22) Buy a DSLR - DONE (28/03/10)
Buying a second compact camera in Hong Kong last summer was probably a mistake - considering it's not that good. Well, now I have a decent camera to use - the Nikon D3000. Anyone who knows me well will know that I love my photos so I'm looking forward to taking it out and using it regularly. It's probably not a wise idea to take it to a club though.
58) Watch 100 films I haven't seen before - In Progress [17/100]
- Princess Mononoke - See below.
- Kick-Ass - Well...after hearing all the hype I couldn't help but feel disappointed with this. Don't get me wrong, it was still pretty good but I expected alot more. I thought it would just be a comedy which is why I didn't get as many laughs out of it as I expected - action scenes were great though; not bad for a 13 y/o girl.
- Hot Rod - Maybe not everyone's cup of tea but this is my kind of film. Kind of like Napoleon Dynamite meets Anchorman. Random, laugh out loud, with some more random thrown in. Cool beans?
- The Hangover - Now, this also seemed to suffer from the over-hype. I've been looking forward to seeing this for a loooong time but when I finally watched it, I tended to just drift along with the story, lol-ing a few times. Good but nothing special. "Funniest film ever"? No.
Spent £20 getting 400 printed off and a good few hours organising them into one photo album. I could've printed off alot more (I did have almost 2500 to choose from) but I found it difficult to even find a 400 pocket photo album; well...I didn't look particularly hard to be honest, but that's not the point. The point is, the photos show what a hectic, non-stop holiday it was and I'm still amazed at how much we fit into a month. Now to look forward to writing up my journal which will no doubt smash the 54,000 word count on the last one I written.
90) Read the 7 books I got from Borders 90% off sale - In Progress [2/7]
- Bobobo-bo-Bo-bobo Volume 2 by Yoshio Sawai
- Trauma by Patrick McGrath
92) Watch the entire Studio Ghibli collection - In Progress [3/19]
- Princess Mononoke - Well I certainly wasn't expecting this; far from being a typical light-hearted Disney-style affair, Miyazaki has managed to create a deep, epic story which centres around saving the forests. It isn't clear though who the real 'bad guys' are in this film and ends somewhat ambiguously - which I thought was beautifully done. Visually brilliant as usual and miles above any animations out nowadays in terms of the message and the lessons to learn from it. I'll have to see the original Japanese version at some point - I'm still not so sure about the english dubs.
