all made up with nowhere to go

Some things, a list:

# it feels very autumnal this morning, and I am absolutely loving it!

# It was a good job I impulsively bought that heated airer, because the other morning, literally as I was about to go out of the door to work, my other (non-heated) airer broke on one side!

So I had to prop it up on some stuff, so that the wet washing wasn't touching the floor. I hoped it wouldn't collapse entirely while I was out of the house, and it did not, and I was pleased about that.

But yeah, that was a good call on past me's part!

# I have started rewatching the X-Men films because of partly spurious reasons (that you don't get to know), and partly because I dunno, it's been a while since I watched them last, and I haven't seen the more recent ones - I only got as far as Days of Future Past last time, despite buying Apocalypse at the time (I have had to buy Dark Phoenix, and I also got New Mutants, so now I feel my collection is complete :D )

I have a lot of nostalgia for the first film, but it is Not Good. The writing is awful, apart from a couple of lines here and there, and I spent some of the time wondering how some of the cast (primarily Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen) could say some of that with a completely straight face (but I guess that's why they call it acting, right? ;) - turns out I made exactly the same comment when I watched it ten years ago, lol ). That said, "I saved your life!" "No, you didn't." and "You ain't part of the group." have lived rent free in my head for the last twenty odd years, so...eh.

I feel X2 is better written and better paced, but I still feel like there's too much going on at once. I think they should have picked one thing and stuck to it rather than trying to cram two stories in there and added Phoenix stuff out of nowhere.

I have mixed feelings about how I will feel about X3, but I'll cross that bridge when I eventually get to it

# I have managed to finally make a tangible change in the house wrt redecorating! \o/ it's about bloody time!! I have new carpeting on the landing upstairs, which is probably a mistake because I haven't sorted the walls out yet (whether painting or wallpapering), but whatever. It is A Thing, and I did it, and I am stupid proud of myself!

# Nobody cares that I am playing Umamusume: Pretty Derby, but I wanted a list of my current wins, so I'm slapping it under a cut here:

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# I've got nothing else for the time being, I haven't really had a lot of time outside of work to do anything even remotely interesting. But perhaps that will change, who knows!

Final Fantasy XII was nineteen years old on the 16th, and I do not like it. How DARE my favourite game be that old!

I may have to replay it, but let's honest, when am I not thinking about replaying it?

(I mean also TWEWY is eighteen this year as well, but time is absolutely bullshit nonsense, right?)

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I was thinking about posting my Steam games list/wishlist on here just so I had somewhere that didn't require me to log into Steam to look at it, so here they are:

( games list )

( wishlist )

And now I've done this I might make another entry with my itch.io and GOG lists in, but that can wait for another day.

So, um, I, uh, have a PS4 now????

I got it free with my phone, which is mind-boggling and hilarious given that when we came into this year, my most recent Playstation was a PS2!

At the risk of repeating my question from February, any recs?

I have a list of games I want but can't afford, and three I own, handily behind this cut.

( list! )

So that's a bigger list than I expected! But if you have any additions or comments on what I've listed, please comment! (Heads up: I like Survival Horror in principle, but I absolutely will not play it. Which is why I'm avoiding the RE2 remake like the plague, for instance, and will not touch RE7 ever).

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I don't know if I had anything else to say, but if I did, it has fallen out of my head in all the excitement.

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*I know, I know, I know, but maybe I'll end up liking it? *shrug emoji*

**Crash Bandicoot was my BFF's favourite game when we were teenagers and yet somehow I never managed to play it, so making up for lost time, I guess!

If you are following me on twitter (you lucky people ;) ), you may have noticed that I've spent a lot of time recently tweeting about U2. And why would I not? They are my favourite band, after all. (Apparently they are described a lot these days as "your dad's favourite band" and, since I'm old enough to be someone's dad, I suppose that's accurate). I am going to spend this entry talking about them because I can, and because my mood is fucking foul right now, and U2 (mostly) make me happy.

To that end:

I watched Killing Bono earlier because I've had it on DVD for years and never touched it. A friend recommended it to me ages ago after she'd seen it, because she thought I might find it entertaining, if nothing else. The internet says it's hilarious, and I kind of side-eyed the internet, but they were right! (And the laughter isn't derived from the main character being an epic failure of a human being, though he is that for sure).

