shadowhive

Thursday’s appointment went ok, though was annoying. I went early thinking I could get there and wait inside but nope, the lunch hour for the opticians is between 1-2 (which makes having appointments at 2 feel really odd). It was just using a new peripheral testing machine which was fine though for some reason my eye decided to water part way through.

When I got back I watched the Pokopia thing I missed and ahh it looks so good! It really feels like it’s a Pokémon version of animal crossing, though it lets you have way more Pokémon than you could ac villagers. It feels there’s more to it than just a life sim though, there is a mystery aspect teased and I’m so curious. I really am so hyped for it.

(And speaking games I’ve still not sorted Hyrule Warriors. I was thinking of getting it when my money went in but I’ve still not. I think it’s partly cause I wanna finish Pokémon ZA first, I don’t want it to fall by the wayside like silksong and hades II. But also I know sales are coming and mums annoying friend so…)

In the night there was Taskmaster which was fun. It was the final and everyone wore pirate outfits and honestly? They all looked incredible in them. This was a pretty fun group too! Instead of just teasing one thing the post show trailer shown the new year treat and next champion of champions which was a surprise. I guess the latter is coming pretty soon.

Yesterday ended up being lazy day which I had expected cause of deliveries but we also got hit by the storm so it was raining and windy all day, to the point we didn’t even walk Naryu. Instead we just bundled up, finished Murder Before Evansong, which was pretty good, than children in need, which was eh and Sister Boniface which was good too if a tad sad.

Of the deliveries one was fine one wasn’t. The first was the 5 Seconds Of Summer order which was meant to be a picture vinyl and cd. However when I opened the package there was the vinyl but no sign of the cd. I’ve contacted support so we’ll see what happens. I did order the member cds cause the bundle came back, with a signed card (damnit Ashton and Luke signing on themselves so their signatures aren’t clear😭) so not having the regular one isn’t a big loss but still… (thoughts on the album in another post when I’ve listened more).

The other package was fine. It had the new Lego Star Wras advent calendar cause it had £14 off (and it’s cool, it’s got a bunch of droids!) and a buildable pokedex which I didn’t know was a thing till I saw it in an email. It looks so cool though, it’s pretty much lifesize and even has a light! The screen is also a set of plates with lenticular images so it can shown one of 5 pokemon (the kanto OG starters, Pikachu and Eevee) so it is pretty cool! It also has a stand which can hold the plates but it doesn’t seem to be as secure as it could be.

In the night I watched the IT blu ray that I got last week and it was pretty wild. Like all I knew about it was the sewer drain scene from the start and I didn’t expect it to be as brutal as it was. But yeah thewhole thing was wild I so intrigued by the lore stuff and to see some in welcome to Derry (but having that fire for the film backstory is such a bad choice) and I’m super curious to see chapter 2, hopefully soon.

The cex in town does have it listed in stock so I’ll swing by when I pick up my jacket (they’re pretty much right next to each other) so hopefully it’ll be there. The plan for that trip has also been changed too. The cinema added a morning showing for Keeper so I’ll see it then, which is better than seeing it at 5:40 like I was gonna cause it means I’ll be back before night.

Today was another lazy type day, though at least we walked the pup. Tonight I watched the next Who ray eps, which was Pyramids Of Mars. This is an odd one to post thoughts about cause I did watch it fairly recently, cause they put it out as a Tale Of The Tardis when Sutekh was bought back.

It is a pretty good ep and I really like the Egyptian vibes. It’s a shame there’s not been more Egyptian type stuff in Who. It’s also so creepy in places, especially when the controlled Professor Scarman encounters his brother. At the same time it’s funny, the meme scene of Sarah Jane and the Doctor turning and walking out on seeing a mummy in the last part is so funny, as is the poacher who gets crushed by two mummies pressing themselves against him. That wouldn’t be as funny if the mummies chests weren’t so… ample. (The tardis wiki pic doesn’t do them justice)

Also it’s incredible that Sutekh is sold just by a vocal performance, since he’s just paralysed the whole time. The fact hat he still comes off as threatening is a credit to his actor. And speaking of actors Sarah Jane gives a lot of heart and we actually get an answer to a question often unasked: why doesn’t the doctor just leave when something bad happens? (Plus who knew she was such a good shot??)

