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Mar. 22nd, 2025 06:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveIt’s time for another post that is a mix of things.
First off after the stress of the past weeks the last thing I need is one more and yesterday bought more. I’ve got to go in for another appointment in town and it just feels both annoying and pointless. I sent a message asking about it being a call which I had before, due to the stress, but apparently cause of the transfer the first one has to be in person.
(It also doesn’t help that log in to check messages is dependant on phones, which I always forget to charge so caused extra stress when I got the message and couldn’t check)
The timing isn’t ideal either: it’s on what would be on a food delivery and it’s mums library siting so she’d not be able to come (which she’d insist on and I’ve not told her yet about it at all) I could ask to change the time but I honestly can’t be bothered with the extra hassle (and at least the reply I did get put my mind slightly at ease that I won’t be forced into anything).
But still needless stress that’s just gonna be annoying. Maybe I can make use of the daysaver to do something else but… I dunno. Last time I just wanted to come straight home.
Better things, an eBay order came yesterday too so the books I had ordered came. They’re another set of four from the Agatha Christie partwork I mentioned before so now the total is 30 of the 85 they did.
Also yesterday I managed to get the spark of creativity back so I actualy finished something so hopefully that’s a sign I can work on more stuff. Hopefully I can finish the last of the 5 fics I set for myself post Christmas then switch between WIPs I had and the prompt table stuff.
Last night was also Comic Relief and I’m not sure if anyone else watched but it felt extremely… lacklustre. Only the Not Going Out/Beyond Paradise crossover was really good (the strictly thing was ok though) and we ended up stopping watching at about 9:30. (Right after they replayed the awesome Mamma Mia spoof trailer they did a few years back).
I had hoped to watch something last night but my eyes were achy (possibly from stress, possibly from my low mood lately) so instead of watching anything on tv I listened to a new Magnus Protocol, then put the next Wendigoon cryptid vid I had to watch (damn missing the cool tee he had) and then just laying.
This morning I woke really early, again possibly causa stressing. I watched the new Seapeekay video, about the new smp he’s in Misadventures which was fun. He’s not beating the alcoholic allegations of his characters (as he passed out drunk and got a house right across from the tavern) and he called no less than three men handsome. But it was fun and I’m curious how it’ll go.
We took Naryu for a longer walk and saw that there was a huge amount of frogspawn, as well as two frogs near some (so I assume one or both were parents). Alas I didn’t have anything to take a pic which often happens with this stuff.
When back I put on the new of the Who ray eps, Ambassadors Of Death. As mentioned I had no really memory of it and it was clear to see why. It is a tad… messy. I think the most blatant example of this is that the titular ambassadors get taken by one group to a lab, then they get kidnapped and taken to another lab. The reason that feels messy? Both labs are headed (albeit the second in secret) by the same person.
But you have to admire the optimism of the central concept, that Britain not only has a space command centre (in a base that looks impressive and the entrance of which instantly made me think of the one of Stargate SG-1’s base) but that we have sent a manned mission to Mars. And more than one! You have to admire the optimism of the piece (while at the same time being immensely sad about how it hasn’t come to pass at all)
And you have to admire the ambition of the piece too. The space probe (both as a model and on set) look great and you have to admire the scale. Like at one point the probe is stolen from a convoy and there’s a helicopter involved! And I’m curious for the making of to see where the exterior parts were filmed.
Liz again gets to be sciencey and while she is kidnapped she doesn’t go quietly (and manages to orchestrate her own escape! It fails as she’s caught soon after but still). Again it’s such a shame she’s only in one more ep.
Also it’s so odd seeing the tardis console just… sat in a living room which is such an odd image but gives some laughs. And speaking of laughs the title thing for the eps is so funny with The Ambassadors showing first then ‘of death’ coming with a sting. And speaking of the ambassadors I did feel so sorry for them being used like they were. They just came to make peace and were utterly screwed over (we don’t even learn their species name).
Next time is Inferno which is the last ep of the set already which is a shame. 4 story seasons always feel much too short.
Once I finished I went back to reading Three Act Tragedy which I finished. (Cutting in case anyone else is doing the reading challenge, thoug I’m not revealing anything too major)
Three Act Tragedy is the third of the reading challenge’s books and, like Five Little Pigs, as soon as I read the synopsis I recognised the episode of Poirot that adapted it. Like with Five Little Pigs I’m not sure if coming in with foreknowledge of the solution is a good or bad thing.
