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Moving!

2011-06-23T12:49:00.002+01:00

I'm moving over to Wordpress. Decide it was time for a change, this blog will be kept on line cause there will be sometimes I need to rant about someone who has access to my new blog hehehe!As I'm going to open my new blog to everyone of my FB andd Twitter feeds. Which will hopefully mean that I will get other blogs to read as well. So please join me here I'd love to have you!

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2011-06-09T19:02:00.004+01:00

......pinched that from someone. Anyway since my blogs have been a bit on the melancholy side I thought it would be fun to bore you all with facts about little old me. But you need to put at least 1 fact about you in my comments box cause sharing is caring. And I will comment on all your comments :O)

1. I'm a glass is half full kinda gal, except when it comes to my exam results I feel erring on the side of caution when it comes to those bloody things is far better.

2. Since I signed up for a cineworld unlimited cinema card I have cut down drastically on my movie DVD buying. But I will always buy the films from my 3 favourite actors, Kenneth Branagh, Amanda Donohoe and Allison Janney. Sure it might mean sometimes that I have to sit through some really,really bad films ( especially in the case of Amanda Donohoe)but it's so worth it.

3. I love Yoga, I try to do it twice a week and Leah Bracknell ( ex-Emmerdale actress & qualified Yoga teacher) is my teacher via one of her DVD's. She's just released a second one but it's £15 so I'll wait till it's a wee bit cheaper.

4. I can legally be known as Reverend Laura Naysmith L coach.dip Dip.RS(Open)

5. I want to be a Spiritual and Religious life coach when I graduate.

6. I was called a "spiritual figure" today which made me giggle.

7. I love songs about drowning. Specifically Marianne by The Sisters of Mercy, Jennifer by the Eurthymics and Little water song by Ute Lemper

8. Going to concerts is one of the greatest pleasures in my life, it wouldn't bother all that much if I never actually went on holiday again but it would sadden me greatly if I could never go to another gig. Of course going to a festival ( an inside one) would be a holiday I would gladly go on. I want to go to the Dark waters festival in Nottingham next year.

9. I'm more right brained than left

10. I love to meditate sometimes I do insight meditation when I'm stuck with something and don't know what to do next, other times I like to just quiet my mind after a busy day. I do feel that meditation has made me a calmer and not as susceptible to stress.

So enough about me. Your turn :o)

Another catch up

2011-05-29T13:36:00.009+01:00

So for those of you who didn't see my FB post the other day here is were my mum is at right now. The cancer has spread a little more than first though and it is now at a stage 3 level so she has to go in for another operation and then will have to start the dreaded chemo and also radiotherapy. As you can imagine she is gutted about having to have chemo and to go for yet another op but the chemo is mearly a precaution for the future, rather than anything really scary with this particular cancer. The surgeon pencilled her in next week for the op but Mum and Dad are going to Budapest in 2 weeks so the surgeon said she take her in a couple of day's after they come back. Not that my mum really wants to go on the holiday any more but it's a lot of money to lose plus she says my dad needs a break so they will just have to take things easier than they normally do,they are only going for 5 days anyway. The surgeon herself is just lovely and very cheeky, the other day when my mum went to get all her dressings off my dad came into the room ( wearing his Hearts FC jacket) and asked her if it was painful getting the dressing off, the surgeon without missing a beat said "Not as painful as wearing that hearts jacket" hehe!

In happier news, Sky TV have bought my two favourite ladies Rizzoli & Isles and will be showing it on the Alibi channel starting from September. Naturally I checked to see if we have that channel on our package and, thankfully, we do yippeee! Granted I've already seen season one 3 times but this time I'm forcing my mum to watch it too as I think she'll like it and the gay subtext will go completely over her head hehe! Actually talking of the gay subtext they are currently filming season 2 right now and the writers, as a nod to the gay fans, have written in to the script that Maura Isles pretends that Jane Rizzoli is her GF in order to get some guy to stop asking her out,so i guess,for that episode anyway, the subtext will be main text. Again, yipee!

I'm off to see Texas on Friday night, their playing the Barrowlands as special because Ally ( the guitarist in the band) suffered a brain haemorage last year and was in a coma for 3 months and now that he is on the road to recovery, he said he wanted to play the Barrowlands. So it will be a great gig. Plus Sharleen Spiteri is just.......

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Kerry Ellis and Brian May

2011-05-14T13:06:00.008+01:00

On Thursday night I went to see the Kerry Ellis and Brian May tour in Glasgow and I have to say it was the best concert I have ever been to EVER!!! And yes that does include the Springsteen gig. Her and Brian performed all the songs from her début CD Anthem plus a couple of extra Queen songs. Brian and Kerry first met when Kerry landed the part of Meat in the original production of We will Rock you and have a been tight ever since. He's actually gifted the song non-one but you (only the good die young) too her in the same way Roy Orbison gifted Crying to kd lang. Many of the songs sung on the night got standing ovation ( not just Queen song's but from the musical Wicked and Chess) including no-one but you, Defying Gravity and Somebody to love. What was amazing was the fact that the whole place did the arm actions for We will rock you, you know the clap hands then outstretch the arms one, and also we swayed our arms in the air too We are the champions. My seat was brilliant as it was four rows from the front and in the middle so I had a perfect view of the lovely Miss Ellis. And let me tell you that woman is gorgeous with a capital Guh and has legs that I would kill for. Here are a couple of vids one ( no-one but you) is from the Edinburgh gig the night before but this song and her voice singing it is just so amazing that it's no wonder a standing ovation was given in Glasgow and the other vid is Somebody to love and I'm in this video to the right of the screen behind a balding man I'm hard to see at first but you will see me nodding me head to the music and then giving a standing ovation lol. It's a Where's Lolly" game as David called it.

Brian May did a few nice wee guitar solos and attempted to sing. It was very cool to see him as he is a legend.

The support band was Vintage trouble who I saw a few weeks before on Jools Holland and thought they were great but in the flesh they are kick ass I would go and see them in a full concert.

All in all it was a fantastic night and I'm so glad that I've finally saw Kerry Ellis live and really it would be a crime against the civil partnership laws if she didn't marry me, I'm thinking of starting a petition.

Update: Sadly due to bloggers retard set up of only allowing people to see half the video you can't see me in that video above ( and I was too lazy to delete the post)So here's the link for the actual Youtube video.

End of Exams

2011-05-07T20:16:00.002+01:00

Yay! My exams are over......until the re-sits in August lol which is a running joke in our house hehe! Gotta say I wasn't a huge fan of having 3 in the one week and the last on a Saturday. Wonder who's bright idea that was? So here's how I'm going to fill my holidays, I will be catching up on TV, movies,books and Yoga plus some of my neglected clergy work and hopefully I'll fit in some scrapbooking too. I want to also start gathering information for my dissertation. Which I've decide will be on the Role that Demonology has played in the Abrahamic religions and also want to include a section on Exorcisms. Should keep my interest long enough to write 15,000 words.

My mum gets her op on Wednesday but we're unsure when her radiotherapy will start, guess she has to recover from the operation first. So my dad and I will be pitching in around the house to keep it up to date but while we will do our best it will never be up to her standards hehe! My dad got an ironing lesson today.

Okay so this is where we're at....

2011-04-27T15:55:00.003+01:00

The test came back positive for Cancer BUT it's only very small at the moment,about 5 millimetres, So mum will go in to hospital in the next couple of weeks for pre operation tests, then she will get the lump taken out and some radiation therapy. While I'm still shocked that it IS cancer I'm not worried about that in itself as I genuinely feel that that part will sort itself out okay as it was caught early enough. But I am worried about how my mum will cope with going into the hospital as she sufferers from sickness and yucky bowel stuff when she gets nervous and worrying. But will keep you all up to date with her progress. And thank you all for the good wishes.

Update: She's going in this Tuesday for the pre-op stuff. And we have named her Tumour Tony as in Tony Soprano.

A sombre post today

2011-04-20T19:01:00.002+01:00

My mum went for a re-call mammogram the other day and it turns out they have found a lump the doc says that the bulk of it is probably just calcium but there is a shadow that they are a bit concerned about. So they took a biopsy which sounds like one hell of a scary procedure with big needles that go bang bang. She has to go back on Tuesday for the results and just to be selfish for minute the bulk of my exams are next week on wed,Thur & Fri. But in all honesty it probably is nothing to worry about and even if it is something more sinister then it's been caught early. Which is exactly what happened with my Gran all she had to do was take some pills if I rememberer right. It's a scary week for us all.

And just to continue this sombre post,how bloody sad was the death of Elisabeth Sladen? I was on twitter when the gossip started and it wasn't confirmed for at least an hour after that. The mood was so down amongst my fellow tweeters it was unreal. I'm still so sad about it but I think the worry about my mum's situation has made it 100% times worse. So in tribute to the sexiest Companion EVER!! I made a video. It's meant to go from B&W to colour to show how happy she was to be reunited with "The Tin Dog". It's not perfect and I still can't get the bloomin' end credits to slow down and fade out but here it is Enjoy and put the sound up. Yay! 10th Doctor.

Piracy!

2011-04-16T15:57:00.006+01:00

It will be of no surprise to you me lovely readers that I am a bit of a square eyes and I love my TV, in particular I love my American TV. And for the most part I have been watching my favourites illegally on line and on the odd occasion getting up in the middle of the night to download torrents of V, Mr Sunshine and Body of proof. The middle of the night because my broadband is so slow that it wont do it at another time. But the truth is I don't like illegally downloading I want to contribute in my own small way to the people that make the shows that fill my fangirl heart. So last night I decide that I wanted to sign up for the season pass of Body of Proof on itunes,Body of proof is the new show with Dana Delaney and Jeri Ryan, But turns out that being in the UK I can't do this. The sad fact is that for most of the programmes I've been watching over the last year I can't get legal access too, due to being in another country. In the states they have an awesome legal TV streaming site called Hulu and Hulu is every fangirls dream and seems to contain every show I would like to watch or re-watch but being UK based it's a no no as is the streaming TV on the ABC site. It's annoying because the media keeps going on and on about how piracy effects the industry but for some reason they are doing very little to make it easier for people to watch their work. And you can't tell me that writers of shows wouldn't want their work available all around the world.

Even the music industry is getting its act in gear with the advent of legal sites such as Spotify, which I am a premium member of because I do believe that people should get paid for their work. Sure it''s a bit easier now that we have Sky TV in the house ( Jennifer Beals new cop show starts next month,woo hoo!) but there still not showing the programmes that I love, nobody bought South of nowhere,nobody seems to have bought Rizolli & Isles despite the fact it's awesome, popular in the states (even if it's just among the lady lovin ladies)and their filming their 2nd series so when its finished all the Brit fans will have no option but to illegally watch it. Obviously TV companies can't buy everything out there but it would be nice to be able to get access to those programmes that I want to see but nobody want to show.

Sure there is the wait for the DVD option but how many people want to wait that long? I don't!! But I will buy the DVD's of some of the programmes I've watched illegally. Although I have all of Rizolli & Isles on my hardrive and a back up on memory stick I want the DVD because it shows my appreciation for the hard work that was put in to making the programme. So in the end I guess my message is this

Video awesomness

2011-04-11T17:58:00.003+01:00

Every so often ladies and gentlemen a video comes along that seems to appear like it has read your mind. And when you have viewed such a video you feel like you want to shout Hurrah from the top of the tallest building, makes you want to buy a big issue instead of saying no thanks as you walk by, a video that makes you want to invite those Jehovah's Witnesses in and actually listen to them, a video that makes you see the world though rose coloured glasses so that once what annoyed you does not anymore. This my dear's is such a video.

And if Helen Mirren being motorboarded (as I believe the term is) is not enough, how about her playing Eleanor Roosevelt and snogging Marylin Monroe

Thank you Saturday night live! I forever salute you

Best bits of the Doctor Who trailer

2011-04-05T19:56:00.001+01:00

Been mucking about on gifsoup and had some fun with the Who Trailer. My two fave bits of the trailer.....of course both contain Alex Kingston.

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Who'd a thunk it?

2011-04-01T19:33:00.006+01:00

Hot gun totting girls don't automatically make for a good movie, yes I can't believe I said that either. But sadly if the movie Sucker punch is anything to go by then tis true. In fact I think it's fair to say that the hot gun totting girls angle was the selling point for the movie, heck it's the reason I went but then I'm shallow. But just sometimes it's good to have a storyline that I actually care about too.At least Sara Connor in Terminator two was saving the planet while looking hot with her guns,vest oh and doing chin-ups while getting all sweaty, Hmmm! It's about time I re-watched that I think. Where was I? Ah yes Sucker punch, The basic plot was about a girl wanting to escape from a mental hospital and the bulk of the action is shown via her fantasy life and has her and the other wannabe escapee's going on these missions to get everything they need for the escape. They fight dragons, zombie SS soldiers etc. It's visualiy stunning to watch, and not just because of the hot gun totting girls, it's done like a computer game but in the end I really couldn't give a bugger. So my advice is just wait for the DVD when it's bargin price like £2 or something.

While the main attraction might have been a bit of a let down, one of the trailers at the start was for Thor which as you all know is the new film directed by the Irish wonder. It look FANTASTIC! Which is to be expected considering Branagh has read the comic book of Thor since he was a kid. Here's the trailer. You're welcome.

The 1970's the decade of awesome horror

2011-03-27T18:02:00.002+01:00

The other day I had the pleasure of watching the trailer for the new Robin Hardy movie, Robin Hardy was the Director of The Wicker Man a film I'm sure you all know by now is near and dear to my heart. This new film is based on a book that Hardy wrote called "Cowboys for Christ" and is in a sense a spiritual sequel to the Wicker man. And in many ways the film sticks closely to genre staples found in TWM such as the singing, a naivety of (some) religious people and of course human sacrifice. The plot in this case has Christan's come over from Texas to Scotland to introduce people to Christ and come across some unsavoury people who have other ideas. Sadly however Hardy did not stick with Cowboys for Christ as the movie name instead he called it "The Wicker Tree" a title which I think lacks imagination. So thinking about TWM and some of my other favourite horror movies got me thinking that the 1970's were AMAZING for horror sure there was a few tons of crap too after all it was 10 years but just look at this list of wonderfulness.

1. The Wicker man (1973)
2. The Texas chainsaw massacre (1974)
3. Asylum (1972)
4. The Crazies (1973)
5. Count Dracula (1970)
6. The Vampire lovers (1970)
7. The last house on the left (1972)
8. The Exorcist ( 1973)
9. The hills have eyes (1977)
10. Rabid (1977)
11.Dawn of the dead (1978)
12. Halloween (1978)
13.Phantasm (1979)
14.Alien (1979)
15.Jaws (1975)

Special mention to two great movies out in the year of my birth

The Omen ( 1976)
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

Some Woo Hoo! News

2011-03-11T18:37:00.008Z

Ladies and Gentleworms, boils and ghouls I've only gone a got a bloody B on my Koranic studies Essay.

You heard me right Dr Maura Isles....I got a B

No need to look confused Jane Rizoli, miracles do happen sometimes

That's more like it Maura

Atta girl Jane

Of course there were the usual problems with grammar and the fact I just can't seem to work out the difference between too and to. And I had a hard time trying to read the hand written comments but I can tell you that word I think looks like "Farty" probably isn't. I'll probably never get another B so I'm totally loving this one.

Stuff

2011-03-09T19:01:00.005Z

I've decide not to bore you with any frighfest pics, as they weren't that great but I will put them up on flickr soon so you could see them there if you have nothing else to do. But I will bore you with pictures of my new rather exiting purchase.

No it's not some kind of Bondage equipment........although! It is in fact a Pilate's door gym. I figure it will tone me up plus strengthen my arms and legs which will help my Yoga. Very pleased with it.

In other news! I have created a tumblr account to post pics and videos of Allison Janney and you should put all the blame on Charley, she started one for her obsession with David Cameron....yes DAVID CAMERON! We both have a few people following us too which is nice. Have to admit though Charley's is better than mine. Take a look for yourself. Charley's
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Frightfest 2011 part 1

2011-02-28T18:34:00.004Z

Two days, eight movies and a whole lotta blood and guts can only mean one thing, Frightfest Glasgow 2011. Friday's event opened with a movie called "Little deaths" which was a trilogy of short films all centred round sex and death, the first part saw a truly awful husband and wife couple kidnapping a homeless women and raping her but she got her own back by turning into some kind of scary monster and eating the wife and tortured the husband,with the help of her also a monster boyf and mosnter friends. The second was about this doctor who was replicating an old nazi experiment which had him chaining some person, with a very,very, very big willie almost touching the ground, up in a room and using this persons sperm as an ingredient in a new recreational drug. The woman character was eventually turned into this person too due to becoming addicted to this drug. It was retarded I didn't like that one. The last one was about a guys revenge on his cheating GF by murdering her. He used her fear of dogs to kill her. Little Deaths was okay but wouldn't watch it again. Never saw the other 2 on the Friday, waS shattered after my busy day so just went back to the hotel. So I was well enough for the Saturday. Saturday's line up was fantastic. It started with

Rubber:

The movie about a killer tyer called Robert!!!! This film right from the start made the audience aware that it was just a fun movie and not to be taken seriously. A police car pulls up and out of the boot comes a police man, he walks over to the drivers side and reaches through the window and is given a glass of water by the driver.Police man walks over to the camera, looks straight into it and asks "In Stephen Spielberg's ET, why is the Alien Brown? No reason" " Why can't we see the air we breath? No reason" he then gives a few other No reason things. Then he says this film has no reason. Then he pours the glass of water onto the ground for no reason. There is no reason why the Tyre is killing people, or why he is alive full stop. Its just an out there idea for a film that worked really well. I loved it. There were lots of exploding heads!!!

