Bands Don't Want Fans To Hear Their Songs!

Why do bands go out of their way to make sure some fans can't hear their songs? I refer to the habit of releasing some songs only in certain markets and not in others, making it impossible for fans to ever hear those songs. Manic Street Preachers (Soul Mates, Antarctic)are one of the worst offenders, Helloween (Fast As A Shark, We Unite) another. Do they hate their fans or those songs that much that they want to keep them apart?

The evils of printer fascism

I've replaced the ink cartridges for my printer but my evil fascist printer won't recognise them, it demands expensive purity of ink instead of what I can afford. There's nothing wrong with the cartridges, they're the same type as what I just removed, it's just the evil printer hates them with a cold fury that makes a Dalek look like a liberal in comparison.

Things to look forward to in 2009

Movies:
Star Trek
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Terminator 4

Books:
Unseen Academicals
Rides a Dread Legion

Telly:
Doctor Who 'Planet of the Dead'
Robin Hood
Comic Relief
The Prisoner
Torchwood
Heroes - Volume 4
Battlestar Galactica - season 4 part 2

Looking Back at 2008

I bought tons of feminine clothes and wore knickers 24/7/365 and the local river burst its banks spectacularly, but apart from that it wasn't an especially good year for me but neither was it a bad year, just a boring year really. Here's to 2009 when I hope to have more femine clothes than not :)

Life: a poem

Am I falling or am I flying?
It's all a matter of opinion if
I'm in control of my life or not

It's like I'm moving without going
Moving fast just to stand still
Going nowhere fast as usual

Soaring above the ground so high
I am the eagle in the cool air
Riding the thermals of life

Too fast, too slow, too daunting
Too steady, too quick, it's confusing
I have my good days and bad ones

Sometimes things are just perfect
Others are just like total crap
I just want good more than bad

I want to fly above the hurting pain
Rise above the mundane nausea
Be myself not something other

Is it too hard to want normality
A simple existance where I'm happy
Some days it's here and then its gone

I guess we can't have joy all the time
But I'd like more fun than misery
That's all we can hope for I guess

Goblet of Fire

Just been watching the movie (yet again) I must have seen it about 15 times now, it's one of the better films in the series, it really sets events into motion that play out for the rest of the series. Voldemort is back and he's badder than ever. Harry experiences the death of a friend and this loss haunts him for a long time. His friendship with Ron nearly breaks and comes to an end but it is remade all the stronger, until Deathly Hallows tests it even more of course. Harry undergoes all sorts of tests of his character, his skills and his courage and he's all the stronger for it as proved in Order of the Phoenix when he assumes the role of DADA teacher in secret. Goblet of Fire sees the end of Harry's childhood in a way, from this story on he starts to mature rapidly into an adult. It's a painful time but a necessary one.

Sparknotes Test

It all adds up... we feel 56% certain that you are...A Woman!
100% more male than you — 0% like you — 0% more female than you
How do we know? Well, deep down, your gender affects everything about you, from your favorite number to your views on Canada. Many women who took the test think and act just like you, as you can see from the graph above.
Statistically speaking, you are a woman—whether you know it or not.

That's all good and well because I do feel more feminine than masculine but it's hardly a case to spend £20k getting a groin reconfiguration, although I'd like one there's no way i can ever afford one so I just have to make do with being wrong down there and anyway even when I get my vagina the rest of me can hardly pass so what's the point? Gender shouldn't be compulsory from birth it should be optional when you're old enough to know what you want to be.

is it possible to be addicted to coffee?

I love a good cuppa, coffee that is. I really cannot stand tea at all, it just tastes awful to me. I try not to drink too much either, about five or six cups a day and preferably before 2pm. I'm going ot have one more cuppa just now and that'll be enough for me. I've read about people who are actually addiced to coffee, how can they possibly sleep? If I have a cuppa after 4pm I can't sleep that night, there's no way I could ever drink enough to go without sleep. Plus I don't need a cuppa, but while it's cold like this it makes sense to get a warm drink now and again. I'm certainly not addicted to it like I am to chocolate, I freely admit to being a chocaholic, I love chocolate, it's like a boyfriend to me, holding me in his big strong arms keeping me safe and secure from the worries of the world.