At least this time the book does have a noticeable difference from the adaption. In the book Poirot isn’t a main part of the investigation, instead there’s Mr Sattherwaite (who apparently is in another Christie book so I’m curious about it) who is one of the main investigators and while Poirot is a part of it he’s out of focus. In the show Poirot’s more active in it, taking Sattherwaite’s role. It’s a change that does make sense but is a shame cause Sattherwaite is pretty likeable.
But damn the book is done well. I found myself reading multiple chapters at a time (and likely would’ve finished it sooner if not for stress) and today I read the last five in one go. I’m not gonna reveal the solution though it is a good one as is Poirot’s final comment.
The next book in the readchristie list is The Seven Dials Mystery and I have no idea what to expect from it. It’s not a Poirot or Marple and I’m not sure if it’s even been adapted before. So that means I’m truly going in blind which is gonna be interesting.
(Though I’ll likely go back to Flight Of Icarus first)
Tonight’s plan is to watch the musical thing on bbc 1, which has just started as I made this post, while also watching Seapeekay’s stream and doing Fortnite on the switch. And I wanna see if I can fic some more too.
I do wanna watch a film like I planned last night but I didn’t have anything specific in mind (maybe something on Amazon prime?) but maybe I’ll watch Ambassadors of death’s special features instead cause there’s only three and so could be watched in one go.
First off after the stress of the past weeks the last thing I need is one more and yesterday bought more. I’ve got to go in for another appointment in town and it just feels both annoying and pointless. I sent a message asking about it being a call which I had before, due to the stress, but apparently cause of the transfer the first one has to be in person.
(It also doesn’t help that log in to check messages is dependant on phones, which I always forget to charge so caused extra stress when I got the message and couldn’t check)
The timing isn’t ideal either: it’s on what would be on a food delivery and it’s mums library siting so she’d not be able to come (which she’d insist on and I’ve not told her yet about it at all) I could ask to change the time but I honestly can’t be bothered with the extra hassle (and at least the reply I did get put my mind slightly at ease that I won’t be forced into anything).
But still needless stress that’s just gonna be annoying. Maybe I can make use of the daysaver to do something else but… I dunno. Last time I just wanted to come straight home.
Better things, an eBay order came yesterday too so the books I had ordered came. They’re another set of four from the Agatha Christie partwork I mentioned before so now the total is 30 of the 85 they did.
Also yesterday I managed to get the spark of creativity back so I actualy finished something so hopefully that’s a sign I can work on more stuff. Hopefully I can finish the last of the 5 fics I set for myself post Christmas then switch between WIPs I had and the prompt table stuff.
Last night was also Comic Relief and I’m not sure if anyone else watched but it felt extremely… lacklustre. Only the Not Going Out/Beyond Paradise crossover was really good (the strictly thing was ok though) and we ended up stopping watching at about 9:30. (Right after they replayed the awesome Mamma Mia spoof trailer they did a few years back).
I had hoped to watch something last night but my eyes were achy (possibly from stress, possibly from my low mood lately) so instead of watching anything on tv I listened to a new Magnus Protocol, then put the next Wendigoon cryptid vid I had to watch (damn missing the cool tee he had) and then just laying.
This morning I woke really early, again possibly causa stressing. I watched the new Seapeekay video, about the new smp he’s in Misadventures which was fun. He’s not beating the alcoholic allegations of his characters (as he passed out drunk and got a house right across from the tavern) and he called no less than three men handsome. But it was fun and I’m curious how it’ll go.
We took Naryu for a longer walk and saw that there was a huge amount of frogspawn, as well as two frogs near some (so I assume one or both were parents). Alas I didn’t have anything to take a pic which often happens with this stuff.
When back I put on the new of the Who ray eps, Ambassadors Of Death. As mentioned I had no really memory of it and it was clear to see why. It is a tad… messy. I think the most blatant example of this is that the titular ambassadors get taken by one group to a lab, then they get kidnapped and taken to another lab. The reason that feels messy? Both labs are headed (albeit the second in secret) by the same person.
But you have to admire the optimism of the central concept, that Britain not only has a space command centre (in a base that looks impressive and the entrance of which instantly made me think of the one of Stargate SG-1’s base) but that we have sent a manned mission to Mars. And more than one! You have to admire the optimism of the piece (while at the same time being immensely sad about how it hasn’t come to pass at all)
And you have to admire the ambition of the piece too. The space probe (both as a model and on set) look great and you have to admire the scale. Like at one point the probe is stolen from a convoy and there’s a helicopter involved! And I’m curious for the making of to see where the exterior parts were filmed.