Next up was the all together different and very,very serious

Territories:

This was about extremism but not religious extremism but extremist patriotism. A group of friends were pulled over by cops and the cops seeing that one of the friends is brown and has a foreign sounding name kidnapped them all and treat them like they are terror suspects and subject them to torture tencniques used by the American government. These cops weren't really cops just men out to protect there country. It was disturbing. I highly recommend it, apparently it's going to be renamed Check point.

After that was

The Shrine:

A reporter, her boyf and a trainee reporter head to poland to investigate the disappearance of a Young American backpacker. They come across this spooky looking fog inside this fog is a creepy looking statue that turns you into a monster ( but not right away) when you look at it. The village that this fog is in has been cursed with this statue for all eternity so the villigers have special people charged with killng these monsters. It was pretty good.

Next was the one I was most looking forward too

Mother's day:

It's a remake of the movie of the same name from the 80's the director of the orginal was invloved in the making this too. Basiclly it's about three bank robbing brothers,who are returning home after a long time on the run and after one final, botched, bank robbery only to find that the house is no longer their home, their mum and sister have gone and another family have moved in. Eventually they get intouch with their mum and she comes back to the house to get them, but she finds out that her son's have been sending money to this house but the new owners say they haven't recived any. So the whole movie is about them trying to get this money. Everything is not as black and white as it seems. The baddies aren't all bad and the goodies aren't all good and Friendships are put to the test. Rebecca De Mornay ( the nutter nanny from The hand that rocks the cradle) plays the mum and is brilliant but her capped teeth are creepy. I loved it.

The big movie of the festival was the last one, and the director of it was there and encourged us to take our shoes and trousers of to watch it.....he did.

Hobo with a shotgun:

A hobo hates that crime he see's on the streets so he tries to bring some order by killing those responsible. It's a homage to the explotation films of the 70's only all the cheesy lines and over the top baddies are delibirate in this one. It started life as a trailer to be used as part of Tarantion's Grindhouse movie double bill, hobo and machete were two of the traliers that everyone wanted to see getting made into real films.

So those were the films and through out the day there was give aways I got a novel and a couple of T-shirts advertising the movie Troll hunter ( which looks fab, can't wait to see it) They also gave away lots of Drive Angry 3D stuff but didn't bother with those.

Tune in soon for the next exiting instalment of Frighfest 2011,next time there be pictures!!!!

Rob Zombie!

2011-02-23T18:47:00.004Z

So after months of waiting I finally got to see Rob Zombie, well half an hour of him. But it was a fantastic half an hour and to be quite frank since it was a sold out gig i was lucky too see that. I only saw him for the short time because of Sunday transport issues. Turns out the last train back home is 10:50 so i had to leave just after 10 so as not to miss it. Before the gig I met up with Gemma and some of her pals ( who came down from Kircaldy for the gig) at the Solid rock pub, I love that pub but trying to have a conversation in there is about as easy as teaching Joey French but we didn't stay long as we decide to make our way to the O2 as I was in the balcony and they were standing we had to split up, but it was nice to go into the venue with someone. When I had to leave I attempted to go into the main section of the place to pick up a t-shirt but the person on the door wouldn't let me in, saying that balcony people had to wait till the end of the concert. I explained that I had to leave so she got me an escort (not THAT type of escort) AN ESCORT to buy a t-shirt!!! The great thing is most of the songs I really loved were played in that half hour so I was very happy. Here's a vid someone had taken of Mr Zombie singing Scum of the earth ( one of my faves)

Also here are some pics of the gig, there not great but i was in the balcony!!

A pic of my T-shirt for charley

This weekend is Frighfest and I'm very exited about it. I will post all about it next week when I've recovered and truth be told I am a little worried about how the late night and constant exposure to sound and visuals will have on my ME but there's only one way to find out. I've turned down a dinner invite from Javid and a lunch invite from Charley, both for Monday, just in case. Talking of Charley, she's coming up to Edinburgh this weekend to visit her boyf so she's stopping off in Glasgow to have lunch with me tomorrow. That will be fab, last time we same each other was a vegan meetup to some Greek place up Glasgow's westend.

Windfall and ticket madness

2011-02-17T18:57:00.001Z

I got a letter on Tuesday boils and ghouls from the good folks at MBNA,I had an Credit card with them years ago but they cancelled it when I hadn't used it for months. Turns out they owe me money, not sure why but they do so they are sending me £49 rock on!!! which I've already spent on a ticket for the Kerry Ellis/Brian May gig in Glasgow. I got one of the priority tickets yesterday morning and boy was it expensive at £45 so I'm going on my todd as I couldn't afford 2 not that I mind, no doubt I'll meet people on the Kerry Ellis forum before hand and maybe meet up with them on the night. And yesterday afternoon I saw that my travel expense were paid into my account, so that is being kept from my summer break plus.....and this is the REALLY EXITING bit for my trip to Belfast at the end of Sept. You see my mate Charley and I have decide to go and see Mr Branagh in the play "The Painkiller" as Charley is a branagh fan girl too. She's booking the tickets for us at the weekend and I'll just square up with her via paypal or carrier pigeon. How fantastic is that eh? I've never been to Ireland and as were both vegan I don't have to feel guilty about having to go into a 100 different places so i can get something too eat. There are still minor details to be worked out, like hotels but we have ages to work all that out.

Glasgow Warriors V Cardiff Blues

2011-02-13T10:12:00.008Z

My first Rugby match was fab! Got to the ground a bit early but that meant I got the pick of the the seats and got to watch the teams warm up.

The first half was better than the second in terms of Glasgow's performance and the final score was Glasgow 15 Cardiff 26 so we got gubbed but I definatley want to go again. Here are some photo's of Burley men in shorts.

Glasgow

Cardiff,
proving that not only do real men play Rugby but real men were pink

A bit of this, a bit of that

2011-02-09T18:28:00.004Z

The bus home was really busy today so I had to sit up the back with the youths, I was a bit hesitant to sit at the back at first because, as we all know, the back of the bus canny sing but then I had a flashback to my singstar episode and realised that ship has all ready sailed.

I've done and going to do things this week that I've never done before and no it doesn't involve getting a boyfriend or watching neighbours while not tweeting how gorgeous Susan is. I bought a ticket for the Glasgow Warriors Game that's on Friday night, very exited as I've never been to a live rugby match before. So I went to see if I could find the stadium today, they play at the Partick thistle ground. I got the underground to St George's cross and it's about a 20 min walk from there. Found it no bother. Sure it's a wee bit of a walk but I'll be sitting down for about 80mins so that will be rest enough before I tackle the walk back again.

The other things that I have done were just daft wee things,like finally printing something out in the uni library, I usually use the theology computer lab. I was always scared that I couldn't find the printers in the library. I also bought a card to use the library photocopiers now all I have to do is work out how to use the thing, that will be Friday mornings fun thing to do. I like to do all these things when it's quiet that way i wont look like a tube in front of people.

I transfered all my fan fiction from my old laptop to a memory stick the other day, going to attempt to spruce them up a bit and post them on my fanfiction.net account. I was suprised by what fics I had as I had forgotten about some of them. And some of them are a bit on the fruity side, I blushed a wee bit reading some of them. And some of them were just really angsty and sad. Of course I'm not saying they are any good but lack of talent has never stopped me doing anything in the past as anyone who has witnessed my acting will testify too. I just don't feel that just cause you aren't any good at something dosen't mean you shouldn't do it, obviously there are many exceptions to that rule but you get my drift I'm sure.

A wee question popped into my head while looking at the pics of Meryl Streep as Margret Thatcher. Is it wrong to fancy her as the ex PM?

I don't know..........

2011-01-27T18:01:00.002Z

sometime I surprise myself. Last Friday at uni one of my class mates in my New Testament ethics class had her presentation to do. Before she started it she said a prayer, not silently to herself but loudly in front of the whole class. Now it's no secret that this women is a big time christian but to pray there and then was just wrong and I found it offensive, not because she was praying to Jeebus, she could be praying to the flying spaghetti monster for all I care, it's just that it was the wrong place and time. Yes it's a theology class where we discuss the NT but it's academic not a church lead bible class. And I didn't appreciate when she said that she hoped that the non Christians in the class would come to Christ. I'm a big fan of prayer but I don't believe you should force it on people even Jeebus himslelf talked against prayers in public although he does stick the boot into Pagans hehe! So yeah I suprised myself about how it offended me after all I'm not one to get easily offended, mostly it's water of a dyke's back..duck's back water of a duck's back. Guess I'm human after all. Bugger!

FrightFest 2011

2011-01-20T18:44:00.002Z

I've just bought my weekend pass to Film4's annual Frighfest in Glasgow. It takes place at the GFT on Friday the 25 and Sat the 26th of Feb. It's a horror movie festival and showcases some of the best up and coming horror flicks from all ove the world. The pass I have lets me in too see all 8 plus I get a goody bag apparently. So I'm going to try and book a room at the eurohostel for that weekend. Might just stay 2 night but I have no idea when I will fit sleep in. Here's the movie line up. I'm very exited.

Graze box part Deux

2011-01-19T15:26:00.005Z

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Graze boxes

2011-01-15T21:24:00.004Z

The other day there was a coupon in the metro for a buy one get one half price Graze box. Graze is a company that send out boxes filled with healthy ( and slightly unhealthy) fruit, nuts, seeds, berries to peoples houses and places of work. Each box contains 4 servings of lovely stuff and they get delivered twice a week ( or less) I ordered mine last night and will be delivered on Tuesday. I'm very exited about this prospect as i have no idea what will be waiting for me when I open the lid. I do know that it will all be Vegan, as I "Binned" the products that are covered in Honey, milk chocolate or Shellac. This binning thing is a great idea where you let them know what products you don't like and they will not put them in any of your boxes. The boxes are £3.49 which may seem alot ( especily if your getting 2 a week) but nuts, seeds and fruit are expensive and would cost a fortune to buy enough of each to get a good mixture a week. So I've decide to give the 2 boxes a week a go for the rest of the month then I'll maybe cut it down to one a week. Of course it depends on whether I like the service or not. So Tune in on Tuesday for pics of my box.........well that didn't sound as rude in my head.

Kindle me this

2011-01-08T17:44:00.002Z

Santa brought me a Kindle and I do have to say ladies and gentleworms I freakin' love it. I am so cheating on my bookshelf right now. And whether this is all in my head or not but as a dyslexic reader I find reading, on the kindle, so much more comfortable than with regular books. I can adjust the space between the lines, make the font bigger. When I read a regular book for a length of time I start too feel really sick so I have to stop. This doesn't happen with Kurt ( oh, I've named my kindle too, named him after kurt wallander) I love that you can put all your books into categories so I spent some of the day doing that yesterday. Not that i have huge amount on Kurt I have loads of PDF's and got a few ,free, oldie books from project guttenberg. And shock horror I bought some too, bought Claudia Christians autobiog ( my life with geeks and freaks)A Rizolli and Isles book ( such a fangirl it's unbelievable, I jumped with joy when I saw these books on Amazon as I've only seen the show)Outer Darkness ( told you about that one, it's written by an online friend)and one about an ATF officer who went undercover with the Hell's Angles ( well I just finished Sons of Anarchy so MC gangs were on my mind)a few other too but I think I've bored you all long enough with tales of Kurt the Kindle.

One of my friends put this video up on facebook and since I know there are several Doc who fans reading this so I thought I'd pinch it and put it here. It's Lovely Craig Ferguson doing a song dedicated to Doctor Who and it's FANTASTIC. I love CF he has real talent as a chat show host. Seriously even if you NEVER click on any of my vids PLEASE, PLEASE,PLEASE watch this one, you won't regret it I PROMISE.

Some news!

2011-01-03T18:37:00.003Z

I was approached, by email, a few days ago by a Glasgow based film maker wanting to make a documentary about Theistic Satanism, he wants me to be in it and also be technical adviser and to use my contacts to see if other people would like to participate. We've exchanged emails back and forth and we are going to meet for coffee to discuss it face to face. Of course it's all very early days but that doesn't stop it being a wee bit exiting. I'll keep you all posted.

"five hundred twenty-five thousand Six hundred minutes

2010-12-31T13:28:00.003Z

How do you measure, measure a year?" Well according that that most fantastic of Musical's ( Rent, but you knew that though didn't you?) you can measure it in love. But I would like to also measure it in friendship as this year has been pretty great friendship wise. I've made new one's thanks to the vegan meet-up group. I've had some lovely times with my oldest ones. I've met 2 online friends for lunch, one of whom I'd never seen in the flesh before. And I'm looking forward to sharing 2011( with all its ups and downs) with them all in some form or other. So this video is for all of you.

Tron:Legacy

2010-12-23T14:30:00.003Z

I went to see Tron Legacy the other day and have to say I loved it, it was amazing to look at however the story was well um I'm sure there was a story but I can't for the life of me tell you what it was. Something to do with a bad avatar, called Clu, taking over "the Grid" ( a kind of virtual word thing) then there was something about Clu committing genocide or something. I think if you had seen or remembered the plot of the first one you would have been able to follow it a bit better. But when all light cycles and lighty up Frisbee things were played with who cares about the plot. And then there was Olivia Wilde as Quorra I'm only going to say two words about her and those two words are Smokin' hot.

Saturday post......couldn't think of a proper title

2010-12-18T13:48:00.005Z

Well I've almost,almost finished my final essay for this year and I have to say it's been a right bugger plus it's been the most expensive essay EVER! As all the books available for the essay were on 24 hour loan so I needed to photocopy the 3 chapters of the book I used so I could hand it back the next day. But I didn't have enough ink so I had to buy another cartridge at £25. I'm convinced that in order to succeed as a theologian you have to write in the most confusing way possible, using as many words as you can think of for something that could be summed up in only a few words. I'm also convinced that if you write in such a way as to confuse people then you will have convinced them that your opinion is right. The guy I'm reading, this dead German dude ( most theologians seem to be German)called Karl Rahner has the ability to confuse and make you agree with him in equal measure but then I think am I really agreeing with him or am i agreeing with what i THINK he is saying. In my essay I have to discuss his ideas on Eschatology while at the same time putting some critical thinking into the essay. Problem is my lecturer is a bit odd when it comes to essays, he like to pretend he is open to the opinion of others but when it comes down to marking if you don't agree with his view then its curtains for you. Ah well all i can do is my best i suppose. Oh dear!

Off to Renfrew tonight, my mate Lynsey is holding a potluck at her house. So I've made a veggie pie and bringing some non alcoholic beer. Her mate James is meeting me at a station in paisley then were getting the bus to her house as I've never been before. Should be a good night. Was a bit worried about the evil snow but it seems to be okay now. Just hope it satys okay for getting home tomorrow.

I've been watching the 1st season of "sons of Anarchy" it's very good. It's a bit like the Sopranos but with a motercycle gang rather than the mafia. Appafently is based on Hamlet but i'm not sure about that. It's written by one of the writers of the sopranos and has his wife in it. His wfe is the gorgeous Katey Segal, this role seems so diffren from what Ive seen her in before, she still plays a mum but this mum is badass who you wouldn't want to cross. Very diffrent from Peg Bundy and Cate from 8 simple rules. It also has Charlie Hunnam in it ( Nathan in Queer as folk) he's all growed up, has a beard and everything.

Shakin Stevens is playing the Glasgow 02 in Feb I had thought ( for about an hour) that I would get a ticket but after the arsey behaviour he pulled last time I don't think I'll bother.

Oh and I've also been listening to a song about pubic hair. Gotta love Amanda Palmer. Wanna hear it? cheak out this vid. Apparently she's working on a proper vid.

Lyrics:
They don't play the song on the radio
They don't show the tits on the video
They don't know that we are the media
They don't know that we start the mania
Your Eyes don't want to see what I'm making you
Your ass is off its seat and I'm shaking you
Walking down the street I'm the lady - ah -
Showing off my map of Tasmania

Soft and sweet and shaped like a triangle
Some girls want no shape and they shave it all
That's so whack, it hurts with the stubble
Walking 'round and look like an eight-year-old
Soft and sweet and shaped like a triangle
Some girls want no shape and they shave it all
That's so whack, it hurts with the stubble
Walking 'round and look like an eight-year-old

I say grow that shit like a jungle
Give 'em something strong to hold onto
Let it fly in the open wind
If it get too bushy, you can trim

They don't play the song on the radio
They don't show the tits on the video
They don't know that we are the media
They don't know that we start the mania
You Eyes don't want to see what I'm making you
Your ass is off its seat and I'm shaking you
Walking down the street I'm the lady - ah -
Showing off my map of Tasmania

I'm not dead!

2010-12-15T14:09:00.003Z

Although I have been a bit absent of late! I have one more essay( and it's one I am TERRIFIED of as I'm finding it so hard) to do then I shall be back boring you all with new my found TV obsession and a certain actress from said TV obsession. So till then here's a picture of certain actress.

ROTFL

2010-12-02T16:20:00.002Z

Ello!

2010-11-29T18:58:00.003Z

Hello, sorry I've been a bit absent of late. Things have been a little on the busy side. I have essays coming out of the wazzo, one was due today ( which i managed to hand in on time woo hoo!) I have others due on the 3rd,6th and 10th of Dec but luckily I have extensions on them so hopefully I'll be able to hand them all a week later than their original due date. Things have been busy on the clergy side of things too, it was quite for about a week but lately I have been getting one email a day from people asking for help or advice. so I've set up an automated email reply saying I'll get back to them in a a couple of days. At least that way they know their email has got to the right person or not got lost in email ether.

I went to see Skunk Anansie with Javid, that was fab! And David and I are off to see The war of the Worlds on Friday. I'm glad he phoned to reminde me as I thought it was the 12th. We've both seen it live before but still really exited to see it again, This one has Jason Donovan in it.

My mum and I went to meet Armisted Maupin at Waterstones in Glasgow. That was great, he read a passage or two from his new book and did a Q &A session. I got my photo taken with him. so naturally I've scrapped it.

So yeah that's it for the moment.

Of no intrest to anyone but me!!!

2010-11-18T20:36:00.004Z

New picture from future wife #3's twitter page. Celebrating her people's choice award nomination.

