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neverwhereLivejournal, why do you taunt me so? You flood my inbox with emails, giving me happy squees of delight, but rip the dream away when I discover they're replies from entries made a week ago. *whinge* Ah well. Hopefully your cheeky antics will end soon. (Although I really should complain -- if they expect people to pay for their service, the LJ admin shouldn't allow things like this to happen.)
So tomorrow is the big day. Whoopee! I'm just a bit sad because I'll have to miss the main event -- oh, didn't I say before? I have tickets to see the LION KING tomorrow night. Finally, after years of waiting I get tickets to see the show, and so of course it'd be on the same night of the premiere. Just my sodding luck. *sobs* I can stay in Leicester Square until about 7pm, then I have to go to the theatre in Covent Garden, probably just as Billeh and Co arrive. Sigh. At least I'll be meeting some of my wonderful friends, which is just as good. :)
You know what I found most amusing today? I spent more time looking in the 'Young Adult' section of the bookstore than anywhere else. When I was little that section was like anathema to me, I refused to even go near it, for fear that adults would think I was a foolish child who was only interested in reading the Sweet Valley High series or some other such rubbish. By the time I was six I was reading college textbooks for fun, and I wanted everyone to know it -- no Young Adult books for me, thank you very much! But now it seems like some of the best stories are written for children and teenagers, the best evidence being the triumverate of Harry Potter, His Dark Materials and Coraline. I've found some marvelous things there over the past year, like the fantastic Arthur (as in the boy who would be King) series, and the heartbreaking Coram Boy, books that I'm sure if I were a child now I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole, but strangely now that I'm older I absolutely love. Weird, innit. *G*
I tried to get a box of non-denominational holiday cards at Clinton's (the british Hallmark) this afternoon, but was stunned to find that not a single card in the entire shop said anything other than Merry Christmas. When I asked an employee where all the 'Happy Holiday' cards were, she just looked at me like I was from another planet, utterly unable to comprehend that anyone could want to celebrate anything other than christmas. 'So, you want an American card?' she asked. What?? No, I said, I would like to send holiday cards to my Jewish as well as Christian friends. Don't you have anything that just says 'Happy Holidays' or 'Season's Greetings'? And she just looked at me like a cow looks at an oncoming train, and said she didn't think they made cards like that. GAH! I felt like complaining to the manager, to the Head of Clinton's Cards him/herself I was so furious -- they didn't even have a small section for Channukah cards, let alone 'Season's Greetings' ones. Arrghhhh. So, if you're Jewish and get a card that has 'Happy Christmas' crossed out on it, I beg you not to be offended, I honestly couldn't find anything else.
Oh! That reminds me, does anyone here want a card from me? It'll probably be late (so what else is new) but you'd be getting a touch of Nevvie goodness and holiday cheer. Any takers? :)
Behold, I bring tidings of good joy and icons, oh so many icons!
(Hee!)
(I really like this one :)
*Whew!* I told you there were alot. *grins* As usual, if you like one please don't hesitate to take it, just let me know, okay? :)
I think I should go to bed now so I can be well rested for tomorrow. Goodnight!
So tomorrow is the big day. Whoopee! I'm just a bit sad because I'll have to miss the main event -- oh, didn't I say before? I have tickets to see the LION KING tomorrow night. Finally, after years of waiting I get tickets to see the show, and so of course it'd be on the same night of the premiere. Just my sodding luck. *sobs* I can stay in Leicester Square until about 7pm, then I have to go to the theatre in Covent Garden, probably just as Billeh and Co arrive. Sigh. At least I'll be meeting some of my wonderful friends, which is just as good. :)
You know what I found most amusing today? I spent more time looking in the 'Young Adult' section of the bookstore than anywhere else. When I was little that section was like anathema to me, I refused to even go near it, for fear that adults would think I was a foolish child who was only interested in reading the Sweet Valley High series or some other such rubbish. By the time I was six I was reading college textbooks for fun, and I wanted everyone to know it -- no Young Adult books for me, thank you very much! But now it seems like some of the best stories are written for children and teenagers, the best evidence being the triumverate of Harry Potter, His Dark Materials and Coraline. I've found some marvelous things there over the past year, like the fantastic Arthur (as in the boy who would be King) series, and the heartbreaking Coram Boy, books that I'm sure if I were a child now I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole, but strangely now that I'm older I absolutely love. Weird, innit. *G*
I tried to get a box of non-denominational holiday cards at Clinton's (the british Hallmark) this afternoon, but was stunned to find that not a single card in the entire shop said anything other than Merry Christmas. When I asked an employee where all the 'Happy Holiday' cards were, she just looked at me like I was from another planet, utterly unable to comprehend that anyone could want to celebrate anything other than christmas. 'So, you want an American card?' she asked. What?? No, I said, I would like to send holiday cards to my Jewish as well as Christian friends. Don't you have anything that just says 'Happy Holidays' or 'Season's Greetings'? And she just looked at me like a cow looks at an oncoming train, and said she didn't think they made cards like that. GAH! I felt like complaining to the manager, to the Head of Clinton's Cards him/herself I was so furious -- they didn't even have a small section for Channukah cards, let alone 'Season's Greetings' ones. Arrghhhh. So, if you're Jewish and get a card that has 'Happy Christmas' crossed out on it, I beg you not to be offended, I honestly couldn't find anything else.
