I had a vague notion in my head that I was going to rant about fandom's insistence on prettifying characters who are not canonically pretty. (At least not in a conventional sense, not in the way that the media tells us is pretty.) But I don't really know where to go with it other than saying it bugs me. A good example of this is Snape. Snape is not ( Read more... )

I was prowling the internet last night looking for pictures from the Hubble telescope in some effort to appease the latent astronomer in me, and between this and trying to find journals on why human beings value music, I was reminded how much it annoys me when people rebuke scientific efforts on their having no real "point" to them. Ignoring the ( Read more... )

denorios recced this kind of awesome Star Trek fanvid featuring Britney Spears' Circus the other day (a song I secretly enjoy: the chorus has one of those soaring mournful sounds I like in my pop - but don't tell the neighbours), and now I'm back in that place where I can't quite work out if I'm attracted to Kirk's actor (whose name slips my memory) or not ( Read more... )

This film is so beautiful. I want to look like Kate Winslet does in this film so much it really is rather pathetic.

I want to dye my hair a myriad of stupid colours. Unfortunately, this clashes with the other thing I want to do, which is to Get A Job, and I'm afraid, given the state of my bank account, it is that that wins out. Ho hum oh well.


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MY PAINT SKILLS ARE IMMENSE! Never let it be said that I don't have artistic skill.

Please, people, I must ask you a favour. If, in about a year's time after I have (hopefully) completed my degree, I'm sat here mulling about going back into education... stop me. Every year I manage to forget what a fucking faff exams are, and every year I put ( Read more... )