Josh Dawson

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Children of Ruin

Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Hello World!

    If everything goes well, then I’ve posted my first micro.blog post through a new app I’m building to avoid paying IFTTT money. I’ll shout a bit more about it when it’s closer to ready!

    Seems IFTTT have made webhook applets a pro feature. Might be the kick I needed to create a mega-syndication app that will get everything I post elsewhere onto my blog for me

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    It’s a beautiful evening. I left work in daylight today! Summer might actually happen again

    We’re building up to the time of year that Glastonbury announcements are made. Delving through my favourite artists’ tour dates in search of a gap

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    🍿 Movie Log: Shiva Baby, 2020 - ★★★★★

    The balance of comedy and suspense here is just perfect. Marvellously made

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    🍿 Movie Log: Poor Things, 2023 - ★★★★

    Gritty Barbie

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    Nearly a week since turning 30. Quite the party thrown, complete with harrowing bunting. Those faces keep popping up and haunting me!

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    🍿 Movie Log: Reprise, 2006 - ★★★

    I can totally see this as related to The Worst Person In The World. It felt similarly made. An enjoyable watch

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    🍿 Movie Log: All of Us Strangers, 2023 - ★★★★½

    Is this one of the truly saddest films of all time? Quite possibly. A swirling tale of loneliness. Brilliantly made.

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    🍿 Movie Log: Society of the Snow, 2023 - ★★★★

    ¿Que necesito empacar para mi viaje a Chile? Lo sé, ¡solo cigarrillos!

    People sure did smoke in the 70s. Harrowing film though, wonderfully told and an incredible feat of survival.

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    Another week spent in the beautiful French Alps. Fantastic weather, great skiing. Even better food and booze! I am now, however, the most tired man on the planet 💤

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    Lovely snowy morning in Manchester today. Currently packing to go skiing, took a lot of willpower not to get my skis out in the garden 🎿

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    🍿 Movie Log: Leave the World Behind, 2023 - ★★½

    The book was a really great read but this movie has made a couple of pretty weird changes that killed it for me. We had a lot of fun with spinning cameras too

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    🍿 Movie Log: Priscilla, 2023 - ★★★½

    I cringed a lot watching this film. The sheer creepiness of it was hard to take. I felt incredibly sorry for Priscilla. Groomed and prepared for a life before she really even knew who she was.

    Listened to Zane Lowe’s interview with Brandon Flowers today and really enjoyed it. The music nerd in Brandon really shows. Hyped beyond belief to see them in Manchester in June 🎶

    I am one calendar month from my thirtieth birthday. No existential dread yet, but I reckon it’ll come 😬

    Currently reading: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 📚

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    Mabel pretending to be cute for food 🐈

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    🍿 Movie Log: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2006 - ★★★★★

    First movie of the year. Ultimate ‘bro’ comedy. I don’t know what to do with my hands

    Binged some more For All Mankind today. Watching on a new TV and having my mind blown by the quality. Happy New Year! 🥳

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    🍿 Movie Log: Saltburn, 2023 - ★★★★

    This movie drips 2006. The styles, the music, the aspect ratio. Immaculate

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    🍿 Movie Log: Alien, 1979 - ★★★★★

    This film is incredible! It looks unbelievable in its remastered version. I am a huge fan of user interfaces in the future being so difficult you have to throw 30 unlabelled switches to achieve anything

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    🍿 Movie Log: Horrible Bosses, 2011 - ★★★½

    Really quite the cast on this film. Colin Farrell’s character had me cracking up. Big Al’s Toy Barn energy

    Been coming up with a list of improvements for my blog and things I’d like to add next year. Inspired by Apple’s new Journal app, I’m going to look at a snazzy way to blog about places that adds a nice map to the post. How hard can …

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    🍿 Movie Log: Moana, 2016 - ★★★

    Proper post-Christmas fodder. All I hear when I’m alone is the rock singing now