After two years of being publicly accessible, this journal will now become Friends Only.

[awaiting FO banner of awesome]

I'm happy to accept new friends to my f-list, as long as we have something in common. To be added just drop me a comment here. *huggles*. Go on, y'know you wanna!

~ Reno-ina. xxx

Voila! Finally the epic list of all my favourite fandoms and pairings is complete. It will inevitably be updated as I watch new stuff and there're probably a few I missed out (and will add as I remember). But yeah... geeky Reno-ina is geeky. *grins*

Anime
.hack//SIGN :- Crim/Sora, Sora/BT, Tsukasa/Subaru.
Black Lagoon :- Revy/Eda, Chang/Balalaika, Benny/Jane, Hansel/Gretel, Lotton/Sawyer.
Code Geass :- (Pairings Unknown)
Cowboy Bebop :- Spike/Julia, Spike/Faye, Vicious/Spike/Julia.
Digimon Adventure :- Yamato/Taichi, Takeru/Hikari.
Eureka 7 :- (Pairings Unknown)
Fullmetal Alchemist :- Greed/Kimbly, Greed/Martel, Archer/Kimbly, Mustang/Hawkeye, Ed/Al, Hughes/Mustang, Mustang/Havoc.
Fushigi Yuugi :- Tasuki/Nuriko, Tamahome/Tasuki, Tamahome/Miaka.
Hellsing :- Alucard/Seras.
Naruto :- Zabuza/Haku, Kankuro/Kiba.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann :- Adiane/Viral, Cytomander/Viral, Simon/Nia, Kittan/Yoko, Kamina/Kittan, Enki/Seirune.
Trigun :- Wolfwood/Millie, Vash/Meryl, Vash/Wolfwood.
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle :- Kurogane/Fai, Syaoran/Sakura.

Cartoons
Avatar: The Last Airbender :- (Pairings Unknown)
Justice League :- Flash/Batman, Batman/Superman, Flash/Hawk Girl, Flash/Green Lantern.
South Park :- Kyle/Cartman, Stan/Kyle, Cartman/Butters.
Storm Hawks :- Finn/Stork, Aerrow/Finn, Dark Ace/Aerrow.
Transformers: Animated :- Blackarachnia/Starscream, Megatron/Starscream, Starscream/Femmescream, Starscream/Clones, Prowl/Bumblebee, Lockdown/Prowl.
Transformers: G1 :- Megatron/Starscream.

Manga
Category: Freaks :- Asagi/Amano, Izumi/Asagi.
Deathnote :- Mello/Matt, Matsuda/Yamamoto, Matsuda/L, Rem/Misa, Namikawa/Mido.
Estancia (Webcomic) :- Kay/Joe.
Fushigi Yuugi :- Tasuki/Nuriko, Nakago/Tamahome, Tamahome/Miaka.
Gerard & Jacques :- Gerard/Jacques.
Last Fantasy :- Tian/Drei, Nagi/Anna.
Loveless :- Kio/Soubi, Seimei/Nisei, Soubi/Ritsuka, Nagisa/Ritsu, Youji/Natsuo, Ritsu/Soubi.
Naruto :- Zabuza/Haku.
RG Veda :- Yasha-ou/Ashura.
The Enigma Of Amigara Faultline :- (Pairings Unknown)
Trigun :- Wolfwood/Vash, Midvalley/Wolfwood, Knives/Legato, Wolfwood/Millie.
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle :- Kurogane/Fai, Syaoran/Sakura, Touya/Yukito, Yasha-ou/Ashura, Tomoyo/Sakura.
Yu-Gi-Oh :- Yugi/Jonouchi, Pegasus/Seto, Seto/Jonouchi, Jonouchi/Honda, Seto/Mokuba.

Comics
Abe & Kroenen (Webcomic) :- Kroenen/Abe
Bone :- (Pairings Unknown)
Fables :- Bigby/Snow, Jack/Rose.
Hellblazer :- Constantine/Chas.
Lackadaisy Cats (Webcomic) :- Rocky/Freckle, Freckle/Ivy, Mordecai/Viktor, Nico/Serafine, Wick/Mitzi.
Looking For Group (Webcomic) :- Richard/Cale
Lucifer :- Lucifer/Mazikeen, Bergelmir/Jill.
The Sandman :- (Pairings Unknown)
Tomb Raider :- Chase/Lara.
Transformers G2 :- Megatron/Starscream
Y: The Last Man :- Yorick/Sonia

Books/Plays
Abarat Series (Clive Barker) :- Candy/Malingo, Carrion/Mischief.
Blood Ties (Tanya Huff) :- Henri/Vicki.
Discworld (Terry Pratchett) :- Rincewind/Twoflower.
Exodus Books (Julie Bertagna) :- Fox/Mara.
Good Omens (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett) :- Crowley/Aziraphale
Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) :- Sirius/Remus, Harry/Draco, Ron/Hermione.
His Dark Materials (Phillip Pullman) :- Lee/Serafina, Lara/Will, Azreal/Coulter.
Lord Of The Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) :- Pippin/Merry, Aragorn/Eowyn, Legolas/Gimli.
Mortal Engines Trilogy (Philip Reeve) :- Tom/Hester, Theo/Wren, Shrike/Anna.
Pern (Anne McCaffrey) :- (Pairings Unknown)
Rankin Multiverse (Robert Rankin) :- O’Mally/Pooley.
Rosencrantz + Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard) :- Guildenstern/Rosencrantz.
Shades Children (Garth Nix) :- Drum/Ella, Gold-Eye/Ninde.
Shannara Series (Terry Brooks) :- Menion/Shea, Flick/Menion, Flick/Shea.
Symphony Of Ages Series :- Achmed/Rhapsody.
The Black Magician Trilogy (Trudi Canavan) :- Dannyl/Tayend, Cery/Sonea.
The Noble Dead Series (Barb + J.C. Hendee) :- Chane/Wynn, Magiere/Leesil.
The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle) :- Roxton/Malone.
The Old Kingdom Trilogy (Garth Nix) :- Touchstone/Sabriel, Sameth/Lireal.
The Wind On Fire Trilogy (William Nicholson) :- Bowman/Sisi, Mumpo/Pinpin, Bowman/Kestrel.
Thursday Next Series (Jasper Fforde) :- Landen/Thursday.

