Heh, Okapi found this link for me. It's a recipe for 'beer-can chicken' - with a picture... (We've been discussing the possibilities of putting the liquid into something non-reactive and cooking it that way, cos it does sound yummy, just don't fancy having my meal infused with aluminium... Hn, I spose you could use a steel can...?)
Thursday, July 24, 2003
[blinks]
I'm still pondering the logic of using the whole can and frankly a little worried about the mindset of the person who thought it'd be a neat idea to shove a drink can up a chicken's bum...Not to mention the possibility of some sort of reaction from the paint coming off the can during cooking! [ponders the wisdom of eating anything that's been cooked with aluminium 'stuffing' - especially since aluminium's been linked to Alzheimer's disease...]
(nicked from Talon's blog - further ruminations on 'soda-can chicken':)
//[Me:] *confused* You shove the can into the chicken?
[Talon:] Yup...right up the backside. Yummy!!!
I'm still pondering the logic of using the whole can and frankly a little worried about the mindset of the person who thought it'd be a neat idea to shove a drink can up a chicken's bum...
It's been raining for 2 days now. I'm not complaining, gods know we need it (stage 2 water restrictions are about to be enforced - they should have been put in place a year ago, but that's just my opinion) but I do get annoyed at the muddy footprints through the house. Not the cubs, they take their shoes off when they come inside, it's the bloody cat. Little pawprints all over the place - over the floors, the kitchen bench (where she's not allowed to go, ahah! Sprung!), the cubs' homework they left out on the coffee table, my bed *grumble*.
Ack, I think I'm on the verge of collecting chicken tat the way I do fish tat. I don't understand it, I don't even like chickens!
No, I can resist this, I can. So there.
Next Dystopia is in the works, should be finished in a day or so..
//[Me:] *confused* You shove the can into the chicken?
[Talon:] Yup...right up the backside. Yummy!!!
I'm still pondering the logic of using the whole can and frankly a little worried about the mindset of the person who thought it'd be a neat idea to shove a drink can up a chicken's bum...
It's been raining for 2 days now. I'm not complaining, gods know we need it (stage 2 water restrictions are about to be enforced - they should have been put in place a year ago, but that's just my opinion) but I do get annoyed at the muddy footprints through the house. Not the cubs, they take their shoes off when they come inside, it's the bloody cat. Little pawprints all over the place - over the floors, the kitchen bench (where she's not allowed to go, ahah! Sprung!), the cubs' homework they left out on the coffee table, my bed *grumble*.
Ack, I think I'm on the verge of collecting chicken tat the way I do fish tat. I don't understand it, I don't even like chickens!
No, I can resist this, I can. So there.
Next Dystopia is in the works, should be finished in a day or so..
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
... I have no idea what day it is ...
Was all geared up to take a video tape 'round to Niki's so she could record the first ep of the new season of MDA (Medical Defense Australia) for me so I could watch the second last episodes of BeBop & BGC2040 which are on at the same time and which I missed on Saturday night having gone out to do grown-up things... All this happens on Wednesday and I only remembered it was Tuesday today at the last minute ... eheh...
My next AC is almost done, huzzah!
This chapter was awkward to write. When I was away from the computer it beguiled me with tantalising glimpses of what was going to happen but when I sat down to write it became all coy and shy and slippery and I couldn't come to grips with it. Tch.
But I can summon some small measure of determination when necessary and have managed to finish the bloody thing. Hmph.
Dystopia next...
Joules has started posting in her Haadri blog. She's planning on using it as a sort of bulletin board to let people know how her magnificent octopus is coming along...
(*giggling* Sorry, for those not familiar with Rowan Atkinson's 'Black Adder' series, 'magnificent octopus' is what Baldric miscalls 'magnum opus' which according to my Oxford Concise means 'great literary undertaking, writer's or other artist's chief production')
I was watching an episode of The Professionals yesterday ('Not a very civil Civil Servant') and I got terribly excited. Not because of the phwooarness of the Lads or anything sensible like that but because in the scene where our heroes are meeting someone at a 'rough' pub, on the bar of said pub is a plastic ice-bucket shaped like a pineapple - and I've got one just like it!
Soulsis found it for me a couple of years ago and it's one of my favourite bits of tat. In my next house it will sit proudly atop the television... : )
It's all perspective, isn't it?
(Incidentally, one of these ice-buckets made an appearance in the film 'Chopper' which is about an australian crinimal... I'm beginning to wonder if there's a connection between immitation fruit and the seedier side of life... hmm...)
I could really go some rich fruit cake right now, especially if it was covered in marzipan and fondant icing... mmmm... : )
(nicked from Talon's blog:)
So, for pop-can chicken, take a can of your favorite soda, (or beer) drink about half of it, then shove it up into the chicken cavity.
*confused*
You shove the can into the chicken? That sort of makes sense...
And I love cherry coke but the closest we have here is Dr. Peppers.
Was all geared up to take a video tape 'round to Niki's so she could record the first ep of the new season of MDA (Medical Defense Australia) for me so I could watch the second last episodes of BeBop & BGC2040 which are on at the same time and which I missed on Saturday night having gone out to do grown-up things... All this happens on Wednesday and I only remembered it was Tuesday today at the last minute ... eheh...
My next AC is almost done, huzzah!
This chapter was awkward to write. When I was away from the computer it beguiled me with tantalising glimpses of what was going to happen but when I sat down to write it became all coy and shy and slippery and I couldn't come to grips with it. Tch.
But I can summon some small measure of determination when necessary and have managed to finish the bloody thing. Hmph.
Dystopia next...
Joules has started posting in her Haadri blog. She's planning on using it as a sort of bulletin board to let people know how her magnificent octopus is coming along...
(*giggling* Sorry, for those not familiar with Rowan Atkinson's 'Black Adder' series, 'magnificent octopus' is what Baldric miscalls 'magnum opus' which according to my Oxford Concise means 'great literary undertaking, writer's or other artist's chief production')
I was watching an episode of The Professionals yesterday ('Not a very civil Civil Servant') and I got terribly excited. Not because of the phwooarness of the Lads or anything sensible like that but because in the scene where our heroes are meeting someone at a 'rough' pub, on the bar of said pub is a plastic ice-bucket shaped like a pineapple - and I've got one just like it!
Soulsis found it for me a couple of years ago and it's one of my favourite bits of tat. In my next house it will sit proudly atop the television... : )
It's all perspective, isn't it?
(Incidentally, one of these ice-buckets made an appearance in the film 'Chopper' which is about an australian crinimal... I'm beginning to wonder if there's a connection between immitation fruit and the seedier side of life... hmm...)
I could really go some rich fruit cake right now, especially if it was covered in marzipan and fondant icing... mmmm... : )
(nicked from Talon's blog:)
So, for pop-can chicken, take a can of your favorite soda, (or beer) drink about half of it, then shove it up into the chicken cavity.
*confused*
You shove the can into the chicken? That sort of makes sense...
And I love cherry coke but the closest we have here is Dr. Peppers.
Monday, July 21, 2003
mmmmMMMmmmm....!
I know I said I wasn't going to eat the last packet of Angel Delight ('stonking strawberry' flavoured desert) until I finished Cathouse Ellis, but dammit I deserve it!
Gods, I love this stuff, the only way it could be nicer would be to lick it off someone beautiful and compliant... *g*
I fed my cubs sausages today made from organically produced meat, and naturally, because they didn't taste the same as our usual sausages they were viewed with deep suspicion.
I did, however, get the cubs to admit that the sausages only tasted different - not worse. They ate all of them, in the end...
I know I said I wasn't going to eat the last packet of Angel Delight ('stonking strawberry' flavoured desert) until I finished Cathouse Ellis, but dammit I deserve it!
Gods, I love this stuff, the only way it could be nicer would be to lick it off someone beautiful and compliant... *g*
I fed my cubs sausages today made from organically produced meat, and naturally, because they didn't taste the same as our usual sausages they were viewed with deep suspicion.
I did, however, get the cubs to admit that the sausages only tasted different - not worse. They ate all of them, in the end...
This is an interesting article about gay webcomics. (I regularly read Venus Envy, whose artist gets a mention.)
KittenKong brought in another bird today. At least this time it was dead, however, cos it was dead she was terribly brave and actually 'played' with it. *rolls eyes* Feathers everywhere...
Pink and red should go together okay, shouldn't they, Talon? They're from the same end of the spectrum. *g*
KittenKong brought in another bird today. At least this time it was dead, however, cos it was dead she was terribly brave and actually 'played' with it. *rolls eyes* Feathers everywhere...
Pink and red should go together okay, shouldn't they, Talon? They're from the same end of the spectrum. *g*
Sunday, July 20, 2003
I emerged from my bedroom this morning at 11am to find the cubs had been given their breakfast by their father's girlfriend - she'd also done the washing up.
It's interesting, isn't it, that it's someone who doesn't actually live here who's the one who helps out without being prompted...
I've found the best way to deal with being bored and restless is to do something constructive. To that end, today I finished off one batch of stars for my quilt and got another lot ready to start. This week I'll go looking for a suitable background material so I can get started on the hexagons and I might see about pricing some counted thread cloth for the peacock x-stitch.
Also this week I'd like to finish my next AC chapter and at least one of the three waiting Dystopia fics.
Of course, anything else completed above these targets is a bonus... : )
It's interesting, isn't it, that it's someone who doesn't actually live here who's the one who helps out without being prompted...
I've found the best way to deal with being bored and restless is to do something constructive. To that end, today I finished off one batch of stars for my quilt and got another lot ready to start. This week I'll go looking for a suitable background material so I can get started on the hexagons and I might see about pricing some counted thread cloth for the peacock x-stitch.
Also this week I'd like to finish my next AC chapter and at least one of the three waiting Dystopia fics.
Of course, anything else completed above these targets is a bonus... : )
(... it's late - not sure how coherent this is going to be...)
Just got back from going to see a play with soulsis and Niki (yay! an evening to be something other than 'mummy') - an amateur producton of the David Williamson play Don's Party.
It's set in Australia in 1969 and the first act in particular is not... comfortable. It portrays a particularly obnoxious, sexist and coarse part of 'oztraylian culture' and the rabid seperatist feminist in me, who is never far from the surface, was practically frothing at mouth over some of it. However, there were parts were it was quite funny, even if the amusement came from that uncomfortable recoqnition of something familiar. The second half was better, and funnier as all the inherent ridiculousness of the characters is highlighted as they get drunker and drunker. Just like it happens in real-life...
On the whole I enjoyed the production, the standard of acting was pretty good overall (though, Mike, my friend who was in it, was easily the most natural performer : ) and the set was cringingly accurate of the time (burnt orange with large patterned purple wall-paper *shaking head* I remember when that sort of thing was fashionable.)
I covet the gumleaf green shag-pile rug though... *g*
After a bit of hunting I found out what anime Cartoon Network is going to be showing next month; Tenchi Muyo, Orphen & Trigun. Should be interesting though I'm going to miss BeBop.
Soulsis gave me the cutest little pots tonight - all bright colours with itty bitty fishes on them. : )
Egad, it's saturday! Keep thinking it's friday, better watch that or I'll think Monday is Sunday and not get the cubs to school...
Just got back from going to see a play with soulsis and Niki (yay! an evening to be something other than 'mummy') - an amateur producton of the David Williamson play Don's Party.
It's set in Australia in 1969 and the first act in particular is not... comfortable. It portrays a particularly obnoxious, sexist and coarse part of 'oztraylian culture' and the rabid seperatist feminist in me, who is never far from the surface, was practically frothing at mouth over some of it. However, there were parts were it was quite funny, even if the amusement came from that uncomfortable recoqnition of something familiar. The second half was better, and funnier as all the inherent ridiculousness of the characters is highlighted as they get drunker and drunker. Just like it happens in real-life...
On the whole I enjoyed the production, the standard of acting was pretty good overall (though, Mike, my friend who was in it, was easily the most natural performer : ) and the set was cringingly accurate of the time (burnt orange with large patterned purple wall-paper *shaking head* I remember when that sort of thing was fashionable.)
I covet the gumleaf green shag-pile rug though... *g*
After a bit of hunting I found out what anime Cartoon Network is going to be showing next month; Tenchi Muyo, Orphen & Trigun. Should be interesting though I'm going to miss BeBop.
Soulsis gave me the cutest little pots tonight - all bright colours with itty bitty fishes on them. : )
Egad, it's saturday! Keep thinking it's friday, better watch that or I'll think Monday is Sunday and not get the cubs to school...
Saturday, July 19, 2003
*rolling around laughing*
I have to use the dragon's line sometime!
Okapi found this... It's a very funny strip : ) though the size of the files tends to shut my computer down every 5 strips or so. Tch.
(Oh, run your cursor over 'Gwen' at the bottom of the strip, there's a random selection of things that happen to her... :) [ack! clown! Kill it!]
I have to use the dragon's line sometime!
Okapi found this... It's a very funny strip : ) though the size of the files tends to shut my computer down every 5 strips or so. Tch.
(Oh, run your cursor over 'Gwen' at the bottom of the strip, there's a random selection of things that happen to her... :) [ack! clown! Kill it!]
I have the honour and pleasure of being one of Joules' pre-readers for FirstLight - this is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good cos it's a frigging brilliant story but bad because I have to wait for each chapter as Joules revises them rather than locking myself in my room and devouring the novel whole...
*hand melodramatically to forehead* Oh, the things one does for one's friends!
... aaaand... *smugsmirk* I've seen Valkyrie's illustration for the cover! Dead impressed, and intrigued, and stirred... Kaz is gorgeous! Can I add him to my list, please? *chibi eyes*
*hand melodramatically to forehead* Oh, the things one does for one's friends!
... aaaand... *smugsmirk* I've seen Valkyrie's illustration for the cover! Dead impressed, and intrigued, and stirred... Kaz is gorgeous! Can I add him to my list, please? *chibi eyes*
Friday, July 18, 2003
Okay, Talon, what does your chibi have on her head?
What does one do when one is feeling a little out of sorts? One goes shopping, doesn't one. One went shopping today...
Apart from the boring R/L stuff that had to be dealt with I managed to squeeze out a couple of dollars play money. I found myself a cutie little purple dragon statuette which is a sort of knock-off of my concrete dragon (which was a knock-off of a fine art piece that was doing the rounds of the gaming shops *thinks* blimey, 15 years ago), and a packet of assorted plastic sea critters for the cubs which they pounced on with great delight. : ) I did have plans of picking up some of those lovely glasses today - was intending to get 8 small and 8 large, that wasn't practical this week but I did manage to get 6 of the large ones to tuck away in my 'next house' box. Probably just as well I didn't have that much money today cos there was lots of tempting stuff and I would've brought home piles of crap!
Getting ahead of myself a little here, but I've been wondering where to put my computer in the next house. I could put it in my bedroom, as I do here, providing there's a phone connection of course, but if it's just the cubs and I, I'm not sure I want to squirrel myself away from them like that. I don't get to write much when they're about anyway I guess so having my puter out in the living area with theirs shouldn't be such a big deal really - just means I can't surf for smut when they're around *g*
I've been flicking wistfully through some of my cross-stitch pattern books. The quilt is still chugging along nicely but I'm feeling the need to start something new. Hmm, there's a very pretty peacock pattern in my chinese x-stitch book that uses beads, sequins and metallic threads. 's lovely, think I might have a closer look at that...