Oh! That reminds me, does anyone here want a card from me? It'll probably be late (so what else is new) but you'd be getting a touch of Nevvie goodness and holiday cheer. Any takers? :)
Behold, I bring tidings of good joy and icons, oh so many icons!
(Hee!) (I really like this one :)*Whew!* I told you there were alot. *grins* As usual, if you like one please don't hesitate to take it, just let me know, okay? :)
I think I should go to bed now so I can be well rested for tomorrow. Goodnight!
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Date: 2002-12-10 03:16 pm (UTC)I think a NEvvie card would be quite nice! But I am overseas, so it's up to you.
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Date: 2002-12-10 04:09 pm (UTC)Just email me your address and I'll send one off asap! :D
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Date: 2002-12-10 03:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-10 04:00 pm (UTC)Hiya! *grins and waves cheerfully*
I see you're a friend of the amazing Ashfae! She's just as adorable in real life as she is online, trust me. *G*
Coraline is the new book by the Neil Gaiman (worshipworship), and it's been praised to the skies by just about everyone around the world, and most deservedly so, as it is spooky and witty and brilliant. Go find it now! :D
Thanks so much for dropping by, I just loving making new friends! *squish* :)
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Date: 2002-12-10 05:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-10 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-10 04:10 pm (UTC)If you send me your address, I'll give you a card. *G*
*boing*
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Date: 2002-12-10 03:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-10 04:45 pm (UTC)Are all of Neil Gaiman's books considered "Young Adult" and what you recommend be the first Gaiman book to read for a new Gaiman reader? (Take into consideration that I am one of those anal type people that have to start at the beginning of the timeline/series ;) I absolutely loathe starting in the middle! LOL ).
Do you have my address? I am sending you a holiday something or other. If I would have known you couldn't find any cards, I would have made you a set of "generic holiday" ones. Maybe I still will for next season ;) Although, I would think that "Season's Greetings" and "Happy Holidays" would be pretty common "greetings" even for Christmas cards. O_o Stupid store. *kicks them*
*squosh*
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Date: 2002-12-10 04:51 pm (UTC)Coraline is Neil's first Young Adult book, but he also has one other children's book, the very sweet Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish.
I'm not sure which Gaiman genre you would enjoy most -- he's most famous for being the writer of the award winning Sandman graphic novels, but that probably isn't your style. *grins* I'd start reading one of these three books: Neverwhere, Stardust, or Coraline. Whichever one you find most appealing, that's the one I'd read. :)
I don't know if I still have your address, I'll have to search through the disaster that is my house for it. Might as well just email it to me, it'll save time. ;-)
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Date: 2002-12-10 04:59 pm (UTC)Wheee! for the Lion King. I can't believe I still haven't seen that, but it's never discounted, and the tickets seem very expensive compared to most theatre stuff :-( Will see.
May indeed walk the 5 minutes to Leicester Sq if I'm not up to anything else tomorrow evening. Although I have to admit that I wouldn't have known about it if it wasn't for you ;o)
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Date: 2002-12-10 05:07 pm (UTC)Oh, and I want a Christmas card! Yes yes! Want one!
FRUVOUS! =)
YA lit kicks major arse. I spent years and years reading/studying it, and I still do, and it still kicks arse. Next go look for Seaward by Susan Cooper.
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Date: 2002-12-12 05:20 am (UTC)Did you give me your address yet? I think you did. So therefore CARDS! Whooot!
*makes note to find Seaward by Susan Cooper* Ta!
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Date: 2002-12-10 09:35 pm (UTC)nevvie.. allow me to beg and plead :)
Date: 2002-12-10 10:12 pm (UTC)can you buy me princess mononoke and grave of the fireflies! i can't get them here in australia as they are unavailable, and yes i can make my dvd player multizone compatible, so i will be able to watch them! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! :)?
I BEG OF YOU OH HOLY ONE TO PLEASE CONSIDER!!!!
*hugs*
Re: nevvie.. allow me to beg and plead :)
Date: 2002-12-10 10:27 pm (UTC)Re: nevvie.. allow me to beg and plead :)
Date: 2002-12-12 05:45 am (UTC)Have you sent me your address? I'll give you my very own copy of Mononoke-Hime if you like. :)
It won't arrive before christmas though, is that allright?
Re: nevvie.. allow me to beg and plead :)
Date: 2002-12-12 03:20 pm (UTC)*HUGS*
which version is it? the japanese one or the neil gaiman english translated one? eh? eh?
I LOVE YOU! OMG THANK-YOU!!!! *HUGS* *SQUISHES*
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Date: 2002-12-12 03:59 pm (UTC)It's both. :) It has both japanese and english soundtracks, so if you just mail me your address I'll ship it off asap. Happy Christmas. :)
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Date: 2002-12-12 04:31 pm (UTC)What do you mean it's both? is it the original japanese dvd, or the miramax one?
So what would you like for Christmas? :)
*hugs*
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Date: 2002-12-12 04:34 pm (UTC)No, I don't have your address yet. Did you send it to my ntlworld.com account?
It's a British dvd, with both japanese and english soundtracks. It's really not that complicated dear. :-P
What would I like? Hmmmm...how about my very own tree kangaroo! *giggles*
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Date: 2002-12-12 04:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-11 03:12 am (UTC)Trust me to pick up on something completly unrelated to your entry :)
That sounds awful like a line out of a song, Alberkerkey (or however it's spelled) by Weird Al Yankovic?
I've been known to be wrong before, but hey, it's worth checking out these things :)
You can eat your dinner outta the ashtrays if you wanna -- its okay, they're clean!
Date: 2002-12-11 04:31 am (UTC)Hee!
I.
Love.
WEIRD AL!
That's all I'm really trying to say...;-)
And just as I suspected, it was a big hermaphrodite with a flock-of-seagulls haircut...
Date: 2002-12-11 05:37 am (UTC)However I love it when I'm right, doesn't happen nearly as often as I'd like it to. (normally Truk proves me wrong, damn his ratty self)
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Date: 2002-12-11 06:52 am (UTC)Yes please Nick and I would love a Christmas card! Shall I e-mail you our address? Also, can we have yours, please?
*hugs*
Elly
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Date: 2002-12-11 06:45 pm (UTC)'Surprisingly' sexy?? What are you talking about, he's bloody GORGEOUS! :-P
I forgive you though, because you said I'm clever. *grins* (Which of course I am. ;-)
Email your addy and I'll reply with mine. :)
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Date: 2002-12-11 08:49 am (UTC)I'm going to steal some of your icons, BTW. Be prepared!
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Date: 2002-12-11 06:47 pm (UTC)You take everything from me, wench! *laughs*
Hee. Well, they say imitation is the finest form of flattery. *smirk*
You're getting a holiday card in your package, silly goose!
christmas cards
Date: 2002-12-11 09:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-11 11:35 am (UTC)I don't know if they have this author in the UK, but look for Amerlia Atwater-Rhodes. She started writing novels when she was 13, and they were actually good enough to publish! Her books are neat if you're into vampires... ;-)
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Date: 2002-12-11 06:48 pm (UTC)Ahhh Tamora Pierce, I should really read something by her, thanks for reminding me. :)
I've never heard of Amerlia, but I'll see if she has anything on Amazon, cheers! *hugs*
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Date: 2002-12-12 04:14 am (UTC)you're going to LOVE the Lion King!! It was FANTABULICIOUS!!!! not that i've seen many plays and know the difference anyway... but it was unbelievable!! *cheers*
and as for the christmas cards, why didn't you just make some on your computer?? you should have some program on there that will let you make cards to print off.. you've got everything else... ;) but i know that's not the point of it... i know.. i'll send you a box of non-denominational cards now and you can bring them into the shop and show the woman, because apparently she's *slightly* nutters... *nods* but enough about the silly little people...
your icons are great btw!! my fav is Mojo Jojo (not just a cute little monkey).. okies.. gotta run.. *squishies*
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Date: 2002-12-12 05:40 am (UTC)The Lion King was beyond amazing. My jaw was hanging open for almost the entire show, it was just breathtaking. :)
My printer still isn't working! *kicks it* Otherwise I would have made Harry Potter and LOTR cards for everyone. *G*
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Date: 2002-12-12 06:38 am (UTC)Hee hee, last night I was a foot away from Billy Boyd! Because we were up on that step thing everyone looked quite short and everyone kept on saying 'aw, isn't he cute?!' He and Dom were the only ones who went round to all the people, bless 'em.
It was great meeting you! May I have a Nevvie Christmas card please? *futters eyelashes* (btw, the Clinton cards in my town has all sorts of holiday cards. I think you just got a duff shop. )