Weeknotes: The yawning duck edition

Hello. Me again. How've you been?

It's been quite a week.

Reading

Still on with Dangerous, by Essie Fox. Been struggling to find the time/motivation to read anything at the moment. It'll pass.

After the slight screwup with tickets I mentioned last week, I went to see the lovely John Connolly for the afternoon on Monday in Pontefract. Got a signed copy of his new book, The Children of Eve, and caught up with a couple of friends I've not seen for absolutely ages. Great afternoon out.

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Watching

Went to see Sinners at the weekend. Absolutely brilliant. Hugely recommended. Michael B. Jordan (and indeed the rest of the cast) was fabulous. Everything about it was just top notch cinema. Kind of wish we'd seen it in IMAX.

We finally got to the end of season 2 of Andor. God-tier tv. I watched the final three episode arc then went straight into Rogue One. Seamless. This is what the Star Wars prequels should have been.

Speaking of IMAX, I did go and see an early showing of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning on Thursday night. I adore these movies, daft as they are. This one clocks in at 2hr 50 minutes, which is a LOT of Tom running, jumping, dangling off increasingly preposterous things and generally saving the world. Great fun though, just try not to think too hard about the slightly labyrinthine plot and just enjoy the spectacle.

Absolutely top notch stunts, some genuinely tense moments and nicely wraps up some of the things that have happened earlier in the series. It got a round of applause at the end from the audience, which I don't think I've seen at the cinema before.

If this is the end, then it's a fine finale. If not, there are plenty of people who'd love to see just one more impossible mission. If you get the chance, go see it on an IMAX screen for the action sequences alone.

Listening

Went to see Bryan Adams at the FD Arena on Saturday night. Good job I checked showtimes as I assumed he'd be on around 9 after the support. Turns out he was on at 8, with no support. I rocked up at about 6:15, got a prime spot near the stage. He was in fine voice, as was the crowd. They had some funky inflatables that zoomed around above the crowd.

Gotta roll with the punches...

Despite how this looks, he was not playing in a giant aircraft shelter.

Brian and Keith Scott rocking the arena

The Consumed

Whisky/running buddy Andrew picked up a bottle of Benriach 12, which was very tasty. And over at @davetrieswhisky on Instagram, we paired The Hearach with Gorillaz Demon Days live from The Apollo Theater (limited edition Record Store Day red vinyl. Very snazzy.

Photos

One last one of Bryan Adams. Taken on iPhone 16 Pro. Quite pleased with it, if I say so myself.

Other things

Remember the ducks from last week? I saw one of them yawn the other day. Didn't realise ducks could yawn. But they can. And now you know!

And we found a frog in a bowl in the garden whilst repotting some things. Went to move the bowl and it hopped out and scooted off. Might be a toad. Not entirely sure how you can tell. Hope it's ok and hasn't fallen to the neighbourhood cats...

Right, that's another week ticked off. Getting closer to June!.

As ever, be excellent to each other.

Smooches

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