ahh hey guys!!!
It’s 6 am and I’m just getting ready for bed now. I have had the most intense week and it’s not over yet. I’ve been in the studio all week recording my album, writing for some really great artist who shall temporarily remain nameless and yes, our very own theme song for Model House. (which we’re going to be shooting a music video for on the 11th so I really have to hustle butt on that.) I don’t even get to take a break to celebrate thanksgiving. So crazy. But you gotta do what you gotta do right? I’m gona be starting a new show on Stickam.com as well as filming a new secret spoof movie over the weekend of the 12th immediately after the music video so that should be a really fun weekend…The AMAs were this past weekend too! I went to a gifting suite with Marielle and met the owner of Hard Candy who is really excited about this show and is going to sponsor it. SOOO anyone who wins prizes just might get a care package filled with make up!! – i gotta go because tomorrow between recording I have to design cartoons of all the hosts of the show so we can be characters on t-shirts and maybe there will even be a comic book if I have the time to get into a project like that!

I have a purse and jewelry line on my myspace. It would be amazing if you guys could go buy any of my merchandise!!! Check it out and see what you think

www.myspace.com/brittanyflickinger

Too much to do…Too little time.

until then
xoxo
love you guys
Britt

ahh hey guys
It’s 6 am and I’m just getting ready for bed now. I have had the most intense week and it’s not over yet. I’ve been in the studio all week recording my album, writing for the Pussy Cat Dolls, Orianthi and yes, our very own theme song for Model House. (which we’re going to be shooting a music video for on the 11th so I really have to hustle butt on that.) I don’t even get to take a break to celebrate thanksgiving. So crazy. But you gotta do what you gotta do to make it right? I’m gona be starting a new show on Stickam.com as well as filming a new secret spoof movie over the weekend of the 12th immediately after the music video so that should be a really fun weekend…The AMAs were this past weekend too! I went to a gifting suite with Marielle and met the owner of Hard Candy who is really excited about this show and is going to sponsor it. SOOO anyone who wins prizes just might get a care package filled with make up!! – i gotta go because tomorrow between recording I have to design cartoons of all the hosts of the show so we can be characters on t-shirts and maybe there will even be a comic book if I have the time to get into a project like that!

I have a purse and jewelry line on my myspace. It would be amazing if you guys could go buy any of my merchandise!!! Check it out and see what you think

www.myspace.com/brittanyflickinger

Too much to do…Too little time.

until then
xoxo
love you guys
Britt

Daniel Charles
(via)

The suggestion for today was to try and save water and electricity by remembering to turn off the light switch, a power point, a tap, etc. Because we forget these things the book suggests making stickers to place next to a light switch for example.

This is a somewhat simple solution to a possibly costly memory issue, in that forgetting to flick a switch/turn off a tap costs money by way of the bill, as well as costing more in terms of environmental costs.

I have found myself being far more efficient in these areas in the last little while and hardly ever forget to turn off a light when not needed, turn off a tap when brushing teeth, etc. It did however take a lot of self-discipline and I can see how stickers/post-it’s, etc, can be handy for some people.

A response to reading ‘365 Ways to Change the World,’ by Michael Norton

Unbelievable site that I recently discovered somehow (if I could retrace the site-to-site-to-site-ad infinitum itinerary, I promise I would.): Kiddie Records Weekly: Classics from the Golden Age. Kiddie Records Weekly features a weekly selection of  vintage children’s album designs. Their archives are enormous, AND they stream all the audio! It’s pure old-school craziness! Go forth and enjoy. And, for now, here are some of my faves (but I still have stacks to pore through):

Aren’t they amazing? Love them. Love the colors, love the type, love the illustrations… love it all.

