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blamebramptonThree pieces of life advice, friends notes F-I and a note for a Birthday Happy!
(ooh, sorry about that rhyme)
A few pieces of random life advice that people have given me over the years that have turned out to be true.
1. If a man flashes you, adopt your most wide-eyed and innocent expression, and say: 'Is that what a penis looks like? I always thought they would be larger!'
2. If you are groped on the Tube or bus, grab the offending hand, drag it into the air and demand in your most carrying tones: 'Why do you think my arse is the appropriate place for your hand?'
3. If you think that you are being followed by a bag snatcher, turn around, approach them politely, and say: 'Excuse me, do you know what time it is? I have an urgent meeting near here and I am starting to worry I will be late!' or else ask if they know the name of the street that you are walking along. The two times I have done this, the very dodgy figure who had been following me stuttered and then said 'Er, yeah ...' and was helpful. And if they still grab your bag, you will have had a good look at them and be able to provide an excellent description.
The first two were taught to me by my favourite ever sports mistress, and have given me years of cheer, the third by a very nice policeman who came and spoke to us all when I was in Hippie School and who was so weirded out by the whole experience that he just started offering random advice, much of it very useful!
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fade_into_dark : You’ve taken your user name as a leitmotif this year! I hope things have worked out for you and that all is well!
fallinskye : I friended you \ because your profile was so the type of person I like to hang out with. Even if you never start writing in your journal, I hope that anything you read in mine makes you feel the same way towards me.
faynia : They say that adversity is character building. I say your character is fine as it is and can you please have some luxury and easiness now?
femmequixotic : Quite aside from everything else, and it’s a long list, you love Supernatural and yet stay active in HP fandom. Hurrah!!
feralcheryl : PUT BOOKS ON HIS HEAD! I love you, and miss you, and find myself entirely charmed by the (still, briefly) short person.
flamewarrior : You think deep thoughts, which I always find interesting even if I lack time to comment. Also, you look like my favourite old friend who I have lost contact with. And the Sea Kitties killed me dead.
flemco : You will never read this, but I often wonder what you’d have been like if you’d grown up in a country that isn’t obsessed with guns.
florahart : I still haven’t quite recovered from you introducing me to those coloured marshmallow thingies some time early-ish last year, but that’s not a suitable message. What is, is this: I rarely comment on your stories not because I do not think I will like reading them, but because I am so sure I will like them a great deal that I have held off until I have free time to devour them. Which now seems quite imminent!
foi_nefaste : I genuinely believe that the two of us would be excellent neighbours.
fourth_rose : Is there anything I can do to free up some of your time for more chapters? Ironing? Thank you notes? Anything? No pressure ...
frances_veritas : MAN! With all those pretty boys, I find it so hard to stop looking at your journal entries long enough to post a useful comment!
frankkincense : You are SUCH a delightful person, and so thoughtful! I hope you have a wonderful time travelling and seeing the world this year, and let me know if you are going to make it to Melbourne, I can easily fly down for a cup of tea (and shop ...)
frantic_flirt : Should you turn out to be a mad scientist, I am fairly convinced that you will invent brilliant solar power at the same time as taking over the globe, which I can live with.
frantic_mice : I LOVAGE UUUU! Your wild cheeriness and poetic lolspeak has been an unpredictable and insightful addition to fandom that has really enriched my 2008. Let’s do it again in 2009!
frayach : The universe’s propensity to suck in multiples has been proven enough. I have my fingers crossed that it spends all of 2009 saying ‘Yeah, look, sorry about last year, there was a paperwork mixup and we gave you a few years’ worth of rubbish all at once ... Have a spot of serendipity!’
furiosity : I love the fact that you always make me think one step further. And I live in hope of another of your crisp multi-chaptered fics to read.
gabe_speaks : I love discussing words and grammar with you, and have several very easy to master recipes that you can use as the basis of many meals if you ever want to learn to cook!
gameazel : You make me wish I was more into anime so that we could chat about Bleach at length. And I love your passion!
georgia_hawkins : I always feel better about one of my stories if you like it. I think I’ve decided you’re an arbiter of taste.
geoviki : I had something sensible to say, but when I went to your profile page to check a detail, I found that YOU had written Long Way Home. I have been looking for that fic since you posted the first bit on your LJ and I loved it but was too thick to note down where it was from. It’s in an open browser window now!
gina87 : Whenever I have reading time and nothing lined up, I like to look at your recs, because you not only choose great stories, you make other readers see *why* they’re good, and that’s not easy!
glorafin : I feel very badly that I have not been reading much of your fic when you have been so kind about mine. This speaks solely of my crapness.
goddessleila : I’m twice your age, and I suspect that after reading your journal, I will NEVER have my wisdom teeth removed! Good luck with the rest of this year’s study!
goddessriss : I wish we lived near each other in real life, because I think that you are a genuinely lovely person, and I would pop around once a week to remind myself that such a thing is not a myth.
