rionaleonhart | Blanket Fluffiness At Odd Hours.

Back home! The journey home was mostly uneventful, although I did get accosted by a man who appeared to be threatening me with a lighter until I realised he was just asking for a cigarette. I suppose lurking alone in shadowy corners of a Belgian station makes one look like a cigarette-carrying type. As a general rule, when attempting to use a lighter to convey 'cigarette', just display the lighter and keep it unlit; holding it much too close to the chest of the person to whom you are speaking and flicking it on and off continuously is apt to unnerve.

The Netherlands were absolutely lovely; it's the first time in ages I've been able to take a proper holiday without worrying about anything. Apart from bicycles, which are everywhere, and they are swift and quiet and could rebel against their human masters and kill us all at any moment.

dracothelizard and I, I have discovered to my surprise, are not actually the same person. Nor is she Top Gear Dog, as I had sort of imagined she would be, probably due to her userpics. She is, however, utterly wonderful. We spent most of the week insulting each other. I put up with her mocking my terror at Silent Hill 4; she, in turn, put up with my suddenly waking in the middle of the night, flailing around a lot and then tying my trousers around my head in the desperate hope that they would somehow fend off a particularly furious mosquito (SHUT UP, I HAVE A PHOBIA). It was glorious.

ALSO, I NOW HAVE THE BEST SLIPPERS EVER. THEY ARE FLUFFY AND CLOG-SHAPED AND HAVE WINDMILLS* ON THEM AND THEY ARE THE SILLIEST THINGS EVER AND I LOVE THEM.

* The reader may be disappointed to learn that these are actually images of windmills. Not, y'know, windmills. Although those would be fairly awesome slipper accessories.

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I feel your pain. Random incidents like that terrify me - I tend to ignore them and hope whoever it is just leaves me alone >_< Glad you had a wonderful time and that

dracothelizard was humanoid and not a figment of your imagination!

...your slippers sound AMAZING.

Yay you're home!

*cuddles*

... Are you sure you are not, in fact, the same person? You two write in the exact same manner, it seems.

Really? How mysterious. And, of course, you only have our word for it that we're separate people. I think you may have discovered our dark secret.

As a single identity, would we be called Driona? That just sounds like a particularly daft pairing name.

And by 'identity' I mean 'entity'. Congratulations, self.

I have a friend who's screen name is "Driorianos" and now I'm thinking of her.

Or it makes me sort of think of "Durza" from Eragon. I'm not sure why.

Hm... I am married to Draco. Am I married to you as well? I am very confused now. And now I must go confuse myself further by trying to argue a paper about whether Islamic Democracy can exist or not. ARGH. *throws things at the paper* Work with me, damnit.

DON'T MENTION ERAGON IN MY PRESENCE. *grumbles about books riddled with ridiculous fantasy cliches getting all the attention*

Hey, now, that would technically be e-polygamy. I'm not sure if I agree with that.

Gwroija wer;oij I hate the movie. I love the book, but THE MOVIE WAS HORRID.

Basically, they said, "Hey, we'll take about 1/5th of what's actually in the book, and then completely twist it to fit our whim, and then call it 'Eragon: The Movie'!"

And then I sobbed.

I have seen Eragon The Movie, and I preferred it when it was called Star Wars IV.

I haven't read the book, but I'm sure I would prefer it when it was written by David Eddings.

I don't know how people can enjoy Eragon The Book, because from what I've heard, there are plenty of fantasy writers who have used the same themes and plots and characters and have done it better.

I didn't really like the book all that much. I liked Saphira, the dragon, because she was pretty awesome, and Brom, because he was just fucking awesome and pwned Eragon's ass. And Murtagh, because he was so pretty and slashable with Eragon. That was the only time I liked Eragon was when he was being all slashy with Murtagh. Because Murtagh is the sex.

George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has THREE potentially awesome dragons, plenty of older men pwning , and at least one fairly obvious male/male pairing, which even the author has confirmed. It also has canonical incest.

In conclusion, GRRM utterly pwnzors Paolini.

I very much so need to read this book.

BookS. A Song of Ice and Fire so far has four books, all pretty thick and brilliant. Don't get too attached to certain characters.

The best part, though? George R.R. Martin, unlike Paolini, is actually a good writer :D

You also put up with MY terror at Silent Hill, and MY flailing in the middle of the night where I insisted that my blankets were fluffy (they WERE), and that it was complicated and involved my Life on Mars dream. Putting up with your mad nightly flailing may have been because I didn't notice you were flailing

I still want to know what that dream was about, dammit.

HURRAH FOR BEING ALIVE AND HAVING A NICE TRIP BACK. Except for cigarette-accosting man O_o.

I really am very curious about why you felt compelled to randomly inform me of the fluffiness of your blankets. Ah, good; I was worried I'd woken you. But you did seem to notice the trousers on my face.

I don't know! I've got no idea how my subconscious dreambrain works. Maybe all will become clear in the next episode.

Did I mention it? I don't remember mentioning it. Maybe I was asleep whilst commenting? I remember you wearing your trousers whilst NOT asleep, though

Ha, your entry has amused me greatly in every way. WELCOME HOME! XD

Welcome back, and it is excellent that you had such a nice time!

*shudders* Disturbing cigarette-wanting men are precisely why I tend not to venture fom the safety of my home.

Mosquitoes are not as terrifying as flies (I shudder even typing the word). They are so large and buzzing and ew-looking and now I am grossing myself out.

Now I want slippers with actual windmills on. Because awesome.

I want your slippers!! (And swift, quiet killer bicycles of the Netherlands sounds like a wonderful idea for crack!fic)

I just reread this, and this part made me laugh hysterically.

she, in turn, put up with my suddenly waking in the middle of the night, flailing around a lot and then tying my trousers around my head

Mostly because I read that as wanking, and ... well, I figured that the first two bits made sense, but the trousers? Not so much.

Hello and happy return to home!

Your slippers do indeed sound muchly awesome.

I, in turn, have just waved goodbye to

missfoxie at the train station, and there was much fun at the House of Moog for the last few days.

I do hope she is free from terrifying cigarette-men though!

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