What does one do when one is feeling a little out of sorts? One goes shopping, doesn't one. One went shopping today...
Apart from the boring R/L stuff that had to be dealt with I managed to squeeze out a couple of dollars play money. I found myself a cutie little purple dragon statuette which is a sort of knock-off of my concrete dragon (which was a knock-off of a fine art piece that was doing the rounds of the gaming shops *thinks* blimey, 15 years ago), and a packet of assorted plastic sea critters for the cubs which they pounced on with great delight. : ) I did have plans of picking up some of those lovely glasses today - was intending to get 8 small and 8 large, that wasn't practical this week but I did manage to get 6 of the large ones to tuck away in my 'next house' box. Probably just as well I didn't have that much money today cos there was lots of tempting stuff and I would've brought home piles of crap!
Getting ahead of myself a little here, but I've been wondering where to put my computer in the next house. I could put it in my bedroom, as I do here, providing there's a phone connection of course, but if it's just the cubs and I, I'm not sure I want to squirrel myself away from them like that. I don't get to write much when they're about anyway I guess so having my puter out in the living area with theirs shouldn't be such a big deal really - just means I can't surf for smut when they're around *g*
I've been flicking wistfully through some of my cross-stitch pattern books. The quilt is still chugging along nicely but I'm feeling the need to start something new. Hmm, there's a very pretty peacock pattern in my chinese x-stitch book that uses beads, sequins and metallic threads. 's lovely, think I might have a closer look at that...
*happy squeak!*
Guess what!?
Looks like Cartoon Network is going to be playing Trigun in August! Squeeeee!
I've already been told by Joules who I can't have... *smirk*
... and ICQ is withdrawing the '99 version of it's software, the version I use, which means I have to update it. Which isn't a bad thing, really, Joules has been poking me for months to do it, but I'm worried you see cos there's not a lot of room on this puter and it tends to behave like a scandalised maiden aunt when new software is introduced (or that could be Carli...) especially if the new stuff is loaded with pretty graphics.
*noble look* Just going to have to be brave I guess and hope for the best...
I'm so proud of my cub!
The other day after school one of his classmates had his bag nicked by someone who wasn't giving it back. My cub waded in and helped retrieve it. Yes, that's very nice an' all except this is one of the boys my cubs don't get on with. Highly developed sense of justice, I think *g*... except where his brother is concerned - still more than happy for him to take the blame for things. Problem is his brother lets him. Tch, something we'll have to work on.
I've managed all of 5 pages of my novel so far this week. Fair enough, I've been ill but I'm a mite disappointed with myself. Eh, no matter, there's still 2 1/2 days to go 'til the deadline, let's see if I can make it 10 pages... :)
Guess what!?
Looks like Cartoon Network is going to be playing Trigun in August! Squeeeee!
I've already been told by Joules who I can't have... *smirk*
... and ICQ is withdrawing the '99 version of it's software, the version I use, which means I have to update it. Which isn't a bad thing, really, Joules has been poking me for months to do it, but I'm worried you see cos there's not a lot of room on this puter and it tends to behave like a scandalised maiden aunt when new software is introduced (or that could be Carli...) especially if the new stuff is loaded with pretty graphics.
*noble look* Just going to have to be brave I guess and hope for the best...
I'm so proud of my cub!
The other day after school one of his classmates had his bag nicked by someone who wasn't giving it back. My cub waded in and helped retrieve it. Yes, that's very nice an' all except this is one of the boys my cubs don't get on with. Highly developed sense of justice, I think *g*... except where his brother is concerned - still more than happy for him to take the blame for things. Problem is his brother lets him. Tch, something we'll have to work on.
I've managed all of 5 pages of my novel so far this week. Fair enough, I've been ill but I'm a mite disappointed with myself. Eh, no matter, there's still 2 1/2 days to go 'til the deadline, let's see if I can make it 10 pages... :)
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Now *that* is one cool kid, Joules! *g*
Ack, I made the mistake the other day of saying that I hadn't been ill for ages.
Tch, that's one of those things you just don't say, it's right up there with 'gee, it's quiet today...'. But I'm only feeling a bit listless with a bit of a sore throat so fingers crossed it won't descend into a full blown chest infection, they take ages to shake off. Discovered I'm almost out of peppermint oil though, hopefully I can pick some up later this week. I need my peppermint oil, I feel vulnerable without it. Silly really. At least I've still got plenty of peppermint tea...
School photos came back today. They're acceptable, not brilliant, but acceptable. The class photos – taken outside – are way too contrasty for my tastes but that's just me being a picky, photographic snob. : ) Bloody things cost a fortune too, but I can't begrudge it really cos I know in future years the cubs are going to get a kick out of looking at their old school photos. I know I like looking at mine. *g*
It's been quite difficult shoving myself back into the mind-frame for this novel. The problem is, I think, that much as I want to write to it, it doesn't grab my imagination the way the AC and Dystopia do. This world frame doesn't dangle in front of my eyes, twinkling and shining like some weird-arse disco ball. (Pretty! Shiny! *g*)
But, no, a week doing nothing else but this (nothing else I say, glaring at the host of charas jostling for prominence in my forebrain) should help me get some sort of discipline going. I need to or I'm never going to finish it.
Heh, maybe if I promise myself I can start something new at the end of the week, providing I've done a reasonable amount? : )
Ack, I made the mistake the other day of saying that I hadn't been ill for ages.
Tch, that's one of those things you just don't say, it's right up there with 'gee, it's quiet today...'. But I'm only feeling a bit listless with a bit of a sore throat so fingers crossed it won't descend into a full blown chest infection, they take ages to shake off. Discovered I'm almost out of peppermint oil though, hopefully I can pick some up later this week. I need my peppermint oil, I feel vulnerable without it. Silly really. At least I've still got plenty of peppermint tea...
School photos came back today. They're acceptable, not brilliant, but acceptable. The class photos – taken outside – are way too contrasty for my tastes but that's just me being a picky, photographic snob. : ) Bloody things cost a fortune too, but I can't begrudge it really cos I know in future years the cubs are going to get a kick out of looking at their old school photos. I know I like looking at mine. *g*
It's been quite difficult shoving myself back into the mind-frame for this novel. The problem is, I think, that much as I want to write to it, it doesn't grab my imagination the way the AC and Dystopia do. This world frame doesn't dangle in front of my eyes, twinkling and shining like some weird-arse disco ball. (Pretty! Shiny! *g*)
But, no, a week doing nothing else but this (nothing else I say, glaring at the host of charas jostling for prominence in my forebrain) should help me get some sort of discipline going. I need to or I'm never going to finish it.
Heh, maybe if I promise myself I can start something new at the end of the week, providing I've done a reasonable amount? : )
Monday, July 14, 2003
Tee hee hee.
Just checked Hard's blog (to see what's going on with the strip). He's done a parody of Space:1999... Tee hee hee... I loved that show...
(The link is on the blog, just thought I'd mention that : )
Just checked Hard's blog (to see what's going on with the strip). He's done a parody of Space:1999... Tee hee hee... I loved that show...
(The link is on the blog, just thought I'd mention that : )
First day back at school! Ah, it was good to see all the happy, smiling faces… and that was just the parents… *g*
Was thinking the other day that here we are, past the middle of the year and what did I have (writing wise) to show for it? Out of curiosity - to see if I'd been as slack as I thought I had - I counted up what I've completed so far in 2003.
20 pieces that I can call my own (11 Dystopia, 8 AC and the first part of Cathouse Ellis); 11 pieces in collaboration with Joules (5 Dystopia, 4 'l/L and 2 AC) plus snippets here and there in various other things that Joules has done.
Not a bad effort, really, eh? Don't feel like quite so much of a slug now though still nowhere near as prolific as a certain other person *casts admiring/rueful gaze UKwards*.
Heh, I'm not going to list the things I haven't finished yet (or that I want to start) cos I'm trying to spend this week concentrating on the novel I began months ago and I don't want to distract myself.
(discovered on Talon's blog:)
Hee, well, you know sometimes it's too much of an effort to move…
I am a sleepy kitty face down in a pile of food.
Which sleepy kitty would you be?
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*annoyed* Having trouble viewing Onna's and Soulsis's blogs - and mine! Grrr.. Sometimes it works straight away, sometimes I have to refresh the page half a dozen times before it clicks over, sometimes I give up in disgust and do something else. Can still post to mine, obviously, but it's nice to see what I've done…
Tch, and Hard hasn't updated Sexy Losers in four weeks!
The cubs and I went with my mum to the Aquarium yesterday. I really love that place, all those fishies... : )
The cubs were happy, they got sharp-shaped 'pincer' toys; Mum was happy, she got a pretty, blue seahorse windchime (like the one you gave me, Joules, only bigger and not pink); and I was happy cos I got another clear plastic bouncy ball with a coral 'scene' inside - only 2 more then I've got the set! *g* Ah, I do so enjoy the 20% members discount…
Was thinking the other day that here we are, past the middle of the year and what did I have (writing wise) to show for it? Out of curiosity - to see if I'd been as slack as I thought I had - I counted up what I've completed so far in 2003.
20 pieces that I can call my own (11 Dystopia, 8 AC and the first part of Cathouse Ellis); 11 pieces in collaboration with Joules (5 Dystopia, 4 'l/L and 2 AC) plus snippets here and there in various other things that Joules has done.
Not a bad effort, really, eh? Don't feel like quite so much of a slug now though still nowhere near as prolific as a certain other person *casts admiring/rueful gaze UKwards*.
Heh, I'm not going to list the things I haven't finished yet (or that I want to start) cos I'm trying to spend this week concentrating on the novel I began months ago and I don't want to distract myself.
(discovered on Talon's blog:)
Hee, well, you know sometimes it's too much of an effort to move…
I am a sleepy kitty face down in a pile of food.
Which sleepy kitty would you be?
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*annoyed* Having trouble viewing Onna's and Soulsis's blogs - and mine! Grrr.. Sometimes it works straight away, sometimes I have to refresh the page half a dozen times before it clicks over, sometimes I give up in disgust and do something else. Can still post to mine, obviously, but it's nice to see what I've done…
Tch, and Hard hasn't updated Sexy Losers in four weeks!
The cubs and I went with my mum to the Aquarium yesterday. I really love that place, all those fishies... : )
The cubs were happy, they got sharp-shaped 'pincer' toys; Mum was happy, she got a pretty, blue seahorse windchime (like the one you gave me, Joules, only bigger and not pink); and I was happy cos I got another clear plastic bouncy ball with a coral 'scene' inside - only 2 more then I've got the set! *g* Ah, I do so enjoy the 20% members discount…
Saturday, July 12, 2003
(found on 'Silken Shadows', Thistle's smut lj:)
What rating is your journal?
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Tch, keep meaning to say...
Talon, can I get an adult sized pair of the sunglasses Ripley's wearing? *g*
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Tch, keep meaning to say...
Talon, can I get an adult sized pair of the sunglasses Ripley's wearing? *g*
Bloody cat brought another bird in today, a sparrow - chasing it around the cubs' room. Stupid thing (the bird) took refuge in the toy box, burrowing right down to the bottom so I had to empty that out before I could catch the bright-eyed little souleater and set it free...
Cleaned my room today. Gah. Took longer than I'd hoped but about as long as I expected. Didn't manage to clear the pile of stuff at the base of my bed (nowhere to put it all, ultimately) but at least it's tidy now. : )
The cubs and I are taking mum to the Aquarium tomorrow, should be fun, and then it's the start of the new term on monday.
Hallefrigginglujah...
Eh, I'll stop whinging - it's been a good couple of weeks, really. The cubs have been well-behaved and cos we've gone out and done things they haven't gotten too bored and fractious.
And when they're back at school maybe then I can have a rest...
(hoiked out of Talon's blog:)
.... riiiight....
..... Waaaah! Ed and Ein have just left the BeBop! *sniffle*.... and only two episodes to go!
Noooo!
I've really enjoyed this series, don't want it to finish. : (
Cleaned my room today. Gah. Took longer than I'd hoped but about as long as I expected. Didn't manage to clear the pile of stuff at the base of my bed (nowhere to put it all, ultimately) but at least it's tidy now. : )
The cubs and I are taking mum to the Aquarium tomorrow, should be fun, and then it's the start of the new term on monday.
Hallefrigginglujah...
Eh, I'll stop whinging - it's been a good couple of weeks, really. The cubs have been well-behaved and cos we've gone out and done things they haven't gotten too bored and fractious.
And when they're back at school maybe then I can have a rest...
(hoiked out of Talon's blog:)
.... riiiight....
..... Waaaah! Ed and Ein have just left the BeBop! *sniffle*.... and only two episodes to go!
Noooo!
I've really enjoyed this series, don't want it to finish. : (
I really don't find Benny Hill (British comedian from the 70's and 80's) funny. Does that mean I'm a prude and a wowser, or so far up my pc arse I don't have a sense of humour any more?
No, it's simply that he isn't funny.
There's a shoe shop near us that sells Doc Martin's boots and shoes... there's a pair of purple boots in the window. *eg* I wonder if they lay-by...
Interestingly, while I was walking around the 'alternative' inner-suburb of St Kilda the other day I didn't feel out of place at all, not like I do sometimes here in the conservative eastern suburbs. Maybe it's time I admitted I'm not like everyone else and lived accordingly. *g*
No, it's simply that he isn't funny.
There's a shoe shop near us that sells Doc Martin's boots and shoes... there's a pair of purple boots in the window. *eg* I wonder if they lay-by...
Interestingly, while I was walking around the 'alternative' inner-suburb of St Kilda the other day I didn't feel out of place at all, not like I do sometimes here in the conservative eastern suburbs. Maybe it's time I admitted I'm not like everyone else and lived accordingly. *g*
[blinks] The ningen read your '10 ways to annoy a pagan' and started spitting and snarling and hissing about Satan and Satanism being a creation of Judeo-Christianity and nothing whatsoever to do with paganism, which is all about balance and tolerance and reverence for life...
[smirk] Guess that one works, then!
[smirk] Guess that one works, then!
Friday, July 11, 2003
... I had to... (discovered on Soulsis' blog:)
What's your soap opera scenario.
The Wise Benefactor
What soap opera doesn't have the all-powerful, head of the family who's been on-air since the pilot episode? Sure, The Wise Benefactor has probably come back from comas, near fatal accidents, abductions, mysterious illnesses, botched murders, and multiple corporate takeovers. But they're the heart of the show with their integrity, sense of right and wrong, and ability to magically make things happen around the town.
Like The Wise Benefactor, you're a true original who can't be replaced — which is why you're sure to be around for a long time. There's just no substitute for your wise and powerful personality. And people can't help but to ask for your advice when times are tough. That's because they know you'll tell it like it is.
Always a warm soul, though sometimes you do exhibit some cold ambition, you keep your family together and are probably also the center for lots of happenings. The town wouldn't be the same without you, so keep doling out the advice, giving folks a hand-up when they need it, and putting people in their place when the time is right. If it weren't for you, who would keep the family, much less the town, afloat?
The cubs and I went to the Museum today - gods I'm knackered...
I've noticed that the bus and train timetables are meticulously structured so that you can only make it from one to the other if you're an olympic sprinter. Needless to say, I'm not an olympic sprinter - we waited for the next train.
