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27 September 2006

The Scream... 

...returns from holiday.

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Posted by: Ingaroo / 12:36 

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01 September 2006

Munch Paintings Brought Back 

Well, they were found by the police. Phew, anyway! They have been gone for two years and the men convicted for the crime of actually stealing the paintings were originally sentenced to prison and a fine of NOK 750 million (about EUR 100 million). They no longer have to pay the fine. Personally, I think they should pay a hefty fine for wasting the police's time and giving a lot of people traumas, but at least the paintings have come back with only minor damage compared to what we thought had happened to them. People were enraged when they learnt that these uncultured morons may very well have destroyed the paintings.

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Posted by: Ingaroo / 12:49 

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05 November 2005

Happy Guy Fawkes! 

On Wednesday I went for an interview on Canary Wharf. Big place, really liked it (funnily enough, as it wasn't my style at all). A bit difficult to find the right building. When I was done there I had two and a half hours until my next interview, which was to take place in central London. What to do when you have that much time on your hands? Well, you stop by a couple of entertainment shops in order to browse, of course, and then you have an early lunch at Garfunkel's before looking at selected paintings at the National Gallery. The last time I was there I missed most of the Flemish painters, so I spent a lot of time in that section this time.

So after the second interview (which was more of a briefing, really, since the job was mine already), I had to go to another county to do the real briefing for the job. This took place on Thursday. The train ride was ok (lots of moo-moos and bah-bahs on the way there), and the briefing was good. Got to speak to other Scandinavians, yay! Two minutes after having complained about not having seen that infamous weather the English keep moaning about, the skies opened and dropped about a hundred litres of water on us in a few seconds. I was soaked and not really looking forward to sitting on the train for another two hours before being allowed to change into something a little bit drier and warmer. But there was a set of perfect rainbows to be seen just after the rain, so that sort of made up for it.

Still not convinced about the weather, though. I think we may have been very lucky ever since we moved here. Either that, or the English have been lying all this time.

And congrats to A&J on their brand new baby girl!

Current track: Nothing, I'm supposed to be watching a film.

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Posted by: Ingaroo / 01:34 

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26 October 2005

Theatreland Visit Again 

Yesterday we went to the V&A to finally see the exhibition of Queen Maud's wardrobe. It was exquisite. I would truly recommend it, even for people like me who can't stand looking at clothes on mannequins for more than three minutes or so.

We then headed for the Criterion, where we picked up our tickets for Otherwise Engaged later that evening, before trying to find an empty table in any of the restaurants near Leicester Square (which is a nightmare at around six on a weekday of half-term, let me tell you). We eventually ended up at one of our usuals, Garfunkel's.

I had completely missed the fact that Peter Wight was going to be in Otherwise Engaged, so that was a very nice surprise. Especially when it turned out that he was the best actor there that evening. Now, don't get me wrong. Or do, and see if I care. I think Richard E. Grant is dead cool and I've had a thing for David Bamber since 1992, but they're both definitely stage actors. Or so I thought. David is brilliant on stage, but Richard...well, it is hereby confirmed that he's not a good actor. He is perfect in both Gosford Park and Spice Girls the Movie (*grins*), but he was a let-down in Otherwise Engaged. And the play was pretty boring during the second act. I wouldn't recommend it, and it hurts me badly to say so. It didn't even help that I could have tripped Richard after the show if I wanted to. Anyway, Anthony Head was pretty good as the drunken friend. And then suddenly there was nudity on stage; not quite used to that, but it seemed to go down well with the audience after the initial titter (slight pun intended).

After stopping by McDonald's to buy milkshake at ten thirty (I can't stand McDonald's but they do have the best milkshake), we went home to watch Medium before playing UNO for two hours.

This afternoon we decided to take a chance on going to see Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Wererabbit despite the enormous possibility of an invasion of children. I think it's safe to say that most of the paying customers there today were underage, but it was ok. We were going to see Nanny McPhee too, but neither of us could take another two hours of being surrounded by children, so we postponed our plans. This is why I need to see the fourth Harry Potter film (which I thought Jonathan Ross called The Goblin of Fire last week) late on a school night. Besides that, the film was funny, but my expectations were a bit higher than what I ended up thinking about the film.

And in case I've forgotten, I'd love to recommend Madagascar. Absolutely brilliant! And please start giving the dubbing actors their due recognition! They should be mentioned at the very beginning of the credits so that most people would actually know about them. Many films don't even include their names, which annoys me greatly.

Current track: Inspiral Carpets - Come Back Tomorrow

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Posted by: Ingaroo / 17:53 

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22 August 2004

Wanted! 

Preferably unharmed:






Thanks to imbeciles we're two paintings short. Please contact the authorities if you have any idea about where they may be hiding. We'll send a lynching party if the paintings turn out to be damaged in any way.

Current track: Nothing.

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Posted by: Ingaroo / 21:41 

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06 July 2004

Wake-up Call 

My morning ritual is basically to push the snooze button on my mobile five or six times (it goes off every five minutes) before even thinking of getting out of bed. My radio is turned on at around the same time so I stay in bed listening to the weather report (!!), the national news, the local news AND a couple of songs before hitting the shower in a sleepy daze. Today was slightly different. By the time the local news started I was wide awake. The headline was that my one and only love the Oslo Nye theatre is about to go bankrupt after this season if the city council won't grant them more money. It was the way they conveyed this piece of news that must have woken me, because this has been a news item for the past four fiscal years. :-( At first I thought "you mean it didn't help that I spent my lousy money there this season?" but then I realised that they were of course considering last year's income and let's say I must have been living under a rock somewhere in Alaska all through 2003 because I didn't visit that theatre even once. I was supposed to, but it never happened. Anyway, their remedy is to have a sell-out run of Victoria this upcoming season. Sorry, can't help you there. There's no way I'll pay to see Herborg Kråkevik on stage. If it'd been for keeping her off stage, I'd gladly do it.

The good news, of course, is that I know the theatre will survive somehow because in a few years' time I'm going to be involved with the production of Noises Off there - hey, I'm ready now, coming to think of it, just need a bit of money...

Current track: My neighbour's drunken rowing with either a mate or the telly. I'm having fish tonight wearing earplugs tonight. As usual.

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Posted by: Ingaroo / 22:39 

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21 March 2004

Artist or Mentally Ill? 

I have no idea how this slipped past me. I guess it has to be because I have to avoid any animal cruelty issues because I get physically ill from just hearing about them. Seriously. Anyway, the so-called artist Nathalia Edenmont is getting her photos of animals that she has killed "for art" shown in galleries around the world. I have never had much to say about modern art (paintings, photos, sculptures etc., not written material or music and the likes), but now I like it even less. Stop giving them all those grants until they start making something that benefits more than just a couple of deranged art critics, I say! The rest of us don't like it, you morons.

Here's a link to a fuller description of the case, and here's a link to PETA UK's focus on the case. Warning! By clicking the second link you will be brought straight to the photos in question and if you're "squeamish" about animal cruelty, like me, you'd do well to just stay away from that site, I'm afraid.

Current track: Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

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Posted by: Ingaroo / 13:34 

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