I slept well last night. "er indoors TM"
thinks it is because I had caffeine-free coffee last night. I’m not convinced;
I rarely drink coffee in the evenings anyway, but it is a theory worth trying.
Over brekkie I had a look-see on the Internet. Not
a lot had changed overnight, which was probably for the best. Other than Amazon
trying to sell me that which I’d already bought there were no emails in my
inbox. Several people were posting about the new year on social media. Some
were hopeful for the future, some pessimistic. Much the same as ever really.
I was quite impressed with the fish tank this
morning; spending fifty quid doing it up seems to have paid off (if you like that sort of thing). I quite
like the plastic plants; I think I shall get some more, and maybe a few more
little goldfish. "Furry Face TM" seems fascinated
by the fish; he’s never shown any interest in the telly but an aquarium seems
to be a whole different ball game.
"Daddy’s Little Angel TM"
arrived with some KFC for her dad, and with KFC devoured we collected "My
Boy TM" and set off to Hastings. We were all rather
concerned having heard that my mum had had a stroke, and were rather pleasantly
surprised to find she didn’t seem to have suffered any ill effects. I was
expecting her to be in an armchair and looking incredibly frail; she was up and
about having made a ton of sandwiches in readiness for our visit. We were
expecting to make a flying visit as we weren’t expecting her to be strong
enough for much; we stayed for a couple of hours. I told her off; we’d
cancelled all of our plans as she was supposed to be on death’s door…
Mind you whilst there we did get news
that my step father-in-law has been admitted to hospital as he could not
breathe…
We came home and having dropped off the fruits
of our loins to their various homes we popped in to Pets at Home. I got a few
more plastic plants for the aquarium and "er indoors TM"
wanted a coat for "Furry Shark TM". The poor little
puppy does whine when we are on walks; I have a theory that she might be cold.
I got my new plastic plants into the aquarium,
and then had a little fiddle about with the Wherigo writer. I’ve not made any
Wherigos lately and I have a plan to make a GPS-SmartPhone adventure game based
on the TV show “The Crystal Maze”.
All I need is some ideas for games that are in keeping with the TV show that
would work on a SmartPhone.
We settled the dogs and drove to the
cinema where we met Jose and Maria. Jose had suggested watching the sci-fi film
“Passengers”. I must admit I’m not a
great fan of the cinema; the adverts are endless and you are lumped in with the
burping, farting Great Unwashed. But sometimes it makes a change. It was quite
fun tonight; I actually rather enjoyed the film but….
There is always a “but” isn’t there? The trouble with sci-fi (and all fiction really) is that there are no truly original ideas.
I won’t give spoilers, but certain aspects of the film had been done better (years ago) by Allen Steele, Arthur C
Clarke, Isaac Asimov and the crew of the Red Dwarf.
Also for a sci-fi film to be plausible,
the “sci” aspect has to be plausible.
A spaceship travelling at half the speed of light for only thirty years cannot
cover thirty-six light-years. And even if it could, a sling-shot manoeuvre
round Arcturus would take more than thirty seconds.
And why do the leading ladies in films these
days have to breast quite so boobily? The costumes in which this film’s leading
lady titted about left little to the imagination.
And having made great show of sustaining
a severe physical injury, one would expect such trauma to leave a scar…
But as I said, I really did like the
film…
I’m having an early night tonight. Can
you believe it – I’ve got to go to work tomorrow.
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