Costa Rican Ricky

Oct 30, 2009 by John    2 Comments    Posted under: photos, Uncategorized

I was going to do a quick Photo Friday post and had a look through my flickr and came to this one:

But every photo has a story. That’s Ricky on the right, and his apprentice on the left. Ricky is a guide. He brought us through a Costa Rican jungle pointing out different insects, birds and animals. What you can eat, what can eat you, that kind of thing. Our very own Ray Mears. I absolutely loved it. Great day. The highlight of the honeymoon. Here’s some more pics from that day:

And here’s a photo of the treehouse we stayed in. (http://www.costaricatreehouse.com) which was fantastic.

See: Full Honeymoon flickr set for more.

Friday links on Saturday

Oct 24, 2009 by John    No Comments    Posted under: Uncategorized

Was going to post this yesterday but never got to finish it.

Giant Seagull walks behind news anchor

Peter Serafinowicz cracks me up. Whether you use Twitter or not check out http://twitter.com/serafinowicz.

• “My great uncle was so stubborn, when he died, he left a won’t.”
• “Cling-film = Ghost-foil”
• “What part of ‘understand’ don’t you comprehend?”
• These days, Scooby Doo’s pal is known as ‘Saggy’

And I love Anthony Hopkins recalling his favourite moments from The Excorcist

Jon LaJoie has been doing the rounds again recently. Maybe because he was on rudetube last week. His Regular Everyday Normal guy is great:

And finally The drunkest guy ever gets remixed:

The Shining

Oct 17, 2009 by John    3 Comments    Posted under: Uncategorized

What a masterpiece. I’m sure when I saw this as a younglet I enjoyed the story, and Kudos to Stephen King for that. Or maybe I just enjoyed the ‘scary movie’. But I’ve seen it many times since and relished in the craftmanship. Nicholson is stunning, that’s a given. But the imagery and soundtrack combine as a total feast for the senses. Utterly compelling. A real work of art. Kubrick deserves to be right up there with Rembrandt if you ask me.

Not surprising that that iconic image is one of the first things I painted years ago.

Ouch!

Oct 8, 2009 by John    3 Comments    Posted under: random, Uncategorized

Haven’t listened to New Forms in years but took it out recently and remebered that the CD always looks like a cartoon character who just got a kick in the nuts.

Which reminds me, the icon on power buttons, always look like an icon for someone giving the finger.

image borrowed from www.contrast.ie

So remember, next time you go to turn something off, it’s giving you the finger!