Thanksgiving

I had a really good thanksgiving. Firstly, it was a beautiful sunny day, and as always a great day on the Heath. Then I hosted a thanksgiving dinner for housemates and friends. I had 9 people in total. I did all the cooking. I cooked a big turkey, 9kg/19.5lbs. I have quite a bit leftover though. I also made mashed potatoes, stuffing, veggies, rolls and cornbread. With it was cranberry sauce and gravy. We had quite a few bottles of red wine and mulled wine to wash it down with. It went very well. I was pleased, as was everyone there. I do enjoy being able to keep up this holiday even though I am in England. And everyone was happy, and that is one thing I love, to see people happy. I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving too!!!! :)

Bond rules!!!

Everyone who is anyone needs to go out and see the new Bond film, Casino Royale, immediately. It was a kick ass movie. Daniel Craig does a reall hard ass Bond, and it works. The stunts were freaking amazing. It was different from previous Bond films, and I have seen them all, in that there weren't any gadgets, aside from the car, and there was a bit of a love story, where usually he just shags the girls. I went and saw it on saturday night with a friend. Unfortunately, we sat near these kids that kept talking and being a nuisense. Other than that, it was so much fun. You will not be disappointed.

Life on the heath

A few things to note as of late. Firstly, one of the lifeguards is somewhat of a resident chef as well. He is from Maritius and makes curries and the sort. I finally had one of his creations. It was beef sausage and turkey bacon in a tomato sauce with mushrooms, onion, garlic and coriander. It was served on rice with a piece of crusty bread. And this was at 10:30am!! It is great to work on the heath.

There was a film shot entirely on the heath call Scenes of a sexual nature. It was released last friday and I went and saw it. I thought it was really well done, and the heath used to its full brilliance. It was a very low budget film, but I felt it was true to life. I recommed looking it up and checking it out if you can.

Lastly, and sadly, I came across two dead animals yesterday. The first was a crow, which my colleague took care of. The second was a cat. A member of the public alerted it to me. I had to take it and bury it. I couldn't tell if it was a stray or not, but it didn't have a collar. Poor kitty. I gave it a fitting burial though. Unfortunately, finding dead animals is part of the job. At least we take care of it properly. It is all part of life.

Inconvienient truth and games

Had a good day out yesterday. I went to the science museum where they had an exhibition called game on. It is the history and culture of videogames. I had been 5 years ago, not too long after I arrived here, at the barbican. Well, it has returned to london in the new venue. They have around 120 games to play from game consoles and arcade units going back to the beginning. It definately flooded memories from my childhood playing games with my friends. I have been playing games, and have had a system, since 1986. 20 bloody years. That is a lot of gaming. I have loved every minute of it, and I still have games to play. In fact I will no doubt get the Playstation 3 when it comes out. :)

After the exhibition, I went for a stroll around the west end and ate at my favourite chinese restaurant. I then went and saw An Inconvienient Truth. I must say, they did an amazing job visually of presenting the information. It is definately an eye opener, and could be a great topic for conversation. I am really glad at this point that I have set myself up where I work locally enough to walk, and ride my bicycle everywhere I can. I would never want to own a car at this point. At least not a petrol driven one. It is hard to describe how profound the film was, it needs to be seen to understand. But I encourage everyone to see it, even on dvd. I just hope it's not too late.....