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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button : Fantastic, one of the best films i've seen this year easily. Cate Blanchet surely a shoe in for the Oscar as well. Fincher + Pitt = Win 9/10

The pounds actually only been around since the 70's technically.

That was me I think, I told somebody to watch it a while back anyway. It's one of my favourite films. I love films that fuck with your head and Lynch is clearly the master of that. It was originally going to be a T.V series but nobody liked the script so he just expanded on the pilot and made it into a film. I can't even begin to think what would have been in the TV show. Going to see The Curious case of Benjamin Button later today (David Fincher )

Happy Christmas guys, I have a hangover already When you've drunk pretty much an entire bottle of wine the last thing you should do is go and sit in the park in the sun, you definitely shouldn't then fall asleep for an hour Sunburnt on Christmas never thought I'd say that.

Who is Hungry Jack and what did he do with the Burger King?

I haven't watched them yet because they aren't on yet. But I would just like to point out that Australia knows where it's at with Christmas films: Home Alone > Scrooged > Gremlins > Die Hard. One after the other tonight (Christmas Eve) Awesome, probably only get to see Home Alone because I'm going out but its the best one anyway.

Except the UK pretty much always has imported a lot more than it exports so it wont have a positive effect on the economy overall.

Not that I'm for a moment suggesting that Quito would have beaten United. But it's kind of shame that the game takes place when the South American leagues have already finished and in the case of Quito their 2 best players have already left them. It would have been interesting to see if it made any difference. In other news it really does seem that nobody wants to win the premierleague this season. If united win both games in hand I would make them favorites, would love Villa to really push on and still be in the title race by March rather then desperately trying to hold onto a top 4 place. Although I think the squad is too small at the moment, so Randy is going to have to open his cheque book in January. Which I'm sure he will if MON finds the right type of players.

I imagine i'll be throwing shrimps on the barbie.

Really would have preferred it if the pound had waited 6 months before going down the shitter in all honesty. Had to get some money out the other day only to joyously find the pound had gone from £1 = 2.8 NZ$ to 2.5NZ$ in the space of about 4 days. Can't really think of a single sensible reason not to join the Euro. The UK imports a lot more goods than it exports and pretty much always has done. So people saying the cheap pound will be good for the economy are just plain wrong and if anything its going to make things worse. Fuck it I'm spending a year in Australia (not that their economy is doing any better, it's worse in fact)

As long as I had something to make sure I left the house every day I could do it easily.

Kissing him was the last thing I remember doing....

Thanks guys. Judging by the size of the hangover I currently have I either had a good birthday or i'm just getting old. Possibly both

Fixed Not that there is anything wrong with Buckley's version either, but Leonard Cohen is the man. Not may people can write a song about receiving a blow job and not make it sound crude after all.

Welcome to my world (except I know why I like her), now add in the fact you aren't even in the same country as them and wont see them again for another 2 weeks, It's a total headfuck. However, it doesn't really bother me having different interests as someone I'm dating the odd overlap is fine. Some of the fun is introducing each other to your interests and vice-versa. Besides if you have the exact same interests you become one of those annoying couples that are never seen separately.

Pretty much all curry you get in Britain is British in origin or has at least been adapted to suit our taste buds. Korma isn't always yellow in India for example. Beef curry is certainly British because Indians on the whole don't eat cows. I believe the cooks in the army, back when we where colonising India disguised the fact the beef was in fact several days past being edible by covering it in spices and the like then serving it to the troops. Tikka Masala is Scottish that much I do know and the sauce is made from tomato soup.

I love curry, on my travels I have found they dont really do curry in north or south America. And the few restaurants they have are rubbish. Did have an awesome Thai green curry in Brazil though. New Zealand is pretty good for currys. There is a place near where I live back home which is actually the best curry place in England. Every person I have taken to has said its been the best curry they have ever had. I miss it I normally have either a balti, bhuna, or rogan josh, with either pilau or keema rice and a naan bread of some kind.

