First off, I loathe the "live every day as if it's your last" ethos. Absolutely despise it. That's what's caused the generations previous to mine to fuck up my planet. I try to live as though I'll be stuck with the consequences of my actions for ever. It's the responsible way to behave, and the touchy-feely Sunscreen woowoo L'Oréal-I'm-worth-it brigade who think 'being yourself' is the be-all and end-all can FOADIAF frankly.
I screw up, of course, but that's what I try to live by.
With that in mind, told I'd die tomorrow morning, I'd behave exactly as I normally do. I don't want to experiment with alcohol or say things I normally wouldn't or something and then find out it was all a mistake and I'll have to live with the consequences.
Admittedly, I would probaby order a massive pizza and watch a film I love.
But before that, I'd put down all my passwords, etc, in a folder to be distributed to my heirs. I'm convinced the world will cease to exist when I do, but one must be responsible.
- Aaagh!! Who turned my alarm clock off?! Not funny!! *heart attack, stroke, 6 ulcers and hyperventilation* #
- #vss She slid expertly down his shaft and he groaned. He hated to blow it, but the explosives he'd strapped to the elevator were on a timer. #
- #vss Arranged in a circle? Parallel lines? Jumbled up in a heap? No, he couldn't find a configuration that made the corpses less offputting. #
- #vss Weft sighed. "Suitov, I don't WANT to know about my parents. I know all I need to: they didn't love me. Why should I care about them?" #
- #vss A hurricane of curls and denim rushed in and threw her arms round me. "I love you Tim! The pig farm tip; it's true, they eat anything!" #
- Gift tag: "010101000110111100100000010000100110010
1011011100010000001101100011101010111011 0001000000100100001100101011100100110110 101110011" # - Crap workday, late home (because of crap mishap alluded to earlier), but at least now I have my Xmas presents wrapped. #
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- So Habbo Hotel has a #bullyproof lounge? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bullyproof/ I wonder if the channers have tested that claim yet... #
- "Never stumped? I was BORN on a stump! AND when we moved to a log, I had to ask Nerve for help falling off it." #
- "Never stumped? I'm stumped like thalidomide! I... oh. Too much? Yeah." #
- Is it trendy to hate your job? Mine's nice. Techie, public service aspect and thank dog, no bullies; school's made me appreciate that a LOT. #
- You cannot beat the Rayman soundtrack for anything, ever. The Rayman OST can roundhouse-kick Chuck Norris. IT'S THAT FRAKKING GOOD. #
- #vss "But what do lesbians, y'know, do?" Billy asked Sam, feet dangling in the stream. "I dunno. Rub their boobs together, I guess?" #
- Right, I'm exhausted and going to bed. I woke up at 0400(!!!) this morning after taking a nap last night and, er, not waking up. #fail #
- "Women are great at technology! Mine can program the oven AND the washing machine." THAT's what I should have replied... #espritdescalier #
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- "I find it easier to pick up a water cooler bottle than a phone," I remark to a colleague (in sensible context). So sadly true! #aspie #
- RT @bbctech: http://bit.ly/2fiamo // Namechecks Iain M Banks, yay! But speak for yourself Bill T; I plan to upload! Viva la #transhumanism #
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(I've only seen the miniseries, but he was definitely the favourite for awesomeness, and his powers and flaws in the game are cooooool, i.e. he is a coward more likely than anyone to betray everyone to the Cylons, but also gets to check someone's identity once per game - which, in a concealed-traitor game, is huge.)
My estimation was that the Cylon would have slaughtered everyone if time hadn't forced the humans to call it a 'draw'. Lucky for the humans.
- I just typed someone's screenname instead of their email address. Oh dog, dementia's finally settering in. #
- If you don't eat your mutt you can't have any puddy! How can you have any puddy if you won't eat your mutt?! http://bit.ly/1QdC2D #
- RT @si_lumb: Every done anything in a game that was weird, twisted or immoral? asks The Guardian; fascinating comments. http://bit.ly/2yVZ7V #
- Dogs vs SUVs debarked...er, debunked: http://bit.ly/4CwU3W/ (with the pawrequisite tons of puns) Pwned, anti-doggists! #
- My CD eject button currently consists of an unbent paperclip. There has to be a better way. But that better way won't involve my calling IT. #
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(Picture = cutest brindle mastiff EVAR TODAY.)
Dog survives 65ft plunge into sea, looks nervously at RNLI rescuers licking their lips.
Shackleton's whisky to be dug up
Bitter divorcees 'using children'
It's arseholes like this who should be stopped from marrying, not them scary scary gays.
Megaloceros giganteus (giant deer) starved to death during ice age. Clearly they didn't think of storing their booze in a nearby glacier.
"That means that mainland giant deer had some sort of refugia from the Ice Age before they met their ultimate extinction; they were able to move to a better environment and survive later," says Ms Chritz. BBC
And that, my UK friends, is why moose go to Iceland.
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- http://twitpic.com/pqthx – A screenshot taken two minutes ago today. Are they serious? #fox #fail #
- Big breasts=drop in IQ (among audience): Media Fall for Big Breasts, Big IQ Spoof http://is.gd/4WhxM via @schrodingerskit @jjaron @mjrobbins #
- Wonders if silver+steel makes an attractive and usable alloy – and in what proportions? #metalwork #jewellery #metallurgy #worldbuilding #
- 640 teraflops ought to be enough for anybody. #
- #twitfic Trevor planned the robbery down to the last detail... now for that sex change. #
- #twitfic Trevor planned the robbery down to the last detail... all that remained was to sedate the huskies. #
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charlycrash and I I'm bored with things not working and people not sending me necessary stuff yet.FIRST: If you've been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any question that you dislike with a new, original question.
SECOND: Tag eight sexy people. Don't refuse to do that like a pansy. Unless you really don't want to of course. And if you're not tagged and you want to do it, then do!
Who sleeps in bed next to you?
Books, because books, and also there are unopened letters on the foot end that I leave there to try to make myself open and file them.
What did you last eat?
Houmous, sugar snap peas and baby sweetcorn.
What kind of books do you read?
Fant and sci fi and the occasional non-fiction for research.
What are you reading at the moment?
At the moment I am WRITING. Next up to be read are the Taken books by Alan Dean Foster: 1 2 3
If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?
Asleep in bed, and if we can get really grabby, I'd like the underblanket straightened, because I keep fixing it and it keeps rucking up.
What's really creepy?
Infantilism has really got my goat recently. Also, sex in general. I think it's backlash from writing Alluring Swiper the ninja, who is pretty much my polar opposite.
Name one odd item within five feet of you.
I don't even know what's odd any more. Some jigsaw pieces decorate my monitor stand. I picked them up from a railway level crossing because I was so amused to see jigsaw pieces there. Otherwise, a red Songs of Praise vacuum mug with the legend carefully scratched off and a dog's head drawn on in its place in permanent marker.
What's your current fandom / obsession / addiction?
Writing Sankmarray. We're at the difficult, "wanting to sleep a lot" midway stage. I recognise this from last time.
What did you really want to do today that you didn't?
Be on time for work and sleep more. There's a little mutual exclusivity there, as you can see, which resulted in my not getting to do either.
What's your ideal mode of transport?
A Saunders-Roe Princess with a BMW Z3 and a dragon in the hold and POWER METULL on the stereo.
What was the last thing you bought?
Apart from the aforementioned food, that would be Xmas presents and getting keys cut.
If you could have any pet, what would it be?
My dogs, more dogs, a pure black Rottweiler/German Shep cross, some red pandas, a white German Shep with FLUFFY EARS like the one at the market yesterday, a pangolin or five, an octopus, a tortoise (possibly robot), a Saluki/English Mastiff cross, a Golden Retriever/St Bernard cross like Bilko, a Spitz (not fussy as to what breed), and a lot of robots.
What do you want right this minute, off the top of your head?
"To be rid of this headache" seems a waste, but I really don't WANT things much. "To have written more Sankmarray", except then I'd miss out on the sniggers I get while writing it, so...
Which of your friends most deserves to win the lottery, and would it change them?
(I have no answer to this question, I'm just replacing the other boring one.)
Have any of your life goals changed?
Having one would be a change, and I sort of acquired a "wouldn't it be nice" (which is pretty committal for me): namely, get something published before I'm 30.
Are there any bits of childhood that you miss?
In my case this'd be better phrased as "Are there any bits of childhood that you remember?" I don't think I miss much of it. The divorce was weird and is still around in my psyche, but I wouldn't want to go back to having a two-parent family. I went on a few cool holidays that I distantly remember. I'd like to do Disney World again.
My dogs were not "bits of my childhood", they were family members who happened to be there for most of it, but I miss them a lot.
Rename the days of the week.
Natday, Infday, Chiday, Youday, Adday, Matuday, Olday
Say something to the person who tagged you.
Your kitteh is stink and it stink teh whole wurld lol lol pwnt
I'm a pansy and proud of it, so it is incumbent upon me to refuse to tag anyone. Also, while I like you all, you're not sexy, not like a Z3.
Yay, necessary stuff has arrived! Now back to work.