TV Shows
Andromeda :- Tyr/Harper, Rhade/Harper, Harper/Rommie, Tyr/Beka, Dylan/Rommie, Beka/Harper, Harper/Trance, Dylan/Beka, Beka/Trance, Dylan/Rhade, Tyr/Dylan, Beka/Rommie.
Angel :- Angel/Lindsey, Angel/Doyle/Cordelia, Angel/Doyle, Lee/Lila/Lindsey, Eve/Lindsey, Angel/Cordelia, Wesley/Lila, Wesley/Illiria, Andrew/Spike, Angel/Spike, Angel/Wesley, Darla/Drusilla, Wesley/Fred, Gunn/Fred.
Band Of Brothers :- Winters/Nixon.
Battlestar Galactica :- Anders/Starbuck, Baltar/Caprica 6, Adama/Roslin.
Blood Ties :- Henry/Vicki, Mike/Vicki.
Bonekickers :- Ben/Gillian, Gregory/Viv.
Bones :- Hodgins/Angela, Booth/Bones.
Boston Legal :- Jeffrey/Brad, Alan/Brad, Brad/Denise, Alan/Tara, Alan/Sally, Clarence/Claire, Brad/Lori, Alan/Denny.
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer :- Spike/Buffy, Xander/Anya, Warren/Andrew/Jonathan, Andrew/Spike, Willow/Tara, Xander/Andrew.
Carnivale :- Jonesy/Libby, Ben/Sofie, Jonesy/Sofie, Justin/Iris.
Chuck :- Casey/Chuck, Chuck/Sarah, Cpt. Awesome/Chuck, Casey/Chuck/Sarah.
Dr Horrible’s Singalong Blog (Webseries) :- Billy/Penny.
Dr Who :- Doctor/Master, Doctor/Rose, Jack/Doctor.
Due South :- Fraser/Kowalski.
ER :- Carter/Abby, Ray/Neela, Ray/Tony.
Eureka :- Nathan/Jack.
Firefly :- Mal/Inara, Simon/Kaylee, Wash/Zoe, Mal/Jayne.
Generation Kill :- Brad/Nate.
Gormenghast :- Steerpike/Fuchsia.
Heroes :- Peter/Nathan, Peter/Sylar/Nathan, Hiro/Ando, Matt/Mohinder, D.L/Nicki, Zach/Claire.
House M.D. :- House/Wilson.
Hyperdrive :- Henderson/York.
Jericho :- Stanley/Mimi, Jake/Stanley.
Knight Rider Reboot :- Kit/Micheal.
Leverage :- Eliot/Parker, Nate/Eliot.
Life On Mars :- Gene/Sam, Sam/Chris, Sam/Annie.
Primeval :- Becker/Connor, Danny/Becker, Nick/Claudia, Connor/Abby, Nick/Stephen, Stephen/Connor.
Pushing Daisies :- Ned/Chuck.
Queer As Folk :- Stuart/Vince.
Reaper :- Sam/Sock.
Red Dwarf :- Lister/Rimmer.
Red Vs Blue (Webseries) :- Church/Tex, Church/Caboose, Church/Tucker, Caboose/Donut, Sarge/Grif, Donut/Doc.
Spaced :- Tim/Daisy.
Stargate SG-1 :- Daniel/Vala, Jack/Sam, O’Neill/Maybourne, Jack/Daniel, Jonas/Sam.
Stargate: Atlantis :- Sheppard/McKay, McKay/Beckett.
Supernatural :- Sam/Dean, Dean/Cassie.
The Devil's Whore :- Sexby/Fanshawe.
The Lost World :- Roxton/Marguerite, Malone/Veronica.
The Mighty Boosh :- Howard/Vince.
The X-Files :- Mulder/Krycek, Mulder/Scully, Doggett/Reyes.
Top Gear :- Jeremy/Richard/James.
Torchwood :- Jack/John, Jack/Ianto, Rhys/Gwen, Owen/Tosh.

