Holly

Help me get a better tablet!

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:37:41 GMT

Hi,

I've posted on here quite a few times- some of you might know of me because of that. I draw the pirate comic Grog.

I entered a contest a bit ago, and turns out I'm one of the three finalists. If I get the most votes before midnight PST tonight, I will win a $2500 best buy card.

I would LOVE to buy some art-related electronics. Plans include a digital SLR, a new, better tablet for me to draw my comics on... maybe even a new laptop!

I'm currently in the lead, but one of the others is catching up, so that might not last for long.

If you have a minute to spare, PLEASE help a fellow Comicker and poor college student out. :)

To vote:

1. Log in to Twitter

2. Go here: http://twitter.com/NetBackup and FOLLOW this user.

3. Tweet this: @NetBackup Finalist 2 #SymcContest

If any Twitter users (or non-users) want to do me a HUUUUGE favor...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:15:20 GMT

I entered a caption contest a bit ago and the winner gets a $2500 best buy card. Lots of you know how badly I want a Digital SLR camera, and Ben could do with a new laptop to write his thesis on.

BUT I have ...until tomorrow night to get the most votes. I am one of three finalists, so my chances are GOOD. Here is how to vote for me:

1. If you are not on Twitter, sign up. It takes like 5 minutes, and everyone is doing it these days, anyway. :)

2. Go here: http://twitter.com/NetBackup and FOLLOW this user.

3. Tweet this: @NetBackup Finalist 2 #SymcContest

Battlestar Galactica...

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:12:14 GMT

...Damn near killed me tonight.

Holy CRAP.

That is some good TV.

I made a sea kitten!

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:23:36 GMT

Based on PETA's "Call Fish Sea Kittens" campaign. :D I think she's cute!

America Has a New President.

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:03:15 GMT

It’s hard to express, exactly, what that means to me.

America is my home. I moved here for Ben, and only for him, and at first I felt somewhat like I’d been dragged to this crazy place kicking and screaming. I missed my country, my family, and all the things and ideas and systems I was used to.
Now, though, while I still love and miss my family and my country more than I can say, America is the home I choose. This is not because of Barack Obama. It is not because of politics at all. It is because people here have made me feel welcome, and the sense of personal and national potential one gets just from living here is infectious. In America, I feel like I can be someone.
I have become an adult here, and more than just that, I have become a far better adult than I would have been if I had stayed in one small place for my whole life. This experience has opened my eyes far beyond what I would have expected.
I love my home, my town, my state, my country. Come 2012, I will be a citizen, all going to plan, and it then will truly be my country.

All that aside, this was the first election in America I have been truly invested in. I was here for Election Day in 2004, but I was not here for the bulk of the campaigning, and besides, there was a general sense that it was going back to Bush and I didn’t want to get my hopes up.
This time, it was all hope.
I followed this election from the very start of the primaries, devouring information, learning whom I did and did not support, and watching with great interest the system of government in this foreign country as the people here prepared to select a new president.

It all came down to today. There was a tangible buzz in the air. At school, everyone was talking about it. I saw Obama t-shirts, pins, stickers. I heard snippets of conversations- “Obama”, “voting”, “lines”, “turnout”… it seemed like everyone was going to the polls. I felt somewhat left out, of course, but energized by the possibility of witnessing this piece of history.

I watched the results come in with my little brother. We may be in different countries, but we can still connect very easily. I love Tom so much. He is smart, politically aware, creative, and we share a sense of humor. I appreciated the chance to talk with him as the polls tipped towards Obama, and delight in our shared excitement over the results.
Ben was busily calling HIS family, too. He called his parents, his brother, his half brother and sister-in-law, and I talked to my mother and brother-in-law as well. Ben’s family is very special to me. They are quite different from my own family, but I have a close relationship with them. I enjoy the affection that comes from my MIL; her warm, loving nature makes me feel good. I like the sarcastic, teasing humor that comes out when my brother-in-law and I talk. We spend a lot of time teasing Ben. ;)

I’m glad for my friends, as well, with whom I could share this moment. The ones who worked tirelessly to make this happen, like Badger. The ones for whom this election might make a real difference in their lives, such as Heidi and KC, our wonderful neighbors.
This was a truly special, magical day for me, as I’m sure it was for many of you, but in a slightly different way. I had tears in my eyes as I watched Obama’s speech, realizing that he will be president when I gain citizenship of the United States, and how that will make me all the more proud to be able to call myself an American citizen.

