Went and saw the All Blacks v Lions match last night - well, yesterday afternoon really, what with the timezones. I thought the kick off was at 5.30 Eastern Time here in Oz, but lucky I didn't dilly dally around deciding what to have for tea for too long (KFC two piece feed, if you need to know LOL), because by the time I got to the first pub on the way to the Exchange, the 'rugby pub' of Brisbane - I know I said I wasn't going to go back after not having the Super 12 Crusaders Hurricanes game with sound on, but I was willing to give them another chance - surely they would have the sound on for an international?
Anyways, I found myself at the Embassy, corner of Elizabeth and Edward streets, almost deserted (pubbing that early in the night I guess), but the ABs were already into the haka. Thought I would catch the first half there and maybe wander to another pub for the second, but stayed there for the full match. It filled up slowly, but not busy - at least the sound was on for the game, and unlike at busier bars you could actually hear Grant Nisbett, Murray Mexted and Ian Smith :)
The game itself hmm. The Lions captain got injured in the first minute, and it went from there. The Lions had good strings of play but they couldn't get into the All Black 22 with any regularity - maybe a handful of times if I remember correctly? Not that the ABs crossed the line all that many times either, but we played good, hard rugby, with the occasional flourish. 21 to 3 by the end, and I have to admit I had a tinge of sympathy for the Brits, I don't mind us slaying any of the other international teams by whatever margin, but with a Lions match you hope it will be closer than that - of course, ABs to win, but closer than 18 points please...
I remember I was thinking that in 1993 and then they came back and won the second test in Wellington - be careful what you wish for Pauly LOL. And who on earth decides to schedule mid winter matches in the South Island as night matches?? It was hailing and windy and wet and oh so cold - a couple of degrees colder and it would have been sleet. You could see halfway through the second half that the players were just trying to keep warm rather than any razzle dazzle footy LOL.
I did manage to stick around last night for the Rage songs that I wanted to see - mmm, Tori Amos, one of the redheads, along with Gillian Anderson in her X Files stage, that started my preference for that shade of hair colour on women :) A woman doesn't have to be a redhead for me to like her, but it would be nice LOL. Bad Pauly bad.
Oh dear. Tony Blair's eldest son, who I think a couple of years ago was in a mini controversy about marijuana usage, is going to Washington to serve an internship with the Republicans. A Downing Street spokesman said he would also intern with a Democrat legislator - hmm, didn't know you could have jobs with both parties in Washington. And the most famous intern in recent history was of course Monica Lewinsky LOL.
So yeah, was a late one last night, and I slept in til quarter to eleven this morning. As the movie I wanted to see was at 12.30, and I basically had three quarters of an hour to get ready before my bus headed to town, I was thinking 'well, this week going to see a movie just seems like a chore - damn the megaplex at the localish shopping centre not having anything worth watching on this week (that I haven't seen)' - hell, I was even thinking of going to see Longest Yard LOL.
But I did drag myself into Dendy in the city, rather than become megaplex brain dead man, to catch Assassination of Richard Nixon. And damn, am I glad I did - riveting movie, absolutely riveting. Sean Penn channels Robert de Niro in Taxi Driver as a person on the edge whose life slowly falls apart. Based on real events as well - and boy, could I relate to the airport gateway scene, where every little thing takes so much more significance when you are about to completely fuck your life up. Definite one for seeing a second, third time at least... and yes, I will try to get back into the habit of doing reviews for the movies I see - if of course the general public or my readership wants them :)
Very glad I decided to head into Dendy to see it. Afterwards wandered into JB, see what cheap DVDs they had - ended up with Clerks (at near full price), Die Hard 2, How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days, and Red Heat. So, a bit of choice for everyone, acceptable chick flick times one, action times two, classic indy flick times one LOL. If you haven't seen Clerks yet please see it, I remember my first viewing of it, at a party in Upper Hutt - was kind of in the background to start with, and then as the evening grew quieter the movie drew everyone in (yeah it was one of those parties where drinking wasn't the point of the evening, where socialising was more important - how poncey LOL).
