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2009-12-28T20:02:26Z

21:54 I dislike that my mother is so unfamiliar with my eating habits, despite living with me for eighteen years. #

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2009-12-25T20:01:35Z

10:34 HAPPY CHRISTMAS #
12:22 I have the most beautiful book I have ever owned now... #
14:16 I have all my rpesents now <3 Piled up in my room like treasure. #

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2009-12-25T10:33:19Z

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

OKAY, OKAY. I deliberately typed up this post earlier, so I could still remember the dream I had last night, but then LJ ate it and I only just noticed, so now the details have faded somewhat.

BUT. Last night I had a dream that they were making a Merlin film. It was bizarre, but very, very vivid - other than what was in the film, everything made perfect sense.

I went to watch the trailer with some trepidation, because I had heard very mixed things about it. I remeber that the first thing I did eas skim through it on the youtube video, because I had heard it was so bad that it might even set off my humiliation squick (because some of nthe more cringe-worthy moments on Merlin do that anyway).

I remember that it was so bad that it was painful to watch - the overall look of it was more Classic!Who than Merlin. The main characters all seemed to be wearing hats that were more like bits of brown cloth draped over their heads. it made them all look very strange. Arthur had been completely changed - they had removed everything remotely likeable about him. Oh, and his front teeth were black. WTF. Someone already had the new version as their icon, though, along with a picture of the old one for contrast.

The film was actually named after Uther - it was called 'SOMETHING SOMETHING: Uther Pendragon', except with two awesome sounding words at the beginning. I think one of them might have been 'revolution'. At the beginning of the dream it was a prequel, but I think that had changed by the end.

The first scene I watched... I don't remember what was happening, just that Gwen and Merlin and some other servants were all in Camelot by night, talking about something. The trailer was very long and mostly just seemed to be random snippets of scenes.

I went back to the beginning, and the first one was Merlin and Will and a blonde girl in Ealdor, comparing exam results. Merlin had done bettter than all of them (ninety, but I don't know what it was out of - they didn't say 'ninety per cent', jsut 'ninety', or maybe 'a ninety'), but was being very modest. Why were they doing exams? Because they were all studying for creative writing degrees.

And then all of that took place under the watchful eye of some medieval-type cybermen. They were armed with shields and spears, and their heads were vaguely helmet-shaped, without the bar things, but they were unmistakeably cybermen - they had the teardrop eyes. I stopped watching about a minute in because it was so godawful that it was just painful.

The presence of the cybermen led me to believe that Merlin and Doctor Who took place in the same verse, so I went to make a post on F!S (and here my coriginasaying so (and also that the trailer was so godawful that I couldn't watch it, because most of the fandom must have loved it).

But this time, when I went back to watch it again, the first scene was something else that I had somehow skipped over the first time. This time, it looked like it usually does, without the weird hats. Merlin and Arthur were in Arthur's room. For some reason that was not clear from the trailer, they were saying good bye to each other. Arthur was wearing his red jacket and looked sort of unshaven. They agreed to meet back in Arthur's rooms at some unspecified time, exchanged some touching dialogue that I wish I could remember, and then... KISSED GOOD BYE.

And then guess what? One of my friends texted me Happy Christmas, my phone buzzed, and I woke up. DAMN.

The last thing I remember is that I was STILL more excited about the cybermen than anything else, gay kiss or no gay kiss.

Edit: WHAAAT LJ WHY DID YOU EAT HALF MY ENTRY ON CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS, LJ. CHRISTMAS! Um, um. Can I even remember what it was that I said? >__<

SO. MUCH. FOOD.

2009-12-24T21:34:37Z

That was the theme of Christmas Eve for my family.

Today, I baked Christmas biscuits (which are now decorating the tree, yay) and Yule Log (for tomorrow), which I still have to ice later. My younger sister made garlic and parsley bread, which was OM NOM NOM'alicious. My older sister made cranberry upside down cake, which is also for tomorrow.

Then by the time all that was done, it was time for my mum to start cooking. And today there was me, my two sisters (one back from university), my mum, her boyfriend, my uncle, my Gran, and two friends of my mum, which comes to nine people over all, sooo... lots of food. My mum made just-barely-Greek-style food, which meant chicken and lamb and salad with feta cheese in it, plus vegetables, humus, some other sauce that I didn't catch the name of, and my sister's OM NOM NOM'alicious bread.

AND THEN there was Christmas pudding, because my sister is cooking tomorrow and she doesn't want to make it, with brandy butter, and/or pistachio ice cream (made by my sister) with spiced plums (made by my mother).

I am now feeling as if I want to take a nap. I haven't eaten this much in a while. *sigh*

And then we will do it all again tomorrow. My sister baked cinnamon buns especially for breakfast. Right now I am wondering if I will be ready to eat by then.

