think this is #499

how mad is that?
i mean i've posted 498 random posts about my life
people have read these posts
people have commented, offered advice and support on these posts
isn't that weird?
some of you know me better than people i know in real life
i've had the pleasure of meeting a few of you
and i'd like to meet more of you

anyway that said
this is my blog
this is my life
this is what's been going on

quiz night last night peeps...lindsey, you nearly got a message asking where the saints and the raiders are from, but i knew that one :) no idea how, but i knew it anyway :)
we did very well last night, although we still struggle with the idea that when someone else wins the round with us we have to get the tie break right...we failed on a tie break last night, but we won the tv and films round outright, tied in the sports round and got the highest score of the night for all four rounds (some 4 points clear of the nearest team) then to top it all off we won the pontoon play-off to try and win the jackpot, which stood at a mere £93 this week, and we won that too...which only amounted to £11.50 ish each...but that's better than a kick in the balls :)
i was thrown a little last night though because tango girl was back...i thought she was still on holiday...anyway enough of that ;)

films
over the weekend i sat and watched 4 films
and enjoyed them all
first up i watched saw 3...this is by far the goriest of the 3 films and although i half got the plot twists through the film i didn't get all of them...i like the trilogy, i like the idea behind them and the way the stories pan out...but this one did have me feeling a little rough during the opening few scenes...but hey, the more i watch it the less sensative i'll become, right?
next up was the da vinci code, now i read the book for this about 2 years ago, and i wanted to see it while it was at the cinema, bt the girlie i was with at the time wanted to watch it after she'd read the book, which i leant her because i'm good like that, but she just never read it...anyway i've seen it now, and i'm glad i have, it was very good, from what i remember of the book, it held very close/true to the story, thankfully, i'm not a fan of films that deviate from a stroy book (prime example is american psycho or high fidelity, both are awesome books, but the films are so very different form them, in the case of AP they missed big chunks out and in HF they changed the whole lot, i mean the book is set in 80's london, the film in present day generic american city (can't remember whch, sorry)). anyway back to da vinci code... i've got to say that paul bettany was awesome, tom hanks did the lead role justice and the little french bird who played sophie was cute... ron howard did the story justice
on sunday i settled down with 10 things i hate about you, having never seen this film before, but knowing it was a modern interpretation of a shakespeare classic, i was looking for a good film. what i found was a funny, cleverly done film, with many references to shakespeare and a really good soundtrack. some very cool and very funny bits in it...form heath ledger singing through to papa stratford referring to hell as "just a sauna"...although i seriously doubt that anyone would do the singing thing that ledger did in real life, especially not getting the marching band involved...still it's that kind of level of cheese that made me smile and think about things like the wedding in love actually...anyway i liked this film...
finally i sat and watched war of the worlds. i avoided tihs film initially when it first came out and was at the cinema...mainly because it had been so hyped up that i didn't want to be disappointed by it. it's a shame really because i thought it was just plain awesome, i've said it before, that dakota fanning will go a long way as long as she doesn't do a maculkin and fly off the rails and into micheal jacksons arms...everyone in it was good, the effects were amazing, it was an all round winner...although definately not a date movie...
out of them all i'd have to say 10 things was the only one i'd consider as a date omvie...although it depends on who you're seing and how long you've known them, i know some girls that would love saw 3...

anyway i've been rambling for far too long
TMI Tuesday is posted below...and carries a disclaimer, normally they do, but this week you might consider it a little more...
anyway enjoy your tuesday peeps
Laters
Px