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Sorcha Cierlyn says:
indeed
I think facebook is crashing
is it working fine for you?
Hananator says:
no
I'm on my last fucking quiz
and it won't fucking load
plus it was having fits over the comments I wanted to make earlier
Sorcha Cierlyn says:
lol I think it's burnt out. I cant even get to the home page, it keeps giving me a connection error
Hananator says:
I'm checking my f-list instead
Sorcha Cierlyn says:
ah, there it goes
Hananator says:
...why has lj forgotton who I am?
I never logout
bloody hell.
Sorcha Cierlyn says:
didn't your hotmail forget you earlier?

...so, yeah, staying logged in seems to be an issue for me lately. Huh.

Baked another set of banana choc chip muffins today. And shortbread biscuits. Joe is supposed to be baking a one-egg choc cake for Heaven's birthday (tomorrow) and I'm doing the icing. They love my butter icing. :D

Daylight savings is fucking with my sleep cycle and I have to remember to start cooking dinner before it starts getting dark. I feel like such a Sim sometimes.

Speaking of Sims, Heaven shelled out for the Sims Life Stories and got me to install in on the computer. Alan hates the game and is leery of becoming a Sims-widow. I am possibly going to be guilty of this. It's just so damned addictive! Must remember self-restraint.

Self restraint is fun... until you drop the key.

And

Understanding is a three-edged sword... our side, their side, & the truth.

I may have fallen in love with this picture of Zachary Quinto. Just a lil smidgeon. Hee.

Need a drink of cranberry juice, and then, I think, some sleep. But first I know I will finish checking my f-list. 'Cause I <3 my f-list.

Fin.

Me says: Ari didn't mean for her crew to start out female-heavy, but when her mechanic Callie and her gunner Briley retired, she managed to pick up Thierry and he introduced her to Nyla, and, eventually, Jerrin
Gully Dwarf Blues says: Ah.
Me says: Jerrin is good as a gunner but also serves as a bit of a Jack-of-all-Trades (joat) helping wherever someone needs an extra hand
Me says: 'cept piloting, which seems to be a talent reserved for the womenfolk of their ship
Gully Dwarf Blues says: Hollander can pretty do almost everything, but he spends most of his time planning their next attack.
Me says: Ari is the worst cook ever. She can burn water.
Gully Dwarf Blues says: Hehehe. I'm glad she isn't making food for me!
Me says: Merril took her off the cooking rota, after that week they got food poisoning and nearly lost the ship to some scavengers who mistook a drifting Valerie for a derelict
Gully Dwarf Blues says: Ouch.
Me says: fortunately, no scavenger appreciates being vomitted on and a sick crew is a desperate crew to get the threat off their boat 'fore the next round of vomitting and diarrhea
Me says: their attackers were very cautious approaching derelicts after that, and still turn pale at the sound of vomitting
Gully Dwarf Blues says: I love it.
Me says: I love making this stuff up on the spot

Fin.

In a conversation with diea:

Me: I find it amusing how many times people forget the _ in front of my name. Not that you did. It's just it happened in some icon crediting by dragonrider7 recently, and in an entry today by cynicalpirate
diea: and in my user info which you pointed out a little while ago
diea: why did you include the underscore?
Me: because I had a feeling that if I didn't, lj would say "BITCH, that name's taken already!" And, would you know? I was right.
diea: really? there's another Xanthia running around? wierd
Me: of course, whoever this chick is, she hasn't updated in two years or three years, but whatever
Me: uh-huh. There's also www.myspace.com/xanthia as opposed to me, www.myspace.com/_xanthia Although I did get to have xanthia without the _ over at photobucket.
diea: at least you win at something. I always thought that it was because you wanted your name to be at the beginning of lists instead of the end.
diea: it was the only reason I could think of.
Me: hahahaha, no. Although that is a good reason.

Interview Questions from simple__man:

1. What's your favorite JTHM moment? Ooooh. *has to think really hard* It's been aaaaages since I've read JTHM, and I haven't read all of them... but... I think, the first time he met Squee.

