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Some hates: Grown men - and it always seems to be men - who cycle no-handed. You aren't twelve, grow up, this isn't going to impress girls any more. Some non-drinkers. Now, I don't drink, but I have no objection to drinking, and subsequently I have many friends who don't drink, and we accept each other's lifestyle choices and get on fine. But what I really hate are the non-drinkers who smugly...

Ally Carter , Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover The third book in the Gallagher Girls series, and one which sets up things for later books, one senses. Loved seeing Cammie's aunt, and the new classes the girls took, particularly the focus on disguises. Well put together and, like the others, a great read. It's a school for spies! What's not to love? Gayle Forman , If I Stay I had only...

I heart this poll . Pretend to be a girls' school story heroine. Or indeed, if you are one, all the better.

I met slemslempike for lunch at Pizza Hut, where we carried out a pact sealed in comments on a recent LJ post and ordered dessert first : a cookie dough/ice cream/chocolate sauce sharer. Then we had the buffet because we felt we ought to eat some healthy greens pizza. My plan for the afternoon is to sit very quietly at my desk and not move much.

From ankaret and slemslempike How did you come to start your LJ? doyle_sb4  gave me a code. In the fishbowl computer lab on the top floor of the physics building. How did you find your first friends? Via Harry Potter fandom, mostly. Are those first friends still on your FL? Yes, mostly, although some no longer post. irinaauthor  and writergirlie ...

A certain slemslempike somewhat foolhardily associated five things with me and thus caused the following to occur. I was trying to keep them fairly short but am in a weird mood which may not have escaped your attention, so I suspect that something a bit exponential has been and happened. Smurfs It is my considered opinion that Smurfs (since identified with the "blue devils" long used as...

From slemslempike : "If you leave a comment, I will draw one [or more] of your interests VERY BADLY in paint. I can't draw even with an actual pencil, and I only have access to a touchpad mouse, so I cannot emphasise the VERY BADLY enough. EXTREMELY APPALLING and almost certainly BARELY RECOGNISEABLE interests, that's what's on offer." Actually I have a graphics tablet bought out of Liking...

It's been a rather long Xmas holiday around here. Unfortunately, that might continue because the nice people at CameraWorld on Wells St told me this week that my camera was not only injured, but mortally so. Which means that Amazon delivered a Panasonic FX500 today. See you later. But...not before leaving you with some entertainment. A quiz! However, there are no grains of rice to be earned this...

There are, I believe, 15 people who know exactly why I was incoherent with happiness on my birthday, but I probably utterly bewildered some of the rest of you. Having got permission to jump up and down and tell you how brilliant they are, I'm intending to do just that. My most incredible and fantastic friends got together and have raised a fund for me to buy a mobility scooter/electric wheelchair...