Museum was fun, finally got to see the Evolution Gallery this time, the part where all the cool dinosaur stuff is displayed. Crikey, some of those f**kers were BIG! *g* Definitely want to go back there on my own and have a good look.
We caught parts 2 & 3 of the 'Fabulous Confabulator' show in which the host (a tall man in odd clothes pranced about exaggeratedly) got the children in the audience to ask questions and try to guess what the mystery items were (a penny-farthing bike, and a ritual mask from Papua New Guinea). It was fun and on the way home the cubs were saying they wanted to be inventors so they could invent their own 'confabulator'. : )
We still haven't seen everything the Museum has to offer but the cubs still seem to be keen to visit the place. Maybe in a weekend or two...
We're staying home tomorrow, we all need a rest, I think before going to the Aquarium on Sunday. : )
And I'm going to clean my room.
I am, really! I have to... it's getting dangerous in there...
My next Dystopia chapter, 'Second Chance' has been posted - thanks again, Joules, for doing the coding! *glomps*
What's your soap opera scenario.
The Wise Benefactor
What soap opera doesn't have the all-powerful, head of the family who's been on-air since the pilot episode? Sure, The Wise Benefactor has probably come back from comas, near fatal accidents, abductions, mysterious illnesses, botched murders, and multiple corporate takeovers. But they're the heart of the show with their integrity, sense of right and wrong, and ability to magically make things happen around the town.
Like The Wise Benefactor, you're a true original who can't be replaced — which is why you're sure to be around for a long time. There's just no substitute for your wise and powerful personality. And people can't help but to ask for your advice when times are tough. That's because they know you'll tell it like it is.
Always a warm soul, though sometimes you do exhibit some cold ambition, you keep your family together and are probably also the center for lots of happenings. The town wouldn't be the same without you, so keep doling out the advice, giving folks a hand-up when they need it, and putting people in their place when the time is right. If it weren't for you, who would keep the family, much less the town, afloat?
The cubs and I went to the Museum today - gods I'm knackered...
I've noticed that the bus and train timetables are meticulously structured so that you can only make it from one to the other if you're an olympic sprinter. Needless to say, I'm not an olympic sprinter - we waited for the next train.
Museum was fun, finally got to see the Evolution Gallery this time, the part where all the cool dinosaur stuff is displayed. Crikey, some of those f**kers were BIG! *g* Definitely want to go back there on my own and have a good look.
We caught parts 2 & 3 of the 'Fabulous Confabulator' show in which the host (a tall man in odd clothes pranced about exaggeratedly) got the children in the audience to ask questions and try to guess what the mystery items were (a penny-farthing bike, and a ritual mask from Papua New Guinea). It was fun and on the way home the cubs were saying they wanted to be inventors so they could invent their own 'confabulator'. : )
We still haven't seen everything the Museum has to offer but the cubs still seem to be keen to visit the place. Maybe in a weekend or two...
We're staying home tomorrow, we all need a rest, I think before going to the Aquarium on Sunday. : )
And I'm going to clean my room.
I am, really! I have to... it's getting dangerous in there...
My next Dystopia chapter, 'Second Chance' has been posted - thanks again, Joules, for doing the coding! *glomps*
Thursday, July 10, 2003
Right, I've finished a Dystopia chapter - it's not the chapter I was trying to finish but hey, I can't complain!
Soulsis emailed me this:
Top 10 Ways To Make a Pagan Mad
1. Ask them if they are Satan worshipers.
2. Be considerate, re-arrange their altar so it will look neat.
3. Blow out their altar candle if it is still day light.
4. Pick up their tools for a closer look.
5. Sharpen their dull black-handled knife.
6. Witness to them about the "true religion".
7. Untie the knots in their cord.
8. Take hold of their jewelry for a closer look.
9. Play card games with their Tarot cards.
10. Ask them if they are Satan worshipers.
(and then Joules pointed out that most of these only apply to pagans who are into rituals... *g*)
Soulsis emailed me this:
Top 10 Ways To Make a Pagan Mad
1. Ask them if they are Satan worshipers.
2. Be considerate, re-arrange their altar so it will look neat.
3. Blow out their altar candle if it is still day light.
4. Pick up their tools for a closer look.
5. Sharpen their dull black-handled knife.
6. Witness to them about the "true religion".
7. Untie the knots in their cord.
8. Take hold of their jewelry for a closer look.
9. Play card games with their Tarot cards.
10. Ask them if they are Satan worshipers.
(and then Joules pointed out that most of these only apply to pagans who are into rituals... *g*)
(Hee, hope you don't mind Andi...)
Got this from the Prosfanfic list.
Go to google.com.au and type in 'weapons of mass destruction'. Click on the 'I'm feeling lucky' button and read all of what comes up, carefully...
Today the cubs and I went with friends to the St Kilda Adventure Playground. This is an amazing place! It looks… adventurous. Unlike standard playgrounds, which tend to be modular, safe and rather dull ultimately, the SKAP is full of exciting, dangerous things. Trampolines, a flying fox, a row-boat swing, billy-cart track, a big wooden castle with squillions of rooms and secret chambers and hidden paths. The place looks haphazard and colourful, just as if a bunch of kids had been let loose in a junkyard to cobble together the ultimate cubby-house. It's not that dangerous, of course - all of the guidelines for safety have been followed - it just looks like it could be. There's a central area, around a brazier, filled with old armchairs, a comfortable place for adults to relax while the kids go nuts. There's also a fully functioning kitchen where you can get tea and coffee (you're asked to leave a donation to help cover the costs, I have no problem with that) and even cook if you want/need to.
In one corner of the playground is a closed-off area of tranquility - only staff can go in there - that has a pond with goldfish and a waterfall, and chickens; happy, healthy [plump, delicious…] looking chickens. I spent a lot of time hanging over the fence just watching. (Discovered that my personal space, where chickens are concerned, is 6 feet - any closer than that and their aura of evil becomes palpable. One of the playground's volunteers, a nice young man with long hair and mutliple facial piercings -this is in St Kilda, after all - gave the chickens his left-over chips and laughingly commented that they were strange because they had no compunction about eating chicken-flavoured salt. I told him it was because they had no souls… he thought I was joking.)
There's only one toilet there, which is a little awkward. I waited 10 minutes to relieve myself because 3 small children in quick succession needed to go to the toilet now and I couldn't in conscience make them wait. Bladder control is a vital issue at that age. *g*
It's a fun place, though cos it's in an inner suburb, parking can be awkward. I found a 2 hour carpark a few minutes walk away, which wasn't a problem except I had to go and move the car or get a ticket. A small annoyance but given the overall wowness of the place, not something to get stressed about.
We stayed for 3 hours and the cubs ran themselves ragged! *g*
Soulsis, Niki, Andi - I think all of our brats would have loads of fun there. : )
The past couple of nights have been good for dreams.
Night before last was one of those story-telling dreams where the disparate 'scenes' flow together seemlessly but make no sense when you're awake. Can't remember all of it but at one point I was flying up to Brisbane with some friends and reminiscing about an earlier trip there with another friend (never been to Brisbane, btw). To get out of the airport you have to go up an intensely steep and long escalator or, as I did, clamber up the adjoining, ivy-covered concrete wall. When I got to the top I remarked to my friends how surprised I was to have done it as easily as 'last time' given how less fit I was this time. : ) Oh yes, I was going up to Brisbane to receive an award for something academic I think. The end of the dream involved helping a woman sneak away from her abusive husband - secretly organising things so she could disappear while he was away…
In last night's dream, the cubs and I went to the 'Bondi Surf Museum', someplace else that I don't think exists but that I've visited before while dreaming. Not a lot of surf memorabilia, but a long line of gum-ball machines lining the path into the ticket place and some interesting tanks of fish inside. At some point I came into a room that was being used for ritual cleansing by women - there was a long line of traditional white-clad brides waiting to use the place as well as a few pagan women. I danced with a woman there - a waltz, she led - and as always in my dreams the dance made me feel joyful and free. I knew my partner at the time, but couldn't remember her when I woke.
Interesting, eh?
Got this from the Prosfanfic list.
Go to google.com.au and type in 'weapons of mass destruction'. Click on the 'I'm feeling lucky' button and read all of what comes up, carefully...
Today the cubs and I went with friends to the St Kilda Adventure Playground. This is an amazing place! It looks… adventurous. Unlike standard playgrounds, which tend to be modular, safe and rather dull ultimately, the SKAP is full of exciting, dangerous things. Trampolines, a flying fox, a row-boat swing, billy-cart track, a big wooden castle with squillions of rooms and secret chambers and hidden paths. The place looks haphazard and colourful, just as if a bunch of kids had been let loose in a junkyard to cobble together the ultimate cubby-house. It's not that dangerous, of course - all of the guidelines for safety have been followed - it just looks like it could be. There's a central area, around a brazier, filled with old armchairs, a comfortable place for adults to relax while the kids go nuts. There's also a fully functioning kitchen where you can get tea and coffee (you're asked to leave a donation to help cover the costs, I have no problem with that) and even cook if you want/need to.
In one corner of the playground is a closed-off area of tranquility - only staff can go in there - that has a pond with goldfish and a waterfall, and chickens; happy, healthy [plump, delicious…] looking chickens. I spent a lot of time hanging over the fence just watching. (Discovered that my personal space, where chickens are concerned, is 6 feet - any closer than that and their aura of evil becomes palpable. One of the playground's volunteers, a nice young man with long hair and mutliple facial piercings -this is in St Kilda, after all - gave the chickens his left-over chips and laughingly commented that they were strange because they had no compunction about eating chicken-flavoured salt. I told him it was because they had no souls… he thought I was joking.)
There's only one toilet there, which is a little awkward. I waited 10 minutes to relieve myself because 3 small children in quick succession needed to go to the toilet now and I couldn't in conscience make them wait. Bladder control is a vital issue at that age. *g*
It's a fun place, though cos it's in an inner suburb, parking can be awkward. I found a 2 hour carpark a few minutes walk away, which wasn't a problem except I had to go and move the car or get a ticket. A small annoyance but given the overall wowness of the place, not something to get stressed about.
We stayed for 3 hours and the cubs ran themselves ragged! *g*
Soulsis, Niki, Andi - I think all of our brats would have loads of fun there. : )
The past couple of nights have been good for dreams.
Night before last was one of those story-telling dreams where the disparate 'scenes' flow together seemlessly but make no sense when you're awake. Can't remember all of it but at one point I was flying up to Brisbane with some friends and reminiscing about an earlier trip there with another friend (never been to Brisbane, btw). To get out of the airport you have to go up an intensely steep and long escalator or, as I did, clamber up the adjoining, ivy-covered concrete wall. When I got to the top I remarked to my friends how surprised I was to have done it as easily as 'last time' given how less fit I was this time. : ) Oh yes, I was going up to Brisbane to receive an award for something academic I think. The end of the dream involved helping a woman sneak away from her abusive husband - secretly organising things so she could disappear while he was away…
In last night's dream, the cubs and I went to the 'Bondi Surf Museum', someplace else that I don't think exists but that I've visited before while dreaming. Not a lot of surf memorabilia, but a long line of gum-ball machines lining the path into the ticket place and some interesting tanks of fish inside. At some point I came into a room that was being used for ritual cleansing by women - there was a long line of traditional white-clad brides waiting to use the place as well as a few pagan women. I danced with a woman there - a waltz, she led - and as always in my dreams the dance made me feel joyful and free. I knew my partner at the time, but couldn't remember her when I woke.
Interesting, eh?
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
I'd just like to say that going grocery shopping without the cubs does not constitute 'time by myself'...
The cubs had a good day though, they spent the afternoon at the park with a friend while I did the shopping, then the friend came back here for an hour or so. Much fun was had by all, apparently.
Yesterday I sat down with the cubs and we made the pretend stained glass window things they got for their birthday. Was fiddly, but fun. One cub had mixed all the colours together, so instead of trying to seperate them we just spread the lot out over the frame - it came out looking like brightly coloured measles, very effective. : ) The other cub and I used tweezers to neatly place all the beads in his, that also worked out really well - time-consuming, but fun. What the instructions on the packet failed to mention though, is the necessity of having adequate ventilation in the kitchen while these things are cooking cos the smell of melting plastic is overwhelming!
Theoretically, the cubs and I are going to another park tomorrow with another friend, then the museum on Friday and the aquarium with my mum on Sunday. Saturday I'm planning on staying home, preferably in my room either hiding under the covers or *gasp* finishing a bloody fic!
.. and then the cubs are back at school on monday... ack, these hols have gone quickly!
The cubs had a good day though, they spent the afternoon at the park with a friend while I did the shopping, then the friend came back here for an hour or so. Much fun was had by all, apparently.
Yesterday I sat down with the cubs and we made the pretend stained glass window things they got for their birthday. Was fiddly, but fun. One cub had mixed all the colours together, so instead of trying to seperate them we just spread the lot out over the frame - it came out looking like brightly coloured measles, very effective. : ) The other cub and I used tweezers to neatly place all the beads in his, that also worked out really well - time-consuming, but fun. What the instructions on the packet failed to mention though, is the necessity of having adequate ventilation in the kitchen while these things are cooking cos the smell of melting plastic is overwhelming!
Theoretically, the cubs and I are going to another park tomorrow with another friend, then the museum on Friday and the aquarium with my mum on Sunday. Saturday I'm planning on staying home, preferably in my room either hiding under the covers or *gasp* finishing a bloody fic!
.. and then the cubs are back at school on monday... ack, these hols have gone quickly!
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Heh, 9 days on and the cubs' room is still habitable...
… and today I turned an unused flannel bedsheet into handkerchiefs.
Past time to do it though, of the several dozen I made up to use as wipes when the cubs were in nappies only 3 are left. (Yes, I used cloth nappies too.) Why go to all that bother? Why not just use tissues? Cos using as few 'one-shot' items as possible is high priority for me - this disposable attitude is an appalling waste of resources. I've got it down now to basically toilet paper and paper kitchen towels, which I use to soak up as much oil as possible from the skillet before I wash it so the amount of grease going into the waterways, from my kitchen at least, is negligible. It's not a lot, but it helps. : )
(Just in case you're interested, I got 48 hankies from a single-bed sized sheet, and zig-zag edging them all is a great way of using up the left over cotton in the sewing machines bobbins…)
Gotta admit, it makes me feel kind of special when I go out for an hour and a half, leaving the cubs with their father, and find my babies have made me a 'Welcome Home' card for when I return. *soppy grin*
While I was out today I got a couple of fluffy cotton bathmats - a hot pink one for me, and a cobalt blue one for the cubs, which they love cos it looks like a bed of anenomes. I also picked up a packet of what I assume are pegs, but they're shaped like ears of corn! So cute! I'm sure I'll find a use for them. I also saw some lovely glasses (for drinking out of not reading through : ) embossed with suns and spirals - hopefully I can get some of those later this week to stash away in my 'next house' box, which is beginning to look satisfyingly full. *g* I also found a holly leaf shaped biscuit cutter and I put a really cool cushion on lay-by. It's round, and solid and sort of a dark orangey colour threaded through with gold.. will go a treat with the other 2 round and solid cushions (dark green/gold, light green/silver) I got from the same shop about a year ago. Hee, my next house is going to be very colourful…
Oh, forgot to mention we met Andi's new kitten, Emily, when we went to visit. She's very sweet, a brown tabby with flashes of dark ginger, and the biggest dark gold eyes… And good-natured too, not objecting much at all to being carried around by her armpits by a five year old who loves her to bits! ^~^
… and today I turned an unused flannel bedsheet into handkerchiefs.
