#notmydate

[danielwmn]

While she is waiting... #notmydate #不是我的 ＃人家的 #lol #Tawau #cafelife #blackandwhite #retrocafe #s8photography

[megbritishlover]

(Seth & Megan)This is one of my favorite photos from Banquet. We were getting ready to take a picture and this was taken. #notmydate #greatphoto #emmausthat #springbanquet2016 #pictureworthathousandwords #guyfriend (at Dubuque, Iowa)

[qthewetsprocket]

As someone who has had a couple of babies I can say that the notion that all women are like beached whales in the last month or so is not true. In fact, I went out on my bicycle for about an hour the day before my second daughter was born. I went for a two mile walk when I was in early labour with my first daughter to speed things along. So Mary's agility is not a problem. Though it does seem inconsistent with her previous state. But that could be down to the baby's position shifting.

Ah, good to know. And yeah, the inconsistency was what got me: in His Last Vow she basically had to climb her way into and out of chairs and there was a definite vibe in the room (OMG PREGNANT WOMAN MUST HELP), but in TAB everyone almost seemed to have forgotten she was pregnant at all (including her).

Also, the baby seems to have shrunk: Mary looked ready to pop in HLV, and in TAB she looked closer to 5 or 6 months.

[cchenyaa]

Going out

When a friend says s/he is tired and suggests we should stay in

...but then another one proposes going out somewhere and everyone agrees

Not my gifs - Source (x)

[free-martinis]

Yes, yes!!! It’s meant to be. see the dash thing.!

Martin for the next Kingsman film!

[qthewetsprocket]

So, how are you feeling about Harper Lee coming out with a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, because it makes me really anxious. To Kill a Mockingbird is probably my favourite book of all time. I first read it when I was about 11 or 12 and I have loved it ever since. So I'm not sure if I want to read the sequel. What if it's awful. What if it's like the postscript to Harry Potter and completely breaks the spell? Scout for me is always 8 years old. I don't want her to grow up.

Personally, I’m over the moon about it, but I completely get why some people aren’t.

I’d say, given your (completely valid) concerns, that you probably shouldn’t read the new book - or at least, wait until a few friends have read it and see what they think, and then decide if you want to read it yourself or not.

My gut feeling is that anyone who reads it because they really love To Kill A Mockingbird is invariably going to be disappointed, because it’s not going to be anywhere near as good as TKAM (because let’s face it, nothing is).

But if you just love Lee’s narrative voice and want to hear more of it - and if you approach the new work not expecting a masterpiece - then I think you’ll be okay.

As a side note, I kind of wish the "new" novel had totally different characters in it, and maybe wasn't even set in Maycomb, because then the Mockingbird comparisons wouldn't be quite so obvious, and the expectations not quite so high.

As it is, though, I'm going to read the new book with my expectations set very low, looking only to enjoy hearing Lee's unique narrative voice again, speaking new words that I *don't* already know by heart.

But if other folks don't want to risk ruining their most beloved book on earth by tainting its memory with an inferior sequel, then I'd say avoiding the new book is definitely the wisest option.

[critgemhero]

Me: Why is there always so much Martin Freeman on my dash??? Me: *ends up following every single major martin solo blog on this entire damn website*

[qthewetsprocket]

Posted for notmydate - for reference. ;)

(The rest of the series is quite worth watching, too: it features a befuddled fish-out-of-water Everyman with an industrial grade sad-puppy face who cries at the drop of a hat, paired with an unreconstructed non-PC caveman of a boss. Hijinks ensue.)