Oh for God's sake!!!!

2010-11-14T10:58:00.002Z

As most of you know I had a bit of a heated debate on FB the other night. What started off as a light hearted jest at a news article (regarding Tesco turning an abandoned church into a supermarket). Was turned into something much darker by my uni bud Una. Remember her? She was the one that took offense at me not liking Elvis but thinking Christine Hamilton was ace. If you haven't read it then you can see it here What really annoyed me was the tone she took and the fact she was so fucking rude to my mates Penny and Elaine who she hasn't even met. Then she had the cheek to say that I should stop wasting the taxpayers money i.e stop going to uni because I don't always agree with the ethics of Jesus. And then for no reson at all related to the debate she brought up the fact I'm doing an Essay on Satan and why was I doing this then she went on to say this (about the big man) "he is just the accuser within the defragmentation of our intrinsic ability to be a good person" Well of course I have no problem with this view after all she IS a Christian but it was of no relation the the topic at hand. Then later on she had a moan about me and the girls on her own FB page bringin up the fact that we're vegan, like that was an important fact!! And how I had really let her down, so much so that she's thinking of leaving FB. Which is not a suprise as she leaves FB at least once a month anyway. Anyway the point of this post is she PM'd me this moring to say that " I hope we remain friends in a world where it matters most.See you tomorrow xxxxx" I haven't replied yet as I don't know what too say, actually I do know what to say and it would go like this "Oh so now it's okay for me to go to uni you loony,mentaly unstable nutbag" but I'd better not hehe!

Wonder Woman

2010-11-11T19:03:00.007Z

As most of you know I have a bit of a Wonder Woman addiction, so it will be of no surprise when I show you my pants!!! Yup I bought more WW pants, but got to say they are NASTY on (as were the previous pair) plus I bought a rather awesome T-shirt from Primark of all places. Normally I only buy underwear from there but this T-shirt was too fab to pass up. Plus I like the fact that the red sparkly bits may have been sewn on by the hands of illiterate 10 year olds who haven't been allowed to go to the toilet for 12 hours. When my mum saw the length of the t-shirt she said that it was actually a dress hehe! You can take the woman out of the 60's but not the 60's out of the woman.

I went to comic book shop on Monday to pick up standing order but seriously I'm thinking of canceling it as I'm not happy with the service. The time before last I went in and and had some WW issues waiting for me. Numbers 43,44 and then because of a whole new WW arc it moves to 600 but did I get 600? Did I bog roll I got numbers 601 and 602. So I got him to order 600 for me. Monday I went in still haven't got 600 but did get issue 604 so no 603, so have had to email him to order that too. WTF? I wanted to support a small indy business but starting to think it's not worth it if I have to do all the bleedin' work for him. Beardy Bastard!! The annoying thing is cause I'm missing issues I can't start reading this new Arc cause, you know what's the point?

I'm watching an ebay auction at the minute for a fab Branagh poster. It was a promo for his role in Valkyrie. He's very mean and moody in it ( in the poster), well perhaps the Nazi uniform doesn't help with his mood.

I sent a spare copy of Branagh's autobiography to an FB buddy the other day. We haven't known each other all that long, but she friended me cause we have mutual friends. So I spotted on her profile that she loved the Branagh man and we got chatting about that. She mentioned that she would love to read his book but hasn't been able to find it. So I told her I had a spare copy and she could have it. I don't need it since I have the hard back of it. Glad I could help her out.

I went on to Twitter last night and few seconds before Rob Zombie tweeted that his England tour dates were sold out and he thanked everyone. I tweeted back that Scotland was sold out too. Not long later he wrote Yes, Scotland is sold out to. thank you too. Now I'm not saying that it was my tweet that he was responding to after all I'm sure I'm not the only Scottish Zombie Fan but it was cool none the less.

I almost have enough saved up for a Kindle!! I've been wanting one for ages but decide to save up for it rather than splurge right away, that way by the time I go to buy it I'll know I really want it and it's not just a impulse buy spured on by the lovely Suzy Perry from the Gadget show. Gemma brought her's to one of the Vegan meetups and lets us all have a look at it. So after that definatly decide to get one. I love the fact that you can read PDF's on them, I have loads of them so maybe now I'll be able to read them. So while I would be able to buy it next month I'm going to wait till January. My 1st ebook will be "Outer Darkness" a novel written by an online friend on mine ( and intrestingly she's a high pristess of her local Demonolatry sect and has written lots of books on Demonolatory)but this one is pure fiction. Of course if your an atheist then her books on religion are too hehe!

Fright night

2010-11-06T18:16:00.004Z

I'm going to watch the 1985 classic Fright night later tonight. It's been a while since I said hello to Chris Sarandon and co. It's been remade in the USA ( surprise,surprise) and has the one and only........ David Tenant in it ( that's exiting innit Wendy?)He doesn't play the Vampire neighbour, that part has gone to Colin Farrell, David plays Roddy McDowels character Who in the original is a horror host in a TV show called "Fright night" but in the remake is an illusionist who's show is called "Fright night". Here's a pic of him and apparently he gets his top off a lot!!

I think he looks spookily like Kenneth Branagh in wild, Wild west

Remakes rant!

2010-11-03T18:55:00.003Z

Well kind of. It's actually more of a moan about folk that watch them then moan about it. Today I treated myself to the latest edition of Rue Morgue magazine, considering it's £8 it really IS a treat but it had articles on the 50 year anniversary of Psycho and an interview with William Blatty ANYWAY.... In the readers letter page there was one from a woman who had been to a horror movie festival and had sat through the remake of "I spit on your grave" Now as any horror movie fan will tell you the original was banned in the UK for years cause of it's sexual violence ( it's about a women who was gang raped) and the violence she used in revenge ( cut off one guys willy when he was in the bath) So she would have know about the subject matter before she went in to the theatre. She sat through the whole film, then decide to write a letter about how it was shown women to be exploited and how ISOYG should never have been remade. I just wanted to shout at her "What the frak were you doing there then?" I would never in a million years watch either version of that film and if I was at a horror fest that showed it, I would go and get a cup of tea and check out the girls instead hehe!

The American remake of "let the right one in" renamed "Let me in" (well it is America and they have a habit of changing great titles to really shitty ones. "the boat that rocked" to "Pirate radio" was one) opens in here in the UK on Friday already people are slatting it and saying how the original is so much better. Well I love the original it's easily one of the my fave ever vampire flicks but I'm going to give this version a chance, as sometimes you actually get amazing remakes. Dawn of the dead for one, the wicker man for another. Okay I was joking about The wicker man ( Sod off Neil Labute, you took what was beautiful and made it dirty, DIRTY!!!!!) but people are forgetting the most important and exiting thing about this remake is that it's backed by Hammer studios. They used to be great once and Will be again.

Dude WTF?

2010-11-01T20:45:00.001Z

Once upon a time I was friends with a boy, who we shall call Dick ( cause that's what he is) Dick and I were pretty much BFF's for a few years. We decide to move into a wee flat together so we put ourselves on the council house waiting list and even used my heart condition to gain a few points and get further up the list. One day as I was walking through Glasgow city centre I got a call on my mobile from a women at the housing office. She had been trying to get hold of Dick for the last few hours but since she couldn't get him,she phoned me. And said that there was a house for us but we need to go and see it really soon. Woo hoo! you would have thought right? Sadly however it turned out that this was our 3rd and final offer of a house, Dick had turned down 2 previous houses without telling me so I didn''t even get the chance to say yay or nay. So well fell out and haven't spoken since.

Fast forward a few years to tonight. I Got off the train in Larkhall and was walking up the platform to the stairs when I saw Dick walking towards me also heading for the stairs. I pretended not to see him, but he saw me and caught me on the stairs and asked me how I was. I was very dry with him and said "Fine" he asked me if I was on the train from Glasgow I answered "Yes" he said did you get on at central As i never saw you? I replied "I was at the other end of the platform probably". Then I walked quickly away from him and got in my dads car. I have no desire to rekindle any type of relationship with that guy. In the words of the Dixie Chicks "I'm not ready to make nice" I'm all for forgiveness but you have to earn it and asking me how I am is not really earning it. That's not to say I have this festering hatred for him. I don't in fact I very rarely think of him now. He's not worthy of occupying even a minute of my daily thoughts and perhaps that's a greater punishment in itself after all who wouldn't want to be remembered even for a short time?

Warning: Post is religious in nature!!

2010-10-25T19:57:00.005+01:00

Ladies and Gents I Feel blessed, not only do I have great friends, wonderful family and a killer smile hehe! But I have the greatest job in the world. Now I know what your thinking, your thinking your a filthy,sponging of the government student doing a completely pointless degree and you'd be right!!! But what i consider to be my real job is running my outreach programme and my little ministry. Over the last few days I have had lovely emails, Pm's, youtube comments and forum posts from people that I have helped. One girl whom i have been helping for the last year or so wrote to me and said I was an inspiration to her and because of my help she has Finally done her dedication to Satan and even used something I wrote in her ritual. People seem to really respond to my website and youtube vids despite their obvious punctuation issues. I mean I wouldn't know a split infinitive from a dangling modifier but it doesn't seem to stop the message getting through.

Most of the people I get emails from are seekers ( the rest are the trying to save my soul types hehe!) I'm of the belief( and it's by no means an original belief) that many are seekers but few are chosen. Myself and a few others are here to help awaken the chosen. That's what my job is so special, when you read that someone is finally comfortable with who they are, with ALL that they are that is a joy that all the money in the world couldn't buy.

Bloody hell!

2010-10-19T19:51:00.003+01:00

Well bugger me with a fish fork ( to quote Lizzie from Prisoner Cell Block H )I agreed with everything Mathew Wright said, yesterday morning, about Lesbians on the Telly. He mentioned that there was a lack of us on the telly except for Lip Service which he didn't like. Completely agree with the vile man. I dislike Lip Service cause it's cliched and seems to be trying to appeal to a broader demographic than just the LGBT community which is fine but so much of the Lesbian community wasn't represented, even in the pub scene's, there was no butch women, no disabled women etc. but to be fair it was only the first episode and at least there is a programme with female Gayers in it for once. But what Mathew shite emmm Wright says is true there does seem to be a lack of Gay women on the TV maybe not so much in the non fiction programmes but definitely in the rest. Almost every soap has a gay guy or two but no women. Hollyoaks was good for the gays but now there are none. Still at least we have Clare Balding, Jane Hill, Sue Perkins and Sandi Toksvig, on the non fiction side of things, batting for team Ellen.

Talking of Ellen. I pre-ordered her wife's autobiography from Amazon the other day. It's called Unbearable lightnes: A story of loss and gain. In it she talks about her stuggles with Bulimia, her sexuality and Ellen. Can't wait but I hope it doesn't make me cry like Chely Wright's did.

Catch up!

2010-10-17T17:54:00.003+01:00

Well that's was a bit of time that's past since my last update. Here's hoping I've done things interesting in that time. Let's see shall we?

I had to cancel some plans he week before last, had planned to go to an open mic night then go to spend the night at Lynsey's house and the next day we were going to do some baking then go to the cinema but sadly I had to cancel as I had a bit of an M.E relapse also had to cancel going to the meetup on on the Monday.

I went to see The Birthday Massacre on Wednesday night, they were as brilliant as I hoped they would be. I went with Angella and we were joined by Una later on. Una went a bit mad and went into the crowd to take photo's ended up on some guys shoulders then accidentally kissed Chibi,the chick lead singer, between the lips and the cheek hehe! Funny thing is she had never heard of them till I convinced her to come along and check out where Goth music has evolved to, as she is a bit stuck in the 80's with her Goth not that, that's a bad thing but there are some great bands now too.

I asked a question in my Koran class, the other day, that my Lecturer had never been asked before nor had she ever heard of anybody asking it full stop. Were were talking about the Hajj pilgrimage and the slaughter of Goats and sheep in a reenactment of the Abraham and Ishmael sacrifice. So I asked what would a Vegan Muslim do? She answered most people don't do it themselves they would get someone else to do it, so i pointed out that a vegan still wouldn't do that. She couldn't give me a decent answer and just changed the subject.

I'm going to see Rob Zombie!!!! He's coming to Glasgow in Febuary next year. I'm very exited I've even booked my room at the euro hostel so I don't have to leave the gig early to get home plus I'm a Uni the next day so it's more practical. I had to explain to my dear old mum who he was and I mentioned his movie House of 1000 corpses and she said "no wonder I haven't heard of him as I'm normal, no idea where I got you from" hehe!

I'm having Javid over for Halloween, were going to have junk food and a horror movie night, but not just any old horror's, no these one's ( there's a choice) are hosted by non other than Elivra Mistress of the Dark. In the 80's she hosted a show called "Movie Macabre" where she showed an old B & W horror and througout the movie she would pop up with a witty remark or observation. I got the DVD's when I was in NYC in 02, but as I'm the only owner in the house of a multi region player I'll need too figure out how to put my player into the TV down stairs.

I've been playing around with another photo edit software called Photofilter, it's meant to be a rival to photoshop becuse it's easier to use and it's free. So I've made a wallpaper, suprise suprise. it's not fantastic but I love it. The first picture is the original ( a screen cap from a "Rizzol & Isles Episode) and the second's is the pimped up version.

Travel,Twitter and Thor

2010-10-05T11:47:00.009+01:00

On Monday I had terrible trouble trying to get home from Glasgow. Here's the whole,gory story. Got on the train a central everything was fine, got to Argyle street had to sit for about 10 mns before we left the station then we got stuck for about an hour between RutherGlen and some where else. Then we ( the passengers) were told that the train was terminating at Rutherglen and we had to get coaches from there to Newton and from Newton were were to get trains to our destination. So got on the coach, but when the coach stopped and opened the door I got out, only to find that this wasn't Newton it was Cambuslang by which point the coach had left. So my first thought was "Oh fuck" followed by " How the arseing tits do I get home from here?"as the problem (a fallen tree) was located at Cambuslang so a train would have been no bloody use. Luckily another coach came and let people off. I asked the driver if this was going to Newton, he said it was; thankfully he let me on. Got to Newton, made my way down the stairs to the the other platform only to hear a staff member shout over that there were coaches for us to go on, so I walked all the way back over only to find thet were going to Bellshill, so I walked all the way back, only to hear the guy shouting AGAIN that there were coaches for us but this time he actually said where they were going, and thankfully it was for Hamilton, where my dear old dad picked me up. So all in all it took 3 and a half hours plus 1 subway train, 1 overground train, 2 coaches and 1 car to get me home.

More fakeEmma tweets

I made fakeEmma wet her self with laughter the other night, hehe! As you know I changed my user name from Branaghfan to Vegangoth, FakeEmma saw this and sent me a tweet about her knowing a vegan pagan who sacrificed cabbages. I sent one back saying that cabbages were good but lettuces were better after all who doesn't like sacrificing something with a heart. this was her response
EmmyThomps

@vegangoth Literally PMSL. Thank Christ for Tenalady.

Then she answered a previous Tweet about Dunnon and said this.

Oh, and Dunoon fucking ROCKS. We have ferries, TWO piers and - thanks to your last tweet - a small puddle.

Hehehe! I heart FakeEmma.

Talking of Tweets, someone re tweeted me! I was so happy it's like being quoted hehe! Apart from the celebs that I'm following, most are fangirls,so when I tweet something most people do actually know what I'm talking about. I was watching "The closer" the other afternoon and it was an episode with Mary McDonnell in it, I happened to tweet something about everything she's says sounds sexy and that's what was retweeted plus I got a few tweets back agreeing with me or saying that's because she is ( sexy). I'm a bit Twitter mad at the moment.

Wallpapers
Made some more Wallpapers. Some are just bigger versions of LJ Icons. These are them

This is a Sharleen Spiteri one. Based on a quote she said on the Texas, Paris DVD, where she said I am Elvis

A Branagh one

Two from the new American cop show Rizzoli and Isles, which is Gayest non Gay TV show to hit the air in years.I adore it and have illegally downloaded every episode, but don't tell anyone.
Not too keen on the first one, it does look a bit better with all the programme icons at the side though.

This is a wallpaper sized version of a Xena Icon I showed you all a while ago. I just love the text and the "Papyrus" font. Xena had some of the best writing ever!
Holy Trinity #1. lovin' the burst bubble wrap background. Was a freebie on a scrapbooking website, forget which one though.

Talking of Branagh, the latest Issue of Empire has a feature on Thor, which as all of you know the Irish one is directing. And for once Empire actually have included him in the feature woo hoo! As Empire seem to ignore him for the most part, sure they review his films and normally give them great reviews, well Frankenstein was a 3 star ( which is a good not great) which i take issue with!! As I love it. But it's very rare they actually interview him, so this was nice to read. Some of Thor previews were taken to the San Diego Comic con and were shown to the fans. They give it a standing ovation!!! And it's the first time Mr B has worked with CGI so he sounds like a natural.

I gave up on of my Classes ( Bible,literature and culture) as I spent the whole of the first class just thinking " What the Dickens is she talking about" So I've replaced it with New Testament ethics. Last week,which was my first class, I was used as an example. My lecturer AKMA was talking about Muffins and the reasons why people eat them or don't eat them and he said Laura wouldn't eat a muffin from the table in the common room because she wouldnt know if it was Vegan or not. He went on to use me as the Vegan example for most of the class hehe! I just pretended to find something very intresting in my notebook,after all what can you say too that?

