Quietly fuming on a Friday

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This blog update is slightly late this morning because since I’ve been at work I’ve been on a mission trying to find out how to report an abandoned vehicle. Since at least Tuesday morning, a rust bucket Ford Sierra has been obstructing traffic near the Sparks Road / Brickfield Road intersection, and causing severe congestion.

For 3 days I’ve been sitting in traffic for an extra 15 minutes in the morning, with my road rage levels building. The car needs to go… whether it is towed, or, more gratifying, destroyed via petrol bomb or something.

My problem is that I don’t even know who to contact. The police (which regional station?) or the traffic department? The phone book and the municipal website are equally unhelpful.

Anyway, in some entertainment news for this entry, the big movie releases for this weekend in South Africa are The Devil Wears Prada, starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep in a chick flick with enough bitchiness and evil-boss humour to make it worth seeing for everyone; and Lucky Number Slevin, with Josh Harnett, Bruce Willis and Lucy Liu, which looks like an offbeat crime comedy imitating Snatch.


My interest has also been piqued by the following, which we can look forward to in the coming last few months of the year:

Talladega Nights – The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
27 October 2006

The Grudge 2
3 November 2006

Children of Men
10 November 2006

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 17 November 2006

Casino Royale
1 December 2006

The Nativity Story
Early December


Also worth noting, although I can tell you right now they are going to be utterly horrible, are 2 video game movies, Stay Alive, and DOA: Dead or Alive.

In other news, I made a lot of progress last night with my latest Girlz ‘N’ Games comic strip. You can expect it online early next week.

Comments

Lord Spaceman said…
DOA: Dead or Alive does look like it's gonna be bad, but the chicks in it are so hot! I don't think I will be going to watch it for the story :)

Don't worry about that car! I'm almost positive it will be stolen over the weekend, saving you time.
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