Had Hungry Jacks for a late lunch, and then headed home. Watched a couple of episodes of Seinfeld (series three, The Boyfriend, Keith Hernandez dates Jerry AND Elaine LOL - and the JFK take off scene - 'back, and to the right - back, and to the right' LOL). Watched the news, and have Big Brother on at the moment, the eviction episode. Supposed to be ninety minutes, but there is Minority Report on the other channel, will flick over whether or not they have evicted whoever's in line this week...
More soon
Pauly
Anyways, I found myself at the Embassy, corner of Elizabeth and Edward streets, almost deserted (pubbing that early in the night I guess), but the ABs were already into the haka. Thought I would catch the first half there and maybe wander to another pub for the second, but stayed there for the full match. It filled up slowly, but not busy - at least the sound was on for the game, and unlike at busier bars you could actually hear Grant Nisbett, Murray Mexted and Ian Smith :)
The game itself hmm. The Lions captain got injured in the first minute, and it went from there. The Lions had good strings of play but they couldn't get into the All Black 22 with any regularity - maybe a handful of times if I remember correctly? Not that the ABs crossed the line all that many times either, but we played good, hard rugby, with the occasional flourish. 21 to 3 by the end, and I have to admit I had a tinge of sympathy for the Brits, I don't mind us slaying any of the other international teams by whatever margin, but with a Lions match you hope it will be closer than that - of course, ABs to win, but closer than 18 points please...
I remember I was thinking that in 1993 and then they came back and won the second test in Wellington - be careful what you wish for Pauly LOL. And who on earth decides to schedule mid winter matches in the South Island as night matches?? It was hailing and windy and wet and oh so cold - a couple of degrees colder and it would have been sleet. You could see halfway through the second half that the players were just trying to keep warm rather than any razzle dazzle footy LOL.
I did manage to stick around last night for the Rage songs that I wanted to see - mmm, Tori Amos, one of the redheads, along with Gillian Anderson in her X Files stage, that started my preference for that shade of hair colour on women :) A woman doesn't have to be a redhead for me to like her, but it would be nice LOL. Bad Pauly bad.
Oh dear. Tony Blair's eldest son, who I think a couple of years ago was in a mini controversy about marijuana usage, is going to Washington to serve an internship with the Republicans. A Downing Street spokesman said he would also intern with a Democrat legislator - hmm, didn't know you could have jobs with both parties in Washington. And the most famous intern in recent history was of course Monica Lewinsky LOL.
So yeah, was a late one last night, and I slept in til quarter to eleven this morning. As the movie I wanted to see was at 12.30, and I basically had three quarters of an hour to get ready before my bus headed to town, I was thinking 'well, this week going to see a movie just seems like a chore - damn the megaplex at the localish shopping centre not having anything worth watching on this week (that I haven't seen)' - hell, I was even thinking of going to see Longest Yard LOL.
But I did drag myself into Dendy in the city, rather than become megaplex brain dead man, to catch Assassination of Richard Nixon. And damn, am I glad I did - riveting movie, absolutely riveting. Sean Penn channels Robert de Niro in Taxi Driver as a person on the edge whose life slowly falls apart. Based on real events as well - and boy, could I relate to the airport gateway scene, where every little thing takes so much more significance when you are about to completely fuck your life up. Definite one for seeing a second, third time at least... and yes, I will try to get back into the habit of doing reviews for the movies I see - if of course the general public or my readership wants them :)
Very glad I decided to head into Dendy to see it. Afterwards wandered into JB, see what cheap DVDs they had - ended up with Clerks (at near full price), Die Hard 2, How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days, and Red Heat. So, a bit of choice for everyone, acceptable chick flick times one, action times two, classic indy flick times one LOL. If you haven't seen Clerks yet please see it, I remember my first viewing of it, at a party in Upper Hutt - was kind of in the background to start with, and then as the evening grew quieter the movie drew everyone in (yeah it was one of those parties where drinking wasn't the point of the evening, where socialising was more important - how poncey LOL).
Had Hungry Jacks for a late lunch, and then headed home. Watched a couple of episodes of Seinfeld (series three, The Boyfriend, Keith Hernandez dates Jerry AND Elaine LOL - and the JFK take off scene - 'back, and to the right - back, and to the right' LOL). Watched the news, and have Big Brother on at the moment, the eviction episode. Supposed to be ninety minutes, but there is Minority Report on the other channel, will flick over whether or not they have evicted whoever's in line this week...
More soon
Pauly
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