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In other news, my brain is so clogged right now, it's ridiculous. I feel like smuggling myself into Tibet to go to a meditation retreat sleeping for a WEEK.

This weekend I disappeared off to Chester for another mysterious SFX weekend (known to my friends only as "when Katie goes off with those people she knows on the internet and returns with a hangover") and awesome times were had. We had a belated Halloween party, where we carved pumpkins and got all dressed up, and I was an undead pirate. Well, I'd wanted to wear my pirate costume, and wanted to recycle my make-up from being Queen Victoria the Banshee on actual Halloween, so... compromise.

( Photo! )

That photo was taken on the Saturday evening, after a guy who was dressed as one of the Ghostbusters had given me his goggles to wear. Suddenly my costume was transformed into Mad Steampunk Scientist, and that same guy was so inspired he actually drew me as a comic book character. Mozo, the Mad Scientist/Airship Pirate. Believe me when I say I'll be posting his sketches as soon as he scans and e-mails them. I was a ball of squee throughout Sunday.

What else did we do? We had a sci-fi quiz, which I came 4th in or something, and successfully did not pick one of the six or seven prizes of Laszlo action figures (people were VERY surprised at how many there were... Countfests are fun), and Leonie and I spent most of Sunday in the swimming pool again.

OH - and I saw one of my new favourite films EVER. Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!: Strippers vs. Zombies. You'd think that title would tell you everything you needed to know, but no - there was also a pimp character called Johnny 'Backhand' Vegas. Basically, a bunch of hookers get infected with a zombie virus, and the local strippers have to defend themselves with improvised weapons like chainsaws, their stripper poles and stilettos, until they get hold of a cure which makes the zombies explode. IT'S AMAZING. I bought my own copy as soon as I got back to Durham, and the guy behind the counter was clearly trying not to laugh.

So now I am back in Durham and have discovered my friend Beccy was thrown from her horse on Saturday and has broken her collarbone and dislocated her shoulder :( Will be spending much time round there this week to help her with stuff and generally keep her company. She's more frustrated than anything, because she can't do everything she wants to and doesn't get to ride again for another 6 weeks.

I went round with fruit tarts and Ever After. That helped.

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I totally forgot I should probably be pimping this, but my first post was today, so!






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SAM/CASTIEL. There has already been wondrous crack written. You know you want some.

Well, this reaction is late and probably by now none of you care. OH WELL, I AM POSTING IT ANYWAY.

( spoilers, naturally )

In other news, I have another job interview tomorrow. \o/ I'm rather shocked about it, actually, the unemployment rate is 10% and I got three job interviews in one week. Now if only one of them would pan out. Wish me luck!

Hello all! This is my first time posting here, I'm a bit nervous!

Next weekend I'm celebrating my anniversary with my SO. We're planning on having lasangna, salad and bread for dinner and molten lava cakes (these: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/molten-chocolate-cakes-69182.aspx) for dessert.

I am wondering what kind of wine we should get that would go well with this, or two different kinds or whatever! I'm looking in lower priced wines. Normally we get shiraz, malbec, pinot noir or riesling.

Thanks for your input!

Has anybody here heard of the Winepod? It's kind of pricey, but seems like a pretty neat tool for home wine-makers. Basically it looks (and acts) essentially like a bread machine... except for wine. (and instead of being $50, it's closer to $5000)

Just thought I'd share because it definitely seems like a cool tool for the DIY wine enthusiast, although I'm not even sure if they are still being made/sold, according to some online posts I have read...

This is a cry for help sent out to the German speakers on my flist. I have to turn in an assignment today and because I'm a moron, I left the revised copy at home. It's short - about two pages double-spaced - and if someone could look it over for grammatical errors, I would be so grateful.