I finally watched "The Bone Collector" - it wasn't bad, and primarily interests me because it inhabits that thriller genre that I am interested in. I hadn't read the book, but I've read one of Jeffrey Deaver's other books. I actually liked that one (The Blue Nowhere) less than The Bone Collector.

As for this movie, I like Phil Noyce's work as director, and Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie were excellent as pretty much always. It's got a great support cast (actors like Luiz Guzman and Ed O'Neill) and is generally interesting and thrilling without being too gory.

The ending was a bit of a letdown, for one obvious reason: I guessed the killer less than half way through the movie. And it wasn't even the stories fault really, the killer ended up being the one supporting character established who had no real role obvious to play! And things were a little too convenient at the end as well. Though I thought the detective work in the story was excellent and the relationship (both work and personal) between the two leads was refreshingly original.

So it was an interesting story to see - with its fair share of defects as well as quality. Most of all, everytime I see a remotely decent thriller, it really gets me thinking about stories and structure and my own writing.

Then I want to go and write... so I do.

Finally we're staying in our new home for an entire weekend... instead of driving back to Sydney for one reason or another. This should give me some time to write among other things... though I still think much of my time will be unpacking, cleaning house and working out where things should go.

There's a few fun things to do around here. We went to the local shopping centre and got a few things, and joined the local Club. Might even join the gym there - finally get some more exercise since I'm not even really walking much now! There's an exhibition at the National Library that is nearly over - we really have to see it. It's on great historical documents and books - definitely worth seeing.

I think I'll even be getting ADSL internet access set up soon. Netspace is the way to go it looks like - only $239 to setup and $70 a month for 3Gig. Way better than Telstra... and finally I'll have fast and permanent Internet access.

But it's my writing I really want to get back to this weekend :)