Aug 25
2011
“…because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff. Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. When people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is ‘you like stuff.’ Which is just not a good insult at all. Like, ‘you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness’.” – John Green
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Aug 11
2011
Saw this film last night. Brilliant. The film centres around a group of kids who accidentally witness a train crash, while filming their own super 8 film. They are then embroiled in the weird events that happen in their town and the air force trying to cover it up. The film is like a cross between ET, Son of Rambow and Stand By Me, but with 2011 special effects. The group of kids are played excellently by a group of child actors largely unknown to me. I was very impressed with the two leads Joel Courtney as Joe and Elle Fanning as Alice, especially Elle Fanning, who managed to pull off the difficult job of acting a character acting. Definitely worth going to see.
Planned books:
Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files v. 1 by John Wagner, etc.
Absolute Sandman – Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, Sam Kieth, Malcolm Jones
A Dance With Dragons: Book 5 of A Song of Ice and Fire (Song of Ice by George R. R. Martin
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Current books:
Zero History by William Gibson
Recent books:
Spook Country by William Gibson
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the Wor by Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 by John Scalzi
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
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