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Dec. 31st, 2017 02:00 amScuse you, Johannes Cabal fandom, wheres the Constable Copeland fic?
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Sep. 27th, 2016 10:22 pmoh my god the author of johannes cabal is talking to me on twitter what the fuck do i do hes gonna find out im a massive fucking nerd gwhgfuiewh9ofr3uw9gvowjhoigvewhoifgewhoigvewvw WHY DID I TWEET HIM gnjbvheilbhdosipbvhdsiogvhwEIOGHEWIOGVEWHO
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Feb. 5th, 2013 10:41 pmJust before Christmas, I went to visit the Prawn and dropped off a load of books for him. I wasn't sure if they'd really be his cup of tea, since I'm all about fantasy and he's all about gritty realism, but I figured being in jail is probably real enough for him, and anyway, if he dies without reading Skullduggery Pleasant or Johannes Cabal then he might not get into heaven.
So I was half expecting to have them politely returned with a request to look out for drug lords' memoirs next time I'm in Oxfam, but today I come home and there's a postcard:
"Do you think Johannes Cabal lieks mupkips?"
On balance, I think Johannes Cabal would deny lieking mupkips even if he secretly did, so I guess we'll never know.
Horst definately lieks them, though.
So I was half expecting to have them politely returned with a request to look out for drug lords' memoirs next time I'm in Oxfam, but today I come home and there's a postcard:
"Do you think Johannes Cabal lieks mupkips?"
On balance, I think Johannes Cabal would deny lieking mupkips even if he secretly did, so I guess we'll never know.
Horst definately lieks them, though.
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Apr. 3rd, 2012 10:01 pmMy brother just convinced his girlfriend to read the other Johannes Cabal books by declaring that the fourth book will be called Johannes Cabal: Mighty Pope Cannibal and then acting out a scene where Cabal eats the Pope, complete with bad Italian-inflected screaming and a tea cosy to serve as a Popehat. To be honest, I think she might find the Fear Institute a bit of a let down in comparison.
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Mar. 27th, 2012 08:09 pmMy brother is such a spacker. I'm in the kitchen trying to convince Hayley to read the other two Johannes Cabal books and he wanders in and asks "Isn't that Johnny Depp's bird in Sweeney Todd?" Before I can say "No, you 'tard, that was Johanna and she wasn't his bird, she was his daughter," he's off singing "I feel you, Johannes," off-key and at the top of his voice, and has been singing it on and off all evening.
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Mar. 27th, 2012 08:09 pmMy brother is such a spacker. I'm in the kitchen trying to convince Hayley to read the other two Johannes Cabal books and he wanders in and asks "Isn't that Johnny Depp's bird in Sweeney Todd?" Before I can say "No, you 'tard, that was Johanna and she wasn't his bird, she was his daughter," he's off singing "I feel you, Johannes," off-key and at the top of his voice, and has been singing it on and off all evening.
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Sep. 9th, 2011 03:05 pmRIGHT.
The Red Bull has gone home. The Manx Grand Prix is over, and Johnny is not crippled or brain-damaged from his injuries. Buzz is safely ensconced at Leeds University. The Faffing Hen is in Belgium for a week. At last there is peace throughout the land!
Important things:
The new Johannes Cabal book is awesome for about four-fifths of the story, then ( Read more... ) that sadly does not end with Johannes being hit in the head by a muffin fired from an enormous cannon ala Invader Zim, before ( Read more... ) Frankly, that's one trope even Invader Zim never managed to sell me on with the help of large numbers of rubber piggies, so it got a big frowny face from me. Still, the rest of the story was pretty good and presumably there'll be another along in a year, so yay.
I finally got to watch all of series two of the Vampire Diaries, so I finally understand what was going on with fake-Alaric at the end of the season.
Klaus is very boring, and very, very fugly. He should be banned from everything. Elijah was a dick at first, but he was a lot more likable after Elena "killed" him and then took the dagger out. "I'm a little behind the times, but I believe the term you're looking for is OMG." OH ELIJAH! I hope he comes back, but he needs to sort out that Stephen Gately haircut first.
