Moira allowed me to go shopping on Amazon.

So, what did I get??

• Six Feet Under - The Complete Fifth Season
• Six Feet Under - The Complete Fourth Season
• The 4400 - The Complete Second Season
• Hoodwinked (Widescreen Edition)
• Transamerica (Widescreen Edition)

Weee.

10:57:30 AM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • TV

After 6 and a half years in our house, we finally lite a fire in the fireplace.

Bricey seemed to enjoy the flames a bit too much. The start of pyromania perhaps?

10:07:06 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family

I went with the kids to see Cars on Saturday morning. We went to the first session at Hornsby, to beat the rush.

I really liked the movie. Typical story arc of The Hero's Journey, featuring talking cars. Owen Wilson who voiced the fast talking hero Lightning McQueen, just played his usual character.

What was amazing about the film was the look of it all. The realism of the scenery and the shiny appearance of the cars. The racing scenes were just unreal. It was hard to believe this whole movie had been rendered on computers.

Brice sat through the whole movie (again) which is a hilight for me, and he even waited through all the credits for the little fun things that Pixar always do

The movie is having mixed reviews from critics, but I reckon it's going to be a block buster

CNN

"Cars" marks Disney-Pixar's third biggest opening Reuters - 1 hour ago By Lisa Baertlein. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Cars," the latest animated feature from newly merged Walt Disney Co. and Pixar Animation ... 'Cars' races to top but box office misses forecasts MSNBC Disney-Pixar creation 'Cars' grosses $62 mln MarketWatch "Cars" Goes Vroom! E! Online San Jose Mercury News - USA Today - all 189 related »

"Cars" races to top of North American box office People's Daily Online, China - 1 hour ago Pixar's animated comedy "Cars" raced to the top of box office in North America over the weekend, bringing in an estimated 62.8 million dollars, according to ...

Comingsoon.net

Pixar's Cars Takes Checkered Flag! Comingsoon.net - 8 hours ago The big release this weekend was Pixar Animation Studios' seventh computer animated movie, Cars, featuring the voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman and Larry the ...

WNYT

"Cars": A beautiful film EiTB, Spain - 11 hours ago ... Cars rolls along like an animated, automotive version of that 1991 Michael J. Fox gem, from its basic plot points to its feel-good conclusion. ... Cars, Latest Pixar’s Creation, Well Received By Media And ... Playfuls.com Movie Review: Cars TexasGigs Route 66 comes alive in Cars movie Toronto Star Voice of America - Ukiah Daily Journal - all 209 related »

11:45:30 AM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • My Interests

Since seeing V for Vendetta, I've been introducing Antony to movies which have a distopian vision of the future.

So far, we've seen:

• Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Brazil
• Blade Runner
• Twelve Monkeys
• Tank Girl
• Minority Report
• The Island
• Serenity

What's Next??? I guess there's A Scanner Darkly coming out soon. He also wants to see Fahrenheit 451

[listening to: In Heaven - Fatboy Slim ]
5:47:09 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • Geek

Billy's adventure in Rugby Union continues. Last week he was played inthe U13d team against Waverley. He played well and was promoted to the U13c team, which faced the U13b team from Joey's (even though the majority of the teams were playing Cranbrook)

It was an away game for Knox, which meant we headed out to St Joseph's College at Hunters Hill. The boys played well, and weren't totally disgraced in the result (57 to 0)

While at the game, I spoke to some of the dads on the sidelines. One of the dads had gone to school at Joeys. We chatted a bit more and found out he went to school with Iain McDonald - small world!

Next week, I am taking Billy to see the Wallabies meet England. Hopefully this will inspire him

[listening to: In Heaven - Fatboy Slim ]
5:08:54 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family