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I think we can all agree that subject line basically sums up my life. WELL DONE, MOOG.
ANYWAY. It has got to the point where I am avoiding the front page of LJ with its judgmental "it's been THIS long since you last posted, did you know?" and I have just braced myself to check and it has STOPPED TELLING YOU THAT, that is how long I have not posted for. Two months! It has been two months! Hello and welcome to my life of vague incompetency.
In the time I have been ~absent, I started university and, okay, somehow I am doing the best degree because GUYS I AM TOTALLY WRITING AN ESSAY ABOUT HOW MARK AND WARDO ARE BOYFRANS. AN ESSAY. FOR CREDIT. ABOUT THEIR LOVE. It is also about dear Sorkin, what is your deal with these female characters, why are you this way, so essentially I have won the degree jackpot, y/y? I am doing Film and American Studies, so a) I will never be employed ever but also b) AMAZING. Admittedly at the moment in one of my modules I am trapped in comedy pre-sound film insanity, but SOON we will catch up to sound in the movies and my life will just get dramatically better. For a time there, we were doing, like, the earliest films, and they were REALLY SHORT AND INSANE and our screening blocks for this module are three hours long, and let me tell you now, three hours of thirty-second-long black and white silent films will do STRANGE THINGS to your mind.
Anyway.
What also happened in those two months is that I signed up for
tsnsecretsanta and then FORGOT TO DO A DEAR SANTA LETTER, oh my god, glorious unknown santa I am ridiculously sorry and obviously a terrible person. I am super easy to please! Also this is so late I wouldn't even dream of being like THESE SPECIFIC THINGS, I DEMAND THEM. Basically, I just like it when people are HAPPY and GOOD TO EACH OTHER. :D? I also ridiculously have a thing for people crying and then getting hugged in fic (also in everything, I mean what shut up) but HAPPY ENDINGS? HAPPY THINGS? HAPPY? TSN or RPF both fine! I love both! AUs are fine. Porn is fine. EVERYTHING IS FINE I LOVE YOU SECRET SANTA I AM SORRY I AM A RUBBISH RECIPIENT. D: BASICALLY JUST THANK YOU I LOVE YOU THE END. ♥
I am v. excite about the prompt I get to write! Also for FINALLY getting to finish the
help_japan fics that I am approximately HORRIFICALLY late in doing, and PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING ON FIC, YOU ARE THE MOST PATIENT AND LOVELY PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE WORLD, oh my god. Everything is underway! Coming soon to a journal near you.
I have been around on tumblr and twitter, if you have a burning desire to get more Moog in your life. I HAVE A BURNING DESIRE TO GET MORE ALL OF YOU IN MY LIFE, OKAY. I AM JUST SLACK AT ALL THINGS.
ALSO GUYS GUYS IT IS NEARLY CHRISTMAS. In case this was not already blatantly obvious, allow me to mention that my feelings on this subject are EXTREMELY POSITIVE. CHRISTMAAAAAAAS. I love the lights and the decorations and the chill in the air (which, get on that, UK, I don't even need a coat djkfgdjh what is this shit, WHY IS WINTER NOT COMING) and the Coca Cola adverts and ALL the Christmas adverts and carols and gingerbread and pink cheeks from being outside and wearing scarves and smelling pine trees and red and green and seasonal coffee drinks (GINGERBREAD LATTES FOREVER) and department store window displays and wrapping paper and Christmas cards and picking out presents and then getting presents and SMILES and Christmas songs and Christmas movies and THE MUPPETS' CHRISTMAS CAROL and blue skies on cold days and then eventually SNOW and ICE and oh my god, Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas. It should be noted that in my head, the seasons run sping, summer, autumn, CHRISTMAS, January/February. I have just put on a Christmas song. YOU GUYS, CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS.
Here are some pictures of poor, long-suffering
laliandra coping with my CHRISTMAS FEELINGS.



I also feel the need to point out that at the time these texts were sent, Lal and I were sitting on the same sofa, approximately 0.5 of a inch apart. COOLEST PEOPLE EVER.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TIME TO MENTION THE CHRISTMAS GAME. Basically, this came about because my mother is not the world's biggest fan of Christmas and I clearly, you know, feel slightly differently, and so whenever we were out somewhere together I would point to whatever Christmas display or Christmas aisle I saw and go "CHRISTMAS! :D :D :D" and she would go "NOPE I CANNOT SEE ANYTHING". This game starts when shops start putting out Christmas things, or advertising Christmas specials, and continues at an increasingly ridiculous rate until, you know, the Christmas things go away. You can imagine what fun this is for other people in, say, mid-December, when Christmas has exploded in a mass of tinsel and wrapping paper injuries into the world and liberally coated everything with RED AND GREEN RAINBOWS, but it remains an endless source of delight to me, because CHRISTMAS.
EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY THE CHRISTMAS GAME WITH MEEEEEE. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, play the winter-is-awesome/winter-holiday-of-your-choice game! Lots of things I associate with Christmas are not actually specifically about Christmas (e.g. COLD WEATHER! SNOW! SCARVES!) but as, like, November --> early January falls under my blanket single-minded HOMG CHRISTMAS I have just incorporated them into my Christmas spirit in a sort of Christmas explosion. Which is greedy of me. But they are still awesome! Winter is awesome! PICK A WINTER-THEMED GAME AND PLAY IT. GO GO GO. SPREAD SOME HOLIDAY AND/OR WINTER CHEER WITH MEEEEEEE.
I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS, OKAY. Also, a Christmas card post! I will put one up soon and be like CARDS FOR EVERYONE, so if you would like a Christmas/winter card from me, they are AVAILABLE TO YOU. I will do a post with screened comments soon for CARD DELIGHTS :D
On the topic of FEELINGS, I am reading Game of Thrones for the first time! I watched the show earlier this year and basically fell into a mass of BUT THE STAAAAAAARKS HJSDGFHSDFG COME TO ME NORTHERN BRETHREN but held off on reading the books because there are TOO MANY PEOPLE and they all have WEIRDLY SIMILAR AND RIDICULOUS FANTASY NAMES. This is a problem I have with a lot of fantasy books (YOUR NAMES ARE RIDICULOUS AND INTERCHANGEABLE HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE) but usually I power through and by the end am fiercely defending name choices etc etc. I am aware this is stupid. ANYWAY. The fact that the Song of Ice and Fire series is approximately never-ending long also probably had something to do with my NOPE reflex. BUT. I have started, and it is AMAZING, and I have ALL THE FEELINGS IN THE WORLD. It definitely helps that I have a visual for who these people are otherwise I would be completely lost and flailing (fucking Lannisters, TYRION AND TWYIN ARE NOT DIFFERENT ENOUGH NAMES etc). Also I love books with maps at the beginning! I particularly love books with maps at the beginning that include A LOT OF PLACES on the map, rather than just a rough idea of how the geography works. fksdhjg I have forgotten the point of this paragraph, but essentially: GAME OF THRONES: IT IS EXCELLENT.
ALSO I feel I should mention before I end this post without mentioning it and Lal shouts at me for being rubbish, I went to invade
laliandra's home again for a few days last week and one day we watched seven episodes of Band of Brothers, which were EMOTIONALLY GRUELLING, and I made a series of terrible noises and hid further under the quilt. And then Lal told me more about her TSN/BoB au head canon and I pulled the quilt over my head and refused to come out at all because EVERYTHING WAS TERRIBLE, OH MY GOD, LAL Y U DO THIS. Trauma aside, Lal has somehow allowed me back in her home despite the fact that I steal all the sofa and keep her up talking nonsense until stupid times of the morning (6 am is a totally valid bedtime) and can't cook and she continues to be the best thing ever. THERE. LOOK LAL I HAVE WRITTEN A THING. :D? :D? :D?
PROCRASTINATION OVER. I am off to watch Citizen Kane, and then, er, something with Buster Keaton in it. #srsfilmstudent #ysosrsfilmcourse #filmsareFUN
ANYWAY. It has got to the point where I am avoiding the front page of LJ with its judgmental "it's been THIS long since you last posted, did you know?" and I have just braced myself to check and it has STOPPED TELLING YOU THAT, that is how long I have not posted for. Two months! It has been two months! Hello and welcome to my life of vague incompetency.
In the time I have been ~absent, I started university and, okay, somehow I am doing the best degree because GUYS I AM TOTALLY WRITING AN ESSAY ABOUT HOW MARK AND WARDO ARE BOYFRANS. AN ESSAY. FOR CREDIT. ABOUT THEIR LOVE. It is also about dear Sorkin, what is your deal with these female characters, why are you this way, so essentially I have won the degree jackpot, y/y? I am doing Film and American Studies, so a) I will never be employed ever but also b) AMAZING. Admittedly at the moment in one of my modules I am trapped in comedy pre-sound film insanity, but SOON we will catch up to sound in the movies and my life will just get dramatically better. For a time there, we were doing, like, the earliest films, and they were REALLY SHORT AND INSANE and our screening blocks for this module are three hours long, and let me tell you now, three hours of thirty-second-long black and white silent films will do STRANGE THINGS to your mind.
