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marguerite_kruxGosh, it was hard trying to think of items for the list that didn't include fandom. My life, so boring!
Happy list of yayness
For the first time ever, I managed to have KFC three days in a row. My cousin, my mother and then my aunt/Ma shouted me. ^_^ Well, it’s not doing my health any favors, but my ‘diet’ makes me happy.
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My psychologist. My first session last week went well. I turned up, intending it as a one-time only, but she convinced me to return for the next five government-funded sessions and I figured why the hell not? It’s not like I’m doing anything else with my life, right? And discussing my lack of direction atm and the utter failure I am is oddly comfortable when it’s to someone who’s paid to hear people whinge incessantly, I don’t feel bad when I know they’re getting compensated for putting up with me.
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I was wary when she told me we were going to have a talk, because those never end well. But we ended up eating junk food in a park and having a lovely chat!
We talked about the family situation and while it was going well between us before, it’s even better now that we’ve officially sorted out that we’re okay with each other. I apologized, she told me something I’ve never heard before-‘it’s all about you’ [!]- and that she’s put what happened behind us because she just wants to help me find something to do and get to a good place in my life. I never wanted to have this talk because I was afraid that deep inside, she was still seething with anger and resentment but it happened and ended so much better than I had thought possible!
There was also much fandom-y conversation. A lot of times in the past, she’s dismissed my interest in tv because it’s pointless and won’t get me anywhere, but we were in that park for a few hours and half the convo was about different shows. Castle, Mentalist, even Dollhouse and A Very Potter Musical, lol. [I have the songs on my phone and played them for her]
She showed interest, she indulged my fangirly side and I had a fantastic time. Such a mama’s girl!
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Sucky list of suckitude
I broke a fingernail. :-[
I grow them out as long as possible- because I think they look cool that way...
...but when one inevitably breaks, then the rest of them need to be trimmed. And I hate how stumpy my fingers look with short nails!
Short being a relative term, I refuse to cut them at the same level or below than the length of my finger- I don't understand how people can have brutally short nails, it makes me wince.
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*facepalm*
I shrieked and cowered no less than three times last night, shuddering and insisting that there was a mouse running loose in the house. My poor grandmother dutifully rose and beat around corners and under beds and in likely hidey-holes, but failed to turn up any hint of a rodent each time. It was completely embarrassing and yet I couldn’t suppress my squeals each time I saw a dark shape scuttling around, tail slithering behind it. *twitches*
I’m sure Ma thinks I’ve lost my mind, it undermines my claim to sanity, jumping at shadows but I know what I saw! What I think I saw…ugh.
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I absolutely loved this fantasy novel, the name of which shall not be revealed in case I inadvertently spoil one of you, and was so into the series that I contemplated buying the next book [or harassing the library into buying it for me].
When I spied it in Borders, I figured I’d take a peek at the final chapter to see if the chick ends up with the guy I wanted- well, win/lose. MAJOR loss. While they do hook up, and she even becomes pregnant, the very last words are ominous: ‘And then he knew no more’. Um, WTF? This is how it ends?
It could be in the less-scary ‘and then he fell asleep and knew no more til the following day when he woke up in bed with the Love of His Life’, but…considering he was in a duel where he sustained numerous wounds…and also the way it reminds me of this craptastic scene: ‘And then Snape moved no more…’ Yeah, depressing. It sucks so hard it reaches back in time to retroactively ruin my enjoyment of the first book. *pouts*
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Meme time:
Snurched from dragonladyk:
When you see this, post a poem to your own journal.
(a) Colours
When your face
appeared over my crumpled life
at first I understood
only the poverty of what I have.
Then its particular light
on woods, on rivers, on the sea,
became my beginning in the coloured world
in which I had not yet had my beginning. I am so
frightened, I am so frightened,
of the unexpected sunrise finishing,
of revelations
and tears and the excitement finishing.
I don't fight it, my love is this fear,
I nourish it who can nourish nothing,
love's slipshod watchman.
Fear hems me in.
I am conscious that these minutes are short
and that the colours in my eyes will vanish
when your face sets.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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The Marry/Shag/Throw off a cliff Meme:
From mw48.
Marry- Bill Weasley
I’ve googled him and can’t find one definitive picture of this character. The internet offers me a variety of choices, some attractive, some…not.