gossymer : You’ll probably miss this, but you do GORGEOUS layouts!
gracefulfool : As if you didn;t have me licking my screen every time you post food shots, you had to show me Jay Walker’s library. Covet!
gracilejenn : I have always believed that you have the most beautiful user name in fandom. And when you posted that your cat loves crisps, I forgot to tell you that Monster does, too!
grey_hunter : Every time I see your icon, I have a burst of happy. I know that you will have done something cool, like the hd_hols guessing polls, or have something witty or insightful to say, or be writing something that will make me think. I look forward to each occasion!
groundedraven : I had to check your lj as you’ve not actually posted since joining my flist, and I just wanted to say that your uncle is an idiot and that more people have read Frankenstein than Byron or Shelley.
gryfseeker7 : I really hope that this coming year is better for you. And if the universe does all these things to ‘test’ us, then the universe is being run by a sadistic bastard and we should campaign for better management.
gwenivere73 : We both love fic and cats! That’s good enough for me!
hanson_phreek : Boy babies are terrific! Actually, little boys are terrific, but they have to be babies first. Anyway, you know this! Smooth sailing to you!
heathen_ursidae : I love your art, and your boot recommendations, and your sense of humour, and the fact that you have done so brilliantly on the stop smoking front. Pretty much all of you, actually.
hpdm4ever : How good are your recs? Hugely!
hpreader : You are so secretive!
hpstrangelove : So, Alex Rider, should I just start reading?
hyperactivefics : yours is the only Buffy fic I have ever read. It was very good!
i_autumnheart : BRISBANE??!! I will visit you every winter and miss you every summer! You are one of those people who I am just so glad to know, even though I am crap at keeping in touch.
icyanahita : I really wish I was young enough to be into bandom, you make it look like so much fun!
inamac : I just like you. The things you do, the things you stand for, the things you have to say ... you constantly come across as a good and decent person.
inkandfakefurs : Finding and reading A Killing Moon was one of the year’s high points for me!
innocentimp17 : You’ve been a supporter of my fic, but are clearly having too much life to really post in your LJ yourself, and that’s a fine and worthy thing!
irya_angelus : It’s been a year since you were posting. I miss your art and snippets of your life, but hope you’re off doing something lovely.
ishafel : I’ve only peeked at your Backstory universe, because my life has been chaos since I met you in LJ, but it is BRILLIANT and I will be back there!
Finally, Happy Birthday,no_mad_skillz !
(ooh, sorry about that rhyme)
A few pieces of random life advice that people have given me over the years that have turned out to be true.
1. If a man flashes you, adopt your most wide-eyed and innocent expression, and say: 'Is that what a penis looks like? I always thought they would be larger!'
2. If you are groped on the Tube or bus, grab the offending hand, drag it into the air and demand in your most carrying tones: 'Why do you think my arse is the appropriate place for your hand?'
3. If you think that you are being followed by a bag snatcher, turn around, approach them politely, and say: 'Excuse me, do you know what time it is? I have an urgent meeting near here and I am starting to worry I will be late!' or else ask if they know the name of the street that you are walking along. The two times I have done this, the very dodgy figure who had been following me stuttered and then said 'Er, yeah ...' and was helpful. And if they still grab your bag, you will have had a good look at them and be able to provide an excellent description.
The first two were taught to me by my favourite ever sports mistress, and have given me years of cheer, the third by a very nice policeman who came and spoke to us all when I was in Hippie School and who was so weirded out by the whole experience that he just started offering random advice, much of it very useful!
