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» Damon Salvatore | The Vampire Diaries | saviored
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» Harry Lockhart | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | lampshaded
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» Hoban "Wash" Washburne | Firefly | soared

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Thanks to crush, there's a tutorial to import S2 layouts from LJ. That one is an updated version from the one by parapsychic in that when you click "reply" on a custom comment page, the reply box opens up without taking you to a new page and subjects on top posts are links again.

However, there's still problems with the icons and the memories/tag link showing up which can mess with the original layout, so.

→ you can either just go through your layers again and replace userpicfriends with userpicread in the layers code (there should be 3 instances). Don't replace anything else with read, your code won't compile properly.

→ OR you can just use this modified code here.

→ once that's done, go into your CSS override and replace userpicfriends with userpicread

→ any instance of calender and friends should be replaced with archive and read respectively. This is technically only important if you've individually modified each header link (i.e. my layout); otherwise, if your header links are uniform across the board, it should be fine.

→ to remove the Memories/Tag link from your header, add this to your override:
ul.navheader li+li+li+li, ul.navheader li+li+li+li+li { display: none; } ul.navheader li+li+li+li+li+li { display: inline; }

And that should get everything working. This is only for Flexible Squares, obv, but the concept should be the same for the other styles (I THINK) and crush has import layers for Smooth Sailing, etc. I can't really say for sure because I've only ever worked with flexisquares, but it seems like the main issue is with the friends vs. read thing.

If you put in a request.

XMAS ICONS DONE HERE.

♥

It is that time of year again, so I'm taking icon requests if you guys want them.

» I will make ~3-4 icons per person.

» Drop your caps in comments, the higher the quality, the better. For live action, homeofthenutty.com has a really great selection of logo-less HQ caps.

» Feel free to leave more than 3-4 images (BUT NOT TOO MANY EITHER, OBV); it would actually be better if I could have a few to pick and choose from since not all caps work out in icons.

» I don't color manga, so if you drop black and white scans, they will remain black and white. :C Otherwise, go wild with whatever. They don't have to be fandom related, of course.

Putting my journal to use, yep.

oo1. | I have so much shit to do, it's not even funny, crying. Though I say this and I still chill around all the time and somehow the work...gets done, so I guess this is my life. WHAT ELSE IS NEW.

oo2. | My room is such a huge mess, omg. I need to put my books away, but IDEK. Maybe I'll dedicate next week to cleaning my room, though the chances of that happening are like...slim to none. There is also still dust everywhere and I had to get some guy to come in to take apart the radiator and suck the dust out because every time it turned on, it would be like POOF. Dust.

oo3. | I did some serious shopping, so I have a couple of nice sweaters now and a new ring. :C and new makeup.

oo4. | It is really weird working from home. It's making me feel horribly lazy even though I know I'm doing work, but I'm like, "Well, I'm just sitting in front of my computer in my room, anyway..." But yeah. I've also barely gotten anything done so I need to just pour a whole weekend into it and pretend like I've been working on it for the past three weeks. Whoops.

oo5. | TVD has still taken over my life, I can't. There is so much gay. So much of it. Nothing is heterosexual and everything is beautiful.

oo6. | WHY IS ARCHER NOT COMING BACK UNTIL THE SPRING.

oo7. | I know The Walking Dead is back, but I am somehow not quite inclined to watch it. I was pretty into it last year, so idk. I mean, it was good, but hmm. One of those temporary love affairs, I guess. I was also trying to get into Person of Interest, but it slipped my mind, haha. Maybe I'll catch up around winter break.

OH HI, I EXIST ON HERE.

Anyway, I'm moving in...less than a week, scream. I haven't really packed my shit, but since half of it has been moved already, I really just gotta grab the essentials and then box my books...LMAO my biggest concern is making sure it isn't too heavy for me to drag and everything bc I am a small tiny person and there is nothing more embarrassing than collapsing under the weight of your own stuff. ;A;

Europe was great and there are pictures, but I haven't gotten around to posting them. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of pictures between the three cameras we had with us, so sorting through them is like HNNNGG. I'll get around to it sometime, though.

Otherwise, life is pretty good. :C I caught up with some friends and I'll catch up with more before I leave. I had my last day at my job earlier and it was cute. They gave me a card and an adorable scarf and everything. I WILL MISS THEM, I was one of those rare people who liked my workplace a lot. ALL MY COWORKERS ARE CLOSE TO MY HEART.

Oh and my loans got approved! It's just enough to cover my tuition, so accommodations is still my problem to deal with, fuuu. But that's still pretty good.

