Gaming, hockey, gardening, The X-Files, Bill & Ted and Rock Of Ages

Awake early as usual but there as no being busy. Got up, made a cup of coffee and played a bit of Street Fighter V on the PS4. After that I listened to some X Japan and played Super Mario on my Nintendo 3DS XL as it is the 35th Anniversary this year. I have rekindled my love of the simplicity of Nintendo games and handheld consoles,

Breakfast was accompanied by game three of the Eastern Conference Finals. Tampa Bay Lightning are leading the New York Islanders 2 - 0 in the series so we were hoping to see them extend that lead. First period ended with a 1 - 1 tie and it was clear the Islanders were desperate to claw their way back into this series. This determination continued to the second period with the Islander leading 3 - 1.  Sadly the Islanders ended the third period with a 5 - 3 win and so now trail the Lightning 1 - 2 in the series.

As the weather was nice I popped into the garden to mow the lawn as I don't want it to start getting crazy as we head into autumn/winter. 

Apparently the truth is out there so we watched some episodes of The X-Files to see. We are moving from Season 3 into Season 4. 

Continuing our Keanu theme from last night we watched Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. 

Having enjoyed the silliness and the most excellent soundtrack we then turned our attention to Rock Of Ages for some musical silliness! 

Bad sleep, hockey, Lower Decks, steak and John Wick

Had a less than satisfactory sleep last night which wasn't good. Woke up around 5am and then couldn't get back to sleep again so I started the day knackered, at least I wasn't working.

Started the day with the Dallas Stars v Vegas Golden Knights game three in the Western Conference Finals. The series is tied up 1 - 1 so far, First period was scoreless and ended 0 - 0. Second period ended with Stars taking a 1 - 0 lead after scoring with 16 seconds left.   Third period was a bit more frantic and ended tied 2 - 2 so it was into overtime. 31 seconds into overtime the Stars scored to win the game 3 - 2 and take a 2 - 1 lead in the series. Very happy with this result!

The latest episode of Star Trek Lower Decks had us chucking away, It might not be every Star Trek fans cup of tea but we enjoy it.

After a nommy sausage, bacon and scrambled egg breakfast (cooked by me, shock horror) we resumed watching The Boys moving from Season 1 into Season 2. This dark superhero show just gets better and better.

The chef's hat was back on again tonight as I hit the BBQ to make us all some lovely steak! Apologies for the state of the photo, should have taken it before I got stuck in LOL

We watched John Wick as I had never seen it before and I fancied a bit of Keanu, Not sure how this one passed me by but it was very entertaining I have to say. If, like me, you've missed out on this then here's a quick synopsis:&nbsp: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, JOHN WICK (Keanu Reeves) is a fresh and stylized take on the "assassin genre”.

Having enjoyed John Wick we then opted for the imaginatively titled John Wick: Chapter 2 (better know as John Wick 2)! John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers. More of the same, high speed vehicles, guns and action!

High Score, hockey and Four In A Bed

My body clock seems firmly set on working time despite being off so I go up, has some breakfast, made coffee and did a sneaky 30 minutes of work to make sure things were ticking over OK in my absence, 

After that I started watching a great documentary series on Netflix called High Score. It's a six episode affair that traces the evolution of the video game industry, from the days of Atari and "Donkey Kong" to modern online gaming and esports. Three episodes in and it comes highly recommended if you enjoy video games and are interesting in some history

Back in hockey mode we caught up with the New York Islanders v Tampa Bay Lightning game from last night. Lightning were leadings this series 1 - 0 and we were hoping they would extend their lead. First period ended tied at 1 - 1. Second period ended still tied at 1 - 1. With a goal in the last seven seconds the Lightning won the game 2 - 1 and now have a 2 - 0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. That was an exciting end to the game!

After the hockey it was back to watch the rest of the High Score episodes. As I said earlier, this is well worth watching if you have an interest in video games.

It was back to car crash TV for the rest of the night with Season 2 of Four In A Bed. They've change the format slightly for the payment week in this season and it's way more brutal. They've thrown oil on the road for car crash heaven!

Four In A Bed, garden veg and hockey

I was awake annoyingly early today but wanted to make sure Toni could get some sleep and rest so popped downstairs to make a cuppa. Was browsing for something light to watch and ended up coming across Four In A Bed on Amazon Prime. The show involves B&B owners, who take turns to stay with one another and pay what they consider fair for their stay after giving feedback. The winner is the establishment named best value for money. Each group consists of four B&Bs visiting each other and thus a winner is declared every five episodes.

