My 2015 review, sort of

Everybody will be doing reviews to the year over the next of days,but mine is, again, in the form of a soundtrack tracklist...If you're a soundtrack collector,you might well be able to assemble the following playlist (as I've done) and hear my year...

I'm giving track title, composer/performer, and album, but, as always, no conext. Some things you can figure outeasily enough. Others really will only be significant to me..

2015 Soundtrack listing:

1) Main Title/Attack On Jakku (John Williams, The Force Awakens)
2) Future Of The Sons Of Mithras (Bear Mcreary, Da Vinci's Demons)
3) Thief Of Bagdad theme – Miklos Rosza
4) Lucretia Donati (Bear McCreary, Da Vinci's Demons)
5) Knight's March (Hans Zimmer, King Arthur)
6) Lucretia And Leonardo (Bear McReary, Da Vinci's Demons season 2)
7) Conan theme – Basil Poledouris (Conan The Destroyer)
8) Betrayed (X Ray Dog, A Breed Apart)
9) The Grey Havens (Howard Shore, Return Of The King)
10) Duel Of The Fates (John Williams, The Phantom Menace)
11) The Lannisters Send Their Regards (Ramin Djawadi, GoT season 3)
12) Visions Of Lucretia (Bear McReary, Da Vinci's Demons season 2)
13) The Enterprise (Jerry Goldsmith, ST-TMP)
14) Prey Overture – Jeremy Soule (Prey)
15) Returns A King – Tyler Bates (300)
16) Narrow Escape (X Ray Dog, A Breed Apart)
17) The German Battlefield – Hans Zimmer (Gladiator)
18) Hero's Return (X Ray Dog, A Breed Apart)
19) Inseguemento – Ennio Morricone (The Good The Bad And The Ugly)
20) It's A Droid (Jerry Goldsmith, Alien)
21) UNIT theme – (Don Harper, Dr Who The Invasion)
22) Trenzalore/The Long Song – Murray Gold (Time Of The Doctor)
23) Qui-Gon's Funeral (John Williams, The Phantom Menace)
24) Never Tell Me The Rules – Murray Gold (Time Of The Doctor)
25) Recovery (Basil Poledouris, Conan The Barbarian)
26) The Fuse (Bear McCreary, Da Vinci's Demons season 2)
27) Ode To Joy (Michael Kamen, Die Hard)
28) Battle Of The Heroes (John Williams, Revenge Of The Sith)
29) Flight OfThe Columbina (Bear McReary, Da Vinci's Demons season 2)
30) Confrontation With Dooku/Finale (John Williams, Attack Of The Clones)

meh

I don't get moody about age or anything like that come birthday time, but I do find myself worn down by - as with the lead-in to Xmas - the issue of "what do you want for Xmas/birthday? You must want something..."

Honestly, whatI really *really* do want is all shit I won't get, at least without time travel or shit. What I'd have wanted? Restoration of that nearly 20 year long friendship tosomething resembling the normality of geeking out there always was- well that's unlikely as I've no way to contact them. No surgeries in the coming year, well that's fucked cos there's already one rescheduled from last month to next year, and another appointment on January 18th to decide whether I need TIPSS surgery. A nice advance-paying book contract, well that's possible, but not over the seasonal period when all the publishers are shut (In my experience, spring and autumn have always been the top times for that.)

So, good luck finding any of that shit in a shop.

II also, being a writer and all, want to take pleasure in giving pleasure, and help make people happy Another one you can't find in a shop.

So, fuck it... I'd say I just want the year put down, and a new one started, but then I have to start trying to see prospects in it, and I always have troubles doing that.

So...

Trying to think of a military history subject I know enough about to write about, but - and here's the catch - which *hasn't* been done lots and recently...

fucking bt hub

Why is it that since being lumbered with a new BT Hub 4 last week, the internet has been slow as fuck, and the phone and internet won't work at the same time - it's like fuckin 1998.