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February/March
Mar. 11th, 2021 11:00 pmReading: Just finished Connie Willis's two-part Blitz-time-travel saga, _Blackout_ and _All Clear_. Recommended, especially if you're up a lot at night with a teething toddler and want something really long and good to read on your kindle while you're awake.
Watching: WandaVision, which I really loved, although I felt like the last couple of episodes could have stayed in the sitcom setting and done some really interesting things with the same story but, well, nothing can be everything to everyone.
Playing: I like computer games, although I hardly ever get time any more (even without all this). Started playing a bit of Crusader Kings 3 again while off work, on the easiest possible setting, and currently my dynasty is three generations in and I own all of Ireland plus a random bit of Sweden, which is a nice accomplishment for a weekend. I've also played some Ring Fit Adventure which is fun for a fitness game and surprisingly hard despite the cutesy Nintendo-ish setting. Extra difficulty setting: play with a 6-year-old next to you shouting things like "you have to do the kicks BETTER, Mummy, you're going to lose all your hearts!"
Listening: I used to listen to lots of podcasts, it was part of my commute to work. This last year when my commute has been a 15-minute walk back from nursery (on good weeks) or walking from one room of my house to another while shouting "whatever that is please don't rub it into the furniture!" (on bad weeks), less so. So it's taken me quite a while to get through the ten episodes of the BBC/PBS podcast 'I'm Not A Monster', but it's really worth it. This is about an American woman who went to live in Syria under ISIS, and whether she knew what she was getting into or not, and whether she was complicit in what ISIS did or not. Not easy listening (I mean, ISIS...), but fascinating and very well done.
Watching: WandaVision, which I really loved, although I felt like the last couple of episodes could have stayed in the sitcom setting and done some really interesting things with the same story but, well, nothing can be everything to everyone.
Playing: I like computer games, although I hardly ever get time any more (even without all this). Started playing a bit of Crusader Kings 3 again while off work, on the easiest possible setting, and currently my dynasty is three generations in and I own all of Ireland plus a random bit of Sweden, which is a nice accomplishment for a weekend. I've also played some Ring Fit Adventure which is fun for a fitness game and surprisingly hard despite the cutesy Nintendo-ish setting. Extra difficulty setting: play with a 6-year-old next to you shouting things like "you have to do the kicks BETTER, Mummy, you're going to lose all your hearts!"
Listening: I used to listen to lots of podcasts, it was part of my commute to work. This last year when my commute has been a 15-minute walk back from nursery (on good weeks) or walking from one room of my house to another while shouting "whatever that is please don't rub it into the furniture!" (on bad weeks), less so. So it's taken me quite a while to get through the ten episodes of the BBC/PBS podcast 'I'm Not A Monster', but it's really worth it. This is about an American woman who went to live in Syria under ISIS, and whether she knew what she was getting into or not, and whether she was complicit in what ISIS did or not. Not easy listening (I mean, ISIS...), but fascinating and very well done.
