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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
11:34 pm	I'm back and I've brought a six things post! Okay, I have SO run out of money now, but life? Life is GOOD. ( Six things that have made me happy this week! ) So yes, that's what I'm currently being happy about. I hope you guys are all good, too. *attempts to hand around the happy in case anyone would like some* Laters, Rath Current Mood: busy Current Music: Yngwie Malmsteen, Cry No More (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
1:57 pm	And today, I get two festivals for the price of one. Happy Hallowe'en, to those of you who celebrate it; Samhain blessings, to those of you celebrating that instead. To those of you who, like me, see no harm in doing both, best wishes twice over and I hope you're all having a lovely time. ♥♥♥ Right, now to go and watch classic cars, play with bats and eat candy, I think... Love, The Navigator PS Justin's chocolatiers are doing GREEN TOFFEE APPLES. O_O I thought you should all know that. Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: Curtis Stigers, The Man You're Gonna Fall In Love With (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, October 12th, 2009
11:00 pm	Perfume! ZOMG, Slaanesh loves me, seriously. You guys will not believe this... A couple of years ago, I got a custom scent made for me by S'Amuser perfumers in Cambridge. It was basically perfect on me, the only scent ever to be so - all vanilla and amber and molten gold, and I adored it. Unfortunately, being all-natural, it eventually died on me... and S'Amuser closed down a while back. I thought I'd never have it again. I managed to find their email address, back in June, and sent them an email. The email bounced, or seemed to. I figured they'd gone out of business and that was going to be the end of it. Much quiet mourning ensued. Only tonight I just got an email from someone at the company, apologising for her mailbox having mislaid some of her mail! And she has all the supplies! And she's willing to make me up a custom batch just because I was dedicated enough to chase them down! I can have my perfume again! You all have no idea how happy this makes me. ^_^ Laters, The Navigator Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: Crossfade, Invincible (random Youtube rec!) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
7:20 pm	VICTORY! Thank you Wacken and Iceland, for the solid month of heavy-duty exercise and not a lot of food by comparison; Thank you Whitby, for the constant supply of hills, steps and indeed Steps; Thank you food poisoning, even, I guess, because I sure didn't eat much for the last week; ...I FIT BACK INTO MY VELVET JEANS! AND MY LEATHER JEANS! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO! I don't need to buy more trousers after all! And when I do they might even be size twelve! And now I don't even have to go to the laundrette in my pyjamas, how d'you like THEM apples... Laters, Rath PS Hail Slaanesh. ^_^ Current Mood: over the moon Current Music: Rob Zombie, Blitzkrieg Bop (man, this is awful...) (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 25th, 2009
2:05 pm	Flying dutchpost So, the house is empty, Koi's on its way to Whitby, and I feel like death warmed over but at least it's done. deepbluesquee - can you check your phone before you go home? I sent you a text to see if you wanted to come and sit and keep me company and get free pizza this evening. ^_^ Hope everyone is okay, right, now to sort out work... Rath x PS This song is so beautiful it is severely interfering with my concentration. Hell yeah. ♥ Current Mood: sick Current Music: Ingrimm, Letzte Reise (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
10:45 am	Heavy metal is still the law, godsdammit... Tuesday was the 15th September, 2009. This is of note at least to me, because that makes it my fourteenth... well, for want of a better word, metalliversary. Fourteen years to the day since I said to a girl at my school "what's this heavy metal thing about?" and she shoved an Earache Records compilation entitled "Earplugged" into my hands. The thing is, ironically, I haven't grown up into any kind of grindcore fan. The majority of the stuff that was on that tape would leave me comparatively cold, now. But at the time, even though it wasn't exactly what I was looking for, it was a signpost. The basic revelation that "there exists a noise that goes like THIS" was all it took for me to decide I wanted to find out more... and then a few days later another friend pushed me Metallica, Megadeth and Iron Maiden, and the rest was history. So it seemed only fitting that Tuesday was the first night I properly noticed the start of the dark season, among other things. I was walking home after nightfall and it was genuinely cold, and the wind felt properly hungry for the first time in months, and the sky was a wild, cloud-streaked orange instead of just dark. Most people can sense at