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Woooooot. Mehvash and I went to see AWE at the uni cinema tonight, which brings the total of in-theatre viewings up to 6. Damn, I love it. With a great big shiny squelchy love.

And now I shall write. It's a sort of large AU for [livejournal.com profile] potcfest, which I've been working on for about a month now. I really hope it'll be done before the deadline. I think it will. And on that note, does Teague's ship have a name in canon? ::whistles innocently::

We also went grocery shopping at ASDA, and am I going insane or is that the UK edition of Walmart? Because their slogan was emblazoned across the check-out wall: Always Low Prices, in blue and in the same font and with the Always italicized and underlined. If so: ewww, Walmart. I feel sullied and unusual, I don't care how cheap it is.

In any case, I bought enough food to last me quite awhile. Although I still don't have a pot to cook the scads of pasta in. And ech, I picked up light yogurt by accident (this is the first chance I've gotten to eat dinner; we had to run back home, drop our bags off, and run back to campus for the film). But I suppose it balances out the cheese-and-onion pasty that preceded it.

ETA a random note: if anybody's shopping, Neutrogena makes the best mascara ever. I've been wearing it all day and it looks like I've just put it on; there's not a single flake (makeup tends to flake on me in general); it doesn't get all clumpy; and it comes off easily with a few quick swipes of remover. Well, Neutrogena products tend to be amazing, but this is my newest discovery. I am extremely picky about things I put on my face, and it's nice to know there's one brand that will never steer me wrong.
Mood:: 'chipper' chipper
Music:: singapore
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 10:05pm on 02/10/2007
Aha! I knew it! I knew there was a reason I instinctively didn't want to enter it! However, the skeeve-to-normal-person ratio was much lower than at home. But it's still evil, soul-sucking WALMART.

If I have to scrub, actually, it would be because of the bags at the Poundstore. They're scented or something, and the scent is disgusting and really strong. I had my bags parked under my seat, and the heater was wafting the stink all over the back of the bus ::shudders::
 
posted by [identity profile] veronica-rich.livejournal.com at 10:19pm on 02/10/2007
I would be tempted to name Teague's ship the Big Fucking Hat. Or, you know, whatever that translates to in French, where even "shit" sounds good. *G*
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posted by [identity profile] venusinchains.livejournal.com at 01:48am on 03/10/2007
OMG. Wal-Mart has conquered England? But Thatcher's been out of office for years. :-p

And, yeah, Neutrogena is the best. (Though I always think oatmeal...)


How about "The Irishman"? (I'm pretty sure that's what "Teague" means. :-p)
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 09:54pm on 03/10/2007
It truly is the Evil Empire.

Does it really? That's interesting!
 
posted by [identity profile] yoiebear.livejournal.com at 02:03am on 03/10/2007
I'm glad you're having a good time and I'm sorry you can't escape the evil that is Walmart.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 09:54pm on 03/10/2007
It is so GROSS, even over here!
 
posted by [identity profile] yoiebear.livejournal.com at 10:02pm on 03/10/2007
I don't want to imagine! At least I know what stores to avoid when I finally get my ass over there
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 10:06pm on 03/10/2007
Best friends: Sainsburys, Primark, and Sports World (the last two are super-cheap clothing).
 
posted by [identity profile] yoiebear.livejournal.com at 10:32pm on 03/10/2007
I'll try to remember that! It's always difficult for me to find cheap clothes cause I'm so small...
 
posted by [identity profile] tricksterquinn.livejournal.com at 02:12am on 03/10/2007
Ooh, is it not sticky? That's what I can't stand about mascara: the way it makes my lashes stick together. I don't wear it as a result. I've been suing their uber-sensitive facial moisturizer and ne oft heir spray-on sunscreens for a while and I looooove them so much. I also use Cover Girl's uber-gentle non-smelly pressed powder to fix the shiny of the aforementioned, and it seems to work well. I love that I'm having at least moderate success in the realm of cosmetic products!!
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 09:57pm on 03/10/2007
All mascara I've tried has been somewhat sticky, but this is less clumpy that must - if you poke your lashes with a fingernail, they'll separate again.
 
posted by [identity profile] tricksterquinn.livejournal.com at 10:00pm on 03/10/2007
Hm, I might stick to the no mascara thing, then. But that's still awesome!
 
posted by [identity profile] captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com at 02:23am on 03/10/2007
Don't think that Teague's ship is named in canon. I've been calling her the Maidensong being as Keef is a musician and a ladies' man. But that's just in my AUs.:)

About Mall-wart--*shhhhh* they're everywhere! Kind of like kudzu only not as pretty.:)
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 09:58pm on 03/10/2007
::shudders:: The evil! It burns!
 
posted by [identity profile] torn-eledhwen.livejournal.com at 09:34am on 03/10/2007
Wal-Mart took over Asda a few years back, to general disapproval. But Tesco is too big and is killing the local grocers'; Sainsbury's is expensive; Somerfield pretends to be cheap but isn't ... you're best off with Waitrose, which is a bit more pricey than the others (though fruit and veg is about the same as Tesco) but also has a few more ethics. I don't know if they have Waitrose in Southampton though.
 
posted by [identity profile] tiggothy.livejournal.com at 04:16pm on 03/10/2007
it would seem so (http://www.waitrose.com/branches/branchdetails.aspx?uid=720)

Waitrose are ace, and if you get the offers right can be cheaper than other places - and their own brand sausages are delicious (obviously not *quite* as good as my parents' local award-winnning butcher'd sausages, but for less tham 90p/packet they're divine :-)
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 10:01pm on 03/10/2007
Aha, I knew it was somewhere in Portswood!
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 10:00pm on 03/10/2007
Awww, Sainsburys is my favorite - their off-brand stuff is really good. There's a Waitrose here, I've passed it on the bus; I just have to figure it exactly where it is. Oddly enough, I haven't seen a Tesco. I don't think I'll be back to ASDA, though - it feels too much like Walmart.

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