Archive for January, 2005

Lonliness

Posted by Martin on January 15th, 2005

Tonight, my girlfriend back in Austria went to visit her best friend. She has to do some maths studying, and her friend offered help. Why does this make me think? Well…
Because it brought to my attention a truth about myself. A truth about my life. I’m trying to deny it at times, but it’s there, [...]

Million Dollar Baby

Posted by Martin on January 15th, 2005

Tonight, I saw Clint Eastwood’s latest film, “Million Dollar Baby”, written by Paul Haggis (adapted from stories from Rope Burns by F.X.Toole), starring Eastwood himself, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. And what a film it is.
A masterpiece. It does a courageous and — in Hollywood — dangerous thing: it changes genre midway through. Film can [...]

What a City

Posted by Martin on January 11th, 2005

Last night, a female undergraduate student was raped here in Hull while returning home from a night out at 4 am in the morning. She didn’t know the attacker, and police are doing their best to catch him fast. Is it really getting back to how bad it was in my first year here?
In my [...]

To Hell with the Caribbean!

Posted by Martin on January 10th, 2005

My girlfriend and I had planned the perfect vacation. Away from all the christmas stress of present-hunting and family meetings, we booked a vacation in the far-away paradise of the Dominican Republic. The catalogue as well as the travel agency prepared us for the trip of our lifetime. A happy couple in love, we went [...]