Career meme

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:01:57 GMT

1. Child and Youth Worker
2. Adoption Counselor
3. Addictions Counselor
4. Psychologist
5. Art / Music Therapist
6. Sport Psychology Consultant
7. Actor
8. Desktop Publisher
9. Gerontologist
10.Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator

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1. Go to Career Cruising, www.careercruising.com
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top twenty results
5. Put the careers you have seriously considered in bold

I got a LOT of therapist/counselor suggestions in there. Maybe I'm just that kind of person. ^_^ Still don't really know what I want to do. Today it's photographer/marine biologist. Tomorrow it will be tattoo artist or rock star, I expect. ;)

My mum just left today. She'd been visiting since Wednesday. It was a lot of fun. :)

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:47:29 GMT

The streets are lit by fairy lights in the trees. Every little cafe and bar has tables out in the street, packed with people out enjoying the warm night. All the roads are closed, and bands play in the middle of the street, with all the people outside the cafes on either side turning round to watch them. People dance. Everywhere. Couples hold hands and kiss, and people carry their children on their shoulders.

Everywhere you go you can smell a different kind of food and hear a different kind of music. There are six main stages throughout the town, aside from the street performances, and countless food stalls. One moment you'll be faced with Lao food and Brazillian music, the next minute Greek food and Gospel singers.

There are "cooling stations" all over town. These are hosepipes supported up in the air on a wooden frame, with holes poked in the top of them so that they shower cold water up in the air and down again like rain. Very refreshing when you've been out in the sun for a while, and it makes me happy to watch children playing in them once it starts to get quieter.

Today I ate a greek kebab for lunch, and for dinner I had a cajun chicken sandwich and fresh cut fries from a stall that still had potatoes out on the counter, and even vinegar in a spray bottle! They were the best fries I've ever had. We had a drink outside the mambo grill under the fairy lights and watched the sun go down while a latin band played.

We danced together to a cheesy singer doing old Italian and 50s songs. Ben lifted me up and spun me around. I took photos of the couple, apparent strangers, dancing with each other in the middle of a circle of people. The lady in the cowboy hat was belly dancing, and the young man with no shoes was ballet dancing, and yet they were still dancing together. It was hilarious, and fun.

Mid-afternoon we'd gone home to cool down for a little while. We can do that, because all this stuff is right outside our apartment. We watched it on TV. We saw our friend Darcy dancing to the Brazillian drum group. :)

This town is full of small, local businesses. We're on friendly terms with many of the owners, especially the ones who were involved in our wedding last year, like Charo at the bakery and the staff of the museum we had it at. These businesses probably do better during the festival than any other time of the year. It must be a godsend for the local cafes, especially.

Everyone is friendly. Everyone is helpful. I saw lots and lots of people wearing the beads which meant they'd donated to the festival. This is the 21st one, one for every year I've been alive. It's the second one I've been here for, though, and I love it. I love this town. It's very, very special. I know it has a bad (and outdated) reputation, but this is my adopted home, and I've never been more glad.

I'm really excited about this movie. :D

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:21:21 GMT

Oh really now? ;)

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:11:42 GMT

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Just testing something...

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:38:57 GMT

Ignore, people.

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:44:42 GMT

Just putting this somewhere I know I'll see it. ;)

IMPORTANT

To do tomorrow:

- PASSPORT INFO TO AIRLINE
- INSURANCE

Or else.