Tomorrow I’ll go through the special features of the disc, but also there’s a bunch of other stuff. I wanna watch a film (either Fantastic Four First Steps or Glass Onion), then DND and I wanna do some iconning and putting music on the pod thing. (Plus I wanna poke my fic brain)

And I wanna listen to the next Night Vale and Redacted eps (the later being a new podcast about an X-Files type unit so I’m already sold on the concept). But damn I really have rambled, oops.

So yesterday was my birthday, I had intended to make a post about it last night but alas, my eyes went too achy. (And the spooky season catch up will be in another post)

I didn’t actually get much for the day, the main thing from mum (and her friend) was Pokémon ZA, which since it was a code I had been on since release (on and off cause of gig/opticians/tiredness). However! It did come with the bonus stuff from Nintendo which came a few days ago so I had that to open.

Inside the was a cap with a mega stone symbol on it, a mug with the starters on (with a lumiose symbol inside), an umbrella (I think with the starters on I can’t remember what the pic on the site had), a set of pins of the starters, a figurine of the starters and two figurines of the mega charizard. It is quite a lot for a bonus! I haven’t taken the figurines out of their packs but the pins look so nice as does the mug. (Some pics are here

(And mum’s friend also sent chocolate)

I did spend some more time on Pokémon ZA and I am enjoying it so far. I now have a wartortle (it did feel wrong not choosing Bulbasaur from the kanto starters but I really needed a good water type so) and battled my first rogue mega evolution which felt straightforward enough. The second one however was much harder.

I do feel that the game has done an odd choice though. The game has something called the ZA a royale and you have to climb the ranks from Z to A by fighting trainers in the battle zones at night. The thing I find odd is the game just leapt me forward from rank V to rank F which, I dunno, it felt kinda like cheating to skip that much? But other than that it’s pretty fun. I need to go clothes showing properly now I have more in game cash (though I do like my current fit that I stumbled on) and I’m debating switching one of my team for something else though I’m not sure what yet.

I also had lots of Midna cuddles, at one point Naryu was curled on my lap so Midna climbed on my chest and rubbed her lil face against me which was so sweet.

Also cause of my birthday I got a bunch of birthday codes from various plays and some are so annoying. Some last a good few weeks, whereas others are only for a week and so are practically useless.

In the afternoon (after finding the remote that went awol) I put on the first ep of Strange New Worlds on the itv player. It felt like a bit of an odd one to open with as it was half dealing with the aftermath of discovery season 2 (which I vaguely recall) while he actual ep itself was a traditional ‘first contact goes wrong’ kinda story. I am interested in finding out more about the new characters, cause I’ve only seen them from Star Trek timelines (a mobile game with characters from all the shows) and the transporter chief is so cute. Hopefully the next few eps will flesh the new characters out a bit more. But overall it was a good ep but didn’t feel like a great first ep to start with (and damn the eugenics wars info at the end is so depressing).

I had to pause it at some point cause we had a delivery which was a mix of pet food and, thankfully in a separate box, Doctor Who season 13. Also during it we had some of the red velvet cake which was nom but damn, mum didn’t even put candles or anything before just slicing pieces.

In the night we had dominos cause a birthday email came through (not mine, theirs) and it was good, but not as nice as I remember it being last time.

Then I watched Terror Of The Zygons, the first episode on the Who ray boxset.

The episode has the Doctor bought back to Earth to investigate the destruction of oil rigs off the coast of Scotland, which turn out to be caused by a monster…

Zygons is a bit of an odd one in some ways. From the booklet (and the making off) the story was meant to round off the previous season and be 6 parts. Instead this the first of season 13 story and it’s a 4 parter. I do wonder what got trimmed to make to 4 instead of 6. (As I’ve mentioned before sometimes 6 parters are too long, but sometimes not.)

The Zygons themselves are a really great design and it’s clear why they stuck in peoples memories despite only appearing in this ep of old who. Their organic technology of their ships are really unique (if a bit funny to watch sometimes) though it does mean the ships exterior (which is a good looking model!) feels like it doesn’t fit. Their whispery voices do make it hard to hear them sometimes which is a shame though. Their Skarasen is a great concept but it does kinda feel like the execution wasn’t as good as they hoped for which is a shame. (I do wonder if those 2 other eps would have featured it more and so they were glad it didn’t!) I wonder if the creature is still there, lurking in the loch.