Anyway.
What also happened in those two months is that I signed up for
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I am v. excite about the prompt I get to write! Also for FINALLY getting to finish the
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I have been around on tumblr and twitter, if you have a burning desire to get more Moog in your life. I HAVE A BURNING DESIRE TO GET MORE ALL OF YOU IN MY LIFE, OKAY. I AM JUST SLACK AT ALL THINGS.
ALSO GUYS GUYS IT IS NEARLY CHRISTMAS. In case this was not already blatantly obvious, allow me to mention that my feelings on this subject are EXTREMELY POSITIVE. CHRISTMAAAAAAAS. I love the lights and the decorations and the chill in the air (which, get on that, UK, I don't even need a coat djkfgdjh what is this shit, WHY IS WINTER NOT COMING) and the Coca Cola adverts and ALL the Christmas adverts and carols and gingerbread and pink cheeks from being outside and wearing scarves and smelling pine trees and red and green and seasonal coffee drinks (GINGERBREAD LATTES FOREVER) and department store window displays and wrapping paper and Christmas cards and picking out presents and then getting presents and SMILES and Christmas songs and Christmas movies and THE MUPPETS' CHRISTMAS CAROL and blue skies on cold days and then eventually SNOW and ICE and oh my god, Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas. It should be noted that in my head, the seasons run sping, summer, autumn, CHRISTMAS, January/February. I have just put on a Christmas song. YOU GUYS, CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS.
Here are some pictures of poor, long-suffering
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I also feel the need to point out that at the time these texts were sent, Lal and I were sitting on the same sofa, approximately 0.5 of a inch apart. COOLEST PEOPLE EVER.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TIME TO MENTION THE CHRISTMAS GAME. Basically, this came about because my mother is not the world's biggest fan of Christmas and I clearly, you know, feel slightly differently, and so whenever we were out somewhere together I would point to whatever Christmas display or Christmas aisle I saw and go "CHRISTMAS! :D :D :D" and she would go "NOPE I CANNOT SEE ANYTHING". This game starts when shops start putting out Christmas things, or advertising Christmas specials, and continues at an increasingly ridiculous rate until, you know, the Christmas things go away. You can imagine what fun this is for other people in, say, mid-December, when Christmas has exploded in a mass of tinsel and wrapping paper injuries into the world and liberally coated everything with RED AND GREEN RAINBOWS, but it remains an endless source of delight to me, because CHRISTMAS.
EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY THE CHRISTMAS GAME WITH MEEEEEE. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, play the winter-is-awesome/winter-holiday-of-your-choice game! Lots of things I associate with Christmas are not actually specifically about Christmas (e.g. COLD WEATHER! SNOW! SCARVES!) but as, like, November --> early January falls under my blanket single-minded HOMG CHRISTMAS I have just incorporated them into my Christmas spirit in a sort of Christmas explosion. Which is greedy of me. But they are still awesome! Winter is awesome! PICK A WINTER-THEMED GAME AND PLAY IT. GO GO GO. SPREAD SOME HOLIDAY AND/OR WINTER CHEER WITH MEEEEEEE.
I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS, OKAY. Also, a Christmas card post! I will put one up soon and be like CARDS FOR EVERYONE, so if you would like a Christmas/winter card from me, they are AVAILABLE TO YOU. I will do a post with screened comments soon for CARD DELIGHTS :D
On the topic of FEELINGS, I am reading Game of Thrones for the first time! I watched the show earlier this year and basically fell into a mass of BUT THE STAAAAAAARKS HJSDGFHSDFG COME TO ME NORTHERN BRETHREN but held off on reading the books because there are TOO MANY PEOPLE and they all have WEIRDLY SIMILAR AND RIDICULOUS FANTASY NAMES. This is a problem I have with a lot of fantasy books (YOUR NAMES ARE RIDICULOUS AND INTERCHANGEABLE HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE) but usually I power through and by the end am fiercely defending name choices etc etc. I am aware this is stupid. ANYWAY. The fact that the Song of Ice and Fire series is approximately never-ending long also probably had something to do with my NOPE reflex. BUT. I have started, and it is AMAZING, and I have ALL THE FEELINGS IN THE WORLD. It definitely helps that I have a visual for who these people are otherwise I would be completely lost and flailing (fucking Lannisters, TYRION AND TWYIN ARE NOT DIFFERENT ENOUGH NAMES etc). Also I love books with maps at the beginning! I particularly love books with maps at the beginning that include A LOT OF PLACES on the map, rather than just a rough idea of how the geography works. fksdhjg I have forgotten the point of this paragraph, but essentially: GAME OF THRONES: IT IS EXCELLENT.
