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Mission 101 Task 64 is formally a FAIL. And I have already paid my £1 charity penalty for it, before I'd decided, last night, that this one was "out of the park".

I failed this one before it was decided on, to be honest. So much shite has accumulated in unseen corners that with just today to go before the new owners of 99 get the keys, we are still clearing stuff out. The last two days have been almost twelve hours solid, following the clearing of the attic, and some hard decisions have been made on what to keep, and what to either throw out, or pass on to someone else...

Back at the ranch... And to add to all that, there's a damp patch on my office ceiling. The roof needs major work, that we already knew, but the rain this week made its presence known a couple of nights back - and that was very nearly the last straw for me. Given that I have absolutely zero alternatives, I've had to make peace with the situation, and bear the whole business as best I can. Remedial work is, I'm told, forthcoming.

At least the Euro-Millions lottery has rolled over again. There's hope yet.

Needless to say, writing has taken a fairly remote back seat these last few days... but I have still managed to break ground on the new season of The Secret Adventures of Mane-of-Night! An idea came to me during a chucking-out session, and I managed to hang on to the concept until I got home, and could make a start on it. Hopefully, there'll be something to post soon, maybe even just a single chapter, but first there is The Brighthawk Diaries/Dominion material to run, as two consecutive episodes (TDD-700 and TDD-701).

Further writing will have to fit around a major de-shite-ing at Base Camp, and the intensive scanning of papers I've recovered, code-named "The Great Archive". I may even have to get another external hard-drive to act as a base of operations...
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- 16th June 2011 -

An 0600 start, and a big, busy day. Barely enough time to think, let alone relax!

Continues... )

-o0o-

- 17th June 2011 -

No rest for the wicked. Awake an hour before I needed to be, then back to "WIB" (Where I Began) for an all-out assault on the attic, where things - and memories - have been sequestered for decades. Big Bro needs to relocate his collection...

Continues... )

-o0o-

- 18th June 2011 -

Oh (insert stream of particularly vivid profanity here).

Continues... )

Movie Review - GREEN LANTERN... Marvel have been dominating the superhero movie stakes these last few years, with only The Dark Knight appearing for "The Distinguished Competition" (as Stan Lee would put it). On Friday, DC went along the THOR route, and launched a property the general public might not be familiar with: Green Lantern...

...and this is how it goes - complete with SPOILERS... )

The Final Word... A solid beginning for a character with franchise potential. Maybe not as awe-inspiring as THOR, and the effects aren't always entirely up to the task, but a brave effort by DC to try and catch up in the superhero movie stakes. 8/10

-o0o-

- 19th June 2011 -

Yesterday was the "day of rest". Today, reducing and rationalising the attic contents, and the last few things from "WIB". Plenty to do, some of it done - and more to come, but not tomorrow. Monday, I go back to work (for a day), and see what's happening - and maybe even get a 'net connection!

Highlight of the day - a proper cooked meal, and not the crap I've been eating the last few days. Even so, I'm certain I've lost some weight in the past week or so...
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Aaaaand, we're back!

This isn't the official "means of connection" - not yet, anyway, but that's due back in operation soon - but Work provides me with a way to get back online, and I am at last taking advantage of it.

So what's the score, trav'llin' man...? On the whole, things have gone "okay",but that doesn't mean without incident. One room was completely set up wrong by the removal guys - who knew they could ask me, but didn't - and that incurred a bit of the kind of stress I had been hoping to avoid. Enough to fail Mission 101 Task 64? I don't rightly know at present, but I think I've kinda been absolved of all culpability...

Look, I'll just post the entries I'd written offline. There's a bit more detail there - oh, and a Green Lantern review! I'll not "back-date" them to fill the gap in my posting year, 'cause this week has been momentous, and rather needs to be signified in some way...

See you again shortly.
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Mission Update! I pulled my original Task 64 a couple of weeks ago, and now I have a replacement!
64 - Complete The Move without any serious drama
- a lot of the stresses and strains involved may be beyond my control, but at least I can not make things worse.

Yep. Happy with that.

Meanwhile... No chapter posting today. I'm taking a catch-up break. More very soon!
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Double Header Update... If Skyline really was made for just $10 million, then it earns another 0.25 on its score.

Sleep? Check.
Bath? Check.
Recovered...? Let me get back to you on that one...

Mission 101 Update... I am killing Task 64
64 - Try and run an RP thread on Gaia
Their decision to include the equipping of a smoking-related item in their "Achievements" system is simply disgusting. There is just no excuse for promoting the habit. If there's no change in this policy, I'm finished with Gaia - and I find myself with an empty slot in my list. Unless I find somewhere else to RP...

...so, what's left? I already have an "RP in Ultima Online" task (Task 63), and I actually have a specific character for the task, getting known in the area I usually frequent, and providing a regular public service, manning the main tavern in the neighbourhood. Right now, Second Life is really a no-goer, due to hardware limitations, but that's something I intend to remedy once The Move gets closer to being finalised - a hardware upgrade is certainly well overdue. Could there be a suitable laptop...?

Gonna take it easy for the rest of the day - maybe some writing later - and watch the two movies on this afternoon - Eighties nugget Explorers, and the outstanding My Neighbour Totoro. Guess it's about time to get into the Christmas spirit.

And finally... Need to make whatever plans are needed for Patent Saturday (that's Wednesday after next) - I'm thinking it's going to be centred around a quiet final celebration at Site A, with presents...

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