tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24313275015250035892011-11-28T01:56:12.264+01:00For Fun's Sake is a blog about all things fun. Get your daily dose of book and movie reviews, music, humor, games and celebrity news!Natashanoreply@blogger.comBlogger601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431327501525003589.post-25844923580098174212008-11-29T00:20:00.002+01:002008-11-29T00:27:54.084+01:00

Maybe it's just because I'm a bit tipsy, but I'm finding this hilarious!

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This whole Weebl And Bob thing is turning into an obsession! I'm totally hooked!

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Well, maybe I'm cheating a little bit on this one - I have just seen it, but it's not the first time. You know how there are some films you just keep catching on TV all the time? Well, a few years ago it kept happening to me with 200 Cigarettes (incidentally, one of my friends is the most extreme example of this phenomenon that I've ever heard of. For a while every time she went home to visit her

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For years I've desperately been trying to find a cartoon I saw on MTV2. All I knew is that it featured two egg-like characters that kept talking about pie. I have finally succeeded! Their names are Weebl and Bob and they're just about the funniest thing I've ever seen!

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And I loved it! Which is really weird, because I don't like cartoons at all! But this has got to be the sweetest thing ever! The robots are so cute! I want one for a pet!Anyways, apart from the fact it gave me a sugar rush, I also liked how the first 40 minutes or so used almost only gestures and facial expressions of the main characters, and there was no speech or people. In fact, I think that

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I SO agree with this... Beautiful!Source

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So I live on Mars. Shoot me. I've never seen a single episode of Dexter - the TV show. The truth is, I don't watch TV. Almost at all. So, when I heard a review of Jeff Lindsay's novel Dexter In The Dark (the third and, so far, latest in the series) on the BBC books podcast, I had no idea what they were on about, but it sounded interesting. So I decided against seeing the show first, picked up the

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I've been obsessed with this beautiful song ever since I heard it in The Jane Austen Book Club (not a bad movie either). Feist's dreamy voice, the sweet lyrics and that melody... I can't stop humming it to myself. Unfortunately, it doesn't have an official video, so this will have to do.

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First of all, Mel Gibson is a despicable man who needs to seek professional help. His movies seem to have the unique ability to make me feel physically ill. Also, on a side note, he couldn't direct his way out of a paper bag.Apocalypto is a deeply disturbing film, merciless in its brutality. I suspect it also suffers from racism. I don't really know much about the Mayans, but weren't they

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I'm sure I'll earn myself a whole army of enemies by saying this, but Fargo has got to be the single most overrated film I have ever seen. I approached it with mixed feelings: it was released in 1996, the same year as my favorite movie - The English Patient. Well, I don't know why, but a lot of people don't seem to like the Patient, and I often hear the comment that it shouldn't have won the

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Okay, watching this video, I've realized I need three things:1)This girl's body,2) To learn pole dancing (might be slightly harder than she makes it seem),3) That song (apparently it's by Mz Ann Thropik, an Australian act that's proving impossible to find).

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In an effort to get people to lookinto each other's eyes more,the government has decided to alloteach person exactly one hundredand sixty-seven words, per day.When the phone rings, I put itto my ear without saying hello.In the restaurant I pointat chicken noodle soup. I amadjusting well to the new way.Late at night, I call my longdistance lover and proudly sayI only used fifty-nine today.I saved

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...can be found here. It's pretty twisted, like the book itself, and quite difficult. I can't get past the opening scene aboard the Vogon ship! It is very compelling, though.

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My favorite song from The Mighty Boosh is Love Games, from the season 2 episode Old Gregg, and now I've found an incredibly cool cover on youtube! It sounds like a real song (well, yeah, I know the original is actually a song as well, but, you know what I mean)!Here are both the original and the cover.The original:The cool cover:

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Why is it that whenever I discover a really cool show, they always go on a hiatus and don't make a new season for ages? No IT Crowd, no Conchords, and now no Boosh! I discovered Boosh in 2007, just before the 3rd season, and now I have to wait probably 'till 2009 for the new adventures of Howard and Vince. There's some talk of a movie, but that'll take a while as well. By the way, the Boosh boys