Now I need to just...settle in once I'm over there and find myself a new job. AND HOPEFULLY NOT DIE IN MY PROGRAM. And find time to RP. I can do all the things. >:C

This is me updating my journal from Florence bc I haven't updated in forever, and I figure...while I'm across the Atlantic might as well be a good time as any.

Anyway, the trip's been pretty awesome so far, even though we're only three days into it. Rome was beautiful, hnnggg. We didn't get to see everything since we're moving pretty fast, but I did manage to step into the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel, and then the Coliseum.

The crowds were insane though lmfao. Like, legit squeezing past people on the sidewalks. Sienna was a lot less crazy.

But the computer is kicking me off, scream. IDK when I'll get internet next. The hotel I'm staying at for the next couple days has it, but the room I'm in is too high up and out of range so my phone can't pick up the signal, baw. I will try to crawl on one more time before we leave though.

VENICE IS NEXT YEEAHHH.

I realize that the last time I updated this, I was still working on exams. ;;

» I found a residence at Chestnut in U of T. I feel kind of weird doing my first dorm experience thinger as a grad student, BUT THERE YOU ARE. I still would've preferred some place to myself where I can actually do my own cooking and shit, but oh well. My mother seems to require a place on res for her not to call me twice a day or something to see if I've been shanked. I am okay with not having her call me twice a day.

» I'm working more, but I'm also spending more, oops. Still hoping to be able to save a bit, though, but I'm okay with spending since I wanna see everyone I know a million times before I leave. :(

» GAME OF THRONES IS MY NEW FAVOURITE LOVE. As much as I love watching Tyrion (and the rest of the cast, let's be honest. This is an amazing cast), I am seriously latching onto Jaime Lannister. Like, I just feel the burning desire to write him, except I know I will never have the time to do so. Also, there have been only four episodes out so far and I haven't seen the fourth ep yet. BUT LOOK AT THAT FINE-ASS BLOND INCESTUOUS BITCH. How can you not love that.

And S6 of Doctor Who is going fabulous. RORRYYYY. I need him in my life. (OODS NEXT WEEK. I LOVE OODS.)

» This week is the last episode of The Vampire Diaries. I'm gonna cry. ;A; My life feels empty already. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY AND MAKE A LITTLE FAMILY. Is that too much to ask for.

» I'm trying to use this summer to fill in holes I am missing regarding a shitton of movies. I've actually seen a pretty good chunk of films, but I am still staring at all the ones I'm missing like HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS YET and then there are the ones I've seen, but it's been so long that I might as well have never seen it (see: E.T., most of Disney's 2D animation). So yes, this is one of my life goals now. It's a perfectly valid life goal, okay. Internet, don't fail me now.

THAT'S RIGHT, I TOOK A BREAK FROM STUDYING TO WRITE META. THIS IS HOW I TIME MANAGE OKAY.

( The Vampire Diaries 2.18 The Last Dance + promo spoilers )

Um, in other news, I am two finals and three papers down, and two finals and one paper to go. ALMOST TO THE FINISH LIINNNNE. Then I'm gonna drink my ass off, hopefully start working more, and maybe do some serious shopping.

THIS IS ME UPDATING MY JOURNAL I SWEAR TO GOD SCREAM.

» I got into U of T for grad next year which is really nice. :') I was mostly just afraid I'd like...get rejected from everywhere, lmao. I just have to keep my grades up which I'm irrationally nervous about -- like I'd have to fail pretty majorly in a couple of those classes to screw up my marks, but I think part of this is because I don't have any marks for any of my classes yet except for...two. So it's like HOW AM I EVEN DOING RN???

Anyway, I have no housing at the moment. /stares Because I genuinely was not expecting to go to U of T, especially since they...received what was essentially a draft copy of my personal statement adjfs;. Their deadline was so early, I threw everything together in a rush. APPARENTLY THIS WORKS OUT FOR ME...so I'm not complaining.

I am really stoked about moving out, haha. Even if I don't have anywhere to move to currently, but something will be sorted out, so that's not a huge deal. I hope.

I haven't heard back from any other school, except UBC which rejected me (.__.), but I've already accepted U of T's offer so I guess they don't make a huge difference. Although it'd still be nice to know. U of T was kind of a no-brainer once UBC was out, fff, and UBC was really only on the list 'cause of cost effectiveness.

