shadowhive

So yesterday’s intent was to go to town, see A Perfect Life, then Bleach and Backrooms. So let’s see how that went.

Before I went through The Mandalorian And Grogu soundtrack finally came, yipee! Strnage lc though the physical disc has one less track than Spotify does which I didn’t notice until I ripped it this morning.

The trip to town went ok. I went a lil early to check if the co-op by the station had the mandalorian drinks cause I saw they were on offer but alas they just had the fruit shoots and the Robinsons cordials (which I may stoke up on the mango one is really nice)

In town I didn’t do much, just popped in Poundland then went straight to the cinema.

Trailers for A Private Life
Wild Horse Nine: Looks like it could be funny but I’m not sure it’s something I’d watch
Camp Miasma: I was sold on this the moment Gillian’s character said ‘there’s a whole at the bottom of the lake where the films come from’ so glad it has a date
There was a music thing I missed the title of
Tony: something about the life of Anthony Bourdain, looks like it could be pretty good, again, not sure I’d see it myself

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About two thirds of the way through my right eye started aching so I spent the back half of it with my eye closed or covered up. That was fine to finish off something but not upideal to watch a whole other thing, thankfully I just got the ticket for A Private Life, cause there was an hour ago between it and Bkeach I intended to use for lunch then come back.

So instead I left, popping in Aldi to kill time before getting on the train home. Of course the train had issues too. It stopped at the station before home and stayed there for over 10 minutes without explanation.

I don’t mind that much that I didn’t see Bleach, cause I’m sure I’d be lost, but I might be able to see Backrooms cause it has been extended a few days next week. (Though I am hoping to do Minions And Monsters/Evil Dead Burn and The Odyssey next week.) I do wanna get the Moana cup the cinema is getting for mum, cause one topper is Heihei so 8 wanna get it before we see it (if we do) cause she loves him for some reason.

Once home I pretty much flopped, watched Castle, did some two point hospital (badly) and then waited for The Pale Horse to come on sky mix. It was an ok adaption and one of those things were you were spotting people. There was Louise Jameson and Jean Marsh among others. Plus there was one guy I couldn’t place, I recognised his voice but couldn’t place him cause of his glasses. Then he took them off and I saw it was Andy Serkis. I guess Clark Kent just wearing glasses isn’t a bad disguise as people think.

I didn’t do much after it. I yapper to a friend, did a little gaming but the call cut out then my eyes went achy so I just went up to bed.

This morning after putting the soundtrack on my laptop, then pod thing, I watched a Heated Rivalry ep (I meant to last night). The rest of the day is gonna be waiting on the food shop, then Seapeekay’s subathon and then… Who knows.

So the heat has beeen horrendous these past few days. Apparently it’s been the hottest days of June on record which… very much isn’t a good thing. And it’s made things so draining. I’ve had sweat dripping off been unable to sleep with most nights not being able to settle until at least 4am. Which… ugh.

Yesterday was just… ugh though. We got warnings due to the weather so I sat mum down Monday and told her not to do anything, cause I had visions of her overexerting herself without telling me. Sure enough yesterday she’d decided to turn downstairs into an obstacle course yesterday morning which just made me even more exhausted when she called wanting my ‘help’. I’ve told her before the best way of doing things is for me to do things with her from the start (ideally with warning) but for some reason she’s allergic to doing that, expecting me to ‘help’ only when she’s half done and her making things a mess. It was just so frustrating especially with the heat. Like why is she like this?

I have managed to watch a few things though so let’s get into that. (Thoughts under the cut, tales From 85, From ep 2, We’re All Going To The World’s Fair)

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As I predicted I didn’t get much from prime day. I just got a Star Wars book, the updated complete locations which has some new stuff from Solo/Andor/Rogue One so I’m curious to see them. (I still need to read the mandalorian guide). Plus I also picked up a Skeletor figure to go with He-Man. And Strange Buildings from the kindle sale (I need to get back to Strange Pictures.) I might get those reduced month subs for things but we’ll see.

