Inspired by Facebook today to ask you all: what scares you most? I'm thinking particularly of horror films (and the recent Doctor Who episode that gave me nightmares), but anything else in your imagination will do ( Read more... )

I've nicked this from FaceBook as it seems more LJ-appropriate. I'm a massive book evangelist and constantly lending things out to people, so it seemed like a good idea to have a go at making a list of the ones I can't forget. I've tried to keep it to one book per author, otherwise the list would probably look very different ( Read more... )

I just got an abstract accepted for a conference in Canberra in December this year. This means we are going to Australia, yay!

Further to my theory that everyone looks like an animal and also a breed of dog, I would like you all to tell me which ones you look like. Also, I am bored and trying to submit an abstract to a conference but it is TOO HARD.

To start you off, here are mine:

Animal: sheep or deer (or possibly luckdragon).
Breed of dog: afghan hound.

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I don't seem to be able to comment on anyone else's LJ posts today, is anyone else having this problem??

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I still have work to do today and have to run home to get ready for a Halloween party, but I just wanted to make a quick post to say how ace the TV awards on Wednesday were after a very inauspicious start. I raced out of work as fast as possible to get to Farringdon, only to find that the Circle Line was a nightmare and there were people queing up ( Read more... )

Oh, and in a not-entirely-unrelated attempt to bring some positivity to my moany journal, I would like you all to tell me something that you've done with your life so far that you're proud of. I bet you can think of something!