What 2015 review?
Dec. 31st, 2015 08:42 pmReview of the year? It was shit - lost much good, gained a diagnosis of diabetes and liver damage. The sooner it's dead and buried, the better.
My 2015 review, sort of
Dec. 30th, 2015 12:16 amEverybody 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)
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)
Dave's 15 Question End Of Year Meme
Dec. 25th, 2015 10:37 pmSo, in an attempt to start a new and more amusing end of year meme, here are fifteen questions on 2015...
1) What did you do that got you on Santa's Nice list this year?
Well, was my mother-in-law's carer, and tried to be nice and help people...
2) What did you do that got you on Santa's Naughty list this year?
Well, there was this fucking cyclist who got the sharp edge of my tongue a couple of months ago.
3) Is your arse smarting from a visit from the Krampus (or local variant) this year?
Nope, but I know someone who is...
4) What is the most surprising factual discovery about the world that you made this year?
Anal penetration cures hiccups. Don't ask. It puts a new spin on the Blackadder line about Edmund's mother only getting her leg over cos she told her husband it was a cure for hiccups.
5) What is the nicest thing someone or anyone did for you this year?
Too many to name, but I was very touched by a salute from Lynette Nusbacher atone point in August.
6) What is the funniest thing from 2015 – be it something that happened to you, a gag you heard, or whatever?
That moment when there's a keypad above a door, but the door is fixed open so you only have to turn the knob, and people don't know this, so they stand there pressing the buttons and waiting for a beep... until I say "let me help," whip out the sonic screwdriver, buzz the door, and then turn the knob to open it. The look on people's faces...
7) Did you manage to (not) commit any of the seven deadly sins this year?
If I didn't complete the set, I've done something very wrong. I like the lust one the best though- you can keep the others.
8) What's the best meal you had this year?
Dinner at the Royal Victoria Hotel in Sheffield in July. What was on the table was as good as what was going on under it.
9) There must be someone who deserves a special mention and virtual medal- nominate at least one here.
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cheyenne7 deserves all the fucking medals. End of.
10) Er... oh, Commandments go with Ten- how many have you managed to break, and did you manage it in a particularly comedic way?Bonus points if you did.
I keep forgetting what they are... I know I haven't killed anybody this year... I definitely do a lot of coveting and breaking the sabbath and taking names in vain... Oh, and, yes, I know thereare actually more than ten commandments, between the various versions.
That said, if we say kill in virtual terms, at the fencing tournament at Yule Ball, where we were supposed to be going for wounds instead of kills, well... I've beenmarried to Lesley for 15 years come February, it was just natural instinct to get the instant throat-shot kill.
11) What's the most embarrassing thing that happened to you, that you're happy to share for laughs?
It may be the same answer as the previous one!
12) What do you want in 2016 that is achievable even if it requires some luck or hard work?
Normal friendships, paid contracts, and, dammit I want to be a fencing marshal. Also, continue to keep the diabetes under control and stay fit and healthy.
13) What are you most proud of having done in 2015? If you answered “none” to the seven deadly sins question, and have an answer to this, go back and fill in the Pride one.
Helped Lesley get her auths and awards and have a good time with her SCA and conrunning and stuff.
14) It's not February, but go and say “I love you” to someone, and mean it. Doesn't have to be on here- phone them, text them, PM them, say it to their face. Just mean it.
Ah, yes... ..
15) Fifteen questions for 2015 sounds about right, so let's end with: What should the 15th question be?
How the fuck should I know?
1) What did you do that got you on Santa's Nice list this year?
Well, was my mother-in-law's carer, and tried to be nice and help people...
2) What did you do that got you on Santa's Naughty list this year?
Well, there was this fucking cyclist who got the sharp edge of my tongue a couple of months ago.
3) Is your arse smarting from a visit from the Krampus (or local variant) this year?
Nope, but I know someone who is...
4) What is the most surprising factual discovery about the world that you made this year?
Anal penetration cures hiccups. Don't ask. It puts a new spin on the Blackadder line about Edmund's mother only getting her leg over cos she told her husband it was a cure for hiccups.
