Entries from January 2008

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

*iz brainded*

It’s been such a busy week I don’t think I can write another word. My brain? It hurts.
I’m currently watching an old episode of Batman on BBC4 and I can just about summon up the energy to yell, “Zok!” “Whamm!” “Thunk!” (etc) during the fight scenes, which I always do when I watch Batman, though [...]

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Nelson’s Column… er… Blog

I’ve been very remiss recently in doing two things: thanking all the people who sent me goodwill wishes via SFX after my surgery – much appreciated! – and also welcoming those who have recently ‘friended’ me on Facebook. There were more of you than I was expecting, but hey, the more, the merrier!
I should be [...]

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Rotten Swizz!

Who is Your Ideal TV Boyfriend?Created by BuddyTV
What, so Dean Winchester wasn’t available?
Still… Peter will do. *grin*

Friday, January 25, 2008

It’s Physics, Okay?

Everything’s gone a little bit hectic recently and I’m currently so busy I’ve got to that terrible stage where I feel guilty taking time out to do anything except sit at my computer and type.
However, today I still managed to go for a lovely walk to Richmond Park (where I promptly got horribly lost [...]

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

RIP, Heath…

Heath Ledger’s performance in Brokeback Mountain was one of the finest I’ve ever seen. I couldn’t wait to see him in The Dark Knight. How could he be dead at 28? Poor, poor guy.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Cloverfield

I went to a screening of JJ Abram’s much-hyped, long-awaited, top sekrit monster movie tonight.
What a spectacular film: a good, old-fashioned disaster flick which was everything 1998’s Godzilla should have been with a dash of 1955’s It Came From Beneath The Sea thrown in. Alright, so the plot was wafer-thin and you could see [...]

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The old Spike swagger

Just watched the first episode of Torchwood’s second series. Cracking!
I don’t think I’ve ever had as many text messages during the course of one TV programme in my life. All of them were about how sexy James Marsters was (excluding the text I had from illustrator Andy Watt asking, “Is that the guy from Buffy?”). [...]

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Why Barack Obama Should Be The Next President Of The United States

I’m the first to admit that I don’t know much about American politics, but I do know a lot about American television. Through American television, by osmosis, I know a lot about America. And, as the following brilliant article by Peter Aspden for the Financial Times website points out…
Article on The Wire
… Barack Obama knows [...]

Sunday, January 6, 2008

New York Minutes

Happy 2008! Here’s hoping you all had happy holidays! I’ve had a crazy few weeks, so apologies for the long silence. I did the New York thing, had visitors staying over New Year and even got to tell one of the Lone Gunmen from The X-Files that his fly was undone. Now I’m back at [...]