Hungry

After a very calorie intensive christmas period I finally had to admit to myself that keeping reasonably slim no longer was a given for me. Stretchy pants and embarrasment on the beach beckoned.
Okay, I exaggerate but I certainly needed to drop 10 lb.
It actually wasn't very hard.
I cut out sugar in my coffee and soft drinks instead relying on artificial sweeteners, and stopped eating cake, toast and candy either at work or in the evening.
Exercise? that was for wimps.
In less than 8 weeks I had lost more than the 10 lb. This ofcourse made me worry about my health, -had i lost that weight because I was actually ill?
I still do not drink sugary drinks, that was easy to give up, but chocolate and cake?
My aim now is to make the crawl back to the extra 10 lb as slow as possible.
It looks as if Coca Cola will be launching a negative calorie drink.
Now, isn't that just what the decadent western world has waited for?
Way to go Coca Cola, now where did I leave that Toblerone....


ps. thanks to Erik for the Hungry Man picture.

Son of Thor

Last week a curious link: http://www.avikingsaga.com/ began to circulate among the film companies in Copenhagen.
It was for a new film "Son of Thor" that no one had heard about, but with fairly well known Danish actors in the cast.
A look at the trailer caused equal parts laughter and confusion in our office.
Was this an April Fool joke leaked too early or a truly, wonderfully terrible film?
Bad wigs, bad dialogue, bad accents, and I mean really bad!
Several radio shows started looking into it and as the film was pulled from the website only to be posted on YouTube by a fan, it was revealed that the film had been made by a very enthusiastic filmmaker with exceptional persuasive skills but little film making experience.
The films website now carries a disclaimer that the film trailer was indeed an April Fool joke and does not reflect the quality of the final film.
This may or may not be the case, but one thing is certain: "Son of Thor", shows you how incredibly difficult it is to make a film. We only notice the camera angles, the sound, dialogue and the acting when it is done badly.
I once read that the scientists who were posted for months on end to Antarctica, never brought quality movies with them to watch, but the very worst they could find, as they were much better suited for repeated viewing.
Only time will tell if "Son of Thor" will make it to the Antarctic DVD library.