For all of those who watch Merlin but don't get to see Children in Need (which I assume is for us the UK only) see this great special.




Best line is definately Richard Wilson's last one. Oh that brings back memories and makes me grin like a loon, oh yes!

Oh and I've a strange hankering for curry. Hmm...!

I would say it was odd that I miss Canis but I suppose it isn’t really. Though I’ve only met her once in ‘real life’ I’ve known her for six years online.

It’s nearly her birthday and I hope that her job doesn’t run her into the ground and that her puppy is better.

But I do miss you darling, and I wish you were here in our balmy 18 degrees in October weather. Or me in Mexico, whichever, as it is your birthday in a few days!

Cuddles, glomps and kisses chick.

Nabbed from joanwilder

Free Rice. It tests your vocab, and its rather addictive. Plus it's feeding hungry people. Can't say better than that.

:)

So I saw platyj's pretty counter and thought "Why haven't I got one?" So I made one. Though it did half take me a long time to work out how to get to the place to make the bloody thing. I kept clicking on the links. Idiot that I am.

So anyway...




Hmm. Not too long then...

Copied from painless_j.

LJ has a feed for the latest images posted publicly here:
http://www.livejournal.com/stats/latest-img.bml

Someone has set up a community to scrape off any image that is posted that meets LJ icon requirements and post them to a community.

Now, the part that's the most annoying is that the images are hotlinked from the image source.

You can opt out of your posts being included in the latest feed by going to the Admin Console and type in these commands:

Journal Users:
set latest_optout yes

Community maintainers:
set for "community name" latest_optout yes

The community mentioned above is iconscraper.

I have done as told above and am hoping I've done it correctly. I can still go onto "View all userpics (Japonicastar)" from my user info page so I don't know if it's properly blocked.

Hopefully though, because the most annoying thing is that they are using our bandwith! Don't you hate people that take without asking! Grr!

My favourite quotes from the Harry Potter fandom with links (which hopefully still work. Please advise if they don't).

( Under zee cut 'cause that's how long the list is! )

This took me bloody ages to do. The HTML was hell by itself. Oh yes!

Please note, If you don't want your quote on here, please say so and it'll be removed.

If you want to invite me to read your fic (or suggest one perhaps), please do. I love fics that I've not yet read. They be yum!

( The Big Bad List of my Favourite Fics... )

Undoubtedly this isn't all of them and even though there are, I know, loads I still love them. Some more than others true, but I'd rec them all, any day.

And to all, I bid you good night!

Why am I Friend Only-ing my journal? *Shrugs* 'Cause I feel like it I suppose and plus it means I can use this picture. I always did enjoy Toy Story and the nintendo games consols just give me a burst of nostalgia from my childhood as well.

Plus it means my mother can't spy on what I've written. I know she does as well!

Comment if you'd like me to put you my list thing-ie-me, lj is confusing to say the least when you don't know what you're doing.

Cheers,
Japs.

Edit: The TS pic is made by jadeleopard! Cheers my dear.

ruxi made up a meme today that I thought would be good to share.

If you're reading this, then regardless whether you're actually a friend of this LJ, plain passerby, or just someone who's popped by for unknown reasons -- consider yourself invited to participate.

I'd like you all to reply to this post with a paragraph(s?)/fragment of your work, fanfic, original, no matter. It doesn't even have to pertain to a fandom I'm involved in, so long as you think it is in some way representative of your style. In exchange, I promise to tell you truthfully what I think of your writing in that particular fragment.

My 'sort of step-dad' made home made cookies earlier. They're very rich and I feel rather sick after eating just one. They're choc-o-block of dark chocolate pieces and it's made me think twice of eating them again. I honestly think I'm more of a savoury person. I mean, I would much rather eat a cheese and onion pastie rather than a muffin or something equally sweet.

I now have the week off. Have bought mum half her present for Mother's Day and now just need to get her a card and a 'suprise'. I was only allowed to buy her a basket of indoor lillies, beacause I promised her something she didn't choose. I get money and she wants me to spend it all on her! *Rolls eyes*

Cheers everyone.

Gacked from spacemonkymafia...

1. Ok, you know my first name (or you should), but what's my middle name? (No don't actually answer that one! As I can't stand it!)
2. Where am I from?
3. When is my birthday?
4. My eyes are...
5. How tall am I?
6. I'm from a family of how many siblings?
7. Name three things I hate.
8. Name three things I love.
9. What's my #1 pet peeve?
10. Do I have any pets?
11. Name one fear I have.
12. Name one wish I have.
13. Who do I have a celebrity crush on?
14. Name one thing that makes me cry.
15. Name one thing that makes me smile.

I don't know if many of you could answer a lot of those, though I'm sure Vampera or Alamdothiel will know a few, but I kinda want to see how many you all can get right. So answer the one's you can!

I am so obviously a night owl, I want to bed at eleven or something last night and then I got up again and wrote until two am. I then managed to wake up and get up at half six, even though I could get up at seven and not be late!