OMG WEDDING STORY

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:45:06 GMT

I started the day waking up at 5:30am or so. Ben thought he was going to be sick. I lay awake for a bit as he hovered in the bathroom, then progressed to lying on the living room floor. I was a bit worried, as my bridesmaid had been sick the night before. Had the rehearsal dinner given everyone food poisoning? Were 90% of my guests at the hotel throwing up at that moment?
Turns out he just had a hangover, so he was okay after a bit. We went back to bed, and got up again around 10:30 or 11. Ater that, we enjoyed the benefits of living in sin one last time before our wedding. ;)

I made us a veggie-breakfast, because we have an entire fridge drawer full of ears of corn his parents brought. Then at close to 2pm, he went off to oversee things and get ready at his friend's apartment.

My mum, aunt, cousin-bridesmaid and Ben's mum all came over at 2. We chatted and giggled and got ready, and then at 4:30 it was time to head over to the museum. Ben was standing outside as we drove up, and so I had to stay in the car for 10 minutes while our parents chased him off. ;)

Eventually I got to go inside the museum opposite the garden where we'd be holding the ceremony, and saw the caterers setting up a nice meal, the beautiful cake, and my flowers.
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I grabbed those, and my bridesmaid, Lucy, hers, and then we spent a few million years having photos taken. After what seemed like forever, we finally got the call from Ben's friend Tim that it was time to go in. So Ben's parents went first, followed my my mum escorted by my brother, who thought he was awesome in his cool new suit, and then Lucy. Finally, my Dad and I went down into the garden, and he gave me away to my husband-to-be. Apparently Ben got kinda teary eyed by this point, but it was all kind of a blur of OMG EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT ME for me, so I don't know. ;)
Then the Justice of the Peace got into his ceremony. It was really nice. Gary did a fantastic job, touching on things we'd told him about each other, the story of how we met (Spooks would've loved the part about Mr Monster. I'll have to see if I can let him see that part of the video), and our families. Apparently Ben thinks I'll be a great mother one day. :D

Then came the box ceremony, the part which everyone loved. On the thursday before, we had been given a strong wooden box with a display top and a plaque with our names on it on the front. We decorated it with a scrap of my dress, a wedding invitation, our engagement photo, and several other bits and pieces, including a scattering of sparkly hearts and doves.
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Inside the box is supposed to go two wine glasses and a bottle of wine. As a nod to my non-alcoholic ways, we switched the wine for a little bottle of champagne and a little glass bottle of coke. Also into the box we each put a letter we'd written to the other about why we're in love, why we are getting married, thoughts about the future, etc. Those letters were NOT to be read by anyone but the writer. Then, during the ceremony, the box was closed, and we each fastened it with a lock and took a key. The box will stay closed unless, at any time, we have problems in our marriage. At that time, before any rash decisions are made, we are to open the box with our two keys, take the letters away and read them. Then, come back and drink the wine (and coke ;) ) together, and talk, in the hope that the reasons for falling in love and getting married will be remembered. However, it is locked with the intention and hope that it will not need to be opened within the first ten years of marriage, and can then be opened and enjoyed on the 10th anniversary of the wedding day.

Then came the vows. They were pretty. Let's see if I can stil remember. "I, Holly, take you, Benjamin, to be my husband, my constant friend, my faithful companion and my love from this day forward. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to respect and honour you, to laugh with you, to cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live.

((.... okay, at this point I turned my computer off and went to Z's. Thank goodness for autosave. ;) ))

After the vows we exchanged rings, and that's when I had to struggle to hold in the tears. I made it, though, and then we kissed, and left the garden as friends and family blew bubbles in place of confetti. ^_^

The reception was fantastic. Went off without a hitch. They did the speeches, which were very good. Even my dad didn't really embarrass me, and I'd been sure he'd been saving things up for years, too. ;)

It was great to see people from all different areas of my life interacting and getting on. My dad talking to ben's boss. My grandma chatting with Goo and Ashy. Ben's family and friends talking to mine. It was wonderful. We all ate yummy foods, and cut the cake.

Hee, the cake. It was gorgeous. It crumbled the moment we tried to cut it, though. Ben also dropped a piece right down my dress. Talented, huh? ;) He did clean it up off the floor, though. The DJ noted I had him well trained. ;) After that we went straight into the first dance, which was amazing. Destiny by Zero 7, if anyone's interested. Thanks so much to Rev for finding it, and Choc for editing out the verse with porn in it. ;)

We had great partyings. Everyone danced, especially Ben. I wondered if it was too late to back out. ;) I started to eat cake, but then I knocked my drink into it. I was sad.