I did pick up Two Point Hospital and Campus from the switch sale. I have them on Xbox but they’re not a great game to play with my eyes being bad (and text being small) so hopefully having them on handheld will be better, that is if I go on them and not just get sidetracked

Speaking of games Marvel Snap has been terrible with its crashing, the current season has been so much I did contact support a few weeks back but it feels utterly useless. I’ve done back and forth submitting more info but there’s no real progress it feels. Which is so annoying cause this season has had a new Jeff but I didn’t wanna buy the pass when nothing works well. And by that I mean every single game crashes at least once, which makes some modes impossible

I’m still waiting on the Mandalorian and Grogu soundtrack to come in at hmv but there is Exit 8 on the way so yipee. There’s also a Project Hail Mary Steelbook just announced so I’m hoping it gets a uk release. If so I’ll have to cancel my preorder to get it cause it looks so pretty. Just look at it

I dunno what I’m gonna do with the rest of the night. I was gonna try and watch something but I dunno if I’m in the mood/mindset. I might just flop instead.

Hopefully I am going to see Supergirl tomorrow (with Ghost In The Shell/Bleach) but I am prepared to just just up on it and the anime stuff if the weather is too overpowering. If so I’ll go next week and see Supergirl with Minions And Monsters (yes I wanna see it, it looks fun!) if I do see Supergirl I might watch Minions And Monsters with something else, maybe Toy Story 5.

Anyway, now to flop

So last night after the post I didn’t do too much, but I did watch the next of the blu rays I’d picked up, Broadcast Signal Intrusion. It’s a tricky one to recommend cause there’s no real explanation as to, well, anything, but on the other hand you have Harry Shum Jr looking pretty.

Today was the trip to the hospital which, well. The hospital trip did feel as I suspected, a lil
Ointless. It was a repeat of the test I had last month and I got the sense from the technician that he was confused I was back (so who noted me to come back I’ve no idea?). Who knows if it shown anything. Personally I don’t see how but who knows.

We did go around town before it though which was more successful, though there weren’t some things I hoped. The War Games Steelbook had been nabbed (yesterday I think), Planet didn’t have the Masters Of The Universe comic (it sounded like they’ve been flying out) and hmv didn’t have the Mandalorian and Grogu soundtrack (poor planning, distribution issues or them selling well?)

However I did get a bunch of things! I got the last He Man from The Entertainer, which yay! I love he! (Should I get skeletor?)

From Forbidden Planet I got two funkos, Embo and Clang (one of the Anzellans) both from Mandalorian And Grogu, cause they’re both awesome. There was a Strnager things tee with the various demos reduced, plus I got a mystery dice goblin bag (with pretty orange dice). There was also a new Funko bitty dungeons and Dragons thing which has a lil Drizzt with a nice d20 (I think it’s the best one of the options). Also there was a Father’s Day promotion so I got a free box of Star Wars socks. Finally Father’s Day pays off!

After the hospital we came straight back home, but then we decided to use the day bus ticket to pop to Morrisons to use various vouchers. I got a Mandalorian puzzle, along with various things to try, though it’s made me tired mostly cause one of the couches (cause I got assigned Argentina in a World Cup thing on the app) was for a 2 litre bottle of their own brand fruit twist.

Pics of stuff here

I’m watching the great Australian Bake Off now and I love the one presenters purple hair. And all the cakes so far look nice

It’s Pride month and I think the only gay thing I’ve watched is Touch Me. I think I’m gonna get back to Heated Rivalry and rewatch Wildhood sometime. (Plus Netflix pride section had some interesting sounding stuff)

(I also need to organise/update icons)

Weekend plan is mostly resting, hopefully watch stuff but mostly just be flop

So today was another trip to town for the cinema.

I went pretty early, cute I was going for the 10 am showing of Disclosure Day. So I was able to hit a few places beforehand. I went to the clearance place but they didn’t have much but! They did have a Funko of Dustin from Season 4 (in his battle armour) so I picked him up. Then I went in CEX to pick up Black Phone 2 since I saw they had it in stock at last. So that’s another of my fav films from last year ticked off physically.

They also had the new Thunderbirds boxset behind the counter which looks pretty impressive. I really need to get it sometime.

After going in b and m for stuff for mum, (and the entertainer to look if they got the clearance Link, they’d not I might need to order it) I went to the cinema (but more on that under the cut).

