Hola everyone! My folks’ arrival is imminent, and I’ve got some cleaning and cooking still to do, so I’ll have to love you and leave you! Enjoy today’s page in the meantime!
Hope you had a great Easter! Ciao for now!
M.
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It’s a Bank Holiday, woo! Plenty of time to get some spring cleaning done, cook a lovely lunch for my family, get some commissioned work done and consume chocolate with only a tiny amount of guilt. But apparently the US doesn’t get bank holidays for Easter weekend? Is that, like, a nationwide thing or is it only some companies that don’t give this?
Anyway – On with the spring cleaning! This house is a TIP. I mean, literally, so bad that I’m actually slightly ashamed of the state of the place. TO WORK!
I’ve been meaning to write this musing for quite a while now – I was thinking about the Duke of Wellington statue in Glasgow, the one that sits outside the Gallery of Modern Art and is almost always adorned with a traffic cone hat (sometimes someone feels sorry for the horse and it gets a wee hat too).
Glasgow City Council went through a phase a few years ago of being absolutely OBSESSED with removing the traffic cones, and ensuring that no new cones were placed there (to absolutely no success, I am happy to report). Their thinking was that, for such a prominent figure in such a prominent place in the city, to have it sullied by drunken behaviour in public, in front of all the tourists, was doing the city a disservice.
Happy Monday, everyone! You’d think that, having all weekend to get prepared, I wouldn’t be posting this at 0500 on Monday morning, but clearly we’ve all underestimated my ability to procrastinate!
So I hope you’ll understand the brief post – Have a great week, and I’ll catch you on Friday!
Toodles!
M.
How-doodly folks! Hope you’re all doing well. Sorry for all the interruptions as of recent – Sort of a combination of work, dieting fatigue (but I’m 3 kg down, so yay me!), terrible sleeping, and rather shamefully a bit too much XCOM2. Should improve from now on, now that I’ve made some changes!
Should be a fun weekend ahead – I’m experimenting with colouring and flavouring chocolate, and am planning on making some fancy chocolates to share with my coworkers. It’s been a while since I last made chocolates, but I do enjoy it so!
I’ve finally completed XCOM 2, clocking in at a relatively cool 49 hours of gameplay time. It’s been every bit as fun as XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and I’ve really enjoyed teh story. But in a way. I’m glad that I’ve finished my first run through.
BECAUSE THE GAME IS SO RIDICULOUSLY ADDICTIVE THAT IT AFFECTS MY PRODUCTIVITY.
I’ve been suffering REALLY badly from “Just one more turn” syndrome, and “I’ll just have a quick battle”-itis. The game is, if anything, just far too enjoyable and distracting from the mundanities of everyday life 😛
Unlike most of my other politics posts, I’m going to keep this one relatively short and sweet (partially to counter the bitterness I feel over the entire affair).
Much is being made over the announcement that there is a new Harry Potter book coming out, and fandom around the world is rejoicing. I, however, have made the conscious decision not to purchase the book.
That’s not to say that I don’t like Harry Potter. I love Harry Potter. The very first book, way back in the mists of time now, I consumed in a single night – the only book I have ever done so. I was thrilled beyond excitement when they commissioned the films.
Hola everyone! Hope you’re all doing well!
Me, well I’ve been working my rear end off this evening – A couple of friends of mine are having a potluck get-together at their place tomorrow night, and I fully intend to make a big contribution to the dinner! So what I’ve made is as follows:
Hullo all! It’s late again, but I did promise you my review of the new Coen Brothers’ film, Hail Caesar!, so I thought I’d put it in a nutshell for you!
Hail Caesar! is not going to be a film for everyone – I’m saying this right now. It is more than a bit quirky, without being overly odd, and the whole film is steeped very deeply in Christian symbology – fitting for the eponymous film-within-a-film, which is an early fifties attempt at telling the story of The Christ. Ultimately, the thing that may put people off is that it is a film in which a lot happens, yet nothing happens. By the end, status quo reigns supreme.
Hello all, no time again for me to write up a substantial blog post, but ohpefully on Monday I’ll be able to share with you a review of the main reason my schedule has been impacted this week – I’ve been to the Glasgow Film Festival, to see the premiere of the Coen Brothers’ new film, Hail Caesar! More on that on Monday!
In the meantime, have an awesome weekend folks. Cheerio for now!
M.
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