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The splendiferous exciting adventures and inane ramblings of KT Glitz and his beautiful wife Toni Glitz. There will also be garbage talked about music, movies and Star Wars, a LOT of Star Wars!
If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning!
Never forget your dreams, they are the hopes of the future!
Well the temperature spiked again today and it was most unpleasant trying to work. Curtains were closed, fan was on full but everything was still very yucky. It was hot as hell!
I did manage to actually work a shorter day today though. Well, for shorter read my standard hours! It was a novelty though.
The evening was spent chilling with two fans and working our way through many more episodes of Lucifer.
Today was a better day. As the temperature is still really high Toni and I went out for a nice walk really earlier before the temperature had crept up.
I managed to get in a massive amount of reading, something I never get round to which was a great way to relax after my migraine nonsense yesterday.
Here are some more vegetable pics just because :)
The rest if the day was spent chilling out watching old episodes of Lucifer (in preparation for Season 5) as well as catching up on things like Doom Patrol and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
We finished things off with a kebab and watched the Boston Bruins v Washington Capitals round robin Stanley Cup game.
It was a very hot day today. Way too hot and having to work was not a lot of fun. Thank heavens for fans! The nice weather is however having a great effect on the garden. Here's some of the delights we are growing:
Work was frantic which resulted in me having a short lunch break. Started at 08:30 and finished at 18:40.
Lovely dinner with some Lucifer was rounded off with the Canucks v Wild game. Haven't decided who I am going to follow into the Stanley Cup Play Offs yet so am watching a few games to see who I like the look if.
I entered today very tired following my (almost) all nighter watching the hockey. The plan been just to do a regular day and then chill out followed by an early night. Well that didn't work out quit as planned! An issue at work reared it's head late in the evening which resulted in me having to work until gone midnight.
Bits of work are a slog at the moment. I am working my way through a bunch of appraisals this week which is mostly fine apart from having to fight the tools we have meaning they take way longer than I would like. Nearly done though which is a bit relief.
Toni had her next pre-op assessment today which went well but when she gets the actual date there will be a complex period of self-isolation that we will have to work through logistically. Not looking forward to that but we'll see how it goes.
We've been enjoying a show called Titan Games recently which is a fun distraction. HOsted by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, the show features people from across America competing in endurance-based mental and physical challenges of "epic proportions" for the title of Titan. At the end of the season, Titans will compete to "become the last male and female standing." We are now into the second season which has switched up the format a bit to keep it fresh and interesting.
My evening was spent consuming large amounts of caffeine in an attempt to stay awake so that I could watch the next New York Rangers v Carolina Hurricanes game. This was game three so with the Rangers losing 0 - 2 in a best of five series it was do or die time.
The game got off to a flying start with the Rangers look like a completely different team. Igor Shesterkin was the starting goalie and added a fresh dynamic. The first period ended scoreless but the Rangers were doing everything right.
The second period start strong with Chris Kreider scoring for the Rangers 12 seconds in. Carolina were not phased though tied things up three and a half minutes later. Things started to get a bit frantic after that with the Rangers having some good chances. The Rangers power play still leaves a lot to be desired though. With so much at stake this game was really tense. A flurry in front of the Hurricanes net should have resulted in a goal but sadly it was not to be. The second period ended tied 1 - 1.
So it all came down to the third period. One period for the Rangers to keep their Play Off hopes alive! AAARRRRGGHHHH!!!!!!
Five minutes in and the Hurricanes took a 1 - 2 lead and things became critical for the Rangers. Ten minutes in it was still 1 - 2 in favour of the Hurricanes and the Rangers seemed to have lost a bit of their spark. With just over 9 minutes left the Hurricanes banged another one in to extend their lead to 1 - 3. The Hurricanes started to look like the dominant team they had been in games one and two with the Rangers struggling to get any real offense going. The last two and a half minutes were spent with the Rangers sporting an empty net and the extra man advantage. With 30 seconds left the Hurricanes made it 1 - 4 on the empty net. The third period ended with a 1 - 4 win for the Hurricanes.
So that is it, the Hurricanes swept the Rangers and now our Play Off time is done. Roll on the next season. In the meantime I’ll look at some other teams to get behind on the Play Offs.
After the NHL 2020 season was suspended due to the spreading of coranvirus to looked like there was going to be no Stanley Cup play offs. Just before the season was suspended the New York Rangers were touch and go for a play off spot with them battling hard for a Wild Card place.