A great profusion of post today :)

A very girly post day as I got lots of goodies. My new socks, my slutty camisole, my new nail varnish & eye shadow, my new lingerie and my new shoes. I'm still waiting for a few items too, namely a jacket, skirt and blouse, as well as more mundane items like a CD and DVD. I'm wearing my new lingerie right now, it feels wonderfully feminine :)

Back to Work this Friday

After being laid off for three months I finally get to do something boring and mundane for a while. I'm looking forward to it on the whole, I get to see people again I haven't seen in months, the down side of course is I get to see people I haven't seen in months ;) Still I'm looking forward to it on the whole.

Re-ripping CD's

I'm in the middle of re-ripping some of my CD's because they were originally ripped in a very large file format and I'm running out of HD space, so I'm re-ripping them in a smaller file size to make room and keep all the music files for my listening pleasure.

Star Trek: The New Voyages aka Phase II

A not for profit fan made series that is trying to complete the five year mission . I've seen the pilot and the first 3 episodes so far and I've been impressed by how much better each one's been than the last. Episode 4 is available now, well ok it was available 10 days ago but I've waited until now to download it to avoid the rush. It's the first part of a 2-part storyline, a first for the series and the trailer looks excellent.

0. Come What May
1. In Harm's Way
2. To Serve All Of My Days
3. World Enough And Time
4. Blood And Fire - Part 1
5. Blood And Fire - Part 2
6. Enemy: Starfleet
7. The Child
8. Kitumba - Part 1
9. Kitumba - Part 2

As you can see it's an ambitious project and I really hope they make it. It's also worth nothing that James Cawley who plays Kirk in this series has an unnamed role in the forthcoming Star Trek movie.

Mugs

I have a good mug collection, everyone collects something, right? I collect mugs. I got two new ones recently, one a gift and the other I bought myself. The gift was a large M&M cup, it's green but it's got the blue M&M character on the front. The other is a Slytherin House mug, which is white and features the Slytherin emblem on one side, while the other side is blank. I hope they re-release it next year with a design on both sides and perhaps in silver instead of white. Other mugs I have are one with a kitten on, a pink one with a cake on the front, three Doctor Who mugs, and several brightly coloured mugs each with a witty message on the front as well as numerous plainly patteredn mugs of varying colours. I've never counted them all to see how many I've got, I'm not quite that nerdy.

washing clothes

Yesterday and today have been taken up by doing laundry. First up were my dark clothes, two skirts, t-shirts, tops and socks mainly with a few dark pairs of knickers too. The problem is it's too cold to put anything out on the line so I have to use the tumble dryer too and certain tops just will not dry in it no matter how long I put them in it. Whites were next, mainly knickers with a few t-shirts. I hand wash my bras so they don't really count here. Then it was 1/2 my old bedding, and a few stray socks and knickers and now I have my last load in drying, the other half of the bedding, a couple of pink skirts and a couple of socks that didn't quite get dry before. I have my damp top stuck over the radiator hoping it'll dry it off somehow. During the summer I tend to do washing every other day but in the winter I tend to get lazy and leave it to build up a bit before I force myself to do it. Tomorrow I have a pile of ironing the size of Everest to do but I'll get through it, otherwise I can't wear my favourite skirt for New Years Eve.

I've Been Sorted!

be sorted @ nimbo.net

what the test says:
So basically, you're cunning, ambitous, and willing to use any means to meet your ends. Lots of people think Slytherins are cold, evil, heartless people.. and although some are, some are not. Slytherins are the most misunderstood people.. You're not all evil! We're misconceived and misunderstood, and have been given a bad rep.. The movie makes us look terrible. People just have this thing about people about ambition.. Hmm.. Well, you know you're the best, so I guess it doesn't matter. Gryffindor may beat you at everything.. but you still keep trying! COME ON, SHOW SOME SLYTHERIN PRIDE!

It's Cold!

Really cold, really really cold. It could drop below freezing tonight :( It's too cold for a miniskirt and a vest top, a proper blouse is needed, and antifreeze in the blood! Just popped out to the shop, I had four layers on and I still wasn't warm enough! This winter is much colder than last years and tomorrow's going to be even colder according to the BBC's website :(

why do some companies drastically over-wrap packages?

