Monthly Archive for December, 2007

The Christmas Haul

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on December 30, 2007
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Butterflies and HurricanesI had a lovely Christmas, I spent Christmas eve and Christmas morning with the mister and his family, which was great and I really enjoyed myself. We spent Christmas eve snuggled up watching telly, drinking Champagne, and then woke up uncharacteristicly early Christmas morning to open our presents.

We’d decided to do a “serious” present, a “silly” present and a bunch of stockingy presents for each other. I’d bought him Mass Effect (Xbox 360), the Muse poster from the gigs we went to in June, a Screaming Flying Monkey and a lot of chocolate and sweeties :D

He’d accepted my suggestion of jewellery, and got me the beautiful set shown here. I picked butterflies because of the Muse song “Butterflies and Hurricanes” which is my favourite song of all time, it’s pretty special. He also got me Lego Star Wars II (PS2) (which I haven’t had chance to play yet), a make and display Play-Doh parrot which is awesome, and lots of sweeties. :D

My Mum got me a subscription to Adbusters magazine which is awesome because I won’t be able to read it at the library once I finish uni ;), I got money, a new duvet and set, lots of chocolate and sweeties, a nail varnish set, Sleepy Hollow, Design Without Boundaries: Visual Communication in Transition and I’m sure I’m forgetting some stuff.

As an aside, watch Toy Story, it’s awesome. I’m Woody, howdy howdy howdy.

This year quizzle…

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Roxy Ghosthand
on December 28, 2007
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1. Who did you have relationships with this year?
Edward, aka the mister

2. Have you had your birthday yet?
Yes, it was an interesting couple of days

3. Kissed two people in the same night?
Er, no. Just the one, and only the one.
4. Been on a diet?
Nope

5. Pulled an all nighter?
Surprisingly not, there’s been some very late nights though!

6. Drank Starbucks?
Yeah, caramel frapps
7. Went Camping?
Ew, no.
8. Bought something?
A fair few things, most recently Christmas presents, this pink laptop…

9. Met someone special?
I have someone special :)

10. Been out of the country?
No… really had to think about that. No.

11. What are you thinking about?
Tired, Friends is funny.

12. Have you hugged someone this year?
Yeah. Hugs are awesome.

13. Slept in someone else’s bed?
I’ve slept in so many beds, but they’ve all been mine or the mister’s, just at various different places. And the bed at the Travel Lodge.

14. Had a job?
Yeppers, I miss it a little.

15. Loaned out money?
The mister and I are always in debt to one or the other of us.

16. Gotten in a car accident?
No, don’t jinx me, I still have to make it to Harpenden before 2008.

17. Gone over your mobile phone bill?
I don’t spend much on my phone.
18. Been called a fucker?
Haha, probably.

19. Who was the last person you hugged?
Err… Michelle. It’s been a huggy week.
20. Who was the last person to call you?
Mum
21. When was the last time you felt stupid?
The other night, trying to reverse the car out of the drive

22. Who did you last yell at?
My housemates in my head

23. What did you do last night?
Built a fort, played Uno on MSN with the mister while watching Tru calling.

24. What is the name of your hometown?
Guildford

25. Describe your hairstyle?
Choppy, multicoloured.

26. What is your relationship status?
In a relationship :)

27. How tall are you?
5 ft 8ish
28. Do you have any pets?
Nope, unless a play-doh parrot counts?
29. What sort of mood are you in?
Chocolatey
30. Where would you rather be?
With my mister

31. What was the last thing you drank?
Water
32. Do you believe in love?
Indeed
33. Why did your last relationship fail?
Er, wow, that’s going back years… to do with an ex if I remember correctly

34. Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
Don’t know
35. Have you ever fallen for your best friend?
I did many many years ago

36. Have you ever loved someone and not told them?
Yes, I waited a whole year before I told him. Twas worth the wait.

37. Are you afraid of commitment?
Not anymore
38. Have you had more than 5 serious relationships in your life?
No
39. Are you missing someone right now?
LOADS
40. Are you happy?
Pretty much
41. Are you eating anything?
Praline seashells
42. Do you like someone right now?
I love someone right now…

Garden State

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on December 28, 2007
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The Garden State
The mister and I watched Garden State last week. He told me not to get my hopes up, but I really enjoyed it. Yeah it’s cliched, it’s not five star acting, but it’s sweet. There’s a few things that made me think. I think if you fancy something that ends up a bit feelgood, something a bit soppy, something a bit odd, then this is your movie.