It's a variant on Come Dine With Me and is glorious car crash TV with the guests getting all tetchy and bitchy when they feel like they have been slighted. This will keep me going for some time!

Some of our vegetables are really coming along and ripening now so we did a mini harvest today.

Stanley Cup catch up time involved Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights in game two of the Western Conference Finals where Stars were leading the series 1 - 0. First period ended tied at 0 - 0. Second period did not go as we would have liked with Golden Knights leading it 3 - 0. Vegas Golden Knights tied the series 1 - 1 after winning the game 3 - 0. Boo!

Procedure day, Fall Guys, The First Purge and some hockey

Today was procedure day. We were up early for Toni to get ready and our neighbour very kindly drove her  to the hospital and dropped her off. Due to the current state of play in the world I had to stay at home. Once she had gone I was rattling around the house like trying to occupy myself.

Made sure everything was stable with work and then Sam and I engaged in some PS4 multiplayer fun (in separate rooms of course). Our game of choice was the utterly bonkers Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Sam had described it as Takeshi's Castle with jelly bean people and he wasn't wrong!

The game is hilarious and each level is quite short of even if you get knocked out you can watch your chum still competing. Most of the time I was watching Sam progress but it was great fun LOL. Definitely one of the best £15.99 I have spent on a game!

Sam popped out to get us some supplies and at 12:30 Toni messaged me to say that she was back up on the ward and the procedure went well which was great news. I then had to twiddle my thumbs for the next couple of hours

Sam and I synced up watching The First Purge together as we'd not seen that one yet to kill off the time before I had to go to the hospital. This was the fourth instalment of The Purge movie franchise and it wasn't bad. We'll have to get round to watching the TV series at some point too.

Well worth a watch if you like The Purge films. 

One return Uber ride later and Toni was safe back home. She was in good spirits so I made her some lunch and then we had a nice socially distanced chat with Sam in the garden.

New York Islanders v Tampa Bay Lightning was the order of the night as w caught up with the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals. Lightning came out with something to prove and led the first period 3 - 1. The Lightning didn't sit back and the second period ended with them leading 5 - 1. The steamroller kept on coming as the Lightning won with an astonishing 8 - 2 scoreline to lead their series 1 - 0.

I then spent the rest of the evening playing Fall Guys and giving Toni a good laugh at the same time.

Slow paced day, J-Rock, hockey and The Boys

Today didn't exactly go as planned. Tried to start work early and spent two hours trying to get my laptop to behave and log in properly. I did get there in the end but I was getting a little worried for a while. After that it was a slow paced, crisis free day which was wonderful.

My working music today were two J-Rock bands:

Destrose

Mary's Blood

After the working it was straight into the Stanley Cup Western Conference Finals with Dallas Stars v Vegas Golden Knights. Much to our delight the Stars scored early and were leading 1 - 0 at the end of the first period,  Second period ended with Stars holding on to that 1 - 0 lead. Although the Stars seemed to lose their oomph in the third the still won the game 1 - 0 so now lead the series 1 - 0.

Very happy with that result we were back on to watching The Boys to wind down out evening with some mindless superhero silliness. Based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, it follows the eponymous team of vigilantes as they combat superpowered individuals who abuse their abilities.. This series is well worth checking out. 

Wrestling, brekkie, hockey and The Fall

I was up early this morning as seems to be my regular pattern these days. I took the chance to catch up with some wrestling in the form of AEW Dynamite, WWE NXT and NJPW Strong.

Sam popped out for supplies and then we made a breakfast fit for kings: bacon, sausage, eggs, crusty bread (other dietary options were also available).

It was then time to catch up with the last remaining Round 2 hockey game before we head into the Eastern and Western Conference Finals. This was another winner takes all game seven with New York Islanders v Philadelphia Flyers to see who will face Tampa Bay Lightning. Islanders took an early 1 - 0 lead half way through the first period which they then extended to 2 - 0 five minutes after. The first period ended with the Islanders leading 2 - 0. At the end of the second period things were not looking good for the Flyers with the Islanders lading 3 - 0. Third period ended with the Islanders winning 4 - 0 clinching the series and heading on to face the Tampa Bay Lightning.

So there we have it, all is set for the 2020 Stanley Cup Conference Finals as follows:

Eastern Conference Finals - Tampa Bay Lightning v New York Islanders

Western Conference Finals - Dallas Stars v Vegas Golden Knights

We did a couple of episodes of Million Pound Menu before looking for something new to watch. 