Between showings I went to Argos and got flareon Funko cause it was on sale, I looked if smyths still had the stranger things care bear I saw last time and it was Lucas, so I got him. Then I had noms at Burger King (alas the force fries are finished boo) and then went back for my second showing of Mandalorian And Grogu.

Trailers were mostly ones I’d see before. There was Hunger Games, Spider Man and Supergirl. Plus there were ones new to me.

Heart Of The Beast: Wilderness survival with Brad Pitt and a dog. Not my thing, but valid of his character saying he shot someone who hurt his dog.
Pressure: World War II film about how weather affected the d-day landings. Looks like it’s done well but not something I’d watch at the cinema.
The End Of Oak Street: I’d seen a trailer for it before but this was a different one. A neighbourhood finds itself back in time… with dinos. Looks like it could be good
The Odyssey: I’m sure I saw this one online cause it’s clear that Robert Paterson’s character and Tom Holland is gonna spawn toxic yaoi. I’m so gonna see it.

Anyway onto films, first being Disclosure Day

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I’m not sure when my next cinema trip is gonna be. I had planned to go next week but the hospital trip is between two planned streams. Wednesday might have been Angels Egg and Friday might have been Jurassic Park, but obviously both are unlikely. So next time might not be until Supergirl. But we’ll see.

It did feel appropriate to start this months pass with Mandalorian and Grogu and end it (unless I see something before Saturday) with it too.

On the way back home I saw some cute ducklings! Which I posted on insta along with pics of other things. They’re such cute lil fluffballs.

I had to get some stuff for mum once I got back so I popped in the sweet shop after the co-op and was so thrown off cause the girl there said I had a nice voice (that she could listen to for hours and read audio books) and ??? Cause I’ve always hated my voice so that was really bizarre.

I’m gonna watch the seapeekay charity stream (protecting voice artists from AI) and then watch Brokenwood and maybe watch more Tales of 85 or something.

Another da6 another post, this one should be fairly short though.

This morning was another stint at the library though it was quiet. I just read another one of Poirot Investigates and two of the free comic book days comics (Masters Of The Universe and Spider and friends) both of which were pretty good.

When I got back I decided to call and chase after the hospital appointment. At first it seemed like it had been booked by mistake. Because I’d gotten in earlier than my appointment time last time it first seemed like it was a misbooking. But after the lady looked into it I’d had it marked down as having to come back a month later for the test again. So, one it seems I’m just getting the same test again which feels a bit pointless and two, why didn’t they bother to tell me that ‘oh you ight have to come back for it again in a month’. That second one really annoyed me and she agreed, I should’ve been told that. Ugh. (But at least I wasn’t on hold for ages either, or sent between numbers like last time)

At least I was able to shift the time from 4:50 to 1:50 which is much better (and means we won’t have to worry about getting back). On the plus side it also means I can pop in the Forbidden Planet, see if they have the Masters Of The Universe movie tie in comic (or a figure).

Then there was the Nintendo Direct. It wasn’t as exciting as I hoped though there were some good things. (And the Nintendo uk stream froze part way through.) Splatoon Raiders looks pretty fun and Pokopia is getting a new ability to dive underwater (and an expansion pass). But perhaps most exciting was the long held rumour of an Ocarina Of Time remake being confirmed. It was only a teaser, but it has a release date of this year so I’m sure we’ll learn more soon. I wonder if it’s just a graphical overhaul or if they’re gonna add/change things. I guess we’ll see. I’m sure a direct specific to it will happen soon, especially with a release of this year. (There is a raiders one at the end of the month.)

Tonight though depression has rolled in once again. It’s happened a lot over the past nights, coupling with the low energy it’s just made my mood so low and I struggle to shake it. It’s so annoying I just wish it would shoo.

Meh.

Tomorrow I’ve got another stupid call but then the rest of the day (and Thursday) is largely free. So maybe I’ll watch Touch Me or something tomorrow night, if my mood doesn’t mess up again.

So I had hoped to do this post last night, had even started it, but I totally crashed last night, first tuning out then going zzz completely.

