New Acheivement Unlocked

In video game speak I think we would say something like "new achievement unlocked!" In this game of life I unlocked something new today. My newborn daughter let me clean her poo poo today ... twice and she actually smiled when I did it!

Oh I guess I haven't mentioned this in my blog before, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. I guess corporate monkey now has a little monkey at home :-)

30 Seconds to Mars - This is War

I recently discovered this amazing band - 30 Seconds to Mars. Yeah I know they have been around for a long time but I haven't been following relatively new acts (like the last five years or so) on the music channels for quite some time now due to work pressures.

I just saw one of their newer videos - "This is War" and I was totally blown away by it. Awesome song and bloody brilliant music video. The last video that had such an impact on me was Def Leppards Lets Get Rocked which was ages back. I have put the YouTube link to "This is War" so guys can check it out: -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcps2fJKuAI

Another really good video of theirs which you should check out is - From Yesterday.

Seriously if you haven't already, check out the music of 30 Seconds to Mars, really good band methinks.

Dumbledore Wise Old Wizard Or Incompetent Perverted Old Creep?

In anticipation of the April release of the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” DVD and the fact that I have forgotten most of the movies/books and didn't want to watch the seventh movie missing out on the minor plot points and intricacies, I dusted my old Harry Potter DVD collection and have started watching them in a row. Ironically I am enjoying them more this time than I did the last time. I always thought the movies were not all that great and the children playing them were a bit stiff but maybe I am now used to their portrayals of the characters hence I'm actually enjoying the movies now.

Infact J.K. Rowlings revelation after finishing the books that Dumbledore is gay has made me see him in a whole new light. Suddenly his coloured robes, his pointy hat, children needing a special password to get into his quarters and his illogical fondness of Severus Snape when the man clearly is the personification of evil suddenly all makes sense. In fact I quite agree with the Malfoys when they say that he is the worst principle that Hogwarts has ever had. I mean in his watch children fight evil and get killed, he is the worst principle ever! Additionally he has horrid hiring skills, he goes on hiring incompetent defense against the dark arts teachers.