Fun first and then the argh

The friend who I went up to see in Carlisle came out with this on Monday night - her mother was wondering if I was Jewish. I am amused, Mother is confused and thinks that Ruth's Mum is mad because of my Austrian grandparents had to live during the Nazi era and therefore had to have a pass that said they weren't Jewish up to 3 generations before them. What my mother hasn't considered is that people did get away with all kinds. While I still prefer the Turkish suggestion, fuck knows why I'm this colour. I mean I know which side of the family it's from (father's mother) but beyond that god knows, I mean it could be Turkish, Italian, Slavic, Jewish, Roma, anything. I quite like the mystery, and at least it means I don't look English.

On a similar tip there was an article in the Independent today that was saying that 1 in 8 Irish men can trace their Y-chromosome back to one man in the 9th Century who could be King Niall. Now since that's where part of my heritage comes from, I'm an Ui Niall (O'Neil for those trying to make sense of these ramblings - yea though we spell it differently) on my Mother's side and I quite like that idea too.

Also Trivium are the cutest metal band ever.

The argh is that I'm definitely not being interviewed for the 4 year course at Cambridge or Dundee. I know this because one of my coursemates is. The annoying thing is that they didn't even bother e-mailing me to tell me that I wasn't. Seriously how much time would that have taken.

Anyway so I am slightly annoyed so I am going on a mini-spending spree tomorrow looking for food.

50kinkyways Table

1.	Rituals	2.	Cross-Dressing	3.	Spanking	4.	Biting	5.	Oil
6.	Restraints	7.	Non-Con	8.	Leather	9.	Ice	10.	Candle Wax
11.	Medical play	12.	Fear Play	13.	Blood Play	14.	Breath Play	15.	Food Play
16.	Vibrators	17.	Anal Plugs	18.	Whips/Paddles	19.	Handcuffs	20.	Standing in Corner
21.	Spreader Bars	22.	Blindfold	23.	Phone / Voice Sex	24.	Dildos	25.	Orgy
26.	Serving	27.	Tattooing	28.	Dominant	29.	Submissive	30.	Exhibitionist
31.	Voyeur	32.	Branding	33.	Age Play	34.	Cock Rings	35.	Ball Gags
36.	Wanking	37.	Shaving	38.	Clamps	39.	Collars	40.	Virgins
41.	Locked up	42.	More-some	43.	Outdoor sex	44.	Piercing	45.	Role Play
46.	Writer's Choice-Mirrors	47.	Writer's Choice-Fisting	48.	Writer's Choice	49.	Writer's Choice	50.	Writer's Choice

Edited to add: Three of the fics form a series called "Ritual Suite". They are fics 37, 5 and 1, in that order. 33 and 20 are related to each other, but can be read separately.


This was the first table that really piqued my interested and I've gone with writing Randy Orton fics for it. Before my f-list look at me strangely, there is method in my madness. Randy's the nearest thing there is to a fandom 'little black dress' i.e. can be paired with near enough anyone. By the end of this, I'll either be able to write decent smut, or I'll have exhausted my urge to.