Past time to do it though, of the several dozen I made up to use as wipes when the cubs were in nappies only 3 are left. (Yes, I used cloth nappies too.) Why go to all that bother? Why not just use tissues? Cos using as few 'one-shot' items as possible is high priority for me - this disposable attitude is an appalling waste of resources. I've got it down now to basically toilet paper and paper kitchen towels, which I use to soak up as much oil as possible from the skillet before I wash it so the amount of grease going into the waterways, from my kitchen at least, is negligible. It's not a lot, but it helps. : )
(Just in case you're interested, I got 48 hankies from a single-bed sized sheet, and zig-zag edging them all is a great way of using up the left over cotton in the sewing machines bobbins…)
Gotta admit, it makes me feel kind of special when I go out for an hour and a half, leaving the cubs with their father, and find my babies have made me a 'Welcome Home' card for when I return. *soppy grin*
While I was out today I got a couple of fluffy cotton bathmats - a hot pink one for me, and a cobalt blue one for the cubs, which they love cos it looks like a bed of anenomes. I also picked up a packet of what I assume are pegs, but they're shaped like ears of corn! So cute! I'm sure I'll find a use for them. I also saw some lovely glasses (for drinking out of not reading through : ) embossed with suns and spirals - hopefully I can get some of those later this week to stash away in my 'next house' box, which is beginning to look satisfyingly full. *g* I also found a holly leaf shaped biscuit cutter and I put a really cool cushion on lay-by. It's round, and solid and sort of a dark orangey colour threaded through with gold.. will go a treat with the other 2 round and solid cushions (dark green/gold, light green/silver) I got from the same shop about a year ago. Hee, my next house is going to be very colourful…
Oh, forgot to mention we met Andi's new kitten, Emily, when we went to visit. She's very sweet, a brown tabby with flashes of dark ginger, and the biggest dark gold eyes… And good-natured too, not objecting much at all to being carried around by her armpits by a five year old who loves her to bits! ^~^
The cubs and I walked up to the shops today (gosh, what exciting outings I'm arranging for my children! *g*). Picked up the 2 little glass bunches of grapes, only 50cents each, bargain. They're now sitting in front of one of my pairs of fishie salt'n'pepper shakers. : )
This evening I thriftily turned some old towels into wash cloths, and turned a large bright green chenille bedspread into 2 smaller ones for the cubs. The bedspread was one I found years ago on the side of the road and I had the intention of making some cushions out of it (it's a really pretty green!) but the cubs claimed it cos it made the best play mat. So, now they can have one each (saves squabbles) and it's much easier to hang 2 smaller ones out to dry than struggle to get one large one over the washing line without bits of it falling in the mud.
Hm, now the sewing machines out, what else can I do? *g*
This evening I thriftily turned some old towels into wash cloths, and turned a large bright green chenille bedspread into 2 smaller ones for the cubs. The bedspread was one I found years ago on the side of the road and I had the intention of making some cushions out of it (it's a really pretty green!) but the cubs claimed it cos it made the best play mat. So, now they can have one each (saves squabbles) and it's much easier to hang 2 smaller ones out to dry than struggle to get one large one over the washing line without bits of it falling in the mud.
Hm, now the sewing machines out, what else can I do? *g*
Sunday, July 06, 2003
The cubs and I went to Smorgys for dinner tonight. Not our usual Smorgys, but one 10 minutes drive away...
The food was marginally better, there was a tad more variety and the gravy was nicer, though - I have no idea how they did it - the salads were more boring. The decor was still 'frenetic islander', stuffed to the gills with fake plants and plushie animals, but instead of a dicky fake waterfall that puts on a fountain and coloured lights and bubbles display every half hour, this Smorgys had (in a courtyard outside) an overgrown pool with a dicky 5 foot tall easter island type head that sneezed gouts of flame every half hour. Very exciting. *rolls eyes* I did catch glimpses of imitation birds lurking amongst the foilage but I didn't have a good enough look to see if they had holes in the tops of their heads with water dribbling out. (refer: previous discussions of Smorgys : )
I think the cubs are all Smorgys'ed out, thank gods, should be ages before they want to go again.
Cool! I'm about half-way through the next Dystopia chapter (not a Shinju/Okami one, sorry, Talon) and it's coming together nicely. Which is good, it's awful trying to force a fic that just doesn't want to be written. *g*
... and so the second week of the hols looms nigh... Spose I better think of something fun to do with the cubs - and get round to cleaning my room...
Must remember to go to the art shop (where I got my tile fish) and pick up the 2 small glass bunches of grapes I saw.. might do that tomorrow... but right now I'm going to scoff the jam donut I got from the bakery today while the cubs and I went for a walk to the supermarket. Heh heh heh!
The food was marginally better, there was a tad more variety and the gravy was nicer, though - I have no idea how they did it - the salads were more boring. The decor was still 'frenetic islander', stuffed to the gills with fake plants and plushie animals, but instead of a dicky fake waterfall that puts on a fountain and coloured lights and bubbles display every half hour, this Smorgys had (in a courtyard outside) an overgrown pool with a dicky 5 foot tall easter island type head that sneezed gouts of flame every half hour. Very exciting. *rolls eyes* I did catch glimpses of imitation birds lurking amongst the foilage but I didn't have a good enough look to see if they had holes in the tops of their heads with water dribbling out. (refer: previous discussions of Smorgys : )
I think the cubs are all Smorgys'ed out, thank gods, should be ages before they want to go again.
Cool! I'm about half-way through the next Dystopia chapter (not a Shinju/Okami one, sorry, Talon) and it's coming together nicely. Which is good, it's awful trying to force a fic that just doesn't want to be written. *g*
... and so the second week of the hols looms nigh... Spose I better think of something fun to do with the cubs - and get round to cleaning my room...
Must remember to go to the art shop (where I got my tile fish) and pick up the 2 small glass bunches of grapes I saw.. might do that tomorrow... but right now I'm going to scoff the jam donut I got from the bakery today while the cubs and I went for a walk to the supermarket. Heh heh heh!
Friday, July 04, 2003
WAAAAH!!! *snifflepout* I wanna go back to England…
Today the cubs and I went to visit Andi, a friend of mine from the Prosfanfic list. She and her husband and son spent 3 months last year in the UK (plus bits of Europe) and while my cubs played happily with 'little' Alex, I got to see the photos of the trip! Not only fabulous pics of castles and countryside but shots from one of the Professional's Day Tours which is when a bunch of the show's fans troop about London and bother the locals by obsessively taking pictures of things like a blank brick wall that Bodie once leant up against - no, I'm serious! I'd really like to go on one of these trips :) (Oh and, heh heh heh, I saw the one and only picture Andi got of Sue…)
*happysigh* Lovely, just lovely - I've gone all wistful now with wanting to get over there and beef up my collection of tourist tat. : )
It's been over a year since I saw Andi and it was great catching up again - (Goodtwin, I finally gave her the stuff you sent over!) - and the 3 boys had fun rocketing around the house together.
Right, now working backwards…
Yesterday, neither of the cubs were sick so we went out with Soulsis and Niki and chicks to see 'Help! I'm a fish, a european animated movie about a boy and his friends who get turned into fishes…
I honestly wouldn't recommend it. The animation wasn't particularly inspiring, except for the 'realistic' under the ocean shots, they were very good but there was hardly enough of them to make the film worthwhile. The characters were frankly ordinary; there was the smart alec kid (our hero), his chibi little sister, their fat, geeky cousin, non-entity parents and fat, mean, bossy aunt. Terry Jones voiced the absent-minded professor archtype and Allan Rickman was unfortunately typecast again as a villain but without the charisma he normally gives to the role. (Oh and the cutesy little seahorse mascot just annoyed me. Seahorses do not have buck teeth!)
As for the plot…? Our-heroes-save-the-day-and-defeat-the-bad-guy-through-ingenuity-and-determination-while-learning-a-valuable-lesson-about-friendship.
*gak!choke!* Sound familiar?
What was interesting though was the eurotrash pop soundtrack, very different from the Holy Rodent Empire films of this ilk.
…. How soon til 'Finding Nemo' is released over here? I'm looking forward to that…
Heh, the hall cupboard has been dealt with. It's still eyeball height full of unwanted crap but said crap is now all bagged up ready to be dropped of at an op-shop when the cubs aren't around to spot the things they haven't seen for months and want them back…
*grumble* It's the end of the first week of hols and all I've managed is exactly 3 paragraphs of one Dystopia chapter. Oh well, the cubs' father is on holidays for a couple of weeks as of today, hopefully he can keep them amused for a few hours soon cos I need a break!
Soulsis, I'm sure you'll be delighted to know that the flashing fishy phone antenna thing works a treat *g*
(found on Talon's blog:)
Yay!! *happysqueal*
And I answered the questions honestly...
What color are you? (Anime Pictures)
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Today the cubs and I went to visit Andi, a friend of mine from the Prosfanfic list. She and her husband and son spent 3 months last year in the UK (plus bits of Europe) and while my cubs played happily with 'little' Alex, I got to see the photos of the trip! Not only fabulous pics of castles and countryside but shots from one of the Professional's Day Tours which is when a bunch of the show's fans troop about London and bother the locals by obsessively taking pictures of things like a blank brick wall that Bodie once leant up against - no, I'm serious! I'd really like to go on one of these trips :) (Oh and, heh heh heh, I saw the one and only picture Andi got of Sue…)
*happysigh* Lovely, just lovely - I've gone all wistful now with wanting to get over there and beef up my collection of tourist tat. : )
It's been over a year since I saw Andi and it was great catching up again - (Goodtwin, I finally gave her the stuff you sent over!) - and the 3 boys had fun rocketing around the house together.
Right, now working backwards…
Yesterday, neither of the cubs were sick so we went out with Soulsis and Niki and chicks to see 'Help! I'm a fish, a european animated movie about a boy and his friends who get turned into fishes…
I honestly wouldn't recommend it. The animation wasn't particularly inspiring, except for the 'realistic' under the ocean shots, they were very good but there was hardly enough of them to make the film worthwhile. The characters were frankly ordinary; there was the smart alec kid (our hero), his chibi little sister, their fat, geeky cousin, non-entity parents and fat, mean, bossy aunt. Terry Jones voiced the absent-minded professor archtype and Allan Rickman was unfortunately typecast again as a villain but without the charisma he normally gives to the role. (Oh and the cutesy little seahorse mascot just annoyed me. Seahorses do not have buck teeth!)
As for the plot…? Our-heroes-save-the-day-and-defeat-the-bad-guy-through-ingenuity-and-determination-while-learning-a-valuable-lesson-about-friendship.
*gak!choke!* Sound familiar?
What was interesting though was the eurotrash pop soundtrack, very different from the Holy Rodent Empire films of this ilk.
…. How soon til 'Finding Nemo' is released over here? I'm looking forward to that…
Heh, the hall cupboard has been dealt with. It's still eyeball height full of unwanted crap but said crap is now all bagged up ready to be dropped of at an op-shop when the cubs aren't around to spot the things they haven't seen for months and want them back…
*grumble* It's the end of the first week of hols and all I've managed is exactly 3 paragraphs of one Dystopia chapter. Oh well, the cubs' father is on holidays for a couple of weeks as of today, hopefully he can keep them amused for a few hours soon cos I need a break!
Soulsis, I'm sure you'll be delighted to know that the flashing fishy phone antenna thing works a treat *g*
(found on Talon's blog:)
Yay!! *happysqueal*
And I answered the questions honestly...
What color are you? (Anime Pictures)
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Wednesday, July 02, 2003
OK, so one of my cubs wasn't simply tired he was actually sick. Hn. And the other one, while he ate all his dinner, wasn't clamouring for food during the day and went to bed without a murmur. Fine, it'll be his turn tomorrow...
(discovered in the bushes on OkapiPrincess' blog:)
This is what I got...
(I loathe this period of history - just ask Okapi about my frothing at the mouth over it *g*)
You're a Victorian-era corset. How refined.
What corset are you?
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This is what I wanted! Isn't she pretty! : )
You're an anime corset. Colorful.
What corset are you?
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... I really don't have any comment about this.. : )
You are Louis, the unusually compassionate vampire
and by far most people's favorite.
Which *Interview with the Vampire* character are you?
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(discovered in the bushes on OkapiPrincess' blog:)
This is what I got...
(I loathe this period of history - just ask Okapi about my frothing at the mouth over it *g*)
You're a Victorian-era corset. How refined.
What corset are you?
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This is what I wanted! Isn't she pretty! : )
You're an anime corset. Colorful.
What corset are you?
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... I really don't have any comment about this.. : )
You are Louis, the unusually compassionate vampire
and by far most people's favorite.
Which *Interview with the Vampire* character are you?
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(found on OkapiPrincess' blog:)
Hm, I'm curious to see which questions I got right as quite a few were wild guesses...
Are you a true crime buff?
this quiz was made by alanna
Hm, I'm curious to see which questions I got right as quite a few were wild guesses...
Are you a true crime buff?
this quiz was made by alanna
My cubs are 8 years old now. : )
Soulsis, myself and the cubs' father took our (combined) 5 darlings to a local steakhouse restaurant for the cubs' b'day lunch. They were all mostly well-behaved, and there was no complaints about the food, so it wasn't fraught. (We adults enjoyed our meals as well, btw : ) Afterwards we trotted across the carpark to the huge garden centre shop thing and let the children loose in the fenced-in play area to run off some of their energy before bringing them home.
For a wonder, they all more or less played nicely together for the rest of the day.
The cubs enjoyed their b'day I think and we all loved the shark-shaped cake Aunty Soulsis made for them. (There's one slice left btw, Soulsis, debating on whether to scoff that myself or leave it for the cubs' father...)
Before they left, Soulsis marshalled all the brats to cleaning up the mess in the cubs' room, which was awe-inspiring to watch - why don't my kids jump to it like that when I bellow? *g*
Tired now - yawning so hard my eyes are watering. : }
Don't have anything planned for tomorrow, thank all the gods, might just mooch around the house for a bit...
Soulsis, myself and the cubs' father took our (combined) 5 darlings to a local steakhouse restaurant for the cubs' b'day lunch. They were all mostly well-behaved, and there was no complaints about the food, so it wasn't fraught. (We adults enjoyed our meals as well, btw : ) Afterwards we trotted across the carpark to the huge garden centre shop thing and let the children loose in the fenced-in play area to run off some of their energy before bringing them home.
For a wonder, they all more or less played nicely together for the rest of the day.
The cubs enjoyed their b'day I think and we all loved the shark-shaped cake Aunty Soulsis made for them. (There's one slice left btw, Soulsis, debating on whether to scoff that myself or leave it for the cubs' father...)
Before they left, Soulsis marshalled all the brats to cleaning up the mess in the cubs' room, which was awe-inspiring to watch - why don't my kids jump to it like that when I bellow? *g*
Tired now - yawning so hard my eyes are watering. : }
Don't have anything planned for tomorrow, thank all the gods, might just mooch around the house for a bit...
Tuesday, July 01, 2003
Ah, right.... [winces at memories of assorted siblings and their unique wake-up methods...]
The ningen tells me it's cootchiecootchiecoo where she lives, rather than woodgie...
