Hello, world. I’m MacDara Conroy, and this is my blog.

Date: January 2018

Saw The Post this evening; there’s a lot to love, but then Spielberg has to go all Spielberg over it #aside

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Ugh, what a manky day #aside

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I’ve thought about it a bit, and I’ve decided that PWG today is a lot like bands that only release limited vinyl with no digital option #aside

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Sad to see the Savoy’s big auditorium go, but at least we’re getting more screens out of it. We lost the Adelphi fo… https://t.co/KCyMa8f7NU #aside

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Indeed. Most of the big names in wrestling journalism have tended to be their own editors, which is A Problem https://t.co/OVoMf4Ym6u #aside

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ICYMI here’s my review of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which opens in Irish & UK cinemas tomorrow https://t.co/EQrzZTN0mV #aside

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Really not enthused about paying the TV licence this month when even a cent of it might be going to Sean feckin’ Spicer #aside

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Logic doesn't dictate that this happens, I'm afraid. Probability, or evidence it's actually happening, is something else entirely https://t.co/wRNNTpxLH2 #aside

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Living in a neoliberal hellscape, it gets you down #aside

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Black Mirror s04e06: I feel like one more story in this anthology throwback would’ve made it a feature #aside

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Black Mirror s04e05: I expect the working title was ‘Gone to the Dogs’ #aside

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Feeling creatively challenged this weekend. Actually I have been for a couple of weeks. Like blood from a stone, it is #aside

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Book review — Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir, by Carrie Brownstein

Did I enjoy this memoir? Sure; Carrie Brownstein is an engaging storyteller, even if her prose tends to the overwrought. There’s an honesty that shines through as she relates her musical history with the kind of self-deprecation you’d expect from a friend, not a braggart. But again we have a life story that cuts out way before the end; Brownstein’s transmuting into a comedy writer/performer is all but ignored, save for an epilogue that makes fleeting reference to a Portlandia episode. I can imagine reasons for doing this, but they let the book down regardless. More…

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How the hell was Sleater-Kinney’s The Hot Rock recorded 20 years ago? Sounds like it was made today #aside

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I know New Year Dash is taking place right this minute but I’m not watching it till tonight so all the mutes are on #aside

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Ah crap, this should’ve been Naito’s night #NJWK12 #aside

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Surprisingly little Okada/Naito shipping on AO3 (Bee just had to check) #NJWK12 #aside

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I enjoyed that match, even if it was a little long. Kenny Omega is Good #NJWK12 #aside

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Jericho obviously only does the stomach crunches when he’s working for Vince #NJWK12 #aside

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Tana/White was the first match with a noticeable disconnect between the workers. White’s gimmick needs some work #NJWK12 #aside

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Earthquake Twitter was threatening to usurp Wrestle Kingdom Twitter for a few minutes there #aside

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I haven’t actually watched a lot of New Japan since the BOSJ last summer, but is KUSHIDA wearing moleskin shorts? #NJWK12 #aside

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Get ready for the whole Tokyo Dome crowd to shout ‘KAZE NI NARE!’ #NJWK12 #aside

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Oh no Brandi just took the Elizabeth bump! #NJWK12 #aside

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Ready for the Handsome Battle #NJWK12 #aside

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YANO! TO! RU! #NJWK12 #aside

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Bee and I have spent this whole match figuring out which one’s YOH and which one’s Matt #NJWK12 #aside

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25 minutes of trying and the stream finally loads, just in time to miss Liger in the Rambo #NJWK12 #aside

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NJPW World is loading veeery slooowly for us. Been trying for 5 minutes to get the stream going. Hmm…. #NJWK12 #aside

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Right, who’s with me for Japanese WrestleMania tomorrow morning? #aside

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Black Mirror s04e04: I liked it right up to the absolute worst possible ending. Lazy, lazy, lazy #aside

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Black Mirror s04e03: don’t really see what’s Black Mirror about it other than the almost completely unexplored data privacy angle #aside

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Can’t stop thinking about that poor guy just out for a stroll to college or wherever this morning, only half an hou… https://t.co/fPCZRxt2ce #aside

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Tweeted a thing that was far too flippant, then deleted it because same #aside

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I love that the kanji for ‘late’ or ‘slow’ is basically a snail. How perfect is that? #aside

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January’s weather thus far is not exactly conducive to good moods #aside

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The Nazi wrestler? Nazi gimmicks were 10 a penny in those days, many far better known: Fritz Von Erich, Baron von… https://t.co/t2EmrPJbwz #aside

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Messed up my back lifting a box the wrong way yesterday. I can sit in my chair no bother; it’s getting from the chair to anywhere else… #aside

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Happy western new year, everyone. Hope you’re ringing it in just how you want it #aside

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