Still, out of a series of unappealing choices, this dude would be the best of the bunch, I suppose. He’s supposed to be charming, competent and caring, isn’t he? A hard-working dude who's still adventurous and glamorous, I'm all over it. Marriage to him would be a much better deal than to Ron or the Terrible Twins, ugh. *stabs them*
Shag- Draco Malfoy
Way too young for me, but he’s attractive, I’ll give him that much. Even if his character ended up being a disappointment. Can anyone tell me what he was even doing during DH? Was he at Hogwarts under the DE regime or what?
Throw off a cliff- Sirius Black
Oh, definitely off a cliff, chomped to bits by sharks and ground into kibble for the bottom-feeders. Loathe this guy so much. Why, YES, I’m holding a grudge on Snape’s behalf, what of it? I may be biased, but his general conduct doesn’t speak very highly of him- this dude endangers everyone’s lives on several occasions, and wtf, he even ATTACKS RON AND INJURES HIM but nobody gives a damn and holds him accountable because- what? Oh, JKR tells us he’s a good guy and they don’t get held to the same standards as villains. They can hex people and be rotten vindictive bullies who commit attempted murder using their supposed best friend as the weapon with absolutely no remorse, but oh no, they’re still Good Guys. But if someone JKR hates does the exact same thing or anything ten degrees below this, we’re supposed to judge them for it and delight at them nearly getting killed or scarred for life or something.
/rant. I’m going to stop myself there or I’ll never stop harping on about her childish black-and-white view of the world and absolute failure to grasp the complexities of human nature, along with her pathetic excuse for a moral compass and-
-oh, right, I was stopping. *lips zipped shut*
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From sunkrux.
Hermione
I would definitely marry her! What does Ron have to offer her that I can’t?
Well, besides possessing magic and also seven years of history where they bonded through surviving numerous near-death moments and banded together to defeat an evil wizard [even if it was ridiculously contrived and they displayed all the ingenuity of a lobotomized patient due to the horrifyingly crappy writing talents of JKR].
Also, children. I don't know if that would be a deal-breaker or not. *coughs* 'coz I so do not plan on ever having kids, kthxbai.
But at least I wouldn’t constantly insult her as a form of, IDK, demonstrating affection or refuse to make a move on her yet react with vindictive jealousy and making her cry when she so much as looks at another love interest.
And I share her love of books and the library, so we’d have that to bond over. :P
Snape
Totally shagging him. >:D
Seriously, I know the majority of the population don’t understand his appeal, but he is just mesmerizing to me. I am utterly bewitched and ensnared and so into him, it’s crazy.
I’d marry him, I love him so much, but I think I’d irritate him. And my skin isn’t thick enough to weather all the inevitable barbs and criticism he’d hurl at me as I attempt to forge some sort of emotional connection. I leave that to hardier types, like Hermione. :P
Roxton
Off the cliff! Look, this guy already literally fell off a cliff in the show and not only escaped unscathed, but with a really great hair-cut to boot!
From this:
To this:
Maybe the next dive off a cliff will also end up a blessing in disguise, like maybe Marguerite can drag him out this time, and they might get at least half an hour in private without a Momentus Interruptus.
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Vidspam:
TLW! *massive luff* It may have only lasted three seasons, but oh, there was an embarrassment of riches in regards to the ship. I had not lived til I saw my OTP taking a dip in a mud pool and then streaking through the jungle, lmao!
Happy list of yayness
For the first time ever, I managed to have KFC three days in a row. My cousin, my mother and then my aunt/Ma shouted me. ^_^ Well, it’s not doing my health any favors, but my ‘diet’ makes me happy.
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My psychologist. My first session last week went well. I turned up, intending it as a one-time only, but she convinced me to return for the next five government-funded sessions and I figured why the hell not? It’s not like I’m doing anything else with my life, right? And discussing my lack of direction atm and the utter failure I am is oddly comfortable when it’s to someone who’s paid to hear people whinge incessantly, I don’t feel bad when I know they’re getting compensated for putting up with me.
-
I was wary when she told me we were going to have a talk, because those never end well. But we ended up eating junk food in a park and having a lovely chat!
We talked about the family situation and while it was going well between us before, it’s even better now that we’ve officially sorted out that we’re okay with each other. I apologized, she told me something I’ve never heard before-‘it’s all about you’ [!]- and that she’s put what happened behind us because she just wants to help me find something to do and get to a good place in my life. I never wanted to have this talk because I was afraid that deep inside, she was still seething with anger and resentment but it happened and ended so much better than I had thought possible!
