I just got my own 10,000th pageview, on a rare forray onto the university computers.

HANDS UP IF YOU WANT TO CLAIM THE KIRIBAN. D:

I know I've had very little time to post lately, especially with my scanner out of commission and all, but rest assured (those who care) I'm not abandoning DA! With that said, I'd like to point out that my pageviews have quietly been accumulating, and offer up a kiriban for my 10,000th. Anything goes, even if I haven't drawn for it before. Might take me until I get back up to Aberystwyth to get started, but I'd really love it if somebody called me on it, since nobody wanted my 5,000th (boo-frickity-hoo).

I've been busy charging about all over the county with my friends and family, and job-hunting. I've seen Prince Charles, I've dragged my fifty-year-old mother across every inch of Worthy Farm, I've watched the balloons go up from the Bristol Fiesta, I've watched the complete series of Invader Zim, I've perfected my recipe for sweet potato curry, I've been to the wedding reception of a schoolfriend, I've laughed my ass off at Bruno, I've met irl, I've endured the homophobia and right-wing assholery of my mum's friends, I've started research on my dissertation, I've been to a WI talk on bees, I've handed out 160 CVs and had only ten replies, and I've started a job washing up in Cheddar Gorge. Amongst other things.

tl;dr hope everybody's still alive. I am.



Bleach Avatar Guild:








Omake: Guess the lyrics/iTunes shuffle. You know the drill. Have fun headscratching!

1. It was starbright, combat, corazon long shot on the rear...
2. Singing - come out upon my seas; curse missed opportunities.
3. Oh, your body is the same, and your face ain't changed, but your mind ain't where it's at.
4. On the other side there's an endless life to brighten the way.
5. Oh, the razorblade - wish it would snap this rope.
6. Set up for a letdown, open my eyes. New name for the same town. It's no surprise.
7. When my eyelids close after a hundred weary years, let me down easy.

Apologies to those of you who already know this... but my sweet little university town where everybody knows each other has clearly gone mental.

A fortnight ago a body was found in a shallow grave, in the village of Llanbarden, just outside the town. This... was somewhat cool, in my book. I figured it wasn't anything bad, just suspicious as fuck.

But last night I think was a little out of the ordinary for this little place.

There was an attempted murder in Pier Street, just round the corner from the little flat where I live.

And right below me, two floors down, in front of the tan shop which my landlady runs? Two guys had a fight and one threw the other clean through the shitting window.

What the fuck, Aberystwyth?



Bleach Avatar Guild:

EDIT TO ADD: I'm experiencing terrible internet problems at the moment. I barely have any signal and my computer randomly disconnects and connects me all the time. If anyone's trying to contact me in real time, it's probably not worth bothering. >.>

Got tagged by for an OC quiz!

RULES:
1. Choose a few of your own characters. Five at most.
2. Make them answer the following questions.
3. Then tag four people.

My OC's for this tag are:
Sayamura Yuu (Seiretei Shinigami)
Xia Mo Li (Arrancar)
Sato 'Tomokazu' Hideki (Rukongai Shinigami)
Demna mac Naoise (swamp dude)
Rufus Williams (just a guy, idk)


1) How old are you?
Yuu: I turned five hundred a few years ago... my family annals keep close track of these things. I'll check it out for you, if you really want to know. You have to wear white gloves when you unroll the scrolls, though.
Mo Li: I'm six months old this week!
Hideki: Twelve years alive and fifty-one dead makes sixty-three, all told.
Demna: I've been here as long as the swamp. Which is a damn sight longer then you'll live if you don't get out before I fuck you up something beautiful.
Rufus: Twenty-seven. Shit. I'm twenty-seven. That sounds kind of... old.


2) Height?
Yuu: Why do you want to know? Five foot three if you must know... do I look taller than that to you? Yes, that's because I'm STEPPING ON YOUR TOES.
Mo Li: Five five! Good things come in small packages.
Hideki: My height is six feet and two inches, though I believe that I've finally stopped growing. In fact, perhaps I could requisition some new hakama...
Demna: What? What's it to you, ya squishy pinkskin? No, you don't need to get me with that damn windy tape... two lengths of yardstick.
Rufus. Five foot nine - but what I lack in stature compared to my colleagues I intend to make up for in girth. I am going to become a human barricade!


