Below are the most recent 16 friends' journal entries.

Thursday, November 12th, 2009
eofs	1:05a	Serendipity I have accidentally invented ham and pineapple pizza sandwiches. And they are GOOD. (Bread, obviously. Cream cheese, gammon, and then a bit of pineapple and sweet pepper chutney. Mmmmm.) I couldn't be bothered to open the cream cheese on Monday, so used the chutney instead. Then on Tuesday when I did open the cream cheese, I decided on a whim to still include the chutney. And it worked very well. And tastes remarkably like ham and pineapple pizza. Will definitely remember this for future weeks. We cooked the gammon in coke which I'd heard highly recommended, and it worked very well. Extremely tasty. Now I just need to work out what to do with the leftover celery sauce... Current Mood: creative Current Music: Summer '78 - Goodbye Lenin soundtrack (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
eofs	11:05p	There's no business I know You know it's a good day when, thanks to the stressfulness of the 1830 bulletin, you have actually forgotten what made the 1330 bulletin so nerve-wracking. I was walking out of the office with someone, chatting about the omgchaos the programme had just been, and found myself utterly unable to remember what it was about lunch which had been so bad I was actually shaking from the nerves. If you've ever considered working in live telly, ask yourself two questions: 1) Can you cope with extremely high stress potentially coming out of nowhere, and needing resolving on a timescale completely out of your hands - but almost certainly within the next 1-5 minutes (having 30 minutes to fix a problem is a luxury). 2) Can you cope with that stress being the last thing you have to deal with every day, immediately before going home. If you can't answer "I thrive on it" then you should reconsider. I sometimes wish I couldn't answer that way. Current Mood: stressed Current Music: CSI (Comment on this)
Monday, November 9th, 2009
pottersues	11:23p	TITLE: goddesses of the moon (harry potter story) PERPETRATOR: somebodys15angel SUE-O-METER: (toxic) FULL NAME: Serena McGonagall. SPECIES: Goddess/Daughters of the moon. HAIR: "short la-yered brown hair with blond streaks straight" EYES: not described MARKINGS: a scar from where her abusive father hit her on the chin. POSSESSIONS: "a red halter top and jean shorts". A sue-friend named Jimena a, who has a tattoo below her belly-button. A moon goddess amulet that emits energy whenever a "follower" (bad guy) is near. ORIGIN: McGonagall's granddaughter. She comes from the States to help find Hermione and Kina the other moon goddesses. They were sent to protect the earth and have some bad guys called "Atrox" chasing after them. CONNECTIONS TO CANON: Has some sort of grand mission regarding protecting the earth and fleeing danger. But really she is paired with Oliver Wood mostly. But it turns out that Oliver is actually the bad guy and this Stanton person is not-so-bad? SPECIAL ABILITIES: She can read minds. Knows kung-fu. NOTES: Glitter should never be used in this quantity: "She pulls a red satin halter out of her closet and a red skirt with gold pleads in it and she changes. She rubs gold and red glitter all over her arms and legs and chest and she puts some around her hair line and she puts gold eye shadow on and paints flames down her arms and legs and she puts gems a crossed her hair line and one on each corner of her eyes. She turns to see Kina in the doorway in a pink dress that ends just above her knees that has a bunch of layers on the bottom that comes to points in different shades of pink and purple she has pink and purple glitter all over her legs arms neck and a glitter star on her cheek and she painted vines down her arms and legs. They put their shoes on and walk out to see Hermione in a light blue satin tank top and skirt with darker blue on the bottom and a dark blue scarf tied around her neck with blue glitter all over her and some through her hair. She has blue and silver flames up her legs." ( I love how Oliver defines the Sue in his dialogue. ) Current Mood: tired Current Music: "Fighting evil by moonlight...." (127 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