Movies
Aliens :- Ripley/Hicks.
Battle Royale :- Shuya/Noriko, Kazuo/Shuya.
Casshern :- (Pairings Unknown)
Clerks Movies :- Silent Bob/Jay, Randall/Dante, Dante/Becky, Randall/Elias.
Dead Leaves :- Retro/Pandy, Triple 6/Triple 7.
Dogma :- Silent Bob/Jay.
Ghost In The Shell :- Batou/Motoko.
Grave Of The Fireflies :- (Pairings Unknown)
Hot Fuzz :- Nicholas/Danny.
Lord Of The Rings :- Aragorn/Boromir, Boromir/Faramir, Aragorn/Legolas.
Natural Born Killers :- Mickey/Mallory, Wayne/Mickey.
Pirates Of The Caribbean :- Norrington/Elizabeth, Jack/Will.
Pitch Black + COR :- Riddick/Jack.
Princess Mononoke :- (Pairings Unknown)
Sahara :- Dirk/Al.
Serenity :- Mal/Inara, Simon/Kaylee, Wash/Zoe, Mr Universe/Lovebot.
Shaun Of The Dead :- Shaun/Liz, Shaun/Ed, Dianne/David.
Sky Blue :- Goliath/Zed, Shua/Jay, Cade/Jay.
Starship Troopers Movies :- Dax/Dill/Sahara, Rico/Dizzy, Rico/Carl.
Star Trek Reboot :- McCoy/Kirk, Kirk/Spock/Uhura.
Terminator Movies :- Reese/Sarah.
Titan A.E. :- Korso/Cale, Cale/Akima, Preed/Stith.
The Matrix :- Neo/Trinity.
The Road To El Dorado :- Tulio/Miguel, Tulio/Chel/Miguel.
The X-Files :- Mulder/Scully.
Transformers :- Bumblebee/Sam/Mikaela.

Games
Final Fantasy Series I – VI :- (Pairings Unknown)
Final Fantasy VII :- Rufus/Reno, Tseng/Elena, Vincent/Cid, Rude/Reno.
Final Fantasy VIII :- Squall/Irvine, Irvine/Quistis, Seifer/Zell, Squall/Rinoa.
Final Fantasy IX :- Blank/Zidane, Steiner/Garnet.
Final Fantasy X :- Jecht/Auron/Braska, Tidus/Yuna, Auron/Rikku.
Final Fantasy XII :- Balthier/Vaan.
Gears Of War (1 + 2) :- Cole/Baird, Marcus/Baird, A.Carmine/Marcus.
Grand Theft Auto (III + VC) :- (Pairings Unknown)
Halo (1,2 + 3) :- Master Chief/Cortana, Arbiter/Shipmaster, Arbiter/Master Chief.
Jak + Daxter :- (Pairings Unknown)
Klonoa :- (Pairings Unknown)
Metal Gear Solid (2 + 3) :- Snake/Ocelot.
Pokemon :- Jessie/James, Gary/Ash.
Ratchet + Clank :- (Pairings Unknown)
Spyro :- Hunter/Bianca, Spyro/Cynder.
Suikoden V :- Killey/Zweig, Kyle/Freyjadour, Gizel/Childerich, Ferid/Georg, Lucretia/Lelei, Gizel/Sialeeds.

Crossovers
The X Files/Angel :- Krycek/Lindsey.
Final Fantasy VIII/ Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann :- Edea/Viral.
Fullmetal Alchemist/Naruto :- Greed/Zabuza.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann/Transformers :- Enki/Starscream.
Futurama/Firefly/Last Fantasy :- Zapp/Jayne/Drei.

Okay, so my brain can't cope with waking up at 7:30 anymore. Had to be in Uni at the new campus and dammit I was exhausted. Many yawns.

Am totally shattered now so am just posting briefly to say I'm alive. Hopefully a longer post will follow tomorrow. Methinks an early night might be in store.

Hope you are all well.

- Reno-ina. xxx

Heh... I've just realised how long I've just spent waiting around for fandomsecrets to update. Boy am I sad! I could be doin' so much more stuff with my time. I'm such an addicted lazy-arse. Honestly, I've been on LJ since I got back home around 4ish. I can't help that F!S is so frickin' addictive. It's just so great to see other peeps out there who are as pathetic as me when it comes to fandom obsessing. It boosts my sad little fangirl confidence.

Okay, so not all of today's been a waste. I have also been downloading cool music too (some of it even legally... yes... paying. Kinda via one of my flatmate's accounts, but anyway, I pay her back for what I download). Today, so far I've got the 'Once More With Feeling' soundtrack from the 'Buffy' musical episode (mainly because I've been yelling "IT MUST BE BUNNIES!" Constantly the last couple of weeks... I needed some closure). The album is great fun and includes all the musical songs as well as some random instrumental pieces too. Then I also went and got the complete 'Final Fantasy X' soundtrack. Frickin' 91 tracks FTW! It's awesome in it's greatness... plus me and Zoe are addicted to the theme songs. Finally, I got the 'Wonderful Days' (a.k.a. 'Sky Blue') soundtrack because it's such a pretty movie with such pretty music... almost as addictive as the FFX one. So yay for new music!

And yay also for trade-in money-off deals. Yes, I may have gone to CEX earlier today and traded in some old games/controllers/dvds for some shiny newish boxsets. It made me happy to find both the 2nd and 7th series of 'X-Files' were in-stock. Now I only have the 9th season to get and then I'll be a right happy completist bunny *dances in glee*. Plus, most surprisingly of all, they had the first season of 'Carnivale'. I was thrilled! A good haul... especially as I got like £12 off due to my trade-in *grins*.

In other news... I have my course tutorial tomorrow. I'm looking forward to getting all the grades back for the previous term... but I'm dreading having to hike all the way up to the new campus in the morning. Yeah, believe it or not, we've finally relocated. Bloody perfect timing... just as I'm so not ready for it all *long sigh*. Means an early start tomorrow morning... as it'll be an hour-and-a-half journey by bus.