It is a bit sad this is the last Unit ep. Like it’s a good ep for them but doesn’t feel like the last time we’ll see them (bar the odd appearance). The Brigadier is always great of course. It’s a shame it’s Harry’s last main ep too cause he was really good in this (and his actor was so scary when a zygon impersonated him). Also Sarah Jane was brilliant as always, it was nice seeing her able to put her investigation skills to work (though what was she thinking going down a secret tunnel!).

The last ep did feel like a bit of a sudden shift, changing from Scotland to London. Like it did make sense the Zygons would attack there but it did feel like a bit of a leap. And the attacks on the oil rigs being just a ‘test’ felt odd too. (Though I did love the doctor’s comment on us relying on oil which still resonates now sadly).

But ye as you can tell birthday was pretty much a nerdy day which was good.

Today I’m hoping to do comic reading as well as Fortnite and Pokémon, then bake off.

The rest of the week is gonna be fairly lazy, with mornings doing uni stuff, afternoons on Pokémon and nights being watching stuff. (Apart from Saturday which has Naryu’s follow up appointment.) I am still hoping to see Black Phone 2, either tomorrow or Thursday, though it might just be it (instead of it/Paranorman Thursday) cause of eyes being achy.

Next week should be Shelby Oaks! The cinema finally added it to coming soon but there’s only one showing Friday thus far. However they also added two preview showings so I’m considering seeing it and Frankenstein the same day. I’m hoping my glasses are sorted that day.

Yesterday I started watching season 2 of Wednesday with the first ep. It’s obviously a lot of setup, with Wednesday’s first day back at Never ore, dealing with hero worship and, of course, being annoyed by it. There’s also two mysteries already: an investigator that got pecked to death by ravens and Wednesday has a stalker. Are they connected? I guess we’ll see.

Xavier has been put on a bus which is a shame but at least had an in universe explanation that makes sense. Pugley is also joining Nevermore this year and already he has what might be a sub plot of his own. I already don’t like or trust the new head and it feels I’m right not too. Also it looks like Morticia is gonna have a bigger roll to play this year (which explains the Lego set!). It remains to be seen if that’s good or not. (Personally I wasn’t sold on Catherine Zeta Jones as her in season 1.)

Then there was dnd which went well, though I had to be muted at the start cause Leia was jumping everywhere and I was worried she’d knock things over. But it was also a mix of sad, sweet and ominous.

I started Borderlands 4 and did the opening quest though ran into trouble cause of a glitch. Thankfully exiting and restarting solved it though I am so pissed how it ended. (Why'd the hot guy have to die😭)

Then last night there was a nature documentary. I love nature stuff, even though Naryu tends to bark at the animals and get worked up, but I especially love stuff to do with the sea. This one was about a deep sea expedition to find coelacanth.

Now the coelacanth is famously known as a living fossil. It was around when the dinosaurs were and was believed extinct long ago… until one was found fished up. (Though if I remember right indigenous people already were aware of them.) Ones have been found fished up and washed ashore since but until now they weren’t seen. Luckily the expedition was successful! It found one hiding between rocks and they watched her for 30+ hours to see what she’d do.

And she spent that time just staying in the same spot, which is relatable. Eventually she went for a swim and joined a bunch of other coelacanth just chilling out in a lil cave. It was honestly so incredible to see them and you can even tell them apart by their markings. There really is something so strangely endearing about them too.

In the night I watched Alien Earth. I’m an ep behind so this one was The Fly. There was A Lot of poor communication going on throughout the whole thing (as well as bad decisions!), though I can’t help but wonder if at least some was intentional. Also Boy Kavalier shown off his feet again(If the alien universe has a wiki feet his must go crazy) and he proved that, while he appears dismissive he isn’t an idiot. (Though it does seem his head of security might be undermining him as well as Yutani plotting)

Today’s been an ok day, though tiring cause of taking Naryu for a longer walk. But! There’s finally a trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu! There’s also a description, but it’s so vague it could mean anything. It’s so cool seeing a u-wing and lil Grogu being cute and Sigourney Weaver.

There’s also more MCR dates been announced, though there’s not one in Birmingham (there’s more for London, plus Liverpool and Glasgow). I’m kinda glad for that though, it’ll be a feeding frenzy and I’m not prepared for that at all. But good luck if you’re gonna try!

