1/144 HG Sword Impulse Gundam May 28, 2007
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It’s almost a year since I bought this kit, so it’s about time I finished it. I’ve been working on it a bit at a time over the last few weeks and decided to finish it off with a two hour painting blitz last night.
Gallery after the jump. (more…)
You only sing when you’re winning May 24, 2007
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When I was young, I had a habit of winning competitions. Not skill competitions – random answers-on-a-postcard draws in newspapers, magazines and the like. In fact, my whole family had a bit of a reputation. My Dad entered them by the handful and, in accordance with the odds, we won the odd one. The best was when we got a widescreen TV and a trip to Singapore in the same week.
Anyway, with the coming of the internet, draws are a lot easier to enter (and cost a lot less in postage). I haven’t won anything for a while, but today I came home to a big box. In it was this:
Yes, a hatful of Sunshine merchandise. A Sunshine military shirt, authentic Sunshine cap, stylish Sunshine sunglasses (which I can’t wear because I am so short-sighted I’m practically blind), 250MB USB wriststrap (?), hover pen (?) and Sunshine branded A5 metal notepad.
Not bad. I vaguely recall entering an online competition. Can’t remember where. And no, I haven’t even seen the bloody film.
Charlie goes to Candy Mountain May 24, 2007
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Just testing the embed function of WordPress. And this is just funny.
Erm… May 13, 2007
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A video that is hilarious, disturbing and pervy all at the same time. It could only come from Japan. I have no idea if it’s serious or not. The worrying thing is, it could well be!
Otaku insomnia May 6, 2007
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Last night I finally attended one of Sci-Fi London’s infamous anime all-nighters. Since they’ve moved the festival out of January/February, it no longer clashes with Chinese New Year and for once the programme was chock full of stuff I hadn’t actually seen yet. So, screw the fact that I had no-one to go with, I went and it was great.
All’s right with the world May 6, 2007
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Hooray! The premiership trophy is back where it belongs. Despite a spirited Chelsea comeback, they failed to beat Arsenal, so United take the title. It’s been a really colossal performance from the team this season, with displays of passion and heart true to the ethic of our fine club.
I have to admit though, coming off the back of a tepid European exit, it does feel like something of an anticlimax. I guess it’s a measure of our overachievement. But a Champions League final would have really kept the adrenaline flowing. As it is, we have a couple of nothing premiership games before the grudge match with Chelsea in the FA Cup. I am looking forward to that, but somehow it doesn’t have the same shine when there’s not a treble at stake. That’s weird, since last August I was desperate for us to just get a trophy, any trophy.
Anyway, I’m grateful to the team for restoring my faith in the club (and life!), though I still don’t rate 1/3 of our squad as class enough for United. Makes the achievement even more surprising. But the potential is there and a fine future awaits. For now, we’ll welcome an old friend to the trophy cabinet.
