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I know, I know. A month ago I was so-not-excited about my birthday. But that quickly changed.

Partially, I was all hyper and happy because I just landed two part-time jobs within two weeks of each other. And that is yay! I'm taking time off school and just working for now, 'cause I need the money and the exp and a better looking CV. And, jobs, yay, I like them.

So, yeah, despite my body doing strange and mean things and making me worry, things were on the up. And, hello, birthday, that's a thing to CELEBRATE!

And I have. Started with a parcel arriving from Mum on Friday with all sorts of lovely little goodies like stripey socks, lacy undies, and Amy Brown art, and little knick knacks. Carried on to Saturday, with lunch at the cafe at work with Dad and Suzy (I got to see Buddy and Truffles, the cute little things) and warning them of the pregnancy possibility...

Then, 8 pm, Blades of Glory. *dies* abrandnewboom? Everything you said. :D I loved it. Jon Heder was so pretty. Although he had only a short spot, I adore William Fichtner. And, and... yeah. I liked it a lot. I'm soooo tempted to go see it a second time. But I also kinda want to see Transformers, and maybe OotP. We'll see. I actually dreamed went and saw Transformers, and man did that fuck with my mind.

Um, oh, yeah. Sunday, my birthday. I worked. BUT THIS WAS OKAY. For one thing, I kept telling everyone and they said happy birthday all the time. Then there was the sausage sizzle guys, who remembered me telling them last weekend that Sunday was my birthday, and they put a candle in my sausage! *giggles* It melted a little.

A random customer, upon hearing it was my birthday, bought me a card and wrote inside, "To a very special young lady, Happy Birthday. Have a coffee on me." And gave my $5. How fucking sweet is that?!

Iain, Dad, and Suzy showed up late afternoon... Iain's leaving for Japan soon to teach English for a year, hence why Dad and Suzy came down. And they left some stuff of mine and Iain's at my place, but came to see me and give me more presents and cake.

CAKE. I haven't had a birthday cake in years. It's delicious, and all sorts of pretty with scrolly chocolate mousse and little candy roses. Black forest cake. MMM.

Presents... $50 Whitcoulls voucher (I bought the Long Way Round Special Edition set with it) from Dad and Suzy (also my bike earlier this year, it's my big present for like... the next few big celebrations), The Alchemist from Iain, which I've yet to start reading... and a fold-out mirror from a family friend, Catherine.

My parcel from Andrea arrived sometime over the weekend and I got it yesterday. Yay! Black moleskin pants, "Bitch Pills" and other cute knick knacks.

Mum called me last night, and we chatted. OH! I told her about the pregnancy scare, but I'm not pregnant, because, well, my body's birthday gift to me was the absolute knowledge in the form of, well, y'know. *looks down* Told Dad and Suzy when they stopped by on my birthday as well. Everyone's happy. It's all good.

It's been a very sweet, very awesome birthday.

Now, I'm going to see what the f-list has been up to. And read more fic by ashinae and linden_jay in my position as "pre-beta beta" *grins*

Fin.

What should you do if you man walks out?
Shut the door behind him.

What should you do if you see your ex rolling around in pain on the ground?
Shoot him again.

What have you got if you have 100 men buried up to their necks in sand?
Not enough sand.

How many men does it take to tile a bathroom?
One, if you slice him thinly enough.

How do you stop a man from drowning?
Take your foot off his head.

How do you stop a man from spitting?
Turn down the grill.

How can you tell a guy's well-hung?
You can't get a finger between the rope and his neck.

What's the fastest way to a man's heart?
Through his chest with a sharp instrument.

What does it mean when the man in your bed is gasping for breath and calling your name?
You didn't hold the pillow down long enough.

Recently I paid a visit to Urban Dictionary because I was confused as to what "YMMV" meant. And then I threw in a couple other words just to see what the defintion was, if there was one. One of them was "Metallicar" which is the fan-assigned name of the oh-so-lovely car Sam and Dean have in Supernatural. I was amused about part of the definition, concerning real fangirls and the episode "Devil's Trap" (that I haven't seen, but I know about), what was this:

*After the ending of Devil's Trap*

FakeDitzyFangirl 1: Ahhhh! Sam!
FakeDitzyFangirl 2: Ahhhh! Dean!
RealFangirl 3: Noooooooo! The Metallicar

I suspect I belong to category 3, because we all know what is important and irreplaceable. *nods*

...Dude, I think a rat is setting up shop in my flatmate's closet. I heard scratching and I'm sure it was the pitter patter of not so small claws of a rat, as opposed to a wee mousie. But I didn't see anything, so I can't be sure.

And yet more links:
Truth Surprises -Actually, the thud was kinda fun, as long as the impact left you conscious. Sheppard/Beckett porn.

Not Going Anywhere -John wakes up, and he can't see, or hear. He tries not to panic, and there are those there to help him.

Running on Empty -John and Rodney are implanted with Wraith trackers and placed separately on an alien world to act as runners for the Wraith's amusement. As the story switches between John and Rodney we see a John who doesn't remember anything about who he is but still deals with his problems in a very John way and a panicked Rodney who is all too aware of his own abilities and lack thereof.

Long Road Home -"Great, now I'm on a first-name basis with illegal aliens," McKay groaned. "I am officially the worst border agent ever." An illegal immigrant, an emotionally and physically damaged veteran, and a border patrol agent who hates his job... maybe they were destined to be friends in any universe.

Fin.

"There's leftover fish and chips from last night," Suzy said, as a possibility for my dinner tonight--she and Dad are having dinner over at Eileen's, and I'm on my own for a meal, again.

I barely stifled a smirk as I replied, "Uh, no, I had the fish and some of the chips for lunch."

A series of "Good," "That's very good," and whatnot came from both sets of parents. I felt like a dog being rewarded with praise for good behaviour, and said as much. "Do I get a pat on the head too?" I asked jokingly.

Of course, Dad took me at my word and started patting my head, not too gently, before patting the side of my face as well. When he did that, I turned and stuck my tongue out--I didn't really want to taste salty palm, but it grossed him out sufficiently that perhaps he'll remember not to do that again.

Also, let's see... Bones. Dude, Booth? Rebecca and Cam in a handful of days. Kind of want to cheer him on, at the same time, kind of want to roll my eyes at him. Loving the Angela/Hodgins flirtations. Still would love to see a fic where Zach pwns everyone. And I don't usually go for pwnage.

Um, and, Heroes? Seriously thinking of Petrellicest, because, ha, like being brothers ever stopped anyone. Or in conclusion, cousins, either.

Also, cannot believe I'm actually kinda losing my passion for House. It's not like it's not a good show. But, seriously, it's just not drawing me in like it used to. I don't know. I'll probably still keep watching it anyhow.

Still need to look into SPN, which I know we get, and Dresden Files, which I don't know if we get, but have been told by my mother that it's my kinda show. 'Cause, like, I totally need more fandoms. And brothercest shipping.

Fin.

Meme.

1. Grab the nearest book
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

(Nearest book to my right) Invitations to Responsibility --Alan Jenkins
I avoid using terms such as "fondling" and "interfering" which can serve to detract from the seriousness of the abuse and the extent of the man's facing up:
It takes a lot of courage to face up to the fact that you sexually abused your stepdaughter. Most men can't face it and cop out pretending that nothing happened.

(Nearest book to my left) We of the Never-Never --Mrs Æneas Gunn
But the home-making instinct is strong in a woman, and the musterers went out west without the missus. The Dandy being back at the Bitter Springs superintending the carting of new posts for the stockyard there, the missus was left in the care of Johnny and Cheon.
"Now we shan't be long," said Johnny, and Cheon, believing him, expressed great admiration for Johnny, and superintended the scrubbing of the walls, while I sat and sewed, yard after yard of over sewing, as never woman sewed before.

Being in Dad's office, I've books to my left, books to my right, and books behind me, as well. I sorta had a grand choice, so I went for the first I spotted either side of me that had the prerequisite 123 pages or so. And, hell, I thought it was interesting, if rather random.


Chibi Seme
Take Are you a Seme or an Uke? today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Personality Test Generator.

No, I don't know what I'm doing.

( Yet another fic-list of DOOM for Ange )

Fin.

The Invisible Library

Which is so totally cool.

Also, because I keep forgetting: When I was at pandoras_evil_t's before, and we were watching vids... caught an old taped episode of Star Trek Voyager. "Infinite Regress" I think the name was. Anywho, there was totally a Seven of Nine/B'Elanna Torres femmeslash moment. And a little bit of Seven/Tuvok, but mostly Seven/B'Elanna. Left me and Ange very amused.

Fin.

then you should cease asking scary questions.
Not that any of the questions I was asked over at CoE were scary. Nor should my answers be that squicky. ( And here goes nothing... )

I was sitting down and writing a fic for rose_whispers today. At least starting on it. She is doing one of those meme things where she'll write a fic of a given pairing/genre/cliche. Since others seemed to be offereing fics/art in return, I made a tentative offer to try writing something as well. Thus, I thought I'd take a twist on something I once wrote out of boredom between classes a year or two ago. And there I was, writing, when a completely unrelated plot bunny leaped up and bit me on the ass, demanding to be written nownownow. So I wrote it. I worked on it, and I'm mostly happy with it. But I don't want to post it yet. Would kinda like to get someone to do a quick beta of it... *plots*

[Edit:] Oh hell, I went and posted it anyway over at weasleys_wood. It's all right, I suppose.