Wednesday night ended up being low energy again. I pretty much just set up the laptop to transfer switch 2 caps over (oop there’s over 6000 each on pokopia and Tomodachi life, I’ve gotta go through and delete a bunch now) and watched the last two Amazing Digital Circus eps that were on Netflix.

Yesterday was a trip to town for Masters Of The Universe (and Amazing Digital Circus). I didn’t do much beforehand just got more cat food from b and m, picked up Sleep Token tees from Primark and gettting noms. I also went in Smyths but I couldn’t see the demogorgon they were meant to have (the Care Bears were Lucas and Mike not Dustin like I hoped, but I did get a Funko of a plant and Kane from Alien, with a chestburster on his face).

I love the guy at the cinema, he said I’d be able to see the earlier showing of Digital Circus (I wasn’t sure causa timing so it saved me sitting around for an hour) and up he loved Mandalorian season 3 too! (Which is oddly rare). Though it’s odd he hasn’t seen the film despite literally working in a cinema showing it,

The showing for Masters Of The Universe was pretty quiet, I think there was only about 10 of us which felt a bit of a shame, but then maybe other showings did better. By contrast The Amazing Digital Circus showing was pretty full. The only showing of something that was fuller was Iron Lung, but hey it’s good that people are coming to see this stuff in cinemas.

Trailers were largely ones I’d seen before, so there was Supergirl, Spiderman and The Odyssey.also one called One Night Only but the premise seems strange (like there’s no way humans would have sex be legal for one night of the year). I missed some of the Digital Circus trailers but there was one for Angel’s Egg (I’m kinda curious) and, ironically Masters Of The Universe. (I am curious what the other trailers were).

Also before I went in someone came from one of the other screens and I heard The Mandalorian And Grogu music which made me wanna see it again. Maybe when I see Disclosure Day next Saturday. (But I digress)

Before going into the films, if you’re seeing Masters Of The Universe there is both a mid and post credits scene.

Having said that thoughts ahoy! (Shouldn’t be too spoilery though)

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Next cinema trio should be Monday to see the new Scary Movie but also an Attenborough documentary on the Ocean and I’m a sucker for the sea. Then I’m hoping to see Disclosure Day once my money goes in.

This weekend there’s some gaming things (summer game fest and x-box direct) but I’m also hoping to watch stuff. The original Scary Movie is on prime so I’m hoping to see it before the new one (oddly 2, 3 and 5 are too but not 4). I might try and do a run over the next week + if I can find 4 (I’ve not seen 5). And I wanna try and watch Pizza Movie or Touch Me. We’ll see.

I might finally get back to The Pitt tonight too and start Criminal Minds Saturday (cause Connor Storrie is in it) and continue spider-noir (it’s really good so far!). And try and finish Welcome To Derry(watch more Tales Of 85 and Heated Rivalry, but we’ll see what I fit in)

So I had intended to go out Saturday but the heat was just too much. Thankfully staying in meant I could watch the Hades concert stream which was pretty cool, especially the siren songs. It did make me wanna replay the game, though I was too flop for that (and needed to finish a fall guy quest and still need to clear screencaps) but maybe soon.

And I did end up watching films on tv. I watched Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (probably cause of Disclosure Day, but I really loved the spaceships and it’s nice to have friendly aliens) and Ticket To Paradise (which was pretty good).

Sunday was watching Gone Fishing on Dave (I’m so sad still about finding out Ted died a few weeks back), DND, then just being flop until Mock The Week and Spider Noir. I sense Spider Noir is gonna be one of my fav shows of the year and I have the songs stuck in my head.

Monday mums friend came which, as always, was annoying. I had considered doing the cinema trip after she went but my stomach felt a bit woozy. I think it’s from the chilli/cheeze bread I ate which is odd cause it was fresh.

In the night I did finally get back to Heated Rivalry, which was pretty good and I just wanna give Kip a hug.

Mail came too. Monday had a pretty fox qwertee, along with Exit 8’s blu ray. Then today the Dustin and Steve Funkos came, plus the Skeletor figure too.

And also! The fancy Project Hail Mary Steelbook went live on hmv so I snapped that up! Sure I messed up my orders after (I had to cancel the 4k I had ordered, but accidentally cancelled the soundtrack one instead).

