I've made a decision: I'm taking back Valentine's Day.

On Sunday I'm going to have a day of self-love: I'm going to be positive about myself and maybe even pamper myself a little, because I deserve it. So maybe I might have to spend the next few days convincing myself that I actually do deserve it, but I do, and so does everyone else!

Poll #1523460 Day of Self-Love!
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So, I'm hoping to expand my DVD collection a little, and have some great suggestions of things to buy.

BUT I have no idea whether I'll even be able to enjoy some of these suggestions, because I simply do not know if English subtitles will be available on the DVD. I'm having to buy them on the internet, so I'm having to rely on the websites to provide that information - except that these aren't massively popular films, so often the information isn't provided.

Which is why I really need your help.

If you happen to own one of the following on DVD, can you please check whether it has the option to view English and/or other language subtitles during the film? If you could also say which region it's from, that would be really useful.

[Note: links go to the film's IMDB page, so you can check that we're talking about the same film.]

• The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
• Imagine Me And You
• Kinky Boots
• I Can't Think Straight
• Milk
• Better Than Chocolate
• Chutney Popcorn
• My Summer of Love
• To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
• The World Unseen
• Camp
• A Home At The End Of The World
• Itty Bitty Titty Committee

[Edit] Please feel free to pass this post on to other people who might be able to help - I could use all the help I can get with this.

[Edit #2] For the record, my DVD player is Region 2, but I know people who have multi-region players, so other regions can be an option if needed.

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I was going to go to Lush on Thursday (when I get money), but I ran out of shampoo at the weekend and really need to wash my hair, so I went in today. I knew what I wanted, and I only had enough money to get that one thing.

So how did I end up spending 20 minutes in there?

(And why does it keep on happening? I do this every time!)

(Also, I ended up with a free bar of leftover Christmas soap that they're trying to get rid of. Soap was one of those things I was going to get on Thursday. Guess I don't need to now.)

Get your own Greetinger

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Things I wanted to get done today:

1. Jobsearching
2. Writing something for twtd's Black Tie and Tales fic post
3. Writing a review for gay_also_means_happy

Things I actually did today:

1. Blowing things up on UT
2. Jobsearching
3. Card making

(I'm not even making a proper post right now - I'm emailing this in and going to sleep. If next door's music will let me.)

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I might just have enough money for a little treat, but I can't decide what. So...

Poll #1521382 Buy, buy, buy!
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Which should I buy?

If I go for the films, and could have as many as I want, which ones should I get?

If I could only get one, which one should I buy?

Which should I avoid?

Why?

Which other films should have been on that list?

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I'm bored and having a bad day. One random link on Twitter later, and presto! I remember what makes me happy: the existence of geeky people who like pi as much as I do, but are much more creative.

So, here are ten pi-based things I'd like to buy right now:

( Today's post is brought to you by the number pi... )

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You're having a bad day, everything's going wrong, and you've got the cold from hell. What do you eat as comfort food?

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Note: This entry probably won't make much sense. Sorry.


So, I attended my cousin's wedding, which is how I found out that she's had a baby. Baby was ridiculously well behaved for an 11 week old who was being passed around like the prize in a game of pass the parcel until about midnight.

Yes, I burst into tears part way through the night, which I blame on people not telling me about the baby beforehand. I was well prepared in advance for the whole "feeling like crap because the chances of me ever getting married are close to zero" thing (this happens to other (single?) people too, right?), but I wasn't prepared for the "feeling like crap because, as far as the doctors are concerned, the chances of me ever having those children I've always wanted are close to zero" bit. Gotta love it when that happens.

Another thing you have to love at discos - power cuts. Apparently the whole area was affected, not just our hotel, but half an hour of darkness gives you loads of time to make jokes about how the DJ caused it.

Oh, and I got mistaken for my older sister a lot, even though we were wearing completely different outfits, had different hairstyles, and her husband was with her most of the time.

Other than that, not much to report. Except that the train ride home was a nightmare (I booked a seat on a direct train, but we had to change twice due to train problems, and I couldn't hear the announcements telling us what to do, and the staff weren't helpful at all, so I had to ask other passengers for help, and I never want to have to do all that ever again, it was that horrible), but I got to find out what a caramel hot chocolate tastes like, so that made up for it.



[Locked because my family don't know about the not-able-to-have-kids thing yet. Although the ones who care about that already know that I'm queer, and probably think that the chances of me ending up with a guy are so small that baby-making won't happen anyway, but still - them finding out through a blog entry that I never expected them to read would be bad form. Also, it would mean admitting to them that I was crying, which I refuse to do, because they all think I'm insane enough without adding that to the mix.]

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For those who heard about LJ's "unspecified" to "it's personal" gender field change: someone must have listened because it's been changed to "unspecified/other" (although it's not showing up for me as having been changed, so I'm really confused now).

Seriously, I'm never gonna be offline for most of a weekend ever again.

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I could write a proper entry, or I could put up a few photos, and spend the rest of my train journey sleeping. Such a difficult choice.

My new coat! It is lovely and warm, and the sleeves are long enough for me. I think that's all that matters.

( 3 more photos... )

PS: Dancing on a train will earn you some weird looks. Just so you know.

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An update on Lu's Pharmacy. I want to be happy about this, but part of me can't help but think that it's about time.

