So, was there ever a doubt that I would adore the new Sherlock Holmes, given my love of crack, Sherlock Holmes, crack, Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr., crack, Guy Ritchie flicks, and, you know. Cross-dressing ass-kicking hotties making their way in a man's world by hook, crook, and any means very necessary, plus crack, and well. No? I agree. Plus, there may have been some good crack in this.

And then they busted out the reference to the family estate, complete with follies near Chichester.

( Sold, motherfucker, sold to the lady who is desperately weak against Strong!Watson and daydreams about Hornblower being Holmes's ancestor. Spoilers. )

Best part of it all, of course, was seeing it with amonitrate to squeal with and punch as the mood struck.

Thiefed sodelicatecandi: :D
What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? Joined a bootcamp and got heaps fit
Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't make resolutions.
Did anyone close to you give birth? I grew apart from all the pregnant ppl in my life (not by choice lol).
Did anyone close to you die? My nan
What countries did you visit? No ...ask me that again in 2011 when i go to NYC!
What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? Moneyyyyyy
What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory? August 29th
What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting into the airforce
What was your biggest failure? saving money lol
Did you suffer illness or injury? Had a few times where i was really sick
What was the best thing you bought? Couldnt afford to really buy anything
Whose behaviour merited celebration? dunno
Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? Certain friend who chose to pretend  none of her friends exist anymore as long as she has her Boyfriend
Where did most of your money go? Bills
What did you get really, really, really excited about? Ill probably go with Spooked lol
What song/album will always remind you of 2009?  Lady Gaga :D
Happier or sadder? Sadder,
Thinner or fatter? thinner i think.
Richer or poorer? poorer.
What do you wish you'd done more of? exercise.
What do you wish you'd done less of? sleeping.
How did you spend Christmas? At home being depressed without my nan
Who did you spend the most time on the phone with? lol jasmin..but i barely got a word in
Did you fall in love in 2009? kinda.
How many one night stands did you have in this last year? one million
What was your favorite TV show? SVU, dexter, nip/tuck, merlin, oz, there are so many
Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? probably lol.
What was the best book(s) you read? "The womens murder club books
What was your greatest musical discovery? Glee
What did you want and get? into the airforce.
What did you want and not get? more money
What were your favourite films of this year? ummm
What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Nothing really...and 20.
What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? more money :D
How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? Jeans, PJ's and dresses for town
What kept you sane? kate, nick and laura
Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Mariska and Chris like always and julian mcmahon and Michael C Hall
What political issue stirred you the most? i dont care too much about it
Who did you miss? My nan...but losing her made me miss all my granparents more than anything
Who was the best new person you met? ummm im not sure
Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009. To stop caring about what other people think and do what makes you happy
Quote a song lyric that sums up your year? i cant think of any lollol

SO how was everyones christmas' :D hope you all had a great one. Whatd you all get?
i had a pretty good one ended up getting

• Ipod touch
• Books -isabel gillies book 'happens everyday'

                        -Vodka doesnt freez and Voodoo doll
                       -Nightlight (twilight parody coz i refuse to read twilight and the back of this book amused me to no end
                      -Couple of editing books

• DVD's -Season 1 of the wire

                       -Not quite hollywood
                     -Criminal intent S4

• Jewelerry
• Heels
  
• Dresses
  
• Vouchers
  
• Bras & Undies
  
• Chocoloate fondue fountain
  
• HAir straightenee

So it was a pretty good christmas i reckon. A bit depressing becasue it was my first one without any grandparents and i kept expecting my nan to be there making the day awesome but of course she wasnt :( we spent Xmas eve going around to see my nan's sisters though, cried my eyes out a every house but it was good to see them.
OH! i passed my airforce physical (and by passed i mean kicked ass lol) thanks to bootcamp (i miss that now..as much i hated the early mornings) So im leaving on the 26th of january (So pissed off about the tv shows ill miss ha) so now im planning my farewell, gonna be so much fun, just gotta get invites out.
Thats all i can think of right now lol. What are all you guys doing for NYE?
also does anyone know where i can find any good Dexter icons? i dont know what im gonna do waiting for S5 lol
xox Holly

The number of times I've watched the Hit Girl teaser for Kick Ass in the past 45 minutes is truly astounding. Yes, I know she's just a side character. Yes, I know it's Mark "Problematic" Millar. But holy shit, I'm pretty hungry for girls bringing the badass in pots and buckets and washtubs, and. Just.

YES.