Wow haven't updated this in a while, thought it was more recent then Washington. From Washington then I went back to New York for Halloween weekend, still hated New York. My hatred was further compelled by NYTransist conspiring to make me miss my flight to Chicago. Fortunately the woman at the check in counter was awesome and just put me on the next flight for free. Given how shoddy American Airlines have been I was fully expecting to have to pay for another flight. Chicago, however, was wicked. Happened to coincide being in Chicago with the US election, and we all know how that turned out :awesome: . I was at Grant Park on election night chilling with the whole of Chicago pretty much. Saw Obama give his victory speech, still pissed I forgot my camera (this is a reoccurring theme). Had a couple of awesome nights out in Chicago and the place was genuinely buzzing because of the election. After 6 days I had pretty much done everything there is to do in Chicago, next up was Mexico City..... Mexico City brings out such a mixtture of emotions to me. It is without a doubt the biggest shithole I have been to so far and the place I felt the most unsafe. But I saw some amazing things there and had some great times. Still not in a hurry to go back though, and some cunt gave me a fake 100 pesos note, admittedly thats worth less than a fiver but still. Anyway, the good bits about Mexico City; Teotihuacan Pyramids, fucking incredible and at that point the best thing I have seen or done on the trip. If you get a chance you have to go, Words and pictures just don't even come close to explaining how incredible they are. The other cool thing I did in Mexico was go to a football match. Sadly Club America where away the weekend I was in Mexico so I didn't get the chance to go to the Azteca. Me a Scouse guy and 2 Aussie girls went to see Cruz Azul vs Jaguares. The atmosphere was incredible, the quality of football was not. Jaguares in particular were awful and Cruz Azul won pretty comfortably 4-1 in the end. Was a fantastic day out and the ticket cost about £4 . Could not wait to leave Mexico City in truth though, I'm sure other parts of Mexico are nice but I did not enjoy Mexico City. (still preferred it to New York mind) Especially because my next destination was Rio, Rio was amazing even if the weather was shit the entire time I was there so didn't get to do any of the cool shit like visit Christ The Redeemer or Sugar Loaf mountain. I had 2 days in Rio by myself before joining up with the GAP Adventures tour I had booked, surely nothing could go wrong in that time..... The night before I joined up with the tour, me and 2 other English guys in the hostel I was staying at went out to a bar for a couple of beers. Anyway, one of the guys had been talking to this Brazilian girl for about half an hour me and the other one could tell he was getting nowhere and decided to leave him to it. The bar was literally around the corner from the hostel, anyway walking back and this guy yells out "you amigos want some weed." We didn't even answer him and just carried on walking as soon as we went round the corner a police car flys round the corner and tells us to stop. 3 armed Brazilian policemen get out of the car. At this point they kept yelling out "you Americano?" eventually it was understood that we were English and not American. One of them asks us if we had any drugs on us, then says they are going to search us. One of the cops walks up to me one to the other guy, the third cop pulls out a gun and points it at us (I kid you not). Anyway the guy pats me down feel my wallet and pulls it out. He opens my wallet goes through all the compartments takes all the cards out checks them puts them back in. Then takes all the money out of my wallet (it was the end of the night I didn't have much) and starts checking every note. At this point it occured to me that if he wanted to slip something into my wallet he could pretty easily or take the money from my wallet. Fortunately he and the other cop are satisfied give us back our wallets and follow us in the car back to the hostel. I can honestly say you haven't lived until you've had a Brazilian cop point his gun at you while another one goes through your wallet. In spite of this and the crap weather I loved Rio and really want to go back. The next day I met up with the GAP trip and we set off to Paraty. The GAP trip was awesome, I cant recomend it highly enough and if you get the chance definitely take one. The group consisted of me 2 Aussie girls (recurring theme this one, one of which is going to get her own paragraph in a bit), 2 English girls, a Swedish couple, 4 med students from London, 1 American guy, and a Canadian Woman. Anyway, we chilled in Paraty for a couple of days got to know each other, did some snorkeling, got drunk. hired a boat for the day which was cool. After a couple of Days we got a night bus to Foz, from there we would spend 3 days in order to see the Iguassu Waterfalls. I'm just going to get this out of the way right now the Iguassu destroys Niagara it's so much better its unreal. Bigger, taller, more to see, not been turned into some hideous Vegas rip-off you name it, it was better. The Iguassu is on the border of Brazil and Argentina, so to fully see it takes 2 days one on each side. The first day we went to the Brazil side where you get the panoramic views of the falls. Which was incredible, its just so big. The Argentina side is different, however they have walkways all around, under and over the falls on there half. You also get a trip through the nearby forest and a boat ride under the falls. Now this boat was a powerboat not the shit clapped out thing you get at Niagara. Oh no, this took you basically under the falls repeatedly then bought you out and they did spins and stuff. Was awesome and only cost about a fiver or something. All in all, Iguassu has been the highlight of my trip so far and it's going to take something awesome to top it. O.k nows probably a good time to do the girl paragraph, I am currently a mess and don't know what the fuck to do. But anyway, lets start at the beginning, The day we went to the Argentinian side of the falls was one of the Aussie girls birthday's it was generally agreed the best way to celebrate this was a pool party at the hotel we where staying in then going out and getting pissed. She knocked on my door before the party started and told me that it was blatantly obvious that I liked the other Aussie girl. She then told me I should go for it because she liked me. I have a lot to thank her for because I'm pretty sure I would have done nothing had she not told me this, coward that I am. So yeah basically had a chat with said girl told her that I really liked her, she said she felt the same. We were both aware that we would be leaving each other in 5 days and neither of us really knew what to do. Anyway, later that night we where basically all over each other at the club but it didn't go any further. Over the next 3 days we hung out a lot and really got to know each other. I'm just going to say it, she's the nicest girl I've ever met, there is nothing she wouldn't do for anybody yet at the same time she's no walk over. Part of me feels she's my ideal woman the other part thinks im crazy because ive only known her for 10 days. GAH I feel like a 15 year old Anyway onto Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires is huge and I only spent 2 days there so I cant really comment on it that well. Was gutted that I missed a chance to go see Boca Juniors play by a day. The last night of the tour the whole group went to a tango show. This was no ordinary tango show though, you get an hours lesson before hand and a meal and as much wine as you can drink included. I layed down some shapes at the tango lessons and actually really enjoyed it. Not the kind of thing I would normally do. Woke up the next day at 9:30am still drunk had to check out at 10 but my flight to Auckland wasn't until 7. Spent the day with Aussie girl as she was staying in Buenos Aires for a couple more days. We had a talk and decided that we would meet up when I get to Sydney for New Years and take it from there. So now i'm in New Zealand, but really I want to be in Sydney. This makes me angry because I should be enjoying all the New Zealand has to offer because who knows when I'll be here again. GAH again, I really don't know what to do. Kudos to anybody who read all that, no pictures yet because I haven't put any on facebook for ages.

