Dear Mr. Izzard,
What do you do when you’re mad as hell, and need to let off some steam? Today I was so angry I didn’t know what to do with myself. I woke up angry. I won’t get into boring details of why I was angry, but jump straight to the more interesting part of how I got rid of it.
First I decided to go for a walk to get some air. I took my camera with (I always have my camera with, just in case), and started walking with no particular direction in mind. I just took right, after crossing the bridge over the canal. Fresh air has a strange way of messing with your brain. All the scrambled annoyed thoughts you have cluttered up in there, somehow fall into place, in a nice orderly row, and you can make sense of them. I hadn’t even walked more than 200 meters before I had everything sorted out in my head.
Then when I got home I could start on part two of my anger venting. I have mentioned before that music is very important to me, and that was what part two consisted of. Loud, angry, heavy music.
First a bit of Metallica. Their new album Death Magnetic is brilliant. And if you need to vent, it is perfect for the purpose. Then some Rollins Band. I like his old stuff in particular. Weight is a great album. And my all time favourite is Liar, which I remember they played on MTV, in the days when they played music on MTV… The video for that song is hilarious, particularly towards the end when Henry is wearing a nun costume or outfit or uniform or whatever it is called (What is it called? I need to Google that). Anyway, by now all my anger has disappeared, and I know exactly what I need to do in order to deal with my problems.
So what is the perfect end to the process? Sex and the City – the movie, of course. Yep, from Metallica and Henry Rollins, to Carrie Bradshaw. From loud angry men, to stylish love-confused women. Maybe not the most obvious cure for anger, but hey if it works it works!
Take care. Until next time.
Monday 17 November 2008
Tuesday 11 November 2008
Letter six.
Dear Mr. Izzard,
I saw the new James Bond movie last night. Quantum of Solace. I really liked it. And I don't quite get the criticism that he isn't bond-ish enough (not bondage, I don't think anyone have said it isn't bondage enough, although they could, because there aren't any). Okay fair enough, he doesn't really have any gadgets, except a fancy car in the beginning and a phone with some hi-tech tracking system, and he doesn't have any of his usual dry humour, there wasn't really dialogue enough for him to, and he is quite bitter and gloomy.But that's all okay with me; I thought it was quite refreshing to see a 'different' side of him. I mean who wouldn't be a bit bitter and revengeful when the woman you loved and would give up your career for was betraying you because she thought her real boyfriend was going to get killed if she didn't, and then drowns because of it.
And I thought the girl did a good job too. She was quite tough, and could stand on her own two feet, and look after herself. Which isn't always the case with Bond girls…
I also liked Miss Fields, not because she had an important role at all, but because of that thing that happens towards the end where she becomes Oil Fields (I hope you have seen it, otherwise that won't make mush sense, but it was very funny although I am not sure whether it was intentional or not).
The whole thing with 'The Organization' that Mr. White is a part of was a bit fishy, but I guess they will continue on that story in the next one. My favourite part was at the opera in Austria after Bond has managed to listen in on the conversation and needs to get out of there, and everything goes quiet and slow motion, and cuts between the chase and the opera. I am a sucker for that kind of effects. You know, like the scene in Face Off at the end in the church with the pigeons? Good movie that too.
I guess you could say that for a Bond movie it wasn't very good, but for a straight forward action movie it was great. So yeah maybe some of the criticism is true enough. I hope you have seen it, if not I can recommend it as a good action movie, where you are kept on the edge of your seat and need to remind yourself to breathe every now and then.
Take care. Until next time.
I saw the new James Bond movie last night. Quantum of Solace. I really liked it. And I don't quite get the criticism that he isn't bond-ish enough (not bondage, I don't think anyone have said it isn't bondage enough, although they could, because there aren't any). Okay fair enough, he doesn't really have any gadgets, except a fancy car in the beginning and a phone with some hi-tech tracking system, and he doesn't have any of his usual dry humour, there wasn't really dialogue enough for him to, and he is quite bitter and gloomy.But that's all okay with me; I thought it was quite refreshing to see a 'different' side of him. I mean who wouldn't be a bit bitter and revengeful when the woman you loved and would give up your career for was betraying you because she thought her real boyfriend was going to get killed if she didn't, and then drowns because of it.
And I thought the girl did a good job too. She was quite tough, and could stand on her own two feet, and look after herself. Which isn't always the case with Bond girls…
I also liked Miss Fields, not because she had an important role at all, but because of that thing that happens towards the end where she becomes Oil Fields (I hope you have seen it, otherwise that won't make mush sense, but it was very funny although I am not sure whether it was intentional or not).
The whole thing with 'The Organization' that Mr. White is a part of was a bit fishy, but I guess they will continue on that story in the next one. My favourite part was at the opera in Austria after Bond has managed to listen in on the conversation and needs to get out of there, and everything goes quiet and slow motion, and cuts between the chase and the opera. I am a sucker for that kind of effects. You know, like the scene in Face Off at the end in the church with the pigeons? Good movie that too.
I guess you could say that for a Bond movie it wasn't very good, but for a straight forward action movie it was great. So yeah maybe some of the criticism is true enough. I hope you have seen it, if not I can recommend it as a good action movie, where you are kept on the edge of your seat and need to remind yourself to breathe every now and then.
Take care. Until next time.
Monday 3 November 2008
Letter five.
Dear Mr. Izzard,
I have not watched the news, read newspapers or listened to radio the last few days. I can’t handle the suspense… Thank goodness the election is tomorrow so we can have it over and done with. Over here, of course, everything happens during the night, so I am getting up at 5.30 Wednesday morning, I’ll make myself a really nice cup of coffee, switch on the TV and hopefully they will tell me that Obama is the next president of the United States of America. It feels like they have been campaigning forever, which I guess they have, but before the actual campaigning started you had the whole Obama/Hilary thing, which seemed to go on forever too. Well in a few hours time it will all come to an end – a happy end I hope!
And by the way, have you seen this website: http://iftheworldcouldvote.com? It is made by some Icelandic guys, and it is so brilliant! I tell you now – leave it to the Icelandic’s to come up with something as clever as this! (Just don’t trust them with your money…) This is exactly what I was talking about in one of my earlier letters. This show quite clearly who should win tomorrow, and I just hope the Americans will follow the rest of the world on this one. Well except Albania and Macedonia, where McCain is up, and in Lesotho where there is a tie.
Until after the election, take care.
I have not watched the news, read newspapers or listened to radio the last few days. I can’t handle the suspense… Thank goodness the election is tomorrow so we can have it over and done with. Over here, of course, everything happens during the night, so I am getting up at 5.30 Wednesday morning, I’ll make myself a really nice cup of coffee, switch on the TV and hopefully they will tell me that Obama is the next president of the United States of America. It feels like they have been campaigning forever, which I guess they have, but before the actual campaigning started you had the whole Obama/Hilary thing, which seemed to go on forever too. Well in a few hours time it will all come to an end – a happy end I hope!
And by the way, have you seen this website: http://iftheworldcouldvote.com? It is made by some Icelandic guys, and it is so brilliant! I tell you now – leave it to the Icelandic’s to come up with something as clever as this! (Just don’t trust them with your money…) This is exactly what I was talking about in one of my earlier letters. This show quite clearly who should win tomorrow, and I just hope the Americans will follow the rest of the world on this one. Well except Albania and Macedonia, where McCain is up, and in Lesotho where there is a tie.
Until after the election, take care.
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