any icon, any time

So... I've found time to make some icons... mostly using pictures I've made as I'm doing "enough" fandom icons for icontests. I still have the episodes I started making icons for though.

I also made screencaps for several more episodes. I just need to find time to upload them and add them to the masterlist (any wishes?). At least I figured out how to make screencaps off of my DVDs on my new computer.

While I've been writing (at work :o) and got a couple of main ideas, I have no idea when I'll be done or where I'm going (or how long I'm going to get to the end). Mainly for Doctor Who (Doctor/Jack) and Harry Potter.

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I've got big plans for January though. I want to, finally, update my website and set it up with php... I've been meaning to do that for a year already. There's also a lot of beta reading of my own fics planned (before possibly sending them off to a real beta reader).

Then there's the studying in January for repeat exams (where I wasn't satisfied with my grade but passed) and doing a report on my practical semester to be handed in. What a joy. On the other hand, I can't believe I'm less than a year away from graduating.

Now I better close the post... as I'm still at work and supposed to be writing the help. I'm sure there are a couple of more programs I'm supposed to be doing and I've got only 4 weeks left if I'm calculating correctly.

( On February 12th, 2009 )

I got a present! Yay! iamisaac has written me the loveliest, sweetest and most precious Luna/Ginny fic! Please, give it a shot if you would ever think of reading femslash - it's gorgeous.

The way the two women are around each other really drew me in, and there are some lovely ideas in it (watch out for Luna's occupation, for instance) that just made me love it even more.

Title: Sweet Kisses
Author: iamisaac
Characters: Luna/Ginny
Rating: soft R (and believe me, I had to work really damn hard for it even to be that)
Warnings: EWE
Themes/kinks chosen:
Kinky Kristmas Extravaganza 2008
kabal42
Character/Pairing: Luna/any female character
Kink: kissing
Holiday item or location: Christmas punch/egg-nog
Tone: fluffy or kinky
Word Count: ~2000
Summary: Ginny and Luna are friends. There's never been a hint of anything more, before today.
Author's notes: I am almost ashamed to post something so very undeviant. Apologies if anyone feels as if they have eaten too many sweets and want to puke because of the saccharine nature of this story. I appear to have mislaid my inner dark, depressing cynic.

Well, you know the drill by now. A warning though, it was a long time since I watched the series and it's too long to for me to have time to watch today, so don't be surprised if you find numerous faults.

( Advent 04 )

I rarely can resist these memes when I see them on my flist... although usually they end in my bookmarks to be taken when I've got time (although I meant to do some icontest icons I WON'T be doing at my grandparents... just thinking NSFW)

This is the list of the top 100 grossing movies of all time (which I don't think are adjusted for inflation, are they?). Bold what you've seen!!

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I can assure you that it isn't about you. I just don't do cryptic well at all and I'd no doubt incur a massive fail if I tried.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not always able to express my feelings especially when I am hurt by someone's words or actions but I wouldn't use my journal to write in an ambiguous fashion to get a message across to that person. I might well filter a post to a few close friends if I needed to but I would say who I was writing about rather than veil their identity. When I was working I did often have things to say about my co-worker, Jane. She knew that she had the ability to stress me out and we often fought like cats and dogs though also had times of solidarity. Those entries about work were always friends locked and I kept the name and location of this journal to myself as once she knew I was keeping an on-line journal she was extremely curious to read it as she was sure I'd write about her.

If I think about times when I've been over sensitive and thought someone was writing about me, the main arena has to be some of the role-playing games I used to take part in. In some games (not the Harry Potter ones) the level of back-biting, bitching and drama out of character often spun out of control. It was an aspect of the role-playing that somewhat blind sided me as it wasn't my thing at all. Still there were occasions when someone had a rant where no player or character names were mentioned specifically when a certain amount of free-floating anxiety and lack of confidence on my part would zap me and yes, I'd think it was about me despite my attempts not to be drawn into these kind of dramas.

I am fairly sure that on some occasions when I'd convinced myself I was the subject of a post I really wasn't. I was too shy to confront the poster with a 'is this about me?' question but would investigate in round about ways like chatting to someone who was more clued-up on the interpersonal dynamics of the group. I don't think this was vanity as such; more likely the attitude of someone with a lifetime of experience as an outsider who can be more sensitive to signals from others that their 'otherness' has been spotted.