By the end of the night I was exhausted. My feet hurt, my throat hurt, I was worn out. Ben left me for about a million HOURS while he went to pick up his other clothes and met the workmates he sees EVERY DAY and got chatting. ;)

We got back to the apartment, presents and ENTIRE BOTTOM TIER OF CAKE intact. We just about fit it into the fridge. I was very tired. Veryvery. I cried. I was walking up the hallway, bouquet in hand, wedding dress on, crying because my feet hurt. Hee.

We'll be eating leftovers for a good while, I think. ;)

Thanks to everyone who gave us congratulations etc. :) Love!!!

Best night of my life, I swear...

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:48:42 GMT

And the wedding isn't even until tomorrow. I had a great day. I'm exhausted, my throat is killing me, my cheeks hurt from smiling, my feet are covered in blisters and my painful heat rash has come back with a vengance.

but I'm fucking HAPPY! :D :D :D :D :D

What an amazing night.

My God, It's Huge!

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:15:47 GMT

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.	× I don't watch much TV these days.	✓ I own lots of books.
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.	✓ I love to play video games.	× I've tried marijuana.
× I've watched porn movies.	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.	✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.	✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

* * * * *

× I have broken someone's bones.	× I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.	× I hate the rain.
× I'm paranoid at times.	✓ I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free. (I'd want my birthmark gone.)	✓ I need/want money right now.
× I love sushi.	× I talk really, really fast.	× I have fresh breath in the morning.
× I have long hair.	× I have lost money in Las Vegas.	✓ I have at least one sibling.
✓ I was born in a country outside of the U.S. (OMG! There are countries outside the US? ;))	× I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.	× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
× I like the way that I look.	× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.	× I am usually pessimistic.
✓ I have a lot of mood swings.	× I think prostitution should be legalized.	× I slept with a roommate.
× I have a hidden talent.	× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.	× I have a lot of friends.
× I have pecked someone of the same sex.	× I enjoy talking on the phone.	✓ I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants. (I only have suitcase clothes here. I save my nice clothes for OUTSIDE. ^_^)
× I love to shop and/or window shop.	× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.	× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
× I have a mobile phone.	× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.	× I've rejected someone before.
✓ I currently like/love someone.	✓ I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.	✓ I want to have children in the future.
× I have changed a diaper before.	× I've called the cops on a friend before.	× I'm not allergic to anything.
✓ I have a lot to learn.	× I am shy around the opposite sex.	× I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
× I have at least 5 away messages saved.	× I have tried alcohol or drugs before.	× I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
× I own the "South Park" movie.	× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.	× I enjoy some country music.
× I would die for my best friends.	× I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.	× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
× I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.	× I have dated a close friend's ex.	× I am happy at this moment.
× I'm obsessed with guys.	× Democrat.	× Republican.
✓ I don't even know what I am.	× I am punk rockish.	✓ I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
× I study for tests most of the time. (Hee hee. Bad Pixie. I will for future ones, Promise!!!)	× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.	× I can work on a car.
× I love my job(s).	× I am comfortable with who I am right now.	× I have more than just my ears pierced. (Not even those...)
× I walk barefoot wherever I can.	× I have jumped off a bridge.	× I love sea turtles.
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.	× I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.	× I am proficient on a musical instrument.
× I hate office jobs.	× I went to college out of state.	× I am adopted.
× I am a pyro.	× I have thrown up from crying too much.	× I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
× I fall for the worst people.	× I adore bright colours.	× I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.	✓ I can pick up things with my toes. (And use my laptop. :D)	× I can't whistle.
× I have ridden/owned a horse.	× I still have every journal I've ever written in.	× I talk in my sleep.
✓ I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century. (Give me the FUTURE, dammit!)	× I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.	× I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo.	× I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.	✓ I am a caffeine junkie. (Coke. :D)
× I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.	× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.	× I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
× I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.	✓ I'm an artist. (I do ART on a regular basis. Does that count?)	✓ I am ambidextrous. (With most things. Left hand wins for writing, though.)
× I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.	× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.	× I have terrible teeth.
× I hate my toes.	✓ I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.	× I have more friends on the internet than in real life.
× I have lived in either three different states or countries.	× I am extremely flexible.	× I love hugs more than kisses.
× I want to own my own business.	× I smoke.	✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
✓ Nobody has ever said I'm normal. (Though I'm not sure that's a reflection on me. Who says "Oh, you're so NORMAL!"?)	✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then. (Flood!)	× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
× I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.	✓ I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.	✓ I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.
× I have played strip poker with someone else before.	× I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.	× I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
× I can't stand being alone.	× I have at least one obsession at any given time.	× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.	× I'm a judgmental asshole.	× I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent.	× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear. (No way! I love my daddy. ^_^)	✓ I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.
× I am a Libertarian.	× I can speak more than one language.	× I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
✓ I would rather read than watch TV.	× I like reading fact more than fiction.	✓ I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
✓ I have no piercings.	× I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.	× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.	× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.	× I like most animals better than most people.
× I own a collection of retro games consoles.	× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.	× I have hit someone with a dead fish.
× I am compulsively honest.	✓ I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired. (I looked it up. Birthmark counts. ^_^)	× I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
× I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex.	× I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.	× I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.	✓ I dislike milk. (Yuck. The smell makes me feel sick.)	× I obsessively wash my hands.
× I always carry something significant around with me.	× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.	× I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.
✓ Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother.	× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.	× I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.	× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.	× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.	× I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.	× I don't like to chew gum.
✓ I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.	✓ I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.	× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.	× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.	✓ I love to sing.
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.	× I have a custom-built computer.	× I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.	× I've gone skinny-dipping.	× I've performed in three plays.
× I enjoy burritos.	× I'm Irish and loving it.	× I have a thing for redheads.
× I am a twin!	× Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.	× Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
× I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.	× I sleep more than 12 hours a day.	× I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.
× I need more time to myself.	× I wish I was more open-minded.	× I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
× I download songs from the internet.	× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.	× I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.	× I love playing Truth or Dare.	× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
× Music helps me remember that I am not alone.	× Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.	✓ I think this survey is particularly long.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.	× I can only hate someone that I love.	× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.

