Listening: You Give Me Something by James Morrison
Reading: The Company by Brian Littell
News of the Day:
- Tape art. Only in Japan.
- Graphene - the wave of the electronic future. Or as the BBC calls it, a 'bendy gadget'.
- BAFTA nominations are up. Slums, Buttons, Kate Winslet.
- China hearts Bush. I must have missed those parts of the country.
- Death by funeral procession. Sad.
- The penguins are disappearing!
- Mac users turn to applesauce at news of Steve Jobs's departure.
- All hail the Mini as it celebrates 50.
Why 2008 rocked: I discovered History Boys and Spooks, which led me to a pantheon of overly attractive and highly talented actors (and Hermione Norris); lots of visitors to HK; Barack Obama was elected.
Things I await in 2009: Finishing grad school; President Barack Obama; Spooks (series 8); Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Star Trek; Wolverine; Robin Hood (bumped to must see tv only because Toby Stephens and Richard Armitage appear, together, for an entire season - it's like Cambridge Spies, but not, and with arrows).
Why, yes, I am shallow. And that's why I write a blog about leftover news and the boob tube.
