Christmas!!!

So far, Christmas has been awesome! I got my Absolute All Star Superman editon and a copy of Grant Morrisson: Talking with Gods DVD, which I was dying to get in my hands and I watched last night.My dearest Sandra gave to me. I am not a Christmas type of guy but this year so far, it´s been fantastic!

Finally!

Today I finally made this blog´s background the way I always wanted, my onw, not just an already created or someone else´s design, my very own. I found the perfect image that ilustrated what my blog really is. I am pretty happy, it took me a while but I managed it extremelly well.

Well done Claudio, you are a real designer. lol!

I have now do do a title image for my blog, half way throught it.

You Can Be Old But You Also Can Kick Some Ass And Red Shows That.

Today was good day. I went to the movies with a friend and we watched Red. It´s a fine movie. Based on a Graphic Novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner. It´s totally different from the comics, well, pretty much different. The main character was there but the rest, was a little different but great.


We just love it, even it was based on a comics ( I don´t like those movies based on comics, they change everything about it) and it´s a entretainment from the beggining to the end.

Frank Moses , a former black-ops CIA agent, is now living a quiet life in retirement. However, he begins to feel lonely and often chats on the phone with Sarah , a customer service agent working for Frank's pension office in Kansas City.

His life is disrupted when a hit squad raids his house in the middle of the night. Frank kills the assassins and, knowing they would have tapped his phone, goes to Kansas City to protect Sarah. She becomes Frank's reluctant companion while he tries to find out who is trying to kill him, and track down his old black ops team for help. Meanwhile, CIA agent William Cooper is assigned to hunt and kill Frank

John Mankovich is fantastic! Marvin Boogs , his character doesn´t exist on the comics but here, he makes it one of the best part of the movie. He is a extraordinary actor and this shows why. Mary-Louise Parker as Sarah is another gen of the movie. She isn´t one of my favourite actresses but here she is perfect, not to mention she was the best choice for the part and she and Willis fitted together perfectly.


Morgan Freeman, what can I say about him... just perfect! Hellen Mirren too. She is the best actresses of all time and playing Victoria, an international professional hit-woman. When she appeared, I got crazy! lol!



Red is an etraordinary and well made movie. if you read the story and don´t want to watch because it´s a bit different, change your mind and watch it, you´ll love the movie. If you didn´t read the story but fear it´s another comic-based movie, you are wrong! It´s one of 2010´s best action movie . After all, it´s doesn´t matter if you are retired or if you are old, Red shows elderly can kick some butts too and with style!

Darn It!!!

This mid November has been a little unfair, specially to me. After I had a huge hindrance in my life, in regards to something I really love, I am kind of trapped in uncertainties. I know there is a way out to solve this bad thing but at what cost? I really don´t know how will be from January on, again, uncertainties.


Anyway, at least I got a way out.

Happy Birthday Janina!

Hi fanpire sister! I promised you a big party and here it is. I also brought some friends, check them out!!!!!

I hope you like your party dear! Well, It´s a little present for someone so sweet, so special and a friend I have the honour to meet on twitter and after that we became god friends and fanpire brother and sister. You are a very special person Janina, that´s why I wish you a fantastic day, full of great things, happiness, joy, lots and lots of presents. Also you have your friends, family and everybody you love around you, making this day the most special of all, after all we have a day in the year that we can say it´s ours and this day it´s your day.

Once again, happy birthday!!! I wish you all the best and I am so happy I have such adorable friend like you and don´t forget, eat lots of cakes and save one for me!!!

Kisses. xxx

Claudio.

Some Great Fidings.

This week was pretty nice to me. I found some interesting items to my collection, I always get lucky and find interesting and cool things, I am lucky indeed.


This is the first one, a Reprinting Superman book, collection stories from the 30´s through the 70´s. It was published by Bonanza books in 1971. Pretty rare and hard to find, a real treasure.