Last week I got a mug in a box that was large enough to fit four of them inside and today I got a package that was large enough to hold a 12" vinyl record that turned out to have my new Slytherin silk tie in it. Both were vastly over-wrapped to what they could have been, using way too much marerial that could have been conserved for other orders and thus more eco-friendly. Had I been out the house today the postie couldn't have delivered my tie even though if wrapped better it could have been delivered without any difficulty. Is it time to start levying a waste tax against companies that blatently enlarge the carbon foot print of a delivery more than it needs to be?

Blackadders

There's been several different Black Adders throughout the ages:

Blackaddercus, a Roman soldier
Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh aka 'The Black Adder'
Lord Edmund Blackadder courtier to Queen Elizabeth I
Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prince Regent
Sir Edmund Blackadder, the royalist supporter of King Charles
Ebeneezer Blackadder, the kindest, lovliest man in all the land
Captain Edmund Blackadder a british soldier serving in the Somme
Edmund Blackadder the inventer of a time machine and later King Edmund III
Commander Blackadder a space age warrior

I think my favourite is the butler, being lower down the pecking order really brings out his nastiness more than the other characters, he's much more cerebral and his plans are more devious and dangerous and he gets some of the best lines too.

Cult

What is cult and why is it cult? Cult is generally described as something that is popular with a small group of people outside of the mainstream public concensus. Eg Star Trek is a cult TV show, because there is a hardcore audience of trekkies who love the show all the time even theough the show comes and goes in and out of general public favour. Certain bands have a cult following too, REM before they signed to a maijor label had a huge cult following that was way larger than many of the so-called 'big' bands at the time, and they've gone on to find great success in the public mainstream while retaining most of their original cult following. On the whole I think that the label cult gets applied by the media when it can't understand why somehting is more popular that they think it should be. This is not a bad thing, on the contrary it shows what things to look out for because it might just be really good.

Battlefield: The Special Edition

After the special editions of The Five Doctors and The Curse of Fenric comes Battlefield. A mix of high drama and sword and sorcery comedy fantasy. There's an evil queen and even a demonic monster too. The Doctor and Ace meet up with an old friend from the Doctor's UNIT days, the Brigadier! Of course the meeting is hel bac until the start of the 3rd episode, but when the cliffhangers have been removed to make it one movie-length story it just seems like too long a wait. The final showdowns are good, all three of them. First up there's the Doctor vs. Morgaine & The Destroyer, then there's The Brigadier vs. The Destroyer and finally The Doctor vs. Morgaine. The final scene is cool though with Ace, Shou Yuing, Winifred and Doris going for a girls day out in Bessie, the Doctor's souped-up yellow car. It's a good story but the whizzy special effects are a lot more subtle and sparse than the previous two special editions.

The Simpsons

I watched a couple of episodes last night :) The one where the school bus crashes and it all goes a bit Lord of the Flies and the one where Krusty becomes a stand up comedian before selling out again to get a free car. Two good episodes from the 9th season, which was 11 years ago now! The latest story I've seen is the movie which was about 4 times as long as a regular episode and didn't have much more jokes than a regular episode, still I'm sure they'd cancel the show if it got crap, right?

drink is evil

I don't drink alcohol, at all. I stopped drinking nearly 8 years ago and I haven't had any since. Why? A) I can't stand the tatse of most of it. B) It does nothing for me, I don't need to drink to have a good time. C) I like my liver the way it is and would rather not have it pickled thanks all the same. D) Chocolate is my drug of choice, against it alcohol is rubbish and yucky. I'd rather have a chocolate milkshake drink every time. I don't even bother with alcoholly desserts if I can avoid them, there's just no need to ruin a good pudding with evil booze.

the need for b-sides on cd singles

Many bands sadly fill their singles with pointless remixes of the single track, where as a few see it as a chance to do somehting a little different and release songs that they woudn't normally put on an album, eg a cover or a classic song or perhaps a song that's not representitive of their normal style, they might try a totally different style and the CD single is the perfect place to put it. I'm an obsessive about buying singles by certain bands, because I know they'll give something good as an extra bonus to their fans. The Wildhearts record songs specifically for their singles, and some of their best songs are actually b-sides, eg '29 x the Pain' or 'SIN (In Sin)'. Singles are a showcase for the band's musical talent and should encourage the casual fan to want to buy the album because the single's good and the b-sides aren't terrible, alas too many bands treat their singles as an excuse to make a rubbish video and flood the radio with irritating songs that make me want to tune in to another station.

additional
I've just bought the new Nickleback single 'Gotta Be Someone' and it includes a wonderful cover of Elton John's 'Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)' as the b-side. This just goes to prove what I was rabbiting on about above :)

Can you ever have too many skirts?