Tweets

2010-10-02T18:26:00.003+01:00

So I've become a follower of someone called @emmythomps on Twitter. I found it via Sue Perkins tweets. @Emmythomps has set themselves up like they are the real Emma Thompson but It's not actually her as apparently She hates Twitter. But regardless the tweets are sooooo funny and many of them are in slang/gangsta speak "She" says Blud and innit alot. Anyway the tweeter didn't like that my username is @Branaghfan lol and said they wouldn't tweet me back until I changed it, so I did heheh! to see if they would live up to their word. What can I say, I was bored. The "Emma Thompson" Tweets

@Branaghfan * I refer the honourable Tweeter to my previous comments re: her deeply offensive name * 35 minutes ago via web in reply to vegangoth
@Branaghfan Now, I'm not going to tweet you again until you change your name to something less wildly inappropriate. about 9 hours ago via web in reply to vegangoth
@Branaghfan And who in their right mind would pretend to be ME? When I pretend to be someone I'm @SnoopDogg - IRL he can't even type! Bo.

Just random Funny tweets from her

RIP Tony Curtis. Proper shit that, innit.

Gosh, that would have been a well sick Segway stunt if the old man could've landed it. Like, bare vert, innit.

So yeah, it may well be a sneaky imposter but It's funny so who cares ( but just how good would it be if it was real??)

Aww!

2010-09-22T19:51:00.010+01:00

So first week back at the big school isn't going to bad. It's great to see some old faces and greet the new ones. Haven't quite got my study head on yet but I'll get there, with the help of Rockstar energy drink, but sad news!!! I can't got to Invasion!!!! Turns out the exams are on in May and nobody can tell me if it's the start or end. Buggery bollocks EH? So Terry Farrell wont have the sublime pleasure of meeting me. I'll just have to find something else fun to do next year. I'm gutted actually that I can't go to the Con. they had some great guests but thanks to Javid I do have Terry's autograph it just would have been nice to get my pic taken with her, even though I'm so not photogenic, my brain seems to hate the flash so my eyes are always shut and I have a bit of a double chin so really perhaps it's for the best. Mind you I would have made Terry look extra gorgeous, so that would have been a plus. The latest guest they announced was Edward James Olmos who was the admiral in the new BSG. Coincidentally his character has the nick name "Old man" as does Terry's character on DS9. Really I'm wasted studying theology I should get a job on SFX magazine lol. I could do a column on hot sci-fi/TV actresses I'd be good at that and it wouldn't be a chore to do research.

Finally finished series 1-5 Shameless, that was a strange experience because I loved it one minute, hated it the next. And marveled at how one minute they could be doing and saying something completely immoral then the next part of the episode could be so touching. But If I was Steve coogan I would be mightily pissed off that the creator Paul Abbott seems to have pinched Frank's character from Steve's "Paul Calf". even though he ( Paul Abbott) does say the show is based on his past. yeah, yeah you just keep telling yourself that pal!

I got a big package yesterday ( tis not often I get to write about big packages!) it was my Fan club pack from the Chely Wright fan club. It consisted of 4 Cd's, 3 back catalogue and one signed newie, 1 signed photo,A years membership to the online forum, 1 rather awesome membership card, a signed hardback copy of her autobiography plus a T-shirt. The T-shirt is bloody huge though so I'm in the process of trying to exchange it. Problem is they want a $6 check or money order for shipping fee's the dosh isn't the problem it's just I'm not sure I can send a money order in USD. The reason why i decide to join the FC is because it actually worked out better value for money as I wanted some of her Cd's plus her book and you got a shed load for the money you pay. Her book is brilliant but so sad! I'm only half way through it ( sat and read a lot yesterday) and it had me crying at bits. Especially the bit where she talks through the moment she found herself sitting with a gun in her mouth ready to kill herself, because of her sexuality. Religion was a contribution to that decision but her faith brought her back from the edge. It's disturbing how the words of someone you don't even know can push you that far. Now she's like a butterfly and her past is just a chrysalis. But seriously how can anyone not have thought she was Gay after seeing this cover to one of her singles.

Really a vest is G.A.Y!!!! or at the very least bi-curious. Of course I wont be volunteering that little thought to John McClain anytime soon. But as well as being slightly Gay it's also makes a person instantly sexy and I defiantly wont be offering that little though to John MClaine *shudders*

V Drinking game!

1 shot every time you are introduced to a friendly Visitor and you sa "wonder if they're meant to be like the Willie character from the original

1 shot when you think Elizabeth Mitchell really does look like Oliva from Flashforward

1 shot every time you think your going to see Anna eating a rodent.

1 shot When you point out that he was in BSG

1 shot when you point out that "so was he"

1 shot when you point out "and so was she"

1 shot when you realise that their characters actually have a very similar fate in both shows.

1 shot when you think Erica and Father Jack are going to kiss

1 shot when you laugh evertime Father Jack introduces himself

1 shot when you immediately say "Drink, girls, feck, arse!"

1 shot when you notice that the son of Erica has an Otep poster on his bedroom wall

1 shot if you find yourself going on to Otep's FB page and telling her about the poster

1 shot when she "Likes" the comment ( that actually did happen to me as I am THAT sad!!!)

1 shot when you find yourself shouting "No don't" every time Erica's son talkes about joining the "Live aboard programme"

1 shot when you find yourself saying "oh go on just join the bloody programme your annoying anyway and you treat your hot mum like shit."

1 shot when you find yourself sighing over how deeply unsexy Anna is after all if your going to be bad then at least if your sexy then it's a slight redeeming quality. At least Diana was sexy, in a big hair, bigger glasses kinda way,she looked like she just stepped out of a Motley Crue video.

1 shot when Erica gets her gun out and goes all FBI on a bad guy. Cause, as we know by now, girl + gun = Sexy!!!!

The end!

P. S You can enjoy the new V on freeview soon. Virgin or as it's now known as, Channel 1 is going to show it. Why would they change the channel name? it makes no sense. And their already is a channel 1, sure it may actually be BBC 1 but I bet I'm not the only one that's calls it Channel 1 occasionally. now that's just going to confuse matters.

Q & A's

2010-09-19T14:27:00.003+01:00

Finally I've finished answering those mag questions. I haven't sent them off yet, so if you read soemthing that makes no sense, you feel I'm a bit ranty or could have gone into more detail ( or less detail) can you let me know please?. Ta muchly.

Is it more challenging to be GLBT or a Satanist in today’s society, and why?

I think it’s more of a challenge to be a Satanist. Because there is still so much that people believe us to be, most of it being complete media fuelled nonsense.

Which was harder to tell your family, that you are a Satanist or that you’re GLBT, and why?

I never actually told my parents about my religious beliefs. My mum found out by accident, while googgling my name one night. She came across and article I had written for a Demonolatry/Theistic Satanism magazine. It’s not too much of an issue with us. Though they would prefer I was not a Satanist. We don’t talk about my beliefs so other than what they read in the article, they know very little about it. And they like it that way, for the moment anyway. I guess it’s a Don’t ask, Don’t tell situation.

Certainly though I would have gotten round to telling them eventually and it would just have been as nerve racking as it was telling them I was Gay. But due to the bad press Satanists get I would have been a little more worried about their reaction. Thankfully I didn’t have to worry about that.

Do you get homophobia from other Satanists more or less than you get from
society in general, and can you give examples?

Absolutely not! Theistic Satanism and those that practise it are very into personal choice, freedom of choice and passionately belief whatever happens between to consenting adults is their business. Of course that’s not to say that there aren’t any homophobes within the community but even they realise that it is not their business to shove their opinion onto others, just as we would not shove our opinion regarding homophobia onto them, unless of course the views are causing ill feeling amongst the community.

How does homophobia in Satanism compare to other faiths or philosophies?

Theistic Satanism doesn’t have a sacred text or religious leaders to tell us what to think, and the books that many Satanists think of as important from a Satanic point of view ( the Al-Jilwah and to a certain extent The Satanic bible) have no homophobic rhetoric in them. So there is no scriptural reason for homophobia in Satanism, so in that respect we are trail blazers.

Did you choose Satanism because other faiths or philosophies often reject
homosexuals, or was your homosexuality not a factor?

My sexuality was not a factor in my choosing of Satanism. But it has helped in my acceptance of it. Satanism very much puts the individual first but with that comes a responsibility for that individual to discover themselves and in doing so discover the love and acceptance of the Divine. Knowing that Satan chooses his own (by own I mean his followers) is a great factor in coming to terms with things that you cannot change. For me discovering that he has chosen me regardless of my sexuality was instrumental in finally coming to terms with it.

What are the views of Satanism of homosexuality and homophobia?

Homosexuality in Satanism is accepted and not just merely tolerated. It’s not seen and any better or worse than other sexuality. What consenting adults get up to in the privacy of their own home is their own business. As for homophobia it wouldn’t be tolerated nor accepted.

Satanism has often been portrayed as just a way to shock society. Do you view the trend of more and more celebrities coming out of the closet the same way, as a way to shock people, and why or why not?

No I don’t view the fact that more and more celebrities are coming out as a shock tactic, as I really don’t think most people are shocked by homosexuality anymore. I think people are just realising that life is too short to spend it hiding who you are.

I take slight issue with the assumption that Satanists are Satanists to shock! This may be true for some people, mostly teenagers. But for the majority, of Theistic Satanists, this is not the case our love of Satan and his love for us is why we are Satanists.

If you’re involved with a Satanic or LHP organization, what is the organizations views on homosexuality? On homophobia?

N/A

How does the Church of Satan view homosexuality? Or homophobia?

I’m a theistic Satanist so I don’t get involved with the CoS as they are symbolic Satanists.

Did you realize you were GLBT or a Satanist first, and how did you realize it?

I realised I was Gay first. Usual story, crushes on girls in high school.

Has being GLBT made your life more or less difficult, and why?

No I wouldn’t say my sexuality made things more difficult but I would say people’s view, on the odd occasion, of homosexuality has.

If there is a Hell, who is more likely to go, Satanists or homosexuals, and why?

My own beliefs take a more hermetic view of life after death and Hell does not come into it. If hell is a punishment the equivalent in my belief would be that we would lose the right to ascend to a higher plane, lose the right to re-incarnate and lose the right to fully know Satan. This could happen to a Satanist or Homosexual but it would not happen because they were a Satanist or a homosexual.

How does Satan, Lucifer or your preferred diety view Homosexuality?

To Satan, a person’s sexuality is of no consequence, Gay, straight, whatever (to quote Paige in “Ellen” hehe!) He loves us regardless.

Hmmmm!

2010-09-14T18:29:00.002+01:00

I went into wee comic book shop today, to pick up my standing order and behold he,Mr shop keeper man, presented me with 4 lovely shiny copies of Wonder woman. Mr shop keeper man proceeded to say that will be £9 please,I replied I'll use my credit note thank you very much Mr shop keeper man. He said no can do, that is your deposit for the privilege of having a standing order, as you might run out on me ( or words to that effect) me being the non confrontational annoying person that i am; paid the man. But really I'm thinking, That my beardy bastard of a shopkeeper man is theft!! I've still got £20 on that credit note and since I plan to have the standing order till at least 2013 he's pretty much robbed me and he's got the privilege of having my entire Catwoman collection to sell. Beardy Bastard!!!!!

Forgot to mention that, on the way back from Teford, parents and I stopped off in Blackpool for a couple of hours. It was only 23 miles out of our way. We wanted to have a wee walk round the pleasure beach. Turns out that you need to pay £5 per person just to walk round the place now. So we didn't bother. We don't do scary fairground rides as we are all pretty much pussies when it comes to that kind of thing. But given that I'm part robot couldn't go on them anyway which is a great reason for chickening out and not losing face hehehe! But we all love watching others getting the shit scared out of them so it's a shame we had to pay. Thing is we would have spent money inside the place on food,drinks and possible tokens for the rides more suited for scaredy cats. Plus I love the Alice and wonderland ride lol.

10 days time I'll have my cinemacard back woo hoo! I re applied for it yesterday, I could use the print out and go at the moment but think I'll just wait.

Haven't finshed the Q & A's yet but will do by the end of the week.

Mum and I are off into Glasgow on Thursday for a long over due girlie day but more exiting than that, we are off to buy tickets for the Armisted Maupin personal appearance at Waterstone. We are sooooo unbelievable exited about this, as we love the tales of the city books so much. In fact my mum when she was in San Fransisco a couple of years ago tried to find Barbury lane, as she knew it did actually exist. But couldn't find it. turns out when she mentioned it to a bus driver on the way to the airport to go home, she was only 5 mins away from it. Gutted she was. I want my photo taken with him.

Catch up! , koran rant!! and Spartacus drinking game

2010-09-11T14:12:00.009+01:00

So I went to Telford and I'm now back! Good too see yah all!! Had a nice time down there, didn't do a huge amount. Although did get to met my friend Katy whom I've known for a few years online. We went for lunch at the local wetherspoon cause they do vegan grub. It was nice to meet her, we have very similer religious beliefs so the conversation flowed very well when chatting about that and to be frank if you happened to be sitting at the tables near us and earywigging you would have got an education that is for sure hehehe! Little nephew is looking cuter by the day and getting bloody heavy too. He loves the Go compare adverts, his head immediately turns to the TV when it comes on then he looks away again when it finishes. A few photos are on my FB page if you wanna have a wee look.

My gran is doing a bit better, she had her hip op yesterday, so my mum and I went to see her today but hardly stayed 15mins as she kept falling asleep. My dad and I went to see her the day she was admitted ( mum was working but was coming up with us at night), and i got one hell of a fright because she never had her false teeth in ( she only has a fake top set) in all the years I've know her I've never seen her without them, she even goes to bed with them in. She just was lying in the bed looking really old and not the Gran that I knew. My mum is convinced that her time is just about up, but then she was always glass is half empty.

I got the questions for my magazine interview the other day, so hopefully I'll put the answers here in the next couple of days.I'm Trying to answer them in a way that doesn't make me sound like a nutjob but then I am religious, so some people will think that goes with the territory.

Next Saturday I was supposed to meet a guy form the ULC for lunch, it did start out that there was going to be another coming but for some reason we can't get hold of her. So it was just going to be me and Joe. But I cancelled today as I was really uncomfortable with the fact that he is coming up from Reading just to see me. He has no other business to attend to in Glasgow. It would be different if he was coming from closer by like Edinburgh or somewhere but England well that's just crazy talk fool. It was to much pressure, I mean what if he left after the meeting and though "what a bloody waste of time that was" England's a long way to come to be disappointed. Although being an Atheist I bet he and I would have some nice theological discussions, but we can do that online and it would save him the price of a hotel room. So I used my gran as the excuse lol.

Went to the uni yesterday to finalise my course choices only to find that for some reason they don't have my grades from my OU course, that let me skip a year. So if I don't hand them in i wont be able to graduate. Luckily I found them online last night so all's well.

How much of a numpty is that Yank preacher ( Terry Jones) for talking about burning the korans? If he really wanted to do it he would have done it all ready, it's been 9 years since 9/11 I think he was just trying to get new members for his dwindling congregation. Besides who can take a man seriously when he has the mustache of one of the village people and the name of an ex python? People have died because of his attention seeking and all because of an objection to an Islamic centre near ground zero. They would have a point if this wasn't America!! Let's ask the Native Americana's what they think about having Christian centre's and churches dotted over their land. which was the results of thousands upon thousands of NA murders over the year;s far more than 9/11 did ever produce. It's not the action of burni the books that bug me after you could just go and buy another one, it's the symbolism behind it,it's so nasty and vindictive, he hadn't even read the bloody thing. Not that I wish to defend Islam in anyway, I dislike that religion as much as I dislike Christianity and Judaism but all 3 religions have some lovely stuff in there and the vast majority of followers are just trying to tick along like everyone else. So to offend Muslims and also non-Muslims like this is shocking, I doubt Jesus would have done that and he had anger issues.

I finished watching Spartacus:Blood and Sand. Holy moly!!! I'm glad I kept watching it as it got really good. Granted if Lucy wasn't in it I doubt I would have carried on after ep one. I've invented a Spartacus drinking game guaranteed to have you die of alcohol poisoning with in the first half hour.

1 shot every time you see a pair of women's breasts
1shot when you see a man's bum
1shot when john hannah says "Cock"
1shot when you see Lucy with a different colour wig
1 shout when you hear someone say "Jupiter's cock"
1 shot full frontal nudity (either sex)
1shot someone gets their head chopped off
1 shot when john hannah tries to be all actory and elongate his words i.e meeeee
1 shot when you could work out what the hell the character of crixis was saying
1 shot when you find yourself saying "Xena would never have said that!"
1 shot when you were too busy hypnotised by Lucy's cleavage to remember the plot of the episode
1 shot when you still say "haha! Lucretia, that's the name of a sisters of mercy song"
1 shot when you get though the episode without saying John Hannah is shit in this.
1 shot when you don't say "I'm Spartacus" or "For sparta" anytime Spartacus comes on.
1 shot every time Ilithyia kisses Lucretia on the mouth for no real reason ( not that, that's an issue you understand)
1 shot for every time I say "where have i seen her before" every time Ilithyia comes on screen
1shot when ever a sevred body part makes you wish you weren't eating while watching it.
1shot to get over the shock when Varro died.
1 shot every time you see a scene in the baths, it's too gay for words!!! it's like the target audience is mo's.
1 shot every time you recognise an ex Hercules the legendary journeys actor directing an episode, 2 shots if it's Michael Hurst.
1 shot everytime the actions of the character Batiatus made you swear at the screen in disgust.
So that was the Spartacus:Blood and Sand drinking game.Next time the all new V

2010-09-02T21:59:00.000+01:00

list

2010-08-31T15:10:00.004+01:00

Behold a list of things you may or may not know about moi.

I hate the smell of windowlean

I need to put my right sock/shoe on before my left

I dislike some of the groups I adored when I was a teen, but now like some of the groups I hated back then.

I want Simone Lahbib to play me in the movie of my life. Mainly cause she's Scottish so the accent wont turn out shit plus she's sexier and better looking than I am.

I want, for reasons I cannot fathom, Alfred Molina to play my dad.

My brother would be played by James MCAvoy

Jackie Woodburne to play my mum.

I do realise that neither Alfred nor Jackie are Scottish but I'm sure they would do a passible scots accent.

Im singing, loudly and out of tune to Soundgarden's Blackhole sun at the moment

I love cold custard

If I could, I would live of various different veggies burgers for the rest of my life.

