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[Nov. 23rd, 2009|10:24 pm] |
In all those far off times when we had no Aer Lingus and British Airways, or their simple predecessors, travel between Britain and Ireland meant sea crossings."
He is talking about the late antique period by the way. |
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| wishlist 2009 |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|03:56 pm] |
At some point, I will stop my stress-induced LJ posting. But that point is far in the future, probably.
I was really hoping after yesterday, I would wake up and have a great day. That really didn't happen. Needless to say, I am so fed up with this.
Can I get spammed with happy things now? *hopeful eyes*
And since everyone is doing this already!
Wishlist 2009
( Rules )
1/ GRAPHICS. Personal icons/Friends-only banner with my username on. Some of my favourite icons are from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sunken, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) bella_sol and collapsingnight, just to let you know what sort of things I like.
2/ FIC. Merlin/Arthur. Brad/Nate. Soubi/Kio. John/Rodney. Eric/Godric. Frank/Gerard. Damon/Stefan. Filthy filthy porn. ANYTHING IS GOOD.
3/ MIXES. Your music recommendations. Fanmixes. Whatever. ♥
4/ MAIL. Send me mail! Snailmail, email, care package, random things. It will all make me happy! And if you give me your address, I will return the favour.
5/ PODFIC. Recordings of any of my fics here.
6/ NAIL VARNISH! Any colour. I love nail varnish ridiculous amounts.
7/ EARRINGS! Hoop, stud, dangly. I have a really unhealthy obsession with earrings.
8/ A voice post/recording of you talking about your favourite things and/or singing a Christmas song. ♥
9/ WISHLIST Anything from my wishlist here
10/ For you all to have a great Christmas/holiday. ♥
11/ For you to link me to your wishlists. I've bookmarked the ones that I've seen, but please leave me a link anyway, just incase I managed to miss one.
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[Nov. 22nd, 2009|08:36 pm] |
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Don't want to read largely incomprehensible book on early Scotland. Want to curl up in bed with lovely alcoholic chocolate coffee thing and book on Roman Popular Culture. |
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| Battle plan! |
[Nov. 21st, 2009|11:26 pm] |
Lovely day all to myself once work is done!
Sleep in but not too late.
Nice breakfast with nice coffee. Pastries and poached eggs with potato scones.
Bath with lush stuff and St Aidens cream liquir.
Read any books I like. Any! Roman popular culture, the horrible romance novel with the spy, some Pern or Star Wars. Any!
Watch all the channel 4 in the world!
Eat at least a pint of chocolate ice cream (this part may be over ambitious).
Paint or work on weird mini skirt from destroyed jeans/scraps of velvet.
Chinese take away. Spicy noodles and chicken wings.
Best day ever and cannot have it until work is done. If work is not done before family cannot have it at all. So will do work. Because want it. |
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| Rant [1010] "Bullet Climaxes and Crazy B...Witches." |
[Nov. 20th, 2009|11:07 pm] |
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http://megatokyo.com/rant/1010 Crap, Bayonetta comes in, I blink, and it's 3 weeks since I last ranted. That's what happens when a game sucks me in, heart and soul, though...
Let's see how I can best describe Bayonetta. Let's start with this - if it weren't for the cartoonish levels of sexuality and gore in the game, it could have been designed by a 5-year-old. And that's a good thing.
The best qualities of Bayonetta are closely tied to a couple of movies I watched recently, t...[permalink] |
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| <3 |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|11:14 pm] |
THIS POST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ABSOLUTELY IMMENSELY FABULOUS ENTITY THAT IS BRADLEY JAMES. AND DAVID BOWIE. AND LABYRINTH. OMG IT'S LIKE 3 OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE THINGS ROLLED INTO ONE AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DEAL.
DAMN YOU BRADLEY FOR BEING SO WONDERFUL THAT EVEN YOUR POOR EXCUSE OF A BEARD IS STARTING TO GROW ON ME. DAMN. YOU. IT'S SO SODDING UNFAIR. |
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| Science (Stargate SG-1 ficlet) |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|03:23 pm] |
1x18 Solitudes - Bechdel fix episode tag. Gen, G, etc. Thanks to [info - personal] princessofgeeks and [info - personal] aurora_novarum for beta. Archived at the Archive of Our Own.
