Update on life
Apr. 7th, 2010 06:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
louiseluxThis post will jump around a bit because it's been nearly a month since I last posted - it feels like great eons. I've mostly been working on the empire of bags-- working endlessly it seems-- and watching the tennis taking place firstly in the California desert and then in Miami (where ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
emungere has been, seeing live Fedal. Well, nearly.)
We also had a trip down to Brighton for my friends' civil partnership ceremony, which was great and included people singing Jaques Brel at the reception! While he might not write the cheeriest songs, they do pack a certain punch when bellowed from the stage of a small bar. There were also some of the best chocolate brownies I've ever tasted - so sticky that it seemed like they'd bee dipped in molasses. Diversions included Victorian parlour games and a fake seance that mostly seemed to involve chanting 'oogabooga!' The World Horror Convention was taking place at the same time, with Neil Gaiman as surprise guest I later discovered! But neither of us felt justified in shelling out all that cash for tickets so we didn't go.
I wore an gorgeous dress that I got from ebay - it's a copy of a copy of a 1950s design from Vivien of Holloway. I have all consuming lust for all their dresses.
The day after, I took my bags and things down to the Oxford Literary Festival craft market. It was a bit of an odd do, not very well advertised and some seriously grumpy sellers... but I didn't care because my stuff sold really well! We spent a lot of time sitting in deckchairs at our stall trying to recognise the famous authors. I think I saw Germaine Greer and someone else who we were sure was on the Late Review. Strangely, famous authors are not as easy to recognise as you'd think.
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I'm still writing my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
help_haiti story. I'm so sorry, amai_kaminari and lechymonk. I'm usually pretty good at getting things done for deadlines and I can't remember ever being this tardy with a fic. It's taken a while to get my head around writing Hakkai and Gojyo again, and figuring out what I wanted to say about them. They didn't want to comply for a long time, and were recalcitrant, and I've been forced to begin the story by pretending it's not a story at all, just a description of them waking up, brushing their teeth, having breakfast, going shopping. Along the way, I have sneaked in some plot and it seems to have worked. I'll be in touch soon with the finished story.
scribblemoose, it was really good to chat with you the other night, and I'm glad we did. *hugs*
I tried to tidy up my flist the other day, mostly removing people who don't post anymore, or who post in a language I can't read. If someone is surprised I've defriended them it's almost definitely because I made a mistake with my ticky boxes, so please let me know if that's the case.
I liked the new Dr Who a lot - I thought I'd really not enjoy Matt Smith's performance, based on the things my inner curmudgeon was saying but I really enjoyed it. Take that inner curmudgeon!
Oh the tennis. They are still so pretty, rich and super fit and kind of gay. The clay season is getting underway on Monday in Monte Carlo so I'm going to upping my posting levels to celebrate sweaty dudes covered in crushed brick dust.buckle_berry and I have been arranging our Wimbers trip, which has cheered me up hugely, and hopefully niennah will be coming down too.
the_moonmoth left a comment on a story I wrote in 2003. I looked at the date and felt strange. Seven rich and busy years of fandoms and writing have gone by since then, but I still remember Good Omens fandom with great fondness. It was where I met daegaer, after all. Although, the_moonmoth I, um, just deleted your comment by accident while futzing around in my inbox. /o\ Sorry.
Finally, there are tadpoles! One week old and creepy as hell.
emungere has been, seeing live Fedal. Well, nearly.)We also had a trip down to Brighton for my friends' civil partnership ceremony, which was great and included people singing Jaques Brel at the reception! While he might not write the cheeriest songs, they do pack a certain punch when bellowed from the stage of a small bar. There were also some of the best chocolate brownies I've ever tasted - so sticky that it seemed like they'd bee dipped in molasses. Diversions included Victorian parlour games and a fake seance that mostly seemed to involve chanting 'oogabooga!' The World Horror Convention was taking place at the same time, with Neil Gaiman as surprise guest I later discovered! But neither of us felt justified in shelling out all that cash for tickets so we didn't go.
I wore an gorgeous dress that I got from ebay - it's a copy of a copy of a 1950s design from Vivien of Holloway. I have all consuming lust for all their dresses.
The day after, I took my bags and things down to the Oxford Literary Festival craft market. It was a bit of an odd do, not very well advertised and some seriously grumpy sellers... but I didn't care because my stuff sold really well! We spent a lot of time sitting in deckchairs at our stall trying to recognise the famous authors. I think I saw Germaine Greer and someone else who we were sure was on the Late Review. Strangely, famous authors are not as easy to recognise as you'd think.
