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This is why I have trust issues when it comes to hairdressers
I had my annual haircut the other today, and because my housemate had bought me a voucher for my birthday I took the unprecedented risk of having something a bit different. So I asked for an ombre. In retrospect, I probably should have insisted on having a bit of a chat first to make sure his idea of the end goal was also my idea. I should have ( Read more... ) -
Writing - WIPs
Been a bit distracted from writing recently, so thought I’d post a snippet from the second chapter of Deptford Blue (which I intend to finish & post this weekend), plus the first bit of another WIP that’s been rattling around for a bit, which will probably be the next up when the other one’s finished.
Both for Rivers of London fandom, so probably ( Read more... ) -
River of London fic: faceless
I'm not sure if anyone reads Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series (if you don't, but you love crime fiction and fantasy, and the idea of a mixed-race copper in the Met becoming an apprentice wizard, and excellent narrative, and social commentary, and snark - go and read!) but for anyone who does already, and who's interested in fic in that ( Read more... ) -
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You know you're fully committed when you're oscillating between:
1) avoiding doing your tax return
2) avoiding doing the other Important Thing that needs doing by doing your tax return
I think I've reached peak procrastination. She says, posting on LJ...
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Hibernation
It's been a really relaxing, do-nothing, eat-everything few days. Almost to a fault - I was uncharacteristically glad that the gym was open today so I could do some mindless exercise in the warm ( Read more... ) -
How does this work, again?
So in my "what does this do again?" drive, I'm trying to remember how all the crossposting goodness works between DW and LJ. And how tags work. And I'm also wondering if password changes will screw everything up.
My life, folks: it's so exciting!
But there's wine and Christmas music and really good cheese, so maybe things aren't too shabby. -
Should this be a "Hello, World"?
So, it's been a while ( Read more... ) -
GMT Fail
Today I made a six-hour round trip to attend a 2-hour meeting. Teleconferencing: defiantly nonexistent in this part of the world, it seems.
And on the drive back, there was a brief item on the news about lots of people being late for work because their iPhones hadn't dealt with daylight savings time properly.
At first, I thought: How ( Read more... ) -
Message from the non-dead
Hmmm, it's been a while, hasn't it? Still not dead - although a ghostly beyond-the-grave LJ post would be rather fitting today, I suppose ( Read more... ) -
Ooh.
I'm absolutely gripped by the goings on in Westminster. It looks like - however things turn out - we will be having a referendum on electoral reform ( Read more... )