3) Bad habits?
Yuu: None, of course... okay, I've got one, but it's a really stupid one. I've got a lot of younger brothers, and I'm so used to shutting them up with sweets that lately I've started reaching into my gi for the bag every time my superiors start fighting. What can I say? It's been tense around here lately.
Mo Li: Well... *scratches her head* sticking it to the man is kind of prerequisite around here, you know? But I love The Man! Of course I do. I'd still be shapeless and wild if it wasn't for him. I just... like to bend the rules a bit. Like any arrancar should.
Hideki: Oh, gosh. Lots, probably. I don't want to bore you... I suppose I should just pick one or two? I should really stop leaving Sa-chan with Ayasekawa-san when I'm busy, even though he always seems to happy to do it. It's not that I'm prejudiced - please don't think that, I'm far from it! - but she came home with her nails painted pink last week, which I don't think is a very good precedent to set, and I don't know whether to blame Senpai or Yachiru. Also, I think he's been altering her clothes. Which is kind of weird. What was I - oh, bad habits, right. Well... between you and me, I sort of... I have a bit of a habit of squireling food away for a rainy day. Nothing too strange. Just... yeah. I don't seem to be able to break myself of the habit. It's a bit... oh, never mind. I'm sorry to trouble you.
Demna: If you think that dismantling weaker lifeforms in order to mark my territory is a bad habit, then I suggest you get out of the swamp.
Rufus: I can't quit pranking people at work lately. It's just so fun watching their reactions! I've had to get myself a couple of times, just so nobody guesses it's me. The only one I haven't attacked is the new guy - I want them all to blame it on him.


4) Are you a virgin?
Yuu: As a lady of the Sayamura house, it would be most unfitting for me to answer your crass question. ...Seriously, shut up. The walls have ears.
Mo Li: Nope! And it's not paedophilia, so don't look at me funny. You should know we're older than we really are. If... uh... you know what I mean.
Hideki: Ahem... most assuredly not. My daughter is proof enough, don't you think?
Demna: Your cultural rituals hold no significance for me. What is that? Some rite of passage thing? 's that? ...reproduction? No, there's no little Demnas running around. I don't need the competition.
Rufus: Nah. Even the nerdiest guy in my D&D group had struck lucky by the time he was my age. I'm not too good at hanging on to them though - my longest relationship lasted about four months or so, and for two of those I was out of town. T_T


5) Who's your mate/spouse?
Yuu: OF COURSE SINCE I HAVE REJECTED ALL OF MY ARRANGED SUITORS AND JOINED THE MILITARY THERE IS NO TIME FOR A HUSBAND IN MY LIFE AT PRESENT *her hands move swiftly as she draws a frightened-looking man with a badly scarred face* NO NONE AT ALL NOT ANY NO LOVING FOR ME I AM A FINE LADY.
Mo Li: Uh... I guess I kind of like that guy Vivo? He's sort of a spaz... yeah, I know he's kind of weak, but he's good company out here, okay? I... like him.
Hideki: *looks shyly at his sandaled feet* You should have guessed already, since I mentioned my daughter, but I've been married for nearly two years now. Her name is Am- er, Tozoku, and she's so much fun to be around. She won't put up with any funny business, and she's so good to me. I really love her.
Demna: Well... I know I said there weren't any little Demnas running around, but there's this hot demon chick who keeps following me around lately. I could go for some of that. Yeah.
Rufus: *flushes bright pink* I - I- well, I guess there's no reason not to mention it, is there? *he rubs his neck reflexively* I sort of have a bit of a thing with the new guy I'd been tormenting. Oh, he doesn't know about the torment bit yet though. Don't tell him. I'm waiting until I need to have one up on him.


6) Ever slept in all day?
Yuu: *sighs* Again, such behaviour would be unbecoming in a Sayamura.
Mo Li: Huh? I don't know. We don't really have day and night here.
Hideki: No, no... I never seem to have the time!
Demna: What the fuck would be the point in that? Use the daylight while you've got it. Ain't like I've got magic pouring out of my ears or anything. I can't make clean light.
Rufus: Yeah, quite a few times, and especially at the weekend. Often after a bout of heavy lovema- I'm kidding, you didn't really think I meant that, did you? I meant after my gigs with the LARPers ran late. I'm playing an Orc at the moment! I'm evil! *twitches fingers* BLAARGH!


7) Ever killed anyone?
Yuu: Yes, I put down one or two during a rebellion some years ago... that's perfectly normal for someone of my generation, of course. I might have delivered a few fatal wounds as well, but it was confusing... it's hard to tell. Hollows don't count, of course.
Mo Li: *sneezes* Huh? Well... needs must, right? I don't see why I should be squeamish about it just because Vivo's got some funny ideas about living off bugs, and, I don't know, filtering reiatsu through our gills or something. I like the taste of human souls.
Hideki: No! No, good heavens no! Though... I suppose that's an idea we're all going to have to confront, isn't it? If this whole mess ends up turning into a war...
Demna: Do you think I got this fucking powerful by sitting on my arse all day?
Rufus: No! Well, my orc took a few out. I bought them drinks afterwards, though.


