| Remembrance Parade at the Cenotaph |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|12:23 pm] |
I've just finished watching the service at the Cenotaph on tv. I'm surprised at how emotional it was for me. My grandparents were too young to fight in the war - they were only just in their teens when WWII ended, and my great-grandfather was a miner, so whilst he still contributed to the war effort, he didn't see active service. My grandfather did his national service with the RAF, but that was in the 50's, and my cousin was in the Navy, out in the Gulf during the Afghanistan and Iraq conflcts, but he was lucky in that no-one he knew was killed, and he left the Navy a few years ago. I am sure some relatives must have fought during major conflicts, but they would be distant ones. Still, watching it really got to me this year. I am lucky that my parents raised me with awareness of our history and the conflicts we have been engaged in, and the bravery that those involved demonstrated, and so I have always appreciated what people have done in order to preserve our country and our freedom.
I suppose, same as last year, I dislike how some people just don't seem to care. At the start of the service they showed a list of the British soldiers who have died in the last year, and their ages. The majority were teenagers or in their early twenties. The youngest person to die in WWI was 14. I am 23 and I could not show the courage which people of my age have been showing over the last century. And yet, some people will keep going on about how this is an illegal war and they don't support it, and so they won't buy a poppy. That isn't what a poppy is for. I do not support war, I feel that if we are threatened we should fight to preserve our country, but we shouldn't fight to gain something, just to defend. However, I seperate the war issue, to the soldier issue. I agree with the current war, in some ways, and disagree with it in other ways. But I unconditionally support the soldiers fighting, for they are doing what they believe to be right for their country. And I will show my recognisation and appreciation of what past generations have done also. I am just disappointed that a lot of people in my area think boycotting what the Royal Legion are doing is a way of protesting against the war. |
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| Outed at Work |
[Sep. 9th, 2009|06:30 pm] |
Yeah, being outed at work sucks. And why is it I never post here unless something is pissing me off?
Anyways, some bitch decided to out me in work yesterday. Stupid thing is that it was my fault - I told her I was into BDSM about two years ago when we were friends. I soon realised she was a manipulative cow and now she is in trouble with management for harassment in the office, so decided to cause issues for me too.
Not impressed.
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| Happy |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|08:44 pm] |
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Had my first BDSM play in a year and a half this week. Really happy and was so relaxed! Yay! |
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| Piercing! |
[Jun. 11th, 2009|08:15 pm] |
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Sam decided she wanted her eyebrow pierced today after work, so I went with her and got my nose pierced! Wtf? Since when was I so impulsive? |
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| So Hot! |
[Jun. 1st, 2009|05:15 pm] |
I choose to live in Britain, I'm from the Welsh Valleys, which means I am used to rain and cold and I'm happy with that. I like sun, but three days of uninterrupted heat, no cooling breeze and being stuck in an office without air-con .... lets just say that as soon as I got home I stripped to my underwear and am seriously considering going outside and setting up an old kids swimming pool, and laying in it! It's too hot! I put icecubes in my drink less than five minutes ago and they've already melted! :( |
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| Back Online |
[Apr. 27th, 2009|07:15 pm] |
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Internet - I have missed you so! |
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| Back in Wales |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|09:54 pm] |
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| [ | Current Location |
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| [ | music |
| | Linkin Park | ] |
Ok, so I moved house on the weekend, which is all good except that I do not have internet access in my house yet, which sucks!
I've come back to my parents for Easter so can actually jump online on my laptop, catching up on shit before I have ti disappear offline again. :( Hope my landlady gets it sorted soon. |
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| First BDSM Club Night |
[Mar. 20th, 2009|11:15 pm] |
As said before, I don't scene much, just fetish markets and the like.
Well, a guy I know who is well-respected on the scene has asked me to a club night with him and his Domme, so whilst I won't be playing I am excited to get out there again and get to know some of the people I have only ever spoken to online. It's not til the start of May so I have plenty fo chance to decide on what to wear! |
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| What a week!!!! |
[Mar. 10th, 2009|05:59 pm] |
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| [ | music |
| | The Moaning Myrtles | ] |
So, last Tuesday I get that virus that's going round. Cue two days of the worst stomach problems ever - I don't remember ever being this ill. It was gross - just eww! So not happy. Then, the landlady from hell has yet another go at me over nothing, so I end up phoning a friend at 1am in tears. Next morning I decided that I shouldn't put up with her constant mood swings, so found somewhere new to move, and am doing so ina month's time, having given my notice in yesterday. So, week is looking up, finally getting out of this hell-hole. On the minus side, work wants a discussion with me next week about my absence ....... eeeps! |
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| David Cameron |
[Feb. 26th, 2009|04:46 pm] |
I'm not going to get too much into politics here, but I am a firm Conservative supporter.