And raw mouse, I think. That way I have the choice of cooking method (or not, depending on mood...) And speaking of ham-hams... The ningen's mate was watching The Vicar of Dibley the other night (the ningen wasn't, she's not a Dawn French fan...), and one of the characters apparently opined that Noah (some sort of ancient conservationist?) was a baka: he'd let slide the opportunity to get rid of all the useless creatures in the world - lice, moths, rats, hamsters....
[smirk]
The ningen tells me it's cootchiecootchiecoo where she lives, rather than woodgie...
And raw mouse, I think. That way I have the choice of cooking method (or not, depending on mood...) And speaking of ham-hams... The ningen's mate was watching The Vicar of Dibley the other night (the ningen wasn't, she's not a Dawn French fan...), and one of the characters apparently opined that Noah (some sort of ancient conservationist?) was a baka: he'd let slide the opportunity to get rid of all the useless creatures in the world - lice, moths, rats, hamsters....
[smirk]
ROFL!
No, my room is just across the hall from theirs. Even in a deep sleep I can hear them as they wake, don't need an early warning system. *g*
Hm, 30 balloons doesn't look like that much scattered over the floor of a smallish room - stacked on a bed, however...
The cubs jumped on me just past 7 a.m. this morning, squealing with delight over their presents. Their favourite things by far were the huge (2 foot long) squishy plastic sharks their father gave them. : )
Heh, and minimal rubbish to clean up. As I always do with b'day and xmas, put all of the cubs unwrapped presents in a sack ie: pillowcase so there's no mounds of paper to pick up.
Such an environmentally aware little poppet, me...
Soulsis and her boychicks are coming over later this morning then we're going out for a small party lunch. Unfortunately the two friends the cubs invited couldn't make it - my fault, really, for not organising something sooner.. and I guess it doesn't help that the cubs' b'day falls in the first week of school hols when people usually have things planned.
Ah well. They're enjoying themselves, that's all that matters *soppy proud parent grin*
More on the birthday celebrations later, no doubt... unless I'm too exhausted to post,,, ^~^
(Oh, and, 'lestrel, a woodgie is something unbearably cute... as in squinching up your nose and cooing 'oh what a woodgiewoodgie' at a baby or a ham-ham. *rolls eyes* ... you did ask... And fine, next time Kittenkong catches a mouse I'll save it for you. Would you like it raw, or deep-fried crunchy? *eg*)
No, my room is just across the hall from theirs. Even in a deep sleep I can hear them as they wake, don't need an early warning system. *g*
Hm, 30 balloons doesn't look like that much scattered over the floor of a smallish room - stacked on a bed, however...
The cubs jumped on me just past 7 a.m. this morning, squealing with delight over their presents. Their favourite things by far were the huge (2 foot long) squishy plastic sharks their father gave them. : )
Heh, and minimal rubbish to clean up. As I always do with b'day and xmas, put all of the cubs unwrapped presents in a sack ie: pillowcase so there's no mounds of paper to pick up.
Such an environmentally aware little poppet, me...
Soulsis and her boychicks are coming over later this morning then we're going out for a small party lunch. Unfortunately the two friends the cubs invited couldn't make it - my fault, really, for not organising something sooner.. and I guess it doesn't help that the cubs' b'day falls in the first week of school hols when people usually have things planned.
Ah well. They're enjoying themselves, that's all that matters *soppy proud parent grin*
More on the birthday celebrations later, no doubt... unless I'm too exhausted to post,,, ^~^
(Oh, and, 'lestrel, a woodgie is something unbearably cute... as in squinching up your nose and cooing 'oh what a woodgiewoodgie' at a baby or a ham-ham. *rolls eyes* ... you did ask... And fine, next time Kittenkong catches a mouse I'll save it for you. Would you like it raw, or deep-fried crunchy? *eg*)
Monday, June 30, 2003
I found a lot of old mouse pooh when I was cleaning the cubs' room yesterday. Not impressed, but it looked like there hadn't been a mouse in there for months.. probly not since Kittenkong came to live with us.
Tonight, however, she caught a mouse and brought it inside to play with. Tch. Rescued the puir wee thing (so cute such lovely shiny eyes) and put it outside while idiot cat kept hunting in the kitchen for her missing prey.
Had fun at the Aquarium today. It wasn't too crowded and we only stayed for a couple of hours. As part of their birthday thing we bought the cubs a soft toy each, one got an orange crab, the other a shark. : ) I got myself a fishy key ring (like the soft plastic orange one Soulsis gave me only yellow) and a clear, small bouncy ball with a tiny pretend coral and fish inside. So pretty.
When we got home, housemate gave the cubs their present early - I don't know why - one of the new Bionicles each. End of day result, 2 very happy cubs who went to sleep early cos they were tired out.
Heh, and their actual birthday isn't until tomorrow...
Right, you'll have to excuse me, I'm off to hyperventilate myself by inflating the 30 or so balloons that will be covering the cubs' bedroom floor when they wake up... *g*
Tonight, however, she caught a mouse and brought it inside to play with. Tch. Rescued the puir wee thing (so cute such lovely shiny eyes) and put it outside while idiot cat kept hunting in the kitchen for her missing prey.
Had fun at the Aquarium today. It wasn't too crowded and we only stayed for a couple of hours. As part of their birthday thing we bought the cubs a soft toy each, one got an orange crab, the other a shark. : ) I got myself a fishy key ring (like the soft plastic orange one Soulsis gave me only yellow) and a clear, small bouncy ball with a tiny pretend coral and fish inside. So pretty.
When we got home, housemate gave the cubs their present early - I don't know why - one of the new Bionicles each. End of day result, 2 very happy cubs who went to sleep early cos they were tired out.
Heh, and their actual birthday isn't until tomorrow...
Right, you'll have to excuse me, I'm off to hyperventilate myself by inflating the 30 or so balloons that will be covering the cubs' bedroom floor when they wake up... *g*
Sunday, June 29, 2003
This bodes well – one of my major objectives of the holidays finished in the first 2 days. : )
The cubs' room is done, clean, shifted around and all of the stuff for the op shops is already taken out of the house. The final count was 8 bags of rubbish and 15 bags of unwanted things, (though 2 items came back home with us cos the cubs really couldn't bear to part with them *rolls eyes*).
I think I might tackle the comically overfull hall cupboard while I'm on a roll...
What I really want to do now is sneak away for a few hours by myself and write – hn, probly not until at least Wednesday.
Joules sent me a url for body jewellery page earlier today. Some gorgeous pieces there amongst the nipple shields – one of my cubs was looking over my shoulder at them and he exclaimed: 'They're beautiful! Some of them look like bey blades..'
I guess it's all perspective. *g*
Now, about Joules' latest Dystopia fic, 'Angelfish...
Eeep!
Gods damn I am a complete amateur by comparison in the torture genre! I kneel at the feet of the master! (Mistress? Whatever, I'm down here bright-eyed and breathless waiting for the next gem to pop out of that labyrinthine imagination.. : )
The cubs' room is done, clean, shifted around and all of the stuff for the op shops is already taken out of the house. The final count was 8 bags of rubbish and 15 bags of unwanted things, (though 2 items came back home with us cos the cubs really couldn't bear to part with them *rolls eyes*).
I think I might tackle the comically overfull hall cupboard while I'm on a roll...
What I really want to do now is sneak away for a few hours by myself and write – hn, probly not until at least Wednesday.
Joules sent me a url for body jewellery page earlier today. Some gorgeous pieces there amongst the nipple shields – one of my cubs was looking over my shoulder at them and he exclaimed: 'They're beautiful! Some of them look like bey blades..'
I guess it's all perspective. *g*
Now, about Joules' latest Dystopia fic, 'Angelfish...
Eeep!
Gods damn I am a complete amateur by comparison in the torture genre! I kneel at the feet of the master! (Mistress? Whatever, I'm down here bright-eyed and breathless waiting for the next gem to pop out of that labyrinthine imagination.. : )
[hands over bananas for tenshi's ningen...] Nice photo, Talon-san! [eyes Lutra] What, exactly, is a woodgie? It sounds like a variety of budgie...
Well done for sorting out your cubs' room. I must say you're more tolerant than the ningen - the bratling gets two warnings and if he hasn't tidied it by the third it just gets thrown out... Brutal but fair, I suppose.
Speaking of the bratling - he wants his own blog. The ningen says she'll set it up for him from her cluster: we'll see how long it lasts!
And did she tell you she's aiming to draw a picture a day over the bratling's summer holidays? Heh, baka na manuke! How does she think she's going to manage that? [shakes head at overambitious ningens...]
Well done for sorting out your cubs' room. I must say you're more tolerant than the ningen - the bratling gets two warnings and if he hasn't tidied it by the third it just gets thrown out... Brutal but fair, I suppose.
Speaking of the bratling - he wants his own blog. The ningen says she'll set it up for him from her cluster: we'll see how long it lasts!
And did she tell you she's aiming to draw a picture a day over the bratling's summer holidays? Heh, baka na manuke! How does she think she's going to manage that? [shakes head at overambitious ningens...]
Saturday, June 28, 2003
Hey, Talon, that hair colour really suits you. : )
Oh and Ripley's a woodgie as well! ^~^
Congratulations on ratling's job too, onna :) I can imagine how much of a relief that is for you.
OK, one page in to the next Dystopia chapter, though not the follow-up back story...
Cool! BeBop starts in ten minutes. : )
Oh and Ripley's a woodgie as well! ^~^
Congratulations on ratling's job too, onna :) I can imagine how much of a relief that is for you.
OK, one page in to the next Dystopia chapter, though not the follow-up back story...
Cool! BeBop starts in ten minutes. : )
*exhausted - drags self across floor by fingertips to keyboard...*
Ok, I'm exaggerating. : )
Cleaned the cubs' room today. Took the best part of 8 hours; there was 6 shopping bags of rubbish and 9 bags of stuff to go to the op shops. There's still a small mound of their crap cluttering up the hallway but looking at it it's all stuff that now has a place to go to so it won't be too much of a problem. The cubs' weren't a substantial help, but more help this time than usual. With luck and the wind behind me I can shift their furniture around tomorrow. At the moment their wardrobe is behind the door which means when the floor is knee-deep in stuff (most of the time) I can't put their clean clothes away without risking life and limb, or at least a turned ankle. :) I figure, if the wardrobe is right next to the door, it'll be easier to get to.
Yes, I am an optimist! Why do you ask? *g*
Ok, I'm exaggerating. : )
Cleaned the cubs' room today. Took the best part of 8 hours; there was 6 shopping bags of rubbish and 9 bags of stuff to go to the op shops. There's still a small mound of their crap cluttering up the hallway but looking at it it's all stuff that now has a place to go to so it won't be too much of a problem. The cubs' weren't a substantial help, but more help this time than usual. With luck and the wind behind me I can shift their furniture around tomorrow. At the moment their wardrobe is behind the door which means when the floor is knee-deep in stuff (most of the time) I can't put their clean clothes away without risking life and limb, or at least a turned ankle. :) I figure, if the wardrobe is right next to the door, it'll be easier to get to.
Yes, I am an optimist! Why do you ask? *g*
Friday, June 27, 2003
(nicked from Onna's blog:)
Two questions??
Gohan And Piccolo
The master and pupil relationship. Gohan and
Piccolo were always so close friends, but they
were much more than this. They love each other
and it is obvious.Everyone knows that they want
each other and no one wants to stop them.Be
brave and kiss him(her). I'm sure that he(she)
will return the kiss and the love that you
feel.
Which DBZ yaoi pairing are you ?
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*grumblepout* I always get Piccolo/[fill in the blank] in these sorts of quizzes.
Maybe I should stop answering the questions [*still boggling* only two questions?] honestly? At least Gohan's the other half of the pair...
Two questions??
Gohan And Piccolo
The master and pupil relationship. Gohan and
Piccolo were always so close friends, but they
were much more than this. They love each other
and it is obvious.Everyone knows that they want
each other and no one wants to stop them.Be
brave and kiss him(her). I'm sure that he(she)
will return the kiss and the love that you
feel.
Which DBZ yaoi pairing are you ?
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*grumblepout* I always get Piccolo/[fill in the blank] in these sorts of quizzes.
Maybe I should stop answering the questions [*still boggling* only two questions?] honestly? At least Gohan's the other half of the pair...
Joules' Gremlins page is up and it is very, very cool! The pics are fabulous, the background works, the story still makes me giggle…
Brilliant job, Joules! See? You had it ready on time! And YAYAY! Happy blogging anniversary!
(Oh, and happy anniversary, Onna, for your blog, and didn't Talon have an anniversary in there too? *g*)
OK, here's what I'd like to accomplish this school hols.
1: Clean the cubs' room. They've promised to help and ideally we'll have it all sorted, the furniture swapped around etc, over this coming weekend. The impetus for the help is that their bedroom floor won't be covered in balloons when they wake up on their birthday morning if the floor still can't be seen the night before…
2: Clean my room - especially getting rid of the pile of stuff at the base of my bed, it's the only part of my room I haven't been able to get a handle on.
3: Some writing. I don't have high hopes for this, school hols are never particularly productive in this respect, but there's a few things I'd like to get through. The next Dystopia and AC chapters, a follow-up chapter to the Shinju/Okami back story I just finished [my first yaoi, I'm so proud : ) ] and the second part of Cathouse Ellis… plus the little thing I started for Talon and Das' Black Dragon… and I promised to beta something for Sammi… *sigh* and then there's my novel… and wasn't there a Mahrayne backstory I was planning? Hn, maybe I better extend the deadline to the end of next term! (Hmm, 'haddock' is already taken, but wasn't 'bananas' also put forward as an alternative word for 'time'? *smirk*
Bananas, I need bananas!
Hmmm… no, I don't think that has quite the same ring to it…)
Other than that I plan to sleep in lots, get some quality fun time with my cubs and just kick back for a little while. I think I deserve it…
As I mentioned, it's the cubs' birthday next week and as usual I've left it too late to really have anything organised. However, their father and I are planning on taking them to the Aquarium on Monday, just the family, no… others, and then a smallish party at our local steak-house restaurant on Tuesday.
We had hoped to get the cubs bikes for their birthdays, or an aquarium, but unfortunately the finances couldn't quite stretch that far this time. I have got them, however, a load of fishy-related stuff, a HRE Milo Returns video, and a cup each with their initials on them. That should do. : )
Brilliant job, Joules! See? You had it ready on time! And YAYAY! Happy blogging anniversary!
(Oh, and happy anniversary, Onna, for your blog, and didn't Talon have an anniversary in there too? *g*)
OK, here's what I'd like to accomplish this school hols.
1: Clean the cubs' room. They've promised to help and ideally we'll have it all sorted, the furniture swapped around etc, over this coming weekend. The impetus for the help is that their bedroom floor won't be covered in balloons when they wake up on their birthday morning if the floor still can't be seen the night before…
2: Clean my room - especially getting rid of the pile of stuff at the base of my bed, it's the only part of my room I haven't been able to get a handle on.