There was also much fandom-y conversation. A lot of times in the past, she’s dismissed my interest in tv because it’s pointless and won’t get me anywhere, but we were in that park for a few hours and half the convo was about different shows. Castle, Mentalist, even Dollhouse and A Very Potter Musical, lol. [I have the songs on my phone and played them for her]
She showed interest, she indulged my fangirly side and I had a fantastic time. Such a mama’s girl!
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Sucky list of suckitude
I broke a fingernail. :-[
I grow them out as long as possible- because I think they look cool that way...
...but when one inevitably breaks, then the rest of them need to be trimmed. And I hate how stumpy my fingers look with short nails!
Short being a relative term, I refuse to cut them at the same level or below than the length of my finger- I don't understand how people can have brutally short nails, it makes me wince.
-
*facepalm*
I shrieked and cowered no less than three times last night, shuddering and insisting that there was a mouse running loose in the house. My poor grandmother dutifully rose and beat around corners and under beds and in likely hidey-holes, but failed to turn up any hint of a rodent each time. It was completely embarrassing and yet I couldn’t suppress my squeals each time I saw a dark shape scuttling around, tail slithering behind it. *twitches*
I’m sure Ma thinks I’ve lost my mind, it undermines my claim to sanity, jumping at shadows but I know what I saw! What I think I saw…ugh.
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I absolutely loved this fantasy novel, the name of which shall not be revealed in case I inadvertently spoil one of you, and was so into the series that I contemplated buying the next book [or harassing the library into buying it for me].
When I spied it in Borders, I figured I’d take a peek at the final chapter to see if the chick ends up with the guy I wanted- well, win/lose. MAJOR loss. While they do hook up, and she even becomes pregnant, the very last words are ominous: ‘And then he knew no more’. Um, WTF? This is how it ends?
It could be in the less-scary ‘and then he fell asleep and knew no more til the following day when he woke up in bed with the Love of His Life’, but…considering he was in a duel where he sustained numerous wounds…and also the way it reminds me of this craptastic scene: ‘And then Snape moved no more…’ Yeah, depressing. It sucks so hard it reaches back in time to retroactively ruin my enjoyment of the first book. *pouts*
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Meme time:
Snurched from dragonladyk:
When you see this, post a poem to your own journal.
(a) Colours
When your face
appeared over my crumpled life
at first I understood
only the poverty of what I have.
Then its particular light
on woods, on rivers, on the sea,
became my beginning in the coloured world
in which I had not yet had my beginning. I am so
frightened, I am so frightened,
of the unexpected sunrise finishing,
of revelations
and tears and the excitement finishing.
I don't fight it, my love is this fear,
I nourish it who can nourish nothing,
love's slipshod watchman.
Fear hems me in.
I am conscious that these minutes are short
and that the colours in my eyes will vanish
when your face sets.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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The Marry/Shag/Throw off a cliff Meme:
From mw48.
Marry- Bill Weasley
I’ve googled him and can’t find one definitive picture of this character. The internet offers me a variety of choices, some attractive, some…not.
Still, out of a series of unappealing choices, this dude would be the best of the bunch, I suppose. He’s supposed to be charming, competent and caring, isn’t he? A hard-working dude who's still adventurous and glamorous, I'm all over it. Marriage to him would be a much better deal than to Ron or the Terrible Twins, ugh. *stabs them*
Shag- Draco Malfoy
Way too young for me, but he’s attractive, I’ll give him that much. Even if his character ended up being a disappointment. Can anyone tell me what he was even doing during DH? Was he at Hogwarts under the DE regime or what?
Throw off a cliff- Sirius Black
Oh, definitely off a cliff, chomped to bits by sharks and ground into kibble for the bottom-feeders. Loathe this guy so much. Why, YES, I’m holding a grudge on Snape’s behalf, what of it? I may be biased, but his general conduct doesn’t speak very highly of him- this dude endangers everyone’s lives on several occasions, and wtf, he even ATTACKS RON AND INJURES HIM but nobody gives a damn and holds him accountable because- what? Oh, JKR tells us he’s a good guy and they don’t get held to the same standards as villains. They can hex people and be rotten vindictive bullies who commit attempted murder using their supposed best friend as the weapon with absolutely no remorse, but oh no, they’re still Good Guys. But if someone JKR hates does the exact same thing or anything ten degrees below this, we’re supposed to judge them for it and delight at them nearly getting killed or scarred for life or something.
