I’m really enjoying the Infinite Monkey Cage podcasts with Brian Cox and Robin Ince.
Month: June 2015
Inside no 9 is one of the best TV shows I’ve discovered recently. A quiet night in is such an amazing episode.
Moomin in his ball
Keeping it up: Day 3
So I have failed completely so far in writing an entry each day. I have some poor excuses if that’s any consolation? I broke my computer and spent ages trying to reinstall it; I’ve also got a sore throat and cough……yep I know, I know pretty pathetic.So two months ago I signed up for the London marathon 2016. During my training I pushed myself a bit too hard and strained my ankle. I’ve not been able to train for nearly three weeks. But since buying an ankle support, it seems to be getting better. So this Sunday I’ll head out for a jog and see how it feels.I’ve not been confirmed for the London Marathon – the winners are announced in September/October time.However I will hopefully be doing a couple of half marathons before the end of the year. So that should help me gauge my fitness level.
Started back on Penny Dreadful tonight. I really like that show.
Back on Linux Mint. So far so good. Nvidia drivers installed so hopefully wont have any more crashing.
I’m not looking forward to tonight’s reinstallation of Linux. Not after last night’s faff.
I’ve gone Ubuntu all the way.
I feel so naked without my head phones.
Last night’s film was actually pretty good. Saving Mr Banks is well worth a watch. And gosh if I didn’t get emotional at the end.
About to watch ‘Saving Mr Banks’. Not normally my kind of film, but I’ll give it a go.
Keeping it up: Day 2
I bought a new cage for Moomin on Friday night. I loved the idea of him having a higher one so he could climb up further. The idea of the high platforms seemed cool too. However in practice it wasn’t suitable at all – he kept falling off the platform and knocking the loosley-coupled platform bridges out.So I’ve opted to go for the same one as he had before. Pets at home were very helpful in getting it exchanged as well as letting me have some spare parts.I’m even thinking about connecting the two cages together – as they are the same model – to make Moomin a sort of super-lair. I’ll let you know how that one pans out.
New cage successfully exchanged.
I don’t like Moomin’s new home – and I don’t think he does either. He falls off too much. I have put him back in his original home and will hopefully manage to exchange the new one for one like his old one – parts have broken off you see. What is it with these Hamster homes and cheap plastic?
Keeping it up: Day 1
So this is my first entry in my ‘keeping it up’ series of continuous writing – two days after the introduction post. How pathetic is that!? So anyways, here is the first of which i will do my best to be many.So I saw Jurassic World yesterday evening. I had seen the trailer and thought to myself how it was going to be terrible and probably best to avoid it all together – I have been known to be one of those people who goes on about how remakes or reboots are a bad idea. However I was pleasently surprised: I actually enjoyed it. It was a good two-hour escape into a world of dinosaurs and thought there were some great little twists in there.For me the whole film came together with the ending. I enjoyed it throughout, but the ending was great fun and improved the film for me as a whole.And it was good to see they didn’t shy away from the violence. With it being a 12A – always a warning sign for me for some films – I thought it would be completely kiddified. But there was a comfortable amount of people being eaten, crushed and thrown into trees for me to feel satisfied. I’m not sadistic – honest.
Can hamsters catch colds?