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I'm Proud Too
Coming into town this afternoon, I saw all the people lining up to watch the Manchester Pride parade. I wasn't in a confetti mood, so I smiled and hurried on to Waterstones, thinking of duellan who once taught me what the rainbow flag stands for and how much it means to her. In the end, of course, I got stuck. No buses, no through way anywhere. Plenty of ( Read more... ) -
Welcome
During my time in England, I suspect (and hope) that certain, very special, real-life friends will check out my livejournal and this place-holder post is for their benefit, or for anyone's who's just stumbled upon my posts in other journals and came to see who this Dipsas may be. You're all equally welcome! If you're a real-life friend and feel so ( Read more... ) -
I'm Curious...
The Two Towers was on TV here last night. I couldn't help but watch parts of it. The first time I saw this movie was in the theatre, and I loved it, not because I thought it was perfect rendering of the books (which it certainly wasn't) but because it was quite a powerful experience to see how others had visualised at least parts of a story and a ( Read more... ) -
Reading Experience Poll
Most of us are done reading HBP by now, and most of us also enjoyed the book a lot. Still, there have been several posts about how our reactions to the new book itself, to having a new book, to fandom erupting in about equal amounts of wank and squee, were different from what we expected. I'm curious to see if we can sum it up a bit.
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Liverpool Street Thoughts
I'm miles and miles away, but I'm jotting down a few thoughts anyway, because London, to me, is a symbol of life being fun again, of me getting back on my feet and feeling more like myself again. I travelled more on the District and Circle lines this spring than I had ever done on my previous visits to London, so in my mind, Liverpool Street ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts About 'The Rest'
The Sorting Hat meme that was making the rounds last week prompted a few (and non-exhaustive) thoughts on why I - and I end up in that house every time I take a test to be Sorted - always feel it's a compliment to be Sorted into Hufflepuff and something quite hard to live up to. We're told from the first that 'Puffs are hardworking and honest. ( Read more... ) -
Where did the wards come from?
I've been wondering for a while now - where did all the wards come from?
In HP fanfic, one sees a lot of wards. They're preferably used as defences for larger areas, buildings etc. No. 4 Privet Drive and Hogwarts have been protected by wards in many a fic, in early and widespread ones like After the End (where they're turn up for the first time in ( Read more... ) -
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I'm walking about London with an enormous smile plastered on my face. One of the great things about big cities is that they allow you to define yourself in new ways over and over again, and coming from a cramped little place, that feels like there's suddenly air to breathe again.
The booksellers are having a very good weekend, too. -
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Today is liebchen127's birthday, so...
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Liebchen!
I hope you have a wonderful day, nothing at all like an ordinary tuesday. -
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Like everyone else, I've been hitting the refresh buttons on various news pages all day ( Read more... )