2. Favorite HP pairing, and why? Oh, this one, Remus/Sirius hands down. It's what got me into the fandom, actually. See, for a long time I resisted Harry Potter, but finally I caved and read all the books. And then, about six months later, I got it into my head that maybe those weird slashers were right, and Remus and Sirius were made for each other (until he died, and then Severus helped Remus move on). Then I went searching for fic.

But really, besides the huge ass amount of subtext that they were More Than Friends and Certainly Not Brothers, they work so well together. Remus has totally got Sirius whipped, and acts as a sort of balance by being the Calm One while Sirius is the Wild One. And Sirius, I think, helps Remus loosen up a little and have fun.

3. Movie that never fails to scare the absolute shit out of you. Ummm. I don't really watch many scary movies, mostly because I find I can't suspend my disbelief for the stupid thing the characters do. And, I mean, I don't really scare too easily, at least, not scared shitless at any rate. Hmmm. Exorcist: The Beginning was pretty freaky. But, really... I reckon Signs freaks me out the worst though. Particularly if I watch it at night, out in the country or somewhere where I can hear the trees rustling in the wind. I remember the first time I saw that movie, I had to take the trash out, which meant walking across the dark yard, where, zomg, they could come out and kill me at any moment.

4. What was your first memory? My first memory is from when I was around 18 months old or so. My mum had to hang out the laundry, and being my typical clingy self, I wanted her to carry me. Of course, she couldn't carry me and hang up the laundry, so she had to put me down. She thought I might like it if she put me in the laundry basket, that I'd have fun standing there while she did what she had to do. I distinctly remember thinking, "I don't want to be here. If I cry, I'll be picked up." And so, I started to cry.

5. What sports do you like to watch, and have you ever played any sports. The only sport I really like to watch is netball (If you don't know what it is, click the link under 'About Netball' for details). I've tried watching rugby, but I often get distracted. And no other sport really interests me enough to watch it all the way through. I've played a little bit of rugby, but not nearly as much as I wish I did. For a while there I did play netball--it was totally random that I decided to play this all-girls sport that I had NO idea how to play. I did okay anyway.

(I googled to find a good definition of netball, 'cause I was pretty sure simple__man would have no idea what I was talking about. Zomg I could kill the Wikipedia definition. It's absolute shite. 'Cause, I mean, yeah, it's got similarities to basketball (and used to be called that until basketball became an international sport), but at the same time it's quite different. I prefer it. Whenever I played basketball in PE I always had the hardest time remembering I could run and dribble the ball, not stop and immediately pass.

...haha, the reminds me how one time we were playing basketball, and I got the ball and had to run to the opposite end of the court. Of course I was being chased as I dribbled the ball. I don't know what got into me but I couldn't even have been to the 3 pt line, when, worried they were going to steal the ball off me, I stopped and made the shot--and got it. My teammates loved me for that.

My aim is pretty shite most of the time though. It took a LOT of practicing to get my body to figure out just how to throw the ball so it got in the hoop. I'm pretty sure that shot was a fluke, lol. It's why, with Netball, I'm better as Goal Defend than Goal Attack. I get the mobility of two thirds of the court, without having to take shots--just intercept them and get the ball to the other end of the court.)

In other news, I wanted Liz to straighten my hair today, but she wasn't feeling up to it and I'm not confident enough to try it on my own yet. Instead I watched Revenge of the Sith with her and Anthony... and ate a lot of her chocolate. But oooooh, I love Samuel L. Jackson and Ewan McGregor. And I had such a hard time not laughing at slashy moments. Hehe.
Dad sent a text at quarter to five saying he was running late--hadn't even left Hamilton in fact. Bloody hell. He's going to be here v. late. He said something about how he hoped it wasn't too rainy... I'm oviously not up to date on how weather is around the rest of the country 'cause it was very nice here today.
I don't think Chunky is interested in me. Damn, damn, and bloody hell. Stupid boys!
I got quite the shock this afternoon though. There's several American guys who are students here, and they're in the comp labs a lot. There's one of them I've sorta had my eye on in a casual way, even if he'll wear his hat backwards (I rather hate that.). Well, when I got here earlier today he wasn't wearing his hat. Oh. My. God. The guy can't be more than 20 or so. Already going bald. Horribly so. No fucking wonder he's always wearing a hat. It sucks, 'cause he's got such a round head he'd look like ball if he just shaved off his hair. *snerk* He has playboy bunny pajama pants. They're v. cute.
After reading metaquotes, I want a sharpie and some white-out, to draw top hats and iPods on all manner of crossing signs. *grins* Link. Browsing through metaquotes also sent me on a bit of an icon gacking spaz. Saw several I really liked. Now safely tucked away, with credit.
A Holy Mother of Fuck picture of Lucius Malfoy.

Fin.

Edit: I fucking suck at code today.

I love going out. Even when I have no money, I love going out with the girls. I think my first amusement for the night was as I was heading to the bathroom to wash my face, brush my teeth, and do my make-up. I was already dressed up, and Annalise asked me was I not going out? "Yeah, I am." I think she just focused on the toothbrush and washcloth, I think, so I got sarcastic and flicked a leg out and replied, "Oh, yeah, I love to sleep in my fishnets!"
Annalise was nice and generous, and gave me a Woodstock bourbon & coke... and then ended up giving me most of hers, because Woody's just doesn't go down well after a Jim Beam and coke. Then, Sarah G gave Victoria, Annalise and me a ride to scarfies. Kate and Kirsti had buggered off with Isaac to some party, and we were going to meet up with them in town later or something. But when we got to town... Scarfies was dead. Deadder than dead. There was no one there. BUT we still went in 'cause it's cheap piss.
After Liz showed up--she'd been at a band practice--we played a game of pool, in which Liz and I won--or rather, Liz kicked their asses 'cause I didn't sink a single ball. Pathetic, I know. But I've gotta be in this right state of notsobernotdrunk 'cause too far either way and I'm uncoordinated or my aim is shite. Then Victoria kicked Annalise's ass in another game.
Haha, we were sitting outside as the three of them had a smoke, and reminiscing about Thursday. We were laughing so hard after I reminded them of the crazy thing Lisita said. At one point, we were either guessing that James would be stoned, or Liz said something about wanting to get stoned. Well, Lisita turnted to Victoria and asked all eagerly, "Do you know where I can get some stone?" Gods we almost died laughing. She had to pause and think about what she said wrong before she could coherently ask where she could get some weed.
We went back inside, and all had a quick fuck. Ahem. That's a shot of bailey's and lime. I'm not a big fan of bailey's, but that was vair, vair nice. And then we all had a sunrise--vodka, orange and rasberry. I had fun skulling that before we hit up the dance floor. Although, Liz ended up ditching us and running off with Anthony, to our disgust. She deserves better! She just wanted sex. Like her vibrator's not good enough. But vibrators are so good!
Because Annalise and Victoria were dancing almost exclusively with each other, the guys were too scared to approach them. Didn't stop a couple of them from dancing up to me though. I keep thinking of that routine by Dane Cook when it happened. One of the guys was getting way too touchy feely and creepy. I was glad to get away from him. *shudders* For some reason he gave his number to Victoria if any of us felt like texting him. Mmmno.
I learned Victoria's nickname is Dills which stands for "Do I look like shit?" As every time we go out she asks it fifty billion times. Whereas Annalise's nickname is Retard. I don't know why, but Sarah G's is Caber. Kate gets called Tazzy--that confuses the hell out of me because the one and only Taz is Justin Murray. I don't have a nickname from them. I'm just Hana. *pouts*
We were sitting outside again later as Victoria and Annalise had a smoke, when they decided they wanted another drink, but didn't have anymore money. So, there was this guy sitting at the pokie machine and they asked him if he had $2 they could have. He gave us all some money, nice bloke, and then who did we find playing a couple machines down, but one of the Wally D boys, Chunky (what his actual name is, I cannot remember. Everyone calls him Chunky. He went to the Resident's ball in a flower-printed dress, straw hat, and workboots). His friend Tom and some of the other guys were there as well. I was admiring Chunky's oh so snazzy too small for him wool jacket, when he let me start losing his money for him.