I currently have only eight, with another one ordered, and is that really enough? I'm not sure it is, is there a maximum number of skirts you can own before it becomes impossible to ever wear all you own? Maybe ten million, but if you were determined then it could be possible to wear them all (albiet briefly) within a lifetime. However I only have two dresses (boo-hoo) as I find they're not that really suit me in my size and budget. Maybe I'll have to win the lottery and go on a dress buying binge ;) I just hope there isn't another error with their networky gizmo thingy like yesterday, still I saved a quid for my new dress fund.

Four to Doomsday

Peter Davison's first story (production wise) and it's a simple story to get him used to playing the Doctor and the commentary is just hilarious as he and his fellow stars rip into everything, most of it justified too. The story is quite simple, a variant of the mad scientist, this one wants to travel faster than light, go back in time to before the big bang where he'll meet himself because he's god! Honestly! The Doctor is resplendant in his crickety cricket gear and decorative vegetable, and Adric, Nyssa and Tegan also have their costumes on too. I say costumes because that's what they are. They're not remotely like real clothes, they look like they've stepped out of four different theatre plays onto the set of a sci-fi b movie. Still it could be worse, they at least have a half decent set for once and some good mood lighting. One of the better designed and directed stories of the era imo, but it never gets past the simplicity of the script.

200 Days to Harry Potter

Of course it SHOULD have been released already, but the company moved it back to a summer release, it would have had virtually no opposition this winter, instead it's being put into a crowded summer that includes movies like Star Trek (which I am SO looking forward to) Transformers 2 & Terminator 4.

German Power Metal

I'm a huge fan of Helloween and Gamma Ray, they both combine crunching metal riffs with catchy vocal melodies but in their own way. I'm currently listening to Gamma Ray's latest studio CD, Land of the Free II, a thematic sequel to their 4th CD.

Cooking Curry

I like to cook and I like to cook curries a lot. I have a simple recipie that works for just about any curry, only the ingredients change. I generally either make a vegetable curry or a minced beef curry. I'm very superstitious about chicken and turkey and I generally don't eat pork at all. I have tried a couple of diced beef curries in the past but I prefer using mince for sheer ease.

Basic method
Take your meat and vegetables, chop up your vegetables and set aside. Brown/seal the meat in veggie oil, adding a little seasoning to meat before sealing if you want a little extra pep. Then add the vegetables and cook them until they go all floppy. (I'm not an expert with all the trendy buzz words). If doing a vegetable curry I tend to use a whole extra onion and sweet pepper to make up for the lack of meat. Then open your jar of curry sauce and add it to the pan, stir it in well, season if you want to and then turn the heat down low and let it simmer for a while until it's reduced a bit and it's not too runny and eeky. Serve with microchips, I hate cooking rice so I never bother unless I really have to.

That recipie covers my whole style of cooking, you can replace curry sauce with bolognase sauce and serve with pasta, or a chili sauce and serve with tortillas. I'm not a fancy chef, I like cooking good simple foods that I know work and taste nice.

New Bedding

As a treat for myself I've finally bought myself some girly bedding :) A raspberry pattered duvet with two matching pillow cases & fitted sheet. I also got four other soft pink pillow cases for contrast.

I bought some books today

The black cover versions of Lords and Ladies, Maskerade and Carpe Jugulum, all by Terry Pratchett. They're all apart of the Witches of Lancre subset of the Discworld novels, although I still need Wyrd Sisters and Equal Rites to get them all, but I'm in no hurry, they were on offer and I'm going to donate my old copies to my friend Mandy as she's interested in reading a couple.

Rappelz

This is one of my fave games, it's like World of Warcraft but free. My current character 'xdresser' is a fighter (I normally play mages or assassins) and she likes to wear yellow outfits and fight with a 2-handed axe. She has a pet too, KarTarr (they name them for us, unless you buy the priviledge to rename them - which I don't) There's a number of tasks to complete, solo and group tasks, which can build up quite a social network which can lead to the formation of a guild. It's a good game, lots of fun and sometimes a bit frustrating when you can't find that last quest item after an hour of looking but that can often make success all the sweeter.

