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Today was spent mourning my wife’s uncle, who recently passed away.
It was a lovely service and commemoration and we caught up with family we don’t see enough.
As we caught up with these friends and relatives, it struck me how coming together with loved ones, no matter how sad the reason, is still a great cause for joy.
Rest in peace Rex.
I’ve had a few really good work conversations this week.
It’s good to know that even after years of working behind the scenes, people in the industry still know and respect the work you did and want to find ways to work together in the future.
Better than I expected, but I wasn’t expecting much.
Finished reading: Civil War by Mark Millar 📚
Really enjoyed this. Keen to dive a bit more into comics this year.
I was so bored in this movie. The plot was predictable, the protagonist was an irritating jerk, and the music was just terrible. Considering how good Phil Collins’ soundtrack for Tarzan was, I can’t help but think he completely phoned it in here.
I’ve been dreading this film from our “Disney” list for a while, and I’m glad it’s done, and I’ll never have to watch it again.
It’s still school holidays, and today my daughter has pulled out Disney Infinity.
I’ve watched her play through both the Inside Out game and the Star Wars Clone Wars missions.
She is having the time of her life.
I know the toys to life games were such a ridiculous money grab, but I still love the variety of Disney Infinity.
It was such a fantastic implementation of Disney’s many, many IPs. Not just from the characters themselves, but also the story-mission games they launched. Plus there were consolidated games, like the racer and the Marvel brawler game!
I’m still disappointed they cancelled it.
I can’t help but wonder what they could have introduced over the years since it was scrapped.
Combining all the Marvel characters to take on Thanos and the Infinity stones?
Rescuing Grogu as The Mandalorian?
Branching into all the Fox franchises? Imagine a Simpsons game! Even better, being able to play in the Toy Box with Homer and Luke Skywalker.
I guess I should still be thankful for the games we did get in the series.
But I can’t help but wonder what could have been…
I’m commuting to the city on public transport for the first time since March 2020. I’m unsurprised, yet still hugely disappointed, that my mobile data still drops out between Glenfield and Holsworthy.
Finally had a night without the kids last night and managed to watch this. All I can say is: “Holy crap”. It was insane, intense, beautiful and disgusting in the best possible ways. Wow.
I just ate way too much roast lamb.
This is the way.
Haven’t watched it for ages, and introduced it to the kids tonight. They both loved it, savvy.
Shared victory of our first game of Harry Potter House Cup Competition with my wife.
Played on 2023-01-14 with 4 players, winning score: 290 #bgstats
Today I took the kids to Treetops out in Western Sydney. It was incredible. It’s rare I can find something that is active, outdoors and makes both the kids so …
Continue reading →Really enjoyed this episode. I reckon it’s the beginning of the Crosshair redemption arc.
Today my son and I raced up a hill. It was a decent hill; a dirt track with loose rocks, tufts of grass and scattered leaves.
We started together, and he immediately pulled ahead. I watched him accelerate as my body slowed. I pushed harder and made minuscule gains, before he stretched his legs and left me panting in his dust.
Hours later, I’m still feeling it. He hasn’t let me forget he beat me, either.
Finally got around to cleaning under the lounge today.
It was filthy.
I have already created a calendar event to do it again in six months so I don’t have to deal with quite so much dust and dirt next time.
Challenged the kids to some handball today, and despite my increasing age, it’s good to know I can still show them their place — which is down in the Dunce square, looking up at their King.
The family wasn’t happy that I won the first game by taking the Ring of Power to Mount Doom, so they demanded we play again.
And so I bankrupted all of them.
There were tears.
Won Monopoly The Lord of The Rings Edition on 2023-01-08 with 4 players, winning score: 172 🎲
Won Monopoly: The Lord of The Rings Edition on 2023-01-08 with 4 players, winning score: 43 🎲
Won Munchkin Harry Potter on 2023-01-07 with 3 players, winning score: 10 🎲
…and home after a long drive. The number of idiots on the road today tailgating and swerving between lanes in the rain was mind-boggling.
Doing the last day of holidays packing.
I hate this bit.
Read about ASIC deciding to sue Finder over the crypto Finder Earn product and I have so many opinions that I think I might just bottle them up inside and use that pent up energy to fly to the moon.
Holy shit. I was at Sea World yesterday and looked at the helicopter rides. I feel for the families - this is horrible.
Four dead after two helicopters collide near Sea World on the Gold Coast - ABC News
I spent the first day of 2023 with the family, pounding the pavement of Sea World. Still a great day out, but for some reason it felt like there was less there in the way of marine activities now …
