Julia's Great-Grandmother passed away yesterday. She was 92 years old. It's so hard to see Julia grieving. I personally didn't know her very well, just to nod to, have a few words at Christmasses. She was a kind, lovely woman though. I remember the first Christmas I knew her, she gave me knitted coat hangers, and somehow those old-fashioned things ( Read more... )

The best band-name ever is:

Tesco Chainstore Mascara

*grin*

They live up to it too!

Purple on girls with black hair... one of the most gorgeous sights in this world. Turns me to mush every time. It's a miracle I let JJ get away to work this morning. She knows what it does to me as well, the tease ( Read more... )

I stole this off a friend, who stole it herself, so I don't feel the least bit bad ( Read more... )

I sneak myself towards the suspicion that I may be a little accident-prone. Not clumsy, I don't think. I'm very good at sports and games, I'm ambidextrous and do things equally well with both arms and legs; yet somehow I simply keep injuring myself by doing things like moving a chair or sleeping ( Read more... )

So, JJ and I were watching the promotional trailer for the BBC's Spring season of drama, and it was quite exciting to see all the lovely shows coming our way (the BBC really is the best television production house in the world). The scenes flashed by, and amongst them came a moment of two 'Jane Austen' period women walking towards an Estate house ( Read more... )

I have a history of sleepwalking; one of my earliest memories is falling out of bed. It's something that comes and goes in periods of my life. I've noticed it tends to happen when I'm unusually stressed ( Read more... )

If you ever want to really offend a Christian, why not use the argument that popped into my head yesterday when I was discussing access to IVF for lesbians, and the issue of children and lgbt in general, with a group of people including said religious type ( Read more... )

Here's a link to my D.E.B.S./PotC fic written for The ShatterStorm Productions FemSlash Advent Calendar :: Dead of Winter 2009.

A Midnight EngagementThanks to the girls for letting me participate! A huge thank you to Athena for letting me drive her crazy and rushing her so much, and probably stressing her out really badly. You're a wonderful beta ( Read more... )

One of the little things that happened to me on Christmas day was a realisation about the interrogation potential of telling jokes ( Read more... )