Erasmus Graves

Dat face you make when you wake up aboard ship after partying too hard last night.

Finished Silence. Currently reading Peter Temple's The Broken Shore and Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark.

Just set fire to a forest and now I'm gonna stand here like a Straight G while autumn leaves drift around me, dislodged by the blaze.

Fires in autumn.

One of the national animals of my country.

Accept. Since Harambe was the leader of the Illuminati I don't actually have to do it. Million dollars, but you'd never have an Internet connection again.

Finished Paris Trout. A disturbing, but very well-written and gripping book. Have started Shusaku Endo's novel Silence, and it's already provoked more thought in the first fifty pages than a lot of novels do in twice that. Very excited for the upcoming movie.

"My skull's too big for my hat." or "My hat's too small for my skull." Très compliqué​

Ha, that's what happened to me. I read the first three Harry Potter novels, then when going into the 4th one I just couldn't get into it and abandoned the series. I wonder what it could be that causes that. For me, anyway, I think it might've been because I was 50 or so pages in and they hadn't even gotten to Hogwarts yet. Or even the Quidditch game or whatever. The biggest cause, though, might've actually been that, well, I forgot to bring it with me on a trip to Philly. I was going to bring it with me to read on the ride, but forgot, and once I got back I just didn't feel like picking it up again for whatever reason. I actually read The Goblet of Fire first before going back to book 1 and reading the rest of the series in chronological order. And that, kids, is why you should never stay up late and watch parts of movies based on books before you read them.

Finished Lonesome Dove and The Caine Mutiny a few days ago. Tip-top, mind-blowingly good novels. If you love westerns you have to read Lonesome Dove. Currently reading Schindler's Ark (the film Schindler's List was adapted from it) and Pete Dexter's Paris Trout.

Chopper. A classic Aussie crime/biopic with a dose of very dark humour. Its greatest strength - apart from Eric Bana's greatest performance and a very strong supporting cast - is that it feels genuinely realistic, despite some surreal moments. It's about 90% historically accurate - and in some ways portrays Chopper as worse than he was in real life - and is a first-rate example of Australian filmmaking.

Hmm. Hard question. 2001 had a really great final battle - simultaneously creepy and high-octane; 2004 had its raw emotional impact; 2005 (my year of introduction to BIONICLE) had an epic big-battle feel about it that the finales had previously lacked; 2006 was nothing short of terrific; 2007 had a big-battle feel mixed with higher stakes than ever before; 2008 was brilliant; 2009 was a big epic battle that worked terrifically on paper but was wrecked by the film; and 2010 was an apocalyptic planet-wide battle that was both epic a personal. It's a hard choice between 2001, 2006, 2008 and 2010 (although I have a deep fondness for the scale, the Bara Magna setting and for the concept 2009's finale possessed), but I reckon I'll go for 2006.

Some amusing memes found.

Finished Rodney Hall's Just Relations and Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs. Currently reading Larry McMurtry's classic Pulitzer-winning western Lonesome Dove and Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny (also a Pulitzer-winner).

We need to have more regular updates.

The Thin Red Line. A powerful, philosophical war film that depicts war in its true horror and is genuinely emotionally affecting. One of the best movies I've ever seen.

You went full punl? Never go full punk, bro.

Every MLG video ever made, running on repeat. "THE DANK TRAIN HAS NO BRAKES!!!" he screamed...

I chuckled so hard while reading this. 6/5 Rotating Pohatu magazine.