An English girl in Wales

True Names

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:41:30 GMT

In LRP, some people use true names as well as everyday names. Certainly I seem to remember this is the case in Maelstrom, a touch I always quite liked. Names have power and knowing your true name gives people power over you.
The question I'd like answering is how does this actually work in rp terms? What examples are there of true names being used and what impact does that have? How have people ever roleplayed it out? Does it really become the life-controlling/destroying experience I can imagine it should be, or does it never really happen? I'm really interested to know, especially if there are instances of people really going with the roleplay on this one - I'd like to know how it has been interpreted in the past, and how people think it should be interpreted. Specifically I'm thinking in terms of other people using your true name against you.

Avoid Heathrow unless you like being fingerprinted/photographed for wanting to use a plane

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:45:35 GMT

I have to say I knew nothing about this but assuming it's true (clearly is, there were TONS of links) I think it's horrifying! I'm glad I know now because this would certainly have ended in me being banned from flying if I'd been planning so (well I would have refused!) so I thought others might appreciate the heads up.

"Travellers should avoid using Heathrow until the airport abandons its plans for the mass fingerprinting of passengers. That is the advice from the NO2ID Expats’ group. "Other hubs, whether in the UK or in other EU countries, should be preferred for the time being," the group says in a press release. Heathrow wants to fingerprint and photograph both domestic passengers and international travellers with onward connections to other British or Irish airports. But on 26 March, following a warning from the Information Commissioner’s Office that the measure may be illegal, the fingerprinting was suspended.

The photographing or "biometric capture" of passengers is going ahead. Those who refuse will be denied access to their flights.

+ Heathrow Terminal 5 fingerprint plans 'illegal' - The Telegraph
27/3/08 +
Plans to fingerprint millions of passengers a year at Heathrow's new fifth terminal have been put on hold hours before it opens for business tomorrow. BAA, the airport operator, took the decision after being warned by the Government's Information Commissioner that the move could
breach the Data Protection Act.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/26/nheathrow226.xml

Well I'm on holiday now and I'm Keen...

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:09:28 GMT

"You people may choose a word from the list of prompts, and request the post inspired by that word (or words, pick more than one if you like) be about / connected to your PC. Either a what is / what was / what might have been type of thing. Former PC requests are allowed. However I must actually know who they are!

The Management reserve the right not to do all requests (but really that'll only be if I really can't come up with anything.) Also, the posts may not be epics, some may only be a paragraph or two.

I've jigged some words around from last time to make them more larp friendly and less American.

Table below the:

001. Beginnings. 002. Middles. 003. Ends. 004. Insides. 005. Outsides.
006. Hours. 007. Days. 008. Weeks. 009. Months. 010. Years.
011. Red. 012. Orange. 013. Yellow. 014. Green. 015. Blue.
016. Desire. 017. Brown. 018. Black. 019. White. 020. Colourless.
021. Friends. 022. Enemies. 023. Lovers. 024. Family. 025. Strangers.
026. Destruction. 027. Parents. 028. Children. 029. Birth. 030. Death.
031. Sunrise. 032. Sunset. 033. Too Much. 034. Not Enough. 035. Sixth Sense.
036. Smell. 037. Sound. 038. Touch. 039. Taste. 040. Sight.
041. Shapes. 042. Desire. 043. Dream. 044. Circle. 045. Moon.
046. Star. 047. Heart. 048. Diamond. 049. Delirium. 050. Spade.
051. Water. 052. Fire. 053. Earth. 054. Air. 055. Spirit.
056. Breakfast. 057. Destiny. 058. Dinner. 059. Food. 060. Drink.
061. Winter. 062. Spring. 063. Summer. 064. Autumn. 065. Passing.
066. Rain. 067. Snow. 068. Lightning. 069. Thunder. 070. Storm.
071. Broken. 072. Fixed. 073. Light. 074. Dark. 075. Shade.
076. Who? 077. What? 078. Where? 079. When? 080. Why?
081. How? 082. If. 083. Kiss. 084. Good. 085. Evil.
086. Choices. 087. Life. 088. Sun. 089. Moon. 090. Home.
091. Imbolc. 092. Solstice. 093. Beltane. 094. Halloween. 095. New Year.
096. Alternative 097. Luck. 098. Gamble 099. Past. 100. Future.

