Apart from all the birthday fun including a Japanese themed party, photos will follow, I discovered that two of my favourite bands have decided to reunite. C’mon Fugazi, let’s make it a turkey, there’s still time.

Time for some COD.

Film

Buy Now

After starting to write the odd note for all the films I’ve watched, since earlier this year, its been interesting to have a reference place to quantify them all against each other. Despite some ratings being inevitably debatable, i don’t think its been a great year for films. Aim for this year – watch less mediocre 5-7 stars and more 8+ stars.

Television Series

Pointless – So good I bought the board game. 

Album

Beach House – Teen Dream - may have been somewhat subconsciously lured to choose this by its use in adverts for Guinness.

Song

Black Francis – Six Legged Man

Live Music

Willy Mason – Review here.

Game

Buy Now

So good I bought it twice.

Also spawned this excellent fan mod.

Previous years winners – 2010, 2009.

Film

• Das Boot
• Senna
• Source Code
• 13 Assassins
• Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
• Patton
• Of Gods and Men
• Black Dynamite
• A Town Called Panic
• L’illusionniste

Television Series

• Bobs Burgers
• Pointless
• South Park
• The Office
• Life’s Too Short
• The News

Album

• Black Francis – Nonstoperotik
• We Were Promised Jetpacks – In the pit of the stomach
• Devotchka – 100 Lovers
• Beach House – Teen Dream
• Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
• TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light
• Broadcast – Tender Buttons
• Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk
• The National – High Violet
• Built to Spill – There is no Enemy
• The Airbourne Toxic Event – All at once
• Beirut – The Rip Tide

Song

• Devotchka – All the Sand In All the Sea
• Devotchka – The Alley
• Wolf Parade – Palm Road
• A Hawk and a Hacksaw – Lajtha Lassu
• TV on the Radio – Killer Crane
• Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
• Black Francis – Six Legged Man
• Broadcast – Tears in the Typing Pool
• Broadcast – Tender Buttons
• Built to Spill – Hindsight
• Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Time of the Season

Live Music

• Sonisphere
• The Secret Sisters
• A Hawk and a Hacksaw
• And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead
• Mogwai
• Willy Mason
• Flogging Molly
• Dum Dum Girls
• Elbow
• We Were Promised Jetpacks (pending 16th December)

Game

• Portal 2
• Littlebigplanet 2
• F1 2011
• Call Of Duty – Modern Warfare 3
• Kilzone 3
• Dirt 3
• Mavel Vs Capcom 3

Previous years winners – 2010, 2009.

24 Exercises

Trying to pick a good variety of exercises that don’t require spotting, and that are realistic. I had mooted a 1 Mile Run, but as fanciful as the idea of me running 24 Miles on Christmas eve would be, I would probably die in the process.

• 0.25 Mile Run
• 0.25 Kilometer Run
• 1 Minute Skipping
• 0.5 Minute Skipping
• 5 Push Ups
• 5 Burpees
• 1 Close Hand Pull Up
• 1 Dip
• 3 Turkish Get-up
• 5 V-Ups
• 3 Lunges
• 3 Leg Extensions
• 3 Leg Curls
• 10 Mountain Climbers
• 5 Clean and Press – each arm – 16kg Kettlebell
• 5 Snatches – each arm – 16kg Kettlebell
• 5 Swings – 24kg Kettlebell
• 3 Tricep Push-down
• 3 Lat Pull-down
• 3 Close Pull-down
• 5 Hammer Curl
• 5 Single Arm Row
• 3 Single Arm Curl
• 1 Set Forearm Curl – 7′s Matrix

Advent Calendar

1. x 0.25 Mile Run = 0.25miles
2. x 5 Snatches = 10 each arm
3. x 0.25 Kilometer Run = 0.75km
4. x 1 Set Forearm Curl (7′s matrix) = 4 sets
5. x 3 Turkish Get-up = 15 reps
6. x 3 Leg Curls = 18 reps
7. x 3 Lunges = 21 reps
8. x 3 Close Pull-down = 24 reps
9. x 3 Tricep Push-down = 27 reps
10. x 3 Leg Extensions = 30 reps

Updates

4th Dec: Good start to get 3 of the biggies out of the way.
5th Dec: Gonna have to learn this one first

So photos..

Kooki’s been giving me ‘eyeballs’ ever since.

Woop. Who’s in?