8) Hate anyone?
Yuu: ...No. I really don't. *sigh*
Mo Li: I hate the shinigami! We're just living how we're born to! Of course if it came to all-out war, I'd be able to kill as many as I wanted... but what about my runt?
Hideki: Yes. Yes, I do. I hate the traitor captains, and I have very good reason to take their betrayal personally.
Demna: No. You hate them, you kill them. End of problem. Just because your whole squishy race has their knickers in a twist, doesn't mean I have to.
Rufus: No, not reall- except there's this one guy at work, right, his name's Jason, and seriously, lately every little thing he does drives me mad! God, I really hate Jason! What a wanker. Tosspiece. Pillock. Cunt.


9) Any secrets?
Yuu: ...Secrets are secret for a reason. *points at the picture of a man which she drew before, and draws the kanji 'love' in the air with her fingertip. Then she picks up the picture and screws it up, and after some thought obliterates it with a low-level kidou spell*
Mo Li: It's... it's okay to care, right?
Hideki: A multitude. I'm sorry, I don't care to go into detail, even for your interview. It's all in the past, so there's no benefit to anybody if I start stirring things up now, is there?
Demna: A secret desire to stab you in the throat until you die. Get out of my territory. NOW.
Rufus: *looks very shady* None that are interesting... you know, it's all stuff like licking all the chocolate off the cake when I was six and it wasn't my brother, things like that. Nothing interesting, like being in thrall to a demon and promising him my eternal soul if he agrees to stop me from doing anything too shitty when I turn evil now THAT would be a cool kind of secret but not believable at all it's a shame there's nothing cool like that around in the world today like tunnels under the earth where people perform kinky sex acts and kidnap my boyfriend NO NOTHING LIKE THAT FOR ME it's all missed deadlines and buckets of water over my boss's door that I blamed on Nadeem and if you'll excuse me well I have to go and make a sandwich now. A big one.



I tag and !



The first 10 people to reply to this journal will have three of my favourite pieces from their gallery featured here. But, in return, you MUST make a similar journal, and feature the first 9 people that comment to it and with me being in first position!

Ganked from via

1. Nazlando
A wonderful deviant with the ability to break me if I say unkind things about her. Cannot be thrown into water. Sticks to the bottom of swimming pools.


2. Supercat001
This girl is a mystery wrapped in a riddle wrapped in an enema.


3. Blue-Eyes-Girl
A very cute cosplayer, this girl is secretly trying to steal my identity.
I am onto her.


4. ZabuzaKakashi
Founder of the BAG and seeming irritated by its meme-like replication and continuity. Drew my avatar and those of most of my friends on DA - like , and . Will probably be very annoyed to see that this writeup is all about BAG. Ships GinRan like the SS Great Britain - it's a serious ship.




I belong to the BAG by *ZabuzaKakashi!

^{Well, I'm currently embroiled in essay hell. Joint honours means nobody checks to see if your dates are right on top of each other. Still, I guess at least this means I won't have to do any more until December. Which... isn't all that far away. T_T
Things seem to be going pretty well here. Nel is pretty much tame these days, and I've managed to pick Yachiru up a few times without both of us panicking - but she tends to pee on me. Copiously.
I bought a mirror to go in the living room, but I think I'm the only one who likes it. I'd take it back to the shop quietly, but Alex was there when I bought it, and she paid half! There's no diplomatic way to fix this. I'd also have to borrow a hammer and buy some nails if I wanted to hang it, and knowing I'm the only one who thinks it's an okay sort of a mirror - well, the impetus is kind of gone.
I still haven't had a chance to get my scanner or my tablet working - either tablet, since I bought a new one, and that one doesn't work either.
In other news, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is funny.}

The real reason for my journal! Hokay, here we go.

The first 10 people to reply to this journal will have three of my favourite pieces from their gallery featured here. But, in return, you MUST make a similar journal, and feature the first 9 people that comment to it and with me being in first position!

Ganked from via

1. Nazlando
A wonderful deviant with the ability to break me if I say unkind things about her. Cannot be thrown into water. Sticks to the bottom of swimming pools.


2. Supercat001
This girl is a mystery wrapped in a riddle wrapped in an enema.


3. Blue-Eyes-Girl
A very cute cosplayer, this girl is secretly trying to steal my identity.
I am onto her.


4. ZabuzaKakashi
Founder of the BAG and seeming irritated by its meme-like replication and continuity. Drew my avatar and those of most of my friends on DA - like , and . Will probably be very annoyed to see that this writeup is all about BAG. Ships GinRan like the SS Great Britain - it's a serious ship.