As time went on the NHL cam up with a plan on what would happen should play be able to resume. Outside of the top four teams from the Eastern and Western Conferences it was decided that the next eight teams in each conference would play a best of five qualifier series. The top four teams in each conference would play a round robin series of games to determine their seeing for the actually Stanley Cup games.
New York Rangers were drawn against the Carolina Hurricanes for their best of five series. The Rangers have a really good record against the Hurricanes and had between them in all four games in the 2020 season. This gave great hope for what our play off hopes might be.
Game 1 did not go as expected. Although the scoreline was a 2 - 3 loss the Rangers looked really sluggish whereas the Hurricanes were clearly there to prove that they weren't the underdogs and they were there to win. Igor Shersterkin was deemed unfit to start so Henrik Lunqvist stepped in for what could very well be his last set of games for the Rangers. The Rangers might have lost but it would have been a far bigger score line if it hadn't been for Lundqvist.
Game 2 has just finished with the Rangers now on the reaching end of a 1 - 4 loss. This replay was not going as we had hoped! Although the team were better they still did not seem like they were there to win but the Hurricanes continued to bring their A game. Once again Lungvist was between the pipes as Shesterkin was still unfit but he was not responsible for the loss. You can't win if you don't score and there is only so much a goalie who is now past his prime can do when left out to dry.
Tomorrow night is Game 3 and the Rangers are in real danger of being out and being swept. They have often had a history of bouncing back but statistically teams that have a 2 - 0 lead in a five game series are 55-1 to win. It's going to take some sheer grit and determination to get anywhere now but the whole team really needs a massively mentality shift to get anywhere. Deep breaths and fingers crossed!
Let's Go Rangers!
Being a New York Rangers fan is full of heartache (a bit like being an Edinburgh Capitals fan) but they are my team and I'll be there for them no matter how badly the offs seem to be stacked against us!
It was a lovely day today so I decided to build one of my Warhammer Age Of Sigmar model out in the garden.
It's been a while since I have built a model but it wasn't quite as frustrating as things have been in the past. I did have one moment of losing my shit though when I used my new Citadel Assembly Handle for the first time to try and glue a small piece only for it to fly out of the claw, over my should and into the grass, never to be seen again. I nearly stamped on the whole lot and wanted to give up. I did find my composure and carried on without further incident though. Original plan had just been to go with a one legged model. Sam came to the rescue letting me have a leg from his Kingdom Death Monster spares. Not the perfect match but it did the job.
The main model came out beautifully though
The one thing I hadn't thought about was the sun blasting down on me all day. I am now the proud owner of red knees!
So this lockdown has meant that a lot of time has been spent in the garden. We've been growing lots of vegetable and I have taken real pride in everything. It's looking lovely.
Finished the day off with a refreshing can of Schwip Schwap!
Well it's been a long time since my last post. I was jut getting ready to update some exciting events that we had been to over my 50th birthday weekend when the arse fell out of the world as coronavirus hit. At some point I may well add them in.
My company were far more proactive than the UK government and we all started working from home a week before BoJo and his clowns had started even thinking about it. I guess having offices in Italy and New York made a difference to how we looked at the pandemic.
The funny thing was that we started working from home at the end of a week where we were about to relocate to a new office. The move actually happened with all of our stuff going over there (apart from laptops) but we have not actually set foot in the place as a total lockdown directive was issue by the company. I can only assume that there are still loads of crates there waiting to be unpacked.
It's been a strange environment ever since. My first few months were spent with me working from a temporary desk in the bedroom which was OK but not ideal. After that though we made some changes to what was the craft room and now I have an office space in there which is a much better working set top for me.
I hated it at first and was starting to go stir crazy but now things have stabilised and I am finding myself to be more productive than when I was in the office. It's more of a challenge to keep on top of all of my reports but I have managed and they've learned they cannot get away with things just because they are working from home.
There is still no sign of a return to the office and I am actually considering discussing making this a permanent thing for me and I will just go into the office if important meetings are happening.
Lucasfilm have just released the following video to support their new Project Luminous Star Wars project.
Project Luminous will cover stories covering the High Republic era across novel. comics and other media. It seems to be focused on Jedi across the galaxy....
Star Wars: The High Republic, which has previously been referred to as “Project Luminous”, will be set in an era when the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are at their zenith, about 200 years before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. This period on the Star Wars timeline will not overlap any of the filmed features or series currently planned for production, giving creators and partners a vast amount of room to tell Star Wars stories with new adventures and original characters.