Amazon Synopsis
Andrew ‘Large’ Largeman (Zach Braff of TV’s Scrubs) is returning home to New Jersey for the first time in nine years to attend his mother’s funeral. A struggling actor in Los Angeles, he’s been living under clouds of medication prescribed by his psychiatrist father (Ian Holm). After drifting through the funeral with the same emotional numbness he’s felt for years, he reconnects with old friends Mark (Peter Sarsgaard), a gravedigger, and Albert (Denis O’Hare), a millionaire who invented noiseless Velcro. In a doctor’s office, he meets ebullient Sam (Natalie Portman), an epileptic whose lust for life inspires Andrew to feel things that his medication long denied him. Over four days, he develops feelings for Sam he didn’t know he was capable of, and faces up to the resentment his father holds toward him about an accident that happened long ago.

Another Quizzle - New Years

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Roxy Ghosthand
on December 24, 2007
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Where did you begin the year 2007?
The mister’s dad’s house

What was your status by Valentines Day?
In a relationship

Were you in school anytime this year?
Uni

Did you have to go to the hospital?
Don’t think so

Did you have any encounters with the police?
Nope

Where did you go for vacation?
Does Sunderland count? Hahaha.

What did you purchase that was over 100 dollars?
This laptop, car insurance, rent?

Did you know anybody who got married?
The mister’s dad.

Anybody who passed away?
Not directly

What concerts or shows did you go to?
Muse at Wembley Stadium - twice

Describe your birthday:
Awesome evening out with friends and the mister, then looking after the hungover mister ;) with lots of spoiling in between.

You favorite moment(s)?
I’ve had quite a few. Now is pretty awesome, listening to the mister play guitar.

What was your best month?
They all had their ups and downs

Made any new friends?
Yeap

Favorite night out?
I had quite a few :D

Other than home, where did you spend most of you time?
Library…

Changed your hairstyle?
A fair amount, yes :D

How old did you turn this year?
20

Do you have a New Year’s Resolution?
To not eat chocolate

Have you had any regrets?
No, just lessons learned

Attend any sporting events?
Nope

Have you gotten sick?
Glandular fever.

If you could give your life to get anything back, what would it be?
What would be the point? I wouldn’t have my life, so how would I enjoy or experience the thing I got back?

Pretty in Pink

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Roxy Ghosthand
on December 22, 2007
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I just got my new lappy, I’m installing my softwares - hoping Vista won’t have some kind of fit. Just installed Photoshop CS3 for the first time too, looks interesting :D Need to sort out my Dreamweaver plugins and such. Just installing The Sims 2 - going to take forever considering all the expacks and such. Yawn.

For you technical people, I got an Inspiron 1520 - in pink.  I’m not sure on the processor as I haven’t heard great things about Core Duo, but we shall see. It’s got 2 gigs of RAM, a not too shabby graphics card, and is just generally miles better than my PC. I’m still keeping the good old desktop though, it has two hard drives, will work nicely as a base. I’ve wanted a laptop for a while - probably would have made more sense when I was travelling as much as I used to haha, but thought I’d invest now while I have the chance.

I have a few little niggles about  the casing and such, but nothing major.

One nice thing is that it integrates with my phone nicely - no need for the USB cable - I really like this, I don’t know why. Makes it super easy to update my MP3 player on there though. The small things eh? :D Has a smart memory card slot for my cameras too.

I’ll post some pictures eventually.

I also plan to get on with reskinning the bloggle over exmas, so look forward to that!

