I've had a DVD player for 13 days and watched 13 films. The other 2 (not pictured) are Spanglish and some unmentionable piece of American rubbish that I'm not even going to admit to watching. Basically, my free time is spent purchasing DVDs and CDs and then watching or listening to them. By the end of the year I'll probably have watched 200 films, although I'm going to have to lower my quality control, as I'll run out of alternative films at some point. I've got another 6 DVDs at home to watch over the next week. I could have got cable, but it's mainly sports or dodgy American films I don't want to watch. As an example, the high point of TV in the Hotel was the new Starsky and Hutch film, so you can imagine what the rest is like. As DVDs and CDs are only about 1 pound 15p each, I might as well buy 1 a day. I'm going to need a huge box to ship them all back to the UK. Obviously they're bootleg, but there are no copyright laws in Sri Lanka, so it's all good. The best surprise of the films so far was, "Me and You and Everyone We Know", but bare in mind my taste in films is slightly off key. It's American people trying to fit into normal life, but not doing it very well, whilst saying the things you think but never say. I read a collection of comedy sketches by an American called Bill Hicks, whose basis for comedy was to say the things you've thought but don't think you should ever tell anyone. Because we all self censor our own thoughts, there a lot of ideas and perspectives that don't get vocalised and these are often the most funny. If you've no idea what I'm blathering on about, just watch "Kill Bill 1 and 2" for action, "The Motorcycle Diaries" as a regular film buff film or "Fahrenheit 9/11" to see just how messed up the USA and the UK are politically. So ends Film 2005. What ever happened to Barry Norman cause Jonathon Ross is pants?
I was also pretty stocked to find I can still get some alternative music out here. It's not exactly Rough Trade or Selectadisc, but in amongst the rubbish there are some little gems. I won't make any musical recommendations, as that's an even bigger can of worms than the movies.
I might do a "Spot the Fake Clothing" quiz some time as that's my other hobby. I was caught out once as there's a shop called "House of Fashion" out here, that lot's of people say sell genuine gear, but is full of fakes. I've bought a few original items of clothing pretty cheap and some fakes dirt cheap. If I don't do anything interesting in the next few days I'll do the "Find the Fake" quiz. On an up note, I've just had an e-mail confirming the location of the only skate ramp in Sri Lanka, in Hikkaduwa. At least it's only a couple hours out of Colombo and a 60p train ride each way. Praise be to Jah
I was also pretty stocked to find I can still get some alternative music out here. It's not exactly Rough Trade or Selectadisc, but in amongst the rubbish there are some little gems. I won't make any musical recommendations, as that's an even bigger can of worms than the movies.
I might do a "Spot the Fake Clothing" quiz some time as that's my other hobby. I was caught out once as there's a shop called "House of Fashion" out here, that lot's of people say sell genuine gear, but is full of fakes. I've bought a few original items of clothing pretty cheap and some fakes dirt cheap. If I don't do anything interesting in the next few days I'll do the "Find the Fake" quiz. On an up note, I've just had an e-mail confirming the location of the only skate ramp in Sri Lanka, in Hikkaduwa. At least it's only a couple hours out of Colombo and a 60p train ride each way. Praise be to Jah
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