Hum hurr, wish me luckiness in the endeavour ahead.
- Reno-ina. xxx

Firstly, sorry for the slight hiatus peeps, went back Home-home for a week to get some extra work in and earn some moneys. I planned on popping online once in a while, but things were pretty busy and I didn't suffer enough internet withdrawal. My bad.

Furthermore, I still feel like I've done so little stuff constructively recently. Yeah, I sketched something last week, but all I've really managed to do this week is sort our my music collection (editing down my playlist and uploading to my MP3 player). No... wait... I did do something. I was really bored one night so I doodled something in Photoshop. Might as well post it up. Tis nothing special, but youz might be interested in seeing it. And as it's no work-of-art it doesn't really need to go up on my creative journal:



But anyway... 45 minutes to go til squee-time. Yes, finally they're airing the start of S3 'Supernatural' over here. Sure I've heard lots of peeps whine about certain characters in this series... and apparently the fandom-wank has been phenomenal... but I still can't wait. Y'know, I don't think I'll actually care... as long as I have ma boys back... especially Dean... I've missed Dean *satisfied grin*.

I watched the first episode of 'Yu-Gi-Oh - The Abridged Series' today. Mwaa ha ha... what laughs. Everything about it's so wrong it's hilarious! Not only does it start half-way through the second manga volume, cut down the contents of 5 whole volumes into one episode and make characterisation virtually non-existent... but the voices are soooooo strange. Pre-teens and teenagers with the voices of obvious 25-year-olds is just bizarre. It's both scary and funny at the same time. Plus... heh heh heh... Joey. Joey with his mobster voice and overly-blonde hair. That made me laugh. It all seemed waaaaaay over-acted and dramatic... but that's kinda it's charm. Yay for the bad-crack that is Yu-Gi-Oh!

Oh look... finally my Veoh videos have downloaded. Everything, both streaming-vids and downloads are being annoyingly slow today. I dunno what's up with them. I hope Kitty's not feeling overloaded *pets laptop*.

So yeah... jus' gonna finish catching up with my f-list and all the posts on fandom!secrets I missed... then off to enjoy some Winchester goodness.

- Reno-ina. xxx

Mrgh... DON'T PLAY THE TIGGER SONG! *shakes head* Sometimes I wonder at my flatmate's taste *le sigh*. But I luv her for it *cuddles* Weird lil' bunnie.

But anyways... as LJ was down on Wednesday night and I was marathoning Buffy S6 last night... I didn't get to post up my 'OMG Squee Torchwood' post that I was planning. Basically, I've got Zoe addicted now (mainly thanks to JM)... and it was great. That first episode has stolen my heart for one of the best season premieres ever (only Fi-Fly beats it really). Everything I could have ever hoped for happened... there was slashy smooching, major subtext, new OTP lurve, bitchiness and woobie. It was awesome. (I spoke to my mommy-kins yesterday... she watched and loved it too... and I don't feel that ditches my cred. I jus' feel proud she likes it so much). I'm not gonna get spoilery in this post (because all youz outside of the UK may not have seen it yet)... all I'm gonna say, is "Prepare yerself for some major dramaz".

And here's a meme I filched offa jakisbishlygay...


So yep... in other news... peeps may kick me for this, but I think 'Buffy: The Vampire Slayer' actually gets better after the resurrection. Sure there is still some unbelievability, but I just love how all the safety and perfectness all goes to hell. Plus, I love 'The Trio'. Well, I love Jonathan and Andrew... Warren is evil (really, there's nothing to make him endearing at all!). But yay for pathetic geek bad-guys (who are about the only people I feel 'right' slashing... honestly, anything by Whedon is usually so perfect in canon pairings that it's a sin to disturb them). So yeah, totally looking forward to re-watching the final series (twas that series that got me addicted in the beginning after all). Nearly finished and all. Then I can get on and finish 'X-Files' when I can rent the 7th series. I'll feel just so accomplished after that.

Hah... also, I should have never watched that episode of 'House'. I decided I'd maybe give the show a go, just the one ep, because I'd never really seen much of it and the fanbase seems pretty nifty. Hmmm... bad idea. I've now got another series that I might have to watch through. Dammit... I'M A TV SHOW BOXSET JUNKIE!

Anyway, that's all for now. Hope all youz peeps are well and good. *huggles*

- Reno-ina. xxx

Yo People! Yup... I'm back. The killer-R+D-project-of-all-time is finished and handed in. Working nigh-on solidly all week is not such a fun experience. It's stressful and kills your hands. Honestly, my hands cramped up all yesterday thanks to frantically trying to colour all my plates in time the night before. Anyway, it's all outta the way now... it's free-time for the next 2 weeks now until the work for the new semester starts. So yeah, today I did a quick presentation of my costume plates in the morning and then was freeeeeeeeeee!

I celebrated by going to Maccy-D's with the Zoe... then on to some serious retail therapy. Which went something thusly:

All in all, quite a decent haul. In other news... have recently got through S5 of 'Buffy'. I never knew I could cry so much over a side-character who I didn't even particularly like. I think the both the way Joyce's death episode was handled (sound + cinematography wise) and the skilled acting on part of the other characters made it all the more poignant. Though I don't think crying for an hour and a half into a pillow is much fun... more distressing.