3: Some writing. I don't have high hopes for this, school hols are never particularly productive in this respect, but there's a few things I'd like to get through. The next Dystopia and AC chapters, a follow-up chapter to the Shinju/Okami back story I just finished [my first yaoi, I'm so proud : ) ] and the second part of Cathouse Ellis… plus the little thing I started for Talon and Das' Black Dragon… and I promised to beta something for Sammi… *sigh* and then there's my novel… and wasn't there a Mahrayne backstory I was planning? Hn, maybe I better extend the deadline to the end of next term! (Hmm, 'haddock' is already taken, but wasn't 'bananas' also put forward as an alternative word for 'time'? *smirk*
Hmmm… no, I don't think that has quite the same ring to it…)
Other than that I plan to sleep in lots, get some quality fun time with my cubs and just kick back for a little while. I think I deserve it…
As I mentioned, it's the cubs' birthday next week and as usual I've left it too late to really have anything organised. However, their father and I are planning on taking them to the Aquarium on Monday, just the family, no… others, and then a smallish party at our local steak-house restaurant on Tuesday.
We had hoped to get the cubs bikes for their birthdays, or an aquarium, but unfortunately the finances couldn't quite stretch that far this time. I have got them, however, a load of fishy-related stuff, a HRE Milo Returns video, and a cup each with their initials on them. That should do. : )
Thursday, June 26, 2003
*happy squeak* I think I was the first fleshie to see Joules' Gremlins page! It's come together very nicely – I love it! (Of course, Carli's dead chuffed as well, so pleased in fact she fiddled with ICQ while I was chatting to Joules.. tch...)
I only meant to nap for half an hour...
Was feeling a bit weary after I got the cubs home from school so I had a kip on the couch – and woke up and it was almost 7 p.m. Ack!
Had an odd dream too, was living in a house with the cubs and their father (not our current house) surrounded by loads and loads of his girlfriend's stuff. I had a tantrum at him and told him exactly what was pissing me off to which his response was an amused smile and a warning that I'd be paying for anything I broke...
So, that was DBZ was it? Hn... I don't like Chi Chi but you've got to pity her; the cubs' father summed it up I think – 'Goku is such a jock..' : )
Hee, there's a 'ju/'kami backstory almost finished. I'm quite pleased with it. It came out of nowhere, basically, the facts sort of slamming together in my brain remarkably quickly.
Last day of term tomorrow; the cubs' got their half-year reports yesterday. One of them is doing very well, the other is 'making slow progress'. And they got into a fight at school as well. Getting the details out of them was a torturous process and I'm still not completely sure what happened save one of my cubs (the clingy one) punched 2 boys in the face and another in the throat – no lasting damage though, he hits like a girl. *rueful smile* I do know that it wasn't an unprovoked attack, neither of my cubs lash out for no reason...
Anyway, 2nd last day of school today and they had a visit from a media company – the children got to make their own animated videos which, naturally, we have the opportunity to buy. The cubs were very enthausiastic about it and I've got to admit it could be a load of fun getting hold of a video camera so they can make their own movies at home. : )
I only meant to nap for half an hour...
Was feeling a bit weary after I got the cubs home from school so I had a kip on the couch – and woke up and it was almost 7 p.m. Ack!
Had an odd dream too, was living in a house with the cubs and their father (not our current house) surrounded by loads and loads of his girlfriend's stuff. I had a tantrum at him and told him exactly what was pissing me off to which his response was an amused smile and a warning that I'd be paying for anything I broke...
So, that was DBZ was it? Hn... I don't like Chi Chi but you've got to pity her; the cubs' father summed it up I think – 'Goku is such a jock..' : )
Hee, there's a 'ju/'kami backstory almost finished. I'm quite pleased with it. It came out of nowhere, basically, the facts sort of slamming together in my brain remarkably quickly.
Last day of term tomorrow; the cubs' got their half-year reports yesterday. One of them is doing very well, the other is 'making slow progress'. And they got into a fight at school as well. Getting the details out of them was a torturous process and I'm still not completely sure what happened save one of my cubs (the clingy one) punched 2 boys in the face and another in the throat – no lasting damage though, he hits like a girl. *rueful smile* I do know that it wasn't an unprovoked attack, neither of my cubs lash out for no reason...
Anyway, 2nd last day of school today and they had a visit from a media company – the children got to make their own animated videos which, naturally, we have the opportunity to buy. The cubs were very enthausiastic about it and I've got to admit it could be a load of fun getting hold of a video camera so they can make their own movies at home. : )
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
All from Soulsis' blog...
*ROFLMTO* umm, yes well..
Who's Ryoko?
You have a secret sexual fantasy to nail Ryoko
doggy style...to bad she's doing you first
(Contains pictures) Anime character sexual fantasy
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Priestess? Why does she look like she's dressed as a maid?
PREISTESS
(females)what is one of your past lives? (results contain pictures)
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Hee, is anyone really surprised?
WANNABE BITCH
You know...you don't HAVE to be a bitch of you
don't want to. Maybe you're just not cut-out to
be a bitch. But don't worry! Being a bitch
isn't all that great. You're not missing out on
a thing!
(results contain pictures) What type of bitch are you?
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*g* I look good in green...
Your magical style is Druidic.
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*ROFLMTO* umm, yes well..
Who's Ryoko?
You have a secret sexual fantasy to nail Ryoko
doggy style...to bad she's doing you first
(Contains pictures) Anime character sexual fantasy
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Priestess? Why does she look like she's dressed as a maid?
PREISTESS
(females)what is one of your past lives? (results contain pictures)
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Hee, is anyone really surprised?
WANNABE BITCH
You know...you don't HAVE to be a bitch of you
don't want to. Maybe you're just not cut-out to
be a bitch. But don't worry! Being a bitch
isn't all that great. You're not missing out on
a thing!
(results contain pictures) What type of bitch are you?
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*g* I look good in green...
Your magical style is Druidic.
What type of Magic do you work?. Take the Magical Style Quiz by Paradox
Ack! It's the last week of term! Good grief that's snuck up on me quickly...
Still, 2 weeks of not having to get up early every morning is not to be sneezed at. : )
It's the cubs' birthday next Tuesday as well – still haven't finalised anything other than their father and I taking them to the Aquarium 'some time', and as for presents? I know what I'd like to get them – it may not coincide with what they want, though. : )
Woohoo! Night Call is finished and will be posted soon I imagine – and I've just had an interesting idea of doing something with Jackson... (Remember him? The bastard tracker from Kitty? The one that makes Joules sweat blood in her desire to do him harm? *g*)
OK, so the Buu saga is finished and now it's ten years in the future...
Do we really have to have another World Martial Arts tournament? Who is the leather guy fighter anyway? And can I gag Pan, pretty please? Vegeta still looks good and haven't Trunks and Goten grown up to be a bit on the phwooar!! side?
Though frankly the thought of Majin Buu being 'good with the ladies' just makes me shudder...
You know, I think I'm over the whole DBZ thing... the fanon is far more interesting than the canon and as for Joules' AC...? *g* The charas there are easily the most compelling incarnations I've had the pleasure (and I mean that most sincerely *smirk*) of dealing with.
One of these days, Joules, I'll find a way to thank you properly for letting me play in your universe... *tackleGLOMPS*
Still, 2 weeks of not having to get up early every morning is not to be sneezed at. : )
It's the cubs' birthday next Tuesday as well – still haven't finalised anything other than their father and I taking them to the Aquarium 'some time', and as for presents? I know what I'd like to get them – it may not coincide with what they want, though. : )
Woohoo! Night Call is finished and will be posted soon I imagine – and I've just had an interesting idea of doing something with Jackson... (Remember him? The bastard tracker from Kitty? The one that makes Joules sweat blood in her desire to do him harm? *g*)
OK, so the Buu saga is finished and now it's ten years in the future...
Do we really have to have another World Martial Arts tournament? Who is the leather guy fighter anyway? And can I gag Pan, pretty please? Vegeta still looks good and haven't Trunks and Goten grown up to be a bit on the phwooar!! side?
Though frankly the thought of Majin Buu being 'good with the ladies' just makes me shudder...
You know, I think I'm over the whole DBZ thing... the fanon is far more interesting than the canon and as for Joules' AC...? *g* The charas there are easily the most compelling incarnations I've had the pleasure (and I mean that most sincerely *smirk*) of dealing with.
One of these days, Joules, I'll find a way to thank you properly for letting me play in your universe... *tackleGLOMPS*
Monday, June 23, 2003
Well, that apparently went well...
I was a little worried, I admit, about the boys having dinner at someone else's house. I mean they might've tried to feed them something exotic like spag bol and there'd be screaming tantrums and it'd all end in tears.
Their host's father, sensibly, gave them all fish fingers and potato gems and chicken nuggets. Phew. And they had fun so all in all it was good. : )
Hee, the Shinju/Okami fic is finished. 5 pages of pure PWP.
Awaiting Joules' verdict... *g*
I was a little worried, I admit, about the boys having dinner at someone else's house. I mean they might've tried to feed them something exotic like spag bol and there'd be screaming tantrums and it'd all end in tears.
Their host's father, sensibly, gave them all fish fingers and potato gems and chicken nuggets. Phew. And they had fun so all in all it was good. : )
Hee, the Shinju/Okami fic is finished. 5 pages of pure PWP.
Awaiting Joules' verdict... *g*
The cubs have been invited out for dinner tonight. : ) Normally when they go visiting I'll pick them up after an hour or so but their friend's dad said they could stay for dinner. (I think he was very brave to offer but I didn't say as much.) Anyway they've got my number and I won't be surprised if I get a call to come and pick the cubs up early. It's just nice they're socialising with someone other than each other...
Tch, Carli's been picking up tricks from Butch. Couldn't find the latest copy of the Shinju/Okami fic on either of the 'puters though I know I didn't delete it - I'm not that stupid.
Fortunately Joules had a copy...
Tch, Carli's been picking up tricks from Butch. Couldn't find the latest copy of the Shinju/Okami fic on either of the 'puters though I know I didn't delete it - I'm not that stupid.
Fortunately Joules had a copy...
Sunday, June 22, 2003
*sigh* Been a bit down recently over a: the appalling state of the house and b: the fact that I'm the only one that appears to give a toss.
Cleaned the lounge-room today, with a modicum of help from the cubs. It took a while but I did get a certain satisfaction out of the exercise. Then I made some play-dough for the cubs which they played with until bed-time and that was much more satisfying. : )
All full up on mushroom lasagne now. *g* Very tasty - though cos the mushrooms were fully open the sauce turned out to be a sort of mauvey-grey... Naturally, my little food nazis commented on the smell... *rolls eyes*
..... *pout* Well this is annoying. Keenspace is playing up and I can't access any of my regular webcomics ... Grrrr.. I want to know what's going on in Boy meets Boy and Venus Envy! (Oh, and Ghastly's Ghastly Comic and to see if Sexy Losers has updated regulary – ie: weekly – for a change... ) Eh, I'll check later, it's probably just a temporary glitch.
Tee hee hee ... I wonder what the Keenspace gremlin is called?
Cleaned the lounge-room today, with a modicum of help from the cubs. It took a while but I did get a certain satisfaction out of the exercise. Then I made some play-dough for the cubs which they played with until bed-time and that was much more satisfying. : )
All full up on mushroom lasagne now. *g* Very tasty - though cos the mushrooms were fully open the sauce turned out to be a sort of mauvey-grey... Naturally, my little food nazis commented on the smell... *rolls eyes*
..... *pout* Well this is annoying. Keenspace is playing up and I can't access any of my regular webcomics ... Grrrr.. I want to know what's going on in Boy meets Boy and Venus Envy! (Oh, and Ghastly's Ghastly Comic and to see if Sexy Losers has updated regulary – ie: weekly – for a change... ) Eh, I'll check later, it's probably just a temporary glitch.
Tee hee hee ... I wonder what the Keenspace gremlin is called?
Happy Solstice, everyone!
It's the shortest day of the year here which means it'll start getting really cold soon...
Soulsis and 2 of her chicks (her twin boys) came round today and together we herded chicks and cubs up to Smorgy's for dinner. The good thing about that place is that the kids are all old enough to go and get their own food and as long as I don't get too rententive about them having a dinner/dessert ratio of 1:3 it's not as harrowing an experience as it used to be.
The food still sucks but at least we weren't sitting close enough to the 'waterfall' this time to see the creepy model ibises ... *smirk*
Soulsis brought me some presents today. : ) An Australian 'style manual' for all sorts of documents – very interesting – andandand a ceramic candle holder with sculptured fish swimming in a circle around it! Very cool! *g*
OK, so now that I've finished Leech I'm at a bit of a loose end, despite having a stack of stuff to get on with. Tch, curse this Libran ascendant...
Very interesting article about tongue-splitting, Onna, not something I'm interested in doing to myself but it does have a certain sort of appeal... *g*
It's the shortest day of the year here which means it'll start getting really cold soon...
Soulsis and 2 of her chicks (her twin boys) came round today and together we herded chicks and cubs up to Smorgy's for dinner. The good thing about that place is that the kids are all old enough to go and get their own food and as long as I don't get too rententive about them having a dinner/dessert ratio of 1:3 it's not as harrowing an experience as it used to be.
The food still sucks but at least we weren't sitting close enough to the 'waterfall' this time to see the creepy model ibises ... *smirk*
Soulsis brought me some presents today. : ) An Australian 'style manual' for all sorts of documents – very interesting – andandand a ceramic candle holder with sculptured fish swimming in a circle around it! Very cool! *g*
OK, so now that I've finished Leech I'm at a bit of a loose end, despite having a stack of stuff to get on with. Tch, curse this Libran ascendant...
Very interesting article about tongue-splitting, Onna, not something I'm interested in doing to myself but it does have a certain sort of appeal... *g*
Saturday, June 21, 2003
*dead chuffed grin*
Guess what?
I've seen snippets of Joules' promised Gremlins story... (there are perks with being this close to the source of the magic : )
*rolling around laughing*
I can't wait to read the rest of it and see the pics that go with it! The gremlins I've been intro'd to so far in the text are already distinct personalities. *g*
(and speaking of gremlins... Carli has decided she's a Card Captor Sakura fangirl... *rolls eyes* Cos-play is one thing but it's a bit much when you've got more costumes than 'real' clothes... )
Guess what?
I've seen snippets of Joules' promised Gremlins story... (there are perks with being this close to the source of the magic : )
*rolling around laughing*
I can't wait to read the rest of it and see the pics that go with it! The gremlins I've been intro'd to so far in the text are already distinct personalities. *g*
(and speaking of gremlins... Carli has decided she's a Card Captor Sakura fangirl... *rolls eyes* Cos-play is one thing but it's a bit much when you've got more costumes than 'real' clothes... )
Friday, June 20, 2003
When I dropped my cubs at school this morning, I was told very firmly by my clingy cub to 'stay outside', ie: not walk with him to his classroom like I usually do.
*wobbly lip* Soon they won't even want me to get out of the car...
That is an excellent piece of artwork your bratling did, Joules, you must be very proud. : )
Rightyho... Leech pt 3 is finished, ready for betaing. Hn, I feel the need for fluff after that, not that it was as graphic as Kitty but it's nasty enough in its own way...
Port wine flavoured jelly is especially nummy when made with a splash of port. *g* ... then served with cream... mmmmm....
*wobbly lip* Soon they won't even want me to get out of the car...
That is an excellent piece of artwork your bratling did, Joules, you must be very proud. : )
Rightyho... Leech pt 3 is finished, ready for betaing. Hn, I feel the need for fluff after that, not that it was as graphic as Kitty but it's nasty enough in its own way...
Port wine flavoured jelly is especially nummy when made with a splash of port. *g* ... then served with cream... mmmmm....