deceptica	6:54p	Flat hunting update Thanks for all the responses to my last post. At first I wanted to reply to everyone individually, but so many people said similar things and I didn't want to repeat myself multiple times. :P All advice and sympathetic comments were appreciated, especially the bit informing me about council tax, since that was something I genuinely didn't know about. I also understand that the people who are renting out want to protect themselves, as I said I guess that different countries just have different ideas of what's a good effort-to-reward ratio. For example we have no barriers on train stations and on the underground in Austria either - yes, this means that some people will use public transport without paying, but nobody seems to think that having to install and maintain barriers and to massively slow people down would be worth it just to prevent that. I guess you could say that I'm used to a more trusting and easygoing mindset... Anyway, it's become a bit of a moot point. After the events described in my last post, Graham tried to arrange for a viewing of a third flat, but that didn't work out. He then went back to the one he liked the look of, accompanied by his Dad to get a second opinion, and his Dad agreed that it looked like a great deal and that he should grab it. So he did! He also had another word with the agent to explain our situation in more detail and eventually it was agreed that his own references would be sufficient, so no paperwork for me. Yay! Graham will be moving in towards the end of this month and I plan to join him before the end of the year. Excitement abounds! Current Mood: happy (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
pottersues	4:19p	Let the OOCness continue! Thanks to blazzano for sending in this Sue! TITLE: Ginny Weasley: Supervixen PERPETRATOR: thebartender713 SUE-O-METER: (toxic) FULL NAME: Ginny Weasley SPECIES: Supervixen? HAIR: red EYES: not described MARKINGS: none described POSSESSIONS: a "maple, with Dragon Heartstring as the core","Black knee high combat-like boots, a short black pleated skirt (for extreme freedom of movement), a black tank top and black outer robes", a second wand: "ebony with phoenix feather", and then Harry's wand. ORIGIN: Harry is killed, Hermione refuses to fight because she'd rather be "a crooked politician", a pregnant Ginny goes in to take on Voldemort. The ceiling crashes in, he dies and she is in a coma for seven months. When she wakes up she takes charge of her care, and denies access to anyone who might be reporting to Hermione. CONNECTIONS TO CANON: Hermione was going to use Exavier Potter as a tool to stay in government. So, Ginny had the baby in secret and then sent it away to India to live. Ginny pretended that a transfigured pillow was her stillborn son. Hermione doesn't believe her, of course. After she rehabilitates from her coma and pregnancy, she leaves to go find Voldemort. She wants him to be the "outlet for her rage". SPECIAL ABILITIES: A "powerful" witch. NOTES: Annnnddd I stopped reading when it got to the scene with Draco. I was just too squicked. The end. ( The Suethor and pstibbons should have a canon-sue showdown. ) Current Mood: nauseated Current Music: Stunned silence (169 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
pottersues	12:07a	TITLE: The Demon Lord PERPETRATOR: Dark Dragen SUE-O-METER: (toxic) FULL NAME: Harry Potter, the Demon Lord. LMAO! I'm picturing skinny little Harry as a demon! SPECIES: demon HAIR: red EYES: He doesn't need glasses anymore. "his eye although still green, had a hint of red in them" MARKINGS: black wings, muscles, "his facial features were now more defined and better looking", his scar is gone. POSSESSIONS: a "Power Ritual book" that he uses to unlock his demon powers. ORIGIN: Typical "Woe" backstory complete with abusive uncle! CONNECTIONS TO CANON: Hates everyone. The pairing at ff.net says he'll be with Daphene Greengrass. SPECIAL ABILITIES: Super-hot. Can change how he looks and his gender at will. NOTES: A penis that is "now thicker and about nine inches long". I'm imaging Genoa Salami size. He'll clearly need some sort of supportive device. A male must have written this story, hands and giant penis down. ( Funniest thing I have ever read. EVER. ) Current Mood: giggly Current Music: PDA - Backstreet Boys (154 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
the_red_i	9:42p	So... Another life update. So the bad news is that Corrigan lost the election, as did Erik Miller, and the winner being Richard Miller. ( And the good news is... ) To wrap this up, all I can say is that I hope things work out for the best. Current Mood: moody (1 Comment |Comment on this)
