I love the winter...

The past days have been pretty tiring, though that’s pretty much as expected.

Mums friend came Monday and, as expected, I went to town to put money in for her to get stuff. Which ugh. But at the same time it meant I could get some stuff. I managed to find the Lego Star Wars magazine I missed out on in home bargains (they have older issues for some reason which is useful and this was the last one). It comes with a lil droideka which is so cool so I’m glad I got it. Plus I also got the new Fantastic 4 comic though I’ve not read yet.

I also got some frozen stuff from Iceland so there’s some of the newer party food to try. But ugh. I dunno what it is, going to town for these trips is always tiring even more so than going out other times.

In the night I finished the Android Invasion special features (I watched some Sunday night) and then watched Welcome to Derry which was such a wild ep and I’m so glad there was so much Taniel even though he got himself into a situation and might well be doomed.

Speaking of The Long Walk actors (since Taniel is played by Collie’s actor) I found out about a film called God Is A Bullet which features Garrett Wareing (Stebbins actor) covered in tattoos, wearing make up and is apparently in a skirt and a cult? Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to have a uk release or is on streaming but I did find it on eBay. I put one on watch list, but it was from Canada (though cost less than getting it from here) and then yesterday I had an offer for it with an extra £2 off so I snapped it up. Sure it’s not coming for a bit but… I’m curious.

Yesterday I’d hoped to do uni stuff but it felt like I was cursed. The laptop did its usual thing when I wanna use it, go slow, decide it needs to update and so I couldn’t do anything with it. I’d hoped that meant today I could do something but nope! It needed to be restarted again (twice!) so I couldn’t do much.

I did manage to start it but I’m so annoyed by it already. The first question is about comparing two datasets and one is fine, it’s already saved in file excel could read. The other? I needed to manually input the entries. All 284 of them so that took up all my time this morning. Ugh.

But yeah yesterday ended up being so low energy and tiring, I even zoned out a bit during the Pokémon stream. I think it’s part due to Monday but also it was the food shop day (and yay we had the mini tacos! I love those things and hate they’re only around now)

I’m thinking of delaying the cinema trip I had planned until next week. Partly because of uni stuff being slower than I hoped and the weather app says a storm is due Friday. Plus going next week will mean I have extra money to work with. (I hate there’s not really anything available now)so yeah next week might have two cinema trips (depending on Pillion’s dates)

Waterparks have announced a tour so I’m hoping it doesn’t sellout before next week. (It’s the worst timing!) There’s vip which feels like a lot (one is over £40 just for early entry, a signed poster and a laminate which just feels like a lot) so I’ll likely just get a ticket. It’s at the same place I’ve been for James and Coheed, so hopefully it’ll be like their shows and not overheat like crazy.

I know there’s something else I was gonna say, but it has completely escaped me. Ah well.

Last night ended up being semi restful. I was mostly low energy from the day though so that was annoying.

I did watch strictly and the opening with Steps was really great! I had no idea they had a a musical (or maybe I’did and forgotten) so I’m curious what that could be. While it was good no one went home I did feel so incredibly sad it was because La Voix couldn’t do any more. They were so fun and funny it really sucks, especially after them being so excited to get to Blackpool last week.

After that Iput on the next Strange New Worlds ep which featured the gorn. Or rather it shown the aftermath of them attacking a colony and their ships attacking the enterprise, but you didn’t actually see one. I think it was a great idea to keep them so mysterious like that and I think they are in the series again so maybe they will be shown then. But it was a really good ep.

Then I finished the Wildhood special features which were pretty good. There was only 3 deleted scenes and they were pretty short (Pasmay was only in one but he was shirtless so) and the behind the scenes stuff was cute. (The trans actor got to meet one of the other actors who they really loved which was sweet.compare that with Joshua talking about how Pasmay was a sexual being and attracted to Link from the start) they did make me wanna watch it again so I’ll have to at some point but I think it’s been too soon.

