Aug 17, 2026

Our day out

The sun was hotter than we were expecting. The walk into town at the start of the day put me in a very sour and overheated mood. Strolling around the city and the shops cooled me down eventually. We spent a very long and relaxed time just hanging out in Waterstones whilst I read my Kindle, and she read the entirety of a very short Witcher graphic novel in one sitting.

Our dinner restaurant was atmospheric and extremely quiet. I had Fish and chips, she had a very vertical Halloumi Skewer. We were both very full in the end. We made our leisurely way back and somehow, relaxed even more.

What a lovely day. Thank you Angel x

Aug 16, 2026

Universal UK rumours and Disney expo

Terrible news on the Universal UK front... Semi reliable rumours are now saying the Mystery land in the concept art will not be Lord of the Rings... and will instead be Harry Potter... worst case scenario... this sucks... and for it to have a clone of Forbidden Journey instead of anything new? Absolutely begging for the rumours to be false.

Though it does seem thar hopefully these rumours have overstated their accuracy? Hopefully? The certainty of the Paddington rumour is nice, it would be a very good fit and is new. A new dark ride with animatronics will always make me happy.

D23 this year had some actual real announcements! New visuals and ride vehicle for the Lion King boat ride in Disney Paris, which is basically the only disney parks thing I will be able to experience myself for realsies hah. More concept art for the Villains land in Magic Kingdom, confirming the coaster and (maybe boat?) dark ride we guessed were happening. Looks all very yummy and spooky.

Jul 24, 2026

The Odyssey

I have observed Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' with my owns eyes. And in conclusion. Good!

It had an even level of gritty realism that I didn't hate, so it did that very well. The costumes were the correct vibe and kept me within the story (apart from Agamemnon's awesome iphone helmet). The horror sequences were really something special. Cyclops did inspire Fear. The entire Circe sequence was basically the best ever. Truly the only representation of the Trojan Horse that feels so achingly real.

The beginning was quite slow to get started, lots of talking About things instead of being About things. It was very stupid whenever Tom Holland said 'Dad', I don't enjoy that choice... Quite a lot of shots felt quite zoned in? it did feel like being punished for not seeing it in IMAX. Which I shouldn't have to do c'mon christopher.

I really do wish they had given more time for the Women in this film, they were giving the best scenes of the film. Anne Hathaway was absolutely acting circles around everyone. She was the best. And everything Circe of course. The tiny crumb we got of Helen of Troy will leave me thinking about it for a long time.

Jul 19, 2026

The Fall Guy

Watched 'The Fall Guy' starring Ryan Gosling today. Not to be confused with 'Free Guy' starring Ryan Reynolds. And it was a very fun timeeeee. I wasn't very ready for it to be one of those Films about making Films but it did (mostly) keep that reigned in when it mattered. All the stunt stuff was very good and it didn't feel like Back to back spectacle for the sake of it, it actually did it within its story.

It did have slightly strange pacing going into the final act, everything up to the boat explode made it feel very final and approaching the end but it feel strange how much it kept going. It was all still fun stuff, the helicopter stuff was all super fun, it just felt like the lead up to that point could've been slightly tighter.

It really is a lovely love story in the end, really made me believe in it. And I especially loved the stylised stunt stuff. In conclusion big reccommend.

Jul 18, 2026

A Film day and More site generating

A medium day I would rate. Nothing much of anything happening, which is good to have.

We watched 3 films today, started with Kpop Demon Hunters in the background whilst eating lunch. Honestly hit me better the second watch. That soundtrack is really good. It makes me very pleased to see the movie musical continue to live forever, as it should.

Then we watched Shrek 2. Absolute peam of course. It really has a good emotional heart alongside all the parody and references. A lot funnier than I rememered it being, probably due to having an undeveloped brain on first watch.

Then we watched Shrek 4. Not peam. I have no patience for the Sad bad dad cliche. However, it was the excellent background noise for figuring out a better way to do my blog generating! Now it works exactly the way I set out for it to work.

Able to have each blog post as a seperate file, with its own metadata contained within - check, I was able to get rid of the evil manually updated json to iterate through all my posts. Now I have a 11ty data file which adds data to every file in blogposts/. Which lets me both set every file to permalink: false (a much better way of stopping a file from being generating, as it still processes the file), and set every file to have the 'blogposts' tag. Which lets me iterate through all my posts as a collection (which would have been very good to have known yesterday). And being a part of the collection lets me take data from the file frontmatter (post.data.*) and get the clean rendered content without any extra funny business (post.content | safe).

So basically I'm a winner.

Jul 17, 2026

Static Site Generating

I've done it! I completed regigged my entire website backend and now I have a Proper Proper Static Site Generator working. 11ty works now yay!!!!

