| erm, thanks Journalfen |
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Happy birthday to me from Journalfen! Better than The Other Lot managed, heh.
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| Droo |
[26 Dec 2007|07:09pm] |
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I only saw ten minutes, but oh dear oh dear oh dear. Dead sacrificial serving-wench, Docco being sorrysorry veryverysorry, stupid cameo from "the queen", disregard of basic laws of physics, villain obsessed with money and Amazing Explosions.
On Earth. Now. So you can, you know, Relate To It.
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| I'm Christopher Eccleston! |
[16 Oct 2007|08:43pm] |
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| Your Superpower Should Be Invisibility | 
You are stealth, complex, and creative.
You never face problems head on. Instead, you rely on your craftiness to get your way.
A mystery to others, you thrive on being a little misunderstood.
You happily work behind the scenes... because there's nothing better than a sneak attack!
Why you would be a good superhero: You're so sly, no one would notice... not even your best friends
Your biggest problem as a superhero: Missing out on all of the glory that visible superheroes get |
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| bsg this week |
[16 Mar 2007|04:51pm] |
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Well I really liked it, even if the mopey bastards on TWop didn't. It's always fun to watch sweet little Lee emote and this week we had him bond with Anders! Delicious andfilling!
I have heard the most ludicrous spoiler rumours that are so ridic it's almost worth them being true just to see how the hell they justify **** of all ****** being * ***** ffs. I mean, **** fair enough, but ****? Really?
In other news, England are sucking out the cricket against a bunch of sheep er herders. Bah bah bah.
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| hellooo 2007! |
[03 Feb 2007|02:48pm] |
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Greetings to my wee extra journal in this, the holy year of Potterdammerung! (tm someone currently being researched).
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| hello! |
[09 Nov 2006|06:03pm] |
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The Wales wank was very good. I also dipped into the random Snape wank, but only as a tourist. I do know Wales, though.
Torchwood is a bit patchy, mostly because of Newly Grim Jack. He's barely even the same person. Why build a series around Jack and then de-Jack him? I think the idea of post-resurrection angst is interesting, but I'd rather it was happening to Jack-as-I-knew.
Still, the pterodactyl is cute.
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| the sky is falling! the sky is falling! |
[02 Nov 2006|04:14am] |
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LJ down! That makes me a sad panda :(
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| Pick up sticks in 2006! |
[15 Jan 2006|09:40pm] |
Hello to my mini-journal!
The sky is grey
The rain is rainy
Custard's wet
And grain is grainy.
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| Wrong drink |
[08 Jul 2005|09:53am] |
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At times like these I feel slightly guilty for hating tea. It's boiled leaves! Erk! I like rich, full, luscious ripe ground-up burnt coffeebeans. Mmm. How can I be part of Wonderful Stoic Britain without tea?
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| notes for my hp essays |
[07 Jun 2005|11:56am] |
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1. Fandom views of Slytherin
Well, a portion of the fandom, who I suspect to be goths, worship slytherin and apportion their bad-bioy status to themselves.
Another section are rather shocked by JKR's prejudice, and hope it's only a reflection of H's third-person-focalised views, and will be redeemed later.
A subset of these are the snape freaks, who have dragged him into every chapter of ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) a_chapter_a_day and expect him to redeem the whole House single-handedly.
There is also a reactionary faction that think Slyths really *are* bad to the bone and the hat sorts the bastards into one place so they can be Watched Closely.
2. Bullying in the WW
The WW is more old-fashioned than current child-care culture, and many things are allowed to go on that wouldn't in a modern school.
The standard form of bullying is the threats-and-insults combo of Draco and his goons. This is later reversed spectacularly with the big pensieve scene - Harry'ds beloved pa is a bit of a bully himself. This throws a new light on the Prank and Snape's snittiness.
There is something dismissive in H's treatment of neville, but it doesn't quite reach bullying levels. Another group presented in an over-positive light is the Twins, who are quite callous towards firsities.
Peeves pesters, Snape doesn't go far off bullying, and there's something not far off about Molly - but these are adulkts. Can adults be said to bully brats? If so, then the dursleys are main culprits. Dudley doesn't bully Haz all that much, possibly due to H's ingrained sense of self-preservation while in the house - Duds doesn't need to. He does cause trouble round town as a teenager, maybe linking bullying to stupidity. Clever people bitch rather than bully. Harry has a violent streak, but he saves it for people bigger than himself rather than lesser.
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[21 May 2005|01:25am] |
I donated my sock butteryballoon to the House Of Mouse, because registrations are closed and some anon comments are turned off, so there is nowhere for mice to run around and...eat cheese and stuff.
I created it because all the cool kids had socks, and I was feeling paranoid about ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif) twop_crit. Ah, coffee, the sweet deluding drug.
