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You are viewing the most recent 40 entries November 28th, 2009aldabra @ :
Borders has 20% off all books, and 50% off gardening, law, medicine and politics (all top floor). Notice, though, that Waterstones is doing a 3-for-2 on everything this weekend, which trumps 20% off in most cases, and probably doesn't have the hideous queues. redqueenmeg @ : I DON'T CARE THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT REGARDING FOOTBALL IS NOT HAVING TO HEAR IT OR HEAR ABOUT IT. AAAAAAAH! Current Mood:  apatheticNovember 27th, 2009terrificwriter @ : Pencil Case Fail ( Failure Cut ) oof_suits_you, posting in rocksoc @ : Important information about the Rocksoc gig this Sunday! Unfortunately, Godsized have had to pull out of the gig this coming Sunday. Rest assured though, there is no bad blood here and they will return with a vengeance in 2010!! From the ashes, a replacement has risen in the form of Abadden! In the words of our Events Officer: "Abadden descend on Cambridge as mighty replacements for Godsized. One foot firmly in the old-school of Thrash, and the other firmly in the new-school, these guys will no doubt tear it up and leave you stricken with awe and amazement! Think you know your Thrash? Then step up to the plate!!!" Current Mood:  thoughtfulfaithinfire @ : Techie input, please, anyone? So, if you wouldn't mind taking two minutes out of your day, please could you let me know what you all use, and if you'd recommend it to someone else? Specifically, he's after something which will tell him where the speed cameras are, if he's going over the limit (Dad drives long-distance private hire, so not accidentally speeding and getting busted is very important!) and that can manage to be reasonably intelligent about things like "getting through strange cities in the middle of rush hour". So if anyone has, or knows of, anything that fits that bill, could they please namecheck it so I can look it up? Thanks guys! Cheers, Rath Current Mood:  optimisticCurrent Music: Sonata Arctica, White Pearl, Black Oceans November 26th, 2009mersipan @ : and one from me Mmm, pie. Current Mood:  thankfulfeanelwa @ :
(Link is to a site with a video on it; content is in the video but it only starts playing when you click on it.) http://www.happynews.com/news/11242 November 25th, 2009ironlord @ : A Culinary Tour Of Europe ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} dorky_hotties, I reckon.)castratikron's application on metal_community has sparked off something of a mealtime discussion. She mentioned goulash, completely out of the blue, and I retaliated with one of the pictures you see below. Her response?AHHHHHHHHHHH **flails furiously at computer screen to get goulash** A most amusing scenario, I thought. hakucho_cygnus then threw down a challenge:One day you're going to have to do a foodie tour of all of Europe and make it rival your Iceland saga, my friend. That tour is well underway and has been for years, as I will now prove. castratikron, if you ever find this post, prepare to flail so hard that your arms fall off..Are you all ready? ( Achtung! There are almost as many pictures under here as there are on the Iceland review. Anyone still on dial-up? Don't look! Any vegans out there? REALLY don't look! ) Current Music: Negură Bunget - 'N Crugu Bradului tiggymalvern @ : Screw the Governator. Go California! Current Mood:  angryterrificwriter @ : NOOOOO!!!! http://entertainment.stv.tv/music/13991  sleeperwaking @ : Slightly incoherent ramblings Depot placement has started. Over the past two weeks I have done earlies (get up at 4:30a.m. for 7a.m. at Tyseley) and nights (leave Derby at 8:30p.m., get back at 7:30a.m.) during which period any time I've had not at the depot has been spent sleeping, cooking, eating or wandering around in a zombie like daze. Phil & Barry have been very nice to me though with emergency cooking help. I've very nearly bought my bungalow! An obscene amount of money has gone to the solicitor and a much less obscene but still sizeable amount to Direct Line for insurance. I now feel very poor, especially as Gladys broke a front suspension spring the other week that required even more money shelling out. Oh, and I'm already paying tax, although I'm only just over half the personal allowance limit. Need to ask Dad about that as the tax website is too confusing for this time of night. *grumble* Unfortunately I'm sure there's a really sensible reason for that. :( Anyway, I pick up keys tomorrow. SO EXCITING! :D Really am looking forward to having my own place. Hate the bathroom here - no proper shower, stand alone bath with no shower curtain, mirror in the most awkward place possible bar the ceiling. I'm always cold and having to put on more clothes - Phil & Barry, whilst lovely people, have a much lower optimum temperature than me and I don't think the radiator in my room works. Washing clothes takes a lot of advance planning. If I slack off slightly, my room immediately becomes a complete tip as there's almost no space. Parking is a right nuisance. But for all that it's made life a lot easier the past couple of months. Just... very ready to move out now, not that it'll happen for another couple of weeks at least. Last but never least, I miss mansunite terribly during the week and treasure the time we get at weekends. Last weekend was fantastic, stayed with him in Oxford and didn't have to share him with parents or friends at all! *is selfish*Current Location: 13RT Current Mood:  tiredNovember 24th, 2009aldabra @ :
