The burnt-out ends of smoky days... NEW LAYOUT!

I've been meaning to do this for a while, and I FINALLY did..

NEW LAYOUT! starsouls1013

I needed something season 2 themed, and as soon as I saw the shot of the boys walking down the road I was like THAT'S IT. And it just spiralled from there :)

The images are thanks to the lovely monkiedude, who kindly put up with my exacting requests and delivered exactly what I needed in hi-res. Textures are from Tre-xtures and oxoniensis.

That text is something I've had lodged in my brain for a while, and I really wanted to use it... it's from T. S. Eliot's "Preludes," a bleak, stark little poem. This is the first stanza:

The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and chimney-pots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.

And then the lighting of the lamps.

I think the line fits the boys perfectly, especially considering... well, if you're caught up you know, and the demon's MO.

I changed my journal title accordingly, and the subtitle is "dry bones can harm no one," which is from Eliot's "Waste Land". I also changed the title of my friends page - it's now "a thousand sordid images" (also from Preludes) which I think suits you dirty lot awfully well ;)

So yes. Let me know what you think! :D

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Another post for you Winconners! (unlocked because hey the rest of you can know this stuff too!)

Things to know about me.

Hi, I'm ANNE.

1) I'm short. If we're in a crowded room, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to find me from any distance *g*
2) I'm GIGGLY. I laugh a lot when I'm talking to someone, especially if I'm excited about something, and at Wincon I am going to be PERPETUALLY EXCITED. So expect lots of hand gestures and giggles out of me. I hope I don't scare you!
3) I'm really not that shy. I think I am, but I am in more of an abstract way - like I think about socializing with people I don't know, and I get kind of scared, but then in the actual event I'm talkative and ebullient. And since I really do already know you, and I feel like you guys GET me a lot more than most other people, I am going to be extroverted and probably jumping all over you. :D
4) I stay up LATE and sleep in LATE. Though I'll try not to sleep in TOO late.
5) I don't drink/haven't drank. I mean, I've tried a couple things, but the most I ever drank was half a beer. I just detest the taste of alcohol. But Mona has promised to get me drunk, so I'll probably at least get tipsy at one point.
6) I'm 19. Ergo, underage. Ergo, no 21-and-over bars. Boo.
7) I love to sing. Carmates? Yeah that'll be me bustin out the House Rules at top volume *g* Luckily, I do have a good voice (I'm in choir and everything!) so I don't think I'll break your eardrums. I am also totally excited for karaoke :D

That's kind of all I've got for now! OMGYAY!

( ETA: So that people besides the ones on the Wincon filter can see what I look like... )