As for what I wrote, it's nothing to do with Always, however unfortunate that might be, but BH (before Harry). I might type it up and see if anyone likes it, maybe not.

*Glomps*

The Seven Degrees of LiveJournal Meme nicked off be_glomped ...

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I enjoyed reading all the replies to my little Fox Hunting debate, most of which were on my side, which is nice. Did you know that despite the law coming in on Friday saying it was illegal to fox hunt in Britain, that 91 foxes were slaughtered the following day? I won't say what I'd do to those people who went out hunting, suffice to say it would be a long, slow, painful process.

I might have to have another rant sometime soon. I have been longing to have a good moan about certain presidents and their inability to join certain Kyoto Plans. Yes that might be good. I'll go and research some stuff and come back to you on that one.

To certain people who don't turn up to places where they have planned to go, *holds plastic water pistol against their temples* You know exactly what I'm talking about and why it would have been polite to ring.

To the people in my household who have eaten all the American style cookies, I'm very upset. I only had... three. I need more damnnit!

Here in the South West of England it has just started to snow, not anything massive but it's decently heavy. Course up North it's even better. Siberean temperatures here we come!

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What is your view on fox hunting?

I just watched the news, it had a son of a rock star going off in the 'last legal hunt' and on camera mind, holding up the body of an animal that had been shred to bits and offering it to the baying hounds. Do you know what though, moments before we had the lovely view of the fox running as fast as it could, because the dogs were behind it, and slowing or stopping means death. In the end for that fox, it did indeed mean blood spill.

People have said that fox hunting is needed to keep the number of foxes down, so they don't destroy livestock. But why my I ask, make killing them even more horrific than it already is? It is not a dignified way to die, getting ripped apart and nor is shooting the damned, but it's not blood thirsty at least. It's killing because it is needed, not killing for the love of doing so. Enjoying watching a poor, defenseless animal run for it's life, run, run, run and in the end having it's body pulled apart.

I cried whilst watching that news program, I'm crying now. I don't understand you see, why after all the 'against animal cruelty' adverts and Animal Hospital programs aren't doing any good in making people think. There are still people out there in this world today who think that blood spilt is enjoyable.

Tradition, I hear people cry, what of that, and what of the people living in the rural villages who depend on the fox hunt, to bring in people from the outside to bring in custom? Bollocks is my answer. There are a hell of a lot of places, villages all over Britain who survive quite well without some bastards who want to watch blood sports.

Blood sports as in deer hunting, hare catching as well as others I don't even want to contemplate... It makes me feel like I've gone back into the previous times when badger baiting was allowed, and when people went after wolves, killing them without good reason.

They wouldn't allow that now, but foxes are different aren't they? They're not skin and bone like the rest of them. They're not trying to survive the best way they know how.

Foxes are beautiful creatures, they're clever and maybe they do kill chickens sometimes. That's the circle of life isn't it? We may be the most dominant creatures on the food chain, and indeed this planet, but that doesn't mean we have to knock all the other predators off the top spot as well.

You think of the amount of chickens humans eat, compare that to the minute sliver that may be caught and consumed by a fox.

Fox hunting is complete balls in my humble opinion and the people who love those hunts so much should have to run for their lives too, blood rushing to their ears whilst the only coherent thought is 'I'm going to die.' repeating itself and with creatures twice, thrice their size baying, barking, screaming, lusting for their blood.

Because maybe if they thought about it, maybe it wouldn't happen so much. Maybe if people could be empathetic with other creatures, not just with other humans (even if there are a tiny amount of people able to even do that), we'd live in a far better world. Maybe not so much would be taken for granted.

I shall stop now. I'd like to hear your views, even if you think I'm likely to scream my head off at you. You have a right to your opinion, and I shall do my best to listen. I may not agree; I may argue until the cows come home, but at least you won't be sitting on the fence.

The government has put a bill though, which is a minor victory. Those people who say that they shall ignore the ban need to be hung up by their toes nails and left to get eaten by their hounds. Well maybe not but at least, they should respect the rules of the government. If people started disregarding rules for no reason this country would be in a worse state.

P.s Just to cause more controversy, George Bush, and everyone else who doesn't think the Kyto Plan is a good one, go throw yourselves of a cliff! Co2 emissions need to be cut, or otherwise there is no point of anyone in my generation having children, as they'll have to live on the Earth called Hell. That's not a lie, that's scientific fact.

I will be driven me mad one of these days...!

Taken from Harry Potter and the Battle of Wills by Jocelyn (which is fabulous by the way)...

“You ought to know by now not to get too close when I go nutters.”

Why will I be driven mad? The misuse of the word nutters just drives me up the wall.

Now I'm English born and bred, I'm eighteen and I have read more fics you can count. Let me tell you, whilst trying to sound British, a hell of a lot of writers use the word nutters wrong. I want to get this sorted out for once and for all!

