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I've been watching The Thick of It on Netflix. In the current UK political climate, this feels horribly accurate.

Interval training, keep eating well, be stupidly patient...

@CastlevaniaNut18 I read the Guardian review of The Nickel Boys and it sounds well worth picking up. I've now finished the His Dark Materials trilogy. It certainly went in a few interesting directions and I really enjoyed the series as a whole.I could go for some more in-depth information about certain aspects of the stories and characters that appear in the story, but overall I leave satisfied. I'm not reading a book called Inspiration Teachers, Inspirational Learners as it's only a month until I start teacher training, so I need to start diving into that world. I did however pick up La Belle Sauvage today and will go to some charity shops to see if I can pick up some more books to last me the year.

Flicked through the new Raconteurs album, unlike the latest Jack White release, it didn't really do much for me.

England is Mine - 6/10. I appreciate the fact that Morrissey struggled in his personal life but the movie succeeds in making him such an unlikable person. I'm not a Morrissey fan and I'm sure this is a good reflection of him as a young man, but it's a struggle to want to watch him and in turn, the film itself.

Just made my bed and put away my clothes. Satisfaction achieved.

Fucked my foot a few weeks ago which has been a pain (figuratively and literally) so rather than jogging/sprints, I've been using the bikes at the gym. Works perfectly well, just incredibly boring. Also now we're into the summer holidays, return back to weight training which has been good after a few months off. I've come to accept that due to my wrist, I'll never be able to lift anything exceptionally high (though pressing is fine) so deadlifts, rows etc are limited, but that's OK - I suppose.

I do. In an ideal world, I wake up early, go to the gym, walk to the dog, make the bed, tidy and wash up and then cook for the day. Since it's so fucking hot and I can't sleep, that's not exactly been the run of things but I do always try and keep things orderly (it allows me to not feel I'm living in a hovel and so can enjoy doing anything else).

I know that feeling. It's a summer thing, but I feel as though I should do different things with my time other than sitting and gaming.

For those interested, I did in fact mean Catching Fire. Although apparently I have watched half of Mockingjay: Part 1 according to Netflix.

I'm not sure why I clicked on this thread as I've not watched Endgame and avoided everything about it until this point

The acting felt a little bit more believable and the starting point of a Civil War felt quite interesting. I may redact my statement on watching the final parts.

I started the series with 3 as I never had an OG Xbox. I have however played through about 3/4 of Halo: CE Anniversary and bar some lengthy wandering sessions, it does hold it very well. Reach will always be my favourite as it was the first one that I pre-ordered and ended up getting very into the online, but a good series all the same.

I'm at the end of the Amber Spyglass, but just haven't pushed through the last 150 pages or so (I say that like I haven't enjoyed it quite a bit). I need to go charity shopping soon to see if I can pick up some new reads for the rest of summer.

The Hunger Games - It was on Netflix and I had a lot of time to kill. 6/10 Hunger Games: Mockingjay - As above, but slightly better 7/10 ...I'll watch them all this week.

That's the kind of thing where I would probably go against all social protocol and get a little bit too drunk for a person on their own and then get a little bit too into the music. Then subsequently spend an hour afterwards messaging people to go for a night out.

I enjoyed it, I want more of it. Like a few people, I do feel it may not have been as strong as the first two seasons, however they were both 10's, this was a mere 9.5.

Spirit Tracks because I’m a bellend.

The Festival 6.5/10 - I laughed a lot, but I feel that it would only appeal to a certain age group from a certain part of the world.

Miyamoto, Kojima, Yokoi and Mikami with Iwata's face carved into the moon for good measure.

From the last few weeks: The Nun - 3/10, pile of boring shite. A Star is Born - 6.5/10, soundtrack and the plot I enjoyed, but it was equally cringe inducing at the same time Green Book - 8.5/10, felt like an Oscar baiting script, I don't care, really enjoyed it and the fact it ended on a happy note Moneyball - 8/10, I love sports films, regardless of whether I enjoy the sport or not. Although not the pinnacle, it was still well worth a watch.

I purposefully stopped playing Overwatch as it was starting to dominate all my gaming time...but I do really, really like it and this is such a good excuse to re-download (I may ever just say goodbye to my life and get back on Rocket League)

I can't seem to sit down and play a console game at the moment (I've been busy with this and that and have found myself reading a lot more at the moment) but, for whatever reason, I've started New Super Mario Bros again (on the DS) and it's great. I love handheld gaming for this very reason (pick up and play, short bursts) and if I finish it, will either move on to Spirit Tracks, or something else...DS-based for the time being.

More importantly, we now know that New Zealand will face England in the Cricket World Cup Final.

It's not on the same level as a takeaway pizza, but I can get a perfectly nice mozzarella and basil pizza from Aldi from 1/10 the price of one delivered. It doesn't have that fun of having food brought to me, but I'm cheap soo...