Been watching the Alatriste film and... eh.

( Not very spoilery, but cut just in case )

-Bored as fuck. Anyone got any memes? I might even go for a cracky drabble-y one.

-The original Spanish Alatriste novels have cool illustrations. This is not fair. There's even a RPG for it. Waaaaaah. I'm itching to doodle some of this stuff myself, I must admit. Waaah, Baroqueporn. And speaking of Alatriste, Gualterio Malatesta makes me wet. He's ( Read more... )

-I had a crossover dream that had Jason King in Life on Mars. I wish I could remember the plot, but it was amazing. The Guv thumped him a lot for being a perfumed ponce and he also made Sam unsure and confused about his sexuality. Sam was v. repressed and he had his usual crazy flaily fits (you know when he feels sick/blind/hears voices/sees things ( Read more... )

Arg! There aren't many things as annoying as a CD without the lyrics included. Especially when 1) some bastard has ripped them off the leaflet (arg for public library copies), 2) the lyrics are in frelling Sanskrit 'cos it's Krishna Das and 3) most of them aren't online, and if they are, the translations aren't included. ARG ( Read more... )

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Have I mentioned how much I love Perez-Reverte lately? *fangasm* He takes such time to make elaborate, witty and funny poetry to describe situations in the Alatriste series, exactly as people would've done in the 17th century. And with it, weaves actual history and actual texts seamlessly together with stuff he's made up. Again, very much like ( Read more... )

Well, maybe not just yet. Saw mytsis in town for a nice, affordable and hot Thai lunch (with ginormous portions neither of us could finish) and also got NEW BOOTS. Because Dad was sensible on Xmas and gave me a gift voucher to the only decent shoe shop in town. So now I have new kickarse combat boots, imported from Carnaby Street. King of the Mods. This ( Read more... )

New, long trailer for Alatriste.It looks very meandering and the voiceover is rubbish, but I still can't wait ( Read more... )