Below are the 10 most recent journal entries recorded in girlofprey's InsaneJournal:

Sunday, February 1st, 2009
11:04 pm	I've just watched Dancing on Ice. Donal Macintyre is beautiful, he danced tonight to a Blues Brothers song and wore a glittery striped suit, and his partner started off wearing a glittery suit jacket too. He wasn't brilliant, he fell, but he was BRILLIANT. When the Nasty judge, Jason Gardiner, started criticising him, the audience BOOED THROUGHOUT his speech. When it came to the dance-off, Donal and Florentine were the first to be announced as safe for another week. It was a bit great. I love Dancing On Ice. Although I didn't think the right person got through the skate-off eventually. I have to go to bed soon, because I'm working in the morning. And at a place I used to work at, so I already know it quite well, which is nice. And relieves the pressure from not earning anything for a while. Although I won't actually get paid for another two weeks, unfortunately. But hopefully in time for February's rent. I have to tell/ask them tomorrow for two days off for Redemption though. Ulp. I had been doing some thinking over the weekend about characters I tend to like, and I was going to post about it, but I don't think I have enough time now. Oh well. Oh! And I was also going to say that I am SUDDENLY INTO ALL THE SOAPS at the moment. There's always been Emmerdale of course, but at the moment Debbie has a massive storyline, which isn't very fair. But now I've been sucked into the Ronnie/Danielle (/I love Stacey) debacle on Eastenders, and the new violent problematic teenage boy on Coronation Street spent the entirety of Friday night stalking David Platt. Currently I'm plotting the fic where they become quite good friends AND THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. I get the feeling this won't be good for my free time though. The weekend was lovely. We took my nephews to the local soft play area at Xscape, and I got to climb those levelled column things, crawl through tunnels and slide on slides in the name of watching my nephew. My other nephew, whose first birthday it was, laughed for about two minutes straight because I crawled under a slide and looked at him from under it. And then we went home and had cake. It was lovely. We've said we might go mini-golfing for my birthday. I rather hope we do do that. As an aside, that Lighthouse Holiday I was talking about the other week, turns out to be really near to Clevedon, the town where mum, dad and I got stuck when our car broke down on the way to Cornwall one year. The lovely town, which we ended up really quite enjoying, I mean to say. The lighthouse bit remains a Fantasy Holiday for the most part, but it would be nice to go down there again some day. Current Mood: pleased Current Music: None (Comment on this)
Monday, January 26th, 2009
10:04 pm	A question Has anyone ever made a Slytherin "I love the sexy slither of a lady snake" icon? I've recently gotten quite into arts-and-crafts/reclaimed items style jewellery (in the last year, really). There's a woman I particularly like who I think I've mentioned called Alys Power. Well, that's her designer name. She's made jewellery with among other things clock faces/parts, swallow dive designs and keys. A few weeks ago I noticed in Accessorise that they had a necklace with a swallow dive design on it. Today I went into Topshop and noticed on their jewellery range, as well as neon beads and rosaries, jewellery with clocks, swallow dive designs and keys on them. I don't know quite what to make of it. Either Topshop are taking their ideas from a local jewellery designer in Nottingham, or she's somehow designing for Topshop, or they're both getting their ideas from another source. Or - England has just got clock, swallow dive and key fever. I don't know. It's a bit odd. Sadly, the not-quite-as-good things in Topshop are slightly more affordable than the originals I like better, which are about £50 each. If I could afford jewellery at all at the moment. Still. It's a bit annoying. I went to see Frost/Nixon last night. It was great. New songvid-I-probably-won't-make idea: film!Nixon to "You Know I'm No Good". Current Mood: content Current Music: None (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