Past days have, again, been love energy.i was surprisingly tired after the trip Monday and then Wednesday I went to pick up mum’s meds. This proved tiring as I picked up potatoes for her which ended up being so heavy it drained me.

I did go in tk and, alas, it had none of the cute ghost things I saw before. I was hoping to get one but they seem to have gone already. Sadly I doubt I’ll be back to check if they get restocked. I had also hoped to get a Lego set from Argos, the Animal Crossing Dodo airlines, but alas it wasn’t there.

On the plus side I got the first issue of Disney paint by numbers, cause it was 99p so I might start that one time (though I wish it wasn’t Bambi, Bambi’s cute but not one of the things I like much… in fact I’ve not seen it in ages). Also I did get a Lego animal crossing set from sainsburys, Leif’s caravan which was even chreaper than expected when I got to the till. It’s a nice lil set, despite the ‘garden shop’ being too small. I posted thoughts/pics of it (and Goldie’s cozy house) on insta.

The horror film festival has got info on the films posted, however I only skimmed through and there’s an error (the same synopsis is used twice). It’s mostly two blocks of short films then a full length one so I’ll look properly when that’s sorted and debate going then.

There’s been deliveries too, of some comics I got (a random bunch, some which are spooky/horror coded and some that included two Star Wars ones, a random variant and Solo issue 1). Today there was the new Doctor Who magazine, along with dice sets I backed on kickstarted. They’re nice (especially the crystal like one) and the metal d20’s in them are pretty. Plus the one that was a random bunch of dice has a cute d4 with a lil shell in.

Today was the Nintendo direct, which was an hour long. The first 20 minutes (give or take) was Mario focussed cause of the anniversary. Oddly there’s not a new mainly Mario game, or dlc for Mario kart. Instead Mario wonder is getting a switch 2 update/dlc next year, Mario Galaxy 1+2 is coming next month, the new Mario film is confirmed for next year as Super Mario Galaxy and there’s a Mario Tennnis game coming out (which has an adventure mode??). There’s also Mario galaxy amiibo which look nice and a talking flower from Mario wonder which looks cute.

While there wasn’t a Mario game, there was a Yoshi one which looked very cute called Yoshi and mysterious book which I did love the look of.

Then there was the rest of the direct. A big theme of it was ‘spring 2026’ which felt like the release date for… so many things. Highlights/things that caught my interest:

*Hades 2 has a date! It’s coming 25th of September, for both versions of the switch
*Hyrule Warriors has a release for November 6th and there’s a cute korok playable character
*Tomodachi life is coming out spring, it looks nice
*Pokemon ZA has new mega evolutions for other starter Pokémon, which is a surprise. It’s also getting dlc which feels premature to add
*Donkey Kong Bananza also has dlc, releasing today! It looks fun but feels wild to have some already
*the direct ended on Fire Emblem which looked cool but felt like a strange choice.

I’m sure I missed others that I was curious about.

However! I think my highlight, or at least new game highlight, was Pokémon Pokopia. It felt extremely animal crossing coded, with the player character being a ditto and making homes for Pokémon. It looks so incredibly cute and I’m hyped for it.

Also switch 2 is getting the brand new Resident Evil game which felt like such a shock.

But overall pretty good direct and I am hyped for all of those things.

I’m still not decided on going to town tomorrow. I might, but it depends on my energy and, more importantly, if it’s raining.

Now though I’m gonna flop, then watch the proms tonight and maybe game/fic/watch something. No doubt though I’ll just zone out.

So I was intending to do the fic meme post but I’ve not had the focus to finish it alas (not helped by being low energy, then being thrown off today by mum’s bitchiness and a scam phone call again). As such I’ve not done as much these past days as I hoped (I’ve not even watched the new Alien Earth yet).

But this is a good thing post so I’m not gonna dwell on that nonsense.

First as hoped the Waterparks set got added to iplayer, yay! It was pretty good and I am jealous of the people that saw them Monday. Both because it was in the Underworld (a tiny venue, that I went there once to MCR) though I had heard it was utter chaos cause pretty much everyone was vip. They also had the metalcore hoodie as merch which is a want! I’m so annoyed cause I saw it on Vinted the other day and it was in my size but I missed it cause it went so quick.

