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So as promised/threatened in the last post here’s the first of a few posts intended over the next few days (how much will be done will depend on how distracted I get and the Animal Crossing update is live so…). (And I need to reply to comments on old posts too)

I saw yarnofaridne post this year long meme which is from changeling72 here. So here’s me answering the January ones so far.

1. What are you most looking forward to in 2026?

I’m sure I’m missing things but these are the first that come to mind,

Films: Cold Storage, The Mandalorian And Grogu, The Odyssey
Games: Pokémon Pokopia, Hyrule Warriors (it came out last year I know but I’ve not got it yet), Resident Evil
Gigs: 5 Seconds Of Summer, Waterparks (when I order it)
Tv: Seven Dials, Ahsoka (assuming season 2 is out this year)

Also the new Doctor Who Collection (season 21) is coming in a few months. And there’s the standard stuff (free comic book day, Halloween).

2. What are you least looking forward to in 2026?

I’m waiting on hospital appointments for scans which I’m not a fan of. Hopefully it’ll just be a one off thing but the waiting and prospect of being in there all day is stressful.

3. What are your holiday/vacation plans for 2026?

I don’t have any planned and likely won’t have any. I’ve not had a vacation of any kind in so long.

4. Do you believe in reincarnation? If so, will you come back as another person, or another animal entirely?

Ohh interesting question. I’m not sure, maybe? It’s an interesting concept and I think it is possible but I’m not sure about it. I dunno if I’d want to come back as a person (then again would it be a choice?) I’d probably prefer to be some sort of animal.

5. Do you enjoy watching or participating in sport? If so, what sporting event are you most looking forward to in 2026?

Oh no I’m not a sportsball person. I definitely don’t participate, I always hated PE at school. The only time I watch any is when the Olympics and Paralympics is on. Other than that the closest I’m gonna get is Heated Rivalry and I don’t think I’ll learn much about ice hockey.

6. What colour do you think most suits you? Does you partner/family/friends agree?

Purple is my fav colour but it’s not often that there’s much in purple so most of my clothes are black. I wish I had more purple or colourful stuff. One of my fav recent clothing purchases was a stranger things sweater in bright red and that’s nice and cosy and bright.

7. What are your worst and best traits?

I’m not sure what my best are. I try and be caring and kind, I can be creative.

Worst, having bad focus, indecisiveness, shyness, I can get prone to anger or frustration. How I look and sound.

8. Whom do you take after most - your mother or father?

That’s hard to answer since I have no reference for my father.

9. Do you have any siblings? If yes, are you close to them?

I have at least one half brother, but other than that I dunno. Maybe I have a lot more of them but who knows?I sure don’t.

10. Tell us about your earliest memory.

Mum went out to do something and I was left with my grandparents. I, however wanted to go with her. Somehow I got out of the house and was found by someone and taken to the police, but I was told not to talk to strangers and so didn’t say anything. (Obviously I ended up back home but that’s the extent of my memory of it)

11. Whom do you miss the most (for whatever reason they are absent from your life)?

My nan, she was the member of the family I was closest to. It hurt so much that her last years were spent in a care home due to developing Alzheimer's. That’s a fate I don’t wish on anyone, either having it yourself or seeing someone you love suffer from it. I’m glad she’s not suffering anymore but I miss her.

I also miss other people that have left but most of them turned out to be toxic and awful to various degrees. My brain, of course, does fixate on them at times which… sucks.

12. Do you have a passport? If so, when did you last use it and where did you go?

I do but it’s probably out of date. I think the last time I used one for travel was to Cyprus but I could be wrong.

13. If a black cat crosses your path, do you consider it lucky or unlucky?

Lucky! Cats are always good and friends🖤

14. What was the most recent movie you saw at the cinema? Do you recommend it?

Anaconda, thoughts here, but yea would recommend it.

I’ll probably do these in batches (instead of daily) but not this many, but who knows?

So when I was doing my top five cinema films of 2024 I had the issue that I saw… 5 films in 2024 (and one was the rerelease of Episode I). With 2025 I have the opposite problem, because in 2025 I saw 31. I had intended to make my top films but it was so hard to order them. (I was just gonna do a ‘here’s my ten films of last year with no order’ but it was hard to settle on the last few.)

A few days ago I saw rhoda_rants post about the films they saw last year so here I am doing mine. Note it’s unwieldy (cause 31! But I’m intending to do a small paragraph on each then add two key things: would I rec it and will I watch again. (For more in depth thoughts, look through the film thoughts tag)

(Also I may add a few non cinema films at the end too)

The order of this is simply in the order I saw them.

(And oop this has taken days to do cause my focus has been so off😭)

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Hoo boy that took much longer than expected (I think I started this Friday, or maybe Thursday and it’s Monday now). Hopefully I’m able to see my first films of the year this week but we’ll see!

