| For the Fallen - Laurence Binyon |
[08 Nov 2009|07:34pm] |
For the Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is a music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncountered:
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables at home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.
Remembrance Sunday lets us remember the fallen. It's not about the rights or wrongs of the combat in which they fell. It's about knowing that there are families who have lost fathers and mothers, sons and daughters and brothers and sisters. The fallen don't choose to die.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end they remain.
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| From Twitter 11-07-2009 |
[08 Nov 2009|02:05am] |
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| Every Weeping Cock Has Its Day |
[07 Nov 2009|12:35am] |
MY POST IS NSFW.
But first, a Word Count update! \o/
And now, because you've all been indulging me lately, a tasty snippet.
"Malfoy…Draco? Your cock it's…" Harry smirked, swiping his thumb over the wet head. Malfoy's hips jerked beneath him. "It's crying. It's crying tears of sperm."
A pillow smacked him in the face, and Harry fell over laughing.
"I abhor you, Potter," Malfoy grunted into the mattress.
Harry only laughed harder.
Now, to cut this or not to cut this. That is the question.
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| evening out |
[06 Nov 2009|09:54pm] |
This evening the lovely ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) alisanne was in town, so we met up for dinner and tea and much chatter of fandom and other topics. It was quite a nice time.
Now I must prepare for my weekend adventure in Austin, plus try to make some progress on my art coming due.
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| Happy, Smiley Poems |
[06 Nov 2009|08:46pm] |
My toes are partially numb but I am in a ridiculously happy mood. Why? I went to see Poe Evermore at the PA Ren. Faire tonight.
I spent a half an hour silently shipping Irving/Longfellow. Longfellow blew a cork into Irving's ear. Mary Shelly had a mental fit. And Poe cracked jokes about his own stories, and gave us the run down of Pit and the Pendulum and The Fall of the House of Usher in under a minute.
He also insisted The Stylus would only involve happy, smiley poems.
Yeah. Yeah, it just was that kind of show.
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| Daily dragon spam |
[06 Nov 2009|04:42pm] |
Thanks to the most diligent alicit, we all now have a Harvest sprite on our scroll! *smishes her* Please turn the eggs and pet the dragons if you wish. Mind the teeth.
Little Halo's scroll and hatchling:
Little Secret's scroll and hatchling: 
My scroll and eggs:  ~*~  ~*~  ~*~  ~*~ 
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| R.A.D and Tom Riddle |
[06 Nov 2009|12:35pm] |
I don't often think meta thoughts on HP, but when I do they tend to not leave me alone until I share them. Funnily enough, this thought dawned on me as I was showering today. I'm also just as certain someone else thought of this long before I even knew what it was, but Tom Riddle has classic R.A.D. And it has flipped my view of him as a character upside down.
For those who don't know, R.A.D is Reactive Attachment Disorder and it is a diagnosable syndrome. R.A.D is often mistaken for ADHD or even ODD, but it differs in the fact that its onset is during infancy to year two. R.A.D is caused by a number of different things including lack of affection, touch, eye contact during infancy.
Is it hard to imagine that in a run down orphanage Tom was not held enough as a baby, or even touched enough. Remember all those incidents that Mrs. Cole said were strange and how no one wanted to really be near him?
Here is just a small list of noticeable traits children with R.A.D have:
1. Weak Crying
2. Extreme resistance to cuddling
3. No reciprocal smiles
4. Superficially engaging or charming
5. A strong need for control
6. Indiscriminately affectionate
7. Destruction of self, other people, or objects
8. Cruel to animals, friends, or siblings
9. Poor peer relations
10. Demanding
11. Steals and lies
12. No conscience
13. Poor impulse control
14. Preoccupation with blood, gore, other nasty things
15. Abnormal speech
As I said, I'm sure plenty of people have already thought of this, but it was pretty illuminating to me.
Thoughts?
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[06 Nov 2009|11:57am] |
Because I told eeyore9990 two days ago? yesterday? that I'd spam the heck out of my flist with word count updates, you all get to be subjected to a lovely screencap of my comp screen as visual proof!
*mad cackling*
I've changed my mind about updating every 100 words. Instead, you're getting this every 1000 words. Since I was still at 6000 words yesterday, I haven't had the opportunity to update until now.
Behold!
( WILL YOU LOOK AT THIS? )
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| From Twitter 11-05-2009 |
[06 Nov 2009|02:05am] |
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| Thursday's dragons |
[05 Nov 2009|08:33pm] |
Once again, thanks to the most wonderful alicit we've got one more Harvest hatchie on our family scrolls. Pet the dragons and turn the eggs carefully! Thanks!
Little Halo's scroll and hatchling:
My scroll and eggs: ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
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[05 Nov 2009|11:26pm] |
1. ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) yuletide sign ups have started. I'm still deciding on my fandoms. I have at least one given but I'm still deciding on the others. But this is one of my favourite time of the year.
