Never wear your best pants...

waves hello

2015-04-02T22:01:55Z

I kinda really want to see this movie. Though knowing my luck all the good bits are in the trailer...

My 25 year love affair with Weird Al continues....

2014-09-12T15:22:00Z

quantrail @ 2014-07-10T21:47:00

2014-07-10T20:47:23Z

Interesting to see that if Garth Brooks has to choose between his children, he'd sooner they all died. #sophieschoice #friendsinlowplaces
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) July 8, 2014

Ha! This is the best thing I've seen so far during this whole Garth Brooks debacle.

Everything is Awesome!

2014-07-08T15:56:04Z

Random observation

2013-04-29T17:42:35Z

I've been rewatching an awful lot of Doctor Who recently and have reached the start of the Matt Smith years. Is it just me, or is he a lot like Jared Padalecki. Only English. And paler.

quantrail @ 2013-01-16T15:52:00

2013-01-16T15:52:45Z

Finally got the last of my wisdom teeth extracted today. No more wisdom for me!

Gordon Brown why you be so harsh with this nation?

2013-01-03T17:03:09Z

I always hate checking downforeveryoneorjustme and finding out it is, in fact, just me. Sendspace, why won't you work? *flails fist impotently*

Baby's first hairball

2012-10-26T08:53:02Z

Poor boy-cat started getting sick last night and bringing up lumps of hair. He's a bit off-colour today but he's been eating a bit so hopefully I don't have to start worrying about blockages in his guts. Will keep an eye on him to make sure he's okay, though. Poor, poor cat.

quantrail @ 2012-08-29T12:37:00

2012-08-29T11:37:45Z

I never paid much attention to how important it was for me to be able to go online until my interent stopped working.

Birthday!

2012-01-28T21:07:26Z

Happy birthday to the wonderful sillie82! *twirls you and showers you in confetti* XD ♥

My Bingo Card

2011-12-18T23:03:17Z

This is the bingo card I got after signing up for hc_bingo. I have ideas for a few squares already! :D

serial killers	loss of hearing	rejection	plane crash	Stockholm syndrome
secret identity discovered	learning to be loved	nausea	cuddling	sensory deprivation
invisibility	accidental mating for life	WILD CARD	falsely imprisoned	eating disorders
upset at higher being	family	therapy	assault	unwanted transformation
forced to participate in illegal / hurtful activity	tentacles	planet destruction	loss of vision	extortion

Advice, please?

2011-11-16T16:26:20Z

My family is starting the process of adopting a couple of cats. Okay, it's mainly me that's pushing for this, but my parents are on board and are looking forward to the possibility of having a couple of lap-warmers around the house.

I've contacted a local cat sanctuary and they're going to be arranging a home-check visit to see if our home is suitable. All going well, we'll be approved and the proud owners of either a 6 month old brother/sister duo or an 18 month old brother/sister duo. All four have been vaccinated and neutered.

I guess I just wanted to ask the cat owners on my flist for advice regarding things that I need to buy for the cats. We haven't owned a cat in many, many years because we had a dog that lived to 17 and the cats we had before her were never really house cats. I'm planning on keeping these cats indoors at all times because we live on a semi-busy road where traffic is doing up to 50km/h (30mph).

I've thought of stuff like a cat carrier (do I need 2 or can cats share?), food and water bowls, toys, litter tray, scratching post and some kind of bed. I'm sure there's lots of stuff that I haven't thought of and that's why I'm asking you, marvellous flist. Also, is there anything I have to do to cat-proof the house? We live in a bungalow so are there any special precautions I should be taking to make sure the cats can't escape outside where they'd possibly get run over?

Thank you for any advice you can offer ♥

quantrail @ 2011-09-22T12:42:00

2011-09-22T11:42:50Z

*fingers crossed*

ExerBeat is not messing around!

2011-08-27T22:08:56Z

I got this game for my birthday and man, is it making me sweat! I've only used it twice so far but I'm really loving it. You can use 2 Wii remotes so it actually knows what both of your hands are doing, unlike other games I've played (like Just Dance 2) where the computer kinda guesses where you're flailing at with your left hand.

