I finally got a  tumblr account. Hopefully, I will stop using livejournal to post my random thoughts and findings, and use tumblr instead. Now worries, I will definitely not leave this splendid site.

edit; Oh dear. I fear that this will become another addiction of mine.

Happy Holidays and whatnot, but now I must go a bit grumpy and Scrooge-y on you all; yesterday I had a terrible day, despite it being Christmas and all that. I woke up with a horrible migraine headache, which lasted for the whole day despite the futile intake of panadols, hence I had a long boring day indoors.

Today wasn't much better either; spent almost a day reading and taking notes about French and British rule in Malta from textbooks without even writing a word for my essay on said subject.

Here's the meme again, because I had forgotten to link it to my comment. *facepalm*

surprise!
a holiday treat meme

All that I have got to say today is:

*Virtual Boner*
Also, Stephen's legs are even less hairy than mine.

OH MY GOD, YOU'RE A MAN!

The Rules:
•Reply to my post with "doop doop".
•I will then comment with three questions.
•Post to your journal with the answers and spread it like H1N1.

countessariadne asked me:

1.) If you could be any being for one day--Fictional or real, dead or alive, whatever--who would you be?
This is a tough one. I'd probably want to be Queen Victoria. I know, a bit odd, but I really would love to see how it feels to be a Queen, to be able to have conversation with the greatest minds of the time, to be revered and respected and most of all to be able to change history; as bizarre as this may sound.

2.) How did you find out about most of the things you're a fan of?
I think it is safe to attribute most of it to reading/books. Here's a flowchart of sorts to illustrate this:
Harry Potter ► Books ► Internet ► slash/Gay culture ► Oscar Wilde ► Stephen Fry ► Art
..something like that.

3.) What's your favorite scent?
I'm feeling anal (oo-er), so here's a list of favourite scents:
Old Books
Cinnamon
Roses
Pencil shavings
Cut nails
Clean linen
White Musk

Stolen from emely_chan ♥

Rules of the meme:
1. Pick 16 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb, and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

1. No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. Dead Poets Society - trishtrash
2. With a prompter in every cellar window whispering comebacks, shy people would have the last laugh. Amelie - emely_chan
3. You see, before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. If he weren't up there now... I don't think it would be snowing. Sometimes you can still catch me dancing in it. Edward Scissorhands - miss_jaffacake
4. I can hip-hop, be-bop, dance till ya drop, and yo yo yo, make a mean cup of coco. Mrs. Doubtfire - mxdp
5. Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of silly persons! Monty Python & the Holy Grail - miss_jaffacake
6. I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand, to have someone understand... I want so much more than they've got planned. Beauty and The Beast - sammywhatammy
7. You know, I think this Christmas thing is not as tricky as it seems! But why should they have all the fun? It should belong to anyone! Not anyone, in fact, but me! Why, I could make a Christmas tree! And there's not a reason I can find, I couldn't have a Christmastime! I bet I could improve it, too! And that's exactly what I'll do! Nightmare before Christmas - miss_jaffacake
8. Finally, the flesh reflects the madness within. Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban - sammywhatammy
9. I really don't see what is so romantic about proposing. One may be accepted - one usually is, I believe - and then the excitement is ended. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. The Importance of Being Earnest - miss_jaffacake
10. There are two boys waiting out there, and if you're not coming I'll fuck them both myself! I'll take them to the Grand and fuck them in front of the whole fucking hotel and I'll send you the bill! Wilde - theflowerthief
11. People don't realize this, but loneliness is underrated. (500) Days of Summer - miss_jaffacake
12. I trust Christmas brings to you its traditional mix of good food and violent stomach cramp. Blackadder's Christmas Carol - mxdp
13. Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me, save me from my solitude. Say you'll want me with you here beside you. Anywhere you go, let me go too. Phantom of The Opera - sammywhatammy
14. You may see me only as a drunken, vice-ridden gnome whose friends are just pimps and girls from the brothels. But I know about art and love, if only because I long for it with every fiber of my being. Moulin Rouge - sammywhatammy
15. We have a responsibility even to our dreams.
16. Those that can't do, teach, and those that can't teach... teach gym. School of Rock - ceilidh_ann

Guess away~

EDIT; Oh, But you are such good guessers. Guessed all of them (but two) in a matter of minutes. *hands cookies all around*

Oh My lordy Potato. How long it's been since I wrote something. Mind you, my excuse is quite justifiable, one word: School! It's just been eating away at my hours of sweet do-nothing around home...And will talk about that lengthily in this post, so please turn away if you dislike people talking away idly about their life. Also...POSSIBLETRIPTOLONDONINJULY, read more about that below.

