So yeah, I've been pretty quiet for the past six months again. Excuse my eternally erratic nature but everything's so damn routine in some aspects that I need some kind of flux somewhere.
Despite my best intentions I'm still in a state of stagnation, in a way. But in other ways not. Life always was caked with duality and polar opposites. I'm still in...
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Despite my best intentions I'm still in a state of stagnation, in a way. But in other ways not. Life always was caked with duality and polar opposites. I'm still in...
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Thursday's child has far to go. And Thursday's child went a'wandering in the wilderness for a year...
...Thursday's child had a family bereavement, was burgled as she slept and went back on the green and yellow pills which stopped the screaming ab-dabs. Then she doubled her dose.
She moved into the house from hell, a tiny closet of fear for the future. And six months...
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...Thursday's child had a family bereavement, was burgled as she slept and went back on the green and yellow pills which stopped the screaming ab-dabs. Then she doubled her dose.
She moved into the house from hell, a tiny closet of fear for the future. And six months...
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codemonkeym:
Meow? 
codemonkeym:
You have become so very quiet, again. 
All removables, all transitory/ All removables, passing always
Belated Merry Christmas to y'all! Hope you are still wrapped in a warm cocoon of rich food, seasonal booze, some decent TV and a warm house with lie-ins. I am not. I had to return to work today and I've had so much Christmas sugary snacks my head feels like it will explode. Silly MP, you never...
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Belated Merry Christmas to y'all! Hope you are still wrapped in a warm cocoon of rich food, seasonal booze, some decent TV and a warm house with lie-ins. I am not. I had to return to work today and I've had so much Christmas sugary snacks my head feels like it will explode. Silly MP, you never...
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deak:
broke on trent!
cdt21:
Happy Birthday
Hey, MP's back from the dead...
...Although at the mo i feel cold enough to be dead. Something to do with bad heating in this house plus walking around in 2 degrees C dressed only in a nightie because a man wanted to deliver a washing machine to my house SIX HOURS EARLY! Grr. But I digress.Today I am enjoying the day off work by...
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...Although at the mo i feel cold enough to be dead. Something to do with bad heating in this house plus walking around in 2 degrees C dressed only in a nightie because a man wanted to deliver a washing machine to my house SIX HOURS EARLY! Grr. But I digress.Today I am enjoying the day off work by...
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cdt21:
thanks 
It must have been I guess. I made it free of charge for a member on here. I sent it to her for fitting (to attach the straps in the right place) along with an sae and 10 for postage and she never returned it for me to finish or the 10 so I was a bit miffed about it. I actually made it in August 2005 and worked with the pattern designer to augment it to accomodate the recipient's cleavage. A noob in the S'nB group was recommending free sexy patterns and included it so I was just showing them my effort.
I don't sell stuff (I knit for free and give it away)but the yarn would now cost about 15 I guess since it's end of range(Jaeger Celeste) though there are hundreds of ribbon yarns out there like Colinette do purdy ones too.. At the time it would have been 25 and I had to knit it twice after producing a unique item with one breast pointing North and the other South
(great for space aliens) so the whole episode cost me 60
At the moment I'm starting to knit this Corset Pullover and there is a Silk Corset which I have the pattern for too but have had no motivation to do yet.
It must have been I guess. I made it free of charge for a member on here. I sent it to her for fitting (to attach the straps in the right place) along with an sae and 10 for postage and she never returned it for me to finish or the 10 so I was a bit miffed about it. I actually made it in August 2005 and worked with the pattern designer to augment it to accomodate the recipient's cleavage. A noob in the S'nB group was recommending free sexy patterns and included it so I was just showing them my effort.I don't sell stuff (I knit for free and give it away)but the yarn would now cost about 15 I guess since it's end of range(Jaeger Celeste) though there are hundreds of ribbon yarns out there like Colinette do purdy ones too.. At the time it would have been 25 and I had to knit it twice after producing a unique item with one breast pointing North and the other South
(great for space aliens) so the whole episode cost me 60 At the moment I'm starting to knit this Corset Pullover and there is a Silk Corset which I have the pattern for too but have had no motivation to do yet.
codemonkeym:
Which word is more Christmas-y, "pong" or "punk"? Pass the green bean casserole. Careful, you've got spotted dick on your blouse. 
Hello again after a stupidly long hiatus...
...Nope, I didn't disappear/lose computer/ lose house/ lose mind or anything (though I've come close on Wednesdays), I've just been uber busy, and by that I mean busier than usual.
Things I have been busy with?
1. They "promoted" me at work to looking after the (for the sake of my job, lets call it Rug) edition of...
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...Nope, I didn't disappear/lose computer/ lose house/ lose mind or anything (though I've come close on Wednesdays), I've just been uber busy, and by that I mean busier than usual.
Things I have been busy with?
