"I believe he's calling your ideas the bastards"

[mooging]

I have spent the last few days having my brain eaten by Havemercy, the first book by Jaida Jones (ladyjaida, she of Shoebox notoriety) and Dani Bennett (danibennett). Most of you have already experienced me metaphorically shoving this book at your faces, but I felt compelled to make a post about it, because, OH MY GOD.

Also, you all need to read it as of yesterday. Here is a summary I wrote, ganked from a comment in sophieisgod's journal:

This book is literally the only thing I have been able to think about since I read it, like, a month ago, and I can't start talking about it too much because in one of the comments I left someone about it I exceeded the LJ comment character limit by, like, a lot (e.g. the limit is 4300, I used 12,560). The really really condensed version of the plot is that the Volstov and Ke-Han empires have been at war for a while, only right now there's a kind of peace/lull, in which two scandals happen in the main city of Thremedon: one is that the most unruly/rebellious member of the Dragon Corps, a group of 14 men who fly metal dragons made by magicians as part of the Volstov defences, insults a neighbouring country's diplomat's wife and as such, the Dragon Corps are monitored by a 'Versity (the equivalent of a university) student who is supposed to give them 'sensitivity' training at the same time as observing their behavior in the Airman (the building they all live in) for his thesis, and, two, that the Margrave Royston ('Margrave' meaning a magician who has served the Esar, the ruler, well in a time of war) is found to be having a homosexual relationship with a prince of a neighbouring country - a country which does not allow homosexuality, and thus Royston is banished from Thremedon to stay with his brother in the country, where he meets Hal, a country boy who loves to read. PHEW. However, there's more to the war than meets the eye immediately, and the book, told from four alternating POVs - Royston, Hal, Rook (the headstrong airman) and Thom (the 'Versity student), explores the war and the relationships between the main characters, and it is basically amazing.

AND I HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DRAGON CORPS, HOW REMISS OF ME - they are like a big gang of idiots with horrifically strong personalities, all thrown together and told to get along, and, er, this does not work. AND I LOVE THEM.

TL;DR: SHORT VERSION - GAY MAGICIANS AND METAL DRAGONS. READ IT NOWWW. It takes a bit longer to get into than some books do, but this is because you are immediately introduced to four different characters who have four different ways of looking at the world, and knowledge about the world, and so the first few chapters are quite heavy on the confusion/world-building factors, but, honestly, it is so good that that doesn't seem to matter.

AND ROYSTON IS MY FAVOURITE.

READ ITTTT.

A big thanks goes to twicetheheart31 who has been joining me in writing epically long comments about this book, and to whom I say BALFOURRRRR, because I am re-reading it now and HIS GLOVES. Oh, hey, do some of you not know what I'm talking about? READ THE BOOK.

No, no, I will not stop talking about this book until everyone I know has read it.

Moving on: icon meme time! I have two of these to do, and another cold, wth body, and so this seemed like the right day to play.



MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: Right now, 86.

OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 113, but only for, like, another few weeks, and then I will go back to having 30 out of 30 available icon spaces. It was fun while it lasted! (Er, this isn't one of those things, where, like, I say I haven't got [blank] on lj and then some anonymous person gets it for me, akjhdjakhd, I am rubbish at communicating)

IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: ALL YES, ALL THE TIME.

DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: That.. I am ridiculous, I like nice colouring and textless icons unless they're a quote icon, and, er, I am still ridiculous?

WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Harry Potter (including Shoebox icons)

AND THE SECOND MOST: The League of Gentlemen jadkjagdjagd

WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: I... don't tend to have ship icons? Or at least, I don't seem to have many in this batch. Or, okay, having just had another look, I have one icon in a few ships, if that makes sense? Like, for each ship I have one, maybe two icons. But they're all spread out! I have two icons of Holmes and Watson that I can take or leave as being shippy, much like I can take their relationship as is in canon or I can slash them, and, er, I have one Sam/Gene, which, again, I can take either way. OH HANG ON, most of my Shoebox icons are between Remus and Sirius, even if they're not overtly shippy, so my answer to that question is SHOEBOX, because it/everything is a ship I believe in.

ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: A big, big yes. I used to make more before I got this Mac, for which I have no editing software.

DO YOU MAKE ICONS: I did (and would still do, had I got something to make them with).