least on some level the huge surge of life energy that, in this country at least, comes up through April and May and peaks somewhere around Beltaine; I consider myself very lucky in being able to also pick up the corresponding other current that starts sometime in September and goes up to the peak at Samhain, heheh. And that has definitely started... *wild-eyed grin* And then I got in and found that the parcel ironlord had sent me, of about twenty albums' worth of viking metal/pagan metal/extreme metal of various flavours, had FINALLY arrived and my evening was complete. Apparently the postal strikes have an epic sense of timing. ^_^ I'm just looking forward to my fifteen-year metalliversary next year, now. Cos by the time that hits, I'll be thirty. I'll have been a metalhead for HALF MY LIFE, official. ("It's not a bloody phase, Dad! It totally IS worth letting me spend my pocket money on all these CDs!") Seriously, it's awesome. I love being me. ^_^ Laters, Rath Current Mood: excitable Current Music: Bathory, Twilight of the Gods (22 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
1:42 am	Late-night lols. So I googled "moogle" just now for reasons that are not particularly important, and I am now in stitches over this. (Read the whole way down - this is a rare, golden exception to the "never read comments on the internet" rule!) I also discovered that moogle.co.uk is the homepage of a National Lottery syndicate, bizarrely. I am very confused as to why, and also I thought that was illegal/against the Lottery rules. Someone needs to buy that domain and fill it with actual moogles, stat. In other news, zeldenthuis, I've just found something for the strange covers collection, in case you haven't heard this: Monumentum doing "Fade to Grey". Italian goth-dark-metallers do weird things. O_O I'm also currently in love with Mono Inc's "Grown", which I can't find on Youtube but the lyrics are here. Because, well, yes. O_O (Although whoever transcribed those lyrics didn't have a very good ear, but they're close.) [The administration thanks you for your time. This post was brought to you by http://www.relentlessenergy.com, because there are so many empties around the house now that even I'm starting to wonder if I have a problem. >.> ] Laters, Rath Current Mood: Awake. FOREVER. O_O Current Music: as per post (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
2:34 pm	This is a 'nouncement! WEGOTTHEHOUSEWOOHOOO!!!!!!! Ahem. I mean to say, yes, we got our new house in Whitby, and Koi and I will be living on... CHURCH STREET. Yes. On the very road beneath St Mary's and the Abbey leading up to the 199 Steps, in the middle of the old town, right beneath the wings of the Shadow Over Whitby... in the top two floors of a rickety old little building tucked tight in between its neighbours, with the sun coming through the ceiling and my window overlooking Church Street itself. It is fragging perfect. There is only one place I'd have been happier to get and that would've been the very corner of the West Cliff, but there's nothing going up there so this will do just FINE, thankyou! And... well, I have nothing to add to this information, really. There is no point in my filling up half a page with capslock when everyone who knows me will be able to guess EXACTLY how I feel about this. ^_^ Laters, Rath PS And some kind souls have put a ton of Ingrimm songs on Youtube since I looked last! Yay! Current Mood: jubilant Current Music: Ingrimm, Ingrimm (19 Comments |Comment on this)
11:06 am	Games Day Right - quick call, who still wants to come to Games Day with me on Sunday 27th September? (Lupie, Raven, anyone else interested?) Cos I'm planning to get my train tickets in advance to save money, so I want to know if I'm likely to be going alone or if I need to sort out scheduling with people... Rath Current Mood: organised Current Music: ASP, Hunger (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
5:07 pm	Queeeek crosspost We, er, need to sell/give away some of our stuff before we move. >.> Anyone need a vacuum, fridge, bike, bass amp, or some water weaponry? If so, please head To the Koi & Rath Free Stuff Listing! Cheers, Rath Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: Ragnaröek, Ragnaröek (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
