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*POSSIBLE SPOILERS*

I didn’t know what exactly to expect when I went to see Beowulf with Abel and Scott, although I suppose I was expecting something along the lines of 300 because of the whole CGI aspect of it. I wasn’t too sure about the story either because the only thing I know about Beowulf is what I remember from an episode of Star Trek, possibly The Next Generation series where the crew get stuck in a story being reenacted on the holodeck.

Overall I think I’d give the movie a 3 out of 5. The story had lies, temptation, greed and a naked fight scene, all good things to have in a movie in my opinion, but there was something lacking.

One of the reasons that it was decided to make the whole movie CG was that it would allow the director greater control over the art direction. I felt that he could have taken greater advantage of the fact that it was CG to put in more spectacular fight scenes.

Ok, that’s a biased opinion, everyone knows I love a good fight scene. Especially a naked fight scene.

That’s right, various sites on the net have been buzzing about Beowulf’s naked fight scene for a few weeks now, and I have to say that it was pretty good. Although if I did have a complaint, it would be that the director needs to work on keeping a tidy set and coordinating the actors and camera crew so that nothing would get into the way of the camera during some very important fight scenes. By the end of the first twenty minutes I have to say that I did find Beowulf very ‘thrashable’ as Scott would say.

Overall not a bad movie, very watchable, oh, and the viewers get to see a naked Angelina Jolie sans private parts on two occasions of the movie.

I am kinda sad though, that was probably the last movie I’m going to watch with people from my class since I’ll be flying to the Philippines next week. =[

Update: I’ve uploaded the pictures I took at the wedding and the grad banquet. Now you get to see chubby Brian in all his glory!

written by Brian \\ tags: beowulf, bgts, movie

Ok, along with the new wonders that came with Wordpress 2.3.1, the changes that the developers made to the Wordpress database have boggled my poor theme, and since the original author doesn’t update it anymore, it falls onto the poor users like me to fix it if they want their sites staying up and looking pretty.

Here’s a list of things that need fixing:

1. The search function (problem with post2cat)
2. Previous/Next page navigation at the bottom

Ok, so it’s not that big a list, but still it’s 8am and I need sleep. There are probably a few more broken thingies that I haven’t stumbled across yet, but those will be taken care of in good time.

Things to do when I wake up:

1. Make the header image prettier
2. Play World of Warcraft

• Optional: Start packing all my stuff to move out

written by Brian \\ tags: broken, layout, tired, Wordpress

Hurrah for the end of the year! Now even though classes finished a month ago and clinicals finished last week, I’m still as student as far as my uni is concerned. Well, if you’ve already looked on the events list on the right, you’ll see that come Sunday that won’t be the case anymore.

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I’ve just checked out the list of graduands on my uni’s website, and let me tell you, that was the most nervous I’ve been this month. Butterflies in my tummy, tingling arms, the works. It was either an attack of the nerves or a stroke… or both, we won’t be able to tell till morning.

Anyway, I was really glad to see that my name was on the list since I’ve spent the last couple of days worrying that I might not graduate because of some small and probably insignificant matter. If I had to pick the possibility that I worried over the most, it would be that I had failed a subject due to not passing an essay (Ethics), and would have to rewrite the essay to the criteria that the lecturer had specificed and resubmit it. Doesn’t sound so bad does it? But the thing that really got me worried was that I might have failed it, and not gotten the letters telling me that I had. Which would mean that I wouldn’t redo the essay, wouldn’t hand it in again, and would fail the subject and my nursing course, which would mean that I would not graduate this year. Scary huh?

Happily for me, the list of graduands says that I’ll be walking up that platform on Sunday and receiving that piece of paper that says I’m qualified to look after sick people who are in life threatening conditions.

Ok, now I’m nervous again.

written by Brian \\ tags: graduation, nervous

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a picture of a thousand words worth?

A thousand words is about three A4 pages and can contain a lot of information, but if that information was to be photographed would it be any easier to understand? I love that a photo can capture emotion; it can draw you in with colour (or lack of) and stir feelings inside.

As I approach my graduation and look back on the three years with friends and the times we had, there is more emotion there than I could ever write on this page. The pictures I have of this class are not just pictures, they are frozen emotions in time . . . they are HAPPINESS! In each of these photo’s whether it is of an individual or place, there is hidden moments of joy, sadness, happiness and empathy. I feel what they feel, I enjoy what they enjoy and I hurt when they hurt.

As I scroll through individual portraits I realise something, I could write a thousand words on every person around me. Everyone brings purpose, meaning and creates a worth, a worth that no amount of money could match. The pictures I have will serve as a constant reminder that life and love is bigger than me. It stretches far beyond my wildest imagination and yet it feels so intimate because of my constant reminders. Thanks for the memories!

written by Troy

Goin back to the Flips ^^

written by Brian