ALSO I feel I should mention before I end this post without mentioning it and Lal shouts at me for being rubbish, I went to invade
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PROCRASTINATION OVER. I am off to watch Citizen Kane, and then, er, something with Buster Keaton in it. #srsfilmstudent #ysosrsfilmcourse #filmsareFUN
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Date: 2011-11-16 12:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-16 01:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-16 02:00 pm (UTC)I AM ON LJ IN CLASS.
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Date: 2011-11-16 02:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-16 02:04 pm (UTC)And, um, you need to tell me your BoB feels in more detail and ALSO FINISH WATCHING IT BECAUSE MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRIED zomg Moog ACTUALLY SO MARRIED.
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Date: 2011-11-16 02:21 pm (UTC)ksdhfjfd I cannot watch the end of BoB until the Christmas break BUT THEN I WILL TELL YOU ALL MY FEELS
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Date: 2011-11-16 02:24 pm (UTC)eeeee when is your Christmas break? FEELS FEELS FEELS I AM EXCITED FOR THE REST OF YOUR FEELS. But who are your favorites thus far?
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Date: 2011-11-16 04:23 pm (UTC)WAIT I AM NOT DONE GDI HITTING ENTER OR SMTH
anyway. Christmas break starts 16th December but I won't be back where I can get my hands on BoB until like the 21st. BUT THEN. ALL FEELINGS FOR YOU. sfghjsdf I don't know anyone's names. I like Damien Lewis? Winter? Winters? And his boyfrand! And the doctor! SOBBBBB SDJGFZJGHDSF SO MANY FEELINGS
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Date: 2011-11-16 05:38 pm (UTC)I will watch with you? I can basically watch the heartbreak FOREVER. Winters, yes, my bb. And his husband is Nix and the doctor is Roe. How do you feel about the mommy type with the scar (aka Lipton)? FEELINGS FEELINGS EVERYWHERE.
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Date: 2011-11-16 07:11 pm (UTC)YYYYYY. I have zero memories of Lipton other than Lal pointing him out to me every time he was onscreen. I think the trauma blinded me to most people and indeed things. JUST PAIN. SNOW AND PAIN.
ALSO THAT ICON IS PAINFUL. FHJSHJGDSF
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Date: 2011-11-16 07:29 pm (UTC)as;dlkasd then you shall have to watch it again! The feels are so much better when you know people's names AT THE BEGINNING. LIP MY DARLING BABY. The last episode you watched was all about himmmmmm. (AND HIS BOYFRAND.) SO MUCH SNOW AND PAIN.
YOU SHOULD TALK AT LEAST MY ICON DOESN'T HAVE DEAD PEOPLE AT THE END. YOURS KILLS EVERYONE. BRB WEEPING.
probably going to just keep using this icon because of reasons
Date: 2011-11-16 02:42 pm (UTC)a) I totally thought for a second that you were going to post the picture of me pulling a disapproving face at you.
b) HEY we did not emotionally traumatic things too! Like fake!Eduardo's. And discussing the future marriages of our characters.
c) Um. I may have had a c but then Lauren distracted me. NO WAIT. MEERKAT.
what if I used this icon and then we all sobbed forever
Date: 2011-11-16 03:55 pm (UTC)b) jhshsgf well yes but TSN/BoB BRB BEING SCARRED FOREVER.
c) NO C. JUST PAIN.
what if we just think about the smiles and nothing else
Date: 2011-11-16 04:07 pm (UTC)b) *plays you concertas that you can't hear*
c) muahaha.