pottersues	10:33p	TITLE: Descent from the Heavens Here is the Rewrite. PERPETRATOR: invisible-gurl SUE-O-METER: (bad) FULL NAME: Aisha SPECIES: wind goddess HAIR: "waist length wavy golden blond hair" EYES: "clear emerald eyes" MARKINGS: none described POSSESSIONS: nothing as of yet. ORIGIN: Is being exiled from heaven, and wants to help the mortals. CONNECTIONS TO CANON: Loves Remus Lupin. Dumbledore gets her to join the Order. SPECIAL ABILITIES: Immortal NOTES: Sparklypoo! I love you! ( Please don't use emoticons in your prose ) Current Mood: content Current Music: CTV Newsnet (114 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
the_red_i	7:55p	So... Random life update. ( Corrigan ) ( Lions and tigers and MICE oh my! ) Current Mood: restless (1 Comment |Comment on this)
eofs	9:40p	Pickles and Protests, or why you should watch my favourite film As a follow-up to my film meme posted over the weekend. I'll do these over a few days, rather than one massive infodump. If you don't want to know the scores, look away now. ( Pickle; protest march; punctuation in title; idealism ) Current Mood: insufficiently eloquent Current Music: Assorted videos from the film (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
deceptica	12:07a	Flat hunting Graham got some time off work this morning to have a look at two flats in Reading. He said that he didn't expect to find something suitable yet, but you've got to start somewhere, right? The first one was complete rubbish apparently, but the second one was really nice. He took some pictures and showed them to me, and going by those I couldn't find anything wrong with it either. Located near the town centre with a nice shared back garden, clean and sufficiently sized rooms, all the most important pieces of furniture present... he's going to check out some more options and arrange for another viewing of that particular flat, but it's looking good. What's not looking good at all is the red tape involved, as this is where cultural differences are starting to show in unpleasant ways. Basically Graham told me that the owners of the flat won't accept one person renting and another one just moving in with them - we both have to have our names on the lease, which I find kind of dodgy when I'm not even there to sign anything. What's worse is that they want all kinds of information from me which I just find plain weird and over the top, such as: - Proof from my bank that I have regular income, no major debts etc. This is something that I can kind of understand, but at the same time it seems very nosy and intrusive, because how can you prove that without revealing everything that's been happening on your bank account over the past year? Still, that should be the easiest part. - Proof from my employer that I've been employed for at least a year. Now this one I just find stupid, what's the point of proving that I have a job which I will have to quit anyway to move over there (and Graham did bring that up with the letting agent, but to no avail). I also can't see this going over very well with my superiors: "Hey, I need your help to be able to move and quit this job!" Rrright. - Some sort of character reference. This one is just pure WTF from where I'm coming from. What's a character reference supposed to be anyway? "Well, that Iris sure is a nice girl"? Getting someone to sign that for me shouldn't be a problem at least, the issue will be to find out what exactly they want it to say. My mother shared my view that those are very exaggerated requirements - I want to move, not adopt triplets. I also have to admit that I was very discouraged when Graham first told me about this stuff, simply because it seems so utterly bizarre and I expect to meet a lot of resistance trying to extract such seemingly odd documents from my surroundings. Graham promised to try and help me find some more information though, in terms of what exactly it is that these people need to know. We'll see what he comes up with. Current Mood: tired (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
pottersues	6:18p	Thanks to Abbydsnail for this Sue! TITLE: Forced Life PERPETRATOR: ShiroTears-and-KuroiRoses SUE-O-METER: (bad) FULL NAME: Sammy "Shiro" SPECIES: Witch HAIR: not described EYES: not described MARKINGS: none described POSSESSIONS: a screech owl named "Ash", "a pair of jeans and an oversized black T-shirt". ORIGIN: Raises her younger brother, is the breadwinner in her family because her father is an alcoholic. CONNECTIONS TO CANON: She tells the Marauders that she can't be in the group anymore, and then is saddened when she doesn't receive letters begging her to stay. But then they all show up at her door. She is going to be paired with Sirius. SPECIAL ABILITIES: an animagus: "a great white wolf". NOTES: This is pure wish-fullfilment. ( l. ) Current Mood: dorky Current Music: Smallville (128 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