I also wanted to rec weaslebicons... just have a gaz at these:

The coffee ship icons are cool. And of course I had to ask that she make a Percy/Oliver one, just as I'm hoping grrliz_icons will make a Percy/Oliver icon to the Baskin Robin's flavour icons she's been making. (I recommend checking those out, too, yes!)

Fin.

a. List 5 - 10 fandoms.
b. Have your friends list choose a character from each fandom that he/she thinks most resembles you and justify why.
c. Post in your own LJ.

Wheel of Time
Sword of Truth
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter
Vampire Chronicles
Dragonriders of Pern
The Discworld
Star Wars

It's okay if you don't make any comparisons for fandoms you don't belong to. Or don't know anything about, at any rate.
Heh. I just read the Wikipedia definition of slash. It's really quite accurate and informative.
Okay, this entry is really boring I'm sorry.

Fin.

I'm horrible. I laugh when he falls in the water. He's so cute when he flails, too.
For robofrog and _xanthia who like scarves. The pups, yours to color in and keep! That's the first time I've had something fannish dedicated to me by a complete stranger. That I know of, at any rate. It's pretty awesome.
:( Absolutely everyone on my contacts list was offline. Usually there's at least one, even if he or she is in (away) status. Not even one of those, for once. It was kinda lonely. There's a couple names there now, though. Mind you, MSN has seemed pretty dead, late. Except yesterday, when I had four people chatting with me at the same time. it was weird. But cool, because I got Andrea playing bejewelled, heard from Biz that there's another book in the Sword of Truth series out, and about her creepy yet awesome dream featuring Lan, Richard, and Zed, heard about the shnappi song thing from Gino, and spoke to dad.
Thanks, peaseblossom03, for posting the link to this. It's in my memories now.

Fin.

I have a mark on my hand for where this thing fell on me... but it's red rather than blue or yellow. Not a proper bruise at all. I wasn't paying attention and overbalanced on stand holding the spring. I was kneeling on the ground and not looking at it, but yeah... just hit my hand is all... better my hand than the sensor.
...dude. My alarm on my watch is set for 4:50 p.m. and either it didn't go off or I totally didn't hear it, because it's set so it's supposed to go off. Mind you, I was rather distracted at the time, being in my physics lab and given I so totally didn't even DO part of it because I ran out of time. Plus, my lab partner was gone, so I was alone. Again.
We actually watched some of the news today. I've been so out of touch with latest events... Well. Now I know what's going on. :(
Anyway. Nicked from kiwialicat

A desktop meme
01: Take a screencap of your desktop.
To cap a desktop:
-Press "Print Screen" (prt sc) button on a PC or cmd-shift-3 on a Mac
-Open your graphics program-o-choice
-Press CTRL + V or go to "edit > paste"
-Save image as a JPEG

02: Upload the screen cap to your image server.

03: Reply to this entry with A LINK TO your screencap. Along with any explanations you feel are necessary.

04: Post your cap in YOUR LJ along with these instructions.

( Because I have no choice at the mo )

And a rec, of sorts. For those of you on my f-list who like Harry Potter, especially the fanfics. Especially slash Remus/Sirius MWPP-Era fanfics. shoebox_project has some competition. It's called prankstersguide. The Prankster's Guide to Life. Bloody brilliant.

Fin.

Tomorrow I am going over to Andrea's to watch Pirates of the Caribbean with her and Anita. Anita has never seen it before. I'm definitely in the mood to see it again. Wonderful movie.
I ripped a bunch of songs off my CDs onto Iain's comp. He had 11.5 GBs of music. 7.1 days worth, if you listened to each song all that way through, nonstop. He now has closer to 13 GBs of music. 7.7 days. But it's all for a good cause. He's given me lots of music in the past. Only time I returned the favor. The only thing I hate about the fact he has over 2600 songs is that it's bloody hard to find the right one if it doesn't have full details, OR I can't remember the song title or artist. Even with the search feature. Ah, well.
Was supposed to buy cutlery today. Haha, that didn't happen.
Hardest bloody time waking up this morning. But then, I went to bed at eleven something or other and hadn't taken any naps to catch up on sleep lost the night before last. And likely I won't have an early night tonight, either.

Gacked from yeliah_whiskey

Who would you rather push off a cliff, shag and marry:

1. Dumbledore, Hagrid, Mad Eye
2. Sirius, Remus, James
3. Luna, Cho, Hermione
4. Harry, Oliver Wood, Cedric
5. Bellatrix, Snape, Wormtail

( Who gets what fate and why, in my world. )

( And another meme )

Fin.