I have so far done very little about moving accross country for the 3rd time in 5 years. anteros_lmc assures me that this time they'll be closing the borders to me once I depart. The previous 2 times I did it I had to be organised in 3 weeks. I think 3 months is giving me a false sense of 'oh there's loads of time!'

In non moving news at the end of May nodbear and ( Read more... )

I have this week handed in my notice at work. While no one could blame me if this was just because I have had enough of their shit it is in fact because I have procured new employment in Oxford. Where I shall be moving in September.

I am persona non grata now in the office for having the audacity to think I'm capable of more than answering their ( Read more... )

Car! I have bought one! It's blue! Okay it's a Ford Ka, which is blue, and that is pretty much all I could tell you if it was stolen. I'm sure the registration number is written down somewhere....My general driving on my own is fine but I suck so hard at parking it beggars belief.

Work! Is absolutely fucking awful. I didn't think it could actually ( Read more... )

Wow I have not posted once this month. The slow death of LJ makes me sad but given 99% of fannish activity seems to have moved off of it it's difficult to see how to bring it back to life. Also I seem to have lost the ability to produce fannish works to post anyway!

I was in London last weekend for my now traditional annual trip to The Globe. This ( Read more... )

Since last we spoke I have attended the 2015 Glasgow Film Festival. While it was good it wasn't as good as it has been for the past couple of years but to be fair last year was spectacular and this year was inevitably going to be found wanting in comparison. Saying that all 10 films I saw were interesting and enjoyable on some level. My highlights ( Read more... )

A mish mash of Marvel comic lore and Norse Mythology which completely ignores the fact Marvel retconned the fact Hela is Loki's daughter a few years ago. Rated G.

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of things to post about, as I keep forgetting, I'm sure I had more to talk about...but moving on to what I have remembered.

I am currently just over half way through the thousand plus pages of swashbuckling classic The Count of Monte Cristo which is hugely enjoyable. Not only is it a good yarn it has the added bonus of a wonderfully sarcastic, ( Read more... )

I spent a very pleasant weekend in London/Portsmouth last weekend. Of note was seeing Golem, a cautionary tale about over reliance on technology and mass media, at The Young Vic and Made in Dagenham, the musical based on the film based on the industrial unrest. Both were hugely enjoyable.

lonelybrit and I also stumbled upon a couple of treasure chests ( Read more... )

Last week I found myself in the rare situation of watching TV nearly every week night, I can't remember the last time that happened!

Tuesday was The Eichmann Show which was shown as part of the UK Holocaust commemoration activities in the week leading up to the the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. You can never really 'enjoy' ( Read more... )

I developed a stinking cold over the holidays and as result this is my first full week back at work. You will not be stunned to know that my absence was not felt.

It has been a mixed start to the year as while I am still stuck in a job I hate, have still not passed my driving test and came back to a flat with a broken loo there is going to be a ( Read more... )