Four surprises in 24 hours
I have been subject to four things that took me by surprise in the last 24 hrous. Here they are in no particular order:
- Saw V – What surprised me more than this actually being the fifth Saw film in the horror series franchise was that the advertisement I saw on the back of a bus revealed that it is actually getting a cinema release on October 23, i.e. it’s not going straight-to-video (or DVD). Saw, directed by James Wan, at least held my attention, Saw II was terrible, and that’s pretty much where I gave up.
- Norwegian Wood – The book written by one of my favourite authors, Haruki Murakami, is being made into a film. I’m not sure how they are going to achieve that, but it appears the film is going to be in good hands; it will be directed by Anh Hung Tran who also directed The Scent of the Green Papaya and Cyclo.
- Words – I received a chain email and although I don’t normally read them, I thought this was amazing:
Typoglycemia
Don’t delete this because it looks weird. Believe it or not you can read it. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
- Phone call - I received a phone call tonight. After picking up the phone and saying ‘Hello’ as is normally the case, I received the following automatic pre-recorded message: “Congratulations! You have won a trip to the Caribbean. To claim your prize, simply press the number 9 on your phone. This is the button above the hash key.” I didn’t press 9. I hung up.
