Up, up and away on my beautiful...

Went to see 'Up' last night with the girlfriend. Kind of torn. It is an excellent film, nice story, if uncomplicated, beautifully rendered by Pixar. I'm sad to say I left the cinema with a tear or two, even after the many laughs.

It reminded me a bit too much of my Grandma passing a few months ago, and of other things missing in my younger years.
I'm very happy to say that things are much better than back then. It still reminded me a bit too closely.

Heartily recommend the film, but be prepared for a few heart breakingly sad bits, for anyone.

Spore

Spore is an excellent game! So far I've just hit the space age, but this game has been...
Asteroids
FPS
RPG
RTS

Its got the huge range of customisability of Sims (same guy), but without any of that family stuff ;-D
I spose the only thing holding it back so far is the slightly dated cartoony graphics, but I'm not sure you could get away with making it any more serious.

Another Year... And food!

Last Thursday was my birthday. I was off ill from work and lounged in front of the TV. Sigh... Not the most pleasant way of spending my 'special day'. The girlfriend took us out for dinner because I was feeling a bit better.
Our favourite Chinese which is conveniently less than 10 minutes drive away, a place called The China Garden in Whitminster. They give you a small bowl of nice prawn crackers for free which is nice. And most of the food is excellent, though the noodles we had seemed a little overdone that night.
Ribs are beatifully done, the wanton soup was good she said, then we had duck. Main was beef with black pepper and red wine sauce, nice, a bit too rich though. Second main (we share) was deed fried chicken in plum sauce which was delicious.
Didn't fancy any of the desserts, this place's weak point, so we stopped off at Tesco and picked up a cheap 'happy birthday' cake. Mmmm... Sugary.

Mmm Shrimp cocktail - District 9

Girlfriend and I went to see District 9 on Saturday, and both quite enjoyed it.

It had imaginative alien weapons, a well thought out premise, and excellent acting from unknowns. After a quiet (not dull) start, the action steadily ramped up to full speed with plenty of gibs. For me, as far as effects go, the Mech unit was one of the best realised I've ever seen.