(And speaking of missing out Micheal Clifford did a thrift store thing with merch but I completely missed out due to the timings, damnit!)

But back to parx! Seapeekay was lucky enough to go to both gigs (damnit!)o there’s a new Geoffpeekay pic! Yipee! If there’s one of him with Otto or Awsten he hasn’t posted them yet. But ahh!



Then my twitter for you page actually did something useful. It shown 5 Seconds Of Summer dressed as Star Wars characters. Luke is obviously Luke, Calum is Chewie, Micheal is Han and Ashton is Leia *(and he is REALLY pulling the look off). I saw the first pic first then looked and found the second.





So I thought, oh cool, they dressed up to go to The Force Awakens premiere, that’s fun. And then I saw a clip which led me to this. And you see that first pic? They’re not just sitting there being interviewed, across from them are the actual actors from The Force Awakens. How this happened I have NO idea, but I love Harrison Ford’s reaction to Micheal’s first question. It’s so funny too seeing how everyone is being so vague, cause obviously no one knew anything back then.

But still, crazy.

Yesterday was The Thursday Murder Club which we watched and it was good. I’d not read the book but I certainly found it entertaining (and yay llamas!) and I hope they adapt the other books cause the actors all work well together and o wanna see more of them.

Today there’s a network test for the new sonic racing game so I just went on it. I did a Grand Prix and it’s pretty much what you expect from a racing game. However it has some fun things. The second lap of each race is a completely different level (chosen by the person in first, between a specific or random course) which adds a level of randomness. Then the final race of the Grand Prix is one lap on each of the 3 previous courses. There’s also a racer who is chosen as a rival, so you have to beat them as a fun thing.

Obviously I went with Shadow and managed to come in first somehow (only just and I didn’t expect to!)



I might go back on it to try other things later.

And speaking of Shadow he’s the two Shadow’s I got Tuesday(I really need to watch sonic prime.




Plans for the weekend
*Watch Alien Earth
*Watch the final Cabinet Of Curiosities
*Go on Two Point museum (for the summer event and Dredge collab!)
*fic (if I don’t get distracted)
*Some more Wednesday
*Maybe do the fic meme

I end with an eepy sleepy

I was looking at the cinema times for October, mostly to see if they have Frankenstein up (they don’t) and they are showing a bunch of spooky films on rewind. So far there’s Curse Of Frankenstein, Donnie Darko, The Exorcist, A Nightmare On Elm Street, It Follows, Halloween, Scream and The Thing.

What’s strange is that Halloween isn’t being shown… on Halloween. Instead it’s being shown on the 24th which feels like an odd choice.

But I’ve only seen 3 of those (Donnie Darko, Halloween and Scream) do people rec the others? (It Follows is a no go though due to timing)

(And speaking of the cinema it keeps more K-Pop Demon a Hunter showings. I’m sure it only had one per day originally, then went to four and now it’s at 8. I just wish they weren’t all sing alongs.)

Today I did a comics order, cause I’m not going to Birmingham any time soon I decided it was for the best. I was gonna order from forbidden planet but it would’ve been £5 postage for two issues so instead I just did an order on eBay. So I’ve got the next two Exquisite Corpses, The Umbrella Academy and Event Horizon Dark Descent.

That last one was a surprise for me cause I had NO an idea it even existed until I saw an article today. It’s a prequel to the film and I’m so hyped and I was planning on watching the film for spooky season anyway so this gave me more incentive.

Because Seapeekay has been playing Blue prince I’ve ended up going back on it and I’ve made some progress. I have all the blue flames light, I finally got to the antechamber (though not with enough steps to use the key😭) and I did the chess puzzle. I feel I could get to room 46 soon though I also sense there’ll be more puzzles.

I have to admit I am using guides a bit, but that’s mostly because I can’t actually read the text clues half the time. (I even struggle seeing the text on room upgrades) Makes me wish I was playing it on the switch (is it on switch??) but I guess it’s a sign my eyes are getting worse. Or that it needs an option to increase text sizes (but I guess they won’t cause of the magnifying glass)

But the past two days (other than seeing Weapons) has been low energy. I think I’ve been drained from the weather, the argument with mum and just being so bleh in general. Last night I ended up just laying in the dark with the Pokémon stream on and I just… zoned out and drifted off. It’s so annoying especially that it’s been so frequent lately. Meh.