Spent 8 hours on a really tiny cramped Bus. The buses in South America >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buses in New Zealand. Fuck even the Greyhound in the States was better. Already don't like Wellington, could just be being moody because of he bus ride though.

Oh yeah I'm all for a bigger grid, however the FIA would chose which teams could run the 3rd car. This car couldn't score championship or constructors points. (rightly so), however it still gives an advantage to the team picked to run a 3rd car. Using the last race of this season as an example, say Ferrari had been selected to run a 3rd car. Say this 3rd car was deliberately running the wrong set up so Ferrari could get different testing information. As such it was near the back, Hamilton comes up to lap the 3rd Ferrari, which either gets a sudden burst of speed and holds him up or accidentally has a collision with him.......

I'm coming to the conclusion that be Australian is a pretty high requisite, for me. But thats for another thread one I cant be bothered to bump at the moment. But yeah every Aussie lady i've met recently has had the kind of personality I go for, laid back, up for a laugh, confident, not annoyingly bitchy (thats the one that most English women fail at). I also absolutely love pretty eyes, someone like Mila Kunis for example has almost perfect eyes.

My Dad just emailed me to say he had to put my cat down, so er pretty shit.

Saw an episode of this on the plane the other day, pretty much the worst thing ive ever seen.

When you get it ring the bank up and make sure the allowance is a bit less then your monthly incomings. And have the bill due the day after you get paid, that way even if you go a bit spend happy you can always pay it off. No problems then.