I went to see 2012 last night after work and all I can say is: IT WAS AMAZING. For the critics out there…get past the predictable story line. Its an end of the world disaster flick…we aren't there to see a deep, moralistic story about deep relationships, nor were we there for any Oscar winning acting. We're there for the special effects (which were definately worth the price of admission). I don't know which effect was better…the super volcano that took out Yellowstone, California falling into the ocean, or the tsunamis that wiped out Washington, DC (and rest of the world) and flooded the Himalayas. Were there some “unrealistic” scenes…of course there were. It was a movie about the end of the world. It did have its few comic relief moments too…a much needed laugh at some very intense moments. But for the most part, you were on the edge of your seat for the entire last 2 hrs and 15 mins (the first 30 mins was the build up; it was about 2hrs 45 mins long). If you enjoy disaster flicks or amazing special effects, you will not be disappointed in the least. BTW, as much as I can't stand Woody Harrelson, he was cast PERFECTLY as the nutjob who sees the end of the world coming and tries to warn people via pirate radio.

Proof positive that visuals alone cannot save this travesty. So many scenes in this movie were beyond the scope of “suspended belief” that it was almost insulting. It's easier for me to swallow a hockey-masked serial killer coming back from the dead numerous times than it was to see a stretch limo outrunning a fault line that appears to be destroying everything in LA BUT the limo.

The coupe de crap of the entire affair was the John F Kennedy aircraft carrier plowing into the nation's capital riding the crest of a super tsunami while the President is outside walking around the triage looking for the father of a scared girl. Oh yes…a giant tsunami is headed directly for the White House but of course, screw that…the commander in chief decides it's more important to play Lassie for the final 10 minutes of his life.

This suckfest might go down as one of the biggest disappointments of the year. A classic case of a disaster movie being a disaster in of itself.

The Pumpkin Karver (2006)

Directed by Robert Mann
Writing credits Robert Mann Sheldon Silverstein

Amy Weber …. Lynn Starks
Michael Zara …. Jonathan Starks
Minka Kelly …. Tammy
Terrence Evans …. Ben Wickets
Misty Adams …. Yolanda
Briana Gerber …. Vicki
Charity Shea …. Rachel

Further proof Showtime can be a real go to when it comes to bad movies. This week’s showing: The Pumpkin Karver. Yeah that’s right with a K! Now at some point this plot could have been interesting but confusion and boredom win out with this movie. I enjoy B movies as much as more than most. I watch them religiously. I give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to judging them. They can be bad but they need to be entertaining. That being said The Pumpkin Karver whiffs in every attempt that it makes. I had hopes for it because man the killer has a mask made of a rotting pumpkin and carves smiles into his victim’s faces. Anyhoo Let’s sit down and dig into this rotted pumpkin.There may be some spoilers in here:

Halloween night, Jonathan (who starts the movie off creeper than the killer) sits at the kitchen table carving a pumpkin. As he obsessively does this we meet his older sister and her caricature moron boyfriend. He tries to sex up the sister and then when she leaves (to get in costume) he takes the time to hassle her brother.

Spoiler Alert!
When you think back to this opening scene with him later on, it becomes harder and harder to believe that his “evil” spirit could possibly be behind the killings to come.
End Spoiler Alert!

Big sis then gets paid a visit by a pumpkin-masked, knife-wielding maniac, who she believes is her idiot boyfriend until he attacks her.

Spoiler Alert!
Jonathan rushes in and bludgeons the masked psycho to death with his carving knife only for it to be revealed to be her boyfriend. It was all just a Halloween prank gone wrong.
End Spoiler Alert!

Jump forward a year and we find Jonathan and sis living in a new town. The town name you ask why it its none other than Carver. Yeah Carver is a town that apparently specializes in growing/carving pumpkins into Jack-o-Lanterns. Yeah you read that right.

Spoiler Alert!
That makes total sense for a mom (we never meet) to move a son who killed his sisters boyfriend in a pumpkin mask with a fricking pumpkin carving knife to a town named carver. Did I mention he has to take pills to control the visions of said pumpkin masked guy?
End Spoiler Alert!

