This is not a post I was planning on making, not that I tend to plan my posts, only sometimes I do. Anyway. Had a super dull weekend, the best parts were the occasional moments of silence (we are redoing our bathroom, there is constant drilling, CONSTANT, it drives me mad!)

1. This is the last post about Skins, I am ever going to make. I spend an ( Read more... )

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? WHY DO NONE OF YOU WATCH IT? I NEED TO VENT OR SOMETHING. OH MY GOD.

( vague spoilers )

a) Gossip Girl is back and it was such a lovely episode, though I can't be critical of it, when it always brings me joy.

( Four (spoilery) things )

a) OMG, you guys I have a new laptop, it is red and shiny and all the keys are working, which makes life an awful lot easier. And lucky for you, there will be no more complaints about my numerous and bizarre computer problems. My dad, who is super awesome, pretty much surprised me with it. So happy. :D

b) I made a tumblr a few days ago, (following ( Read more... )

“But the fact remains that the ladies and TEH GAYS (and even the gay ladies!) are doing pretty darn well for themselves here. (Here’s a test of that one: how many female film directors can you name in 30 seconds, and how many female designers? How many powerful fashion media ladies can you come up with right now, and how many CEOs in finance?)  ( Read more... )

RIP Alexander McQueen. :( You were amazing, fashion won't be the same without you. :(

Feeling weird today, sort of restless, can't concentrate on anything, achieved absolutely nothing. Feelings of failure particularly heightened.

At least Skins was actually really good.

( SKINS )

The good:
a) Had a wonderful weekend visiting friends in London. Lots of food and funtimes.
b) Bought the perfect pair of shoes, spend more money than I really should have, but they were on sale and so very amazing. (picture really doesn't do them justice, they are more of a gunmetal-grey colour)
c) I spend too long looking at jewellery online (some ( Read more... )

I haven't made a post in a while, a post with content in even longer, This has been due to a combination of me being super busy and the fact that my lap top pretty much died. :(( As a result I have watched epic quantities of the West Wing, read books and went to London a lot. I've just come back from the pub and discovered that when I use an ( Read more... )

Title: Rebel Girl
Fandom: Skins/The O.C.
Pairing: Kaitlin Cooper/Effy Stonem
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~1200
Warning: Mild drug use
Summary: Kaitlin runs away and ends up in Bristol.

A/N: This is ridiculously self-indulgent and it was born out of a comment I saw, which pointed out that the two actresses look alike. Yes, I thought, they really do. What is ( Read more... )

Here are the rest of my yuletide recs, I urge you all to have a look at them, even if they are not your usual fandoms, because some of these some truly fantastic stories. My absolute favourites are starred.(*)

( Recs in: History Boys, Hot Fuzz, Imagine me & you, Juno, Keeping Up Appearances, Lion King, Love, Actually, Lost in Translation, Little Red Riding Hood, Maurice, Matilda, Mr and Mrs Smith, Mary Poppins, Peep Show, Shelter, Southland RPF, Skins, Stargate Universe, St. Trinians, The Vampire Diaries, The Simpsons, The Worst Witch, V for Vendetta, White Collar )