Caroline! What the hell? What is someone who can act doing on a WB show?! This is awesome, in a yes-I-know-she's-punching-below-her-weight-but-please-don't-take-her-from-me way. When her mum rejected her, oh! And her scenes with Mongo the Werewolf! And how terrified she was of Katherine. Oh Caroline! You are my unexpected fandom crush for this year!
Stefan is so terrible. All his "acting" involves tilting his giant head and shoving it into someone else's space. There's a scene where he hugs Elena and rests his chin on top of her head - I thought he was going to crush her. She's only tiny! Stop squishing her with your massive head! And that bit where they broke up and he started "crying", oh the horror! The best non-Caroline acting in the whole series was Nina Dobrev managing not to start shrieking in fear at the sight of Stefan's crying face.
I do not approve of Bonnie/Jeremy. Bonnie is annoying and whiny and she was super-sour to Caroline despite the fact that, you know, she'd just been in a car crash and then infected and then smothered and then vampirised! Fuck off, Bonnie. You are not a good friend. Damon should eat you, except your bitter little sourchops blood would probably be toxic to him.
I kind of dig Caroline/Tyler and also (the shame!) Tyler/Jeremy now. Yeah I know, I hate myself for it. I also liked Damon/Bella (she had a different name, but it was Bella from Supernatural) but... oh well.
JENNA! Oh, Jenna! I have no words.
I think they should retool the whole show so Alaric gets to be the main character, write off Klaus and Matt and Stefan for being excessively boring and un-hot, give Elijah a redemption arc in which he atones for his crime against hair by getting an actual grown-ups haircut, and get Caroline some serious storylines because, holy shit, there's actually someone on the cast who can act! The show will be called ALARIC! (and friends) and basically it will be all about Alaric being beautiful and having adventures that he solves with the knowing of HISTORY, and Jenna and Damon will snippily fight for his love.
Hmm, what else... nothing else. I'm going to go watch Bill and Ted now, safe in the knowledge that the Sour Squad will not be returning for SEVEN WHOLE DAYS and that nobody is going to interrupt me with bitter little whinings.
The Red Bull has gone home. The Manx Grand Prix is over, and Johnny is not crippled or brain-damaged from his injuries. Buzz is safely ensconced at Leeds University. The Faffing Hen is in Belgium for a week. At last there is peace throughout the land!
Important things:
The new Johannes Cabal book is awesome for about four-fifths of the story, then ( Read more... ) that sadly does not end with Johannes being hit in the head by a muffin fired from an enormous cannon ala Invader Zim, before ( Read more... ) Frankly, that's one trope even Invader Zim never managed to sell me on with the help of large numbers of rubber piggies, so it got a big frowny face from me. Still, the rest of the story was pretty good and presumably there'll be another along in a year, so yay.
I finally got to watch all of series two of the Vampire Diaries, so I finally understand what was going on with fake-Alaric at the end of the season.
Klaus is very boring, and very, very fugly. He should be banned from everything. Elijah was a dick at first, but he was a lot more likable after Elena "killed" him and then took the dagger out. "I'm a little behind the times, but I believe the term you're looking for is OMG." OH ELIJAH! I hope he comes back, but he needs to sort out that Stephen Gately haircut first.
Caroline! What the hell? What is someone who can act doing on a WB show?! This is awesome, in a yes-I-know-she's-punching-below-her-weight-but-please-don't-take-her-from-me way. When her mum rejected her, oh! And her scenes with Mongo the Werewolf! And how terrified she was of Katherine. Oh Caroline! You are my unexpected fandom crush for this year!
Stefan is so terrible. All his "acting" involves tilting his giant head and shoving it into someone else's space. There's a scene where he hugs Elena and rests his chin on top of her head - I thought he was going to crush her. She's only tiny! Stop squishing her with your massive head! And that bit where they broke up and he started "crying", oh the horror! The best non-Caroline acting in the whole series was Nina Dobrev managing not to start shrieking in fear at the sight of Stefan's crying face.
I do not approve of Bonnie/Jeremy. Bonnie is annoying and whiny and she was super-sour to Caroline despite the fact that, you know, she'd just been in a car crash and then infected and then smothered and then vampirised! Fuck off, Bonnie. You are not a good friend. Damon should eat you, except your bitter little sourchops blood would probably be toxic to him.