It’s Halloween time again. Jonathan’s sister has semi set him up with a local chick. Her ex boyfriend (a big oafish looking guy) is not happy about this. He doesn’t think they’re broken up and also seems to think physically assaulting one’s her and her friends is a good plan to win her back. This movie may be about how horrible Boyfriends are as they come across as real ass clowns in it. We’re also introduced to a variety of other potential young friends for Jonathan, and one would guess for the killer to kill off. Not so fast my friend. Many of these poorly written/acted characters will get way too much screen time for people that never get killed. Hell these cutout “youths” are rarely in any danger. From there, characters go to an outdoor Halloween concert, characters sit around playing party games, and characters wander around and talk to one another. It is here we get the creepy old guy to warn everyone. He never really warns anyone though. We do find out that he is an old pumpkin carving guy. He just keeps showing up to rant and raves like a psychopath. He almost becomes a red herring but the movie maker’s efforts with him really become too heavy handed. Jonathan it seems keeps having visions of the pumpkin-masked creep-o attacking him, and in a shocking move said pumpkin-masked killer actually bothers to kill somebody. He is a very lazy killer.

The Pumpkin Karver tries to be successful as the typical B movie slasher flick, but it simply doesn’t make the cut. It has most of the formula down pat. You know teens having a late night Halloween party in a remote area, a killer shows up. A few scares Yadda, yadda yadda lots of gore. The problem was the movie lacked in both the quality scares and gore. The scares were virtually non -existent. I mean they couldn’t have gone with the old standby of character hears noise-character investigates noise and after tense seconds a cat meows? Have these people even seen a horror movie-ever? The movies kills were pretty weak as a whole. The plot becomes nothing more than look kiddies its Halloween and someone is killing people. The problem with that is the killer really doesn’t even make an appearance or a kill for nearly the first hour. Further that with the “victims” not there are many don’t even realize what is happening till there is about 20 minutes left. The movie did kill off a character that you wouldn’t normally expect to be killed off, but that is not enough to save the movie. The carving smiles into the faces of those he kills thing—turns out really only to happen to the first and last victim. I will give props for the fact that they were pretty cool when actually done. In reality this slasher flick is nothing more than a story based around a bunch of stock characters (who offer us nothing in terms of kills and thrills) that seems to be more of a way to waste time until the highly confusing/implausible coup de grace. Again have any of those associated with the making of this movie ever seen an actual slasher flick? Cool mask and all Pumpkin-masked killer dude is not even in the same sport let alone league of Michael Myers or Jason. Overall production isn’t too horrible though there are some fun slip ups to catch.

Gore factor: 0
Writing: 1
Scares: 0
Watchability: 1

Half a Lugosi out of 5!

Wow, my first one ^^
Hope I've got it right, though I'm pretty sure it is. Put a capo
on 5 if you want to play along to the track, but if you're just
singin' with your guitar... I found this a much easier tone to sing
to XD
Well, here are the chords to yet another beautiful Mika Masterpiece:

C                                        Em
Don't wake up, won't wake up, can't wake up, no, don't wake me up
(Repeat)

         C           Em
It's the early morn'
                     Am
Lights flick on
                              Dm                  G     C
Sleepy eyes peek through the blinds at something wrong
          Em
Motionless remains the mess
 Am                               Dm     G
Shame, such a beautiful, beautiful, young life

C                   Em                                    Am
   By the time I'm dreaming, and you've crept out on me sleeping
                  Dm      G        C
I'm busy in the blissful unaware
                  Em                                   Am
By the time I'm dreaming, and you've crept out on me sleeping
                Dm     G            C
Tell me, how am I supposed to care?

Then repeat the 'Don't wake up' bit, and another verse + chorus.

After the second chorus, the bridge starts. Only I couldn't really
figure that one out. I hope someone will. Maybe I will, some day.
If someone else finds it before I do and wants to post it with the
rest of this song, please do. I would not feel offended: I have no
rights to this song, these chords are just what I heard when I tried
it on my guitar; anyone as much a novice as myself could have heard
it, all one needs to do is take the time for it..

Much love from me and remember... love love MIKA!

