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She has. Certainly with an elegant poise. A bit beyond the semi-tousled hair kid from that first movie. I have to admit I'm surprised at some of the order on that list, but eh.

Had a random glance at FHM's Top 100 Sexiest Women of 2013 out of curiousity. Don't know over half of the women mentioned, and having that slightly scary moment when I see that Emma Watson is up there at around #62. Now I feel old.

If we're going to wander into these areas, I'll just drop one of my favourite quotes: "You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be so much worse if life *were* fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." There are always things about your life that you can't control, some people find it happier to say "that's fate", some take comfort in that idea. But by the same token, there are a lot of areas that you can control but a lot of people don't. As the old chinese proverb goes, "if you never change your direction, you'll likely end up where you're heading."

Hm, somehow I seem to have pulled a muscle in the back of my thigh. Which is proving.. irritating.

Well I tend to use the mixture of Tab that just cycles between targets, and setting up a key that autotargets the closest enemy.. Between those two you can generally get things working smoothly.

Saw Taken on dvd for £3 as I was doing some grocery shopping today, so since I haven't actually seen it I picked it up. Watched it after dinner with a glass of port. Hm, pretty much by the numbers thriller type but a refreshing change from that annoying plethora of shaky-cam films that were out at the same time. Nothing too flashy about the story, but Liam Neeson's presence certainly carries it beyond the basics of what's there.

Hm, I've realised I've probably got about 30 hours of tv saved to catch up on at some point.. I really should make the effort to catch a few episodes rather then letting it pile up in that manner.

Been dabbling a little on and off with Mars War Logs the past few days. Not overlong, but a fair few good ideas even if the low budget hampers it. The opening section within the prison actually has the best feel, and kind of wish they'd spent more time there. The story does seem to meander off a bit once you successfully escape. The combat is.. interesting. It can be a bright spot, but can also be frikking annoying. The enemy can kill you very, very easily, which means you end up rolling around the screen like a hyped up monkey on crack.

Yeesh, that brings back memories. I had a girlfriend of the time present me a copy of Asheron's Call back in the day so we could game together on there. For years that was the only "AC" I knew...

I have to say, The HK quest line is very.. awkardly split to me. You have some really well written and atmospheric missions in there, and then that god-awful planet searching buried in between..

I need to get back in to some regular gaming on this. Just haven't been in a vaguely sci-fi mood , even with the magic that is Star Wars lately... Of course, I keep getting told horrible things about another style of HK-type search mission that crops up on Makeb that I'm dreading getting when I start to plow through those quests properly...

What's funny with the books is that the character of Jack Reacher is a 6'4, 240 lb guy. The interesting bit was the author describes it as helping convey the sense of implacable unstopability of the character, but he was still happy with the casting of Tom Cruise in the role because he manages to convey that same sense with his own charisma rather then pure physicality. As per usual, they droped a fair few bits from the book to cram it into a movie, but it was watchable entertainment still. Iron Man 3 has lots of goodness to it, a few things I'm not a hundred percent happy over, notably the whole Mandarin spin out at the end. I loved the idea, and thought it was well-handled, I just wish they had used someone other then the Mandarin for that role. It almost feels as if they made it the Mandarin just to flash and distract the fans from the other side of the story (without revealing too many spoilers). Although Ben Kingsley was certainly amusing in the role towards the end.

It's always fun when you wake up feeling all refreshed and kind of bright-eyed, look over at the clock.. and come to the realisation that you've only been asleep for around 3 hours. Then suddenly it all crashes away and you suddenly feel exhausted and crap... Then spent the rest of the early hours of the morning trying to fall back asleep but just dozing in and out and not getting comfortable. Ah well. The sun is now bright and shining. The cup of tea is being drunk.

Pootled along with various things this afternoon. Hm, logged into facebook to check a few things and suddenly got logged out because someone else was logging in from LA on some Mac OS with Safari.. and the IP placed it with T-Mobile so most likely an ipad or some such. Still, since I was there at the time it was just a quick re-login and say "no i'm not using it there" and change the password. Edit: Heh, and apparently, this is the location to a much more narrowed degree.. https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=34.1503,-118.139&hl=en&ll=34.150543,-118.138427&spn=0.0018,0.004128&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=10.719976,33.815918&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=34.150642,-118.138426&panoid=KX98FW1upC5t8wU29YcPPQ&cbp=12,227.52,,0,3.68

I've been on a Yuki Kajiura kick tonight.. http://youtu.be/vmcmttGAFj8

You don't have to be in a relationship with a girl to enjoy some playful flirty banter and just making them smile... Woke up way too early with a background headache. Spent the last few hours pretty much hazing in and out of the world as is. Not sure I'm up for focusing on anything too serious right now, but fresh cup of tea and seeing if I can steel myself for accomplishing something.

Wrapped up the end of Kingdoms of Amalur. Which was strangely enjoyable, but yet having apparently spent a little over 80 hours wandering through it and the dlc.. I have few strong memories of any particular story points. Hm, well the dlc sticks out in memory more then anything else. But the characters and such like seem to have mostly blended together. Still, I think I can say for about £15, that was worth the money.

Well tis sunny and after a chunk of dealing with various and sundry "admin" like tasks for the day, and just putting another batch of laundry out on the line under that bright sunshine.. I'm going ot call it quits for the day and sit back with a deep glass of mixed fruit juice and figure out some totally pointless but generally fun thing to do with my time. Possibly involving computer generated explosions.

Eh, there are worse fates the licence could suffer. While I'm not wildly optimistic at the moment, I'm not ready to cry woe and rail against the universe. I'll stick to a wait and see approach until they announce the next couple of games...

Heh, I still like that there's that guy in a grey shirt that first year who looks disgusted with the singing, keeps on writing answers, finishes, and then leaves while they're all still going...

Hm, following on from the Les Mis earlier.. The university of Toronto - 2011 - Engineering exam, first year: Which, apparently got followed in 2012 - again for the first years engineering exam:

I imagine one might learn of certain peccadilloes entertained by your friends in such a gaming situation. This strikes me as moderately disturbing--didn't wanna know that about Hank. Let's not say anything about the GM might reveal in their reactions and choice of twisting the behaviour of the various npc's involved....

"And life has killed my post-grad dream...."