I feel the need to flex my creative muscles...but at the same feel I may regret this...!

Um

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:57:29 GMT

I think I was in the first few seconds of this week's Torchwood as well. Screenshot meeee you technical types? I wanna show my mum!

Ah Rachel do you read my lj? One of our dogs has kidney failure? Is there anything clever we can do? :(

Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:44:33 GMT

I made cupcakes round 3 for Pulp last night.
I think I may have cracked it!
They were Amazing! :-)
Made I suspect better by the addition of chocolate chips

Quite impressed

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:03:10 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7226488.stm
For you religious types out there
Cut out carbon for Lent say bishops

PS:

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:51:38 GMT

I want this!
http://www.vegansociety.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=36&products_id=265

ID scheme

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:25:30 GMT

Boo!
Anyway here are two very interesting links, especially the first one. I would suggest reading them:
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/National_Identity_Scheme_Options_Analysis_Outcome
http://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/nis_options_analysis_outcome.pdf
Am feeling lazy and junk fooded out so haven't read whole thing but seems kind of government goes insane tastic.

Question. Is it better to stick to vegan principles or eat something provided by one's mother that has a minute amount of whey powder in. My instincts say do the thing that doesn't cause my lovely mum huge amounts of stress in feeding me. But I don't know. Interested to hear opinions.

Noooooooooooo!!!!!

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:08:30 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7203797.stm
Heath Ledger's dead
:-(

Do you eat meat?

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:41:26 GMT

If so I really think you should watch this series of programmes on Channel4.
http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/the-big-food-fight/the-big-food-fight.html

And I specifically think you should watch this:
http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/jamie-oliver/jamies-fowl-dinners/jamie-s-fowl-dinners-07-12-18_p_1.html
11th January at 9pm

I think if you eat meat, you should do it in FULL knowledge of what your choices mean. Therefore watch this programme. Dare ya.

I found it!!!

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:03:39 GMT

W00t!
Zhedan Hostage Video
Filmed at Peace Sells
We would like to reassert that the Regent was under no duress in the making of this film

Zhedan Hostage Video

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:14:29 GMT

I feel the urge to see this again. I'm fairly sure it's not on my computer - does anyone have it, or know where it's linked web-wise?

It makes me giggle :-)

Politics

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:51:50 GMT

No02ID are asking people who signed their pledge against ID cards in 2005 to send them cash for a legal defence fund - not unreasonable, given that that's what people signed up for.

http://www.no2id.net/pledge/index.php

I've sent in my £10 and am posting this so you can to, should you be so inclined.

And a lovely quote from basicblack's lj:

When will politicians realise that George Orwell's 1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual?

- UKIP MEP Derek Clark

Quite.

This is lovely

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:16:58 GMT

http://www.loveearth.com/uk/
Click
Go see

Aw nooooooooo :-(

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:11:15 GMT

My little sponsor piggie, Spike, has died.
Am really sad now. Was going to go and cuddle him and feed him treats at Christmas.
*goes off to have a bath and a bit of a sob*

'Another unwanted pet. "When we bought him he was only little and the man said he wouldn't grow much, now he is too big to live with the rabbit." Poor Spike, when he first arrived we had to put a rabbit in with him as he really did not know he was a pig and was frightened of the pig noises all around him. He did not know what pig food was either and would only eat rabbit food.

Spike was a full boar and we took him in on the condition that his owners would pay for him to be castrated. They assured us they would but we are still waiting for the money. Spike was only nine months old when he arrived on the 17th of October 1999, but he had already outgrown his home. We wish people would give a lot more thought to what they are taking on before buying pets.

Spike lives with Truffles now and is a very human friendly pig and enjoys having a good scratch with a broom'

Weighing up the odds

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:16:09 GMT

V sensible to me. Watch and act if you think he's right.

screams

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:17:49 GMT

Lush is running a race! Click on your favourite discontinued product and they will make it - just for you!