(Stay tuned for a general post, snowflake catch up and maybe a year long meme thing)

So as I mentioned in the second snowflake post, Saturday I slipped in the ice while walking Naryu/coming back from the co-op. It mostly caught my hands, my left had a few cuts and a blood blister (mum’s I’d I’ve not had one before) which is still there. My right was mostly internal. There was an ache in it and I couldn’t grip, but there was no outward signs at first. I just thought it was shook up from the fall.

On a Saturday night I couldn’t sleep, no matter which position I tried my hand ached so I just couldn’t settle. The next morning mum wanted something to move something and I just told her I couldn’t because of my hand. Annoyingly, despite me telling her about it at least three times on Saturday, she acted like this was Brand New Info.

At this point where it ached had a noticeable swelling so she went into a panic insisting we go to the hospital the next day.then, bizarrely, she decided the tree had to be sorted out yesterday. First she said it was just taking decorations down, but then she bought down the tree box and did that too. None of this was helpful, not the least cause I wanted a drink and wasn’t confident getting it myself (not helped by her blocking the way numerous times) and didn’t even want to discus food until she was done. Plus she snapped a few times as if it was my fault she was doing it all on her own and not her choice.

So it made a bad situation worse.

She did suggest I put my hand in warm water and then in a glove and I’m not sure if it was either (or a nap, or just doing it alone) but by night time my hand was much better. The swelling has gone down, it’s not as achy and I can grip better. (Plus I could sleep) so we didn’t go to the hospital after all which was a stress I really didn’t need.

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But other weekend stuff now. I have been enjoying the new series of the traitors so far. The secret traitor is a neat concept (though I wish it was lasting longer). Me and mum think it would be cool if it was the detective lady.

The Traitors prom was really cool! I wondered how it would be, cause I wasn’t sure if there was much of a soundtrack (other than the main theme) but they added some other music (like Danse Macabre) and covers of songs (like Vampire and Toxic) which were so so good that I wanna watch it again sometime. Plus Claudia was there which was fun.

Saturday I got go to the Who ray boxset, which was The Brain Of Morbius. Overall this is a pretty strong episode. You have a dark and stormy planet (at least at the start), a gothic castle, a starship graveyard, what’s essentially a coven of witches and a mad scientist (who has some incredible lines). It is essentially Frankenstein, with said scientist making a body of various parts. However instead of creating life it’s to serve as a vessel for the titular brain.

Honestly it’s a really cool concept (and the series needs to do more horror eps on alien worlds cause you can go wild with it). And there’s much to like, especially the sister of karn (I loved their outfits, make up and movements), Solon (said mad scientist) and of caurse Sarah Jane and the doctor. Morius’ design is a wild one and it does work cause it’s meant to be a wild mishmash of parts. But yeah I really liked this one. The next ep is The Seeds Of a doom whcih I’m really curious about.

That night I watched Taskmaster which was fun. Though there’s the standard issue with the new year treats, the groups is usually so fun thst it’s a shame they only have one (in this case two) episodes.

I also watched the Stranger Things finale, thoughts in a separate post (cause I have many and this one is already long, I say having planned to do that anyway).

Yesterday I watched the masked singer (which has been fun) but mostly napped and then pottery throwdown (I loved what they made) and The Night Manager (I didn’t watch the first series but I haven’t felt lost). I was gonna watch the Brain Of Morbius special features but my eyes went too achy which sucked.

Instead I listened to a Who audio I had related to it, Sisters Of The Flame which is a follow up (and a teo parter with Vengeance of Morbius) as such it’s a bit of set up/establishing stuff and there’s a lot of mysteries (though some less so cause obviously the bad guy is doing something with Morbius cause if the title. But it is pretty good and I’ve liked Alexander Siddig (better known as Doctor Bashir from DS9) voicing a Trell which is described as a giant centipede which honestly sounds like a cool alien design. I hope to listen to Vengeance soon.

This weeks plans:
*New tv starting: Lynley, Victorian Murder Club, The Good Ship Murder, Father Brown
*Continuing tv: Traitors, The Masked Singer, Pottery Throw Down
*Watch Seeds Of Doom
*Get back to IT (either Chapter 2, Welcome To Derry or both)
*Maybe do a 2025 film post
*Fic
*Icon
*Gaming: Hopefully Pokémon ZA and Control
*Try and get the x box memory thing working
*start the quest calendar I got (it’s meant to be a daily thing but due to my brain and the fall I’ve not)
*book read (and magazine read too)

I’m probably not seeing Anaconda this week (it would’ve been today if so) cause there’s still snow and ice around, plus still being shaky. So most likely it’ll e next week when money’s in (and maybe see Labyrinth with it)

I’m gonna get stuff from the big finish sale which includes Stargate audios which sound pretty cool.

I’m gonna try and reply to comments tonight, which I’ve not done causa hand but we’ll see. (Though my head has been achy today which is ugh)