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Monday Movie Day - Rampage October 16, 2023

Rampage (2018)

6/10

The Rock never let’s us down!

Date Watched: 29 May 2023

We weren’t expecting much, but we wanted to be entertained and we figured anything involving The Rock is a safe bet. And he did not let us down!

My husband has played the game and pointed out the many deviations, but also the many nods to the source material.

The villians would have been over the top if I hadn’t just finished reading a book about the Theranos lady and seen things that twitter guy said.

There were lots of laughs, the... (more)

Monday Movie Day - The Night Comes For Us October 09, 2023

The Night Comes for Us (2018)

6/10

Oh god why!?

Date Watched: 1 June 2023

This was very gory. I think there was some good fight choreography, but I can’t be sure because I closed my eyes for half of every fight scene. Lots of blades and tools around. I think there should be blood in a violent movie, but this was horror movie gore. That’s not my thing.

Despite that, and despite some pacing issues, I was enjoying the film. There were some compelling characters, the story was interesting, and the fighting i did see... (more)

Monday Movie Day - Kung Fu Killer October 02, 2023

Kung Fu Killer (2014)

8/10

It’s hard to justify being number one in the martial arts world in this day and age.

Date Watched: 5 September 2023

Yeah, this was good. I tend to enjoy movies that are about being number one in the martial arts world. This one both honorus, and pokes fun at that trope, illustrating what the world’s top martial artits find themselves doing for a living in this day and age, while delivering some awesome action.

There were just so many beautifully done fight sequences in this film. The opening sequence in... (more)

What is that guitar? September 28, 2023

Can I get a closer look at your guitar? What is that guitar? Is that even a guitar?

These are questions I get asked…at pretty much every gig I play.

This is my Yamaha Silent Classical guitar. (SLG200NW for those of you who like model numbers.)

These came on the market in 2001 and crossed my radar probably somewhere around 2006/2007. As soon as I saw them I wanted one. I felt like Yamaha had designed these specifically for me. A somewhat surreal looking electric classical guitar that comes apart to be super easy to transport! This has Kyla... (more)

Week of July 10th to 15th July 16, 2023

We started the week off with our Sunday game stream in which I played a lot of minigames. The Monday Morning Sing Song was really lovely again, and we ended by raiding the Otter Tank at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Tuesday was a very productive pre-production day. Got some issues with upgrading my DAW sorted, and settled on some click tracks.

The theme for this week’s Wednesday Warble was colours, and as a result I added Sting’s Fields of Gold to my list of covers, and got ‘I’m Here for the party’ back in rotation, even if... (more)