Category: Journal

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    My third Batman story: Hush. Already half way through. This is so good.


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    The Terminator on the big screen – wow. One of the best cinema experiences I’ve ever had. I felt 5 years old again.


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    My hand-made miniature of the Sarlacc Pit

    My hand-made miniature of the Sarlacc Pit from Return of the Jedi. Made on Paignton Beach.


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    Keeping it up: Day 7

    Another day of feeling like crap today.Didn’t really get anything done, which annoys me. I just watched a bunch of interviews with Clive Barker, which led me to finally read his short story, Jacqueline Ess: Her last will and testiment. A really great story – part of the Books of Blood volume 2.I then went on to watch a couple of interviews with Steve Jobs. I’ve never been a fan of Apple products, except for the iPod, but he was an inspiring guy.As I did a quick search for Jacqueline Ess to make sure I’d spelt it right, I found out that Lena Headey will be playing the titular character in a film that is currently in the works. 


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    Keeping it up: Day 6

    Today was the first day of the monthly street food market in the Jewellery Quarter. I had a tasty meatball sub – The bad boy I think it was called. It was one of them foods on a roll that just had to be eaten with a fork. It was messy. Tasty, but messy.I finished watching the first series of Inside No 9 tonight. Those guys really do push television into dark realms that others just wouldnt dare go. The end scene with the school girl strapped to a chair in her underwear as a near-deformed man is about to pass on the devil that has possessed him for 50 years. Dark, dark places.I’m really looking forward to seeing The Terminator tomorrow night at Star City. The original masterpiece up on the big screen. Its gonna be great. I just hope my cough clears up a bit.Oh and I’ve just bought tickets to see Kacey Musgraves in Birmingham in November. Yay!


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    Yay! Kacey Musgraves tickets bought. Roll on November 10th!


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    Just as I was thinking Inside No 9 wasn’t that dark, along comes the Harrowing. Another great episode


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    MKV, as in the audio/video container format, are also known as Matroska Video files. Matroska coming from the Russian word ‘matryoshka’, meaning ‘nesting dolls’.


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    Keeping it up: Day 5

    I’ve not been keeping it up, have I?(phrasing)Try and try again I shall.Tonight I saw the first episode of humans – very good it was. It’s interesting to see exactly what it means to be ‘human’ – to have consciousness. The acting was great – I even tried making a cup of tea like a robot afterwards and it’s actually harder than it seems. It will be interesting to see where the show goes – especially as dark elements have already begun to creep in.Later on I ended up listening to an old episode of Cabin Pressure – Qikiqtarjuaq. It’s been about a year since I first heard this series and had forgotten how good it is. Benedict Cumberbatch is probably best known for playing Sherlock in the BBC series, but one should also check him out in Cabin Pressure. He, along with the rest of the cast, have incredible chemistry in one of the funniest series I’ve ever heard.


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    Whitman, Price and Haddad. Last season’s winners? No. Last season’s losers.


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    Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C Sharp Minor is absolutely stunning.


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    This cough is doing my head in now. Got to postpone Mad Max cuz I don’t wanna be THAT person coughing in cinema. Meh.


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    And now for episode 3 of Hannibal. Its turning into a good one.


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    Looking forward to seeing Mad Max: Fury Road again tomorrow night with mate Andrew.


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    Finally my tags have got their own pages.