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Mostly I'm using my other journal scifi_mel these days. Mostly about fandom and some RL stuff too. If you're not already friends with me there feel free to add that one ( Read more... )

Just noticed my LJ 10 year anniversary was 5 days ago! I can't believe it's been that long!

Last night Bill and I went to see the Notorious Mrs Ebssmith. It had been recommended by Katy Manning on Twitter. I went to look at the details of the play and saw that it was written in 1895 then never performed again, and was all about a "unconventional scandalous relationship" which sounded right up my street. It was just wonderful! First off ( Read more... )

(With apologies to those who see this twice ( Read more... )

Yesterday we fell asleep around 11 but then woke up at 1 and couldn't get back to sleep for ages! So managed to get up around 10, so still improving! I decided we probably wouldn't have enough time for the museum of Chinese history so instead we headed east to the posh part of town to see the Ming dynasty observatory and the Poly museum ( Read more... )

Well after years of LJ being blocked in China it is now accessible! I guess even the government realises no one uses LJ anymore ( Read more... )

This year I read 230 books. Not as many as last year ( Read more... )

When I was a little girl I was totally unaware that homophobia existed. When I went to school one of the first things I did was get a girlfriend. Her name was Louise and she was beautiful. She had long blonde hair and her parents were German and I thought she was wonderful and exotic. I used to kiss her goodbye at the school gate every day. I have ( Read more... )

Daoist Ritual, State Religion, and Popular Practices: Zhenwu Worship from Song to Ming (960-1644 ( Read more... )