girlofprey

Things that are great:

• cakesy wrote me fic. She wrote me AMAZING fic. Oh my god.



• My The Other Guys DVD came! Woo! On a related note, it's really a shame when you have a film you quite love, and most of the quotes on the DVD case are from The Sun or the News Of The World. Currently this is true of both The Other Guys and New Town Killers. But happily not Sharkwater, which is also on my desk. I'm assuming that the other dvds used the Sun and News Of The World quotes because they LOVED them and gave them five star reviews, whereas other reviews from better sources were slightly less glowing. Hopefully. I still love them despite The Sun though.



• I found a new animal to go on my Animals That Aren't As Bad As Popular Culture Would Have You Believe list: vultures! I was watching Zoo Days on Fiver yesterday, and a bit about Colchester Zoo's vultures came on, and it was all about how friendly and inquisitive they were, hopping around to see what everyone was doing and nibbling things to see what they were. The whole episode is actually on Youtube here, with the vulture bit starting at around 12.49. It's sponspored by Five and after the break, so you have to put up with a few stupid adverts. But it's worth it if you like LOVE. My favourite bit is probably when the keeper assures the camera people that they're not in any danger because vultures "don't have the power to kill". Or the bit with the vulture that thinks he's a human. Oh.
  
  ETA: After trying that youtube link and trying to get to the bit I'm talking about for the past ten minutes or so it's mostly just not working and making me cry, so I won't judge you at all if you try the link and then give up. I'm not ordering you to watch it. I won't hate you if you don't. Except that I'll probably hate you a little bit for not going through what I've been through. But mostly not.



• The welovehollyoaks.com December Brendanwatch is up. I will back soon. I am currently dead.

I'm back, baby.

( Orbital Con Report - Thursday and Friday )

Jurassic Park is on! I'd forgotten about Jeff Goldblum the rockstar mathematician. Who mostly lays around with his shirt open. There's no-one decent to slash him with. The old man is annoying, and I think Samuel L Jackson is getting sick of the motherfucking dinosaurs in the motherfucking park. OH GOD SHE JUST TURNED THE FENCES ON! The fool!

Mostly I keep remembering lines from the Movies in 15 Minutes parody. And Futurama. SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR PETS.

I love the wireless internet :)

calapine sent me Babylon 5 videos. She is win. I am quite looking forward to watching them at...some point. But maybe not anytime soon. I dance her anyway, though. John Barrowman is on Never Mind the Buzzcocks tonight, by the way, in case you didn't know.

I need to get a move on with writing/editing my CV, and y'know, sending it to places, but mostly haven't been doing that. I will though. Editing short, pithy statements about my "skills" may not be much motivation for getting through a day of filing, but moving out and going back to Nottingham DEFINITELY IS. I hope I will have the internet in the place I'll presumably be moving into. It's a slight constant worry to me that I sort of won't.

Also a TV. Life on Mars series 2 will be starting around January, I think.

I have quite a lot to do, really. Christmas shopping. Writing my Yuletide fic. Looking at jobs/flats. K is coming with me to the Green Wing convention, so at least that's sorted. Apparently I need to send off a form now telling the SLC how I'll be paying my Student Loan back. Which is slightly worrying. I thought they just sort of took it when you were earning enough. I now need to say whether I'll be employed or unemployed over the next 12 months. I don't think 'um' is going to cover it.

Mostly I'm in love with Guy of Gisbourne at the moment. As far as I can tell, it was caused by a dream I had about him in which I basically just wanted to rescue and hug him. It's quite pleasant, but often distracting. We'll pretend I totally didn't just buy the first DVD for the sake of being able to watch him on a regular basis. Other than on TV. Yes. Apparently this week the outlaws will regret crossing him after uncovering 'a terrible secret'. All that sex with the Sheriff? Who's to say what that might be?

Hello! I am here. And in Nottingham. Which is here. Yes. Hurrah!

We have no internet yet, but Jos has sorted it and it is apparently coming in 10-12 days (though I've fallen for that trap before). At the moment I am on the uni computers, since the computer rooms are all thankfully open for International Week. But when ours comes it will apparently be wireless and cost a mere £10 a month, and in doing it we have ended up with a nearly free phoneline, for which Jos bought a phone, so now we have a phone! I will, if you like, give you my phone number. And my mobile perhaps. And then you can call me, or I can call you. And say 'hello!'

I am mostly loving my new house. My room is the smallest, but I still prefer it to all other rooms, even if I can't quite plug my printer in with my other computer things properly. But it's not working anyway, so I'm not that bothered. Also I have no bedding, since I only have the one set from home and they need washing. So I'm sleeping in a sleeping bag, and I love it so much I may do it forever, and just make the bed up for when mum and dad come around, so they don't cry. I have not managed to take a shower in the bathroom yet or cook in the kitchen (I ordered pizza with money I don't have! Hurray!). But Kathy and Jos are here, and we watched Flight of Dragons on my televideo, and Jos will never doubt our recommendations again, and I've got them both to close the toilet seat when they flush so we don't get bacterial spray on the toothbrushes, and it's just generally very good.

In the absence of getting Kathy a ticket to Serenity (tonight, yay!), I took her to the press showing of Land of the Dead. ( Spoilers )

Am trying to get sorted for Connotations. I think I have enough money to pay the rest of the hotel, which should be done within five days of going, was it? I had a dream last night that I didn't do it in time and had to leave after the first evening. I think. Also tiniago was there in a red dress, holding a young baby. But she looked about 35 so I don't think it's my psychic powers at work. Also attempting to get a train ticket to go with my student railcard, but there's something about having to change somewhere and Virgin changing their fares, so I have a number to call ::not worried about this at all...:: I think I can get there for 12 on Friday though. It'ssocloseomghurrah!!

See you soon ;D

That time of the month yesterday. I was in so much pain. Mostly I laid down and didn't move. My sister thinks I should start taking Codeine for it all. I think Hmm. But I can put off buying a new swimming costume for a while, I think.

Almost finished 1984. ( Potential spoilers )

Today, went into town with mother today, and it was lovely, if a bit cold. We passed travel shops, and she made suggestions of taking a few days of work at some point so she and I - just she and I - could go on a trip, say to Brighton or Rome or Prague. I responded with interest and joy. It is not Cuba, but hurrah all the same!

If any of you want to go to Cuba with me, I am essentially already on the plane. Right now if needs be. I am so not kidding.

Anyway, we had burgers in our town's nicest cafe hurrah, and bought things. There was a new Total Film out, which was a nice suprise. They are remaking The Hitcher apparently. I have no words. I was tempted by a 'Cultural History of Russia' book, but decided against it. Someday I will write you a list of books I own but have not read. It is horrendous. Also got Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on DVD because it was £10, as opposed to the shocking £17 other shops try to charge. I am a whore for the pretty yes. Ah well. Ooh, and Betty Boop socks. There were Harry Potter scarves in WH Smith's, but only Gryffindor, so I left them where they lay. Slytherin would have been a different matter. But they were not Slytherin. So hmph.

Asked a few places about work as well, but no luck :( Although I'm holding out some hope for work at the local museum and castle - even voluntary would probably be interesting, and look decent on a CV ::holds out some hope::

Went into the library as well to ask, and perused their CDs for rental. Tori Amos! Nick Cave! For only a pound! Think I will be going back, perhaps, yes :D

I want to see Veronica Mars now. Even though I know quite a few huge season spoilers. Damn you, ship_manifesto!

Anyway. Town Liquorice Festival starts tomorrow. Medieval day at the castle - hawking and handcrafts and crystals, oh my. I am a vat of barely contained yay. Hurrah :)