I kind of dig Caroline/Tyler and also (the shame!) Tyler/Jeremy now. Yeah I know, I hate myself for it. I also liked Damon/Bella (she had a different name, but it was Bella from Supernatural) but... oh well.
JENNA! Oh, Jenna! I have no words.
I think they should retool the whole show so Alaric gets to be the main character, write off Klaus and Matt and Stefan for being excessively boring and un-hot, give Elijah a redemption arc in which he atones for his crime against hair by getting an actual grown-ups haircut, and get Caroline some serious storylines because, holy shit, there's actually someone on the cast who can act! The show will be called ALARIC! (and friends) and basically it will be all about Alaric being beautiful and having adventures that he solves with the knowing of HISTORY, and Jenna and Damon will snippily fight for his love.
Hmm, what else... nothing else. I'm going to go watch Bill and Ted now, safe in the knowledge that the Sour Squad will not be returning for SEVEN WHOLE DAYS and that nobody is going to interrupt me with bitter little whinings.
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Sep. 9th, 2011 03:05 pmRIGHT.
The Red Bull has gone home. The Manx Grand Prix is over, and Johnny is not crippled or brain-damaged from his injuries. Buzz is safely ensconced at Leeds University. The Faffing Hen is in Belgium for a week. At last there is peace throughout the land!
Important things:
The new Johannes Cabal book is awesome for about four-fifths of the story, then ( Read more... ) that sadly does not end with Johannes being hit in the head by a muffin fired from an enormous cannon ala Invader Zim, before ( Read more... ) Frankly, that's one trope even Invader Zim never managed to sell me on with the help of large numbers of rubber piggies, so it got a big frowny face from me. Still, the rest of the story was pretty good and presumably there'll be another along in a year, so yay.
I finally got to watch all of series two of the Vampire Diaries, so I finally understand what was going on with fake-Alaric at the end of the season.
Klaus is very boring, and very, very fugly. He should be banned from everything. Elijah was a dick at first, but he was a lot more likable after Elena "killed" him and then took the dagger out. "I'm a little behind the times, but I believe the term you're looking for is OMG." OH ELIJAH! I hope he comes back, but he needs to sort out that Stephen Gately haircut first.
Caroline! What the hell? What is someone who can act doing on a WB show?! This is awesome, in a yes-I-know-she's-punching-below-her-weight-but-please-don't-take-her-from-me way. When her mum rejected her, oh! And her scenes with Mongo the Werewolf! And how terrified she was of Katherine. Oh Caroline! You are my unexpected fandom crush for this year!
Stefan is so terrible. All his "acting" involves tilting his giant head and shoving it into someone else's space. There's a scene where he hugs Elena and rests his chin on top of her head - I thought he was going to crush her. She's only tiny! Stop squishing her with your massive head! And that bit where they broke up and he started "crying", oh the horror! The best non-Caroline acting in the whole series was Nina Dobrev managing not to start shrieking in fear at the sight of Stefan's crying face.
I do not approve of Bonnie/Jeremy. Bonnie is annoying and whiny and she was super-sour to Caroline despite the fact that, you know, she'd just been in a car crash and then infected and then smothered and then vampirised! Fuck off, Bonnie. You are not a good friend. Damon should eat you, except your bitter little sourchops blood would probably be toxic to him.
I kind of dig Caroline/Tyler and also (the shame!) Tyler/Jeremy now. Yeah I know, I hate myself for it. I also liked Damon/Bella (she had a different name, but it was Bella from Supernatural) but... oh well.
JENNA! Oh, Jenna! I have no words.
I think they should retool the whole show so Alaric gets to be the main character, write off Klaus and Matt and Stefan for being excessively boring and un-hot, give Elijah a redemption arc in which he atones for his crime against hair by getting an actual grown-ups haircut, and get Caroline some serious storylines because, holy shit, there's actually someone on the cast who can act! The show will be called ALARIC! (and friends) and basically it will be all about Alaric being beautiful and having adventures that he solves with the knowing of HISTORY, and Jenna and Damon will snippily fight for his love.