1. They "promoted" me at work to looking after the (for the sake of my job, lets call it Rug) edition of...
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snowballinhell:
See, now the only things I could eat out of that list you suggested would be the pasta and the tomato sauce, seeing how I don't eat meat or fish 
I did go buy some pasta though and had it with cheese and broccoli sauce which was rather yummy and at 57p very cheap
Glad you're ok, even though you're hellishly busy
When do we get to see you down this neck of the woods again?
Love and kisses
Michelle xx
I did go buy some pasta though and had it with cheese and broccoli sauce which was rather yummy and at 57p very cheap
Glad you're ok, even though you're hellishly busy
When do we get to see you down this neck of the woods again?
Love and kisses
Michelle xx
sureality:
So I noticed you dug the last bailey set! If you are interested you can read about behind the scenes info in my Oct. 31st journal entry. So did you notice the burning car? Most people mised it. Its our fun little "plant".
So ends another year, I turn 23 tomorrow 
And frankly I'm glad to see the back of 22. Over the year things have had a nasty tendency to turn around and bite me and teeth marks ain't pretty. Unless it's me biting into something tasty.
What will 23 bring? I don't know but I hope it's good. Plain sailing's frankly dull, it makes me mentally...
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And frankly I'm glad to see the back of 22. Over the year things have had a nasty tendency to turn around and bite me and teeth marks ain't pretty. Unless it's me biting into something tasty.
What will 23 bring? I don't know but I hope it's good. Plain sailing's frankly dull, it makes me mentally...
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dannymanic:
Many belated returns! I really suck!
codemonkeym:
How is the Summer of 23 turning out?
I would like to dedicate this journal to a good friend of mine who sadly passed away on Thursday.
Her name was Emily. I do not remember how she got that name, but it suited her. She was a friend of my mother and grandmothers first of all. It seems an odd way to make a friendship, but she was young and had the kind...
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Her name was Emily. I do not remember how she got that name, but it suited her. She was a friend of my mother and grandmothers first of all. It seems an odd way to make a friendship, but she was young and had the kind...
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codemonkeym:
I hope things are getting better for you.
rodan:
yay, glad you have a new friend. It's important to have reliable friends like that!
Home sweet home and holy shit, everything's gone back to being good again!
Quite a lot's changed in the past month for me, as many will have guessed. And while a couple'a bad things have crooped up, most of the other seems very much for the greater good. It's so good I've come off the antidepressants again and I'm back to singing along to the...
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Quite a lot's changed in the past month for me, as many will have guessed. And while a couple'a bad things have crooped up, most of the other seems very much for the greater good. It's so good I've come off the antidepressants again and I'm back to singing along to the...
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terri9:
I ve just read your Billie joke.
I can' believe I have never heard It.
I can't believe how funny I found it
I seem to be typing in rhyme today.
I ve just read your Billie joke.
I can' believe I have never heard It.
I can't believe how funny I found it
I seem to be typing in rhyme today.
manko:
many gracious thanks for becrowning our mommets, oh Queen of the Fishes!!! What a joyful find on an uttely sick and meaningless day. Little packets in mail is tewtally TEH SHITT this season. One of my dolls wants to move into that box btw!
Mxxx
Mxxx
I'm goin' HOOOOOOOME!!
The Staffordshire Newsletter offered me a job on Thursday so needless to say I took it. Whoo hoo!
Reasons?
1. I get to move back to Stoke on Trent, to my friends and my boy and (hopefully) to a house where I can put posters on the wall
2. At least a grand more pay than I'm on right now (and 13k...
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The Staffordshire Newsletter offered me a job on Thursday so needless to say I took it. Whoo hoo!
Reasons?
1. I get to move back to Stoke on Trent, to my friends and my boy and (hopefully) to a house where I can put posters on the wall
2. At least a grand more pay than I'm on right now (and 13k...
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sepia:
no problem, been thinking about getting a manics inspired tattoo for a while but i'm not sure what to go for, would like to use the lyrics from sepia (check out the original username 
)
flying would be very cool. i'd use bat wings instead better for gliding when your having a lazy day
stay beautiful
xxx
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flying would be very cool. i'd use bat wings instead better for gliding when your having a lazy day
stay beautiful
xxx
codemonkeym:
Awesomeness! I hope you stop by, once in a while. 
Merry Xmas y'all!
So FINALLY I get two seconds to update, whoo hoo! I guess Christmas has to be good for something Only kidding, I love it really. In fact, I'm probably one of the most festive people I know, 'cos most people have been miserable unfestive gits this year- I've heard that amount of people go "oh, I'm not feeling very Christmassy at all"...
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So FINALLY I get two seconds to update, whoo hoo! I guess Christmas has to be good for something
Only kidding, I love it really. In fact, I'm probably one of the most festive people I know, 'cos most people have been miserable unfestive gits this year- I've heard that amount of people go "oh, I'm not feeling very Christmassy at all"... Read More
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sky:
hope 2006 is treating you finely
rodan:
it's all good....
I did manage to recover things without TOO much trouble. Of course my "only work on this project today" mandate sank like a stone in the middle of the afternoon but hey, it's all good.