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I'm still writing my
help_haiti story. I'm so sorry, amai_kaminari and lechymonk. I'm usually pretty good at getting things done for deadlines and I can't remember ever being this tardy with a fic. It's taken a while to get my head around writing Hakkai and Gojyo again, and figuring out what I wanted to say about them. They didn't want to comply for a long time, and were recalcitrant, and I've been forced to begin the story by pretending it's not a story at all, just a description of them waking up, brushing their teeth, having breakfast, going shopping. Along the way, I have sneaked in some plot and it seems to have worked. I'll be in touch soon with the finished story. scribblemoose, it was really good to chat with you the other night, and I'm glad we did. *hugs*I tried to tidy up my flist the other day, mostly removing people who don't post anymore, or who post in a language I can't read. If someone is surprised I've defriended them it's almost definitely because I made a mistake with my ticky boxes, so please let me know if that's the case.
I liked the new Dr Who a lot - I thought I'd really not enjoy Matt Smith's performance, based on the things my inner curmudgeon was saying but I really enjoyed it. Take that inner curmudgeon!
Oh the tennis. They are still so pretty, rich and super fit and kind of gay. The clay season is getting underway on Monday in Monte Carlo so I'm going to upping my posting levels to celebrate sweaty dudes covered in crushed brick dust.
buckle_berry and I have been arranging our Wimbers trip, which has cheered me up hugely, and hopefully niennah will be coming down too. the_moonmoth left a comment on a story I wrote in 2003. I looked at the date and felt strange. Seven rich and busy years of fandoms and writing have gone by since then, but I still remember Good Omens fandom with great fondness. It was where I met daegaer, after all. Although, the_moonmoth I, um, just deleted your comment by accident while futzing around in my inbox. /o\ Sorry. Finally, there are tadpoles! One week old and creepy as hell.
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Date: 2010-04-07 05:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-07 11:15 pm (UTC)Oh I will! :)
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Date: 2010-04-07 05:57 pm (UTC)Good to hear the bookbags are going well. :-)
Have just reserved for Squeefest - yay! - will you becoming?
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Date: 2010-04-07 11:18 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-04-07 06:01 pm (UTC)I'm hoping that the red stuff brings more luck for the boys (and also some Fedal goodness as well!)
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Date: 2010-04-07 11:23 pm (UTC)Thanks - I love my swirly dress!
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Date: 2010-04-07 06:23 pm (UTC)Just remember that we love you no matter what! <3 <3 <3
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Date: 2010-04-07 11:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-07 11:33 pm (UTC)Plus, we all know that
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Date: 2010-04-08 11:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-05 06:18 pm (UTC)http://louiselux.livejournal.com/531604.html?#cutid1
I hope you enjoy it. :)
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Date: 2010-04-07 07:49 pm (UTC)Wimbly! I really hope I can make it work out. ♥
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Date: 2010-04-07 11:27 pm (UTC)It would be awesome to watch some tennis with you. I hope it can work out too. <3
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Date: 2010-04-07 07:57 pm (UTC)Aieee, tadpoles doin' their wriggly thing.
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Date: 2010-04-07 11:27 pm (UTC)tadpoles are like giant sperm, uggh
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Date: 2010-04-08 12:38 am (UTC)Hi I'm home! I did so much stuff! And then I woke up at 5.30 this morning and went to the airport (there is a pic on twitter of the ass crack of dawn)! I'm really tired! And I had class tonight but I'm hooooooome.
I'm glad the new doctor is good. I was concerned. I spelled that cockcerned twice. Good night.
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Date: 2010-04-08 11:49 am (UTC)It sounds like you had an awesome time, apart from the headache of doom. I hope you don't get one at this end of the journey - fingers crossed.
Cockcerned! Lolol. I wonder what you spent your holiday talking about? I see that ck is nowhere near n on the keyboard.
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Date: 2010-04-08 06:45 am (UTC)So glad your bags sold well. I didn't have a doubt at all that they would do well.
And really it is good to hear from you. We have missed you lots. And brownies ... eee sounds yummy.
Take care and I would love to see some photos of you in that dress. ^__^ You must really knocked some socks off!
*more hugs*
And I need to show the little boy the tadpoles he will be so thrilled. I would find them creepy yes but he just loves them. Frogs, toads, other amphibians and reptiles ^_^
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Date: 2010-04-09 10:32 am (UTC)There will be more tadpole pictures as they grow!
How are you??
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Date: 2010-04-09 01:37 am (UTC)It's good to hear from you, and that dress is UTTER WIN.
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Date: 2010-04-09 10:31 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-04-09 01:37 am (UTC)Are those tadpoles that aren't in the water OK? They look dried out. D:
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Date: 2010-04-09 10:30 am (UTC)Never fear, the tadpoles are all in water - I think it looks like some aren't because I'm casting a shadow over some of them?
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Date: 2010-04-10 08:36 pm (UTC)also your dressss! i love.