My movie watching over the past few months, and retrospectively the past few years has been limited. Subsequently I have a stack of DVD’s beside the television that remain untouched, the weekly Saturday night Premiere on Sky Movies goes unwatched. Even a magical animated series from my childhood has failed to see the light of day, even though the discs have been in my prosecution for over a year. I noted in May last year that I would try and watch an episode a week, once I started working. To date, I have never had the opportunity to sit down and catch any of the episodes, apart from the first one, which I watched when I first received the discs in December 2003. Not sure exactly when or how I will be able to make time for all this entertainment backlog. On Sunday night, I started as I meant to go on, and caught on up all those movies I had missed.

Having seen all the trails for the recently released, Oceans Twelve I had the ideal opportunity to watch the first film, on ITV on Sunday evening. An ideal opportunity to give the computer a rest for the first time in eight days. As the movie started to get going, I realised how much I enjoy movies with a big plan, and finding out if they can pull off the job. With the all star cast, various twists and turns, it makes for a watchable few hours of television. The big names were on form, although I admire Don Cheadle acting ability, even I was pushed to believe him as a cockney Englishman. Clooney and Bitt suited their roles, and you can understand why many women melt that the feet of these Hollywood stars. Good looks aside, they come across with a aura of class, sophistication all with an air of subtly. Being smooth is an art, you have to have the confidence to carry it off, but also the level mind to be able to admit gracious defeat, with a smile. Sometimes, I wish I was more like that. Rather not give to much away but the film is well worth watching if you have not seen it already. I am planning to go catch the sequel at the cinema this weekend, if I get the chance. Some of my friends have said that I will be disappointed, I’ll wait and see.

One of the reasons I find blogging so appealing is the ability to record, or rather take snapshots from any given moment in my life. Here, I give a valid case in point. My last entry from January, last year proves to be a very interesting read. Mainly because I mention one of my favourite films from the 1980s. Five in there services as a public broadcaster to all us children of the Eighties decided to screen once again the family adventure classic, that is the Goonies. Last time around, I missed the crucial start of the movie, when the seeds of adventure are first sown for our motley crew. So on Sunday evening, I made a conscious decision to sit down to watch at 6pm. Some of you may have noted my MSN screen name publicly proclaim that I was taking a trip down memory lane. Strange how a film from a certain time in your life can still hold a sense of innocence, magic and fun. Maybe because we can relate to the individual characters so well, even now in our mid twenties. Of course, Data was my favourite, for his wacky inventions. Just explain to me how you go from the Goonies, and then to one of the biggest epic trilogies of all time? Such a shame Sean has aged in the way least flattering to the figure.

With the popularity of my site growing steadily on a monthly basis, I have to be careful of many of the things I say. That is not to force a censor upon myself. The lawyers could be reading what I write, so I have to do my best to distance myself from anything that could be considered illegal or at a bear minimum a infringement of the law. It was with great interest I read the following article to get Napster for free! After looking at the daily links on the Guardian Newsblog. Working in technology means that a certain saying always rings true, ‘where there’s a will, there’s always a way’. The pace at which products and services move on, mean that not only do always have something fantastic to look forward to, there are a band of dedicated followers, whom have made it their life mission to crack, copy, unprotect and rip any system that stands in their way. The foolish illusion that the big corporations find themselves in is this. They believe they can manufacturer a system that is unbreakable. Just as they can try to protect their profits, there are another group dedicated if only in the purpose of research to prove that every structure is pregnable, we all have an Achilles Heel.

I know when I plan, rarely do things work out as I hoped but if the final end result is what I longed for, does the method really matter? A means to an ends? Who knows, but I always thought if your heart is in the right place, 99% of the work has already been done. the waiting game may be over, but the next stage is tougher still. Do I have the ambitious dedication to see this through to the finish line? Time will tell, but if the truth be known, I am going with instinct at times running on pure adrenalin. As much as I wish to recite the lyrics from ‘Drowning’ by the Backstreet Boys I will resist, for there is much more going on here, than meets the eye.