I also did the Apple and Paramount trial subscriptions so if anyone has recs let me know, I think I’m gonna start Widow’s Bay tonight and Strange New Worlds this weekend.

Yesterday morning I had to cover at the library and it was so quiet, usually we get a few people, even if just a delivery but nope no one came. I just read Silverweed Road, finishing the third story (about a jerk con man) and the third (the best one about cuttlefish which was so great).

I had debated doing the cinema trip today and I ended up going so I saw Supergirl and Toy Story 5

Trailers see mostly things I’d seen before but there were new trailers for Cat In The Hat, Spiderman and Minions And Monsters so I do wanna see all of those. Forgotten Island looks pretty good too. I’m not sold on Dog Stars though (which is some post apocalyptic thing which.. eh). I was surprised that there’s a Paw Patrol movie with dinosaurs… and songs by the Backstreet Boys.

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Annoyingly I did get caught in the heavy rain coming back so I got home looking drowned. Ugh.

The cinema listings Monday revealed that Bleach is getting an extra few showings (alas no more Ghost In A Shell) and it also revealed that we’re getting Backrooms Everything Must Go which has extra footage so I’m curious. And Perfect Life is out… but only two showings on Monday.

Which is annoying cause that’s when Seapeekay’s subathon is starting (it was meant to be tomorrow). I might miss the start for it, see some other things Friday but we’ll see.

I was gonna watch Wildhood last night (but that was before cinema plans) but I ended up completely worn out and ended up going zz (actually in a break while making this post) so alas I didn’t, hopefully sometime this week.

I might before the next cinema trip do a half year post on the cinema films and thoughts, I might do that before the next trip.

Today’s plan? Finally sort the switch 2 screencaps, go on the pokopia event and then Widow’s Bay and From tonight. Oh and watch the Splatoon direct I missed.

The week has continued to be low energy, mostly due to the heat.

After the last post the Lego Anzellan ship I ordered came, so I spent Tuesday building that and it’s a really nice lil ship. I love the lil Anzellans so much and they’re so cute. The only thing is they’re so small they can’t interact with anything (even more odd as they give them a full range of toys but they can’t hold them so ??). Also one of the pieces flew off again, like with the x-wing (and two engine pieces, I’ve found one but..) oddly it’s not on the site to order a replacement.

Wednesday I made a start on my pile of blu rays that came recently and watched Obex. It’s about a guy that gets transported into the world of a computer game, on a quest to save his dog. The main issue is that it takes half the film to get to the titular Obex (and spent, mostly, with one guy) but once you get there (but he has someone to bounce off of) it’s really good. It’s just a shame it takes so long to get there, but at least the dog is a cutie.

I was intending to watch through the blu ray pile one a week but I added another thing to it (oops) a film called Touch Me which has a tentacled alien so of course I’m intruiged (it also comes with a bonus film, Hypochondriac, and a booklet called Queerness Made Flesh)

We had to get stuff from the co-op and, to my surprise, they finally had Pokémon cards so I impulse got some (one yesterday, one when I went back today) and the art is so good and ah! One of the ones I got was mareep!

Last night I decided to watch Gonjiam Haunted Asylum on shudder and damn! It was so good and done so well. Easily one of the best found footage films I’ve seen in awhile.

After that I finally watched Welcome To Derry. The plan was to watch both of the remaining eps together but I wasn’t up to it so just watched the first one. Damn though, that ep at the Black Spot was so horrific. Like what the fuck? I’m planning on watching the finale tonight.

Today was the town trip and I went in a few places before the cinema. I didn’t get some of the things I was intending to (I saw there were Star Wars lollipop collectibles at b and m but I didn’t see them, I might look Monday, Smyths didn’t have the Imperial Remnant Snowtrooper Funko and the entertainer didn’t have the Young Jedi Adventures ship, Burger King didn’t have anything, though maybe that ones for the best cause I just ebayed the last two). But I did get other stuff.

The clearance place had the micro galaxy squadron Sith Infiltrator (Darth Maul’s ship from Ep I), a black series Princess Leia (in her iconic white outfit) and a pumbaa plushie which was more of an impulse by. Smyths hana randomly reduced Black Series Vader and the squark van. (I still don’t understand the figures for Stranger Things, how they hardly make anyone and only do one wave.) and Asda had a tee of Mandalorians.

