Remember Savage Garden? Daniel Jones was one fine guitarist. Visually, that is. Darren Hayes got chubby, went on to do some rather low standard solo work, and off course turned out to be gay. Surprising, really, that I didn't have a crush on him. I have no idea what happened to the hottie.The Kite Runner was a good movie. The screenplay skips a lot of what happens in the book, but not in a way that damages the story. It is slightly altered to fit the shortened format, but it all sticks well together and forms a fine product. I would even go so far as to say that you can watch the movie before reading the book without it spoiling the experience of the written story. I recommend both book and film.
Yesterday I went to Helsinki early in the morning to hook up with Deb for knitting. I now know how to both purl and knit, and have yarn and needles for more projects. David joined us after a while for lunch in Bar no 9. I had the lemon chicken pasta, which was quite good although their reindeer pasta is better. From there the day spiralled on to sports and drinking bonanza, with games watching in Elmo, chinese quisine sampling in Dong Bei Hu and beer goggles in Teerenpeli. Very fun day, but today's hangover is nothing short of record breaking.My hopes were set rather high for the gan bian niu rou si in Dong Bei Hu, but the expectations were not met. It was ok enough, but the beef had clearly been deep-fried instead of being simmered over enough time, and hence it was rather shoe-leathery and just not right. The beans were slightly better, but not right either. So, the hunt continues.
Arsenal vs Liverpool in the Premier League was rather disappointing, they played 1-1 and hence the Gunners' chances of winning this year's league are growing slim, especially considering Chelsea beat Man City. Next week SCM are visiting, and hence we're having dinner with them on Wednesday. Thursday movie is The Band's Visit, which should be good, and then we have NNE's second anniversary party on Friday and the Helsinki Beer Festival on Saturday. Week after that brings a Paris trip with work and Funny Games.
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Totally unrelated: Check out The Helio Sequence - they were support for Low last night and the experience was more than pleasant. They have a few tracks on their myspace page if you want to give it a listen.
Will check out :D Haven't listened to new music for ages!
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