Mail came today and it was a mix of eh (a clearly scam letter) and yay (the adorn magazine I ordered with Luke Hemmings). Luke looks so pretty in it and I wish I had the focus to read but alas I don’t.

That’s another annoyance mostly cause I wanna read Clown In A Cornfield but just don’t seem to have the focus for it. Bleh.

But also yay the Black a series Night Trooper I ordered came yesterday which looks cool, though I didn’t get a chance to look at it cause food shop.

Tomorrow it’s heading out to pick up something mum ordered and then who knows.

Next few days I hope I have the focus to read (if not Clown at least Exquisite Corpses), I wanna get back to Hell Motel and there’s Reading And Leeds showings. There’s only two actual shows (Chappell Roan and Bring Me The Horizon) so I hope iplayer gets the full Waterparks set. Walsall pride is this weekend but I don’t feel up to it, between general mood and not feeling peoplely.

As for tonight I was hoping to watch the new Alien Earth, but the future games show ran longer than I expected so I’m less sure about that.

I’m sure I had another video I had in mind for Song Saturday as well as this one, but can I remember it? Nope.

But anyway here is Set It Off - Rotten. (Morning for flashing lights)



So Set It Off finally do another video! After having teases for prior ones that never came I felt Rotten would be the same. But they really ramped up the teasers for this one and I was kinda hyped, especially cause of the one blood.

Unfortunately this came out during the bad heatwave that made me sick so I watched it that first time in a daze. I had been meant to do a rewatch and kinda lost track. So figured song Saturday was a good excuse.

First the song itself. I like it, it’s heavier than their other stuff and i do like that (other than the bad egg voiceover at the end which feels random). I think on of my fav of the lines is about bodies rotting in the basement.

Onto the vid itself. The aforementioned flashing is a bit overdone (and probably didn’t help with the first watch. It’s a mix of the band performing in a space (feels like a garage or basement) with the lights flashing and then other scenes with the guys in hotel rooms.

The first shot of Maxx of him watching a screen has the vibe of him being hypnotised by it but… it doesn’t t go further than that for him whcih gahh it’s so frustrating. Zach’s goes a little further but again it’s too short. Of course Cody, being the singer gets the lions share (which yeah is standard singer gets most attention) but does feel frustrating especially since most of his is singing in front of a mirror until he spits out blood. Which yeah it’s a cool visual but I just wish it went further you know?

(I just wished Maxx did more than just stare at the screen and drum)

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Other things now.

I kinda spent yesterday zoned out which was annoying. Maybe cause of being out Thursday but it felt my brain switched off a bit which was annoying.

There was a hasbro thing at comic con with figure announcements and I was hoping there’d be one of the two ones I hoped for (Qimir and ND-5) and ahhh! They’re finally releasing a Qimir! And ahhh he’s coming out this year! I’m so hyped I’m gonna get him as soon as preorders go up!

While there’s not an ND-5 figure there is gonna be a book featuring him out next year which is hype. I really need to get back to reading my Star Wars books though.

I have been on Donkey Kong Bananza some more and I did the forest layer, though now I have to go back to the freezer layer. It’s really odd though, of all the animals they could have chosen for the layer which is, as the name suggests, snow themed what animal do they go for? Zebra. That’s such an odd choice.

Also yay my MCC cards are finally on there way, yipee!

I’m hoping to post the fic on ao3 at some point today, if my focus is up to it. At least ao3 isn’t blocked by that stupid online safety nonsense.

But for now I’m gonna watch a random Murder She Wrote on tv before the Seapeekay stream. Though I just heard the other day there gonna be a reboot and Jamie Lee Curtis is gonna be Jessica Fletcher which… I’m not sure about.

As always I’m sure I’m forgetting something which will no doubt come to me later.

As you can guess from the title, the heat has resumed. Which… ugh. I am not liking it one bit. Just yesterday the same issues returned (tiredness, achy eyes, sadness creeping in) which ugh. I’m not a fan of and I want it to go away.

