Oops, I haven't updated since October. Well, nothing really important happened in November did it? ;)

I've been meaning to update for ages because I've seen all sorts of things in a vaguely fannish way but somehow never got round to writing the proper posts. So I'll go for short summaries!

Confessions of Dorian Gray Season 5 - horribly ( Read more... )

So, I finally watched The Force Awakens today. I didn't want to before, I didn't want a sequel (Return of the Jedi is a beautiful, beautiful ending, okay? I like the glowing happy party, I didn't actually want to watch them all be no longer glowing and happy.) But finally, I was all "... yeah, you know, I am in the right mindspace to see this." So ( Read more... )

I saw The Hunger Games:Mockingjay earlier in the week. Non-spoilery, it was amazing, as I was expecting really. I think the Hunger Games film franchise is one of the best in the past few years - great adaptations of the books but also films that stand up in their own right. I absolutely love them.

( Spoilery things )

Tonight, I decided to watch The Emprie Strikes Back. Because I could. I will forever maintain that when the original draft of Empire Strikes Back was handed in, George Lucas was all "Okay guys, I've written the second film right? And Luke's going to get hit in the face, nearly die of hypothermia, be tormented by a little green monster, be ( Read more... )

Have finished Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It's quite different from the other ones I've read (A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations and David Copperfield.) Definitely contains less meandering than David Copperfield (I suspect everything contains less meandering than David Copperfield!) It was quite good really, I enjoyed it, on the whole ( Read more... )

So, yesterday I watched The Original Star Wars Trilogy. This is all calapine's fault because she was talking about them. Also, on Friday I bought a T-Shirt saying "Yoda Says Relax!" so obviously, the stars were aligning or something. I haven't watched them for at least a couple of years so it was quite nice to see them again really. Well, mostly ( Read more... )

What has surprised you the most about me (if anything) since joining my flist? Was anything completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you have in your head? Post this in your own journal and see how you have surprised people!

Finished Captain Correlli's Mandolin. ( For a bit of blathering )