I am, apparently, one of the lucky ones in terms of cramps. They come, and I feel them, and sometimes they're worse than others, but usually that Time of the Month comes and passes with little actual what one might call pain beyond an irritating headache ( Read more... )

I already had a list of things I really need to buy myself when my budget stretches to more than 'food and bills'. It had previously consisted of 'shoes that don't have holes in', but has now stretched to a wireless router, because our wireless network is completely shot apparently, and a DVD player. the router's not a big deal, I guess, because we ( Read more... )

The following contains twittering:

• 14:24 why am I always the slowest at doing my part of the weekly clean? #
• 14:43 I'm effing exhausted and I still have to hoover before I can even begin to pack. *flails knackeringly* #
• 14:44 knackeredly, I meant. Really. #
• 15:05 *flops* OK, gonna sit until I have peripheral vision then get to packing #
• 15:46 I ( Read more... )

The following contains twittering:

• 12:33 is beginning to learn why so many feminists hate evolutionary psychology. #
• 13:45 should probably be relieved LJ is doing it again. *takes cleansing breaths* #
• 13:56 wonders why SUP thought returning to 6A's holiday-crashing ways was a good idea. #
• 14:44 and it's back. #
• 20:29 "10 minutes preparation time" ( Read more... )

Nine-thirty and already it's a Day of the kind that starts with a trip to the shops for milk just so you can have coffee - which is brewing at the same time because the coffee you thought you were going to have was cold and only half a cup. This after struggling with the wireless router for an hour because for some reason it decided not to send out ( Read more... )

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  S&M Barbie is lashed by the public | The Sun |News
  
  Oh, the Sun. \"Makers Mattel say Black Canary Barbie, out in September, is based on a DC comic superhero of the same name.\" Indeed. A shame you lack the journalistic skills to show that it's accurate.
  
  (tags: comics misinformation)
  
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  Monty Oum - Dead Fantasy I
  
  HOLY CRAP Final Fantasy girls ( Read more... )

The State of the Brat is not good, but it gets worse if I try and write about it here, so ( I cut the bullet points )

Because weaverandom did a list of her favourite Firefox extensions and I've been thinking of doing a post like this anyway: here's a handy guide to how I use Firefox and other tools to make my internet life easier. And as most of my internet life is Livejournal - well, you get the picture.

First of all we have Firefox itself. I know other people use other ( Read more... )

(If you use neither of these sites, nor have any interest in using them, and yet people on your friendslist do - skip to the bottom. There's something for you, too.)

When I first signed up to Twitter, it was for the express purpose of using LoudTwitter to post a summary of my day when all I had to contribute during the day were blithe one-liners. ( Read more... )