BOOM HAPPY DANCING SOLVES EVERYTHING
Date: 2011-11-16 04:23 pm (UTC)b) sjhdfhjfd REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID THAT AND THEN I JUST HID UNDER THE QUILT WELL THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING NOW ONLY I AM BURROWING DOWN INTO MY HOODIE BUT THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA IS THE SAME
c) weepysheepyweepy
*waltzes you about the room*
Date: 2011-11-16 06:02 pm (UTC)b) *tries to save everyone* *fails* *breaks*
c) Y DO BURDS
Re: *waltzes you about the room*
Date: 2011-11-16 07:12 pm (UTC)b) hjsdgfhdsjf MY FACE LOOKS LIKE THIS ;_______________________________; BUT WORSE
c) that just made me laugh so much my room echoed. #livingtheclassylife
Can't stop won't stop sweetlooking brazilians errday
Date: 2011-11-16 08:13 pm (UTC)b) May have also got Lauren. Accidental-like.
me: and he doesn't know why they picked him to be a medic which Mark thinks is stupid
because it's so obvious
come on, he's WARDO
froppishpet: You can see now that I will not be coherent help
but I can keysmash
JUST TALKING TO WARDO MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER
LIKE SUNSHINE IS SHINING ON YOU
me: his SMILE
COME ON
and his calming voice and his big eyes
how could they not pick him
c) \o/ BE BOYFRANS.
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Date: 2011-11-16 03:53 pm (UTC)Oh god, I am such a Stark person. I'm from the North of England and ALL THE NORTHERN ACCENTS ENDEAR ME SO MUCH. That, and the fact that STAAAAAAAAAARKS DJHFGHJSDGF. #eruditethoughtswithmoog I find the Lannisters really really interesting but, you know, there is a minimum distance I will need them to be away from me at all times and that distance is FAR. LIKE JOFFREY. I WILL NEED HIM TO BE ON A SEPARATE CONTINENT AND ALSO FICTIONAL PLANE FROM ME FOREVER.
sjhdfgj I probably will post thoughts as I go because MY FEELINGS, THEY ARE MANY. I AM JUST HERE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE DANY THE QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE, BRB.
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Date: 2011-11-16 07:14 pm (UTC)shjdfghjgdfs Tywin why are you this way. Cerseeeeiiiiiiiii ugh my feelings are so complicated. EXCEPT RE: JOFFREY. NO CONFUSION THERE. JUST AWFULNESS.
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Date: 2011-11-16 03:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-16 04:01 pm (UTC)LET ME LOVE YOU.
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Date: 2011-11-16 04:15 pm (UTC)SJDHGSFHJGD HOW EXCITE AM I FOR ALL YOUR NANO POSTS? VERY EXCITE. I have to have a tooth taken out on Friday so I plan to spend my hazy painkiller-filled weekend binge-reading fic and I AM STARTING WITH YOUUUUURS. :D :D :D
ALSO HELLO I AM ALIVE AND YOU SHOULD COME TO THE UK FASTER
GO TEAM HUFFLEPUFF ♥ ______ ♥
let's pretend that html worked
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Date: 2011-11-17 07:38 pm (UTC)Ah god, NaNo. Why did I think that trying to write a fic a day was a good idea? @_____@ ALSO ALSO YOUR TOOTH? ;_____; Noooooo, Moog-teeth, be nice and treat her right.
SUMMER. I WILL BE THERE FOR SIX WEEKS THIS SUMMER. MOOOOOOOOOG. /grabby hands
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Date: 2011-11-16 05:19 pm (UTC)IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
Christmas is awesome and I'm totally sharing your excitement and all ~~the feelings~~ about it. I can't waiiiiit jfbvkjfdbj.
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Date: 2011-11-16 07:15 pm (UTC)Christmas! :D! I am like a small child. I will totally go for walks with the sole purpose of looking at other people's Christmas decorations. CHRISTMAAAAAS etc etc etc.
♥ ♥ ♥
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Date: 2011-11-16 08:09 pm (UTC)I'm an atheist and Christmas is still my favorite. IT'S THE MOST FREAKIN' WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!
Also, I may start following you on Twitter because I don't think I am already. So if "ofsolongs" starts following you, that's me!
Also also, one of my former roommate's and I used to have entire IM conversations on our laptop...while we were sitting right next to each other. Awesome people are just awesome.
Also also also, CHRISTMASSSSSSS.