» I am having so much fun in all of my RPs right now. It's making my life. I need to get my ass moving on all my schoolwork, though. Something about this term is just moving really slow, idk what it is. Even my profs are marking all their shit late ;;

» I WANT POKEMON WHITE IN MY LIFE ALREADY SCREAMING. But I refuse to buy it until after finals. I do not need another distraction, hnggg. But watching everyone play it, it's like, "/reaches.... ;__;"

» Definitely rolling through Europe this summer for a couple of weeks or so. It will be...family things, so I'm sure some headaches will arise, but this means I'm not paying for it, fufufu. /hit

August is gonna be so fucking busy, though. :X

The How's My Driving? Meme

Delayed HMD pimping, lol. I posted this early in the morning, but I forgot to LJ it. ;; ANYWAY YOU KNOW ME, crit is my life blood, so. ♥

School has been going pretty well, I guess. I'm still getting used to my new schedule (waking up at 6:30 AM = not the best life decision I've made in regards to my class schedule in awhile), but otherwise, nothing's happened yet. I need to get a move on in terms of my readings, though, before I fall way behind.

I NEED A HAIRCUT TOO but my hairdresser is in Vietnam for a month or something, sob. I guess I could get a cut from another stylist, but I like my girl. ;A;

.........Anyway, yeah, that's my life. Nothing much has been going on. I wanna get together for some drinks some time soon with some friends, but I keep staring at my to-do list and feeling like I have no time to do anything, orz. I STILL HAVEN'T GONE TO SEE TRUE GRIT uggghh and I really wanted to go see it.

» I GOT SICK right as the New Year rolled around, lmao. MY LUCK. This is clearly the best sign for a fantastic upcoming year.

» Still getting the bits and bobs of my grad school paperwork done. I know I should just buckle down and do it already, but like, every time I look at it I get a panic attack and I end up just crawling away to Tumblr before I cry or something, idek. But I'll get it done on time LMFAO. This is just the way my life goes before I accomplish a task.

» I feel like I should do a year in review or something, but 2010 year didn't ... feel any different from the year before that and I don't foresee this upcoming year being too different either. I GUESS I graduate this year, so that'll be one chapter of my life over.

Oh, I did meet some pretty badass people. So I hope to do more of it in 2011. 8)

» I really want to kick ass at everything I do this year. 8| It probably won't happen, but it's a nice thought.

» Time needs to slow down.

» My credit card bill is ginormous this month. THE HOLIDAYS + SHOPPING DEAR GOD. I am so broke. But I'll be getting paid Jan. 9th. /reaches for money... Oh and one of my presents consisted of a super cute new winter coat. I LOVE IT TO PIECES. And I have cute new shoes.

» Tomorrow I'm gonna finish my grad stuff early morning and then roll around and relax before school starts up on Tuesday. IT SUCKS because I'll have to be up by 6:30 AM every other morning next term. I MISS MY 11:00 AM CLASSES ALREADY, BAW.

» I want to thank the anon who bought Sam two months paid time! ♥ I thanked on plurk, but then I realized this person might not have one, haha, so here it is on LJ.

» School is pretty much done and wrapped. I just need to polish off my applications and send them in. I'm a little nervous about the reference letters because I readjusted my statement of intent slightly and while there isn't a huge difference, two of my referees did get the...older versions which weren't as clear and refined. IDK hopefully they didn't reference what I wrote too much in the letters themselves orz.

Hurr, I still wish I'd had more time to put this together. PARENTS. Why are you like this. 8( But whatever. I feel a little bad because my heart isn't quite fully in this, but I'm also freaking myself out because I don't want to....let my parents down idk and I always get the feeling I will. FUCKING ASIAN PARENTS. Trauma for life.

» My hair's grown out and I quite like it a lot right now.

» I went out last night and the day before that and had a really good time. I need to get out and do crazy stupid shit with friends more often. 8)

BOOKS I INTEND TO READ OVER THE WINTER BREAK. I know I've fallen so behind on these novels, sob.

☐ The Room by Emma Donoghue
☐ The Passage by Justin Cronin
☐ The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
☐ House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
☐ Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer (JUDGE ME, I dare you.)
☐ Generation X by Douglas Coupland. Somehow I missed his most well-known book, idk.

I have a $50 gift certificate to this local book store which seems...a bit hipster, actually, lmao, but it looks awesome so I'm gonna check it out and see what I find there, too.

✔ ASIA 354 term paper
✔ ENGL 468A term paper
✔ PHIL 310 term paper
✔ RELG 414 term paper
☐ ENGL 490 term paper
☐ Grad applications (5)
☐ Finals (2)
☐ Hunt down my third and final set of reference letters. Which were promised, but have yet to be delivered. >:(

My life. WHAT IS IT. This month needs to be over.