Hmm, what else... nothing else. I'm going to go watch Bill and Ted now, safe in the knowledge that the Sour Squad will not be returning for SEVEN WHOLE DAYS and that nobody is going to interrupt me with bitter little whinings.
The Red Bull has gone home. The Manx Grand Prix is over, and Johnny is not crippled or brain-damaged from his injuries. Buzz is safely ensconced at Leeds University. The Faffing Hen is in Belgium for a week. At last there is peace throughout the land!
Important things:
The new Johannes Cabal book is awesome for about four-fifths of the story, then ( Read more... ) that sadly does not end with Johannes being hit in the head by a muffin fired from an enormous cannon ala Invader Zim, before ( Read more... ) Frankly, that's one trope even Invader Zim never managed to sell me on with the help of large numbers of rubber piggies, so it got a big frowny face from me. Still, the rest of the story was pretty good and presumably there'll be another along in a year, so yay.
I finally got to watch all of series two of the Vampire Diaries, so I finally understand what was going on with fake-Alaric at the end of the season.
Klaus is very boring, and very, very fugly. He should be banned from everything. Elijah was a dick at first, but he was a lot more likable after Elena "killed" him and then took the dagger out. "I'm a little behind the times, but I believe the term you're looking for is OMG." OH ELIJAH! I hope he comes back, but he needs to sort out that Stephen Gately haircut first.
Caroline! What the hell? What is someone who can act doing on a WB show?! This is awesome, in a yes-I-know-she's-punching-below-her-weight-but-please-don't-take-her-from-me way. When her mum rejected her, oh! And her scenes with Mongo the Werewolf! And how terrified she was of Katherine. Oh Caroline! You are my unexpected fandom crush for this year!
Stefan is so terrible. All his "acting" involves tilting his giant head and shoving it into someone else's space. There's a scene where he hugs Elena and rests his chin on top of her head - I thought he was going to crush her. She's only tiny! Stop squishing her with your massive head! And that bit where they broke up and he started "crying", oh the horror! The best non-Caroline acting in the whole series was Nina Dobrev managing not to start shrieking in fear at the sight of Stefan's crying face.
I do not approve of Bonnie/Jeremy. Bonnie is annoying and whiny and she was super-sour to Caroline despite the fact that, you know, she'd just been in a car crash and then infected and then smothered and then vampirised! Fuck off, Bonnie. You are not a good friend. Damon should eat you, except your bitter little sourchops blood would probably be toxic to him.
I kind of dig Caroline/Tyler and also (the shame!) Tyler/Jeremy now. Yeah I know, I hate myself for it. I also liked Damon/Bella (she had a different name, but it was Bella from Supernatural) but... oh well.
JENNA! Oh, Jenna! I have no words.
I think they should retool the whole show so Alaric gets to be the main character, write off Klaus and Matt and Stefan for being excessively boring and un-hot, give Elijah a redemption arc in which he atones for his crime against hair by getting an actual grown-ups haircut, and get Caroline some serious storylines because, holy shit, there's actually someone on the cast who can act! The show will be called ALARIC! (and friends) and basically it will be all about Alaric being beautiful and having adventures that he solves with the knowing of HISTORY, and Jenna and Damon will snippily fight for his love.
Hmm, what else... nothing else. I'm going to go watch Bill and Ted now, safe in the knowledge that the Sour Squad will not be returning for SEVEN WHOLE DAYS and that nobody is going to interrupt me with bitter little whinings.
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Aug. 17th, 2011 06:39 pmSo this is what I was doing when I should have been working on my Eerie fic:
Title: The Terrible Monster of Boringest Doom
Author: Froodle
Disclaimer: Practically everything that happens in this story is real.
Characters: Froodle, Johnny Heg, Buzz Lighthair of Ron Smith's Command, the Prawn, Hayley, The Terrible Monster of Boringest Doom aka The Red Bull aka The Raptor aka My Cousin Lee
Word Count: 2371
Rating: Whatever the horriblest rating ever is
Summary/Warning: Contains UTTER PETTY SPITEFULNESS
( Read more... )
In other news, a couple of days ago I created a Twitter account just to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of the new Johannes Cabal book. I didn't win it, and now I think I know how prostitutes must feel after they've performed some vile act on a client who fails to pay them. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but in the cold light of day, joining Twitter is revealed to be a dark blot on my soul that will never scrub clean. I'll probably never get into Heaven now, and what's worse is that when I'm burning in Hell, I won't even have a good book to read.
