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(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)
| ✓ I miss somebody right now. |
✓ I don't watch much TV these days. |
✓ I own lots of books. |
| ✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses. |
✓ I love to play video games. |
× I've tried marijuana. |
| ✓ I've watched porn movies. |
× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. |
✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy. |
| ✓ I curse sometimes. |
✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. |
✓ I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. |
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| Oh god, it makes me sound so... gay... |
[28 Jul 2006|11:55pm] |
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"Goldfish shoals, nibbling at my toes..." ^_^ |
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Suck on that, Niney. >;D
In other news, my dad's getting (re)married tomorrow. My last day with anything to worry about in it for a while! =)
...Frederik's gone back to Denmark (after being here for three weeks - we spent five together in total), so I'm a bit sad now. =(
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| Dear diary... |
[25 May 2006|02:35am] |
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...Long time no writey. XD
Frederik and I are very much still together, and celebrated our first year with each other in Denmark on May 9th. ^_^ I've been back in Britland for a few days, and I miss being with him, but it's nice to feel a bit more at home again.
My ability with Danish is improving, but I need to work on my vocabulary, my confidence with the grammar, and my conversational skills.
Echoing the last entry on here, my ThinkPad died again (it's a design flaw in this model, sadly) - the fan and heatsink just aren't up to the job of cooling it. I'll hopefully have it back in a week or less - it's still under warranty, thankfully.
This year has been very up-and-down for me, and I hope it evens out on an up over the summer.
My dad's marrying his 25-year-old girlfriend, Lucy, on July 29th. They've been together for over seven years now, and I really like her, so I'm nothing but happy about it. =)
I wear jeans now. <_< For those who don't know. (Dear god did it take some getting used to after over a decade being out of them.)
I miss the Calicrew. =( (And Ian, who's an honourary member as far as I'm concerned. Xp) I hope to see you all in 2007's summer, when I have more time and money to part with. x_x
I'm still procrastinating with regard to what I'm (not) doing with my life, but things are slowly coming together.
I can't think of anything terribly exciting to write, so I'll leave it at this for now. =)
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[28 Sep 2005|02:31am] |
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Blaaah.
Mum and Andy (my stepdad) are back from Crete, which is good. It's nice to have them back, if I'm honest. ^_^
I need to go to no less than three courier depots today (my time), to pick two things up and send my ThinkPad off to have its wounds tended to.
I saw my dad on Sunday for the first time in four and a half months, after speaking to him (on the phone) for the first time in as long last Wednesday.
It was nice to see him again, but he hasn't changed. I don't think he was paying attention on the phone when I told him about having a boyfriend (yes, it's been that long since we spoke), because he remembered and mentioned Denmark on Sunday, but not Frederik. I'll ask Lucy (his girlfriend, whom I get on very well with) if he's told her next time I see them, to see if he really was just not paying attention - he'd usually mention something like his son's new boyfriend.
Needless to say, I was a bit hurt that he didn't either pay much attention (I said it twice on the phone, because he didn't hear me clearly the first time :\), or didn't care enough to ask. Hopefully it's just because he's notoriously bad at paying attention.
I'm working more on EB, and I'm also (*puts on geek hat*) working on a template-based HTML form validation class to simplify and automate server-side (and maybe eventually client-side, via AJAX and JPSpan) checking and error messages.
I was beginning to think I didn't like working with PHP or server-side code any more, and only wanted to do XHTML/CSS/JavaScript client-side stuff, but this has rekindled my interest in the logic-y bits of web applications.
Looks like I'll enjoy doing it as a job. :p
Once I get my laptop back in about two weeks, I'll do posting-of-pictures on MySpace (thanks James, in case you read this) and stuff like that, so rest assured that it'll get done. ;)
I miss Frederik. =(
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| Killing kittens is definitely better than killing time. |
[21 Sep 2005|05:07am] |
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Post answers in a comment. =)
- Your Full Name:
- Age:
- Your Fave Favorite Color:
- Fave Movie:
- Fave Song:
- Fave Band:
- Fave Food:
- Most Embarrassing Moment:
- Are you straightedge?
Here comes the "fun"...
