Roses bring Sunshine

[fluffymark]

Saturday we had lots and lots of fun reading Rose Rage, an adaption of Shakespeare’s Henry VI (all 3 parts mashed together). I thought I just had some nice relaxing small parts, mainly with silly french accents, but minutes before we started the_alchemist decided that I’d also be Henry VI. Meeep! Somehow that all worked out, and while we had no roses, we did have a box of Cadbury’s Roses, which made do as convenient and very edible props. The War of the Roses make a lot more sense to me if I think about it in terms of chocolates. Chocolate is worth fighting for!

Real roses are not so edible. Try telling that to goths, and they won’t listen. Whitby 2003 saw some people handing out roses to goths, and filming what happened next. Roses bring Sunshine appeared on YouTube a few days back, and many of you are in that video, so do take a look. Just ignore that posing fairy about 80 seconds from the start, PLEASE. Why can’t I remember this, and WHAT AM I THINKING? AAARGH!

You’re supposed to get an idea of my year from me reposting the first sentence of the first post of every month. Let’s see how realistic this is, shall we?

January Sweden was nice.
February Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
March First day of lent, and someone brought a huge and very yummy chocolate cake into the office.
April It’s all woe woe woe.
May A whole week of ardgour_2006 wonderfulness just happened.
June So maybe it’s the Gin & Tonic talking, but YAAAAAAAAAY my insane holiday to the Norwegian arctic is really happening!
July Am in Turku at isobell‘s nice place, drinking gorgeous banana smoothie while dinner is being prepared by her pretty husband.
August La la la Single again La la la.
September What’s the word for when your head is buzzing full of creative sparks and ideas and there’s no time to get them all out?
October I’m still here.
November Wow I’m so cute in bunchies, aren’t I?
December Happiness is lovely hot shower, followed by a cool refreshing gin and tonic (with lime, of course. Who do you think I am?)

From which I come across as some manic-depressive scandinavia-obsessive who loves his Gin & Tonic. Which isn’t the full picture by a long way, but I suppose I have leanings in that direction.

Anyway, I am still single, and do still look cute in bunchies, so I will wave my virtual stocking in your general direction and see what lands in it. *hopeful squeaks*

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Comments

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

My guess is you were thinking "mmm. alcohol."

[mstevens.livejournal.com]

That video is genius.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

SOMEDAY you and I must spend some time hanging out properly. Don't know how or when but it really needs to happen.

[fluffymark]

I'm guessing I was already way gone by that point, then someone gave me a rose, and told me to flirt at the pretty camera, and I went "ooooooh pretty" and did the flirty thing. Sounds very much like the sort of thing I would do.

I veguely recall doing two-tone pink/blonde hair one night, so it must have been then.

[fluffymark]

TOTAL genius. It's amazing. :)

[fluffymark]

I'm in definite agreeement on this. Why do you live so FAR away? I must must visit Edinburgh or somewhere like that, and then we can meet up and do STUFF. I'd like be totally yours anytime.

See you at Bardcamp, in any case.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

You should! Edinburgh is lovely and fun and quirky and terrific. We have a nice flat with a nice futon that wants to meet you. =)

And yep!

[mstevens.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the other key point I forgot is that you should post more to livejournal. We miss you!

[fluffymark]

Sometime in the new year, certainly. *nodnod* Hell, maybe even new year's eve itself if I'm really random. At least, roz_mcclure was trying to pursuade me to hit Edinburgh with her then. Who knows?

[fluffymark]

The annoying thing is, when I'm going out and doing lots of interesting stuff, I have no time to write about ANY of it. So all those big gaps I don't post anything, I'm doing fab things, and nobody gets to hear about them.

So which stories shall I post about from earlier this month? How I escaped the love triangle of doom? How I got wasted and the mystery of the missing mp3 player? The story of the prettiest girl at the ceilidh? The story of weaselspoon and the studded codpiece? How pretty the Thames is from the river? Why mirabehn is a lesbian icon when she's a panto principal boy? Something profound about anarchists accidentally dying? Something juicy about some of the best sex I've had ever? A story of heartbreak and loss, and kissing in the rain? A story of a feminist christmas carol service? Or just how several_bees has all the best cake recipes and all the pretty dresses.

[several-bees.livejournal.com]

Oh, England is lovely, all these people who like my cakes and dresses. It does make me ridiculously cheery.

[pinguhateseng.livejournal.com]

That video is *funny* and tragic simultaniously. And you looked slightly pissed. Which may explain why you don't remember it :)

[mstevens.livejournal.com]

Yes!

Oh. I have to pick things. Umm. Pretty stories!

[fluffymark]

But I want to eat all your cakes and steal all your dresses! :P

[fluffymark]

This was Whitby. I'm sure that was the evening I can't remember anything at all about, except waking the next morning to find a strange woman in my room, and then remembering I had a important dress-rehearsal at 10AM. Um. *blinks*

[fluffymark]

I'll see what I can do. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/hugsnkisses_/]

Why does everyone try and eat the rose?! You're not individuals! You all react with the same pat "atypical" behaviour! Get over yourself, you stupid goths!

AHEM, uh, sorry. I mean: you and Abby were delightful.

[fluffymark]

Maybe the goths all had the munchies? :P

And of course we were delightful! HOW COULD WE NOT BE?

[several-bees.livejournal.com]

Well, someone has to eat all my cakes, I certainly can't and even with a household of four I think I'll be throwing some leftovers out tonight.

That Natural History Museum talk on the 27th was on strange historical illustrations (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/events/detail.jsp?audience=&catID=&category=&event=darwin+centre+live&featurePeriod=search&key=7923&x=0&y=0), it turns out. We'll be going to the one at half-past two, if you unexpectedly find yourself incredibly bored and longing to learn about historical drawings of hydras.

[fluffymark]

Bother, I only return back to London on the evening of the 27th. This saddens me as that talk looks really interesting.

And throwing away cakes is just plain WRONG. Especially cakes as nice as yours.

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

we want to hear about the escape from the love triangle of doom please.

[fluffymark]

You've already heard most of that. At least, all the bits that I'm going to tell you. :P

Try a different one! :)

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

erm.. ok, lets have something juicy about some of the best sex you've had ever, please.

[fluffymark]

Um, maybe not in a public post. Ask me about it sometime, it's a real tale of bliss and then WOE.

But what would chavs had done?

[timemorph.livejournal.com]

To be fair no-one had and preporation time as to what to do with the roses and each rose is eaten so differently including the hooded vampire that suddenly realised he couldn't chew - The next video to be uploaded is what them Goths did with balloons. I hope you enjoyed finding the video out of the blue Mark. Seasonal good wishes to you all Peter

Re: But what would chavs had done?

[fluffymark]

Fantastic video, I loved it. It was somewhat a surprize to suddenly find. :)