eofs	6:48p	Sie haben Ihren Bestimmungsort erreicht Ever have one of those days where you're running on autopilot, but forgot to input a map? Yeah. Current Mood: ditzy Current Music: Omg how sexy is the photography on Life (Comment on this)
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
pottersues	10:10p	Link of the Day: It's time to Rock the Boat! The Dark Mark's NaNoShip challenge has been launched! It's a lot of fun! I challenge any minion to participate. When you do, send me the link and your validated story will be featured as "Link of the Day"! TITLE: The Other One Who Lived PERPETRATOR: Neville_Is_My_Hero SUE-O-METER: (okay) FULL NAME: Melinda Potter SPECIES: Witch HAIR: red? EYES: "my father’s jet blue eye" MARKINGS: "looks exactly" like Lily. POSSESSIONS: a "seekoscope" ORIGIN: She is Harry's younger twin sister. She was raised in Chicago by her "Aunt Rose and Uncle Ratclilff". She learns that Harry exists when she visits Godric's Hallow. CONNECTIONS TO CANON: Spies the Weasleys about to enter The Leaky Cauldron. She is going to meet Harry, and she is going to be paired with Ron. SPECIAL ABILITIES: A rebellious, curious nature. NOTES: Why is she American? Was was it important to the plot? It's not. In seven books we only see American wizarding folk at the Quidditch World Cup. ( This is going to bode well. ) Current Mood: crappy Current Music: CafeWorld (55 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
eofs	1:31p	That film keyword meme thing that everyone else did years ago Below are sets of imdb keywords from ten of my favourite films. Guess the titles to win a prize!* Some are harder than others, a couple of the films are a little obscure, but most contain one keyword which is a particular clue. 1) Pickle; protest march; punctuation in title; idealism 2) Gas mask; pregnancy; elderly woman; nudity Guessed correctly by a suspiciously German-accented mouse 3) Colour red; suburbia; record collection; national emergency kantarrrk is spot on 4) Voice over narration; illiteracy; manipulation; hope queen_of_kithia gets it in one 5) Police brutality; cynicism; call girl; liquor store nemi_darke knows her stuff 6) Innocence; bathtub scene; individuality; book burning nemi_darke spots quite rightly that this is an uncommon combination 7) Revolutionary; overbearing mother; market place; Latin grammar nemi_darke guesses possibly the most famous film on the list 8) Horror spoof; sadism; Greek chorus; campy Well done deceptica 9) Decadence; cross cultural relations; nightclub; famous soundtrack It's that oddly Germanic squeaking again... 10) Star-crossed lovers; writers block; marriage of convenience; Queen queen_of_kithia gets it again Brassed Off has possibly the most obvious keywords ever, which precluded its inclusion. They are not necessarily my ten absolute favourite films, though they certainly contain my top four, but they are ten films I particularly love. Collating them like this I notice a few interesting patterns, particular as regards time periods. And also, if I'd included "no opening titles" every time it was a keyword this would be a very monotonous list. *The feeling of smug satisfaction that you were correct. No refunds. Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Scala & Kolancy Brothers - Denkmal (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
pottersues	11:02p	Thanks to glideiscope for sending in this Sue! TITLE: Wild Thing PERPETRATOR: HarryPotterLover101 SUE-O-METER: (toxic) FULL NAME: Hermione Mia Jane Granger aka "Mia" SPECIES: Witch/vampire HAIR: "strait down to my back" EYES: not described MARKINGS: a "slimm body", "light and natrual makeup" POSSESSIONS: a "laytex Jumpsuit", "a sexy short black strappless dress", ORIGIN: "Loosely based on Jennifer's body". Voldemort tried to sacrifice her, and now she's a vampire. CONNECTIONS TO CANON: Draco recognizes her in NYC they hook up because it's true love. Nine months later they have a daughter: Esmee Mia Malfoy. SPECIAL ABILITIES: kills without remorse or regard. NOTES: Draco "wore baggy blue jeans and black tight fitted top with a whith a black ed hardy top." So Draco is now Jon Gosselin. ( OH MY DEAR GOD! THIS IS HILARIOUS! ) Current Mood: jubilant Current Music: Flashpoint (103 Comments |Comment on this)