11:50 pm	Jobseeker's, and Lost. Mostly Lost. I went to my first (new) Jobseeker's appointment today. They seem to be expecting me to do a lot more this time, or perhaps I was doing more to find work last time besides going to see them. Now I have to fill in a diary thing, and my next appointment is Monday. Previously I had 2 weeks between my initial appointment and the first proper Jobseeker's appointment. Which means I sort of have two days. I need to update my CV, mostly. And find somewhere to print it, since I don't have a printer. Which I will do. The lady I spoke to today printed me off two or three jobs from her computer, so it's not that bad. I did get a letter today saying that I was behind with my Council Tax payments though, and if I didn't pay within 7 days I would be taken to court and have to pay fees. I thought that January was one of the months where you didn't have to pay Council Tax. I was wrong. Blast. I was watching part of the pilot of Lost the other day, because someone reminded me of the joy of it. And I know, plot development and explaining the mysteries and all that, but I do sort of wish it had stayed a show about a bunch of survivors living on a beach/in some caves, vaguely afraid of what was in the woods, but mostly just getting on with things and catching fish. It reminded me of the time I mostly wanted Sawyer, Sayid and Claire to go leave the others and just live in the woods together with Aaron. Not because I hate the other characters, particularly - although I do hate Jack and Kate - just because I thought it would be great. Sawyer could steal supplies from the others, and keep a secret stash just for them, and Sayid could do useful things and pointedly be quiet at Sawyer when he was pissy, and occasionally they’d hear a noise in the woods and all tense up, and get their guns. Claire would have a gun under her bed. I fully believe that. And they would have to hide her and Aaron away from Charlie and Locke, but that would be fine. And occasionally Rousseau would wander past, but stay a certain distance from their camp, and Sayid would go out and try to talk to her, but she wouldn't stay for long, and Sawyer would ask what her story was, and Sayid would tell him all about Alex, and Sawyer would feel quite sad about parents being separated from their child and pretend that he didn't, and she would be great, and he would sort of pretend she was his mother, running around being super in the jungle with a rifle. And Sawyer would read to Aaron, and Sawyer and Sayid would go hunting not always with great success, and Sayid would be all "And this is how you hunt without a pistol", and Sawyer would be all "Quiet before you scare away the boar!". Claire might ask to learn about hunting, but I imagine they'd insist she should stay with Aaron. Probably she'd learn a bit. She could go out for a bit with one of them while the other stayed with Aaron. It would be great. I should catch up with Seasons 3 and 4 really, and see what actually happened. Probably nothing like this. In Casualty on Saturday we learned that Nick had some sort of degenerative disease. I'm going to post about Casualty at some point. Probably. Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: None (Comment on this)
Monday, January 19th, 2009
9:52 pm	I do want to be a lighthouse keeper. I was looking to see if there was such a thing as holidays in a lighthouse, and it turns out there totally is. Is it not beautiful? Quite expensive, and they seem to only do weekends, but if you had enough people staying, it wouldn't be that bad. Also, LIGHTHOUSE. LANTERN ROOM. Dude. Current Mood: enthralled Current Music: None (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
7:10 pm	So. While I've been out of work, I've been getting up pretty late. Waking up late, and then lying in for a bit. But waking up when it's getting dark, that's a new one. It's pretty much my own fault though, I think. I had a few goals yesterday, and one was to get up in time to listen to the Adam and Joe show in my flat without having to turn on my computer for the first time, on my shiny new digital radio. Which I did, despite not going to bed, again, until about half past 3 in the morning. After a similar night on Thursday of staying up but still getting up earlier than usual. And not going to bed early last night. Yep. Yesterday was pretty good though, actually. I did indeed get up in time for the Adam and Joe show. I got three packages in the mail, which my neighbour brought in and knocked on the door to give me, because one was a bit ripped. And they were You Don't Mess With The Zohan, the Fleet Foxes EP, and C.R.A.Z.Y. Which was nice. The envelope that was a bit ripped turned out to be my new bank card. That's only sad because I remember when I used to look at the expiry date on my old card and think "Oh, that's years away!". But oh well. The new one is the same colour as my Eden Project membership card though. That might cause some confusion. My other goal was to go into town for the first time that week, and to get back before the gales hit. Which I did, although not so much through being early as through the gale not really appearing. It started to rain a bit last night, about 8-ish. I was promised a gale. I pictured being in my flat with food and the heating turned up while the windows rattled. Knowing me, it'll probably hit tomorrow or something, when I actually need to go shopping. And I stopped into Evolution in town, where they were having a sale, and I got two lovely little jewellery holders that were reduced to £1. It turns out they have lids that come off and smack against the floor very easily, but they're just a bit wobbly now, and haven't actually broken. And I managed to get The Independent, and the free Frost-Nixon interview dvd, which I might not watch until after seeing the film. It was brilliant. Except for the lack of a gale. In fannish news, I'm not massively a fan of Eastenders except for how STACEY IS AMAZING, but I'm sort of fascinated by how long they're dragging out the Ronnie-Danielle long-lost-daughter storyline. I think Ronnie could now reasonably sing the Johanna song from Sweeney Todd, if she wanted to. There are people who think it's going to go on till March, around Mother's Day. Blimey. Current Mood: content Current Music: None (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
8:51 pm	Radiation! Does anyone know where you can go to to get radiation type things checked out in Britain? I got this link off a mailing list recently, and I do, as you may remember, have a few watch parts and things that have watch parts in them. I'm not massivley worried or anything, but I thought I might get them checked out, and Google isn't being very helpful. Current Mood: cautious Current Music: None (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
10:34 pm	Toby De Silva is great Things I have learned in the past few weeks about Toby De Silva: He can sleep anywhere He dances sometimes. He likes Ruth. And his voice can possibly bring people out of comas. As a bit of background, the person he's talking to is Ruth, a fellow student doctor who tried to kill herself and is now in a coma. The book he's reading to her from is her diary, which a senior doctor got hold of and leaked to the press when the NHS tried to make out Ruth was unstable and that she wasn't under huge amounts of pressure at work. Toby is not the first to have read it.) He doesn't always enjoy being a doctor. He doesn't always know how to pick his moments. He and Ruth are beautiful together. I can't believe Toby left me. I miss him. You know what else I miss? Fantasy Pirate League. Current Mood: sad / annoyed Current Music: None (Comment on this)
1:07 am	Meme stolen from whatho. Once you have been tagged, you have to write an entry with 10 random things, facts, goals, or habits about yourself. At the end, choose 10 people to be tagged. You can't tag a person who has tagged you. Except I also won't be tagging anyone. ( 10 Random Things About Me ) I have an InsaneJournal now, in case of impending Livejournal disasters. I'm under the same name, if anyone wants to friend me, and I’ll be cross-posting, probably more often when I get the html figured out. I came to realise how vaguely pointless it was to have a back-up GreatestJournal and never update it. Or actually sign in to it. Oh well. I'd like to second whatho's question, though, what is all this about Inksome? Is it better than other journal sites? As an aside, I was listening to Adam and Joe from Saturday on Listen Again at the site. Is it just me or has Joe been getting progressively more in love with Adam since the summer? Possibly earlier, as I only started listening to it then. I think it KILLED HIM A BIT that Adam was attracted to a man and it wasn't him. Dude. Current Mood: good Current Music: Once In A Lifetime - Texas (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
10:45 pm	And I've just gotten back from my parents' again. It was Jack's birthday. We went bowling yesterday, and had a big takeaway/cheeseburgery meal. But what I mostly did over the wekend was lug books about. They're doing a production of His Dark Materials as a play at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in May, and I remembered buying the trilogy once, years ago, in a couple of 3 for 2 Waterstones deals, but I couldn't find them in my flat or on the bookshelf at my parents'. Or the first one, which I read. Mum said there were some in the drawers in the little bedroom, and indeed there were, but not those ones. I remembered that I used to have some in a drawer under my bed though, so I checked there. And there were. It was full. Full of books. Imagine a drawer in a chest of drawers, but bigger. Of books. Books I'd forgotten I had. Books I'd been thinking about recently and wondering where they were. So I went through them, and brought a load back. I just need to find a place to put them. I might need to wait for a furniture store to go bankrupt and get a new bookcase. Dancing on Ice has the exact same rules as Strictly Come Dancing. I didn't know that. Jo from Emmerdale is going to skate, but not till next week. Whenever I go to my parents' for the weekend I tend to watch NCIS when my dad has it on. After hating it for a good few months, I've decided that I love the computer expert junior agent and the female Mossad liaison agent. Which is annoying, because I still hate the two main men, and the way they write the woman who runs the agency. Hmm. Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Miracle of Love - Eurythmics (Comment on this)
10:39 pm	So. I have an InsaneJournal, as of today. Hello. I will be cross-posting from my Livejournal, also as of today. Current Mood: productive Current Music: Chains - Tina Arena (Comment on this)