So... The low down of all the nuttery words!

Nuts- the situation, a person. Eg. "You are nuts." or "That was absolutely nuts."

Nutter- A person. "Sirius is a nutter."

Nutters- plural word for nutter. "Nutters, all of them." or "Those two Weasley nutters."

*Rolls eyes* Sorry to go on about it, it just drives me... nuts... when it is used wrong.

A few quizzes from tracie1976 and animagusvampera....

( Um... Hurray? )

And for the rest of you....

HOW TO START YOUR DAY WITH POSITIVE OUTLOOK

1. Open a new file in your PC.
2. Name it "Housework."
3. Send it to the RECYCLE BIN
4. Empty the RECYCLE BIN
5. Your PC will ask you, "Are you sure you want to delete Housework permanently?"
6. Answer calmly, "Yes," and press the mouse button firmly....
7. Feel better?

And lastly a meme from calliopeia17

I am on a quest to know...everything. Help me in my endeavor by telling me one fact I don't already know.

Then, if you desire to learn things too, post this in your own journal and I shall contribute my own knowledge!

Nabbed from snarky_devil2...

ONE: Comment anon-style (if prefered) about who you'd love to know from LJ in RL.

TWO: Comment anon style (if prefered) telling me which LJ user intimidates or scares you.

THREE: Comment in the anon style (if prefered) telling me what annoys you about me.

FOUR: Comment in anon style (if prefered) about anything: spazz, fic, pictures, anything. 'Member though I do have dial-up so nothing too huge!

You don't have to be on my friends-list to do this... *Smiles*

And to end this post on a laugh... Several random 'OTPs' I found amusing...!

Lucius Malfoy swore everlasting loyalty to Grawp

What's Your OTP?
TheRogue.net & FictionAlley Valentine's Day Challenge

GinnyWeasley wants to snog ProfessorUmbridge

What's Your OTP?
TheRogue.net & FictionAlley Valentine's Day Challenge

GranLongbottom studies with PercyWeasley

What's Your OTP?
TheRogue.net & FictionAlley Valentine's Day Challenge

*Giggles* I'm stopping, I'm stopping... Nah I'm not... *Click*

Chapter Seven of Always, Mr Padfoot and the Council of Angels is up on fanfiction.net and on DarkArts as well.

Yes I know, it's taken me ages to write, beta, upload but now at last it's up and I'd love to hear what everyone thinks of it.

Big glomps out to Canis and Adelpha, especially Canis who helped me out with all the technicalities of this chapter. *Glomps and hands over cookies*

You can find it here...

Enjoy!

I love my counter! Nabbed from lupinxlover.

Snitched off Gillian... Here...

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I think they're cute.

The Great LiveJournal Outage of 2005 During the outage I discovered life outside of journaling. What did you do? Brought to you by geek-foo

I love some of the avatars that I've seen out there. Canis, glomped and savvy all have great ones.

News: I have started work and that shall of course cut my free time down. I am hoping to get chapter 7 sorted soon enough for it to be posted up.

*Smiles and hugs*

This meme is from spacemonkymafia and no it's not the muder victim one! I didn't get caught out with that one, Canis on the other hand did.

Speaking of Canis... Get well soon! *Hands over chocolate icecream and tissues.*

( And the meme says... )

... I am going to keep asking for recs. I have read a lot mind. So anything rather... new or under-appreciated would be good.

I still love finding icons... And quotes but that's another story. Tonight it shall be the icons that I worship....

( Finding Nemo one's here... )

And of course...

( Random icons here... )

It was my Dad's birthday yesterday. I sent him a text and then rang him up (when he was out). If you never see or here from me again, that'd be the reason. He's going to kill me. Or at least sulk for the next ten years. Both of which are hugely fun.

I check my flist many time a day, and I was extremely happy today to find that Neutral hasn't fallen off the edge of the planet, and does indeed plan to start working again. Aspen had a snippet that someone else had written but it was good and Aspen is really going to update, hopefully soon. Aedalena is writing and will be updating soon enough, for her at least. And not to forget that Canis is at least half way through chappie ten of Turning and is posting some of my birthday fic today...

Lots of fics to look forward too... Am very happy, though I was disappointed in Blood Only's new chapter. I like fluffy, happy fics and that fic just ain't giving me that. My own fault for reading it mind.

So... Recs anyone? I'm a difficult cumstomer mind you, I've read a hell of a lot and finding something new isn't easy. Yet, is anyone up for the challenge?

I urge you to answer this meme, nicked from losselen </span>

In order to get an idea of how my friends view me, I would like everyone to go down this list and pick the one from each pair that you think describes me the best. Then copy this and post it in your own journal to see how your friends view you.

leader or follower
quiet or talkative
spontaneous or planned
dominant or submissive
logical or intuitive
social or loner
gentle or strong.

Er I'm thinking of making  finishing Always my New Years resolution... Whatcha reckon?!