I'm not sold on the world map yet (you exercise and it gets converted to miles you've walked across the globe). I started off in London and after 2 nights (maybe 30-40 mins of total exercise) I've managed to walk over to Athens and am walking back towards Italy. It's kinda fun but I can imagine that it would get annoying if you were only doing short exercises. The map pops up after every exercise you complete and if you manage to make it to a checkpoint you get some 'fun' trivia about the city you're in.

All in all, it's keeping me quite entertained and sweaty so I guess it's doing what it's supposed to!

tap tap

2011-08-03T12:40:27Z

Is this thing on?

The Guard

2011-07-01T13:11:57Z

I really want to see this movie but I'm sure my local cinema won't show it. May have to make the trek to the city if that's the case.

This second trailer is actually the first one I saw (and the one I like more). It has some bad language and stuff in it, though, so it's NSFW.

quantrail @ 2011-05-23T18:32:00

2011-05-23T17:32:56Z

I just ordered this shirt!

Oh dear lord

2011-05-12T21:38:40Z

Jedward got through to the Eurovision final on Saturday night. I kinda feel like I should apologise to the rest of Europe...

Though I really hope they manage to reign in the backing singers a bit on the night. They were less backing, more singing at times.

And, especially for poor tanisafan - who has this song stuck in her head - the performance from tonight!

1st of May!

2011-05-01T12:17:32Z

It's the 1st of May! This means at least 3 things to me (well, really it means 5 but one's slightly depressing and the other doesn't matter when I'm not working).

Here in Ireland, it means it's the first day of summer. Woohoo! (Yeah, our seasons make no sense if you think about them too much. Shh, tell no one.)

It is also the fantabulous tanisafan's birthday. Happy birthday, bb! *twirls you hardcore*

And thirdly, the song that's only relevant on one day of the year:

(Disclaimer: kinda NSFW because of the lyrics)

Happy 1st of May, everyone!

random thought of the day

2011-04-30T15:11:43Z

I changed my journal layout and now every time I look at the new one I get a craving for cake :-|

quantrail @ 2011-04-28T23:53:00

2011-04-28T23:04:13Z

I got a kindle recently so this is me testing how easy it is to post to LJ with it. Load times are kind of horrible but other that that it seems okay so far. Wouldn't want to be checking my flist, though - it would probably freeze up.

Aha haha! There's an amusingly long time-lag between what I type and the time it takes to appear on the screen. *pets kindle*

Drive-by posting

2011-03-16T16:27:33Z

Ugh, I've not been at all productive (unless you count arsing about on Facebook) since I got back from my holiday. Which I really must fill you in about. Look out for my post about that once I've gone through my hundreds of photos!

I've got to run to the post office now before it closes but I should be able to catch up with you all soon.

Hope my flist is doing well! *hugs you all*

Wheeeee!

2011-01-26T14:01:39Z

(Not sure how much time I'll have later in the day so I'm posting now.)

And I'm off! I won't have internet access while I'm gone so I'll talk to you all again in a little over 3 weeks. Unless one of my flights crashes and burns. In that case, I probably won't. *cough*

But! I want to send birthday wishes to sillie82 and biffyhouse now, since I'll be away then. Happy birthday! *throws glitter*

quantrail @ 2011-01-19T11:23:00

2011-01-19T11:23:23Z

This new layout is very... pink.

Not sure how long I can actually look at this much pink =S

Might change it again post-haste!

Semi-annual hair debate

2011-01-15T17:22:49Z

I'm going to get my hair cut up short again (currently it's about 3 inches below my shoulders) but I don't know what style to get done. I'm leaning towards getting it cut extremely short but I'm useless at picking a cut to get done.

Any suggestions? I have a round face shape, which apparently means I need to be careful getting short hairstyles.

I kind of like the look of this but I don't know the first thing about keeping my hair styled once it's been cut.

Help?