The story is based on a book by Neil McCormick, who had the misfortune to be at school with Bono. I say based, because the book's way more truthful about what actually happened. A lot of stuff in the film is either exaggerated, or outright fabricated (though I can see why; a certain spoiler being what actually happened would not work for the purposes of the narrative). I'm going to get the book so I can read it - I would have done eventually. I will buy books about U2 regardless of content, so I'm sort of surprised I haven't managed to pick this up somewhere before now.

Anyway, it's a good film, and it's not demanding. And it's OK if you're not into U2, because you don't need to know anything about them except that they got famous, Neil's band didn't, and Neil thinks that's a travesty. It feels very much like a British film to me (one user on the imdb described it as being like "a made for TV movie", but I get the impression they've maybe not seen many British films? We make shit differently over here, son). I liked that. Would easily watch it again.

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I also tried to pick my twenty favourite songs by U2, and it went badly. There are seven honourable mentions, and I do not feel this is enough. I'm not even happy with what I've got in the twenty. I may shuffle it in the future. I have put it under a cut because it's a list. There are Youtube links where available.

Some of these videos have flashing lights/rapidly moving imagery, so please take care if you have epilepsy.

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If any of the links are wrong/broken, please let me know! Hope you enjoy!

thebonesofferalletters asked for film recs, and I made an all-purpose list. I'm reposting it here in case anyone else is interested in what films I'd rec when/if my brain is working. (Although as I've said when asked before, checking through my general film tag is sometimes good because even if I didn't like a film, there's a chance you might??)

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If you want to know more about any of 'em, you can ask and I will answer (though I feel like most people have seen most of the films on this list, or at least have heard of them/what they are about).

I also recced two films I didn't like, which were Ginger Snaps and Dog Soldiers, both of which are films about werewolves.

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Soooo, how about that Inquisition, eh?

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Oooh yeah, and the main theme is amazing and I want to listen to it ALL THE DAMN TIME.

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List of Bioware characters because it needs to be somewhere:

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I think that's everyone :)

Gosh man, I have a whole bunch of unpopular opinions about Mass Effect. I'm reminded of them most times when I browse ME tumblrs. I'm currently browsing ME tumblrs because I can, and I'm in a really bad mood.

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(I just finished Sur'Kesh in game. Trying to avoid Tuchanka (for obvious reasons) like the plague for the time being, but all the other sidequests seem to involve planet-scanning which will attract Reapers and arrrrgghhh external screaming).

Note: this entry is unfinished. I'm principally noting down a few books I'd like for future reference, although I may eventually turn it into an actual wishlist (or just make a new entry, because there is other stuff I have thought about).

~ Get Spun by Symeon North
~ Start Spinning by Maggie Casey
~ Spin to Knit by Shannon Okey
~ Knit 400 - A Workbook of 400 knitting techniques and effects by Kate Haxell
~ The Knitter's Bible Stitch Library by Claire Crompton
~ 150 Scandinavian Knitting Designs by Mary Jane Mucklestone
~ The Knitter's Bible by Claire Crompton
~ Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia by Robyn Chachula
~ The Complete Book of Crochet Stitch Designs by Linda P. Shapper
~ The Harmony Guides: Crochet Stitch Motifs 250 to Crochet by Erika Knight
~ The Harmony Guides: Basic Crochet Stitches 250 to crochet by Erika Knight
~ Compendium of Crochet Techniques by Jan Eaton
~ Beyond The Square Crochet Motifs by Edie Eckman



(In case you can't tell by the titles of some of the books on this list, I recently got into spinning (thanks, Annette, like I need another hobby!) so I want some non-internet reference about it because, as I learnt recently, you can't always get on the internet. But that's another post for another time).

Last night I beat Dragon Age II.

I was kind of surprised about that, and I will agree with the consensus that, at a certain point, the plot starts to feel rushed. What I won't say, however, is that the entire game feels like that (which is a feeling I got from some of the complaints I read).

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And then, once my game finished, I created Bron (as mentioned momentarily above), who is a mage who hates mages. Go figure. (I like the absurdity of that. I can imagine it will amuse the crap out of me).

Also, for neatness' sake, here's a list of my current DA characters:

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I have some photos to show off, but I'll make a new entry for those tomorrow, since this entry got a lot longer than I intended.

What it says on the tin. I'm intending to delete my insanejournal very, very soon. Since that's the only place with my complete list of finished games, it's about time I mirrored it somewhere else. And since this is my new home on the interwebs, why not here?

(I will cut this list when it starts getting ridiculously long, but I so rarely finish games out right that no-one needs to worry about that right now).


( list here )