Paranoia

I admit it I have trust issues dating way back to when I was betrayed by a former gf, looking back I should have seen the signs but like a gullible fool I ignored them. That and other things over the years have made me really suspicious of other people, apart from close family and friends I tend to view the rest of the world as 6 billion people who don't care about me. While most of them won't care one way or the other, I'm certainly no Michelle Pfieffer or Britney Spears so I guess it's understandable that I'm equally as aloof. Another thing I tend to over-compliment but I really don't like others doing the same to me, I know I shouldn't it's a real double standard. I'm also highly suspicious of meeting new people for the first time, not least because they might discover I'm a crossdresser and bisexual. I worry that people are just plain out to get me, from doorstep chuggers demanding my bank details to fake charity collection appeals (you can tell they're fake because they have a registered business number rather than a registered charity number!) and then there's the e-mail scammers who pretend to be banks asking for your details so they can drain your accounts, or people pretending to be lawyers representing dead clients asking for your bank details so they can give you money via the net. Are there actually any people out there who can be trusted? I want to think so but sometimes I worry there's actually not :(

pink = girl

I love the colour pink and what it represtent, I like to have pink things because they mean they belong to a girl, a woman, a female, what I want to be. My latest pink acquisitions are Sissy Pig (a stuffed toy), a water bottle and a bra. I want more pink things, I have a couple of pink skirts, I used to have a great pink t-shirt until the washing machine ate it!

Why I love my tits

I consider myself more female than male, but right now the only overt female expression I have is crossdressing, although in many respects I often think of it more as simply dressing and crossdressing is when I dress up like a boy. However to the rest of the work they only see the wrong thing so to them me wearing my normal clothes is to them a man in drag, a crossdresser. That's why I love my tits, they're a constant reminder that part of me is female, men don't have them (except for certain medical conditions or guys who want them, and why not? they're great to have) and every human should have breasts imo, they feel nice, I love to play with my nipples and I love wearing bra's and seeing how my bosom looks in a mirror, I'd rather lose my sight than my tits if I'm honest. I love telling you about them right now. My boobs, knockers, bust, funbags, shirt potatoes, melons, hooters, puppies, twins, girls, titties, jugs. Of course the best part of the title is the word my, meaning mine, not someone else's, my tits are my own. I also like calling them tits, although I understand other breast owners don't like the word. They can not call their own that, but mine are mine so I can call them what I want :)

Posing

I like posing for pictures of myself, it's my blog so I should share one with you, ok I look like a sad slapper but I like the way my tits look in this blouse, the shiny fabric really makes them stand out more than rougher materials.

24 - Redemption

I watched this this afternoon, it's a good story, a welcome change to the uber twisty plotlines of the regular seasons. It's a simple story that's well told, the added complexity of the US politics to the African insurgency storyline adds more impact but the main focus is of course Jack Bauer, deadlier than Han Solo, sexier than Dirty Harry and more closed than all the minds in a religious cult.

Four years ago...

...a huge tidal wave made the news as it caused tragedy after tragedy all aroundthe Indian Ocean area. Suddenly a whole new generation learned the terrifying power of mother nature and over a quater of a million people died during and after the event. I'm just taking a moment out of my day to remember all those who died.

Judge Dredd

The uber-rightwing world of Judge Dredd grows closer with each passing day, how soon before we're all herded into prison-like cities patrolled by facist bullies executing all who resist their regime of oppression? As a film it's a good bit of sociel commentary, as a piece of sociel commentary it's a worrying glimpse of a future some fear and others rush towards. How different is Joe Dredd to Jack Bauer really?

The Next Doctor

Ok, that was great, 10,000% better than last year's failure, which to be fair was only massively ruined by the utter crapness of the badguy at the end. This year we got one of the big three, the Cybermen! They were at their stompy best, they still lack the menace of their earlier era though, in the new series they're more like body guards than deadly enemies most of the time. The role of chief villain goes to Miss Hartigan who dresses with style and elegance. The 'Next Doctor' sadly isn't in fact a Doctor, he's a guy who got his memories, although in a way he kind of could be thought of as the Doctor if he acts like the Doctor. The rest of the episode is like a Dickensian social commentry on the socioeconomic policies of the era, the rich upper class are all bumbling sexist fools, the working class are not much better and the slave class are seemingly there to be used and then discarded.

