1. Most importantly today is John Lennon's anniversary. He was killed before I could ever know him but I really can't explain to you how much this man was a part of my life growing up. Before I even really knew who the Beatles were I knew John Lennon. In my teenage years I devoured every thing I could find about the man and to this day, even though I ( Read more... )

Following yesterday's post I'd just wanted to say THANK YOU to whoever anonymously gifted me with 12 months paid account time, and two lots of extra pics. When I mentioned I was craving a permanent account for the extra userpic space I really wasn't expecting anything like this, I was just having a bit of a moan. It really means a lot and makes me ( Read more... )

LJ Permanent Accounts are on sale from today until the 10th and I really want one. They're expensive though at $175 which works out around €139... and actually what I really want is more userpic space. While I love the few I have I'm feel myself hankering for greener pastures.

In other news, work is alive with Xmas party talk and all the girls ( Read more... )

It's the work Christmas do tomorrow and I bought a dress! The last time I wore a dress was my debs/prom almost over ten years ago (I'm getting old).

And I think I look quite nice it in too. After a week of not really looking forward to the social extravaganza that is the Xmas work party I'm actually pretty excited. The shoes are going to be a killer ( Read more... )

Friend's birthday tomorrow. No present bought. Nothing to wear to party. No idea how to get there.

I FAIL at life.

I don't consider myself a religious person. I don't know if there is a god or heaven but I do know that the only way we can progress as a people - as a global family - is through love and understanding.

The Charter for Compassion is trying to inspire people to do just that. Watch the video, read the stories and see what you think.

For me, this isn't ( Read more... )

Going to a pub quiz tonight. Something I haven't done in years. I'm expecting to be atrociously bad at it but I believe copious amounts of alcohol may numb the pain. ::smirk::

NaNoWriMo isn't going so well (I'm only 7k words behind schedule ::meep::) so I'm offering a pub quiz inspired question to my flist.

First correct answer gets a ficlet of their ( Read more... )

There are reasons I love SGA fandom more than any other fandom I've been in and here are two of them...
As I've already said Whispers was an episode I just couldn't get behind and I haven't even mentioned the unfulfilled expectation of an awesome saves-the-day female team but cat_77 took the ep and gave it the ending it should have had; an ending that ( Read more... )

Weekend at Electric Picnic was AWESOME! Got to see loads of bands and generally live in a field, not shower, and survive on beer and take-out for four days. I could have stayed for another week there was so much to do. Spent lots of time in the Spoken Word area where they had all poetry and plays going on and even went into the Gaeilge tent and was ( Read more... )

Back from a weekend away in which I learned:

1) Saying "It's you!" while poking mapleshy in the shoulder is FUN! 
2) I know way too many words to Take That songs... and the Joseph musical.
3) Spamalot is more like the movie than I thought it would be.

I am also about twenty hours away from leaving for the Electric Picnic Festival where I will be seeing the Sex ( Read more... )