I also watched 'Sky Blue' last night. I wish there was decent fanfic for this multi-animation anime movie... it's both beautiful and has great characters. The story is set in a dystopian future where it constantly pours toxic rain. Against a background of jarring social divides, revolutionary stirrings, technological wealth and poverty, two childhood friends meet from opposing sides in the troubles. It is their combined hopes for the future that might just give the world back it's blue skies. There's a love triangle, lots of sci-fi action, some stunning scenery, and a great cast of secondary characters in this movie... hence, I love it. Except... I'm kinda scared of going in search of fanfiction... I almost just want to keep it to myself.

Well anyway... I'll update more tomorrow. Later bubs.

- Reno-ina. xxx

Okay... so it looks like the 2 weeks to do my project I thought I had, is actually only 1. Crappity crapity crap. Yeah... so looks like this week is gonna be interesting. Bloody biggest assignment of the year and I have to go and cram most of it into one week. *Big sigh* Oh well... I'm sure I'll manage. However, I may not be able to be online as much, so bear with me for replies and so-such.

At least I've got a tonne of material to work with (and by 'material' I don't mean research... the research part is virtually non-existent. No, I mean art materials). Today I popped out into town with the flatmate and bought some markers. Bloody expensive those things are! But yeah, I'm gonna start sketching a bit this evening. It should be good.

I may have also stopped by CEX (pre-own discount store of greatness) and picked up S4 and S8 of 'The X-Files'. My baaaaaad. When I got home I also put through the order from Amazon that's been waiting since before Christmas. My even baaaaaaadder! Anyways... I think that'll be all my shopping for the next 2 weeks. At least I'm happier now *nods*.

And now... I'm off to get some work done *slinks off*.

- Reno-ina. xxx

Nyah nyah nyah! Last day at home-home coming to a close. It'll be good to get back and see teh Zoe-kins... but sad to leave the parentials and cats. Mom says she's gonna help me move a tonnage of my new stuff back to the flat. I hadn't bargained on that... she's gonna see what a tip our flat is *sigh*. Meaning I'll be doing some washing-up as soon as I get back *snivels* - sorry mould-colony my dear friend, I'm gonna have to kill you with soapy water. And then Uni starts Monday... luckily I'm probably on free-study time. Just realised I've gotten virtually no research done on my Research + Design project. Oh well, jus' more stuff to do once I get back.

Still, this annoying 'thing' has refused to upload. It's irritating. Looks like y'all have to wait until I get back to my nice-an-secure internet connection in the flat. Grrrrr... oh... wait a moment... I was wrong... it DID upload! Oh man... I really do look terrible... I think it's virtually impossible for me to talk coherently for that long (I mean, seriously... aren't 'strange', 'weird' and 'bizarre' all just variations on the same word?). Anyways, though it is a bit late... I bring you my first video blog post!!! 


Online Videos by Veoh.com 

Mrgh.. supid internet... kepson deletingit from my post... but anyway Yeah... ended up having to post it to Veoh instead of Youtube in the end. But yeah, feel free to point and laugh.

And, before I forget, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to merihn (today, the 5th) and dreamsofcloud (on the 3rd). Hope you both had splendid days.

- Reno-ina. xxx

Thanks to the stupid slow-poke internet connection we have here, this first 'official' post of the New Year is not what i wanted it to be. I will be posting up my special idiotic New Year's greeting as soon as is possible, but be prepared for it to take until I get back to my flat *arduous sigh*.

Anyways, hope youz all had good New Years. I had myself an okay time (yes, I'm purposely holding off saying anything currently). Today I was supposed to be working, but due to fucked-up bus schedules, ended up staying home. I'll be working tomorrow instead. Instead, I stayed in, copied some CDs, slimmed down my Media Player Playlist a bit and generally mooched around. Then me and Mom watched 'Beowulf + Grendel'. Not the new CGI blockbuster, the other recent live-action version with Gerard Butler in. It was actually surprisingly good, well-acted and thrilling storyline. Gerard's hawtness and charming Scottish accent was melt-worthy, heh heh. However, my favourite bit was in the DVD extras. GB's Interview was frickin' hilarious! They guy does tend to ramble on a bit... and swear quite a lot. But when he was describing this one scene where sentries were standing under a low mist, he musta run out of descriptive words. Me and Mom were quite surprised when he described them as "Huge Cocks"! Yeah, I couldn't stop laughing the rest of the way through the interview (well, sure he could have meant the birds, but somehow I doubt it). Now all I want is an animated icon with Gerard Butler saying "Huge Cocks"... jus' fer the crack-tasticness. It'd make my day!

As you might have seen, I've just posted up my book list for 2008 to help me get back into the habit. I've not been reading a whole lot this last year and I miss it. I might make a film/TV show one as well when I have enough time. They'll be accessible via the sidebar menu if any of you want to recommend me stuff throughout this year (y'know I love yer fandoms, and I'm always open to joining more).

But for now that's all. Gotta get back to trying to upload this goddamn bloody annoying thing... later peeps!

- Reno-ina. xxx

P.S. Pah, teach me better than to sneak onto someone else's wireless... bloody thing crashed before I could get this posted up. Had to re-type the whole darn thing *sigh*.

Okay, so it's not so epic at the moment, but it will be. I assure you it will be. Thus commences the list of stuff to read for 2008... (idea filched from zamorna  with permission).

