Recent Posts Tagged With 'entertainment'

• Creativity

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 04:21 in art, family, Culture, music, entertainment, artist, observation, motivation, attitude

  I honestly can’t pin point the time when I knew I wanted to be a creative person. Looking back, I see trigger points. A unique solution to a problem, playing Dungeons & Dragons as a kid and spending more time working on the story line that...

• 5 on Monday

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 00:00 in life, entertainment, business, world of warcraft, administration, General, time, radical, 24, jack bauer, chores, ctu

  Last week was a public holiday, and i completely forgot to post 5 on Monday.  This week, I posted it for Tuesday by mistake instead of Monday. My bad. So, what was notable last week: I hate administration chores, absolutely hate them the last episo...

• A weekend of relaxation

  Posted on Sunday March 15th, 2009 at 14:44 in family, life, entertainment, new zealand, holiday, bach, weekend getaway, peace and quiet, coromandel town

  The week is off to a slow start, after a relaxing weekend. Spending kid-free time with my wife was a lovely way to unwind, despite the weather.  It pretty much rained the whole weekend.  Spending the time reading, chatting and playing Scategories f...

• Australians unimpressed with NZ TV

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 04:01 in art, entertainment, business, movies, TV, Rant, observation, television, new zealand, screenplay, directors

  NEW Zealand is a pretty small country, in fact, Sydney has about the same population as the whole of New Zealand. But we have produced directors the likes of Peter Jackson, Roger Donaldson, Geoff Murphy, Vincent Ward, Bruce Morrison, Jane Campion, Le...

• Is the music industry dead?

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 23:23 in art, Culture, internet, technology, entertainment, money, business

  I read some article ages ago (still trying to find it again, but that issue is  for another time) about the state of the music industry. They were, and are, in deep shit.  This is bad for the artists, and largely the executives of the various music...