Game of Thrones (so far... review)

OK, I never read George R R Martin's novels "A Song of Ice and fire" so I can't compare the (amazing!) HBO series Game of Thrones with the source material. But I watched the first four episodes and they are absolutely epic and awesome. The cast is ace, the story will draw you in, costumes, set, all big scale. They hint at a world of legendary beasts and strange creatures lurking outside the boundaries of the civilised realm, which is separated from the wilderness by a massive wall. I am sure we will soon discover the odd and exotic creatures that live on the other side of the wall. 

I am watching the series with fresh eyes, because I know absolutely nothing about the story-line, and for that I am happily losing myself in it. 

All I can say is that it's great and has amazing production value. HBO did not fall short of a making a big blockbuster film, only they serialised it for TV. 

If you love drama, violence, sex, intrigue, fantasy, good actors strutting around in big armours and shiny swords... then this will be right up your street.  

Kitchen Sink Guitar

I love creative people!!! And it sounds fabulous too. After kitchen sink drama, we can expect some kitchen sink soundrack... hurray!

Things that aren't cool are cool because the ones that are cool eventually become uncool

I believe in things that aren't cool.

I simply love them and I embrace uncoolness with all my heart.

One of the things that makes people "cool" is fashion, don't we all know that? But fashion is ephemeral, it's a bubble that floats in the sky just for a moment before bursting. So if you follow fashion and you think you are cool, think again because what makes you cool today,  is going to make you well uncool tomorrow. Remember the 1990's? They weren't all that long ago...

Try to wear that today and think yourself cool. But fashions are swings and roundabouts, sooner or later, maybe 20 years from now, someone will indeed wear one of those jackets with the largest shoulder pads, or the jeans pulled up and the shirt tucked in and think himself the dog's bollocks.

Personally, I prefer those who are considered to be uncool (surely, being myself one). They last. Uncool people are consistent with themselves and their uncoolness, they know where they stand, no one tells them what to wear, what to say, how to say it. They don't give a damn. In fact they wear their uncoolness with pride. Maybe one day, someone will start an uncool fashion trend that's really quite cool.

Meantime, we are plagued by this...

and I cannot wait to see the end of this trend so that all the saggers in the world will rush home to burn the photos in which they are posing with their Calvin Klein (if they are real cool saggers) exposed for the world to see.


I mean... seriously?!


But coolness does not restrict to fashion only. Anything from gadgets, accessories, things to do or see, are all out there waiting to be had, for the real cool people. Anything with the prefix "i-" is cool. Saying "your" instead of "you're" is cool. Cool are acronyms and cool it is to make up words (well, actually, that IS pretty cool if you do it well).

It's also cool to replace your boobs with cereal bowls...

And because I'm starting to sound like my grandmother, who thinks it is cool to wear hair clips to stop hair going into your eyes, I'd better stop here...