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December 4th, 2008

Second post of the morning - WTF?

[info]leaveyoufordead
12/4/08 10:36 am
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Just to say- I've just received some cheques that I've been waiting for:

£313 from the Inland Revenue- the tax they owe me for 2007, took them long enough!
£168 from Hampshire County Council- for my Dyslexia/Disability Aid.

Both just in time for Christmas! The £168 will go towards paying off some overdraft as I can't change what account it ends up in, the £313 to keep me going for a little while! It'll just take a little while to go into my account.

It isn't going to be enough, but it's something. I'm still waiting to hear back from a few jobs I've applied for. And I have at least got £35 of free shopping at Tesco.

Looks like Roz and Jon can have Christmas this year ^^
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[info]leaveyoufordead
12/4/08 09:07 am
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Stolen from: [info]remeciel



Christmas Gift Toy & MySpace Layouts at pYzam.com





And also:

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Lots of coding there to go wrong- lets hope none of it did!
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Venus in the Moon

[info]apod
12/4/08 01:19 am
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081204.html



Venus in the Moon
Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler (Panther Observatory)
Inset: Vincent Jacques

Explanation: On December 1, bright planets Venus and Jupiter gathered near the young crescent Moon, an inspiring celestial scene in early evening skies around the world. But from some locations the Moon actually passed in front of Venus, interrupting the tight grouping with a lunar occultation. Captured from Wildon, Austria, this twilight view shows the silvery evening star about five minutes before it slipped behind the dark lunar limb and vanished from sight for more than hour. The image is a combination of long and short exposures showing details of the lunar surface illuminated by both faint earthshine and bright sunlight. In the inset, recorded later in darkened skies over Breil-sur-Roya in southeastern France, a dazzling Venus has reappeared below the bright lunar crescent. Of course, Jupiter, at the upper right about 3 degrees from Venus and Moon, is sporting moons of its own seen as tiny pinpricks of light on either side of the bright planet.

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No Use Trying to Keep Good News a Secret

[info]liebe_maus
12/3/08 11:42 pm
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I had my last therapy session of the semester this morning, and I'm kind of amazed at how much progress I've made without even really noticing. I guess I've been so busy actually living that I haven't even had the time to think about it.

Not a complaint, trust me.

And I'm getting old this weekend - woo?

I hope everyone watches this, it's hilarious:

  • Current Mood: happy
  • Current Music: "Prop 8 - The Musical!"
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I guess I should just say it now...

[info]leianora
12/3/08 09:22 pm
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I love the people on my mutual friends list. I'm just... I'm getting tired of the HP fandom. I don't write in it anymore, I don't like reading it very much, but I still love the RL issues you guys face, and most of us have other fandoms in common. In case you want to know, that's why I haven't been commenting on HP posts for awhile lately. I do still read both my IJ and my LJ Antynora, but I've taken myself off of nearly every comm having to do with Harry Potter and am only reading certain drabbles and fics by the authors on my friends page.

So, there you have it. Me, in a nutshell.

P. S. I still love my new manager Myra. The job doesn't have that "he said/she said" feel to it anymore either, thank the gods!
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JhonenV: I can't really take credit for making the new Chaplin icon, but I can take credit for beati

[info]jhnenveetwitter
12/4/08 01:13 am
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http://twitter.com/JhonenV/statuses/1037291006

JhonenV: I can't really take credit for making the new Chaplin icon, but I can take credit for beating the shit out of the baby from that last one.
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[info]mocha posting in [info]addme
12/4/08 06:54 pm
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i am absolutely horrible at doing these, but i've decided to get another journal after i left a few months ago! my name is kathleen, and i'm seventeen years old and a senior. i'm pretty excited to be leaving home, as i recently got my acceptance letterto sagniaw valley state university where i plan to go in the fall. oh, i live in michigan and i truly don't understand it. the snow and coldness, just doesn't work for me! i ramble a lot, i don't drink/smoke/do drugs/have sex and have lost friends because of that. the television shows that i watch religously are: desperate housewives, brothers and sisters, one tree hill, greek, private practice, grey's anatomy, gossip girl, priveledged, 90210 and i used to watch general hospital everyday. currently, i'm in my schools musical - west side story as 'clarice' and if i had to tell you anything about her, i couldn't. she doesn't even speak, but she's a main dancer. it doesn't bother me, i love dancing and singing! there's definetly more to know about me and by the way, i love britney spears and twilight (but mostly just jasper). i'm apart of my schools yearbook staff also and it'll be most of my ranting. being an editor isn't easy. add me, i'm nice and entertaining i swear!