Post Christmas...erm...post...thing

A good day spent with family, we had fun, we ate food, I ate less than I normally would as I need to watch my weight and I want to lose some weight this year. I god some great prezzies, a DVD, a CD a new memory stick which has more storage space than my other three combined and a lot of cash to spend on girly clothes (and pay a few bills too)

I watched a couple of movies, Harry Ptter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was on, I think it's replaced Bond as the traditional ITV holiday movie and then Doctor Who, I SO want a dress like Miss Hartigan wore, and the gloves and earrings too if I'm honest.

Being Bi

it seems that bisexuals are a maligned species of human these days, accused of being gay by the hetero community and of being straight by the gay community. Maybe I'm over generalising but when you're called greedy by both sides it makes me upset. It seems that intolerence is rife when some members of a larger minority pick on and bully members of a much smaller minority. What is so wrong about being attracted to people? I find both men and women attractive but I have no desire right now to have a sexual relationship with either gender. Maybe I'll meet someone and we'll just click but to be honest can I find all that I want in one person? I'd like to think that if I find someone then they'll be everything I need, then again I'm hardly a good catch, a neurotic crossdresser with intimacy and trust issues, I'm hardly anyone's Miss Right. Yeah I do see myself as more female than male, but I think I'd rather not bother with all that groin business on the whole. I'm not looking and if anyone found me they'd probably throw me back until I sort myself out and find a way to be me.

Bills

Ok paid my fuel bill today, what a day for them to request my meter readings too! I'm still in credit but I've really been hitting the gas a lot, sometimes when I probably didn't need to, so I'll have to cut down on that a bit and only use it when I really have to.

The Culture of Coming Out

There seems to be a lot of emphasis put on the big reveal, the need for acceptance and approval. I'm glad for those who get what they want/need but I don't really care about getting a cathartic melodrama moment, that's what it would be for me, maybe it's my remotness or aloofness but the need to be accepted by others is just not high on my personal list of wants. I'd rather have those chunky 2" heeled black patent leather court shoes I have my eyes on, I'd rather pay less money for petrol for my car, I'd rather drop 20lbs, they're more important things in my life right now. Maybe this is all one big justification for staying in the closet? Probably, I'm not in a place in my life where I feel ready to be myself, I'm still not sure who I am sometimes to be myself. All I know is I'm happier wearing make up, wearing skirts and heels, they make me feel more normal, less uncomfortable, more like me, whoever she is.

If I Was Your Vampire

It just had to be done, the opening lyric is 6am Christmas Morning...
I'm so looking forward to Marilyn Manson's next album, they went off the rails a bit after Twiggy left but he's back now and I hope it's as beautiful as Mechanical Animals

Currently Reading

The Truth by Terry Pratchett
It's one of the few 'stand alone' stories in the Discworld series, well I say stand alone, there's a lot in it that relies heavily on knowledge of previous books, but the main protagonist William de Worde is new and has only reappeared once in a subsequent book in a cameo. I'm only 1/6 into it so far and it's a bit heavy going, there's a lot of exposition given to explain the current political situation of Ankh-Morpork which is quite unnecessary for a long term fan but vital for any casual readers. Also the antagonists are pretty rubbish to be honest, they're pastiches of Cockney villains and bad ones at that. Bricktop from Snatch would make mincemeat of them in seconds and then feed them to his pigs. That said Terry has a wonderful style and could probably write the most interesting telephone book ever, which might sound like a back handed compliment but it's not meant as such.

24 - Day 6

Ok this one was dripping with all my favourite man totty. First up there's Alexander Siddig (aka Dr Bashir from DS9), then there's Michael Shanks (aka Dr. Jackson from Stargate) and the main guy himself Kiefer who shou;d have left that slapper Audrey for me in Day 5 ;) Seriously though it was a pretty good storyline which I pretty much followed non-stop for the last couple of days. The only quibble I have is the story structure, they seemed to have their big event in the 4th episode instead of saving it for nearer the end. Setting off a nuke was such a big wow they just totally failed to come close to sheer danger again, it all seemed too safe afterwards. Anyway now Jack's freed of his past, I can't wait for Day 7...

