Closest castle to me I think is Warrick Castle. :smallbiggrin: Not sure though, Geography never was my strongest subject.
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Closest castle to me I think is Warrick Castle. :smallbiggrin: Not sure though, Geography never was my strongest subject.
This is the castle in my town:
SpoilerIt's a proper castle! It's nice and ruined :smallbiggrin:
http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/www/c...le/denbigh.jpg
http://www.cs.montana.edu/~starkey/denbighcastle.jpg
There's a cool story about the well in the castle - it has a tunnel underneath it that leads to at least two other wells in town. It's all blocked up now, though. Still - there's a whole labyrinth of tunnels under my town... Or at least the part that's inside what's left of the castle walls.
I am sitting here, going on the internet, while eating raspberries and strawberry jaffa cakes. Life is good.
That's not a castle, this is a castle! :smallbiggrin:
So I'm watching all these clips from Top Gear...
Top Gear is awesome.
You silly people and your castles, we have forts!
You silly people and your castles and forts. We have caves and underground cities!
All we have here are 7-11's and temples.
Hmm... how to best describe my hometown's primary features...
New York, New York, what a wonderful town / The Bronx is up and the Battery down / The people ride in a hole in the ground / New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!
We got your caves and underground cities (subway system), your 7-11s, and even your castles!
No, I mean, real underground cities.
It's true. Apparently it gets up to 40C in some of those places. I'm nice and cool down here in Canberra. Don't quote me on that temperature, btw.
This is the castle in my city:
I've been inside a few times. It's very nice, it's maintained as a tourist destination.
You think New York's bad, eh, Phase? Think about Washington, D.C. Beyond the obvious political associations, all we've got is corporate buildings, national landmarks, and museums. Bleh. :smallannoyed: (Although I technically live in Maryland, not DC).
In other news, I've started watching Battlestar Galactica after my brother showed my the entire three hour long miniseries while we were on vacation. And it's fracking amazing. The only episode I have left in season 2 is the second part of the season finale.
My only problem with it is that there were a bunch of bad to mediocre episodes between Epiphanies and Downloaded (starting with Black Market...ugh). Although hey, the acting was still good...it was just the writing that was bad.
Sneak lives in MD too? Did I know this before?
*starts to think we need to have a DC/NoVa/MD meetup again soon*
I'm being so lazy today (didn't get up until 14.30 - I was just lying in bed re-reading Howl's Moving Castle*). Now I've got to decide what to do next:
- shop for basic supplies
- clean the flat
- order some delivery food
- go for a shiatsu massage in an attempt to fix the problems with my back
I'm being too random to figure it out. Help?
*vague link to the conversation above
massage. Go for the massage. Then the basic supplies, then the food, then the cleaning.
Thank you. I didn't think anyone would answer.
You make a very good point, but I'm hungry. And I'm hungry for a California Hippie sandwich because it has avocado in it. The only way to get avocado in this polluted-blighted-and-thrice-cursed city is to order it. So I might do that first. The cleaning can wait till last.
I just put on an old dress and realised that I now match my avatar (except my hair is up in a bun rather than dangling down my back).
But if you don't have a massage your back will hurt while you eat. The basic supplies can probably wait until after food.
That would be great. If I could somehow either convince my parents to let me go or get someone else to drive me, that is...I only have my learner's.
As for Dish's Not Alliterative Anymore Because I Added This Part In Dilemma, I say follow your heart, er, well, stomach, and get the food first. Being hungry is bad.
Hmm... as long as you get the massage before getting basic supplies or cleaning, that should work.
My dad got one of those massages awhile back to try and fix some of his back problems. And it did, for awhile. But I don't know if it was just this particular massage guy or something, but he said it was very painful. And my dads a tough guy.
On a slightly more random note: I was given my neighbors dog to watch for little less than a week. A really cute little guy, if not a tad too excitable. But anyway, I wasn't really expecting any sort of payment aside from maybe $20, but then he shows up and hands me $150. Holy crap. :smalleek:
Wow, that looks so cool. I was vaguely thinking about going to Edinburgh during August, because it has been years since I've attended the Festival - and they've got the book festival on this year. Now you've convinced me to totally go for it.
Unfortunately I cheated and got basic supplies (since they include cigarettes and I'm addicted to nicotine :smallfrown:). It was probably a stupid move as the back hurts worse now. Basic supplies for me includes several kilogrammes of fresh fruit and veg. On the bright side, I now have several kilogrammes of fresh fruit and veg! (And the supermarket nearest my flat is being re-arranged for the third time in a month, so they didn't have any washing powder or dettol.) Currently waiting for my California Hippie sandwich to be delivered.
There are many different styles of massage out there. Shiatsu massage, when performed correctly, should not hurt at all. If it hurts, they are doing it wrong. They should focus on pressure points and special techniques to get in to the hurting muscles without having to use excessive force. Unfortunately, my favourite massage technicians keep on getting offered better jobs and moving to other cities - most of them were so good that they totally deserved better jobs, but it leaves me a little uncertain about the quality of the massage I'm going to get...
Congrats on your earnings.Quote:
On a slightly more random note: I was given my neighbors dog to watch for little less than a week. A really cute little guy, if not a tad too excitable. But anyway, I wasn't really expecting any sort of payment aside from maybe $20, but then he shows up and hands me $150. Holy crap. :smalleek: