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Day two!

I am actually posting this a day late, because I was quite tired yesterday!

So, I got up and dressed, had toast for breakfast and went to my first race in nearly 2 years! It was a 10k run/walk or a 4k run. I decided on the 4k run because I felt kind of sick and didn't want to push myself. It was seriously crowded. They expected maybe 500 people, but there was over 1000! They ended up giving out pieces of paper with your race number on and one pin to stick it to you,  because there wasn't enough! I was no. 701! So we hung around waiting for the 10k-ers to get a head start, and off we were. I was unfortunately in the middle, and had planned to walk to warm up because I'd forgotten my gloves and got cold waiting, but instead I immediately started running so I could get out the crowds. Unfortunately, basically the first 1km was a giant hill, so I paced that, but was already ahead so no crowds :D

Along the way I took a few photos. I was trying to beat a record so I didn't want to stop often.


This is an old abandoned house on the route. All the windows are kicked in and the door rotting, but an Irish flag is still hanging from the window. You don't see flags on houses often here, so I stopped to take a picture.


My phone doesn't accurately capture the beauty of the mountain ahead. The sun was shining on it and the sky sure didn't seem that grey!

I finished the 4k in exactly 30 minutes. Not too shabby considering the hills. They were seriously like MMMMMM, up and down and up again. Got sandwiches, lucozade, cups of tea, rice krispy buns and a slice of apple pie before going home. Lazed around a bit at home, then had a shower and attempted yet again to do something with my hair. It failed.

Then I had my dinner, which I *did* take a picture of, but it has vanished. It was tomato soup, then grilled chicken, parsnip and carrot mash, and potatoes. Not hugely exciting, but healthy, so.

Spent the rest of the day reading, internetting, tidying up and watching old clips of 'Whose Line'. Such a good show! Then off to bed :)

Because I do.



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Such fun! I sadly didn't participate last year as I was totally swamped, but this year I totally will. The subjects look very interesting too.

theatripod is taking place! Sadly, I don't think it's something for me, because I SUCK at deadlines so badly, but just in case anyone hasn't heard of it. I will be eagerly following the proceedings and willing to help anyone through a mental recording/directing/editing block!



A newer, darker album is coming up. Halloween (and Frankie's birthday) looms, and what better way to celebrate than a flailtastic mini frerard (fang!)bang? The challenge, should you choose to accept it: vampire frerard, 5k word minimum.

Again, this isn't something that I'll be taking part in (the timeline is... very tight) and vampires aren't something I like writing or creating around, but I will happily consume the resulting fanworks. I'm not doing anything for Hallowe'en this year, podfic-wise (last year, myself and knight_tracer worked frantically to get I Have Been All Things Unholy ready for Hallowe'en.) but it's nice to see that I will get my horror fix!




HAPPY OCTOBER SWAP
October Swap is still taking place! I don't know about anything else, but if you want something from me, just comment :D I'm so glad I made a spreadsheet while I was still ahead though, there is so much giving and goodwill going around! I know poor analise010 was saying to me on Twitter that she's finding it hard to keep up, which is a good sign imo! All the more fun!


#InformalTwitterPodficExchange is going on! I just signed up - it's gonna be fuuuun :D Signups are open until Friday, just tweet vworpvworp or bessyboo with fandoms you are willing to record, and ones you'd like to receive in!


Podbang is also accepting sign ups now! Do so here.




October is Repod Month this year!
Come post your repods over at multipodicityOctober is re-pod month! So if you have a repod lingering on your harddrive, go, post it! Celebrate!


Wow, that's a lot to get through this month! So, how is everyone!?

( Cut for ramblings )

HAPPY OCTOBER SWAP
This will be nice! I've posted a comment there, I think I'm the second so :D I listed everything that I could think of, but I'm sure there is more. Yaaay! Go and leave a comment. I would love to give you something ♥

I've had a pretty shitty week, not gonna lie, so I would appreciate some love over at mrsronweasley 's love meme.

My thread is here :)

If you love hockey, then join us at hockeybigbang for the Hockey RPF Big Bang challenge! Create long fics of a minimum of 10,000 words to be paired with artwork or a fanmix! SIGN UP HERE!

I AM SO IN TWO MINDS TO SIGN UP FOR THIS ARGH. Will I, or will I not? As an artist or a mixer? As I said on twitter, I doubt my commitment to the sparkle motion.

So I was watching the latest episode of Bad Education, and all I really wanted was some Stephen/Mitchell fic. I don't think they even interact on the show, but whatever. So I wrote some?

Run Up If You Want Some.

A Bad Education (2012) fic, pairing Stephen/Mitchell. No canon knowledge needed, just know it's one asshole chav guy and one openly gay fucking awesome guy who go to school together in some town in England! Yay.

At AO3.

Title: Close Your Eyes and Think of England
Fandom: British Actors RPF
Author: sam_storyteller 
Reader: letsgofriday 
Rating: pg
Time: 04:29
Size: 4.10 mb (mp3)

Summary:

"Oh, are we talking about slash again?"

Readers notes: This fic was a joy to record. I kept on bursting into giggles - I even included some bloopers at the end, I had to! And yes, I know technically that is not the English flag - but I figured as John Barrowman and David Tennant are both Scottish, use the UK flag instead. (Also it's way prettier. Sorry, English folk.) Enjoy! Please leave a comment for me and the author <3


Download: dropbox or alternatively,

Streaming:

(Sorry if the streaming doesn't work - it's my first time trying it, and those things never show up on my laptop for reasons unknown to me, so I can't tell if it's there or not.)