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This is the top I'm thinking about wearing to my cousin's wedding on Saturday. Except that now I'm panicking that it's not good enough. ARGH.

( A better photo, but the top colour's not showing right... )

And what do I do when I'm not sure about something?

Poll #1516891
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Is that top okay for wearing at a wedding?

Ticky?

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I believe that there needs to be more F/F fic (femslash, girlslash, yuri, saffic - whatever you want to call it) in the world. To back up my argument, I present to you the breakdown of the most recent fics posted to AO3 as of 5:40pm (GMT).

Category	Number of Fics	Percentage (approx)
F/F	44	4.6%
F/M	181	19.0%
Gen	258	27.0%
M/M	401	42.0%
Multi	57	6.0%
Other	14	1.5%

Or, for those who'd rather see that in piechart form:



(No, I'm totally not using this as an excuse to get my geek on, so hush. That said, if anyone just happens get access to/know how to get access to the numbers-breakdown for all the fics posted to AO3 (or any other archive for that matter, I'm not fussy), I would do almost anything to look at them. I kinda love numbers, no lie. Also, I plan on comparing this set of figures to the figures as they stand this time next week, if I remember, because this particular snapshot might not be all that fair/representative.)

Anyway, back to the point - WE NEED MORE FEMSLASH.

How exactly this should be accomplished is something I should have thought about before I started making this post. Hmmm.


[So that this isn't a completely wasted post, things you could talk about in the comments include:

• Your favourite F/F pairings (or F/F/F threesomes, etc)
• Fics you like
• Fics you'd like to see written
• Fics you're writing/trying to write (especially if you'd like me/people in general to cheer you on/handhold/beta/etc)

Or you could just complain about the lack of F/F fic out there - I'm not going to stop you, because that'd be ten kinds of hypocritical.]

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I have got to stop making icons. Seriously. I can't even use the ones I've made so far - I just don't have space. And the thought of no-one using them makes me sad. Because I'm weird like that.

(In case you're wondering, they're all stock icons with love/friendship themes. Thought that might be useful to know for the following poll.)

Poll #1515538
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Should I post my latest icons in an icon post?

Ticky?

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Why do I keep making icons? They're not going to be used by anyone but me, and I don't have room for any more. And then I get upset for the ones that don't get used. I'm weird.

Also, while I'm here, is it worth me staying up to watch the first episode of Leverage? It's kinda only just made it's way here.
[Edit] This is beautiful. Pretty people, good lines and 'SPLOSIONS!!! Loving this! \o/

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1. I never noticed that there was a zombie in a wheelchair in Shaun of the Dead before (during the bit where they're pretending to be zombies while trying to get to the Winchester). Of course, I only noticed that because I was trying to ignore the fact that I was still teary-eyed from Philip's little speech. Which is slightly worrying, because I don't cry at these things.
2. 
   Living TV hates me. Out of the last 7 episodes of Criminal Minds that I've tried to watch, only one had subtitles available. WHY?!? They're all from season one, and they've all been shown with subtitles before!
3. 
   Pizza Buckaroo is more fun when you have food to play with. Otherwise it's just putting a little extra cheese on a pizza, rather than piling random foodstuffs on it and hoping it tastes okay (you only win if nothing you put on falls off - otherwise the game is far too easy).

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The first ten people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble of any pairing/character of their choosing...

(There were rules for this, but I ate them. Om nom nom rules.)

I'm making up my own rules here, because I can.

Fandoms that I can write in include (but are not limited to) Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy IX, Superdictionary, (new) Doctor Who¹, Harry Potter, D.E.B.S, Criminal Minds and most other fandoms I've ever talked to you about (if you're not sure, just ask!) Things that I write well include girlslash (or whatever you want to call it), fluff, crack, families of choice and Superdictionary idiom².

Also, the ten prompts will come from the comments to this post and all related crossposts, as I don't want to promise more than ten. However, if we do reach ten, feel free to add other suggestions, and I'll have a go at any extras that catch my fancy.


( And now I'm going to list some things I want to write/see written, but don't know if I can do justice to: )



¹ I'm confident about writing Ten and I'll try Nine, but I don't have a handle on Eleven yet. Sorry!
² Even in fandoms that aren't Superdictionary related. Why not?

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Yesterday, I wanted an icon. One single icon. Which means that I've made about 25 over the last two days, because that's exactly what normal people do *headdesk*

I also just re-did my dreamwidth layout. It kinda sucks as layout for other people to use, but it's almost perfect for me to read.

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So, this is me in my new dress:

And this is me trying to get a better photo of me in my new dress:



Yeah, that'd be me falling over.

In conclusion, I should not try to get different angles on photos when I'm hugely dizzy. Or when I've only just got out of the bath, and my muscles are still feeling slightly too relaxed to function. Or something.


Also, those polls from yesterday are still open and I'd love it if you could take part. Only I can see what option you've chosen, for the sake of privacy (for those who aren't out/don't want the world to know for whatever reason), and I'm only doing them out of curiosity regarding what percentage of people who actually read my entries consider themselves queer (which I should have said in the post itself, and I shall go fix that). So if you're reading this and haven't already responded, please take the poll at Dreamwidth or the poll at LiveJournal (whichever you use most).

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In other news, someone tried that My New Pink Button genital dye.

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