Had to start by getting package management set up for my site's repo, which was thankfully quite simple. Just needed to update silly Node.js and silly npm and it worked finee. And it actually made me understand the point of them instead of glazing my eyes over them like usual heh.

11ty was simples to get working for my youtubers json file, was a good entry point. Just reading off one json file into one html file using Nunjucks.

11ty wasn't as easy to get working for my blog however. By default, 11ty wants to generate a page for each markdown file. Which makes sense for most cases, but I wanted all my blog markdown files displayed together on a single html page. Which requires lots of finagling, and had to get a seperate filter set up to process a markdown within html. I currently still need to have a json file to act as a list of all my blog posts, so I do need to remember to add onto that whenever I make a post. Which is annoying.

But now I can write my blog posts in pure markdown and not have to worry about any html tags getting in the way of my writing at all!

Jun 24, 2026

The... Digital Circus

I have observed the final episode of The Amazing Digital Circus with my own Eyeballs. and I have had some time to stew my Opinions.

Firstly. Positives. I very much enjoyed everything Kaufmo did and said.Honestly the best payoff in the entire show lol. Good reuse of the theme song again, very nice very cyclical good writing yes yes. Soundtrack is all very good. The theme again at the end with a happy and integrated Caine did make me feel the Joy. And also the frame of Zooble punching the wall is so unintentionally hilarious to me that I'm calling that a Pro. And Ragatha tearfully going 'Ribbit'... hehe... Overall, I would not consider the final product of this episode disapointing, since all its problems were present from earlier in the series, just bigger.

Now to Hater mode time. The pacing was complete bananas. The Pomni voiceover out of nowhere felt like a lazy attempt to fix the pacing issues they had found themselves with. And it didn't even work oof. The Jax flashbacks took up sooo much time. And really take away from anything else the finale is trying to do. Caine's big Staircase sequence was visually uhh fine, but it was so very drawn out, especially with all the repetition of breaking a wall. Breaking a wall again. And I am fine with unclear scenes, but the overlaid scene from the past felt heavily implied to be happening at the same time, so it made for an unclear first watch until I was informed of what it was actually trying to do After the fact. It could've been much more clearly shown that these are Two distinct events happening, like having them be Mostly similar instead of Exactly similar. Oh well. And then we speedrun through to Forgiveness and now everything is solved with Caine now hooray. And also offscreen Jax abstraction??? Great?? I understand the shockvalue of it, but we didn't even get to see people reacting to it having happened. And they are really overly chilled about the danger of the situation, which lessened the affect more. It also super jars with the majorrrrr time we spend with Jax after this. So it all adds up to Abstraction in the end. The obvious fix is to have the mega flashbacks before the sudden abstraction, then it carries the momentum and it is still a shock in its suddenness but it has precedence. And also Pomni witnessing all the memories feels like a slightly janky and too-convenient way of communicating all this stuff.

Things which were set up over the whole series as important had no payoff or were forgotton? Why is Caine just alive again? The entire climax of the best episode in the show is just glossed over? Not even a single line with a half-assed explaination, just nothing at all. No reaction from anything about it. And Pomni's glitching hand was visibly there when she was trying to summon a circle, but never came of it? What was Bubble about, was she just a 1-1 of the Blue Dot AI? What was the Blue Dot AI for? Why does releasing Blue Dot AI fix anything?

The "reveal" of them being brain scans. He just. says the word. If I hadn't accidentally stumbled across a theory video about them being brain scans, I would've been Extremely confused at what it was trying to tell me. But then they essentially speedrun the fallout from this reveal in a montage, and quickly adjust to it. I understand wanting to have mysteries throughout the show, and keeping a few for the very end to reveal, but this really feels like it should've been revealed earlier in the series, even just one episode before the finale. To actually give it time to stew. Because revealing it, feeling sad for a bit, and then Oh our actual huamn selves are out there being happy so this is a happy ending now. Did not feel earned. It would've made more sense to me if their outside lives were going bad, so they could be happy about a second chance in the circus? The Overly happy ending is just very jarring to me. Particularly after how heavily the final episode was teased to be a killer.

And now onto the Jax of it all. I understand the intention. A self-hating character who pushes everyone away and does terrible things, that is meant to be more understood then sympathised with. A cautionary tale in not reaching out yada yada. Howeverrrrrrrrrrrrr. This was not a successful version of That. The narrative failed at holding Jax accountable for Anything. Not in that he is not Punished (he abstracts of course), but the consequences of his actions don't have the weight they should. It treats Gangle's experience of constant abuse as essentially unimportant, it is brought up in a single conversation and then never again. Of course Gangle should want to mourn Jax! Of course, why wouldn't she?? And it is ultra distasteful how previously the show even attempted to equate Ragatha's "fake niceness" problem with anything Jax had done. And by having Pomni never have met Ribbit and Kaufmo, it let's her off the hook for considering how being friends with Jax would affect the people he hurt. How can she be friends with both Jax and Gangle at the same time without it being a Major Insult to Gangle. I really hate how self-hating Jax makes everyone become. Not just Gangle, but by everyone else tolerating and not meaningful pushing back against his Antics (except Zooble), it just lets it happen. We would have a very different Jax if the rest of the cast were not the most Permissive group of individuals ever.

