FrankArr: Saturday, 1 October 2005

Saturday, 1 October 2005

Sky High
I took the gang to the movies today.

Bricey wanted to see Sky High, so that's what we went to see.

It was a movie, like those old fashioned Disney live action ones from my youth, which also starred Kurt Russell.

I liked it. The critics at THE SMH, on the other hand, didn't.

The main character, Will Stronghold, reminded me of my big boy Billy - starting High School, basically a good kid, a bit awkward, trying to live up to the weight of expetactions, son of super hero parents, his super powers not quite there...

Watching the film, it sure felt like a pilot for a tv series, so I wont be surprised if we see it on the Disney Channel soon. Time will tell.

Anyways, this is the first of the next batch of movies we will be seeing over the holidays -- bring it on!!!
[listening to: And She Was - Talking Heads ]
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[scrubs]
We took a DVD of [Scrubs] Series 2 on holiday with us. It was a great decision.

The whole family loves the show. It's funny, smart and fresh.

It's another one of those programs (See my earlier rant about Curb Your Enthusiam) that has been destroyed by the commercial FTA networks (thanks for nothing, Channel 7), but we continue to ignore the networks and watch the shows we want, when we want. I know that I an early early adopter, but my kids represent the next generation.

Anyways, this is what TV.COM has to say about the show

This half-hour comedy focuses on the bizarre experiences of fresh-faced medical intern John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff) as he embarks on his healing career in a surreal hospital crammed full of unpredictable staffers and patients – where humor and tragedy can merge paths at any time.
[listening to: Computer Games - My sex ]
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Back from the Beach
We spent the past week at Jervis Bay. It was lovely.

We rented a house that was right on the beach at Hyams Beach. The kids would wander out the back and be onto the sand in 45 steps. Awesome!!! The photo is the view from the deck of the house. They house even had a name - Baywatch. Alas, there was no Hoff.

I took the kids out on a Dolphin Watch cruise and we got to see dolphins and a whale

Jervis Bay is a very beautiful place, and makes me wonder how different things would have been if it had been chosen as the location for the nation's capital, rather the barren wasteland that is Canberra (apoligies to all my friends who live in Canberra).

It would have been an awsesome nation's capital and would have rivaled Sydney for a beautiful bay. As the sign at the local pub said - "It's Another Great Day at the Husky Pub".

I've posted a bunch of photos onto my flickr, and I have more on my other camera, which I will post when I get around to it.
[listening to: 5/4 - Gorillaz ]
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