I would offer my weight in gold for GOF set photos that show what Barty Jr's hair will be like.
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| il dottore |
[27 Apr 2005|01:18pm] |
so, to make this journal feel used (in a good way), I'll update my fandomicity.
In february, I was frantically trying to keep up with the wrteched BBC3 Farscape schedule and wondering what on earth I would do before the release of HBP on July 16th.
At the end of March I got the welcome bonus of S1 BTVS, which I had never got round to seeing, as first-serieses are never All That. So far they've been about as mehy as I thought, but we do get the Angel-mytharc intro next week.
Meanwhile, like a doof, I had forgotten that some parts of fandomworld were dribbling with anticpation for the end of March. I had noticed the ads in passing and was vaguely interested, as I would be in any SF thing. I watched it, and despite a few too many reminders of the S1 BTVS earlier the same night, it's jolly good. It makes me want to see a load of old stuff. I had always planned to do this as soon as I got hold of a satellite or decent DVD budget, but it's a very impenetrable world. Even the hardest of cores admits that some episodes suck beyond the telling, and it's impossible to guess from titles or even from reviews. So I am stuck with the American fangirls and the noobs, even though I have seen plenty before.
In fandom-watching terms, it's a very interesting pile. The hardcore old-schoolers sometimes display textbook geek behaviour, and a bit of a turf war is developing between the Rigidly Sexless old-schoolers and the slashy new fangirls. I'm not sure how it'll go next year with the new actor, but it could be potentially much, much worse. Which is much better for a popcorn-grabbing fanwar correspondent like me.
I'd like the show to go in a more "Angel" s2 direction next year, but it would really depend on how DT plans to play it. And the series this year ends just in time for HBP!
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| notes for myself la la la |
[12 Apr 2005|02:28pm] |
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http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=473212&mode=results
contact howard booth and force him to fill in reference, ffs
phone louis and karren. oh, and stan as well while you're at it
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| farscape 1x07 |
[17 Feb 2005|04:08am] |
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"I thought you were... interesting"
Le sigh.
I never normally like prequels, but watching those two bitch at each other is about the cutest thing ever. I want to rush up to them and pinch all four of their cheeks.
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| lj dooown! mesa skeerd |
[16 Jan 2005|02:35am] |
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later later
still not darker
in head
it's fizzy
shorter quicker
sun comes earlier
shakes its head
at those still up
catch round the back
pull a long one
stay so late that tomorrow comes
with a wet sock
round the clump of the head
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| crab crab crab |
[14 Dec 2004|07:22am] |
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I made a really deep and well-written post about memory, snow and mp3s, and got no response! Bah. I need to develop a red-hot fanfic reputation as soon as possible. Some people get 89 entries for the slightest burp. But I get howling indifference for my sparkling prose. Wow, Cliff Richard is really annoying. Pah. Bllzzgth.
Also NEED NEW FANDOM!!!! No Joss, no trek no scape, nothing! Oh well, it'll be HBP in 6 months' time. Yee.
Festive prawns:
http://www.rojizodesign.com/ljgraphics/fishyxmas_print.jpg
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| while at work |
[16 Sep 2004|11:22am] |
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I am now studying how to process M&S voicemail job applications. This may be affected by flu next week.
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| like niobe, all tears |
[30 Aug 2004|11:57am] |
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O journalfen, where be all your icons? They have all deserted me due to a 'blob cluster' error. O rage! o desepoir!
Also it is sunny out and I am fooling around instead of working like a peasant churl at this fucking piece. Oh hated hate, o wretched wretch!
The sun it beats throught paper purple threads
And lights this dirty foodish keyboard
The flowers wilt and nearly all are dead
My mind's not here, tis' so much further seaward
I do not read this tome, this blackened Phoenix
I should be plucking out its worthy guts
Full three more thousand words on it are needed
Or all my tuition's fee has gone to fuck
Yet soft my blood it wants a journey
A holiday and beachy view, not learning
Always out in wind toss'd trees I'm walking
In my head, not citations a-forking
This looks like leisure, reading precious books
But is a lot more irritating than it looks
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| Fan Politeness |
[28 Aug 2004|12:17am] |
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"Wonderwall" Oasis on the digitaltvradio OMG |
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I have a lot of HP fen to ask permissions for, or else I'll be sent to fan prison. I haven't used any private communities or friends-only posts, but I'd better be sure. Not sure how Fametracker fits in (that's a random bunch of posters). I bet that Usenet doesn't need permissions at all; it's the wild primitive caveman-pirate-sex of the net. There are no crybabies on Usenet.
Also I have to hand in a dissertation with quotes from people called things like "luna_lovegrove" and "snobfin9978" with only a URL to put in the footnotes. Claaassy.
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