I can finally return the books I took out for one of my papers, though, so I will...have somewhat more room on my desk. Barely. There's still a whole other stack for another paper, but those need to stay. And maybe I can split that pile in two now so it has less a chance of falling over.

The Vampire Diaries is back on tomorrow, I am very excited. It keeps delivering me delicious Salvatore broship. FILLS THE HOLE IN MY HEART. Those two are too precious for words. ♥

Since hearing that Castiel gets a boner in a recent episode and in light of other embarrassing spoilers, I have ceased to watch Supernatural. I CANNOT HANDLE IT RIGHT NOW. Maybe I'll come back to it once I'm feeling...less like it's ruined everything I've ever loved about that show. /melodrama

I am sad that The Walking Dead is gone from my screen until forever next year. I LOVE THAT SHOW SO MUCH. What will I do without my weekly dose of Glenn the pizza delivery boy being awesome. ;A;

HONESTY MEME

SOME DAY, I will learn not to procrastinate. But once I get this paper out of the way, I can...slowly breathe a little more because it means I only have one left. URRGHHHH.

Despite the workload, I've been RPing like a fiend, lmfao. This is clearly not a sign of my amazing time management skills.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to after Dec. 13th where I will only have one exam left, and therefore, I will be dragging all my bitches out for drinks or something or just. I DON'T EVEN CARE. I am like. Suffocating on books right now, I need to get out and. Do social things. I'm already missing the Christmas dinner with my coworkers due to papers destroying my life and that makes me sad because I actually really do like all of my coworkers a lot and that is a RARE RARE THING in the retail world.

...Plus, free food and booze, so. DX;;; Baw.

VAMPIRE DIARIES IS BACK THIS THURSDAY and I am no longer ashamed to say that this is basically the most exciting thing that's happening in my life right now.

I still have grad stuff to take care of, but most of the vital information has been put together so now it's just a case of all the administrative details like filling in my degree and the date I intend to graduate a million times over.

I want to buy myself something awesome after finals. C:

Anyway, back to my paper. I have 8 pages left to go, but I think if I can finish 6 today, I'll be good.

That icon is basically my face right now --->

Anyway, IDK, I'm trying to keep this journal updated more. LMFAO even though most of you are on plurk, so I think there's maybe two people left who read this thing.

I revised my statement of intent and I like it a lot better now. :C So I feel better about it. This might change in the near future. The SFU deadline confuses me because in the application, it says February 2nd, but everyone on their website it says January 15th. I'm planning to get everything done before then so it doesn't really matter, but....LOL SFU. Get your shit together.

IDK what the hell is going on in my seminar class because I haven't gotten back any marks yet. I've done my presentation and my prospectus, but IDK how well I did on them. I'm kinda worried because this is a MAJOR CLASS for my degree.

But the rest of my other courses are going pretty well. I HAVE....relatively high hopes unless something goes HORRIBLY WRONG which it very well could because I'm literally swamped with papers right now. SO SWAMPED you don't even know. I'm only 400 words into the first one and ugggh. And I've skipped two of my classes on Plato to take care of this grad school shit, whoops, though I only have the final exam to worry about for that one and I should be....okay for it. T__T; I'M GOOD WITH PLATO. I think. I'll have only two days to prepare for it because I don't expect to finish my seminar paper until the very last day, but if I glue myself down I should be all right.

....Maybe I should request a day off from work for that date, too. DX;; I'll ask this girl at work on Sunday, that might be a good idea. I'll make it up during the winter break.

Going off to do more work now. :X My goal is to finish this paper by Saturday. WE'LL...see how that goes lol.

oo1 | My new phone is GLORIOUS. So far. It's only been one day so for all I know, it could break down in another six months and then I'd be back where I started, CRY. But at least this time, being on a contract means they'll have to fucking fix my phone.

oo2 | I started The Walking Dead, though I haven't seen 1.03 yet, so pls don't spoil. But so far, I love it a lot. The first episode was gorgeous, the second was just...average fun, but fun is awesome, too. GLENN IS MY NEW HERO. ♥

oo3 | I watched about thirty minutes of Top Gear's Polar Special a few weeks ago. I wish I got paid for doing crazy shit.

oo4 | I have four more papers left, approximately. Plus a couple of small assignments. And then stuff for grad school. I need...one more prof to respond to me and then I'm set to go. I already have two references so at least I can apply to a majority of schools using them alone; I just need an extra one for UBC. (Still side-eyeing you, UBC.)

oo5 | This is one of the best eyeliner pencils I've ever used:



I was debating between it and Urban Decay, and this one won out. I haven't tried Urban Decay yet, but it's more expensive and this hasn't let me down. I wore it for 8 hours at work and it didn't smudge at all. And it was super easy to wash off.

oo7 | I'm bordering on being super stressed and super happy. I don't even know.