Key:
Normal = Still To Read
Bold = Currently In Progress
Strike = Finished
Italic = Urgent (due back at library and can't be renewed)

'Across The Wall' ~ Garth Nix
'An Instance Of the Fingerpost' ~ Iain Pear
'Angels + Insects' ~ A.S. Byatt
'Blood Price' (Blood Ties 1) ~ Tanya Huff
'Darkland' ~ Liz Williams
'Foe' ~ J.M. Coetzee
'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth' - Jules Verne
'Kushiel's Dart' ~ Jacqueline Carey
'Rhapsody' [TRILOGY] ~ Elizabeth Haydon
'Rebel Fay' (The Noble Dead 5) ~ Barb + J.C. Hendee
'Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead' [PLAY] ~ Tom Stoppard
'Shades Children' ~ Garth Nix
'Tales Of The Otori' [SERIES] ~ Liam Hearn
'The Athenian Murders' ~ Jose Carlos Somoza
'The Divine Comedy' ~ Dante Alighieri
'The Forbidden Game' [TRILOGY] ~ Lisa Jane Smith
'The Good, The Bad And The Undead' (Rachel Morgan 2) ~ Kim Harrison
'The Intimate Adventures Of A London Call Girl' - Belle de Jour
'The Looking Glass Wars' ~ Frank Reddor
'The Lost World' ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
'The Order Of The Phoenix' (Harry Potter 5) ~ J.K. Rowling
'The Passion' ~ Jeanette Winterson
'The Passion Of New Eve' ~ Angela Carter
'The Thief Lord' ~ Cornelia Funke
'The Vampire Lestat' (Vampire Chronicles 2)~ Anne Rice
'Twilight' (Twilight 1) ~ Stephenie Meyer
'Working For The Devil (Dante Valentine 1) ~ Lilith Saintcrow


Yes, very small right now. But it will grow. Help out by dropping by any recommendations in the comments. With a few suggestions it will grow like a big growy thingie! *nods sagely*

- Reno-ina. xx

It seems inevitable that every holiday I am condemned to be ill. The worst sickies never strike during term-time, oh no, they wait til I'm happily enjoying my free-time (or, in my case, needing to make money desperately at my part-time job). Feh... bloody hell. At least I was able to sleep okay last night (had some interesting dreams too... strangely enough Henry from 'Blood Ties' featured prominently. What with Spike (BVS) and Dante (DMC) putting in appearances recently I reckon I must be going through a period of vampire/demon obsession or something). The previous nights had been terrible because of my blocked nose and stifling blankets convincing me I was about to suffocate. Oh well, enough of me complaining about RL.

Last night I watched the dramatisation of  Phillip Pullman's 'The Shadow In The North'. Having read the first book and watched it's dramatisation last year, I was really looking forward to it. Billie Piper plays the perfect Sally Lockhart, the story is always really well adapted, the costumes are made of all kindsa love and Fred Garland (played by JJ Feild) is so-darn-purdy! Now I'm kinda glad that I never got further than reading the first book...

In other news... I have started (kinda off-handedly thanks to unehrlichkeit) reading the Yu-Gi-Oh manga. It has lived up to my expectations and is full of wonderful crackiness. I'm also back to playing 'The Sims 2'... oh lordy how I've missed it. And I'm desperate to start reading the series of books by Tanya Huff that 'Blood Ties' is based on. My fandom life is pretty much a happy lil' bunny.

I'd be tempted to look back on the year as it's been... was it not for the fact that I usually judge my 'year' as the school/university 'year'. Anyways, I'm finding it tough to remember much of what happened before the summer hols. All I know is that this year has been one for big changes. Moving into a proper flat, losing all those ties of friendship from school, having to rely on myself more, having other newbies depend on me, having people close to me die/ be put in a care home, making it through my first year of Uni... all those things. It's actually kinda strange. As it goes for New Year's resolutions... I dunno... I've never been one for resolutions myself. We'll just see how it goes.

For now, that is all.

- Reno-ina. xxx

So, today's Christmas... I hope y'all who celebrate it have a luverly time. Season's greetings, best wishes and all that. All youz who celebrate different holidays, hope you have a good-un too. *many cuddles unto f-list*

We had quite a relaxed Christmas Day this year. Last night we went out for the annual Christmas Eve meal, got really full-up and then went to bed without much ado (well, I may have stayed up until 2:00 in the morning reading graphic novels, but that's beside the point). I slept in relatively late and then went downstairs for brekkie and presents. Twas good. I'm now the proud owner of both 'Firefly' Companion Guides and the 'Serenity' Companion Guide. I know, I'm an obsessed Fi-Fly-Fan but it's all good. Also got two Foo Fighters albums and Final Fantasy IX from my darlin' flatmate *much love!*. I spent most of the lounging around the sitting-room, drooling over the costume info in the Firefly/Serenity Companions and listening to the deluxe movie theme-tune album that Dad got for Christmas.

Then me and the parentials settled down to watch the 'Dr Who' Christmas Special. Bloody hell... it was actually really good this year (though still as cheesy as hell)... Kylie Minogue was surprisingly decent in it. There were previews for the new 'Dr Who' series right after and I'm partially interested in watching this new season. 

But then... then they previewed 'Torchwood' and I nearly screamed (aww, who am I kidding... I did scream). The scream went something along the lines of: "OMG! SPIKE! They have Spike... look look look... eeek... sexy. Look! Ooooh... I'm so EXCITED! They have Spike! James Marsters... plays Spike... Buffy... he's in it. OMFG I LOVE YOU TORCHWOOD!". This was accompanied by much squealing, flapping of hands in fangirlish fashion and bouncing around in my seat. My parents were confused but have kinda got used to that sort of outburst from me. I'm still thrilled. Just think of the new slashy potential! Mmmm... both John Barrowman and James Marsters in one show... possibly heaven!

