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| [Monday, August 13, 2007 at 11:58 pm] |
| Subject: lack of work and reality |
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spent much of the day messing with my citizen app and trying to get a hold of the computer service folk.
got offered a really cool temp job only to have it disappear. the temp lady was a bit incensed at the company and apologised profusely for what happened. am also trying to figure out if WOW really does want me to help with programs or not. they implied they'd get back to me before now, but haven't.
looked into the efiction software that ![[info]](http://img.greatestjournal.com/userinfo.gif) emmagrant01 just installed on her server, since i'm contemplating adding an hp!fic section to my personal website. we'll see. software looks pretty cool though.
watched a bunch of firefly today and got whiney all over again that that is all there is of the show.[*pouts*]
good lord my even my posts are getting mundane and boring [*beats head against the wall*]
promise to attempt to write. really. |
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| [Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 11:41 pm] |
| Subject: another weekend appears to have vanished. |
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spent most of yesterday with pombagira. she wasn't feeling well so we chatted and i knitted and made tea occasionally. tatjna stopped by later with chinese take away. it was v. v. much appreciated.
got up early enough to call narcissology. she wanted a catch up on my life, but since nothings happening that didn't take long. we rambled about prophecy and movies i've seen and it was lovely.
edm stopped by today and after visiting the marine education centre for a bit, we battled the sunday crowds for lunch. that was nice. we came back here and mucked with my computer to back up so i can take it in and get it fixed and if they wipe everything out, i'll have an excellent chance of recreating it. also did some separate backups on cd to have everything really important be recoverable. [*fingers crossed*]
spent both evenings messing with journals again. trying to configure looks, put up at least a few icons and begin to hand mirror fic on jf. i think i've got the hang of using the backdated option to not spam my friends' friends pages.
i really need to start in on that citizen application. [*nods*] |
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| [Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 12:39 am] |
| Subject: everything before this post is a direct mirror from livejournal |
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all posts before this one are mirrored from my livejournal acct (of the same name) and therefore will have links to livejournal and livejournal users referred to (which may also be gj users)
from this point on all posts will be made directly to gj |
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| [Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 10:28 pm] |
| Subject: actual ficlet-ish drabbly thingers for 100quills |
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Get To You-Central Services-Central Services |
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last day at this temp job. i liked it okay. i was right about my previous assumption that the stresses of a particular office don't bother you when you temp. mostly because you're short term and thus oblivious to them. i know i was nowhere as good as the woman i filled in for (though given time i think i'd actually be better. there were some appalling organisational type things there), but everyone said i did well. [*shrugs*]
tomorrow edm and i are going to see die hard 4.0 for his bday, because this appears to be celebration week. [*throws bday shaped confetti*]
in the not celebrating vein, my laptop video is starting to have severe issues (as in making the screen entirely unreadable for more and more extended periods of time). i have called the mac doc to see about making better. if i disappear though, that will be why (and why i am currently behind on my flist).
title: the placement of freckles
author: snottygrrl
rating: G
prompt Set: 100.2
prompt: #5 freckles
word count: 132
summary: sometimes harry tries to remember the placement of freckles
warnings: spoilers for DH, mention of character death (not Harry's)
author's notes: my first 100quills fic. it's been a while since i've written much. hope this little piece works as it should.
( the placement of freckles -- DH SPOILERS )
title: the bane of existence
author: snottygrrl
rating: G
prompt Set: 100.2
prompt: #56 bane
word count: 180
summary: harry thinks back on Bane and looks to the future.
warnings: spoilers for DH
author's notes: written for 100quills fic. this fic didn't quite go where i expected it to. two definitions of the word are alluded to intentionally.
