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That is all.

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. (Please note: If you simply wish to comment on something I've said but don't want to participate in the meme, that is fine. I will only give you five words if you specifically comment you with 'Words!')

idontlikegravy gave me; librarian, towel, generous, funny, Rimmer

( and my reply is )

Happy Birthday to the awesome, lovely, kind and damned brilliant debauched_angel!

*squishes*

You realise we've known each other for over ten years now, thanks to the magic of the internets? Woah. :)

I realise it's been a while since I posted on a regular basis here, so I thought now was as good a time as any to have a refresher post, in case you were wondering just who the hell was silvercobwebs again?

So. Me:

* I'm a 27 year old woman living in Scotland, and working at a renowned Scottish university's library.
* Following on from the first point - I love books. Fiction, non-fiction, I am a slave to the written word.
* Sometimes I write and post fiction online. I used to do this a lot, but my output has decreased over the years.
* I have a MA (joint hons) in English-Philosophy. It's very possibly the most useless degree ever. Wonderful, but useless. Added to this I have a postgrad diploma in Shakespeare Studies. This is also pretty useless when you're not an academic, but again, a joyous thing to experience.
* I'm a strong Agnostic and skeptic and supporter of free speech. I used to be Christan, flirted with Wicca for a while, then finally realised that it was OK to not be a believer. This is no way means that I cannot be spiritual or open-minded.
* I love science and science-fiction - written, on screen, you name it. I mostly lurk in fandom.
* I have two cats - Rose, and Ten. They were originally going to be called Rosencrantz and Guildersten, but after sexing them a name change was in order.
* Rght now my favourite TV includes; Buffy/Angel, Highlander, Doctor Who, Babylon 5, Rome, Farscape, Star Trek (pretty much all of them), Futurama, Blake's 7 and Red Dwarf. If it's got space ships or swords in it, I'm in.
* I adore music, and I'm fairly eclectic in my tastes - I'll listen to anything from classical Russian composers to Johnny Cash and anything in-between.
* I'm pretty crafty. Right now I adore making cards and papercraft. I've alse been known to make beaded jewelery.
* I enjoy using LJ, and although I'm not a prolific poster or commenter, I do read all my friends' journals and try to comment when I think it would be welcomed or needed.
* I like shiny things. :)

I also welcome questions, discussion and debate, so if there's anything you'd like to ask me, then please go ahead.

Thank you so much to everyone who sent me birthday wishes, awesome fic, banner and lj giftage today. It's already been such a wonderful day, and you have made it one of the best of the year.

*group hug*

I has a mallyns, (and more candy than you could shake a giant candy-shaped stick at!) :D

Sorry I'e been a bit of a flake of late guys. And uh, sorry all my posts seem to be apologies. Service will be resumed soon. :)

Um, oops?

Not dead, just being a massive slacker.

Important Things You Should Know:

1) mallyns will be with me in bonny sunny Scotland in a week. A week! *dances*
2) My garden is especially pretty right now. I have the most giant vibrant poppies growing which have sprung from goodness-knows-what and they make me very happy.
3) People keep on buying me cake at work. My line manager insisted on feeding us all with oatmeal and raisin cookies and big cakey chocolatey things. The ogre.
4) Students have migrated fled for the summer! I shall reclaim the cafes!

So. How are you?

Still here, busy busy.

Writing request drabbles. Admittedly that really shouldn't take long (especially as there's only three), but hey, I want to make 'em nice and shiny.

Crazy busy at the library as we're redeveloping the Maths/Physics satellite library and having to move everything out in the space of a week. Yes, this is right at the start of exam time for the students. Isn't that timing just faaaantastic? (stupid stupid admin). So far 108 boxes of 'current' (since when has 1986 been current?) periodicals have been packed. That doesn't even scratch the surface. Collections leader is interesting shade of white, considering alcoholism as future career path.

I succumbed. I have a Dreamwidth account. As I've been online as silvercobwebs since 1997, I stuck with the tried and tested. Feel free to add/run away screaming from me if you wish. The account's bare right now whilst I attempt to fine-tune things.

Am borrowing the first season of Mad Men and enjoying so far. Especially with all the Whedon alumni around.

