300

OR the gayest movie since frisky summer (j/k).

Went to see Frank Miller's 300 last night and boy what a silly movie. I had the giggles for part of it as the movie was so over the top, which is exactly what I had hoped for. It was very artistically pleasing and flowed quite well. Having never read the comic, I was not completely sure what to expect (apart from the trailers that have been playing non-stop) comic wise from the film. I am a fan of Ancient History so I knew the actual battle and events that lead to the battle so I wasn't completely out of my own depth, plus I have seen the 1962 film "The 300 Spartans". But as Shan was saying, "They could only make 2 types of film, the highly accurate film, or way over the top artistic film, non of this Troy wishy-washy bullshit" and I couldn't agree more.

I won't talk further about the film as (a) If you don't know anything about the Battle of Thermopylae go read about it, its a very well known, (b) I hate to spoil movies for people, especially when they haven't been released in countries that people might be reading this from.

[spoiler/opinion alert]

When you get to the end of the film, don't you reckon that Xerxes had a total Zod complex?

I lost you in the trees... finally

Todays title was taken from the xkcd comic.

Well after a week of going to the gym and Shan has finally got to a point where she can exercise again, we both headed off to the gym. Gym was pretty much the gym but as usual Shannon and I are very competitive, healthy, but still competitive.

However, why the title I hear you ask? (or at least now that i've put the thought in your head). Well as we were walking home we were discussing the amount of weight we need to lose to be "healthy" and came to the decision that it was about the weight of a small child. So we lovingly named our weight "Hansel" and "Gretel". We have decided to lose them in the forest and will thusly go to the gym each week until the old witch gets them. So far they've followed us home, but eventually we'll lose them. For good. Its probably going to require changing addresses as well ... you get the picture ;)