http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2009/11/o redqueenmeg @ : EVE's feet However, I guess she got a little warm that night because she was stretched out as long as she could be and her little hind feet were on my pillow, crossed in repose. I poked her foot and she started purring. Ridiculous cat. :) Current Mood:  amusedterrificwriter @ : Reporting for duty ( Outer Space Cut ) At present I am awaiting the arrival of the tactical officer, Tatiana Rocketov, who is due to arrive some time next year (exact time and date are classified). Deployment of the remaining three crew members has yet to be confirmed: COMUNICATIONS: VELVET CRUSH ENGINEER: DOMINIQUE D'AMOUR SPECIAL OPS: SHEER CARNELL Their identities are being kept secret for now. terrificwriter @ : Yawn  i_am_marky, posting in rocksoc @ : Metal! faithinfire @ : I want to live in a simpler age. Meanwhile, hanging on my wall above my bed? There is a battleaxe. You cannot know what I would give right now to live in a society where it was acceptable for the above statements to be presented in a "problem/solution" format. *GRRRRRRRRR*, Rath Current Mood:  I KILLEECurrent Music: Carl Douglas, Run Back redqueenmeg @ : New baby is apparently a Transformer What I do have, despite religiously taking my prenatal vitamin every day, is anemia. ANEMIA. Which I do normally have a mild case of even when I'm not pregnant, but now they want me to take EXTRA iron every evening while continuing to take my normal dose in the vitamin every morning. New baby needs iron and is stealing mine. He is obviously a giant alien robot. Current Mood:  weirdfaithinfire @ : [WWF/E] Something cute. de_generationx but for some reason it seems the comm's not having any of it, so I'll stick it on here instead until I figure out what's up over there. We have here... original broadcast footage of Triple H and HBK's legendary European Championship match from the 1997 RAW is War Christmas special! This clip includes the whole match, plus the promos and speeches either side.Possibly the most emotionally and physically gruelling match in WWF/E history... right? >.> ... ^_^ Laters, Rath Current Mood: mischievousCurrent Music: "Are you ready...?" redqueenmeg @ : Knitting progress? Current Mood:  sleepyaldabra @ :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/837 faithinfire @ : [Reviews] WWE Smackdown/ECW, Nottingham Trent FM Arena 08/11/09; WWE Raw, London O2 11/11/09 panthology! *waves*]*flops* *looks at official programme, at various train tickets, at nearly a hundred quid's worth of event ticket stubs, at frantically scribbled lists of match results... and finally at pair of now-innocently-defunct official DX Army glowsticks* ...y'know, you guys, it's just possible I'm a tiny bit of a mark. >.> But at least that means you all get to read about it for free, right? Before I get into serious listing of who kicked whose ass and all that good stuff, I want to do something more important - list the shining moments. The moments that made me go I am so fucking glad I was part of that, because those are what make every damn penny I spend on these ridiculous adventures worthwhile. So! The roll of honour! *** ( Edited highlights. ) *** So those were the moments... now here are your full-length reviews and results, with varying degrees of colour commentary! *** ( Smackdown/ECW ) *** ( Raw ) *** Laters, Rath Current Mood: happyCurrent Music: Alannah Myles, Black Velvet redqueenmeg @ : Happy Birthday to Will! Thanks, everyone! Current Mood:  bouncyNovember 22nd, 2009altariel @ : CUSFS The room where I gave the talk was at my old college, so I took ten minutes beforehand to dash up to my old room where I had a chat with a couple of young women now living there, who rather sweetly didn't mind having a complete stranger pop into their kitchen on a Sunday evening and blather about living there nearly two decades ago. feanelwa @ :
Anyway, my findings: -Local tai chi - there is no taoist tai chi here, there is another tai chi group but I asked them and they do touching-people exercises, and, er, no. -Things to volunteer at - do I want to teach teenagers to play football? Not really. Teach people English? Hm, maybe, but I'm currently intimidated by social interactions as complicated as buying a sandwich, and have no idea where to even begin teaching somebody a language. -Rotary club - that's a better idea. Strength in numbers. Mondays. -Toastmasters - this is an organisation where you go to meetings and give little talks on things you like, in front of other people who are terrified of talking in front of people. In other words, exactly the thing I need. Every other Wednesday. Unfortunately this week I'm busy on both Monday and Wednesday evening. But later I should get involved with some of these things. Some of the academics on the project that we are working in are coming to Sheffield for a meeting this week, which should be quite fun. ZOMG people I know. I might faint in excitement. totnesmartin @ : Buffers Current Location: here there and everywhere Current Mood:  busyCurrent Music: Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me aldabra @ :
The 2010 calendar is £6.96. The 2009 calendar is £7.99. Who pays more for this year's calendar than next year's, in the middle of November? But there's more. 2005's calendar is £27.72. In fact there's a definite, but not perfect, correlation between out-of-dateness and price. I *knew* I shouldn't be letting people talk me into throwing away old calendars. Except that 2011's is £8.69. That had me checking the date on my computer in case I'd forgotten which year it is. But they don't show you the pictures inside the calendar. So how are you meant to decide which one you want? |
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