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Jul. 12th, 2030 @ 12:21 am Reference Post
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I keep thinking that I should stick up a post dated journal entry but never get around to it. This is a place-holder until I write something to go in here.

I use my friendslist to follow certain journals and I use other people's friendslists to follow other journals that I'm interested in - keeps them nice and neat. I think there's only one friendslocked post - I'm not that controversial or interesting.

I admire icons in other people, but haven't created many of my own. Maybe I should start.
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smiling Reishin
Nov. 30th, 2009 @ 12:36 am Live!
Just saw these guys: Video Games Live.

It was not what I expected. The screens showed footage from the games as the orchestra played, and I was staring at it so hard that I nearly didn't notice the guy in black ops gear get on stage, or the white box, or Master Chief.

Pity poor Dave, who only had two space invaders left to shoot, in order to win an awesome retro game cabinet. Cheers to the other guy, who played guitar hero on expert mode, when he only was supposed to do hard.

And please Squeenix, give them permission to use footage from your games. The cosplay pics were cool, but there was nothing to show off Chronotrigger and you did make an OAV for it.
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Kakashi
Nov. 10th, 2009 @ 07:24 pm We love the h8rs!!!!
Something's gone horribly wrong with the world. I saw this and laughed through it, but I've since seen the Ghostbusters incident, as well as the bootcamp incident and... well... I love them.

How can they pull this off, week after week, with no trace of embarrassment? Maybe the huge cheers from the studio audience help, but by gawd, they have made my week. I hope they survive - they won't be as good (as in bad, but good) or as funny, once they're off X Factor and into some other TV vehicle, but I will always remember that John dove into the sea to get the necklace for Edward.

True love. The brotherly kind.
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Reishin fan
Oct. 19th, 2009 @ 11:42 pm After so long...
One of my favourite things to do right now, is wear my cat Nenya as a scarf. She's surprisingly biddable, although she probably reckons that it will gain her affection, which will lead to more food. She puts up with an awful lot of stuff - the only cat I've met that doesn't mind having her fur rubbed the wrong way - and she really likes food.

Precious is far above these things. She gets hungry at dinner and breakfast and that's it.

They have both decided that they missed us terribly while we were away and have unleashed the most ferocious attention storm on us. Somehow, someway, they've learned to share. Precious has been getting a lot of lap time, and Nenya's been jumping onboard when I'm sitting in awkward poses and less catducive.

I don't know if this'll hold up over time and they realise that we're not leaving again, but it's fun at the moment.
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Kakashi
Jul. 9th, 2009 @ 07:35 pm Medalled
I play a Star Wars game every friday. It's been going for over five years, but I'm an interloper that came in during the second campaign and the current FarStar sessions are my first full campaign.

Anyhow, for extreme bravery and/or stupidity, certain party members were awarded medals by the Captain. IceCream printed out pictures of medals and handed them over during the game, in an awards ceremony. Afterwards, Black Robed One said "Vuirneen can make actual ones".

I quickly decided to ignore the mold issue and buy the attachment from the jewellery shop, but these took a long time to make. Lots of stages where I didn't know what I was doing, until it was done.


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Kakashi
Jan. 4th, 2009 @ 12:39 am This is the new Doctor Who?
I voted for Bill Nighy, or the hot, black guy from Green Wing, whose name I don't know yet.

We should look beyond the hair, but an older Doctor would have been awesome.



More info

Oh and it's Patterson Joseph.
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Kakashi
Nov. 24th, 2008 @ 01:48 pm And it's meh
I have absolutely no goo to write. Even during the wednesday exile, when gamers are downstairs, I spend hours surfing the internets, finding nothing. At the very least I should get my wow on. I failed the last circle challenge. Tried my best, and got further than some of the others did, but still nowhere near the 10k mark. Also failed nano, although I was enthusiastic when I finally started, a week late, (at this moment, with 49k to go, I'm calling it.)

There have been distractions - Persona 3 called me for a month, then sunk its claws into me. I have had cold hands and needed a pair of gloves - almost finished. And there's small kitten.

Small, furry kitten got spayed last thursday and has been a staggering, disoriented, hilarious, small, furry kitten with a cone on her head, ever since. SDHSFKWC is sometimes able to manouver about to eat food out of the bowl and sometimes needs to be hand fed. She's allowed on tables to drink out of people glasses and is lifted onto and down from everything. She's sleeping, or resting in laps, as much as possible. She is also, despite displaying her ability to use the litter tray, consistently weeing in the other cat's water bowl. But at least Precious isn't growling at her anymore. That was worrying.

Precious was not like that at all when she was spayed, but she's a quieter, less energetic cat, who didn't have a cone on her head. When we took it off to let SDHSFKWC eat, she was almost herself. But, thanks to Precious, and countless cats like her biteing off their stitches, cones are prescribed for all surgeried kittens.

Anyway, I'd better surf the internets for wedding stuff. We've booked the venue and the registrar for September next year. We have to plan a holiday next year, so that we can fulfill the residence requirement. And I'll need someone to mind the cats.
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Kakashi
Nov. 12th, 2008 @ 08:51 pm I have been productive.
I need to take a picture of my gloves, since they're nearly finished. I have learned and have amended the pattern, for when I leave them on a bus.

Plan two is hat. I am also knitting it without a plan. This time I'm using crappy wool, though, so if it's a mess, I can unpick and start again.

Plan three is socks, cos socks rock.

Plsn four involves pattern shopping, so I'd better look harder.
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Shuurei want
Oct. 25th, 2008 @ 11:04 pm It could have been the pictures shown.

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Simple, Progressive, and Sensual

10 Ukiyo-e, 5 Islamic, 5 Impressionist, -13 Cubist, -18 Abstract and 7 Renaissance!

Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, Ukiyo-e), "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japaneseand paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. it mostly featured landscapes, historic tales, theatre, and pleasure. Ukiyo is a rather impetuous urban culture that has bloomed in popularity. Although the Japanese were more strict and had many prohibitions it did not affect the rising merchant class and therefore became a floating art form that did not bind itself to the normal ideals of society.


People that chose Ukiyo-e art tend to be more simplistic yet elegant. They don't care much about new style but are comfortable in creating their own. They like the idea of living for the moment and enjoy giving and receiving pleasure. They may be more agreeable than other people and do not like to argue. They do not mind following traditions but are not afraid to move forward to experience other ideas in life. They tend to enjoy nature and the outdoors. They do not mind being more adventurous in their sexual experiences. They enjoy being popular and like being noticed. They have their own unique style of dress and of presenting themselves. They may also tend to be more business oriented or at the very least interested in money making adventures. They might make good entrepreneurs. They are progressive and adaptable.

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

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Kakashi
Oct. 24th, 2008 @ 10:56 pm JoCo
Just came home from the Jonathon Coulton gig in Whelans. Either he had a lot of fun or we've traumatised him completely and he'll never come back. By we, I don't mean just me and Graham, even though he was one of the audible hecklers (Eamonn was the other that I could place), but the entire crowd.

Frankly he brought it on himself. He signed a coconut, which means that he's up for anything. And we did know the words to all of the songs, except for Danny Boy.

Anyway, if he never comes back, blame everyone I've no sympathy for you, you should have been there.


Also, I have to find out more about someone called Robotnik, not the bad guy from Sonic the Hedgehog, but a tall, thin, guy, armed with a guitar and laptop.
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smiling Reishin
Oct. 3rd, 2008 @ 12:25 am Glove Plan
It's been cold the last few days and I'm feeling the lack of gloves. Today, while buying patterns that won't turn into a wedding dress, I picked up some wool and am going with the glove plan.

I'm planning on knitting them from the finger up. In my mind it's crystal clear, which should be worrying, except that it's like knitting a sock, but without turning a heel, so I should be laughing.
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Reishin fan
Sep. 23rd, 2008 @ 12:48 am Returning to normal after 3 West End Shows
I have finally managed to squash the impulse to recount everything that I do in song.

