It's Burns Night tonight, and I will be having haggis this year for the first time in about six or seven years. I studied Burns for my English Higher in lieu of Shakespeare since my English teacher was a nationalist who argued his case with the exam board that we shouldn't be forced to study another nation's national Bard before our own. We still had the option of studying Shakespeare if we wanted but I didn't.

When I was in Primary School I won first place in the National Burns Federation competition, on the wall of my living room I have a photograph of my dad sitting with the statues of Souter Johnnie and Tam O'Shanter at the Auld Kirk in Ayr. I could reel off Burns poems by rote from the time I was eight, although most of them have been forgotten now.

It's odd though, that a nation which prides itself on its openess (and man to man the whole world o'er shall brithers be, for a' that) chooses to celebrate the life of a drunken, womanising, tax-collecter who also wrote some poems and songs...

( To a Haggis )

It's Burns Night tonight, and I will be having haggis this year for the first time in about six or seven years. I studied Burns for my English Higher in lieu of Shakespeare since my English teacher was a nationalist who argued his case with the exam board that we shouldn't be forced to study another nation's national Bard before our own. We still had the option of studying Shakespeare if we wanted but I didn't.

When I was in Primary School I won first place in the National Burns Federation competition, on the wall of my living room I have a photograph of my dad sitting with the statues of Souter Johnnie and Tam O'Shanter at the Auld Kirk in Ayr. I could reel off Burns poems by rote from the time I was eight, although most of them have been forgotten now.

It's odd though, that a nation which prides itself on its openess (and man to man the whole world o'er shall brithers be, for a' that) chooses to celebrate the life of a drunken, womanising, tax-collecter who also wrote some poems and songs...

( To a Haggis )

I actually slept really well last night. For the first time in a very long time. I woke up feeling refreshed for once and I'm not really sure why there was a difference. I slept in the spare room last night, which faces out into the street instead of the back room where there's a huge garden behind me and a blackout blind covering the wndow.

I would think that it might have been waking up with the dawn that helped, but since I was awake a good hour before dawn broke I don't think that can be it.

Ah well, off to ponder the mysteries of my first good night's sleep for months, if not years.

I actually slept really well last night. For the first time in a very long time. I woke up feeling refreshed for once and I'm not really sure why there was a difference. I slept in the spare room last night, which faces out into the street instead of the back room where there's a huge garden behind me and a blackout blind covering the wndow.

I would think that it might have been waking up with the dawn that helped, but since I was awake a good hour before dawn broke I don't think that can be it.

Ah well, off to ponder the mysteries of my first good night's sleep for months, if not years.

Currently being written (although not at the same time 'cause that means they would be senseless)
Crimson Regret
What A Difference a Day Makes
Slayerless
Destiny
For Good Men To Do Nothing
Worlds Collide
Things Don't Always Turn Out That Way (can't believe I forgot that one - thanks for reminding me about it Jackie!)

At the planning stage
Final Straw
Untitled Lost crossover

More than likely abandoned
Secrets and Lies

Gah! How did I get so many WIPs on the go?!

Currently being written (although not at the same time 'cause that means they would be senseless)
Crimson Regret
What A Difference a Day Makes
Slayerless
Destiny
For Good Men To Do Nothing
Worlds Collide
Things Don't Always Turn Out That Way (can't believe I forgot that one - thanks for reminding me about it Jackie!)

At the planning stage
Final Straw
Untitled Lost crossover

More than likely abandoned
Secrets and Lies

Gah! How did I get so many WIPs on the go?!

Can I bloody well find the link to the English language version of the EU's journal "InfEuro"? Can I buggery!

Gah! Italian? Yup, no problem. German - slight problem but I can find it. English? Nope. Nada. Nichts. Rien.

Gah!!!!

Can I bloody well find the link to the English language version of the EU's journal "InfEuro"? Can I buggery!

Gah! Italian? Yup, no problem. German - slight problem but I can find it. English? Nope. Nada. Nichts. Rien.

Gah!!!!

I'm not sure why, but over the last week I've been getting more reviews on my stories even though I've not updated for a while. What A Difference A Day Makes and Crimson Regret. I guess it could be that it's because of the nominations, but one of them was on my ff.net account which isn't linked to anywhere I don't think.

Anyways, to follow up from my WIP list earlier (which was really a way of keeping track myself of what I have on the go) - none of the stories there are abandoned, I will update them, I will write more. Even S&L, it's just very much on the back burner until the time I find myself with nothing else on the go.

I'm not sure why, but over the last week I've been getting more reviews on my stories even though I've not updated for a while. What A Difference A Day Makes and Crimson Regret. I guess it could be that it's because of the nominations, but one of them was on my ff.net account which isn't linked to anywhere I don't think.

Anyways, to follow up from my WIP list earlier (which was really a way of keeping track myself of what I have on the go) - none of the stories there are abandoned, I will update them, I will write more. Even S&L, it's just very much on the back burner until the time I find myself with nothing else on the go.

Was playing about with ImageReady there and came up with a new icon. I did see one using the same idea a few months ago on whedonosity but I like this one better. Whomever made the original, I'm sorry I really can't remember who you are, but thank you for the inspiration!

Fred/Illyria blue

( Sci Fi Show meme )

Was playing about with ImageReady there and came up with a new icon. I did see one using the same idea a few months ago on whedonosity but I like this one better. Whomever made the original, I'm sorry I really can't remember who you are, but thank you for the inspiration!

Fred/Illyria blue

( Sci Fi Show meme )