Off to see the new Trek film tomorrow. Geeker Joy, I has it. :D

And finally a confession. How shameful for me is it that I watch both Robin Hood and Primeval on a Saturday night? And enjoy them (OK, the real shame is Hood, isn't it?)

Snagged from idontlikegravy, who wrote me an awesome Vimes drabble:

The first five people to comment in this post get to request a drabble (or possibly double drabble) from me. In return, I think it would be great if they post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level, and we can create a drabble tree of epic proportions *grin*. The posting in your journal is optional, don't feel obligated :).

If you have a specific request, put it in the comment and I'll do my best. If you don't, be prepared for anything!

i) Bohemian Rhapsody - the old school computer mix. Man, that must have taken ages to set up. Flippin' awesome.

ii) Slow loris loves being ticked. Warning - death from laughter/cute is highly probable. :)

Because I'm not sure I get the whole Dreamwidth thing.

In all non-snarky seriousness, could someone please explain why everyone's so excited over it? I took an admittedly very brief glance at the site and it appears to be another open-source journaling site. What am I missing?

...

Bueller?

Distance from main library to bindery/library store? Approx 1.5 miles.

Number of times walked to bindery/library store today? 3.

Add a dental appointment first thing and a chronically slow computer, and you can guess what kind of day I had.

Fortunately, chocolate and chatting on msn fixes nearly everything. :)

Does anyone else who works in the UK in a non-essential services job not get Good Friday and/or Easter Monday off? Damnit, I want my Bank Holiday. :(

So here's a few amateur snapshots from the not really new camera (Fuji FinePix V10), as promised:

( my photostuffs, let me show you them )

And with that I'm off to bed. :)

But, I have a brand-new new hand-me-down shiny digi camera, and I want an excuse to use it! :)

So - what would you like a photo of? Leave a comment, and I'll take some pictures of whatever you might be curious about. The only things I'm not photographing are stuff I can't get to by foot, and myself.

Have at it!

idontlikegray, you may be the only one who gets al these references... ;)

So, I got tagged with Discworld's Death, and I shall meme!

The questions:
1.) Do you like this character? He's probably my favourite and the most interesting character on the Disc, but he's not really someone you want to really see too soon, y'know?
2.) What name(s) do you call this character? Death doesn't really need any other name. I don't know if he'd really understand nicknames...
3.) What image/color do you associate with character? Black, with bright blue pinpricks of infinity.
4.) What song do you associate with this character? Oh, just some kind of Music With Rocks In.
5.) What blood type do you think this character is? I'm fairly sure that anthropomorphic personifications don't have blood types. Or even, in fact, blood.
6.) From all of the titles that feature this character, what other character do you think makes a good pairing with this character? He's really not an OTP kind of chap. However, I love the awkward familial confrontations between him and Susan.
7.) What would you want to say to this character? So, you've arrived at my 102nd birthday in my spacious mansion? Don't mind the cats and fat little grandchildren.
8.) What do you want to do with this character? I'd like to join him for a ride on Binky. :)
9.)Please choose five friends with your choice of character.
(Of course, only do this if you fancy it)

mallyns -- Methos (HL)
sophiedb -- The Cat (Red Dwarf)
osolone -- Merlin (Merlin)
queen_of_goat -- Autolycus (Xena)
idontlikegravy -- The Stig (Top Gear *g*)

Happy Birthday emma2403!

*throws imps confetti*

You're a gem. :)

i) I miss expressing my geeker joy over Pi day (3/14)
ii) And ditto over the Ides. Beware! Oh wait, definitely too late for that. Sorry Caesar.
iii) I also arrive late to the Watchmen movie party. For a brief non-spoilery response: Beautifully made, incredibly faithful to the original book, which is also its major flaw. hmm.
iv) Unexpected defriending. But that's a misnomer - I'm sure there wasn't a proper friendship there anyway, just an interest in seeing what someone has to say. And when I don't say a lot, I can see why you wouldn't want to hang around. :) LJ really needs to subdivide these things into 'people watching' and actual 'friends'. Makes things much less personal for some.
v) Placeholder for something actually witty and insightful.