Although... I had better luck that him at some points. Particularly with betting if a card flipped over would be black or red ace. Was winning for a while, and then went and lost all of it. He didn't mind, though, since he'd been planning to lose it all anyway. But he was going to buy me a shot of tequila, but under this new management they stopped selling drinks at like, one. Ah well. Hung around talking to Chunky while his mates played a game of pool and Annalise and Victoria went outside to smoke again. They kept waving at us through the windows and then Victoria gave us a v. rude gesture.
Finally we all left, and the boys went one way, and us another--but not without Chunky and I exchanging numbers. (Sidenote: Why is it that three of the four guys I've exhanged numbers with are 027's? Is it that most guys prefer Telecom, or just most guys who I end up chatting up prefer Telecom?) Funnily enough, we ran into them again at Subway. We'd stopped outside 'cause there was this very drunk girl and we wanted to make sure she was all right and stuff, and saw them inside. Then, Annalise got hungry so she had to get some food herself. We also so Isaac, who was so, so drunk and just about passed out at his table while Brad ate.
Things got a bit confused for a while, as Tom went after the drunk girl and her drunk mate, to make sure they had a way home or anything. Isaac wandered off... somewhere, I think to take a piss 'cause I finally spotted him in this corner between a dumpster and building. We stood outside the Gull service station and Annalise tried to get ahold of Sarah to pick us up. And Kate and Kirsti joined us. Oh my god Isaac had us laughing so hard once he returned from the shadowy corner. He was talking to Annalise, but it was all just random syllables and weird hand gestures over his face. It was just... I don't know if it was intentional or he was really trying to say something and just couldn't formulate proper words.
Heh, we saw Adrian's friend Ricky, and Annalise and I stopped to perve. He's pretty hot. Adrian is cute, but Ricky is hot. It's a pity he already has a girlfriend. Eh bien, can't have everyone. Also, Brad totally ignored Victoria when she tried to tell him where Tom and Isaac had gone. She doesn't know if he was in a snit with her, or just in a snit in general. Not that she's done anything worthy of getting in a snit with her. But with guys, who knows?
We crammed six people in Sarah's car. Seven if you include her. But yeah, five of us in the back seat. Had to wait for this one cop to disappear before we could all cram in so we didn't get in trouble. Kate and Kirsti were sitting in the footwells. And the music was blaring loudly. But then Isaac, Kate, and Kirsti got out before the first speed bump so Sarah's car didn't scrape it. She was going to race the girls back to the hall, but Isaac walked slow down the middle of the road on purpose so the girls could get ahead. He started running and skipping around too.
So, at two-something at the morning, upon returning, I had to have something to eat and I cooked up some leftovers from friday. Fish and chips, yum. In bed at 3 am. Did I have fucked up dreams again? I can't remember. I think I did. But, heh, I woke up at about 10 this morning... and decided after a little walk to come online.
shiseiji: You're on early/late
me: it's quarter after 11 on Sunday morning
shiseiji: oh.. fine :P