( the bane of existence -- DH SPOILERS )
comments are good karma [*dances for coins*] |
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| [Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 11:04 pm] |
| Subject: deep confusion and more movies |
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am using ijournal to post this, like the look and feel, but am bemused, because i thought this was supposed to cross post to other journals sites and i can't find a way to do that. [*feels v. v. stoopid*]
so today i proved (once again) that i can adapt quickly to just about anything. but i still don't like it. one day left at the dicta typing job. nothing new on the horizon for pay. but perhaps a day or two of doing writing and catch up.
met up with edm after work and went to see the simpsons, the movie. eh. there were a few really hysterical parts, but unfortunately most of them happened towards the beginning of the movie and then it kind of went downhill. i mean (per usual) i'm not sorry i went, but i couldn't honestly rec it to see in the theatres. it would have just as much impact as a rental i'd think. [*shrugs*]
a few days ago i read this fantastic fic by sansa1970, A Frayed and Threadbare Wish (h/d, d/h/d, 17,500 words, rated R). it's compliant up to hbp, so no spoilers. has time travel and is really, really brilliant. it's a bit of a thinking read, but well worth it. i knew i should rec it, but life was being too complex. today she put up a meme ficlet, from A Frayed and Threadbare Wish - last scene harry's pov (d/h/d, 1,400 words, rated R) you'll need to read the other first to understand, but omg. so v. v. wonderful. go read. really. |
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| [Monday, August 6, 2007 at 9:34 pm] |
| Subject: five yrs as a kiwi and some humour |
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work was a little less crazy today, but still not a job i'd ever, ever want to have.
as of today, i've lived in nz for five years. this means i can apply for nz citizenship (tyellas i'd love to quiz you a bit before i do though). edm took me out to maria pia's for a lovely tuscan dinner (that's italian). i'm afraid i wasn't the best company due to all the lj kerfuffle and the temp work and all, but the food was good.
ran into nzlemming on my way to dinner and had a nice (though short) chat. got home to find a package from phenix_tears (thanks heaps sweets) and a random (small) cheque from the usa govt [*is v. v. confused*]
am trying to keep up on comments but failing a bit and too tired to do much about it.
instead here's a SPOILARY rec. the talented cutecoati made a series of emails from the actors to each other about their roles (or lack there of) in DH. v. v. funny. |
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| [Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 6:18 pm] |
| Subject: [*weeps copiously*] |
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dealing with this lj crisi makes me glad i didn't live through the mccarthy era (and hyper-aware that my passtimes are v. v. much on the edge of social acceptibilty).
i expect to keep this journal on lj, but i don't know really. will certainly follow fandom where it wanders, but i have family and such that read this journal and non-fandom friends on my flist who aren't likely to amble off. also as far as i know mac doesn't have the magic crosspost-to-many-journals client like windows has, so [*shrugs*] i'm kinda waiting until the dust settles.
since gj is the place where most folks are seem to be edging towards, i have started paying attention to that journals' friends list. willl also likely mirror my fic over there, but that also isn't as easily done as on windows (as far as i can tell anyway). i'm snottygrrl over there too. comment as to who you are over there, or friend me there.
have also made an insanejournal but am paying almost no attention to that one, as, as far as i can tell, no one has wandered over to just that one. snottygrrl again. feel free to friend, or whatever.
so spent most of today dealing with the new journals and doing laundry (which is always a tremendous joy in windy welly in which small clothes drying racks repeatedly blow over throughout the day and clothes get wrapped around or blow off of clotheslines). also used lj book to make a pdf of my entire journal (including comments) i've got to say it is rather nifty. i'd get it actually printed and bound, but it's over 1500 pages long.
did watch two rather bad dvd's. one is a gift i bought for my father (it was on his wishlist, it's not my fault) for xmas and he sent along to me for my bday. it's a rather bad doco on jk rowling's life and hp. wanted to see something decent after, so watched chain of fools a movie that never came out in the usa due to some legal issues. i own it because elijah wood is in it. i adored little elijah despite it not being the best of his work by along shot. however the movie as a whole was pretty bad, even though it has a lot of known and fairly successful actors in it. still dying for something nice to happen in the day, i am now watching firefly.
