The urge to write the obligatory Happy New Year message.
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
I celebrated New Year’s Eve by going to the cinema with my two best friends this afternoon. We had been looking forward to seeing ‘The Desolation of Smaug’ since seeing the first Hobbit film last year.
The journey of Bilbo and his dwarven companions continues as they try to escape the orcs. They take refuge in the house is Beorn the skinshifter, who offers them limited assistance. He dislikes dwarves, but hates orcs more.
A journey through Mirkwood goes badly wrong but Bilbo, and a dozen barrels come to their rescue. Kili makes a conquest if a romantic nature. Later, they make their way to Laketown, and from there their ultimate goal, Erebor – The Lonely Mountain – is only a stones throw, or a dragon’s wingflap, away.
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Almost 2014. Already.
This time of year people all over the world settle in to get drunk and make promises to themselves about what they’ll do next year.
My friends know me quite well, it turns out
One bought me a book of comic, verse, renditions of myths, and the other bought me the most beautiful notebook in the history of notebooks.
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Daily Prompt: You’re a Winner!
Daily Prompt: I Was Here
“Watch out for those hairy spider things; they’ll take your eyes out.”
Review: The Best British Fantasy 2013
Editor: Steve Haynes
Salt Publishing
2013
Contributors:
Jon Wallace                          Lavie Tidhar                      Joseph D’Lacey
E. J. Swift                            Carole Johnstone             Cheryl Moore
Steph Swainston               Kim Larkin-Smith               Mark Morris
Cate Gardner                        Sam Stone                     Alison Littlewood
Simon Kurt Unsworth        Lisa Tuttle                       Simon Bestwick
Tyler Keevil                         Adam L. G. Nevil
Bah Humbug the second
Or, possibly third if you count the ‘i don’t like many Christmas songs playlist’ post earlier.
Christmas Song playlist
I read a post a few days ago about Christmas music (http://ginjuh.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/christmas-music/). I’m not the greatest fan myself, but there are one or two I like. I made a very short playlist for you all to enjoy. Thanks to You Tube and Spotify I can inflict my terrible taste in music on you all.
Tomorrow there will be a review
But right now my phone is going to die, so you’ll just have to be patient.