Scanning through Netflix we came across a series called The Fall starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. Metropolitan Police Superintendent Stella Gibson, a senior investigating officer who reviews investigations, is seconded to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to assess the progress of a murder investigation that has remained active for longer than 28 days. When it becomes apparent that a serial killer is on the loose, local detectives must work with Stella to find and capture Paul Spector, who is attacking young professional women in the city of Belfast. As time passes Stella's team works tirelessly to build a case but they are met with complications inside and outside the PSNI.

We'd never heard of it before but it was quite good. 

The rest of the evening was spent watching Hannah Gadsby's Douglas show and then we started to watch The Boys.

Early start, baking, game seven fun, Body Fixers and Lower Decks

Early start today as Toni had to go for a COVID-19 swab test in advance of her procedure on Tuesday. I went along for moral support but had to stay in the car masked up nonethelesss. 

It was all a bit of a fiasco as the instructions we were given were wrong so we were waiting by their COVID pod as instruction only to fine out (when Toni phoned them) that she had to go in the main entrance as the pod was no longed used. Thankfully it was all pretty quick and we were back home in no time.

First up was making Toni's next batch of chia seed keto rolls and a nice cup of coffee.

We continued watching the Dallas Stars v Colorado Avalanche game that we stopped ed the end of the second period last night which ended with the Avalanche leading 3 - 2. Third period ended 4 - 4 and once again we were facing overtime. Dallas scored 12 minutes in to win the game 5 - 4 and advance to the Western Conference Finals.

The second game seven of the day was Vancouver Canucks v Vegas Golden Knights. Play off hockey moves into a whole new world of awesomeness when we get down to a game seven showdown. First period ended tied 0 - 0. Second period ended 0 - 0. Third period was even until the very end when Vegas scored and then bagged two empty net goals to win the game 3 - 0 and move on the Western Conference Finals. They will be facing Dallas Stars so I will be supporting the Stars!

Tomorrow we'll be watching New York Islanders v Philadelphia Flyers in another game seven to see who makes it through to the Eastern Conference Finals against Tampa Bay Lightning.

After a lovely dinner that I cooked (sort of) we watched the rest of Season 2 of Body Fixers and then caught up with the latest episode of Star Trek Lower Decks.

Productive day and game six and seven hockey wonders

In what was a welcome change, today was a productive day. Things got done, there was no frustration and I was heading into the weekend happy! 

Looks like the company are looking to start phasing in people returning to the office towards the end of this month. They are looking at only having 25% occupancy of offices with returns being entirely voluntary so this pleases me as I am now very settled working from home.  Finished work at 16:30 which is unheard of and so we embarked on the two play off games from last night. These were both game six games so last chance saloon for two of the teams.

First games was Philadelphia Flyers v New York Islanders. I hate to still be doing this but had to support the Flyers *spit* rather than the Islanders *vomit*. This was game six and the Flyers had to win this one. First period ended with the Flyers leading 2 - 1. Second period ended with the Islanders leading 4 - 3. Third period ended tied 4 - 4 and so it was into overtime, Overtime ended tied 4 - 4 so a second overtime beckoned. with five minutes left the Flyers scored to win the game 5 - 4 and force a game seven showdown. Winner takes all for that one.

Next up was Vancouver Canucks v Vegas Golden Knights. Gold Knights were leading this one 3 - 2 so we were fingers crossed that the Canucks could win this one. First period ended with Canucks leading 1 - 0. Second period ended with Canucks leading 1 - 0. Third period ended with the Canucks winning 4 - 0 and also tying up their series and moving to game seven.

Well done to both the Flyers and the Canucks for keeping their dreams alive. 

Once we were done we realised the Dallas Stars v Colorado Avalanche was showing live so we jumped into that. This was also a game seven. First period ended with the Avalanche leading 2 - 1.  Second period ended with the Avalanche leading 3 - 2. 

At this point fatigue had set in so we went to bed and will catch up on the rest of the game tomorrow.

Frustrating day and hockey catch up

Today was somewhat frustrating. Infrastructure issues can be a real pain sometimes especially when they prevent colleagues from doing things and you then have to come in to try and sort everything out. Sort it I did but I was starting to crack at one point LOL.

Catch up time on the hockey tonight with two games from Tuesday where both teams were facing 3 - 1 series deficits.

