Diary
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Rocks and sucks
What sucks: K & Emma have gone to stay with Fatty for a few days so poor old Shaun is home alone. It feels quite weird really, all I’m doing is diy but at least I’m getting it done but its not much fun on your lonesome. What Rocks: Got us tickets to go and… Continue reading
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Beats Walking
Visits to historic Houses is pretty boring but this would be a great way to do it. Dougie Lampkin, the 12-times world trials champion, takes a tour of Goodwood House on his motorbike to promote the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Continue reading
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Benjamin Button
The Curious case of Benjamin Button is David Finchers new film. Starring Brad Pitt and based on the short story published in 1920 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is the story of a man who is born with the body of a 70 yr old and as he ages his body gets younger. I am… Continue reading
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Wakey Wakey
Emma had a lie in this morning as unknown to me (I didn’t hear a peep), K had had to get up to her during the night. She was still asleep when I went into her room, so I was able to watch her wake up. Continue reading
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Its all over (for this year)!
Well, that’s it, exams are all done. I got a distinction in my practical and a credit in my final theory so not too bad. Just one more year to go, its all test and inspection in the final year and its pretty heavy but I’m looking forward to it. No more college until September,… Continue reading
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Love this vid!
[flv:http://www.wherewasshaun.com/video/emmasocks.flv 400 300] I love this video, it always makes me laugh. N.B she didn’t hurt herself! Some new photos of Emma. Continue reading
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Year of Days
Year of days now pretty much up to date. I’ll have more time soon as College is nearly finished for this year, just one more exam to go.. Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Pop!
It was dads birthday today, the weather was gorgeous so we had a nice day just hanging out in the garden which is looking lovely, munching lunch and playing with Emma. Subject to the weather, we are going to go camping for a couple of days next week. We are only going to go up… Continue reading
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In the Valley of Elah
Written and directed by Paul Haggis the maker of Crash. This is a film about a retired military police officer (Tommy Lee Jones) searching for his son who has gone awol who soon discovers that he has been murdered. As much as he wants to know what happened to his son the night he died,… Continue reading
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The Big Picture
Have a look at this superb new news photo blog inspired by publications like Life Magazine and National Geographic. The photos are fantastic, particularly photos of the Chaiten volcano in Chile. Continue reading
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Emma went to Chris’s today so K and I had a lunch and movie date . After a lurvely lunch of tapas we went off to see the film. Its not a bad film, the plot is ok. Based in 1957, Indie is forced by Russian agents led by Spalko (kate blanchett) to get the… Continue reading
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The Station Agent
This is a delightful film which we have seen a few times. The story is about Fin, a dwarf, who is very withdrawn due to way people treat him. He works at a model train shop owned by Henry. Henry dies and in his will he leaves Fin a former railway station agent’s living quarters… Continue reading
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Last Weekend
Had a good weekend just dossing on Saturday and on Sunday we went to the open gardens at Chappel. We popped Emma in the carrier and walked the 3 or 4 miles over to Chappel, viewed about 8 gorgeous gardens, scoffed yummy cake, drank tea and walked back. Emma, bless her, was so good. She… Continue reading
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Dickipedia
Did you know there is a Dickipedia? I enjoyed reading the entry on Simon Cowell who is a total dick. I wonder who else could be added? Boris Johnson? (sorry dad!) Continue reading
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Sweeney Todd
I was interested to see this, I’m not a fan of musicals but and I was interested to see Depp in a musical role. Its a well made film, looks great, really dark in typical Burton style. Very good performances from Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter. But, being so familiar with the story I have to… Continue reading
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Party on the tube
The ban on drinking on public transport in London came into force at midnight last night and thousands of people had a party on the tube to celebrate. Liverpool St underground station and few others was closed. Was this a party to celebrate or are they giving the finger to a nanny state? Continue reading
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Well Said
An open letter by George Monbiot to King Abdaullah of Saudi Arabia asking him to ignore Browns appeal to increase the production of oil. Continue reading
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Girls Blouse
I was feeding a very sleepy, post bath Emma tonight and when she had finished her milk with a tiny smile she started to fall asleep. I sat there looking at her peaceful face and I thought about the last 6 months with her and how I look forward to the years ahead and it… Continue reading
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Rescue Dawn
Based on the true story of Dieter Diegler who was shot down and captured in Laos during the Vietnam war. Eventually, he organised an escape with some other captives. Its a good film, directed by Werner Herzog who made a documentary about Diegler. Herzog has made sure the film sticks closely to the original story… Continue reading
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Good Weekend
Despite the generally rubbish weather this weekend, it has been really good. The Caple’s came over, and on Saturday the weather was nice so we had a barbie to celebrate Fatty’s Birthday. Sunday, it poured in the morning, in the afternoon, we went to Chris and Derek’s to celebrate Derek’s Birthday. As we had been… Continue reading
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Black Books
Fatty and Al brought a DVD over called “Black Books”, a sitcom I had never heard of that was on Channel 4 a few years ago. It stars Bill Bailey and Dylan Moran and it is superb, its set in “Black Books”, a bookshop and its about the surreal antics of its foul-mouthed, eccentric, misanthropic,… Continue reading
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Yazoo
Yazoo have got back together and are doing some live dates. I would love to see their songs performed live, something they never did in the eighties. They did “Don’t go” on Jonathan Ross last Friday, Alison Moyet’s voice is so good and she sings it with a bit of attitude and it sounds brilliant. Continue reading
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Ironman
Went to see Iron man with Corky on Wednesday and really enjoyed it. I was surprised when Robert Downey junior was cast in the role of Tony Stark, but he is really good and believable in the superhero role bringing much more depth to the character than toby maguire does in Spiderman. The effects are… Continue reading
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One more to go
Completed the second half of my practical exam tonight. It went OK, so hopefully I should have passed. Just another theory exam but that’s not until June so I can take it easy on the revision for a while. Hurrah! Continue reading
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The Counterfeiters
A German/Austrian film based on the memoirs of Adolf Burger a Jewish typographer who was involved in Operation Bernhard in which the Nazis planned to destabilise the British economy with forged banknotes. The story centers around Salomon Sorowitsch, a talented forger who is recruited for the operation. He and his men are given extraordinary privileges,… Continue reading
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The Happening
Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s new film The Happening, looks pretty good. Continue reading
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