/rant. I’m going to stop myself there or I’ll never stop harping on about her childish black-and-white view of the world and absolute failure to grasp the complexities of human nature, along with her pathetic excuse for a moral compass and-
-oh, right, I was stopping. *lips zipped shut*
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From sunkrux.
Hermione
I would definitely marry her! What does Ron have to offer her that I can’t?
Well, besides possessing magic and also seven years of history where they bonded through surviving numerous near-death moments and banded together to defeat an evil wizard [even if it was ridiculously contrived and they displayed all the ingenuity of a lobotomized patient due to the horrifyingly crappy writing talents of JKR].
Also, children. I don't know if that would be a deal-breaker or not. *coughs* 'coz I so do not plan on ever having kids, kthxbai.
But at least I wouldn’t constantly insult her as a form of, IDK, demonstrating affection or refuse to make a move on her yet react with vindictive jealousy and making her cry when she so much as looks at another love interest.
And I share her love of books and the library, so we’d have that to bond over. :P
Snape
Totally shagging him. >:D
Seriously, I know the majority of the population don’t understand his appeal, but he is just mesmerizing to me. I am utterly bewitched and ensnared and so into him, it’s crazy.
I’d marry him, I love him so much, but I think I’d irritate him. And my skin isn’t thick enough to weather all the inevitable barbs and criticism he’d hurl at me as I attempt to forge some sort of emotional connection. I leave that to hardier types, like Hermione. :P
Roxton
Off the cliff! Look, this guy already literally fell off a cliff in the show and not only escaped unscathed, but with a really great hair-cut to boot!
From this:
To this:
Maybe the next dive off a cliff will also end up a blessing in disguise, like maybe Marguerite can drag him out this time, and they might get at least half an hour in private without a Momentus Interruptus.
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Vidspam:
TLW! *massive luff* It may have only lasted three seasons, but oh, there was an embarrassment of riches in regards to the ship. I had not lived til I saw my OTP taking a dip in a mud pool and then streaking through the jungle, lmao!
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Date: 2010-04-20 09:08 am (UTC)For the first time ever, I managed to have KFC three days in a row.
You lucky bitch. Life is unfair! I'm on this stupid diet (which I'm completely not sticking to by the way, hello cake for smoko how I love thee let me count the ways) which prohibits the eating of KFC, and you're binging on it!
nd discussing my lack of direction atm and the utter failure I am is oddly comfortable when it’s to someone who’s paid to hear people whinge incessantly, I don’t feel bad when I know they’re getting compensated for putting up with me.
Well yay for that!
But we ended up eating junk food in a park and having a lovely chat!
Awesome!
I never wanted to have this talk because I was afraid that deep inside, she was still seething with anger and resentment but it happened and ended so much better than I had thought possible!
Oh yay! I'm so glad! :)
I grow them out as long as possible- because I think they look cool that way...
I'm the complete opposite - I cut them as short as possible!
I don't understand how people can have brutally short nails, it makes me wince.
Again, complete opposite - I hate my fingernails getting too long, I cut them off once a week. Mine aren't painful though, but very short. My mother calls me a lesbian, just because she has super long nails! *eye roll*
My poor grandmother dutifully rose and beat around corners and under beds and in likely hidey-holes, but failed to turn up any hint of a rodent each time.
So it definitely wasn't a dream? Sometimes I have dreams where there are spiders crawling down my walls, and I wake up and fling the covers off and turn the lights on and stand there blinking for like a minute before I realise I was dreaming. *facepalm*
‘And then Snape moved no more…’
*blink*
Snape dies? Or... huh.
I love that you read the endings of books to make sure they turn out how you want them to. ROFL
I’m going to stop myself there or I’ll never stop harping on about her childish black-and-white view of the world and absolute failure to grasp the complexities of human nature, along with her pathetic excuse for a moral compass and-
*blinks again* Whoa. Poor JKR. But she's got like a trillion dollars, so I'm sure she's pretty cool. :P
Totally not surprised you would marry Hermione! LMAO
I am utterly bewitched and ensnared and so into him, it’s crazy.