Fin.

Me: only a black ajah would dare, methinks. Or she would be accused of being black ajah if she did
Matt: True, but it would be absolutely hilarious. "Tell me more of this wonderful thing you call humor, *insert first name here* Sedai!"

Matt: Can't you just imagine it? A Fade addicted to chocolate? "You will hand over this substance known as 'chocolate,' or I will tear off your skin in strips and make you dance in your bones. After you hand it over, I will pay for it with this Andoran gold mark. Thank you, good day."
Me: "Only one? For all of that?"
Matt: "The rest is the store owners gratitude for not being made to dance in his bones." All very serious-like with the Myrddraal's non-existant humor.
Matt: I think it would be awesome if I Myrddraal (the "Addicted One," we shall call him), were to be fighting a Warder, and then offer to withdraw from combat if the Warder would be kind enough to ask his Aes Sedai to use the One Power to summon up a Milky Way bar... Milky Way Dark, naturally. If I were playing a Myrddraal in someone else's campaign, I would so do that. And, I would do it with a straight face. I wonder what the Warder and Aes Sedai would do?
Me: wonder wtf a milky way bar is
Matt: Well, that's true. I'd say someting more believable for the Wheel of Time, like maybe a brick of Taraboner chocolate. And once they had done so, I would be as good as my word. I might even share some with my Trollocs (if I had any).
Me: they wouldn't appreciate it
Matt: Imagine the two making their report to the Amyrlin seat though. And that's true, the Trollocs wouldn't. Too bad.
Me: How would you make sure they kept their word though?
Matt: I'm a Myrddraal, and I'm badass. I would make it especially known to them that they could not possibly defeat me, and that all I want is some bloody chocolate, damn it!
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Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July 15.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
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I was taking this quiz, earlier, one peaseblossom03 had posted on her lj. I didn't bother with keeping the results because it wasn't all that interesting. Mostly I just raged against the questions, or at least, the options for answering the questions. Not like, super-pissed off raged, just sort of--none of these apply! Or all of them do! Like this one question:
Given only these choices, which of these U.S. television drama programs would you decide to watch?
-CSI (any of them)
-House
-Law & Order (any of them)
-Lost

...how about ALL OF THEM?! Okay, I can live without CSI Miami and NY, and I'm okay missing an ep. or two of any of the Law & Order's. But I do love Lost, and House, and the original CSI.
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*argues politics with Matt*
( I'm so opinionated sometimes )

Fin.

[convo with my mother]
Sue says: Well if you see Rhi on line... she forgot she was feeding our kitties this weekend.........
Girl says: oh no!
Girl says: were they okay?
Sue says: yes... but their food bowl was totally empty...... and water was right down. Milk non existent. I had chatted to her on line earlier and asked if it was still okay for her to do it and she said yes... so I put key and cat food out under barbie cover as per usual... came back today and they were all still there.
Girl says: I will have a talk to her
Sue says: hehhe ...... well I sent her an email... not like her to forget.

[Rhi's not on. Her bf is. I IM Matt]
Girl says: would... you have any idea why Rhi might have forgotten something she was supposed to do this weekend?
Lord of Sorrow says: She forgot something?
Lord of Sorrow says: And no, I don't, except that she was over at her grandparents this past weekend.
Girl says: yeah, she was supposed to feed the cats while Mum and Gary were away
Lord of Sorrow says: I'm hoping she'll log on, but my hopes are dwindling... Heh. Well, she said something about feeding them.
[Rhi signs on]
Girl says: ah, here she is

[IM to Rhi]
Girl says: you trying to starve my pussies?
Acupuncture says: OMG.. I thought it was next weekend..
Acupuncture says: omg omg omg
Acupuncture says: fuck
Girl says: they were okay
Girl says: and mum's not mad

[Convo with mum]
Girl says: ...she thought it was next weekend
Sue says: ah
Girl says: now I've sent her into omg panic mode
Sue says: oh oh
Girl says: so now I'm telling her they're okay and you're not angry
Sue says: no...... not angry.
Sue says: And they did survive although the cats were a bit ticked lol

[meanwhile...]
Acupuncture says: phew..
Acupuncture says: *is still writing an e-mail back to her*
Girl says: she was just wondering, 'cuz it's not like you to forget
Acupuncture says: actually..
Acupuncture says: I thought it was next weekend.. had it written down as that too
Girl says: ...if you ever forget to feed my pets again I will take your Sims 2 away. Okay?
Acupuncture says: Nooooo! and ok.
Acupuncture says: *is really sorry*
Acupuncture says: *will have to make choco cookies and other goodies.. in teh shape of cats*
Girl says: :P
Acupuncture says: What are you up to?
Girl says: nothing too much
Girl says: possibly writing an entry accusing you of starving my pussies
Acupuncture says: lol
Acupuncture says: *is still sorry*
Girl says: I'm sure you're forgiven
Acupuncture says: Yeah, but...Your poor pussies
Girl says: yeah. They were pissed.

And my friend Rodolfo emailed me something that definitely cheered me up (for those of you who worry)...

( English as second language! )

Fin.

Bold the ones you've seen, italicize the ones you've partially seen or have seen but barely remember.