However today the Lego U-Wing did arrive so I spent the morning doing that. It was a nice distraction, as Lego often is and when built it does look nice. The wings fold back nicely (which obviously is the main thing it should do) and the lil windows in the doors are actual windows. The downside is the cargo hold is a bit cramped and there’s no way of keeping K-2 in place so he does rattle around. But otherwise it’s pretty good (though it is funny it includes Dedra who gets nowhere near it).

Yesterday I started Clown In A Cornfield and I’ve read the prologue and two chapters (I’d have read more but heat). The prologue is obviously different than the film’s one. I did like the films one (albeit not liking that it was so far in advance of the story) but I think it’s good to have actually seen what happened to Cole’s sister (as opposed to being told it). I wonder if there was a reason that they didn’t show it (though I’d understand why it does sound like it’d be a health and safety nightmare).

I did got back on Still Wakes The Deep the other night and, sure enough, a monster did appear albeit only one this time. I did finish the dlc and it was pretty good but of course it was sad at the same time.

The other week mum ordered shoes from the Clark’s sale and, of course, they fit neither of us. (I was against getting them without trying them but she’s been badgering me about new ones for months.) so part of tomorrows trip is taking them back in store. But, of course she finds new shoes already and I’ve had to do them (from Amazon's prime sale and from tk maxx) and I’m not a fan of having to do that. I’d rather just get some in store cause then I could at least try them before buying but ugh. I’ve told her if these don’t fit it’s not gonna be discussed again and, thankfully, she agreed.

Tomorrow is gonna be a busy day going to take the aforementioned shoes back, checking in b and m (there’s a Lego flamingo cheap and also I saw there’s daleks for £1??) and a few other plays before seeing Jurassic World.

But part of me is thinking about getting that pass for the other cinema. Sure it’s a train ride away but the train is cheaper than the bus and it would mean I could do weekday showings instead of hoping for afternoon weekend ones. I’m trying to weigh the pros and cons of the whole thing to decide. Maybe if I could double up on films each time I go (to save travel expenses) that would make it better easier but I dunno.

I guess it would mean I’d see more films (both cause I’d have more options and be more willing to see things I wouldn’t normally). Plus there is a mystery film there at the start of next month and I’m really curious what it could be (the only hint is it’s a horror film)

Has anyone had cinema passes before? Is it a thing that you’ve found worth doing?

Anyway I dunno what I’m gonna do the rest of the night. I guess it depends on how melty my brain gets.

But oh I did sort out uni yesterday finally. It’s still annoying my options were only 30 point things but whatever.

So today there was a new Doctor Who announcement, with the new next collection boxset! I was hoping one would be due (cause fuck knows I needed something to restore my excitement with televised Who). I had a feeling the next one would be either season 21 or one of the two remaining fourth Doctor ones.

It was the latter, season 13.



Honestly season 13 is a pretty based season from what I recall, with lots of gothic horror type eps and, of course, the zygon ep (with THE Loch Ness monster!). Plus it has Sarah Jane!

So yeah I am pretty excited for that, even though it doesn’t have a release date. I’m sure that will change when the next Who magazine comes out, no doubt with a disc breakdown of the special features.

As I mentioned in the other posts I was close to finishing the Dredge base game. I didn’t realise just how close I was until I went on the other night and… it took me about ten minutes. So I could have finished it in the weekend after all. Sigh. I did end up doing the pale reach dlc and it was pretty good, I did the main pursuit so it’s mostly done (though there is apparently a hooded figure I missed so I’m glad I’d not warped back to the main area.

All that’s left now is a few odd pursuits and The Iron Rig.

Once that’s done I might go back to crypt custodian which I started while food was cooking in the weekend and damn it made me feel so bad for the poor kitty you play as.

Though ugh I’m so pissed off at xbox cause they have done masssive layoffs again. And for seemingly no reason other than greed. That just pisses me the fuck off.

I am thinking of picking up the voice of cards games on the switch, cause the whole collection is on sale and I had my eye on them for awhile (plus the sales on going for a few weeks).

And also, completely unrelated, but ahhh there’s new Waterparks being teased. They posted mysterious yellow things (leading people to call it pissparx or watersports) and then there was a presage link for… something. Again like Who there’s no date, other than a vague ‘soon’ and ‘sooner than you think’ whatever that means.