ARE THEY ANY GOOD: Er. Well, I use them, but I wouldn't make a post of them - they can be a bit hit and miss, you know?

ANIMATED ICONS ARE: AWESOME, but then when I use them, they annoy me. I like looking at ones that other people have!

Coding can be found here

Some notes: my favourite icon changes, like, hourly; I am aware that is not the meaning of animated that was meant, but I don't have any animated-in-that-sense icons; choosing these was a wrench - for saddest icons, it was so nearly this one - - and this indecision happened a couple of times, so if you really want to know my other choices for whichever category, do ask (er, that is, if anyone is still reading this: I expect not, because, damn, this is a lot of irrelevancy) etc etc.

And this one too:

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

miss_atom gave me

1.
Okay, so this is an illustration of Lucifer Box, the main character in the Lucifer Box series (surprisingly) by Mark Gatiss. He is a secret agent for His/Her Majesty's Secret Service. He starts off as a young Edwardian spyyy, in The Vesuvius Club, and in the sequel, The Devil In Amber, it is the thirties and Lucifer is middle-aged and having to come to terms with the fact that he isn't the Hot Young Thing in the agency anymore, and then in Black Butterfly, it is the fifties (-ish) and Lucifer is an old man (which, by the by, upset me so much more than was actually reasonable) and dealing with, in Gatiss' words, the fact that he can't think of anything worse than being 'venerable'. ALSO DID I MENTION HE IS BISEXUAL AND JUST HAS ALL THE SEX, BECAUSE HE IS AMAZING? BECAUSE THOSE ARE TRUE THINGS. One of the chapters in The Devil In Amber opens with (paraphrased) '...I left the embrace of young Rex (sucked off and buggered, if you must know)'. akjshdjkdjh LUCIFER I HEART YOU.

Er. Anyway. That's why I have that icon. Because I heart Lucifer.

2.
ajshdjkahdk ALIENNNN. Okay, so, the Alien franchise was one of my first - if not the first - big fandoms for me. I think it pre-dated The X-Files in terms of I-went-mental-over-this. I read all the websites I could find, and then that got me into really loving Sigourney Weaver, and I have this icon because it is coloured beautifully and jakshdkjhfk RIPLEY, she really made me believe that I could do something, if that makes sense? Oh strong female characters, I have always been drawn to you. Because I am ridic.

3.
LOL MERLIN. That was basically my reaction to this icon, which takes a touching scene in which life and death for Arthur and Merlin hangs in the balance and turns it into their having a date in a restaurant. Which is MORE CANON THAN ANYTHING EVER. And it made me laugh :DDD

4.
True story: I watched Finding Nemo for the first time with my dad and my step-mother, and when this scene appeared, with the WHALE NOISES, I nearly exploded from trying not to laugh out loud. It made me laugh more than anything I had seen recently (at that time), and, and, shut up, Finding Nemo is awesome.

5.
Oh, my god. The White Witch was such a massive favourite of mine growing up, and. And. Look at this icon. SHE HAS A SWORD AND A WAND AND SHE IS NOT ONLY WEARING A CHAINMAIL DRESS BUT ALSO ASLAN'S FUR, OKAY, SHE WEARS OTHER PEOPLE'S GODS BECAUSE SHE IS THAT FIERCE. I clearly don't react very rationally to this scene. I came out of the film and just babbled, "two swords, chain-mail dress," at my mother for the entire drive home. ajhskjdhjk TILDA.

6.
Because Battlestar is basically this icon but occasionally with people and space-battles. Oh centurions, you are so shiny and chromatic.

That was a lot of words about nothing! Well done good werks to me. Here are some miscellaneous words:

- Today, in an effort to provide my cold-ridden self with some good noms, I made some banana bread, only I modified the recipe to include pecans and dairy-free chocolate chunks, and it is indeed good noms. NOM NOM NOM.

- I am currently enjoying the benefits of having an 90 day free introductory period to LoveFilm, which I am abusing by using it to watch things I just wouldn't pay money for and also indulging in the fact that I am apparently entirely ridiculous and currently only want to watch ridiculous things. What I have at home right now: The Rage in Placid Lake, Wild Child and Mulan. OH YEAH, I'M COOL.

