Interesting to see that a Japanese actress (and an unknown one at that back in Japan) has been nominated for an Oscar. I doubt she’ll get it though. I must get around to watching that film too (Babel). Looks pretty interesting.

Whilst here in the UK, TV is pretty crappy at times. A bit like Japanese TV. Mind you, you do get some gems. One of my mates sent me a link to some footage from a Japanese Krypton-Factor-type show, over at You-Tube. Mind you, the better ones were always the special editions of these shows, when they had comedians (and other Japanese ‘tarento’, or ‘Talents’) doing them. Much more of a laugh when they made idiots of themselves.

In serious news, there was an interesting article over at the Asia Times. Basically, Indonesia has gone into decline with it’s oil and gas reserves. Now, Japan imports a lot from there, and the Indonesians are less likely to want to export the stuff and keep it from themselves. That leaves Japan in a bit of pickle :(

Finally, you may be noticing that I’m doing updates. I’ve updated the WordPress software up to 2.1 now. Just need to find time to upload the latest theme updates (so, in the meantime, I’ve disabled the old theme in readiness).