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


Date: November 2024

That’s tickets sorted for My Bloody Valentine next year, so #aside

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Set an alarm for before 5am tomorrow to be up for the F1 quali. The things you do for fandom… #aside

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Smart me scored half days every Friday for the rest of the year with my remaining annual leave #aside

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Film review — Red Dawn

That thing where you think you’re making a jingoistic war fantasy but you’ve inadvertently exposed the rotten heart of your own country’s interventionist military foreign policy. Y’know, when they cry “Wolverines!” it sounds a bit like “Mujahideen!” More…

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Film review — Exorcist II: The Heretic

Embarrassing to follow up one of the great horrors with this absolutely cornball codswallop. And yet, there’s a weirdness factor that makes it unforgettable. Like, what is up with that glass hexagon panopticon for kids with disabilities? The rooftop patio with open sides where one misstep is your demise? Louise Fletcher playing an exasperated goodie? So many strange, strange choices. More…

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Film review — Being the Ricardos

Nicole Kidman is no Lucille Ball, that’s for sure. But that’s only one of the problems in this very stagey production. Like, maybe it should give you pause when one of the heroes of your story is J Edgar Hoover… More…

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Dear weather apps: drizzle still counts as precipitation #aside

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Went to the shops for a new shirt and accidentally bought two winter coats #aside

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That São Paulo Grand Prix quali was eventful to say the least! #aside

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This fake Hallowe’en parade story has me like, every parade ever on O’Connell St has necessitated barriers on the roadside, so you’re telling me no one there clocked that? I despair at that level of gullibility #aside

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