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| [Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 3:32 pm] |
| Subject: haven't given up yet |
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this account will likely soon house my fanfic as a backup, but i haven't given up on lj just yet.
am however reading my friends list over here to keep up on those of you who have.
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| [Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 12:07 am] |
| Subject: you know, today shoulda been nice |
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i mean i got a long letter from thrihyrne, got to see pombagira for a bit and saw another movie (cause i had a discount coupon and i had to use it. heee! [*grins*]).
but right now i'm using the lj's horrid backup program because i couldn't find one that worked on mac (anyone know of one?) and feeling rather lost and alone.
( i'm not enraged with sixapart )
i can't see everyone going to the same place (not that i currently have any plans to leave lj, but some of my flist already has). and i'm absolutely convinced that lj is not alone in their nervousness. govt's have been wrestling for yrs about how to control content and protect their citizens from seeing things they deem unfit. lj is a business reacting to that. i expect that other blog sites will also do lemming-like things eventually. i've heard that the other sites are 'welcoming fans with open arms' but lj used to do that too. [*shrugs*]
( there is a heap of talk about fandom making their own site )
anyway, it all makes me weep (quite literally actually. i just stood and cried in the shower for a wee bit, and was actually a tad late to see pombagira). it was lovely to see pombagira but we ended up talking about lj and other life difficulties and other commitments cut the visit short and left me in the pouring rain downtown feeling rather low. killed a bit of time with edm in the teen-infested food court before we each went to our respective movies. i was surly and generally unpleasant and i hate it when i'm like that.
saw knocked up, which i enjoyed, but also had issues with. i've been married and i know it's not a walk in the park and that marriages because of babies can be even worse (though that's a huge generalisation and i'm not saying it's always true), but the way they portrayed relationship i thought rather depressing. i also found the ending unsatisfying, because part way through the female lead gives a speech that i think is completely true and a wise way to go, and then they end the movie ignoring her insight. i wonder if a bad test screening had them changing the ending. so yes, funny at times (and i totally adored alan tudyk's small role), but i wouldn't put it at the top of your rental list or anything.
also have discovered that i am an excellent temp worker if you are the client or the temp agency because i am extremely contentious and rather resourceful. however if you're me, it sucks, because i don't like being repeatedly thrown in the deep end, even though i can swim, because every time it's a new pool and i don't know where the sides are or how long i'm going to have to tread water and sometimes i barely make it to the shallow end before i want to collapse.
so bah. |
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| [Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 9:06 pm] |
| Subject: more movies (what?! there's a huge film fest on) |
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so rounded myself out of bed and out the door in time to see an 11.30 flick at the film fest. boy was i glad i had.
saw death at a funeral directed by frank oz (yes, the miss piggy/fozzy bear frank oz). it had caught my eye because matthew macfadyen is one of the lead characters. i fell in love with him when i saw an nz film in my father's den, and then even more so as mr darcy in keira's p&p. so yummy. anyway, when i realised it was oz's i couldn't pass it up. had i known that alan tudyk (wash from firefly) was in it as well i would have been even more excited.
this movie is an absolute riot. looks like it's opening in the states shortly. go see it. seriously. it's a little black (since there is a corpse involved) and a lot british. there's a heap of swearing and some homosexual references and drug references and nudity (alan tudyk's naked arse is featured quite prominently), but it's hysterical and just a touch insightful. the characters foibles are endearing and annoying and... oh just go see it, or rent it or something.
turned out i ended up sitting next to J who i met ages ago and then haven't seen much of for years (i ended up sitting by her at some movie a few months ago as well, but we just said hi and that was it). we went off and had tea after and then she got some distressing news and had to run off and pursue, but it was nice to catch up a bit.
