People love new starts. Well, the idea of them anyway; the actual execution is not as popular, coming as it does with nerves (those butterflies sure can fly some impressively-jarring formations in your stomach), hang-ups, past issues and the daunting fear that what lies ahead may not be a good Continue Reading
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I am an extrovert gay man living in Sydney who loves Indian food, current affairs, music, film and reading, caramel anything, and a beautiful guy called Steve who makes every day a delight. I am trying to get two novels in a trilogy ready for e-publication, love my iPhone & iPod, and am secretly Canadian in my soul. Life is fun, exciting and joyful and I aim to make the absolute most of it!
Movie review: mid90s
Growing up is a monumental challenge at the best of times. Throw in a less than ideal home life, like the ones alluded to in Jonah Hill’s directorial debut, mid90s, and you have the kind of near impossible situation where simply getting through the day is a feat, never mind Continue Reading
Meet the adorable twosome of Rilakkuma and Kaoru
SNAPSHOTStarring Lana Condor, Rilakkuma and Kaoru is the story of a costume bear and its roommate Kaoru, and the short but sweet time they spend together. (synopsis via YouTube (c) Netflix) Isn’t there anything more enjoyable than an adorable piece of anime with some deliciously-dark threads woven through it. Unlike Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “Such Sweet Sorrow Pt. 1” (S2, E13 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND TENSION! OH, THE TENSION! Those deep indentations you might have noticed on the arm of my favourite streaming viewing chair – frankly, if you did notice them, that’s kind of creepy and I’d prefer you don’t sneak into my home unannounced, or frankly, at all (unless Continue Reading
What We Left Behind: The documentary that gives Deep Space Nine its well-deserved place in the Star Trek sun
SNAPSHOTDeep Space Nine is described as “dark”, “edgy”, and “the black sheep” of the Star Trek family – a show that did not fit in Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future. 20 years after it left the airwaves, fans all over the world continue to watch Deep Space Nine with Continue Reading
Book review: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
People love new beginnings. There is something intoxicatingly appealing about the idea that poor decisions can be remedied, mistakes erased and in the case of the comprehensive slow destruction of planet earth and humanity itself, a whole new world, complete with a verdant virginal society, brought into being. It’s a Continue Reading
Get ready to face your demons … again: The 100 season 6
For a show addicted to big epic, emotionally-evocative, even the end of season 5 was a pretty big deal for The 100. Just how epic? Why, let’s allow Andy Swift of TVLine to convey just how big a deal that ending was and the emotional effect it had on all Continue Reading
Book review: Catch a Falling Star by Meg McKinlay
Grief is often portrayed as a hydra, a multi-headed beast of pain and loss that defies any attempt to get a true grasp on it. While humanity may over-complicate many things, this depiction of an escapable part of life, the mourning of who or what we have lost and the Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2019: Week 3 – Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #5: Wet, Stanaj, MXMS, RY X, SG Lewis
Set a spell, people. Take off your shoes, throw that rat back into the race without you and smell those flowers that you keep racing by. It’s time to let life chill itself out, turn the dial down from fast to slow and meditate on the fact that while lots Continue Reading