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JhonenV: I understand they're just trappings of a less sophisticated youth, but I do miss some thing

[info]jhnenveetwitter
12/3/08 10:48 pm
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http://twitter.com/JhonenV/statuses/1037072565

JhonenV: I understand they're just trappings of a less sophisticated youth, but I do miss some things, like spoons and pants, of course.
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Champion on Tiny Nibbles!

[info]blowfishblog
12/3/08 10:03 pm
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FishBlog/~3/474032589/933

http://blog.blowfish.com/champion/champion-on-tiny-nibbles/933

Syd and Madison

Violet Blue has a wonderful article (with gallery) on Champion over at her blog, Open Source Sex. Thank you, Violet!

(Champion, the forthcoming release from Shine Louise Houston, is now available for pre-order.)

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Game and sci-fi geekgirl.

[info]hazumuchan posting in [info]addme30_and_up
12/3/08 04:29 pm
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Name:  Katie
Age:  33 going on 17?
Location:  Fairview Heights, IL (i.e. next to Saint Louis, MO NOT Chicago, IL)
What you miss about the "old days":  It seems like most console games are clones of each other, and most focus more on graphics and body count than anything resembling plot.  Remember Miner 2049'er?  Boulder Dash?  Love 'em.

I was looking at my friends page and realized that I need more people to chat with, so I figured I'd try my luck here. I identify as a polyamorous queer woman and met my main partner almost 4 years ago. I recently started dating a second partner who is about 10 days younger than I am, and hanging out with someone who remembers all the same stuff that I do seems kinda weird. But I kinda like it. Hence this entry.

My interests include: singing, anime, Firefly, science fiction, the Final Fantasy games, alternative rock, reading, early Stephen King, Fringe, and console gaming.  I do occasionally ramble, followed by days of silence while I'm living life. I have odd fandoms and like to make people think. I'm political without being preachy and believe in everyone's right to individuality. I like to contemplate why people do and say the things they do.  If you've gotten this far in the entry, you should probably friend me already!
  • Current Mood: hopeful
  • Current Music: Apocalyptica featuring Adam Gontier "I Don't Care"
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[info]idol_expose_mod posting in [info]asylum_promo
12/3/08 04:44 pm
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130,000 boobs lost at sea

[info]blowfishblog
12/3/08 08:00 pm
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FishBlog/~3/473933179/930

http://blog.blowfish.com/news/130000-boobs-lost-at-sea/930

We have absolutely no idea what to make of this story, but, well: 130,000 boobs lost at sea.

More than 130,000 inflatable breasts have been lost at sea en route to Australia.

Men’s magazine Ralph was planning to include the boobs as a free gift with its January issue.

We mean, what can do you do with them? Is there an after-market for inflatable boobs?

via Boing Boing

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Overdosing on Mr. Barat at Seven in the Morning

[info]ria_awesome
12/4/08 07:50 am
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Pictures from the Clash magazine shoot. They are too delicious not to share.
Credit to zegia for posting these on LJ.
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December 3rd, 2008

Neil Gaiman on Freedom of Speech

[info]blowfishblog
12/3/08 06:28 pm
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FishBlog/~3/473856452/931

http://blog.blowfish.com/news/neil-gaman-on-freedom-of-speech/931

Excellent essay by Neil Gaiman: Why defend freedom of icky speech?

