aziraphalian: I will take that goddamn grammar and I will take this belt and I will secure grammar's pants.

YOU TELL 'EM, LAURA.

So now that my internet is back from fail central, I'm going to do the icon meme. Twice.

1. Reply to this post with 'Icons!', and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will - allegedly - create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

( Icons from Lemon )

( Icons from Sophie. )

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. These are my thoughts on the 2008 film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited:

1. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
2. Admittedly, that would make an excellent prequel to Watchmen. It certainly explains Adrian Veidt very well.
3. I didn't know you could make Clive into the hero of Maurice.

( I am so, so glad that Matthew Goode is enormously attractive, or I would not have been able to finish this movie. )

So my mom dragged me outside to play with sparklers at quarter to midnight because she'd forgotten earlier. She also had a firework with her (a little one). She decided to light that first, so she put the match to it, and it started to burn, and we scuttled away.

IT STARTED SCREAMING.

The noise was earsplitting and it lasted nearly a minute. There was a little explosion of sparks the whole time, but mostly it was SCREEEEACHING. I looked up at our neighbors' house and saw their teenaged daughter peering out of a window at us. We genuinely woke the neighbors. We were laughing so hard. Who makes a firework that does that?!

So I feel compelled to app Bosie somewhere, which will require me to pick up a new game. /dies

disgusting meme component of post:

pick one of my characters and i will tell you...
→ why I decided to play this character
→ my favorite scene or bit of interaction concerning this character to date
→ my favorite original aspect about this character (world-building for ocs or head-canon for fcs)
→ the last thing they did "off screen"
→ what their last words would be if they died tomorrow
→ what the next thing I'm doing for them is (narrative, post, shelving, whatever)

~*bonus round*~
» I will tell you what character of yours I'd like to play mine against
» you may ask me a free question if you so desire

"frankly, ive never seen you [RP] anything with religion" — Guen

I BROKE DOWN.

I'm switching to Firefox because:

-LJlogin
-greater compatibility with web 2.0 shit
-blinking text
-THINGS WORK
-Safari is a crashing twat
-it saves things
-not shitty

So, Firefox users, what are nifty things that I should have?

Edit: IT OPENS LINKS IN NEW TABS AUTOMATICALLY. ohgod it's beautiful.

/obsessively edits the layout of her pet project
/annoys Laura as much as possible in process
/MAKES THINGS ROUND, MOTHERFUCKER

The game of Risk I played last night was longer than the amount of sleep I have. Clearly, this is why my friends throw the coolest parties.

Naturally, because we all survived four years of IB history, WWI parallels were made. Palmer would be proud.

Mother, how did you lose the iron?

So, through a conversation with readingwhiz89, I have discovered that my character voices are created like this:

-Contractions y/n?
-Bitchiness y/n?
-Possessiveness y/n?
-Religion y/y?

Islington is nyyy. Crowley is ynyy. Andrew is yyny. Remus is.

we don't talk about Remus.

FUCK, I HAVE A PAID ACCOUNT.

Thanks, Sophie. ♥

I just looked at the new layout in Internet Explorer. All I can say is that if you using IE, you need to get a new browser, my friend. Luckily, the little bugger works in Safari and Firefox, so I'll never have to see it be ripped to shreds.

I have a new LJ layout. It is amazing and features Tom, Marge and Dickie from The Talented Mr. Ripley as well as tartan. If you'll notice, there is tartan on the little box in the foreground. Yes, I am an inspiration. Next time, someone remind me not to use Flexible Squares. All those little boxes are such a pain in the ass. Also? I hate links. Links never cooperate.

The font used in the header image is jey. The tartan pattern was made at tartanmaker.com. Everything else was made by me from hand, and if you take it, I will cut you. (But why would you when my coding is so terrible?)

And now I am not coding another LJ layout for at least— okay, a week.

I have a job.

Oh my.

SHUT UP, MARTIN. "ANYWAYS" IS NOT A WORD.

Sometimes, I hate that kid so much.

Clive Durham and Diana Villiers. Clive because I love ancient Greece and maybe idolize them more than I want to believe. Also, I'm terrified that, when I go to Greece this summer, it will suddenly mean nothing and be this vast emptiness. Diana is just my life story with higher highs and lower lows.

I was going to say Bosie and then remembered he was a real person. Damn you and your nonfictionality, Bosie.

So my friends and I had a smoothie party. After spending an hour deliberating at Party City (turns out the must-haves for every Hawaiian party are leis, cardboard hula women, coconut bras, and drink umbrellas), we crashed my kitchen and summarily destroyed it in a series of smoothie duels.

IMPORTANT LESSON: Citrus and milk products should not be mixed. Milk curdles. Good work, team.

Also, never, never try to make a smoothie in five minutes, even if you have it all planned out. You will fuck up and forget the curdling rule. At least, our kiwi smoothie was very pretty.

Caps by oxoniensis and mysticbliss.net.

Please credit inabathrobe if you take any. Comments are appreciated. Feel free to edit them; just give me credit for the base. I'll take requests for text on these icons as well.

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