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Christchurch after the earthquake

November 16th, 2011 Finally found the time to put these up.This is how Christchurch looks after the earthquakes. Center of the city is still blocked. You're welcomed to look at the older folder to understand the scope of the destruction.

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Unproductivity

October 28th, 2011

Meh ... wrote something, and it got deleted by accident ...damnit ... anyways, I was complaining about the lack of productivity, and said that I finally managed to gather enough to get some items from my todo list checked :).
Besides that, New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup. Good game.
Heading to sleep, way too late for me. Hopefully will continue tomorrow from where I left today.
Good night.

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Quick one

October 5th, 2011

Hmmm ... just some random thoughts ... seen some movies lately (as you can see for yourselves).
I'm utterly shock by the shit they'll sell as movies ... They will spend so much money and all the production, and it feels like they'll pay a 12 years old to write the story, and proof read it himself (which seems like he failed to do).
Thor, Green Lantern and Transformers 3 ... crap crap crap. Some random questions would be: in the green lantern, the hero can fly to other universes with the power of the ring ... yet they have spaceships ?! what do they need them for??
Why does the evil power so much slower flying across the universe than the green lanterns, if he's so much more powerful?
Why is it that you can see all the phrases coming from a mile away ... ? Bah ... I'll stop here, but it's not much better in the other movies :(
(By the way, it seems they reused a scene from "The island" in transformers, by just adding some special effects and transformers into a chase ... meh ...

The other thing that irritated me, is that I watched 187. Great movie. Could have won a friend of mine a lot of money if he would have seen it many years ago ... (well, friend is a strong word, but still ...)
Now, for some reason, IMDB score-wise, he's ranking between thor and the green lantern, and about the same as the transformers ... W T F ?!
You must be kidding me! This made me loose the little trust I had in humanity, and in IMDB scores for movies all together :(

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Rugby for Non Rugbiers

September 18th, 2011

Back to Christchurch ... Weather's cold, and I still need to go and have a look at the damage the last couple of earthquakes have done. The bits I've seen don't seem too bad so far. Still a lovely place (if just the weather wasn't so darn cold :)

Oh ... right ... rugby ... well, seems like the rugby cup is upon us. Usually, I wouldn't care a rotten rat's ass about this kind of things, but as it usually happens, one thing led to another, and I ended up watching 2 games today (well, 1 and half, but who's counting).
Being the good person I am, I decided to share with you the knowledge I gained during these 2 hours of watching the game and asking questions.

Rugby: According to my sources (I didn't check them online since have no internet), was invented in England but is currently dominated by Kiwis and Ausies.

Games watched: England Vs. Georgia (england won) & Canada Vs. France (frogies beat them beavers).

Rules: Seem simple, but I've been assured there are a plethora of them and they are nothing but simple. The bits that will get you started are:
* You can kick the ball forward, or run with it forward.
* You can pass the ball to your teammates, as long as they are behind you (WTF?!).
* No protective gear is used (read as -> kiwies and ausies are tough as nails, unlike them sissies americans).
* In order for me not to be taken to court by the fans of the game, there seem to be stricter rules on tackling (which explains the lack of protection) and some players do wear some kind of hats (gay as hell, look like swimming caps) as protection.
* What is known as touch down in football (american), is called a "Try". I tried as hard as I could to figure out why it's called a try, since they managed to score, but failed. Asking all the people present at the room didn't help. Reminds me of the story with the monkeys and the bananas on a ladder.
* The crowds in the game are fu**en weirdos. There were peopled dressed as: Gorillas, smurfs, chickens, tigers, some blue people, some white ppl (as in completely white, clothes, and makeup, not as in white man can't jump).
* The players don't look much better. They look like the sailors from pirates of the Caribbean, only bigger, meaner, and bloodier (at least at the end of the match).
* They like to lift people up to grab the ball (supposedly, they lift from the knees ...)
* They like to grab each other asses (well, at least at half time, and at the end of the game).
* When they're not grabbing ass, they seem to be holding each other balls and have they heads in their teammates asses (ok ... ok ... so they just stick the head in between two players asses, and hug their legs. Suppose to give them support, but looks a bit gay never the less :)
* Spitting. At first I thought they must get points based on the amount of spitting they do ... seems I was wrong ... They will get extra points for 4 tries or more, but still, they'll spit as if the score of the game depended on it
* Last bit of trivia, seems like Ireland won against Australia. I guess there are many drunk angry Australians looking to pick up fights with drunk happy Irish :)

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask.
Or open wikipedia.
Or watch the Telly (yes, the Telly, one of the English guys had a sign saying : "Are we on the Telly yet?". Obviously, they were).
Or go live in a desert with no internet connection where I can't disturb your peace of mind with blogs about rugby :)

Since I figured none of you will, here's why they call a try a try: clicky the linky