fade_into_dark : You’ve taken your user name as a leitmotif this year! I hope things have worked out for you and that all is well!fallinskye : I friended you \ because your profile was so the type of person I like to hang out with. Even if you never start writing in your journal, I hope that anything you read in mine makes you feel the same way towards me.faynia : They say that adversity is character building. I say your character is fine as it is and can you please have some luxury and easiness now?femmequixotic : Quite aside from everything else, and it’s a long list, you love Supernatural and yet stay active in HP fandom. Hurrah!!feralcheryl : PUT BOOKS ON HIS HEAD! I love you, and miss you, and find myself entirely charmed by the (still, briefly) short person.flamewarrior : You think deep thoughts, which I always find interesting even if I lack time to comment. Also, you look like my favourite old friend who I have lost contact with. And the Sea Kitties killed me dead.flemco : You will never read this, but I often wonder what you’d have been like if you’d grown up in a country that isn’t obsessed with guns.florahart : I still haven’t quite recovered from you introducing me to those coloured marshmallow thingies some time early-ish last year, but that’s not a suitable message. What is, is this: I rarely comment on your stories not because I do not think I will like reading them, but because I am so sure I will like them a great deal that I have held off until I have free time to devour them. Which now seems quite imminent!foi_nefaste : I genuinely believe that the two of us would be excellent neighbours.fourth_rose : Is there anything I can do to free up some of your time for more chapters? Ironing? Thank you notes? Anything? No pressure ...frances_veritas : MAN! With all those pretty boys, I find it so hard to stop looking at your journal entries long enough to post a useful comment!frankkincense : You are SUCH a delightful person, and so thoughtful! I hope you have a wonderful time travelling and seeing the world this year, and let me know if you are going to make it to Melbourne, I can easily fly down for a cup of tea (and shop ...)frantic_flirt : Should you turn out to be a mad scientist, I am fairly convinced that you will invent brilliant solar power at the same time as taking over the globe, which I can live with.frantic_mice : I LOVAGE UUUU! Your wild cheeriness and poetic lolspeak has been an unpredictable and insightful addition to fandom that has really enriched my 2008. Let’s do it again in 2009!frayach : The universe’s propensity to suck in multiples has been proven enough. I have my fingers crossed that it spends all of 2009 saying ‘Yeah, look, sorry about last year, there was a paperwork mixup and we gave you a few years’ worth of rubbish all at once ... Have a spot of serendipity!’furiosity : I love the fact that you always make me think one step further. And I live in hope of another of your crisp multi-chaptered fics to read. gabe_speaks : I love discussing words and grammar with you, and have several very easy to master recipes that you can use as the basis of many meals if you ever want to learn to cook!gameazel : You make me wish I was more into anime so that we could chat about Bleach at length. And I love your passion!georgia_hawkins : I always feel better about one of my stories if you like it. I think I’ve decided you’re an arbiter of taste.geoviki : I had something sensible to say, but when I went to your profile page to check a detail, I found that YOU had written Long Way Home. I have been looking for that fic since you posted the first bit on your LJ and I loved it but was too thick to note down where it was from. It’s in an open browser window now!gina87 : Whenever I have reading time and nothing lined up, I like to look at your recs, because you not only choose great stories, you make other readers see *why* they’re good, and that’s not easy!glorafin : I feel very badly that I have not been reading much of your fic when you have been so kind about mine. This speaks solely of my crapness.goddessleila : I’m twice your age, and I suspect that after reading your journal, I will NEVER have my wisdom teeth removed! Good luck with the rest of this year’s study!goddessriss : I wish we lived near each other in real life, because I think that you are a genuinely lovely person, and I would pop around once a week to remind myself that such a thing is not a myth.gossymer : You’ll probably miss this, but you do GORGEOUS layouts!gracefulfool : As if you didn;t have me licking my screen every time you post food shots, you had to show me Jay Walker’s library. Covet!gracilejenn : I have always believed that you have the most beautiful user name in fandom. And when you posted that your cat loves crisps, I forgot to tell you that Monster does, too!grey_hunter : Every time I see your icon, I have a burst of happy. I know that you will have done something cool, like the hd_hols guessing polls, or have something witty or insightful to say, or be writing something that will make me think. I look forward to each occasion!groundedraven : I had to check your lj as you’ve not actually posted since joining my flist, and I just wanted to say that your uncle is an idiot and that more people have read Frankenstein than Byron or Shelley.gryfseeker7 : I really hope that this coming year is better for you. And if the universe does all these things to ‘test’ us, then the universe is being run by a sadistic bastard and we should campaign for better management.gwenivere73 : We both love fic and cats! That’s good enough for me!hanson_phreek : Boy babies are terrific! Actually, little boys are terrific, but they have to be babies first. Anyway, you know this! Smooth sailing to you! heathen_ursidae : I love your art, and your boot recommendations, and your sense of humour, and the fact that you have done so brilliantly on the stop smoking front. Pretty much all of you, actually.hpdm4ever : How good are your recs? Hugely!hpreader : You are so secretive!hpstrangelove : So, Alex Rider, should I just start reading?hyperactivefics : yours is the only Buffy fic I have ever read. It was very good!i_autumnheart : BRISBANE??!! I will visit you every winter and miss you every summer! You are one of those people who I am just so glad to know, even though I am crap at keeping in touch.icyanahita : I really wish I was young enough to be into bandom, you make it look like so much fun!inamac : I just like you. The things you do, the things you stand for, the things you have to say ... you constantly come across as a good and decent person.inkandfakefurs : Finding and reading A Killing Moon was one of the year’s high points for me!innocentimp17 : You’ve been a supporter of my fic, but are clearly having too much life to really post in your LJ yourself, and that’s a fine and worthy thing!irya_angelus : It’s been a year since you were posting. I miss your art and snippets of your life, but hope you’re off doing something lovely.ishafel : I’ve only peeked at your Backstory universe, because my life has been chaos since I met you in LJ, but it is BRILLIANT and I will be back there!Finally, Happy Birthday,
no_mad_skillz !
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Date: 2009-01-04 09:40 pm (UTC)