Christmas Quizzle

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Roxy Ghosthand
on December 22, 2007
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1. Will you have a boyfriend/girlfriend this Christmas?
Yee :D

2. Have you been naughty or nice this year?
Depends on your definition ;)

3. What is the most expensive thing on your christmas list?
I guess jewellery was, everything else was around the same price mark… subscription to Adbusters magazine, new duvet plus set, money…

4. What do you want this year?
For Xmas? Or next year in general? To be happy and successful.

5. Do you still believe in santa?
Yes, I saw him riding the escalator in Debenhams.

6. Which is your favorite reindeer?
I don’t know.

7. Big tree or small tree?
A forest

8. What do you leave for santa?
Nothing… if everyone else does, he’s surely about to have a coronary by now from eating all those cookies. I don’t want to kill santa, do you?

9. Do you get a lot of presents ?
Not really, but they’re always awesome. Especially the ones I know I’m getting this year.

10. What is your favorite christmas movie?
Nightmare Before Christmas.

11. What is your favorite christmas song ?
All I Want For Xmas… is YOU. Last year I had it blaring out of my car on the way up to my mister’s :)

12. Red, Green, or White lights?
White

13. What is your christmas wish?
That everyone gets what they want.

14. How many days left until christmas?
I don’t know, four maybe

15. How will you spend christmas?
Spending the morning with my mister, then going home to see my Mum, so actually a significant part of it will be spent driving.

16. Do you still wake up early on christmas morning?
No not really

17. Do you still get presents from santa?
I’m getting a stocking this year, but I don’t think it’s really from santa…

18. Any christmas traditions?
Eating, if you can call that a tradition.

19.How was last christmas?
Amazingtastic :D

20. Is your house decorated?
MY house isn’t, but my mum’s is

21. Do you get all dressed up ?
Not really

22. Have you gone to any christmas parties this year ?
No

23. Favorite christmas memory?
I have lots, most recently I guess would be waking up with the man of my dreams on Xmas morning :P Haha, I’m so soppy.

24.When i say christmas what is the first thing that comes to mind?
Cheer.

25. Ever get your heart broken on christmas day?
No

Make Music, Make Magic

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on December 20, 2007
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I know these aren’t technically perfect photographs, but I love this and it’s dreamlike quality. I always think when the mister is playing his musics that it’s like making magic, even if he’s playing covers, it’s still beautiful to sit and listen, I think it’s amazing anyway, being able to create and such. I can’t articulate it well, but I’ve tried to capture it here, exactly where it happens, and while it’s not technically perfect, it has the qualities I wanted.

Also I was taking pictures because he got a new guitar, it’s shiny black and terribly sexy.

Make Music, Make Magic I Make Music, Make Magic II

Also available on deviantArt as prints. MM1 + MM2

Two posts in one day is crazy talk!

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on December 19, 2007
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Not when it’s about chocolate it’s not.

As evidenced by this post right here, I love chocolate. The mister and I have come up with some kind of wager. A year of no chocolate. I get something at the end of each month I manage, but we haven’t decided what yet. Don’t say chocolate :P This all commences at the usual time, January the first. According to those money totals, I would save about £215, which is loads, although that spending may switch to caramel and cherries.

This also means I only have a week to eat all my Christmas chocolate, haha, oh no! :S

The longest I’ve ever gone is eight months, broken only by being polite in a family situation. To be honest I think those are a fair exception since being polite in a family situation is not a common occurance ;P but the mister says otherwise. If his mum ever makes me tiramisu I am screwed, but there’s no way I’d ever say no to that! Haha.

Wish me luck, I’ll keep you posted ;)

ETA: Changed it to no *buying* chocolate.

Spaaaam!

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Roxy Ghosthand
on December 19, 2007
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*thwaps everyone on the head*

I finally got around to a) upgrading to the latest WP and b) putting in some HOPEFULLY more effective spam control. I should have done it sooner, 600 and something comments about large penises. I don’t want your erections in my inbox, no mater how big, thank you.

Just to note, I’m using Akismet Logo

I intend to sort out all my categories, I realise I have a million because there never used to be this tag feature, which I love and adore. YAY.

Also the theme, I want to completely redo it. This may turn into a Christmas project. I have no time, so it won’t happen.

ETA: I will sort the theme, since I found this more updated one to edit. Yay for K2.

Brain’s Bad Day

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Roxy Ghosthand
on December 19, 2007
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I had to share this, because it’s cute, and it’s Pinky and the Brain.