Watched this in between taking Leia out for a walk and working from home. I had tried to watch it before, but felt it was lacking a decent plot and switched off.
I am glad that I never watched it in the cinema and the only reason for someone to watch this is just to complete the film series.
My wife, son and Leia went to the Brightlingsea earlier today for the food festival. We went with Michelle and while my wife and Michelle stuck together, my son, Leia and I explored the festival together. He was happy as I promised to buy him food and Leia was ecstatic as she met loads of other dogs. My daughter stayed at home as she did not feel too well.
Once at home, we tried to watch Jungle Cruise as a family, but my son declined to join us. He said that he had heard bad things about it, but refused to elaborate on this when asked.
Leia when she got home got stressed as she saw a fox in the garden and took to patrolling it amid scent marking it in anyway possible. Hopefully it will work to ensure it does not return.
Things are different in the UK, in that we do not have any protestors outside clinics, but the consequences of continuing with a pregnancy when a teenager are the same. A loss of earnings for the woman, restricted choices with employment and relationships as well. For many, this is a choice that they are willing to take, and I firmly believe that women should be supported in the decision to keep a baby. That is why I consider the UK to have a pro-life alternative to terminations. The US may consider itself to have a pro-life movement, but with the lack of maternity pay, inadequate childcare support and a lack of decent gun controls, I consider them to be pro-birth instead.
My son is keen on watching them as quickly as possible so I may watch another tomorrow.
Back in Colchester, it has rained, and it is not as warm. But we are home.
The downside other than the cold is that Arsenal lost, and lost badly. I have watched the highlights and we were awful, truly relegation form.
Another plus of being home is being able to watch films, and I have just finished watching Predators. I enjoyed it. Not as much as the original film, or possibly Predator 2, but it was better then the last one in this series that I watched. I may watch the other film that I have missed now…
We have talked about returning to Devon next year, and if we do, this is somewhere we are going to come back to.
We had a very late breakfast though when I say a late breakfast, that was everyone else at a sea food shack. And then we went to Crow Point. We had been here last year and it is pretty and quiet at the same time. Leia obviously had not been here before and she loved it, not just for the walk, but meeting other dogs as well.
Because of this, my morning walk was not as long as I would have liked. She loved it, knowing where she was and was keen to get moving. With the rain that had taken place last night, the ground was slippery and I had to be careful that she did not throw me off balance.
She was soaking when I got back and my wife and I washed the mud from her. Later in the day we went to a meal that she had booked. The place was behind a hidden door, well, not hidden, but a door with notices on it which made it look like it was not there when you looked at it initially. The servings were enormous and it certainly was value for money!
On the way home, we stopped at a military collection where I saw a T-34 up close. I also saw armoured cars which I had learned about recently thanks to YouTube video. We also went to Fremington Quay. We have been here before, but this time we arrived just too late to get anything. We will return later this holiday.
I am ending the day on a high note, this being despite the loss Arsenal had against Chelski. Apparently COVID has been an issue for the team. Unless we improve a lot, I do not see much hope this season.
Travelling early was a good idea with traffic, but we have been so tired. It has rained today and apparently has rained this week, but hopefully the weather is going to be better later this week.
On getting here, or rather before, we stopped for lunch at The Stags Head. We had considered visiting here earlier on this year when we came before. I have to admit, I started to have doubts when I got here, but they were dispelled. Good pub food with friendly genuine service. Not sure if we will make a detour to come here, but if we do return here, I would be more than happy to start our holiday here again.
Getting home, my wife and daughter were watching Love Island and Leia went crazy on seeing me. Once she calmed down, I ate my dinner while watching it with my son.
Watching it the second time round is interesting. Of course there is trauma from the previous episode from the last series, but the characters themselves are unaware of what happened. One of the annoying issues of the last series, that being changing that happened was not noticed by me. But I have to say, I enjoyed watching it the second time more than the first.
I still got to cycle to work, this being a round about trip to see if I am still able to cycle to my Wednesday job, where I have been working from home since the pandemic began. I can do it, and I think that I may be better at doing so than I was back in 2020.
