Would you trust this woman with your children?

Vicky Rose Chandler has been entrusted to take 16 16-year-old English school kids into the wilderness of Honduras, which we recently learned is the second most poverty-stricken country in Central America. Seriously though, Vicky's scored herself an awesome job trekking through Honduras and helping out local villages - all with a pack of students in tow - and I'm green with envy.

We saw her off at the airport on Saturday for her flight to London and she might not be back for awhile, as she has an open return ticket for the next year. So we will miss Vicky, even though this visit was fleeting. Keep in touch Vix, and I hope learning the lingo is not too horrendous! Please come back with all 16 of them. Don't sell them for some local cocaine or anything...

Simon Wiesenthal. Sniff.

From a rant about a bad flick to a rant about an amazing one. Tim and I watched the first of the Film Fest ones that I'm reviewing, called I Have Not Forgotten You, about Simon Wiesenthal, the Nazi hunter. I know there have been millions of films/documentaries about the Holocaust but this one still managed to amaze me - he's got a fascinating life story and I hadn't ever read much about him before. Well worth a watch if you want a film which stays with you for a long time after you've watched it. I was bawling my eyes out by the end of it. This isn't saying much I guess. I tend to cry in all good books and films. And when watching strangers say goodbye at airports. And when lonely people call talkback. And when Jessica Simpson makes a movie. But still, this was truly tear-jerking!

God save us

Wow. Jessica Simpson has made a movie (produced by her creepy dad) that's so bad that when watching the trailer, I actually thought she'd made some sort of mock film parody situation - like an SNL skit or something. But no, it's real. Unbelievably, she's managed to rope in Luke Wilson to play her love interest! I know the Wilson brothers aren't exactly Clint Eastwood, but crikey! Have some respect. Hope they didn't waste too many millions on it. Those Africans are still starving as far as I know!

Check out the trailer

Cute! Can't wait to have children so I can dress them up like Mexicans ha ha

I have been abandoning ye ole blog a bit lately as have been a little busy and all over the place. But this pic was too cute not to put up. Particularly like the listless look on Lil Napoleon's face - perfect. Have been pretty much chilling out lately, except for Tim who has been run ragged doing his exams. One more to go! Definitely a reason to celebrate.

Today's exciting news is that the International Film Festival (my favourite of festivals) catalogue arrived on my desk today. I am already in the process of scrounging as many free tix as possible as me and the workmates are keen to do some reviews. Fun times.

And we're trying to organise a couple of winter getaways to make this freezing weather, rain and wind seem less than depressing.

Dancing with the Stars

Wow I really never thought I'd go to as star-studded party as I did on Saturday night. There were so many famous people there. Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, the drummer from Deaf Leopard, a Dixie Chick, Princess Diana, the Devil herself, Dirty Sanchez and David Bain! It was just amazing. Everyone got along really well though, and nobody seemed to be worried about grabbing the limelight. Celebrity hookup alert: I hear Princess Di liked the look of David Bain, but I'm guessing she does have a thing for men with big ears... In fact I think they might have even gone home together...

I'm chucking in this journalism gig...

Yesterday I went to see an oral surgeon about my four (impacted, grotty) wisdom teeth needing to come out. After sitting and waiting while he was late for my appointment (thank God I had the wonderful Anthony Kiedis bio to read while I waited, thanks Streets) he saw me for what amounted to 5 mins to tell me about the op. Then he gave me a photocopied fact sheet on wisdom teeth which I'm sure I could have found on the net and which wasn't even pretty and colourful. The bill? NINETY DOLLARS. Ridiculous. So I am going to throw in the journo towel and become an oral surgeon, even though teeth and mouths and saliva scare me. And gums.

Oh but I did learn a cool new world: Maxillofacial. Oooh that sounds like he's going to do something truely horrible to your face. But I'm guessing getting my wisdom teeth out won't exactly be going in for a facial...

Happy Day Amanda John Peart!

Today is one of my favourite people's birthdays so I would like to say Happy Day Amanda! It was really yesterday to those of us in the right hemisphere, but in weirdo Londonland they're a bit behind! I'm sure they'll catch up eventually. Hope you have a rad day John Peart :) Ps: The above picture isn't of my Amanda Peart, but a complete stranger also called Amanda Peart, it's the closest I could find without having pictures of the Real McCoy.

What the...

I have no idea what this is all about?

Oh too terrible! But funny all the same.

The reply is "thanks" ha ha

Bet your airbags aren't this big!

Pic-chewers

Pictures from my trip to Oz to Emma's wedding. (Check out Rian's charming tee shirt as he pretends he's such a lovely grandson ha ha). Our night at the Roller Derby. And Friday's night out to farewell the Moon to Japan.