Ruby

De Sint en Pieten hadden een regenachtige bootreis achter de rug. De goedheiligman zette in Lelystad bij Bataviahaven voet aan wal terwijl honderden kinderen in de stromende regen, weggedoken onder parapluis en gehuld in plastic jassen, hadden staan wachten. Maar het was de moeite waard, want de Zwarte Pieten zorgden voor vermaak en deelden heel wat snoepgoed uit.

Jenny: I had a plan and I should have stuck to it. I’m going to Cotillion with Graham Collins.
Blair: I’ll allow it. Sorry Eric.
Jenny: Actually Blair, since I’m queen of Constance and Graham Collins is my escort, I don’t think I need you as my escort anymore.
Blair: Jenny, you’re lucky to have me. Don’t push it.
Jenny: Your era’s over. And so is that headband.

Season 3 presents Little J with a teeming B!a+(h attitude

The big bad city of the Bengal, home to 13 million people (give or take) and on of those places that I always held in anticipation. After all, the notorious nature of the city, with the infamous ‘Black Hole’ tag has always meant a certain amount of intrepidation from the lowly traveller.

How wrong I was. Far from being a city filed with woe and dread, it was a city of fun! Fantastic sights to see, the best street food in all of Asia and a city with a metro – always important when you need to navigate around a metropolis. Sure, you had to keep your eyes and ears peeled for the net con, but overall, it was nothing that I could not handle. Plus, I really have to go on about this, the food was spectacular!

So what to do while there? OK, I only spent two nights in Kolkata, so this is only the briefest of write-ups. But I would definitely recommend the following:

1) Eat your way through the city.

I cannot overemphasise the quality of food available in Kolkata. From the humblest puri stand to elaborate stalls with seating areas serving rice and curry, the food of Kolkata is fresh, cheap, varied and readily available. And the amount of fixed price stalls means that there is no need to check your prices with the owners. Bliss!

2) Make some time in the Maidan

One of the world’s largest urban green spaces, the Eden Park is a beautiful part of the city. Along with the Hooghly River, this space provides a much needed lung to the city. Cooling, filled with greenery and grazing cattle, the Victoria Monument and Cricket Ground also provide tourist gems to take in. Simply one of the best parks in the world, not something that you would automticaly associate with Kolkata.

3) Hop on the tram.

Slow, old, rumbling, but the fact that they all originate at Esplanade means that hopping on one of those beasts of the road will always take you back to ’square one’. Plus at Rs4, who can really complain? India’s only tram system, the oldest in Asia, and by a miracle of the engineering crews, still running, despite the government’s attempts to repeatedly close down the system. Ride it while you can!

4) Catch a flick!

‘Nuff said.

5) Take in the Nightlife.

Kolkata really comes alive at night. The air cools down from the heat of the day, and the city comes out to party. Everywhere I have been to in India (except Meghalaya) livens up after sunset, but in Kolkata the city itself changes character. Its life is lead on the streets, with millions of residents and tourists alike coming out to enjoy the air, do a bit of shopping and of course, indulge in the culinary delights that vie for your attention. Forget about slinging back whisky in some lousy hotel bar, if you wan to really enjoy Kolkata, then head out into the night…

Mr. Miller,

Well, Danny and I decided that we had to go with Plan B: sneak into the studio and replace the shooting scripts with the buddy comedy we wrote based on our strange and humorous adventure(s) in trucking. Danny figured that we’d be allowed in if we dressed like celebrities. I told him that these are powerful stars and executives, and how those guys work so little that the studio would probably be dead by the evening. So, I geared myself up in all black (including a ski-mask), Danny cloaked himself by dressing like Orlando Bloom in Lord of the Rings (I still don’t get him), and I got us in thanks to the ring of keys I received after landing that Security Guard gig at the studio.

But, as I’ve said before, I don’t know a damn thing about the way movies are made in Hollywood. And, apparently, it’s not a 9-5 situation like I thought.

