[Most Recent Entries] [Calendar View] [Friends]
Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in
dryadgurrl's InsaneJournal:
| Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | |
| 9:47 pm | So, my Venfriend is in DC, and therefore in the middle of the Great Snowpocalypse, and she posted some pictures, specifically this one which she captions with: I... do not know what the fuck this is. I am both morbidly fascinated and a little terrified of it. It is exactly what it looks like: eleven roundish objects that resemble globs of bread dough arranged in a more or less circular pattern in the snow. It is difficult to see, but the sides of several of them appear to have been... sheared away or something, as if by wind or water. They are all covered in a layer of ice. This all suggests to me that they were placed here after the snow stopped last night, but probably before the morning, since the layer of ice covering them is the same thickness as the layer of ice covering a lot of the snow, which happened because of the sun and the temperature being around 35F/2C for most of the day. They are indeed frozen solid -- I was brave enough to poke one after standing there staring at this in utter bafflement for a few moments. It is impossible to tell what they are made out of -- it does LOOK like off-color snow, but if it is, where did it come from? What changed its color, and why is it so uniform? The lumps are about the size of snowballs, which initially led me to wonder if that's what they were, but the weird color, the weird shearing effect, and the weirdly semi-uniform placement suggests otherwise. IT IS A PUZZLEMENT. She sent me the link, and the following exchange took place: Me: OMGSNOWALIENEGGS! Me: or something Ven: I am truly baffled by what that could possibly be or why it is there. Truly. :| Me: and you didn't take one home to thaw out? Me: I would have, but I'm a freak like that Ven: They're a bit frozen in place. I suppose I could have. I COULD go out and get one right now. They're on the side of the Temple next to my house. Me: XD! Me: just go check tomorrow and see if they hatched! Ven: XD I will. I almost want to go get one now that you suggested it. However, you will observe that the sidewalks look like. They're also all icy and now the snow is too high to let any light so you can see what you're walking on. Me: *nodnods* So go back when you won't risk falling and breaking anything important Ven: I might have to. Because seriously WHAT THE FUCK ARE THOSE?? Me: spare time *nod* It's wibbly and wobbly and timey-wimey. It might look like that when it freezes! Me: YOU FOUND A STASH OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS! Ven: XD |
| Monday, November 2nd, 2009 | |
| 10:42 am | Here's a picture for you: 10pm Halloween night. My roommate and myself, sitting in our respective easy chairs, in full costume, me as a plus-size pinup girl, boots, hat and all, and she as a medieval maiden, complete with bodice. Watching a marathon of Metalocalypse, season 1. And doing cross-stitch. |
| Saturday, September 19th, 2009 | |
| 10:39 pm | My review of 9: "Robotic uprising of the late '90s countermanded by a group of homuncular horcruxii" It's quite pretty, and it's a fun ride, but it left both myself and my roommate going: "So... what was the point?" |
| Friday, August 14th, 2009 | |
| 1:16 am | Five TV Shows meme, stolen from ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ponderosa121Pick your five favorite TV shows (in no particular order) and answer the following questions. Got your shows? Okay, continue! My shows: 1 Supernatural 2 Dr. Who 3 The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. 4 Heroes 5 Metalocalypse ( My answers under teh cut ) |
| Saturday, May 9th, 2009 | |
| 10:08 am | Weirdest damn dream in the early hours of this morning: Effin' Carlisle Cullen and Billy the Kid (as played by Michael Sheen, wtf brain?) were helping a group of (possibly mutant) kids who were trying to stop the railroad coming through town/the woods for some goddamn reason that I don't even know. I have no idea what I ate last night, but I don't want to do it again. |
| Monday, April 27th, 2009 | |
| 11:11 pm | woe is me So I've recently started working the night shift, I'm a night owl anyway, so it's no biggie, plus there's a higher percentage wage for the 'hardship', but the main reason (and good God it makes it sound like I have no life) I took the shift was so that I'd stop missing out on all the awesome RP that happens after I'd gone to bed. So what happens as soon as I actually start working the night shift? Everybody else's sleep cycles swap over as well, so now not only am I still missing out on RP, I'm also awake when everyone else is asleep, including my roommate, so I can't even go watch a movie to entertain myself. This sucks. That is all. |
| Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | |
| 3:22 pm | Memetiems! 1.YOUR REAL NAME: Sterling 2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother and father's middle name) Bell Stephen (Or Jane Stephen, depending) 3. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) William Stuart 4.STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name) Belst 5.DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Emerald Wolf 6.SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, town where you were raised) Ariel Sacramento (Or Ariel Colonial Village!) 7.SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning) The Green Dr Pepper 8.FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name) Stey (whut?) 9.STREET NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie) New York Superfudge Chunk Triple Chocolate 10.SKANK NAME: (1st pet's name, street you grew up on) Eggamuffin 79th 11.GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of first name plus 'izzle') Steizzle 12.YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets) Black Val 13. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy) Anne Bonney Spice Drops (whaaaat?) |
| Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 | |
| 10:13 pm | So, funny story, and a glimpse at just how strange a place my brain really is: About a week ago, heading out of the parking lot on my way to work, I went: "Is that an Impala? Naah, couldn't be." And continued on my way. But I made sure to come home through the parking lot instead of through the complex, just so I could make sure. Turns out, it was. I'm not sure what year, but it's sparkly silver-grey, almost periwinkle, really, and it's beautiful, and I've made sure to either leave or come back past it every day because it makes me smile. Why? Well, because it means that maybe, just maybe, the Winchesters are watching over the complex, and that makes me full of glee. Now, logically I know it's not the Winchesters, for one thing it's completely the wrong color and I know Dean wouldn't be caught dead in something that's almost periwinkle, but at the same time, I've felt more at ease knowing it's there than I have since moving in. For instance: I used to hate hate haaaaate going to the dumpster after dark, but I can handle it now. For extra proof of how strange a place my brain is: Why I didn't like going to the dumpster after dark? A, the tooth fairy (I blame Darkness Falls) B, Zombies |
| Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | |
| 1:05 am | Note to self: Petit: liedar Henn: kaboomy (blackgreysilver) Iggy: color-touch Free: dolphinspeak Stitch: Geckofingers Che: weapon osmosis Keller: glows in the dark Torii: Molecular bonding Bren: danger sense The Word: Extreme Popularity Jojo: mockingbird Sneaky: perfect pitch Jack: Technopathy Josie: boost of her Stitchery Book: superspeed Ahiga: Understands animals Missouri: Deus ex Machina Meggie: Inkspit Anne: Weather prediction Rune: encyclopedic knowledge of celebrity habits |
| Thursday, March 5th, 2009 | |
| 12:26 am | Okay, time to prove just how much of a geek I am: I'm planning some cross-stitch samplers, like, for pillows or to frame or whatever, with fandom-shaped quotes on them. Between me and the roomie we came up with: "I can kill you with my brain" ~ Firefly "This is an ex-parrot" ~ Monty Python "These are not the droids you're looking for" ~ Star Wars "I am a rooster illusion" ~ Tropic Thunder As well as a couple others. Basically what I'm asking of all y'all, is this: What fandom quote would you want to see in cross stitch? Just like a basic pattern, the quote and maybe a Fleur de leis or some vines or a daisy or something. ETA: 'Shiny' with some stars as a border from my friend K. |
| Monday, February 23rd, 2009 | |
| 8:42 pm | YAAAY MEME! I hoiked it offa Sage, it goes like this: Give me a character and I will give you at least ten facts about them according to my own personal canon. This can range from their birthday, favourite colour or even their earliest memory up to what they had last night for dinner. Knowledge is, of course, OOC unless you ask permission! and I cut the list for alla y'all's own safety ( Pups R Heer ) And if you know (or suspect) that I've played someone who isn't listed, throw them at me too! |
| Monday, January 26th, 2009 | |
| 7:23 pm | |
| Friday, September 19th, 2008 | |
| 7:07 am | When you see this post another Supernatural quote in your journal When you see this post another Firefly quote in your journal When you see this post another PotC quote in your journal It's like the geekiest chain letter ever! Supernatural Dean: It's like we got a contract on us. Think it's because we're so awesome? I think it's 'cause we're so awesome. Firefly Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war. Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too. PotC Jack: She’s safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our words really except for Elizabeth who is, in fact, a woman. |
| Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 | |
| 7:01 am | Silly meme, instructions are thus: use the first letter of your name to fill in each of the following categories. They have to be real places, names &/or objects, but nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person you got this from has the same first initial. You can't use your name for the boy/girl name question. Have fun with it! 1. FOUR LETTER WORD: Snot 2. BOY NAME: Seamus 3. GIRL NAME: Sally 4. OCCUPATION: Seamstress 5. A COLOR: Sienna (Raw or burnt) 6. SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Sarong 7. BEVERAGE: Slurpee 8. FOOD: Sausage 9. SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Shampoo 10. A PLACE: Schenectady (New York) 11. REASON FOR BEING LATE: Snakes on the plane! 12. SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: Shut up! |
| Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 | |
