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girlofpreyI made it through my ESA assessment, anyway.
It was kind of gruelling as usual, but the woman doing the assessment was sort of nice, and mum was with me. I think it went okay, but it's a funny thing to think about really. Because if I was fine, I obviously wouldn't need an assessment, and if I seem fine they might decide I don't need benefits anymore. So, y'know. But there's not really much point worrying about that till I get the decision, I guess. It was weird though, because I asked the woman doing it about the review, and how I wasn't expecting to have to do an assessment until October, and she didn't know anything about a review and said this was nothing to do with that. So...I don't know what that was. Whether it was the review and she just didn't know about it, or whether it was just a sort of getting all the details/getting everything on file thing now that I'm actually on ESA. I don't know. I don't even know if the questionnaire I did a few weeks ago was for the review or for this assessment. But at the very least, if I DO have a review in October, I hope they won't ask to see me again, since I've already done a review recently. Fingers crossed.
In other news, I accidentally got into Dallas. New Dallas. I'M SORRY IF ANYONE IS UPSET OR THOUGHT I WAS BETTER THAN THAT. I'm not. There's a young guy who is handsome and has an evil father and is evil and maybe a bit insecure. GROUNDBREAKING FOR ME, I KNOW. But anyway. I'm planning to watch it on Channel 4, which will apparently take me 10 weeks. Hurrah. On the other hand, I looked up John Ross' early life from original Dallas last night. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. It's like a whole soap child biography, but I don't have to wait years for it to play out. Amazing.
Also I played through all of the Bertrand parts of Infamous 2. It's kind of terrible that I love him so much. But. His scenes with Cole are pretty much the best part of the game. Also he's pretty much the only character who gets to be a character all the way through the game, and not just be part of Cole's choices. Also he's a baddie who's actually bad, which is something this game doesn't always manage (wankily), and which I do appreciate. Also he has some of the best boots I've ever seen. Also I wish there was a fandom because I get the feeling I could shipwar with the Cole/Zeke fans. They would win on the relationship front, which is FINE. But I would win on the CHARACTERISATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE GAME THAT MAKES ANY SENSE front. And I think that's the front that would win.
And I started Bioshock. Which is about as brilliant as everyone says, and all the awards it got suggests. Which is nice because most of the games I've started lately have been huge disappointments. Yay. Also I bought Overlord, basically because I miss Dungeon Keeper. I MISS DUNGEON KEEPER SO MUCH.
And also, I thought I'd share some more vids from EvilVillainsStudio that I've liked. Mostly I think I like them because of the songs, but the editing and editing together of clips is really good as well. It's interesting, because some of the(made-up) pairings click with me more than others, and I can't tell if it's because of the editing (different sections seems to be made by different people), and because of the actual pairings/characters. It's fun either way though.
There is footage from new Who and Once Upon A Time in these videos. I can only apologise.
Crazy Possessive by Kaci Battaglia:
Love Me Dead by Ludo (I want to put an EPILEPSY WARNING on this one, because while watching it back to make sure it embedded properly, I noticed it has some strobey effect that seriously make my head hurt):
Make Me Wanna Die by The Pretty Reckless:
And the specifically slashy Toxic (by A Static Lullaby):
And the specifically femslashy Skinny Love (by Birdy):
And while we're on the subject of songs I have discovered in songvids I like - that are kind of for baddies - I may as well share Terrible Things by April Smith and the Great Picture Show:
And Little Toy Gun by honeyhoney:
It was kind of gruelling as usual, but the woman doing the assessment was sort of nice, and mum was with me. I think it went okay, but it's a funny thing to think about really. Because if I was fine, I obviously wouldn't need an assessment, and if I seem fine they might decide I don't need benefits anymore. So, y'know. But there's not really much point worrying about that till I get the decision, I guess. It was weird though, because I asked the woman doing it about the review, and how I wasn't expecting to have to do an assessment until October, and she didn't know anything about a review and said this was nothing to do with that. So...I don't know what that was. Whether it was the review and she just didn't know about it, or whether it was just a sort of getting all the details/getting everything on file thing now that I'm actually on ESA. I don't know. I don't even know if the questionnaire I did a few weeks ago was for the review or for this assessment. But at the very least, if I DO have a review in October, I hope they won't ask to see me again, since I've already done a review recently. Fingers crossed.
In other news, I accidentally got into Dallas. New Dallas. I'M SORRY IF ANYONE IS UPSET OR THOUGHT I WAS BETTER THAN THAT. I'm not. There's a young guy who is handsome and has an evil father and is evil and maybe a bit insecure. GROUNDBREAKING FOR ME, I KNOW. But anyway. I'm planning to watch it on Channel 4, which will apparently take me 10 weeks. Hurrah. On the other hand, I looked up John Ross' early life from original Dallas last night. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. It's like a whole soap child biography, but I don't have to wait years for it to play out. Amazing.
Also I played through all of the Bertrand parts of Infamous 2. It's kind of terrible that I love him so much. But. His scenes with Cole are pretty much the best part of the game. Also he's pretty much the only character who gets to be a character all the way through the game, and not just be part of Cole's choices. Also he's a baddie who's actually bad, which is something this game doesn't always manage (wankily), and which I do appreciate. Also he has some of the best boots I've ever seen. Also I wish there was a fandom because I get the feeling I could shipwar with the Cole/Zeke fans. They would win on the relationship front, which is FINE. But I would win on the CHARACTERISATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE GAME THAT MAKES ANY SENSE front. And I think that's the front that would win.
And I started Bioshock. Which is about as brilliant as everyone says, and all the awards it got suggests. Which is nice because most of the games I've started lately have been huge disappointments. Yay. Also I bought Overlord, basically because I miss Dungeon Keeper. I MISS DUNGEON KEEPER SO MUCH.
And also, I thought I'd share some more vids from EvilVillainsStudio that I've liked. Mostly I think I like them because of the songs, but the editing and editing together of clips is really good as well. It's interesting, because some of the(made-up) pairings click with me more than others, and I can't tell if it's because of the editing (different sections seems to be made by different people), and because of the actual pairings/characters. It's fun either way though.
There is footage from new Who and Once Upon A Time in these videos. I can only apologise.
Crazy Possessive by Kaci Battaglia:
Love Me Dead by Ludo (I want to put an EPILEPSY WARNING on this one, because while watching it back to make sure it embedded properly, I noticed it has some strobey effect that seriously make my head hurt):
Make Me Wanna Die by The Pretty Reckless:
And the specifically slashy Toxic (by A Static Lullaby):
And the specifically femslashy Skinny Love (by Birdy):
And while we're on the subject of songs I have discovered in songvids I like - that are kind of for baddies - I may as well share Terrible Things by April Smith and the Great Picture Show:
And Little Toy Gun by honeyhoney:
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- dungeon keeper,
- employment support allowance,
- fandom,
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- infamous,
- infamous 2,
- john ross jr,
- joseph bertrand 3rd,
- mental health issues,
- mental health problems,
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Date: 2012-09-13 09:41 pm (UTC)Have you finished Common Law? They up and cancelled it, which I can only assume that was your fault for loving it. MAKING MY PLANTS FLOWER DOESN'T MAKE UP FOR BREAKING EVERYTHING ELSE. Sorry. You haven't been here for ages, I'll stop blaming you for things.
I hope your review thing works out good.
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Date: 2012-09-13 10:08 pm (UTC)I have finished Common Law. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY'D CANCELLED IT. The last I heard was that there was 'no news' about a Series 2. WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT, IT WAS BRILLIANT. It was like the first time in a long time I have slashed a pairing that was the main partnership of a show, and like, really wanted slash for it, and no-one was evil (sorry, Franklin and Bash was lovely). WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT? I hate them. And I don't think it was my fault Jennifer. And if it was, then maybe YOU should be more careful about showing me things that are actually good. MAYBE THAT JENNIFER.
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Date: 2012-09-13 10:11 pm (UTC)At least this way it is a thing that you have managed to watch ALL OF, and it's not like you'd probably managed to watch season 2 anyway, you only really watch first seasons.
I should have been more careful, I see this now. I will never watch anything with you ever again. OKAY BYE.
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Date: 2012-09-13 10:20 pm (UTC)That is mean. But true.
We can watch things. But only things that have already been cancelled, or that you're ready for them to cancel, or that aren't very good so you don't care if they get cancelled. THAT'S ALL. Maybe I should start watching New Who again. And...love it. Hmm.