"German is not a sexy language"

So, after a considerable amount of thought (all 10 minutes of it), I decided to try to teach myself a new language.

I decided on German, mainly because German and English are sister languages. Also, I studied a little (a minuscule amount) of German in high school. I can do the numbers up to ten and greet people at any time of the day.

I downloaded an eBook called "German Demystified" from the endoftheinter.net (Thanks Chris) and have got to work.

I figure that if I stick to one section and just pound away at my brain until I can recall it from memory I should be able to speak some broken German in about a month.

First up is the German alphabet, very similar to the English alphabet with a few pronunciation differences. So I will work on drumming this into my brainbox for the next few days when I have the time and I should be able to move on to consonant and vowel combinations in about 2-3 days.

I'll keep you posted.

-Tom

"Thank God, I thought you'd gone and gothed up."

So, I saw Ariel last night. Caught a quick glimpse from across the bar at The Northern Club and almost had a panic attack. I thought he'd gone goth for a second, until I went to say hi.

He said that he was at a costume party earlier and went as Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII. I didn;t believe him at the time but later, about 3:30am, I saw someone else in a costume.



PS: Sorry about the poor quality photos, holding the Desire steady after a few beers is tricky.

"It is done!"

Well, I've done it. 100 movies in 14 days. Bow down to my godliness. Now I need to get a fucking life. :(

Movie challenge (100):
16 Blocks
21
Aladdin
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection
Antitrust
Batman Begins
Beauty and the Beast
Better Luck Tomorrow
Blow
Bruce Almighty
Casino Royale
Cellular
Clerks 2
Constantine
Detroit Rock City
Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Die Hard With A Vengeance
Die Hard 4.0
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Dogma
Doom
Down to Earth
Evolution
First Kid
Flight of the Phoenix
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Funny People
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Galaxy Quest
Ghost Rider
The Girl Next Door
The Godfather
Gone in 60 Seconds
Hackers
Hancock
The Hangover
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Hero
I Love You, Man
Idiocracy
Independence Day
Iron Man
Knocked Up
A Knight's Tale
Liar Liar
The Longest Yard
Mallrats
The Mask
Major Payne
Might Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie
Minority Report
Monsters vs. Aliens
Mongol
Mortal Kombat: Annihiliation
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Pineapple Express
Public Enemies
Punisher: War Zone
First Blood
First Blood Part II
Rambo 3
Rambo
Remember the Titans
Robocop
Robocop 2
Robocop 3
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V
Rocky Balboa
Role Models
Rush Hour 3
Run Fatboy, Run
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
School of Rock
Simpsons Movie
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Space Jam
Starship Troopers
Street Fighter
Superbad
Super Troopers
Sweeney Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Taken
Transformers
Tropic Thunder
True Lies
Twilight
Up
V for Vendetta
Watchmen

"It's got what plants need, it's got electrolytes."

Movie challenge (93):
16 Blocks
21
Aladdin
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection
Antitrust
Batman Begins
Beauty and the Beast
Better Luck Tomorrow
Blow
Bruce Almighty
Casino Royale
Cellular
Clerks 2
Constantine
Detroit Rock City
Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Die Hard With A Vengeance
Die Hard 4.0
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Dogma
Doom
Down to Earth
Evolution
First Kid
Flight of the Phoenix
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Funny People
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Galaxy Quest
Ghost Rider
The Girl Next Door
The Godfather
Gone in 60 Seconds
Hackers
Hancock
The Hangover
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Hero
I Love You, Man
Idiocracy
Independence Day
Iron Man
Knocked Up
A Knight's Tale
Liar Liar
The Longest Yard
Mallrats
The Mask
Major Payne
Might Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie
Minority Report
Monsters vs. Aliens
Mongol
Mortal Kombat: Annihiliation
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Pineapple Express
Public Enemies
Punisher: War Zone
First Blood
First Blood Part II
Rambo 3
Rambo
Remember the Titans
Robocop
Robocop 2
Robocop 3
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V
Rocky Balboa
Role Models
Rush Hour 3
Run Fatboy, Run
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
School of Rock
Simpsons Movie
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Space Jam
Starship Troopers
Street Fighter
Superbad
Taken
Twilight
Watchmen

"Fuck Gaspar Gomez and fuck the fucking Diaz brothers!"

Okay, I have the lappy fixed. While it was out of commission, I watched a ton of movies. Just read the list below.

Movie challenge (52):
16 Blocks
21
Aladdin
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection
Antitrust
Batman Begins
Beauty and the Beast
Better Luck Tomorrow
Blow
Bruce Almighty
Casino Royale
Cellular
Clerks 2
Constantine
Detroit Rock City
Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Die Hard With A Vengeance
Die Hard 4.0
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Dogma
Down to Earth
First Kid
Hancock
The Hangover
A Knight's Tale
Monsters vs. Aliens
Pineapple Express
Punisher: War Zone
First Blood
First Blood Part II
Rambo 3
Rambo
Remember the Titans
Robocop
Robocop 2
Robocop 3
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V
Rocky Balboa
Run Fatboy, Run
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
Taken
Twilight
Watchmen

All links courtesy of the contributors @ Wikipedia

"Directive Four: CLASSIFIED"

Last night, my computer "died". So I had a bunch of free time and I watched 9 movies. I haven't slept but I've made great progress on the challenge, making up for the wasted day on Wednesday. Another wasted night tonight, I've got my brother's 23rd birthday but I'm slightly ahead. Only 79 more movies and 11 days to go (7.2mpd)

PS: Sorry for the lack of links, I'm sure no-one is clicking them anyway, I'll come back and add them later.

Movie challenge (21):
21
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Better Luck Tomorrow
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Die Hard 4.0
First Kid
Hancock
A Knight's Tale
Monsters vs. Aliens
Pineapple Express
Punisher: War Zone
Rambo
Remember the Titans
Robocop
Rocky Balboa
Run Fatboy, Run
Saving Private Ryan
Taken
Twilight
Watchmen

All links courtesy of the contributors @ Wikipedia

"Turns out, you don't need one. Totally overrated!

Last night, four more movies. First Kid, Monsters vs. Aliens, Taken and Twilight. Now, I'm taking a break and watching The Pacific, Part IV.

Movie challenge (12):
21
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
First Kid
Hancock
Monsters vs. Aliens
Punisher: War Zone
Remember the Titans
Taken
Twilight
Watchmen

All links courtesy of the contributors @ Wikipedia