I do have a storage tower I picked up before I had the sickness/glasses issues (so I’ve not fully sorted it like I’d hoped) and I’ve intended the top shelf is for fave blu rays. So far that’s Dungeons And Dragons Honour Among Thieves, Ghostwatch, Mamma Mia, the Sonic films (I still need to watch 3), Wildhood and the first It. (

Today has been a low energy day (mum didn’t even call about walking Naryu) which has been good, so it’s mostly been spent snuggling Midna and bundled. I watched Glass Onion, which is one of those films I’ve meant to see for awhile but not. It was really good, I loved the puzzle boxes at the start and there’s a reveal part way through which really ups it but it’s best to go in blind so I won’t say what that is. But also ahhAngela Lansbury playing Among Us at the start is an awesome concept too.

Since it was Doctor Who day today I did end up putting on the next of the blu ray eps, The Android Invasion.

It’s got a good concept, an alien race planning to invade but sending android duplicates of people first (and having a copy of a village to try them out on). The whole deserted village is unsettling, then the little details (like coins all dates the same day, the androids being motionless sometimes) is just so creepy.

It’s especially creepy when Sarah Jane is replaced. There’s a few subtle ways of telling she’s not real, but the doctor saying it and her face coming off (which is a pretty good effect!) is so creepy. And then an image later of her rising from a pod like a vampire from a coffin…

The Kraals are a bit less effective and I think, like the making of describes, it’s down to the look. (Especially how one is meant to be a surgeon but his hands don’t seem too dexterous!) but I felt the actor playing Guy, a human they captured, was pretty good. (Though I had been bugged by the thought I’d seen him before but couldn’t place it, he was the Castellan from Invasion Of Time.) It being the last ep for both Benton and Harry did feel a disservice to them both. It felt like neither really did much, but we’re just there to be ‘look there’s an ally of the doctor! Oh no he’s been replaced’. It’s a shame cause they were both good characters.

(One of the special features on the disc is a new tribute to Harry’s actor and i can tell it’ll give me feels)

Tomorrow is gonna be ugh. Mum’s friend is coming which is annoying and I’ll have to go into town which I’ve not done for months but maybe I’ll get some good stuff from Iceland, though I’d rather just stay home and not have to go at all.

The rest of the week is gonna be all over the place. I wanna finish up Pokémon ZA, I might have a cinema trip, but I also have a uni assessment to work on (and worry money might be an issue if so that’ll be put back a week). Plus there’s Stranger Things but I dunno which day I’ll start watching, hopefully I’ll start it before the weekend starts. (But I also wanna watch It chapter 2 and the thanksgiving blu ray so who knows)

So after the last post I did see Welcome To Derry and ahh! I’m so glad I saw the first It film last week cause that made things hit so much better than they otherwise had (especially the last scene). This ep confirmed that Charlotte Hanlon is the best of the adult main characters. (And also that Taniel is the most pretty man in a Derry and so based) bring on next week’s ep!

Yesterday was the library stint and I read a few more chapters of Halloween party (said party has happened, a body found and Poirot introduced), then then rest of the day was mostly low energy.

Today was the town trip. My mp3 player is so odd. I put the member versions of Everyone’s A Star! as seperate files but the player has plays them as one which is so puzzling. And annoying cause putting the album on plays every song four times as result (bar bonus tracks)

Befroe the cinema I grabbed a drink then went in Asda and ahh! They had a plushie of scoops ahoy Steve! He was the only one there but alas the queue was too long and time was getting on. I did go back later though and got him.

Between films I got noms, using points that were due to expire, then went in a few places but didn’t get much. I did get the It Chapter 2 blu ray (cex had it filed under S instead or I which was why I couldn’t find it) and I picked the jacket up though haven’t tried it on yet. The Walsall primark does seem to have most of the Stranger things stuff too which is pretty cool (bar the jacket) so maybe I’ll get something later.

There were a load of food trucks/stalls along the Main Street (I dunno if it’s an event or what) but on the way to the station I saw one had churros so I had to get them. They were really nice and I saved some for mum when I got back.

