So, I've started this diet of raw foods (last Saturday). My mum has some books written by David Wolfe who is one of the leading raw food "elitists". Basically a raw food diet is a vegan diet but you focus on three primary food categories—green vegetables, fruits and fats. All the food is organic and raw (meaning it's natural state). An example of a raw food diet would include a smoothie for breakfast, a salad juiced for lunch and a salad in the evening. What's great about this is that it all tastes so good! I have had a few cravings for meat and pizzas (etc) but I think I'm finally over the hump.

The whole idea behind raw food is that when food is cooked you loose around 85% of the nutrition (hence people trying to steam their food etc). Eating raw foods liquidized means that it saves your digestive system churning it up later on down the line. I love all the smoothies for breakfast because I love the energy fruit gives me (who doesn't?)—the salads i need to spice up a bit because it's a little boring. The only problem I've found so far with this diet is the cost! I spent £30 for a weeks worth of food (over my usual £20 per week) and I doubt it will even last to Friday! Fingers crossed I get this job I'm going in for tomorrow!

Film Reviews:

Inglourious Basterds: Finally a good movie from Tarentino! I have been waiting for a comeback from him for some time now. Fun, visually exciting and downright funny, at times. But it's not great. As always, I wished Tarentino had focused on making a movie rather than his schtick but, overall, it was a pleasant experience. In fact, I was on the edge of my seat for the ending (which wasn't worth the wait)—Quentin makes for some tense buildup! 4 Stars

These shoes are quite cool—I think with either all black (jeans) or with a light gray top these would work quite well. There's something about them I don't like but I guess I'm just nitpicking. The next picture is a nice typeface from Prada—it's kinda hard to see the detail but I think it's made out of Prada products or furniture? The Last one is of the (new-ish) G-range Lumix cameras from Panasonic. I love Panasonic, as a company—in fact I love most Japanese companies because they don't design things to break! I love the colour too—I've never seen a camera look so cool!

I've been a keen fiddler when it comes to Firefox's about:config and I have found a few settings to be necessary when trying to speed up and improve your web browsing.

content.maxtextrun: 4095
content.notify.backoffcount: 5
network.dns.disableIPv6: True
network.dnsCacheEntries: 60
network.http.max-connections:64
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 32
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 16
network.http.request.max-start-delay: 0
network.prefetch-next: False
nglayout.initialpaint.delay: 0–250

Make sure you have all pipe-lining disabled as it is detrimental to your speed.

TV Show Reviews:

How I Met Your Mother: What can I say? The new hit TV series aimed at teenagers—not too good characters, not too good jokes, not too good plots. It's inoffensive and just plain boring. B

Glee: There is something about this that is appealing. I think it's just that it tries so hard. It's already fallen into this rut where the teacher has to save Glee, while speaking to two or three other teachers in succession. I want this to be good because it has a lot of (wasted) potential. They need to make it more serious and less... ‘Glee’. A−

House: Only fools hail this as the best TV show on the air. Hugh Laurie is exceptional while the rest of the cast are interchangeable. The plots are often too simple and cheesy. I do like Laurie though... (oh, and that hot chick :p) B+

Will & Grace: I think it would be wrong to dislike the jokes because of their camp-ness, as they're still funny—most of the time. I think the cast could act a little less giddy and take the jokes a little more seriously. Some good acting, too. A−

Pop/American Idol: I like the premise of this show. Give an ordinary person the opportunity of a lifetime—to fulfill their dream. It doesn't pan out that way, though, does it? Most (if not all) of the applicants who make it through are good karaoke singers, at best. The fact that Simon and his crew have no idea who they are putting through, why someone is good or not and have no intention whatsoever to help the person (re-read the premise) almost makes this a turd but I still believe in the idea. A−

Film Reviews:

Titanic: I enjoy this a lot more than I want to. I want it to be more serious, more manly and more precise. It's almost insanely cheesy at times but if you endure it you can find the character development intriguing. I instinctively dislike Cameron but there's no question that this a good movie–although I'd hate to say that to his face. 4 Stars