Chica Bomb

My brother re-edited this video for UK release recently.

You won't recognise the artist as Moldovan popstar Dan Balan (although being the europop freak I am, I did) from O-Zone.

You know... this one...



Ah yes.

But take a look again at Olly's video. I especially like the writhing at 1:19 and 1:29.

Any jobs going at FHM/Nuts/Zoo...?!

Kick Ass

Olly and I went to see Kick Ass the other night, courtesy of Orange Wednesday. I actually think I take the mickey out of the AMC a little... I also get a 999 discount so the whole night ends up costing about £5 for two. Brilliant.

ANYway...

I wasn't sure what to think before it started. I'd seen some actor interviews, but no trailers.

The film is actually pretty good, all about a superhero wannabe geek, dressed in a catalogue wetsuit ("Kick Ass"). He starts out pretty lame really, getting all his bones shattered trying to do good. But you kind of know that in the end he'll prove that you don't need super-powers to do good. Just a $300, 000 jet-pack (which seems pretty cheap for what it is huh?!)

My favourite characters were Hit Girl and Big Daddy, who have an unhealthy interest in weaponry. Nic Cage is brilliant as Big Daddy, and I usually can't stand him.
The action scenes were great - both funny and with no over-the-top gushing blood stuff, which I find irritating. Watching a 9 year old girl take down a whole gang in one go is just brilliant to watch.

The teen angst part is kinda old hat, but doesn't chug up the plot so much, so I'll let it go. And of course he gets the girl in the end... just like a real superhero.

I'll give it 8/10.

Merry Christmas

Live from the Pillon-Krzymuski dinner table

Slovenian Beer Wars

The two main beers/pivi in Slovenia are Union and Lasko. A common phrase outside of Ljubljana, where Union is brewed, is "I drink Lasko and piss Union". We tried a few just to be sure. And our mission is ongoing...

Chilling in Piran

Tartinjev Trg/Piazza Tartini/Tartini Square by night. It was full of children and dogs running about with bands in the centre.

Ljubljana by night

This is why i keep coming back... A 'pivo' by the river is just magic.

Holiday in a Nutshell

- Lying on a pebbly beach and not having to deal with sand
- Greeting my brother at Dubrovnik bus station
- Looking out over Kotor Bay at sunset
- Drinking beer for €1.50
- Climbing up mountains
- Getting on buses when I'm not 100% certain that it goes where I want
- Bartering in Serbian
- Admiring tapestries of Tito
- Getting met at bus stations by hot Bosnians
- Drinking beer for 3KM (=€1.50 =£1)
- Eating čevapćići for every meal
- Watching TV at night on a balcony, talking about history
- Hanging out with cool people I've just met
- Getting the email addresses of cool people I've just met so I can then go visit them in Finland/Canada/Ireland
- Hysteria on night trains
- Going back to a cool hostel
- Eating a massive salad for 30kuna (£3)
- Drinking beer for 18kuna (£2)
- Doing a Welsh accent and making the whole dorm think I am crazy
- Arriving in Slovenia
- Seeing Tina at Vila Veselova (www.v-v.si)
- Wow-ing at the Škocjan Caves
- Swimming in Lake Bled
- Eating Burritos with cool New Yorkers we randomly bumped into in two different places
- Drinking coffee in a cafe at 11am
- Hanging out with my little brother and having those chats that make you feel really good.
- Strategically writing postcards so that no-one realises that I keep using the same phrases