New cinema day means trailers! And quite a few were new to me, yipee! (And smushing them all together)

Whistle: this was a very vibes based trailer, but it looks pretty cool from that. I’m curious.
Send Help: At the start of it I was like ugh, but then as it went on it got better. I don’t think I’d make the effort for it though
Five Nights At Freddie’s 2: A new trailer which is pretty cool, I really need to rewatch the first)
The Mandalorian and Grogu: this one wasn’t new but I still squeed when I see it!
Mortal Kombat II: my main thoughts on this was there’s a second one? And also this was attached to a 12a film? It looks like it might be good, but again I’m not sure I’m sold on it (even though it has the guy for Ring in it)
Anaconda: this looked so bonkers and I can tell it’s gonna be a wild time. It’s actually sold me on it.
Primitive War: I read a go review of this at the station ironically. It’s basically Vietnam War+dinosaurs. It sounds like a wild concept but could be fun, though apparently that’s out in just over a week.

The first film was Keeper, which is a bit like Him, in that I saw trailers for it regularly so got intrigued enough to want to see it so was it good?

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The second film was Predator Badlands! I’ve not actually seen the mainline a predator films, just Alien vs Predator (I liked the first film but the second??) but the trailers made me so curious.

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And since I’m not going to the cinema tomorrow that’s another month of the pass done.
Month 4: October 20th - November 20th
23rd: Black Phone 2
3rd: Frankenstein
5th: Shelby Oaks
19: Keeper, Predator Badlands

Five films this time which is pretty good considering. I think if I didn’t have the pass I’d have only seen one, maybe two. Again I. Glad the pass has let me take a chance on stuff and see stuff I’d normally not be able to or overlook.

Obviously my fav is Frankenstein, but Black Phone 2 and Predator Badlands are pretty equal I think, then Shelby Oaks and lastly Keeper.

I didn’t think I’d be seeing much for the next month but I think I’ll be seeing 5 things again: Wake Up Dead Man/Zootropolis 2, Five Nights At Freddie’s 2/Pillion and The Shining. The last one is a maybe, but I do wanna see it cause of Welcome To Derry which I didn’t expect.

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When I got home I had a letter confirming Saturday’s appointment and ugh. At the bottom it says you can claim ‘a week’s free bus travel’ but only if you claim it 14 days before the appointment which is just so useless when I got 6 days warning. Ugh.

Also damnit Comic Con Birmingham announcing Jamie Campbell Bower with under a weeks notice. There’s no way I could go with the appointment draining me the day before (and lack of money of course) but damnit.

A brief post before I watch Welcome To Derry and bundle up.

Yesterday after we got back from walking the pup the phone rang and mum said it was for me. I was puzzled cause… well it’s a Sunday, who rings on a Sunday? Turns out it was the hospital about my eye referral and it’s on Saturday.

Now when the optician said he was referring me he said it would take months to hear a thing and it’d be nothing to worry about so I kinda didn’t think much about it. But the speed that it’s happened (a matter of weeks) feels concerning. Is it the anxiety making me paranoid? Maybe but it just feels… I dunno wrong somehow.

(Also it gives me flashbacks to last year when I was bleeding all the time and they still took months for things to get done, so this happening so fast is…odd to say the least)

So now we have an annoying unexpected trip on Saturday which is just gonna make me anxious and probably be all for nothing. (At least we might go into town and find where the Wolverhampton forbidden planet is so that’s something)

And then today the internet has been terrible. The router cable has been acting up for the past weeks but usually just for a minute or two. This morning it kept going down repeatedly before going off for over an hour. Luckily I’d gotten fed up and ordered a cable last night though that took ages to arrive (it was meant to come between 12-3 it didn’t come until almost 6). But I just switched it over so I hope that’s the end of it. Otherwise it’s the socket acting up again which… ugh

Tomorrow is the library stint and then I might chase up the student finance stuff and then Wednesday is out all day (the jacket is there to be picked up though so that’s good news)

Thursday’s appointment went ok, though was annoying. I went early thinking I could get there and wait inside but nope, the lunch hour for the opticians is between 1-2 (which makes having appointments at 2 feel really odd). It was just using a new peripheral testing machine which was fine though for some reason my eye decided to water part way through.

When I got back I watched the Pokopia thing I missed and ahh it looks so good! It really feels like it’s a Pokémon version of animal crossing, though it lets you have way more Pokémon than you could ac villagers. It feels there’s more to it than just a life sim though, there is a mystery aspect teased and I’m so curious. I really am so hyped for it.

