Nollaig
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On 5/8/2018 at 11:29 PM, Raven said:Spoiler
Really? They've said that those who are dead are staying dead. I.e Loki and Vision. Anyone sucked into the soul stone (including Gamora) can/will come back. But I think Loki and Vision are definitely done.
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42 minutes ago, Raven said:Spoiler
Except those who are really gone, like Vision. Honestly, the scene with him and Wanda was the darkest most devastating part of the film for me. I have a soft spot for them, as House of M and Decimation (X-Men comics) were the first real comics I ever read, and the arc was spawned from the 'death' of their children driving Wanda insane. It's like seeing part of the origins of my interest in the comic world coming to life on the screen, although obviously with his death and the fact that its an X-Men arc, it doesn't exist in the movie universe. But their romance is where that arc started.
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I've been on a bit of a fantasy kick lately, which I'm loving. I really need to be in the mood for fantasy/sci-fi/magical realism/things that sort of dip into those areas, but when I am in the mood they're some of my favourite books.
I finished The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden and really enjoyed it, and now am reading Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor.
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On 5/4/2018 at 6:54 PM, Raven said:
So you're a Steve Rogers fan, I'm guessing?
I was thinking of Widow when i said that, even though I'm fairly indifferent to her and Cap. But I'd still take them over any GotG characters. I like Stark and Banner
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On 5/2/2018 at 2:39 PM, Raven said:
I thought that was one thing they handled quite well; the characters all got some screen time without any one character dominating.
They handled it as well as they could, but there were too many characters, with at least 1 core character doing basically nothing but showing up and kicking a bit of ass a couple of times. And I'd much rather have seen that character than other, imo poorer, characters who got bigger or more plot-centric roles.
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I'm reading The Bear and The Nightingale by... someone, I forget who. Really enjoying it, though it's quite meandering.I was a quarter of the way through before I felt like the characters were settling into position for the plot to begin, and I feel like it's just starting now around the third way mark.
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In ireland you can now use this public services card they've brought in as ID instead of a passport, but apparently the cards are very contentious as they contain so much information about the card-holder!
No news here really. Started the new job, it's quiet so far and I'm a little on edge as what the role will specifically entail is a little up in the air right now. Penny is doing well, aside from the fact that my partner lets her sleep in the bed without her cone on at night and she's picked the scab off her side so now it's red and sore looking.
But she's most of the way healed, 5 weeks and 3000 euro later!
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Infinity Wars. Very underwhelming. It was one big action with too many characters, totally misplaced humor, and exactly what Raven said in his spoiler tag. Ambitious, with some amazing moments, and enjoyable, but ultimately missed the mark.
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Also, any of those sites which require you to sign up generally are not safe and should be avoided. Rarely if ever will googling a title get you access to a free copy of a book.
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Crazy weather yesterday, ranging from clear blue skies and warm sun to hailstone in as little as 15 minutes. Today is dry but overcast.
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I'm really struggling to pick my next read.
I want to read something a bit different that I will definitely like, but it's so hard to know what to pick. Have a couple of fantasy and historical fiction fantasy books, might try one of those.
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On 4/16/2018 at 2:17 PM, Madeleine said:
That sounds lovely, you must be quite fit!
I'm fed up here, they're refurbishing the loos (fair enough) but the ones which have remained open until now have been discovered to have lots of, er, disposal problems so they've all been taken out of service now, apart from 3 disabled loos - this is in a fully occupied, 6 storey building with constant visitors, plus of course both men and women will be using very limited facilities.....wonder how long they'll last out for?
Yikes, that sounds unpleasant. In my (also 6 storey building) we have two sets of loos, one pair on the 3rd floor and one pair in the basement. So when one of either pair is being serviced in any way, you have to trek either up or down the building to get to the other ones! My building has 2 floors of offices with about 50 people (my dept), plus 3 floors of university departments, offices, science and computer labs and lecture rooms (so lecturers, students, and admin staff), and the basement isn't used much anymore. Lot of people
All good news over here, had my interview (nyargh) and got the job. Mixed feelings - it's a job I will like a lot less than my current one (I've done it before so I know), but it should make me a proper staff member and lead to permanence, as well as the capacity to move roles around the university. It's also just shy of 30k a year, which I'm very happy about as that's a good amount to start saving for a house.
Penny is also doing well, skin graft looks good and all going well she might be able to come home Friday.
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Dull but thankfully not too rainy and not too warm either!
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Yikes you've really had a crap time of it lately Janet, I'm sorry. I hope you start feeling better asap.
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On 4/14/2018 at 8:13 PM, Janet said:
As I said in my review, I found I couldn't laugh at Eleanor. I found her sad and endearing (and yes, heart-warming). I hope I didn't offend anyone - it certainly wasn't my intention.
Oh no, not at all Janet!
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1 hour ago, Athena said:
Yesterday I didn't read much for most of the day, but at the end of the day I read The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins, which was nice.
It's an interesting book isn't it! I like the art in it.
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I finished The Liar's Girl and am just over halfway through His Bloody Project, so I'm calling my tally at 3 and a half books since Thursday. Quite pleased with that!
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I'm never really at my laptop over the weekend so haven't posted updates but I have been reading. I'm including Thursday just because I read around 300 pages that day. So between Thursday and now I've started and finished The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Folcroft Ghosts. I've also read a fifth of The Liar's Girl and am aiming to read as much as possible today.
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Completely agree with you about The Woman in the Window - it was very over-hyped. Enjoyed it, but probably won't remember it in 6 months. Whereas books like I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh still stick with me a year or two later.
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I think the seasons have all shifted forward a bit in general, to be honest. Certainly in Ireland anyway - here people are amazed at 20 degree heat in October, which is no longer uncommon, and are amazed at snow in late March, which has happened two years running.
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19, which is a very low number for me going into April. But I have been gaming a lot, and I'm still technically on track for my reduced goal this year.
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I was 21 when I first posted, 28 when I lasted posted, and now I'm 30. I have completed the full span of my chosen bracket, and in november will move onto a new new bracket
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Three Things About Elsie sounds intriguing, I've added it to my TBR.
As for poetry, I love a lot of Irish poetry. Seamus Heaney is one of my favourites. I don't know if his work would resonate so much with a non-Irish person, (for example he has one called Bogland which is quite literally about bogs and their ability to preserve the past). But I like his work.
'He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' by Yeats is one of my all time favourites too.
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On 4/3/2018 at 5:20 PM, vodkafan said:
I watched Annihilation. I haven't read the book it was based on, but I thought the film was very poor. Characters don't act in logical ways and there are a lot of things that are just plot devices that don't make any kind of sense. I also guessed the ending about half way through. So altogether about 3.5 out of 10.
I really liked it. I mean, it was a B movie, but I really liked it. Love the book, which is quite different. I like the ideas behind the film more than the characters, who were very flat. The film actually explains whats happening, whereas the book doesn't, so really I kind of like imagining the movie's explanation is in the case in the book, which is better developed (to an extent). The book still has flaws, and like the film, the biggest draw is the mystery of Area X. The film could have been way better, to be fair. It was a weird mix of the source material and an idea Alex Garland had, without really fleshing out either.
The Last Film You Saw - 2018
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Directors, producers, writers some pair from one of those teams.
Most recently seen films: Deadpool 2, The Expendables, and The Secret Life of Pets.
Fantastic, brain-meltingly not my kind of thing, and bizzarely dark and unsuitable for kids, in that order.