Sat, 13 Feb 2010
Fri, 11 Dec 2009
2009 Movies // at 22:00
Here's hoping that 2009 is better than 2008 for movies! Seem to be more DVDs and fewer trips to the cinema ... much like the rest of the Australian public I guess.
2009-Jan-12 Quantum of Solace — loud and boring
2009-Jan-13 El Mariachi (DVD)
2009-Jan-30 Desperado (DVD)
2009-Feb-03 Once Upon a Time in Mexico (DVD)
2009-Feb-29 WALL-E (DVD)
2009-Mar-04 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (DVD)
2009-Mar-13 Willow (DVD)
2009-Mar-19 The Last King of Scotland (DVD)
2009-Apr-26 Seven Samurai (DVD)
2009-Aug-08 Jean de Florette (DVD)
2009-Nov-23 Transformers (DVD)
2009-Nov-25 La Petite Lili
2009-Dec-11 Mary and Max
Fri, 26 Dec 2008
Movies // at 23:59
We seem to see fewer and fewer movies as the years go by, after starting 2007 with the best of intentions I think seeing a couple of movies at Chadstone sitting ankle-deep in rubbish while obnoxious people talked through movies, answered their phones through movies, or played with lasers through movies, put us off for the rest of the year. Maybe 2008 will be better...
2008-Apr-23 The Painted Veil
2008-May-30 V for Vendetta (DVD)
2008-Dec-11 Kung Fu Panda (DVD)
2008-Dec-12 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD)
2008-Dec-26 Chicken Run (DVD)
Well that was pretty pathetic. Did I really only go and see one movie in a cinema all year?
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
2007 Rainfall // at 12:55
Manually recorded rainfall from the rain gauge in our back garden.
| Date | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.0 | 7.5 | 1.5 | — | 2.5 | — | — |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | — | — | 1.5 | — |
| 3 | — | — | — | — | 3.0 | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | — | — |
| 4 | — | — | — | — | 9.0 | — | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 18.0 |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 3.5 | — | 7.0 | 7.0 | — | 0.5 | 26.0 | — |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | 4.0 | — | 5.0 | — | — | 7.5 | — | — |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | — | — |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | — | — |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 10.0 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | — | — |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.5 | — | 2.5 | — | — |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.75 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | — | 1.0 | — | 2.5 | — | — | 0.5 |
| 16 | — | — | 5.0 | — | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.0 |
| 17 | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 9.5 | — | 27.0 | — | — | — | 2.0 | — |
| 19 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | — | 1.0 | — | 4.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | 4.0 | — | — | 4.0 |
| 21 | 22.0 | — | — | — | — | 12.0 | 0.25 | — | — | — | 6.0 | 38.0 |
| 22 | 5.5 | — | — | 6.5 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 7.5 | 39.0 |
| 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.25 | — | 6.0 |
| 24 | — | 4.0 | 12.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | — | — | 0.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — |
| 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.25 | — | 0.25 | — | — | — |
| 28 | 0.5 | 1.5 | — | 2.0 | — | 1.0 | 1.5 | — | 9.0 | — | — | — |
| 29 | — | 8.0 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | — | 0.5 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 31 | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Tot. | 33.0 | 7.5 | 27.0 | 13.5 | 58.5 | 32.5 | 80.75 | 26.0 | 20.75 | 15.25 | 43.0 | 112.5 |
| YtD | 33.0 | 40.5 | 67.5 | 81.0 | 139.5 | 172.0 | 252.75 | 278.75 | 299.5 | 314.75 | 357.75 | 470.25 |
I'd love to get an electronic rain gauge, maybe one day!
Sat, 13 Oct 2007
Movies // at 09:00
I wonder what movies I'll end up watching through the year? Here's hoping it'll be more than we managed to see in 2006! Somewhere in the past few years we went from being frequent cinema-goers to almost complete abstainers.
2007-Oct-12 A Scanner Darkly (DVD)
2007-Sep-02 Amazing Grace
2007-Aug-12 Black Book
2007-Aug-10 Desperado (DVD)
2007-Aug-04 El Mariachi (DVD)
2007-Jun-17 Overcoming (DVD)
2007-Jun-03 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (DVD)
2007-May-27 My Best Friend
2007-Apr-01 A Sunday in Hell (1976)
2007-Apr-01 Vive Le Tour (1962)
2007-Mar-04 Thunderball (DVD)
2007-Mar-03 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (DVD)
2007-Feb-25 Miss Potter
2007-Feb-24 Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (DVD)
2007-Jan-20 Casino Royale
Sun, 07 Jan 2007
2006 Rainfall // at 12:32
Manually recorded rainfall from the rain gauge in our back garden.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | 6.5 | — | 6.5 | 3.5 | — | — | 3.0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | 5.0 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | 20.5 | — |
| 3 | — | — | — | — | 3.0 | — | — | 3.5 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | — | — | — | 9.0 | 6.5 | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | 6.0 | — | 4.5 | — | — | — |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | 10.25 | — | — | — | 0.5 | — | — | — |
| 8 | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | — | — |
| 9 | — | 27.0 | — | — | 12.5 | — | — | 2.0 | 0.25 | — | — | — |
| 10 | — | 1.5 | — | — | 0.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | 11.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.5 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | — | — | 21.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | — |
| 14 | — | — | — | 4.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.0 | — | — | — | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | — | — | — | 24.0 | — | — | — | 2.5 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 0.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 2.5 | — | — | 10.5 | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | — |
| 21 | — | — | — | 11.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | — | — | — | 0.5 | 4.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 4.5 | 4.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | — | 53.0 | — | — | — | 3.0 | — | — | 6.5 | — | — | — |
| 26 | — | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23.0 |
| 27 | 4.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | 18.5 | — | — | — | 3.5 | — | — | — | — | 4.5 | — | — |
| 29 | — | — | 2.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | 6.5 | — | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 31 | — | — | — | — | 21.0 | — | — | |||||
| Tot. | 49.5 | 95.5 | 21.0 | 76.0 | 45.0 | 13.0 | 7.5 | 33.0 | 14.25 | 5.0 | 25.5 | 24.5 |
| YtD | 49.5 | 145.0 | 166.0 | 242.0 | 287.0 | 300.0 | 307.5 | 340.5 | 354.75 | 359.75 | 385.25 | 409.75 |
Wed, 04 Oct 2006
Wed, 19 Jul 2006
Coffee // at 01:25
The Atomic
A magnificent find! Jo and I were rummaging through a second-hand book and Brik-a-brack store in Inverell when we spotted it.
The Bialetti
The Vesuviana
It isn't mine, some friends resurrected it from a bedraggled state after discovering it in the back of a cupboard.
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Birrarung Marr // at 01:25
Birrarung Marr is a new park on the banks of the Yarra, “Melbourne's
first new park in 100 years.” Opened officially on Australia day
2002. Nobody seems to know about it yet, maybe next summer when
Federation Square is open people will come through there and down to
the river.
After months of talking about it, one
Saturday, Jo and I walked along the river
from Richmond and explored what there was to see. Most striking is
the Federation Bells, but they're only played at 8am and 5pm, so we
couldn't hear what they sound like.
One final look at the city skyline from the park.
Girlfriends // at 01:25
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What did you expect to see in here? I'm married now, not allowed to
have a girlfriend!
This is Jo, she's still my girlfriend, even though we were married in April 2003.