I have no real desire to holiday abroad, I love the UK. But I do want to visit the USA again and also take a trip to Sweden and possibly New Zealand.

I'm not as brave as I'd like to be

I can't work out whether it's okay to sing the "N word" when it's in a song.

I want the guy who narrates Come dine with me, to narrative my life, like that movie Stranger than fiction.

I don't like airports! Planes I have no issue with but airports are too big, have too many check in desks and I'm scared of not being able to find the right gate.

I have a habit of not writing in contractions, so sometimes need to go back and change that.

I do,sometimes, care what people think about me and that bugs me.

Most of the time what I write in my blog, I wouldn't say in the "Real" world.

I can never spell believe not matter how many times I write it. Being a theology student I write it alot.

Right that's enough getting to know me for now. More later. Maybe!!

Kinda weird!

2010-08-21T13:40:00.002+01:00

Turns out my so called Best mate has gotten herself a boyfriend and not told me. It was her brother Gary that told me last night on facebook, he just assumed that I knew. I don't think he likes him very much as he asked me how to get him away from her. I don't understand why she never mentioned it, I asked her but have had no reply. Our relationship is strange anyway as I can go for months not hearing from her as she hardly ever answers emails,text messages or FB DM's. So perhaps it's not so strange. I've always put her absence down to the fact she has 3 kids plus trying to juggle college so it's never bothered me too much. But it does bug me that she didn't tell me exiting news like that. Perhaps he's ugly, perhaps he has a hump and a lisp or a hump, a lips and dribbles when he talks.

I got a friend request on FB the other day from a women who I met years ago. I went to this women only event in Glasgow, well technically i was dragged their by my date. Turns out it was actually good. the girl who friended me (Lynsey) was performing a drag king act and also reading from her new book about her experiences with dealing with brain injury. We talked for a while afterwards. So I sent her a DM and said that we met years ago and explained the event etc. She remembers the event, it's name and the name of the women i was with (Which is more than I did)but didn't remember me. Turns out is was 7 years ago so it's no wonder she didn't remember me as I look slightly different now. She's a Vegan too that's why she friended me, she saw some of my posts on the vegan meetup forum and found me via another forum members FB. We will meet up for the first time in 7 years at the next vegan potluck in Sept, in which the both of us plan to have a taste test of the different chocolate cereals around lol. Weird how small the world can seem sometimes.

I'm going to be interviewed for an American LGBT magazine called Quse. The reporter wants me to answer questions about my experiences as a Gay Satanist. Should be fun. He asked me via my website. I'll be getting the questions emailed to me in September, so I'll keep you all posted.

Wot I did and I'm going to do this week

2010-08-17T18:59:00.004+01:00

This week I learned to never make Caramel, just a second over the time when it's ready it burns and turns into a liquid that is hotter than Allison Janney, okay maybe not THAT hot but you know hot still!!!

I almost thought that Ellen and Portia were getting a divorce. I read an article on the net that started along the lines of Portia De Rossi filed papers. I immediately thought Noooooooo! then i read on and it said that she was filing papers to change her name from De Rossi to Degeneres. Phew! After all as far as celeb couples go, I never want them to split I would be gutted and Franky I think the whole Lesbian community worldwide would be too. And the good things is they are technically and legally married as they had their ceremony before the Mormons forced their morals onto the world. Given that they are married makes the USA, at that time at least, less of a pussy in the pissing of the religious right than the UK.

Some bugger thought it would be a good idea to use my website guestbook as the perfect place to advertise holiday,homes and house letting. And what's more they did it in a foreign language. I had to copy and paste it into google translator as ( and this may surprise you) I don't speak Polish. I was tempted to scare the shit out of them, by emailing a curse written in Polish to get my own back LOL.

I have 11 auctions going on Ebay at the moment. I have 7 tops & t-shirts, 1 handbag, 1 duff ipod, 1 colour game boy with games, vintage wrapping paper, from the 60's or 70's from the dept store Jenners and an electronic chess game ( I don't know how to play chess)I have a feeling most will not sell and the ones that do I'll get a rubbish price. some of the tops are brand new and have never been worn but i'll bet someone will get them for £2.50 each or something silly like that. I want to put the profit into my wetsuit fund.

I sold some more DVDs on musicmagpie again. I got rid of 11, didn't make much only £11 but that's better than nothing. Still bizarre pricing though. A DVD I bought from poundland went for £1.79 ( profit, NICE!) my 3 disc 10Th anniversary Clerks went for 60p but the single disc sequel went for £1.50. It's funny as ever since I got the cineworld card i don't buy so many movie DVD's anymore and the one's that I do buy are because I love the actor/actress and collect their movies whether their rubbish or not. Or it has sentimental value for some reason.

I'm spending the next few days making a video for one of my youtube channels. I made a slideshow type video last year about how to pray, it gets hits often and people leave comments. Sadly there is the odd Christian posting offensive things but on the whole it's not too bad, anyway someone asked me to make a video about how to do a dedication ceremony, which is exitiing so i've written it and now just need to start the video. Should be fun, only problem is I would have liked it to mach the other two in style but I haven't the foggiest what font I used. So I'll just have to find a near as dammit one. If you want to view my previous two, feel free to click the link to my channel feel free not to view them too.

Down to the river ( pic heavy!!)

2010-08-13T14:28:00.007+01:00

About a fortnight ago the BBC showed a documentary called "Wild swimming" presented by the lovely Alice Roberts Basically the prog was about her journey into river/Wild/Open swimming. I was so taken by this programme that I watched in again the next day in iplayer. It is such a simple thing, going for a swim in the river, something that I've never done despite living near a river. So today I took myself down to the river took look for ideal spots to have a go at wild swimming. I photocopied a map that was in the back of a book all about the history of Stonehouse ( my village for those of you who don't know) on this map all the pools around the river Avon are pointed out and named. I found two of them, others were either too far away to access on foot, or too hard to get to because of overgrown grass and bushes ( and nobody likes an over grown bush am I right?)
So here are pics of the spots I've found. The first ones are of " Bilin Pat" pool

The next ones are from what I think are called "Racing Board" and "Puddock hole". I had to climb through a broken fence and down a steepish embankment to get to this beauty.

while the Documentary was informative regarding the history of wild swimming it told you very little about safety. So I've been investigating that side of things. It's important to find your exit point ( as well as your entry) watch out for weeds, ideally don't swim alone but as long as your careful you'll be fine after all you can have an accident can happen anywhere. Don't drink booze before a swim, if you feel the start of hypothermia ( chattering teeth) then get out and heat yourself up. Be warm before you get into the water either by going to a part of the river that you have to walk a while too or do star jumps etc. Bring a change of clothes. It's really all common sense.

Quite a lot people like to swim in a wetsuit because they can stay in the water longer this way. So i think I'll get one. Ideally it should be a triathlon wetsuit because it specifically designed for swimming where as a surfing one isn't and is a bit restrictive in the arms and legs. But since triathlon one's are very pricey I'll just get a surfing one, after all I'm only swimming for fun and will be doing the breast stroke so a bit of restriction shouldn't be too annoying besides if I find I actually like it then I can invest in a swimming one. Or just be brave and either wear a swim suit ( don't own one) or skinny dip!

I need a hobby that has a bit more exercise too it and swimming is low impact so shouldn't be too much of a strain on the old M.E ( although walking up the hill from the Avon might be a killer)And since I don't actually like swimming pools, far to noisy, I hate the smell plus the chlorine is bad for my dyed hair. This open swimming lark is the ideal solution.

Warning this post is random

2010-08-07T19:23:00.010+01:00

I want to blog but have nothing to say but Damn it I'm going to blog anyway.

I fell down the stairs this morning, or to be more accurate I slid down them I love Lucy style all that was missing was me carrying a big ass cake and having it squish into my face when I landed. Not sure how I managed that extraordinary feat as I can normally walk down stairs without any bother and have been able to for years, it's about the only talent I have. So I'm a little sore now.

Hollyoaks is starting to do a transgender story line and whats even better is it's Female to Male.The Character of Jasmine is going to start the process of becoming Jason. Hollyoaks has a bit of a reputation for sensational stories but they do. do important stories really well and I think this will be a cracking story to watch develop. Sadly though even with the new cast that they have brought it I still don't fancy a single cast member!!!!! Not since the very lovely Maddie of the original cast (The girl in the Blue dress, which sounds like the 4rd part of the Millennium books lol). So this means I actually watch the show cause I like it, just don't spread that around as i have a rep to protect.

Look at this picture, what is the first thing that springs to your mind? If it's "Gay" then you're reading my mind.

This is Queen Latifah and her "Personal Trainer" She has constantly denied that's she Gay but really everyone know's she's in the Glass closet along with jodie Foster. Wonder what excuse's she could come up with for this pic.

1. I was helping her close the clasp on her Bikini top
2. She was trying scare away a fly that was sitting on my ass
3. She was seeing if my butt exercise had made it any firmer
4. I was just wondering what that smell was
5. There was a horrible accident with superglue, while trying to chase the fly away

I'm trying to decide on the classes I'm talking for Uni. So far i have picked 3 out of the required 4
1. The Bible. literature and culture
2. Contemporary theology
3. Old Testament
but I can't decide on the 4th it's between Qur'anic studies and New Testament Ethics. But I really want to do both of those so perhaps I'll kick OT to the curb. I can't decide. both of those are on a Friday and I wanted Fridays off so I could go the Rugby. but The Qur'an class is the last one that day and finishes at 2 so I could possibly manage to go home, drop of bag, grab sandwich and head back in just in time for the 19:30 kick off. As I don't want to hang around from 2 till then. Hmmm! so thought is required on this one.

My website is working again hurrah! It wasn't working for about a week and it was really annoying me. Apparently though it was working for other people as I was still getting guest book messages, i asked on a forum for people to check plus I got my coaching clients to look too and everyone said it was working. So I have no idea what happened this end. i kept getting a message saying the conection timed out. Never mind it's worrking now and thats all that matters.

Yesterday

2010-08-06T19:18:00.003+01:00

Yesterday I met up with Auntie Gwen for lunch. It was fantastic to see her again and great to a have a much longer natter than just the quick 5 mins in my horrible new dept at JL. I wont bore you all about what we chatted about, but I went home with the knowledge that I've just had lunch with one of the nicest and cheeriest people I have ever met. And she has lovely taste in Bra's ( leave you to ponder how I know that LOL)

A bit of a moan and other stuff

2010-08-01T19:11:00.010+01:00

Well my planned dinner with Javid never happned, thanks to my M.E deciding that Lolly can't have a nice night with her buddies, no she has to stay sick in bed. My M.E decide that Friday of all the days it could pick that Friday would be the chosen one to make Lolly not be able to walk to the end of the road let alone the bust stop. Evil, Evil M.E. So spent Saturday in bed too. Sunday felt well, so got up dressed, and did the ironing and made soup. Today not all that great so must have done a bit too much yesterday.

Going to see Toy story 3 with my dear old mum and dad tomorrow. Not much else on this week execpt for a trip to the hospital with Nicola, she may get bad news so didn't want her to go herself and ( this is exiting) I'm meeting Auntie Gwen for lunch, we're going to Stereo. The last time we met she popped into to see me at JL. So really looking forward to that.

I made a new wallpaper today. It's a Chely Wright one. I'm pleased with it, I love the text, I wanted it to look as close as it could to the text on her website. Didn't do too bad a job either. Wasn't sure of the font name so i just used a similer one. I managed to get the white outline on "Wright"also so all in all pleased with it muchly.

The website text

My wallpaper

Vegan woo hoo's and other stuff

2010-07-29T18:16:00.007+01:00

I've had my eye on a pair of skullcandy headphones for a while now, but I wasn't sure if the earpads were leather or not, so i wrote to the company and got no reply, So I googled it and found a thread on a forum where someone did the same thing and also got no reply. Luckily another answer to their thread came from a peron who's friend works for the comapny ( and is also a Vegan) and said all but one pair of headphones are are synthetic. So a big woo hoo! from me because I realy,really want these ones. I'm terrible with earphones as I always manage to break them, I wrap the cable round the ipod so it must break it inside. So I've been using poundland ones but the sound is not worthy of my ipod so I'm going to splurge and get a set that I can't wind up round it. These are them

the other vegan woo hoo! Is that jammie dodgers are now vegan so emm woo hoo!

I was doing my scribe gig today and got a bit of a shock from Nicky. We were in the student union having a slush puppie when she pointed to one of the guy's who works there and said "He dosn't look like a student here" I asked "Why" her reply was "he dosen't look bright enough" I was shocked! and said something alone the lines of "that's a terrible thing to say" and then I said "I though your lot (meaning christians) were all for peace and love and loving your neighbour as your brother" her reply was "We don't always practise what we preach". That poor guy did nothing to her, said nothing to her yet she just attacked him anyway. At least when Jesus called people "dogs" etc he had a reason.

Amanda Donohoe is leaving Emmerdale!!! This is very sad news, the Dales were lacking posh totty since Zoe left all those years ago so she filled the void nicely. Check out previous posts for AD ramblings and to see the photo of me and her together ( don't like that pic of me however!)

Here

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I was standing in WHsmith reading an interview with her in what I think was Womens weekly ( It was an old lady mag anyway) and she said she wants to go back to the stage. So heres hoping that's what she does, since I saw her in the Graduate and in Manchester when she was in Miss Julie so it would be nice to go and see her live again.

Another guest has been announced for Invasion. It's Clea Duvall. Who was in Hereo's ( when that was a good show) ,Carnivale and was the invisable girl in Buffy. But more importantly she was in the movie "But I'm Cheerleader" playing a Lesbian called Graham. Why would you call your daughter a boys name and then be suprised when she says she gay? Here's the trailer.

Off to Javids for dinner tomorrow. David is picking me up in Lenzie, Jason is cooking and then David is taking me home later. Will be an awesome night, haven't seen them since they came back from America, where they went to Washington DC. I want to find out if they saw CJ Cregg anywhere.

I cant decide whether I like the BBC Sherlock or not. It took me two days to watch it which means i might not like it all that much. Its just I find him (Sherlock) to be to much of a smart arse. He's like a British Patrick Jane ( The Mentalist) and I stopped watching that cause of him annoying me. I don't like the idea that someone can tell you know all about you when he has only just met you. Amd I don't like that he is almost always right, except the Harry for Harriet thing ( that was funny) Still there are only 2 more in the series so I'll probebly just watch them.

Stolen Alligators and Strawberries

2010-07-23T19:24:00.004+01:00

Had my scribing job today, we just went to the the uni library. It went well we wrote a Sermon on Immigration, Nicola is very much against the Coalition governments plan to cap it. The sermon was pretty much saying that God would be against this decision and she stated passages of the bible. It was interesting. I think that's the job over with for the summer but she's offered me a permanent gig for term time at a whopping £12 an hour, she stated it will probably be about 8 hours a week. At first I was a bit worried that she'll be basiclly letting an idiot type up her essays but even if my punctuation etc was perfect she would still need to proof read it before handing it in, so I'm worried no longer.

We will need to meet up before term starts to try and sneek an Alligator back into the Theology dept. Not a real one obviously cause that would be silly. The Minister of her church graduated from Glasgow and one day just decide to steal the Alligator and has since taken it round most of the churches in Scotland for photo's ops ( much like my mum and dad do with one of my "My little ponies". Now he wants her to give it back! So she thought of leaving it in one of the toilet bowls lol but I said we should just take it to the office and say we caught him trying to ring the doorbell. So who know's how we'll manage to sneek this Alligator back. Will keep you posted.

I've discovred a new use for my Bananna guard. It can take 6 strwaberries. Just thought I'd share that with you all.

I made a new wallpaper. It's a celebration of susan Dallion AKA Siouxsie Sioux. Lyrics from my fave Banshees song "sin in my heart". I've left a bit too much room for desktop icons mind you.

SAAS n stuff

2010-07-21T19:04:00.005+01:00

Wonderful SAAS ( Student award agency peeps) given me a bursary of £1000, apparently this is a new thing they've started for certain students who qualify. So woo hoo looks like i'm going to Invasion after all. I got the letter in today and panicked a bit, because I did my usual and didn't read it properly. They are paying it in instalments with £100 a month. Silly billy me thought that, that was what I was getting as a grant and was all How the hell I'm I going to survive on £100, I can't even get my zonecard for that". It wasn't till I phoned them, regarding a different matter, that I found out I'm silly. I live in lolly land most of the time, so reality confuses me.

I went into Glasgow today, for a wee wander round the shops. Was meant to meet Angella but she couldn't get a babysitter so I was on my own some. Other than boring toiletries I bought a DVD for the grand sum of £1, it's called "The last supper" basically it's about a group of pretentious students who have a weekly dinner party with an invited guest and if that guest doesn't agree with their opinions then they kill them. If only Come dine with me was like that. It's a film from the 90's and has Cameron Diaz in it, it's one of the few movies i actually like, that has her in it. Javid and I were talking about this movie the last time they were round, so it's bizarre that I find a copy, especially since it's not well known.

Ive fianlly been able to watch the new V, thanks to a site on the Internet. Sadly not been able to see the first 2 eps, well I saw about a minute of the 1st one. but from 3 onwards had me hooked ( and not just because of the hotness of Elizabeth Mitchell, well of course I would comment of the babe factor, it wouldn't sound like my blog if i didn't) The writers have teched up the idea from the 80'version plus they got rid of those god awful sunglasses ( fashion is important people, regardless of whether you are really a reptile in cloned human skin or not) I'm a bit disturbed by the woman who plays head "V" Anna ( new Diana equivalent)as she looks like, to me anyway, the female version of one of my favourite actors a guy called Micheal Cera

I've had to download most of the eps to my hardrive as my Internet chucks a hissy fit at night and refuses to play videos without stopping to rebuff every 3 seconds. Now ( having seen the show) I will be able to actually know what people are talking about at Invasion in May.

