Hils's journal

I had a strange dream last night that I met Jamie at a convention and a bunch of us went to a pub for dinner together. Next thing I know it's the next day and I have NO idea what happened the night before. I'm not hungover so I wasn't drunk, but I have no recollection of what happened after the pub. I call supernaturalhel to ask her what happened and all she can do is say how much fun it was. Then all of a sudden I'm on the island from Lost with Jack and Hurley and we're running away from a monster only I can't because I'm not fit enough so Jack is pretty much dragging me along. Then I woke up

I've had a few weird dreams over the last few nights. The night before last I had a Horatio/Bush dream. Can't remember the specifics but I wanted to read Horatio/Bush fics when I woke up

I had a dream that Jamie and Ian McKellen talked Beanie into getting a huge tattoo of a woman on his chest

I had a dream that I was best friends with Orlando Bloom and I was explaining to him why Calcium Kid was so much better than any of his other films. Then I had to tell him that I couldn't be friends with him any more because I just wasn't suited to the Hollywood lifestyle

Yeah, my brain has been a busy place the last few nights

Mum-Ra always insists on going to Europe by coach and it takes bloody hours. Still, I spent a large portion of the journey asleep so it wasn't too bad. I always love going on the ferry as you can guarantee that no matter what the weather, the channel will be rough as hell and I love bopping up and down. On the way down I had time to explain to Mum-Ra all about the joys of Jamie Bamber. She was already familiar with him as it's her Hornblower DVDs I watched (really need to give them back and buy my own at some point). I then explained to her how I'd set up archielives. She picked up on the idea very quickly and wrote Archie Lives on my bottle of water. LOL.

I saw this absolutely adorable stuffed toy cat on the ferry. It had the biggest blue eyes and of course I immediately wanted to call him Archie. Haven't bought one yet but will pick one up on the way back.

Didn't take long to get to the hotel after we got to Calais and it seems really nice. The food is amazing and I expect to get very fat while I'm here. Full day in Brugge tomorrow. Should be good

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Next lot of photos to come after I've been into town and bought some lunch

Very pleasant day today aside from having to get up early. We went on a minibus tour of Brugge City Centre and then had the rest of the day to ourselves. We mostly shopped. I found a lovely gift shop that sold lots of nautical things (Brugge used to be a major trading city). I bought a Welcome Aboard sign for my door, a small wooden helm, a teddy bear in a Captain's uniform (already named Horatio) and a nautical journal complete with compass. I could have bought loads more but I didn't want to spend all my money at once. I did also buy a photo frame with an old map on it an a little model of a witch.We went on a canal boat tour which was lovely and we had lunch in a little street cafe. Brugge is a beautiful city and I took loads of photos

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Quiet day today. We went to Ghent in the morning and went into a few chruches. I also went up the belfry which was really scary but I got some good photos. We looked around a few shops but overall the city was pretty quiet. It was quite eerie really. Felt like a Sunday. In the afternoon it was raining so I stayed in the hotel room while Mum-Ra went back into Brugge to look at lace shops. Tomorrow is a full day of excursions so I hope the weather is better

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Lots of interesting and fun stuff today. We spent the morning in Ostende which is a lovely seaside resort. It also harbours a lovely 3 masted sailing ship called the Mercator. It's not quite from the Age of Sail, having been built in 1932 but it still looked cool. We got to take a full tour of the ship and I took lots of photos. In the afternoon we went to Ypres which was a major first world war battle site. Pretty much the whole city was flattened during the conflict and then rebuilt in the 1920s. You can hardly tell when you're looking at it. We went to one of the mass grave site and it's just impossible to process. How do you comprehend a war that killed 17 million people. It was quite moving stuff. Back to England tomorrow. This holiday has flown by

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The journey home was as long and as tedious as the journey there, with the added bonus of stopping at a chocolate factory on the way. Alas, Willy Wonka wasn't home but I did buy rather a lot of Belgian chocolate. Yum! Bought the toy cat on the ferry and named him Archie as I had already mentioned. I also found the most adorable little Dalmation puppy toy too and they were on special offer so Mum-Ra bought a collie for Dad-Ra and I got the dalmation for free. I have named him Ioan since Ioan Gruffudd was in 102 Dalmations. Yeah, I spend most of my holiday money on toys. I'm 26 going on 6. I don't think I'll ever grow up

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And that ends my Belgian adventure

I had a couple more thoughts about BSG while I was away

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Dad-Ra accused me of replacing Sean and Viggo with Jamie today. Just because I have Jamie on my desktop. Meh, I need to make a multi-fandom desktop so all my boys get some space

I'm thinking of changing my default user pic. I've kept this one for ages because it doesn't relate to a specific fandom. Now I'm thinking of changing it but in order to amuse myself for a bit and avoid making any decisions myself I thought I'd create a poll. If you're unsure of any of the icons I'm refering to you can find them all here

Now sammy_stevenson has got me making silly icons too

Going to bed now

Tomorrow I shall make a start on Apollo screencaps and I also want to get my VigBean fic ready for beta. See, I can multi-task between fandoms

Ooh, and in the evening we're going to see Corpse Bride. WHEE!