Car life - REDUX!

Wow, its been a long time since I last updated, and now I dont have time to do a proper one.

On the 4th July this year I wrote this and saved it as a draft. The title is also from then.

>I just bought a Fiat Stilo. How cool am I?

Hmm, rock.

Anyways, since that entry about the films - remember that one? - I've watched Napoleon Dynamite and The Bourne Supremacy. That was a long time since. I'm not doing very well.

I really must try to leave it less time. I suck :(

Milk+

Helen recently started taking this stuff http://www.berocca.co.uk/ and I had a go on it today too, though I reckon it probably needs a few days worth before it kicks in. I was wondering whether it would be a good hangover cure. All that VitC cant make the headache/shakes/vomiting any worse, so I reckon its worth a pop.

The prince and the pauper

Damn, I'm so broke I think I may need to get a second job. How sucky is that? The problem is that we were living beyond our means for too long when I used to earn a pretty low salary - we built up debts that we have never reduced, let alone paid off. The knock on effect of paying so much interest and charges on loans, overdrafts, credit cards etc etc added to this has meant that since 2001 I have spent more than my monthly income every single month. Thats around 55 months of excess spending. Its scary when you put it into those terms.

Anyway, somethings got to give. There are 3 steps I think need to be taken to break this cycle.

1) Consolidate debts to ease interest/charges burden
2) Reduce spending
3) Increase income

I'll let you know what happens.

Car death

I crashed my car last week. It was a minor bump, yet the damage to my car was sufficient for it to be classed as beyond economical repair. I have to buy a new one now.

Wheeeeeeeeeee! At last, the required justification to get a new one. Excellent.

Well, after the insurance people have coughed up that is. Bah

Damn cat

How the hell do you stop a cat from pissing in the house?

I *heart* memes

I stole a list from Paul. Its the top 100 films of this century according to HotDog magazine (weh? were only 6 years in). Like him I'm going to try and watch them all. I may die at some point, but its a risk i'm willing to take. The ones in red are the target ones I have yet to watch. I'm also only going to include films I have seen all the way through. Some of the others I have probably seen large chunks of, some even the whole film but not in one run through

100 Napoleon Dynamite
99 Finding Nemo
98 NARC
97 The Man Who Wasn't There
96 Finding Neverland
95 A Mighty Wind
94 Fahrenheit 9/11
93 The Pianist
92 The Bourne Supremacy
91 Chuck & Buck
90 Before Night Falls
89 Spellbound
88 The Devil's Backbone
87 Jackass: The Movie
86 About Schmidt
85 The Way of the Gun
84 Cabin Fever
83 House of Flying Daggers
82 Mystic River
81 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
80 Erin Brockovich
79 Bubba Ho-Tep
78 Super Size Me
77 Dodgeball
76 Unbreakable
75 Dog Soldiers
74 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
73 Sexy Beast
72 Bowling For Columbine
71 Secretary
70 American Movie
69 Dogtown and Z-Boys
68 The Incredibles
67 Broken Flowers
66 Far From Heaven
65 Moulin Rouge
64 Dancer in the Dark
63 The Virgin Suicides
62 24 Hour Party People
61 Downfall
60 Best In Show
59 Chopper
58 Gosford Park
57 Russian Ark
56 Wonder Boys
55 Shrek
54 Batman Begins
53 The Rules of Attraction
52 A History of Violence
51 Shaun of the Dead
50 Morvern Callar
49 Big Fish
48 The Motorcycle Diaries
47 American Splendor
46 Kung Fu Hustle
45 Audition
44 Spirited Away
43 X-Men 2
42 Ocean's Eleven
41 Before Sunset
40 In The Mood For Love
39 Kill Bill vol 2
38 Traffic
37 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
36 Bad Santa
35 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
34 Talk To Her
33 Garden State
32 Amores Perros
31 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
30 The Insider
29 Gladiator
28 Dead Man's Shoes
27 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
26 Toy Story 2
25 Adaptation
24 Y Tu Mama Tambien
23 Battle Royale
22 American Beauty
21 Amelie
20 Almost Famous
19 Hero
18 Spider-Man 2
17 Memento
16 Three Kings
15 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
14 Ghost World
13 Kill Bill vol 1
12 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
11 The Royal Tenenbaums
10 Mulholland Drive
9 Oldboy
8 21 Grams
7 Lost In Translation
6 City of God
5 Donnie Darko
4 Magnolia
3 Being John Malkovich
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
1 Requiem for a Dream

Golf and beer.

I've had one game of golf (apart from playing Tiger Woods on the playstation), however I enjoyed it that much that I have obtained:

Set of golf clubs with bag.
Trolley.
Golf balls.
Shoes.

The only problem is that I wasnt very good at it. If you know anything about golf and I said that I did the 18 hole round coming out with a 89 handicap you'll understand quite how abysmal I was. I have been to the driving range several times with a mate and at least now feel that I can hit the ball straight with some loft, so I hit it farther than 30 yards per attempt. I'm just now waiting for the weather to improve some so I dont freeze my tits off.

Anyway, I've been really good so far this year on the beer front, no real attempt to get on the wagon or anything, I've just hardly touched alcohol since New Years. Total so far is one small bottle of french beer (the little 250ml stubby ones), one bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale and one glass of red wine. Jesus, even my Mum drinks more than that and she's practically tee-total. Helen on the other hand seems to be spiralling into some kind of Gin driven alcoholism. I keep telling her its making her aggressive but it seems to fall on deaf ears. To be fair, vodka causes the same effect in me so I guess its evening the score a little.