So, instead of walking onto an empty set, we broke in at 8pm and bumped right into a director who was shooting a new romantic comedy. When he saw us both decked out in “ridiculous costumes,” as he called them, he thought it was “a great artistic choice” and told us to “get on set.”

Danny and I shot a scene where we showed up as dinner party guests in our ridiculous getup. And, they even suggested we adlib dialogue and just roll with it. Naturally, my character was a trucker who discuss the hardships of life on the road. Danny’s character was a nerd who loves archery, and wants to be a trucker but knows jack-shit about it.

Overall, the shoot went great. Afterward someone on the set said “excellent performance, Mr. Reynolds.” Danny clued me in that, thanks to my mustache, they probably think I am THE Burt Reynolds. Any chance I get to act like my role model, the main man from Smokey and the Bandit — the number one trucking movie of all time — is fine by me. So, I kept the lie going.

I then used my fraudulent fame to show the producer and the director our script for trucKING Royalty. They told “Burt Reynolds” that they’d have it read by the morning, and seemed very excited about the idea.

I always thought of myself as a trucker first, a man second, and a mustachioed bacon lover third. I never once thought of myself as a Hollywood actor. But, let me tell you something, if acting’s anything like walking onto a set, being mistaken for Burt Reynolds, and “improvising” by talking about the one thing you know, I think I’m gonna be damn good it.

We’ll let you know how it all goes down after our meeting with the producers tomorrow afternoon.

- Eddie

If there is one country you have to catch a flick, it has to be India. And while I was in Kolkata, I had to dive into one of those wonderful picture houses.

Dil Bole Hadippa was not the greatest film around, but it was entertaining. I do not understand Hindi and with a lack of subtitles, what I really need is a simple story, a few good songs and pretty girl on the screen. Dil Bole Hadippa amply filled this need. And being a film lover, it was not just the film, but the atmosphere, munching away in the cinema all those great snacks.

One guaranteed way of entertainment while in India – hit the movies!

my cheap chick flick movie weekend. it may be a low-cost movie but what really appealed to me (aside from the whole princess thing) was the the budding friendship between two girls and their joint overcoming of clique-fueled teenage drama.

Fun Fact: Princess Protection Program stars Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, who are real life best friends. The two met on Barney & Friends and starred there for two seasons. Later, they both went to work for Disney.

Due to a rare cancellation in my busy schedule, I was able to see the new horror flick that’s been sweeping audiences for awhile now: “PARANORMAL ACTIVITY”. Now this film’s been boasted as “The Scariest Film of All Time” by the trailer, and critics alike, so of course I took it as a challenge! Me being me, I spoiler checked it a little before going, and I noticed a fair percentage of viewers didn’t like it, BUT these same people also enjoy spamming IMDb’s “SAW I-VI” boards with hate so I knew I’d just have to see for myself.

Wow the trailer lied BIG TIME!

Don’t get me wrong it was an enjoyable film, and worth the $4.75 matinee price, but fell way short of the “scariest film of all time” title. What hurt this film mostly is the fact that “THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT” exists. Yeah it’s 10 years old (man how time flies), but it was original… well actually it was a partial rip off of a little known (outside or inside of Horror circles) flick titled: “THE LAST BROADCAST”, but that’s besides the point!

The plot is pretty simple: guy & girl move into a house that they think’s haunted, and the guy tries to film it. Only we discover WITHIN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF THE FILM that it’s actually a demon that’s following the girl NOT living in the house. Wow what a shocking revelation that could’ve been scary had it been revealed later, but that’s ok there’s more!

The guy keeps provoking the demon into doing tricks, but both the girl and a psychic they call in (oh the psychic is a story and a half) tell him not to provoke it…so he “borrows” a Ouija board and wants to chat! Well over time the incidents grow from noises at night to dragging the girl around the house! By the end the inevitable happens: the guy finally stops trying to be funny, and gets scared. He tells the girl he now wants to do what she’s been screaming to do for days now: leave….she now thinks it’s going to be ok, let’s just get some sleep. Yeah she’s now possessed! At this point you see the last 5 minutes coming from a mile– no make that 100 miles, away.

