~myceliumme~

lj friends collage by . make yours here. updates & questions here.
original by and here. updates & questions here.

Well, my brother (Ian, as mentioned in the previous entry) is a bombardier (equivalent to corporal) in the Royal Artillery. He’s just passed a military intelligence course. So, presumably as some kind of reward, he’s due for a four-month tour of Iraq starting in April. I can’t say I’m at all pleased or proud of this. I am annoyed and concerned for him and for our mum – if the past is anything to go by then she won’t sleep all the time he’s away.

Up until now, Gulf War II has been affecting me morally and politically (i.e how can I consider voting for a ‘labour’ government which is manifestly not socialist? [For me, socialism includes some form of pacifism, not least because the majority of victims of wars are working class, socialism’s natural constituency.]) Now, for the first time since Gulf War I, when Ian was in Kuwait, it becomes personal. If anything happens to him or my mum as a result then it becomes very personal.

Highly pissed-off – watch this space

LJ Friends Meme by

.embresponse {font-weight: bolder;}

• You must tell 9 people about this game.
• Jayne is the one that you love.
• Lena is one you like but can’t work out.
• You care most about Julia.
• Ian is the one who knows you very well.
• Dad is your lucky star.
• There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards is the song that matches with Jayne.
• The Gunner’s Dream is the song for Lena.
• Welcome To The Machine is the song that tells you most about YOUR mind.
• and The Unknown Soldier is the song telling you how you feel about life
Take this quiz

• There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards Ian Dury and the blockheads (B-side of Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick)
• The Gunner’s Dream Pink Floyd (from The final cut (a requiem for the post-war dream). This song describes the last moments of Roger Waters’ dad as he falls from his burning bomber to his death and his (presumed) dream that his and all the other wartime deaths would be worthwhile, that a better, safer, saner world might result. Very apt, considering Lena [my mother] was born Jewish in Vienna in 1930. Of her family, only she, her sister and her parents avoided the concentration camps (thanks to her dad’s employer who sent him on a business trip to England)
• Welcome To The Machine Pink Floyd (from Wish you were here TOTALLY APT!)
• The Unknown Soldier Roy Harper (from the album The unknown soldier some very beautiful and poignant songs about love, human survival and William Wallace and Robert the Bruce fighting the English in the 14th century!)

• domestic situation was very tense at lunchtime

‘It’s safe because it’s biodegradable.’ Er, cobra venom is biodegradable!

While I am on the toilet, ‘I demand…’!

‘I can read your mind. I know you were becoming competitive during the while filling in the webquiz.’ (Er, not so. I became annoyed when accused of lying therein.)

Thanks to for finding this quiz:

You scored as Frodo. You’re Frodo Baggins! Frodo is a somewhat timid hobbit of the Shire, but he sets out on a dangerous journey to save Middle Earth, though the quest will change his life forever. Frodo is a selfless being, and his loyal friends will help him through his hardships. “We set out to save the Shire, Sam, and it has been saved… but not for me.” Frodo 94% Pippin 88% Eowyn 69% Gollum 56% Gandalf 50% Arwen 44% Samwise 44% Aragorn 31% Faramir 19%

Which LOTR character are you?
created with QuizFarm.com

Of course, ’s score says it all about us! But, no, we ARE just flatmates. She’s the strong one; she carried my fat arse up a mountain!

You scored as alternative. You’re partially respected for being an individual in a conformist world yet others take you as a radical. You have no place in society because you choose not to belong there – you’re the luckiest of them all, even if your parents are completely ashamed of you. Just don’t take drugs ok? alternative 83% Middle Class 75% Lower Class 58% Upper middle Class 58% Luxurious Upper Class 38%

What Social Status are you?
created with QuizFarm.com

The warning symbols at the foot of this page just put the tin lid on this horror!