my first full run through the straight sword form at tai chi since 2004

i see u by the light of a blood red moon

by the light of all the sunrises and sunsets

by the light of hopes, dreams

depressed empty dark nerve ending raw

The Day Watch * * * / * * * *

The Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

intrigue -- plotting -- love

rather good not as good as the first but still good

had a lovely holiday camping in Dorset last week (photos to follow when #1 PC is up and running)

oops i replaced the wrong fan

it's the chipset fan that's fucked so i've contacted asus and i'm waiting for them to get back to me

I WANT MY MAIN PC BACK

boooooooooooooooooooooo

the fear

oh i had the fear earlier

my cpu fan which has been chugging at start up failed and i've just successfully replaced and so far so good

but fuck nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

sigh

The Night Wach * * * * *

The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

awesome - a good movie but a very very good book

complex moral russian romantic

vodka -- the Cheka -- destiny -- love -- alcoholics --

just reading The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko and came across this advice from one character to another who's in pain regarding love

You love her! So don't demand or expect anything in return. That's the way of the Light!

Declare * * * *

Declare by Tim Powers

apparantly Powers himself describes the novel as Tradecraft meets Lovecraft to describe the mix of spy fiction and the supernatural and that seems quite apposite

a nice tribute to the Smiley novels

Stephen Fry

I've just seen Wilde followed by Stephen Fry 50 Not Out and he is, as Hugh Laurie said in the programme,

rant

i hate it when certain aspects of certain institutions are stuck in the 1950s like the Post Office or in this case my doctor's surgery.

fraud

some little scrote has my cash card details

little fucker

the bank has stopped my card and i'm waiting for a new one but I want to know how the fuck they got my card details

it's only 2 months old

Metal Swarm * * *

Metal Swarm by Kevin J Anderson

so incredibly bad in so many ways but despite myself

i was up til 5 am this morning watching the meteor shower, listening to music and drinking

i've just seen Ghost in the Shell

cool movie!

my post to memestreams recommending article on the Perseid meteor shower which peaks Monday night

well it's gone 2am Sat morning and i've just come in from the garden having spent some time drinking tea (decaff), listening to Joanna Newsom and then some Bach, and watching out for the first few meteors and i did see a couple and i'm hoping for more meteors and beautiful clear skies during the next few nights

edit
actually it peaked early Monday morning

a spray of water ch 1 addendum

It was a hollow sphere, 2km in diameter, with a shell of water between two layers of diamond, the radiation shield. The sphere enclosed a vacuum which contained a rotating spindle (spun to a full g); one end was the counter weight, hydroponics and gardens (although there were sleeping [camping] facilities in the main garden and it was here that Bayliss was often to be found, indeed as books slowly moved to the garden cap and cooking facilities were upgraded distinctions were blurring); the other end of the spindle was the main living area (officially).

just received my ou course results for my first module huzzah 91 a distinction -- i pass -- so i have the first points towards my computing degree

Black Man * * * / * * * *

Black Man by Richard Morgan

not entirely satisfying but interesting
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