I am re-reading an old favourite book right now - Rivers Of London by Ben Aaronovitch.

It's the first in the series of urban fantasy police procedural novels featuring Police Constable and apprentice wizard, Peter Grant.

The novel centres around the adventures of Peter Grant, a young officer in the Metropolitan Police; who, following an unexpected encounter with a ghost, is recruited into the small branch of the Met that deals with magic and the supernatural.

Peter Grant, having become the first English apprentice wizard in over seventy years, must immediately deal with two different but ultimately inter-related cases. In one he must find what is possessing ordinary people and turning them into vicious killers, and in the second he must broker a peace between the two warring gods of the River Thames and their respective families

I've almost finished reading it and I'm planning on picking straight up with the second book in the series next, Moon Over Soho

James Spader has not aged well, has he?

I watched Stargate yesterday and he's super cute in that (I also utterly love Daniel Jackson but that's a different matter entirely) and he was in a few other things in the 1990s. I also have to remind myself that Stargate came out before I was born and was A Long Time Ago and people change and stuff.

But, I looked him up yesterday as, other than the voice of Ultron, I didn't know what he'd been doing and I was curious because he was cute and stuff. And then I amused myself because Kurt Russell is also in Marvel as Ego in GOTG2... At this point, who isn't in the MCU? Can you imagine what their payroll budget must have been like for Infinity War and Endgame? I mean, it's not like Disney can't afford that but still.

OK wow, I went off on a tangent there. Where was I going?

Right. James Spader. Got old and kinda fat and bald. OK sure the guy's like really old at this point but there's still plenty of celebrities who are really old but don't LOOK it - like George Clooney or Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Sandra Bullock, Colin Firth etc

But James Spader went from which gives me hearteyes to... well

Although I will say that new show of his, The Blacklist, sounds pretty good.

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist".

I might have to see if it's available over here.

Hello Dreamwidth,

I'm Evie and this is my shiny new blog account. I had forgotten how daunting the 'post entry' page can be before you start, all blank space and flashing cursor. I'm hoping I can find my voice again and find my love for blogging.

About 10 years ago, I used to be big into Harry Potter and Doctor Who fandoms online - I loved making friends and chatting about the books/movies/shows and reading fanfiction. But then school, then college and then university took more and more of my free time and I fell out of fandom, lost touch with the people I used to talk to.

I'm now at the next stage of my life. I'm graduated with a BA in Sociology and Anthropology which I'm not using in my job as a Logistics Customer Service Administrator with a local recycling company. I do like feeling that I'm working somewhere that's helping make a difference though and that's something that's important to me. I've recently moved into my own flat and decided to dip my toe into online fandom again after falling in love with Aziraphale and Crowley in Good Omens. I'm also more than a little obsessed with all things Marvel - especially Iron Man & Robert Downey Jr ♥

I'm also trying to figure out who 'grown up' Evie is. I'm definitely a homebody - I much prefer being curled up on my couch reading, or watching TV or a movie, or reading a good book. I'm even thinking of getting a cat. Pretty sure I'm old way before my time! I love a rainy day with the [fake]fireplace on, a big mug of coffee and a book.

So that's me. Hi.