Overall though I don't expect to be liked by everyone and keep the Gestalt Prayer in my mind when there are clashes of personality and attitudes. It sounds so 1960s now as it was coined then but I find it still holds true:

I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful.
If not, it can't be helped.
(Fritz Perls, 1969)

This is my entry for Week 10 of therealljidol. I'll post a link to the poll on Friday.

I've been in learning mode all day.

I started out teaching myself something new in Excel, I hate that program, but it was something I needed to learn. Then it was playtime. I worked on learning how to make animated snow on icons.



It took me about 2 hours, and I don't even know how many times I had to start over, but I think I figured it out.

xena: warrior princess ( bases )
- includes callisto, xena, miscellaneous.

+ 43 icons in total, 1 zip file
+ WARNINGS for spoilers, violence, sexuality, etc.
+ contains callisto (005), xena (018), xena/ares (005), xena/borias (006), xena/callisto (004), xena/gabrielle (004), xena/m'lila (001)
+ credit not mandatory, bases may be altered
+ images from asher's archive, ausxip image archive, michelle's xena library, xena's gallery

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So I have this almost awesome schedule for the uni this semester, with the exception of the early wednesday session, which is by the way the most boring and ridiculous course I have to participate in.

As always I got to bed way too late, had five hours of sleep (not that I could have slept earlier) but after I returned, I immediately felt sleepy, forgot about the teleconference and slept still 6 p.m. Now it is 3 a.m. and I' finally feeling sleepy and a bit headachy (is that a word), but also horny as hell and I have to get up at 8 a.m. that means 4 hours sleep maximum.

Oh well time to be off to bed tommorrow is a long, long day - although I really think about taking the car to Bremen and thus being able to get up later as usual.

It took me more tries than I care to count but I figured out how to make animated snow in Photoshop.




It's not something I will be doing alot but it is nice to know that I figured it out. The next animation I think I'm going to work on is rain but it's not going to be today.

Find Your Spot

( Apparently I should live in North Carolina or Virginia )

Okay, I think I'll go work on my pre-emptive strike doctrine paper for philosophy now.

Okay, so this one came out not so good because my mind kept jumping around.

( Advent 03 )

Misty-Maya is trying her best to stop me writing this entry. When did I become so popular with her?

This morning my car was iced up which caused a brief flurry of concern as I had to be in town by 9:30. Still managed to sort it but must remember to get some de-icer and a proper thing to scape ice off windows on my next trip to the shops.

The whereabouts of my big wool coat is also of concern though Tesco is having a short 25% sale on coats from tomorrow so if not located soon may have to invest some money in a new one. I seriously don't think I would have chucked it though but where is it?

Watched Einstein and Eddington today and marvelled at Andy Serkis' range. He's been creeping me out in Little Dorrit as the evil Rigaud and yet he was so disarming as Einstein. Tess of the d'Urbervilles is also getting a re-run on BBC so am finally seeing that. There must be something wrong with me because I prefer Alex to Angel. Silly Tess.

In other TV news Spooks has been amazing this series. Monday's episode was just superb and had me questioning so much about events in previous series based on revelations. Heaven knows what they'll do for the finale next Monday. Big Badda Boom I suspect.

Tonight I plan to watch the first BBC Wallander film accompanied by one of the IKEA Swedish meatballs frozen meals I picked up the other week. Ice cream to follow. I might not get the freezer completely empty for the weekend but giving it my best shot. :)

In other news it is cold. Oh yes I started this entry with that. I am seeking things to keep me warm!

Strong Female Characters
Part 01
Sheryl Nome//Ranka Lee
Rydia//Rosa

THIS ESSAY CONTAINS SPOILERS!
To begin with, I want to disclaim any notion of being impartial. But to make it clear, I was impartial before I watched the anime and played the game, I just ended up getting this opinion.

( ”Well, )

I've been really into the banner thing this last week. I have a few that I have rolling around in my head. and am slowly getting them made. here is another one.

women of wrestling ( bases )
- includes chyna, the kat, terri runnels.

+ 127 icons in total, 1 zip files
+ the quality of the icons is questionable D:
+ credit not mandatory, bases may be altered
+ images from wwe.com and divaboard

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still here, still alive. I know I suck, since other than RP [which is mostly OCs now, btw] I never get around to posting stuff. but if you want to hear all about 'I went to work, I came home, I cooked dinner, I answered tags'...then you have my life in a nutshell lately. I'm trying to save money, so the shopping's at a standstill. which sucks. Court is doing awesome though! she will be 11 next month, which amazes the hell out of me. and I did get a brand new computer, yay! also, I'm brunette again and actually love it.

and there, an update! XD

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