The below post managed to sit in my drafts queue without me noticing. I thought I published this but obviously I didn't. Note: this happened before the recent Sun Ray Server Software re-install.

I took a few minutes this evening to investigate why the hard disk that has all our movies on it wasn't working anymore. We had 288 movies on the drive and it suddenly stopped working a few weeks ago. It turns out that the problem was... drum roll - the drive wasn't being mounted in /etc/fstab.

I have no idea why it wasn't there or how it might have fallen off but I think it might have happened around the time I installed a new terrabyte disk a few months back. I must have rebooted the system and not entered it in the /etc/fstab file so it didn't mount on reboot.

Almost 300 movies - saved!

Tonight I went to see LTJ Bukem alongside MC Conrad at Shape nightclub.

Mark came around at about 10:20PM and Aaron picked us up shortly after. Aaron had sorted tickets out earlier so we went in without any problems, plus there wasn't a line either. We saw Cindy and Shenandoah inside and said hello.

Mark messaged Steve to see what he was up to and after a few messages back and forwards, Steve was on his way. When he got to the club though he was told it was sold out and that he couldn't get in. It's a good thing that [censored] works for the company that provides security services to the club. After a quick chat with [censored] on the door we were told there'd be no problem but we'd have to wait 10 minutes for these dickheads to get out of the way. Some chumps were trying to start trouble so security was tied up keeping them out of the club. After 10 minutes or so we went around the back and were escorted in straight away. Too easy. Steve didn't even have to pay! It felt good to again be on the receiving end of some luck with bouncers as this kind of thing normally happens to other people.

Bukem smashed out a pretty solid set and the crowd were really into it. I started to fade at 2:00AM which was when his set was meant to finish but he played for another 45 minutes due to public demand. I felt sorry for the DJs that were put in a holding pattern but also figured that they'd rather hear another 45 minutes of Bukem too.

Aaron dropped Steve home and then me about 20 minutes ago. I spent 10 minutes "surfing the web" (how old is that saying?) and I found this picture of The Baroness.'

Sienna Miller is playing her in the upcoming G.I. Joe film.

I talk about that a lot, don't I?

Those of you that watched the O.C. might (should) remember the episode where Summer dressed up as Wonder Woman for Seth. In case you can't remember, it was pretty damn hot. You should check it out even if you do remember what I'm talking about.

Maggie... if you're reading this... Wonder Woman is nice an' all, but The Baroness is better ;)

Last night I finally finished The Handmaid's Tale. I don't remember the ending from year 12 - I think I might have skipped it to be honest. It was good to finish it though because it's taken a few weeks (months?) it had started to become a burden. Regardless, I like the story and enjoyed the read, even though I'm glad to have finished it.

We're currently working our way through Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus in our book club. I refer to it as Men Are From Mars, Women Love The Penis. That shouldn't surprise any of you.

The first few images of Ray Park dressed in costume as Snake-Eyes for the coming G.I. Joe feature film have surfaced.

Ray played Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace so we know he's got the mad ninja skills. You might recall the final fight scene where Darth Maul takes on two jedis at once. Ahh yeah.

I'm keen to see how the costuming looks for Storm Shadow and the rest of the characters too, especially Scarlett and Baroness.

Larry Hama, who's famous in the G.I. Joe universe for his involvement in the comic books (amongst other things x3) has hinted that there'll be replica swords available in his release to Ain't It Cool News. Considering that two of the main characters are ninjas, this is both sensible and cool.

The fact that Larry's involved in this movie is great. Taken from his IMDB profile page:

Larry Hama is known as the "father" of the 3 3/4" Gi Joe figures (he had nothing to do with the 12" Gi Joe of the 1960-70s). Larry came up with the names for the figures, vehicles and wrote the filecards that came on the back of the cards. He also wrote all 155 issues of the Gi Joe comic book which spanned from June 1982 to December 1994.

... so as you can see, it would have been sacrilegious to not have Larry involved.

The movie is scheduled for release in August 2009 and filming is currently in progress. In the meantime you can use this high-res version as your background:

The other night I had a dream about a book I had read when I was in year 6. Actually, I think the book was read to me and my class by my teacher. I really liked it, but could not remember its name. In the past I've remembered the book (but still, not the title) and wondered how I'd track it down. I'd even contemplated trying to find the teacher and asking her.

Then the internet was made.

I threw into Google "book is about a boy who lives in a burnt out tree" and the first result it returned was a link to an Amazon review of the very book I'm chasing: Jean Craighead George's My Side of the Mountain.

I'll let you read the Wikipedia article, but I think we might have the next title (or three even, as it was the first book in a trilogy) for our Book Club... as soon as I finish The Handmaid's Tale.

Has anyone else read this book, or have a similar story about a book that's really stuck in their mind?