I had totally picked up on that. :P
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Date: 2010-04-27 05:22 am (UTC)Just to make you hate me more...mother bought us Chinese for the weekend [two cartons, you know, the ones that are deceptively small but pack enough food to nom on for three days] and Ma decided to go and buy MORE KFC anyway. *fp*
I'm the complete opposite - I cut them as short as possible!
As do the majority of my flisters apparently. How is it I'm friends with you guys when we have such basic philosophical differences? *shakes head* Tut tut! :P
My mother calls me a lesbian, just because she has super long nails! *eye roll*
Bwahaha, by her criteria, like, 50% of the female population would be into girls!
So it definitely wasn't a dream? Sometimes I have dreams where there are spiders crawling down my walls, and I wake up and fling the covers off and turn the lights on and stand there blinking for like a minute before I realise I was dreaming. *facepalm*
It wasn't a dream, no, I'm sure of that. I think I was...hallucinating. Or in an attempt to normalize the situation, I've decided that there was a crack in the curtains, through which shadows cast by some bird flitted across the carpet and thus terrified the living hell out of me. *nodnod*
I kinda wish this had happened to you, I have a feeling you'd tell the story so much better. :P
I love that you read the endings of books to make sure they turn out how you want them to. ROFL
This is a trusty coping mechanism that keeps me sane. *nodnod*
Whoa. Poor JKR. But she's got like a trillion dollars, so I'm sure she's pretty cool. :P
It annoys me when die-hard rabid fans get worked up defending little JKR from the jealous, mean-spirited, ignorant idiots that don't understand her grand vision and the undeniable brilliance of her work. She's got millions of dollars, as if she's gonna care what I think! They're all 'meh, you only criticize her because you're stupid, because you don't get it, because your ship didn't become canon, because your favorite character died'. Um, no. SHE SUCKS AT WRITING, FULL STOP. It's not that hard to figure out, why this woman was allowed to fire her editors is beyond me. She boasted about never re-reading her own books, apparently, which explains the constant retconning and contradicting of her own established mytholody. UGH. *epic hate*
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Date: 2010-04-27 05:29 am (UTC)*blink*
Snape dies? Or... huh.
Okay, okay, see, the thing is, Dumbledore, the asshole, made Snape kill him so that everyone would think that he was definitely on Moldymort's side. Fumblemore didn't bother explainining that this would make the Dark Lord think that Snape was the master of the Elder Wand [don't ask- just- don't. JKR royally frakked up wandlore, THERE IS OFFICIALLY NO LOGIC IN HP!VERSE] and would decide to kill him in order to be the new master of the Super Special Wand of Convenient Plot Twists.
Instead of using the trust ol' Avada Kedavra which worked on 99.99% of his victims, Voldy decided that for his most trusted and supposedly loyal servant, he'd sentence Snape to death-by-Nagini [his giant pet snake].This was ridiculously OOC, but plot-required, since it allowed him to leave while Snape lay, gasping for breath as blood poured from his wound, and able to pass on vitally important memories to the Twit-headed Trio.
Once they gathered his memories [and WHY is beside the point, since they still thought he was a traitor at that point], they up and left him to die. SELFISH BRATS.
Harry and his saving people thing...couldn't be bothered.
Hermione, who earlier saved Harry from Nagini's bite...decided to forget she was the brightest witch of her age.
And Ron...well, who expects anything from Ron?
Anyway, the ONLY good thing about this 'death scene'...is exactly that. The inverted commas, you caught that, right? Since he wasn't AK'd [Voldy decided to save that spell for the only person to ever have survived it *facepalm*] and only apparently died from snake venom, it leaves open a whole host of plots to handwave it all and make up a way for him to survive.
He didn't die because:
He was in a coma!
It was the Draught of Living Death!
He had taken potion/s XYZ beforehand for this very eventuality and was just recovering in a still trance-like state commonly mistaken for death!
Fawkes appeared and cried a few healing tears on his body!
Hermione/Harry/Minerva/any Malfoy/an elf/anyone character you care to ship him with turned up and brought him back from the brink of death with a splash of Dittany [proven to help with snake wounds, not that anyone damn well bothered to try], Blood Replenishing Potions and bandages!
Hermione/character X used a Time-Turner to go back and save him
All the Dementor activity spread a chill across the grounds that lowered his vital scenes and helped keep him alive til medics arrived.
etc. etc. You get the idea. So many ways to save him. Screw JKR, the fans will take over from here, kthxbai. *runs away with Snape*