5) What is the nicest thing someone or anyone did for you this year?
Too many to name, but I was very touched by a salute from Lynette Nusbacher atone point in August.
6) What is the funniest thing from 2015 – be it something that happened to you, a gag you heard, or whatever?
That moment when there's a keypad above a door, but the door is fixed open so you only have to turn the knob, and people don't know this, so they stand there pressing the buttons and waiting for a beep... until I say "let me help," whip out the sonic screwdriver, buzz the door, and then turn the knob to open it. The look on people's faces...
7) Did you manage to (not) commit any of the seven deadly sins this year?
If I didn't complete the set, I've done something very wrong. I like the lust one the best though- you can keep the others.
8) What's the best meal you had this year?
Dinner at the Royal Victoria Hotel in Sheffield in July. What was on the table was as good as what was going on under it.
9) There must be someone who deserves a special mention and virtual medal- nominate at least one here.
cheyenne7 deserves all the fucking medals. End of.10) Er... oh, Commandments go with Ten- how many have you managed to break, and did you manage it in a particularly comedic way?Bonus points if you did.
I keep forgetting what they are... I know I haven't killed anybody this year... I definitely do a lot of coveting and breaking the sabbath and taking names in vain... Oh, and, yes, I know thereare actually more than ten commandments, between the various versions.
That said, if we say kill in virtual terms, at the fencing tournament at Yule Ball, where we were supposed to be going for wounds instead of kills, well... I've beenmarried to Lesley for 15 years come February, it was just natural instinct to get the instant throat-shot kill.
11) What's the most embarrassing thing that happened to you, that you're happy to share for laughs?
It may be the same answer as the previous one!
12) What do you want in 2016 that is achievable even if it requires some luck or hard work?
Normal friendships, paid contracts, and, dammit I want to be a fencing marshal. Also, continue to keep the diabetes under control and stay fit and healthy.
13) What are you most proud of having done in 2015? If you answered “none” to the seven deadly sins question, and have an answer to this, go back and fill in the Pride one.
Helped Lesley get her auths and awards and have a good time with her SCA and conrunning and stuff.
14) It's not February, but go and say “I love you” to someone, and mean it. Doesn't have to be on here- phone them, text them, PM them, say it to their face. Just mean it.
Ah, yes... ..
15) Fifteen questions for 2015 sounds about right, so let's end with: What should the 15th question be?
How the fuck should I know?
Lonemagpie's end of year meme
Dec. 25th, 2015 06:01 pmSo, in an attempt to start a new and more amusing end of year meme, here are fifteen questions on 2015... I#ll do my answers in a little while, but here's the questions...
There won't be 40, though, that's too bloody many. Just 10 or 20 will do.
1) What did you do that got you on Santa's Nice list this year?
2) What did you do that got you on Santa's Naughty list this year?
3) Is your arse smarting from a visit from the Krampus (or local variant) this year?
4) What is the most surprising factual discovery about the world that you made this year?
5) What is the nicest thing someone or anyone did for you this year?
6) What is the funniest thing from 2015 – be it something that happened to you, a gag you heard, or whatever?
7) Did you manage to (not) commit any of the seven deadly sins this year?
8) What's the best meal you had this year?
9) There must be someone who deserves a special mention and virtual medal- nominate at least one here.
10) Er... oh, Commandments go with Ten- how many have you managed to break, and did you manage it in a particularly comedic way?Bonus points if you did.
11) What's the most embarrassing thing that happened to you, that you're happy to share for laughs?
12) What do you want in 2016 that is achievable even if it requires some luck or hard work?
13) What are you most proud of having done in 2015? If you answered “none” to the seven deadly sins question, and have an answer to this, go back and fill in the Pride one.
14) It's not February, but go and say “I love you” to someone, and mean it. Doesn't have to be on here- phone them, text them, PM them, say it to their face. Just mean it.
15) Fifteen questions for 2015 sounds about right, so let's end with: What should the 15th question be?
There won't be 40, though, that's too bloody many. Just 10 or 20 will do.