As most people know, David Cameron lost his eldest son yesterday, and i really do feel for him. More than that though, i am glad to see that members of all political parties are being respectful. I do not like Gordon Brown at all, but his actions yesterday were admirable. i know he lost a child too and can understand what David is going through, but for once I admired something he said - that sometimes politics get in the way and divide us. It's just said that something so tragic has to happen for people to find common ground. I also am glad that most politicians are privately offering condolences, but not making it into a way of gaining publicity, or using it as a platform for their views.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/4807617/Westminster-mourns-the-death-of-David-Camerons-disabled-son.html |
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| Teenage Pregnancy |
[Feb. 14th, 2009|08:38 pm] |
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Everyone is pretty much talking about the boy who became a father at 13 (child was conceived when he was 12)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2238252.ece
I come from an area where there was a lot of teenage pregnancy. I'm 22, turn 23 soon and out of my school year of just over 100 girls, I am probably one of about 10% who has never got pregnant, which is quite worrying. I'm not against teenage pregnancy per se - I've seen some people change overnight and do well for their kids. But that's at like 15 or so, not 13, where they do have a little more understanding. Even so, the majority of teenage parents from my area do not have qualifications, are on benefits, and don't know or want to push themselves further, and they get trapped in that cycle.
At the moment most British papers are discussing whether sex education in schools is good enough, and most say no.
cutting for my opinion
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Sex education was okay in school - we first started at about 10-ish, and then you had personal and social education (PSE) once a week which covered drugs, alcohol, sex etc... It was adequate - not excellent but a decent grounding giving you all the information. the problem that I see is that too many parents expect schools to teach their children about life. My mother bought me a book when I was about 9 about periods, so I knew about those before school taught me. My parents didn't sit me down for The Talk, but we would discuss subjects from the newspapers, TV etc.... so I knew what was going on. Children these days know about sex early enough, lot of what they find out is from friends and can be wrong, but they are not as ignorant to the facts as some adults like to make out. In fact, I'd say some kids know more than most vanilla adults.
I firmly believe that while a child should take responsibility for doing the act, the parents need to acknowledge they are at fault too. The parents in the above-mentioned case allowed the kids to sleep together, and the girl involved was treated as an adult, doing what she wanted, when she wanted. When I had my first proper boyfriend, I was about 15. If he was round my house, in my bedroom, the door had to be open at all times. If I was round his house we were allowed to have the door shut, but his mother would pop in at random intervals, bringing snacks and the like. Both sets of parents didn't interfere and ban us seeing each other, they treated us responsibly, letting us spend time with each other, but they had individual methods to ensure we weren't doing anything. They also knew that we both had enough knowledge of what the act could mean, to not want to risk our futures.
I guess what I am trying to say is that it's annoying me all these people saying the schools are failing kids these days. Schools are there for academics and skills, and yes they should build our life skills, but it is ultimately the parent's responsibility to provide the basic grounding.
Btw, I'm still deaf in one ear, and it is so strange not hearing properly.
Oh, and I have false nails and haven't learnt to type with them, so excuse any typos please. |
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| Continuation |
[Feb. 9th, 2009|11:02 pm] |
My sore throat - ears leaking shit has been solved - Doctor has confirmed the inflammation has spread from my throat to my ears giving me a minor ear infection so has given me antibiotics to stop it developing into a full-blown ear infection. So, yay!
Also, I have decided to take out my piercings as they are so icky they are annoying me. Doctor said they weren't infected but irriating the skin far too much, and I like them, but I prefer non-ickyness more. I'll be saying goodbye to them tomorrow.
In other news :
Snow all last week, was mainly melted today, started snowing again about two hours ago - major yay! |
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| Not happy! |
[Feb. 8th, 2009|11:14 am] |
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I am so not fucking happy.
Thursday and Friday I had a really bad sore throat and a punding headache - it felt like my migraines usually do, but without the flashy lights and nausea. Saturday my head is even worse, I wake up with a swollen tongue and can hardly speak, so much so that my friend asks me if I have been doing drugs. I also didn't sleep well over the last few nights. Saturday evening I manage to knock a glass of water (this is why I usually drink out of bottles) over my keyboard - which means that I can't use certain letters, which happen to be ones I have in my password. I swap to my new replacement keyboard, only to find it has the wrong connection, despite the box showing the right one. I go to bed pissed off, don't sleep well, at one point in the night I yawn and hear my ear pop. This morning, I woke up deaf in one ear! Cue me panicking and phoning my mother, who thinks the inflammation has travelled to my ear. Cue a trip to Tesco in the iced-over snow when I have no sense of balance and am really disorientated as I can only hear one side of me. Cue a trip to Argos to get a new keyboard, which is nice, but smaller than usual so I keep hitting the wrong keys as I am a touch-typist ( ish) and now have to re-learn where to put my fingers.
In conclusion:
I'm deaf
I'm in pain
I'm pissed off.