First up was Vancouver Canucks v Vegas Golden Knights with the Canucks facing elimination if they lost. During the first period we abandoned out plan to watch the other game as the commentators gave the result away! Dear NHL, some of us like to watch as many games as we can so we would really appreciate if if you were to stop commentators giving away the results of games being plated on he same day! I guess it serves me right for choosing which game to watch first and not watching in the played order Lesson learned! Canucks won the game 3 - 2 and so are now trailing the series 2 - 3.

Turns out the Philadelphia Flyers held off being knocked out with a 4 - 3 overtime win against New York Islanders so the Flyers are now trailing 2 - 3 and need to win the next two games. 

Well that was a turn up. Both teams that I was rooting for pulled out wins and now they are both trailing 2 - 3 in their series

As we decided to skip the second game from Tuesday we then moved on to the one game from yesterday. Dallas Stars v Colorado Avalanche game six with the Stars leading the series 3 - 2. As before we were rooting for the Stars and it was do or die time for the Avalanche. The first period ended tied 1 - 1. Second period ended with Avalanche leading 2 - 1. Avalanche won the game 4 - 1 and with the series tied 3 - 3 have now forced the final game seven. I did not see this happening!

More stats, The 69 Eyes and hockey disappointment

I thought my stats nightmare was over but I spent another chunk of today tweaking some things to future proof what I collect. Thankfully it was mission successful in the end. 

Hopefully tomorrow I'll get back to doing some real work! LOL

Musical choice for today was The 69 Eyes, primarily their West End album mixed up with the rest of their back catalogue.

Tonight we went into hockey catch up mode. First up was Dallas Stars v Colorado Avalanche. This game look like it was the chance to knockout out Colorado as they were leading the series 3 - 1. It turned out that Colorado weren't quite ready to just give up. The first period ended with Colorado sitting on a 5 - 0 lead (and a Dallas netminder change to boot). Dallas tried to fight back and at least scored a couple before Colorado fired back and the second period ended with Dallas trailing 2 - 6. Third period ended 3 - 6 and so Colorado are still in this thing but trailing the series 2 - 3. Keep betting against me!

Next up was Boston Bruins v Tampa Bay Lightning. Bruins were trailing the series 1 - 3 so needed to win this one or they are done. First period ended tied 0 - 0. This was a close game with the second period ending tied 1 - 1. Third period ended 2 - 2 and so we were into overtime. Twenty minutes of overtime wasn't enough so it was into a second overtime period. Sadly Tampa made it 3 - 2 in second overtime and won the series 4 - 1. 

So there we are. Dallas Stars failed to get the job done big style today and although they have the lead it is clear that Colorado are hungry to survive. Boston Bruins are now done and are out completely. Who will win the Stanley Cup? Place your bets but don't ask me as I just don't have a clue now! I'll go with Vegas Golden Knights!

Lies, damned lies and Body Fixers

Back to work today after a nice bank holiday break. As it was the first of the month I was up to my eyes in pulling data to feed into various management chains. I don't know who many times I have questioned the validity and use of these but nobody seems to want to rock the boat so I shall continue to get the data. This seemed quite apt!

I shall continue to bang my "why do we need this data and how is it being used" drum for the rest of my life and I don't think I will ever get a satisfying answer from anyone up the line. Of course it doesn't hope that extracting this data can be time consuming although by the end of the day I had at least created some tools to make the job easier next month.

After the day was over it was time to relax and watch a load of episodes of the freshly dropped Season 2  of Body Fixers.

Early start, NJPW, gardening, hockey and Queen

I was up early today as I forget to turn my alarms off and it's a bank holiday. Despite the early start at least it was an extra day off. Made a cuppa and watched NJPW Summer Struggle 13 and 14 before heading out into the garden to do some pruning. Made good progress out the back and then went and did the front as everything was looking a tad unruly out there. Back lawn also received some much needed love

The cracks are now weed free!

It was back to the hockey catch up today starting with Dallas Stars v Colorado Avalanche. Stars were leading the series 2 - 1 and our hope was that they would extend this. Stars came out all guns blazing and at the end of the first period were leading 3 - 0. Avalanche got back in it for the second and the Stars ended up with a 3 - 2 lead at the end go the second period. Both teams were going for it in the third period. Stars won the game 4 - 3 and extended their series lead to 3 - 1. Some results go my way!