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Date: 2011-11-23 07:10 pm (UTC)I SWEAR I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE HERE BUT CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
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Date: 2011-11-23 07:11 pm (UTC)IT'S IN THE SINGING OF A STREET CORNER CHOIR, IT'S GOING HOME AND GETTING WARM BY THE FIRE, YOU KNOW WHEREVER YOU FIND LOVE, IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAS
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Date: 2011-11-17 09:50 am (UTC)OH MY GOODNESS I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT CHRISTMAS. I refuse to start Christmas before Remembrance stuff is finished but on Monday I started playing and singing Christmas carols VERY LOUDLY INDEED and now I just want to make all the plans and buy all the presents. And yesterday I wore a scarf for the first time this season! It is getting cold and I am genuinely excited because soon I will get to wear thick jumpers and boots and pick out a Christmas tree and spend ages putting all of the decorations on it and wrapping paper and gift tags and mince pies and ice skating and Love Actually and DID I MENTION THE CHRISTMAS CAROLS THEY ARE MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE.
You are just starting ASOIAF too! This is WONDERFUL NEWS because most people have either read them all or aren’t going to and I am scared of spoilers so much I haven’t gone near the fandom, so basically I am just reading all alone in my bedroom and also in Starbucks and then making LJ posts about how much I love this party I am 10 years late for and no one else is still at. But isn’t it just amazing and excellent? I just bought the third yesterday in a fit of pique. STAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRKSSSSS. WINTERFELL! Ahaha I actually really love fantasy names, the names and the narrative style AND THE MAPS made me love A Game of Thrones by the second chapter. But omg don’t you find it absolutely bloody maddening that there is no map of where Danaerys is?! A Clash Of Kings has SIX MAPS at the beginning (!!! Surely a cause for rejoicing) but still not one for Dany’s travels and travails. WHAT IS THIS FUCKERY I NEED A COMPLETED SET OF MAPS GODDAMMIT. Oh hey I just remembered, if you find the names tricky, at the back they have whole lists of who everyone is and how they are related etc etc for reference, which I didn’t realise until I’d read the preceeding what 800 pages of A Game of Thrones. So if you didn’t know that was there either, well, it is! When you have finished reading please tell me all about it, I want to discuss ALL THE THINGS. :D? :D
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Date: 2011-11-17 01:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-23 07:17 pm (UTC)And yes! It is cold now! I am wearing my stupidly huge hoodie, which I can only do when it is cold. FLEECE-LINED PERFECTION, *snuggles down*
sfhdfhj basicles that thing about sad mimes in a theatre is basically my life during Silent Movie Screening Insanity Afternoon. This afternoon we watched Metropolis and when the lights came back up after THREE HOURS we all looked super dazed. WHAT EVEN JUST HAPPENED TO OUR LIVES.
EDIT: AND RIGHT? WHAT IS WITH THE LACK OF MAP FOR DANY IN A CLASH OF KINGS?? sjdhgshfj also re: Clash of Kings, I really require this woman in red to turn up again #helloihaveatype #shh
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Date: 2011-11-17 11:01 pm (UTC)I've also just started reading Game of Thrones. I saw a bit of the TV series but there is so much more in the books which I'm really enjoying. I must also be a glutton for punishment as I've only just finished Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell which was about 1000 pages.
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Date: 2011-11-23 07:20 pm (UTC)sjdhfgdsh right well now we must discuss Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell as it is one of my favourite books. ISN'T IT AMAZING?
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Date: 2011-11-23 10:03 pm (UTC)It is! Easiest 1000 pages I've ever read! I didn't want it to end! And yes, I was floored by it. Such brilliant characterisation, fabulous plotting and pace and such an incredibly absorbing world.
I am a Strangite but I have to admit I do have occsaional Norrell-ish tendencies.
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Date: 2011-11-18 03:11 pm (UTC)Hee. :D That's basically how it is for me! I LOVE CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS OH LOOK IT'S CHRISTMAS EVERYWHERE CHRISTMAS.
Oooh, Game of Thrones! Game of Thrones. Uh. I'm still stuck somewhere in the middle of A Feast for Crows even though I really like the books BUT I JUST CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO FINISH THIS BOOK. UGH. Too many people and too many names.
YOU GET TO WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT HOW WARDO AND MARK ARE BOYFRANS? THAT IS INDEED A FANTABULOUS THING TO BE DOING FOR DEGREE CREDITS.
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Date: 2011-11-23 07:22 pm (UTC)djshgf the name thing is getting to me in A Clash of Kings, but I am POWERING THROUGH!
I DOOOOO AND ABOUT HOW ERICA IS AWESOME. SJDHGF HELLO, MY DEGREE. ♥