ROFLMAO!!!
well, red is kind of like pink, only intenser : )
[growl] why the background colour isn't working on the 'colour' row the ningen can't work out (then again, she's tired... at least, that's what she calls it...) The box should be a bright (Saiyan) blood red colour, like the words she's inserted as a stopgap measure...
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well, red is kind of like pink, only intenser : )
[growl] why the background colour isn't working on the 'colour' row the ningen can't work out (then again, she's tired... at least, that's what she calls it...) The box should be a bright (Saiyan) blood red colour, like the words she's inserted as a stopgap measure...
(nicked from Onna's blog:)
I think of Ken as a kindred spirit and a part of the group, like the ratling is, not really active but definitely valued members of our little community. Kai is as well, since he is a writer now!
When they get a little older, Lutra's cubs and Talon's chibi will probably be sucked in as well...
'Sucked in?'
Leap willingly off the precipice more like : )
Um... I think I may have bothered Joules a little with pt 3 of Leech. : /
Went out for dinner tonight.
Yes, actually left the house - without my children. (*gasp* how licentious!) It was fun, chatting to friends with my full attention, not keeping half an ear out for 'Muuu-uuum!'.
Might do it again sometime. : )
I think of Ken as a kindred spirit and a part of the group, like the ratling is, not really active but definitely valued members of our little community. Kai is as well, since he is a writer now!
When they get a little older, Lutra's cubs and Talon's chibi will probably be sucked in as well...
'Sucked in?'
Leap willingly off the precipice more like : )
Um... I think I may have bothered Joules a little with pt 3 of Leech. : /
Went out for dinner tonight.
Yes, actually left the house - without my children. (*gasp* how licentious!) It was fun, chatting to friends with my full attention, not keeping half an ear out for 'Muuu-uuum!'.
Might do it again sometime. : )
Thursday, June 19, 2003
[growl] stupid ningen got the name wrong. It's Quarxs, not Quarxx. There's a website here, but it's not very useful... there are - 12? 13? - of the beasties, all very strange and wonderful. The ningen has them all on tape, somewhere, scattered amongst the collection...
Ahah! *satisfied smirk*
I thought so, 'Mother Nature's Son' is from the White Album.
Now, of course, I want to hear it but I've only got it on vinyl and no working record-player. Oh well.
I spose, if I was going to get obsessive about this, I could go to a record shop, find the album and ask the staff to play it for me...
I thought so, 'Mother Nature's Son' is from the White Album.
Now, of course, I want to hear it but I've only got it on vinyl and no working record-player. Oh well.
I spose, if I was going to get obsessive about this, I could go to a record shop, find the album and ask the staff to play it for me...
I'm not familiar with the Quarxx, Joules, and when I did a google search I got pages and pages of a French 'pop-art et bondage' artist. I don't think he's connected with Pixar somehow... *g*
Awww, pretty pussy.. *g*
You are a smoke grey cat. You're very peaceful and
comfortable to be around, and you like to spend
time in quiet places. Lay off on the lithium,
pal!
What color of cat are you?
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Tch, I used to be such a Beatle's fan and I don't remember this song, or which album it came from! I'm hazarding a guess it's one of the later albums, 'White album', 'Yellow Submarine' or the one between that and 'Let it Be'...
You're Mother Nature's Son! You're cool and laid
back. It's the best way to be.
Of The Many Great Ones, Which Beatles Song Are You?
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*grits teeth* No good, I have to find out...!
Awww, pretty pussy.. *g*
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comfortable to be around, and you like to spend
time in quiet places. Lay off on the lithium,
pal!
What color of cat are you?
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Tch, I used to be such a Beatle's fan and I don't remember this song, or which album it came from! I'm hazarding a guess it's one of the later albums, 'White album', 'Yellow Submarine' or the one between that and 'Let it Be'...
You're Mother Nature's Son! You're cool and laid
back. It's the best way to be.
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*grits teeth* No good, I have to find out...!
Now this is interesting, just listened to a radio program about fanfic/slashfic and one of the people interviewed (a woman, funnily enough) was talking about shonen-ai and yaoi and she pronounced it yoy-ee.
*muttergrumble* I had a whole big post ready to go here yesterday but blogger wasn't playing nice so it got lost cos like a dill I didn't save it somewhere else first.
You'd think I'd know by now.
OK, Leech pt 3 is nearing completion, and I re-read 'Safe from Harm' (my first Shinju and Okami fic) and rediscovered how much I like that pair. : ) Right, once Leech is finished I'll get on with the next S/O story.
(Fingers crossed, let's see if this will post...)
*muttergrumble* I had a whole big post ready to go here yesterday but blogger wasn't playing nice so it got lost cos like a dill I didn't save it somewhere else first.
You'd think I'd know by now.
OK, Leech pt 3 is nearing completion, and I re-read 'Safe from Harm' (my first Shinju and Okami fic) and rediscovered how much I like that pair. : ) Right, once Leech is finished I'll get on with the next S/O story.
(Fingers crossed, let's see if this will post...)
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
*excited squeak*
Just read on someone's livejournal that the new Pixar film, 'Finding Nemo' has the ''...89 short, 'Knick Knack' with it...'
Now, if this the one I think it is (about a snowman trying to get out of his snowdome and go visit the 'Greetings from..' mermaid who's been giving him a come-on) I will be absolutely frigging over-the-moon!
I saw that, and a couple of other Pixar shorts about 13(?) years ago at an animation evening at one of the indie cinemas here. It was the funniest thing I'd ever seen and I've been desperate to see it again! But then, Pixar's shorts have always been these quirky, hysterical little things that are some of the best computer animation I've ever come across... Their features aren't bad either, think Toy Story, Bug's Life, Monsters Inc., even though they are nominally under the Holy Rodent Empire's control and hence tend to be a bit saccharine. But speaking of Monsters Inc, there was a short with that called 'For the Birds', and I wet myself laughing over that one as well. : ) It's almost worth buying the HRE dvd's of these movies simply to get the Pixar shorts...
Just read on someone's livejournal that the new Pixar film, 'Finding Nemo' has the ''...89 short, 'Knick Knack' with it...'
Now, if this the one I think it is (about a snowman trying to get out of his snowdome and go visit the 'Greetings from..' mermaid who's been giving him a come-on) I will be absolutely frigging over-the-moon!
I saw that, and a couple of other Pixar shorts about 13(?) years ago at an animation evening at one of the indie cinemas here. It was the funniest thing I'd ever seen and I've been desperate to see it again! But then, Pixar's shorts have always been these quirky, hysterical little things that are some of the best computer animation I've ever come across... Their features aren't bad either, think Toy Story, Bug's Life, Monsters Inc., even though they are nominally under the Holy Rodent Empire's control and hence tend to be a bit saccharine. But speaking of Monsters Inc, there was a short with that called 'For the Birds', and I wet myself laughing over that one as well. : ) It's almost worth buying the HRE dvd's of these movies simply to get the Pixar shorts...
Sunday, June 15, 2003
In retrospect, I should have had a definite colour scheme in mind for my quilt before I started sewing. Tried out some of the stars on different coloured fabrics to get an idea of what I could use as the background. Unfortunately, what worked well with one didn't work with the others, and vice-versa. I think I'm just going to have to decide on a b/g colour and work from there. : )
Tee hee hee. The cubs' father is a nurse and he invariably brings home spare latex examination gloves. (I quite like latex gloves - but that's another story...) Anyway, one of my cubs presented me with his Teletubbie doll and two gloves that he'd taken scissors too, with the request I 'dress' his doll...
Tinky-Winky looked very fetching in his latex crop-top with matching balaclava hood and long gloves. *smirk*
Finding a needle in a haystack is easy, just walk through it bare foot...
You're From the Moon. This means that you are bound
to be a very caring person to those you love
and even those you do not know.
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... but I'm not miserable!
You are Buttercup, your beauty is beyond compare
and only marred by your misery. You live your
life hoping for the return of your one and only
true love. Until then you will continue to
lament but you may marry someone else to pass
the time!
"A princess bride personality test!"
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Tee hee hee. The cubs' father is a nurse and he invariably brings home spare latex examination gloves. (I quite like latex gloves - but that's another story...) Anyway, one of my cubs presented me with his Teletubbie doll and two gloves that he'd taken scissors too, with the request I 'dress' his doll...
Tinky-Winky looked very fetching in his latex crop-top with matching balaclava hood and long gloves. *smirk*
Finding a needle in a haystack is easy, just walk through it bare foot...
You're From the Moon. This means that you are bound
to be a very caring person to those you love
and even those you do not know.
What Planet are You From?
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... but I'm not miserable!
You are Buttercup, your beauty is beyond compare
and only marred by your misery. You live your
life hoping for the return of your one and only
true love. Until then you will continue to
lament but you may marry someone else to pass
the time!
"A princess bride personality test!"
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Heh, Leech Pt 2 finished and posted in Dystopia. Joules' Transposition 9 is posted as well in The Zone. A good nights work all round, really. : )
Happy birthday, Perry!
Your boy is 15 years old, eh, OkapiPrincess? Bet it doesn't seem that long ago he was a wee baby...
(OkapiPrincess has a pic of herself and Perry in the hospital on her livejournal... hope you don't mind me posting the link, OP, but it's such a sweet pic!)
Happy birthday, Perry!
Your boy is 15 years old, eh, OkapiPrincess? Bet it doesn't seem that long ago he was a wee baby...
(OkapiPrincess has a pic of herself and Perry in the hospital on her livejournal... hope you don't mind me posting the link, OP, but it's such a sweet pic!)
Saturday, June 14, 2003
I hate to skyte, but *bouncebouncebounce* Joules is writing the next Transposition chapter and I'm getting to read it!
It's got action! Adventure! A naked Radittsu! What more could you want?!
(Well, ok, a naked R having sex would be nice *smirk*]
Hee, Joules is even letting me post a quote from it!
It's got action! Adventure! A naked Radittsu! What more could you want?!
(Well, ok, a naked R having sex would be nice *smirk*]
Hee, Joules is even letting me post a quote from it!
'He was stuck on an uninhabited - well uninhabited except for the two of them and a dozen angry Klingons - planet with a stark naked Saiyan, no food, no weapons, no tricorder and no way of communicating with the Enterprise.'
Friday, June 13, 2003
[Eeuuww, no, not keen on eating insects either... lizards, however... *sly smirk*]
Tch, wouldn't you know it, the first time in years I get a hankering for Honey Smacks and they're not on the shelves any more. Soulsis, could you please keep an eye out for some next time you go shopping? However, I did get some bacon so I can make bacon and tomato soup which I've been craving all week.
Waaaaaay back in November last year I put a really pretty painted tile on lay-by and I was able to pick it up today. Yay! I have my fishy tile at last. It's propped up in my bedroom where I can see it when I'm bed. Lovely. : ) Now I'd like to track down some Howard Arkley prints - time to ring the galleries methinks.
A little while ago I backed up a The Clash CD for Joules but couldn't send it straight away. Got enough money to pay for the postage now but couldn't find the bloody tape! I'd 'put it in a safe place'... *rolls eyes* Found it, eventually, after tearing my room apart.
Maybe I should tidy up a little?
Nah.
Thanks for the cartoons, Onna, wet myself laughing over them, especially the Chickweed ones... Love that cat...
Hope the ickyness isn't too icky, Talon...
Leech is coming on apace and there's a couple of other things nudging at me. Going to have to invoke 'mummy's special alone time' this weekend so I can get some of it done. : )
Tch, wouldn't you know it, the first time in years I get a hankering for Honey Smacks and they're not on the shelves any more. Soulsis, could you please keep an eye out for some next time you go shopping? However, I did get some bacon so I can make bacon and tomato soup which I've been craving all week.
Waaaaaay back in November last year I put a really pretty painted tile on lay-by and I was able to pick it up today. Yay! I have my fishy tile at last. It's propped up in my bedroom where I can see it when I'm bed. Lovely. : ) Now I'd like to track down some Howard Arkley prints - time to ring the galleries methinks.
A little while ago I backed up a The Clash CD for Joules but couldn't send it straight away. Got enough money to pay for the postage now but couldn't find the bloody tape! I'd 'put it in a safe place'... *rolls eyes* Found it, eventually, after tearing my room apart.
Maybe I should tidy up a little?
Nah.
Thanks for the cartoons, Onna, wet myself laughing over them, especially the Chickweed ones... Love that cat...
Hope the ickyness isn't too icky, Talon...
Leech is coming on apace and there's a couple of other things nudging at me. Going to have to invoke 'mummy's special alone time' this weekend so I can get some of it done. : )
Eeeep! Just read Joules' Zaabon-torture fic... *whimper* Where's Radittsu when you need him?
Eeeuuwww! Yowie-smut! *boggling at the though then hastily shying away from the images*
Speaking of 'eeeuuwww!'
Okapiprincess, where do you find this stuff??
Eat them up, yum!
It's 'topsy-turvy day' at the cubs' school which means they can wear casual clothes and have been ecouraged to wear things upside down or back to front etc. Last night I suggested to the cubs they could wear underpants on their head - they took me seriously. Managed to convince them this morning just to wear their trousers and jumpers inside-out. : )
Right, started on the second part of Leech and, amazingly, have even got the next AC kindasorta planned...
Eeeuuwww! Yowie-smut! *boggling at the though then hastily shying away from the images*
Speaking of 'eeeuuwww!'
Okapiprincess, where do you find this stuff??
Eat them up, yum!
It's 'topsy-turvy day' at the cubs' school which means they can wear casual clothes and have been ecouraged to wear things upside down or back to front etc. Last night I suggested to the cubs they could wear underpants on their head - they took me seriously. Managed to convince them this morning just to wear their trousers and jumpers inside-out. : )
Right, started on the second part of Leech and, amazingly, have even got the next AC kindasorta planned...
Heyheyhey Okapiprincess! This'll make you titter! Joules has told me how 'yaoi' is pronounced.
It's... 'yowee' *rolling around laughing*
'Boy's love'? More like 'Boof's love' *smirk*
I shall never look at this lot with the same innocence again... : )
It's... 'yowee' *rolling around laughing*
'Boy's love'? More like 'Boof's love' *smirk*
I shall never look at this lot with the same innocence again... : )
Got this from Soulsis' blog...
//Best words from a Bush to date!
"Somewhere out in this audience
may even be someone who will one
day follow my footsteps, and preside
over the White House as the president's
spouse. I wish him well!"
~~ Barbara Bush ~~//
*smirk*
Oooh! Having had no luck in finding some Zaabon torture fic Joules is writing her own.
I've seen snippets of it.
Meep! *biting nails*
Dammit, I'll probly have to go to bed before she finishes...
Hey, Okapiprincess and I were wondering how 'yaoi' is pronouced. Any clues?
//Best words from a Bush to date!
"Somewhere out in this audience
may even be someone who will one
day follow my footsteps, and preside
over the White House as the president's
spouse. I wish him well!"
~~ Barbara Bush ~~//
*smirk*
Oooh! Having had no luck in finding some Zaabon torture fic Joules is writing her own.
I've seen snippets of it.
Meep! *biting nails*
Dammit, I'll probly have to go to bed before she finishes...
Hey, Okapiprincess and I were wondering how 'yaoi' is pronouced. Any clues?
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
[*gigglenuzzle* Maybe if you stopped distracting your ningen, hab'lan, she'd stand a better chance of having it all ready...?]