At the cinema I got the combo with the cup and the tin (I wasn’t given a choice of tin but I got the capper of Grogu with the scope which is cute). It seems the At-at’s were gone though which was a shame but I guess they didn’t have many to begin with.

The trailers for Backrooms were mostly new, bar Ice Cream Man (don’t wanna see) and Disclosure Day (which I do). There was also a new trailer for Evil Dead Burn, which does a better job of making me wanna see it, plus the new Insidious film (which does look pretty good).

But anyway, Backrooms! (Under the cut, but I don’t say much about it beyond what’s in the trailers)

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After the film I went in Asda then Poundland to get a drink and it was then I realised I was flagging big time. There was no way I could make it through my planned second watch of Mandalorian And Grogu so I just came home. I dunno if it was cause of the heat or lugging around cat food or both (along with the prospect of going to sainsburys tomorrow to pick something up for mum, ugh).

Ah well, maybe I will rewatch another time. Next film trip will be Masters Of The Universe next week (along with Amazing Digital Circus maybe, or Scary Movie but it depends).

I did nap once I got back, but I still feel pretty tired. I’m just gonna watch stuff on tv then hopefully Welcome To Derry and bundle up.

Tomorrow is that annoying trip, plus hopefully watching the Doctor Who Movie.

And I just opened up the Strnager Things van and it’s such a nice set, it’s a shame they didn’t bother making many figures for it. (For reference, they did Eleven, Dustin and a demo as figures, plus Steve with this and Robin with a bigger set of the studio) It’s so baffling. I might get have to find the Dustin at this scale so Steve isn’t alone, if I can find him (I do have the bigger one cause I was gifted it but the 4 inch one seems hard to find. Fuck they really screwed the distribution over). Oh! But I do have a Will though, but that’s a season 1 Will.

Before getting onto the crux of the post I did get the uni email yesterday… at almost 6, right when I was waiting on dinner to finish cooking. When I did check later the info was mostly vague and, of the mentioned options… none had a time limit that ended today. They said the dates were on or just after the assessment which is next week. Ugh. I’m gonna look them over properly tomorrow.

The past two nights have ended up with me going tired/headachy. So the most I did each night (instead of much) was one ep of Amazing Digital Circus (which was good, though ugh it seems fandom has harassed the creator which sucks) and Tales from 85 (a Dustin and Steve centric ep ahh!)

(I also read the SFX Tales From 85 article on the way home today and… they repeatedly called Lucas Caleb like ???)

But anyway!

Cut to the main of the post which is today, which was a trip to town to see The Mandalorian and Grogu. I decided it would be best to go to the 9:07 train only to get there and find that the trains were only every hour (apparently due to strikes). Apparently over the course of the day the trains got worse because by the time it came to coming back it was a replacement bus service that didn’t even stop at stations (it missed a person at the station we got off at).

So yeah we had to wait for half an hour longer. Plus it was really warm which was… ugh.

Still the train did come so we got to the cinema in time for the first showing! But by the time I got there I was frazzled from the train (plus full from breakfast mum insisted I have) so I didn’t even look at the stuff they had. They had the AT-AT but I didn’t see anyone in our showing with it (some did have the popcorn tins, which they also had). I’m hoping they have them next week when I go to Backrooms and Passenger.

(Side note I had considered going back tonight for Passenger but noped that when I saw there were train issues. Knowing my luck I’d be stuck in town all night)

Anyway. Trailers were all new to me (bar Disclosure day but I’d only seen half) and all have made me wanna see. There was Spiderman, Supergirl, Disclosure Day and Masters Of The Universe.

Thoughts on The Mandalorian under the cut (between -‘s so people can avoid spoilers).

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Next cinema trip should be to see Backrooms on Friday, or Passenger sooner if it’s only showing for a week (hopefully it won’t be but then Shelby oaks and whistle only had tiny runs so…)

Post film we wandered round town going in a few places. The main thing was Primark and I found they had a Sleep Token tee! So of course I had it (they have three more on the site, I might order them). Surprisingly, while checking sizes, I found there was also a Bullet For My Valentine one which was a surprise.

