Bleach

[tallulahgs]

My hands smell of bleach. The label said not to let the stuff come into contact with your hands, but my skin isn't burning or anything... I just... don't want to let my hands come anywhere near my mouth or eyes, that's all.

(A good way of avoiding revision is to clean the kitchen. Yesterday I did the cooker hobs. Today I did the sink. The sink was bad. The draining rack was even worse. But now I have a warm glow of virtue. And bleachy hands.)

Umm... not much else to say, really... I've watched the first thirteen episodes of Ghost in The Shell: 2nd Gig and found them very enjoyable.

Don't buy Matsui VCRs because they suck (at least, the model I have does).

Anyway, the real purpose of this entry - Yet Another Meme (what, you're surprised?)

Explain the name you've chosen for your LJ. When finished, tag the same number of people as there are letters in your name, so that they will have to explain themselves as well.

'Versipellis' is Latin for 'werewolf'. I studied Latin for two years, which is how I knew about it (good course. Cool Roman villains. At least, I thought they were cool.) When I was trying to choose an LJ user name, everything I put down was already taken, so I decided to think randomly... and 'versipellis' does have a tenuous connection to me, because when I was ten, I went through a phase of pretending to be a werewolf. This didn't manifest itself in anything more random than howling at the moon to amuse my friends and family, I should add. So I thought 'why not', typed it in, and lo and behold, it had not been taken.
So now you know, speakwrite_.

And I have to tag... eleven people. Do I have eleven LJ friends?

I tag:

anax - because I know little about him/her.

armand_bathory - it sounds familiar, but I can't place it.

audiolotus - because I think he may be dead and it's worth poking him a bit.

digitalpr0n - is it really that obvious? ^^

disks_smilie - why the smilie?

ecchipiro - because I have no idea what it means. Unless the 'ecchi' bit is in the Japanese sense... either way, that's all I got.

emeraldsword - because it's pretty.

jenova12 - something to do with Final Fantasy, maybe? I'd like to know if I'm right ^^

nodrogg - because I have no idea about this one at all.

sashwizzled - because it's a great name while being completely baffling.

xreddestinyx - because why not? ^^

Comments

[emeraldsword.livejournal.com]

Virtue in cleaning - go you. I tend to just go online, which is not virtue at all.

Buy all electronics from John Lewis - they only sell things that actually work.]

You think my name is pretty :D

When do your exams start?

[tallulahgs]

I did that last semester but found that I never got offline and also ended up feeling lazy and sluggish ^^
I think I will go yell at Currys again -_-
I do!
My first one is on 22nd May, then I have a gap until 1st June. How about you?

[emeraldsword.livejournal.com]

Two done now, the other two are next Wednesday afternoon and then next Friday morning. And then I will have done my last major exams, how scary is that?

[tallulahgs]

It is really scary! Still, I'm sure it'll be nice to finish them nevertheless...

[ecchipiro.livejournal.com]

You're right with the "ecchi" part. It's because I am a pervert. *g*

Piro is short for Pirotess, a dark elf from Record of Lodoss War. I love dark elves. ^^v
The one on my icon, that's her.

[tallulahgs]

W00t, go me ^^
Ah, she was on that, uh, list you made a few days ago, wasn't she? ;)

[ecchipiro.livejournal.com]

Yes yes, exactly. That's her. Pirotess kicks ass! ^^v

[nodrogg.livejournal.com]

Heavens, I thought we'd been introduced long since. My name is Gordon. [How d' ye do.]

Very likely nodrog was already taken, so I improvised.

[tallulahgs]

But why nodrog(g)? What does it mean (if anything)?
But it's nice to clarify your non-LJ name ^^

[nodrogg.livejournal.com]

What it means is that 'nodrog' was already taken - as was every variant of "Baron Waste," my somewhat better-known hacker / phreaker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreaking) / Internet alias [Ah, them Commodore 64 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_cracking) days...

So I slapped an extra 'g' on there and rolled onward.

[tallulahgs]

Oh, ok. Sorry, I just wondered why 'nodrog' in the first place? But it's no big deal, it's just a silly meme.

[armand-bathory.livejournal.com]

Mine is actually a name i was in process of changing to. then i couldn't be arsed to pay.

Armand is my favourite vampire from the Vampire Chronicles and Bathory is taken from Erzabet Bathory, the world's most prolific serial killer. Ever. And i love her XD

[tallulahgs]

That's The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice, right? Cool!

[armand-bathory.livejournal.com]

Tis indeed!

[kai-the-great.livejournal.com]

Bwah.
I LOVE your icon.
(: