In less than four days' time, I shall have a strange_bt_true! STAY TUNED INTERNET. For lots of fandom-in-real-life shenanigans. Trufax: we have agreed that since the first day here is likely to result in lots of jetlag the only reasonable thing for me to do would be to drag her to Starbucks and dose her with caffeine and also marathon rewatch Be Good Johnny Weir ( Read more... )

Do you ever get to the end of writing a fic and go, "Yeaaaaaaah! \o/"? Like, finishing writing a fic is always inherently satisfying in itself, but sometimes the sense of triumph you get from finishing this fic in particular is outrageously awesome. Last night I finished one such fic and had to flail around in happiness for a while because ( Read more... )

HELLO EVERYBODY. This has been a tumultuous week and month. But amongst other things I have spent the past couple of days reading Jude the Obscure, finding it too depressing and thus giving it up (I'll probably pick it up again soon), rereading Wuthering Heights, Googling for Emily Bronte trivia, attempting to learn Latin online (yes! You can learn ( Read more... )

What up Livejournal. I am at work now! And posting this entry as a reward to myself for finishing (that is, I haven't finished yet) an extremely painful task. Argh ( Read more... )

Today I wore my rainbow scarf to work. Technically it is not MY scarf, but my friend's scarf. I saw it once and liked it so much she let me bring it home and there it has stayed always. She says she does not mind. I like it, because it's a rainbow scarf, but also because -- wow, how did I become that girl who borrows friends' clothes and everything ( Read more... )

I OWE EVERYONE EMAILS AND COMMENTS AND THINGS. I am very, very sorry. This does not mean I do not love you guys! It's not you, it's me.

1. I have a really, really paltry paycheck. It is in fact Baby's First Paycheck! Besides that whole feeding myself thing, what should I do? Books are out, as still have book tokens from Xmas (I am carefully ( Read more... )

H'lo, all. I am sitting in Starbucks writing another university application essay right now -- or, oh no, I'm posting! -- and I'm listening to some Christmas carols. The last one ended with "what are you doing, what are you doing", which I am not sure is very Christmassy, but I enjoyed it anyway. Peace reigns on earth, for despite not being very ( Read more... )