There are pluses though!

It’s short. Very short. And for being shot almost entirely with a giant hand-held camera (a very AWESOME one by the way) it’s not dizzying!

Short-Story-Long: if you like Hand-Held-Horror (“Hand-Held-Horror“ Ó 2009 M.H. Smith), then this film MIGHT appeal to you! If not, go see “WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE”.

~_M.H._~

Hello there, I’m Jamie and it’s time to watch films that are really not made for me, to increase my film knowledge and make me a better person. After all if you want to improve yourself then sometimes you have to leave your comfort zone.

So let’s begin with Bridget Jones’s Diary, a film with no aliens or giant sharks and very, very few zombies… Nope scratch that, no zombies at all. To top it all off it’s lead actress is someone whose name on a film poster is generally a sign that I’ll not be watching that film. Most of the time she looks as though she’s eaten something incredibly sour or perhaps she’s got a tiny black hole sitting directly in the back of her throat. That irritates me. I know it probably shouldn’t and I’m a bad person for letting it but it does.

So the story goes like this. Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is a single, thirty-something who works in a publishing firm in London. This depresses her because, as we all know, women are entirely defined by whether or not they are currently seeing anybody. In an effort to combat this she begins to write a diary to help her better herself and attract someone who she finds genetically compatible in order to reproduce and pass her DNA on to the next generation, thereby keeping her bloodline alive and fulfilling the meaning of life at the most basic level. Isn’t love grand?

So she’s basically given the choice between two men. Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), her boss at the publishing firm and general rogue and scoundrel and Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), the apparently rude, dull and in no way named in a way that references anything else barrister. At first she tries out a relationship with Daniel which immediately makes it plainly obvious who she’ll end up with in the end with many a comic moment along the way.

Bridget’s world is also populated by a few friends and family members so let’s mention them because I can’t think of a smooth segue between this paragraph and the last. Her parents are Colin and Pamela Jones (Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones) who go through a bit of a crisis themselves when Pamela leaves Colin for a man who sells cheap crap on a cable home shopping network. Then there are her three best friends, Jude, Shazzer and Tom. Jude is played by Shirley Henderson who played Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films and apparently her voice is actually like that. I couldn’t help but laugh when she fist appeared on screen since the first time we see her she’s in a bathroom crying. I guess she was kinda typecast after that. Shazzer (Sally Phillips) likes to say fuck a lot and that’s pretty much all you learn about her character and finally there is Tom. Tom is a gay guy who wrote a song back in the 80s which has apparently been helping him get laid ever since. I doubt the validity of such a claim unless I can receive direct evidence that being a one hit wonder can result in sex whenever you want. Carl Douglas I await your e-mail. The most important thing about Tom is that he’s played by James Callis better known as Gaius Baltar from Battlestar Galactica. This film just scored major points by including the actor who played my favourite character in what may be my favourite TV show of all time. Well played movie. Well played.

So, let’s get to the point of this whole exercise then, shall we? What did I think of this film? Well despite it’s lack of monsters or serial killers I have to admit, I really liked it. There. I’m not ashamed at all. It’s a genuinely funny movie. In fact there were times when I actually laughed out loud. I was surprised by the general lack of soppy, fluffy bullshit that generally seems to pervade romantic comedies. Sure, it goes a bit cliché at the end but hell, most films do. I can forgive it that. I can also say that I was pleased by the amount of swearing. Hell, there was a scene where the word fuuuuuuuuuck was spelt out on the screen. That’s a nine u fuck there people, a beautiful thing to behold.

There are some really funny stand out scenes such as when Bridget, starting a new job at a television studio, has to interview a fireman. She’s told to slide down a pole, which she does, right into the camera before finding out that she’s run out of time for the interview… It’s actually kind of hard to explain so just watch the film.

