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Venom: The last dance

The Deal

Witness

I really didn't get why the the main character acted so stupid. He's so dumb that all good moments in this thriller are hidden behind his stupidity shadow.

Five

Reminded me of "Lady Vengeance". To me, it's a good middle-class Korean thriller.

KPop Demon Hunters

I liked it, as well as my kids. The mimic of the characters always reminded me of something I've already seen, maybe it's Gravity Falls?

I've been using posthaven for 4 months now, and this is what I think about it.

First of all, it's a paid service. 5$ per month, but I believe that is what allows it to be independent and sustainable. It doesn't ship new features, but it's a feature  itself  - we all know what happened to Evernote.

I like the simple editor, without blocks bullshit like in the Wordpress, and generated HTML is not a freaking mess. What drives me nut is that some images (webp only probably?) are not visible after publishing. BTW, the media itself is available, it's uploaded successfully to posthaven, so the problem with the client code. (More precisely, the problem with the .posthaven-post-body .posthaven-gallery .posthaven-gallery-loading img class, which hides an image).

They say that this service is designed to outlive us. I don't believe in that. I don't believe that posthaven will outlive its founders, that's just a fairytale.

I also like the "Read only mode" feature. This is when you pay for 12 months, and then if you stop paying, your blog remains available for read only.

The "Post by email" feature is also great - you can publish a post with just emailing to a specific address. I've tested it only once, though.

The themes are awful. None of them is near even the "pretty bad" level. You pick a theme not because it's good, but because it suck less than others.

Summary

I like it and plan to keep paying for it. If you want to check for alternatives, you might look at bearblog, https://mataroa.blog/ or exotext.com

Young Sherlock

I really like the cast. I like how Moriarty is shown here. Clever, funny and provocative. The actor's appearance fits the character perfectly. I wouldn't say the detective component of the plot is very good, but the picture, actors and the drive are.

Exit 8

I was really surprised that this movie is based on a computer game. Liked it.

Jarhead

I watched this one mainly because of a short on YT that I watched a few times. I can't say that I didn't like it, but I watched it only in 2 days.

Bring her back

I really liked how mother's feelings were shown in this movie. To me, it's not just a horror, but also a picture of bereavement, love and suffering.

Marty supreme

I watched it in one breath, but after all, I was like "What?". I forgot about it  next day.

Dune: Part Two

I finished reading the first Dune book, and watched the second part in the same day. Great, I liked it.

The White Ribbon

I thought it will be a detective. I know a lot of people like it, but I'm not with them.

Don't F**K with Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer

Don't know how much of it is real, but I liked it.

Friday the 13th

I was expecting Jason in a mask! Still, pretty fine. Since I plan to watch the whole franchise, I had to watch the first movie.

No other choice

It was fine, but I don't know, I think I was expecting something more from this one. 

Dune: Part one

I was reading the book and wanted to watch it so badly that I googled what part of the book is shown in this movie and watched it as I finally read that part. What impressed me most is music.  It's epic. It fits the picture ideally. The visual part is great, too.

2026-Now

• Frank Herbert - Dune: Messiah
• Frank Herbert - Dune

2023-2025

• Амитав Гош - Огненный поток
• Амитав Гош - Дымная река
• Ганс Фаллада - Что же дальше, маленький человек?
• Адам Хиггинботам - Чернобыль: История катастрофы
• Амитав Гош - Маковое море
• Федор Достоевский - Братья Карамазовы
• F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
• Бром - Крампус, Повелитель Йоля
• Франк Тилье - Синдром Е
• Владимир Богомолов - В августе сорок четвертого
• Кристофер Сэнсом - Седьмая чаша
• Alastair Reynolds - The Prefect
• Joe Abercrombie - Last arguments of Kings
• Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself
• Orson Scott Card - Ender's game

2020-2022

• Донато Карризи - Подсказчик
• Аркадий и Борис Стругацкие - Отель "У погибшего альпиниста"
• Кристофер Сэнсом - Соверен
• Джон Харт - Последний ребёнок
• Кристофер Сэнсом - Тёмный огонь
• Кристофер Сэнсом - Горбун лорда Кромвеля
• Кормак Маккарти - Кровавый меридиан
• Фёдор Достоевский - Подросток
• Франц Кафка - Америка
• Роберт Блох - Психоз
• Франсуа Мориарк - Матерь
• Ю Несбё - Снеговик
• Фёдор Достоевский - Идиот
• Джон Фаулз - Волхв
• Франц Кафка - Процесс
• Артур Кларк - Космическая одиссея 2061 года
• Кнут Гамсун - Женщины у колодца
• Нассим Талеб - Рискуя собственной шкурой