Christmas

2.50 am and all's well. I am totally insomnia chick this week. I'm totally tired during the day and wide awake at night, can I have turned into a vampire without knowing it? Anyway it's Crimbo, the traditional time for binge drinking, tottering about town in ridiculous shoes, a miniskirt that's smaller than my belt and a blouse more see through than a window. Although I think I'll give that a miss this year, best save it for the New Year I think. So Crissy Day, a time for prezzies, fun and helping Mum make the dinner, it's going to be a low key day this year, my brother and his wife are away, my elderly grandfather is too frail to leave the house and my cousin and his girlfriend are going to sunny Florida tomorrow. I wish I was going to Florida, I'd have my bikini line waxed quicker than you can say incredible pain. Anyway, what is Christmas, it's a hijacked pagan ceremony that's been riddled by gross over commecialisation, I must go shopping tomorrow to get some clothes in the sales. I'm a total commercial whore, I'd sell my soul for a wardrobe full of designer dresses (and the figure to pull them off fully).

Sonic Lipstick

Ok so I'm a big fan of The Sarah Jane Adventures, SJ wears some fab outfits this season, I'm more than tempted to try and recreate a couple of them next year, she's got such style and a tremendous sense of poise and Liz Sladen carries herself with such elegence and poise, she's a rolemodel any CD could look up to.

crimbo telly

There's so not a lot on this year, Doctor Who will probably be the only thing I watch, I so adore David Tennant and I'd want to have his babies (like half the femme population of the world seemingly does) if i had a uterus of course, which I don't, which is nobody's fault, not even the Romans. There's My Family & Have I Got News For You on tonight but I'm probably going to have an early night to be honest. I really wish I had a girlfriend or a boyfriend to sleep with tonight. I'm bi, but that's a whole different post I won't bother you with right now. Anyway it's not about sex, it's about intimacy, romance, tenderness, connecting, sharing. If I did find someone I doubt they'd stay I'm way too neurotic to let them get interested in staying. So anyway, telly, nothing much on, I'll probably watch a DVD or two. Maybe Judge Dredd, I so want to wear a Judge Hershey uniform ;) Getting back to telly again, why has it been so crap this year? Far too much rubbish talentless contests and not enough drama. Next year looks good, Torchwood, Primeval, Robin Hood, The Prisoner, maybe another season of Survivors. I really liked this show, much better than the original, although it sometimes comes across as a little too superficial at times and quite frankly half the characetrs are just unlikable. I wonder where Anya gets her clothes from? I'd steal them if we were the same size ;)

seperates vs. dresses

Ok I pretty much prefer the versatility of seperates to the simplicity of a dress, I have tons of stuff I can have endless nightmarish fun going through trying to find the perfect combination for the day. On the other hand there's a time just to say sod it and throw a dress on and vamp it up big style. Skirts are good functional items, stylish and feminine but also utilitarian as they serve a function as much as style. Dresses exist pretty much to show off the curves and flaunt style and sophistication. So is there a point to this thread? Is there a point to any thread? I don't think so, both are equally valid choices, each perfect for the situation which require their use. Right now I'm ditched my thousers for a skirt (ok there was a food spill event and my laundry hamper got involved) and I gotta say I love wearing skirts, there isn't nothing sexier and femine than strutting about the place in a skirt and letting everyone see my pins and yet I remain demure and businesslike, I could meet people right now and I wouldn't feel underdressed. That said tomorrow I'm going to throw on a dress because that's what I want to do. Man, I love feeling like a woman (even if I have to look like a man occassionally).

new e-mail addy

ok, I've got a new e-mail addy sissychiana@sissyemail.com, feel free to drop me a line, although I'm not always online, today is Christmas Eve so I'm online all of today, tomorrow not so much.

Christmas Eve

Ok, so it's the day before the big day, but the main question is what am I wearing? Right now I'm wearing a simple white blouse (which I got from Lidl a couple of months ago, it's the one in my profile picture), navy blue lambswool cardigan (M&S), navy blue pure cotton cargo trousers (also M&S)

Shoes

ok so I have like a million different pairs of shoes, most of them boring dull comfy trainers and a few sexy totally impractical pairs of stiletto heels. I love my heels, if they didn't cause long term damage to my feet I'd wear them all the time. However they do cause damage hence the boring dull comfy trainers to keep my feet good and well in between tottering on my pins around like a sad old tart.

Hi

The usual stuff about who i am and why I'm trying to justify myself to everyone. I could go on at great depth about my needs but life's too short, so let's just party! I'm me, you're you, why bother with labels, pigeonholes and stuff like that?