The urge to dance stopped after I spun too much and got dizzy.
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Shuurei want
Sep. 19th, 2008 @ 11:43 pm So Where've You Been?
Myself and my beloved have suffered a holiday. Yesterday, we escaped from The Village and only just arrived in internet land again.

Mind you, The Village is absolutely lovely. I am the new number two and Black Robed One is Number Six. He refuses to wear his numberbadge, but he does wear the jacket.

We escaped to London, via a very slow and very stoppy welsh train and a very quick and very expensive virgin train. The stoppy welsh train had much nicer scenery.

In London news, the grail was found. Tomorrow, we will learn more about some witches and muppets.

Then we will be broke and flee to friendly couches in Edinburgh.
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Kakashi
Aug. 17th, 2008 @ 02:41 pm We have achieved kitteh!
Right now, she's scrabbling about under the table in the sitting room. We were going to settle her into the spare room, but we kept her here while Emily and Catherine were delivering her and having a chat and she seems to have really settled.

She's playing with everything that MyPrecious didn't, including the scratching post toys. MyPrecious is hiding under the bed. When one door closed, she worried, especially as it was the room where she spends most of her time. When the second one closed - she thinks that we're trying to catch her, to take her to the Vet, or to Waterford, or that we're going on holidays.

Anyway, Graham's acting normally in the spare room, with the door wide open. The duvet's back inside and as soon as she leaves her safe hole, he'll make a fuss of her. I hope they get on. New kitteh is cute, but Precious is the house cat and she'll decide if kitteh stays.

cute )
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Kakashi
Jul. 30th, 2008 @ 04:27 pm Doctor Horrible - Streaming on the internet
Following links in Live Journals led me to Joss Whedon's twitter page. Anyhow, from there, I found out that Doctor Horrible is back on the internet and being streamed from hulu.com.

This is officially supported and not pirate, as hulu shows ads before the show starts. So go and watch and earn Joss Whedon some money.
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Kakashi
Jul. 24th, 2008 @ 01:57 pm Persona 3 FES is coming out
Not until October. I'll have to check up other sites to confirm. I'm glad that I waited. It's cheaper than buying Persona 3 on its own.
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Kakashi
Jul. 21st, 2008 @ 06:13 pm Someone slap me oop-side the head
I've gotten the idea again that I should make my own wedding dress and that it's too wasteful to spend money on grossly inflated dressikles from shops. It could be because I've seen that Hickeys (the fabric shop) have reduced the price of some dresses from over a thousand euro to two hundred.

I have no idea what I want to wear and it would probably cost the same amount to buy fabric, cut it, realise that I've cut it wrong, cut more, buy more fabric, get Graham to pin it to me, put up with his doubting stares, borrow my mum's sewing machine, sew it together, get Graham to pin it to me, put up with his doubting stares and then go tacky with beads, chainmail and fabric paint.

It'd be fun though. I haven't made a dress since I went to brohnos's brother's debs and I'd feel proud.

Do wedding dresses come in Simple patterns?
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Shuurei want
Jul. 19th, 2008 @ 08:15 pm Before it leaves the internet


The final act of Doctor Horrible has been posted, so you can watch the whole thing.

ETA That's it, it's offline again. Now you can only buy it from itunes, at least until it comes out on dvd.


Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.

EETA It's back on and officially - just watch a quick ad - at Hulu.com
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Kakashi
Jul. 11th, 2008 @ 01:29 pm Persona 3
Every so often I go to this page and wonder if I should add it to the pile of games that I don't have time to play.

It may drop in price, but there's another reason to hold off. You see, american gamers can play Persona 3 FES, which has extra content and was fairly cheap over there. Koei are releasing the Atlus games in Europe and I don't know if they're going to release FES or not. I'm patient. I can wait. There is a pile of games that I don't have time to play, but it's fairly small and I waited a few years for one of them. Years or months, certainly not days.

Anyway, Phoenix Wright Trials and Tribulations finally has a release date. August First.
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Kakashi
Jun. 26th, 2008 @ 02:42 pm (no subject)
My grandad died today.
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Shuurei want