(And speaking games I’ve still not sorted Hyrule Warriors. I was thinking of getting it when my money went in but I’ve still not. I think it’s partly cause I wanna finish Pokémon ZA first, I don’t want it to fall by the wayside like silksong and hades II. But also I know sales are coming and mums annoying friend so…)

In the night there was Taskmaster which was fun. It was the final and everyone wore pirate outfits and honestly? They all looked incredible in them. This was a pretty fun group too! Instead of just teasing one thing the post show trailer shown the new year treat and next champion of champions which was a surprise. I guess the latter is coming pretty soon.

Yesterday ended up being lazy day which I had expected cause of deliveries but we also got hit by the storm so it was raining and windy all day, to the point we didn’t even walk Naryu. Instead we just bundled up, finished Murder Before Evansong, which was pretty good, than children in need, which was eh and Sister Boniface which was good too if a tad sad.

Of the deliveries one was fine one wasn’t. The first was the 5 Seconds Of Summer order which was meant to be a picture vinyl and cd. However when I opened the package there was the vinyl but no sign of the cd. I’ve contacted support so we’ll see what happens. I did order the member cds cause the bundle came back, with a signed card (damnit Ashton and Luke signing on themselves so their signatures aren’t clear😭) so not having the regular one isn’t a big loss but still… (thoughts on the album in another post when I’ve listened more).

The other package was fine. It had the new Lego Star Wras advent calendar cause it had £14 off (and it’s cool, it’s got a bunch of droids!) and a buildable pokedex which I didn’t know was a thing till I saw it in an email. It looks so cool though, it’s pretty much lifesize and even has a light! The screen is also a set of plates with lenticular images so it can shown one of 5 pokemon (the kanto OG starters, Pikachu and Eevee) so it is pretty cool! It also has a stand which can hold the plates but it doesn’t seem to be as secure as it could be.

In the night I watched the IT blu ray that I got last week and it was pretty wild. Like all I knew about it was the sewer drain scene from the start and I didn’t expect it to be as brutal as it was. But yeah thewhole thing was wild I so intrigued by the lore stuff and to see some in welcome to Derry (but having that fire for the film backstory is such a bad choice) and I’m super curious to see chapter 2, hopefully soon.

The cex in town does have it listed in stock so I’ll swing by when I pick up my jacket (they’re pretty much right next to each other) so hopefully it’ll be there. The plan for that trip has also been changed too. The cinema added a morning showing for Keeper so I’ll see it then, which is better than seeing it at 5:40 like I was gonna cause it means I’ll be back before night.

Today was another lazy type day, though at least we walked the pup. Tonight I watched the next Who ray eps, which was Pyramids Of Mars. This is an odd one to post thoughts about cause I did watch it fairly recently, cause they put it out as a Tale Of The Tardis when Sutekh was bought back.

It is a pretty good ep and I really like the Egyptian vibes. It’s a shame there’s not been more Egyptian type stuff in Who. It’s also so creepy in places, especially when the controlled Professor Scarman encounters his brother. At the same time it’s funny, the meme scene of Sarah Jane and the Doctor turning and walking out on seeing a mummy in the last part is so funny, as is the poacher who gets crushed by two mummies pressing themselves against him. That wouldn’t be as funny if the mummies chests weren’t so… ample. (The tardis wiki pic doesn’t do them justice)

Also it’s incredible that Sutekh is sold just by a vocal performance, since he’s just paralysed the whole time. The fact hat he still comes off as threatening is a credit to his actor. And speaking of actors Sarah Jane gives a lot of heart and we actually get an answer to a question often unasked: why doesn’t the doctor just leave when something bad happens? (Plus who knew she was such a good shot??)

Tomorrow I’ll go through the special features of the disc, but also there’s a bunch of other stuff. I wanna watch a film (either Fantastic Four First Steps or Glass Onion), then DND and I wanna do some iconning and putting music on the pod thing. (Plus I wanna poke my fic brain)

And I wanna listen to the next Night Vale and Redacted eps (the later being a new podcast about an X-Files type unit so I’m already sold on the concept). But damn I really have rambled, oops.