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[Jul. 15th, 2009|10:06 am] |
gah I'm feeling glum today. mostly a combination of on going stress and not managing to catch up on yesterday's no real sleep due to burglary stuff. I'm in one of those 'I could easily just walk away from everything' moods today. job, house, club, people. just go and live in a hole or hop on a ferry and get lost in europe where no-one knows you kinda thing.
normal perky orange will be resumed as soon as possible hopefully. |
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| GAH |
[Jul. 14th, 2009|11:18 am] |
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bums! got burgled at 3AM last night. Al was still up and noticed the internet connection drop as they unplugged everything in the living room and then a few minutes later he heard the door shutting behind them and wondered if it was one of us coming in. no sign of anyone by the time he got down there - which considering they had my shiny 32" Sony HD TV means they must have had a car.
they also took Al's EEEPC and my old nokia 6300 phone. and fuzzy's housekeys to open the front door. which unfortunately were his bike and bike chain keys too. arse.
nice policeman turned up at 6:00am and took details after he went I phoned into work and told them I wasn't coming in. SOC came round about 10 and proved, to my relief, as i suspected that they'd come in through the window in the living room (which they'd had the good grace to shut behind them thus confusing us) - by forcing it when it was open in vent mode. they left a couple of bin bags which the police should be able to get prints from (and foot prints from me walking round probably too before I twigged) and they took prints from the window.
it was a relief because I *remember* locking the door behind me when I came in at 8 last night and no-one else went out. but then you start to doubt yourself and worry about the insurance claim...
our landlords, Handley Gibson Twaite, have sent someone out to see us and very quickly and after he's dealt with a slightly more pressing water pipe burst somewhere he's changing all 3 locks and putting a new catch on the window (it's really wobbly)
all in all very annoying but a good wakeup call to the security of the house - that window lock was a bit wobbly before and I know that if it had been fully shut they wouldn't have been able to get purchase on it. nothing of sentimental value was taken (well apart from my beautiful shiny 32" sony widescreen telly *sob*) and we're a little wiser. |
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[Jul. 8th, 2009|02:58 pm] |
am tempted by this or something of a similar spec (dual core pentium 2ghz, not too bad intel graphics chipset, cheapo) but then I think that I don't really need it - basically it'd let me play wow and stuff on the move or when visiting people but how often do I actually do that...? hmmm
dunno
it's not a bad price especially with £50 cashback from toshiba. hmm... any thoughts...? |
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| Liverpoll |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|07:17 pm] |
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I made tasty tasty liver, onions and bacon. but I ated to much and now I feel a bit sick!
so moist and tasty though :D
so! a poll!
Poll #1425882 Liver little
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllDo you like liver
anyhoo enough of the liver puns... |
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) viciouscabaret did a poll |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|04:03 pm] |
and I like it :)
Poll #1423682
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllThis Friday (Friday Flock!!) I'm coming for: |
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| don't let me near lj late at night - I rant... |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|02:04 am] |
I can't help but think tonight one of the biggest monsters we ever created finally found some rest.
it was an absolute 'show and tell' of what happens when the media takes something lovely and sweet and corrupts it *because it can* because that's it's purpose - to sell - and normality doesn't sell.
we live in a world of constructed reality and false importance because the media says that this is what you should *strive* for and that this is *perfection*. and we fucking let them. every single time you open your mouth and slag off some Hollywood starlet's saggy thighs or laugh about someone famous's divorce meltdown this is what you make. a world where the media can take a nice place and somehow make everyone feel bad about it. cos it sells papers. not because it's actually important.
I feel bad for Michael Jackson, I really do - I remember when he was just a young bloke making some music. I'm not sure quite how we made him and so many other famous people feel the need to be quite so grotesque in the persuit of normality.
gah I'm so going to read this in the morning and cringe - now I know how deathboy feels :P
edit:
it was seeing this on bitbat's journal that set me off last night. I don't think that Michael Jackson died last night... |
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| Ride of the Death Knights |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|10:18 am] |
I'm trying to persuade some people to create Gnome Death Knights on WoW (kilrogg) and put them all in the same guild (the tainted - shame it's not Gnometopia) so we can go out in a big swooping fearsome Gnome Death Knight Posse.
I'm trying to think of a good name - you're limited to 12 chars and no spaces and it has to not be taken on that server already... I really wanted Gnomentity but that one's gone. (it's the only one on any server ever and it has to be on ours! typical)
so my current list of possibilities are:
Gnomeageddon
GnomeAlone
MotorGnome
ShowGnome
GnomerSimpson*
GnomeLimits
Gnomezilla (and Gnomezukie...?**)
Gnomocalypse
*given the propensity of Daevid for creating female characters I might pick a male one... although male gnomes tend to look facially like Midge with a stupid beard
** actually I'm really beginning to like Gnomezukie... someone else in the guild needs to be Gnomezilla to my Gnomezukie...
for reference here's what they look like:
can you tell I'm bored today? |
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| public service orange mk2 |
[Jun. 24th, 2009|09:53 am] |
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I'm splendiferously pleased to announce that on Friday 31st July we have DV80s at theSubculture as a tester to see if Leeds is ready for an alternative tinged 80s night once more. I really miss Frankie and am hoping this one goes well and we can think about giving it a monthly slot.
who fancies it?
here have the most badly-written poll EVAR!