Most of the performances were pretty awesome too. Jim Broadbent is always great so I wasn’t really surprised by his awesomeness here and it was nice to see Hugh Grant doing something other than his ‘Oh aren’t I a comically awkward Englishman’ schtick. And what of Renée Zellweger? Well, I thought she was pretty damn good in this film. She didn’t irritate me at all, her face didn’t look like it was collapsing in on itself and her English accent was pretty fucking good. Good for her.

There were a few things that really annoyed the shit out of me though. My first problem is why is that when Bridget weighs herself she notes down her weight in pounds? I thought that this was a British film about British people in Britain so why isn’t she using stones? Admittedly, I saw the American release of the film as distributed by Miramax so that may be the cause of it but if anyone out there has seen the Region 2 DVD I would like to know if it’s different just so I know if that’s the cause of the problem. Cheers. The second thing is the choice of ‘It’s Raining Men’ for the soundtrack. This is more of a personal problem because if I hear even a snippet of that fucking song it gets stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Thankfully I have a cure which is the A-Team theme. That normally clears it out and if it doesn’t then ‘War’ by Edwin Starr always does the trick.

Three minor points before I get to the most annoying thing. There are a few scenes where Bridget and Daniel are talking via e-mail and the letters type out on the screen which isn’t how e-mail works.  There is a character called Perpetua which can’t possibly be a real name. And there’s a cameo from that cunt Jeffrey Archer. Thankfully there’s a longer and funnier appearance by Salman Rushdie which kind of balances it out.

Now the major problem is Mark Darcy. For an hour he’s made out to be a generally unlikeable twat and then, with half an hour left, your mind is meant to be completely changed about him. That’s not an easy thing to do, even if for that last half hour he’s made out to be a wonderful, misunderstood human being. Ah, well, such is the way of choosing a partner with which to combine your genetic material.

So what rating can I give this film? I can’t really use my normal pint rating scheme. Gonna have to go for something a little girlier. Ah, I know. Over all I give this film 4 white wines out of 5. There. I survived a chick flick and actually rather enjoyed it. For my next edition of this feature I’ll have to watch something a little more formulaic and clichéd. Then I can tear into it which is far, far more fun to write. Laterz.

Mostly clad in 50 rupee sandals and the latest in designer jeans from Giorgio Armani, we had our first group of frisbee proteges. Today was the first day of the beginning of the greatest dynasty the sport of ultimate will ever see. Ranging in age from 10-18, these kids run like Ochocinco, throw like Brady, and have the intestinal fortitude of a man raised on the water of the Ganges.

Josh and I have been working with a local NGO called Manzil. Here is the link. They are essentially an after school program for poorer children, the sons and daughters of the cooks, maids, and drivers of New Delhi. They teach a variety of subjects, including English, Math, Dance, and Computers.

We’ve gone to attend some of their higher level English classes that aim to help kids with their spoken English. We have been mainly sitting in and listening, but hopefully in the future we can act as facilitators, as their role is to bring the kids a topic that can provoke a good discussion.

While I have been going to these classes, I have been recruiting kids for frisbee. Today was the culmination of those efforts. We met at Manzil in Khan Market, and then walked over to Lodhi Gardens, which is one of the nicest parks in Delhi.

After we found a good spot, I unleashed the frisbees from my bag, and they went wild. Frisbees were flying everywhere, I got hit in the head more than once, and they were loving it. I explained a few basic rules, set up a make shift field with bags and frisbees, and they started playing. While it wasn’t exactly pretty, they were having fun and learning very quickly. Some of the older kids were actually pretty athletic.

The kids were also very smart. After only 30 minutes of playing, they started learning basic strategy, like short passes are better, and the importance of working together as a team in order to score. We played a game to 10, and after a grueling double-game-point win by my team, I thought we were almost done, as it was getting dark. “Let’s play another game to 15!” They couldn’t get enough.

I eventually brought in some difficult concepts like giving high-5’s after your team scores, and lining up after the game and giving the other team slaps. Next week I will introduce the flick, and talk about spirit of the game (my specialty).

We played until well past dark, and all agreed to meet next Sunday for session #2 as we come closer and closer to frisbee supremacy.