So I really want the HTC Legend:



I think I'm gonna reward myself with it once I've managed to get three profs who will write me a reference letter. I have about...maybe another week to do this. A week and a half if I'm pushing it, sob. Most grad schools in Canada only want two, but UBC, which happens to be my preferred school (bc it is close and itherefore cheaper and I really do like it here) wants three, goddamn it, UBC. YOU DO THESE THINGS JUST TO BE DIFFERENT, DON'T YOU.

I dunno about international schools. Definitely nowhere in the U.S. because I do not want to live in the U.S. at all if I can help it. If I do go international, it'll be in the UK. Otherwise, I'm chilling in Canada.

Anyway, I have...one prof who I am pretty certain I can get something out of because she saw me in the elevator the other day and smiled at me even though I hadn't seen her for about three months, so YOU KNOW AT LEAST I AM NOT A RANDOM FACE TO HER. She recognized me, yeaaahhh. And I did super well in her class, so. DX;;

That leaves...two others. UGGHHHH why.

Anyway, aside from that, life is...trudging along. I am currently surrounded by a stack of thirteen books. Sometime next week, I will probably accumulate a few more for another paper I'll be writing soon.

Tomorrow I am going to talk to one of my profs about...yet another paper. SHE WAS KIND OF CURT IN THE EMAIL LMAO I HOPE...THAT'S JUST HOW SHE IS IN EMAILS and that she doesn't somehow hate me, idek.

I'm still super busy, but I think things are sort of coming together now so I don't feel like slacking off anymore because I actually know where I'm going. KINDA. idk I was really in a weird slump for awhile there. I REGRET IT NOW since it means I've fallen way behind, whoops.

OH WELL. It will work out.

The How's My Driving? Meme

I AM NOT SURE WHY I CONTINUE TO HOPE IN VAIN FOR CRIT, but I actually did post...okay this DS, even though I kind of floundered a lot. But I looked back and it wasn't too terrible, lmfao. I guess it helped that I skipped a couple of shifts.

The Claire thread with Damon is still one of my favourite non-canonmate interactions so far. :( It was just fun, idk.

I NEED MORE VAMPIRE DIARIES IN MY LIFE. I'm going to drool at that masked ball, I just know it. I AM SUCH A GIRL.

Anyway, I have a paper due next week, and I'm also volunteering for the Writers Fest at 8:15 AM at one point WHICH MEANS GETTING UP AT 6:45 AM SO I CAN MAKE IT THERE IN TIME WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF. I was like, "Oh, 8:15, that way I can have plenty of time afterwards to write my paper!" Which sounded logical until I'm like, "But will I even be awake enough to write it????"

Nevertheless. I do intend to shop for some actual decent cheese and stuff from the market once I'm down there on the Island. FRESH CHEESE GUYS. And the bakery has these tiny little green tea cakes that I want try. I wish my laptop was STILL A LAPTOP THAT YOU CAN MOVE AROUND but no, it is trapped in one sad little place because it sucks, so I can't take it down there and sit to write.

I want this:



I am terribly gay for vintage style necklaces.

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION IN THE PAST WEEK I DON'T EVEN.

( Vampire Diaries 2.01 The Return )

Um, other than that, I'm about a quarter of the way through Eleven's run on Doctor Who (STILL BAWING OVER TEN, THOUGH) and currently going through Torchwood: Children of Earth. I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN IT so I'm...crying already because. Sobbbb. But oh well. At least I know ahead of time. ;___;

OH AND I'VE FINISHED READING TWILIGHT, hahahaha. It was easy to get through so that was nice. Super fast read.

AND NOW I AM BACK IN CLASS. Hopefully my courses go okay, sobbing. I'm still searching for a work study but that shit can get up to 200 applicants per position, lmao, so I am...probably screwed from the start. STILL TRYING THOUGH.

...but yes this is the extent of my life. Carry on.

Also also, I've been thinking about changing my layout to make it look less...spring/summery. Since winter is rolling around. IDK what colour scheme I want yet, though, so I will be deciding on that. :|a