Grrr - need to find some porn to cheer me up. |
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| Freaky Week |
[Feb. 6th, 2009|02:58 pm] |
This last week has been strange.
1. I think I am getting ill as have felt like crap the last two days
2. I am seriously considering casual BDSM play, something I said I would never do, as I'm not ina relationship atm and haven't done anything even remotely BDSM-related in over a year
3. Snow! Snow! And more fricking snow! I like it the day it falls - all crisp and nice. But then it goes slushy and is hard to walk in. Then it freezes over and is a death trap. I've spent the last few days going "snow - pretty" to "sludge-fall on my arse".
4. I took the skin off my toes last Saturday when I went out dancing with Sam, and they still haven't healed, which makes walking even more painful.
5. I want to take my nipple piercings out as they are giving me so much trouble, but am procrastinating and it's pissing me off.
Grrrrr! |
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| TV Meme |
[Jan. 25th, 2009|01:23 am] |
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Saw this on elfflame's journal, so actually doing one of these memes for once (and seeing if I can use rich text editor - for the first time! Why haven't I tried this before?) Oh, and I'm putting comments in - I didn't realise I was invested in so many shows :
Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever .
1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italicize the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Underline the shows you own on DVD (at least one season).
4. Post your answers.
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Yes, I've screwed up the formatting and seeing as the edit shows all in rich-text I can't figure out how to correct it, so there's a cut shown rather than hidden - grr! |
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| Recession |
[Jan. 23rd, 2009|05:46 pm] |
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To all the idiots at work:
Yes, we are in the middle of a recession. Yes, it has been officially announced as such.
But, it has been obvious for at least a year that we were heading for a recession, and obvious for at least 6 months that we were in one. Calling it a credit crunch was just a way of you idiots who don't bother examining things to come across as intelligent and up-to-date. Now the radio is telling you to call it by another name you do so, without understanding what it means, scaring other people into thinking they will lose their houses just by carrying on living in a normal manor, and basically you are all being complete dicks. For fuck's sake, find out about current affairs and what they mean and how they will impact on you by yourself, don't just repeat what the radio says every single hour in work. Repeating things without being able to seperate fact from fiction, or even understanding it makes me want to punch you in the face ... hard!
That's all for now. |
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| Bleh! |
[Jan. 15th, 2009|09:28 pm] |
Not feeling too good today. I should be, I mean I have tomorrow and Monday off work so I get a long weekend, which will be nice as work is really doing my head in at the moment.
Cutting for venting
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| Snow! |
[Jan. 5th, 2009|04:49 pm] |
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Yay! Woke up this morning to find snow on the ground! Okay, so it was barely a centimetre deep but it was crunchy and nice and I like the cold when it's all crisp. I would have to feel all Christmas-sy when Christmas is over, wouldn't I? Still, first snow of the year, first snow in the whole winter where I am actually, and yes, it's melted now, but more tomorrow please? |
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| Beta Please |
[Jan. 3rd, 2009|01:00 am] |
As I've said a few times before, I've never posted fanfic. I used to write loads but didn't post it, and so far all the HP fic I've written has been so awful I've cringed. I used to be an okay writer but now I feel shit.
Anyway, I can't improve without criticism so I am looking for somebody, or a number of somebodies actually, to read a tiny little fic I've written. It's only about a thousand words, is Harry/Draco but there is no action in this. The problem I have is that it is too narrative and dialogue, no action as far as I see it. I just think it's boring, but it's supposed to be the first chapter of what will eventually become a BDSM fic and I see it as an important chapter, but it might be all rubbish. I want someone (or multiple someones) to do a standard SPAG check, as my sentence construction is so bad right now and to see how things flows etc... but alo to be brutal with me and tell me how bad (or good) it may be, what works and what doesn't - I have a whole load of requests to make. Now, I wouldn't be sending it to whoever until probably next week, and there would be no urgency in getting it back to me, as I'm doubtful whether I will even post it. I haven't started working on the other chapters, althought I have a rough plot outline, as I am not sure whether I should continue.
So, if you have some time to spare and would be willing to do so please can you say so below. Equally if you can recommend someone, please let me know so I can go beg them.
Remember, this will not be a master-piece. In fact, it is likely to be toilet paper! |
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| Happy New Year - Thanks Flist |
[Jan. 1st, 2009|12:22 am] |
It's been 2009 for about 20 mins now, and I welcomed in the new year by catching up on some porny fanfic I have had bookmarked for weeks and not got around to - certainly beats being in a crowded pub with a bunch of drunk twats!
I've been in the HP fandom for just over a year now, and still feel like a total newbie sometimes. I have to say that the fandom has helped so much in the last year - no matter how frustrated I may have been at work or with family stuff I have always known that at the end of each day I can log on to IJ and find something on my flist to cheer me up.
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