I would like to propose you click here:
http://www.lush.co.uk/Retro/Product/Antiphilitron_29.aspx
Antiphilitron shampoo.
Smells of lemon meringue
Lovely beyond belief
Mmmmmmmm
Order here :)
Please!
(you can give me all your bottles for Christmas if you like)

No Animal Testing

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:57:59 GMT

For those who are (like me) constantly trying to figure who DOESN'T test on animals, apparently this list is uptodate and accurate.
Shop with these people at will.

-Lush
-Victorias Secret
-ABBA Pure & Natural Hair Care
-Abercrombie & Fitch
-Abra Therapeutics
-AG Hair Cosmetics
-Alba Botanica
-Alexandra Avery Purely Natural,
-Alima Cosmetics, Inc
-Almay
-Aveda Corporation
-Bare Escentuals
-Bath & Body Works
-Beauty Without Cruelty
-Bobbi Brown
-Bonne Bell
-Burt’s Bees
-California Tan
-Clarins of Paris
-Clinique Laboratories
-Conair
-Crabtree & Evelyn Cosmetics
-Dermalogica
-Disney
-Donna Karan (DKNY)
-Earth Friendly Products
-Earthly Body
-Earthly Matters
-Eco Design Company
-Forever Living Products
-Fruit of the Earth
-Giovanni Cosmetics
-Hello Kitty
-JOICO International
-Kiss My Face
-Lander Company
-L’anza Research International
-Liz Claiborne Cosmetics
-M.A.C. Cosmetics
-Mary Kay
-Natura Essentials
-Natural Animal Health Products
-Natural Bodycare
-Natural Chemistry
-Nature’s Plus
-Nexxus Products
-Nordstrom Cosmetics
-OPI Products
-The Organic Make-up Company, Inc.
-Paul Mitchell
-Physicians Formula
-Prescriptives
-PureOlogy Serious Colour Care
-Revlon
-Rusk
-Safeway (house brand only)
-Sebastian International
-Seventh Generation household cleaner
-Smashbox Cosmetics
-Stila Cosmetics
-SpaGlo Beauty
-Tommy Hilfiger
-Too Faced Cosmetics
-Trader Joe’s Company
-Unicure, Inc
-Urban Decay Cosmetics
-Wet 'N Wild
-Whole Foods Market
-Zero Frizz
-Zia Natural Skincare

Companies who are horrible and still test all their stuff on bunny eyes include:
l'Oreal
(and remember kids the Body Shop is OWNED by l'Oreal)
Colgate
Olay
Max Factor

Mars bars (etc) no longer vegetarian

Mon, 14 May 2007 11:39:45 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6653175.stm
Mars, Twix etc etc to contain rennet from calves stomachs from now on

Certainly going to help me improve my eating habits then.
Lactose intolerance doesn't always stop me
But vegetarianism will do!

For the info of all my veggie friends. Feel free to link

PS: Tempted to find and slap stupid PR man waffling on about 'less strict vegetarians'. AKA 'not actually vegetarians'

has hysterics

Mon, 07 May 2007 22:06:38 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtCT5ARYC7k
Doctor Who music video - series 2 gag reel
Completely worth it for the Cybermen in the park bits
Why Do These Things Never Happen to Meeeeeeee?

Tue, 01 May 2007 13:39:54 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6610623.stm
I am not saying gordon brown is going to be any better but this still promises to make me v happy

Save Tigers

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:12:00 GMT

Tigers rock
Click here and upload a photo
V easy
http://mail.panda.org/inxmail/url?v0fr000b3tub0bnmo3a3

Tech Help pls?

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:04:50 GMT

My lovely computer has begun running slower of late

What do I press to clear it up again?

Community

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:09:50 GMT

OK

I got bored and overly thinky. So I set up a community called bornin77
http://community.livejournal.com/bornin77/profile

So if you were born in 77 feel free to go there, join and ponder: have things turned out like you'd planned? What sucks? What would you like to change? What's the plan now?

Etc

Mememe

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:52:55 GMT

Ego boost
Yoinked from elani because I wanted to

"We all have things about our friends that make us slightly envious. Not in a bad way, but in a 'Wow! I wish I had that person's hair/eyes/money/relationship/toenails/whatever.'

So tell me what about me makes you envy me. . . then post this in your LJ and see what makes me envious of you."