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worryingly jolly batman ([personal profile] labellementeuse) wrote2007-06-02 07:57 pm

bitch, bitch, bitch

Last week was hideous and horrible and I'm glad it is over, over, over. I handed in three assignments, one on thursday and two on friday - the thursday was beyond awful but I was very pleased with both the friday assignments so it evens out, kinda.

Went out last night with flatmate Amelia, Matt and Chontelle, and a mate of Matt's Josh, had a blast. We ended up at Mickey Finn's, where there was a pretty awesome band playing a pretty awesome selection of covers - "Cocaine" followed by "Kryptonite" is always gonna get me to like you - and then on the way home we had double-choc donuts from Big Gary's so yeah, a good time was had by all. Also on the way home we went bowling, which entails driving down Manchester street counting the number of hookers you see... I kind of wonder whether this is an activity all immature students do, or if it's just us. We have an elaborate scoring system, and everything.

I'm developing a good method of stretching limited funds for a good night out. Drink a lot of Bailey's from the bottle just before leaving. Head on over to mates' place and drink two double vodka & cokes. Go to the pub, have a screwdriver (when everyone else is having beer; I just do not like beer.) Go to club(s), have a shot, dance a lot, go home at the appropriate hour. Rinse & repeat.


Have had a very silly and unproductive day today, since it's pretty much the last day for a couple weeks I can afford to just do nothing. I re-read Neal Stephenson's Zodiac and a shitload of fanfiction, including:

[livejournal.com profile] astolat's new bit Unasked, which is a spinoff of [livejournal.com profile] rageprufrock's "It Doesn't Mean You Can Explain the Ocean", which is also extremely fucking awesome. The latter is loosely Sam/Dean, the former is definitely Sam/Dean, but in a kind of fresh way.

[livejournal.com profile] sevenfists' Line and Wire, which is the latest in a series; it's SPN/Firefly and gah, I just love the whole thing, every little bit, and if you like Firefly or Supernatural or both just READ it, jeeze. The earlier stories especially broke my tiny little heart but SO worth it. The premise is: Dean winds up on Serenity. The crew's all there, and they're all fabulous, and Dean is too, and he's fabulous, and... I need a new word.

[sideline: Synonyms for fabulous, awesome, amazing, great? Anyone? I find every time I go to review I'm saying the same thing, even when I'm tailoring it to the specific fic (which I almost always do, since I just... don't comment that much) I'm using all the same words...]

I also read: all of [livejournal.com profile] rageprufrock's Bruno & Boots fic; all of [livejournal.com profile] throughadoor's Bruno & Boots (seriously, when I read B&B I read it all at once, and what tends to happen is I swap over and read something by the one, and something by the other, and it gets to the point where I go away and can't remember who wrote what, with the notable exception of "Bruno Walton for STudent Body President"); and [livejournal.com profile] calathea's I Want to go Home! epic, A Very Long Summer; I was reminded again of how exactly like the books this seems, except fractionally more gay. And I do mean fractionally.



So perhaps I wasn't productive today, but it was pleasant, except I went down to get a video out and ended up with some of the fifth season of The West Wing - see, I read a good Sam and Josh-centric WW fic today and I was like, oh... I should finish watching that show. But I got it out and started watching and realised that a) I had already seen half of the episodes, on account of how I stopped partway through the fifth season; b) the reason I stopped watching was because Sam wasn't in it anymore and it was just kind of tired; c) Sam still isn't in it.

So that was lame, and now I'm probably going to go watch some Supernatural that I've seen eight thousand times already. SIGH. Life hard.
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[identity profile] maudlinrose.livejournal.com 2007-06-02 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
I too read all of [livejournal.com profile] rageprufrock's Bruno & Boots fic today, part of my lazy-Saturday fic binge. I've just obtained a copy of I Want To Go Home! and it makes [livejournal.com profile] calathea's fic that much better, having the canon fresh in my mind. So. Yeah. Small fandoms for the win.
ext_2569: text: "a straight account is difficult, so let me define seven wishes" image: man on steps. (on the road again)

[identity profile] labellementeuse.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, great minds. Oh, Korman, I adore Korman... in Wellington I own a couple of the B&B's but nothing else. Sadface. I've never seen them in shops, even second hand - where did you get hold of yours?
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[identity profile] maudlinrose.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
It's one of those long, people-are-fantastic stories, actually: I've wanted it since c.1999, and so when [livejournal.com profile] nishatalitha saw it on trademe she bid on it - and told the previous owner that she was going to give it to me on my birthday in September.

And then the owner replied to her and said, oh, well, actually I lied about the quality, and I'm so glad it's going to someone who will really love it - so I'll just give it to you for free. And so I got it four months early, from someone who also apparently loved it.

I believe it's being reprinted in Canada, so it might be worth checking out their Amazon, even though the postage would be a bitch. My friend [livejournal.com profile] thesane has them all, I think, but she lives in Christchurch. :|
ext_2569: text: "a straight account is difficult, so let me define seven wishes" image: man on steps. (fannishly slutty)

[identity profile] labellementeuse.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! You have such lovely friends! Aw, I feel all moved now.

Yeah I mean... I could acquire them, somehow, except I don't have a credit card and have NO intention of getting one, because credit card debt is just something I can do without at this point (or any point) in my life.

she lives in Christchurch. :|

Hey! So do I! don't make that "chch is for losers" face! (I know it well, don't deny!)

[identity profile] lady-larla.livejournal.com 2007-06-02 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
If life is so hard dear, then you should have called me and I'd have come straight over to do stuff with you.. we could have fun ...watch tons of supernatural, recapped cute Sam and Josh..i'm babbling... *hugs* call me if you wanna do something...
ext_2569: text: "a straight account is difficult, so let me define seven wishes" image: man on steps. (computer wizards)

[identity profile] labellementeuse.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I didn't want to do anything, I just couldn't find what I wanted to watch. But is OK now. :) But hey, if you wanna do something, go ahead and ring...

[identity profile] disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com 2007-06-02 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
RE: Counting Hookers. It's not just you. Wondering exactly what stage of the transformation the rather masculine ones that hang around the place we park to go to Hysteria is our regular event nowadays.

RE: Drinking Schedule For Maximising Booty Shaking. I like this side of you Tui, I haven't seen much of it before ;)
ext_2569: text: "a straight account is difficult, so let me define seven wishes" image: man on steps. (girls with guns 2.0)

[identity profile] labellementeuse.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
hee. Well, I don't drink like, every weekend or anything, and lately I've been EXTREMELY dull. I'm trying to be more active lately, so.

[identity profile] kheha.livejournal.com 2007-06-02 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Sam comes back at the end of the seventh season, you know! =D (I wasn't very impressed, actually -- but then again, I never really especially liked Sam, so take that with a grain of salt. ;-))

[identity profile] sennical.livejournal.com 2007-06-02 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Very briefly comes back. But it was enough to make me squeal excitedly.
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[identity profile] labellementeuse.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
hee. oh, I like your icon.
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[identity profile] labellementeuse.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I thought it was just a cameo, and admittedly I am looking forward to it but - gah, can't believe I have to get through the rest of the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons first.

[identity profile] kheha.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it was pretty much a cameo. But still!