We also watched A Muppet Christmas Carol. <3 And we have the most amazing tree - my little sister insisted on getting a six foot tree, because our tree last year was so tiny, so it's huge, and we lost our tinsel, which was a disappointment at first but now seems like a blessing. Asd well as the biscuits, there is two kinds of chocolate. And candy canes. Though they have been in a box with the decorations for a full year so I wouldn't recommend anyone eat them. >_>

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2009-12-24T20:01:34Z

10:26 WTF, -hidden- messages in Avatar? How the hell is the environmentalist messages -hidden-? #
10:26 @millmaunders OOOH I READ THAT. #

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2009-12-23T20:01:48Z

20:29 ...I think I just came out to my sister. #
11:50 @dayari It was an accident. >_> She's cool with it, though, she just couldn't quite wrap her head around it. #
12:04 Beta'ing. Two pages down, thirty-six to go. Gahh, this has to be done TODAY. #
12:04 Four pages... ;_; I can't go on. #
12:07 Five down. Taking a break. #
16:06 I shall go up to page 18 today, then see how it goes. #

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Fic Rec + HOME

2009-12-23T11:31:18Z

Firstly, I don't often do this, but if anyone hasn't read At The Edge by baby_razzle , GO LOOK BECAUSE IT IS AMAZING. : D

Anyway, now that is done...\o/ I AM HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. Thus far the most significant thing that has happened is that I accidentally came out to my sister.

I DO NOT KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED. Srsly. I can't remember the lead-up. All I know is that for some reason I jokingly asked her if she was a lesbian, she said 'no, are you?' and I was all 'maaaybe'. Then she, being the forceful person that she is, forecefully forced me to tell her what I was referring to.

Which I did not really want to do, because as liberal as my family are, they cannot change the fact that they are all straight, white and middle class (though in fairness my mum's boyfriend only fills the first - I gather he had a rather less comfortable upbringing). Or that my sister was baffled as to how I could know I liked girls if I had never had a boyfriend. despite the fact that she has never had a boyfriend. And did not consider 'I am not currently categorising my sexuality' to be an acceptable answer.

I am not looking forward to the inevitable day when my mother must find out. My older sister will be even worse. *shudders*

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2009-12-21T20:00:33Z

20:10 SNOW. There are people having a snow ball fight in the courtyard. They threw snow balls at my window when I was watching them. xD #
10:00 Am at station half an hour early. Bah. #
10:03 The train leaving now is for Penzance. Wonder how long that takes? #
10:10 My train is next now. :) 20 minutes. #

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2009-12-20T20:00:43Z

22:52 All the King's Horse is halfway up. It's too long for one post. #
23:05 So Sky Comes Crashing Down was the very last fic I posted before I left for uni. This will be the last one I post before going home. Huh. #
12:47 @dayari Mmmmm. You're making me hungry. #
12:53 @melonbutterfly OH THAT IS THE MOST EPIC THING I HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE. #
12:57 @dayari So did you see All the King's Horses yet? You are credited as official cheerleader. \o/ #
16:06 @dayari ...Did I bring that on? #
16:23 @dayari You approve, then? #
16:43 @dayari XD Glad to hear it. #
18:06 I am sooo hungry. #

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2009-12-19T20:00:19Z

01:31 @marianas Just so you know, I actually caught that myself after I sent it to you, and facepalmed a lot. >____< #
02:18 I just got a bunny for a third part. Not a sequel to All the King's Horses, exactly, but... same verse. #
13:17 @dayari I wrote something already. ;_; I don't think it'll be very long, though. #

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2009-12-18T20:00:35Z

02:22 Just saw 'Avatar'. Am not actually that impressed... #
19:14 @dayari Wait, wait... is it snowing where you are, by perchance? #

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Dinosaur!Merlin

2009-12-18T16:51:24Z

I NOW HAVE TWO. \o/ THEY ARE ADORABLE. EVEN MORE SO THAN THE BOYS THEMSELVES.

Bracchiosaurus!Merlin

Stegosaurus!Arthur

SNUGGLES!

I intend to make Merlin a neckscarf some time. \o/

...This thing should be more careful

2009-12-18T12:17:59Z

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last Monday on a flight to LA, I stole the emergency flight information card (-40 points). In July I gave wishinghippo a wet willie, then I took it back (-5 points). Last Tuesday I helped angelofcaffeine see the light (8 points). In March I gave just_skidding a life-saving blood transfusion (50 points). In August I donated bone marrow to hpsauce in a life-saving procedure (300 points). Overall, I've been nice (313 points). For Christmas I deserve an XBox 360!

Sincerely, kathkin

...I apologise, angelofcaffeine . I must confess, I found that very amusing. xD (For anyone who doesn't know her, she is Jewish.)

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2009-12-17T20:00:26Z

20:15 @dayari It may have been a lot less than that. I was in a post-exam supermarket daze. I really wanted steak but it was expensive. :( #
20:37 @dayari I ended up with smoked mackeral. Still want steak, though. I plan to request it when I get home. \o/ #
09:45 Just called for my test results. They said I have to call back after eleven o'clock. Gah, Am actually physically shaking right now. #
10:56 IT'S SNOWING! #
11:00 It's so beautiful... #
11:07 C'mon, time. Move faster. Eight more minutes... #
11:11 Four minutes. And the snow is stopping a bit now. #
11:13 Two minutes. #
11:18 All the tests came back negative. *sigh of relief* #
13:39 ...Is it snowing again? :D #
13:44 IT IS #
13:47 Dear ranter on LJ: both the presence of potatoes and the use of the word 'okay' are CANON. Srsly, watch more closely next time. #
16:34 I do not have diabetes and I have a toy dinosaur. Could today get any better? #
17:26 @bouncyangel Snape, Snaoe, Severus Snape... #

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CHRISTMAS

2009-12-17T17:02:59Z

So, today it snowed, which is pretty awesome timing seeing as how today is basically the day Christmas begins, as far as I am concerned. Thus I went Christmas shopping, which would have been much more enjoyable were snow not cold and wet when one is exposed to it for a prolonged period of time, which I was, because I wanted to go to this chocolate shop that gnimaerd recommended, because my sister likes hot chocolate very very much and they sell fancy drinking chocolate.

It was very much worth it, though. : D Has to be one of the nicest shops I've ever been in. I came back craving chocolate. <3

Then for some reason it took me till today to realise that I live two minutes walk away from a sci-fi and fantasy bookshop. Whaaat. WTF, self. It turns out that as well as books they sell adorable, beautiful soft toys. I now have a toy dinosaur and I am going back tomorrow for another one. Why? Because I have named this one Arthur and I am going to name the other one Merlin. : D If you are interested, Arthur is a brachiosaurus and Merlin, when I buy him, will be a stegosaurus.

THANK THE MAKER

2009-12-17T11:20:42Z

All the tests came back negative.
Of course, this does still mean I might have a viral skin infection (worryingly enough, the same category that herpes falls in to), because she said the swab test would probably come back negative either way, on account of it wasn't that bad when I had the appointment, but STILL.

The point is that I do NOT have diabetes. :DD

TDF Santa

2009-12-17T00:25:33Z

Gaaaaiz. Look what I made! It's my gift on the TDF Secret Santa, for Hannah and Theo. : D I did almost all of it tonight. I feel accomplished. (And yes, she got it first.)

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2009-12-16T20:00:26Z

09:52 Someone really ought to tell that woman that her office is not soundproof, and there are people trying to work right outside. It is driv ... #
16:10 DONE! #
17:24 Exams are over. LJ notifications are working again - turns out the problem was hotmail being a bitch, not LJ at all. So all in all, \o/! #
17:24 @dayari Wait, wait... which entry of mine? #
17:25 @dayari Wait, the kink meme one with the egg white? #
17:29 @dayari Ohhh. Okay. I have sent it to my beta, so I am waiting for her now. \o/ #
17:30 I am wearing a santa hat! And it was a free santa hat. \o/ #
18:14 @dayari Today I spent twenty minutes in tesco trying to decide what to have for dinner. #

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Notifations

2009-12-16T17:17:10Z

So I finally got a response from LJ support. Notifications should be functioning fine now, which means the problem should be at my end. They sent me to the FAQ page, and when trying their suggestions I discovered that one of the Lj email addresses has somehow got on my blocked senders list. I assume hotmail did this in response to the snowflake flood.

So, basically... as it is now on the safe senders list, I might be going to get notifications again. So can someone reply to this post, please? it's been a few hours since I did this and as of yet I'm not getting anything, but I think that's just because no-one has replied to anything since this morning.