Tomorrow should be fun tho.
I did manage to recover things without TOO much trouble. Of course my "only work on this project today" mandate sank like a stone in the middle of the afternoon but hey, it's all good.
Tomorrow should be fun tho
.Eurgh, feel like utter shit today so I'm staying off work. Tried to drive but almost crashed the car- not good when it's 7:30am, pitch black and pissing down with rain either 
Hence I'm doing what I should have done absolutely AGES ago after being tagged by Una and writing 20 things about myself so you can get a picture of my odd little world....
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Hence I'm doing what I should have done absolutely AGES ago after being tagged by Una and writing 20 things about myself so you can get a picture of my odd little world....
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una:
Yay! I was wondering where you were
the necklace took 3-4 hours? Not all at once though. I never time myself and am getting better at estimating. . .
where did you go off to? Work? Adventure?
the necklace took 3-4 hours? Not all at once though. I never time myself and am getting better at estimating. . .
where did you go off to? Work? Adventure?
caramel:
Have a lovely Xmas, seeya in 2006!
Hey kids
Today is a good day, it is Friday . It also one of the rare days this week I have not had a complaint for one of my news stories Don't talk to me about the Great British (or Welsh) Public. I need them so I have news stories, but they have a nasty tendency to turn around and bite me on the...
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Today is a good day, it is Friday
. It also one of the rare days this week I have not had a complaint for one of my news stories Don't talk to me about the Great British (or Welsh) Public. I need them so I have news stories, but they have a nasty tendency to turn around and bite me on the... Read More
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rodan:
First off - HUG!! thanks!
yaknow I must admit as much as I like SF and Anime I've NEVER been to a con? (hangs head in shame)
Cool idea for the tat - I've decided what I want is some variation on the cover of the very first SF book I ever bought ("Skylark 3", by EE "Doc" Smith) I just gotta figure out where to put it on me. Oh well, it'll work out...
The new place is a 3 bedroom rowhome with a rooftop deck in "Brewers Hill" in Baltimore, MD. It's alittle far from where I wanted to be but it's a quiet street (for all that it's a major through road) with plenty of parking (I just drove by about 20 minutes ago and parked right out front. Cool!). It's got a full basement I can ALMOST stand up in, 1 bathroom (booo!), no central air (boo!!!), a rooftop deck and there's a bigass catholic church/school on the corner. The rent's a BIT more than I wanted to spend but it's OK, I think/hope.
I'm not moving much, my clothes, my old captains chest (antique sorta thing with a burlwood veneer - it's nice), my futon, and possibly my old bed. I think my parents are gonna kick in a TV since they've got a spare one and I'm gonna use my computer to be the "media center"/DVD player/stereo/etc.
It should be interesting.
thanks!
yaknow I must admit as much as I like SF and Anime I've NEVER been to a con? (hangs head in shame)
Cool idea for the tat - I've decided what I want is some variation on the cover of the very first SF book I ever bought ("Skylark 3", by EE "Doc" Smith) I just gotta figure out where to put it on me.
Oh well, it'll work out...
The new place is a 3 bedroom rowhome with a rooftop deck in "Brewers Hill" in Baltimore, MD. It's alittle far from where I wanted to be but it's a quiet street (for all that it's a major through road) with plenty of parking (I just drove by about 20 minutes ago and parked right out front. Cool!). It's got a full basement I can ALMOST stand up in, 1 bathroom (booo!), no central air (boo!!!), a rooftop deck and there's a bigass catholic church/school on the corner. The rent's a BIT more than I wanted to spend but it's OK, I think/hope.
I'm not moving much, my clothes, my old captains chest (antique sorta thing with a burlwood veneer - it's nice), my futon, and possibly my old bed. I think my parents are gonna kick in a TV since they've got a spare one and I'm gonna use my computer to be the "media center"/DVD player/stereo/etc.
It should be interesting
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una:
How fun! mush luck with the tattoo
I've come to tell you that you've been tagged! It's just a little get to know you game thing - see my journal for the rules
happy writings!
I've come to tell you that you've been tagged! It's just a little get to know you game thing - see my journal for the rules
happy writings!
The garage sale shop I was talking about is actually in a deeply residential area on Meiji Dori, it's too far from any station to give clear directions even! But go to the Sunday flea markets at the temples and shrines, there's always someone with piles of old kimono - especially in the older, more traditional areas of the city. Though I'd advise you to google for market listings in advance, different temples hold markets on different Sundays of the month.
No tips for cute spots between Tokyo and Kyoto, never got off the train between those towns yet.
Hey don't worry, there's a whole 8th floor of the department store 01ONE in Shinjuku still packed with Baby..., Angellic Pretty and all other main labels of powder-pink Lolita goodness (though they just hurt my eyes and I prefer the floor below). Additionally, most of Closet Child shops have a lolita fashion floor (it's the second-hand shop chain in Tokyo, you can get last year's collections in perfect condition, and at a fraction of the original price! - it's my secret super-cool shopping tip, shhh...