I've also been watching Spartacus: Blood and sand online too. Well I've only seen the first episode so far. It wouldn't be fair to make a full judgment on the first episode but plenty of violence, plenty of sex and a little Lucy Lawless so whats not to like? Just kidding. I was kinda shocked by the level of violence, which is strange as I'm Xenite and that's a pretty violent show. But this one is bloody, spurty bloody but in a 300 type way. There's also a heck of a lot of nudity like full frontal nudity but it's just the women, so that's not fair,I hope that balance is re-dressed as the series goes on, not that I have a desire to see any naked people on my TV mind you. And I could do without the use "C" word but other than all of that I actually thought it was okay and will get round to watching the rest at some point.

Here she comes.........Miss Terry Farrell

2010-07-17T18:36:00.012+01:00

I, being the fangirl that i am, got very exited the other day when I clicked a starfury link on facebook for the UK L word Convention. I had a look at all the other con's that Starfury ran and saw one called "Invasion" which is to be held in May 2011. One of the guest confirmed to appear is none other than TERRY FARRELL *swoon* so I must, come hell or high water, try to attend this convention. The other guests that are appearing I couldn't give a bugger about as I haven't seen their shows as I don't have bloomin Sky TV. The others are from Caprica and the new V but there are still 2 guest spots to be announced but I bet they will go to Firefly people, bloody Wheadon!!!!!( can you tell I still hold a grudge for him and his show firefly getting Dark Angel cancelled?) Although there is one BSG actor appering ( the guy who plays Galen) so that will be good. I already know what I want Terry to sign (nope it's not my boobs) it's a DS9 poster mag for the episode Rejoined, it's a bit tatty as it was up on my wall for years. It's not in too bad nick considering its from 1997.

Thanks to Javid I already have an autographed pic but at the con I'll be able to get my pic with her :o) and yes that is Fozzy bear at the side of the photo lol, he's attached to the wall and it would have been more trouble than it would be worth to move him.

and just for the hell of it, my action figure.

I wonder if I still have my copy of Hellraiser 3, need to have a look for that.

I've only met one Actor from DS9 and that was Chase Masterson ( Letta) and she was a doll. She's gone blonde now and it makes her look completely different, its amazing what a change of hair colour can do.

If I had to pick the other two guest anyone from the following list would be awesome.

1. Jamie Bamber ( BSG)
2. James Callis (BSG)
3. Lucy Lawless ( BSG)
4. Mary McDonall (BSG)
5. Katee Sackhoff (BSG)
6. Elizabeth mitchell ( V, okay haven't seen it but I loved ER)
7. Avery Brooks (DS9)
8. Nana Visitor (DS9, Dark Angel)
9. Alexander Sidig (DS9)
10.Colm Meaney (DS9)

Chit chat

2010-07-15T18:54:00.005+01:00

Been a bit slow in blogging lately, sorry folks. So what have I been up too? Well Chris, Lyndsey and McKenzie came up the other weekend. It was lovely to see them and the wee one has grown a fair bit since i last saw him. The arrived late Friday night on the Saturday we went to the pram centre in Glasgow to get a bath seat thing for well the bath, then we had a little stroll around the Forge. Sunday they went home about lunchtime. It was a nice weekend, we're going down there in September plus I can met my facebook buddy ( Katy) for a spot of tea as she doesn't live to far from Telford I don't think.

The scribing went well, I did that on Tuesday although I stayed from 12 till 16:30 we actually only really done about 2 hours of work the rest of the time we just chatted and laughed our heads off. We get on well and make each other laugh. I outed myself religions wise as she was asking questions that could really only be answered by actually mentioning my religious beliefs. She's very much like me in the sense that neither of us care what religion ( or no religion) a person is because each have their own path to follow. I probably made a bit of an arse answering some of her question as I'm not used to talking about them ( my beliefs) mostly I just blog and write on my website. I mentioned the Universal life Church She was very interested in that and liked it's multi-faith membership idea. She is also intrigued by the fact that I'm ordained in that church and can legally use the title of Reverend. It was a very interesting and informative afternoon for the both of us. Our next session is next friday. Hopefully at the Uni as it's a trek to get to Balloch.

Great news about the new series of CSI:NY, the absolutely awesome Sela Ward is getting a part woo hoo! She played House's wife in House ( like Du'h!)her character had a fling with Cuddy but Cuddy broke it off because she is in love with House. Okay some of that may be a lie but I'll let you work out what's true and what isn't.I bet Mac gets to date her, he always gets the babes well except he's never dated Stella but then he is her boss so that would be a bit weird. A picture of Sela you say, why sure I can do that.

Talking of CSI my lovely folks bought me a CSI game for the Wii the other day. I haven't played it yet ( that's tomorrows fun) but I'm rubbish at computer games, so know doubt I'll end up getting stuck at level one like I did with the CSI game for the DS, shame it isn't the same game at least then I could get stuck while watching a bigger screen.

It's official I have no cinema card anymore. It feels weird not to have it as I had it for years even when I was dole bludging scum I could afford it. My folks said they would pay it for me, but i declined after all it's a luxury not a necessity and they could but the £13:50 to better use. Besides it's only till September then I'll get it again. I'll still go to the pics obviously, I'll just need to plan ahead to afford it lol. Besides i only really want to see Toy story 3 and Salt all the rest can wait.

I emailed the people that made the Xena DVD's to complain about the season one box set. They fobbed me of by saying I should just take them back to where I got them. I got them from Play.com in 2006 so I don't think they will replace them but i may as well ask them anyway I wont lose anything.

Finally someone on youtube has put up a video of the trailer for Allison Janney's new TV show Mr Sunshine, techincally it's really Mathew Perry's show butwe'll just forget that. She plays Mathew Perry's boss. She's very funny in it, especilly towards the end when she gets scared by some clowns. See for yourself.

The quill is mightier

2010-07-07T18:51:00.009+01:00

One of my uni friends ( Nicola, who you may remember I went to A&E with a few months ago) has offred me a part time gig as scribe. She wants me to write down what she dictates. Sounds fun and she's paying £8 an hour so how can I say no? I just hope it will be okay to use my laptop, don't see why not though.No idea why she would want a dyslexic scribe, seems more bother that it's worth, especilly since she said she will fix any wrong punctuation etc.So i need to go to Balloch on Tuesday for the 1st one, then after that we will try at make it more central for the both of us. Annoying thing is my Zonecard runs out on Saturday, so will need to get money of my folks,So I can actually get to Balloch. i'm sure they wont mind. Nicola is training to be a Church of Scotland minister so i'll be typing up her sermons etc. Can't belive i'm actually helping the opposition LOL

Had some more icon,banner making fun over the last few days. Here's the results. The first one I am sooooo proud of. I used screen captures from several Xena Eps and used the cutout studio on digital scrapbook artist, which is a piece of sofware that lets you remove the background of a photo, I used to hate using it but now i have the hang of it and don't swear using it anymore. The quote came from the Quote garden website. This banner goes on all my posts at a Xena forum, everyone else had them so I wanted one. It's small so your going to have to click on it for a better view.
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Another banner for the forum. Went for a square one this time

This one is from the movie "Imagine me and you" The quote is from later on in the movie.

More river

Adventures in the comic trade PT2

2010-07-03T15:34:00.002+01:00

Why is it when you have spent ages looking for a place you have never been only to find that when you do, eventually find it you find it's only a short walk from where you've been a few times already? This was the case today when on my big adventure looking for Futureshock. About an hour it took me to find the place, in the end i gave up with the map and just asked people. When I got there I found that the shop was only a 3 minute walk away from Glasgow uni's "St Andrew's" building, where I did one of my exams last year and the pub I had a drink in at the end of term. And they way to get there was far easier than bleedin' google maps said, they had me going all around the houses. So I sold all my comics and got a credit note for £43.80 so well chuffed. But since I wanted to haggle,as I'd never done that before, I asked about a cash price he offered £11 and said would you do £15? nope was the answer. So i happily took the credit. It's a rather tiny shop with sooooooo much stock, it's your typical west end 2nd hand book shop, i love it. I'm going back next week to have a proper nose around. The guy who runs it, has a standing order system where you can order you comics and he will keep them every month until you can manage in to pick them up. Great for people like me that don't live in Glasgow and for those, like me, that forget what number your up too and buy the same one twice. Forbidden planet do one of those too but you need to have 6 titles going, where as futureshock just need one regular one. Good find and a real hidden gem. I'm shattred now though.

Adventures in the comic trade

2010-07-02T18:28:00.006+01:00

So Wonder woman has a new look and I'm not to sure if i like it. My problem with it is not that it covers more of her up but the because the new outfit is too similer to her outfit when she is her alter ego. I liked that their was a clear distinction between her "Jobs". when she was all short shorts and lasso of truth she was disticly Wonder Woman but when she was in her silver catsuit outfit she is Agent Diana Prince working for the Dept of Meta-human affairs.there not exactly the same but still, they could have used a little more imagination.

New outfit

Agent Prince

I'm off to Glasgow tomorrow to sell some of my old comic books. Going to try get rid of my catwoman ones ( there's about 60 of those) Most of my Buffy one's ( but keeping the Willow & Tara special one's which were written by the awesome Amber Benson) don't have too many of those only 10 or so. Also getting rid of every Fallen Angel,every Dark days ( sequel to 30 days of night) and CVO.but keeping Xena, Wonder Woman and for the moment,CSI. If they do buy them I'm not expecting mega bucks, certainly wont get back what I paid for them ( if you were to total each £3 (roughly) up)I'd be happy with between £20 and £30.

I'm a bit square eyed at the moment as I'm working my way through my Xena collection, starting at season 2 because of the whole season 1 debacle still annoys me. I haven't watched them all the way through in years and I'm so enjoying it sure there are some really dumb episodes and one's that I just plain don't like but on the whole it's awesome. In fact in honour of the awesomeness of Xena I've renamed my latest blog ( you know the one that is for facebook only) it's no longer Big block of cheese, it's just plain "Mavis" after the episode where Xena is driven mad by the Furies and she keeps calling Gabby, Mavis. That makes me smile so much it's just so random. And of course it has a new banner to go with it. If all that is not sad enough,the title for this post is a play on the title of the Season four ep "Adventures in the sin trade" I'll see how many title I can do like that from now on, you know just for fun :o)

Talking of box sets I'm on to season 4 Shameless, which David and Jason ( who I've renamed Javid) lent me. I like it but wont rush out and buy my own copy. Annoyingly the character i like least ( apart from Dog killer Frank) is Shelia. That breathless way she has of talking really gets on my nerves.Mind you I did love the fact she was really chuffed when she thought her daughter was Gay ( though bit creeped out about the "Gifts" on the bed lol)better than my mum who didn't speak to me for a week. As much as I like this show i wouldn't bother about the Yank re-make if Allison wasn't going to be in it. wish she wouldn't play shelia though.

Why penguins would taste like Licorice and coconut

2010-06-30T16:08:00.003+01:00

I got up early yesterday to go to the cinema and about 10mins before I left the house my dad asked if I wanted to go to Largs for the day. Naturally I said yup and off my mum and dad and I went. We went to Largs via Dunnon LOL. When we decide to have a day out we have a day out. We got a ferry from Gourock over to Dunnon, that was fun haven't been on a ferry since the Staten Island one in 2002. Dunnon is alright wouldn't like to go for a week their though. We went to Largs on the way back, had a nice wee stroll along the sea front, where my mum and dad bought some ice cream from Nardini's. They don't sell Vegan ones. Not that I would have had any mind you. I like the taste of ice cream and the texture of it I just don't like the temperature. I don't think anything needs to be that cold. Except maybe Polar bears and Penguins. I think if you were to lick a Penguin ( right, like I'm the only one that's thought of doing that!) it would taste of Licorice and Coconut. Of course maybe I think that because they are the colour of licorice and coconut. I haven't actually ever licked a Penguin, honest officer. Penguins are awesome. I like the fact they are always dressed for dinner, plus you gotta love a species who's males raise the children without moaning about how hard done by they are. All in all it was a fantastic day. I genuinely love spending time with my folks, their bloody mad the pair of them.

So I finally went to the cinema today. I saw the movie "The Collector" what a brilliant flick but I hope never, ever to see it again EVER! It was so disturbing. It's about a family who's house was invaded by a madman, he tourted them all to death. It was a cross between "Hostel", "Saw" and little know Aussie film "Fortress" The madman set the whole house up with boobytraps, some were incredibly ingenious. I bet if he had put that much effort into his secondary school Exam's he would have passed with flying colours, that way he could have became a Dentist and been able to torture people legally.

Made a couple more wallpapers ( told you I'd bore you with more)
the first one is for my mum.she's a John Wayne fangirl

Top assasin movies

2010-06-25T19:16:00.002+01:00

I went to see "wild Target" today which is a brit movie about an assassin who ends up falling in love with his target, problem is he is a world class assassin and is from a long line of assassins, including his mum, I really liked it, it made me giggle ALOT! So I though it would be fun to name my fave Assassin movies.

1.La Femme Nikita
2.Colaterall
3.The kill Bill movies
4.In Brudge
5.Leon
6.The road to perdition
7.Grosse point blank
8.The Terminator
9. The Brave one
10. Wanted
11. Mr and Mrs Smith

Wallpapers

2010-06-24T11:04:00.006+01:00

I was a wee bit bored last night,so I decide to try my hand at making wallpapers for my laptop. The results are not too shabby, considering I was only using Digital Scrapbook artist and not Photoshop like most wallpaper makers use. So for your viewing pleasure here they are. No doubt I'll bore you all with more in time.

This one is Allison (obviously lol) I wanted a 1950's pin up girl feel to it.

River Song

Kenneth Branagh

Sara Connor

Bah! and curses!

2010-06-23T12:50:00.002+01:00

So my job interview didn't go as planned. In fact I never even got there. I got to Holytown train station only to find it's the arse side of nowhere and didn't have a taxi rank, no taxi rank at the station and none withing walking distance of the station. And there was no way i could do the 50 minute walk it would have taken to get to the business park ( I google mapped it yesterday, that's a great invention). I'll need to send the guy a letter tomorrow apologising. It's annoying because I had my journey perfectly planned and would have been about an hour early for my interview if I could have gotten a bloody taxi. Oh well nothing I can do about it now.

Busy,busy ( pic heavy)

2010-06-22T18:28:00.006+01:00

Leafleting at Hamden on Sunday was really good and such a gorgeous day. We got there about 15:30 thinking it would be busier than it was but we stayed for 2 and half hours and by the end we gave out all the leaflets. I was amazed that i didn't get sunburned as I forgot to put on my sunscreen which is typical as i got really exited when i found a vegan one, then i forget to put it on. Sadly we had to listen to Mull of Kyntyre about a gazzillion times, first from the tape recorder or whatever it was from inside the satdium then from pipers outside. Afterwards we went to Mono for food but their kitchen was shut as they were having a Brazilian night for the worldcup so we went across the road to 13 note. Don't much like it in their, staff aren't all that friendly plus none of their draft beer and cider is suitable for veggies or vegans but it's offered as part of the burger deal. I got the burger deal without knowing about the booze thing grrrr! It's a pub that specializes in Vegan food so you would think they would label their drinks better. Anyhoo here are a couple of pics of us after the Hamden fun.

Last night was the Vegan potluck at the Flying Duck, that was a good night, didn't stay for all that long ( about an hour) as i kinda over did it the day before. But it was nice to meet new people and meet up with folk i hadn't seen in a while. Hopefully I can stay longer next time.

I have my temp job interview tomorrow. I have to go to Eurocentral which is like a big business park outside of Holytown. Problem is their aint that many trains to Holytown from Hamilton,my interview is 11am. so I have to get the 09:30 Lanark train from Hamilton, which should get me into Holytown about ten to ten, then i need to get a taxi from the station to Eurocentral. There is a bus but it stops running during off peak hours unless you order it, I phoned up to order it but was told they can't get me there for 11 but then can pick me up afterwards. So i need to wait till 12 for the bus afterwards, then try to get the train back to Hamilton. It's a big adventure. If my appointment was later my dad could have taken me but he has the Doc's in the morning. Stupid place for an interview anyway.

My neighbour has taken it upon himself to paint my mum and dad's garden statues. Today he painted the lions. Now the lions were needing paninted as they were a bit weather worn and the paint was flaky so it was nice of him to offer. The Lions were a Grey colour here's what they look like now

Gorgeous aren't they? Your jealous of us right now aren't you?

Tomorrow

2010-06-19T18:25:00.002+01:00

Myself and a few Vegans are hitting the area around Hamden Park tomorrow around 3pm to hand out some veggie,vegan and meat-free Monday leaflets. It's the day of the Paul McCartney gig so we felt it would be a great idea to do this. We don't have that many leaflets though, around 300 which Animal Aid kindly sent me. Hope it stays dry. And being a Sunday i have no bloomin' idea what time the trains are into Glasgow as I'm never out on a Sunday. All in all should be a fun afternoon.

Exams

2010-06-14T14:43:00.000+01:00

Two out of the Three exams I sat had their results today, and the awesome
( and frankly miraculously) news is I PASSED. CJ Cregg has even called a press conference to spread the word

I still have Islam to hear about, bit worried about that one. I feel that exam went ok and better than I thought it would, but the essay's were hit and miss. But then I thought I'd failed the NT one and I passed it so who bloody knows what's going to happen. Ideally I want a pass (obviously Duh!) I'll be happy with a "just scrapped a pass" pass. Now I'm worried that the fact i haven't had the result yet means I've failed.

Anyway off to see Spamalot with my dad tonight, so that should be fun. We're sitting up at the Gods ( right at the front so should be a good view) not looking forward to climbing all those bloddy stairs. But I've watched what I've done over the last few day so thankfuly I'm feeling well enough to tackle them. I'm even going to wear a skirt tonight!!! I know right? I'm mean you have to dress up to go to the theatre it's a must do, even though ( sadly) most people don't.

