Top 8 American Politicians

Right, I'm guessing if anyone is reading this, they would probably be getting bored of the whole "movie orientated" side of it. So I decided to add something even more popular...POLITICS! Yep, my blog is going to be jam packed with people aged 14-20 who are obviously the frontrunners in political discussion. or not. Here are my top 10 politicians.

8. Barack Obama

New to the scene, but man is he mean! The first black president hasn't really proven himself yet. But time will tell. I kinda like him, although I'm not sure he'll fix everything, just. because. he. is. black.

7. Sarah Palin

Allright, she's fit. Yeah? I don't actually know anything about her but she is very hot. M to the I to the L to the F!Definately deserves a place in the top ten. Wasn't she famous for something in the news recently?

6. Bill Clinton

That voice. That style. That whole "I did not have sexual relations with that woman...oh wait, I did" thing. He's a legend. I love this picture of him with the Kim Jong-Il, the supreme leader of North Korea.

5. John Kerry

I wanted this guy to win the 2004 election! I was only 14 and didn't understand what was going on, but he reminded me of Frankenstein a bit!

4. Condoleeza Rice

I had no idea how to pronounce this womans name until I just googled her. Probably the ugliest woman I have ever seen but she is pretty cool and seems to have a fiery side to her. Grrr!

3. George Bush

Iraq. Pretzels. This guy gave me the funniest 8 years of my life. Reading about him on the news, his reaction to 9/11, his great leadership skills by pretending to be a dumb chimp. Top guy.

2. Hilary Clinton

Bill's wife ranks above him. Why? Because she's a woman. Yep, nearly the first woman President of the United States, I thought she was pretty awesome. Don't know much about her, but she is pretty damn cool. Hopefully, she'll still be around when Obamas done so she can take over. Wouldn't mind her being leader of the worl...err...I mean United States.

1. The Terminator Come on. America is amazing. The Governor of California. He was in that awesome movie with Danny Devito. To be honest, I wouldn't want him as President, but if Hilary doesn't get it next time, this guy better. Love him! Words can't express how much.

Quote of the Week

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking

A Day in the Life...

Saturday afternoon. Sun shining through the little gap in the curtains. Die Antwoord destroying the bass on my speakers and noone about to distract me. Everybody has gone home for Easter, my accommodation is completely empty, quiet and has given me the chance to be free...yay! Good times? Well, not really. I'm getting bored and after looking back at the week, it's been a pretty unproductive week.

As I said in the last post, I've had flu all week. Missing all my lectures and doing no work. But I am here for another two weeks. Definately going to study as much as I can. And then hopefully, head back home and be able to relax with the knowledge that I have caught up with all my work. I've also got two days of paid work at my job to keep me entertained(!)

On the other hand, I have been out twice in the past two days. A strange night out with my hall mates resulted in me dancing in a crazy manner to hip hop and trying out some crip-walk moves (hah!). It was a good night which ended with a nice 5 piece chicken wing meal, with chips and a nice can of rubicon mango. Yum.

Last night...also resulted in me dancing to hip hop. No alcohol means watching other people getting drunk, so I'd rather show off my shit dancing skills then listen to them complain about their lives/how sober they are. It was actually a really good night. But it has left me strangely bothered. I'm not sure why, but I'm quite bothered. I don't actually know what to do with myself.

Fingers crossed, this week will be better.

Review of the week: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Yeah I know. Second post of my blog and it already looks like I watch films ALL the time. Well I do, kinda. But this week its been a bit extreme, sitting around watching South Park and sneezing constantly. You see, I have a little known illness called “the flu”. My girlfriends been around though, helping me out, buying me bread, ibuprofen, chocolate and tomato soup. Good times.

Back to the film. I watched it in two halves (because it wasn't that great). My girlfriend said something that I agree with, “WOAH this film looks cool!”. Lots of Tim Burton stuff here. Motels in deserts, midgets (Mini-Me is the most entertaining character in the film) and gangsters. However, its all a bit too wacky for my liking and the story becomes incredibly hard to follow, with random stuff happening everywhere.

The movie starts off weird enough. London lads coming out as the pubs close and all of a sudden one of them is thrown into this world where his imagination takes over. It's like the best acid trip ever. Apart from the fact that he gets beaten up by some girl (weird Lily Cole anyone?).

I was getting really excited, but then Heath Ledger came into the picture, randomly. He's also mystical and weird. Doesn't remember anything but has some amazing ideas about the stage show. He changes into Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell, all of whom completely change the character that Ledger originally introduced.

I know it was Heath's last film, but its not very good. The story consists of souls being taken, the devil and an old monk geezer who needs to stop drinking so excessively. All this crap is saved by a brilliant array of minor characters. Andrew Garfield, well known for his role in “Boy A” (which I watched the other day) is a funny little cockney guy. Adding some light to an otherwise dark and boring saga. Mini-Me is also funny and cracks a few jokes here and there. There's even an appearance from Mr Peter Stormare who plays “The President of the World”. To be honest, if these 3 guys hadn't been in the movie, nothing would have excited me.

All in all, an all right film. Worth watching I guess, but be prepared to completely lose yourself in the story. And not in a good way.

5/10

Character Review: The Dude

My icon. I've always wanted to become the dude. He has to be the most chilled out guy in the world, sitting around in his tattered old shorts and his big cardigan that looks so comfortable. Yeah man. That was what I loved most about him. He always looked so comfortable. Just sitting around in his bath, looking at his beautiful rug. Smoking that old “doobie”. Drinking a lovely looking White Russian. Bah, it looks beautiful. The life.

Yeah yeah yeah crack-heads, I know he isn't a real person. I know its just a movie. I'm not one of those hillbilly looking scary dudes in the States, dressing up like characters from the big lebowski, bowling all day and pretending to be him. (Check out http://www.lebowskifest.com). No, I'm not that sad. I've only seen the movie about 6 times and it is one of my favourite movies.

All I'm saying is; he's my favourite character of all time. He's just too cool and chilled out. He doesn't care if someone doesn't like him, he'll walk out on them (as he does, countless times on Walter, in the movie). He doesn't care what he look's like and most important of all...

...he's a nice guy. He doesn't want to do wrong. Sure, he swears at people. But he doesn't want to steal the million dollars from the old guy. He doesn't want to fight with those guys at the end. It's all down to his best friend Walter. Whom, I believe; we all have in our lives.

Shit. I got kinda sidetracked there. All I'm saying is; this guy is THE ultimate in characters. The Coen brothers and Jeff Bridges are absolute genius' for creating a character of this calibre.

Legendary.