2017 - 2019

• Рекс Скаут - Только через мой труп
• Лю Цысинь - Темный лес
• Рекс Скаут - Острие копья
• Рекс Скаут - Лига перепуганных мужчин
• Рекс Скаут - Слишком много поваров
• Рекс Скаут - Где Цезарь кровью истекал
• Дивер Джеффри - Голубое нигде
• Дик Фрэнсис - Двойная осторожность
• Джонатан Литтелл - Благоволительницы
• Нассим Талеб - Антихрупкость

2014 - 2016

• Нил Стивенсон - Лавина
• Федор Достоевский - Игрок
• Франц Кафка - Замок
• Ирвин Уэлш - Кошмары аиста Марабу
• Лю Цысинь - Задача трех тел
• Джон Стейнбек - О мышах и людях
• Эрнест Хемингуэй - Старик и море
• Артур Кларк - 2010: Одиссея два
• Агата Кристи - Слоны умеют помнить
• Агата Кристи - Загадка Эндхауза
• А. Кларк - Космическая одиссея 2001 года. Рассказы
• Агата Кристи - Занавес. Последнее дело Пуаро
• Гарри Гаррисон - Линкор в Нафталине
• Гарри Гаррисон - Конные варвары
• Льюис Кэрролл - Алиса в Стране Чудес
• Роберт Льюис Стивенсон - Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда. Сборник
• Гарри Гаррисон - Специалист по этике
• Гарри Гаррисон - Неукротимая планета
• Роберт Харрис - Фатерланд
• Роберт Кормье - Шоколадная война
• Нил Стивенсон - Криптономикон
• Джулиан Ассанж - Шифропанки: свобода и будущее Интернета
• Франц Кафка - Превращение. В исправительной колонии.
• Франц Кафка - Превращение
• Робер Мерль - Смерть — мое ремесло
• Дэн Симмонс - Восход Эндимиона
• Сингх Саймон - Книга шифров
• Ирвин Уэлш - Дерьмо

2010 - 2014

• Иэн Бэнкс - Осиная Фабрика
• Дэн Симмонс - Эндимион
• Дэн Симмонс - Падение Гипериона
• Дэн Симмонс - Гиперион
• Томас Харрис - Ганнибал
• Томас Харрис - Красный дракон
• Томас Харрис - Молчание ягнят
• Йозеф Оллерберг - Немецкий снайпер на Восточном фронте. 1942-1945
• Питер Уоттс - Морские звезды
• Герман Мелвилл - Моби Дик, или Белый Кит
• Уильям Голдинг - Повелитель мух
• Арчибалд Кронин - Замок Броуди
• Джордж Оруэлл - 1984. Скотный Двор
• Герберт Уэллс - Остров доктора Моро
• Кнут Гамсун - Голод. Мистерии. Виктория
• Ярослав Гашек - Похождения бравого солдата Швейка
• Тургенев И.С. - Дворянское гнездо
• Иван Тургенев - Рудин
• Иван Тургенев - Отцы и дети
• Энтони Берджесс - Заводной апельсин
• Патрик Зюскинд - Парфюмер. История одного убийцы
• Илья Ильф, Евгений Петров - Золотой теленок
• Илья Ильф, Евгений Петров - Двенадцать стульев
• Чарльз Буковски - Почтамт. Женщины. Макулатура
• Дэн Браун - Цифровая крепость
• Оскар Уайльд - Портрет Дориана Грея
• Генрик Сенкевич - Quo Vadis

As 2025 comes to an end, I decided to check how much subscriptions and recurring payments I have. The important factor is that all of these subscriptions/payments should be unnecessary.

And it turned out that I've got A LOT of them, in my opinion:

• A Music service
• A Cloud storage service
• Hosting (1 website)
• An Email service
• Todo app subscription
• Posthaven
• 5 domain names

I didn't count monthly payments that can't be avoided, like Internet or phone call plan, just my whims.

When I was thinking whether I can afford to pay 5 more dollars per month, the answer was YES, I can. But now, when they all are listed, I realized that that's too much - I have to drop something or find cheaper alternative. 

Landman

Weapons

Knives out 3

As with previous parts, I've got just one word - STYLE. 

It's stylish. The costumes, setting, casting - everything is great. As a fan of detectives and thrillers, I'm excited.

Hellboy 2: The Golden army

I watched it mainly because I was drunk a little bit, and this movie was the best candidate that fitted by mood. I enjoyed it.

TL;DR: I use a mechanical pencil (0.9mm 0.7mm) for writing right now.

As I wrote earlier, I'm a huge proponent of pens and paper. And I never thought that there's anything that can be used for writing but pens.

Until recently. I was in the kitchen and needed to write down a note to myself on a sticky note. I couldn't find a pen and grabbed a kids' mechanical pencil that had been there for years, I believe.

Surprisingly, I enjoyed the feeling of a lead scrapping paper, the color and changing line width. As with fountain pens, there's something meditative and calming.

During the next few days I had been using the pencil exclusively and I liked it more and more.After briefly lurking on the Internet, I decided to try a 0.7mm lead, will see how it feels.Most probably I'll get one more addiction.