- I am pretending that if I don't think about the exams, either they won't happen or I won't freak out. Either of these two options is an acceptable outcome.

- HAVEMERCY, EVERYONE, GO AND READ IT. The paperback version comes out in July, and so does the sequel, jkadajhdjkg, I am so excited.

One last meme, edited because I have done this one a freaking zillion times, and you don't want to hear the same thing from me, like, again:

Comment on this entry, and I will:

1. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.
2. Tell you something I like about you.
3. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
4. Rec you something on the internets to go and look at.
5. In return, you must can post this in your LJ, if you feel like procrastinating too.

- Let me know if you comment which (if either, or indeed, if you choose both) meme you'd like to play along with.

♥♥♥

Comments

[ailcia.livejournal.com]

Me, please! Both memes!

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

1. I don't know who he is, because I am a fail, but every time I see your LJ name pop up I think of Peter Cushing on a bicycle. WELL DONE ALICE'S LJ SIDEBAR.
2. When you're happy, you're really happy. It always makes me smile like a spack to see your happy-times entries.
3. . This. Just - this.
4. Emma Kennedy's blog (http://www.emmakennedy.net/blog/). I don't know if you know about her - female British comedian, she was in Suburban Shootout and other things, and has written a couple of books - but her blog is v. funny and worth a-reading.

Icon meme!




Have at you!

[lo0o0ony-lauren.livejournal.com]

you don't know who Peter Cushing is? WHAT. Oh my god, okay, that shit is getting rectified as soon as we are in the same place again.

Also, meme me! Both, please, miss. :D

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

1. WE GOT EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP PRETTY MUCH CONSISTENTLY FOR THREE DAYS, WHAT. This is one of the biggest sleep-related triumphs in my life recently. Er, on a less ridiculous note (surely not!), I would say that moment where I spacked myself entirely about ~legz alimbo~ and also that glorious moment of your internet skillz combining with my helpful JUST CLICK ALL OF THEM to find MARK and TENNANT all dressed up and knowing where the picture was from win win win.
2. You talk a bajillion a miles an hour, and you have an amazing bedroom oh my god, and you are consistently you, if that makes sense, like, you don't compromise who you are, which I find properly lovely, and basically ilu, and and and YOU ARE TOO PRETTY TO BE ALLOWED.
3. NOTORIOUSLY INDECISIVE MOOG IS INDECISIVE. ER ER ER. Currently, it would appear to be this one: . Or, in a more long-term sort of way (clearly that other one and I are just shacking up for the weekend), this one:
4. I don't know if you've read either of these, but Absurdly Simple (http://www.hwslash.net/content/absurdly.html) is probably the best Holmes/Watson I've read (and! Neither of them call the other 'John' or 'Sherlock', because kwjdkjbdkj I can't be doing with that), and this one (http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/30/theunexpected.html) is of slightly worse quality but IS HURT/COMFORT and it made me go a bit wrong, so, I thought that might be relevant to your interests.

When we are in the same place again, you will have to remedy this lack of Peter Cushing knowledge in my brain, as it seems to be causing some upset about these LJ parts! Even Dean is worried (also, kajbdjkagdkj Castiel in your icons ajkbdkjad I know next to nothing about this season of SPN except that Castiel has turned up and he is really hot).

OH WAIT YOU WANTED THAT OTHER MEME TOO.



TALK ABOUT THOSEEE. Apparently tonight is the night I like the kissing icons? Who knew. Also, that last choice was veryyyy nearly , so this is my subtle way of not cheating and giving you 7 to talk about. SEE, I AM SUBTLE.

[strangeumbrella.livejournal.com]

1. oh my god moog do you not watch QI? What is going on with your life?!

ps lol in less accusatory territory, both memes! Also I have just got two books in the post and I am still fucking determined to get through fucking Birdsong at some point, which I've picked up again recently in a fit of almost angry perseverance, but at some point I will totally read that book, probably when it comes out in paperback because I am weirdly not fond of hardbacks because idk I have issues.

