough to approach them to ask them to switch it off - however they replied with the words 'I paid for my ticket, home boy - tis rude to ask me to lower my stereo, upgrade to first class if you can't stand the bass' and turned up the volume to the tune of 'Busta Rhymes - Fired Up'.

They then gave the whole carriage an encore of the tune incoporating the story of the man who asked them to turn it off - lyrically speaking it was damn good - and even some people cheered and clapped - though the man they were dissing grunted quietly to himself. I personally found it funny and at one point felt the need to join in - however they were much ruder than I and I felt they might be carrying a knife or two - so best to leave the homies be, till the next time.

Today has been just another one of those days where it has been too hot to do anything but slack - however due to the fact that I am trying to get my feet off the ground I've been working my ass off and thus rewarded myself with a few pints of genius (thats Guinness to you fools) and a bag of dry roasted! Boy it is rewarding.

I visited another work from home studio that has been going for 20 years plus and they had two Ferrari's on the drive - it goes to show, if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything! Image isn't everything, if you can present yourself to the industry well with a clear mind set then you will succeed and you will meet your goals. It just takes patience, and a calm approach - being too pushy drives people away.

Today is too hot - but this genius juice sure has cooled me down, as before I was sweating like a pig on ecstasy!

Mr Die Hard

Minding my own beeswax met up with Noel and we bumped into Bruce Willis had some beer, chimichangas and a lotta laughs how coool!

£12bn quid!

Switched on the news last night to see yet another political nightmare unfolding, looks like we are lagging behind in the nuclear arms race, so we are going to waste £12bn quid on new submarines that can deploy these weapons at sea.

You should get your priorities right Brown and Blair and spend the money where it is needed, healthcare, education - things that really matter!

I have a suggestion for your next war - put down your guns, hire a few thousand trigger happy 14 year olds and have an international lan party playing BF2, the stakes are simple, you supply the pizzas,coke and a few bitches and you'll get the oil, democracy and £11.9bn saved!

A Bright Idea

Jeez, It's too hot to do anything. I watched an interesting program last night on C4 - "The Play's The Thing" I was absolutely gutted to find out about this - as I have written an idea for a play and would have liked to seen it on broadway!!!

Oh well - maybe next year!

Fell into a massive bramble bush with thorns and nettles at the weekend so i'm covered head to toe in scratches and bumps! It was not a nice feeling - did remind me of an incident when I was about 10 and I feel off a giant rope swing into some nettles... that was a similar not nice feeling!