Title: The Terrible Monster of Boringest Doom
Author: Froodle
Disclaimer: Practically everything that happens in this story is real.
Characters: Froodle, Johnny Heg, Buzz Lighthair of Ron Smith's Command, the Prawn, Hayley, The Terrible Monster of Boringest Doom aka The Red Bull aka The Raptor aka My Cousin Lee
Word Count: 2371
Rating: Whatever the horriblest rating ever is
Summary/Warning: Contains UTTER PETTY SPITEFULNESS
( Read more... )
In other news, a couple of days ago I created a Twitter account just to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of the new Johannes Cabal book. I didn't win it, and now I think I know how prostitutes must feel after they've performed some vile act on a client who fails to pay them. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but in the cold light of day, joining Twitter is revealed to be a dark blot on my soul that will never scrub clean. I'll probably never get into Heaven now, and what's worse is that when I'm burning in Hell, I won't even have a good book to read.
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Aug. 17th, 2011 06:39 pmSo this is what I was doing when I should have been working on my Eerie fic:
Title: The Terrible Monster of Boringest Doom
Author: Froodle
Disclaimer: Practically everything that happens in this story is real.
Characters: Froodle, Johnny Heg, Buzz Lighthair of Ron Smith's Command, the Prawn, Hayley, The Terrible Monster of Boringest Doom aka The Red Bull aka The Raptor aka My Cousin Lee
Word Count: 2371
Rating: Whatever the horriblest rating ever is
Summary/Warning: Contains UTTER PETTY SPITEFULNESS
( Read more... )
In other news, a couple of days ago I created a Twitter account just to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of the new Johannes Cabal book. I didn't win it, and now I think I know how prostitutes must feel after they've performed some vile act on a client who fails to pay them. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but in the cold light of day, joining Twitter is revealed to be a dark blot on my soul that will never scrub clean. I'll probably never get into Heaven now, and what's worse is that when I'm burning in Hell, I won't even have a good book to read.
Title: The Terrible Monster of Boringest Doom
Author: Froodle
Disclaimer: Practically everything that happens in this story is real.
Characters: Froodle, Johnny Heg, Buzz Lighthair of Ron Smith's Command, the Prawn, Hayley, The Terrible Monster of Boringest Doom aka The Red Bull aka The Raptor aka My Cousin Lee
Word Count: 2371
Rating: Whatever the horriblest rating ever is
Summary/Warning: Contains UTTER PETTY SPITEFULNESS
( Read more... )
In other news, a couple of days ago I created a Twitter account just to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of the new Johannes Cabal book. I didn't win it, and now I think I know how prostitutes must feel after they've performed some vile act on a client who fails to pay them. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but in the cold light of day, joining Twitter is revealed to be a dark blot on my soul that will never scrub clean. I'll probably never get into Heaven now, and what's worse is that when I'm burning in Hell, I won't even have a good book to read.
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Aug. 7th, 2011 01:16 pmA few days ago, I lent Hayley my copy of Johannes Cabal the Necromancer. I was in the kitchen making breakfast this morning when she came bursting in:
Hayley: OH MY GOD!
Froodle: What's he done now?*
Hayley: What? Oh, nothing. He's still asleep. No, you know that book I borrowed?
Froodle: Yeah?
Hayley: ( Cut for spoilers )
Froodle: Wait, you haven't finished it?
Hayley: No, I don't want to anymore, I'm too sad!
Froodle: But... you're like ten pages from the end. Don't you want to know-
Hayley: Fuck Johannes!
Froodle: But... no...
Hayley: I'm probably finding this more upsetting than it was supposed to be, but, OH MY FUCKING GOD! *flounces out of the kitchen*
Froodle: *yelling up the stairs to her* Do you want to borrow the sequel?
