Oh, hi there!
Mmm, trying to use LJ more, because finding out things about friends from other friends who live on the other side of the world is just getting weird...also need to try being more social. It's not healthy for me to keep curling up in my happy little shell of hermitism. Perhaps because I feel like I have more control over interacting with people than I do over other parts of my life, I dunno. Kiiiinda wish I'd had a few more sessions with the therapist before leaving Aus, I can tell myself it's all fantastic as much as I like, but on its own it doesn't stop the inside of my head being a mess. :/
Anyway! Enough emo-ing, I'm sure. Just got back from a wonderful (but far too short) return to Ireland. Am missing everyone already D: But at least have a shiny new muse taking up (A LOT) of space in my head to remind me of fun times. Gigantic silver dragons stomping around in one's head are hard to ignore. Especially when they're wondering exactly what to do about suddenly being a father of 13 small, hyperactive, winged terrors after a millenia or so of bachelor-dom. Clearly, the GM is evil. But I would expect no less from my dear Minion. >D ♥ Must get around to fiddling with his stats & skills so he's a little less broken, though (a dragon without immunity/resistance to fire is just...not right! XD)
Got the chance to pick up some books while in Dublin, too, yay for English books! I think Chapters is possibly the biggest bookstore I've ever been to, I could have spent hours poking about in there ^^ In the end I picked up Naomi Novik's Black Powder War and Empire of Ivory, Kelley Armstrong's Bitten and Stolen (on Minion's recommendation, and I believe also a years-ago rec from Bon ^^), and Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The latter is likely the result of OD-ing on Disney music the last few weeks. I really quite like the HoND music, and decided I should really read the book, because, y'know, it's a little less sugar-coated than the Disney version. I haven't read any classics in aaages, so I'm quite looking forward to it.
So, also with the music-listening I decided to have a Disney-marathon last night, I watched Hunchback again, and Brother Bear for the first time (entirely the fault of The Renegades, and it being so epic and awesome! I just caught up on the latest two chapters, so Brother Bear world is no longer in it, but the inclusion of totems, before they moved on, intrigued me enough to go find out about them from the movie itself.). And dayum Brother Bear is quite the tear jerker, isn't it? Or maybe that's just me...I did get a little teary in Hunchback, too, and I've seen that a heap of times. *is hopeless* But anyway, I actually quite liked Brother Bear, I never felt any inclination to see it when it came out, and now I'm sorry I didn't. The music is not quite of the standard of some of Disney's best IMO, but the story was good, and the characters interesting, so I approve. ^_^
Hmm, new icon! LOL, Frollo is so damn iconnable...he pulls the craziest faces! Time for a LJ layout change, too. Was getting a bit sick of "Make My Way" and its inability to have 3 columns :/
OH. AND. Terribly belated, but I didn't notice for ages (and missed the email notification :/). I know it's also now gone from my profile, too, BUT Thank you to whoever sent me the anonymous Valentine's Day rose. ♥ ♥ It was rather surprising, but made me smile, so thanks!
Anyway! Enough emo-ing, I'm sure. Just got back from a wonderful (but far too short) return to Ireland. Am missing everyone already D: But at least have a shiny new muse taking up (A LOT) of space in my head to remind me of fun times. Gigantic silver dragons stomping around in one's head are hard to ignore. Especially when they're wondering exactly what to do about suddenly being a father of 13 small, hyperactive, winged terrors after a millenia or so of bachelor-dom. Clearly, the GM is evil. But I would expect no less from my dear Minion. >D ♥ Must get around to fiddling with his stats & skills so he's a little less broken, though (a dragon without immunity/resistance to fire is just...not right! XD)
Got the chance to pick up some books while in Dublin, too, yay for English books! I think Chapters is possibly the biggest bookstore I've ever been to, I could have spent hours poking about in there ^^ In the end I picked up Naomi Novik's Black Powder War and Empire of Ivory, Kelley Armstrong's Bitten and Stolen (on Minion's recommendation, and I believe also a years-ago rec from Bon ^^), and Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The latter is likely the result of OD-ing on Disney music the last few weeks. I really quite like the HoND music, and decided I should really read the book, because, y'know, it's a little less sugar-coated than the Disney version. I haven't read any classics in aaages, so I'm quite looking forward to it.
So, also with the music-listening I decided to have a Disney-marathon last night, I watched Hunchback again, and Brother Bear for the first time (entirely the fault of The Renegades, and it being so epic and awesome! I just caught up on the latest two chapters, so Brother Bear world is no longer in it, but the inclusion of totems, before they moved on, intrigued me enough to go find out about them from the movie itself.). And dayum Brother Bear is quite the tear jerker, isn't it? Or maybe that's just me...I did get a little teary in Hunchback, too, and I've seen that a heap of times. *is hopeless* But anyway, I actually quite liked Brother Bear, I never felt any inclination to see it when it came out, and now I'm sorry I didn't. The music is not quite of the standard of some of Disney's best IMO, but the story was good, and the characters interesting, so I approve. ^_^
Hmm, new icon! LOL, Frollo is so damn iconnable...he pulls the craziest faces! Time for a LJ layout change, too. Was getting a bit sick of "Make My Way" and its inability to have 3 columns :/
OH. AND. Terribly belated, but I didn't notice for ages (and missed the email notification :/). I know it's also now gone from my profile, too, BUT Thank you to whoever sent me the anonymous Valentine's Day rose. ♥ ♥ It was rather surprising, but made me smile, so thanks!