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

JUST
HAVEMERCY
AJBKBDKSBFKSJBF

Right, now that is out of the way: apparently there is something missing in my life and it is Peter Cushing-shaped? idk. I WATCH QI SOMETIMES, WHEN I REMEMBER IT IS ON THE TELEVISION (admittedly this is rare, but still). Good luck with Birdsong: lololol I really must read something a bit more highbrow than YA fantasy soon, but right now, that is what I am enjoying. HAVEMERCY, THOUGH, TOTALLY AMAZING. Have I expressed that enough? I too sometimes have hardback issues, but the hardback version of this book is lovely, and I am a little bit in love with it. EVEN THE FONT, MADDIE. MAINLY I HAVE ISSUES WITH FONTS, BUT NOT THIS ONE.

MEME-TIME.

1. From now on I will always associate you with that mental weekend of no sleep and barely any sleep (like a prisoner of war camp, what) but many many fic words. AJBDABSAHBDB etc etc etc. The relief when we had sent that thing to Loz and finally collapsed with pizza and Derren on the laptop and still no sleep; lolol realising we had not had anything to eat for about 18 hours and still determining to finish the fic first. Good times!
2. Maddie, you are just one of my favourite peoples, for srs. You make me smile! You are so easy to be around, which is brilliant, and, er, you have really awesome hair. OH YEAH, I CAN COMPLIMENT PEOPLE WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE A TWONK (faaaaaaaail).
3. LOOOOOOOL, how badly have I failed at selecting just one icon of yours before? Quite epically, I seem to remember. LET'S GIVE THIS A GO THEN. RIGHT, I AM GOING OUT ON A LIMB AND SAYING THIS ONE: , because that was the one I thought of even before I looked at them again. SHOEBOX, afgh, I am going to have to do an epic re-read of that again soon.
4. Nature says no more ducks (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4962394/Blue-Ducks-likely-to-die-out-in-UK-after-male-birds-get-together.html); being gay kills all species, what what what.

ICONZ, oh yeahhhh.



FINALLY AN EXCUSE TO JUST GO MENTAL ABOUT ICONS.

[strangeumbrella.livejournal.com]

lol, to be fair, I haven't seen much Peter Cushing stuff (possibly just one of the ridiculous old Doctor Who films, actually); my shock was more at the lack of the Peter Cushing Lives In Whitstable song in your life than the man himself. All I know about him, apart from that he lived in Whitstable, is that he was born in Kenley, which is where there is an aerodrome that we used to ride scooters and bikes round when I was about ten. I do not know if he ever lived in the aerodrome, which seems unlikely. And that he was once in a film where he ran a shop and people got cursed and died, the plot of which Loz once outlined round my house, and my brother and his friend got hugely confused and thought that Peter Cushing actually once ran a shop where people got cursed and died. And there, in one bizarre paragraph I was not even intending to write, is everything I know about Peter Cushing! I am sure you enjoyed that.

In other news: wtf ducks.

[hippyjolteon.livejournal.com]

Commenting, for the final meme!

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

1. reipan. THIS IS BECAUSE WE MET AT HER HOUSE. And while I'm on this topic, I had never been greeted by someone in a better way than 'so you must be the person who co-wrote the Derren-as-the-Doctor's-companion' fic'. WIN.
2. Your new haircut! I was meaning to comment on that entry and then, er, got distracted (I think the bread needed to come out of the oven) but it is really really pretty. :DD Obviously I am not shallow.
3. because I watched Aladdin for the first time this weekend. WINNNN, okay, I have been singing the opening song in my head since then, because I used to play the Aladdin game on the Sega Mega Drive or whatever that system was called, and I was rubbish, and so I just got that music over and over again forever, so when it started up in the film I was like OH MY GOD, NOW I WILL NEVER EVER BE FREE. Ahem. Anyway.
4. A Disney picspam (http://community.livejournal.com/aprilstones/5645.html)! Inspired by that icon, lolol I am so original. I HAVE A COLD, OKAY, MY BRAIN ISN'T EXACTLY ON TOP FORM.

Oh I come from a land, from a far away place...

[hippyjolteon.livejournal.com]

EeeeeDisneypicspam! I swear, the Circle of Life one *actually* sent shivers down my spine! I love that song to pieces. AND AND AND AND YOU'VE ONLY JUST SEEN ALADDIN?! I've seen that film so many times, it's crazy. But in a way, you're lucky, 'cuz you can pick up all the innuendoes that the Genie has in his IMPROV POWERS~ without looking confused, as I did. I remember first watching it at primary school when it was raining at lunchtime once and we couldn't go out. It is just my favourite Disney film ever. And Jafar's AWFUL PUNS!
Also, YOU HAVE A BLACK BOOKS ICON! That calls for a celebration.