1:54 pm	Six things post This could've been a post about how miserable I was. But y'know what? Bad day, I defy you. Six things that are making me happy today! 1) Bon Jovi, because Iron Maiden may be my all-time favourite band, but Bon Jovi were my first favourite band and they still make me smile when not much else can. I am going to be unashamedly sappy and make you all listen to Thank You For Loving Me. And also It's My Life, which is very appropriate to my current mood. ^_^ 2) Being into the Good Bit of my 2009 WWE calendar, ie the last five months which consists almost entirely of my favourite Superstars. This month, I have Edge smirking from my bedroom wall. There are so many worse ways to wake up than this. ^_^ 3) Equilibrium, who are brilliant. I'm particularly in love with Ruf in der Wind, which is the wildest dancing song I've heard in forever. Seriously, if I put this on and shut my eyes I can feel the whole sky spin above me - it's amazing. ♥ (For the German speakers on my friendslist, here are the lyrics - and if anyone has time to poke them, I'd love to know roughly what they mean! ^_^) 4) Text from Mum, to say that the tiny stray black kitten who was outside their house at the weekend has been reunited with his owners! ^_^ I'm so relieved. Tiny kitten was very tiny, should not have been out on his own! 5) My headcast. No special reason today, I just love all of them very much and they make my life a better place by leaning over my shoulder and poking me. ♥ 6) And finally, as if to justify my decision not to whinge, I got a phone call right after I started this post to ask if I wanted to come and view more houses! ^_^ Why yes, I do. Excellent! Laters, Rath Current Mood: taking on the world Current Music: Equilibrium, Ruf in der Wind (35 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
7:15 pm	So I turn my back for two days... ...and come back to be informed that Disney's bought Marvel. Any bets on how long before Garth Ennis's Punisher runs go out of print with extreme prejudice, anyone? Laters, Rath Current Mood: sullied and unusual Current Music: Equilibrium, Verrat (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
4:02 pm	I'll be damned, said the Devil, and he vanished with a bang... ...and I'll be damned indeed, cos the corner shop just down from Kynesim has started stocking Jones cream soda. *_* American cream soda is LOVE, and Jones is better than most if I can't get Fitz's. Meanwhile, speaking of classic American things, I'm still dying of glee over here after finally getting to see SummerSlam last night. I love DX so much. Especially when they bring tanks. ♥ Finally, I would like to draw everyone's attention to the fact that my job with Kynesim is up for grabs. If anyone needs any encouragement to come and work for this company, I'm posting from the office right now and behind me I can hear a conversation about how to get better Internet for Selwyn students by flying an airship above the College and stealing bandwidth from somewhere on Mill Road. If you want a job with a company that is genuinely NOT a haven for brain-dead drones and people who will think you're weird, unlike most companies... you want to work for us. Seriously. And the stuffed squid on my chairback agrees with me. (You get to inherit him, too.) That's me, anyway. How's everyone? Laters, Rath Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: Equilibrium, Unbesiegt (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
3:59 am	Quick post. Just for the record, I am so in love right now with Bai Bang's cover of the Sweet's X-Ray Specs that I may actually explode from joy. Man, the Swedish glam scene is awesome. Here, have a random pic of their bass player, to demonstrate just why the idea of this band being able to see through people's clothes can't be all bad... ^_^ Meanwhile, anyone who reads here but not LJ should probably refer to this post for important State of the Rath information. Also, I've been to Wacken if that sort of thing is of any interest - full review later! Sorry if I missed anything while I was gone - if you need me to see anything, please let me know! Hope everyone is okay. Now, since it's four in the morning, I crash. Night guys! Laters, Rath Current Mood: happy Current Music: Swedish glam! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
10:07 am	[Writing] Somewhere, in a parallel universe... Writing! I'm going to take it as a good omen that I was feeling creative enough to dash this off. ^_^ *** ( Possible futures. ) *** Laters, Rath Current Mood: creative Current Music: Blue Öyster Cult, Les Invisibles (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
2:38 pm	Things you do not want to find. So I just went to look for the office coffee-making thing. I found it, looked in it, and made a strangled noise that made the entire office stare at me. Someone, about three months ago, has apparently critical-failed their sanitary check. O_O There's also a mug containing a mouldy tea bag. It's news to me that this is even possible. Yikes. *gets fairy liquid and draws circle of Protection from Nurglings with it, before going to wash up...* Laters, Rath Current Mood: blergh! Current Music: Tiamat, The Truth's For Sale (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