| 7:34 pm | Meme time! A fun dialect meme that I hoiked offa the braintwin Age: 25 (going on 26) Where did you grow up: Cali-forn-i-a WHAT DO YOU CALL: 1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks. A creek. 2. What is the thing you push around the grocery store is called. Shopping cart. 3. A metal container to carry a meal in. A lunchbox. 4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in. if it's cast iron: skillet. If it's Teflon-coated or otherwise non-stick: frying pan 5. The piece of furniture that seats three people. Sofa or futon 6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof. Raingutter. 7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening. porch or patio, depending on size, patios are bigger 8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages. Soda. 9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup. Pancake (or sometimes sausage patties be more specific!!) 10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself. ...Sandwich 11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach. Trunks. 12. Shoes worn for sports. Tennies or sneakers 13. Putting a room in order. Cleaning and/or tidying, depending on how British I feel 14. A flying insect that glows in the dark. Firefly 15. The little insect that curls up into a ball. Rolypoly, Pillbug, Potatobug, poor kids' marbles 16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down. Teeter totter. 17. How do you eat your pizza? Depends on the size of the slice and/or what's on it. Pick off the toppings I don't like and go from there. 18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? Garage/yard/rummage sale. Rummage is usually more than one person at a time though 19. What's the evening meal? Dinner. 20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? Basement. 21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places? Water/drinking fountain. |
| Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 | |
| 9:40 pm | |
| Sunday, March 9th, 2008 | |
| 9:43 am | |
| Thursday, March 6th, 2008 | |
| 1:07 am | Movie Quotes Meme Stoled it off a buncha people. It's fun! Pick 15 of your favorite movies. 2. Go to IMDB and find a quote from each movie. 3. Post them here for everyone to guess. 4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie. 5. NO GOOGLING!/using IMDB search functions or using social networking sites. 1. “You got a good memory for faces?” “Yeah, I think so. Why?” “There's no mirror in your bathroom.” 2. “[name removed] grew up on the streets of Venezuela. When he was four years old, he stabbed another kid in the eyeball with a pencil. There were wires crossed somewhere in his soul.” 3. “Hold on, hold on that's now how the pigeons do it. You're supposed to stamp on her head and peck her” 4. “My brother wouldn't touch your titties with a ten foot pole. He likes his women bad, [name removed], not cheap.” 5. “Heh, me lead you? Lady look at me, I don't even know where the hell I am half the time!” 6. “Your boy's a limey fork-flinger, Mother. What *will* the bridge club say?” “You need more forks?” 7. “So I'm rappelling down Mount Vesuvius when suddenly I slip, and I start to fall. Just falling, ahh ahh, I'll never forget the terror. When suddenly I realize "Holy shit, [name removed], haven't you been smoking Peyote for six straight days, and couldn't some of this maybe be in your head?"” “And?” “And it was. I was totally fine. I've never even been to Mount Vesuvius.” 8. “The 90's are killing me. I shouldn't have done that. You're not supposed to tell a guy you're gonna kill him no more. I got to tiptoe through the tulips with these assholes. Taking all the fun out of the job.” 9. “They say the trouble with the Irish is that they rely too much on dreams and not enough on gunpowder. Whereas the English were shy on dreams, as usual, but had plenty of the other. Now we had both.” 10. “Satisfied?” “Well you proved they're mad.” 11. “You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.” 12. “That's not fair!” “You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is.” 13. “This is ridiculous. It's crazy. I feel like I'm babysitting, except I'm not getting paid.” 14. “Oh, Mother Night! Fold your dark arms about me. Protect me in your black embrace. I sit alone, an impotent exile, whilst this form, this presence, returns to torment me!” 15. “Welcome to the honeycomb hideout.” “How do you bankroll this operation?” “I date a lot of older men.” |
| Saturday, March 1st, 2008 | |
| 10:31 pm | Meme time! So this is another one of those 'dozen characters, thirty questions' memethings, some of the questions I've seen before, most of them I hadn't, so whee! 1. Sam Winchester 2. Delirium of the Endless 3. Dr. Who 4. Gambit 5. Dean Winchester 6. Nathan Explosion 7. Maximum Ride 8. Wolverine 9. Bela Talbot 10. Death of the Endless 11. Charles Foster Ofdensen 12. Elizabeth Swann/Turner Done writing down your own dozen? Well then! ( on to zee kvestions! ) |
| Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 | |
| 9:12 pm | So, just a quick little update to let y'all know about the state of the Sterling. Bullet point #1: I gots me a job! I'll be working for the County Utilities Billing Services department, which is basically a whole lot of answering phones and telling people why their trash hasn't been picked up or why their electricals have been turned off. This leads right to bullet point #2: I will be moving this year, sometime, date has yet to be determined, but I'll let y'all know well in advance, or at least during, or something. As I was saying in a letter to my brother earlier: "It's a little freakout-inducing, because it's actually happening it's something I can actually see now instead of just being one of those things that's going to happen someday." Bullet point the third: My cat decided to be helpful the other day and pierce my lip for me. It really was sweet and all, except that she used this slash-y, hook-y movement instead of a poking/stabbing one, so now I've got this nice scabby bit on my top lip, it's really pretty and I'll take pictures if anyone wants to see. In other news: Getting over the chest-cold of doom, hopefully. Mum got it first, gave it to me, and then I gave it back, so hopefully she won't re-infect me since I'm still coughing as it is. |
