Morning, all. :)

[xp_daytripper]

Just when you thought it was safe to let my half of the room out to someone else... I'm back! And with a new hairdo and everything. *grins* I got in at scary hours last night - 'round three I think, and now I've had some kip and a chance to catch up on the journals I've got a few messages for various people...

Rahne - I've still got your Christmas present with me, seeing how I didn't catch up with you on Muir. Come and find me so I can give it to you?

Angie and Nate - *blinks* Stewardess? Okay, I've seen people on LSD less trippy than you. No more chocolate, ever.

Kyle - still blue? If it's bugging you, Jamie has lots of dye-removing stuff, and I could always glamour you so you look like your usual self.

Alison - any chance of some punk in this History of Music class? Sign me up, I'm dropping Art this term any way.

Moira - more presents for you and the baby, from Mina. She went out and bought a bunch of baby clothes in Berlin for you. Okay if I drop them 'round?

Angelo - fag! Gagging for one, actually. Back porch?

Angie again - the family thing went well, so congratulations are okay, no, not with the poofy Asgard dresses (thank fuck for that) and yes, that Kurt. Like I said, messes with your head, no?

Nate again - where's my pony? ;)

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[x-skin.livejournal.com]

Always. I'll be right there.

[xp_daytripper]

Brill. Race you down there?

[x-skin.livejournal.com]

You're on.

[x-dazzler.livejournal.com]

Oooh, a module on Punk music could be arranged I'm sure... ;)

[xp_daytripper]

Yay. :) Count me in. I can borrow some cool stuff off Pete about the British music scene, actually - he's got loads of books and CDs and stuff.

[x-dazzler.livejournal.com]

Hey, the more the better.

Might surprise you with some of the stuff I already have though. ;)

[xp_daytripper]

Oh, not saying you didn't have anything - just Pete's got scary amounts of books and stuff in that room of his. He says a lot of his job's travelling and waiting around in places for people, so he has a lot of books.

Oh, did you like your Christmas present? Took me ages to track down that recording. ;)

[x-dazzler.livejournal.com]

Pete has to have more stuff on that than I do. The world might end if he didn't. ...it will stink of cigarettes, won't it? Augh.

HA! I still get very smug about that. Horribly egotistical of me, but I hear it's expected anyway.

[xp_daytripper]

*snickers* Unfortunately, yeah, it will. It's all about the authentcity, ain't it? Punk's not real unless you hear it in a smoky pub with the amps turned up so high your ears are nearly bleeding and the place is jam packed so you all have to mosh in time together...

*grins* Thought you might - your remixes are a huge hit in some of the gay clubs in Soho.

[x-pete.livejournal.com]

Let me make this very clear, right now, after tHe last job you foisted on me: I am not qualified to talk about music in any sense other than "Listen to this. It's very good."

(You're welcome to borrow any books or CDs you might need, though.)

[x-dazzler.livejournal.com]

I did not foist any job on you. You walked right into it and then proceeded to earn it all on your own. I might have enabled a bit, but that's all. ;)

(Thank you and I'm going to take you up on that. *g*)

[x-blink.livejournal.com]

welcome back! hope you had fun!

[xp_daytripper]

I did, Pixie-Girl. :) Drop by and I'll tell you all about it.

[x-cable.livejournal.com]

Okay, first of all, please tell me Mina didn't take you shopping with her. Mina + shopping = the most terrifying thing in the world. David usually runs when she starts getting that avaricious look. And I mean runs.

Secondly, yes, I know chocolate is bad.

Thirdly... pony? Crap... I did say that, didn't I?

[xp_daytripper]

No, I had prior warning of the Mina shopping rampage and hid. ;)

Yes, you did. *pouts at you* *breaks into giggles* Only pulling your leg. Had you going, didn't I?

[x-icarus.livejournal.com]

Alright, people really got to stop using that fucking British slang word for cigarette. It's driving me crazy.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Really Joshua, I would think that you would embrace a non-insulting use of that word... or at least be open-minded enough to accept other people's cultures and lifestyles openly.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I can see how it'd be a tough transition to make. If the only place you ever hear the word is when somebody's screaming it at you, it suddenly popping up in random conversation is gonna be a little disturbing. I mean, it'd be like, say we go to Luxembourg, or something, and they've started calling their spare change "muties." Only with a lot more history behind it.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

I suppose so. ... blast, I hate being wrong.

[x-icarus.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

That's absolutely ludicrous.

Why would anyone ever go to Luxembourg?

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure people do it on purpose for any number of reasons, but around here... compared to Asgard, do we really have any improbable destinations?

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Maybe they've invented Luxemburgers when nobody was looking, and they're really good.

[xp_daytripper]

Oh for fuck's sake... *sighs heavily* Fine. Bad enough you Americans mangle perfectly good beer and chocolate and have some really weird attitudes towards sex, but now a perfectly good slang word's gone done the tubes. Any other words I shouldn't be using?

[x-icarus.livejournal.com]

I have no problems with sex, I don't drink at all, and chocolate is chocolate. But when you get a word hurled at you as you're getting the shit beat out of you, it'll probably leave a bad taste in your mouth, even if it is used in another context.

[xp_daytripper]

*nods* Fair enough. 'S not like I ain't been called 'slag' often enough.

And American chocolate isn't chocolate. 'S all dry and crumbly and doesn't taste right. Remind me to bring you back some good old fashioned English stuff next time I'm home.

[x-icarus.livejournal.com]

Don't mean to get all holy on you, but it irks me when other people use that word. But for other queers, it's kind of a reclaiming thing, you know? Like black people using the n word. Or maybe I'm just a self-hater.

Slag? Don't think I've ever heard that, but it sounds nasty enough.

The best thing about being a mutant is that I can eat whatever the fuck I want and not gain a pound. Apparently, if I get fat then I can't fly, and my wings need a lot of energy, so I have a crazy fast metabolism. So bring on the chocolate.

[xp_daytripper]

*shrugs* Didn't mean to cause offence. I knew the word doesn't mean the same thing here as at home, 's just no-one's ever really taken it personally before. I'll try and cut back. On the word, not the smokes. *grins*

Slag means hooker. Slut. Someone who sells themselves for money. You get the picture. I've been called that and far worse, and that was just by London's Finest (police, that is).

I've got something similar with the magic, tho' it's more the magic burns off what I put in. I've you've every seen me inhaling the contents of the fridge after an all-day tutoring session with Strange, you'd get the picture.

*grins* All right then, I'll see what I can do. I've got a couple of mates back home who'll mail some of the good chocolate over...