I have just watched Die Hard 4.0 for the umpteenth time, and I really cannot see its appeal diminishing anytime soon. I mean, Bruce Willis vs. a Fighter Jet. I know who my money is on.

Having a very nice weekend, although Rosie has ensured that my favourite Star Wars Lego T-shirt has turned into more of a mosaic of general foodstuffs. I am sure that if you asked her she would say it is a comment on the rampant consumerism of a dying empire. Or something I think its more to do with her lack of respect for the mighty saga. I shall have to put that right at some point.

So it turns out that bloging is something that requires more of me than I’ve had in recent weeks. Never mind.

So I’ve had a few weeks off from work, ostensibly to find work, although that doesn’t seem to have really happened yet. I go back to CPP on monday and there aren’t enough words in any tongue of man to describe the feeling I get from thinking about going back. They say the threshold for a job like this is about 18 months, but I’ve been there nearly two years. Which makes it the longest job I’ve ever had, a depressing enough fact on its own. However, there is a dim light at the end of the tunnel, a free newspaper that operates out of my village is looking for a sub-editor, and I know the graphic designer, so fingers crossed.

As well as this, it now appears that I am entering a relationship for the first time in, well, four years, during which time I have grown very accustomed to my own company, and now I discover that in that time I have developed a whole series of commitment and relationship issues, which i guess I need to sort out. It’s hardly the most traditional start to a relationship, but I’m not gonna say any more than that. It’s early days yet.

So enough of all the personal stuff, since I’ve been off I’ve been able to catch up with a lot of films, as well as get ahead of British TV on a few things. The second series of Dexter is just phenomenal, and the way it plays with conventions in such a playful, sardonic manner is something I’ve not seen before, which is why it baffles me that it has found a home in this country on ITV, the deepest hole of banality outside of Sky TV. For any yanks reading, think if the makers of Fox News decided to make entertainment programs. Yes, that bad. But anyway, it’s an ace show, and mention must also go to the surprisingly good new Terminator show, and the seventh season of Smallville (or the four episodes I have seen at any rate) which looks like it’s going to bee geek heaven with the introduction of Supergirl. The pilot of Bionic Woman was pretty much an Alias rip off, but it has potential, although it looks like the writers strike has effectively ended its run and it wont be picked up again, so it’s hard to see the point in getting too invested in it. And the only decent show this country has produced in years, Skins, is having a fantastic second season.

As for films, No Country For Old Men is every bit a beautiful, desolate and well, Coenesque as its Oscar Haul suggests, Juno is a brilliantly fragile little film with a great ensemble cast (Ellen Page is excellent, but for me film belongs to Michael Cera and Alison Janney) and Cloverfield was just great fun. I could go on, but you know, I have stuff to do.

And now for a plea. I bought a second hand PC from a guy from work, and It’s very nice, but I can’t get any sounds out of the audio sockets. I have tried reinstalling the drivers and searching for updates, but no joy. The guy who sold it said there were no prblems with it before, so I am guessing that maybe a lead got disconnected or something, but I have no idea what I am looking for. Any pointers?

So I will be back, I am not going to promise when, but I promise I will be…

Scifi.com is posting that Bryan Singer has been offered a fourth X-Men film (surely the shortest franchise death ever?) but has turned it down to focus on the next Superman. Fair enough, seeing as his Superman is clearly a tremendously personal project and Marvel really dicked around with his legacy on the third one, but I would have thought he would take it as his next post-Supes project so that he can try and re-build his empire. He is, apparently, interested in doing a Wolverine spin-off though. Now I know that’s not going to be as big as an X film, but still, it’s hardly a small indie is it? If you’re going to do one, you might as well do the other.

Net access update: Orange is the most evil company on earth. We still have no access, and I’m having to get Jonic to post for me again. Grr. I hope it is all sorted by Monday as I’m off work all week, and I had planned to find a new job. Although it’s more likely I’ll spend it looking at shiny internet joy. SO if you don’t hear from me in the next week, someone start picketing the Orange headquarters on my behalf.