[Y]ou seem to want lolicon banned, and people prosecuted for owning it, and I don’t. You ask, What makes it worth defending? and the only answer I can give is this: Freedom to write, freedom to read, freedom to own material that you believe is worth defending means you’re going to have to stand up for stuff you don’t believe is worth defending, even stuff you find actively distasteful, because laws are big blunt instruments that do not differentiate between what you like and what you don’t, because prosecutors are humans and bear grudges and fight for re-election, because one person’s obscenity is another person’s art.

Because if you don’t stand up for the stuff you don’t like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you’ve already lost.

via ErosBlog

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JhonenV: A certain melancholy in missing Chicago winter, the bitter cold offset by the warmth radi

[info]jhnenveetwitter
12/3/08 01:00 pm
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http://twitter.com/JhonenV/statuses/1036064102

JhonenV: A certain melancholy in missing Chicago winter, the bitter cold offset by the warmth radiating off the morbidly obese transit workers.
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Letting out my inner feminist.

[info]hazumuchan
12/3/08 06:54 am
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This is another one of my "overthinking genderstuffs" rants. You have been forewarned.

( Not long, but cut for talking about orgasms and sexuality as it applies to gender. )
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A Happy Sky Over Los Angeles

[info]apod
12/3/08 07:16 am
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081203.html

A Happy Sky Over Los Angeles
Credit & Copyright: Dave Jurasevich (Mt. Wilson Observatory)

Explanation: Sunday, the sky seemed to smile over much of planet Earth. Visible the world over was an unusual superposition of our Moon and the planets Venus and Jupiter. Pictures taken at the right time show a crescent Moon that appears to be a smile when paired with the planetary conjunction of seemingly nearby Jupiter and Venus. Pictured above is the scene as it appeared from Mt. Wilson Observatory overlooking Los Angeles, California, USA after sunset on 2008 November 30. Highest in the sky and farthest in the distance is the planet Jupiter. Significantly closer and visible to Jupiter's lower left is Venus, appearing through Earth's atmospheric clouds as unusually blue. On the far right, above the horizon, is our Moon, in a waxing crescent phase. Thin clouds illuminated by the Moon appear unusually orange. Sprawling across the bottom of the image are the hills of Los Angeles, many covered by a thin haze, while LA skyscrapers are visible on the far left. The conjunction of Venus and Jupiter will continue to be visible toward the west after sunset during much of this month. Hours after the taking of this image, however, the Moon approached the distant duo, briefly eclipsed Venus, and then moved on.

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JhonenV: @rikkisimons I'd never recommend hiring movie spaceship designers to build anything for you

[info]jhnenveetwitter
12/3/08 10:59 am
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http://twitter.com/JhonenV/statuses/1035938269

JhonenV: @rikkisimons I'd never recommend hiring movie spaceship designers to build anything for you. They use thermite as insulation, man.
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[info]hyel
12/3/08 12:46 pm
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Political analyst David Binder has compiled yet-to-be-released statistics on the vote for Proposition 8 based on ethnicity and found that the percentage of black voters who approved the amendment is smaller than originally thought, Minter said. A CNN exit poll indicated that about 69 percent of black California voters marked “yes” on Proposition 8, but the new data indicates that about 57 percent of black voters approved the amendment, he said. The revised statistic would be similar to what exit polls showed for voting patterns for other ethnicities, such as white and Latino voters.
- The Washington Blade
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It was just one of those things...

[info]hazumuchan
12/3/08 05:41 am
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you are violet
#EE82EE

Your dominant hues are red and blue. You're confident and like showing people new ideas. You play well with others and can be very influential if you want to be.

Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master plan.

Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything.
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You Are a Norwegian Forest Cat



You are both athletic and adventurous.

You dream of climbing the highest mountain and surfing the biggest waves.

While you are active and spirited, you are also sweet and cuddly.

You're very family oriented, and you love to be around people.


Your Social Dysfunction:
Normal


Being average in terms of how social you are, as well as the amount of self-esteem you have, you're pretty much normal. Good on you.



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Please note that we aren't, nor do we claim to be, psychologists. This quiz is for fun and entertainment only. Try not to freak out about your results.


NORMAL?!? I'm insulted!
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  • Current Music: Kirsty MacColl + the Pogues "Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things"
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