Anyhoos... rock on peeps. That is all for the Christmas post.

- Reno-ina. xxx

P.S. Early Birthday wishes (in case I'm not able to get online) for emptypantryon the 27th. Hope you have a wonderful, fantabulous day!

Yo peeps! I'm back Home-Home again.

All well and good... and good and fine and good. Yeah, I'm a happy bunny! It's nice being home. I worked yesterday and the day just went by in a flash. It's such a difference from the days dragging by during production. And it's so warm here in this house... especially in comparison to our cold lil' flat. I think Christmas will be good this year.

This evening, I finally got to watch the third 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' movie. I don't understand why some people didn't like it. I loved the darker, more perilous tone... and it also, surprisingly, made me respect Kiera Knightly! Sure she'd been slightly irritating in the earlier movies, but dammit, she kicked ass in this one (plus she looked hot in the Chinese pirate gear). Depp was awesome as ever and I even didn't mind Orlando Bloom this time. I loved the angsty turn at the end of the movie... I liked that the hero and heroine didn't get together in the classic way. But I was also depressed. They killed off my favourite character... honourably... but still. I miss Norrington *sobs*. Oh... and now I'm convinced there's a canon reason for Beckett/Sparrow fic (OMG... but just look at the hate-chemistry!). I know I'll probably get slated for this... but I actually think 'At Worlds End' is the best in the trilogy.

Got work again tomorrow and then me and the parentials are going out for our annual Christmas Dinner. I reckon it'll be a good night out.

Heh heh... now I'm off to catch up on all those juicy fan secrets over at F!S. Dammit... that comm is frickin' addictive!

- Reno-ina. xxx

 Yaaaaay! Only my Self-Assessment (a.k.a. Easiest Essay Evar) to do. Okay... I know I probably shouldn't be pulling an all-nighter on the last day of term when I shoulda had this work done a while ago... but you know meeeee! Jus' lovin' the whole killin'-myself-with-work-at-the-last-moment thing I have goin' on. Plus I needed to finish up those two series of Buffy I got on Tuesday. I know... I'm sad and addicted. Hmmmm... Spike *drools*. But anyway, yeah, essay.

But anyway... I'm off home tomorrow so probably don't expect any post until Saturday night or Sunday... I've got work (oh the joy oh the joy *hits self over head with mallet*). At least I'll get some cash though. I could really do with some to sort out my bank account. And yaaaaay I'm gonna see the cats... and the parentials... and my nice cozy bed!

So adieu til then my good pals!

- Reno-ina. xxx

Yeah... sleeping in til 3:00 today was probably not the best of plans. It was good in the sense that I had the best, most kick-ass dreams I've had in aaaaages, but not so great for the bio-rhythms . I'm now totally wide-awake and it's nearly 3:00 in the goddamn morning! I've gotta be up for 8:15. I'm gonna be so out-of-it tomorrow *le sigh*. Finally the production is over... so hopefully it won't be too hard to catch up on the sleep.

Oooooh... I found a totally addictive little site for anyone who thinks they have any mastery of the English Language. FreeRice - check it out, it's bound to bring out the inner English Grammer Freak in you and make you feel like you're doing something worthwhile. I donated 2320 grains of rices and got an overall Vocab Score of 40 without cheating and looking anything up (so yeah, feeling all proud and geeky).

S'pose I'd better think about Christmas shopping soon. And cleaning the flat. And writing up those two essays due in by Friday. Oh the jooooy *growls*. At least I can head home at the end of this week. Seeing the parentials and the kitty-poogums will be good. But first to try and get some sleep *tears self away from computer*.

- Reno-ina. xxx

Wow... I've finally managed to get online! I've had hardly any time recently (as you've probably all heard me ranting on about). But now things are calming down a bit. The show has gone up the past two days and all has gone well. I got to sleep in this morning and woke up all refreshed and happy. I will endeavour to nab a photo-disc of some of the actors in full costume and post them up fer y'all to see.

Last night I watched the last two eps of S1 'Heroes'. Cried like a baby at that goddamn ending! Nathan was always one of my fav characters... and I kinda like Petrellicest... but that ending! Good lord, the woobie nearly killed me! *is depressed* None-the-less, I love the program even more for making me cry. I will happily squee about it now.

Oooooh... I've just recently discovered they have Alpro Soya Chocolate Milk (formally known as 'OY')... in large cartons! FTW! I'm thrilled! I've been addicted to the stuff they sell in small cartons for aaaaaaaaaages and now I can buy it in bulk! ♥ ♥ ♥ ... now I just need to buy a packet of straws so I can get the authentic slurpy taste! I'm so HAPPY!
... Oh maaaaan... did I just fangirl over chocolate milk? That's even sadder than fangirlling over Wispa *may you R.I.P.* *sob sob*.

Got the second half of my Amazon order through the post today. My 'Last Fantasy' collection is now complete. I was going to start reading them all through again tonight but decided not to. Mainly because I think when I just attempted to, I woke up Zoe with my raucous laughter *le sigh*. And whilst I was on Amazon earlier today, I realised that Vol.12 of 'Trigun' was available for pre-order. It's due out in January. About frickin' time! But yes... it's safe in my shopping basket now. I'm happy.

