Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son
Asia - Heat of the Moment
Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo
Keane - Spiralling
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
JD's songs of the week
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Sunday, 23 August 2009
JD's songs for the last few weeks
Paul Owen - My Favourite Waste of Time
Go West - King of Wishful Singing
Go West - King of Wishful Singing
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
JD's songs of the week #9, #10, #11 & #12
4 songs this week. 1 for last week, 1 for this week and 2 for when I am away in Romania. Enjoy
#9 - Hold The Line - Toto
#10 - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
#11 - Would I Lie To You - Charles & Eddie
#12 - Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar
#9 - Hold The Line - Toto
#10 - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
#11 - Would I Lie To You - Charles & Eddie
#12 - Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Friday, 1 May 2009
Scrubs Season1
With the end of Scrubs on the horizon (well at least with the original cast), I thought I would go through my Scrubs box sets and give my thoughts on each season. So lets start with Season 1 then.....
Scrubs revolves around he life of Dr. John "JD" Dorian, (Zach Braff) a medical intern at the Sacred Heart hospital. Along with college friend and roommate Chris Turk (Donald Faison), surgical intern, they arrive for first day and find out that its not as easy as they thought it be. We are introduced to both men's love interests for the show, Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke) , JD's fellow medical intern, and Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes), the head nurse. Along with the new starts we are introduced to their superiors. Dr. Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins), the hot-tempered head of medicine out make it difficult for the new interns, and Dr. Perry Cox (John C. McGinley), an aggressive resident who JD immediately wants to impress. The Janitor (Neil Flynn) who has a vendetta against JD, completes the main cast.
For those of you know me, I strongly dislike Friends, a show many consider the "best" comedy show ever. I find the laughing track very off-putting (not a fan of being told when to laugh), random one-liners that thrown in to get cheap laughs and don't get me started on Phoebe. Scrubs is the complete opposite. The camera angles are better (Scrubs uses single camera shots, most other sitcom uses a four camera shot), it does drama which Friends never did, and the show is carried by its story lines not its jokes. Its shot in an actual hospital, adding to the realism of the show. The dialogue is intelligent and fast-paced, with a bit of slapstick thrown in, and then you have the daydream sequences that bring surreal yet hilarious moments.
However, its the actors that really make this show. Each one proves they are great at comedy but when the time comes to get serious, the emotion displayed is amazing. Zach Braff is brilliant as JD, who at the time was a relative new comer who had to carry the weight of being the lead character in a new comedy show. He would steal the show if not for the efforts of John C. McGinley as Dr. Cox and Neil Flynn as The Janitor. They produce the best lines and comedy moments within the show, not just within the season by the whole series run.
I remember watching the first episode on Sky One back in 2001, and instantly loving it. The video below from the first ever episode, confirmed in my mind that this show was going to special.
If I had to pick the best episode from season 1. it would have to be the 4th "My Old Lady" It showed that Scrubs could do serious as well as funny. JD, Turk and Elliot each have a patient and they have deal with their patent's deaths. Its a brilliant episode which has won awards.
Season 1 is brilliant but it does have its flaws but most are ironed out in the following seasons. The most annoying aspect is the way they ended the JD & Elliot relationship so quickly but apart from that everything is near perfect. Great way to get the ball rolling.
My Rating for Season 1: 8.5/10
Favourite Lines
- "Carla, do you spray the perfume on or do you fill your bath tub up and splash around in it?" Dr. Cox
- "Why a penny?" "If I find a penny, I'm taking you down!" Janitor
- "Fine maybe the Todd will show himself some love!" The Todd
- "Do you want to be the big spoon or the little spoon?" Dr. Cox to JD
- "Its on you!" on what song to play in surgery, finally deciding on A Little Respect by ERASURE
- "Take your blah blah to the blah blah-ologist...go ahead and replace the captain at the control of your brainship cause he is drunk at the wheel." Dr. Cox
- "I miss you so much it hurts sometimes!" JD
- "What kind of T-Shirt is that?" "A white T-shirt!" JD and Dr. Cox
- "You're stupid!" Janitor
- "You will not ruin my Christmas again, not this year." I have only been here 4 months" Janitor and JD
- "Will you stop staring at me while I am eating?" "I'm not" "What am I doing?" "Eating" What are you doing?" "Staring" Janitor and JD
- "I'd say your a B-cup" "At least they're real!" Dr. Cox and Janitor to JD
- "I pooed a little" JD's Dad
- "Hows that for stirring things up?" Jordan after revealing everyones secrets
Sunday, 5 April 2009
Go(-kart)ing for Jesus
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Roman 12:1-2
On Friday night I went go-karting with some of the lads from work in Dunbia. Before hand there was a lot of big talk from the guys in my department about winning, but I was nervous, I just didn't know what to expect. My main mission was not to come last and after my practise laps I was near convincing myself that the wooden spoon was unavoidable.
