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just finished watching a film i recorded last night that was on film4 Night Watch (Nochnoy Dozor) a very cool russian fantasy movie

frustration

i've been running the bbc climate change experiment since april 06 and yesterday noticed something odd
it appears i was in a permenant loop so having reached 2016 in my model i've had to abort and go back to 1920

Blood Canticle * * *

Blood Canticle by Anne Rice (audio)
very weird but nice ending

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haha TMA01 96% awesome

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yippee i've moved

i need to unpack but this is good

8-)

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well i'm at the new house
i camped here last night in my sleeping bag and if all goes to plan i'll be moving most of my stuff over later today

plus i have a new laptop

jay's 40th last night and it was nice to see Anna (nee pevitt) and Av

The Fourth Bear * * * / * * * *

The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
wonderful
the return of Detective Chief Inspector Jack Spratt and Detective Sergeant Mary Mary of the Nursery Crime Division following up their success in The Big Over Easy about the Humpty Dumpty inquiry, this time Goldilocks is missing, there is a mystery about cucumbers and who is the Fourth Bear? referencing Nursery rhymes (well duh), Blade Runner and the theories of Joseph Campbell amongst others
SPOILER AFTER CUT

Blackwood Farm * * *

Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice (audio)
I've been listing to this book in dribs and drabs since July and just couldn't get into it and then I came back to it after a break and finally really enjoyed it.

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I have my internet back, I have furniture (arrived but unassembled) and a fridge freezer (on the way) and I managed despite no internet to get my TMA (OU course work ) done and uploaded to their site thanks to Andy.
Plus the Democrats took both Houses of Congress. coooolio
And I'm beginning to get a handle on PHP and mySQL

Against Gravity * * / * * *

Against Gravity by Gary Gibson
Extremely predictable in places yet not bad. It got under my skin at times and I'm thinking I wouldn't have handled that scene like that. No particularly new ideas and all a bit sci fi Bond and Bond villain yet like Bond it has entertainment value.

SPOILER AFTER CUT
I was constantly irritated by Kendrick's insistance that Draeger should be trusted with no evidence why. I'm going to trust this character so we can move forward with the plot.

The Rainbow Gate * */ * * *

The Rainbow Gate by Freda Warrington
an odd book which I found hard going at first and yet by the end I was turning the pages quite bewitched.
To an extent some of the metaphors are rather transparent and some of the early pages have a rather amateurish feel to them. A number of times whilst reading the book I felt this is lousy and predictable, the writer has a tendency to tell rather than show, however always the narrative would do a little sidestep and I would think nice, yes that's good. It was like listening to a jazz improvisation, you're in the audience and chatting to friends and half listening and then bing something genuinely creative and interesting and even if you were in mid sentence you are suddenly paying maximum attention to the music.

8-)

my internet is down till next tuesday ( boooo ) and i'm round at andy's
yay for my friends
need to do ou work and need internet booo

i have the keys for my new house yippeeeeeeee i'm moving
life with rooms plural and a bath and space and somewhere to sit and a SEPERATE space to cook
happiness
8-)

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nuts
i swam 33km in October and i've just weighed myself and i've only lost a disappointing 3 pounds
i feel very disheartened