I'm bored and when I'm bored......

2010-06-13T15:31:00.004+01:00

Pic spams happen. Very exited at the end of last nights Doctor who ( not because it had finished as I quite enjoyed that one) but because the teaser for next week has River song in it woo hoo! My crush on Alex Kingston has been long one ever since her outing as Moll Flanders and lets not forget the awesome Elizabeth Corday in ER.

So on with the River Song pic spam. Enjoy or not but really, who wouldn't?

Job interview

2010-06-11T17:58:00.001+01:00

Yeah I have an interview for a summer job! The job involves interviewing concession bus pass holders, think i would do the interviews on the buses but not too sure. I got the lead from the uni jobshop, so the company will already know that it's just a short term thing. I've done tons of interviewing before so it should be easy enough. now just have to pass the interview itself,I hate those. I'll need to read the chapter on interview techniques from the book "What colour is your parachute". ironic isn't it that i have no problem interviewing people but hate being interviewed? Good thing I'm not a celebrity.

A new blog

2010-06-10T19:56:00.002+01:00

I decide to make a new blog, one that I could share with those on my facebook. As this one does have some unkind thing said about some of the people, to be fair they would have done something to deserve it. most of the time I'll be lazy and cut n paste from this blog unless i really cant LOL. So feel free to take a look it's here
I did try to have it on tumblr but I didn't like the way they hosted the photo's and as you know I like me some photo's on my blog. So my first post is about newsreaders and gay jackets, it's an interesting post.

House Season 5 Obsession

2010-06-09T15:56:00.005+01:00

I've completely overdosed on House season 5. Here is my review so far( admittedly if you don't watch the show, then this will be dull and confusing!!). House and Cuddy are Idiots. I Hate fourteen and wish they would break up. Love thirteen which is maybe why I hate Fourteen. House and Cuddy are idiots ok know I’ve said that already but seriously why don’t they admit they love each other ?I want so much for Huddy to happen. MS is the new Lupus. Christina Woods from Flashforward was in an episode. Cuddy’s hair is a bit 1980’s Flashdance. I like a beardy Hugh Laurie better than a clean shaven Hugh Laurie. A happy House is a WTF? House. If Cuddy was my GP I would become a hypochondriac. To continue my house obsession I've made a couple of Icons.

BAFTA Joy

2010-06-07T19:41:00.005+01:00

Kenneth Branagh won the Best Actor BAFTA ( for Kurt Wallander) I really thought he was going to lose out to John Hurt but nope the good people at BAFTA saw sense. Sadly he wasn't there to receive it in person as he is away directing Thor.There used to be a time when they did a satellite hook up for winners who couldn't make it to the ceremony. Guess they need the money to buy mud for Total wipe out. Wallander won a few other awards as well for sound and um other stuff.

Jane Lynch was there, she presented an award for best something or other,honestly? I have no idea what the heck she said, her lips were moving but I was in a Jane haze.

The woman on the train.

2010-06-03T18:22:00.007+01:00

Today I got eyed up by a rather gorgeous woman on the train, she looked like Lea Michelle from Glee.

she kept looking at me then looking away when I looked back, then she would look again and smile, she did this the whole journey. So I decided I was going to talk to her. when she came on the train I noticed that on her bag was a badge with an anti-fur message on it, so when we got of the train I asked her if she was interested in Animal rights leafleting, she said that she was but doesn't have the time to do it. I told her about the thing on the 20TH, but she replied that she would have loved to have come but she works weekends as well. Think she works in the coffee shop opposite the station as she was wearing a cafe nero type uniform. Sadly we went out separate ways. But yeah me chatting to a strange, I'm well chuffed with myself.

Angella and I went to see Sex and the city 2 and walked out an hour into it, i was actually enjoying it a little but when I saw that there was still 1hour and 20mins still to go and the fact that Angella was really hating it, we decide to blaze. I mean seriously there is only so much a girl can take when it comes to fashion and moaning about their life even though it's seem practically perfect. What the heck can they get up to in in another hour? they did bugger all for the first one. Liza Minnelli had a guest part and by the Gods it was an Embarrassment. She sang Beyonce's "Single ladies" Did the dance and everything, I wanted to bury my head in my handbag. On the plus side they did have a cameo by Penelope Cruz.

Talking of Ms Cruz, you may remember the last movie I walked out of was the dreadful "nine" but did love her opening number, well for you're viewing pleasure here it is. This would make even the straightest woman Gay for the duration of this hot little number. However the awesomeness of this video is rather spoiled by the fact that either youtube have widened their videos or blogger has shrunk their blog templates so the effects is a half video which is bloddy annoying. Enjoy regardless.

Apparently I'm not pretty enough for Specsavers Spec wearer of the year competition. I was sitting on a bench on Buchanan street waiting for Angella when one of the specsavers scouts came over to the woman sitting next to me and asked her to enter the comp. That woman wasn't even wearing glasses, they had to give her a prop pair for the photo that was to be taken. I have no desire to enter this comp nor do I think i would have won it if if i did enter, but the fact is a fact I actually wear glasses ( they're from bleedin' Specsavers as well)and I rock them, so it was rude of them not to ask Hurumpf!

I bought something today that I really shouldn't have considering my cash flow status at the minute but it was just too good a price to turn down. Season 5 house for £10. I haven't seen any of this season thanks to Sky buying up the rights to it therefore making channel 5 unable to show it. So even if I don't get a job and can't go anywhere when my zonecard runs out and my cinema card gets cancelled there will always be DR Cuddy.

Socks!

2010-06-01T18:19:00.002+01:00

My mum and dad are off on their hols tomorrow, but my dad still needed to get socks so I went into Hamilton today to get them. They needed to be tan coloured ones but primark never had any, neither did BHS so I jumped on the train to Glasgow. Primark didn't have any,neither did TJ hughes or Dunnes store, so i jumped back on train to Hamilton deciding to just to get the near as damit one's that Primark had ( Glasgow shop didn't even have those ones)then I had a brain wave to try peacocks and they had them!PHEW! I'm bloody knackered now.

Their off to Poland for a week, They are going to the Dragon Festival that's on this coming weekend ( will beat the hell out of the Stonehouse Gala day, which is this Saturday, it has the grand total of 1 float and a horse and cart)plus they want to go to Auschwitz.

I've applied for 2 jobs. One is working in a new coffee shop in East Kilbride and the other is one to interview concessionary bus pass holders while on the bus. Haven't heard back from either yet.

I've gotten myself a new email address, i thought i should get a professional sounding one for jobs n stuff. Since my primary one is named after one of the six merry murderesses of the cook county jail I didn't think it gave the right impression for some reason. So my new one is ( feel free to use it or not) lauranaysmith@aol.co.uk

I have my supervisor for my dissertation woo hoo! Madhavi Nevhader, who was my OT Lecturer She was my first choice and emailed just after we stopped for exams, but never heard from her. So I emailed the dissertation coordinator and she go in touch with Madhavi, Madhavi emailed me called me dearest and herself a monster for not getting back to me, she said my topic sound fun lol.

House to myself for the whole week! Not to busy either, Thursday meeting Angella we were going to see Sex and the city 2 but heard it's rubbish so will go and see something else. Friday meeting Ann and Una at the uni for coffee. Saturday dinner with David and Jason. Then after all that who knows!! I'll fit meditation time in their some where I'm trying get to half an hour but it''s hard.

Right off to watch Last Saturdays Dcotor who.

2010-05-29T15:55:00.004+01:00

I love Kate Mulgrew!But seeing a picture of her at this weekends collectermania fair in Milton Kenes makes me ask were "Where's Tweety bird?"

Kate

Granny

Dissertation day

2010-05-25T18:57:00.005+01:00

Had to go into uni today for a Dissertation training day ( hence title of blog!) at the moment I have no clue whether I am going to be entering my final year ( General degree) in Sept or starting my honours degree. If it's my final then the dissertation is optional if it's the other one then it's not, either way the day was important. some of the day was dull and some of it was taken by a women who was in her late 50's he happened to be wearing the most age inappropriate dress you have ever seen, Gok Wang would have come up to her and said WTF girlfriend?? This dress was so short that when she sat down she would have very easily ( if she crossed her legs) done a Catherine Trammel in Basic Instinct. I was glad she stood behind a solid desk for her section, or I would have said hello to my breakfast again. For the moment my Dissertation question/topic is this

How has the study of Demonology influenced the growth and teachings of the Abrahamic faiths?

What I like about this topic is there are tons of books in the library, plus I can treat each of the religions as a separate chapter. If the topic is agreed upon I'll probably get started next week, I may as well use my zonecard while I can.

I went a walk in the woods on Monday and went down to the river where I saw it covered in Plastic bags, So i spent ages picking them out of the water and the surrounding grass. The thing is my religion is a nature based one, while we don't Revere the river as a livening deity ( like the Hindus with Mother Ganga Ganga) We still see it as important because it's a visual representation of one of the elements. I've mentioned before that the cornerstone of the religion are the nine divinities, the first 5 being the elemental Demons, of which Leviathan represents the water element. During his holy days we like to give offerings to him via running water, which I have done many times in this particular river; so to see it disrespected like that is really bloody annoying. We also wouldn't blow out a candle ( we would snuff it out) because it's viewed as disrespectful to Flereous who is the Demon of fire. And of course there is the bog standard environmental impact of all those plastic bags, chocking animals and birds and just making the place look untidy. Grrrr! LOL.

I've hurt my left hand and I don't know how I've done it. But I do know how i've made it worse. Yesterday it hurt a little but I decide to do some contact juggling practise and what ever you do with your right you need to do with your left ( or vice versa) so I'd been practising The rolling flow for about half an hour before having to stop cause it hurt A LOT. On the plus side I'm getting better at the CJ,it's still not got that light as a feather look yet and it's much too fast but it could take years to learn properly so practise, practise, practise. sore south paw or not. Well maybe I'm not THAT dedicated :O)

Books etc

2010-05-20T14:38:00.010+01:00

I went to oxfam today to buy a book not exactly earth shattering news I grant you. But I find it difficult to buy them, because I can't decide what Genre I want to read or which authors. I go through phases of authors like my recent Patricia Cornwell one. While her books are great they are not easy read out of sequence, the main stories in each book are normally stand alone but the sub plots are part of a wider story connecting past books. So it's hard to know whats happening and why. Needles to say I stopped reading them. I love Anne Rice but I've read all The Vampire Chronicles and all of the new tales of the vampire series, I didn't like the mayfair wiches series so didn't bother with most of them and I have no interest in her latest projects which are very christian based. Almost all the books i've read recently haven't held my interest long enough to finish them all accept 'Nineteen Minutes' by Jodie Picoult. So I've decide to read her back catalogue, in Oxfam today I bought My sisters keeper, This would have been that last title i would have bought had they had any more of her books( call it an irrational fear of anything even vaguely related to Cameron Diaz) but you never know it may just be awesome.

I watched the Aristocrats DVD yesterday, it was ok but not the laugh out loud fun fest it was meant to be. Certainly not for anyone easily offended which I'm not thankfully all, though I do hate the use of the C word and they did use that A LOT! the joke itself is not funny and it goes a little something like this

A man walks into a talent agency and says " I have this great act, it's a sure fire crowd pleaser" The Talent scout says " Ok tell me about it" The man excitedly says " My wife and i come one stage and we both shit in a bucket, then she tips the bucket onto the floor and tap dances onto the mess while whistling "God save the Queen" The talent scouts says "Not really what were looking for, but what's your act called?" The man replies "we're The Aristocrats"

Not funny right? but the whole point is the teller of the joke has to make act the most hideous, rude, nasty, filthy joke they can anything goes as long as they stick to the same basic premise the idea that it's a pitch to a talent agency and finish with "We're the Aristocrats". I embelished my version a little.comedians get together and see who can gross out each other the most. Some of the variations on the DVD were of the OMG can't believe you just said that variety. I can actually see how getting together with buddies and telling this joke would be fun.

I'm not the biggest Country music fan in the world, some of it I do like though. Two weeks ago Country star Chely Wright made the brave step to come out, she is the first country music singer to do so. Yesterday she was on Oprah talking about it. Oprah asked her how she feel now? and she answred that she felt like she was just 2 week old. Apparnetly only 2 other country singers have been in contact with hr since the announcment, I hope one of them was Shania Twain. The part of the intreview that I watched made me cry. check it out.

Lesbians of the world, hang your head in shame!

2010-05-18T15:43:00.002+01:00

For the 2nd year running only one of the holy trinity made it into the hot100 (Mariska Hargitey)I wouldn't mind too much but the number one is Olvia Wilde who plays 13 in House how the devil can she ( as hot as she is) be hotter than Lisa Edelstien aka Dr Cuddy in the very same show? That girl who plays Bella in the Twilight saga got number 2 I mean really? Are blind people voting this year? is that what's happened? Clearly Alice Cullen is way hotter than whinny Bella who never seems to smile. The sad thing is i have actually thought who was sexier Alice or Bella lol. I'm a 34 year old women so I think that may be a wee bit creepy. Well Ashley Greene ( Alice) is 23 so there's really not that much of an age difference. There's a 15 year gap between Ellen and Portia. The afterelton hot100 is an interesting read, lots of half naked men and most of them seem to be gay.

I had my last Exam today, it was the dreaded Islam one. I really enjoyed studying for this one never liked the lectures much but I think that was because they were at 3pm and i was really tired by then. The exam seemed to go well, go the questions i wanted but of course that doesn't mean I've passed lol.

I bought a couple of cheapo DVD's on the way home, I haven't bought a DVD in ages so this was exiting. I got the movie version of the musical "Rent" which stars all ( bar 2) of the original Broadway cast but most importantly it stars the person who when i hear her name makes me go all fan girlie and that is Idina Menzel buuuuuuut add the nouns bi-sexual and stripper ( as her character is) then I almost faint on the floor lol. Here is one of her songs, that she sings with her GF.

The guy who wrote Rent ( based on La Boheme) Jonathan Larson suddenly died the night before it's on Broadway debut. the musical went on to become the 9Th longest running Broadway musical ever. God I know some pointless info. In Glee last nigh sue Sylvester said liking show tunes doesn't make you Gay it just makes you awful lol.

The other DVD I bought was 2nd hand one called "The Aristocrats" It's basically a documentary by Penn and Teller featuring 100 of the ( allegedly) funniest people in the world telling the same joke, but this joke is supposed to be the filthiest joke ever written and each comedian tries to out do each other with the telling of it. I remember it when it came out and empire gave it 5 stars. I've only know 1 person who has actually seen it and it took a year of me asking him to tell me the joke before he actually did and guess what? I never got it lol of course I pretended I did. don't remember what the joke is so it will be interesting to watch it.

Good Grief.......

2010-05-14T18:58:00.002+01:00

Got a letter in today from the SAAS ( Student award people) thanking me for the receipts I sent regarding the laptop and other stuff that I got from the uni ( The trouble I had to get the receipt was unreal) but they added that I still owed them £800.90 and that they would take a cheque. I could manage the 80p but as I don't even have £80 there in trouble. The thing is it was the Uni that dealt with all the laptop stuff, they applied for the grant, they bought the stuff and set up the delivery. All I had was the cheque for £150 for paper and ink, for which I've already sent the receipts to the SAAS. So I got in touch with the Uni and they gave me the number of the person that deals with the applications and receipts, but I can't get her in. So I wrote a letter to the SAAS explaining all of this and that I'll keep trying to reach this women. Hopefully that will get them off my back for a while, I have one more exam to study for ( dreaded Islam) so I really can't be done with this nonsense. If all of that doesn't work I will put a link to my paypal account at the side of my blog, all donations will be welcome.

Exam hell

2010-05-11T18:38:00.002+01:00

Sweet mother of Xena today's NT exam was so hard. In fact three people walked out after only an hour. I didn't think I would be able to write anything for the 2nd question but eventually managed it, think I've written total nonsense though. I honestly wont be surprised if I have to re-sit it. Strange thing is this was only a level 1 class, I passed the level 2 one last term. My exam result wont say pass or fail it will say "OMG WTF?". I'm disappointed because I studied so hard for this class.

Shock TV Deaths type Meme......

2010-05-10T19:11:00.004+01:00

Afterllen.com had a post a couple of days ago, which the Author had listed their top shocking TV Deaths, so naturally I thought I'd have a go too. So in no particular order, here are my top TV shocking deaths.

1.Ianto from Torchwood

I really though he would come back to life somehow, so sad.

2. Mrs Langingham from The West Wing

All she did was drive her brand new car out of the showroom car park and got sideswiped. We didn't see it but we saw Jed's face when he got the phone call.

3. Simon Donovan from The West wing

He was CJ's secret service agent when she was getting death threats, they had just realised they had feelings for each other when he was shot dead in a grocery shop robber.

4. Tara from buffy

Warren accidentally shot her, Bastard!!

5. Beth Jordache in Brookside

Died in Prison from a mysterious heart condition.

6. Alex Cabbot Law and Order SVU

She was shot by drug lords or something but it was devastating i mean this is ALEX were talking about Olivia's other half in subtext land. Thankfully we find out later that she didn't really die and was in witness protection. Phew!!!

7. Kate from NCIS

Shot by an Israeli terrorist ( who was then later shot dead by his own sister, who then took the place of Kate) Kate was gorgeous i was sad the end.

8. Xena warrior princess

They, they cut her arms off, they, they cut her head off, her HEAD for goodness sake!!!! It really was a truly shocking end because it was so violent.

9. Todd's death in Neighbours

Knocked down and killed on the way to see his baby being born.

10. Jadzia Dax in DS9

That Cardassian mofo Dukat shot her with a phaser and then had the bloody cheek to say sorry to her corpse. Frakker!!!!! Never mind "Tears of the Prophets" ( the ep title she was killed in) tears of Laura is much more appropriate.

So there you go my top 10 TV deaths. Well I needed something to do to take my mind of my NT exam tomorrow.

