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Faris Badwan recommended Pilgrimage by Om in Music (curated)

 
Pilgrimage by Om
Pilgrimage by Om
2007 | Alternative
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"I'm not a very religious guy but I suppose if I were I might like the Om cover. It's ok. I love the record though, it's really excellent. I've no idea when I first encountered it. I think I might have heard it before I heard Sleep. It's got a very cool atmosphere. I enjoy listening to atmospheres as much as songs when it comes to albums and I think this one is hard to beat for that. You can put it on whenever you want and it's always going to sound great coming out of your stereo. I listen to it a lot, especially when I'm at home. As a sideline when talking about record sleeves I really hate and completely ruined the album for me, it's not the Om sleeve. It's the sleeve of their previous band Sleep. Jerusalem or Dopesmoker - that's one of my favourite albums of all time but it's also one of my least favourite record sleeves. There's a lot of smoking weed involved and I guess that's something that I think is kind of lame in album artwork. There's just something kind of cliched about it. There's one of an astronaut hot-boxing his spacesuit which is very tasteful."

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Awake (2021)
Awake (2021)
2021 | Action, Adventure, Drama
1
1.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
This movie stars Gina Rodriguez aka Jane the virgin as Jill, a young mum who also seems to be a prescription drug dealer!?! Anyway, one day after work Jill gets into a car crash with her kids in the car, at the same time as a power cut. When she goes to the hospital, patients who were in a coma start waking up and staff are busy wondering what's happening. It is soon evident that the world is unable to sleep except for Jill's daughter matilda. They need to find a way to be able to sleep before everyone turns crazy and matilda is the key.
This film really confused me, I thought the whole being awake thing had happened during the power cut, but the way people were behaving it was like they'd been that way for a while. Jill mentions she had only been awake for 4 days, so was everyone effected at different times? How long has it been going on? Nothing made sense and I lost interest quickly. I watched to the end to see if all these answers became clear, but they didn't. That's an hour and thirty five minutes of my life I never getting back.
  
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Bird (1704 KP) rated Fitbit in Apps

Nov 3, 2017  
Fitbit
Fitbit
Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
7
8.4 (29 Ratings)
App Rating
The mobile app that accompanies the hardware is beautiful to use (5 more)
Sleep monitor - pretty accurate and very informative (not always for the good!)
The friend and challenges system - it really is motivational to beat your friend's step count ('Workweek Hustle' is a personal fave)
Well supported - regular updates and feature improvements
Excellent customer service
Many integrations with other apps like IFTT
Synching can be problematic (2 more)
The charger lead input into the watch falls out if you're not very careful
Steps should be called 'actions' - moving your arms triggers step counts
Smart, intuitive, but not without issues
  
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Bird (1704 KP) Nov 3, 2017 (Updated Nov 3, 2017)

You’re right - looks like I have an older version. That new charger looks loads better.

On the sleep tracker, do you find that sometimes ( when you’ve had little sleep) you darent check it in case it makes you feel more tired? ??

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Sarah (7800 KP) Nov 3, 2017

Absolutely. Although I do think it can at least then be used as evidence to prove to others you really haven't had any sleep ?

So I received this book because I thought it the idea behind it was interesting. I mean the girl voices her sex dreams about her neighbor in her her sleep, and he can hear all of it. I actually thought this would be a great erotic novel.

Alas, I was bored to tears. The characters were obnoxious and everything that could remotely be considered interesting happened within the first 50 pages. After a certain point, I literally could not force myself to read on. I skimmed the rest of the book and realized that nothing interesting happens. No loss.
  
Evil Apples: Dirty as ____.
Evil Apples: Dirty as ____.
Entertainment, Games, Stickers
8
8.0 (3 Ratings)
App Rating
Online Cards Against Humanity
Easy to get a game together. As you play you open up more and more cards and decks to play with. Nice way to pass an evening with friends both in the room and far from home.

A quick story: We had family in town. One of the nephews suggested we play Evil Apples. By the end of the night we had eight people playing in three different states. It was such a good family moment... based around horribly funny cards, thoughts and visual images that made some of us sleep badly - LOL.

Good job Evil Apples.
  
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Forbidden Territory
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
What can I say but this is yet another win for Melissa Pearl?!? She is honestly one of my favorite authors, and I have yet to read of book of hers where a) it didn't warrant far more than 5 stars, and b) I didn't contemplate forgoing work/sleep/etc to keep reading! Now, we have a tag-team authorship in the works, and I have to say it's been great so far!

Kudos to a bright start to what will definitely be another wonderful series, and I'm already anxiously awaiting these girls' next adventure. =D

5 stars (of course)
  
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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) created a post

Dec 31, 2019 (Updated Dec 31, 2019)  
My top 10 films of the year...

1. Joker
2. Midsommar
3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
4. Doctor Sleep
5. Avengers: Endgame
6. Marriage Story
7. Toy story 4
8. Us
9. John Wick 3: Parabellum
10. Spider-Man: Far From Home

I still haven't got round to watching The Irishman, Parasite, El Camino, or Dragged Across Concrete yet so I'm sure this will probably change!

Also, Frozen II just missed out, but it's legit great 🤞

My pick for most disappointing film of the year goes to The Lion King without a doubt.👎
     
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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) Dec 31, 2019