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Had a crazy week or soooo.

Did two different kids/family sessions last week - and work has been crazy busy. We are going to be up on last years numbers (well, we're open 7 days a week at the mo - so def up on last year's 6.....but still over 200 most days is really good. Over 300 as we've had a good few days recently \o/)

Have seen Star Trek Beyond and Suicide Squad.

I really enjoyed Star Trek Beyond ( spoilers behind here )

I have no idea what the new Star Trek series is going to be like (espec as it the lot who were responsible for Into Darkness :S - and it's apparently going to be between Original and TNG? (EDIT: Or Enterprise and Original as it turns out) So kinda between the two parts of Generations? And not focused on the captain, though you know, the others were ensemble?) IDEK - we'll see.

I spent all of Saturday out of the house - we had tickets to Bryan Adams at Lytham Festival - so I visited the wee independent cinema in St Anne's (Lytham St Anne's does not actually exist - there's Lytham, Ansdell, Fairhaven and St Anne's, which semi run into each over, but are separate places /random ;) though they get the Golf Open often enough some of you might have heard of it)

It really cheap and there's only like 35 seats in each screen which is crazy given they get the new releases (like £4 for a ticket v £6.50 at Odeon). It's a little strange and you are close to the screen so neck ache, but a good find.

I enjoyed Suicide Squad ( spoilers/thoughts behind here )

St Anne's is really nice as well. If you ever visit Blackpool it's worth a little side trip, there are lots of little local stores (with just a few big chains mixed in). It was a bit surreal, driving from Blackpool Airport down the coast, because the Butlins/Pontins is now a housing estate, nestled into the sand dunes (I do not envy those people the hell of trying to have a green garden there!).

I found a good book shop (and got four chalet school books! I am trying to get copies of them all, slowly but surely). Some fabric/craft shops, a few bakeries and a nice little pet shop (and mostly the people were nice - I talked to guy in the book shop and woman in the pet shop who were v friendly). Got a treat ball for the crazy kittens.

Bryan Adams was good. Haven't done that kind of gig before (have done standing only and variety of indoor, but never outdoor standing.) Fun was had and da snarked about me obviously enjoying the crazy backroad driving home.

Am on to the last Temeraire book and will do a 'Temeraire' reaction post when done - because there are thoughts and commentary to be had ;) - Also back to the Chalet School book reading (have fic to write - but will need a beta for that....).


(And in random 'I have totally not been eyeing the behind the scenes pics coming out and internally swearing' - it appears that due to stuff my fav character may be out of the one US show I try to watch as it airs.....dang it. (More annoying because the other person involved isn't nice...so it's like shouldn;t have happened, but you can see how?) *flails a little* ) - Yes I am that person. I mean, generally I watch for specific characters, so like with SGA after Carson and Elizabeth I didn't try to catch up so much, Doyle was totally my main guy in Angel (so heh yeah), so I tend to keep an eye for times when a show might stop having the characters I am invested in. (Because I get invested, and SGA was honest to god painful for teenage me).

I know I'm safe with Elementary mind - but most shows I watch are ensembles. I still haven't watched all of season five of Lost Girl (and it's Faebles convention in.....just over a month? o.O) and I never finished the back half of BSG.......

Went to see Ghostbusters with Ma - it was good and totally worth seeing \o/ (it was loads of fun - though we both agreed that the men folk of the house would not have liked it :/)

I have a dead arm - had blood drawn for 'are you allergic to latex' test. Got asked if on blood thinners, had massive allergic to plasters suck over it and she did it so badly my arm ACHES. URGH.

I have been a real grown adult and emailed asking if people will be my references. And with the questions about the PhD

Probably going to see Star Trek....and Suicie Squad. I have not been to the cinema this often close together in a long while.

This is my tracking post for many things 2014.

Word Count Aim (for getyourwordsout and because I want to write more this year, by more, I mean something *g*) - 350, 000 words

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Books Read Aim is 100 goodreads

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So - today I went to see 12 Years a Slave with mum (I had lieu to use - so I had short work day)

That is a film that is worth seeing. It really is (I cried...and flinched). It's designed to do a certain thing, and does it well. It's different from the other films with a similar theme, but for good reason. It's not perfect, but damn, it deserves appreciation for being unforgiving in it's narrative choice. (It worries me, as it always has, but many of the attitudes shown still exist, they're just directed at different things now :/)

Mum thought it was good - but could have been better - her main reason? Roots did it better.
I am now finally going to do what I kept saying I was going to do, and am buying a copy of Roots so I can watch it. (I know it had an impact on mum, because she remembered, without prompting, the title and content).

On the other hand - I went to see American Hustle last weekend. Not worth it. The only good things for me where Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Rohm's characters. I honestly can't see why that film got the awards/nominations it has.