After wandering some more places we headed to Burger King for noms. I did overdo it a bit on the food (the meal+ loaded fries + a sundae) but I am kicking myself a bit. We got the mandalorian cups but when I just checked both were ones I had (I thought I’d at least got a third). But damn the lady checked what they had and there was a miscommunication. If I’d have left the cups while she checked I could have had the blue (and best) one but because I took them I couldn’t just switch. Damnit. She did suggest I get another meal and take it home, but in this weather? I was gonna eBay them but since I’m still missing one other…

(If anyone knows someone that has doubles and would be willing to trade, I have the green and brown ones)

After that was coming home on the bus which had no air conditioning so made us more tired. So now I’m home and am very flop from the heat and carrying fruit mum got from a stall.

I dunno what I’m gonna do tonight after the flower show. I was gonna get back to The Pitt but if me (or mum) am too tired I might just flop or watch something else or… who knows.

So yesterday was the hospital trip which ended up being tiring.

First off the bus we got on wasn’t the one that went straight to the hospital so we had to switch in Wolverhampton anyway (apparently the direct one was redirected so it would’ve missed the stop anyway. On the way I did some reading (I took three books which was excessive perhap) and I ended up reading the first of the shirts in Poirot Investigates. It’s wild that one of the opening lines is ‘“that’s queer” I ejaculated suddenly’ which sounds made up but it absolutely is

We did a lil bit in town, which wasn’t too eventful. Sadly Forbidden Planet didn’t have the Maul comics I hoped for, but they did have the Mercenary Droid Funko so I got it cause of the student discount they have. I got mum an Ewok village set of doorables from the entertainer (she loves ewoks) and she noticed they had free Mandalorian posters but the door, so if anyone wants one go to an Entertainer!

We were way early when we got to the hospital so I went in the nearby TK getting another Agatha Christie book (Murder Of Roger Ackroyd), a Funko of Luthen from Andor and a discounted Anakin figure.

We got to the hospital early and, surprisingly I was seen early (I guess it helped it was quiet). The tests that the doctor did were a lot like opticians ones (I think only one or two were different) and then the second one (which he got me in early) was also one done at the opticians. It all felt a little… pointless. I guess I’d assumed it’d be some advanced scanner, not just their own one the optician had. (Apparently I’ll have to go back for results at some point)

I still don’t have any answers but at least it meant we got out early and home… though when we got to town we’d just missed a bus so had to wait an hour. We wandered around a bit and found out that Primark has MCR tees (the cover of Three Cheers and a black parade one).

By the time I got home I was pretty flop and low energy so I just ended up tuning out a bit.

But I did get a notification from the cinema. I’d been told Friday they were getting Mandalorian stuff but didn’t know what, so I just assumed it’d be like the Mario stuff (a popcorn tin and cup) and I was right but not just them. There’s a bundle of both a tin and cup (three designs of the former, five toppers for the latter) but there’s one other thing.

They’re getting the AT-AT popcorn bucket.

Now I’ve never really understood the fixation with making crazy popcorn containers. Most just seem baffling and completely impractical. (We don't even usually get them and often it’s just odeon and they sell out crazy fast) . However this one does look so cool. It has lights and sounds and has articulated legs. I never expected to even see it and now the cinema is getting it… I might be tempted. Maybe.

And they just emailed saying they have Mandalorian themed cocktails but say nothing about what they actually are. (Why do they never say what themed cocktails are?)

(I am annoyed though that they are getting Passenger… and only showing it once a day, at 8:45pm damnit. I’d hoped it’d get decent times considering how much I’d seen the trailers but no😔)

Anyway. I wish today could have been a lazy day to recover from being outside, but instead I had a library shift to cover. Ugh. I just read two more free comic book day comics and one chapter of Heated Rivalry. But there were two Agatha Raisin books from the buying section that looked untouched. Plus mum spotted a book called Silverweed Road and I was intrigued so I’ve borrowed that to check out.

Anyway that’s it really. I’m just gonna snuggle up and maybe doze with Midna. (But ahh! The house on the corner has two kittens that look just like Midna and they were in the window and they were so cute and smol and baby🥹)