Ohcrap... tis getting late and I have a protest to go to in the morning (student protest... about our new campus and how it's still not completed even though we were meant to move in after the summer). Gonna have to be up at 8:15 so I'd better get a bit of a move-on. Nighty Night all you wonderful peeps!

- Reno-ina. xxx

Whoa! It makes me feel goddamn special. I am officially the ONLY person in my fandom! Honestly... the fandom is non-existent. I could be a BNF... only there wouldn't be anyone to make me a 'Big Name' coz the fandom just doesn't exist. I should start writing fic. It'd be good! Honestly... if you search for the most obvious pairing, the only thing that appears is my LJ profile. Damn, it's frickin' uncanny!

- Reno-ina. xxx

P.S. There isn't even a Wikipedia entry!!!!!!! Talk about obscure!

Okay... so y'know how I said "I'm Gonna Sleep In Aaaaaaaaaall Saturday". Well... that didn't happen. On friday, giving us zero notice ahead of time, we were told we needed to be in at 5:00pm on Saturday because we were running so far behind on the Tech *teh fail!*. I had a bit of a breakdown and cried for an hour after they told us. It wasn't fun. But things started to look up once the Tech actually started.

Firstly... finally seeing all your work on stage for the first time is a great feeling.
Secondly... actually knowing that the end of the hard work is nigh is so relieving. It's great to see the final product coming to fruition.
Thirdly... being able to watch sections of the play whilst the Tech is happening tells me that this will be an awesome show.
Fourthly... I've had a chance to laugh like an idiot at all the funny things that happened during the Tech... it's like a blooper reel!
Fifthly... Ah the eye-candy. That pretty actor of mine playing the bad guy... mmmm delicious! That does a marvel for cheering me up!

I managed to catch up on quite a bit of my sleep this weekend, so I'm not quite as dead as before. I also finally got around to setting up an Amazon account (have been planning to for aaaaaages). Just got the notification today that my first order has been dispatched... YAY! I'll finally be able to complete my 'Last Fantasy' manga collection (okay... so there are only 5 volumes... but who cares... I LOVE that series). Plus I'll have the FMA movie... bring out the tub of ice cream and deluxe box of crying tissues peeps!

Aaaand... heh heh heh. I'm just gonna take this chance to thank unehrlichkeit for introducing me to fandomsecrets. Bloody hell, that comm really makes me happy. Mainly because it's good to see that other peeps have guilty secrets about liking certain fandom things... but also because gosh, ain't all that bitching funny! It's amusing how defensive some people can get about fandom issues. I'm just so tempted to tell them they're getting worked-up over something so inconsequential. Sure, fandom  matter a lot to me... but a lot of people are taking certain comments like they're a personal attack on all they believe in. *shakes head* I wish peeps wouldn't take everything to heart. If someone doesn't like your favourite pairing, frickin' learn to live with it. They're not trying to stop you liking them. Whenever I comment, I always try to see both sides of the argument... I highlight the good and bad points of both views. I enjoy being a fence-sitter and wank-basher (for those of you who read my blog and are now currently laughing because you are British and only know the UK definition of 'wank' ... note that I mean 'bitchy argument' and not 'jerk off'). And I'm always happy when I find someone who is willing to have a proper discussion with me instead of just scream-typing their over-hyped views... (thank you pretentioustfu, I wish there were more level-headed people like you out there in fandom ).

Right... now off to mooch around LJ for a little longer before finally catching up with the last two eps of this series of 'Heroes'.
- Reno-ina. xxx

*choking noise followed by sneeze* Heh. Y'know what... I've got a cold. I'm stuffed-up and feeling vaguely woozy. But that's the least of my worries. Literally!

Yeah... I've really had-it with this goddamn production! Fair enough we need to get stuff done... that's one thing... but having to get up at 6:45 in order to be in for quarter-to-eight... and then not getting back home til 9:00 at night... argh! I had a similar day yesterday (8:30am - 10:30pm). Then to add to the pain... I hardly slept at all last night... because I was dreaming of sewing and woke up constantly thinking 'Oooh... only two more seams to finish before I can go off to bed!'. I wonder if it's possible to get brain-damage from too much intense sewing? Furthermore... our technical rehearsal (the one that takes foreeeeeever) has been pushed back a day so it's all being done tomorrow (and though it's scheduled to finish at 10:30, it'll probably end up running on into the early hours of the morning).

Don't get me wrong... the story is ace... the costumes are gonna look fantastic... and I'm sure the acting will be top-class. But the time-frame and size of task force has been terribly underestimated. We're stretched so thin you could slide us through a letterbox. Grrrr... *sniffle*... our overall lack of sleep isn't helping either. Hopefully everything will come together neatly for the actual performances. Everything should be sorted by the last day's matinee, which happens to be when the parentials are coming up to see it. Dammit... all our hard work had better be worth it!

I can't wait for the weekend. I do believe I will spend all Saturday in bed, asleep. It will be good. And if I choose to awaken... I can laze there and read something. I really will not be bothered doing anything serious this Saturday. Sunday I should probably do some work on an upcoming essay assessment... but overall... keep it all pretty relaxed. That way, hopefully I won't resort to the 'curl-up-in-a-ball-and-die' option.

I want sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! So am going beddy-byes now.
*many f-list huggles* Be prepared not to see me back here til Sunday.

- Reno-ina. xxx