…and what a day!

I took today off work with the original intention to go to Thorpe Park with my brother Scuzz and his lady Sally… sadly Sally’s unwell at the mo so we decided to cancel the trip there and have a day of chilling instead.

It’s been fun. Had a TGI Fridays lunch with Scuzz and Sally, which was very tasty (if rather over-filling… a good way of practising for New York sized portions is how I’m thinking about it :-) ).

Following that, we grabbed a couple of DVDs from Blockbuster (via a nice membership application process, guided by a mardy woman behind the counter who seemed to think us entirely pathetic for not already having had a membership card… adding insult to injury by phoning my home to “Check that the number is valid”. Nice to feel like a criminal when you’re trying to give a company money for something (insert some witty satire about the recording/movie industry here)).

After some booze and snacks buying we settled down for a nice afternoon and evening of DVD watching.

Here’s a quick review of the two films we watched:

X-Men
Really, really good. Lots of cool action, some great unexpected bits and, well, come on, it’s X-Men! The ending is ace, also. Make sure you watch until the end of the credits!

Poisiden
With all things considered, I must say that on careful reflection this multi-million pound blockbuster was a splendid film. If you enjoy improbable / inexplicable dangerous situations, cheesy acting, lazy dialogue and irritating characters, that is. What’s that? These people are the ONLY ones who try to escape? What’s that? It’s ok to kill some guy just because the audience haven’t got to know him yet? What’s that? You’re all stereotyped disaster movie idiots? I see.

Later on Extras was watched (wow, nice pen) and we’ve just watched lots of Family Guy episodes and laughed quite a lot. Excellent fun.

And now I’m off to bed, not feeling 100% for some reason (may have overindulged… I feel a bit grotty).

Speak later!

Pat