You are totally not shallow, and thankyouverymuch. ^_^

[nellie-darlin.livejournal.com]

HELLO! Me please, for both memes. Yhus.

And I agree with you about the whale, I nearly died laughing at that. Srsly.

ALSO LOOK! White witch icon snapsies.

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

1. Hmm, I can't remember how I came across your journal now. FAIL, Moog. It might have been through Remus/Sirius? I'm not sure. Anyway, I friended you because a) your journal entries were awesome, and b) I HAD UNEXPECTEDLY MET YOU, WHAT. Oh, wait, I have remembered: I saw you around Maddie's LJ, I think, and then had a look at your journal, and there was an entry with your picture in it and I went WHAT WHAT I HAVE EATEN LUNCH AND SPENT TIME WITH HER? THIS IS HIGHLY BIZARRE and then I had to friend you.
2. Having unknowingly met you, I have to say that you are lovely, really friendly and easy to talk to, even if most of the time I spent on that summer school I was either heavily medicated for or needing to take more painkillers (looooool).
3. , because she looks just like one of my friends.
4. Letters to a Dead man (http://community.livejournal.com/sirius_loving/10505.html) is a three-part Remus/Sirius bit of fanart that is simultaneously one of the most heart-breaking and up-lifting things I have seen on the internets. I can't read it too often, or it makes me cry. I LOVE IT TO PIECES, THOUGH. And, as a bonus - because it is by the same artist as that comic - this (http://nassima.livejournal.com/32839.html) is quite possibly my favourite R/S drawing. One of them, at least!

ICONS.




edit: yayyy White Witch.

[missfoxie.livejournal.com]

Both memes for me pls (though obv cannot answer icon one until about a fortnight from now when I am finally free from essay d00m).
I am getting slowly stressed about essays and TS ELIOT I HATE YOU AND YOUR UNCLEAR MEANINGS AND RELIGIOUSITY. Argh.

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

1. Errrr, god, I do not remember. NOT IN A BAD WAY. We have so very definitely had this discussion before. I remember reading posts you had made about Irina before I friended you - oh, hang on, however I did find you, I remember looking through your journal at posts about Alias and Isabelle Huppert... I REMEMBER NOW, right, I asked a friend (who has since apparently fallen off the face of LJ), which journals she lurked around, and she said your name, and that is how I found you! There we go, mystery solved.
2. You. Are. So. Sweet. And! You are not afraid to consume large amounts of junk food with me whilst insulting Adama's very being. WIN.
3. Right now, it's this one: , although it was veeeeeery nearly the Manny glomp one. OH MANNY.
4. Many links! This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=uJgbYgLESkI) is that Cain video I told you about when we watched Razor - the one that I had watched about 88368736487 times - because I don't remember if I ever sent you the link. I enjoyed it. This (http://www.imeem.com/bop-radar/video/aAEDtZW_/bopradar-clint-eastwood-tv-video/) is a freaking amazing Baltar vid; this (http://beccatoria.livejournal.com/58261.html) is a terrifyingly intelligent Laura video, that somehow encompasses her as a person and the possibility of her connection to everything (the maker describes it as 'everything's about Laura Roslin); and this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=P7HR51oklok) is hands-down my favourite Laura/Lee vid that I've seen. Yes, I am sap. No, I don't care.

ICONS.




MANNY GLOMPS AWAY ALL YOUR NASTY TS ELIOT STRESSES. ♥

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

OH MY DAYS. I am not very far into The Vesuvius Club but I AM IN DANGER OF EXPIRING FROM ALL THE MARK GATISS AND HIS FABULOUS WIN. STEAM BATHS WITH CHRISTOPHER MIRACLE THAT INEXPLICABLY DO NOT END IN SEXY SEX, I AM HEARTBROKEN. And all the names!

MEME ME PLEASE :)

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

This comment is a place-holder! I'm not ignoring you, but I literally have to leave the house for the weekend, in like, an hour, and I need a shower, and, er, also to pack, BUT WHEN I RETURN, THERE WILL BE MEME-AGE.

