Nominations … !

Blimey … !

THAT’S a first … !

Bless her, I’ve just been nominated for the One Lovely Blog gong: by Debbi Mack, on this post over at Random & Sundry Things.

Well, one CAN’T not be a gentleman and do something about it, now, CAN one … ?

At ANY rate … ?

At ANY rate, here’s the rules …

1. Include the award logo somewhere in your blog. (Yep, done … ) 

2. Answer these 10 questions, below, for fun if you want to.   (THINK I’ve managed that)

3. Nominate 10 to 12 blogs you enjoy. Or you pick the number. (!@ … ! Ye GOD’S, I’m pushing it for four … !)

4. Pay the love forward: Provide your nominee’s link in your post and comment on their blog to let them know they’ve been included and invited to participate.   (Workling on THAT one … !)

5. Pay the love back with gratitude and a link to the blogger(s) who nominated you (Done).

Now … The questions … ?

Here …

1. What is your favourite colour? Black.
2. What is your favourite animal? Cats … … Or dogs … 
3. What is your favourite non-alcoholic drink? Tea!   By the bucket … !
4. Do you prefer Facebook or Twitter? Depends on what I’m doing, really: just talking, Twitter.   Talking and/or games, FB.
5. What is your favourite pattern? Well … anything thing tiled, really, although harlequin style diamond one are good.
6. Do you prefer giving or getting presents? Ummm … Yes … ?
7. What is your favourite number? Nice big ones on payday are good!
8. What is your favourite day of the week? Friday … !
9. What is your favourite flower? Camellia sinensis: the Tea shrub, funnily … 
10. What’s your passion?  Hmm … Would mentioning the entertaining young ladies with the dog collars and corsets be wise, right now … ?   No … ?   Macintoshes it is, then …

And I’ll be nominating … 

Well, local councillor, Karen Chilvers.

Debbi, herself, for her My Life on the Mid List.

Oh, and Nina, of Pretty Made’s Fancy.

Have fun, with that … !

Let’s close with some Gary Numan, shall we … ?

On a serious note

Well, it’s happened.

Following his SAG award and the parallel Golden Globe, the late Heath Ledger has been given the Best Supporting gong at this year’s film BAFTA’s.

I must say I’m pleased for his family.

But I’ve always felt, though, that this is a tragedy on many levels.

As with many, I saw “Dark Knight”, and both enjoyed the film, and was impressed by the various performances in it, the late Mr Ledger’s among them.

What makes this such a sad thing for me is the simple fact that – although I cannot be certain and would not have the arrogance to claim to be –  deserving of the award though he was, I believe his death gave him a big sympathy vote.

I’ve an old friend, Graham, who disagrees.   Hopefully, he’ll be able to put his views up, once his net connection’s back up and running, but who felt that the performance Heath put in got him the gong, and that any sympathy factor was negligible.

We’ll never know, I think.

On a more positive note, I’m rather pleased – RABID “Dr Who” fan that I am – that Noel Clarke, who I know from his performances as Mickey Smith in Dr Who, has picked up the Rising Star gong.   Turns out that this award was open to a public vote, and I can’t help but wonder how much influence his appearance as Mickey played in that.

Either way, I think congratulations are in order for both of them.

A Dark Knight … Returns.

Well there’s a thing …

It seems that “Dark Knight”, which I posted about, a couple of weeks ago, is up for the Best Film gong, from the Producers Guild of America, at their awards ceremony, soon.   It’s generally considered to be a GOOD indicator of what’ll be up for the Oscars.

Combine that with the fact the late Heath Ledger has been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor gong, at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild do, and things look good for it.

I’ll admit my immediate cynical thought was that Heath Ledger made a damn good career move, the night of his death, considering it gave his last completed film a lot of free advertising, but thats not necessarily a side of myself I like that much.

Obviously, it’s a hell of a loss; — to his immediate family, and daughter, his fans, and to the movie going community, as a whole.

And this seems a fairly good way to offer some form of commemoration.

But the mixed feelings I have about this, are compounded by the simple fact that I’m a bit of a science fiction fan.   It’s nice to think a science-fiction-ish film could follow “The Lord Of the Rings”, by bagging one of the big ones at a certain Gong Show …