I think I was bitten by a bug while I was in college. There were many things being shared over DC++, ranging from episodes of Scrubs, meh, Grey’s Anatomy, bleh, and Battlestar Galactica, omg it’s really this good!!

I also found more obscure stuff, like bad quality Real Media files of most of Daria, which were awesome. And the entire series of the old X-Men animated series. I watched them all (not Grey’s Anatomy). Even though I nearly killed myself watching Battlestar Galactica for 2 days straight - with just Tim Tam’s and Nutri Grain for sustenance (bleh) — I think the most damage came from the X-Men.

There was something about the X-Men cartoon series that I found deeply connected to being 13. Anyway.. I’ve recently subscribed to Marvel digital comics, and have been delving into the infinitely deeply and richer (and more perilous) vastness of the Marvel comic collection. Given the bug, I’ve also been stopping by comic shops and picking up a Hellboy (by DC) volume or two every weekend. I’m up to six now.

They are absolutely fantastic works of art. I highly recommend them.

When buying Hellboy today, I stumbled upon a book signing with Gary Russell who’s written the new Doctor Who series.

So I had to buy it.

I’ve also been reading books with just lines of text, they’ve been emotionally intense.

~Tim.

And some from Paris.

my generous Parisian friend:

Real coffee in London exists:

I still haven’t developed any film, so no photos from HK, but I put some of Fi’s on flickr.

The second night I was there, all the Paris museums were open for free at late night. We went to the modern art museum. It was free from 9pm to 1am, and there was long lines of people queuing up till after 12 to be let in. The whole place was completely packed.

There was an amazing vibe, everyone was going around thinking, “that’s a bit crap”, “that’s pretty cool”, “oh wow that’s awesome”. I think heaps of people starting off being skeptical of the whole modern art thing and were completely converted by the end.

The highlight of the museum was a movie about the architecture design of Harvard (I think it was Harvard). It was done entirely with marionettes. I can’t really convey how awesome it was. There was vice chancellor like character that looked like death.

For the first time in a museum I got a sense that there was some kind of interaction between the art and the people/audience (very different to the Louvre). It was challenging, engaging, sometimes emotional (I can be a bit squishy). No wonder it’s the most visited museum in Paris.

The other highlights of Paris, was of course the wine and the cheese. But especially playing Gin Rummy while watching ‘Peggy Sue got married’ in French, and drinking wine till late while listening to a free jazz band in a cosy bar. Basically just hanging out. Thanks Fi.

by nectarinemango.

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Here are some photo’s of a great beach we hiked to:

And here are some photos of the sunset we watched from Pillar Point. We didn’t get around to hiking up a mountain, and I got up too late to watch any sunrises.

Ahh

And of course, the obligatory photo of Mount Oberon (taken from pillar point).