- Are we friends?
- Do you have a crush/attracted to me?
- What was the last thing you did before going to bed last night?
- If you met me would you ask for my autograph?
- Would you give me a bear hug if you could?
- What do you think hangs on my bedroom walls?
- Would you make a move on me in a movie theater?
- Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
- Would you take care of me when I'm sick?
- Do you want to tell me something that you couldn't before?
- If you heard a rumor about me, would you defend me?
- Do you/have you talk(ed) crap about me?
- Do you think I'm a good person?
- Would you answer my 3 AM phone call?
- Do you think I'm hot?
- Would you call me just because?
- Would you ever listen to my problems even if they don't involve you?
- If you could change anything about me, would you?
- Would you cook me tofu?
- Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?
- Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?
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[20 Sep 2005|11:27pm] |
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I'm back from 12 perfect days in Denmark, and wishing I were still there. ='(
My laptop is currently dead (sending to IBM this week, should have it back next), so I'm not MySpacing or emailing or anything else other than IRCing until it's fixed. Apologies in advance if I don't reply to anything for a week or two. =\
I'm soon going to start updating this thing more frequently with...whatever...so check it often and you'll need therapy within a week. ;) (Or, "check it whenever you want to know what I'm (not) up to". Xp)
I met Frederik's third and final sibling while in Denmark (along with the others), his eldest sister, and her boyfriend and their newly-arrived son. He was adorable. :D
Only his dad left to meet now... Who doesn't know about us (at least not officially). :s
Hopefully we'll be seeing each other again in October - I can't wait to spend time with him again.
I need to get my laptop working again soon so I can play more Counter-Strike, dammit. T_T
[Current music: KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See / John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. In The USA (^_^)]
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[22 Aug 2005|02:27pm] |
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California was great, as always, but I'm exhausted now from all the stuff I did out there - most of which I don't remember!
I love all of you out there, and miss you more than I'd like to admit. =(
I'm not sure when I'll get to see you all again, but it couldn't be soon enough.
Back in the UK, back to boring regularity for now - except not, since I'm going to Denmark on September 7th to see Frederik for five days, yay! :D
(Quizzly thing follows...)
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[11 Jul 2005|11:21pm] |
I'm going to Denmark on Wednesday morning, and will be back verrrry late Thursday night, so I'll be sleeping at the airport (yay..) until early Friday morning, when I'll get a train home.
I'll be meeting Frederik and his mum... I can't wait to see him again. ^____^ I just hope his mother likes me... >_>
His brother and I seemed to get on well when we met in London for the SW Saga, so that's a good sign. I think. x_x
This has all been planned in significantly less than a week, since I'm going to California (as most of you know) on Saturday, so hadn't expected to do much other than pack this week. :x
My mum is driving me down to Stansted Airport (bit north of London) on Wednesday morning at some ungodly hour, for a 07:50 (that's seven-fifty AM for my 24-hour-clock-deprived friends XD) flight to Århus. She's also driving me down to Heathrow (slightly to the west of London... we like our London airports, it seems <_<) on Saturday (leaving at a more reasonable hour, thankfully) for my flight to LA.
I love my mum. She rocks. :D
Anyway, I shall be out of commission for the rest of this week, possibly on briefly Tuesday and Friday. I'll probably pop online on Sunday in Cali to check up on #echonet, and make sure everyone's (mis)behaving. :P
This is going to be one busy week...
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Today was really tasty.
I got out of bed just before breakfast because the smell of cooking bacon woke me up. I feel unusual because my antidepressants are making me hairy. Last night I had to masturbate twenty times. I'm so horny. Click here to see my website.
I want to tell the world that I love you all! You're all so special to me!
I am sharpening my knives before I go to work today, because I'm going to cut out Robert's heart and feed it to him for losing my mail.
I went to the doctor yesterday, and he said I have bipolar disorder, which makes me different enough to be interesting, but the same as all the other cool people with bipolar disorder.
You should all do this quiz! It's amazingly accurate. You just put in your name and birthday, and it will tell you who you're sexually compatible with.
I didn't get any of the bacon at breakfast, so I had a danish instead. The cream filling cheered me up, so I guess that's okay.