I feel sick.

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:01:56 GMT

I just baked a whole bunch of cakes to take to Z's with me. They came out really dry and hard feleing. I tried a tiny fairy cake to see, and yeah. Really dry. The bigger star shaped ones felt better, so I put icing on them, and I had to try one of those, too, to see if they were okay. Barely. Still pretty dry.

Way too much cake. And I am sad that they didn't come out so well. I think it might be the flour. The last ones I made with it turned out like that, too, and I'm just making them the same as always.

Sat, 27 May 2006 12:32:25 GMT

I've cheered up remarkably about the visa stuff. I've given up on getting it before the wedding is booked for, and I've settled on having the wedding party and legal marriage separate. That means I can go back to see Ben early. Just having made a final decision is a big big help. I don't care now if my interview date comes through the day after I leave. There's no way I could have known, and whatever decision I made could be the wrong one.
So I get to go back at the beginning on July. I'll probably book my flight today. That makes me full of happy.

Ben makes me full of happy too. He's wonderful. Seriously. None of you have any idea just how wonderful he is. ^_^

Sat, 20 May 2006 22:18:05 GMT

I hate immigration stuffs.

And they hate me. So much, in fact, that they cange the rules entirely when I think it's all sorted, causing our case which was with the embassy in London awaiting my interview to be sent back to the US, because they suddenly decided they need Ben's police record. Yes, wonderful that you make these lovely new laws, BUT I'VE FUCKING GOT MY WEDDING SORTED. I HAVE TO BOOK PLANE TICKETS.

Fuckers.

In other news, Eurovision was hilarious. As always.

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:11:07 GMT

I love PuPPy!

I'd have replied to his post with that, but he turned replies off.

So instead, I make a thead of PuPPylove! ;)

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:58:55 GMT

It's my last day of being 19!

Crazy!