Poll #1420391 Eighties!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllFancy popping along to DV80s on the 31st July?
* could have been worse - I could have used 'especially for you'
EDIT - arse - it edited out my strikemarks over 'on eileen' - you'll just have to imagine them and marvel at my wit
:P
EDIT2 - for you out of towners it's an ideal oportunity to make a weekend of it as it's Hyde Park Unity Day AND Kinky AND the Slippery Belle on the Saturday plus it's Gay Pride on the Sunday - woo! Leeds Weekender! |
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| public service orange |
[Jun. 23rd, 2009|10:30 am] |
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part time muse fans - play are selling black holes and revelations for £3.99 including postage at the mo - go get it - it's a stunning album :D |
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| a reminder |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|03:29 pm] |
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don't forget we have tickets available at the club for the Skin 2 summer fetish ball on the 4th July at the Leeds' Loft- we may have to send them back soon so get em while they're hot (and still available from us!) they're £20 to you guvnor! |
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| plan... |
[Jun. 18th, 2009|04:35 pm] |
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Mr _gh0st_ - could you cough on a warm, damp tissue and post it to me please. Think eddy_ would like some hot swine flu action too. anyone else? |
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| 3% a lady |
[Jun. 16th, 2009|11:00 am] |
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| | shania twain - I feel like a woman | ] |
It's official. I am shit at being a girl. This is not a new thing - more of a nagging realisation that I finally just have to put my hand up and admit to.
so... why am I shit at being a girl? pretty much everything!
- I don't get up early and shower/wash my hair/put my makeup on before work
- I rarely wear makeup at all unless I'm going out somewhere
- I don't bathe every day
- I have no idea where the iron is
- I can't make/alter my own clothes
- I use soap. I don't even pretend to buy fancy shower gels and the like
- I only wear heels about once a month and complain the whole time
- I don't take my makeup off before I go to bed
- in fact I don't have any kind of skincare regime
- I have some moisturiser but tend to forget to use it - and then it's just bog standard inexpensive stuff
- I can't spend more than 3 minutes in lush or the bodyshop before I start to feel ill
- body lotion - what's that all about - are women supposed to coat themselves with it after every bath/shower? surely that involves hanging round in a cold bathroom covered in sticky goo for aaaages? erk!
- I don't do anything to my cuticles other than nibble at them
- how do real women have clean nails all the time? within 5 mintues of getting out of the bath I have stuff under my nails!
- of course painting them hides this but within a day or two they're all chipped and it's not like I have the time to take it all off again and repaint them
- I wear black because I'm mortally afraid of colours, especially of them clashing! mortally! the prospect is more scary than mickey rourke's face...
- sometimes my eyebrows scare me - they require a team of sherpers to maintain - it's probably why I don't have time to do all the other stuff - if I let them off the hook for a couple of days they start to go feral
- I shave my legs as and when I feel its necessary depending on the weather, if they'll be on display or the possibility of them being rubbed over someone's face - my mate Cat shaves hers *every* day - that's a lot of face rubbing
- my roots - bloody roots! I'm sure real women keep their roots well covered - hey I know several women who are ginger that you would never even guess about as their root-management is so good
- I don't actually have a hair do - not even one I can pull out of the hat for posh occasions!
- not that I actually have any hats
- I don't have matching bra and pants sets. not even one!
- I do not own a single piece of thong underwear
- or any swim-wear and if I did it certainly wouldn't be a bikini - can you still get those big victorian coverall things?
- I can't wear false eyelashes - they just poing off or stick to my nose
- I do not pumice my feet
- I don't know what to do with children other than pull faces at them or patronise them
- I can imagine few things more mortifyingly horrible than doing an aerobics class
- multiple orgasms?
- I don't know how to slow dance
- or waltz
- I fight with boys
- I like computer games
- I like porn
I imagine some of you can add to this list for me :P
yeah sure I have a few girly bits like too many wigs, the urge to see hot man-love and a fondness for kittens but hey...
I may do a poll later |
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[Jun. 9th, 2009|03:38 pm] |
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Dad is apparently out of the theatre and back on the ward now
phew.
he's just gotta survive 5 days in there without falling prey to superbugs now!
thanks for the good wishes :) |
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[Jun. 9th, 2009|08:58 am] |
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my dad's in getting his shoulder joint replaced today - it's quite a big operation and the more I think about it the more uneasy I feel. Hope he's ok - he's not getting any younger. he broke it on my birthday a year and a half ago and it's given him terrible gyp ever since as he completely decimated the ball joint. hopefully once it's done he can regain a lot of the movement he lost. |
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| it's friday and I'm bored |
[Jun. 5th, 2009|05:05 pm] |
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would it be wrong to want to write 'Wodehouse" next to all the PG markers on my Jeeves and Wooster DVD set? |
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| pass me the trepanning kit! |
[Jun. 5th, 2009|04:49 pm] |
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christ on a bike! I just found myself humming the bullseye theme music! for no good reason!
*fears her own subconcious*
WHY OH WHY OH WHY! |
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