Hayley: NO! ......but yes please! *slams door*
Fatnorange: *asleep*
Froodle: She took that kind of hard, huh?
Fatnorange: *sleeps*
*He being Johnny, obv.
Hayley: OH MY GOD!
Froodle: What's he done now?*
Hayley: What? Oh, nothing. He's still asleep. No, you know that book I borrowed?
Froodle: Yeah?
Hayley: ( Cut for spoilers )
Froodle: Wait, you haven't finished it?
Hayley: No, I don't want to anymore, I'm too sad!
Froodle: But... you're like ten pages from the end. Don't you want to know-
Hayley: Fuck Johannes!
Froodle: But... no...
Hayley: I'm probably finding this more upsetting than it was supposed to be, but, OH MY FUCKING GOD! *flounces out of the kitchen*
Froodle: *yelling up the stairs to her* Do you want to borrow the sequel?
Hayley: NO! ......but yes please! *slams door*
Fatnorange: *asleep*
Froodle: She took that kind of hard, huh?
Fatnorange: *sleeps*
*He being Johnny, obv.
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May. 7th, 2011 02:33 pmSo dudes, my wetsuit arrived today and because a) the postman woke me up early delivering it and b) you know, it's NEW and I get excited about new things, I had to go try it out in the sea. And then it started raining. And I was totally warm. It was great, I've only come back because the fog started rolling in and I couldn't see properly.
Also, my room is now approximately 40% less of a shambles than it was before - I got motivated to start unpacking when Johnny commented that 'It looks like an episode of Hoarders in here - maybe a Halloween episode or a special addition called "When Goths Go Wrong" or something.' Nothing like being compared to mentally ill, morbidly obese Americans to kick-start a person's clean-up efforts. It still kind of looks like a hurricane went crazy in a Forbidden Planet store, but slightly less so than it did before, so that's okay.
In other news, I discovered a while ago that a book I quite enjoyed, "Johannes Cabal the Detective", was actually the second in a series, the first being "Johannes Cabal the Necromancer." I just finished reading it and it was awesome. The same spooky, off-kilter world-building that you get in movies like NBX or the Corpse Bride, or books like Gloom Cookie or May Bird, but combined with a snarky narrative voice and the subtle mocking of it's own genre that Joss Whedon used to be so awesome at back in the day. I think I'll probably like the second one even more if I was to reread it now, aswell.
I have to go now, my mum is making ginger scones and I want to eat some before Buzz Lighthair gets there and steals them all. Laters!
Also, my room is now approximately 40% less of a shambles than it was before - I got motivated to start unpacking when Johnny commented that 'It looks like an episode of Hoarders in here - maybe a Halloween episode or a special addition called "When Goths Go Wrong" or something.' Nothing like being compared to mentally ill, morbidly obese Americans to kick-start a person's clean-up efforts. It still kind of looks like a hurricane went crazy in a Forbidden Planet store, but slightly less so than it did before, so that's okay.
In other news, I discovered a while ago that a book I quite enjoyed, "Johannes Cabal the Detective", was actually the second in a series, the first being "Johannes Cabal the Necromancer." I just finished reading it and it was awesome. The same spooky, off-kilter world-building that you get in movies like NBX or the Corpse Bride, or books like Gloom Cookie or May Bird, but combined with a snarky narrative voice and the subtle mocking of it's own genre that Joss Whedon used to be so awesome at back in the day. I think I'll probably like the second one even more if I was to reread it now, aswell.
I have to go now, my mum is making ginger scones and I want to eat some before Buzz Lighthair gets there and steals them all. Laters!
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May. 7th, 2011 02:33 pmSo dudes, my wetsuit arrived today and because a) the postman woke me up early delivering it and b) you know, it's NEW and I get excited about new things, I had to go try it out in the sea. And then it started raining. And I was totally warm. It was great, I've only come back because the fog started rolling in and I couldn't see properly.
Also, my room is now approximately 40% less of a shambles than it was before - I got motivated to start unpacking when Johnny commented that 'It looks like an episode of Hoarders in here - maybe a Halloween episode or a special addition called "When Goths Go Wrong" or something.' Nothing like being compared to mentally ill, morbidly obese Americans to kick-start a person's clean-up efforts. It still kind of looks like a hurricane went crazy in a Forbidden Planet store, but slightly less so than it did before, so that's okay.
