2012

So 2012 is the big blockbuster film out at the moment, and I thought the trailer looked pretty good so decided to check it out.


Well, it's alright. It's definitely too long, coming in at about 2.5 butt-numbing hours, but apart from that it is fairly entertaining if you like disaster movies, and seeing things get smashed up. It was more entertaining than Transformers 2, put it that way!


Not much in the way of eye-candy in the film, though the guy playing the Russian pilot was ridiculously good looking. I've since searched for this name and discovered he is called Johann Urb, he was in a film with Paris Hilton but we shouldn't hold that against him. Quite weird as he's really not my usual type that I like, I almost never find blond guys attractive (probably because I am) but when he looks like this, the handsomeness is impossible to deny:

Life

In case you're not watching it, you really must catch up with the David Attenborough-narrated nature show Life on BBC1 @ 9pm on Mondays (catch up on BBC iPlayer if you've missed any).


The footage is truly amazing, and it's brilliant the way they weave stories around the stuff they get. The most recent episode focused on insects, and the way they are so highly adapted for their own ecological niche is fascinating - insects that squirt acid! It's just like in Alien. Except, not quite so much Ripley.


It's great to see licence-fee money spent wisely on something like this, worth every penny.


Anyway another show I recommend on a Monday @ 8.30pm on BBC2 is Miranda, a sitcom from Miranda Hart who you will recognise from loads of other comedy shows. The unique twist on this show is that she breaks 'the fourth wall' and talks directly to the audience at certain points, with random asides and observations. It works much better than the little segments that were in the Jessica Stevenson/Hynds vehicle 'According to Bex'. There's plenty of laughs and she has an amazing knack for physical comedy. I think it's a fun, fresh and quirky show and have really been enjoying it. Give that woman a Bafta now!


And that's what I've mostly been watching this week.

Weird Crush

Every year Heat magazine (yes I read Heat, get over it) publishes the results of their 'Weird Crush' survey where the readers vote for guys they find attractive, even though they are not 'conventional' hotties.


Well, the past few years each of the guys from Top Gear have won (why?? they are all hideous!) but this year, I hope I'm not spoiling it for anyone by revealing, the winner is none other than mentalist showman/wizard Derren Brown:

Now, the funny thing is I was watching one of his DVDs the other day (An Evening of Wonders) and I was thinking to myself, you know what, there's something about him...

Maybe it's his mental trickery to convince everyone that he's a hot wizard? Who knows, but I think he's a worthy Weird Crush 2009 winner.

What is more funny is that it recently 'came out' that Derren actually has more in common with Gandalf than just his magical powers - yes, Derren is one of the team, a full-on card-carrying homosexualist. Yay for well-liked famous gays!

He made a comment in Heat that he sometimes gets chatted up by cute girls but not very often by cute boys, so he's obviously on the lookout. So if you ever see him out and about, why not try hitting on him? You'll probably wake up the following morning with a sore bum and no recollection of the previous night other than a vague feeling of shame, but hey, you never know, Derren might be handy to have around in the boyfriend stakes too - you could get him to convince people of all sorts of things and basically it would be like dating one of the X-Men. Result!

So, the question must next be - who is YOUR weird crush? I'm dying to know!

Who's that boy?

Since I don't really go to gay bars and clubs these days, but I still like to dip my toes into what's going on in gay world from time to time, I occasionally read the digital versions of the free gay magz like Boyz and QX.

So I'm checking out the last few issues of QX and I see this cover:



INSANE MAN HOTNESS! What a drop-dead gorgeously handsome guy. Fit bod, too.

So I look at the inside cover page but all it says is pics by shootmeup.co.uk, not the name of the model. Does anyone know who this model is, and where there are more pictures to admire?

Similarly, although I'm not a fan of the band, when checking out the CDs recently I can't help but notice the greatest hits package from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, titled Frankie Say Greatest.

The reason I can't help but notice is because it looks like this:



UNBELIEVABLE SUPER DANCE PARTY HUNK!

I mean, those arms... those ARMS! I think they are just about the nearest to perfect arms I've ever seen. But who is he? WHO IS HE??? We must find out - answers please!

Where are all the men in this town?

"Fresh...I'm so fresh and I'm so clean, got the lips and got the skin, got the skin, got this thing..."

I am really loving the new album from Columbian pop superstar Shakira! I've liked her ever since she burst onto the English-speaking music charts with Whenever, Wherever - the single 'She Wolf' was a fun, quirky tune and the She Wolf album is great too, I definitely recommend it!

By the way, the title of this post and the lyric above are from the track 'Men in This Town' which is one of my favourites so far.

She was also fantastic on the X Factor this weekend, performing the new single 'Did It Again' - no, not the Britney song! She was much, much better than Britney last year...in fact I think she gave the best performance of any of them so far this series, plus she gave coherent answers to lil Dermot's questions - and English isn't even her first language - show 'em how it's done, Shaks!

One thing I like about her too is that you never see her falling out of clubs and flashing her hippo's yawn in the gossip mags. She also does a lot of work for charity!

Let's hope she does concert dates in London next year - I'll be there!

Remember, Remember...

And I along with hundreds of other mortals arrived in the local field at the alloted time, paid my entrance fee and took up position in good view of the soon-to-be bonfire.

I must admit that although I wasn't really bothered about seeing fireworks, once they started I quite enjoyed it. It did take far too long to get going though! Standing in a field in the cold is not high on my list of 'Exciting things to do on a Saturday night'.

So what is it about fireworks, and big fires, that draws in the crowds? I suppose I can sort of get the big fire thing - after all, most people have a strange fascination with fire, perhaps a remnant from our caveman ancestry. There is something incredibly primal and stirring about watching a huge pile of junk go up in flames, I must admit. You kind of stare at the fire and it seems like something alive, like it's whispering dark secrets in your ear, and you have all these urges to chuck stuff into it and watch it be totally consumed. Well, if it's good enough for moths...

One slight drawback was that the embers from the fire were drifting up and towards the crowd so there were chunks of ash continually dropping down - lucky none that were scorching!

The fireworks themselves were ok, not the best I've seen but reasonably varied. I don't know what the appeal of them is really, other than they are pretty. I do think that someone should come up with some more exciting ones and vary the patterns/colours a bit more, but then why spend time on something that burns away to nothing in seconds?

After the display it was time for the X Factor accompanied by hot dogs. I didn't think it was a particularly impressive show but then there's not that many singers in it this year that I like. Stacey is by far my favourite - I'll be voting for her from now on to ensure she stays safe!

Guyswithiphones - fresh meat!

I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I AM DOING THIS FROM MY PHONE AND IT'S COMING OUT WEIRD! WILL TRY AND EDIT LATER, MEANWHILE TRY AND GUESS MY FAVOURITE!

SHAME I HAD TO CROP ONE OF THE PICS TO MAKE IT DECENT AND KEEP THIS BLOG PG-13, IT'SWORTH SEEING THR ORIGINAL!