"Isn't she lovely?" No she was the worst in fact. Trans Jax is of course cannon and made clear with a big ol bow on the head, but this doesn't really change? anything? We were already very well aware of Jax's self hatred. Misogyny isn't cute, even if it has an underlying "reason". Especially when more care is being taken to explore how being misogynistic affects the one dishing it out :( and not the actual recipients. Transitioning wouldn't have saved her.

The true moment my brain shorted out mid-watch was on the line "Having a lot of complex thoughts?" Character are you having complex thoughts character are you having emotions and motivations in this supposedly complex situation ???? This clunky line drove me over the edge. I know it's an overreaction over such a little thing but damn. I know this is the Talking to each other about your feelings show but please can they talk about their feelings in another way. And anyway it would make more sense for Gangle to feel conflicted about crying for Jax rather than not crying for him. On account of the abuse.

I don't actually think this is a bad show (despite all this rambling lol), it just suffers from a lack of multitasking. A conversation happens and all else comes to a screaching halt. Good music and very pretty visuals often. Highly Marketable character designs translate into pretty damn good character designs. Lots of fun moments throughout the series, probably still worth a watch as long as writing expectations are kept realistic. This show stirred enough in me to make me write all this at least lol.

In conclusion, I should watch more Things that I Love.

Jun 13, 2026

Mort and more reading

Finished reading Mort a few days ago. I am very happi to have succeeded at keeping up reading with my kindle. It was a pretty good read. I did pause on it for a while midway when it wasn't grabbing me as much. It did pick up again once I got myself back into it. Definitely had a different vibe being an earlier Pratchett book, with a bit more of parody stuff. Not as good as Small Gods, but good enough for me to wanna read the later Death series books if this is as weak as they get. And also Death is a silly and I would like more of that teehee.

Started and stopped a whole lot of other books during the Mort break. Began to read Apparently, Sir Cameron needs to die, but I um. could not finish it. Strange pacing, Tumblr dialogue, really didn't deliver on the blurb. Oh well. However, was able to start and quickly finish What Manner of Man . Which really had the opposite problem, where I was expecting something light and shlocky from the cover, but it was much better. Proper classic Stoker style, and more thoughtfully written than I was prepared for. Very nice.

Jun 11, 2026

Theme Park and Traveling

I had a Very lovely theme park time getting a New coaster credit! So smooth for a eurofighter, let's hope it stays that way. The stall was excellent and was really nice relief for the weird chest tightness I was having that day hah. The restraints were basically perfect. Soft comfy lap bar, with shoulder restraints so it doesn't feel too exposing, but still ultra roomy. Big win.

Was less fun to get rained on all day tho... But it was okay cus I had a fun day out with Angel. Ate theme park food which wasn't insanely overpriced for the massive portion size. Though the broccoli portion was cooked in a lemon & mustard oil? which made it taste almost medical? very sad :( But many many chips :)

I was in ultra unsettled travel mood from plane journey just a few days ago, so train journey wasn't easy but I did do it... I suppose... so I should be proud... or whatever...

May 19, 2026

Gameoverse Pilot

I watched the pilot for the new glitch show Gameoverse. It was fineeeeeee I suppose. Not ultra compelling for me personally. Seemed a teeny bit surface level? Not sure how to describe. It's trying to do the thing of Woah we have to save the world by helping the villains???? But it's not compelling me since it's still super black and white at the end of the day with their big ominous evil syndicate doing evils. And also constantly referring to them as The Heroes and The Villains is kinda tacky idk. But it was still fineish and can see how it could get better if it gets greenlit. And with voice acting by Arin Game Grumps. Which I am still undecided on since it's technically good voice acting but I can so easily recognise his voice. But that is a teeny problem compared to Jschlatt voice..... unacceptable.....

In conclusion my most anticipated Glitch series is still The Gaslight District.

May 16, 2026

Small Gods and Discworld

I finished reading Small Gods two days ago yipeeee. Lots of fun to read and made me feel the feelings. Brutha is literally me fr..... Feels good to get back into the rhythm of reading again.

Interested to read the Death sub series of Discworld, as I want some Deep thoughts and it seems a nice small series. Though I am also thinking about reading in publishing order, which I would prefer if I end up reading them all. But I cannot predict if I will end up doing that. It would be nice to not have to decide what to read next for 40+ books.

