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Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:51 am Comments (0)
More bloody children’s books! Look, I listened to some Kurt Vonnegut and had a ripping good time of it, I think that permits me to at least two adolescent “let’s see what the fuss is all about” reads.
I listened to the audiobook of The Hundred And One Dalmatians read by Joanna Lumley, and she does such a lovely job of delivering it. So gentle and sweet and pleasant, perfectly capturing the whimsical mundanity of its setting, the sort of adventure story I could see resonating with kids or folks who just love animals.
It’s only this month I’d finally seen Disney’s animated adaptation of 101 Dalmatians… and I feel like I missed my moment with it. It’s perfectly charming and beautifully animated, but it also made little impression on me? I feel the book did a much more compelling job of giving us a glimpse into the world and mindview of canines, courtesy of conversations between them or insight into their thought processes.
You gotta trim that fat to work in a visual medium, of course, but Disney’s fare just comes across like your standard animated adventure, because how do you set apart an animal-centric story from all your other animal-centric films? Though I might’ve spoilt myself watching The Aristocats first as a kid; it’s hard to top Scatman Crothers literally bringing the house down with a raucous jazz number.
(that, and the film opening with Pongo ogling a bunch of women and trying to hook up his owner with one probably didn’t win me over. I used to look at that great tongue-lolling expression and think, what a great piece of emotive cartooning, but knowing the context I can’t not think “that dog is hornyyyy”)
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Monday, December 22, 2025 at 10:03 am Comments (1)
It’s a little humbling looking back at the old Some Games I Played articles and seeing how I was burning through at least a dozen books a year (including stuff i might not have felt the need to review), when nowadays committing to any form of entertainment feels like an endeavour if I don’t turn it into a project. It’s quite possible I’ve opened more books and tossed them aside than I’ve read in full the past five years…!
Sometimes you just have to be gentle with yourself. There’s a lot of classics across all mediums I figure I ought to experience, but trying to force yourself through them when you’re not feeling pliable isn’t doing yourself any favours. And if I’m not reading much outside of the occasional comic book, then maybe it’s about taking baby steps to re-acclimatise myself. Like listening to an audiobook! Or reading a children’s book! Or listening to an audiobook of a children’s book!
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 11:12 pm Comments (5)
Well, things have been slow and awkward this month. Northern Ireland has been swamped with heavy rain and ferocious winds that’s kinda kept me indoors until yesterday, and life as a whole has been very meandering and sluggish. I get by, but it ain’t the most enjoyable of predicaments.
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Monday, November 22, 2010 at 11:28 pm Comments (13)
This was originally just going to be a reply to Greybob‘s comment on the previous entry, but it kind of spiralled out of control into an outrageously long ramble on everything tangentially related to what he said. And then I thought, well, why waste it in the comments box? Who even looks at those things, anyway? (don’t answer that)
Well, personally I think zombies are more versatile and have been handled a lot better then vampires have recently. I’m not quite zombied out yet. I’ve been meaning to check out Walking Dead, both the show and the comics.
Have you heard of High School of the Dead? It’s an anime about a group of high school students who get trapped during the zombie apocalypse. I’ve been meanng to check it out, but I’ve heard it’s very very fan-service-y.
I definitely think zombies are the most universal of all the typical monsters and I’d say there’s probably tons and tons of stories you could use them in that haven’t been utilised, both from simply the environment you put them in but also just how you view them. Though, yeah, after playing Left 4 Dead several times a day, every day, for months on end, I think I am quite officially zombie’d out for the time being. It does speak volumes about how much I love the game and how much I like zombies, though.
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 10:17 pm Comments (8)
What horrible events have prevented me from updating the blog in a whole week? Not much. I’ve just been a bit of vegetable, really. You’ve heard it a dozen times – I want to be productive, but being a lazy bastard is just that much more appealing. Didn’t I say I was going to have something made for the site this month? Ooer!
Back in September I was still determined to continue from where I left off from this little escapade and find a way to get GameCube functionality for the Wii Classic Controller. I’ve seen Classic Controllers online that have GameCube plugs online, but usually they’re on the dodgiest of dodgy sites and the ones on eBay aren’t exactly inspiring either. Of course, I’ve thrown cash towards all manner of shady places for poorly-thought-out needs, so I ordered one for a mere £4. And surprisingly, it actually arrived this time!
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