The last episode of the book... Ooh, how I loved it. Such good casting, such good production valus, such interesting added scenes.

I didn't remember much of the events here from the book: I remember the terrible events preceeding, and then my memory went more or less blank until the scene ( with the... )

Morning: went for a long walk along the canal, listening to China Miéville's The City and the CityI went to the Farmer's Market, and bought poatoes, onions, organic lamb and strawberries. Learned something: I'd been so happy that I was walking freely and with no back pain. So for the last fifteen minutes or so of my walk - the portion after I'd ( Read more... )

Saw not one but two episodes of Game of Thrones today, episodes 6 and 7, one aired on TV, one online ( Read more... )

Loved tonight's episode of The Game of Thrones. I wonder if I would love it as much if I didn't already know and love the books. Part of the thrill is seeing scenes we never saw in the books - such as the scene between Renley and Loras - so we're getting a whole new opportunity to see new scenes and facets of characters ( Read more... )

maaseru now gets HBO, which means we can watch A Game of Thrones. So while she was showing me today what shows she gets, we chanced upon a fascinating behind-the-scenes feature on the Dothraki language.

They needed a language for the Dothraki to speak, so they went to the Language Creation Society and had one made to order ( Read more... )

Loved it. Noticed a few changes from the book, but mostly good ones. I loved how they got in the information about Jon Snow's mother, and the death of the Targaryen kings, and Rhaegar and Lyanna. The crisis with Joffrey and the wolf was handled well, as was the fight between Catelyn and the assassin who went after Bran ( Read more... )

This afternoon I did the Game of Thrones test: "Which house are you?" I turn out to be Targaryen:

House of Targaryen (3 headed Dragon) - You rely on the sufferance of others probably more than you should. You've had a hard road, but the world doesn't owe you everything and desperation will only get you so far. Try working harder to get what you ( Read more... )

Impressive Sean Bean interview about A Game of Thrones.

It's looking good.

Though I'd say that interview contains big spoilers. Approach at your own risk, if you don't know the story already.

Long day, busy day, good one. I finally managed to do all my exercises in about 65 minutes; I think I should simply allow about 75 minutes altogether, not to rush or skimp on the yoga. For a while, anyway.

After picking up my comics, I met lunacy_gal and maaseru for lunch at Ichibei. I had tempura as usual. Then went to Costco to buy food and a Christmas ( Read more... )

Since I have finished the thirty day movie meme, I might as well feature the Thirty Day Book Meme. Making this Day One. I got the meme from the book meme lj community and marifee's blog and Dreamwidth's Anna Genoese. (Thanks to them all!)

Day 01 - A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already ( Read more... )