9:57 pm	By all the gods, this is awesome! So, as those of you who read (lj)faithinfire will already know, yesterday I was formally diagnosed with depression. This is a good thing, arguably, as it gives me some framework for handling the overwhelming sense of "oh shit, universe falling to pieces" that I've been suffering for the last few weeks and assuming was somehow entirely my own fault. So while I was at home feeling sorry for myself and very small indeed, koilungfish went out and came home with lookingforsigns, and they brought me presents! ♥♥♥ There were cookies! And Seiber bought me pizza! And... and, and, and... There were also a whole five booster packs from the Pirates CSG that Seiber and me have been fangirling over lately! Including one from the "Fire & Steel" expansion that has the gorgeous Switchblade and Scorpion miniatures, which have tiny moving parts! Blades that turn on miniature plastic cogs! Now, Seiber had been lucky enough to get a Switchblade ship, HMS Salient, in our very first packs of boosters and I'd been profoundly jealous. But... As I tore open the Fire & Steel pack, I saw the glint of silver. My eyes widened. Silver-stamped cards! Black super-rare corner tags! All of them! And... ...three entire cards that went to make up a great, pale, hideous monster of a ship. Grey and black and dust white, the pallid shade of old skin and the rotten muted red of dead, stripped meat. And dazzling, silver, twin scythelike blades... A super-rare, Cursed-fleet Switchblade. Oh. My. GODS. Her name is Skin Flayer and she is gorgeous. I cannot believe that a random booster pack my friends grabbed for me as a "please cheer up!" present could manage to be the single most coveted set in the whole expansion - witness the bit of paper that fell out after the Skin Flayer (not to mention the Silver Coffin, the Soul Mark treasure card, and Tabitha McWarren, the Cursed pirate girl who joined the crews of the damned when she threw herself from a clifftop for the sake of a dead pirate lover): a note that read "Congratulations! You just dug up the most sought-after treasure chest in the Pirates of the Cursed Seas Fire and Steel pocketmodel game! It contains every super-rare game piece in the set!" I mean, how extraordinary is that, in those particular circumstances? I think something out there loves me at least as much as my friends do. ♥♥♥ Laters, Rath Current Mood: loved Current Music: Amorphis, Divinity (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
2:20 pm	(Very short) dialogues with the infinite. "Universe," said I, waving a hand from the depths of a half-proofread treatise on analytical theory, "everything sucks. I'm feeling bitter and resentful and nothing looks fun. Cheer me up!" "No problem," replied the universe, riffling through its box of LPs (which, as we all know, is of infinite dimensions and contains every song ever written in all possible realities). "Here, you might try this." "^_^!" "Also, for the record, Gödel's incompleteness theorems are exactly the kind of kneecap-shot theoretical result you love. Go look it up." "^____^!!!" "You're welcome. ^_^" There we go, all better now. Who says there's no benevolent Providence? ^_^ Laters, Rath Current Mood: loved Current Music: Bon Jovi, Judgement Day (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
4:07 pm	Also, America, your president is awesome. (Film at 11, I know...) Apparently Obama wrote a note for a girl who skipped school to see him at one of his public meetings, to get her out of trouble with her teacher. Story here. Dude. I thought heads of state only did things like that in children's stories... ^_^ Laters, Rath PS: Her name was Kennedy. Heh. Current Mood: admiring Current Music: Still Sonata Arctica... (5 Comments |Comment on this)
2:57 pm	[Music] *IS DED* *IS TEN THOUSAND TIMES DED* Oh my... I cannot articulate how much I love this, mostly because I am laughing too hard. But seriously, this has just given me an entire year's worth of joy in the space of five minutes. Okay, everyone knows The Wind Beneath My Wings, right? Here's Michael Ball's version, which I happen to like, for reference (excuse the Xena, but this was the only version of it I could find on Youtube). Classic, slow, sentimental, much loved song you can play at weddings, funerals and your Dad's sixtieth birthday bash. You know the one. Now, here are my beloved, beloved boys Sonata Arctica (YES, the Finnish metal band, for those of you sitting at the back) doing their version of this pop classic. I... am INCOHERENT, seriously. Oh, my BOYS. This is simultaneously utterly and soaringly gorgeous and the funniest thing I have heard ALL DECADE. ~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~ Dear power metal scene, and Sonata Arctica in particular, I love you very, very much. Please do not ever, ever change, and in particular please do not ever develop ANY sense of how you look to people whose senses of the ridiculous have developed beyond the embryonic. Please keep doing wonderful, ludicrous, utterly unselfconscious things like this for ever and ever, because the world could more easily spare a million scoffers than it could spare one band THIS AWESOME. ^_^ ...I would totally dance to this if it ever got played in a club. And if they play it live next time I see them, I bet I cry. ^_^ Laters, Rath Current Music: ....YES (14 Comments |Comment on this)