First LJ post from my new, shiny computer! Yayness and awesomecakes ( Read more... )

1. As much as I love everything else about the Sherlock Holmes canon, it damn near annoys me to tears when either Holmes or Watson allude to some mystery which I don't recall reading about. Will it be in the very last collection of short stories? Is it just some unimportant anecdote which was never written down in the first place? Or have I, God ( Read more... )

Valentine's Day is drawing near again. And again I find myself contemplating my romantic situation, or lack thereof. You see, holidays always make me think. I believe that's what holidays are for; to make us think about other things than the rut of our everyday lives. And stuff our faces with food, of course. But mainly to make us reflect on life, ( Read more... )

Did I die? Did I drop off the face of the earth? No. My life suddenly decided to go haywire, and I've just recovered from my too-little-time-induced brain melt-down. So I've hardly been online for what feels like weeks, only written a few little scraps of fic and other things in the margins of my lecture notes, and now I'm trying to get back on top ( Read more... )

My little brother's having a party, and I'm the resident house guard. And, like the responsible older sister that I am, I've put down the following rules ( Read more... )

There's a red moon on the horizon; an old sign of blood being spilt and death approaching - at the very least a bad omen. Not that I care; I'm baking and I'm not superstitious in the least. And what a cake I'm baking! I've tweaked the recipe for a thing called Devil's Chocolate Cake and my version of it is now officially called Oh, Jerry (dedicated ( Read more... )

My cousin and I were just at a local café, just sort of dropping by after work, because an Irish band was playing (band = two blokes with guitar, banjo and pennywhistle) and we like Irish music. While there, we noticed three guys at the bar who were also Irish; this became apparent when we heard them enthusiastically sing along to "The Fields of ( Read more... )

I remember hearing something a while ago about LJ being inaccessible from public computers in certain areas of the USA. Something about it being considered socialist and anti-American. Is this true? Are there actually places in the US where you can't log on to LiveJournal? Does anyone have any reliable sources on this, or has anyone experienced it ( Read more... )

I went to the movies today. Twice. First, there's the midday matinee at noon, which is much cheaper than the ordinary tickets and even that price includes a coffee. And I was alone in the cinema; I mean, in the whole showing room, there was only me. What a wonderful way of watching a movie ( Read more... )