Next up was New York Islanders v Philadelphia Flyers. Islanders were leading this series 2 - 1. It still pains me to support the Flyers but there is no way the Islanders are getting any love from me (what with them being arch rivals of the Rangers). First period ended tied at 0 - 0. Both teams upped their game aft that and the second period ended 1 - 1. Things got a bit frantic at the end but sadly the Islanders emerged as 3 - 2 winners and now lead the series 3 - 1. Boo.

Last game of the night was Vancouver Canucks v Vegas Gold Knights. This Golden Knights were leading this series 2 - 1 so it was fingers crossed that the Canucks could tie things up. Golden Knights were certainly the better team in the first and ended it 2 - 1 ahead. Second period ended with the Canucks leading 3 - 2. Sadly Golden Knight bounced back and won the game 5 - 3 and extended their series lead to 3 - 1. 

We finished our evening off with The Show Must Go On: The Queen & Adam Lambert Story.

Up early, NJPW, Body Fixers, hockey and Star Trek Lower Decks

Toni doesn't always sleep too well these days (either broken sleep it just can't nod off) so I quite often wake up early-is and then then leave her to catch up. Today was no different so it was time to entertain myself. 

I really enjoy wrestling but have become very disappointed with the recent output from both WWE and AEW. I gave up on WWE RAW and Smackdown and NXT and NXT UK were my go to shows. NXT has gone down hill a bit since it moved from WWE Network to USA Network when they started to introduce more storylines in line with RAW and Smackdown; It's strength for me was always good quality wrestling and less bullshit. Due to coronavirus NXT UK has become a recap/greatest matches show (although apparently they are going to start taping new shows soon). I keep dipping into AEW shows but I just can't get on with it.

Today I returned to Japanese wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) taking in an episode of NJPW Strong and working my way through their Summer Struggle 2020 series (I started on day 12). 

NJPW shows have always been entertaining, good quality wrestling and very little bullshit. Silly entrances aside, it's all about the grappling and there is no end of taken in NJPW. I ended up watching a combination of English and Japanese broadcasts. In a way the Japanese ones are better as I don't speak a word so just focus on the in ring action.  If you like a bit of wrestling it is definitely worth trying to get hold of some of the NJPW stuff, don't let the language barrier put you off.

When Toni got up we had breakfast and then embarked on some more episodes of Body Fixers. We finished Season 1 and now are all set for Season 2 to be on Netflix on Tuesday.

I made a chicken curry for dinner (with supervision from Toni). This was delicious!

We caught up with the New York Islanders v Philadelphia Flyers game hoping to see the Islanders get knocked back a bit. There series was tied 1 - 1 so it was fingers crossed that the Flyers could take a lead. Fist person ended with Flyers leading 1 - 0, both teams being a little cautious but there was hope! Second period ended with the Flyers on the wrong end of a 1 - 2 scoreline but still everything to play for. The Flyers certainly tried to play but sadly not well enough and the Islanders won 3 - 1 and went ahead in the series 2 - 1. 

Picking up on something new we checked out Star Trek Lower Decks.This animated series is slightly bonkers and and pretty irreverent but channels that Star Trek aesthetic, If you like Star Trek you'll either love it or hate it!

The evening ended the Vancouver Canucks v Vegas Golden Knights game from last night. My support was for the Canucks in this series that was tied 1 - 1. Five minuted in and the Golden Knights were ahead 2 - 0, Not the start I had hoped for. First period ended with the Golden Knights leading 2 - 0. Second period ended the same with the Golden Knights leading. Golden Knights dominated this game and won 3 - 0 and extended their series lead to 2 - 1. *sigh*

Remember what I said the other day about placing bets on hockey games? That sill stands! LOL 

Chia seed rolls, cucumbers, hockey and Fixers

It was baking day today. I did my usual recipe for almond flour gluten free keto bread but this time through in two table spoons of chia seeds to the dry mix. The cooking time didn't change and they seemed to come out well. The additional seeds actually ended giving me enough for seven rather than the usual six rolls which was surprising as the volume of seeds didn't look that much.

The good news is that Toni said they were really nice. The idea of the chia seeds was to get more fibre in them which will help with Toni's blood sugar levels. They look great on the inside too:

We harvested some of our cucumbers today, they are delicious! Hand added for scale....

Live hockey was back on at a reasonable hour so it was time to see how the Boston Bruins would fare against Tampa Bay Lightning after their shocking 1 - 7 loss. Tampa Bay were leading the series 2 - 1 so this was time for Boston to even things up. First period ended with Tampa Bay leading 1 - 0. Second period ended with Tampa Bay leading 3 - 0.  This was not going how we wanted. Third period ended with Tampa winning 3 - 1 and also extending their series lead to 3 - 1. Now Boston have to win all three remaining games to progress to the next round.  

