...there was a report on the news about some cricket game somewhere, and maybe my hearing really is that bad but I could have sworn the reporter mentioned one of the players as "Alan Rickman".

Needless to say this created hilarious mental images of Snape playing cricket.

You would think that a university with 14000+ students attending it would have more sense than to put a row of display tables in a narrow corridor that people have to walk through to access the rest of their open day presentations.

You would think that, but they don't.

(I'm also somewhat annoyed that the physics department's display consisted of a ( Read more... )

And instead of getting organised, I went ahead and proved that TV Tropes is far too addictive for its own good, as well as being awesome because it's the sort of site where you can (rightly) label Schneizel a Magnificent Bastard and Lelouch a Rich Idiot With No Day Job (along with other examples) without being lynched by fandom.

Then there's the ( Read more... )

Don't you just love it when you find graphics tutorials that are easy to adapt for not-Photoshop and take about 20 minutes to do? XD

But then I realised that I don't have a paid account/a proper website and the banner is the wrong size for Bebo, so this is going on my LJ for anyone else to take and use.


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jusrecht did this first, and I'm a sucker for these things. XD

Greed:Medium
 Gluttony:Low
 Wrath:High
 Sloth:Medium
 Envy:Medium
 Lust:Very Low
 Pride:Medium

Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz

...well, not officially, since I doubt it's actually swine flu, but I'd rather not risk infecting everyone else (and some time out doesn't hurt ( Read more... )

THINGS THAT HAVE GONE WRONG THIS WEEKEND:

• I caught the flu. Why this always happens when I go to Bekah's house I have no idea, but it's damn annoying.
• My computer was spontaneously infected with a virus. It didn't do anything and my AVG removed it right away, but how did it get into a file I downloaded 3 months ago?
• I can't write anything (even my ( Read more... )

...so really the entire reason for my not being in a writing mood boils down to a) I have cramp again and b) this video crushing my morale:

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The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request a drabble/ficlet of any pairing/character of their choosing from me (word prompts are good too).

Needless to say, mine are probably going to be rather short.....and ten people is a stretch...XD

But ask away, though my fandoms are somewhat more varied than my interests/tags might suggest...

...yeah, I'm going to try and type this all out now because I'm suicidal like that....

WARNING: VERY VERY looooooooooooong.....

As always, translation help is much needed and loved, especially since this chapter has almost as many tricky parts as chapter 6....

( scary ninja meido is scary )