KICKING OUR OWN GOAL: WATCHING THE FOOTY Growing up I have been surrounded by the footy—AFL. Every Sunday afternoon during my childhood, the noise of umpires’ whistles and the crowd’s cheers would echo in the lounge room of my grandparent’s home whilst my cousins, aunts, uncles and I would have afternoon tea in their dining room. The games would always
Read moreF PLUS My story of failure is something everyone experiences—failing an exam. The reason why my story of failure stands out to me is because this particular exam was the first and so far only uni exam I have failed. It’s also the only exam I have ever done for uni. It was two years ago and I was studying
Read moreTRYING TO LOOK INNOCENT (AND OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING YOU’RE IN TROUBLE) I can’t recall a particular moment or incident where I was “caught out”. Sure there would have been a number of times during my lifetime when I would have been caught out or in trouble, especially during my childhood and in particular during my toddler years. But what
Read moreNOT TICKING THE RIGHT BOXES I’ve never been someone who has ticked the right boxes in life. I’ve always joined into certain fashion and technological trends later than everyone else and I’ve always achieved certain milestones at an older age than most people such as; getting my licence, getting a job and experiencing my first relationship. But the best example
Read moreAfter a repetitive and predictable season so far, I’ve finally watched the best episode of this season. As this is the penultimate episode, with the season finale set to air next week, this episode provided some springboards. Hayley and Ajax—I’ll kick off my review of this episode with them as a good chunk of the episode focused on Hayley. Hayley’s
Read moreIn all honesty, to me this felt like nothing more than a filler episode. Tara—I’ll kick off this review by focusing on the character the episode mostly revolved around. This episode kicks off with Hugh arriving at work to discover that Tara is yet to arrive. He goes to her house and finds her unconscious on the floor and takes
Read moreAfter four weeks of delays due to Nine News Bulletins revolving around COVID-19 and at an earlier time slot, this episode finally aired and it was worth the wait. The title of this episode fit it perfectly as it explored the consequences of certain choices. Hugh and Tara—At the start of the episode it’s revealed that they have hooked up
Read moreThis season finale was ultimately all about love. The episode kicks off with Greg greeting Sophie and Chloe but not Em at breakfast. Sophie and Chloe comment on Greg ignoring Em, with Chloe remarking it has been days and they’re clearly getting a divorce. Throughout the episode, Greg continues to ignore Em and slowly read her book. They eventually discuss
Read moreThe penultimate episode of the season focuses on Greg finally finding out that Em has written her book about him. The episode kicks off with Marlo reading the preview copy of My Sh*t Husband, Marlo encourages Em to tell Greg about it. Em hides the book in a beach bag in their bedroom and asks Greg to have dinner so she can’t
Read moreThis was one of the best episodes of the series so far. The episode kicks off with Greg and Em going to a cyber-safety information night, with Em deciding afterwards to install the “ICU app”—a secret surveillance app on Sophie’s phone. Once Em installs the app, she stays up all night reading Sophie’s texts. Things eventually go pear-shaped when Em
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