1) What did you do that got you on Santa's Nice list this year?
2) What did you do that got you on Santa's Naughty list this year?
3) Is your arse smarting from a visit from the Krampus (or local variant) this year?
4) What is the most surprising factual discovery about the world that you made this year?
5) What is the nicest thing someone or anyone did for you this year?
6) What is the funniest thing from 2015 – be it something that happened to you, a gag you heard, or whatever?
7) Did you manage to (not) commit any of the seven deadly sins this year?
8) What's the best meal you had this year?
9) There must be someone who deserves a special mention and virtual medal- nominate at least one here.
10) Er... oh, Commandments go with Ten- how many have you managed to break, and did you manage it in a particularly comedic way?Bonus points if you did.
11) What's the most embarrassing thing that happened to you, that you're happy to share for laughs?
12) What do you want in 2016 that is achievable even if it requires some luck or hard work?
13) What are you most proud of having done in 2015? If you answered “none” to the seven deadly sins question, and have an answer to this, go back and fill in the Pride one.
14) It's not February, but go and say “I love you” to someone, and mean it. Doesn't have to be on here- phone them, text them, PM them, say it to their face. Just mean it.
15) Fifteen questions for 2015 sounds about right, so let's end with: What should the 15th question be?
The annual End Of Year Meme
Dec. 25th, 2015 03:14 pm( forty questions and answers sliced for length )
* - ETA: This is cut and pasted from a Facebook/Tumblr post I made a couple of days ago. Since then, I have seen The Force Awakens, and it was pretty damn great too.
* - ETA: This is cut and pasted from a Facebook/Tumblr post I made a couple of days ago. Since then, I have seen The Force Awakens, and it was pretty damn great too.
As we approach the festive season
Nov. 9th, 2015 07:32 pmWhile wandering the charity shops on Saturday, I noticed they all have the full Xmas stuff up, and the town's Xmas lights are up. Normally this bugs the shit out of me, especially when it's before Children In Need, Bonfire Night, and Halloween - but then I realised I'd already missed Halloween and Bonfire Night in the hospital, and Children in Need is this week... So, what the fuck.
I do like the idea of the Xmas stuff being a ceremonial to they year. I'd reached my "this year is fucked and the sooner it's gone and we get a new one the better" limit in about August, and it's just got worse since then, so... yeah, I'm totally done with 2015.
Last night Lesley was saying "but what about the good memories of it?"" Well, no... What have I got good-memory-wise? I was happy after Redemption, with a happy reunion, but that didn't last, so it's tied to gloom. I loved the three-kill combo with the katana in the fencing Castle Battle at Raglan this year, but that's then tied to hospitalisation with anaphylactic shock... Which really just leaves me with the hotel visit to check out the Royal Victoria in Sheffield (Redemption's new home), where the food was amazing and, well, Tyrone Cartwright and everyone was good company... and that was just one night out, really, out of the whole fucking year.
And I have another surgery or two to go as an outpatient in the coming weeks, urgh.
So, yeah, somebody take 2015 out and shoot it in the back of the head. Then dismember it and and burn the pieces.
I do like the idea of the Xmas stuff being a ceremonial to they year. I'd reached my "this year is fucked and the sooner it's gone and we get a new one the better" limit in about August, and it's just got worse since then, so... yeah, I'm totally done with 2015.
Last night Lesley was saying "but what about the good memories of it?"" Well, no... What have I got good-memory-wise? I was happy after Redemption, with a happy reunion, but that didn't last, so it's tied to gloom. I loved the three-kill combo with the katana in the fencing Castle Battle at Raglan this year, but that's then tied to hospitalisation with anaphylactic shock... Which really just leaves me with the hotel visit to check out the Royal Victoria in Sheffield (Redemption's new home), where the food was amazing and, well, Tyrone Cartwright and everyone was good company... and that was just one night out, really, out of the whole fucking year.
And I have another surgery or two to go as an outpatient in the coming weeks, urgh.
So, yeah, somebody take 2015 out and shoot it in the back of the head. Then dismember it and and burn the pieces.
