Anduin

Birthday went well! Gift most appreciated! Purely by coincidence, now I know what to get my sister for christmas. One down...

Mexican metal band Cemican have a 45 minute live set up! Really a show worth watching. Not often you see human sacrifice on stage. Also, is that Tom Araya from Slayer in the audience around 21.30? So very cool.

He's not the best, but I just want some action!

Daisy Ridley is going to be in a second movie from Martin Campbell, called Dedication. This one, she's a former USMC officer at a fancy ceremony when suddenly terrorists! Due out later this year, possibly. They have another movie together, Cleaner, which is pretty much Die Hard with Ridley as Bruce Willis. Neither of these movies have trailers, as far as I can tell. But she was good with action in Star Wars, and Martin Campbell did two good James Bond movie. Both look promising, but we'll see.

That's certainly the plan!

Which one, and why?

Let's all find a reason to smile today. My mum's birthday is this weekend. She will be classified years old!* I'm looking forward to it in general, but especially because I had a moment of foresight and bought her pressie back in May. *I know she's told me, but I've forgotten. Not that I'd share even if I remembered. :)

I can call myself the queen of France all I like. But I've never been to France, I'm not a woman, and France is a republic. Until I see something from an official independent body, I'm keeping hope.

Possibly the most clever thing I have ever seen. I can walk and chew gum at the same time, sure, but nothing like this.

A short animated movie of the Ainulindalë, the first part of the Silmarillion. Why is YT recommending it to me after nine years? After all the Tolkien content I've consumed on YT, nine years is ridiculous. Anyway, it's not perfect, but it's good. I'll watch the next part tomorrow.

DST was tried for a year in my state. When the people had their say, it got voted down. Then the party got voted out. Next time that party was back in, they tried for three years. Same result! In summer, we're three hours behind the east coast instead of two, but that's how we like it.

Absolutely!

Safe houses never are. Sometimes the enemy has compromised them in advance. Sometimes they track the escaping heroes. Sometimes there's a double agent. They should be renamed unsafe houses. I've found one in Starfield, conveniently pre-trashed. There's a pounding on the door coming from below, and the type of logs you expect to find. "Finally everything is going well. Except for one tiny thing that has me on edge." Etc. Yeah, I'm betting it isn't a surprise birthday party that caused this.

Looks good. Not sure I'm really the target audience, being a childless adult, but I'm interested anyway.

Picture If You Will. When I saw the name, I remembered absolutely nothing about it. The moment I started, I knew Maldis was back. This ep reminded me of Through the Looking Glass. Not the strongest plot, but some fun dialogue. Also, as terrible as Kyvan's 'Irish' accent is, her ship has a nifty design. Looking forward to Home on the Remains. Astrobiology, while currently hypothetical, is one of my pet interests. Until we find... anything, fiction will have to do.