KASBDADKAK VESUVIUS CLUBBB, WIN WIN WIN LUCIFER BOX ILU. AND CHRISTOPHER MIRACLLLLLE, GOD, I SHIP LUCIFER/CHIRSTOPHER LIKE FREAKING BURNING, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER SHIPS, BECAUSE LUCIFER IS LIKE CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS IN THAT AN OTP IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE.

ALL CAPS, NO TIME TO TURN THEM OFF, OH DEAR.

CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO READ MORE.

XXXX

[misplacedmarble.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh last meme please! :)

Now, have a list:

1. I love all the icons of yours I've seen before, they have all been made of awesome (I remember some particularly FTW Green Wing ones). :D

2. You made me want to read Havemercy SO SO MUCH that half-way through the post I went to investigate it on amazon and was very upset when I realised it doesn't come out till July. :( But I'll read it then! And I'd also like to check out these Lucifer Box books (but I also think I'd be unreasonably upset by the aging thing).

3. ...I swear there was a 3...How about: ARGH LATIN ARGH. I had a mock Literature paper yesterday (I don't think it went very well - 'How does Virgil give a lively account of the relationship between gods and warriors in this section?' WTF LIVELY? WTF.) and have a mock Unseen Translation on Tuesday. ARGH.

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

THIS IS A FLYING COMMENT, I AM COMING BACK LATER WITH A BETTER ONE, BUT FOR NOW: HAVEMERCY IS TOTALLY OUT NOW, IN HARDBACK ON AMAZON. BUY IT BUY IT NOW I LITERALLY CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.

LATIN DDDD:

MEME WHEN I HAVE MORE TIME AND MENTAL CAPACITIES (LATER THIS EVENING)

SEE, HAVEMERCY (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Havemercy-Jaida-Jones/dp/0553806963/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240749648&sr=8-1). AKJBJSABDJ GODDDD I LOVE IT SO FREAKING MUCH.

[misplacedmarble.livejournal.com]

But it's expensiiiiiiiiive though I am very tempted...I shall think on this some more. :)

I just had the BEST DAY because in double English we got to watch Blackadder Goes Fourth because it counts as part of our WW1 Literature syllabus and our teachers had to moderate Year 12 coursework. :D Except this was counteracted by the fact that OMG THE LATIN LIT PAPER HAS TWO CONTEXT QUESTIONS, I DID NOT KNOW THIS, DAMN DAMN DAMN. (Does this make me incredibly thick? The other four people in my class had no clue there was two either; our teacher never made that clear and never gave us a whole paper at once before today... :S) Um um yes, I can totally gain 18 marks in 15 minutes...

:S:S:S:S:S:S

...Sorry for giving you even more rambling to read and reply to! :P

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

OMG THE LATIN LIT PAPER HAS TWO CONTEXT QUESTIONS - WHAT. ACTUAL WHAT.

Actually, having a look at the past paper sitting on my sofa, I think I did know this but had, er, repressed the memory. OH MY GOD, I AM SO SO SCREWED FOR ALL MY EXAMS, I CANNOT EVEN EXPRESS IT. I CAN'T REALLY EAT AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF STRESS. AKJDSJHAGDJHG GODDDD, WHY ISN'T IT ALL OVER YET?

Do you know what I am looking forward to at the end of these freaking exams? Sleep. And being able to think about food without wanting to vomit. And sleep. AND GUILT-FREE FREE-TIME. ajhdjksh

(icon meme coming up sometime today!)

HAVEMERCY IS SO WORTH. DO YOU WANT ME TO SPOUT OFF MORE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY IT? BECAUSE I WILL. Also, if you buy it now, you can help me slowly go mental until the summer when the sequel comes out!

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

RIGHT HERE IS THAT MEME:

1. I found you through your Mac/Guy fics, and then when I came to your journal for a little look, YOU TOOK LATIN, AND WERE MY AGE, and really that meant that I had to friend you or in fact cease to exist.
2. You make me happy! This may sound a bit ridiculous, but your entries/comments just seem so cheerful and energetic that you make me smiiiiile, and also you are a wonderful person to talk to, and you are always there, and you LET ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT DIDO AND AENEAS, ENDLESSLY, WITHOUT AN ACTUAL END. This is the mark of a true friend.
3. (bear in mind I am rubbish, and this selection is prone to change, like, daily, so this is just what grabbed my eye scrolling through your userpics today) , because LOL, and the one that instantly makes me think of you is this one: /
4. ER ER ER, IDK, HANG ON. Here (http://www.starfightercomic.com/menu.html), a REALLY REALLY GAY webcomic with FIGHTER PILOTS AND GAY SEX, okay, massively massively NSFW or, indeed, where other people can see. BUT SO WORTH IT, GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS. It is a work-in-progress, but still abdjhvdjs-worthy so far!


