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I only wish we were getting more than this last season. :(

In all my catching up today, I found out that there's only going to be one more season of Black Sails. Cue my sadness ( Read more... )

Craig and I went and saw "The Lady in the Van" today. It's the (mostly) true story about the woman who lived in Alan Bennett's driveway for fifteen years. Maggie Smith was absolutely wonderful in it, and we both really enjoyed it, though Craig has been an Alan Bennett fan for years. We walked out of the theater with intentions to go do some ( Read more... )

It was a long, exhausting weekend at Dundracon, but definitely fun. Alicia and I got to play the deck-building version of Resident Evil Saturday, then she went on to play two different miniatures games with Craig while Alex focused on open gaming. I ended up reading while they were playing in the evening, which was more than fine by me. On Sunday, ( Read more... )

Alicia was out this morning for the interview and speech portions of her Academic Decathlon team, so I decided to go to a matinee of The Revenant with a friend. No spoilers, but I'll agree with the general consensus that it's incredibly intense, beautifully shot, and most likely worthy of the Oscars it will get. I don't know about best picture, ( Read more... )

Title:Devoted
Author: Fyre
Pairing(s) Miranda/Thomas, Miranda/Flint, Flint/Thomas
Rating: NC17
Word Count: 3631
Warnings: None
Summary: Miranda Hamilton loved her husband very much.

Why I loved it: I went off in search of more of this particular author's fics--man, she's not only GOOD but she's prolific, what a gift--and found another Black Sails ( Read more... )

Title:Breaking Waves
Author/Artist: Fyre
Pairing(s): Captain Flint/Thomas Hamilton
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 9899
Warnings: Graphic violence, major character death
Summary: When all fell apart around him and all was taken from him, Thomas Hamilton was not broken.

Why I loved it: This is one of those fics I would've missed if I hadn't come back to ( Read more... )

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Girls day out is on! BFF's sibs are doing better--well, one of them--and the dad is looking out over the other one, so we will be heading to the mall for uninterrupted hang time, shopping, and Cheesecake Factory in just a couple hours ( Read more... )