Dead Poets Society

 First of all we had a trip to Aldeburgh as a family. We woke up late because we had Nick and Lyndsay over the night before for drinks, food and company, my son taking Leia for a walk in the morning. 

My wife had booked a place for lunch, and we had intended to arrive in good time to go for a walk on the beach, but we arrived late. Besides, it was quite foggy when we got there. 

The meal was a good one, sadly my son was not able to enjoy it fully, but he got better later and was able to go for a walk with me along the beach. Later I did the same walk with my daughter, the dog liking both walks. It was nice to have a change in scenery, and with the sun coming out when we had lunch, we appreciated it all the more so.

We stopped over at Snape Maltings on the way back where Leia got another walk while my son and wife looked at things in the shops there.

We got back in time for me to watch Arsenal lose a two goal lead against Liverpool. When I started watching it, we were one goal ahead with the second half just starting. A draw is better than a loss, and it was a loss that I feared before the game. But a draw means that the odds are that we will lose the title on goal difference. Considering where we came from last season, finishing second will be amazing, but to be top of the table most of the season and then not winning the title will be hard to take.

Later, I watched Grey’s Anatomy with my son, and then in the evening, Dead Poets Society with my daughter. My son has to listen to my rants about how Grey’s Anatomy shows how bad news should not be given and is getting used to my biology lessons during it. 

Dead Poets Society is a film I have meant to watch for quite a while. My wife did not watch it with us, having watched it in the cinema when it first came out. It was a good film, and for the time, I imagine an excellent one. The message had been told many times since then, but its core message is one that was been told well and few films have told it as well since.