In my first heat, I started first on the gird and decide I would play it safe and make the ones behind do all the work if they wanted to get past me. Before the end of the first lap, was 4th and last in the heat and unable to catch the lads ahead of me. I was gutted and needed to rethink my strategy or my worst nightmare would come true.
In the second, I started last on the gird. This time I decide to throw caution to the wind and really go for it. I finished second in a close race. In my 3rd heat, 3rd on the gird again I decide to go for it. After 2 laps, I found myself in the lead and well out in front on my own. This just go for it attitude was really working and another successful 4th heat followed.
The 1/4 finals were next & I was sitting 3rd on the gird for mine with 4 other fellow racers. 1st on the gird managed to speed off from the rest of us, leaving a 4 way tussle for second and a automatic place in the semis. Again, I just went for it and gain it paid off as in the 3rd lap I was able to put daylight between me and the rest and book my place in the semis.
I was starting to get excited that I actually might make to the final. 3rd on the gird, and finished 3rd missing out on the final by 1 place. I finished 7th overall out of 24. Not bad for someone who thought the were destined for last and was all down to my all or nothing strategy that I decide to adopt during mt heats.
For those of us who follow Jesus, we can learn a lot from either playing it safe or giving our all. When I played it safe in the go-karting, nothing worked, and I ended up failing to achieve what I wanted. But when I changed to just going for it, I wound up doing better than I could have imagined. Living as a Christian is just the same. If you are afraid to come out of your comfort zones, relying on our own understanding and abilities, you will continually fail to serve God the way we are meant to.
However, if we just go for it, forget the doubts and rely on God, we can lead a very rewarding life. Just ask a couple of questions each day, maybe along the lines of "Lord, where do you want me to go today? What do you want me to say and to who? Am I thinking about what you want me to think? Am I doing your will?" and when you get those answers, just go for it, hold nothing back. I sometimes hold back, and when I do I'm left feeling disappointed that an opportunity has past me by. But the great thing there will always be plenty of opportunities. And when I do take the opportunities that God presents me, I'm left feeling blessed and encouraged. Carpe Diem - Seize the Day
Until next time, Keep Smiling :) JD
On Friday night I went go-karting with some of the lads from work in Dunbia. Before hand there was a lot of big talk from the guys in my department about winning, but I was nervous, I just didn't know what to expect. My main mission was not to come last and after my practise laps I was near convincing myself that the wooden spoon was unavoidable.
In my first heat, I started first on the gird and decide I would play it safe and make the ones behind do all the work if they wanted to get past me. Before the end of the first lap, was 4th and last in the heat and unable to catch the lads ahead of me. I was gutted and needed to rethink my strategy or my worst nightmare would come true.
In the second, I started last on the gird. This time I decide to throw caution to the wind and really go for it. I finished second in a close race. In my 3rd heat, 3rd on the gird again I decide to go for it. After 2 laps, I found myself in the lead and well out in front on my own. This just go for it attitude was really working and another successful 4th heat followed.
The 1/4 finals were next & I was sitting 3rd on the gird for mine with 4 other fellow racers. 1st on the gird managed to speed off from the rest of us, leaving a 4 way tussle for second and a automatic place in the semis. Again, I just went for it and gain it paid off as in the 3rd lap I was able to put daylight between me and the rest and book my place in the semis.
I was starting to get excited that I actually might make to the final. 3rd on the gird, and finished 3rd missing out on the final by 1 place. I finished 7th overall out of 24. Not bad for someone who thought the were destined for last and was all down to my all or nothing strategy that I decide to adopt during mt heats.
For those of us who follow Jesus, we can learn a lot from either playing it safe or giving our all. When I played it safe in the go-karting, nothing worked, and I ended up failing to achieve what I wanted. But when I changed to just going for it, I wound up doing better than I could have imagined. Living as a Christian is just the same. If you are afraid to come out of your comfort zones, relying on our own understanding and abilities, you will continually fail to serve God the way we are meant to.
However, if we just go for it, forget the doubts and rely on God, we can lead a very rewarding life. Just ask a couple of questions each day, maybe along the lines of "Lord, where do you want me to go today? What do you want me to say and to who? Am I thinking about what you want me to think? Am I doing your will?" and when you get those answers, just go for it, hold nothing back. I sometimes hold back, and when I do I'm left feeling disappointed that an opportunity has past me by. But the great thing there will always be plenty of opportunities. And when I do take the opportunities that God presents me, I'm left feeling blessed and encouraged. Carpe Diem - Seize the Day
Until next time, Keep Smiling :) JD
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