Dear Attention Whore

Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:26:25 GMT

No, fuck YOU. This is not over, because you didn't give me a chance to defend or explain what I did. So it was me. You might have known that already. But I didn't just skip off on my own and call the police for a fucking laugh. Let's have a look at that post, shall we?

" I haven't killed myself yet, no, but I really just... "

"There's nothing. No hope whatsoever. Not even the remotest posibility of things changing for me"

And in particular:

"This is it. I tried everything, and I fucking failed, and I have nothing left. I'm sorry. I'm really so fucking sorry, but I just can't go on. It's entirely, completely, not even possible for me to go on. I feel bad for Sarah, but she'll be fine. I was more enamored with her than she with me, anyway. That's how it always is. I'm used to it. I'm sorry, everybody. I really am. But I have NOTHING. NOTHING. NOT A GODDAMNED THING. So... There's no hope whatsoever. It's done. It's all done. I lose, God wins. Whatever. I'm fucked, I'm dead in the water, maybe literally dead, but I have no money and not even the remotest chance of money in my future, so I just can't live anymore.

I love you all, but this is the end of the line for me."

Now in its own, that wouldn't have overly concerned me, but when you follow it up with

"Game Over
It's done. I'm done. It's over. "

Then you cannot possibly have not realised what people would think. If you make out you're going to kill yourself, then you don't get to complain when people panic and try to find out whether you did or not.

I did NOT rush into anything. Myself and maybe 6 other people who won't be named unless they choose to, discussed it for maybe 2 hours while we tried to find someone who had your address. We called Maj, we tried to find Spidey's number, and eventually we found someone who had your address. You weren't answering your phone, and this wasn't at 3am, it was maybe half an hour, 45 minutes after you made the post.
After a while, it was decided we shouldn't call the police/paramedics. So what we decided to do, and what I did, being the one in the same state, was call a suicide prevention helpline, to simply get some advice on the best course of action. I outlined the situation to the man on the phone, and he tried to call you and got no response. At that point, he told me he'd call me back and hung up. The next thing I knew, the police were on their way.

Seriously, I was up half the night convinced that if I did nothing it could have really bad consequences. And there is no way you could read those two posts and not see how I, and the other people who saw it, came to that conclusion. I was agonising over what to do, and if the people I was in the chat room with say something, they'll tell you that's true. I was terrified that I'd have everyone mad at me, be wasting police time or whatever, but the driving thought was that if I did nothing THINGS MIGHT BE WORSE.

Read your post again the way someone who didn't write it might, and stop getting pissed off at people for taking the only options open to them at the time.

GO US!

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:01:52 GMT

THAT BAND Stats

Formed:	14th March 2006
Split:	9th March 2014
Best Album:	'Plumb Stablest Playdate Bales Wilted' 9/10 in the NME (Album of the Month September 2012.)
Best Single:	'Banjax Reprised Largo' 9/10 in the NME (Single of the Week 28th June 2011.)
Records Sold:	7,082,955 in total (1,401,170 albums, 5,681,785 singles).
Reputation:	National
Groupies:	thetiger has some serious hygeine issues. Firstly their fingernails are as black as night. Secondly they smell like the combination of an open sewer and a variety of diseased zoo animals. lil_ashy is strangely fixated with thetiger.
Other	In 2011 Osama Bin Laden threatened to release a cover version of 'Prills Anuresis Tallows Seedily', unless he was immediately elected President of the United States. Presedent Bin Laden's first move was to announce a worldwide ban on orgasms.

THAT BAND Member Profiles

dreverytrousers If dreverytrousers had taken their role as lead singer a little more seriously they could have developed into one of the best musician's in the industry.	thepupp Although prone to the odd bum note onstage, thepupp more than compensates for this through their cool temprament and professionalism.
lil_ashy lil_ashy is fairly competent when it comes to playing the bass. However lil_ashy spends too much time trying to emulate their influences.	the_sinic Throughout THAT BAND's career the_sinic has been all to willing to fade into the background and let thepupp and dreverytrousers take charge of the band's image. Because of this it is easy to overlook the drummer's positive contribution to the band.
danielbgoo Whereas thepupp and lil_ashy are hardskinned party animals who like nothing more than to get drunk and fuck, danielbgoo prefers to spend their time composing melodies and working with chord progressions.