My son and I watched one more episode of 13 Reasons Why, this touching on some of the reasons that women do not come forwards when it comes to rape and sexual assault, this being the awareness that others will judge them for this (among other reasons). I did not get a chance to discuss this with him fully, but a big example is how Christine Blasey Ford was subject to abuse after speaking about her experiences.
Later, the two of us watched What If...? I love it. Not sure that Hayley Atwell was drawn as well as she could be, but other than that minor issue, an awesome episode. The two of us are going to be watching this later this week hopefully when the next episode comes out.
Eating as a family was a special treat and we all seemed to like it, not one argument or bad word spoken during this celebration meal.
Anyway, we are back now and am about to go to sleep having been for a long walk and mowed the lawn today.
First of all, family update. My daughter has been a bit short with us today (and yesterday) as she is worried about her results tomorrow. I say results, I mean result for her GCSE in Religious Studies.
As for 13 Reasons Why, my son and I discussed suicide. A patient I had looked after was found dead recently. We discussed this a bit, but he preferred to not discuss why some boys do not consider all forms of rape to be rape. We did not discuss how some women look the other way when it comes to sexual assault or take part in victim blaming. He is frustrated at the pace at which we watch this, but he is still watching it with me and took time away from watching Friends to watch this with me.
Many do not like the move of Labour towards (but not to) the centre, when Labour was elected. And many consider Labour not to have been left wing, or Conservative light when in power from 1997 till 2010. So I think it is important to remember what Labour did in power. And it is important to remember what has not been done while it is in opposition. Back then, Labour was not viewed as a party that was antisemitic, and while Labour never was under Jeremy Corbyn, it was seen by many to be so, and the reaction of Jeremy Corbyn to the investigation of it in Labour has not helped.
1. Longest period of sustained low inflation since the 60s. (While it started under the Conservative, this continued under Labour)
We talked about how one person wanting to do the right thing can be the wrong thing, and although intentions may be pure, consequences are real. Needless to say, my son dislikes Bryce Walker even more than before,
Have to go now, we have friends coming round soon.
The kids returned on Wednesday and as my son had left his job of putting away the drying, we had left him it, along with more. He had decided not to fully stack the dishwasher on Thursday morning despite refusing to unstack it the night before (the rule is that if the dishwasher is full because it has not been unstacked) leaving it for his mother. I am not sure if he relented, but yesterday, despite not having permission to do so, he decided to meet up with friends.
To be honest, if he had asked, I would have let him go so long as he had done his chores. But he had not. Needless to say, I am not pleased.
Basically, I know that Sergeant Norman Jackson climbed onto a wing to tackle an engine fire in World War II, but I am not sure how a similar event was portrayed in this film. It did show that women served in the war, though were forbidden from active combat roles outside espionage.
Overall, I would have to say that I would have been annoyed if I had spent time and money to watch this in the cinema.
Our journey back with the children was an interesting one. We had decided to take them to COSTCO but the traffic there was terrible. Several hours later, we got home having got close to the store, but giving up when we encountered yet more traffic.
One child has stepped up since being home, the other has not. Maybe they, or one, needs more time away from us.
If you are a fan of the franchise, this is a must watch film, and while it is not as excellent as the originals, you will not be left wanting.
The best bit of the film was watching it with my wife, and our depressed dog. I know that my children would not have liked this however.
Yesterday without the children was interesting. The house does feel empty, but it is right that they are away. Leia appeared depressed at times yesterday as she does not understand where half the pack have gone to. But she will see them again on Wednesday.
Tommy Corbyn has said it best. I cannot believe that a prominent member of the anti-vaccination movement would take a bribe when the movement is alleging corruption amongst the medical profession for vaccinating people.
There is no excuse for what Piers Corbyn did. I am not allowed to take bribes in my job (which is quite right), in fact I cannot think of a job, or cause where it is right to take a bribe. And while many will argue that this was a donation, it was not.