I must admit that I am quite a good student, actually sometimes I am too good, despite the fact that most of the time I forget about my capabilities and gravely underestimate them. Every week I have two essays (one of Italian and one of English), to which I owe great amounts of my panic and fear of failure; and quite surprisingly, I never got less than 8+/10 in English and 7/10 in Italian. Truthfully, the standards and expectations from students at our school aren't as high as those in other 6th forms, so it always proved to be a comfort zone for me, and thankfully so, since this has almost always been the case when it comes to my education. I would probably work better under much higher expectancies, but I'm happy this way, I truly am.

( Bla Bla Bla FRY Bla... )

Another week, over. And what a busy/frustrating week it was, but I'm happy that it's over with quite a pleasant Friday. Yes, you heard it, I called my day pleasant.

Yesterday a package arrived for me, but there wasn't anyone at home, so a note was left saying that we can go and pick it up from the post office as soon as possible. This was a good tiding indeed, and I planned on going this very morning. I did so, sent off a book to someone via bookmooch, but unfortunately the chap at the office told me that the package will be there tomorrow, so I shall go for it tomorrow morning. I don't know what the package contains, for I have mooched a couple of books from BookMooch and I am also awaiting ink_tree's package to arrive. ♥

On other bookish events, last Sunday we went to a car boots that happens every Sunday and bought three old books at a very cheap price. Imagine my joy, surprise and pleasure when, among the stacks of dusty books, I found The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (which has that distinct smell of all books, which I love so much). Also among the stacks of books I found a publication called The Heart of London, by H.V. Morton, which is a collection of sort of journalist essays about London, which is quite lovely. This book also has a hand-written inscription inside saying 'To Dad With love & best wishes from Dorothy. Christmas 1937.' That was actually partly why I bought it. I scanned the cover and the spine of each (and inscription):



And now for some random pretties:


*cough* Yes, I am fully aware of the likeness to Jeevesus (Yes, that's what my sister an me call him!).
This art, by the amazing Leyendecker also reminds me of this Rufus Wainwright music video, which I love dearly.

There shan't be anymore 'A day in the life..." posts since I thought it was getting pretty boring...and I cannot be arsed to take the camera with me to school.

I haven't really posted a proper (whatever proper might mean) journal entry for a while now. School has been squeezing all the creative and mental juices from me, and with all the frantic writing, by pen pf course I have a small mountain on the side of my middle-finger. This always happen when I write a lot.

Today was quite all right, we had a small history test and thought I did quite well in it, everything else went as usual, aside from this picture having been stuck in my head for the whole day. Yes, I know I should be ashamed of myself. Oh gosh, I have nothing else. Might as well do some random memes...

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT...

CONTINUAL SENTENCE MEME

DO 'EM, BITCHES.

Just a couple of things before I pop into bed...



( I'm shameless!! )

I've been rummaging through my drawer and I found quite a large number of old posters of bands/actors/movies and such. This inspired me to make a giveaway of these posters, and who else better than my lovely Lj friends?
And after all, who doesn't love FREE stuff?

Here is a list of posters and such:
If you are interested in any select poster comment or send me a private message with your desired item. If none interest you particularly, and would like to receive something random/terribly random chosen by yours truly, also send me a message or comment saying so.
I shall be requiring your home address to send any one of these, so I promise that the address is in safe hands and you won't receive any junk.  :D

♠ means that I have more than one poster of said artist or whoever.

Posters:
Bands/Singers:
- Panic! At the Disco ♠
- Nightwish
- Lostprophets ♠
- Fall Out Boy ♠
- Billy Talent
- Bloc Party
- Green Day
- My Chemical Romance ♠
- Ville Valo (A very topless and lovely one, might I add)
- Busted
- McFly
- Madina Lake
- William Beckett (The Academy is...)
- Bullet for my Valentine
- Adam Lazzara (Taking back sunday
- AFI
- U2
- Norah Jones
( Continuation of quite extensive list... )

Snagged from sammywhatammy

1) Create a graphic (200 x 200 max size) to represent your personal "candy". It should have your username on it, but otherwise can feature whatever you want. Make it something special since it's self-representative.