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I discovered Niccolo Ammaniti by pure chance - a friend got me Steal You Away for my birthday a few years ago. She had no idea who he was, or whether the book was any good - she just liked the title. I liked it too, but expected a corny romance lurking behind it. Boy, was I wrong...So, a few years down the road, Steal You Away is one of my favorite books of all time, and I've just read my third

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I think I must be one of the least athletic people I know. I've never done any sports - I find them all incredibly boring, and I've always had a good figure so I never had to do anything. Actually, I find sports SO boring, I've never even followed any. Except gymnastics. Gymnastics is something special. I don't know why I love it so much... I guess it's just something I grew up with. I stopped

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In Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Peter is left by his girlfriend Sarah, who is an actress in a popular crime show. He goes to Hawaii brokenhearted, only to meet her there, together with her new rock superstar boyfriend Aldous Snow.I saw this movie for two reasons - one is that, against all odds and despite my strong prejudice, I quite liked Superbad and thought it was funny as hell, and the other is

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I've already explained my weakness for teen shows, and I think I've mentioned the obsessive-compulsive nature of my need to always have a new TV show that I can watch in one sitting. So, when I finished Skins – the British show that, although flawed, left me wanting more, I picked up season 1 of The O.C. Again, I'd seen it on TV a few years ago, but at the time didn't pay attention. Yes, I knew

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I've just arrived home from the cinema where I've finally seen The Dark Knight. Now, I was really scared of being totally disappointed with it because of all the hype. I guess that what saved me was the fact that I never, for one instant believed that it's really the best film of all time. 9.2 at IMDb, 94 % fresh at Rotten Tomatoes... Not to mention the rabid Batman fans who are ready to stone to

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I've admitted already that I'm actually a teenager trapped in the body of a 27-year-old. This means I watch teenage TV series with a passion. Having said that, I have to mention that I divide all teenage shows into two groups: a) My So-Called Life, and b) everything else. You see, My So-Called Life is probably my favorite TV show ever, of any genre, and it just happens to be a teenage show as

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Here's an easy question: how can you describe Jack Black in two words?NOT FUNNY!I guess you could insert the F word in the middle, if you're really ticked off for having wasted 2 hours on this piece of excrement.

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Yes, in the wake of Batman mania, I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I've only just seen Batman Begins. And not only that - this is the first Batman movie I've ever seen! The first franchise just seemed very stupid and childish to me. I once caught a part of the one with Uma Thurman and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and it was so painfully bad, I think I must've spent half of those twenty minutes with

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I first heard of Neil Gaiman almost ten years ago, through the music of Tori Amos.“Me and Neil'll be hangin' out with the dream king...”“Get me Neil on the line, no I can't hold. Have him read Snow, Glass, Apples...”“Will you find me if Neil makes me a tree...”...And so on. There are numerous references to a certain Neil in Tori's lyrics, and all I knew at the time was that he is her friend and a

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Yeah, I saw two movies in one night. I have no life.No, seriously, when I saw the disaster that was Evening, I couldn't possibly go to bed feeling all bored and depressed. It's one of my compulsions - if I see a terrible film, I have to try another one to make me feel better.I don't know why I chose London. It's a film I knew almost nothing about, but it seemed different enough from Evening to

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... and am wondering: WHY?? Why did people spend time and money to make this?? And, more importantly, why did I spend two hours of my life watching it (well, okay, not really two hours... Fast forward is a great option)?Basically, this is a drama about a woman on her deathbed, remembering her youth, and about her two daughters struggling with their own problems and differences. Now this sounds

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Bow to the kings - formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo! I want a new season of the Conchords... Is it ever gonna happen?Just to remind you of the geniuses that are Bret and Jemaine, I give you - The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room!

