Archive for May, 2007

Happy Birthday!

29th-May-2007 06:32 pm[protected post] Happy Birthday!

Today is my mum’s birthday, so Happy Birthday to you Mum! Not that she reads LJ or even has a computer but its the thought that counts right?

Had a doctor appointment this morning so afterwards I met her in the town and we went for coffee to a nice place that makes good decaf mochas, and I gave her her present and card and a big kiss :)

Finished my essay last night about 1.30am lol and now I am analysing Shakespeare’s Sonnets but my mind is more on Prison Break *looks guilty*

I also had an epiphany regarding some writing software that I have installed and might have another crack at integrating it with the forum.  I just need time to play around with the code and time I dont have just now.  But hey after this week I am a free woman again!  Yay!  I can’t wait as I have so many art projects that I really want to get my hands on but of course I can’t because of exams etc, but after this week that won’t be a problem and I can get stuck into something creative for a change!  And I can also get more work done on the tutorials too which had to go on the back burner for a while.

I’m thinking of having cous cous for tea.  My stomach hasnt been good lately and I cant seem to keep anything down but I had some the other night and it was ok, so when on to a good thing… stick to it!

But first things first.  Back to Shakespeare.

28th-May-2007 06:25 pm – Happy Holidays *procrastinate, procrastinate*

Today is the Spring Bank holiday in the UK and as I just remembered, Memorial Day in the US.  I seem to be the only person stuck in front of a computer :(

I have to write/finish an essay and the more I think about it the less I am able to concentrate.  Consequently as it is now 6.30pm and I have been up since 7.45am, I have not achieved much and am still pretty much looking at an empty page.

I am also very very good at procrastinating and look I’m doing it now by being here instead of in Word!

One of my cats upchucked some hairballs this morning which is why I woke up so early on a holiday, and another had some kind of toilet dysfunction so my morning was rather unpleasant.  Then I took them for a walk down the garden to admire (sniff) the plants that finally arrived yesterday (more procrastinating) by that time it was time for some kind of meal, I’m not sure which, (more procrastination).  Did something else for a couple of hours (I don’t recall what) then since I still couldn’t get my head in the right space, decided to watch the LOST finale that I taped last night.  All I can say is:

WTF?

It was majorly disappointing and I say as I’ve said all along, the writers are making it up as they go along, episode by episode, and that’s why nothing ever gets resolved, explained or otherwise makes any sense!  (more procrastinating watching LOST, did you notice how I slipped that in?)

Anyway, I can only stay here for so long, actually until the egg timer goes off and reminds me that I should be writing an essay,and that is right now!

What Famous Pinup are you

You are Bettie Page

Girl next door with a wild streak
You're a famous beauty – with unique look
And the people like you are cultish about it

What Famous Pinup Are You?

Really?  Well I do have a wild streak *wiggles eyebrows*

as seen on

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 I made her some betty icons, I hope she likes them.

My LibraryThing

*brain like a sieve*

I forgot to mention LibraryThing!

I added a librarything widget to my lj yesterday so it displays a list of random books catalogued in My librarything collection. It’s reasonably easy to do though they are still working on a GUI for it, so you basically have to string the code together from examples, but it works pretty well. It also works on myspace and Wordpress and general websites.

When I logged in today all that was on my random book list was cookbooks and Sunshine by Robin McKinley, strangely appropriate since the book is filled with cinnamon rolls and baking references, when it really should be full of vampires and stakings!

The Empire

The Empire has expanded! Yay!

If you havent visited recently, well there have been some changes.

There’s a new theme on every part of the site, inlcuding the Book Addict’s ,and it looks really purty.

We also finished testing and playing with efiction and now its really for action. All it needs now is for people to join up and join in. We will be using it for all kinds of writing, including fanfic, but not only fanfic, since most of our current members don’t dabble, or drabble, or… you know what I mean.

My other blog is linked up and the gallery, so all I need to do now is find the time to add stuff to them.

And if you have never visited or havent for a long time, well we also have another Forum. The Green Room The focus is on arts and entertainment, and we even have a couple of bona fide professional artists on the forum, for all those art-related questions. We are currently working our way through BtVS from Season 1 so we can watch them as they should be, in order with Angel, eventually, one day, when we get that far, and talking about our favourite movies and music.

Oh and I am not studying, which is what I’m really supposed to be doing now, but I keep getting distracted looking at fonts on the font group, then I end up downloading more fonts, and well you can imagine.

Angel and Spike? What the hell!!!

Angel and SpikeI found this on my computer, I know not now where it came from but I was looking for some buffy pics and came across it in a file.

I really don’t remember this happening *tongue in cheek* Really must watch Angel again just in case I may have missed it. lol

Square Eyes

Found on  journal I have no defence lolBold all of the following TV shows which you’ve ever seen 3 or more episodes of in your lifetime.
- Italicize a show if you’re positive you’ve seen every episode of it.
- If you want, add up to 3 additional shows (keep the list in alphabetical order). [added with a *]
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