What? We don't get to see Gremlins until the 27th! *pout*
Ah good, my AC chapter is posted... I must thank you, Joules, for your help with it. So much better for your input. : )
Now what shall I do? So much to choose from...
(nicked from Joules' blog:)
// And I'm just in the mood to read some Zaabon-torture fic //
Sorry, sinam, I'd help you out there but much as I like Zaabon I don't like him enough to torture him.
Hang on - isn't that kind of perverse? Or am I just missing the point..? : )
What? We don't get to see Gremlins until the 27th! *pout*
Ah good, my AC chapter is posted... I must thank you, Joules, for your help with it. So much better for your input. : )
Now what shall I do? So much to choose from...
(nicked from Joules' blog:)
// And I'm just in the mood to read some Zaabon-torture fic //
Sorry, sinam, I'd help you out there but much as I like Zaabon I don't like him enough to torture him.
Hang on - isn't that kind of perverse? Or am I just missing the point..? : )
[satisfied smirk] Heh, the ningen's doing well at the moment: she has just one more gremlin to draw (unless anyone wants to volunteer theirs for a role in the story?) - though she still has most of them to colour... She's aiming to have the whole thing finished and posted by the 27th, her blog's birthday. Me, I don't think she'll make it: she wants a flashy background to the page as well as (at present) three mouseover animations. And she still has to finish the gremlins and the story. Still, stranger things have happened...
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Public holiday yesterday so the cubs were home from school – and Soulsis and her chicks paid us a surprise visit!
Ok, it wouldn't have been a surprise visit if a: I'd answered my phone, or b: listened to the message she left before they arrived, but it was still lovely to see them. : ) Andandand!! Soulsis's parents and a couple of her nieces recently went to Europe and she asked them to bring back some snowdomes which she then gave to me! One from Firenze and one of the Eiffel Tower.
Dead chuffed!
Woohoo, looks like wednesay night on 'our ABC' is smut night. 'The Real Casanova' and 'Tipping the Velvet'. I'm looking forward to that...
AAARRRGH!! Dammitdammitdammit! Wednesday night is also the rerun night for Bebop and BGC which I didn't see on saturday... *poutgrumble* Can't tape anything so I have to make a decision about what to watch...
Yes, I have seen Joules pic of Carli and she's gorgeous, so close to what I imagined which is amazing given the dearth of details Joules had to work on.
Very curious now to see the accompanying fic ...not that I'm hinting you understand, Joules. : )
Fingers crossed - let's see if Blogger will let me post this...
Ok, it wouldn't have been a surprise visit if a: I'd answered my phone, or b: listened to the message she left before they arrived, but it was still lovely to see them. : ) Andandand!! Soulsis's parents and a couple of her nieces recently went to Europe and she asked them to bring back some snowdomes which she then gave to me! One from Firenze and one of the Eiffel Tower.
Dead chuffed!
Woohoo, looks like wednesay night on 'our ABC' is smut night. 'The Real Casanova' and 'Tipping the Velvet'. I'm looking forward to that...
AAARRRGH!! Dammitdammitdammit! Wednesday night is also the rerun night for Bebop and BGC which I didn't see on saturday... *poutgrumble* Can't tape anything so I have to make a decision about what to watch...
Yes, I have seen Joules pic of Carli and she's gorgeous, so close to what I imagined which is amazing given the dearth of details Joules had to work on.
Very curious now to see the accompanying fic ...not that I'm hinting you understand, Joules. : )
Fingers crossed - let's see if Blogger will let me post this...
Monday, June 09, 2003
Sad but true – it is much more fun and relaxing going to mum's without my cubs.
Yes, I had a good time thanks : ) Mum didn't repeat herself too often, though she still thumps my arm when she wants my attention... tch.
Got to the train station an hour earlier than I'd arranged with Mum so hefting my bag and purple back-pack (remember that?) I headed over the road to check out some op-shops. Not a lot I was interested in but I got a couple of pairs of tracky dacks for the cubs and a couple of books for me before I trotted back to the station to wait for Mum. For some reason, not sure why, there's music played over the loud-speakers at this station, primarily Classical and Country & Western... something for everyone I guess. : )
Had a quiet evening and got a little more patchwork done before bedtime.
Saturday was fun, I got my hair cut. My hair's been longish for so long I really had no idea what I wanted though I was tempted to ask for something outrageous just to see the hairdresser's face before she tried to diplomatically talk me out it. Decided on something just above shoulder-length, shaped and layered slightly. Had a good 2/3rd's of the length taken off but because my hair is so fine there was no discernible difference in the weight. Still feels a little scratchy on the back of my neck, but on the whole I'm satisfied. : )
Yesterday, Sunday, Mum and I, and a friend of hers, Wendy, went to a Patchwork and Craft show at a local school. Interesting, some of the things were lovely, obviously a lot of work gone into them, but there were a lot of 'country craft' things... quilts with chickens and cows and pigs.... Romantic pseudo-farm life things cos as we all know, farming is such a happy, idyllic way of life.
The cubs and their father weren't home when I got back so I had time to unpack and get myself sorted out. The cubs noticed within a minute that I'd cut my hair and they liked it, their father, on the other hand, either didn't notice (he took himself to bed soon after they got back – poor tired thing) or he thought it looked crap but he wasn't willing to say. : )
I was quite pleased to see the washing up had been done and put away.. and then I found out the cubs have had take-away 4 times this weekend so there's been no dishes to wash. Oh well, at least all the food I bought for their father to feed them can be used over the next few days instead of having to buy more.
(Btw, this morning the cubs' father informed me that my haircut suited me and that he thought I 'should've gone short ages ago.' Well, gosh, thanks for the input.)
Now, I've always pronounced Lutra with the short 'u' sound - *thinking* - which I spose means it should be spelt Luttra cos otherwise it should be pronounced Luetra... eh, phonetics.. I'll stick with my pronunciation...
The next AC is planned, so is the next Cat House Ellis, and the 2nd part of Leech...
[Oh, hab'lan *snugglenuzzle* I love coming home! The bower always looks so welcoming... ]
As for a gremlin...
Carli has purple skin, lavender hair, extendable fangs, BIG black eyes and dragonfly wings. She's very sweet and quite shy, though she loves dressing up – the (historically accurate) can-can outfit is quite... interesting. She really fancies Murphy, and Butch, but I suspect they'd have to physically drag her off cos she's just too bashful to approach them...
Yes, I had a good time thanks : ) Mum didn't repeat herself too often, though she still thumps my arm when she wants my attention... tch.
Got to the train station an hour earlier than I'd arranged with Mum so hefting my bag and purple back-pack (remember that?) I headed over the road to check out some op-shops. Not a lot I was interested in but I got a couple of pairs of tracky dacks for the cubs and a couple of books for me before I trotted back to the station to wait for Mum. For some reason, not sure why, there's music played over the loud-speakers at this station, primarily Classical and Country & Western... something for everyone I guess. : )
Had a quiet evening and got a little more patchwork done before bedtime.
Saturday was fun, I got my hair cut. My hair's been longish for so long I really had no idea what I wanted though I was tempted to ask for something outrageous just to see the hairdresser's face before she tried to diplomatically talk me out it. Decided on something just above shoulder-length, shaped and layered slightly. Had a good 2/3rd's of the length taken off but because my hair is so fine there was no discernible difference in the weight. Still feels a little scratchy on the back of my neck, but on the whole I'm satisfied. : )
Yesterday, Sunday, Mum and I, and a friend of hers, Wendy, went to a Patchwork and Craft show at a local school. Interesting, some of the things were lovely, obviously a lot of work gone into them, but there were a lot of 'country craft' things... quilts with chickens and cows and pigs.... Romantic pseudo-farm life things cos as we all know, farming is such a happy, idyllic way of life.
The cubs and their father weren't home when I got back so I had time to unpack and get myself sorted out. The cubs noticed within a minute that I'd cut my hair and they liked it, their father, on the other hand, either didn't notice (he took himself to bed soon after they got back – poor tired thing) or he thought it looked crap but he wasn't willing to say. : )
I was quite pleased to see the washing up had been done and put away.. and then I found out the cubs have had take-away 4 times this weekend so there's been no dishes to wash. Oh well, at least all the food I bought for their father to feed them can be used over the next few days instead of having to buy more.
(Btw, this morning the cubs' father informed me that my haircut suited me and that he thought I 'should've gone short ages ago.' Well, gosh, thanks for the input.)
Now, I've always pronounced Lutra with the short 'u' sound - *thinking* - which I spose means it should be spelt Luttra cos otherwise it should be pronounced Luetra... eh, phonetics.. I'll stick with my pronunciation...
The next AC is planned, so is the next Cat House Ellis, and the 2nd part of Leech...
[Oh, hab'lan *snugglenuzzle* I love coming home! The bower always looks so welcoming... ]
As for a gremlin...
Carli has purple skin, lavender hair, extendable fangs, BIG black eyes and dragonfly wings. She's very sweet and quite shy, though she loves dressing up – the (historically accurate) can-can outfit is quite... interesting. She really fancies Murphy, and Butch, but I suspect they'd have to physically drag her off cos she's just too bashful to approach them...
Sunday, June 08, 2003
Friday, June 06, 2003
A long, long time ago I started a Professionals/Power Puff Girls x-over... no, actually it was viable. : ) But this morning, while I was minding my own business making the cubs' lunch with the PPG playing in the background I suddenly had a very clear mental image of Bodie & Doyle drawn in the cartoon's style... I can still see it... O_o
You know how I said my cubs react to being given new foods like they're being poisoned?
The place I get chicken rissoles from has changed the recipe – they've added *gasp* carrots... (and onions and pepper enough to taste, though the cubs didn't notice that until I made them at least try a tiny piece of the obviously adulterated rissoles.)
This is ridiculous!
I have to get the cubs to try new things, there must be something they'll take to. If they keep turning their noses up at things the list of what they'll eat will end up being just pasta and cheese!
Remember Joules mentioned Butch, her bishie computer gremlin?
Hee, she's drawn him! Phwooaar! How tall is he, exactly, Joules? *eg*
Now I want a pic where I can see the piercings!
You know how I said my cubs react to being given new foods like they're being poisoned?
The place I get chicken rissoles from has changed the recipe – they've added *gasp* carrots... (and onions and pepper enough to taste, though the cubs didn't notice that until I made them at least try a tiny piece of the obviously adulterated rissoles.)
This is ridiculous!
I have to get the cubs to try new things, there must be something they'll take to. If they keep turning their noses up at things the list of what they'll eat will end up being just pasta and cheese!
Remember Joules mentioned Butch, her bishie computer gremlin?
Hee, she's drawn him! Phwooaar! How tall is he, exactly, Joules? *eg*
Now I want a pic where I can see the piercings!
Thursday, June 05, 2003
And now for something completely different...
Penny sent me this. *g*
Shakespearean english - as differentiated to what everyone else was speaking at the time - is so rich and diverse (remembering of course he was a great one for making up words!)
Must bear some of these in mind and try to work them into everyday conversations. *smirk*
Create Your Own Shakespearean Insults
by Jerry Maguire
Combine one word from each of the columns below, preface with "Thou", and thus shalt thou have the perfect insult. Let thyself go - mix and match to find a barb worthy of the Bard!
Column I Column II Column III
artless base-court apple-john
bawdy bat-fowling Baggage
beslubbering beef-witted Barnacle
bootless beetle-headed Bladder
churlish boil-brained boar-pig
cockered clapper-clawed Bugbear
clouted clay-brained bum-bailey
craven common-kissing canker-blossom
currish crook-pated clack-dish
dankish dismal-dreaming Clotpole
dissembling dizzy-eyed Coxcomb
droning doghearted Codpiece
errant dread-bolted death-token
fawning earth-vexing Dewberry
fobbing elf-skinned flap-dragon
froward fat-kidneyed flax-wench
frothy fen-sucked flirt-gill
gleeking flap-mouthed foot-licker
goatish fly-bitten Fustilarian
gorbellied folly-fallen Giglet
impertinent fool-born Gudgeon
infectious full-gorged Haggard
jarring guts-griping Harpy
loggerheaded half-faced hedge-pig
lumpish hasty-witted horn-beast
mammering hedge-born hugger-mugger
mangled hell-hated Jolthead
mewling idle-headed Lewdster
paunchy ill-breeding Lout
pribbling ill-nutured maggot-pie
puking knotty-pated malt-worm
puny milk-livered Mammet
quailing motley-minded Measle
rank onion-eyed Minnow
reeky plume-plucked Miscreant
roguish pottle-deep Moldwarp
ruttish pox-marked mumble-news
saucy reeling-ripe nut-hook
spleeny rough-hewn pigeon-egg
spongy rude-growing Pignut
surly rump-fed Puttock
tottering sharp-borne Pumpion
unmuzzled sheep-biting Ratsbane
vain spur-galled Scut
venomed swag-bellied Skainsmate
villainous tardy-gaited Strumpet
warped tickle-brained Varlot
wayward toad-spotted Vassal
weedy unchin-snouted whey-face
yeasty weather-bitten Wagtail
Penny sent me this. *g*
Shakespearean english - as differentiated to what everyone else was speaking at the time - is so rich and diverse (remembering of course he was a great one for making up words!)
Must bear some of these in mind and try to work them into everyday conversations. *smirk*
Create Your Own Shakespearean Insults
by Jerry Maguire
Combine one word from each of the columns below, preface with "Thou", and thus shalt thou have the perfect insult. Let thyself go - mix and match to find a barb worthy of the Bard!
Column I Column II Column III
artless base-court apple-john
bawdy bat-fowling Baggage
beslubbering beef-witted Barnacle
bootless beetle-headed Bladder
churlish boil-brained boar-pig
cockered clapper-clawed Bugbear
clouted clay-brained bum-bailey
craven common-kissing canker-blossom
currish crook-pated clack-dish
dankish dismal-dreaming Clotpole
dissembling dizzy-eyed Coxcomb
droning doghearted Codpiece
errant dread-bolted death-token
fawning earth-vexing Dewberry
fobbing elf-skinned flap-dragon
froward fat-kidneyed flax-wench
frothy fen-sucked flirt-gill
gleeking flap-mouthed foot-licker
goatish fly-bitten Fustilarian
gorbellied folly-fallen Giglet
impertinent fool-born Gudgeon
infectious full-gorged Haggard
jarring guts-griping Harpy
loggerheaded half-faced hedge-pig
lumpish hasty-witted horn-beast
mammering hedge-born hugger-mugger
mangled hell-hated Jolthead
mewling idle-headed Lewdster
paunchy ill-breeding Lout
pribbling ill-nutured maggot-pie
puking knotty-pated malt-worm
puny milk-livered Mammet
quailing motley-minded Measle
rank onion-eyed Minnow
reeky plume-plucked Miscreant
roguish pottle-deep Moldwarp
ruttish pox-marked mumble-news
saucy reeling-ripe nut-hook
spleeny rough-hewn pigeon-egg
spongy rude-growing Pignut
surly rump-fed Puttock
tottering sharp-borne Pumpion
unmuzzled sheep-biting Ratsbane
vain spur-galled Scut
venomed swag-bellied Skainsmate
villainous tardy-gaited Strumpet
warped tickle-brained Varlot
wayward toad-spotted Vassal
weedy unchin-snouted whey-face
yeasty weather-bitten Wagtail