Apparently I took an almost three month hiatus. It was completely unplanned. Thanks (& sorry!) to all of you who have asked about my RPF - it means a lot that you guys have missed it! I've been writing & rewriting this over & over. It seems that I'm still a bit rusty, given the unexpected break from writing. This is just a short little something & I hope that finally being satisfied with it means that I'm working out all that rust!

Woops, forgot to add that like most of my stuff, yes this is a one shot. Hopefully now that I've started working the kinks out of my writing, I'll have something new again soon. :)

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( Touchy (RPF) )

I really need to cut back heaviuly on costumes and cons because I don't want to take to much time away from work and I don't want to spend too much money. I'm hoping to move into my first apartment in the begining of this coming year. But, I want to do some new things and of course I really want to go to at least a con. So let's see, which con(s) should I go to?  

To choose from:
San Diego Comic Con DragonCon Celebration V

San Diego Comic Con: A ton of my friends are going and it's just a short train ride down. I don't have to pay for an expensive plane ticket. I also already have my ticket for it. And if I don'tgo, I may be letting some people down. It's also just smart to do for the industry I'm in and will give me a leg up at work.

But, I don't have a room for it and that's such a huge headache. The whole con is starting to be a huge headache and I know that this year there won't be as much Iron Man stuff. Aside from doing costumes and seeing friends (which I do at every con), there's really no pull for me this year. Although, I'm guessing there won't be a Twilight panel, so it would be nice to go to the con without all the crazies. ;)
 
DragonCon: Has the Yule Ball and with my re-reading of Harry Potter, I really want to go this year. I have't been to the ball yet. I already have a room. I'd see so many friends on the east coast that I never get to see. It's the best con there is and I'll be with my girls (except Sami which makes me really sad). Also, I already have a few diferent group costumes planned and I think I'm most looking forward to do Harry Potter stuff this year. But the biggest pull is hanging out with my girls (which sadly I didn't do enough this past year).

It's on the other side of the country so I'd have to pay for an expensive plane ticket. It's a con I've been to for four years and can just go the next year. It's right after SDCC, so if I do that, I probabaly couldn't do this.

Celebration V: Is in Orlando!!! Literally just around the block from my house! So I wouldn't need to get a hotel room (huge money saver) and my Mom offered to have some of my friends stay with me. I'd also get to see my family again which I rarely get to do now. Also, since I'm going home, I bet I could get my parents to help with costs (make it an early Christmas present). And I could see my Orlando friends and get to be crazy with them. I know the area really well so I'd know all the cool places to go after the con. Also, the Star Wars Celebrations don't come once a year. They just pop up whenever, so who knows if I can go to the next one.

It's just one fandom. A fandom I'm not all gung-ho about anymore (not saying I don't love it and wouldn't do some costumes for it). But if I can only choose one con, I'd rather some thing with more diversity. If I do this, I know I can't do DragonCon.
 
I think I've already made up my mind. Do DragonCon no matter what. San Diego Comic Con if I can swing it and pretty much forget about Celebration V. But we'll see how the year pans out. Wouldn't it be cool if I could swing all three??? Doubtful, but you never know.  

 

Ok, so costumes. I really wanted something different, recognizable and flashy for SDCC. Not just the usal suit that people only get now 'cause I crammed Pepper Potts down their throats, lol. I was thinking of finally doing Madame Masque. I had the idea a few years back and this year I have the option of taking off the wig and mask if they get annoying and going as Pepper in disguise. The suit would be pretty easy to make/modify I think.The mask would be the tricky part. But since I want to do easy this year, I can always cheat and just make a regular mask and hang it with a wig from my belt and just be Pepper.

I also told some girls I'd do an Ironette dancer with them. It does look like fun and not too difficult to make. It would take more planning and dewing on my part than Madame Masque, but definitely outside my relm of possibilites in sewing.

I also wanted to fix up my sequel Pepper Potts outfit which I think I can do.

I really want to do Ginny Weasley for DragonCon. I think it would be so much fun. Martha and I already have planned so many fun adventures. She's going to be Bella so we can duel all the time and terrorize the Twilight crazies. I just think that Hogwarts robes would be a fun project and I feel like it would be satisfying my 12 year old self.

So this is really starting to stack up. I may have to knock off Madame Masque because I can't spend too much money. We'l see.

YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET MY FIVE STRAIGHT WEEKS OF FREEDOM BEGIN!!!!!!!

Excuse me, but I'm running on three hours of sleep and LOTS of soda. I'm gonna go home and pass out now.