In other news, I discovered a while ago that a book I quite enjoyed, "Johannes Cabal the Detective", was actually the second in a series, the first being "Johannes Cabal the Necromancer." I just finished reading it and it was awesome. The same spooky, off-kilter world-building that you get in movies like NBX or the Corpse Bride, or books like Gloom Cookie or May Bird, but combined with a snarky narrative voice and the subtle mocking of it's own genre that Joss Whedon used to be so awesome at back in the day. I think I'll probably like the second one even more if I was to reread it now, aswell.
I have to go now, my mum is making ginger scones and I want to eat some before Buzz Lighthair gets there and steals them all. Laters!
Also, my room is now approximately 40% less of a shambles than it was before - I got motivated to start unpacking when Johnny commented that 'It looks like an episode of Hoarders in here - maybe a Halloween episode or a special addition called "When Goths Go Wrong" or something.' Nothing like being compared to mentally ill, morbidly obese Americans to kick-start a person's clean-up efforts. It still kind of looks like a hurricane went crazy in a Forbidden Planet store, but slightly less so than it did before, so that's okay.
In other news, I discovered a while ago that a book I quite enjoyed, "Johannes Cabal the Detective", was actually the second in a series, the first being "Johannes Cabal the Necromancer." I just finished reading it and it was awesome. The same spooky, off-kilter world-building that you get in movies like NBX or the Corpse Bride, or books like Gloom Cookie or May Bird, but combined with a snarky narrative voice and the subtle mocking of it's own genre that Joss Whedon used to be so awesome at back in the day. I think I'll probably like the second one even more if I was to reread it now, aswell.
I have to go now, my mum is making ginger scones and I want to eat some before Buzz Lighthair gets there and steals them all. Laters!
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Apr. 21st, 2011 12:47 amDudes, I am very confused by the Vampire Diaries - why is Stern Hot History Teacher (formerly known as the dude from Wasting Away who ISN'T Wendal in Bones, formerly known as the dude from Tigerland who was in love with Colin Farrel, possibly known to some people as Matt Davis) now a super-old mega-vampire BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME just a regular Stern Hot History Teaching human guy? I cannot tolerate the Stern Hot History Teacher being messed with; he's the only one I like in the show. Damon is only acceptable because of his obvious love for the Stern Hot History Teacher, and everyone else is a non-hot spoontard.
Oh, also, I read this book called Johannes Cabal the Detective - it's basically this snarky German necromancer who bumbles around foiling plots and being snarky and having no morals, assisted by a snarky English Christian lady who bumbles around being snarky and full of morals. I quite like it.
Oh, also, I read this book called Johannes Cabal the Detective - it's basically this snarky German necromancer who bumbles around foiling plots and being snarky and having no morals, assisted by a snarky English Christian lady who bumbles around being snarky and full of morals. I quite like it.
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Apr. 21st, 2011 12:47 amDudes, I am very confused by the Vampire Diaries - why is Stern Hot History Teacher (formerly known as the dude from Wasting Away who ISN'T Wendal in Bones, formerly known as the dude from Tigerland who was in love with Colin Farrel, possibly known to some people as Matt Davis) now a super-old mega-vampire BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME just a regular Stern Hot History Teaching human guy? I cannot tolerate the Stern Hot History Teacher being messed with; he's the only one I like in the show. Damon is only acceptable because of his obvious love for the Stern Hot History Teacher, and everyone else is a non-hot spoontard.
Oh, also, I read this book called Johannes Cabal the Detective - it's basically this snarky German necromancer who bumbles around foiling plots and being snarky and having no morals, assisted by a snarky English Christian lady who bumbles around being snarky and full of morals. I quite like it.
Oh, also, I read this book called Johannes Cabal the Detective - it's basically this snarky German necromancer who bumbles around foiling plots and being snarky and having no morals, assisted by a snarky English Christian lady who bumbles around being snarky and full of morals. I quite like it.
