tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10508720023277796532024-02-19T05:06:00.167+00:00megapixxelseen by me - shared with yougazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-76794273626622691582011-03-29T16:00:00.001+00:002011-03-29T16:01:46.357+00:00welcome to shutter island, we hope you enjoy your staythe sure sign of a great movie is that when the credits are rolling – you wish you could watch it again… immediately! this is no truer than with scorsese's incredible thriller, shutter island, which i watched for the second time last week.
in case you haven’t caught it, teddy (dicaprio’s troubled character) is a federal marshal sent to the island asylum to investigate the mysterious disappearancegazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-62388485880446631212011-03-18T15:01:00.000+00:002011-03-18T15:01:56.727+00:00f.r.o.g.as i’m sure everyone is, i’m horrified by the images, videos and reports that have saturated the media showing us the extent of the destruction caused by the tsunami and earthquake.
living in chester means that we are approximately 120ft above sea level but it doesn’t stop me thinking that this type of destruction could literally happen on my doorstep. especially when you take into account that gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-12120018636654033752011-03-03T16:56:00.000+00:002011-03-03T16:56:20.909+00:00elizabethi’m not generally a fan of costume dramas, but i am known to partake of the odd one. going way back in our own history is intriguing, and when done this well, can be fascinating. i know that it’s never entirely structured on fact and there is always the element of having to please the viewer and bring home the bacon, but to get a glimpse of what life was like nearly 500 years ago is gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-55317797862202929152011-03-01T16:49:00.000+00:002011-03-01T16:49:06.773+00:00the hurt lockerwell the student movie night didn't go quite as planned. there was some miscommunication regarding who was actually bringing along the dvd - resulting in us not having one to show. oops!
anyway, after gaz took a trip home [btw - i'm not referring to myself in the third person, it's a different gaz!] we settled down in the cold churchhouse loft with snacks and our very large screen to gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-86736657363613012662011-02-24T15:59:00.002+00:002011-02-24T16:04:00.304+00:00the book of elianother movie night coming up this w/e with some friends and students from the uni.the movie of choice this month is the ‘book of eli’. i have already seen this twice, but it's a good'un!denzel is eli, a lone drifter travelling the open highways of a washed-out post-apocalyptic landscape. in his possession is the only remaining bible in the whole world [oddly enough, he also seems to be the only gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-4820484648292145792011-02-18T13:50:00.002+00:002011-02-18T13:50:30.310+00:00let's try thistwitterfeed
hopefully making things work smoother.
facebook failed me as far as feeding my blog goes!!
sounds odd.gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-50677264924806056672011-02-18T09:56:00.006+00:002011-02-18T23:42:17.421+00:00one train you'll want to miss! [sorry]"oh look, an unstoppable train."truth time... i love tony scott movies. i know i know, they are loud, shaky, bold [in colour] and i think i'm right in saying - uses pretty much every trope going when it comes to action movies.
all the way from top gun through crimson tide, days of thunder, true romance, enemy of the state, deja vu, man on fire and even pelham 123, they are all great fun and gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-58440110639305295542011-02-11T11:36:00.007+00:002011-02-18T14:36:59.541+00:00movie vs bookhaven’t written a movie review for a while. so let’s get stuck in…
the last movie i watched was the boy in the stripped pj's.
i read the book about two years ago and it blew me away. by the end i was crying like a little girl, and had to force myself to pick it up and finish reading it to it's inevitable heartbreaking ending. i put off seeing this movie as i *knew* it wouldn't match up to the gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-32312347579398117582010-06-22T08:45:00.004+00:002011-02-15T15:55:18.936+00:00whalingthe international whaling commission is meeting in morocco to try and debate a deal that could regulate whaling for the next 10 years. the proposal would see iceland, japan and norway given annual quotas for hunting and those hunts would be more tightly scrutinised. not only that but the international trade of whale meat [and other parts] could be banned.certain countries claim that their reasonsgazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-83519348820731084582010-06-16T09:07:00.003+00:002010-06-16T09:09:35.242+00:00love this...gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-55606068193794321352010-06-08T15:58:00.002+00:002010-06-08T16:12:56.098+00:00discover the covei love a good documentary. i’m not talking about your al gore powerpoint nonsense, i’m talking about the ‘real’ documentary, where there is real footage with real people in real situations.‘the cove’ is one such documentary.it’s true that the best documentary is one that manipulates audience into accepting it’s viewpoint as the truth and nothing but the truth, but when the subject matter is as gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-9458774451369912010-05-26T16:24:00.004+00:002010-05-26T16:27:05.138+00:00new pooch
max went to the poochy parlour today - 'k9 to 5'! he looks more like a puppy now than before he went in..
.gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-12909011433076512052010-05-26T16:18:00.000+00:002010-05-26T16:18:46.178+00:00back in the mixwell this blog hasn't been used for a while. i've dusted off the cobwebs - hoovered up - chased off the rats and vermin and uncovered some gems.
i have decided to make my main personal blog private. so this is where all that other stuff that really should have a place of it's own is going to be from now on.
it will still have photos posted, but will not be solely for that porpoise[!].
is that gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-36895195930987509172008-09-22T10:44:00.002+00:002008-09-22T11:27:56.154+00:00"so long and thanks for all the fish"as douglas adams once wrote.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -it is with great sadness that i am posting this...no it's not really. i've just decided to no longer keep two blogs and a flickr account going at once, something had to give. a big thank you to all who have followed this blog over the last 2 years(ish) and for all the kind, encouraging comments that you have left. i will continue to be gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-26934495316288806872008-09-06T10:44:00.002+00:002008-09-06T10:49:36.528+00:003 steps back ... ... and suddenly the view becomes rather more crowded.gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-17222293905436632152008-09-04T16:06:00.006+00:002008-09-04T16:14:46.258+00:00sky watch ~ 16 ~my sky watch this week is brought to you from the irish sea. farewell dun loghaire bay... i know it sounds like an old irish song but i'll save you the pain of hearing me sing.join in on the left.gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-83031013199841043112008-09-04T15:00:00.005+00:002008-09-04T16:15:26.154+00:00POW!!bet you weren't expecting it to be so bright were you?as you can see i've had a little jig around with the template. i wanted the site to look a little crisper (and i got bored of black and orange!).gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-8987572277846965162008-09-02T20:06:00.008+00:002008-09-04T14:38:01.135+00:00abc wednesday | g...is for good food.i love food. i mean i'm not someone who just eats to stay alive, i really like food. especially good food. doesn't this just get your mouth watering? gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-69836650814201933462008-08-28T12:59:00.003+00:002008-09-04T14:37:46.205+00:00sky watch ~ 15 ~my photo for this week's sky watch was taken at a little place called cotton abbotts in chester.i've tinkered with it a tiny bit, mainly with a little soft focus and cross processing.enjoy your w/e everyone.gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-4178892809342425052008-08-27T08:39:00.005+00:002008-09-04T14:38:22.551+00:00abc wednesday | f it's abc again already?ok, f is for follies. you don't see many punch and judy shows around anymore so i love it when we go back home to the seaside and catch the show.i'm looking forward to abc'ing what others have posted... gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-31101846814661623922008-08-23T21:32:00.003+00:002008-09-04T14:04:23.138+00:00 another shot from the beach the other day. a low down shot - my favourite kind.sorry, couldn't even come up with a title for this one...gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-67397243218940510652008-08-22T00:28:00.004+00:002008-09-04T14:37:36.530+00:00sky watch ~ 14 ~gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-33835598277598169632008-08-20T15:33:00.005+00:002008-08-21T14:19:22.605+00:00abc wednesday | ei thought i'd join in with abc this week.e is for... ethan. one of my trio of little boys.you'll have to wait for 'j' and 'r' for the other two!- - update - -several people have asked what was on his mind.if memory serves me right we were somewhere special and he didn't want to leave. i was trying to rally the troups for a family photo before we left but ethan wasn't having any of it so i snappedgazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-27916033451954526442008-08-20T15:02:00.004+00:002008-08-20T15:58:54.962+00:00level 2 i can't belive it's been a month since i posted anything on here.i've been out of sorts with regard to posting and visiting my blog chums lately so apologies all round. gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050872002327779653.post-55294134456137271772008-07-15T13:45:00.004+00:002008-07-15T14:12:06.302+00:00project black | 2 i guess a silhouette counts towards project black.as the great louis jordan once sang..."there ain't nobody here but us chickensthere ain't nobody here at allso calm yourself, and stop your fussthere ain't nobody here but us"gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.com10