HERE ARE SOME OTHER THOUGHTS:

- HAVEMERCY IS NECESSARY FOR YOUR LIFE
- Blackadder in school, whatttt. Which episode was it? I heart that season!
- Lucifer Box! He's awesome. You should definitely check the books out, and just stop after The Devil In Amber if you want to avoid Tragic Aging Times (akjbdkjb SO UPSETTING)

[misplacedmarble.livejournal.com]

- We did a practice Ovid unseen today and it was ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. I GUESSED MY WAY THROUGH HALF OF IT. I think I'm just going to ignore Latin until I fail my A-Level it goes away. :D

- I'M GLAD I MAKE YOU HAPPY. :D <33333333

- I may order Havemercy during study leave, because right now I have nooooo time to read it because of WWI literature and driving and general other work which I must do or fail at life. :(

- We watched the first two episodes and the last one, and now I'm reading Blackadder/Darling slash (what little there is of it), God help me. :P

*goes to look at gay webcomic*

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I did a practice comprehension paper today - OH GODDD - and it was awful to the point where I think approximately 80% of it was guesswork on my part. FAILURE IS IMMINENT. At least we can fail together, right? Idk if you've done the same one at some point (probably!) - it was, er, a Livy, and it was about the Romans capturing some Volsci town or something, and there was something about armed men being the only ones to be hurt (???) and something else about the town being near a swamp, and in conclusion ARGH ARGH ARGH. I am not looking forward to the Latin exams. TWO UNSEENS IN AN HOUR AND A HALF, WHAT WHAT WHATTTT.

- Havemercyyy! It will definitely bring you joy, should you order it during study leave, because, despite its few flaws, it is LOVELY and also I wept my way through the last third of it, not because of any particular plot reason or anything, but because I was so in love with the world and the characters, and apparently my love occasionally manifests itself as tears? idek.

- WHERE IS THE BLACKADDER/DARLING SLASH I NEED IT.

ps: are you going to any kind of Classics summer school this year?

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Ohhhh I think I did that comprehension and did very badly! Don't worry, we can be partners in Latin!fail. Or Latin!win. One of the two. :)

- Ok, this Blackadder/Darling fic, Spectacularly Badly Wrong, is absolutely BRILLIANT, and here is a page of fic which is also pretty good. :D

- HOLY SHIT, THAT WEBCOMIC WAS EXPLICIT.

- ...HOW COULD THEY LEAVE IT THERE HOW I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TO CAIN AND ABEL.

p.s. Noooo, I am not going to any summer school this year, but I'm thinking about going to JACT next year. :)

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kjdsjkdkh I DO NOT EVEN WANT THAT COMPREHENSION PAPER BACK. Ever.

- Well, between Shoebox and those fics, I've got my evening sorted! Just what I need after too much French.

- IKR. But! I need to know what happens next too! It's an ongoing thing though, so we should find out soon. ♥

ps: WHYYY not this year DDD: I am going to the JACT Greek summer school in August, because Cambridge said I had to if I want to go there. I'm thinking it won't be going to the summer school that will be a problem, it will be not failing my exams ajkbdjhsgfjh

BUT WE SHALL NOT TALK OF THAT.

pps: NO, REALLY, TWO UNSEENS IN AN HOUR AND A HALF? 45 MINUTES PER UNSEEN? NO.

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- Having read some more of them, some of those fics on that page aren't that great, but there are some good ones.

- Ohhh, Greek summer school sounds good. Go to one next year too, then we can spend a WHOLE WEEK/10 DAYS in each other's glorious company. :D

- I FORGOT YOU'RE GOING TO CAMBRIDGE. YOU SO SMART. I could never have got through the interviews, it would have devolved into incoherent rambling veeeeery quickly.