Here's a set of artwork and covers for upcoming releases:
It was back into Guy Ritchie mode again tonight with the marvellous first Sherlock Holmes film.
Robert Downey Jr. is my favourite Sherlock Holmes and I love the way Guy Ritchie brings London to life in these films especially with the construction side. It's just great story telling, not taking itself seriously at all.
We bravely took in the Rangers game from last night again Toronto Maple Leafs. We were hoping for a good game and a win..... Things started well with the Rangers leading 3 - 1 at the end of the 1st. The Leafs closed the gap to 3 - 2 but the Rangers regained the two goal lead as the 2nd period ended 4 - 2. The Leafs clawed one back on the power play with less than 5 minutes left leaving the Rangers leading 4 - 3. With the Leafs goalie pulled the Rangers scored on the empty net to take the lead to 5 - 3. Such a relief to get to the end of the 3rd and the Rangers taking a well deserved 5 - 3 win.
Toni was out doing crochet tonight so Sam and I had a horror night. Our weapon of choice was It Chapter Two, the sequel to It.
This is not one to watch unless you have already seen the first part. Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.
It was really rather good. Nice to see a cameo from Stephen King in there too. With a running time of 2:49 I was worried it would drag but it flows very nicely and you don't notice the time at all.
Well this morning was fun and games. I checked the trains when I got up and most of them were cancelled or severely delayed due to some emergency engineering work. Rather than risk getting on a packed slow train I opted to work from home for a bit and then brave things later on. This turned out to be a wise choice with Toni dropping me off at 10:10 and I was in the office just before 11:00. I got lucky coming home and managed to get a train on time and with no delays. In the end it was a long day as I started work at 07:30 and didn't get game until 19:50.
With dinner we watched Legend as Sam had never seen it.
I'd forgotten how good it is and Tim Curry makes an excellent Lord Of Darkness. It's funny watching films like this and how amazing the effects were given that there was no technology or CGI. Puppets for the win!
I was up early today doing laundry because I was awake and it needed doing. Not the perfect start to my day but I'll have clean shirts and undies tomorrow LOL.
Breakfast was eaten watching New York Rangers pick up another win against Detroit Dead Things (Red Wings). It was a less frenetic game than last night and Henrik Lundqvist picked up a mich needed shutout after having a three week break from playing.
Having watched The Gentlemen the other day I wanted to go into Guy Ritchie mode and revisit some older stuff he had made. We started at the beginning with Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. It's been so long since I last saw this that it was like seeing it for the first time.
After Lock, Stock had to come Snatch. " Listen, you fucking fringe, if I throw a dog a bone, I don’t want to know if it tastes good or not. You stop me again whilst I’m walking, and I’ll cut your fucking Jacobs off."
Next we disappeared into the world of myth with King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword. We saw this at the cinema and really enjoyed it but it wasn't popular with critics or viewers. No idea why as I though it was good.
We finished the evening off watching RocknRolla having made the decision to bypass Swept Away and Revolver for now (they had really really bad reviews). The two Sherlock Holmes films are being saved for another night.
Today started off with me bringing one of my Google Home Mini devices back to life as it has been less than reliable of late (ie not working at all). Once this was done we all headed out to Miggi's for breakfast before picking up some supplies in Sainsbury's and then heading home again.
Sam and I had a mini horror fest and watched a couple of films. First up was The Boy which I wanted to see as the sequel is due out soon (I saw the retailer when we went to see The Gentlemen). Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family's 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta's worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.
If you don't do dolls then do not watch this! I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the sequel, Brahms: The Boy II.
Next up we watched the first episode of the Apple TV+ series Servant which is an M Night Shyamalam offering. Six weeks after the death of their 13-week-old son, Philadelphia couple Dorothy and Sean Turner hire a young nanny, Leanne, to move in and take care of Baby Jericho, a reborn doll. The doll, which Dorothy believes is her real child, was the only thing that brought her out of her catatonic state following Jericho's death. While Sean deals with the grief on his own, he becomes deeply suspicious of Leanne.
It shows great promise although once again, avoid if you don't like dolls!
Hockey returned property after a ten day break and we watched the Rangers game from last night with them beating the Detroit Dead Things (Red Wings) 4 - 2. Let's up this is the start of a winning streak so that we can get a play off spot.