- Today in #Sankmarray: "Well well well; YOU weren't the person I was expecting to see..." #nanowrimo #
- #vss "It'll drag you home to its young!" Weft screamed, hiding behind a boulder. "Weft," Suitov said patiently, "it is a tortoise." #
- #vss Suitov put the stick down carefully. This one too had spontaneously burst into leaf. And all he wanted was to play fetch with his dog! #
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- Today in #sankmarray: Really enjoying writing a "wise old master" who is a complete idiot in certain ways. #nanowrimo #ninjas #
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- Hey, article about furries on the BBC! What do you think? http://ping.fm/FWnNt via @isntit, @BBC_magazine #
- A furl of umbrellas #collectivenouns #
- A corporation of umbrellas #collectivenouns #
- Watching @binhbui @custardcat @degsy @metaltax etc carting off stunning quantities of booze. I think a secret iPhone frat party is planned. #
- I have #nanowrimo fail to make up for this weekend. Part 2 done soon. Alpha readers, hurry up with feedback if you want more. :P #sankmarray #
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I've always said shapeshifting, because sometimes there's no solution but to fucking fuck up some fuckers in the form of a large gunmetallic dragon, but recently I've come to consider telekinesis as the daddy/mother/egg/whatever of all superpowers, most others being expressible as super-applied or restricted teke (pyrokinesis, for example, or flight (teke applied against oneself), illusion (moving/bending light), and arguably even time-related effects).
And teleportation would be fun. As would generic 'magic'. Or specific magic, like being able to shout "Karatanka!" and a volcano appears just like in Populous: The Beginning.
A healing factor has obvious appeal too. Healing powers that can be applied both to oneself and to others (read: dogs) are more useful, albeit a bit hippyish. I've always imagined if I had a heal effect, it'd manifest as a slash of blue-white light and a bell-like sound like Arcanum's minor heal spell. Just because it's more manly than the Dungeon Keeper heal spell (little love hearts? HELLO? Evil here!) or the stupid whitelighters on Charmed.
Now the Source's fireballs in Charmed, THOSE are epic.
Superpowers: Bet You Can't Take Just One.
</Sylar>
(What do you mean, I sound like I've given this a lot of thought in the past?)
The Cat Piano, an animated noir beat poem.
This was really designed. Like KJ Parker with her special longbow, I don't want to know if it was ever built.
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Rare Barbastelle bat found on the Isle of Wight
White hind caught on camera in Scotland; Queens Susan, Lucy, Kings Peter, Edmund, seen rushing to site
This article can't make up its mind whether the hind (which is a female deer) should be referred to as "it" or "she". Come on, folks, language guidelines should state that if an animal's sex is known, he or she should be referred to appropriately. Possibly non-sexually-dimorphic arthropods and small fish could be exempt, but it's stupid to refer to a queen bee or ant drone as "it".
Dog lost in Afghan battle returns. Again with the "its"! What is this rudeness? To a war veteran, no less! (Oh, sorry, Sabi, I meant to say war experienced person.)
28,000 people in the UK have black and white television sets.
Nu Labour in a nutshell:
The superstitions around opening an umbrella indoors apparently date back to the Ancient Egyptians.
Nurse shark? This one's a midwife.
Smart wife launches her own entrapment operation to catch her paedophile husband in the act. Also, they live in Pantygog.
Chile says "thanks but no thanks" to statue of authoritarian paedophile-abetting misogynist with creepy Virgin Mary fixation. Sadly not on those grounds, just because of an underground car park.
This one's fascinating: Traditional African rulers should apologise for the role they played in the slave trade, a Nigerian rights group has said.
'I agreed to become a suicide bomber' – after days of beatings and being shouted at, poor kid. I admire him.
Greek Church throws a hissy fit about a ban on "the compulsory display of crucifixes" in classrooms.
Darwin foiled by ambulance service
Lion is taken on midnight safari. Disapproves of stop signs but enjoyed drive-thru.
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- Felicini Oxford Rd, nice Italian food. As we left a waiter asked me who "the other short dark guy" was & made me give them his extension no. #
- SMALL PERSON IN OFFICE AGAIN. SOS SOS ...—... IT'S MAKING NOISES! #
- Best email of the day. "There will be an armed robbery reconstruction in the yard behind you. No need to be alarmed." #
- Not that there's anything wrong with gay. I for one am a complete woofter. (Well, a limp-wristed metro-asexual woofter...) #
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- Felicini Oxford Rd, nice Italian food. As we left a waiter asked me who "the other short dark guy" was & made me give them his extension no. #
- SMALL PERSON IN OFFICE AGAIN. SOS SOS ...—... IT'S MAKING NOISES! #
- Best email of the day. "There will be an armed robbery reconstruction in the yard behind you. No need to be alarmed." #
- Not that there's anything wrong with gay. I for one am a complete woofter. (Well, a limp-wristed metro-asexual woofter...) #
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