When you have 8 hours sleep for the first time in at least a ‘quarter’ : And 8 hours is double the average for the last fortnight. It feels a bit like taking valium. But in a good way; Also in a way that should have me suitably ‘peaked’ by 4pm for a 6pm bbqd_salmon-cranberryised_turkey-glazed_ham dinner when the majority of family arrive from inlaws + churching duties. (ma’s a priest; dad plays the organ, bro is involved in local church - so they all pack in anglican church services)
Edgerton Bros The Square : Click Image to Download.
So far my XMAS has been on the very happy side which is always a bit scary, touchwood it continues. It started with a 12am screening of Slumdog Millionaire - download ere or ere (after having finally watched the Aussie Edgerton bros take on dysfunctional heist movie : The Square - download ere or ere - it was a solid 7/10 but the character who took all wasnt really the character u were made to identify with so the ending didnt really do it for me) But Slumdog Millionaire was as good as the critics say. (imdb 8.5/10 which says alot in itself - about what id give if not more) Every review I read had been 5/5 or film of the year etc.. which was scary esp as my afternoon run listening to the excellent weekly FilmCouch podcast #96 (add their feed in itunes and get their weekly podcast well worth it as well as the spout blog itself : feed’ere), actually had the one negative review of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog, which scared me.
I needn’t have worried (i understand the reviewers whole ‘what happened to danny boyle?’ how come all his films r about the guy getting the grrl + $ maybe) as Slumdog is one of those films that hits you with a mallet at the start and it keeps going the whole movie (similar in that sense to Boyle’s previously best film Trainspotting)
There is an OMG moment 5 minutes or so in, that makes u know this will be a special film.
And Slumdog isn’t which so many serious film directors fall into the trap of, in making a technically top notch film, using cutting edge guerilla film techniques but ultimately leave u flat. (I’m thinking of Che by Soderbergh as the most recent example) The story between brothers is very conventional in one way, but also gripping, arresting, sad and fatal in another.
It's a story about brothers and gameshows, and guns and love:) Click to download it:P
Slumdog’s a film the whole family can watch, well the modern family that can handle a bit of offscreen implied torture; (Not that u really care) I’m going to try to get the right cable that @zbender + @andydigitale recommended so i can get the macmini playing these flicks on the Sony Bravia 32″ LCD. (the academy awards is so good for releasing great quality films to judges who then subversively leak the films to their bittorrent confidants.)
Its a Love Story too of course. Click to get Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack free.
After getting my unheard of 8 hours, I was in shock being it was 11am, then I had a big perfectly wrapped box. I got the overseas call (connecting time zones r a bitch without email/skype/text/twitter/friendfeed etc to coordinate), made many big thankus, and then unwrapped the heavily weighted package.
But what was in this lovely white xmas package, but a beautiful white box with some silver branding; Supra! U beauty….
Beautifully Boxed + Wrapped Supras 100% Leather only 1000 pairs worldwide/less than 50 in Australia !
Who said guys dont like shoe boxes, well more accurately sneaker boxes, and the odd Italian loafer/boot doesnt hurt either 
Hullo Elvis my new shoes, nice to meet u. Best present u r...
My dad has already christened them Elvis Shoes, over a beautiful lunch of scrambled egg, parsley, lots of smoked salmon on rye toast. Yum. Butter_n_salmon_eggs_pepper.
My New Kicks, Very Happy with Present! Click them to Watch Sam Mendes Revolutionary Road.
Ok my need for silver leather is now satisfied.. now I just need to get the matching (check my flickr link) Adidas_Diesel light grey charcoal Thanaz I’d sussed at Adidas Originals. on Chapel:) Thx again4present! I’m off for beach run before family_friends peeps arrive at 4pm onwards.
Im a cliche sucker for these Adi-Diesels mainly the colour and thanaz is my fave diesel cut. ok im off for run.