after sitting and messing with some writing (which i will put up later if i finish) and knitting a little, i went and saw another film fest movie once. this is an indie irish film about a street musician who ends up collaborating with another musician and making a demo reel to take to london. it's classified as a musical since it's all about the music. glen hansard writes great songs and he's a joy to watch perform with either just his acoustic guitar or in duet with markéta irglová and her lovely piano or with a band (the frames). the movie is a little bittersweet, but the music makes it well worth the watch (and yes phenix_tears, if you can get it i think you and spouse would like it).
looks like it's already come and gone in the states in a limited release (and certainly must have in the uk), but you might be able to rent it. if nothing else, the soundtrack is excellent. go take a listen as there are samples up at amazon (only you might want to be cautious since they seem to have changed the interface and it just crashed my firefox, which is the absolute latest version for the mac).
anyway, have to work tomorrow (dicta typing remember?) so i best get myself together and set and for actually getting up in the am. wish i was in toronto with all of you. [*weeps*] |
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| [Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 11:41 pm] |
| Subject: hp again and the Ev!L michael moore |
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wasn't going to post because i have a bloody horrid headache, but wanted to put some thoughts down about a movie i saw (which is about all i did today. slept poorly last night and didn't accomplish much today, not even rest).
first, i had a coupon to see ootp for a discount and it expired today, so i pushed myself out of the house in time to go for a 3rd time. i do like the movie, especially luna's last comment about what her mum used to say, "things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end... [*spies shoes*] if not always in the way we expect." [*adores luna*]
managed a few chores before another film fest movie, manufacturing dissent, a documentary by some canadians about michael moore. ( i've never liked michael moore much. after seeing this movie i like him even less )
think i'll drug myself up and try and sleep.
eta: also had one of those instant dinners that aren't frozen and you don't add water. you know the ones that are on the shelf and you just heat up? truly disgusting. never again. not even while camping. |
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| [Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 10:39 pm] |
| Subject: a good day and a wee ficlet (seahorses do it with friends, G - vague SPOILERS) |
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i know many of you have patiently listened to me whinge and wibble about my life lately, and though i'm not going to claim i'm done with that, i'd like to share that i've been trying to do some things that will help shift the energy around with the help of some v. wonderful folk.
today, for the first time in ages, i actually had a day without a heap of angst somewhere amongst the good. i was going to go into town earlier, but i'm actually v. v. tired, though nicely so. instead i stayed in with the cat and had a quiet day. finished rereading emmagrant01's left my heart (in actual book form, which was way awesometastic), had tea and crumpets (seriously. and it was v. yum), played a bit with powerpoint so that the next time the temp agency calls wanting someone that's 'an expert in powerpoint' i can at least tell them i've made a presentation in it before (no, honestly, i never had before this morning. granted it was a slideshow presentation about slash, [*grins*] but i did mess around with the basic tools), and generally relaxed.
my one big accomplishment was to finish a wee little ficlet i started for earth_magic's bday (why yes that was ages ago). ironically, since i began this before i got my 100quills table, and since none of the words fit into what i had written so far, you'll have to wait for my next ficlet/drabble thing for that. despite it's racy title, it's actually G-rated.
( seahorses do it with friends (G) - vague SPOILERS )
i'm still not sure this really works, but i hope it's okay. happy v. belated bday earth_magic. [*cuddles*] |
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| [Monday, July 30, 2007 at 3:11 pm] |
| Subject: em@gic, real magic and a rec |
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have always been interested in magic in all it's forms: slight of hand; crones with herbs; witch-doctors with drums and chants and 'medicine'; pagans with wands; and even silly authors with e-m@gic.
which means i'm going to give you the e-m@gic's sooper sekrit set of animal m@gicons. ( ah, go on click through to see them, you know you want to. )
not much to add, been a lazy day so far (not because i have nothing to do, but rather because i'm just not doing them. will most likely regret that later, because i know there are heaps of things i should be doing) and am feeling a bit like i'd best get my act together and actually accomplish a few things. but first one of the things i've been filing my time with today. a rec of a fabulous little wip, but you'll have needed to read DH first.
