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Dec. 1st, 2012 09:52 pmOh my God, the new posting page really is hideous.
On the other hand...Christmas whale...
It's December. Which is nice, because it means I can sing Christmas carols without nagging superstitious feelings for a scant 31 days of the year. Well, 25 really I suppose. Unfortunately it means I also probably need to do some Christmas shopping soon. Hmm.
I still haven't heard from the DWP about my benefits. Again, hopefully that's because I told them about a change and they're processing it. But it's pretty annoying, especially if I'm going to need to do Christmas shopping soon. I might call them on Monday if I still haven't heard from them, just to check it didn't get lost in the post or anything. It would be nice if they'd just send me a letter to say they received my documents, but I guess that would be a waste of paper and a phenomenal cost to the whole service. Sigh.
Also, I went to see Skyfall yesterday, finally. I feel like I'm in a funny place to judge it, because I really preferred Quantum Of Solace to Casino Royale - I actually nearly typed Poker Face then, instead of Casino Royale. That would have been a different type of film, probably. But yeah, most people seem to have hated Quantum Of Solace, but I didn't. The new film...it hung together better than Quantum Of Solace, probably, and the main plot was a lot more memorable. And it wasn't as cheesy as Poker Face. But it sort of swung between genuinely gripping and a bit dull, and ( Big spoilers )
The baddie was pretty amazing though, as everyone has said. And Javier Bardem as the baddie. And Q was pretty cute. I'm sort of pleased to see the film developing a sudden, small fandom. Even if most of it is Bond/Q fluff.
I had some issues - quite a lot of issues - with the Bond girls and female characters in general in the film, but nothing that was enough to throw me out of the film and keep me from enjoying it. So overall I did like it, and it's probably worth seeing just to understand what everyone else is talking about to be honest. So yeah, it's basically a thumbs up from me.
Also I finished the main storyline of Borderlands. I love Borderlands. It's just a little sad that it still feels like it's MEANT to be played as a multiplayer, but that if I did find anyone else that wanted to play it with me, it would probably be boys, being male characters, and my character would sort of end up being the Smurfette instead of the Lone Hero. Or, in a team of girls all playing as 4 versions of the female character, just with different colour hair. That could be awesome. But might look a bit odd. Anyway, I am now onto the DLC of the first game, the first one, The Island Of Dr Ned. And it's pretty wicked. I've heard a lot about zombie levels on games, but this is the first time I've ever played one, and it really is pretty fun. Although not being able to fast travel on the island is pretty tedious. But anyway, I enjoy their dedication to making you fight ALL the horror movie monsters. So far the only one I haven't seen is Dracula. And mummies maybe. But I'm sure they're coming.
Also I downloaded Hearthfire for Skyrim, and have started building a house. I haven't really played Skyrim for a while, and I beat the game and don't have any DLC to play through yet, but I'm looking forward to building a house and adopting a child anyway. So far my greatest challenges/annoyances have been having to constantly go back to the lumber yard and mine for Quarried Rock. Still, largely it's quite entertaining.
On the other hand...Christmas whale...
It's December. Which is nice, because it means I can sing Christmas carols without nagging superstitious feelings for a scant 31 days of the year. Well, 25 really I suppose. Unfortunately it means I also probably need to do some Christmas shopping soon. Hmm.
I still haven't heard from the DWP about my benefits. Again, hopefully that's because I told them about a change and they're processing it. But it's pretty annoying, especially if I'm going to need to do Christmas shopping soon. I might call them on Monday if I still haven't heard from them, just to check it didn't get lost in the post or anything. It would be nice if they'd just send me a letter to say they received my documents, but I guess that would be a waste of paper and a phenomenal cost to the whole service. Sigh.
Also, I went to see Skyfall yesterday, finally. I feel like I'm in a funny place to judge it, because I really preferred Quantum Of Solace to Casino Royale - I actually nearly typed Poker Face then, instead of Casino Royale. That would have been a different type of film, probably. But yeah, most people seem to have hated Quantum Of Solace, but I didn't. The new film...it hung together better than Quantum Of Solace, probably, and the main plot was a lot more memorable. And it wasn't as cheesy as Poker Face. But it sort of swung between genuinely gripping and a bit dull, and ( Big spoilers )
The baddie was pretty amazing though, as everyone has said. And Javier Bardem as the baddie. And Q was pretty cute. I'm sort of pleased to see the film developing a sudden, small fandom. Even if most of it is Bond/Q fluff.
I had some issues - quite a lot of issues - with the Bond girls and female characters in general in the film, but nothing that was enough to throw me out of the film and keep me from enjoying it. So overall I did like it, and it's probably worth seeing just to understand what everyone else is talking about to be honest. So yeah, it's basically a thumbs up from me.
Also I finished the main storyline of Borderlands. I love Borderlands. It's just a little sad that it still feels like it's MEANT to be played as a multiplayer, but that if I did find anyone else that wanted to play it with me, it would probably be boys, being male characters, and my character would sort of end up being the Smurfette instead of the Lone Hero. Or, in a team of girls all playing as 4 versions of the female character, just with different colour hair. That could be awesome. But might look a bit odd. Anyway, I am now onto the DLC of the first game, the first one, The Island Of Dr Ned. And it's pretty wicked. I've heard a lot about zombie levels on games, but this is the first time I've ever played one, and it really is pretty fun. Although not being able to fast travel on the island is pretty tedious. But anyway, I enjoy their dedication to making you fight ALL the horror movie monsters. So far the only one I haven't seen is Dracula. And mummies maybe. But I'm sure they're coming.
Also I downloaded Hearthfire for Skyrim, and have started building a house. I haven't really played Skyrim for a while, and I beat the game and don't have any DLC to play through yet, but I'm looking forward to building a house and adopting a child anyway. So far my greatest challenges/annoyances have been having to constantly go back to the lumber yard and mine for Quarried Rock. Still, largely it's quite entertaining.