That's enough for now. But I'll leave you with this thought - sharing your life with strangers on the Internet is the cheapest form of therapy available. Leave a comment and tell me I'm beautiful.
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[19 May 2005|02:25pm] |
Happy Birthday, Jake! :D
I hope twenty doesn't feel as old as I'm dreading it will. Xp
Have a great day! =)
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| "Fucking awesome!" |
[18 May 2005|04:03pm] |
...Quoted directly from the ever-appearing (and ever-repeating that phrase about anything Star Wars) Rick McCallum, producer for the Star Wars prequels, and the 1997 Special Editions of the original trilogy.
On Monday, May 16th, I saw all six Star Wars films in release order (IV-VI, I-III) at the UCI Empire cinema in Leicester Square, London. About 1,330 people were in the auditorium, and it was insane. I'd never seen the original trilogy on the big screen, so that was a treat for me, and seeing TPM and AotC in full cinematic glory again was very nice indeed.
But it was all leading up to the big one, to the final installment in the saga... Revenge of the Sith.
RotS was absolutely incredible. It was introduced by McCallum, Ian McDiarmid, Hayden Christensen, and the Jedi Master himself, George Lucas. Everyone in the room went crazy for each one of them, but especially for Lucas. Many people had to be shushed by the majority, because they were talking over George, obviously excited beyond reason.
RotS ties up all the loose ends that I can easily think of, and really is a credit to Star Wars. Apart from being loaded with Force usage and lightsabers, it's fucking hilarious to boot. So many nods to the fans in it, which really restored my respect for Lucas.
Artoo is so cool, and the film really, really glues all six together nicely. See this movie as soon as you possibly can - it's absolutely not to be missed!
Oh, and I'm also in love with someone (no, not with Lucas or Hayden ;)) - I'll eventually give details about that, but not just yet, sorry. ^^ (Ian, behave, or I'll get out the pruning shears. I mean it. :p)
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| Woo for democracy! ...Or not? |
[05 May 2005|04:40pm] |
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Well, I've just voted for the first time in the general election for the government of my country.
It was a rather underwhelming experience. Put cross in box, fold paper, put paper in box. :P I'm glad I did it, though, given what people have gone through to secure my right to vote. Use it or lose it, I say, even if you only have a lesser of evils to choose from. Or better yet, start your own political party if you don't like the choices. :d
It's quite an interesting election this time, because - although Blair's "New" Labour will almost certainly get in again - there are a lot of discontented Labour supporters who are likely to vote for more fringe parties, or the "minor" major party in the UK (the Liberal Democrats) in protest at such things as cumpulsory ID cards, the Iraq war, and house-arrests of British citizens in the name of "national security". I'll be astonished if the Conservatives get in, given how disorganised and lacking direction they've been since 1997 when Blair got in, but things will probably be a bit more shaken up this time around.
I voted for Blair, but I was sorely tempted not to - he's pissed a lot of people off here over the past few years, including me, and claims to listen to our views, but appears not to hear them.
Given all that, though, I have most faith in Labour's ability to run the country, and I neither trust nor consider credible enough the LibDems to vote for them instead. Blair likes Europe, which I consider a good thing, and he seems to have done a halfway-decent job of keeping the UK relevant in the world, so I'll give his lot a chance.
Long live "democracy". Keep the bastards in power off-balance enough, and we might just survive long enough to start Wold War III.
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| Merf. Seems somewhat accurate. |
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Anyway.
Yesterday was nothing special, but just what I needed - namely a quiet, peaceful day that I could just unwind for. I'm feeling much better today.
Meeting Tim (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tidusdl) and Kilian (the little Deviant) in London on Thursday was awesome fun. =) I hadn't expected it to be anything like as great as it was, though I was pretty sure we'd enjoy ourselves - but it was so much better than I'd hoped. ^_^
I hope we all get to meet up again before too long, because I miss them both already. Tim and I will be meeting on May 15th (in London again) for a Star Wars event - all six(!) films back-to-back at the UCI Empire in Leicester Square, 07:00 to ??:?? (late) on Monday 16th. We'll be meeting up with a Danish friend of mine, and his brother, who I'd promised tickets to if I managed to get any spares (the limit was four per person) - it was frankly a miracle that I managed to get any.