2) Make a post with the subject "trick or treat?". Put your "candy" somewhere in it, and be sure to repost these instructions.

3) Then, go around other people's LJs and reply to them with either "trick" or "treat". If you reply with "trick", they will give you an LJ dare that you have to perform before taking their candy. If you're too wimpy for that, simply say "treat" and take their candy.

4) List all your collected candies in your original "trick or treat?" post to show off your collection, being sure not to direct-link!





( treats.. )

Oh Gosh.
Here comes another list from yours truly.

Firstly, this positively toothsome gentleman:
Reginald Jeeves

This would just be for the sheer visual and intellectual pleasures of such company. Nobody could take the place of his sir, of course.

These two lovely ladies aren't fictional, but what the hell, I adore them:
Ada Lovelace

She was a mathematician, computer programmer and not to forget, daughter of Byron. Do even need to say why she was so brilliant in my eyes, one couldn't ask for anything more really.

Dolly Wilde

Another lady of somewhat infamous descent. Daughter of Willy Wilde, Oscar Wilde's niece. Despite that her birth was overshadowed by her uncle's trials, she was made famous by her family connections and her reputation as a witty conversationalist. Unfortunately she took to alcohol and drugs, not having written or published anything, despite being regarded as an able storyteller and writer.
Her story intrigues and saddens me so much, and I would have loved to be one of those Ladies French Salons were she would have been quite famously invited to.

Snagged from maryoftheriver

1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands etc. that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favourite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strikethrough the item and put the name of your favourite character next to it.

1. Harry Potter
2. Monty Python
3. The 10th Kingdom Wolf (ink_tree )
4. Blackadder Melchett (maryoftheriver ) How very unpredictable.
5. All Tim Burton movies and characters
6. Dead Poets Society
7. Peep Show Mark (maryoftheriver )
...

I honestly can't remember any more right now. I fail.

Another question meme thingy...

10 Favorites...
Favorite Colour: All shades of Brown
Favorite Food: Seafood (Not actual fish though)
Favorite Song: At the moment it's 'Paint a Vulgar Picture' by The Smiths
Favorite Movie: Amelie
Favorite Sport:
Favorite Season: Autumn
Favorite Day Of the Week: Friday
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Vanilla
Favorite Time of Day: 17:00

( Read more... )

This seems like fun, so it if you want to waste some time:

Answer these questions the best you can. I will count your points, and you will find out how well you know me! Comments screened.

(2 Points) My name:
(1 Point) My last name:
(5 Points) Take a stab at my middle name:
( Even more.. ) : 53 points 
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ohgodohgodohgod.

The Computer is finally back home and working. We indeed got a format, and now all the stuff I had in My Documents etc. are lost forever. All those harvested icons and pictures...meh. Sigh. And of course it goes qithout saying that there will be no Oscar Picspam because I lost all those bloody pictures. CRYMOAR!

As you guys might suspect I am having quite a busy time at school lately, so my blogging has and will continue to decrease. By some divine intervention I started writing some sort of Alternate-Universe-different-era-Remus/Sirius 'fan fiction' a few days ago, by hand of course, because that's how I roll.

Now I should really work on my History essay about the causes and such of The French Revolution. Au revoir.

MARIE ANTOINETTE'S PUBES AND LOUIS XVI PANTS!
 (Yes, that is a swear-word and  yes, I have indeed started studying The French Revolution.)
My computer had a heart-attack and it is not starting up properly, so i am now using one of the school's computer. Now that I remember, I think that my first ever Lj post was from a school computer.
I just wanted to pop in and say...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OSCAR WILDE.
...and epic picspam of Wildeness is due, when the computer is back in working order.

Had another stressful day at school, ended up getting home with a massive headache. I slumped myself in bed and slept for quite a while, whilst mother and sister went to buy some more textbooks.
Today we met our English Literature teacher for King Lear, he is one of those archetype, smug-looking Shakespeare scholars whom you must impress to pass from the tests. Oh Lord, Let's see how this goes.

day 01 | a songs
day 02 | a picture
day 03 | a book/ebook/fanfic
day 04 | a site
day 05 | a youtube clip
day 06 | a quote
day 07 | whatever tickles your fancy


I was in stitches when watching this for the first time!