Nananananananana BATMAN!

After last night's raving splendour I was expecting to wake up to some sort of thronging hangover, but either I am too much of a man for such foolishness or Calvin's advice worked as this morning I was completely fine. I spent the morning recovering only from tiredness, not any headaches or anything. I watched the last episode of Lost which was incredible; I really like Hurley and Libby is possibly the most attractive Lost Female in the show in my opinion. Also the plot was good; I joke; obviously the plot was the best part - I'm getting properly excited with all the revelations and twists in each episode now.

This afternoon I watched Transformers 2 with my brother and Mum. I had already seen it at the cinema with friends, prompting reviews from them such as "Michael Bay? More like Michael Homosexual". Rewatching it confirmed that it is a very mixed bag; I can't say that it is genuinely terrible because at it's core is an entertaining, exciting action adventure, but they have added so much unnecessary bulk to the movie that it becomes a farce. The "comedy" scenes involving his parents are literally unbearable, along with the highest budget penis joke in movie history towards the end. The subplots featuring the "I love you" line and the briefly underlying theme of parents letting go of their grown up children are both thoughtlessly mashed into the film with absolutely no skill. I love the transformers though, and the main plot is intriguing and exciting, with spectacular (if hard to follow) action scenes.

This evening I went to see Micmacs at Eden Court with Danny and Darroch. It is a french comedy about a group of homeless people who have formed their own bizzare group and take revenge on some high ranking weapon-manufacturers. It doesn't sound like great basis for a comedy but it is very very funny, without a single gag falling flat. The plot is genuinely unpredictable and a lot of fun, with characters that you connect with. It is filmed in a very arty way, but the tone of the film is kept away from pretentious arthouse, remaining light and accessible. There isn't really anything I can fault with it, and I give it 9/10.

After the cinema me and Darroch headed to town. Our port of call was Hootenanny's but for some reason I was denied entry as I "only" had a young scot card to prove my age. I swallowed the rage and we headed off aimlessly to the centre. We decided to go to the bar next to the train station; it is very posh, so it seemed a nice alternative to godawful nightclubs like Love2Love. On entering we were confronted by a masquerade ball, with people, clearly wealthy, roaming around in full masquerade costumes ranging from expensive embossed velvet suits with hats and masks to kilted gentlemen wearing batman masks. It turned out we had gatecrashed a Rotary Club annual party. I say gatecrash but we did make sure we were not intruding. Nonetheless, this was without doubt the coolest thing happening in Inverness tonight. At the bar I sampled Darroch's favourite Whisky and then my suggestion was to have Vodka Martinis. It turned out to be very good and we left the bar somewhat tipsy, meeting Jamie and Amber at the stop. On the bus were other humans from Drum and in our slightly drunken state, the journey home went incredibly well. Now that I am home I am still consciously tipsy but also incredibly tired so I shall once again say goodnight.