Days 392 to 398

Aka 26 Feb to 4 Mar

This week I:

1. Didn’t get up too much because of the ‘Beast from the East’. Monday was fine as the snow was just starting to arrive:

…but boy did it come on Tuesday:

 

…which basically stopped my morning walks, except to the local shop to get the paper, as it was (a) too cold to be out for long and (b) Thursday the snow was turning to ice and slush and the pavements were getting very slippery.  Also, the cold got indoors as well, so, it felt like most of my time was spent keeping warm, rather than catching up on my books or comics or CDs/mp3s or DVDs, although I did catch up with and finish reading the newspaper supplements that had mounted up throughout February:

…and the snow started to melt on Friday and by Sunday it was pretty much gone:

2. Brought and watched ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ and it’s as good as I remember, it certain feels like Marvel Studio has hit it’s stride recently, perfected its formula and is knocking them out of the park. Which is weird when you consider that we cheering on some not so nice people or people who have done some bad things, like Loki, or the Hulk, who is no longer a mindless beast, who during his time on Sakaar as the champion must of killed a few/loads of people and that Valkyrie would have sold a few people into slavery and/or to fight the Hulk (who would have probably killed them or at least severely hurt them).

3. Watched the first episode of season four of iZombie, which was excellent and nicely set up the new status quo (e.g. Clive and Dale are back together, yay, but they are kinda not due to zombieness), new story lines (Filmore Graves is making the law, police officers are partnered with zombies, but are zombie visions permissible as evidence?, etc.) and, for new viewers, recapping how the world of iZombie works. The only downside I can think of is that the murder mystery didn’t get much screen time and it felt like we only got to see a little of Liv on Seahawks & zombie hater brain.   

4. Listened to the second episode of Sara Pascoe’s The Modern Monkey, which focused on jealousy and was better/more fun than episode one (maybe because jealousy is more relatable than murder?).

5. Managed to get to the comic book shop, despite the ‘Beast from the East’, for New Comic Book Day:

…but getting back home was a nightmare and I ended up stuck at Basildon Train Station for an hour in the very cold, cold outdoors before the trains were back up and running again and I was able to complete my journey home (what should have been an hour’s journey was turned into a 3-and-a-half-hour journey!). To illustrate here are some pics (and video) I took on Wednesday:

I also got 2000AD Partwork, Rogue Trooper Volume 1 and Lucas Stand TPB:

6. Brought this excellent ambient track, Echo Chamber, by Richard Norris, which is described as “Echo Chamber is of a reflective and contemplative nature, written in the autumn, with a few dark winds whipping up the leaves. There's something moving in the woods...” and I can't top that description, so I'll just say buy it asap!

7. Did this drawing for my nephew while he was having his lunch:

8. Did the G2 crosswords: