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lots of news

Wednesday 13 August, 2003 at 4:12PM (Nereus) :: permalink :: comments (11)

As the title says, I have a fair bit of personal and related news. First up, major congrats to some friends in NZ, Yvonne and Pete, who have finally got engaged after 6 years together, although no date set for the wedding as yet. Also to Barbs and Dave who have set a date and are getting married in April 2004! I won't tell you what music they're considering for the wedding, but it would be funny that's for sure. I received both emails within a couple of days of each other - makes me wonder what kind of disease is going around back in NZ. Anyway, in both cases, about friggin time! haha! Gratz guys, that really is awesome news.

Also just received in the mail the long-awaited surfing videos I won from surf.co.nz in conjunction with surfvision.com. Dave at nzXsports (surf.co.nz) included a moro bar with the vids, bonus! They don't have moro bars in the US, so it really was a bonus. Yummo. Thanks Dave! Now we just need to go score a VCR player (hopefully within the next few days). For those interested, the vids I received are: Coastal Disturbance 3 (NZ, including some Raglan footage!), Monster Mavericks (Mavericks, US) and Spit 4 (Pipeline, Hawaii). Apparently the Mavericks vid has some hellish wipeout footage as well, which is bound to be damn scary considering Mavs has become one of the world's big wave meccas.

Check out this pic from mavsurfer.com:

backwash

..it's a rather nice pic of backwash hitting a wave with the sunset behind it, but look at the extreme left of the pic - am I imagining things, or does that look very much like a fark'n big noah (shark) being caught up in that backwash? hmmm.

IceQueen and I went to the movies last Sunday night and saw 'Freaky Friday' (Jamie Lee Curtis and Linsday Lohan). It seems to be getting a lot of good reviews, especially for a Disney movie. IceQueen enjoyed it and apparently most critics agree with her. I liked the music in it, but the plot has been done several times already (Tom Hanks in 'Big' for example) and was very predictable for me, but it wasn't bad. If it weren't for the music, I probably would've rated it a 'yawn - seen it all before'.

comments (11)

Libra
August 13, 2003 6:31 PM [link]

Of course you've seen it before. This particular Freaky Friday is just a modern remake of an old one from like the 70s. :P

Nereus
August 13, 2003 6:31 PM [link]

Before someone comments, yes, I do realize in the movie 'BIG' Tom Hanks doesn't actually trade bodies with another person, but the idea and theme is similar. There have been several other big-budget movies in the past that have got the same plot as Freaky Friday though, I just can't recall the movie titles at the moment (which says something for the movies in itself).

Nereus
August 13, 2003 6:34 PM [link]

oh, just remembered a couple: 'Vice Versa' and '18 Again' ..both made in the late 80's.

Nereus
August 13, 2003 6:36 PM [link]

Well there ya go (see Libra's comment at the top) ..I guess it was just too soon for a remake for my liking :)

Colleen
August 13, 2003 9:59 PM [link]

I thought that title sounded familiar. hehe I remember that movie.

PuttyGirl
August 14, 2003 12:07 PM [link]

I think you were right about the shark in the pic... I've been looking at it in Photoshop and it definitely looks like a shark. Are there any rock or reef formations in that part of the ocean? Also, was watching shark week last night on the Discovery channel... I caught one when I was like 20... 5 foot black tip. Beautiful fish... LETHAL teeth, all 6 rows. ouch. :0

Haroeris Astrum
August 14, 2003 4:30 PM [link]

Guess who?

Libra
August 14, 2003 7:13 PM [link]

Did you also dislike the remakes of The Parent Trap?

Desiree
August 18, 2003 12:02 PM [link]

That does look like a shark or some creature in the backwash... wow!

Hey, thanks for your enlightenment of how you kept cool during the blackout. It is of interest to those of us that weren't there.

Seagoat
August 18, 2003 1:23 PM [link]

sweet pic, kiddo. (no sharks spotted by these sleepy eyes)

Nereus
August 21, 2003 2:47 PM [link]

hmm don't think I saw the remakes of the Parent Trap..

Haroeris Astrum! your blog is back up?