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Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
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8:22 am - *gurgle* *plipplipplip* *splorg*
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| Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017
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3:19 pm - Manchester
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I have no words, except those of support and condolence for the victims and their families, and praise for the responders and the local people who did what they could to help and shelter the concert goers in the aftermath.
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current mood:  numb
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| Friday, May 12th, 2017
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12:47 am - Haz a sad :C
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| Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
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11:20 pm - *flounces about* Oh, Woe, woe...
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...you get the rest :p
My laptop cut out. It hasn't been happy for a couple of weeks, and running a little warmer than I liked. Today it decided to pass out on me, citing a hot flush. Looks like it was more of a warning, possible a case of making sure it is clean/clear enough inside. Until I back everything up and feel like I have a chance of seeing what I'm working on I am taking preventative measures - sitting it on one of the freezer packs. Seems happy enough so far, but certainly not more than a temporary bodge job.
I continue to dread feeling quite so wishy-washy after what is sometimes as little as ten minutes attempting to work on anything even mildly physical.
At one point I looked at the general heap of mixed and/or unsorted items around me (see above) and decided that what I need was -- A List! Maybe even colour coded. Yes, I needed a definitive list of crafts, tools and craft materials so I can pack these things away into proper order, and I will be able to lay my hands on things when I want them... and after a mere ten minutes of headings, subheadings, arrows pointing off at other items and a whole load of question marks, I came to realise why I was having so much trouble with trying to organise things. There just aren't any clear boundaries for most of this stuff.
Needlefelting wools are crossed with odd tapestry wools, which I could still use for either needlework or adding embellisments to other things; many of my tools fit much more than one craft; the fine nylon tubing (scooby) is for braiding, like paracord or macrame, but can be used for beadthreading or like cording on sewn items; the freezer paper for kitchen or fabric crafts, oh, and don't talk to me about fabrics, fibres and ribbons...
Even the books don't help - so many ways to combine and recombine crafts 'outside the box'
Except what I want to do is have stuff inside the box, so I have a chance of finding things when I want to lay my hands on them, and maybe manage more than the odd repair job or test piece.
I'm off to read some fanfic, maybe even write some, and hope for some workable inspiration in the morning
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current mood:  stressed
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| Saturday, May 6th, 2017
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4:13 am - Did You Know......?
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That it is entirely possible for someone to pass out and keel over in their own kitchen, just by picking up a half-full hot water bottle and taking a single step?
Just as well that hyperthetical 'someone' hadn't also picked up the big mug of hot tea at the same time *whistles*
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current mood:  groggy
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| Friday, May 5th, 2017
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1:15 pm - You know it's going to be one of those days...
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When the sorting of shelves and stash mean;
...that copy of the complete Chaucer you've been (casually) looking for for several months leaps out and hits you in the shoulder for no apparent reason
...there is one storage box without a lid, and three odd lids
...you peer into a box of beading bits and have an unexpected Harry Potter figure pointing his wand at you (leaving you to wonder what happened to Snape and Granger)
... you sit down to have a short break and end up under a crafting avalanche - at least five times
...tossing a handful of small packets of seed and small crystal beads into a larger box so they don't get lost results in half of them overshooting and disappearing down behind the bed
On the other hand, I've discovered a vintage (late 60s) pattern for an easy cape/cloak that is something C can have a look at next time she is home, some packs of vellum paper I'd forgotten about that will be very useful in a couple of weeks time, and a single special mint choc I'd not realised was left (and isn't, now. omnomnom). I also seem to have enough feathers of various types to put together a very odd bird.
Now all I have to do is rediscover my bed at some point :p
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| Sunday, April 30th, 2017
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11:38 pm - Have been to the cinema
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We saw Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
We laughed. We may have shed the odd tear or two. The kids even got most of the jokes and key points!
I shall have to get the DVD, as there was a fair amount that I felt I should recognise, but my eyesight wasn't up to seeing as much detail on the big screen as I would have liked. There were at least three cameos in the main film, one of which I wasn't expecting (so no, not Stan Lee).
Would I see it again? Probably, even knowing the plot twists. Would I trust B to find a cinema I can use without pain and distress beforehand? No, I'm afraid I wouldn't :[
And how nice not to be some of the few lingerers while the credits rolled - most people were hanging on!
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current mood:  exhausted
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| Thursday, April 6th, 2017
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1:31 pm - ♫ Happy Happy Birthday! #♪
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There seems to be a whole cluster of birthdays around these few days that I really ought to be acknowledging, but this one is by far the most important to me and mine -
A very happy birthday to my very own Phoebe, who is celebrating a milestone date today: Sixteen!!!
We are all going out for a meal later, and there is a general feeling of hope she she will enjoy her gifts (she won't get them until then). I suspect there will be much hugging ;)
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current mood:  happy
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| Saturday, April 1st, 2017
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10:40 am - Date
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Here was me hoping AO3's announcement of the site going down was just their little joke :/
I have seen/heard very little about it, to be honest, but one of my regular webcomics got me for a whole announcement plus three panels before I remembered to check the date.
Anyone else seen or heard anything worth pointing out?
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current mood:  very mildly amused
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| Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
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9:38 pm - This is how my mind works
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Or not.
