Monday, November 26, 2012

Something Something Something Darkside of 30

Hey guys! It's my birthday! Today I turned 30. It seems really old to me so I won't be talking about it much. Apologies to those of you already past this "landmark" year. Needless to say, I don't feel old so that's a bonus.

Things to share with you, I have written an essay slash overview of the Hard-boiled and Noir genres of fiction for Literary Exploration. Michael over there runs a great book club and fiction blog, he is always reading something different that you might not ordinarily have picked up yourself and if you're interested in that sort of thing you can't go wrong. My essay is divided in to four parts and part one is available to read now so just click on through.

My birthday movie is an exciting one this year. Luna Palace cinemas in Perth run a brilliant Monday Night Double Feature program and it just so happens that two of the movies I've been most looking forward to in the past few months are playing together tonight. Looper and Lawless, back to back! So excited, and I'll be around reading your reviews tomorrow no doubt, comparing our experiences.

I recently started a new job and it's been a little on the exhausting and time consuming side of things, so I am probably going to be entering another of my legendary spells of relative inactivity on the blog, before (hopefully) hitting it hard with the excellent Summer season of outdoor cinemas here in Perth. You haven't experienced a great movie until you've seen it outside.

Eat cake and merry my friends, I plan to.

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    1. Thanks. Best gift so far, Leah made me some book plates.

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  2. Happy Birthday, Toby! Enjoy those two films. :)

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    1. I have fears that my old man status will cause me to sleep through the second film because it starts at my usual bedtime of 9pm! :D

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  3. Happy Birthday! You should watch 13 GOING ON 30 in celebration haha. I hope you enjoyed the double feature, and good luck with the new job- don't work too hard!

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    1. Thank you Alex. I don't think Leah would have allowed that but it might have been nice. Looper/Lawless were both not as good as i had hoped but a great time was had anyway.

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  4. Happy birthday, man! Hope you have a great one!

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    1. Cheers Eric, surprisingly for how low-key it all was I'd say best ever. But then it could just be the memory is going now I've reached such a late age.

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