Speaking of Awsten Kerrang put up a zone with him and Micheal so I ordered that (and the Sleep Token one) though I’m so annoyed I missed the signed version (though Ithink it went absurdly fast). I’did make a typo in my email when I made the order so I’ve had to contact them and hopefully there’ll be no issues (cause there’s a digital version of Micheal’s album) but I’ve heard nothing back yet.

Other than that? The heat has diminished, though I’m still tired to varying degrees but at least I got back to reading earlier. (Though ugh mum’s friend is coming Saturday which…. I fear being annoyed)

Hoping to fic a bit now though while Murder Most Puzzling is on, then the Taskmaster Final on +1 and hopefully Hell Motel. I’m gonna look through other sunshine revival posts tomorrow but otherwise it’s a question mark.

The past few days have been, again, pretty low energy which is annoying. I blame the weather because it’s both warm and heavy which is a bad combination. We’ve meant to have a storm for the last few days and there has been dark clouds sometimes but they don’t last. I hope we get one sometime, just not today.

Cause the food shop messed up last week we had to go to home bargains on Friday which didn’t help, not least cause mum insisted on getting compost (at least it was by the door so we didn’t carry it around the whole store). But yeah, carrying a load of stuff back in the heat was not it.

I had been debating getting another game for the switch 2 when my money went in and I narrowed it down to Sonic x Shadow Generations and Civilization VII which are vastly different games. While we were down at Home Bargains I did pop in game to take a look at things but it’s so weird cause 80% of the stuff has no pricing and it just felt off. (I went in for the Final Fantasy MTG starter and they didn’t have that either)

I’m still undecided on one of those (and I know there’s another too but it’s gone out my head) but I did get another game instead. Seapeekay played Lost In Random - The Eternal Die and it looked pretty good, plus there was a 15% launch discount so I picked it up. It’s very much a similar style of Hades (you do runs beating enemies in hopes of getting stuff to upgrade and do other runs better) and I am really enjoying it. It does have the thing of ‘one more run’ so I do multiple ones in a row oops. I did manage to beat the first bosses yesterday but only just.

Speaking of gaming I finally started Dredge this weekend. It’s funny I’ve had it for months and only started now it’s on game pass. In a similar vein to Eternal Die it has a ‘one more day’ but it did take a bit of getting used to at the start. I’ve just got to the cliffs so I’m gonna explore round there when I’m next on. But I do love the lil boat and sailing round. The only issue is sometimes it’s tricky to read the text (especially when it’s purple) so I kinda wish I had it on the switch but that feels a small issue.

Yesterday was DND which was really fun and I’m so looking forward to the next sessions (cause there’s a reverse heist and acdemics cluelessly in love). But ugh I got hit by the curse again. Like why does my laptop decide to either mess around or demand an update right before a session? This time it decided that it was going to just stop detecting the internet which I knew was fine cause I was in my pad but ugh. I wish it would behave. (I am fine with joining the sessions on the pad it’s just the webcam in it makes it awkward)

I found out yesterday that Warped tour was doing a stream and I looked at the listings for it and the only band I had any possible interest in was Asking Alexandria. I checked the time and it was around 2am here and since I was still awake I decided to watch.

The thing is though, I had low expectations for it. I’d heard such bad things about the recent tour that my expectation was pretty much on the floor and yet I watched it anyway. It was better than I expected though only slightly. Danny was still wearing his absurd get up. Like I love an aesthetic where you can’t see a person’s face but it really doesn’t suit him at all and you can tell it’s not an aesthetic thing but only there for one reason: To hide him not singing. At times you can’t blatantly hear it’s a backing track (sometimes his mic is no where near his face!) whereas other times he is actually singing so the whole thing is very weird. I’m glad I didn’t pay to see them cause you can tell that they either need to get rid of him outright or just get someone (Paul) back to support him (and you have to wonder why they haven’t already). I mean they played one of my fav songs of theirs and it was just… not great which does suck.

Though it was funny seeing comments badmouthing him (and get deleted) before their set even started.

I also found out yesterday that there’s an adaption of The Seven Dials Mystery that has been filmed which sounds cool but I had to laugh cause I looked it up and who is playing Superintendant Battle? Martin Freeman. I dunno who I’d have pictured in the role but him? I’d not have thought that in a million years.

Today I’m off to Birmingham though I have woke with a funny tummy though I’m hoping that’s just nerves. Fingers crossed it settles some.