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The 2020 Scottscars

    2020 was fun, wasn't it? You don't need me to recap the fun we've all had this year. But here you can escape thinking about diseases, curfews and elections for 5 minutes with my traditional end of year movie post. Unfortunately, with the beginning of the death of cinemas, an intense work project and you know, 2020, my movie watching took a pretty sizeable dip this year. However, the show must go on! And I know the whole film industry has been anticipating the Scottscars since this time last year, so here we go! I'll keep it brief as I know everyone just wants this year to be over, at this point. First up, the running order for this post. 1. End of year statistics (everyone's favourite bit) 2. The Scottscars Awards,  3. My predictions from last year 4. Finally, a brand spanking new set of predictions for 2021 STATISTICS!      I hate watching movies in the house. Your phone goes off, the itch to check your social media, the crap sound/picture balancing on my medio

The 30 before 30 list

 The 30 Before 30 List       Don't panic, I've only just turned 29 today. Still in the twenties. We're not at the big 30 yet.     Back when I turned 18 (or was it 21?) I wrote a list of 30 things I wanted to have done before I reached the big 3-0 and I'm pleased to say I hit them all!* The good thing is I still have a year to polish off the remaining goals and 'update' the list, just a tad. *None of them**.  **Well maybe one or two, if you twist the rules. Out with the old      The list was your typical and conventional one- married, kid(s), mortgage, fancy car, pug, have travelled the world and even more ludicrous ideas like 'have paid off my student loan' LOL Seriously, how can the interest be above my repayments?      I've picked up one or two few things since I wrote that initial 'to do list' though and noticed a few issues with the entire premise of it. So much of life today is focussed on 'where you should be at' or 'where y