If you want to place an online bet on the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Play Offs just pick any team that I am not rooting for and you'll have a good chance of winning something!

We then finished off Tattoo Fixers before moving to it's spin off show Body Fixers. Following on from a similar premise: people who have extreme, shocking and downright hilarious beauty and hair fails visit a one-stop shop to have their problems fixed by a team of top young professionals 

It's certainly more extreme than Tattoo Fixers was, even gross in places, but is just as entertaining car crash TV.

Good day, weird house, hockey and Tattoo Fixers

Today was a good day. My momentum finally carried on and I was able to do some major catch up on a number of tasks. The day wasn't without it's challenges but I finished earlier than I normally and quite relaxed heading into the back holiday weekend so that was a great feeling.

This self isolation thing is all a bit weird. The seems so much quieter with Zoe staying with Jade and Aaron and Sam confined to his room. We do occasionally get to talk to Sam at a safe distance but it is strange especially as he is taking this very serious and when navigating the house always wears a mask. His diligence is very much appreciated. Only another two (wish) weeks to go!

The NHL Play Off schedule was changed with some games being postponed to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Instead of scheduled game we caught up with the Dallas Stars v Colorado Avalanche game from Wednesday night. Dallas were leading this series 2 - 0 but Cororado dug deep for this one and and closed the series 2 - 1 after a strong 6 - 4 win. It was a good game out not the result we wanted!

We closed the night out with a few more episodes of Tattoo Fixers.

Under control and a night of hockey

So the good news is that everything is finally getting back under control at work. I had some good break throughs today that enabled me to catch up on a couple of things and one impending worry has now turned into something I am no longer concerned about. Phew! Tomorrow might be a day where I now make a real dent into things and then it's plain sailing!

We did some Play Off hockey catch up this evening. With the series tied 1 - 1 we rooted for Boston Bruins against Tampa Bay Lightning. Not sure this was a wise choice The Bruins came out the wrong end of a 7 - 1 scoreline. Ouch, that was a shocker. So the Lightning now lead the series 2 - 1.

Next up was New York Islanders against Philadelphia Flyers. Two teams that we despise but we hoped to see the Islanders get beaten. They have been doing very well so far in this Play Offs having dumped out the Washington Capitals (a MAJOR upset). The Islanders were leading the series 1 - 0 so we wanted the Flyers to tie things up. This one was tied 3 - 3 so went into overtime. Thankfully the Flyers won 4 - 3 in overtime to tie the series 1 - 1. Can't believe I am supporting the Flyers LOL.

Well done to Zoe

A BIG well done to Zoe who passed her BTEC Extended Diploma In Animal Management with a MERIT.

 She was also a victim of the uncertainties of the lockdown and the recent exam results drama for other exams she came away with a good result.

Too much work and Tattoo Fixers

Work is not going my way at the moment so I won't bore you with my trials and tribulations LOL. 

Nothing to worry about it's just really busy and I am not managing to get everything done that I need to.

Our evenings have been spent watching Tattoo Fixers on Netflix. It's good old car crash TV watching people having their shite tattoos covered up. Most are these are done on boozy lads weekends and are things that were funny at the time (you had to be there....). The downside is that we have watched so many seasons of Ink Master now that we have a very critical eye when examining the resulting cover ups!

DC trailers

As the entertainment industry tries to kick start itself once again we have had a nice little drop of trailers from DC for upcoming movies.

First up we have The Batman, which will be the first one to star Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne/Batman taking over from Ben Affleck. From Batfleck to Patman! This one should be interesting and I'd really like to have another decent Batman film.

Next up is Gil Gadot returning as Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman 1984.

Next we have the 'sequal' to Suicide Squad, called The Suicide Squad. This one should be interesting as it is helmed by James Gunn who did such great work with Marvel on the Guardians Of The Galaxy films. It's a soft reboot hence it not being referred to as Suicide Squad 2.

Last but not least is an extended recut version of the Justice League movie now known as Justice League: The Snyder Cut. There were many rumours of a Snyder Cut existing of this film but nothing ever seemed to come of it. Now it appears that it will be released on HBO Max in four hour long instalments with a full length four hour release coming at some point after that.

Justice League was a mess so I really hope that the Snyder Cut will give it a better place in the DC Extended Universe.