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...Which chronicles the relationship between Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud (you know, the French poets...). I've always been slightly obsessed with the fact that Rimbaud was practically this child genius who wrote all his worldchanging poetry by the age of twenty, and then became a merchant and never wrote anything again. So I was quite interested in the subject matter. The film was a 6/10,

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Well, technically, I haven't actually seen it... I started, but had to stop in order to fetch my vomit bucket. Seriously, picture the scene: an extended family of about 15 people, old and young, are having dinner, and a fully grown man looks at his girlfriend and announces to the whole room "The first time that I saw her I thought that I just died because there's an angel in the room"...See, I

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Janet Evanovich's Plum Lucky is a between-the-numbers novel (13 1/2) in the hugely popular Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie, lingerie buyer-cum-bounty hunter, is a reckless, incompetent, hilarious Jersey girl who catches FTAs, partners with a plus-sized black ex-prostitute, and can't decide between two hot guys. In Plum Lucky, it's Saint Patrick's Day, and Stephanie needs to team up with the

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I remember that, when I was a kid, my dad had a VHS of The Bourne Identity TV film, and as I recall, I rather liked it. I got the new version ages ago, but never got around to it until last weekend. As I enjoyed the first part of the trilogy, I saw The Bourne Supremacy a day or two later, and tonight I've seen The Bourne Ultimatum as well.I highly doubt that there's anyone who doesn't know the

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God, I've missed Russell! For those of you who don't know, I'm an avid fan of the British god of comedy – the lovely Mr. Russell Brand. Ever since I first listened to his podcast last August, I've gotten totally hooked, and not only have I never missed a show since, I've also found and listened to all of his previous shows. And seen his movies. And all his TV work... Yes, I'm a twerp... Anyways,

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Wow! I'm listening to Radiohead and feeling 17 again... I used to love love love Radiohead during my high school years, but then, somewhere around the time of Amnesiac, I stopped following their work and moved onto lighter stuff. Of course, I heard about the landmark release of In Rainbows last fall, but felt too lazy to download it. Oh, what a mistake!Strangely enough, the one who did get it (

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Song lyrics | Nude lyrics

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It's strange how instincts seem to be right on most occasions. When I decided to see this film, I just couldn't remember where I knew Noah Baumbach's name from. Then I started watching it, and I kept thinking “God, this reeks of Wes Anderson”... I don't know why I thought it – Wes Anderson's films are usually much 'quirkier' than this (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums...), but I just somehow got

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Wow.I have just finished, and I'm sort of speechless... Not often do you get to see a 10/10 movie.Where do I even begin on this one??Ok, deep breath... Now start with the synopsis...It's 2027, and human race faces extinction, as people are no longer able to procreate. The world's youngest citizen has just been killed at the age of 18. The world is in chaos, and Britain, where the film is set, is

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Just beautiful... This is my favorite Bukowski poem.

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Not Always Right is a laugh-out-loud website about people's stupidity. As you may have guessed already from the title, the people in question are customers - in particular the thick or annoying ones, and the unfortunate employees who had to deal with them give their accounts of these hilarious and often baffling events. I'm not 100% sure all the stories are true, but who cares! They will keep you

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... And the books are ranked based on how many award nominations they received. You can find the list here.

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If you're addicted to fashion and beauty, and you've got some time on your hands, I have a couple of excellent, highly contagious timekillers to recommend.Number 1 is Polyvore, where you can make your own fashion sets and dream about all the designer clothes you'd wear if you had that kind of money. And number 2 is my recent discovery - Taaz, a website where you can upload your own pictures and

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Found these hilarious images here:Resistance Imaginary friend Imaginary and Irrational

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Entertainment Weekly has made a bunch of lists celebrating the new classics (entertainment gems from the last 25 years). I have just finished reading the The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008 list, and while I fervently disagree with the number 1 spot, I did quite enjoy the read and was pleasantly surprised by more than one entry (don't mean to spoil the fun for anyone, but Moulin Rouge at number

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I'll let you in on a little secret. A sorta embarrassing secret. I'll be 27 in about a week, and I'm still a sucker for coming of age movies. There. I've said it. I'm a 27-year-old who still feels like a teenager. So, is it any wonder that last night I saw (and liked)a film called Try Seventeen - where the number refers to the age of the main protagonist? The 17-year-old Jones is played by Elijah

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I don't watch TV that much, but every once in a while a TV show comes along that I get completely addicted to, and I end up watching all of the episodes in two days. Well, I saw all episodes of Californication in a single afternoon. Yeah, it's that good. "I'm just going to see the first episode to see whether it's any good, and then I'm gonna clean the house." As if.So, what is it about? David

