Question:
How do you get rid of a pain in the back? Is it as easy as candy from a babe, or as tough as removing the proverbial monkey from the same body part....it's all relative I suppose, but still.....
Most will know that as a result of certain events, I have been having small difficulties with my lower back, and was seeing a physio/osteopath for the later part of last year...lots of explaining and exercises that made me look like a cat having sex in slow motion....
So I've had some more problems, and possibly through a Guilt pang, my guy in the 'trade' decided last week to bring out the fancy toys to appease me...and after getting an ultrasound for the areas in which I had the issue (cue the silly pregnancy joke i made that he NEVER heard before), he brought out a 12 inch knitting needle and jabbed it into my back...
Ok, so a little exaggeration, but it was basically a large acupuncture needle...that after finding the deeply located muscle (deeply as it its attached directly to my spine, on the inside),and jabbing it in to said spot....he flicked it.
Now I'm not so sure about all of you, but this slightly distressed me...especially when he gave no warning of what he was going to do....is flicking a medical method, that people are trained to do in college, with the correct style and pressure,and given marks on.. or is it just showing off; a physiotherapists version of pulling a wheelie.......but low and behold, all better, it reset the muscle and I have been (touch all the great Sequoia in Canada) all clear since....
So if a man flicks a needle in your direction, pay him due homage, but maybe try and get out of being charged $100 for his sadistic 'jollies'
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
All Change.../ 'Watchmen' review
So the blog gets a new name, I have a new job, and I deliver a promise to deal more niceties and less expletives towards the general public on a more regular occasion...
Todays Ravings:- Watchmen
Right, so I have read the Original Series, but had not memorized it, nor re-named my children appropriate monikers from the several characters....How does the tale of the 'Big Blue Pipe' fare on the big screen?
A deserved 'meh'.
Begining very pointedly, with a great use of opening sequence to get a lot of exposition dealt with, Watchmen is brave and full of ambition for trying to capture one of the most dense works in Comic History, and also, we need to remember, that almost consistently deals with its 'heroes' with a dour and vindictive hatred. Moore never liked these people, he only sees their flaws, never their potential.The film makes sure you never get the chance to either.
In ambition and scope, we have the films only saving graces. Hard to swallow, difficult to align with anyones emotional state, and badly structured, director Snyder has managed certain parts well (Rorschach being intact is one, but even still that is mostly down to Jackie Hayley for his thrilling out of mask performance). However, lines/whole passages of Moore's fantastic dialogue are thrown away by a combination of bad, mumbly acting,being overpowered by a very loud sound effect/poorly chose song, or simply that the piece of prose is trying to get out of the way of the next large explosion or blue naked appendage.
My biggest complaint...? The Watchmen here are treated like heroes..in the book, the action set pieces had the dialogue to counteract the heroic actions, reminding that these people were only ever 'heroes' by their own beliefs/necessities, not anyone else's.... So we get the cool looking, slowed down action sequences of people doing amazing things in flash rubber costumes. Which is what the source is trying to rally against.
A failed experiment (possibly from the start), the film is not horrifically bad, as some have burnt into it already (how quickly we all forget 'Ghost Rider'!), but it's soon to be released over 4 hour re-cut can only add to it's already uneven pacing, and Bargain Bin destination.
JK
Todays Ravings:- Watchmen
Right, so I have read the Original Series, but had not memorized it, nor re-named my children appropriate monikers from the several characters....How does the tale of the 'Big Blue Pipe' fare on the big screen?
A deserved 'meh'.
Begining very pointedly, with a great use of opening sequence to get a lot of exposition dealt with, Watchmen is brave and full of ambition for trying to capture one of the most dense works in Comic History, and also, we need to remember, that almost consistently deals with its 'heroes' with a dour and vindictive hatred. Moore never liked these people, he only sees their flaws, never their potential.The film makes sure you never get the chance to either.
In ambition and scope, we have the films only saving graces. Hard to swallow, difficult to align with anyones emotional state, and badly structured, director Snyder has managed certain parts well (Rorschach being intact is one, but even still that is mostly down to Jackie Hayley for his thrilling out of mask performance). However, lines/whole passages of Moore's fantastic dialogue are thrown away by a combination of bad, mumbly acting,being overpowered by a very loud sound effect/poorly chose song, or simply that the piece of prose is trying to get out of the way of the next large explosion or blue naked appendage.
My biggest complaint...? The Watchmen here are treated like heroes..in the book, the action set pieces had the dialogue to counteract the heroic actions, reminding that these people were only ever 'heroes' by their own beliefs/necessities, not anyone else's.... So we get the cool looking, slowed down action sequences of people doing amazing things in flash rubber costumes. Which is what the source is trying to rally against.
A failed experiment (possibly from the start), the film is not horrifically bad, as some have burnt into it already (how quickly we all forget 'Ghost Rider'!), but it's soon to be released over 4 hour re-cut can only add to it's already uneven pacing, and Bargain Bin destination.
JK
Monday, March 2, 2009
Me and my Couch...
A quick Blog note on the happy relationship that a man can have with his Couch, and the many ways complete friendships can be ruined by sitting incorrectly, or even worse, letting a particularly spicy curry/chili come between you and your sitting utensil....
or just something for me to write up, as I am so very bored with this unemployment game.... We are both well, and sticking our heads firmly in the ground for fear of having to look at bank account balances. Their have been small things to keep us busy; Surprise 30th birthdays for mates here, playing soccer in the evenings (that was amusing to watch) and stealing as many TV shows as possible from D'Internets...and then not watching them.
So as not to have completely wasted all your individual times with some slap-flappery, please let me present the funniest thing I have seen in ages....
Here Cookie Fun!!
Bye Bye..
J
or just something for me to write up, as I am so very bored with this unemployment game.... We are both well, and sticking our heads firmly in the ground for fear of having to look at bank account balances. Their have been small things to keep us busy; Surprise 30th birthdays for mates here, playing soccer in the evenings (that was amusing to watch) and stealing as many TV shows as possible from D'Internets...and then not watching them.
So as not to have completely wasted all your individual times with some slap-flappery, please let me present the funniest thing I have seen in ages....
Here Cookie Fun!!
Bye Bye..
J
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