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Can’t believe I’ve done forty five of these. Forty five six Sunday posts sharing various WIPs with you and the rest of the world. It’s a shame to think that the Six Sunday site won’t be around for much longer. Or at least it won’t be actively listing the participants.

I suppose all good things do eventually end, right?

In the meantime, we left you all hanging last week with Raven having just opened the door to her new pet. Want to find out what’s next?

His face was calm, though his eyes were now hidden beneath the blindfold. Just the same, his lips were quirked into the faintest of smiles and his short, dark hair was tousled.

There was a coat; long, leather and hanging open at the front, held slightly back by his hands which were at his sides. Beneath the coat was very little else!

A collar wrapped about his neck, plain black leather with a single ring in the front to which to clip a lead. Beneath that was a low slung pair of shorts, also leather which were tight and barely able to contain his privacy.

Nom, nom, nom! Sounds tasty, right? Certainly wouldn’t mind opening my door to a sight like that. *snerk*

Okay, back next week for more from Raven and ‘the man at the door!’ Until then enjoy the rest of the Six Sunday crowd hanging out at the main site. Use the banner link to get there. Toodles!
Six Sentence Sunday


More cinema! Dave and I are beyond lucky and the fact that we were able to see such a long film is testament to the wonderful people we are surrounded by.

So… The Hobbit. Prequel (if you like the term) to The Lord Of The Rings and a book which is just about a quarter of the length of The Fellowship Of The Ring. I’ve already had my rant about Peter Jackson splitting this book into three parts, but having seen this first part I can kinda see why. I’m not happy about it, but I’m not exactly unhappy either. It’s a curious balance.

The film opens with a wonderful recounting of the events at The Lonely Mountain in which Smaug takes over. For those of you who don’t know the story, or are concerned about spoilers, don’t read on. Bilbo has decided to tell the tale properly as it were, and I found myself quickly checking over Frodo’s fingers to make sure that what we were seeing was before the events of the previous three films.

It was wonderful to see so many roles reprised. I got over my rage over seeing Frodo and Galadriel there at all because it appears that all the events alluded to in various appendices, or over the course of The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings books, are being given screen time. Things like the meeting of the White Council, or Radaghast looking into the Necromancer in Mirkwood; all things that we know happen (if you are familiar with the books) but the detail is never really given. It is a nice touch, on some levels, to see it played out, though the purist in me remains rattled that the film does not follow the book religiously. Though there are some beautiful sections near the beginning where the script has been taken directly from the text. I found myself reciting along with the characters – under my breath – and enjoying them speak because I know the passages well enough to do so.

Oh and the dwarven singing! I am most familiar with the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings, but this version of their song ‘Far Over The Misty Mountains’ sent a chill through me. Loved it!

I am very much looking forward to the next instalment – I can’t help it – though I will continue to resent the fact that I have to. I think, it’s going to be two years before I can decide whether or not I am happy with the films overall and whether they are worth the wait.

For now though, I think it is certainly worth watching the film if you are a fan of Tokien’s work, Peter Jackson’s work, or a fan of any of the cast. Andy Serkis, as ever, was fabulous as Gollum and Ian McKellen suits the role of Gandalf right down to the ground.

^_^

Merry Christmas 2012


christmas and presents and holly
Gooooood morning everyone! I hope you’re having a wonderful, beautiful, enjoyable Christmas! Normally I’d do a short post with a pretty picture, but since this is my usual posting day I’ll add a little extra.

Today is my first Christmas as a mummy (with the babies on the outside, that is). Today is the first day I’ll be cooking Christmas dinner. Today is the first Christmas I have spent in Leicester since moving here and today is a wonderful, enjoyable, beautiful day. Already. My sister is here, my boys are here, my man is here and there are plenty of visits scheduled through the day from various family members.

I want to say to all of you; I’M SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!

And I always want to say that I hope you all have a very, merry Christmas. Don’t overstuff yourself on good, yummy food!

Catch you on Thursday. :)


Oops! This is a little late, but I suppose it’s better late than never. This Sunday’s Six Sunday offering is not included with the rest of those ever at the main website, but I still want to give you the next selection.

So, last week, Raven rushes over to the front door to let in her new pet. But what will she find on the other side? Oooooo :-p

With a steadying breath, Raven bent down to the letter box and pushed the blindfold through it. “Put that on,” she ordered, raising her voice to be heard through the glass.

There was the tiniest, muffled gasp through the door and the sound of shuffling. Then Raven saw the dark shape duck.

She waited; giving what she hoped was suitable time to don the blindfold before opening the door.

There he stood.

First sight of the new pet, but what does he look like? What is he wearing? What is he doing??? ??? You’ll have to pop in next week to find out. Mwah ha ha ha hahaaa!

Use the banner link below to check out what the others are up to and hopefully next week I’ll be back in the lists. Cheers!
Six Sentence Sunday


NUKE - THE WORLD COMES TO AND END
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are we still here?

Oh good. Okay. Just checking.

I don’t know about the timing of this post, but I figure if the world was going to end I would have learned about it by now. Frankly put, if I’m going to buy into the Mayans predicting world’s end, I’m going to fall into the party of ‘subtle single event changes the course of history forever.’ A bit like in the second (or third?) series of Alias.

If you’re not familiar with the show (you really should be, by the way), then the character Arvin Sloane has spent a great deal of time searching for something that the CIA would rather prefer he did not have. And they receive intel that a world shattering event will take place at a particular time. They do everything they can to prevent what they believe to be a dangerous artefact being shipped across the globe, however at the time specified by their intel, they open the box and find it empty. However, thousands and thousands of miles away Arvin Sloane receives a little piece of paper that he opens up and reads at the time specified by this intel. I always liked that clever little twist on the idea of world shattering event; some dude reads a piece of paper. Yes, outwardly it is a small thing, but the consequences of him reading that paper were felt through the remaining four (or three?) seasons of the show.

So yeah… I decided that at some point today I’m going to… I dunno… fart or something… and that’s going to change the world forever. Hehee.

Failing that, the world has ended and this post was completely pointless and is lost in the ether of nowhere because an invisible meteorite has impacted earth, caused multiple floods, earthquakes and landslides, generated an instant and all encompassing winter and killed of millions of people in a single stroke.

Yeah… that.

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