If all goes to plan, Tim and I will meet up with the two Danes (Frederik is my friend, Hans Christian is his older brother - H.C. for short) on Sunday 15th to swap tickets and money, and hopefully steal Frederik away from his brother for the day... >_>
So there we go, an actual proper update for a change! ;)
I might post more "meaningful" (i.e. about me, not what I'm doing) stuff later, but honestly, I think this is more interesting. :P
~Paul
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I'm 19. More later. XD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KATIE (tiggerwench), my birthday (and somewhat personality XD) twin! Hope you have a great day, Tigger! :D
Update: WTF, I'm 28? =(
You Are 28 Years Old |
28
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
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Jake, it's all your fault! :p
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[28 Sep 2004|03:04pm] |
Gacked from nineseraph XD
On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first 25 songs on the list (no matter how cheesy or embarrassing), and write down your favourite line of the song. Try to avoid putting the song title in the line. Then, have your friends comment and see if they know the songs....
1: "You could have it all if you wanted / You could have it all if it mattered so much"
2: "We are the pretty petty thieves / And you're standing on our street"
3: "Oh, I don't know why you're not there / I give you my love, but you don't care"
4: "I could say day, and you'd say night / Tell me it's black when I know that it's white"
5: "I recognize the way you make me feel / It's hard to think that you might not be real"
6: "Don't you worry, 'cause it's alright / Don't you worry, child of the night"
7: "Stolen from Africa, brought to America / Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival"
8: "Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane / Jane plays with Willi, Willi is happy again"
9: "You shut your mouth, how can you say / I go about things the wrong way / I am human and I need to be loved / Just like everybody else does"
10: "I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A." ... ='(
11: "There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung / He said here comes the big boss, lets get it on" ... *snicker*
12: Robert Miles - Children ...No lyrics (it has none), but I left it in even though you can't guess it without them, because I love it so much ;p It's soothing ^_^ So, um, just ignore this one or something. XD Or tell me some interesting fact about the song if you know any :d
13: "So I guess the fortune teller's right / I should have seen just what was there and not some holy light"
14: "Everbody wants me to be / What they want me to be / I'm not happy when I try to fake it!"
15: "I'm an honorary Sean Connery, born '74 / There's only one of me / Single-handedly raising the economy"
16: "But if your mind's neglected / Stumble you might fall"
17: "Well, your mind done gone / Left the county farm / You had the shackles on"
18: "Listen to the wind blow / Down comes the night"
19: "Memories of your love still linger on / And the time has finally come / For me to pack my bags and walk away"
20: "Well I saw Roxie on the table / Her girlfriend down below / They'll give it to the king of swing / Before it's time to go"
21: "Those not so blessed / Would be crying out murder"
22: "There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head / You think you're mad, too unstable"
23: "I never made promises lightly / And there have been some that i have broken"
24: "Music is a world within itself / With a language we all understand"
25: "You tell me it's the institution / Well you know / You'd better free your mind instead"
^_^
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| And Now for Something Completely Different |
[24 Sep 2004|07:25pm] |
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Eeeeeeeee, I met up with Annette, Jessie's mom, today in my town :D
It was so nice to see her again! XD And it reminded me even more of how much I miss all the people out in Cali =( ...& New York ;) With luck though, I'll get to come and bug you all again sometime soon XD
I met Anke, too, who's a friend of Annette's from Germany - she's cool :D My mum and both of them seemed to get on really well, which pleased (and relieved!) me a lot - we're going to meet up with them again in Sheffield on Sunday, so that'll be cool :D
I've got to burn all of my pictures from Cali to a DVD to give to Annette, too, cos I promised her and Jessie that I'd give them copies ^_^ Took some more today, too, but I look horrible in them (partly cos I BADLY need a haircut - likely getting one tomorrow XD). No, I'm not showing them to anyone ;p
I might take some nicer ones of me once I've had my hair cut, since a certain few people have been bugging me for more pics >.>
Imma do that long-ass survey later too, just cos Jakey and Ian want me too and I'm a sucker for punishment =P
Love you all XD
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| Good God. |
[21 Sep 2004|12:28am] |
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I just watched, of my own free will and after being strongly warned, the video footage of the beheading of American hostage Eugene Armstrong in Iraq.
