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hestia8I am still riding on a bit of the high from the Depeche Mode concert and will be for quite some time, I imagine. I’m listening to their stuff even more since we went, lol (and that in itself is a bit tricky considering how much I was listening to before).
I think my laptop is on the way out, which is disappointing but not exactly unexpected (it is second hand and about…six years old). I can’t afford a new one but I’m hoping the laptop can hang on until the beginning of autumn and I can hopefully get a good deal/a decent payment plan. My DVD player has also died, which is not a huge deal (I can watch stuff on the laptop) but is another thing I can’t afford to replace, sigh.
I am working on adding the jewellery I’ve made to my Dawanda shop. It took me all Saturday to do a third of them (it’s not fast work :/). Trying to do a lot of photo uploading in general so that things aren’t just sitting on the computer.
Also over the weekend I watched half a season of The Blue Rose, which for the Tribe fans among you stars Antonia Prebble. It’s a really, really good show and I will be doing an lj update at some point with screencaps/rambling etc. And hopefully some idea about where you can find it, because I got it from kikishua. I’ve also been enjoying The Americans a heck of a lot. I gave up on The Fall after the first episode as I didn’t really get into it and I have so much other stuff to watch besides.
There was a new Poirot on last night which I watched rather than The Returned as I was at the parents’ (I might watch The Returned tonight, I am looking forward to it). It was pretty good and had a very good cast but I found the actual resolution quite weak as I couldn’t quite work out why the people involved had gone to all that trouble when there were simpler ways of resolving their problems. Na, ja.
I also watched Fast Girls over the weekend, which was shamelessly manipulative (it’s a British sports movie released last year, enough said really) but which I did enjoy. It’s about a team of runners who make up the 4x4 relay team at the Worlds *cough*theycouldn’tgetpermissiontousetheOlympics*cough* and there’s a posh one and one from the wrong side of the tracks and the older voice of experience etc etc. But it’s a feelgood movie focusing on some good, young British actresses (Lenora Crichlow <3) and it does exactly what it needs to do.
Oh, and we also watched part one of a documentary on the Eagles which was pretty interesting (Dad is recording the second half) and made me realise I haven’t listened to Hotel California in a while.
I have now watched up to POI 211 and there’s a half-written entry ramblesqueeing (yes, I just made up that word) about it somewhere on my usb. I need to go back to it and attempt to add more and then POST THE DAMN THING. Ahem.
In other news, I posted a little comment fic yesterday, which is sort-of exciting as I have been stuck in WIP hell FOREVER (alright, not really forever). I have another one to finish and post hopefully this evening (will link to them both afterwards) and then I really really must get on with my other writing. I just have too many things to do :/. I’ve been super restrained with the jewellery/card stuff recently; I haven’t got it out even though I’ve really wanted to make more stuff.
(on the other hand, I am pleased with how tidy and organised the flat has been lately, so even though it’s been a bit frustrating, there have been benefits too)
I really need to write tonight. Sigh.
I think my laptop is on the way out, which is disappointing but not exactly unexpected (it is second hand and about…six years old). I can’t afford a new one but I’m hoping the laptop can hang on until the beginning of autumn and I can hopefully get a good deal/a decent payment plan. My DVD player has also died, which is not a huge deal (I can watch stuff on the laptop) but is another thing I can’t afford to replace, sigh.
I am working on adding the jewellery I’ve made to my Dawanda shop. It took me all Saturday to do a third of them (it’s not fast work :/). Trying to do a lot of photo uploading in general so that things aren’t just sitting on the computer.
Also over the weekend I watched half a season of The Blue Rose, which for the Tribe fans among you stars Antonia Prebble. It’s a really, really good show and I will be doing an lj update at some point with screencaps/rambling etc. And hopefully some idea about where you can find it, because I got it from kikishua. I’ve also been enjoying The Americans a heck of a lot. I gave up on The Fall after the first episode as I didn’t really get into it and I have so much other stuff to watch besides.
There was a new Poirot on last night which I watched rather than The Returned as I was at the parents’ (I might watch The Returned tonight, I am looking forward to it). It was pretty good and had a very good cast but I found the actual resolution quite weak as I couldn’t quite work out why the people involved had gone to all that trouble when there were simpler ways of resolving their problems. Na, ja.
I also watched Fast Girls over the weekend, which was shamelessly manipulative (it’s a British sports movie released last year, enough said really) but which I did enjoy. It’s about a team of runners who make up the 4x4 relay team at the Worlds *cough*theycouldn’tgetpermissiontousetheOlympics*cough* and there’s a posh one and one from the wrong side of the tracks and the older voice of experience etc etc. But it’s a feelgood movie focusing on some good, young British actresses (Lenora Crichlow <3) and it does exactly what it needs to do.
Oh, and we also watched part one of a documentary on the Eagles which was pretty interesting (Dad is recording the second half) and made me realise I haven’t listened to Hotel California in a while.
I have now watched up to POI 211 and there’s a half-written entry ramblesqueeing (yes, I just made up that word) about it somewhere on my usb. I need to go back to it and attempt to add more and then POST THE DAMN THING. Ahem.
In other news, I posted a little comment fic yesterday, which is sort-of exciting as I have been stuck in WIP hell FOREVER (alright, not really forever). I have another one to finish and post hopefully this evening (will link to them both afterwards) and then I really really must get on with my other writing. I just have too many things to do :/. I’ve been super restrained with the jewellery/card stuff recently; I haven’t got it out even though I’ve really wanted to make more stuff.
(on the other hand, I am pleased with how tidy and organised the flat has been lately, so even though it’s been a bit frustrating, there have been benefits too)
I really need to write tonight. Sigh.