Liz again gets to be sciencey and while she is kidnapped she doesn’t go quietly (and manages to orchestrate her own escape! It fails as she’s caught soon after but still). Again it’s such a shame she’s only in one more ep.
Also it’s so odd seeing the tardis console just… sat in a living room which is such an odd image but gives some laughs. And speaking of laughs the title thing for the eps is so funny with The Ambassadors showing first then ‘of death’ coming with a sting. And speaking of the ambassadors I did feel so sorry for them being used like they were. They just came to make peace and were utterly screwed over (we don’t even learn their species name).
Next time is Inferno which is the last ep of the set already which is a shame. 4 story seasons always feel much too short.
Once I finished I went back to reading Three Act Tragedy which I finished. (Cutting in case anyone else is doing the reading challenge, thoug I’m not revealing anything too major)
Three Act Tragedy is the third of the reading challenge’s books and, like Five Little Pigs, as soon as I read the synopsis I recognised the episode of Poirot that adapted it. Like with Five Little Pigs I’m not sure if coming in with foreknowledge of the solution is a good or bad thing.
At least this time the book does have a noticeable difference from the adaption. In the book Poirot isn’t a main part of the investigation, instead there’s Mr Sattherwaite (who apparently is in another Christie book so I’m curious about it) who is one of the main investigators and while Poirot is a part of it he’s out of focus. In the show Poirot’s more active in it, taking Sattherwaite’s role. It’s a change that does make sense but is a shame cause Sattherwaite is pretty likeable.
But damn the book is done well. I found myself reading multiple chapters at a time (and likely would’ve finished it sooner if not for stress) and today I read the last five in one go. I’m not gonna reveal the solution though it is a good one as is Poirot’s final comment.
The next book in the readchristie list is The Seven Dials Mystery and I have no idea what to expect from it. It’s not a Poirot or Marple and I’m not sure if it’s even been adapted before. So that means I’m truly going in blind which is gonna be interesting.
(Though I’ll likely go back to Flight Of Icarus first)
Tonight’s plan is to watch the musical thing on bbc 1, which has just started as I made this post, while also watching Seapeekay’s stream and doing Fortnite on the switch. And I wanna see if I can fic some more too.
I do wanna watch a film like I planned last night but I didn’t have anything specific in mind (maybe something on Amazon prime?) but maybe I’ll watch Ambassadors of death’s special features instead cause there’s only three and so could be watched in one go.
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Date: 2025-03-23 03:43 pm (UTC)I also liked all the musical programmes last night.
Hope the meeting goes okay when it happens.
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Date: 2025-03-25 12:17 pm (UTC)Yeah that was really good too!
I hope so but ugh the whole thing is annoying
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Date: 2025-03-24 07:06 pm (UTC)Just like you I'd almost forgotten much of the plot of Ambassadors. (Of Death! :-) It really was A LOT of run-around in it but yes, Liz is fabulous as always even when her escape attempt fails. And I completely agree, Britain having its own space centre and sending manned expeditions to Mars is such an optimistic and endearing thing.
I really like Three Act Tragedy! Sattherwaite is such a charming character and the plot is really engaging. And totally agree, Poirot's last comment is so spot on!
Seven Dials Mystery is pretty mediocre in my opinion and I don't know how much sense it will make without having read The Secret of Chimneys. If they wanted something from this period they should have chosen that one. It's a fun mix of Woodhouse and thriller and whodunnit.
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Date: 2025-03-25 12:23 pm (UTC)Heee the of death thing is so random but so fun. And yeah it feels a shame we forget it cause the starting concept was pretty good! Yeah she was so great! It really is
Yeah he really is! It was so enjoyable! And yeah that last line is so!
I think I’ve got Chimneys from one of the bundles I got so I could always read that first if I do. Ohhh I m curious! chimneys is strange cause it’s one of those ones they decided to adapt for the Marple series (they adapted at least three things that didn’t have her for some reason). So although I’ve seen that I suspect the original book is quite different
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Date: 2025-03-24 10:38 pm (UTC)I keep forgetting to ask you, did you finish the Sophie Hannah Poirot you had in the end, what did you think?
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Date: 2025-03-25 12:27 pm (UTC)It’s funny you say that I just started it yesterday. So far it’s mostly setting things up (4 people have had letters excusing them of murdering someone, all saying they’re from Poirot but he didn’t send them) but I’m intrigued enough to wanna find out what happens
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Date: 2025-03-26 09:35 pm (UTC)I only read the first Sophie Hannah Poirot last year, from the description it's not the same one, but I do have the others to read. I'm actually really into her "Detectives Waterhouse and Zailer" series, have been for about 15 years.