( fabulous fic cut because it's post HD - hence SPOILERS ) |
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| [Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 11:34 pm] |
| Subject: another weekend gone |
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managed to get a few chores done as well as talk to two of my favourite ladies. spent a good long while with pombagira yesterday, which was v. v. lovely. we drank much tea, chatted about paganism, kiwiburn, HD, h/d and also watched hp1. they were such ickle wee cuties in that movie. had a nice chat with phenix_tears today which include rambles about our lovely harry, spirit, the power of words, the energy in nz and sundry other thingers.
i was planning to work on some drabbles tonight, but then edm stopped by. he brought the dvd word wars, a documentary about competitive scrabble and championships. i thought it rather poorly done, but if you are a huge scrabble fan it might be worth a rent. i came away with the impression that most people who are really, really good at serious competitive scrabble have brains that don't work v. well in western society. many of them are on some sort of medication, most of them don't have regular jobs. anyway, at least i didn't pay to see it, and edm also brought ice cream [*grins*]
and because i couldn't resist, not one, but two more espells...
( espell - zap those zits )
and here's another. heee!
( espell 'getting juicy' )
now i'm drinking a large hot toddy and then i'm off to sleep. |
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| [Friday, July 27, 2007 at 11:58 pm] |
| Subject: not a bad day |
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still no work, which unfortunately puts a damper over beautiful sunny days since i'm getting to the place where i'm beginning to seriously wonder how i'm going to pay rent shortly.
this (of course) does not hinder me from seeing movies, because frankly i'd live on the streets as long as i could keep seeing movies, well, not quite, but nearly.
hustled into town to see helvetica, a doco about, well, helvetica. that ubiquitous type font that y'all see every day (seriously, you do. a heap of govts and companies use it in signage and logos and stuff). it was v. well done and worth a gander if you have interest in history or design. i was stunned that a 1.15 showing on a friday afternoon was nearly sold out. a funny nz thing is though throughout the movie they showed how common it is on the streets of america, the uk, switzerland, and germany, when i walked out after the show, i discovered it is not the font of nz. go figure.
meandered on down to dunkleys great nz craft show. it cost me a tenner to get into (this is something that makes me insane. i realise that in nz they have a bigger need to recoup cost since not that many bodies are gonna be at any given show, but to have to pay $$$ to get into a show to look at booths of folk where you can BUY things is just not on. that $10 admission fee kept me from giving some vendor the self same dosh for something they wanted to sell me [*grinds teeth*]). there were a heap of things i wanted to buy, gorgeous papers, pretty stamps, luscious dips and mustards and jams, cool nail polish pens, nifty magic pens (which i used to have back in the states that i bought from a show v. similar (only you didn't have to pay to get in [*whinges*])), awesomtastic hole punch thingers, shiny beads, stunning yarns. so many prettehs.
ended up buying this nummy sauce/dipper thing with ginger and garlic and soy sauce and a jar of cherries soaked in brandy and a nifty mulled wine concentrate, so you can make yourself a hot toddy with it and hot water, or a cold drink with it and sparkling water. it is way yum, and i decided that even if i can't really afford it, i certainly deserve a little warm alcohol bliss. [*nods*]
oh! and i got a tiny, little shiny rock too! she called it a peacock stone but i guess it's official name is bornite. mine's half blue. supposed to balance and heal.
stopped by to visit S before i headed home. now need to decide if i want to spend heaps of money on a ticket to see the police next jan. i figure i'll have money by then, and S is willing to foot me for a while, so i just need to say yes. i'm sure it would be a blast, but i can't decide...
when i got home, the first thing i saw was the final chapter of draco's boy by empathic_siren. this is an non-magic AU h/d story that is soddin brilliant. if you haven't been reading it you really should go look at it (and i'm not just saying that because i helped out [*grins*]) as of this posting only the first 29 chapters are on hexfiles, the last two chapters can be found here and here. seriously, empathic_siren's work is always outstanding and this is a great story. |
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