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	Monday, 18 August 2003

Tarantino Vs Jackie Chan I often watch movies two or three times in a row (within the space of a couple of days) but without really watching them. I'll be in the room, but I'll miss parts because I'm distracted by other things; email, cooking, dog, etc. Each time I watch the movie I see parts I've missed before, and the order of things get a little mixed. It gives everything a Quentin Tarantino flavour which I enjoy for some reason. I've discovered this evening however, it doesn't really work on Jackie Chan movies... 8:48:19 PM    Comment []

Lazy Sunday Afternoon I went for a paddle yesterday. Shane (Devons brother) came along and as it was right on high tide (and a mean SW wind was blowing across Golden Bay) we decided to see how far up the mouth of the Maitai river we could get. The river meets the sea right by the central business district so you can literally paddle right through town. We got as far as the Riverside swimming pool before we got beyond the reaches of the tide and were faced with a steep shallow rapid. I was surprised to see half a dozen whitebaiter lining the banks. One of them asked us if we had seen any whitebait. We hadn't. Apparently none of them had either... perhaps the chance to spend a few hours parked on a treelined river bank, doing very little but watching the river slide by, was what lured them all there? 5:18:38 PM    Comment []

A moving interview This was filmed on the 44th  floor of the World Trade Center in 1998. A retired Army colonel, veteran of combat in three wars and a survivor of the 1993 bombing of the twin towers (in which he saved the lives of hundreds of Morgan Stanley employees),  Rick Rescorla speaks of the future of warfare. Direct quote; "Hunting down terrorists... this will be the nature of war in the future...".    5:00:45 PM    Comment []

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