2. Good grief. I feel like I spent all day in meetings today. But I did have lemon cake with my tea this morning. Nom nom nom.
3. Fireworks going off outside my window but am still dithering about going to a proper display. I'm going to be shattered tomorrow after work but will be out and about on Saturday. Maybe just looking at the pretty from my window with a glass of wine in my jim jams.
4. Went to see Fantastic Mr Fox. I was disappointed in it as an adaptation but as an animation, - it was very cool. It was light and fluffy but with some major fetish fuel for the furries.
5. *yawns* Thank fuck it's Friday tomorrow.
6. Is there someone on my flist good with layouts? If so, can you design me one and I will offer some kind of exchange. I feel like a change but don't understand stylesheets.
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| From Twitter 11-04-2009 |
[05 Nov 2009|02:04am] |
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[04 Nov 2009|08:06pm] |
day four of updates in journal:
I'm doing well on my nano - keeping up with the goals, at least. I would like to get another 500-700 words written tonight, but if I can't, it isn't the end of the world.
I will have new buttons and keychains come morning, and that's what's important.
Work is going to be insane for the next few days. I'm honestly not sure how I'll get through it all. Good thing I'm healthy now~!
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| Today's #1 Goal |
[04 Nov 2009|11:13am] |
I have a goal today. It is a fantastic goal. So fantastic, I'm using an icon of the Doctor to cement this occasion. That goal is to finish my hd_career_fair fic.
Exciting, isn't it?
Current Word Count: 6,106
Final Word Goal: Just shy of 10,000
The end is coming! I can feel it! It is right there.
When it arrives would anyone be willing to beta read it? *G*
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| Daily dragon spam |
[04 Nov 2009|09:31am] |
Turn my eggs, please, if you wish otherwise just scroll on past.
My scroll and eggs: ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
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| From Twitter 11-03-2009 |
[04 Nov 2009|02:05am] |
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[03 Nov 2009|10:38pm] |
They Might Be Giants was awesome in concert again.
This time it was the Flood show. They played all of Flood (not in order), including some songs they never play in concert like minimum wage.
Anyway, my ears are ringing and I need to write another hundred words or so before I pass out (if I can).
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| Numbered Posts Might Be Easier to Title...Just Saying |
[03 Nov 2009|10:10pm] |
Remember that post I made last night? About getting more sleep? Day 1 = epic failure. /o\ Four hours of sleep to be had last night.
I spent the entire night making note cards for today's Sociology test that I hardly glanced at today. Which isn't to say I didn't look at them at all, I did, only to discover I didn't know half of the 80 terms I needed to know, not to mention the extra concepts on the backside of the study guide. I'm not at all anywhere near as certain about how I did on this test as I have been on others this semester.
Yeah.
Writing Update:
NaNoWriMo = 1728 words
Career Fair Fic = 6052 words
Sir Leon/Arthur Fic = 1831
Words written today = 105
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[03 Nov 2009|11:00pm] |
Got back yesterday from the annual Halloween weekend away. (Can it be called annual now on the grounds that it's happened more than once?) We went to Cadhay House which was so beautiful and just outside Ottery St Mary. It was pure Weasley country and despite just having 200 year old china just lying around, it was such a lovely weekend.
Photos to follow when I get round to sorting through them from my phone.
The Magical Amount A Rita and Lockhart fic. Rita walks the line of being bitchy and being snarky and Lockhart is just a tosser and it's just funny.
I have some more fics left to read in my tabs but that will have to do for now.
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| Weekly 2 do memo |
[03 Nov 2009|10:20am] |
Was a bit of a bum this week but I had some extrordinary circumstances going on in RL. seriously don't want to get into that right now. But I did manage to finish a few things. ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) ownficfest will be posting the reveals soon, and fall_fantasia has started posting so YAY!
Completed:
Detention(Harry/Severus, NC-17, 1,100)
Lily's Diary (Marauder Era; Lily/James, baby Harry, Remus, and Peter, PG, 346)
Weekly/monthly drabbles/ficlets/fics:
1. snape100 changes every Sunday
2. harry100changes every Monday
3. draco100 changes every Monday
4. snupin100 changes every Tuesday
5. slythindor100 changes when the mod remembers *g*
6. neville100 changes every Thursday
7. snarry100 changes every Thursday
8. lupin100 changes every Saturday
9. daily_deviant 2nd of every month
Fests
1. severus_shorts due Oct 31st
2. snapelyholidays due Nov 13th Started
3. harry_holidays due Nov 20th Planning
4. daily_deviant's Kinky Kristmas due Nov 30th Started
5. snarry_swapdue Dec 14th Planning
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