I won't bold this or put it in capitals, because it's a warning above such petty things. From my heart, I strongly suggest you heed my advice: unless you enjoy seeing an innocent human suffering immensely, and assuming you ever want to sleep soundly again at night, please don't go looking for the video, I beg you. :(
I've... never felt quite so horrified in my entire life before, and that's honestly saying something.
I really don't know what to think of terrorists (they don't deserve to be called people) who think they can get their demands met with such actions. It only inspires those of us who might possibly have had some sympathy for their cause to turn fully against them and hope for their complete and utter obliteration.
More than anything it saddens me that beings who dare to call themselves humans, and dare to claim that they follow what is as peaceful a religion at heart as any today, could do something so clearly in contravention of what they claim to follow and hold dear.
If there were no innocents left in the Middle East, I could honestly say "nuke the fucking lot" and feel no remorse or compassion for the evil that would be removed in one fell swoop.
My thoughts are all over the place at the moment, so this is a bit dijointed... Apologies for that. I'm still quite shaken from watching it... My mind doesn't even dare contemplating what the man's family must be feeling and thinking right now, because I think I'd go insane.
Humans really can be the best and the worst of creatures... I'm very nearly ashamed to be one after this.
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Hmm, I may well have another client in my sights for web-design and coding.
It's quite odd how it happened, cos I was referred through a friend of my father's, then to him, and finally to myself from him... The company needs details updating on a painfully outdated website, and are intending to commission a re-design in the near future - the guy seemed very pleased when I said I could do the re-design as well as altering the current info on their tiny static HTML site.
They know literally nothing about web-stuff for the most part, so if I play my cards right I could make some decent money from this one :p
I still have to get working hard and fast on my current client's site, too, though :\
I feel so uninspired, it's bogging me down. I think I'll make a list of goals, that usually helps me get going on a project...
Stepdad is being his usual annoying jerk of a self ^_^ I'm used to it by now though, and things could be much worse, so I'm not really complaining.
I feel very much as if the path of "freelance website consultant" has been thrust upon me, and I'm not entirely sure I like it :d ...I did resolve to grab any and all chances in life with both hands and hold on damned tight, though, so I guess I'll give this life-path a go... =)
I'll probably be my own proper little business by the end of the year :s Dearie me.
In other news, I still miss Alex. A lot. I miss everyone else in the US too, but missing him hurts more :p
It just feels so much more like I belong out there... I don't ever want to permanently leave my damp little green island, though - I'm a sentimental sod like that. :D
My network-overhaul for EchoNetwork is starting to reach the more conrete planning stages, and if I get time, I hope to have the basics coded and running by Christmas... We'll see. I know I can do it, it's just finding - or making - the time. Blarg.
The pace of life is speeding up, and it scares Wacky :s
I'm re-reading "Dune" (all of them), and remembering what a truly awesome story it is (am on "Messiah" right now). Frank Herbert really had a fucking stunning imagination back in the sixties, because some of the stuff addressed in the books hasn't been seriously considered outside of deeply esoteric scientific circles until quite recently (terraforming being one thing - we're now talking a lot more seriously about it than we used to be).
I also read Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch" (a Disc World book) while I was in Crete - it was fucking superb. I swear the man only gets better with time.
Ironically, my stepdad bought it for me as a Christmas present :P He's not all bad, I guess.
Must return to reading the Disc World "series" in order now, though... Am up to "Eric", but skipped "Guards! Guards!", so I'll have to get ahold of that before I read any more.
Dune ought to keep me busy for a while, though.
...Eek, long rambling entry at nearly 5 in the morning, what fun :D
Love you all ^_^
Paul xxx
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Back from Crete. Had a generally good time.
Am now tired and depressed. :\
Blah.
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| wtfhax :D |
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(Pinched from cutey-pie Alex - sexylexy7h :D)
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