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A Softer World is a strange site I occasionally come across when stumbling, and when that happens, I always go back and read ALL the entries. Then I forget about it for a while, until the next chance meeting, and so on. So, what is A Softer World, really? To be honest, I'm not sure how to describe it... It's like a mix of photography and poetry, which reminds one of peculiar, three-picture comics

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Technorati Profile

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Actually, I saw this not half an hour ago, so it's still maybe even too fresh in my mind to make a coherent comment. It was directed and written by a guy named Duncan Tucker, whom, I must admit, I've never heard of before. Felicity Huffman plays a male to female transsexual (Bree) who is only days away from her sex change operation when she gets an unexpected phone call from the juvenile

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I love me some dancing, but damn! I wish I could dance like Sophie Merry!

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This video is supercool and laugh-out-loud funny. Three guys from Norway do a cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", but in a slightly different way... Check it out!

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A few weeks ago I discovered Songza, a very useful little website. What is it? Well, basically, it's a large music database that allows you to look for and listen to artists or songs. Music is not available for download, and you're not required to register or pay anything. What is it good for? Well, while I don't think it would be practical to use it to actually listen to music, it is quite

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Popping bubble wrap is one of those things that everybody loves, but no one quite knows why. I must admit that I sometimes feel like an idiot when I realize that my favorite part of buying new electronic equipment is that it's usually wrapped in a bubble wrap sheet. In our house, my husband is the one who actually tries out the device, and I just lunge at the bubble wrap like a mad woman. I've

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The Forbes list of most powerful celebrities for this year is out, and, as per usual, Oprah tops it, based on her earnings and the approaching launch of her own network. The rest of the top 10 is as follows:2. Tiger Woods3. Angelina Jolie4. Beyonce Knowles5. David Beckham6. Johnny Depp7. Jay-Z8. The Police9. J.K. Rowling10. Brad Pitt I must say I'm surprised with the presence of The Police on the

Natashanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431327501525003589.post-52851638738958575862008-06-13T15:11:00.002+02:002008-06-18T04:48:29.301+02:00

I found this here.

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As I mentioned earlier, JK Rowling was one of the authors who contributed their work for Waterstone's Charity auction. Rowling wrote an 800 word prequel to Harry Potter, set in the days of the original Order of the Phoenix, with James and Sirius as the protagonists. Is it any good? Well, it depends... It's in typical JK style and quite fun. The bad sides? It's so short, and it makes you long for

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There is a free audio download of The Study In Emerald, a short story by one of my favorite authors - Neil Gaiman. The story is from his Fragile Things collection, and, apparently, it combines the world of Sherlock Holmes and an HP Lovecraft universe. The PDF story is also available for download from the author's site. (Roam around the Cool Stuff section of his website to find other interesting

Natashanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431327501525003589.post-14099877858964052282008-06-11T04:19:00.008+02:002008-11-03T01:45:14.856+01:00

Apparently, my favourite comedian Russell Brand has been included in the latest edition of the Collins Concise English Dictionary. Way to go Russ! More delicious fame!If you don't know who Russell is, watch Forgetting Sarah Marshall, or, even better, download the podcast of his radio show on BBC2.

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You know how there are some movies that you can always watch... Like, you're bored. Or depressed. Or you accidentally catch it on TV. Or you happen to be reorganizing your DVD collection, and then think to yourself: “Aaaaw, look at this! I might pop it in the player! Just a little bit... Just the first few seconds...” (and the next thing you know, it's been two hours and you haven't actually done

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Yesterday, while I was stumbling, I came across this page:Bunny suicidesAlthough not for the squeamish and easily offended, it is hilarious. Yes, it's a bit sick, I'll give you that, but still... Don't you just love the bunny's cute little expressionless face? And, as a Harry Potter fan, I loved the one with The Order Of The Phoenix.

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Ever since I learned how to read at the age of 4, books have been a constant companion. I'm one of those people who, after a long day at work, instead of turning on the TV, find comfort in reading. I read while eating, I read in the toilet, before going to sleep, at work during my breaks... If there are no books to be found, I'll settle for a magazine or a newspaper. If I can't find those either,

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