I don't actually have the time.
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olorielOkay.
Happy Smug Brit Day, everyone! Today more than ever.
I must admit that my only contribution to it was succumbing to that plotbunny (which, at least, has to do with a certain English author. And which WILL NOT GO AWAY. I tried to draw something to placate it; but it still wants to be written. And I cannot even write, really.). And drinking tea, of course, but I do that anyway. And discussing the London bombs with my parents (over tea and biscuits, at least). Otherwise, I have studied some Japanese (not enough), scanned a lot of stuff (too much) and helped my mom with the garden and with printing out stuff. Maybe the gardening bit would count, too? Although it didn't have anything to do with lawn?
Have also wasted time iconing. And because I cannot decide which one to use as a "trouble with the computer" icon, whee, a poll!
[Poll #529265]
Yesterday, I suddenly realized why the computer store Snogard has a dragon as its symbol. Because Snogard is Dragons read backwards. *headwalls*
Speaking of reading backwards, is there an online Hyakubikijiten somewhere? Because I can't find one. And there should be. There's one for Quenya. *pouts*
Yesterday, Jörg showed me the place where he works. We didn't have much time, so I didn't see much, but the parts I did see were fascinating. Nuclear power plant simulators are fun. Even dormant ones. Huge models from the olden days when you couldn't yet do computer-based calculations are pretty cool, too. I want a nuclear plant connexion scheme (<- there! That x! That's British!) LJ icon. But I'm not allowed to because that goes under state secrets. Bah.
Barbecue with the Kendô club yesternight was very enjoyable. Tasty, too. The funniest part was probably the totall random "Let's see how much Tolkien stuff we can enumerate before someone declares us crazy" thing with Cele and three guys whose names I can't remember. We got as far as naming all the Dwarves from the hobbit and all Fëanor's sons and all Finarfin's children until people decided we were delirious. (To be fair, Cele shouting, in one breath, "Maedhrosmaglorcelegormcaranthircurufinamrodamras" is a bit on the weird side and enough to make anyone think that she's crazy.)
Had to leave too soon and was unable to have any of the interesting alcohol (such as the self-made mead, or the vodka from Alexander's home town), but it was fun nonetheless.
I love my Kendô dôjô.
Happy Smug Brit Day, everyone! Today more than ever.
I must admit that my only contribution to it was succumbing to that plotbunny (which, at least, has to do with a certain English author. And which WILL NOT GO AWAY. I tried to draw something to placate it; but it still wants to be written. And I cannot even write, really.). And drinking tea, of course, but I do that anyway. And discussing the London bombs with my parents (over tea and biscuits, at least). Otherwise, I have studied some Japanese (not enough), scanned a lot of stuff (too much) and helped my mom with the garden and with printing out stuff. Maybe the gardening bit would count, too? Although it didn't have anything to do with lawn?
Have also wasted time iconing. And because I cannot decide which one to use as a "trouble with the computer" icon, whee, a poll!
[Poll #529265]
Yesterday, I suddenly realized why the computer store Snogard has a dragon as its symbol. Because Snogard is Dragons read backwards. *headwalls*
Speaking of reading backwards, is there an online Hyakubikijiten somewhere? Because I can't find one. And there should be. There's one for Quenya. *pouts*
Yesterday, Jörg showed me the place where he works. We didn't have much time, so I didn't see much, but the parts I did see were fascinating. Nuclear power plant simulators are fun. Even dormant ones. Huge models from the olden days when you couldn't yet do computer-based calculations are pretty cool, too. I want a nuclear plant connexion scheme (<- there! That x! That's British!) LJ icon. But I'm not allowed to because that goes under state secrets. Bah.
Barbecue with the Kendô club yesternight was very enjoyable. Tasty, too. The funniest part was probably the totall random "Let's see how much Tolkien stuff we can enumerate before someone declares us crazy" thing with Cele and three guys whose names I can't remember. We got as far as naming all the Dwarves from the hobbit and all Fëanor's sons and all Finarfin's children until people decided we were delirious. (To be fair, Cele shouting, in one breath, "Maedhrosmaglorcelegormcaranthircurufinamrodamras" is a bit on the weird side and enough to make anyone think that she's crazy.)
Had to leave too soon and was unable to have any of the interesting alcohol (such as the self-made mead, or the vodka from Alexander's home town), but it was fun nonetheless.
I love my Kendô dôjô.
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Date: 2005-07-09 11:31 pm (UTC)WHAT?! That was the first thing I remeber liking about the damn city! Everytime we went to Cologne for shopping we drove past that honkin' big sign. :P
But I see that reading stuff backwards is perhaps not as usual a modus operandi as I thought. ;>
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Date: 2005-07-10 09:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-10 03:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-10 06:08 am (UTC)...I didn't even know I knew that. Gah.
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Date: 2005-07-10 06:20 am (UTC)I always seem to forget Turcafinwë Tyelcormo and Morifinwë Carnistir. Mae and Mag are easy because I like them best, Curufin because he got named after his father twice (Curufinwë was Fëanor's fathername and Atarinkë mean "Little Father" because he was just like Fëa) and Pityo because somewhere hiding in the back of my head I have an Amrod.
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Date: 2005-07-10 06:26 am (UTC)*thinks* Nelyafinwe, Canafinwe, Turcafinwe, Morifinwe (who is black-haired and brown-haired on the same page, whee!), Curufinwe, Pityafinwe, Telufinwe?
...And my alt pad won't let me do accents. I am not pleased.
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Date: 2005-07-10 06:37 am (UTC)I got the accents out of Word and saved them to a txt file and just cut&paste when I need them (I do the same with several regularly used HTML codes too!).
ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåæçèéêëcìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ — ' "
Very useful for my smilies with eyebrows like -> o.Ô
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Date: 2005-07-10 06:42 am (UTC)Whee! My alt pads usually work, though. I don't know why they've suddenly decided to be uncooperative.*saves that, yays*
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Date: 2005-07-10 09:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-10 09:50 am (UTC)(Heh, I have problems with the mothernames, too. I keep mixing up the "middle boys", anyway... *ashamed*)
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Date: 2005-07-10 06:02 am (UTC)...No, I've never done that. Why?
...I especially never got Finwe through to Galadriel in the same breath, not ever. Nor did I almost pass out doing it.no subject
Date: 2005-07-10 09:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-10 06:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-10 09:48 am (UTC)Oh, all these oedipal things you will awaken! Don't do it!
But we still absolutely need a Fingolfin. *mad grin*
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Date: 2005-07-10 09:53 am (UTC)Oh but oedipal things are fun! Besides, I'm not sure about Fingolfin.no subject
Date: 2005-07-10 09:55 am (UTC)True. The angst! The drama! The mess!All right, bring her on! ;)
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Date: 2005-07-10 10:01 am (UTC)*Giggle* Give me a little while, I'm kinda busy at the moment fiddling with BG stuff.no subject
Date: 2005-07-10 01:21 pm (UTC)And how are all those things bad? *prods the Tweedles* Everyone needs more family issuses.no subject
Date: 2005-07-10 10:30 am (UTC)