The Emperor protects

It has been a while since my last post, not to say that I haven't had anything to write about, I just haven't really had enough energy after work. Things have been looking up though, without going into too much detail a rather important phone call a few days ago dismissed a lot of my very paranoid worries, and a party at Bertie's place last night introduced some very cool characters. I've got a lot more planned for the next few days, so things should prove to be quite fun.

Alpha Dog was the film of the week, telling the true story of the kidnapping and murder of Nicholas Markowitz and the involvement of Jessee James Hollywood. This is an absolutely amazing film, very gritty and pulls no punches with an impressive performance from Justin Timberlake. I highly recommend it.

I've started watching the anime Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, which is a comedy about a ridiculously pessimistic teacher and his variously insane female students, all of which have fallen in love with him for each of their own deluded reasons.
It reminds me of Fruits Basket in the way it holds its own style of humour, and in that while most of it is rather standard laughs, which certainly isn't a bad thing, every now and then they'll pull out something really hilarious. Definitely a good title.

I've decided to dive into Dan Abnett's Double Eagle while I wait for The Book Depository to get his latest Gaunt's Ghost novel, Only in Death, in stock. It's good to be back in the 41st century and among devout Imperials once again, of course with Abnett's absolutely brilliant lexis it proves to be an expectedly excellent book.