Valerian and the city of a thousand planets (2017)

I wanted to see this movie, based on this graphic novel, because it looked like an original idea, and we usually get about one of those per year among the tide of super hero sequels, remakes, reboots, and brand name movies. It was pretty original, and had lots of elements I hadn't seen before. It …

Steam

Is very pretty when the sunlight hits it at the right angle. I've noticed this while making my coffee in the morning the past few days. The first time I was just staring, wondering how I never noticed steam in my life until now. But I guess steam + sunlight isn't so common an occurrence, …

The next batch of words

I've been a bit stuck for the past few days, but the next scene has come to me. Thanks muse! Now I feel the floodgates will open again soon... Sometimes I feel like (given my limited experience writing novels) the first 20 or 30% of writing is pulling things out of thin air. Then the …

Game of thrones, final season, ep 1

What a delicious banquet! Spoilers of course... I find it hilarious that after six seasons of building up the importance of the wall, and how its mankind's last defense against the night, and how critical it is to keep it armed and so on--the zombies just walk around it. (according to the Hound's vision, anyway) …