The job of the pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters. I feel this pilot did a fantastic job. The episode kicks off with Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless) on the phone to an escort, while looking at his website, and asking him to help her fix her bread maker. The episode goes back one day earlier. After her
Read moreOne person and a crowd.** One Person and a Crowd The air was thick with laughter, spilled alcohol and small talk. My friend, Amy, invited me to her friend, Charlotte’s, “F” themed party. I decided to go with floral attire. Other than Amy, I didn’t know anyone else, so I’m now one person in a crowd, holding onto my drink
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—June 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place at a PARTY of some kind. Your story must include a BUTTON. Your story must include the following sentence (which you will complete with one or more words): THE AIR WAS THICK WITH…. *** One Person and a Crowd The air
Read moreGobble and Munch.** Gobble and Munch Marshmallow! She threw a marshmallow at me! I was hiding in an aisle hoping to avoid Ava. This was all her idea. “Let’s start a food fight!” She said, “it’ll be fun!” She said. It was fun when it started in the park but now the whole town has joined in and it’s become
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—May 2019 short story competition was as follows: “It’s May, so we had some fun with five words that contain M-A-Y. And then we threw in a few other things…” Your story must include the words MAYBE, MAYHEM, DISMAY, MAYOR and MAYONNAISE. Your story’s FIRST word must be an 11-letter word. Your story must,
Read moreThe job of a season finale is to wrap up the season’s story arcs and establish new ones for the next season (if there is one). I felt this finale did most of the job but not all of it. The episode kicks off with Miranda waking up after hooking up with Findlay and sneaking out. As she is wandering
Read moreWe’ve reached the penultimate episode of the season and the caravan park story arc is escalating. The episode kicks off with the caravan park residents being evicted, including Stone, who tells Miranda he’ll have to move in with his mum and that he no longer has access to his vegetable garden. Meanwhile both Laura and Miranda ask Bob what’s going
Read moreMy Year of the Fun Walk run for September was the 2019 Lake Run and Ride (formerly known as Lake to Lagoon). This fun run was significant for me in many ways. This year marked the first time I had completed Lake to Lagoon since 2007. It is currently the longest distance I have completed in my four years of
Read moreMy Year of the Fun Walk run for August was this year’s Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon. This fun run marks the first fun run I’ve completed in my home town of Wagga Wagga since the Lake to Lagoon in 2007. The Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon is a full-weekend running event and is regarded as the premier distance running event in
Read moreThis episode focuses on the annual fishing competition. The episode kicks off with Anna going on holidays and leaving Lillian in charge. The first thing Lillian has to deal with is a fight between two men over an esky. In the process of dealing with this, Lillian discovers that the Fishing Club President, Phil Tran, is missing. It then cuts
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