It collects the first Superman appearance, Action Comics #1, not to mention other gems from Superman´s library. Some pages are colorful and other in black &white, which makes the book special and one of kind. Also, a large collection of covers and other stuff, as a big Superman fan, I love I found it and I can add to my collection.

This is the second thing, finally my Ladyhawke CD came, a special edition with 5 bonus tracks including acoustic versions of My delirium, Paris is Burning and others.I had to wait almost a month to get it but worth every minute. lol

I also got Season 6 and 7 of Buffy, The vampire Slayer. I didn´t have those, here in Brazil both weren´t release and I found both for so cheap, the price of one and both are imported and in fantastic condition. I didn´t believe when I saw both them and the price. Now they are mine. Sorry, I didn´t posted the photo but you can see underneath,all items together.

I have to say, was a hell of week and I loved it not only because of those findings, but now, to close the week, a great night out. Se you later. Ah! This Sunday, I will read the whole book and watch some episodes.

Funny.

I just stopped by to write some words, after all, new month and some new posts. Nothing new happened in fact, this new month brought (so far) some good things. I can buy my comics, I´m going this Saturday to My friend Dani Calazans´ show, in Leblon and I have plans to take photos, tape some songs too and post, that´s why I bought a new memory card for both camera and cellphone, more updates next week.


I am also looking forward to buying my Ladhawke´s CD, it´s taking more to receive it than I imagined but I am sure this week is the deadline (I hope).



Ah! I also started reading a Manga named Elfe Lied, I am not a big Manga fan or reader but I decided to give it a chance, let´s see if it is worth.

Dependable.

I am dependable of computer, not only in my work but in private life as well. Right now, I have a free time and I went to Facebook and there is some technical issue so I can´t play my (stupid) games and I kind of feeling frustrated, I also have so problems while I was doing some important work today, our PC had some "technical" issue as well and I had to do the work by hand but I can´t play the games by hand... not possible.

The only think I can do is wait, do other things like twitter and tumblr, also checking my e-mails, waiting for Facebook return to his technical issues. My luck is later, I have other important things to do so, it´s my time to be away from Facebook. My own technical issues.

I Have to Write!

I really do, I have to write more. Since I stopped, for some stupid reasons, I feel that urge to write but sometimes, I get lazy or I have nothing to write so, I procrastinate it. I have to return to my old writing routine, I really started it doing my #FF comics but this week, I feel bad I (again) couldn´t finish it, I want to do that so much, I want it to be so organized, so fancy that I get bored and don´t finish it but next week, will be done.


I also need some or at least one ( for a start) novel be published, I really need it... so bad.

Ladyhawke.

Recently, I heard one song, on the radio but the station didn´t and that female voice and lyrics just got stuck in my mind and I had to looking for who she was.


I totally by chance discovered the name of the song "My Delirium" and the artist Ladyhawke. Her real name is Phillipa Brown, a New Zealand singer, and multi-instrumentalist . I just fell in love with her music and I became a fan, not hard because of her style and strong lyrics which gather me into her sound.






I watched some of her videos and performances on youtube and I like, specially because she is very powerful on stage, she has a strong voice and her shows, at least what I could she on video demonstrated that.
You can see this photo what I saw, I wish one day I can see her live, maybe she can go to Brazil or I can go, when I go to UK, she might performance there by that time.


Today, I ordered her album, here, when something is too cool you ca´t find, specially albums but no problem, in two weeks, I will receive my copy her her debut album... I can´t wait to upload her songs on my cellphone and MP4 player.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cpahl2000?feature=mhum#p/f/5/beAupB-QI78

This is the video of " My Delirium", enjoy.

Follow Friday Comics Vol. 2 # 1

This was this week´s FollowFriday comics, did you like? Didn´t like? Feel free to let your comment and suggestion for the next ones. If you also want to be part, let me know and will add you, my follow friend. But if you are not part of my fantastic list of friend, add me. lol!

I hope you love this little labour of love like I loved doing it and next #FFcomics, the return of the regular format, with mt action figure so, see you there.

Claudio Pahl A.K.A @cpahl2000