EDIT: SUCCESS! Which means I can close the windows I had been keeping open so I wouldn't forget to check for replies. >_<

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2009-12-15T20:00:24Z

20:23 @dayari PORN PORN PORN. #
09:23 I think I have left my folder in the library. or I hope I have. This is the worst possible time to lose it... exam tomorrow. >___< #
09:40 Right where I left it, thank god. #
11:07 The word tragedy comes from the Greek for goat-song. XD #
12:55 ...MLIA is down. D: #
15:47 The people behind me should be aware that whispering does not prevent me from hearing every word they say. #

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A list of random things that are random

2009-12-15T18:29:06Z

1. As has been dominating my tweets lately, I have rainbow lunch bags. \o/

2. Today I discovered Kelloggs' Special K snacks. They are a bit of a mixed belssing as, yeah, they are like ninety calories each, but on the other hand they are very sugary, and they achieve the low calorie count by being TINY. The cereal bars are half the size of all other cereal bars. But on the other hand, they are delicious. \o/

3. Bacon is evil. Delicious, delicious evil.

4. I have a papercut on my thumb.

5. Today is the second day running on which I have been at the library from nine thirty till five o'clock. I went to the library cafe for... well, it was meant to be an hour, but it ended up being an hour and a half, both days. Today, the only time I actually left the library was to buy the aforementioned cereal bar in the student shop. I was still famished when I got home.

6. Herodotus is awesome. But heavy to carry home. He claims that there is a priestess somewhere who routinely grows a beard.

7. Today, I started my period. This sucks at the best of times, but I started it at the library, and couldn't spare any time from revision - my exam is tomorrow, y'see - to run home. Thankfully I had the foresight to carry sanitary towels everywhere anyway. It also sucks because I was wearing my cookie monster underwear, which I love. Also, the sight of a grinning, blood-soaked cookie monster is profoundly disturbing. Trust me.

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2009-12-14T20:00:26Z

20:47 Title of fic = All the King's Horse. I am fond of it already. #
20:49 Annnd after I tweeted that (and it should be horses, btw) the Twitter account of a stable followed me. W.T.F #
21:14 'He gazes down into the remains of his beer, sees a thousand tiny Merlins in the bubbles.' #
21:16 I am DETERMINED to get the first draft finished tonight. #
21:56 *hugs Morgana* OH NO. #
09:14 Today my lunch is pretty. <3 My sandwiches are in a blue bag, carrot sticks in a purple bag, and dried apricots in a yellow bag. STICKERS. #
09:16 @dayari 'The Sky Comes Crashing Down' and 'All the King's Horses' couldn't out it together again. Is the idea. >_> *snugs you in advance* #
09:42 There are two pairs of shoes in a tree in Bristo Square. O_o #
10:25 We must pray that we are not attacked by the flesh-eating anscroop. #
11:26 WTF, Ancient Athens! #
12:42 @corvus_lizard IN A TREE? #

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BWA HA HA

2009-12-14T08:34:45Z

So someone (I forget who) on my flist was complaining about people having unrelated conversations on the kink meme and spamming their inbox.

I hope this extremely lengthy conversation makes it all worthwhile.

IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE, I TELL YOU.

(I wish I could say that i was the anon with the egg white, but I am not. If you must know I am the fourth anon who posted.)

All The King's Horses

2009-12-13T22:55:02Z

...Couldn't put Arthur together again.

Which is the title I have picked out for the sequel to Sky Comes Crashing Down. I have finished it. I am very tired but it was worth it and the ending came out happier than I expected. \o/

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2009-12-13T20:00:19Z

11:27 ...I just used the word 'embrangled' in a story. I feel I should email my philosopher lecturer and tell him. #
11:46 Every time I think about last night's Merlin, I feel sick. #
12:07 Egads, I am creeping myself out with this fic now. D: #
12:24 @dayari Basically somehow despite it not actually being as disturbing, the contents of the sequel bother me more. #
12:32 @dayari No. I could explain why, but only by risking spoiling the plot for you. #
12:45 @dayari *eats cookie* Mm, virtual food. <3 #
12:49 I really should to revise. But I'm midway through a scene! D: #
13:00 If the dragon was a human, what would his name be? #
13:02 The dragon is a politician. \o/ #
13:03 3000 words on this so far today. DAMN. #
13:11 GAIUS TIME. \o/ #
13:15 @dayari Whaaat? #
13:28 Now I am re-visiting the 'call me by my name' scene. WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF. D: #
13:33 ...Okay, I can't write any mroe of this after that. ;_; That scene was even harder to write the second time round. I may cry. #
13:46 @dayari Having done some research Arthur is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. *is writing in symptoms* #
13:48 4214 words. I'm a good way in now. If I get enough revision done it might be ready for beta'ing by the end of today. \o/ #
14:57 @dayari Ohhh. I get it now. xD Also, I very nearly cried - I was all D: for quite a while - so yeah. >_> #
15:15 I have decided that it is worth paying a little extra for Bold rather than Tesco own brand washing powder just to get the little metal spout #
15:16 Tesco washing powder leaks. #
16:41 The person who I truly and sincerely hate more than anyone I have ever known just added me on Facebook. D: #
16:48 @otempora42 I hit 'ignore' and I was genuinely tempted to hit the button that would tell Facebook that I didn't know her. #

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