Life Doesn't Always Give You What You Want, but I Can Give You a Good Book

Readers,

Sorry for the long absence since my last blog, I've had yet another busy weekend. This weekend was not only Tarannau Old Boys weekend, but the 20th anniversary of the club. It was a weekend of drinking, hard hitting, drinking, pretending to be classy and eventually a hung over mothers day. Friday was a good night, introduction drinks, meeting lots of new faces and getting bought free beer (always a plus). Saturday followed with the old boys game, we got beat hard, but we battled and fought tooth and nail on the physical side. Saturday evening was the meal, which was a nice occasion. Deserved Hall of Fame inductions and a fun celebration of the club. The lectures from certain old boys about my footballing choices dragged on (apparently knocking out an o lineman is bad form if your current team??), but I got stuck up for more than berated. All in all a great weekend topped off with a hungover drive home for chicken dinner.Winner!

After that "quick" summary, the main theme of this article is actually a film and book review. The film is something new that I watched on Tuesday, the book is an old favourite I finished reading for the 8th time on Sunday. The reason for the reviews are completely opposite, one is getting panned, while the other one is getting a good review so more people notice it. 

Okay, so I'll start with the good. The book is the autobiography of Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis. It is entitled Scar Tissue, and ever since I read it as a fairly innocent 14 year old it has been one of my favourite books. It is the story of a famous lead singer, that lead a pretty fucked up life, but is now on the road to recovery and normality. It won't be every body's cup of tea, but I guarantee when you read it, it will open your eyes. It will also endear you to him or at the very least make you research the story, or the chili's further. By doing that, you'll listen to their music, and that will make you a better person. Reading this book is a double win. Not only do you read a very enlightening story, that is well written and documents his topsy turvy life surprisingly well, but you also get into one of the best and most influential bands ever to walk this earth. You will embrace their music, whether you are that keen on the book or not. To give you an insight into Scar Tissue without spoiling it is best summed up in a one sentence. He's an ex drug addict, lead singer of a great band, that lead a split childhood and lost his virginity at the age of 13. 

Now for the bad, and oh boy was it bad. We had another installment of Tarannau Film Club, but luckily this time it was free of charge. We rented a classroom and decided to watch Due Date with Robert Downey Jr and a guy whose name nobody could pronounce. This film had got decent reviews so I was hopeful, but after half hour of the film I realised those reviewers (some who were friends) were complete retards. It was an awful re-hash of Planes, Trains and Automobiles. It was clearly made with the thought that most of the target audience would never have heard of the previous film. Downey Jr is his usual good self, but he does little to save the film from oblivion. Either way, it was awful, and the general consensus in the room was of a wasted 2 hours. We'll never get that time back fellas! Don't watch it, unless you wish to fall asleep or enjoy laughing at awful films and bad acting.

So there it was, a blog with lots of reviews: a good weekend, a great book and a shit film. Moral of the story - don't watch Due Date and keep your head on a swivel when playing football.