- ...I actually think I won't be able to cope with university-level Latin. Everyone will think I'm stupid. :(

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- I loved that Spectacularly Badly Wrong one! jhjagdj and then I had to watch that hospital episode with my dinner. WINNN.

- THIS IS A PLAN. We should both apply next year, and then it will be awesome.

- I ONLY HAVE A CONDITIONAL OFFER, I AM PROBABLY GOING TO END UP IN HULL AFTER FAILING MY A-LEVELS. Where are you off, my sweet? I forget, because I am a fail. My interview did in fact dissolve into incoherent flailing - or, at least, the one that didn't make me want to kill myself did (the one where I had to actually translate Latin in front of the Most Terrifying Man Alive was so awful. So. Awful.), and also I think I might have mentioned my deep and abiding hatred for Odysseus, but then I moved on.

- I am terrified of the thought of university Latin, but also weirdly excited? AS LONG AS IT IS NOT A) LIVY OR B) CAESAR, I AM HAPPY.

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- I wish there was more Blackadder/Darling as good as that!

- TIS A PLAN INDEED.

- PFFFT, I SAY, PFFFFFFFFFFFFT, YOU WILL GO TO CAMBRIDGE OR I WILL EAT...SOMETHING VERY UNPLEASANT OF YOUR CHOICE. I'm going to Warwick!

- I'm sort of getting into Livy now? Idek, maybe I've just gone mad and delusional...

- LOLOLOLOLOL AT YOUR ICON.

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- YES. Write some!

- PLANNN, we can has it/

- I WILL HOLD YOU TO THAT. COME AUGUST 20TH, YOU WILL EAT THOSE WORDS. Possibly literally, only it might not be quite fair of me to make you eat your computer.

- I hate Livy, if only because a) I associate him with the comprehension papers DDD: and b) STOP TALKING ABOUT WARS, FFS. If I have to read one more thing in which people are lead out of a camp, stand around a bit and then go back inside, I will scream.

- HAVE YOU READ GROWING UP CULLEN? YOU MUST. IT IS HILARIOUS.

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- MAYBE I WILL DO THIS THING WITH MY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

- I AM RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS PLAN...PLAAAAAAAAAAAAANPLAN-YPLANPLAN. YAY. :D

- SHHHH YOUR FACE. But ok, I will stick to my promise.

- I got the results of the unseens we did! 83/90 for Livy (though this was most likely an AS Livy, according to my teacher) and an embarrassing 64/90 for Ovid - though overall I just scraped an A...Oh, dear...

- NO NO WHAT IS THIS THING? Does it require knowledge of the last two books? Because I've only read Twilight and New Moon. :)

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- IS THIS WEEKEND A BANK HOLIDAY? BECAUSE WIN, IF SO. ALSO, I LIVE UNDER A ROCK, APPARENTLY.

- THE PLAN NEEDS NO WORDS. THE PLAN IS COMPLETE AS IT IS!

-Wow, well done! Your unseen prowess is impressive! I just looked at the mark scheme for that hideous, hideous comprehension paper, and, ahahaha, I will be lucky to get any marks. At all. Oh, how I look forward to explaining that to my teacher.

- Here (http://oxymoronassoc.livejournal.com/tag/creative:+growing+up+cullen) are all the entries for Growing Up Cullen, and here (http://oxymoronassoc.livejournal.com/462027.html)is the first one. It's a series of IM conversations posted up on LJ in which Edward Cullen is prissy and irritated by everything, and it is so, so funny. I don't think you need knowledge of the last two books - I mean, there might be a couple of plot things mentioned, I don't remember, but, er, mainly it is about Edward being a douche, and lololol forever.

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- YES, YES IT IS.

- AND SO I WILL CHANGE THE SUBJECT OF THIS SECTION TO: ADABDHFBHJ I HAVE MY DRIVING THEORY TEST TOMORROW. ASJDNFKJSFN.

- Let me know how this comprehension goes!

- *reads*

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- FREAKING YES, THAT GIVES ME ANOTHER DAY TO GET THIS ESSAY FINISHED.

- sfsjhgfh good luck, you are a braver person than I. I'll be thinking of you!

- BADLY, IS THE ONLY AND INEVITABLE OUTCOME.

- loooooool