Favourite Hugo Weaving quote of all time.

One of my favourite movie quotes-hands fucking down- is gotta be by Hugo Weaving in the Movie 'The Matrix':"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here.It came to me when I tried to classify your species.Mammals instinctively develop a natural equilibrium in their surrounding environment,but you humans do not.You search for an area and then start to multiply until every natural resource is consumed.You then spread to another area until the same thing happens.There is another organism in this planet that follows the same pattern;it's called a virus.You're a virus,a plaque,a disease that keeps spreading!And I'm the cure."

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'The Shawshank Redemption'

The  movie 'The Shawshank Redemption' is a good example of the phrase "impeccable artistry".Over a decade later since its release and it's still one of my best films ever.It definitely(and well-deservedly so) earned its spot on my top-ten-best-films list.And Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbin's excellent thespian abilities in the movie are like a cherry on top of a finely baked chocolate cake. 

The movie-which is based on true events-is about a smart banker (Allen Green) who's wrongfully accused of mudering his cheating wife.Despite that the fact that he's innocent,he's sentenced to life in prison due to lack of evidence.In prison,he meets a black inmate whom he befriends.

While serving the twentieth year of his life sentence in prison,he's introduced to a young inmate on a two-year sentence for a misdemeanor.As time goes on,it is discovered that the young prisoner has information about the true murderer of Allen's wife.This shocking piece of information is disclosed to Allen who immediately takes it up with the corrupt and ruthless prison warden.The warden-unsuprisingly and knowing very well that this would set Allen free-refuses to inform the relevant authorities about this. 

The warden is a fraudulent individual who-ironically enough-would take part in illegal acts such as money laundering.He would seek Allen's financial expertise to cover his illegal-money trails.Allen intellegently sets himself up a 'ghost' account with a commercial bank.He does this by firstly applying for a driver's license and social security number-obviously using a non-existant person's details.After successfully doing so,he then uses those very 'ghost' particulars to open up a bank account.He uses this account to deposite all the warden's laundered money.

Allen puts to good use all the twenty years that he's imprisoned.He spends all twenty years digging a huge hole in his cell,which he uses to succesfully escape with 365 000 US Dollars to his 'ghost' name.

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Happy father's day.

Some people actually consider this a special day that deserves to be embraced.But most people-such as myself and of course contrary to the title of this blog post-loath it;not if the global 'hit-and-run-fathers' statistic is anything to go by.I say "global" because I doubt there exists a country in the world that doesn't suffer from a certain degree of  what I like call the 'single-mother' pandemic.And I say "hit and run" because that's what most of these two-faced,immoral so-called dads of ours do:they empregnate our poor mothers and then leave 'em hanging like black people back in the slavery era.

But since someone went out of their way to make it an official public holiday,I might as well celebrate it and stop bitching and moaning about it.This brings me to the very reason why I decided to write this blog in the first place; to express my gratitude to the father of democracy,Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.In the year 1994,amidst all the racial discrimination and warfare in South Africa,a baby called Democracy was conceived.This baby,with support from it's dad,Mr Mandela,successfully brought an end to the Apartheid regime.It is because of Mr Mandela's 'fathering skills' that our country now enjoys racial equality and decent human rights policies.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Mandela for excellently playing his role as a father to his beloved son,Democracy.