( Lalala )

Me: I have Morris!!!!!
Mum: WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so he FINALLY arrived...........
Me: he arrived two days ago but I didn't get the notice until yesterday
Mum: oh right.... yes they were a bit slack there then, weren't they... but glad he got there okay. I can throw the paper work away now.
Me: I've been wearing the ring
Mum: oh good.........
Me: and the socks are both cute and V. much needed. At least two pairs of my socks had thinned/holes in the ankles
Mum: glad you liked them! When I found the Care Bear and Strawberry shortcake ones I thought "oh that's Hana!" but the cat ones were cute too........ so they all came home....... did the sweater fit?
Me: haven't tried it on yet. I'm, um, wearing what I was wearing yesterday...
Mum: oh oh...... so is this because we didn't come home last night?

Apparently I missed an opportunity to watch Fight Club, what with not coming home. I'd left my cell phone at home, and when I got back this morning, there was a text message from about 1:30 in the morning from Shan asking if I was still up and wanted to watch Fight Club. Heh. No dice mate, I was at Peter's... we went and saw Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and I was highly amused. There was one time where I felt a bit of a dunce because it took me a moment or two longer than the rest of the audience to get. But ooooh Angelina + Brad + guns & splody things + snark = v. v. happy moi. And then we went back to his place to watch a B-grade vampire movie that looked like it was made in the 80's. The only gem:

Boudreaux: Be gone! You deal with things far more then your comprehension.
Aaron Gray: He didn't just say that.
Lucy Westenra: Spare us the Anne Rice routine. We are not amused.

Scrubs and Lost tonight. Yay.

Fin.

( In another IM convo, certain things bring me to mind )

So, what I'm curious to know is, what reminds you of me? A place, a name, a streetsign, song, movie, book, whatever. Leave a comment and I'll also tell you of anything that makes me think of you.

Fin.

Arienette says: do you realize nearly every response I got to waking up with me in bed involved drink/innuendo to sex, and/or an offer for breakfast?
Sorcha says: lol
Arienette says: may as well make it legal and change my name to Sirius Black.
Sorcha says: lol
Sorcha says: aww
Sorcha says: does this upset you?
Arienette says: no... not at all. I got lots of great sex.
Sorcha says: lol
Arienette says: it amuses me that I'm such a sex item amongst my own sex
Sorcha says: it's terribly difficult to explain
Sorcha says: but then you do go posting pictures to remind us
Sorcha says: ;)
Arienette says: ...I'm a sexy bitch and y'all want to fuck me? That's not difficult.
Sorcha says: lol
Sorcha says: well not when you say it like that
Arienette says: of course this is bad for me ego as it swells terribly
Sorcha says: no no, that's gooood
Sorcha says: you wouldn't be you w/o your ego
Arienette says: lol
Arienette says: *feels it swell more*
Arienette says: good god, it's like having a penis
Sorcha says: lol
Sorcha says: rofl
Sorcha says: see? stuff like that. You're the only person I know who would think of and then say something like that

I'm A 1960s Geek

You're pretty quirky and weird but we know you're smart and love you anyway!

find your geek decade at spacefem.com

Yeah.

Fin.

Arienette says: OMG SNAPE SNOW PLAYING YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arienette says: http://chance.slashcity.net/masterandthewolf/stories/agalleonandadream.html
Diea Talbot says: lol
Diea Talbot says: *is reading it*
Arienette says: "At least my snorts sound condescending. Yours sound like they came from a deathly ill warthog."
Arienette says: yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
Diea Talbot says: lol
Arienette says: I've become rather adept and condescending snorts
Diea Talbot says: I"m sure you have tons of pratice
Arienette says: I used to just do it as an online thing, y'know, like *snorts* or *snickers* but then I got into the habit of actually doing it
Arienette says: rofl oooh "This ad was paid for by the friends of Fred and George Weasley." haha

This is all because, well, ever since I posted that picture of Alan Rickman as Snape all laughing and happy I've been consumed with the thought of a happy, laughing, playful Snape. Especially having him playing with someone in the snow and laughing. So to have it show up in a fic made me squee.

Fin.