Single Releases

#	Title	Date
25	Tope Sandling	Apr 2006
N/A	Dotages Oaten	Jul 2006
100	Craver Estreat Debones Reviling Jebel Panfry	Sep 2006
40	Biotas Marvy Lamasery Thusly	Apr 2008
25	Snowdrop Heavens Chinbone	May 2008
25	Provenly Troaks	Aug 2008
25	Garb Reputes	Oct 2008
18	Rove Blushes Alarming Realgars Aureolae	Dec 2009
7	Sangaree Renin Lofter	Jan 2010
16	Tilbury Lasting	Mar 2010
34	Prills Anuresis Tallows Seedily	Jun 2010
18	Autumns Tomcod Staph Boches Teazel Dropped	Apr 2011
11	Banjax Reprised Largo	Jun 2011
3	Pipeful Thegnly Deticks Velds Komondor Respect	Aug 2011
1	Lubber Sequined Kithed	Oct 2011
2	Acervuli	Nov 2012
2	Viatores Sobber Oralist Pansy	Dec 2012
2	Lanolins Solves Dumka Frontal Joggers Herpetic	Jan 2013

Album Releases

#	Title	Date
23	Aphides Regroove	Mar 2006
71	Metiers Inflate Animal	Jan 2008
21	Brios	Nov 2009
35	Trismus Snyes Coshing Eddies	Mar 2011
2	Plumb Stablest Playdate Bales Wilted	Sep 2012

northern ireland's worst

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALSO, I prettied up my comic's page a bit and added a cast page. I'm quite proud of myself, for someone who first looked up a html tutorial this afternoon and just made a cast page all by herself in Notepad. ^_^
http://www.drunkduck.com/Grog/

It's going to get some heavy editing when I have time, but right now I wanna work on the actual comic.

Also, some of the cast page links don't work just yet. I'll get them done in a minute. ^_^

I know I've been whoring this everywhere....

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:17:35 GMT

...And you're probably all sick of me now, but I'm getting good comments and I'm way more proud than I have any right to be. ;)

Here's my baby fledgeling comic, Grog. It's about pirates.

http://www.drunkduck.com/Grog/

Interesting test...

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:42:13 GMT

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Words of Affirmation
With a secondary love language being
Physical Touch.

Complete set of results

Words of Affirmation:		9
Physical Touch:		8
Quality Time:		8
Acts of Service:		3
Receiving Gifts:		2

Information

Unhappiness in relationships and according to Dr. Gary Chapman and is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements and or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

They made a video for it. :)

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:11:55 GMT

Some days sweet like honey
Some days tart like marmite
Sticks to your heart
Sweetheart, straight to your heart

So cute. ^_^

Hee, that's kind of weird. ^_^

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:41:44 GMT

the Romantic
Test finished!

you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR.

"I am unique"

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me

Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.

Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value
myself.

Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.

Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling melancholy,
I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.

Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting!

What I Like About Being a Four

my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep
level

my ability to establish warm connections with people

admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life

my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor

being unique and being seen as unique by others

having aesthetic sensibilities

being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me

What's Hard About Being a Four

experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair

feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved

feeling guilty when I disappoint people

feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me

expecting too much from myself and life

fearing being abandoned

obsessing over resentments

longing for what I don't have

Fours as Children Often

have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in
original game
s

are very sensitive

feel that they don't fit in

believe they are missing something that other people have

attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.

become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood

feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents'
divorce)

Fours as Parents

help their children become who they really are

support their children's creativity and originality

are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings

are sometimes overly critical or overly protective

are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy

Discover the 9 Types of People

HarperSanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages

You are not completely happy with the result?!

You chose BY

Would you rather have chosen:

AY (EIGHT)

CY (SIX)

BX (NINE)

BZ (FIVE)

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 20% on ABC
You scored higher than 51% on XYZ

Link: The Quick and Painless ENNEAGRAM Test written by felk on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test