May 10, 2026

Reading progress and Projects non-progress

I have taken a mild bite out of Small Gods. It is very breezy and nice to read after I got past the wacky name introductions. It's almost like books written in the last 50 years will be easier to read than old classics... perhaps I should remember that...

I find that I am endlessly putting off all my in-progress Fun Projects, which right now includes sewing dress sleeve, my wooden clock build, sewing snoopy plush, and this website. I'm not exactly sure what I've been doing most of the time, since I'm not doing unfun projects either (like studying for driving ew). So I'm going to try to keep in mind what I want and need to do, instead of what I feel like doing. As my feelings have only been leading me to sit in my room and Feel Weird.

I have the power to end these patterns or whatevs.

Apr 26, 2026

Northanger Abbey

I finished reading Northanger Abbey hooray! It's alright, though it is surprising how little comes of Catherine near accusing someone of murder...

Now I begin my venture into Discworld with Small Gods. I don't want to commit to reading any of the internal series yet, so a one-off self contained book works perfectly.

Apr 19, 2026

Return to Reading

I can feel myself recovering my literacy! Hooray! I am going to seize the moment of feeling like reading to read so much. Hopefully bring kindle everywhere and constantly tinkering with it will let this period last for a long time.

I have begun by reading Northanger Abbey. It's fun to slowly remember the plot from the film adaptation I watched years ago. Quite a bit way through in just two days so I'm gonna attempt to be fast fast reading hehe.

Apr 18, 2026

Kindle Jailbreaking

I had a fun time jailbreaking my old kindle today. Haven't got any especially exciting new functionality but it is nice to be free of Amazon's chains. Scheming which adorable bat to have as a screensaver :)

New Teamfight tactics set is out! Mechanic is basically Hades, and shall hopefully be lotsa fun. I have been neglecting playing games properly for a while I think, website fiddling about has filled that niche for a time but I wanna get back into it proper.

Apr 3, 2026

Travel stressin

Big travel day today. Tried channeling away my travel anxieties into excitement instead, and it kinda worked! In the end I only a bit of stressin. Had a lovely time listening to the Parkstop podcast about the Disney Villains land rumours. Exciting business :)

I can feel my body creating an evil store of recent stresses. Belly ache... Ribs owie... So I will Decompress myself this week. It shall be done. And also fix my sleep schedule... that'll help... I suppose... ughhhhhhhhhh so much effort...

Mar 29, 2026

The Other Bennet Sister

The final episodes of The Other Bennet Sister are out! I would rate as pretty decent show. Costumes pretty good. Pacing in the second-to-last episode did fall a bit flat with SO many instances of "Let's have a conversation later", and then said later conversation being interrupted accidentally. About 5 times of this becomes too much. But all in all good series, Mrs Bennet veered on comedic evil early on but was lended more reaslism later on which was well done.

It is a bit ridiculous that they repeatably try to emphasis Mary's unsuitability to comedic degrees, then saddle her with Too Many suitors, but alas. To be expected from what is ultimately a romance, in the end.

Mar 28, 2026

A Relaxing day of watching Persuasion(s)

I have been having excellent fun making many little honeycomb stamps. I love the interlocking of them, they feel so segmentable. I feel required to make a stamp for each little piece of my brain. Currently I can only remember video game pieces of my brain but I'll remember other stuff eventually.

Somehow, we managed to watch 2 seperate adaptions of Persuaion today, and a third yesterday (though it was the recent Netflix one and it left me slightly wincing whenever I paid attention to it). I watched just the ending of the first, the 1995 BBC adapation, and wished I had watched it from the beginning, it's quite lovely. The grumpy Captain Wentworth is particularly enjoyable.

The Persuaion I watched in it's entirety was the 2007 TV movie. Almost perfect casting, outside of a slightly less charismatic Wentworth (sorry). The costumes made me very happy; Bonnets Bonnets Bonnets! The camera shake did veer toward unintended comedy at some points. Falling off a small log has never felt so dramatic. But the most comedic thing of all is that this and the 1995 film used the exact same location for the young lady falling and hitting her head. The exact same location. Same bridge. Same stairs. I suppose there isn't that much variety in coastal stairs near Bath, but still. Those stairs are very fall-offable.

Mar 27, 2026

The Start of Blog

I am become blog! Destroyer of blogs!

I am beginning a blog so that I may remember what is happening each day instead of having it wash over me like a fine mist lol. And also I want to get into the habit of writing, at least enough writing so that I can have a few sentences without feeling cringe about it.

Today I watched The Martian. I had watched the beginning some other time without finishing it somehow, but I finally finished watching it this time. Potatos out of 10. I have no idea what is or isn't plausible in a semi-realistic sci-fi film like this, I typically enjoy more silly billy space stuff, but still jood film.