So, there I am, trying to trick my mind back into writing fanfic, what with going over past serial drabbles for archiving, tidying up my files and checking up on a few ideas that came to me, and it happens! I have cheerfully typed up a short little fic that just needs to be edited before I will try and archive it.
It's okay, though, I have about 9 months or so to get that all done. You see, when the plot bunny bit there was only only one setting that made sense: Here, at the end of February, I have just committed Christmas fic!
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current mood:  Unconceivable!
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| Friday, February 17th, 2017
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8:48 am - ♫ Birthdays!!
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| Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
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7:34 pm - ♫ Happy Birthday! #♪
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1:40 pm - A start, of sorts
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In order to distract myself from the fact I am doing none of the creative things I currently crave (writing, writing fanfic, scribbling sketchy-type things, beadcrafts), I took some of the advice offered recently and archived a couple of short serial drabbles on the timely theme of St Valentines from the GS100 comm.
(Blargh. I might put up a proper link later, but for now you can either look up my tag at GS100 or my profile at AO3 - either of the pseuds I use - if you have any interest)
There are a couple of short one-offs lurking about on my DW/LJ blogs I'm thinking of tracking down (why oh why don't I tag my entries?), and in looking for the Valentine drabbles I spotted a couple more from about a decade back I will think of archiving. Hopefully, the small amount of editing needed on these will encourage me to write/finish something new, or possibly illustate something.
Alternatively, I could get off my backside and head out before the shops close, then do that bit of clearing up I need to do in order to find the paperwork I need to get a new Disabled Parking Badge :P
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current mood:  content
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| Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
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12:49 am - *quiet giggles*
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(people I know)
One of the (V. slow updating) webcomics I occasionally read has a new page (here), and I can't help but grin at the new character on it. There really isn't that close a resemblance, especially heightwise, but then I saw what was on her top and I keep wanting to call her Lissa :D
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current mood: amused
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| Friday, February 10th, 2017
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10:30 am - oh, F**k
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After the worry I had about the MRI scan appointment at the beginning of the month, which turned out to be an admin mistake, I just got off the half-expected follow-up call from the Skull Base Nurse.
Turns out things are not as clear as they might be after all.
The consultant surgeon on my case has confirmed there isn't any sign of residual tumour or regrowth, but the consultant radiologist (I'm still penciled into their list just-in-case) saw something he wasn't sure about. As a result, my details are being passed to a specialist consultant neurologist, who I may or may not hear from, depending on their view of it.
So, expect me to be a little off about things over the next few months, which is how long it might be before there is a decision :p
I had better go wake B and tell him, and find something to distract myself
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current mood:  shell shocked
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| Thursday, February 9th, 2017
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5:19 am - Today
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Today I hope to get at least one of the things done that I'd planned on doing yesterday.
I'm a bit off at the moment, having been suffering a number of symptoms, none of which are bad enough to do more than just try and cope with them. I've swollen sinuses that aren't gunky, but have the unsettling effect of making me snore - even whilst awake and sat up! Add to that a slightly dry and scratchy throat, sore eyes like I'd been excessively rolling them and, finally, an earache appearing over the following days. More an irritation with fatigue than anything, but it meant my attempts to sort out some of my 'story fragment' files came to naught, nor did I get out of the house.
Today I'm planning on at least looking over the fanfic files relating to the possible follow up to the snape_case piece, a silly piece that is coming together from snippets of ideas from various actual and accidental prompts (may yet become crackfic), and a idea outline that came from one prompt that might otherwise give me the twist I'd need to write up the old WIP to be more canon compliant to the later books, if still AU.
But first, I shall go and attempt to turn the backgrounds into a muted colour rather than glaring white, and increase the font size, in hopes of being able to look at the screen for more than 10 minutes!
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current mood: fatigued
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| Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
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6:59 pm - A Mum Worries About These Things
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I had a call from Catherine about an 'incident' In the Botanical Gardens near her on Monday. It was a nice day, so she went for a walk, bought herself a pot of pasta salad for lunch and sat in the gardens to eat it. She felt herself being watched, then there was someone sat on the end of the bench reaching towards her...
A few sharp words put paid to that and they ran off, but then an accomplice arrived, reached out, sat on her boot and ran up her leg to sit on her knee!
Bloody squirrels there have a nerve :D
(Oh, if only all our worries could be so silly - and cute)
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current mood: happy
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| Monday, February 6th, 2017
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9:59 pm - Can you guess what this is?
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I've had a smile or two from seeing what translation engines do to something used as a description on ebay, but this was more of a WTF.
Can you figure it out?
Miniized Coiled Designilver Toneafety
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Would it help if I told you the full entry read 'Miniized Coiled Designilver Toneafety Pins Replacement'?
(I'll leave the answer as a comment below)
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current mood:  mildly boggled
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| Friday, February 3rd, 2017
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11:06 pm - Needle felting
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On reflection, was taking up something that requires stabbing very sharp barbed needles rapidly into something you are holding in you fingertips really the right way to go for someone with only one working eye and a lack of depth perception?
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current mood:  sore
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6:16 pm - *Happy Grin*
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And only very slightly evil, if you squint!
Today I may, or may not, have received something in the post that will allow me to start at least one of my Pay It Forward surprises.
Now to decide just what to do with the thing.
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current mood:  chipper
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bloated
sad