A bit of a moan and other stuff

2010-05-07T18:32:00.003+01:00

Yesterday I put on my facebook status that i was off to see the new Nightmare on Elm street, my old school friend Debbie ( I've mentioned her a few times) phoned me after reading it and wanted to go with me. I said I was off to see a movie in the morning and would be out about 1pm and elm street starts a half past one, so I'll meet her and walk up together ( she doesn't know Glasgow) So she agreed and said she would phone my mobile in the morning. Last night i decide to not see the morning movie ( see it on monday instead to take my mind of tuesdays exam) I text her that I would meet her at 12:30 Argyle st station and said the movie is 13:30 so plenty of time to wander up. I never heard from her at all after that so I assumed she would meet me. Got to the station at 12:20 by 1 she still wasn't there. No text message or phone call to say she couldn't make it or that she was running late. She just left me waiting. Got home later checked my email and facebook to see if she left a message, she didn't but what she did do was click on the like button of my new Scrap layout I put up last night. She liked it this afternoon, so clearly she didn't die or was rushed to hospital. So i put in my facebook status " Nightmare on Elm street, Good. Friend who stood me up with out so much as a text or a phone call, sucks" lol. It was her bleedin' idea to join me, I don't like her very much so I wouldn't have asked her. When I was wating for her my freind sian walked past so i asked her what she was up to, she wasn't up to much so she went to see it with me. It was good but not exellant another case of the original being so much better.

A few posts back I wrote that Allison Janney has been cast in the American re-make of Shameless but there was no word of who she will be playing ( but definatly wasn't Frank) New info has been released, she's playing Shelia and here's a pic ( I know it's exiting!)

How weird is this? Sian and I were chatting election stuff, she said she wanted to vote Green but there was no Green candidate when she went to the ballot box yesterday. Which is strange because I voted Green via a postal vote. Something fishy has went on me thinks.

Afterellen hot 100 2010

2010-04-30T19:55:00.002+01:00

Who need the general election, when the only vote that truly matters is who grabs the title of Afterellen hot 100's number 1. Last year ( I'm sure you'll remember was)Mrs Degeneres. My vote for this year is as follows ( and yes the Holy Trinity do dominate the tops spots lol) sharleen is banished again this year due to another rubbish solo CD.

1. Allison Janney
2. Lisa Edelstein
3. Mariska Hargitey
4. Julia Ormond
5. Marlee Matlin
6. Esther Anderson
7. Jorja Fox
8. Tina Fey
9. Kate Beckinsale
10.Eve Best

Women of colour

1. Jennifer Beals
2. Penelope Cruz
3. Jada Pinkett
4. Queen Latifah
5. Halle Berry

Over 40

1. Allison Janney
2. Jackie Woodburn
3. Helen Mirren
4. Amanda Donohoe
5. Mery Streep

Gay/Bi

1. Jane Lynch ( think she'll win it this year, thanks to Glee)
2. Otep shamaya
3. Jane Valez Mitchell
4. Jodie Foster
5. Rachell Maddow

Wright stuff

2010-04-29T13:16:00.002+01:00

So you all know about my wright stuff petition, on Tuesday morning Mr Wright mentioned it and my name live on air lol. At that point he said there were 80 signatures I checked it yesterday and they were 107 woo hoo! Two of the people I actually know. I know I have facebooked it to death to try and get as many signatures as possible. Most of my friends haven't signed it ( this will sound strange) but I'm over the moon with that. I don't want my friends especilly my best friends to feel that they HAVE to do something because it will make me happy. Either you agree with my opinion or not don't betray your own beliefs just to please me. I'm glad they dont.

Exam and Election

2010-04-26T18:49:00.003+01:00

1st exam is over woo hoo! I had my Old testament one at 9am this morning. I think it went ok, I hope it did. I wrote a essay on the 10 commandments and one on what I think is the purpose of the book of Exodus. It's really annoying that they expect you to write 2 essays in 2 and a half hours without notes. At least they don't expect miracles. My last 2 exams will be in May, by then we will have a new leader of the country. who I hope will be nick Clegg even though I'm not going to be voting Lib Dem, I'm voting Green party because I feel it's important that they get as many MP's in Parliament as they can, as they only have MSP's at the moment. I've never voted tory or Labour it's always been Lib Dem and Green. A Tory government will be bad for animals as they will repel the hunting ban and David Cameron is against Gay adoption. Who wouldn't want to adopt a Gay?

List madness! ( pic and Vid HEAVY!!!)

2010-04-20T18:41:00.014+01:00

I'm in the mood for making lists. I was going to blog about my fave CD's and leave it at that but Auntie's Gwen put out a challenge for Celebrity shag ( her word not mine lol) lists lol so being easily lead I though why not blog that too. Hers has David Tenant as number one, mine wont have.

Fave CD's

The Same sky-Horse
I stand-Idina Menzel
Never enough-Melissa Etheridge
Wicked-The original cast recording
Some girls wander by mistake-The sisters of mercy
chemical Emissions-Rosetta Stone
Look sharp-Roxette
Bare-Annie Lennox
juju-Siouxise and the banshees
Lament-The faces of Sarah

Fave cover versions

1. Crying-Rebekah del Rio
This is fetured in the movie "Mulholland Dr" one of the best movies EVER!

2. Tainted love-My ruin

3. All along the watchtower-Indigo girls

3. Breed- Otep

4.Love will tear us apart- Flowing tears

5. Burning love-Melissa Etheridge
I was never an Elvis fan but this cover is AMAZING!!!

New "Shag" list ( just cause Auntie Gwen had one, although I don't have any naked people in mine lol)

1. Simone Lahbib

2. Marlee Matlin

3. Julia Ormond

4. Jane Hill

5. Emily Deschanel

Well that was fun, for me anyway :O)

Grrrrr To Mathew Wright!

2010-04-19T18:45:00.004+01:00

Mathew Wright has decide to raise a lamb for a year and then kill it! And he's going to keep all the viewers up to date on the wee lambs progress through out the year. I've started a facebook campaign against this as I think it's really cruel. He's using a life to prove a point, that people should know where their food comes from, but personally I think they should should show "Meet you meat" DVD instead or film him going round a slaughter house, that's where your meat really comes from not some "Lovingly" reared lamb watched over by the RSPCA for a TV show.

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Jane Lynch does Vogue

2010-04-14T20:30:00.001+01:00

Finally Jane Lynch gets to sing in Glee ( and dress up) and it's totally awesome!
"will Shuster I hate you" line is just Genuis

Evil Lesbians

2010-04-14T19:41:00.010+01:00

David had me laughing this morning with his message to me on facebook. It wasn't a morning chicken lovely day post, it was a Why are Lesbians evil? post he then gave 3 example of evil lesbians lol. In case you are interested the accused were Willow from season 6 Buffy, Admiral Cain from BSG Razor and Janice from Flashforward ( to defend Janice, it's not proven without a doubt M'lud that she is evil!!!) Add to that list the bisexual characters of alternate universe Willow ( evil vampire) Alternative universe Kira Nerys "The Intendent"( DS9) Alternate universe Ezri Dax(DS9) It's not looking good for lady lovin' ladies of sci-fi. Ming Na from the Stargate Universe better watch out. Just as a side note is it wrong to find Janice more attractive now that she MAY be evil? Maybe it's just that super evil smile she gave at the end that was rather sexy. Nah she's definatly not the real mole after all why would she tell the English potatoe looking guy the truth? He could go straight to Mark, I bloody well would.

Animals

2010-04-12T19:38:00.003+01:00

Lovin' superdrug as they have decide to label all their own brand products suitable for Vegans ( well the one's that are) how great is that? I emailed their head office to thank them after all I'd be quick to complain.

Lovin' the slight Animal rights message during Dr who on Saturday night, especially the message of just because you don't hear the screams doesn't mean they aren't.

Myself and a few other people from the Glasgow vegan meet up group are getting together on the night of the Paul Mcartney concert to distribute AR leaflets at the gig. It was my idea and I'm pleased that people are into it. Must remember to wear my PETA tshirt and not my Team Heather one.

A proper blog update

2010-04-09T18:30:00.007+01:00

I bought a Wii fit today for a bargain price of £44.99, not sure if it's 2nd hand, I did buy it in cash generator but it looks brand spanking new all the booklets were still in their wrappers. I love it already! My BMI is ideal and I have the wii fit age of 47 lol apparently I'm weak, clearly they saw me trying to open a new jar of Vegemite this morning.

Studying for my exams is in full swing, my 1st one is April 26th then none until 11th and 18th of May. I have an appointment with the women who gives lessons on essay writing etc, I'm seeing her next Wednesday for help on Grammar

I'm being published in a magazine woo hoo! it wont be out till the end of the year as the mag's publisher has decide to bring less issues out but actually pay those contribute who to the content, so I'll be getting the grand sum of $10 ( it's an American mag). It's the same mag I was published in a couple of years ago. This time it's the start of a "cut out and keep" guide for those new to Demonolatry. I made a mind map containg the list of the 9 divinities that are the corner stone of the religion. To save you waiting a whole year here it is!

I watched the pilot episode for reality TV show "My Deaf family" which is produced by Marlee Matlin. It's basically the story of a 15 year old hearing teenager and his deaf family. The idea for the show was passed over by most TV networks because they didn't know how to deal with it, so Marlee made it herself and has been tweeting about it constantly lol ( Her Twitter page is my absolute fave followed by Steve furst and Philip Schofields) So here's the link, i'm not posting the full vid because the more people that click on to youtube the better chance it has of Getting a next episode. Marlee said herself she like that it's on the web because then it can reach the WHOLE world, Whioh is a good point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Gc85nQK8w

I made myself giggle today, I was in Asda walking through the booze section and there was a couple discussing wine, the women said she fancied a nice Chardonnay. In me head I said ( in a broad aussie accent) "It's pronounced Cardonay the H is silent" Still makes me laugh years after hearing it for the first time.

I'm a member of a email round robin thing called "Kenfriends" all about the Branaghman and Jude the owner has decide to send Ken a few bday cards from his fans, so what she did was collected everyones names and addresse who wanted to participate andf she sent all the cards out, with address labels inside so the person reciving the card will pass it on to the next person, my card came today I have to think of a message to write to Ken and then send it of to some women in England. It's exiting but I have no idea what to write. Happy birthday sounds so lame but using some puffed up quote from the bard would be trying to hard. Hmmmmmm It's a tough one.

Sneaky Gays

2010-04-07T19:37:00.004+01:00

HILARIOUS!!!

Birthday post!

2010-03-22T18:42:00.003Z

Had a nice birthday today despite feeling really crappy. Ann spent yesterday making vegan chocolate fairycakes from me plus she also made a birthday card with My little ponies on them. We didn't got to the tea place because it was to far for me to walk today. Una gave me a card and a bookmark. The bore and the Nazi from across the back gave me a boots voucher for £10. David and Jason got me a rice cooker and a subscription to Empire. Getting dosh of my parents to buy clothes and Angella ordered something from Amazon for me, She asked me to give her a list and she would pick one. My list was only 3 things long and one of them was the grand price of £3. My list had the autobiography of Jane Valez Mitchell, a biography of Rachel Maddow ( that was the cheap one) and a Book about "The West Wing" written by Martin Sheen and Arron Sorkin so it will be a lovely surprise when it comes.

Funny story: Was in the common room today and we were talking about the film " The last temptation of Christ" (a film I've never actually seen) Ann said that was directed by Roman Polasnki, I said no it was Martin Scorsese, she was like no I'm pretty sure it was Roman Polanski, I replied I defiantly thing it was scorsese. So we googled it and found I was right! Philip ( who,kid you not, is a monk and actually lives in a monastery) dropped to his knees, started to bow down to me in a "were not worthy way" and said " One day we will be worthy of your greatness" lol I replied "A christian bowing down at my feet! That's the way it should be" lol. Don't worry I didn't offend him he knew i was just playing with him.

Only have one class tomorrw from 9-10 so might got to the pics haven't done that in a while. I really want to see the Girl with the Dragon tattoo.

Essays and blah,blah!

2010-03-21T14:51:00.004Z

So Good news and bad news. Good news first I passed my NT essay woo hoo! bad news is I failed, yes FAILED! My Islam essay by 1 point yes 1 friggin' point. But I guess if I had to fail then at least one point does not make to much of a difference. Apparently this guy is a really tough marker, people last year failed their EXAM by 1 point when he marked them. How annoyed would I be if that happened, yes you get to re-sit a failed exam but the grade is capped at a D. Another reason to dread my Islam Exam.I have my 2nd ( Islam) essay due in on Tuesday I really don't want to hand it in now. In all fairness though when I wrote that first one I was sick, having a really bad month with the old M.E, my brain fog was shocking so it was amazing I had written it at all.

I opened up my bday pressie from David and Jason ( a day early, I was exited) it is a rather fantastic rice cooker, not a puppy. But there is room for a puppy if I ever feel such a need. I have an early morning tutorial and then an 2pm class tomorrow so no time for a huge amount of Bday fun. But I think Ann and I are going to go to our fave tea place for lunch, I'll take my camera as the place is so fab looking.

Today is a religious holiday and also marks a turning point in my own religious beliefs. More of that here feel free NOT to click the link. I'm not going to ask you any questions about what you've read lol.

Scotland finally won a 6 nations game!!! Pity it was their last one of of the tournament. I felt really sorry for the team this year, they tried so hard and played a few blindin' games they just were unlucky. Poor Thom Evans and his nasty Neck injury that was scary stuff. Still at least we stopped Ireland from getting the triple crown AND we never got the wooden spoon. Here's to next years tournament.

Flashforward makes a return tomorrow night woo hoo! The decided to put it on then because it's my birthday. The great news is the character of Janice is still "Super gay" YEAH!!!!

right I'm off to make some fairy cakes, well try to.

2010-03-15T19:10:00.002Z

I've passed my 1st essay for this term woo hoo! I don't know what my pass mark actually was because we haven't had the essays back yet. The head of the OT dept that was marking them came into class today to say that she was very pleased with the standard of the essays and that everyone passed and no one got below a C. I almost jumped for joy because the essay I did for her last term got a D so I wasn't expecting anything higher than that for this one. We had to compose out own question for this essay, we could do anything as long as it was connected to the book of Ecclesiasties ( which I can never bloody spell)So I decide to compare that book with The Satanic Bible because oddly enough they have a lot in common despite the fact that one is athestic in nature ( the SB) and the other is very religious. So I'm pleased I've gotten a higher mark than last term.

My DVD remote has died. So I can't fast forward, rewind, watch extras or select a chapter/episode. The annoying thing is I've started to watch the DVD box set of Shamless that the boys brought up for me on Saturday night.I wacthed the eps of season 1 I hadn't seen and the Christmas special of season 2 but can't wacth the rest of 2 cause I have no way of moving the cursor to the episodes selection part of the screen. I'll put up with it for a while then I'll order a new remote from ebay when I get my next student loan payment in April. It's not like its an essential purchase.

Had a nice night on Saturday we played Telly addicts game DVD as well as Empire movie quiz but that Jason is a great big dirty cheater!!!! I really need to by more board games there fun and they bring people together. I'm a big fan. They brought me up my birthday pressie which I wasn't expecting cause they had already bought my subscrion to empire. It's in a big box and i have no clue what it is as i haven't opend it yet but I'm hoping it's a puppy.

Awww! That was nice.

2010-03-12T12:43:00.005Z

On the way home from uni on Tuesday I said my regular "No thank you" to the free magazine people at the station entrance, only to find (when on the train) that the magazine that I just refused had an interview with Jane Lynch who's playing the awesome "Sue Sylvester" in Glee at the moment. Now Jane as you all know is one of my Afterellen hot 100 of 09; so i was completly gutted to not get this mag. Went in to Uni today and Ann had a copy of the magazine for me. How nice was that? We are both "Gleeks" and she knows sue is my fave plus she's seen my computer wallpaper

I do like it when people indulge my obsessions.

Had a walk to the Oxfam music shop earlier and low and behold there was 2 Melissa Etheridge Cd's that I didn't have sitting right there waiting for me. Technically I did have them, one on vinyl and the other on cassette but I'm just never got round to up grading them, till today. So happy bunny.

David and Jason are coming round for dinner tomorrow. We're having "Aubergine and Sweet-potato casserole" which in true "Come dine with me" fashion I've never made before. It's from my new Mexican cookbook, need to go to Asda tomorrow morning to get all the stuff plus i can't seen to find green chillies anywhere. hopefully Asda will have them.

Plus the Calcutta cup is on and no doubt England will gubbed us again, so I figure if I don't watch it then we may have a fighting chance, as they seem to win most times I don't tune in lol.

Comics and Alice in Wonderland

2010-03-09T19:18:00.006Z

You know how I love comic books? And you know how I love Ellen Degeneres? Well what could make both those things just mega awesome? That's right an Ellen Comic book! And that's just what some bright spark at "Bluewater productions" in the US are in the process of doing. As well as doing regular super hero books they do a series of biography type books all about famous people. They also have a special series called "Female force" where they bio famous women. And their doing Ellen ( obviously or this post was pointless!) It's due out in March/April. That's a bit of a niche series so I think I'll need to order my copy on line from somewhere. Check out the prototype cover

Off to see Alice in Wonderland tomorrow with my dear old dad, really looking forward too it. I'm listening to the soundtrack at the moment it's awesome. Most of the bands I've never heard of Avril Lavine, Owl City, The All American rejects are the only one's I have , but am liking it so far. Robert Smith has a track on it and as great as it is, it's very out of place compared to the previous songs and bands.

Gah!

2010-03-08T18:17:00.003Z

There was a symposium thingy on in the Theology Dept today which meant all the classed had to be moved else where. Problem was they moved the OT class to the fourth floor in the old Modern language building, which didn't have a lift. So I couldn't go to my class as there is no way I could have walked up 4 flights of stairs today. So a bit bummed about that.