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Sam's thought processes didn't really start working properly until she was settled back at McMurdo Station, waiting for transport home, and she'd finally started feeling warm again. Then one of the medics told her to go walk round the base to keep active, and it sank in that she was actually in Antarctica. She turned to one of the scientists who'd accompanied them.
"So, what are you researching here? I always wanted to visit the base, but there were so few chances."
The woman looked surprised to be asked, and took a moment to respond. "Well, I'm not actually one of the researchers. I do logistics for several of the bases - checking what comes in on the yearly cargo run, and then parcelling supplies out to the different stations as necessary. I can take you over to the labs, though, and someone there can show you round, if you're interested?"
Sam jumped at the chance, and the rest of the team complained about the trouble they'd had finding her when it was time to go home. |
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[Nov. 19th, 2009|12:39 am] |
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I want chocolate liquir. |
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[Nov. 18th, 2009|11:43 pm] |
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1011 words! And before midnight! It's a terrible essay but I maybe getting one of these fuckers in on time! And now a celebratory drink! |
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| Generation Kill rec post |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|01:22 pm] |
So. I've heard so many people say 'war films aren't my thing' and 'it's not something i'd normally go for' in response to all my pimping. To which I say BAH.
Generation Kill is so much more than a series about war. It's about brotherhood and bravery and being true to yourself in adverse conditions. It's about love and friendship and living through hurt. These men are so inspiring and real and wonderful, just thinking about them makes me happy.
But IF YOU DON'T TRUST ME ENOUGH to go and watch it based on that, then I am not above tempting you with amazing fic. This fandom is amazingly talented, and pretty much everything is worth reading. Go here for hackthis' pimp post with pictures (this post is super effective at drawing people in, I SHOULD KNOW), and then come back here to a list of my absolutely favourites to get you started.
All are Brad/Nate unless otherwise stated. This fandom is biased. Not that I'm complaining.
( READ ME. DO IT. )
There were some brilliant GK fics written for last year's yuletide too. generation_kill hosts pretty much everything that's been written under its fanfiction tag (need to join to read). And I have a lot saved on Delicious.
And I have to recommend Generation Kill by Evan Wright. It made me care so much about these men. I've heard that One Bullet Away (Nate Fick) is actually even better in some ways. I've not read it yet, but heck, I'll rec that too.
One last ditch effort: for fans of True Blood. Watch it for the Alexander Skarsgard. HE IS HOTTER THAN YOU HAVE EVER SEEN HIM BE. JSYK.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IF ALL OF THIS IS STILL NOT ENOUGH TO TEMPT YOU INTO WATCHING, I DON'T THINK WE CAN BE FRIENDS ANYMORE. :P |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|10:59 pm] |
life has never seemed this beautiful.
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| OTW update |
[Nov. 11th, 2009|09:40 pm] |
For those who haven't been following all the details, the Open Beta of the Archive of Our Own will be this Saturday, unless anything goes wrong between now and then. At that point, the invite queue will go live (type in your address to join the queue for an invite, or a get a friend to put your address in if you're away from the internet then). Also, all of the current Closed Beta users will get an invite for a friend - I think ![[info - personal]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) yvi and princessofgeeks both expressed interest, so let me know if you're still keen.
*bounces excitedly*
Any questions? |
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| Rant [1009] "Stomping Grounds" |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|05:50 am] |
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http://megatokyo.com/rant/1009 I'd heard "You can never go home". Before this weekend, I'd never taken it seriously.I should explain a little. About a year and a half ago, I graduated from the University of Michigan and left behind Ann Arbor, my home of five years. I got a job in Plymouth (a Detroit suburb), and lived there until May of this year.Now I live in Kansas City, but that's beside the point. Westport area, for the truly curious.When I was in Plymouth, the town never se...[permalink] |
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