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Back to the exams
OU Economics - It's been years since I had an exam to study for. I can safely say I haven't missed the stress and general time absorbing. The course is otherwise over and I was very pleased to discover that I had an overall distinction for the course work side. Admittedly the place I tend to crash and burn is the exam, so this is unlikely to be a mark I keep for the whole course, but it's still a nice thing. Even though it is putting more "must get a good mark" pressure on me (OK, it doesn't take much).
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bateleur and I have taken up Amazon's deal on film renting and, over the last couple of weeks, we have seen The Usual Suspects and Serenity. Both were good although in very different styles. I loved the unfolding mystery behind The Usual Suspects and thought it was really well done. Serenity did a good job at tying up the various mysteries left over from Firefly such as the Reavers and more about River's treatment without seeming to have been designed to do just that. I particularly liked the Reavers' stuff. The plot was decent and it made pretty good stand alone viewing as well (although it's difficult to judge as I've seen the series). I found one of the deaths fairly gratuitous though.
Cooking with Bea - Since the sandwich cake, there has been Cinnamon Meringues with Summer Fruits, Spaghetti Bolognaise and Chocolate Mousse. Much to my surprise, she wasn't a big fan of the chocolate mousse and we worked out that it was because it was made with dark chocolate (the usual kind, not the 70+ per cent kind!). I'd half-forgotten just how sweets-and-milk-chocolate children's tastes are.
More on the duo and food - In preparation towards family dinner time (not current done since the duo still arguably need more sleep than my getting home time would give them - not that they do immediately sleep when we put them up, but hey) we are now eating as a family on Saturday evenings. So far, so good. Although I don't think Ryan likes Shepherds Pie much.
Computer Games - I'm getting into Advanced Wars: Dual Strike on the DS and really enjoying it. It's very Battle Isle and the mission format is really nice as I can put it down for ages without needing to remember exactly what I was doing. I've also started Beyond Good and Evil and that too looks promising (particularly the camera stuff), but both are mostly being ignored right now in favour of revision.
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bateleur and I have taken up Amazon's deal on film renting and, over the last couple of weeks, we have seen The Usual Suspects and Serenity. Both were good although in very different styles. I loved the unfolding mystery behind The Usual Suspects and thought it was really well done. Serenity did a good job at tying up the various mysteries left over from Firefly such as the Reavers and more about River's treatment without seeming to have been designed to do just that. I particularly liked the Reavers' stuff. The plot was decent and it made pretty good stand alone viewing as well (although it's difficult to judge as I've seen the series). I found one of the deaths fairly gratuitous though.Cooking with Bea - Since the sandwich cake, there has been Cinnamon Meringues with Summer Fruits, Spaghetti Bolognaise and Chocolate Mousse. Much to my surprise, she wasn't a big fan of the chocolate mousse and we worked out that it was because it was made with dark chocolate (the usual kind, not the 70+ per cent kind!). I'd half-forgotten just how sweets-and-milk-chocolate children's tastes are.
More on the duo and food - In preparation towards family dinner time (not current done since the duo still arguably need more sleep than my getting home time would give them - not that they do immediately sleep when we put them up, but hey) we are now eating as a family on Saturday evenings. So far, so good. Although I don't think Ryan likes Shepherds Pie much.
Computer Games - I'm getting into Advanced Wars: Dual Strike on the DS and really enjoying it. It's very Battle Isle and the mission format is really nice as I can put it down for ages without needing to remember exactly what I was doing. I've also started Beyond Good and Evil and that too looks promising (particularly the camera stuff), but both are mostly being ignored right now in favour of revision.
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If you like Advance Wars style play, I'd imagine you'd like Fire Emblem (any version). Like advance wars, tactically, but each little unit is a character in the ongoing RPG, can be levelled up and equipped, and if they die in battle they are permanently dead - you lose the unit, and their part of the story gets cut off too!
Fire Emblem for the Wii is one of my most-anticipated titles ;-)
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