Rainbow Shoes

My rant, my banter, my cynical view, my loving words.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Things I'm missing out on with kids


  • live shows - admittedly don't really know that much performances I really really want to see, lady beattle being one of them
  • Whatever is on tv between 7:30 and 9:30 - bath and bottle time. Probably missed lots of docos that I didn't bother search on sbs on demand for
  • Snooker practice and Saturday games - too buggered to practice and weekend is a write off with kids
  • Free time to waste in general. No more wandering in bookstores, shopping centres aimlessly
  • Holiday on a whim, off to exotic locales

Tuesday, August 08, 2017

Moviejournal: Snowden

Oliver Stone has painted Snowden as an unequivocal hero in this film, hailing him as a true American who withhold freedom ideals. Such a glorified depiction which i have no doubt Snowden earned if all that is said is true.

Surveillance in modern era becomes drastically simplified thanks to the 1s and 0s of our communication system infrastructure. Analog stuff would be much harder to track but such is the state of play. China probably has larger stockpile of citizen's comm but whislerblowers are nowhere to be found.

Tuesday, August 01, 2017

TV journal: game of thrones season 7

have to say it's a great feeling to be enjoying the popular and epic Game of Thrones with the masses. the viewer communities both physical and virtual are absolutely fantastic. The fact that it requires a hacking intruding to get the new episode spoilers itself (recent news) is a testament to the producer's hold on secrecy.

Each monday when the show is now for the next 2 seasons is gonna be such an event no other mondays will be the same.

Have to say for episode 3 i'm supremely disgusted at Tyrion's shitty strategic planning skills and surprising lack of understanding of his brother and sister's military minds. How can you be totally blindsided this completely can only possibly be explained by his self-confessed sex and alcohol filled youth. Cercei and Jamie really did get their father's true wisdom it would appear.

so Tyrell, Dorne, and Yara's Ironborn army are all already forsaken. The season is barely warming up! fucking hell. at this rate Theon and Gendry will be the only people left for a sword duel at season's finale. obviously genry is gonna cut more limb off Theon in that scenario from the dickless man.

it's interesting to debate the show runner's view towards the righteous and logical Dany. Her fate will likely ultimately determine the mood of this show to me. If they kill off the blonde bombshell with great hair it's like killing off wonder woman without the dragons for most male, in this already male dominated show save for Cercei. without the exotic Targarean plot it will just be bunch of anglo saxons hacking it out for buckingham palace, a very brexit kind of world view.

so i can see that the producers are trimming off the imbalance and making the fight more fair and they are making it a good entertaining journal to get there.