January 2011
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Jan 30th
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“If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how...”
– Lemony Snicket (via thechocolatebrigade)
Jan 27th
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Jan 24th
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A little bit of drama for the day...
Tomorrow is Australia Day. Over a week ago, I asked my grandmother if I could use their granny-flat on the water, next to the pool. She said yes, as long as I was happy to share with my relatives if they wanted to come down. Today, my relatives show up, with bags full of food and clothing, and while I’m on the way out the door they ask me what I’m doing tomorrow. I mention that I want...
Jan 24th
boundto-fall asked: Art thou voluteering today? I have a feeling today is going to be even longer than yesterday. /extreme sadface.
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
Reblog if you want your followers to ask you...
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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boundto-fall asked: I'm keeping the question you asked me, until I can think of an answer. I have spent the last hour at work trying to think of one, but alas, nothing!
Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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This fact made my day.
ilovejaneausten: In a 2006 interview with French magazine Madame Figaro,Colin  Firth was asked “Quelles sont les femmes de votre vie?” (Who are the women of your life?). Firth replied: “Ma mère, ma femme et Jane Austen” (My mother, my wife and Jane Austen)
Jan 18th
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“Show me someone who reads a book a week and I’ll show you a good person.”
– Philip Adams
Jan 11th
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“‘If you ask me,’ continued Flora, ‘I think I have much in...”
– Stella Gibbons (in Cold Comfort Farm)
Jan 10th
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seraphicseduction asked: Dude. I reactivated my OK cupid account so I could delete it and RAGZ is ON IT. RAGZ. AND he was all like "hey, you seem like a really cool person to hang out with!' Not sure if he knows it's me or not. Got some LOLZ. (PS, sent you the website for my hostel to your twitter PMs - mass use of various social networks to send info FTW)
Jan 9th
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Finally getting around to watching season 7 of...
I knew this season would be tough, because it marked the exit of my favourite character, Adam Carter (played by the delicious Rupert Penry Jones). I didn’t know, however, that it would be the first episode, and this particular scene (where Harry Pearce, director of MI-5, wordlessly comforts Adam’s son Wes) would make me cry…  
Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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capsy asked: tuesday? or wednesday fellow tumblerian?
Jan 8th
annieletsnotwait asked: Thanks for the suggestions, I'll add them to my list!
I love these 'prequels' 'sequels' and similars. I almost bought 'Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters' and 'Little Vampire Women' this week. (I decided to buy that Stieg Larsson trilogy instead).

P.S. 87 books? You are my hero! =D
Jan 6th
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New Year's Resolutions
Usually, I stick with the one resolution I know I can keep. It involves writing down everything I spend in a little journal and adding it all up at the end of each week, then by each month at the end of the year, to see how much I’ve spent. This year, I have a few more resolutions up my sleeve, and I’m hoping I can keep most of them. Get a job. [slightly dependent on 1.] Move out. ...
Jan 6th
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I swear, this woman will drive me to murder!
Last week, in her tirade, my grandmother accused me of doing nothing without being asked (yeah, like I can read her twisted mind ever). Today, as well as job hunting, I unstacked the dishwasher, wiped down the kitchen, packed up the mattress and bedding left on the floor by my aunts, and packed away the Christmas tree (which took over an hour because of someone doing weird things with the tinsel...
Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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radioactiveginger-deactivated20 asked: I just feel that I needed to add you just because you are radioactivepink and I'm radioactive ginger. It just seemed to be destiny! That is all.
Jan 5th
thechocolatebrigade-deactivated asked: 1. Have you ever had a dream where you died? Did anything weird happen to your body after it? What's the scariest dream you've ever had? How about the most realistic?
2. What is one moral or belief you have that you know will not change? What is one thing you used to believe in, that you no longer do? Is it easy for someone to change your mind, or are you usually firm in your...
Jan 4th
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“Women can accept the fact that a man is a rotter, a swindler, a drug taker, a...”
– Agatha Christie (in ‘Murder in Mesopotamia’)
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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On Religion...
Red: Just had an amusing conversation with the oldies [his grandparents] about religion.
Me: Uh-oh...like what?
Red: They're both athiests but Betty said something like "Actually, if hell existed, I'd probably end up there, but at least it would be easier to bake things!".
Me: [laughing] That's classic!
Red: Yeah, she said it so innocently. It was priceless.
Me: I do have to agree with her though, would make my constant baking much easier.
Red: Yes, as soon as she said it, I thought of you.
Jan 1st
December 2010
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New Books I Read In 2010
[Bold = really liked it, italicised = didn’t like it. I’ve managed to get them in chronological order, though I fear there’s a few missing! Also, this obviously doesn’t include any books I re-read…] Three Tales of Cranford: Cranford, The Cage at Cranford, and The Moorland Cottage by Elizabeth Gaskell Cravat-A-Licious by Matt Preston Far From the Madding...
Dec 31st