No matter which fandom you're in, pay attention now. Thanks, sweetphaex, for telling me about this. *squishes*

The Problem:

Apparently, the organization Warriors for Innocence (not providing with a link here; if you're interested, please google the name), is sending out report mails to LJ Abuse requesting certain communities and private journals to be ( Read more... )

As if I didn't have enough fic assignments already, I joined lazy15 because the idea is just awesome and totally unchallenging. Watch me make procrastination an art form. XDD

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I was tagged by hils and thought I'd give this a go.

Post a list of your top five favorite fics you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same.In general, I don't really like the stuff I write too much, but when I was ( Read more... )

sweetestremedy asked me for some sea shanties and the like, and since I haven't done an Age of Sail related post in ages (sorry about that!), I decided to share the songs with you all. They're only my favourites, not all the songs I have, of course. If you're interested in anything else, I can look if I have it and upload it. So feel free to poke me for more ( Read more... )

Today is Trafalgar Day!

Huzzah!


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Still Monday, September 25th

There were some museums on the way to the HMS Victory, but our guided tour would start soon and we decided to postpone the other things.

The Victory is the world's oldest commissioned warship and as most of you know, she was Lord Nelson's flagship during the battle of Trafalgar. She has an overall length of 227 feet ( Read more... )

The second part of the movie was on TV yesterday ( Read more... )

The first part of the Blackbeard movie was on TV today. It was quite nice, except for the German dubbing, but I suppose that can't be helped until I have the DVD ( Read more... )

OMG! Thank you so much, daughtermestizo, for the wonderful postcard of Ottawa! It's so pretty!!

Also OMG. I feel so damn loved. pint_of_boyd, you don't know how happy you made me today. Squeebouncehappy, in fact, doesn't quite cover it. *glomptackles you like mad ( Read more... )

1. Jane Austen: "Emma"
2. David Cordingly: "Life Among the Pirates - the Romance and the Reality"
3. John Hampden & Francis Drake: "Sir Francis Drake - Pirat im Dienst der Queen"
4. Dan Brown: "Angels and Demons"
5. Dan Brown: "The DaVinci Code"
6. Anthony Blackmore: "Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - A Devon Lad's Life in Nelson's Navy"A very good book ( Read more... )